#austere devil

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A younger Juno, prepared to serve at one of the Masters' revels, for the @neathyfashioncoalition's Under Lock and Lace prompt!

ignore that ver scars aren't consistent whenever I draw ver. Honestly, this is likely during ver seeking at some point when ve had a brief stint working at the Parlor of Virtue. (y'know, to stave off the hungers).

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A younger Juno, travelling by train, for the @neathyfashioncoalition's dressed for departure prompt!

I'm sorry if this isn't historically accurate enough, I'm imagining this journey is set right after ve stopped seeking/right around when Cas went North, ve isn't doing great, I'm not sure where ve's going but I wanted to get a submission in before the deadline.

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if y'all wanna read about Juno "inspecting" Mr. Fires' factories and it going exactly as one might expect (it's smut), I've finally gotten around to publishing it on Ao3. My username there is CannoliTheStoryteller, and the fic is simply called "The Inspection". (it's pwp that I wrote a few years ago but am only publishing now, what did you expect)

the story's from a few years ago but it's also how I learned how to conjugate it/its pronouns and the difference between its and it’s lmao

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I FOUND IT :D Spices + Juno

I drew this last year so it might not reflect this year's FOTR (and honestly I'd kind of like to redraw it) but here's Spices cuddling Juno in its tent.

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Something I’m really annoyed about but that I don’t know if I can change without restarting or spending money is that I chose the complete wrong ambitions for my PCs. I chose the ambitions when the characters were just vibes at best and I was trying to experience as much free content as I could. Astrid should definitely be a Light Fingers PC, and in her story she is, but in game she’s a Heart’s Desire PC. Locryn is seeking in their story and in game, and ambition wise I think the only one that might suit them is Nemesis, but I haven’t thought that through super thoroughly. In game, however, my alt for Locryn is a Nemesis account, but my main Locryn account is doing Light Fingers. Juno’s in game account is doing Bag a Legend for some reason, and I mean… I guess I could see some way that would work 😉, but ve might make more sense as a Heart’s Desire PC. Cas seeked and is serving THE SUN.

I do have a Heart’s Desire PC thought out (he’s a pageskisser and a major part of Astrid’s story, he’s an older man named Gideon and plays for the white and is definitely a good influence don’t worry about him), but idk if he should be one of my PCs.

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Heya, I wanna ask questions for Juno!

4. Describe three of the most important photographs your OC owns.

9. Describe a mundane day in your OC's life.

Thanks for the asks! :D 4.) Describe three of the most important photographs your OC owns Juno always keeps ver most important photographs in a locked chest under ver bed. If ve lost them, that would absolutely devastate ver. In one of these photos, Juno is a much younger devil. This is very early after ve had arrived in London, before bagging that legend/seeking/prisoners' honey addiction/Cas going North/masterkissing/everything that had led ver down ver current path. It is during Hallowmas, and ve is surrounded by a couple of other high-society women, all wearing demon masks and dressed in revealing costumes. These are people Juno would have called friends, but likely fell out with due to one reason or another.

In another of these photos, Cas is a somewhat younger devil, and he is standing in front of the Brass Embassy, holding a small bouquet of sunflowers. He is dressed elegantly, more so than usual, as this was right around when he and Gideon started dating and he wanted to impress him. Cas left all of his old photos when he went North, and Juno keeps them safe, not out of the delusion that he will be back, but not wanting to allow verself to forget him. In the third of these photos, Juno is also a younger devil, and ve is sitting on a barstool at the packed Medusa's Head, holding up one of the vake claws and ver replica jaguar blade, boasting of ver successes in taking down/taming the Vake. There is a fruity but strong drink on the bar counter near ver, and people around ver are raptly listening to ver story. Juno looks tipsy but not absolutely drunk, and in all honesty, ve looks happy. Cas is there too, sitting next to his sibling, sipping a mushroom wine, and looking like this isn't quite the environment for him but wanting to be supportive.

9.) Describe a mundane day in your OC's life

Juno tends to wake up quite early, around 6 in the morning. Nightmares often wake ver up earlier, and if they do, ve doesn't try to go back to sleep. Ve will usually make verself breakfast (ve doesn't particularly enjoy cooking, often ve will make some sort of neathy porridge or some sort of meat and pan fried mushrooms). Then, ve will hail a carriage (honestly ve feels more like a street-car type of person but those don't exist in London yet) to get to ver constabulary job. In the constabulary forces, Juno works a 9 to 5, and ve has a managerial position so ve mostly isn't going out on cases by verself (although there are exceptions, especially in cases like where Fires' factories need to be "inspected"). Ve tends to do a lot of gathering evidence and resources for the constables who are out on patrol, and sometimes ve will also play backup or support roles for them. When Juno was younger, ve was more often actively on the streets patrolling or trying to quell the stemmings of rebellion, but now ve mostly supports from ver cushy office in Concord Square. After work, Juno will sometimes stop by the shops to get food and other resources, but usually ve tends to go straight home. At this point in ver life, ve doesn't have a lot of friends (ve tends to push people away so ve doesn't get hurt again <3) (holding ver so gently). Ve eats dinner around 6:30 pm most nights and generally eats nicely but not fancily. After dinner, ve sometimes will paint or write or do something creative, sometimes ve will read (ve really likes poetry), and sometimes ve will listen to music or play music (ve can also play the piano). Ve has honestly really enjoyed having Locryn as ver tenant, it's filled a surprising void in ver life and makes ver evenings feel a little bit less alone, as sometimes they talk or play chess or hang out in the evenings. Juno tends to go to sleep at a reasonable hour, around 10 pm. Ve normally bathes before bed, but when ve bathes often depends on the activities ve has planned for that day. (If there are intimacies ve will bathe both before and after) The masterkissing isn't necessarily a mundane everyday thing for ver. How often it happens depends on a lot of factors, but generally ve doesn't go more than a couple of weeks without a session.

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Juno would have SO MANY tiffany lamps in ver house. I love tiffany lamps oh my god.

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Juno Ophelia Davenport / The Austere Devil

I’ll update this with an old drawing of current Juno soon.

TW: Mentions of addiction

Other names/nicknames: N/A, some people she’s close to call ver Junie or June (but that’s uncommon). People occasionally call ver a Servant or Slave of the Bazaar (but to be fair, ve used to write Bazaarine poetry before seeking/batkissing). 

Pronouns: Ve/ver or none. 

Gender: Genderless

Sexuality: Aro romantic wise, Pan sexuality wise

Age: 60 years old 

Birthday: January 25th

Appearance: Juno has tan skin with a warm undertone. Ve has brownish brass-colored eyes. Ver hair is short, straight, gray, and usually a bit disheveled. Juno dresses formally and nicely. Ve’s reasonably wealthy so ve wears nice clothing but nothing too flashy. Ve almost always wears a little bit of jewelry, namely a jeweled necklace that Mr. Stones gave ver, a few bracelets, and earrings. Juno has a good amount of scarring on ver face, ver neck, and ver body. Some of these are from seeking, some are from ver work as a constable, and some are from more intimate activities. Ve has a warm and wrinkled face. Juno is short, slightly overweight, and reasonably attractive.  Anatomically (you know what I mean), Juno has traditionally female anatomy. Juno could very easily be described as a MILF. 

When Juno was younger, ver hair was red, straight, and long.

Voice: A warm soprano

Height: 5’ 4”  Spoken languages: English, French, Latin

Affiliation: Constables, monster hunters, some old connections to high society and the bohemians. Ve is also connected to the Masters. Juno was also a seeker but stopped before ve was completely ruined.

Occupation: Constable and retired monster hunter. Ve was formerly a Bohemian artist but wound up in too much scandal to continue. Ve briefly worked part-time at the Parlor of Virtue as well (y’know, to stave off the hungers and fund ver prisoner’s honey addiction). 

Backstory: Juno doesn’t have very many memories of ver life before being in London. Ver twin brother Cas was the closest thing Juno had to family. Juno arrived in London about a year after the fall, and they immediately were attracted to the place, deciding to stay for as long as they could. Surprisingly, Juno actually started out as a monster hunter. Ve had heard rumors of a creature called the Vake, and long story short, ve was able to defeat most of the parts of it and tame the other. (Quite honestly, this early game of cat-and-mouse is likely how a lot of ver batkissing started as well).

However, even though victory as a monster hunter came easily to ver, Juno was still quite lonely. Cas was mostly working and doing things on his own, and Juno wound up in an interesting part of society, becoming an artist and Bazarine poet. Ve also developed an addiction to prisoner’s honey, to the point where ve still can’t be trusted around the stuff. Juno also began to work at the Parlor of Virtue, staving off some strange hungers that kept threatening to spill out. 

Ve did not get as deeply pulled into seeking as Cas did, but ve still got pulled in a fair bit of the way (to the point where ve had a few of the candles and ver soul was stained, which severed a lot of ver connections to hell, and honestly ve still has a lot of nightmares surrounding seeking and has a lot of guilt surrounding not saving Cas). Ver addiction grew to its worst after Cas seemingly went North. After some time of very severe addiction and dependence on not facing reality, a few other constables helped pull Juno out of it and set ver on the path of joining the constabulary forces verself. Ver life as a constable has been surprisingly peaceful, although of course ve has had to deal with the occasional group of criminals or revolutionaries, some of whom enjoy attempting to assassinate ver. 

Juno took in Locryn about 2 months ago, and ve’s not really sure why ve took them in, but ve feels protective over them, and wants to make sure they don’t fall back into their old habits.

Personality: Juno is a serious and stern person who has a soft spot in ver heart for people ve cares about. Ve can be a tad hedonistic at times, sometimes to the point of excess, but not nearly as badly as ve was when ve was younger. Ve tries ver best to be kind to everyone, but it’s easy to annoy ver and ve can be prone to lashing out sometimes. Ve is creative and imaginative, and often has ver head in the clouds. Ve can definitely hold a grudge, and is unlikely to forget things that have been revealed to ver, and can be a bit of a gossip. Ve always wants everything to be exactly in order and where it should be, and can be agitated when things go wrong. 

Relationships:

Will be added later.

Locryn: Juno feels protective over them in almost a parental sense of “I’ve gotta protect them and can’t let them fall down the same path my brother did/I almost did”. Ve could certainly be an antagonist in Locryn and Astrid’s friendship/budding cute romance hehe. 

Rhys was a constable that ve knew well and was surprisingly close friends with but ve’s not sure what happened to him.

Hobbies: 

Painting: Ve used to do a lot of painting while under the influence of prisoner’s honey, and ve still paints sometimes. 

Poetry writing: Ve used to be a Bazarine poet, and ve still really enjoys writing poetry. Is ve good at it? Not really. Would ve and Pages bond over ver poetry? Probably.

Fears: Failure, helplessness, small spaces/being trapped, being forgotten.

Quirks/Habits: Ve always sits in a lotus pose whenever ve can, ve’s always decently good at hiding ver emotions (although ve will often blink a little bit faster if ve’s anxious) 

Medical info: 

In all honesty Juno probably has some flavor of PTSD as well <3

Open to RP: Yes

Open to shipping: Open to sex, not to romance.  Does ve have an in-game account?: Yes, but I'm hella inactive on there. I'll link it soon.

Notes/Comments:

Juno is ambidextrous

Juno really likes turkish delight