#bellementa

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Finally got around to redesigning Chiyoko! Reworking her and Labana's backstory a little, even if I'm still not totally grasping their characters just yet...

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continuation of the kintsugi au, ft. a ghost that isn't quite as distant as the one in canon. (Lamar/Morceau and Sergei/Milton belong to @wizardmolars!)

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Yukiko de Plume

19 years old, give or take

no pronouns, transmasc nb

aromantic asexual

No one's quite sure where Yuki came from, least of all Yuki- this person just woke up one day on the outskirts of the bellementum settlement of Concert, hungry, lost, and frustrated. With little to no point of reference of what was left behind, Yuki's accepted the existence of magic with little fuss. Since leaving Concert without losing memories again is an impossibility, with nothing else to go off of, Yuki stays and researches the outside world that's passing by for potential answers on an identity. Yuki can't help but feel drawn to one of the few other permanent human residents of Concert, Hironori Hidaka, feeling an inexplicable kinship with him.

This person is currently staying under the roof of Cortland McIntosh, and wanders around town in spare time, picking up the slack of any jobs that need an extra hand, from menial work in the fields to a volunteer at the general store. Yuki's quick to anger, but also quick to apologize, struggling under the weight of volatile emotions and a tendency to people please. It causes the teen frustration when things aren't explained thoroughly, and stagnation without exact instructions on what to do.

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Some Buttermint doodles, featuring @wizardmolars's Milton Beech!

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Does Ven's hair turn white in Act 3 as a side effect of their bellementum powers? Or is it for an unrelated reason?

Yep! If you've got enough bellementum blood to have powers, your hair turns white when you first awaken it.

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Bellementa need to sleep and eat a lot to recharge if they ever overtax their powers. Hito makes a point of making breakfast in bed for Milton if this happens, but... a hungry critter with a sweet tooth tends to tunnel vision.

(Milton belongs to @wizardmolars!)

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Things I know about Jackie

Was raised by a somewhat overprotective father, Cortland McIntosh, after her mother died in childbirth

Born and raised in Concert, a farming community about an hour's drive from Threshold populated mostly by bellementa

Grew up knowing she was part bellementum, learning about what it meant to her community, and how to handle her powers

Wanted to move to the city for a new kind of excitement when she grew up, Cortland wanted her to stay so she'd be safe, they had a blowout and she took off

She has not once spoken to Cortland since.

Made friends at the first job she held down for more than a few months, but said friends had an unhealthy lifestyle

Got her addicted to cigarettes, enabled one another's vices while putting one another down, she stayed friends with them several years even after changing jobs

Finally broke things off with the lot of them after being pressured so much to hang with them that she lost a job, had a physical fight with one

Was a loner for a while before gradually befriending a local queer group at one of the bars she frequented

Felt somewhat more accepted but still looked down upon for not being quite "right" (aromantic, fat, visibly unhealthy from smoking), broke things off after being pushed about her dating life one too many times

Has lost several jobs due to behavioral issues like getting short with unpleasant customers and starting arguments with coworkers

Has yet to find a bellementum that understands what they are and is willing to connect with her

Has developed trust issues and tends to shut people out if they start learning "too much" about her

Has an extremely "do it yourself" philosophy and tends to handmake solutions instead of asking people for help

Fan of Greek mythology, and her cobbled together car is named Theseus

Loves apples, but can't eat them raw anymore after losing a tooth to one thanks to her smoking

Has been trying to quit smoking on and off for years but can't make it stick

Tried to raise a chicken from an egg several times instead of just purchasing one due to stubbornness, took many years before she finally hatched Holstein and kept her alive past a few days

Tends to collect all sorts of odds and ends, has a hoarding problem and her house is extremely cluttered

Has thrombocytopenia, keeps several first aid kits stashed around the house and takes birth control to help regulate her period in particular

Tends to use malapropisms without noticing and gets bitter if she's corrected about them

Has always wanted kids but never found the right environment to raise one and is afraid she'd fuck them up and become overprotective like her own dad

Holds grudges FOREVER and hates admitting she was wrong about something

Has tried therapy several times for her anger issues and loneliness and is acutely aware of her problems and emotions, but doesn't know where to begin properly addressing them and always quits therapy when just talk doesn't help

A hobbyist and self-proclaimed jack of all trades that knows a little bit about several subjects - art, car maintenance, sewing, cooking, drink mixing, plumbing, playing piano, gardening, boxing, raising animals and children - not enough to be an expert on any subject, but more than the average person

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post-wip ven using their powers for a get out of conversation free card was somehow now a concept i considered until now