[ 💉 ] TAROT-inspired headcanons.
THE FOOL: what is the stupidest thing your muse has ever done?
If asked, he’d say that the stupidest thing he’d ever done was let Kris into his laboratory that one time. After all, it’d opened the floodgates, leading to his wild firestorm of a cousin often showing up unannounced, disrupting his carefully-maintained and orderly style of living for however long she pleased.
But then he’d say that he was being facetious, clearly. What sort of layman did you take him for? He didn’t do stupid things. Even if Kris did have the tendency to be a pain on occasion, she tended to to more good than harm.
If he had to choose, he’d probably say that the stupidest thing he’d done was try and get friendly with a neighbour’s herdiers in his youth. The two of them ended up attacking him, and though he wasn’t seriously injured, it cemented his aversion to organic creatures.
However, from a meta point of view, the stupidest thing he’s done is definitely signing on as part of Team Plasma. It’s true that Ghetsis and Team Plasma helped him achieve incredible heights– but it’s nothing that he wouldn’t have been able to achieve on his own. He was brilliant, and recognized as such. He very easily could have ended up in a researcher’s position at a respected university or institute, taking the world by storm and ultimately doing whatever he wanted.
As part of Team Plasma, Akuroma has the funding and equipment he needs– but he’s also restricted in what he can and can’t do and is required to work with a small research team. Most damning of all, though, is the fact that he’s constantly involved with Ghetsis Harmonia. While Akuroma respects Ghetsis more than anyone else on this planet, he is also swift to designate him as the most dangerous man on this planet as well. Even more dangerous than Akuroma himself– and that speaks volumes.
THE HERMIT: if your muse were trapped alone on an island, name three things they’d have to have.
First things first: his tablet. It’s a little known fact, mainly because he always has it on his person, but Akuroma is prone to considerable anxiety if he doesn’t have his tablet with him. It serves a ton of functions which I’ll definitely be writing a post about at some point. Needless to say, it’s quite a bit more complex than your standard tablet.
Secondly, assuming that you couldn’t elect to have things such as a jet or anything to get you off of the island, would be an ample supply of lab coats and gloves. Akuroma wasn’t quite as out-of-shape as his lithe and willowy figure might suggest, so he wouldn’t be completely helpless in terms of survival procedures. What would render him useless is the notion of making direct physical contact with anything on the island. There’s just no way to tell how contaminated it might be– having a layer of cloth between himself and the world around him did wonders for his rates of functioning.
And finally, Kris. She was a Pokemon Trainer, right? No, more than that– the Johto Pokemon Champion, wasn’t she? Surely, she was better suited to this sort of situation. Why should he bother getting his hands dirty (figuratively, of course– he’d never allow his hands to actually be dirtied) when she’d be jumping at the bit to do it for him? She was physically stronger than he was, anyway. Louder, too. Her voice would probably be enough to attract help from the nearest populated landmass.
She was useful like that.
(And it definitely had absolutely nothing to do with enjoying her company, even a little bit.)
