Hiii! Loving Aurelius - who is his mentor if you know? And how does he get on with other victors in the village?
Firstly I have decided that Rel's game would be the 69th. It simply works better with the timeline and character.
For the mentor I keep thinking that Nero is simply the best possibility. Even if he didn't win. (and lets be real no one thought he would) I've shot an ask in lorata's direction because he is still her oc or how he or Enobaria would react.
Things I factored in were: Aurelius is 12. As such all the mentors were already aware that he would have vastly different needs than a Center raised and trained volunteer. Primarily: comfort and reassurance.
Ronan is retired and also not the most cuddly. Callista and Adessa too. Children have different emotional needs that they simply wouldn't meet. So not the best choice.
Lyme is preoccupied with Claudius and again. There would be tension weather Rel won or not.
Enobaria doesn't mentor as far as I'm aware, tho that would be a pretty good pairing. Once again tho needs. Aurelius is a complex mix of touch averse and touch starved that means one second he could be cuddled up to your side and the next he's shoving you away like you've got fleas.
Which I think leaves Emory, Brutus, Devon and Artemisia.
Emory has struggled alot to feel worthy of her place as a victor due to the way her games were won. Making her mentor a child that, in their eyes, was slated to die, probably quickly too, seems cruel.
I pegged Rel as more of an introvert so Misha being Misha would exhaust him pretty quickly and that a healthy mentor-tribute much less victor does not make. Also she's mentoring the girl (maybe, not set yet)
Devon chose the boy who was supposed to volunteer so he's got his own problems right now.
Brutus, I don't know. I got the vibe that he geniunely loves mentoring and pulling a twelve year owl out of the arena means he'll be pretty preoccupied with Rel in the future as he grows up. Also by the time he would mentor Petra, Rel would be 15-16 yo and her injury means that she needs a lot of attention. Which would be destabilising for Aurelius. The thought alone kinda makes me sad.
As for the victors, regardless who mentors him, he doesn't tend to have much contact with Lymes line. Being a walking talking trigger to Claudius is fun for non of them so he tends to stay clear of them.
He adores Adessa though. Smarty pant adored school and was pretty bummed he couldn't go after his victory so they hired tutors for him. I also hc her as having ties with Capitol universities so that would be of interest to him as well.
He adores Ronan too, granted more for his dogs than him directly but on the off chance that he isn't in his or his mentors house, and he didn't sneak out of the village he could be found either with him of Adessa.
A mixture of his homelife and his games have left him with a truly terrifying poker face and an inability to truly give a shit about things he deems unimportant so Enobaria has, to date, not once gotten a rise out of him. If they share a mentor or not those two tend to go along quite well. If Rels mentor is Nero than there is also the factor that Lyme despite being his "sister" is to wrapped up in her own victor for them to build a deeper relationship.
Emory is calm enough and willing enough to indulge him on his various baking requests that likes both her and her company. They cook/bake together.
Misha I already explained. They do pull pranks together though.
He does like Devon. But a majority of their relationship is based in their mutal adoration of Enobaria.
Brutus is rather soft on him so if he wants something a bit outside his mentors scope he usually comes to him.
Petra is a bit to fanatical and absolute in her loyalty to Snow to truly have him upen up to her but he is someone who is capable of not showing her even the slightest of pity and respect her boundaries so he's interestingly one of the first victors she got to meet.
Callista, honestly he finds her to be utterly hilarious. And those two together are a riot.
