:^)

fun personality/relationship tidbits:

while alonso is actually just quiet and mildly socially awkward, his politeness is more a habit that is ingrained into him by his mentor, and his own method of avoiding trouble by appearing as unassuming as possible

he likes collaborating, but doesn't like asking for help, afraid of seeming needy and having to depend on another, esp in a place like Eridia

obvi he has no choice but to do so for the game and his curse

he used to smoke with his mentor from a fancy pipe that was a hand-me-down from her. it gets sold off for the trip to Eridia

makes his own smoking concoctions too. kuras heavily disapproves of him using any of the clinic's ingredients for it tho lol

he, ais, and vere would make a crazy blunt rotation if he actually liked either of them

ais would goad alonso into bumming off a cig so alonso will owe him down the line

the two do encounter each other at the clinic, and if caught by kuras outside on a smoke break, kuras will def be pissed at them for smoking anywhere near patients

alonso would feel mildly guilty if caught lol

he has an interest in technology (however advanced or rudimentary it is in the touchstarved world)

also likes studying and building locks, so he knows how to lockpick so long as it's unenchanted lol

background lore (until canon may or may not blow it out the water)

alonso's parents are former senobium mages like the Alchemist Background's teacher, who had beef w them, living in some small settlement

as revenge and desiring a live test subject, she kidnaps baby/toddler alonso, assuming the mc is born w the curse or acquired it extremely young

alonso has twin older siblings w a 5 year age diff, so their parents were too reluctant to leave them behind to find alonso, or have one of them search on their own given how dangerous the touchstarved world is

though his mentor raises him in another small village far from his original family, she uses lots of gaslighting, fear tactics, strictness, and guilt tripping to keep him mostly home, unless out for essentials, a la tangled mother gothel

she also sometimes performed borderline torturous tests on him

despite limited contact w others in the village, alonso was able to grow close to another young man, who slowly convinced him to start questioning his relationship w his mentor as well as his origins

probing subtly was usually shut down by her, so alonso broke into her office

he finds her journal logs alluding to his kidnap, but not exactly form where or who

finally fed up w her, alonso confronts her, and when denying and her other usual A+ parenting tactics didn't work, she threatened using magic to keep him permanently at home

but not kill him!! his curse is too important to get away from her

he knew he couldn't beat her on even ground w their magic (however it works in this world) she becomes alonso's first human victim of the curse

knowing he'd be ostracized, persecuted, or possibly executed by other locals as a suspected murderer, alonso flees for eridia

not before one last meeting w his friend/paramour, who was willing to give him some money for the trip, but unwilling to leave his own home behind

while alonso never liked his curse before, he felt resigned to simply live w it after so many years of no cure. he now despises it, blames it as the main reason he lost whatever life he could've had before his kidnapping, thus finding a cure in the Senobium is his singular purpose