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𝟏𝟖+ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞).

sako: the drunkle who ruins the family functions. fights with people and airs out their dirty laundry. your son now knows nine new swear words in three different languages.

zhenya: the family matriarch. hosts most of the events and they're always so well-organized. has her shit together and it's honestly pretty impressive. the strict but kind mom.

kaedrik: the cool uncle. lets you have a little sip of beer when you're a teenager so you know what it tastes like and lets kids stay up past their bedtimes if he's watching any. responsible enough to be trusted but also will teach you how to throw knives.

suni: the emo teenager. doesn't really communicate with people and just minds her own business most of the time. doesn't start fights but is very good at finishing them.

subject one: the weird little brother. collects dead bugs in jars, gets overly enthused about gory medical dramas, probably spends too much time on liveleak or something like that. friendly, but a little creepy.

hakuji: the fun cousin. pulls pranks but they're always really funny. the adults think he's a bit rambunctious but a good kid otherwise.

redux: the mysterious uncle who only shows up once in a blue moon. very closed-off about his past and it has lead to many speculations. doesn't talk much but can bust out some banger songs.

shou: the older cousin that everyone knows has issues. not very sociable and considered to be a bit of a black sheep, but they have gotten in a fight with someone who bullied you once, so they're good in your books.

esther: the strange (yet cool) aunt. mysterious past but has taught you how to shoot various ranged weaponry. if you have problems with any adults she's there on your side. you don't know how she lost her eye and she won't tell anyone but she's cool and you like her.

ayato: the cousin pretty much no one ever sees--the recluse, to be more specific. you send each other memes sometimes and wish each other happy birthdays and chat through text and whatnot, but you have absolutely no idea what he's up to on a daily basis.

tithonus: honestly, no one really knows who he's related to or who he's involved with in the family, but he's....there. he doesn't talk much, but people like him, so that's fine.

seer: the grandparent with all the interesting stories. always sneaks you a ten dollar bill whenever you visit xem, as well as telling you about the time xe fled from the cops on the back of a stranger's motorcycle.

since dottore is no longer a thing, and also the vast majority of his subordinates have been punished, subject one isn't recieving the various 'tune-ups' his unstable body needs--and while he's doing his best to manage it on his own, using what he's learned, he's still falling apart. for the time being, some other fatui doctors are looking at him, but one is so uncomfortable with them that sometimes he just insists on doing everything himself.

i imagine subject one was created by the 'scholar' segment in terms of creating an interesting experiment, in cahoots with the 'vision hunter' from the fallen nation of khan'reiah. the other segments were more grumpy with this, but at the very least subject one got along well with the 'young student' (the child) segment.

the 'young student' segment, during the segment termination at the end of the og sumeru patch, died in subject one's arms while coughing on the last bits of life he had left. it fucked the little guy up really bad, as besides suni, the little one was one of the only friends he had.

although subject one was never officially marked as dottore's heir, the tsaritsa made it such after the doctor deserted and then finally died. the now-sixteen year old subject one ended up taking over that harbinger spot unofficially, becoming a pseudo-harbinger and agreeing to follow the tsaritsa's will. while he did directly work with dottore, his punishment was more akin to a house arrest--which, for someone who values freedom, was more than enough of a punishment for the crimes he aided in. even though he didn't enjoy this, subject one understood that dottore went against the tsaritsa's orders, and that was treason.

subject one finds the smell of the particular brand of cigarettes pantalone smokes somewhat comforting, although it really sticks to one's clothes, and suni genuinely hates that smell.

while one had an idea about dottore's secret vault in the northland bank, he never questioned him about it--instead, when pantalone returned to his homeland, subject one spent some time with his uncle.