#dragonbee259

They’re okay

If I were Marc I would’ve chosen violence the moment Nathaniel tore up the notebook tho lol

I do!! A lot of them actually. Also a few Yellue ones.

Gets flustered stupidly easy. Like, so easy it's almost ridiculous. Sometimes just looking at Blue just makes her melt.

Her and Red are siblings!! She's older, while he's younger. Have the pettiest sibling feuds

Really into Minecraft modding. She's clogged Alan's YouTube recommendations with modding showcases. Has probably attempted to make her own mods at some point after s3.

Doesn't usually stray too far from Blue after s3. Blue was one of the biggest punching bags of the season (ONE OF, not the biggest.), so she has a bit more trouble recovering compared to the others. Yellow comforts her a lot.

Is blind as hell without her glasses. Red stole them once and she fell over everything chasing him. Red found this hilarious.

If she ever went to Minecraft school with Red, she'd get in trouble a lot for blowing up the classroom with inventions. Other than that, though? Top student, teacher's pet.

Calls Blue so many cute nicknames. Bluebird, Blue belle, baby Blue, you name it

Gonna answer this real real quick before a lecture starts- I would be lying if I didn't say that, alongside the Hau essay that is in the works rn, I haven't been gathering resources for Kiki's witch form and have a semi-realized vision of it. His struggles, his grudges, his character development- the potential is there.

So, while I am suffering over the Hau megapost, I can't see why I couldn't share the barebones ideas I got for Kiki's warlock so early!

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Since his development is most demonstrated by his Dipplin evolving into a Hydrapple, I believe a good base for him is "a hollow beast with a thousand faces"; someone who had abandoned the person he was in order to adopt an identity needed to win. Over time, alas, his original self has faded away; leaving behind a formless husk.

The topic on a monster with multiple faces also paves way for the mention of a certain demon in the Ars Goetia; Bune, one of the dukes of Hell possessing three heads; two dragon faces and the one on the center being a human's. Bune is known to be able to move spirits from their graves, grant wishes, and possessing over 30 legions of demons under his command.

Move the dead from their graves, huh? Sounds a lot like his poisonous grudge reviving the loyal three!

So, a multi-headed monstrosity with a kabuki mask in the middle; concealing a hollow shell where his real face was supposed to be. That is terrifying of a witch concept on its own- but, wait, there is more!

After all, a witch needs a reason to target mankind, whether it is in the form of active grudges or a consequence of them stumbling into their ever-lasting nightmare. In Kieran's case, I think it is definitely the active case; he wants to "win", to become strong- that is the whole reason as to why he had abandoned his old identity. In his search for a more resilient, formidable mask, he targets those who have come this far into his labyrinth; the people and magi who have perished by his own hands. After all, his barrier is difficult enough to traverse through- those who made it this far should be strong/intelligent enough to find the center; his residence.

You can see where I am going to with this; he rips out the faces of his victims, magi or otherwise, and turns them into masks symbolizing the most common trend in every lie they have ever uttered.

His nature would more than likely be "obsessive"; what better word is out there that can describe his one-sided kinship with Ogerpon devolving into the sole desire to defeat the MC? His karmic destiny would be enough to nuke BB Academy off the map if he wanted to. (E x - C h a m p i o n), but, really, that is all there is to his power levels.

Bune, the Warlock of Masks, with an Obsessive nature...that's almost perfect!

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His barrier, well, this one might be tricky! Seeing that it is the mental landscape of the magi before/as they became a witch, I think Kieran's deep desire to defeat the MC, driven by the desire for vengeance towards them and his family for deceiving him, I doubt it would be a cakewalk to traverse through.

The first thing that came to mind was the phrase "smoke and mirrors"; perhaps a mirror maze is present in the inner-most sanctums of the labyrinth? Half truths slowly devolving into the bitter lies he and the rest of Kitakami just ate up for most of their lives- concealing the weak and pathetic "Kiki" that he used to be, what a fitting cycle of torment this is!

Since one of his fondest memories is reading about the tale of the Loyal Three and sympathizing with the ogre of the tale - seeing that he, too, was an outcast just like her -, elements from the Festival of Masks is also involved; where else would all the other masks he had cast away in favor for the newest one end up? It is a haunting display; seeing the interior of these exaggerated, demonic masks and finding muscles and veins still attached to them...you drop the one that was in your hands almost immediately; the sight was more than sickening.

I think the tipping point would be Blue finally having enough of being taken advantage of/having her trust betrayed. After all, it's happened to her like, what, three, four times at this point?

I don't think she'd be overly violent during said villain arc, though. Maybe for a little bit at the beginning, but mostly to let off some steam. I think the worst she'd do is imprisoning the people that hurt her. Seems in-character enough.

alright @dragonbee259 you asked i'll deliver!!

there's definitely not meanings to these names haha wdym

orange/second - percy

green - ramone

blue - carmen

yellow - alex (hey it's me lol)

red - blaise

purple - i call purple violet thanks to osmosed hcs from @bugsinspace sooo. violet stays

king - richard

-Draconic Beehive

"I've told her, she shouldn't be going there! Especially with all of that Overworld stuff..."