#the delicate devil

Francis has major burn scars on his hands that restrict his mobility. He struggles with fine motor movements, and overuse or exposure to the cold can make his hands stiffen to the point it's difficult to hold anything. Unfortunately his solution has been to wear gloves (which often restrict his mobility further) and avoid situations in which he has to hold small things- hence why he no longer drinks; he can't hold the stem of a wine glass. The Unlucky Devil has started giving him hand massages, which has helped with the stiffness greatly. He could probably benefit from regular amber treatments but unfortunately he's definitely not going to do that

Josie is autistic, and writing about all the ways that's affected her life could be the topic of a whole other post so I'm going to condense things a lot here. She doesn't outwardly emote in traditional ways- her expressions are largely just subtly different variations of scowls and :| faces- and speaks in a monotone. Her sensory issues mean she can't wear any clothing tight against her body, which clashes with her dysphoria because it keeps her from being able to bind. She compensates for this by wearing layers of thick baggy clothes (and often gets overstimulated by overheating). She does just have anger issues in general, but 6/10 times the reason she's pissed off is because she's overstimulated. Her albinism was inherited from her mother, and along with causing her problems with sunburn back on the surface, is why she has strabismic amblyopia (specifically esotropia- one eye crosses inwards). She is almost what would be considered legally blind in her lazy eye, and has learned to compensate for the loss in depth perception with other visual cues

Malachai is damaging their body quite a lot through Seeking, in ways that won't become apparent until they turn back and lose the haze it puts in their mind- and I've forbidden myself from talking about post SMEN stuff until I actually finish the storyline. It's my carrot on a stick to get me through it. So I'll just say that they will have problems with anemia, chronic pain, muscle weakness, and osteoarthritis and leave it at that for now

Marion is also autistic, and very very much has the black and white morality and strong sense of justice- she's very much latched onto victorian ideas about propriety and christian values as the Rules That Tell Her How The World Works. She struggles greatly to connect with others; subtle social cues are difficult for her and she is easy to find annoying. I once described her as being kind of like if Berdly from deltarune was a christian victorian young woman and that remains true. Her autism is a large factor as to what caused her parents' infantilization and over-controlling of her, that and the fact that she was their youngest child and only daughter

Isaac is also also autistic- and it basically shaped pre-death Isaac's entire life, but that could also be its own post. Actually I might save diving into the ways if affects her for said post. Just know that he is also autistic

The Silver-Eyed Funambulist is blind; they have corneal scarring from ophthalmia neonatorum, and can perceive the difference between light and shadow + movement close to their face. Their eyes are also very photosensitive- their sunglasses serve a twofold purpose between that and hiding that they're fingerking possessed. They also have OCD, which manifests primarily as an obsessively weighing and justifying every decision they make against their moral code. They have other compulsions but I have intentionally not developed them because I am worried about accidentally giving myself a new compulsion again LMAO

(Honorary mention of their fingerking guide/sneeing snye snake/life partner The Beholder of Hidden Truths, who @herearedragons made a convincing argument for being disabled by its nature as a creature of the Is-Not who cannot experience reality without a mobility aid[somebody to possess])

Nirupama has chronic pelvic pain, caused by scarring in her uterus from chlamydia that was never treated

The Delicate Devil has ADHD, or something equivalent to it (ADHbee...). They struggle greatly with executive dysfunction + rejection sensitive dysphoria, and she has trouble focusing and gets bored quickly. It's part of what causes him to feel so alienated from other devils