Velour's Links
At first, though Velour couldn't wrap around Yuuta's line of thinking, he admired them for their ability to play the parts that they were given. And though Velour still looks to Yuuta whenever he's unsure about something in regards to the game (after all, Velour absolutely needs someone to reign in his 'big brained' theories)...
You know, Yuuta and him couldn't be more different, could they?
There's so many things Yuuta has that Velour, in hindsight, always had wished for. And at the same time, there are things Yuuta doesn't have that Velour has, even if some of that was only for a short time. If Velour was someone who did things without ever thinking about his life....well, Yuuta had always been thinking for themself, haven't they? Even their idea of how the Hunter should operate couldn't be more different.
And yet, Velour can't be upset at them. And in the end, if there was anything he wanted from Yuuta...
It's their acceptance that their aunt truly, dearly, cares about them. And if he has to, Velour's willing to do whatever he can to prove it to them.
Based on how they first met, and what Velour has done so far, Yuuta is a bit intimidated by Velour. It seemed like their temperaments were just too different to mesh well together. Velour was a mystery Yuuta didn't originally have much motivation to figure out...but after learning a bit more about him, who knows?
Though Benedikt appears intimidating, Velour doesn't feel too fazed by this, and generally appreciates his company. Though he wonders what he and Airi were up to in round 4, he ultimately respects the two's decision to keep it a secret (for better or for worse).
Benedikt has no particularly strong feelings on Velour... but does trust him to an extent. Though, admittedly, his... eccentricities, let's say, don't inspire a huge amount of confidence.
Despite knowing she had a hand in his death in the first round of the game that he can remember, and for many of his deaths in the games he doesn't quite recall, he trusts Airi a great deal. At first, this was due to his respect towards her dedication to the job -- but by the end, it's for the same shared willingness to risk their own safety for the sake of everyone else's.
Airi thinks Velour is... well, reckless, for one. Starting a fight with someone right after finding three dead bodies?
Despite his age, Airi thinks Velour is surprisingly childish.
Oh buddy, does Velour not know what to feel about you.
There's the part of Velour who respects them as a patron at his bar, who appreciates their company. The part that also knows that despite it all, Guiying isn't the type to kill -- not for money, and not because of their role in any of the games.
But there's also the part that knows that Guiying advised a project so noteworthy that it put them in this game. A project that forced Bene and Linnea to steal the blueprints, and a project that, whether it was due to the investor's background or the project's goal, was the defining reason why Velour lost both of his parents.
And though Velour doesn't put the blame on them per say, it makes Velour's opinion of Guiying very.... complicated. Just what other secrets are you hiding?
Most of Guiying's experience with Velour is as a customer at the bar he works at... they view him positively, overall. He's good at what he does, and at least.... somewhat reasonable, in their experience.
Despite every sort of mischief that Eli's been up to, Velour holds no ill will towards him. In fact, Velour knows full well that if it wasn't for the things that Eli did, maybe they would still be blindly playing the game as intended...
Eli has no desire to bond with Velour over... whatever shared experiences they have. Frankly, he has no strong feelings on him.
After seeing the games thus far, Velour has come to understand that whatever Linnea has gone through, it definitely comes from a place of hurt. And even if he's right in guessing that Linnea is the one who brought him here, he doesn't hold anything against them. No, if anything, he wonders on the why -- and hopes that he can find the anwser that Linnea had very likely hid for him and the others to find.
As they feel about everyone else, with everything that Velour has gone through, Linnea believes that Velour is a lost cause. And in many of the loops, they are proven right--Velour kills, and is killed. From their point of view, Velour's morality has been eroded by the loss of his parents, and there is no coming back from it.
They don't believe in his ability grow. He too will move ever away from hope and towards despair.
After giving Karin a firm punch in the face for her family killing his own parents, Velour's opinion of Karin is...not as bad as it could be, honestly. Though he cannot forgive her family for what they did, Velour simply can't blame her for the action -- after all, how fair would that be, if Velour doesn't fault Malley for the deeds that their parents did?
Still, being an event that had recently been brought to light, it'll take time for Velour to truly settle his feelings on the matter.
Velour gets Karin quite fired up! His threats of violence? She loves to see it. Karin would gladly take Velour up on fighting without a second thought. (She would win, of course). Finding out that her family was involved in his parents' death is... regrettable, but not surprising. After all, that's the life she was born into, isn't it? There's no escaping that.
Velour easily ranks in her top 5 hottest people in the town. ...why is she keeping track? Y'know, reasons.
Seira is... definitely someone Velour shouldn't put any trust in. She blackmails Airi to get an advantage in the games. She's likely used him during all the rounds when they were both Wolves to ensure that she would win. And those two alone only scratch the surface of the things she's done...
But, despite the fact that Velour shouldn't trust her, he somehow finds himself doing so anyway (or, at least without being taken too much advantage of). He knows for certain that she's capable of putting things together that he might not, and, perhaps because both of them have been effected by Karin's family, hopes that she can confide in him, too.
Seira views Velour as quite capable, and she's more than willing to pull what strings she can to put those capabilities to her own use. After finding out the involvement of the Teizaki family in his life, she hopes that perhaps he will be... more amenable to working with her.
Of everyone here, Velour knows that he's hurt Thyma the most. She's seen way more games that he can remember, and because of his general position in most of them, can see why she has trouble trusting Velour -- and many others -- in this game.
But at the same time, he also understands why Malley would be upset at her too. After all, how can a game change if one turns away from what's to come? Because of that exhaustion, perhaps that lack of confidence as well, that stirs Velour into wanting to help amend what he's done. That maybe, maybe if he can prove to Thyma that things can change for the better, they'll find that lost sense of leadership that he's sure lurks somewhere deep down inside.
Yeah, Thyma's feelings on Velour are... mixed, to say the least.
She's seen him die, and she's seen him kill. The vast majority of her experiences with him were negative, with him leaning hard into the role that he was assigned as the Wolf. She's witnessed him inspire fear and anxiety in the group, witnessed him drive Airi to kill.
But for the past couple loops, he seems to be changing. She isn't sure just how much of him has changed... and that makes it hard for her to place trust in him.
She can only hope for the best.
Even at the start of the mysterious game, Velour's impression of Malley was overall positive - though, like the others who were trapped, distanced his impressions in order to play the role of the Wolf correctly. As the game loops, however, and both Malley and Velour remember their past encounters...Velour is able to catch on that there's more to what Malley presents himself as.
As Velour learns more of this truth, and their shared circumstances, his ability to handle the role that he's been given dwindles. He stops the Hunter from killing Malley, despite being a Wolf. He reconsiders the roles in the game as a whole - and decides that, for Malley's sake, he was going to get them out of this twisted, painful game.
By the end of the game, Velour ends up caring a lot for Malley, and takes on a parental role for them whenever Malley needs any guidance. He's also a bit goofier around them as well - sorry Malley, you have to deal with the occasional dad joke when you're around him.