Profile
- amphibians
- crafting
- performing
- darkness
- heights
- rude audience members
- collecting random things likes cool rocks, shiny bits, etc.
- painting
- crochet animals
- uhhhhhh gay
- empathy
- positivity
- optimism
- stims by flapping arms, rocking on their heels, and making little noises
- tendency to talk quickly and excitedly
- almost always in some kind of clown makeup, subtle or overt
MAJOR GOALS
- bringing joy through the circus
- rehabilitation of automata
MINOR GOALS
- get better at acrobatics
- easy access to cotton candy
- pants with deep pockets
HIDDEN DESIRES
- a place to belong; a purpose
SECRETS
- their real name
- how many times they've trusted the wrong person
FEARS
- Heights
- Abandonment
- Helplessness
TRIGGERS
- Sudden loud noises
LIFE & DEATH
- kero clings, almost desperately, to the idea that life has meaning, in the hope that they'll find a purpose for their own
- as for death, there is little meaning to be found in it, only the end of potential. tehy do believe in the afterlife, but it should be reached after a life well lived
AUTHORITY & STATUS
- FUCK authority!!!!
- the only STATUS they care about is MARRIAGE STATUS
MONEY & WEALTH
- please a smidgen of cash for the clown. Have pity upon this poor little clown.
- eat the tich (except masaru, he can stay cuz he's polite)
LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS
- kero has a lot of love in their heart, perhaps too much; they're quick to trust those that show them kindness. the line between romantic and platonic relationships tends to blur a little
MARRIAGE
- kero absolutely believes in marriage--they are married, after all! they didn't care much about traditions, but they loved the idea of celebrating their wedding not only with their friends, but with the circus as a whole
FAMILY
- family is far more about the people you choose rather than the people you're born to. to kero, the circus is their family, their entire world
CHILDREN
- kero is fond of children in the sense that they love to entertain them as a clown, but they find themselves more at a loss when left with children in non-circus settings. they are...unsure about adoption; they don't think they'd make a very good parent
THE ELDERLY
- older generations can be a source of wisdom and guidence, but they also have bad experience with older people giving them shit for being a queer little clown
THE PAST
- kero tries to ignore the past as much as possible
THE FUTURE
- they cling to the idea of a better future, of the idea that they can be better
TIME
- extremely time blind. What do you mean it's been three months
FAITH & RELIGION
- kero isn't particularly religious, though if they were hardpressed to choose, they might describe themselves as lightly wiccan
- they do have a small altar in their caravan, but don't often remember rituals
BEAUTY
- kero has a more...esoteric sense of beauty, compared to others. they don't care for restrictive beauty standards, and find themselves attracted to the strange and unusual
APPEARANCE & FASHION
- personal appearance is very important to kero, especially as a clown!
- they are rarely seen without some form of clownery, whether it's their full circus costume or a smattering of glitter and color on their face in more casual situations
- their fashion almost always leans towards colorful and bright
GENDER
- kero finds their connection with gender, or the lack thereof, to be of special importance. it took a long time for them to define their own queerness, and even longer to be at peace with how others percieve them
ABILITIES
- strong sense of balance
- adaptability
- natural humor
SKILLS
- juggling
- cyr wheeling
- cooking/baking
SLEEP POSITION
- tummy sleepers unite!
SLEEP INTENSITY
- could sleep thru a car crash
SLEEP SCHEDULE
- a natural night owl, but the life of a circus performer requires them to be up very early
DREAMS
- they dream often, about all kinds of different things. often records them in a journal
NIGHTMARES
- nightmares of the past, of mistakes and abandonment
ON TOUCH
- physically affectionate with just about everyone they have a positive opinion of. friends, family members, lovers, all of the above
ON ROMANCE
- a die hard romantic, though they've little idea how to really attain it--at least before they were married. now, they've got a husband for that kind of thing
ON SEX
- they enjoy the idea of it, though their past expereiences have been...less than pleasant. positive intimacy has been rare, and they crave it more than they'd like to admit
- whimsy
- creativity
- long hair
- rudeness
- unreliability
- normies
TURN-ONS
- playing with hair (theirs or their partner's)
- hand kisses
- singing
TURN-OFFS
- forcefulness
- excess pride
- sadism
KINKS
- edging
- temperature play
- pegging
FETISHES
- lingerie
- ribbon bondage
FOREPLAY
- foreplay is often an extended performance, befitting those of the circus. they like to take their time with their partners, exploring and enjoying each other
THE ACT
- sex itself is...complicated, when you're married to an automata with no sexual organs. still, they manage, with the helpful aid of simulated nerve endings
AFTERCARE
- aftercaer is essential for them; it wasn't something they'd recieved much of in the past, and the reminder of love is something they need. to be held, to be cared for
WANT TO ACT ON
- sneaking behind one of the tents for a quickie
- fucking that stupid ass martial arts puppet that was mean to their husband
WOULDN'T ACT ON
- young bai jin kinda hot tho
FIRST KISS
- some kid whose name they can't remember, kissed on a dare during spin the bottle
FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE
- Don't ask.
PAST
Little is is known about Kero before they joined the circus, and they rather prefer it that way. They were born and raised in America, and seemed to have come to Japan under auspicious circumstances--until those circumstances turned sour, leaving them alone in a foreign country with no support system, no place to go, and little money to their name.
JOY
Their fortunes turned for the better when they stumbled upon a small circus performing in a park. They had no tent, few props, and little faith of the small crowd that had gathered. And yet--they shined, putting on an incredible show that made Kero feel the kind of joy they thought had been out of their reach. And so they were determined: they had to join the circus.
A NEW CLOWN
Kero spent weeks following the Nakamichi circus, watching their streetshows from the sidelines. They had little else to do, after all. It didn't take long for the performers to start recognizing them, particularly Masaru, wwho began approaching them after the street shows were finished to talk. That small friendship was what pushed them into the limelight during the performer's meetup, saving the circus from humiliation and earning them a place a the Nakamichi Circus's premier clown.
MONT SAINT MICHEL
After the attack at Kuroga Village, Kero had somewhat forcefully accompanied Lise, Heima, and Ryouko to chase after Masaru--like hell they were letting those kids go on their own! Not that they were much of a protector; their fighting ability more or less amounted to throwing things at heads. And that wasn't enough against the kind of enemies they were facing. All they could do was run, run--right into one of the Les Quatre Pionniors themselves.
THE TRAIN
Once again, Kero refused to be left behind. Fou had said that the circus talents of their friends would be what could save them in a fight against automata, and though they were still a clown-in-training, they damn sure knew some tricks. They weren't going to be helpless anymore. And, perhaps, they wanted to accompany the strange automata they'd met in Mont Saint Michel.
LOSS
Bai Jin was dead. Zonapha was no longer a threat. All there was left was to grieve. There had been so many lost in the fight for the world, not least of all their newfound friends in the automata. Perhaps it was their own sentimental attachment, but Kero became determined to convince the others that they deserved to be rebuilt, to have a second chance in the world they helped save. They, along with Masaru, Shirogane, and others in the circus, formed the Automata Rehabilitation Committee (A.R.C.).
LOVE
Love blooms, even in the most unexpected of places. Once Les Quatre Pionniors had been rebuilt, Kero had spent much of their time with them to help them adjust to their new lives. In particular, they grew even closer to Arlequino, the one who had saved them back in Mont Saint Michel. Many would argue that automata could not love, but Kero would beg to differ--they are married to him now, after all.
Kero's husband, an unlikely title he is most proud to remind people of. One of the oldest automata and a member of Les Quatre Pionniors, he spent two hundred years killing and torturing humans for the benefit of his Lady Francine--only to save humanity himself in the end. It has been a long, painful road to unlearn the cruelty he so embodied, but he now happily performs as the Nakamichi Circus's star musician.
Kero has an...interesting relationship with Brighella. He is the one who caused Arlequino's destruction, not to mention how rude he is, but they have been giving a second chance to so many of the other automata, as well. Would it not be unfair not to give him another chance, as well? So they had him rebuilt as well, with Kero keeping a close eye on the martial artist. A...very close eye. A slightly homoerotic eye.
Scapino is a close friend of Kero's, and another who advocates for the automata to have a second chance. His lover, Pantalone, is another member of Les Quatre Pionniors, and they bond over their relationships with the puppets. Despite his strange powers of immortality, Kero worries about his sometimes reckless behavior.
Another close friend of Kero's, and another fond of automata--though considering he had been more or less raised in the Midnight Circus, perhaps this is less surprising. Silvio's beau is Dottore, the juggler of Les Quatre Pionniors.
