Celeuxe Reivine's Links
"I can't fucking tolerate her. There's nobody else in the world more -- more strict and nitpicky and fucking infuriating the way she is! I know she's not fighting me the way she really knows how to. Does she think i'm too weak to beat her?!"
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It's hard for Celeuxe to resist the urge to start arguments and fights with Set, given how strict Set is as compared to how rebellious Cel is. Cel wants to prod and provoke Set into using her full strength against him, knowing that Set's always holding back every time they spar (or even when they actually fight) and seeing it as a sign that Set doesn't think of him as highly as he wants to be thought of. He often shows off in front of Set, secretly relishing any praise that Set gives him and genuinely being impressed by how strong Set is, compared to even Jaime. He'd never admit to it, though.
"Celeuxe can't stop challenging my authority. He doesn't ask questions. He just wants to start a fight. I used to be like that when I was younger. I understand how annoying I was, now."
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Even though Set understands where Celeuxe is coming from, it doesn't stop her from being irritated every time Celeuxe acts out in order to try to "prove" himself to Set. She doesn't want to actually hurt Cel -- and the fact that Cel is constantly trying to get her to fight as viciously as she does when she's on missions isn't helping. Sometimes she'll critique him or criticize him a bit more harshly than she does with the others, just to put him in his place. (She'll praise him highly, too, whenever he does do something right. Maybe the positive reinforcement will get through his head, one day.)
"Christ, I don't know anybody who smiles as much as Jaime does... It's so annoying, and the fact that people tolerate it is even worse. It never feels like she's fucking taking me seriously! Still, I guess she's alright to be around once in a while..."
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While Celeuxe genuinely hated Jaime the first time they met -- thinking that Jaime was making fun of him for not being as strong as she was -- he's grown to accept the fact that Jaime... literally just acts like that. While he still challenges Jaime every time he gets the chance to, Cel genuinely wants to learn from her (even if he's determined to beat her eventually). He can get annoyed at how "frivolously" Jaime seems to act, compared to him, but she never irritates him enough to the point where he won't put up with a picture or two... or an impromptu food trip... or even a Tiktok, yes, if she insists...
"Haha, Celeuxe always thinks that he's scarier than he really is! I wish he'd let me help him relax more often. I know the best places for us to go get a drink or a bite to eat after our sparring sessions, after all!"
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Jaime teases and sasses Celeuxe a lot, both verbally and physically, genuinely wanting to be good friends with him. She happily accepts all of Celeuxe's invitations to fight, seeing their sparring sessions as just bonding moments for them to strengthen their friendship. Jaime's always trying to take selfies with him, putting her arm around him, and trying to get him to record Tiktoks and make Instagram reels with her -- no matter how disinterested Celeuxe seems to be. She wishes that Celeuxe would let her pick out his clothing, even just for one day. She's sure she could do better for him than a ruined cape, right?
"If it was just Jaime and I in this stupid-ass band, I swear I'd have killed her by now. Hell, I think Yumeno's the best vocalist we could've gotten. She's weak as fuck in a fight, but she's got a powerful voice."
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Celeuxe knows that she intimidates Yumeno a bit -- and even though he can sometimes lose his patience with her nervous demeanor and the long-winded philosophical rants she can go on, he'd never do anything to scare her more than he already does. He genuinely loves sharing his music with her and getting media recommendations from her -- the two of them share a lot of the same (edgy) tastes and aesthetics, after all. He's the one to drag Yumeno with him to Hot Topic -- while encouraging (peer pressuring) her to skip class and hang out, instead.
"Celeuxe likes to fight a lot. More than I do... I think it's a good thing, people... they're usually scared of him. I can be... sometimes... but he likes what I like. He sends me a lot of music, all of it is good, I like his taste in lyrics... and colors..."
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Celeuxe scares Yumeno, from time to time: she hates it whenever people get too loud, and Celeuxe is always marching around looking angry as all hell, which is scary to anybody in his immediate vicinity. She's learned to accept the fact that Cel is never /too/ mad at Yumeno, though, which is all that she can ask for. Celeuxe is always the first person that Yumeno sends new music and new media to -- the two of them always have the same views, making it fun for her to rant to him about it (even if she admits that what she says sometimes goes over his head).
"Oh my God, I can't believe he still remembers me. Shit! How am I supposed to keep up my image when he's around!"
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Tolys is, quite possibly, the only person that Celeuxe is actually quiet and awkward around. Given that Tolys is one of the few person that knew him (and praised him) as a kid, Celeuxe is worried that he's unrecognizable to Tolys, now, as a young adult -- or, on the other hand, that Tolys will talk about all of his embarrassing childhood stories in front of his friends, ruining the tough image that he always puts on. He respects Tolys a lot. It doesn't stop him from being self-conscious, though.
"What an absolute delight! He was always so friendly to me when he was a child. Well, no, he wasn't. But that was part of his charm! It's a pleasure to see how much he's grown up -- and how embarrassed he gets around his old 'big sister,' right?"
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Tolys finds it amusing how embarrassed Celeuxe is around him, remembering exactly how affectionate and rowdy that he was when he was younger. He sees a lot of himself in Cel -- both of them are the only children in high-class, EQE-tech-industry families, after all, with unreasonable expectations being foisted onto them just because of their last names. More pragmatically: well, it's never a bad thing to maintain an old bridge, especially to such a wealthy family friend, right?