#yes i took a lot of preamble to say that minerva at their core feels like they need to Seem Harmless

[styxnbones]

34 and 24 for Minerva, and/or 7 and 21 for Kellen :3

34. how would your character describe themselves? it doesn't have to line up with how they really are

This is,, a very interesting question for Minerva. Because the thing is, right, his experience of the malkavian bane is that he perceives three, sometimes Very Different, versions of reality simultaneously- and that extends to his perception of himself and who he is. I, in writing them, typically categorize these three versions by which Path of Enlightenment they're on, since that is one of the things that stays relatively free from bleed-through and is subsequently one of the features that Minerva himself moors his interpretation of what is going on around him to. In the reality that *everyone else* experiences, Minerva is functionally follower of the Path of Self-Focus- their mind adjusted to the kind of cognitive dissonance required to process everything they see- and in that reality he'd probably describe himself as "cute :3 don't worry abt it." In another, as a scholar on the Path of Caine, they'd call themself "a wolf in sheep's clothing," and in the world where they fell in with the Albigensians he'd say, cliche as it is, that he's a "nightmare dressed like a daydream."

24. do they have any creative hobbies? (art, writing, music, etc)

Hmmm. I think not really, no. I could see them idly doodling from time to time but It's not really a hobby or even much of a skill. It's like stickfigures and cartoon cats and shit.

7. favorite animal? why?

Kellen would insist that they love all beetles equally, but they did name their blog after dermestid beetles for a reason. Fundamentally, Kellen loves all beetles bc that's what the 'Tism latched on to. But, dermestids specifically weren't always their favourite- as a kid they actually had a big snake phase, and they still love snakes and reptiles in general a lot- but since dying they've felt a much closer connection with the decomposers of the world. It also helps that their job at the museum gave them the opportunity to actually care for a living colony, and they feel a sort of duty to the little guys to give back to them since they aren't able to fill the typical role that a corpse would in relation to them. Somewhere down the line, if they can dip their toes into Obfuscate, I think Kellen would get the Unliving Hive power so they could be a more direct host :)

21. their favorite place to be?

Anywhere in the presence of either their Collection, or their Regnant. The part they keep in their haven, or just about anywhere in the museum- but especially their own workshop, or Bernadette's office- are all places that are fundamentally Good to them.

#minerva oc #kellen oc #yes i took a lot of preamble to say that minerva at their core feels like they need to Seem Harmless #but the differences in how they would view and communicate that are important To Me ok