Pavlova Cookie is a bit annoying with his penchant for sticking his nose into everything with little regard for if it’s wanted or asked for, so that is something that people may want to avoid, but the main reason for this opt-out is his primary ability. Pavlova has the ability to essentially look into a person’s heart and see their relationships. This is not limited to romantic relationships, as he can see both romantic and platonic relationships, as well as being able to sense if a person wants certain relationships. If it has to do with their relationships in any form he can find it out from poking around long enough. From unrequited love to lies people tell themselves in relation to their perception of their relationships, he can see it all. If he focuses hard enough he can even read the story of a particular relationship. It’s a very specialized power, but it’s also very powerful. So I’d like to know if for one reason or another you’d like him to Not Do That. Or if you’d like to opt out of interacting with the little shipper entirely. The descriptions offer suggestions for people opting in, but opting out is always alright, and you can just put “No” into all of the sections. You can also just put what he can sense and nothing else if there are parts and pieces you don’t want him picking up on.
Opt out: Yes/No
Relationships he can read: This is the fun part! Tell me aaaaall about your character’s relationships. All of the important ties they have! This can be as detailed or simple as you like, or as you feel befits the importance of the relationship. If your character has a billion and one friendships with npcs, you can just say that. Have fun with it!
Beliefs they hold: Essentially, what parts of their relationships are they misinterpreting or lying to themselves about. Have they been willfully ignoring someone’s advances because they’re nervous the other isn’t serious about it? Have they been arguing with a friend over a total misunderstanding? Do they think that a relationship they want won’t work out for some reason? Do they want romance but don’t think they’re cut out for it because of their occupation or situation or something? He can sense that! Put it in!
Tropes: He is the CRK equivalent to a kid who reads fics on Ao3 to stave off depression. If you want him to call your character cringe I can see what I can do to make that happen. He’s already wrapping his head around Shadownilla Toxic Yaoi. This is also a less intensive option for those who don’t want him peeping their whole romance.
How does their heart look: I often like to embellish my writing with things like this, so sometimes I might refer to a character’s heart as though he is seeing a representation of it tangled in its relationship strings. Are there a bunch of severed ones hanging there? Are the strings squeezing it too tightly? Are the strings threatening to break? Loose? What are the strings made of? What does the heart itself look like? Is it like glass? Literally walled off? Drained of color?
Additional considerations: Anything you think is important that might not fall under the prior sections! His "knowledge of relationships" is very vague in it's scope so if you'd like him to learn something specifically to call them on it, this would be a good place to note that.
May I contact for more info: Yes/No. This is just here in case things change organically over time and/or i’m writing something specific and want to double check about the specifics of something mentioned above. “No” is for those who only want him referencing what is mentioned and nothing else.
Opt out: NEVER. i opt IN Relationships he can read: in game - LUCA: kiera's adoptive brother. they were inseparable for years after the Aurelius family took kiera in, and kiera rode his coattails for most of their childhood. despite a deep hurt caused by luca abandoning them after their father's death, kiera is still more dedicated to luca than anyone else. he is the only one they openly admit to loving, and even that is a newer development. kiera is terrified that one wrong move, one slip up, will cause luca to realize he is better off without them. - ZAHLIYA: beiwe and ourania's gargoyle son and luca's ex. kiera cares about him because he means a lot to luca, but is unsure how to show it besides giving him space and not messing with him. they don't resent him for breaking up with luca, because they think luca deserved it for being cruel at the time. - ZONARI: suri's gargoyle daughter and zahliya's sister. as part of the group that faced off with her last year, kiera was deeply upset by how much of themself they saw in her, and they insisted on working out an indefinite truce with her rather than trying to kill her. given how much they've projected onto her, kiera desperately wants her to ultimately side with the residents of the grove. they are attracted to her, but hesitant to act on it out of fear that she will think their desire to save her was shallow and not genuine. - JOSHUA (bird): brother to clive, who was also involved with luca. kiera kept their distance while clive was still around, but has found themself wanting to keep a closer eye on him since. they sympathize. - MERYL: a reporter from no man's land. she willingly gave kiera blood while they were transformed into a vampire, making kiera feel deeply indebted to her. she's fun to tease, and possibly even more fun to flirt with. - VERSO: a very old man, apparently. even though he seems like the secret heart of gold, sentimental type, kiera is attracted to him against their better judgment. - SESA: the mushroom man. no further context needed. kiera lives to tease him. from canon - CYRUS: kiera's adoptive father. a kindly, puckish man of ailing health, he was violently assassinated almost 10 years ago. his memory is still a powerful influence on kiera, as a source of guilt, inspiration, and love all at once. - GISELLE: cyrus' caretaker and something of an aunt figure to kiera. kiera loves her but remains somewhat distant because seeing her after cyrus' death has been difficult for them. - AQUILA: kiera and luca's best friend since childhood. kiera loves to tease her and test her boundaries, but does actually cherish and care deeply about her. unbeknownst to any of the children at the time, her father, Augustus, helped to orchestrate cyrus' assassination. - ARDEN: aquila's older twin brother. like luca, he left the city after both of their fathers died. kiera resents him for being raised to be the perfect copy of his father. - IUNIA: aquila's younger sister. she has helped kiera over the years both with healing wounds and sicknesses, as well as crises of faith. - BRAND: aquila's youngest brother. he's a quiet, sickly lad, and an inquisitive bookworm. kiera tries to entertain him by taking him around the city and setting up a "book club" for the two of them and aquila's wife. - RHODA: kiera and luca's childhood friend and aquila's wife. they're incredibly smart and magically talented, but a bit cagey. kiera enjoys their company for this reason. - IGNATIUS: kiera's confidant and frequent partner. their alchemical talent and penchant for mischief are always a welcome distraction to kiera's sometimes miserable life. (has previously shown up on TDM months.) - ALBI: the child of a traveling archaeologist, currently in the joint care of kiera, aquila, and ignatius. her curiosity and enthusiasm gets her into trouble sometimes, and kiera would do just about anything to protect her. - MARSHALL: the marshal of the renovan armed forces, and kiera's direct superior. yes, he is a marshal named marshall. he is a bigger troll than kiera, which makes them feel threatened (joke) (or is it). they tease one another, but also share mutual respect. - THE EMPRESS: kiera's biological mother, the vampiric empress of castilla. she raised kiera with cruelty to be ruthlessly efficient, perfect in everything she deemed necessary, and loyal to her through fear. kiera does indeed fear her above all else, specifically the chance that she discovers their betrayal and strikes out at their loved ones. - KIERA'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER: one of the empress' human fanatics. he only ever viewed kiera as a tool to remain in the empress' favor, and tried to forcefully instill loyalty to her in them. - THE BUTTERFLY: the god-beast of Castilla, kiera's birthplace. given that the empress claims to personify the butterfly's will, kiera despises it and everything it stands for. and as with the empress, they are terrified of its retribution. - THE PHOENIX: the god-beast of Renova, kiera's adopted homeland. following the trauma of being raised to submit to the butterfly, kiera embraced the phoenix whole-heartedly. they found freedom and rebirth in its supposed welcoming embrace. after learning that the phoenix let their father die and intentionally continues to let luca suffer, they feel personally betrayed by it and have grown to hate it as well. before luca's canon update in which he killed the phoenix, kiera attempted to make a deal with it in the grove in which they would allow it to possess them so long as it left luca alone. Beliefs they hold: they believe that their worth is tied to their relationships to others, and since they consider themself untrustworthy, their worth is flimsy at best. they also think they aren't made to love or be loved in any capacity, but in reality they highly value and long for deep, platonic relationships.
Tropes: tragic ice character, chosen family, functional addict, the gadfly, ethical slut
How does their heart look: made of a frost-edged, never-melting ice, at the center of which is a small, flickering red flame that seems to be in constant danger of being smothered, like a lit match in the wind. a select few of the relationship strings are inky, almost poisonous looking, and they spread black ice wherever they touch the heart. the rest (and the majority) are gold threads so fine, they look like they may snap at the slightest disturbance, though they seem to burn away the poison where they overlap the dark ones. some of these gold threads are woven gently together, presumably making their bonds stronger.
Additional considerations: kiera is romance repulsed. pavlova is absolutely free to tease them about stuff, but he won't ever see romantic attraction in them.
May I contact for more info: 💯
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Relationships he can read:
in game
- LUCA: kiera's adoptive brother. they were inseparable for years after the Aurelius family took kiera in, and kiera rode his coattails for most of their childhood. despite a deep hurt caused by luca abandoning them after their father's death, kiera is still more dedicated to luca than anyone else. he is the only one they openly admit to loving, and even that is a newer development. kiera is terrified that one wrong move, one slip up, will cause luca to realize he is better off without them.
- ZAHLIYA: beiwe and ourania's gargoyle son and luca's ex. kiera cares about him because he means a lot to luca, but is unsure how to show it besides giving him space and not messing with him. they don't resent him for breaking up with luca, because they think luca deserved it for being cruel at the time.
- ZONARI: suri's gargoyle daughter and zahliya's sister. as part of the group that faced off with her last year, kiera was deeply upset by how much of themself they saw in her, and they insisted on working out an indefinite truce with her rather than trying to kill her. given how much they've projected onto her, kiera desperately wants her to ultimately side with the residents of the grove. they are attracted to her, but hesitant to act on it out of fear that she will think their desire to save her was shallow and not genuine.
- JOSHUA (bird): brother to clive, who was also involved with luca. kiera kept their distance while clive was still around, but has found themself wanting to keep a closer eye on him since. they sympathize.
- MERYL: a reporter from no man's land. she willingly gave kiera blood while they were transformed into a vampire, making kiera feel deeply indebted to her. she's fun to tease, and possibly even more fun to flirt with.
- VERSO: a very old man, apparently. even though he seems like the secret heart of gold, sentimental type, kiera is attracted to him against their better judgment.
- SESA: the mushroom man. no further context needed. kiera lives to tease him.
from canon
- CYRUS: kiera's adoptive father. a kindly, puckish man of ailing health, he was violently assassinated almost 10 years ago. his memory is still a powerful influence on kiera, as a source of guilt, inspiration, and love all at once.
- GISELLE: cyrus' caretaker and something of an aunt figure to kiera. kiera loves her but remains somewhat distant because seeing her after cyrus' death has been difficult for them.
- AQUILA: kiera and luca's best friend since childhood. kiera loves to tease her and test her boundaries, but does actually cherish and care deeply about her. unbeknownst to any of the children at the time, her father, Augustus, helped to orchestrate cyrus' assassination.
- ARDEN: aquila's older twin brother. like luca, he left the city after both of their fathers died. kiera resents him for being raised to be the perfect copy of his father.
- IUNIA: aquila's younger sister. she has helped kiera over the years both with healing wounds and sicknesses, as well as crises of faith.
- BRAND: aquila's youngest brother. he's a quiet, sickly lad, and an inquisitive bookworm. kiera tries to entertain him by taking him around the city and setting up a "book club" for the two of them and aquila's wife.
- RHODA: kiera and luca's childhood friend and aquila's wife. they're incredibly smart and magically talented, but a bit cagey. kiera enjoys their company for this reason.
- IGNATIUS: kiera's confidant and frequent partner. their alchemical talent and penchant for mischief are always a welcome distraction to kiera's sometimes miserable life. (has previously shown up on TDM months.)
- ALBI: the child of a traveling archaeologist, currently in the joint care of kiera, aquila, and ignatius. her curiosity and enthusiasm gets her into trouble sometimes, and kiera would do just about anything to protect her.
- MARSHALL: the marshal of the renovan armed forces, and kiera's direct superior. yes, he is a marshal named marshall. he is a bigger troll than kiera, which makes them feel threatened (joke) (or is it). they tease one another, but also share mutual respect.
- THE EMPRESS: kiera's biological mother, the vampiric empress of castilla. she raised kiera with cruelty to be ruthlessly efficient, perfect in everything she deemed necessary, and loyal to her through fear. kiera does indeed fear her above all else, specifically the chance that she discovers their betrayal and strikes out at their loved ones.
- KIERA'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER: one of the empress' human fanatics. he only ever viewed kiera as a tool to remain in the empress' favor, and tried to forcefully instill loyalty to her in them.
- THE BUTTERFLY: the god-beast of Castilla, kiera's birthplace. given that the empress claims to personify the butterfly's will, kiera despises it and everything it stands for. and as with the empress, they are terrified of its retribution.
- THE PHOENIX: the god-beast of Renova, kiera's adopted homeland. following the trauma of being raised to submit to the butterfly, kiera embraced the phoenix whole-heartedly. they found freedom and rebirth in its supposed welcoming embrace. after learning that the phoenix let their father die and intentionally continues to let luca suffer, they feel personally betrayed by it and have grown to hate it as well. before luca's canon update in which he killed the phoenix, kiera attempted to make a deal with it in the grove in which they would allow it to possess them so long as it left luca alone.
Beliefs they hold: they believe that their worth is tied to their relationships to others, and since they consider themself untrustworthy, their worth is flimsy at best. they also think they aren't made to love or be loved in any capacity, but in reality they highly value and long for deep, platonic relationships.
Tropes: tragic ice character, chosen family, functional addict, the gadfly, ethical slut
How does their heart look: made of a frost-edged, never-melting ice, at the center of which is a small, flickering red flame that seems to be in constant danger of being smothered, like a lit match in the wind. a select few of the relationship strings are inky, almost poisonous looking, and they spread black ice wherever they touch the heart. the rest (and the majority) are gold threads so fine, they look like they may snap at the slightest disturbance, though they seem to burn away the poison where they overlap the dark ones. some of these gold threads are woven gently together, presumably making their bonds stronger.
Additional considerations: kiera is romance repulsed. pavlova is absolutely free to tease them about stuff, but he won't ever see romantic attraction in them.
May I contact for more info: 💯