Character: Kainé | shithogs Canon: NieR: Gestalt | Late in Act II, post-Aerie.
About: Kainé is foul-mouthed, short-tempered and quick to solve most problems with violence. She presents herself as being incredibly difficult and with a tough exterior, but much of this is to keep people at arm's length in order to protect them as well as herself. Coarse as she is, she has a soft spot for kids, even though she doesn't really know how to interact with them. Despite what she's willing to show people, she is kind in her own prickly sort of way, and loyal to any cause she devotes herself to. Loves to fight and prefers problems that can be solved by swinging a sword at them. More in-depth info can be found at her app. Aside from her language, I will never drop anything that would require a major content warning in a thread without discussing it with my thread partner first!
Abilities: Kainé shares her body with a Shade named Tyrann (think demon possession), which grants her some enhanced strength and durability, though her regenerative powers are nerfed here. She's an incredibly skilled close-combat fighter, having dedicated several years of her life to hunting Shades, and has some very limited magic. She previously had a lot of hesitation about dreamwalking and dreamotion, with the reasoning that nothing that comes out of her could possibly be good or anything anyone wants to see, including herself, but has steadily been working on mastering dreamotion in particular with the hope that she can get a handle on it before it backfires on her. Thankfully, she’s had a little encouragement from friends.
Dreamwalker Form: While Dreamwalking, Kainé is afflicted with the Black Scrawl— she will have dark script over much of her exposed skin, which seems to be constantly moving, as shown here. Her eyes have also begun to glow yellow, letting a little more of her Shade nature peek through.
Plans: New month, new stuff! As of right now, she is definitely: ➝ Going on a cave field trip with her new dad, Soldier 76. ➝ Reluctantly, she will head to the beach party. It’ll be nice to see the ocean again, if nothing else. ➝ She’ll want to explore a lot of the new terrain that’s appeared and see it for herself, plus get a feel for anything nasty that might be living out there that needs keeping an eye on. ➝ Possible quests include Seagulls, Seafood Dining (she’s not as good at fishing as Nier, but no better time to practice), and Choya Chop, but she’s easy. She’ll do pretty much anything for a reward of some kind.
CR Dreams: Kainé has done really well for herself in stumbling into friendships and even a little bit of found family, but I’m always here for her to make new friends. Also really down for rivals or otherwise prickly CR; she’s not always easy to get along with and goes out of her way to make herself unpleasant in a lot of situations, so negative CR is welcome and expected. People who feel they’re somehow monstrous or otherwise outcasts are a Big Want for friendship, there’s a lot to talk about there. Noctaere stuff counts for sure.
kainé | nier (gestalt)
Canon: NieR: Gestalt | Late in Act II, post-Aerie.
About: Kainé is foul-mouthed, short-tempered and quick to solve most problems with violence. She presents herself as being incredibly difficult and with a tough exterior, but much of this is to keep people at arm's length in order to protect them as well as herself. Coarse as she is, she has a soft spot for kids, even though she doesn't really know how to interact with them. Despite what she's willing to show people, she is kind in her own prickly sort of way, and loyal to any cause she devotes herself to. Loves to fight and prefers problems that can be solved by swinging a sword at them. More in-depth info can be found at her app. Aside from her language, I will never drop anything that would require a major content warning in a thread without discussing it with my thread partner first!
Abilities: Kainé shares her body with a Shade named Tyrann (think demon possession), which grants her some enhanced strength and durability, though her regenerative powers are nerfed here. She's an incredibly skilled close-combat fighter, having dedicated several years of her life to hunting Shades, and has some very limited magic. She previously had a lot of hesitation about dreamwalking and dreamotion, with the reasoning that nothing that comes out of her could possibly be good or anything anyone wants to see, including herself, but has steadily been working on mastering dreamotion in particular with the hope that she can get a handle on it before it backfires on her. Thankfully, she’s had a little encouragement from friends.
Dreamwalker Form: While Dreamwalking, Kainé is afflicted with the Black Scrawl— she will have dark script over much of her exposed skin, which seems to be constantly moving, as shown here. Her eyes have also begun to glow yellow, letting a little more of her Shade nature peek through.
Plans: New month, new stuff! As of right now, she is definitely:
➝ Going on a cave field trip with her new dad, Soldier 76.
➝ Reluctantly, she will head to the beach party. It’ll be nice to see the ocean again, if nothing else.
➝ She’ll want to explore a lot of the new terrain that’s appeared and see it for herself, plus get a feel for anything nasty that might be living out there that needs keeping an eye on.
➝ Possible quests include Seagulls, Seafood Dining (she’s not as good at fishing as Nier, but no better time to practice), and Choya Chop, but she’s easy. She’ll do pretty much anything for a reward of some kind.
CR Dreams: Kainé has done really well for herself in stumbling into friendships and even a little bit of found family, but I’m always here for her to make new friends. Also really down for rivals or otherwise prickly CR; she’s not always easy to get along with and goes out of her way to make herself unpleasant in a lot of situations, so negative CR is welcome and expected. People who feel they’re somehow monstrous or otherwise outcasts are a Big Want for friendship, there’s a lot to talk about there. Noctaere stuff counts for sure.
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