I'm already in love

✦ Don't feed his ego it's already through the roof !

So what does Pomni and the rest of the Circus think of Arlekin?

✦ Boy oh boy, here we go !

Pomni | She finds Arlekin kinda creepy and unsettling, tbh. The whole "always smiling" thing is just weird- and it's really not like he's the nicest to her either. When she arrived, he called her his "pathetic, colourful little Pierrot" and has just been bullying her ever since. So, all in all, not a fan. He's not her least favourite, but he's certainly second lowest on the list.

Ragatha | Genuinely likes Arlekin ! (well, not an achievement, she'd rather like everybody... But hey, Jax can't do it , unlike him !) It's all in the fact that he's not as consistently shitty as Jax is. He has his... "nice" moments, where his assholery is on cool down, you could say. And Ragatha really likes him during those, so his other more mischievous moments get... a pass, somewhat. She'll scold him for it still. Plus, during Caine's adventures, he gets actually legitimately involved if he likes it, and if he doesn't, he'll just stand back and watch if anything fun happens, which means that unlike Jax, he won't actively sabotage things and get all murder hobo-ey, and she really REALLY appreciates that.

Caine | How could he not like this positively amusing fella ! Arlekin is almost NEVER mean to Caine, simply because he often tries to influence what the next adventure could be, and being nice to the ringmaster is paramount for good results. Caine also hardly sees any of Arlekin's more jerk-y behaviours as bad, it's the same as parents thinking boys pulling on girls' hair means they like them. "PLUS HE ACTUALLY LIKES THE CIRCUS ! HES HUMAN AND HE LIKES THE CIRCUS, YES !!!! AND HE'S CHOSEN HIS OWN NAME TOO, OH MY GOD !!!" - Caine

Jax | Depends on the day, sometimes you'd think they're best friends or just chill with one another, on other days you'd think they're mortal enemies. Comes down to their behaviour, if they're not bullying someone else, they're bullying each other. Not to mention Arlekin often blames Jax for pranks the former pulled, and it always works. Jax will mostly tell you "Two-face" is an "annoying, primadonna a--hat", but rarely he might say he's funny enough to hang with.

Gangle | Is not always fine with Arlekin. Not exactly when he teases or reads her diary that she tries to hide in a different spot every time (never works), but he's had a few occasions where he sounded genuinely ?? nice to her ??? Like when he saw her art and told her it looked "passable enough that she should continue". She thinks he's just too prideful to give a more genuine compliment on it, but it stuck with her still. She likes to show him what she draws.

Zooble | Not a fan really. Kinda finds Arlekin a bit cringe with his whole shtick. But oh well, he can do what he wants, so long as he's not bothering them, they won't care. Sadly he does bother them a lot, like the others, so they mostly see him in a negative light. Y'know, why would you be annoying in a place like this where life is already miserable ? They can be alright with him SOMETIMES, when the guy decides he's gonna be decent for a change. S'not often but Zooble tends to take what they can get in this hellhole.

Kinger | Used to be very annoyed at Arlekin, would scold him and tell him he should stop bullying others. But then he got a bit cuckoo, and all of this kind of stopped. He still doesn't like it by any means, but often he's just not all there enough to understand what's happening, so sometimes he says Arlekin got better over time, to which the jester simply responds he got worse over time.

Bubble | Jester man. Looks edible. Like half marshmallow and half roasted marshmallow.

(ack, another long one my bad 💀)

I see he likes Gangle! I see he likes all the girls actually... Is it possible he's a bit of a charmer? A ladies-man? At least is that the image he likes to present?

✦ Crazy you got that just from who he did and didn't like ! But you're right ! He's absolutely the charmer-type and loves presenting himself as a ladies-man who can easily make a "demoiselle" swoon over him. Also works with guys, he just does it less.

It's not written on his description (maybe I should add it) but he's a big tease/flirt. In the main cast, he does that with Ragatha, Gangle and Caine the most, because they're the ones who get veeery easily flustered, so it's the funniest to do !

RARELY if ever does he try with Zooble because they're basically the least receptive and, quite frankly, think it's super weird of him. So now one of his little secret goals is to fluster them specifically.

Pomni's one he often teases as well. But kinda same as with Zooble, she's just really not as receptive as the others and pretty much always clocks it as dishonest, since he often would rather bully her than flirt. She finds it kinda creepy as well.

Kinger is usually not receptive, not because he finds it weird, but because he just- doesn't get it. Which is frustrating really, and Arlekin has already gone through the embarrassing motion of explaining what he meant to him more than once, enough for him to just not risk it again. Except if there's a perfect timing he just couldn't miss.

Jax is also one is teases often, simply because it looks like it disgusts the rabbit every time, so the failure of the flirt circles back to being hilarious, thus flirting has become one of his favourite tactics to use on Jax. (It's also a personal goal to fluster him specifically, like Zooble)

NPCs always get flirted with, that's a given for any adventure, so the newer, smarter NPCs were a joy to deal with for him.

And Bubble... well, Bubble is Bubble and he'd rather not be caught in their general vicinity.

(THAT WAS HELLA LONG, SO SORRY)

What a funny looking jester you've got there

✦ Only funny-looking ? Why, how dare you !

(never let me cook ever again, this whole thing gave me so much grief- I blame it on Arlekin being dramatic as hell)