Pinokuni Silva

Introduction

Pinokuni, also known as Pin, is a wood based automaton and Jack’s best friend. He originally had tagged along with Jack because he didn't have much else to do but he winded up sticking around due to their unlikely friendship. Pin's Fairy Godmother is Azure of the Blue, the same fairy that cursed him with a nose that glows when he lies. Pin can manipulate magical strings that can control, cut, and constrain. He has quite the potty mouth but can back it up.

Personality

Pin speaks what's on his mind and doesn't really care who gets offended or hurt by it. It's rare for him to say sorry for his own actions as a majority of the time, he doesn't even mean the apology. He justifies his actions by saying his nose will glow if he doesn't use complete honesty. He comes off as rude and blunt but to his friends, he is astoundingly loyal and kind...the sass remains though.

Skills and Abilities

Due to Pin being an automaton, his body is merely just a vessel for his actual soul which lies inside of him. With enough force, or enough damage to his body, his soul will begin to leak out.

Nose
A spell placed on him by Azure to discourage lying. Whenever Pin tells a lie, his nose begins to glow a bright blue

Soul Possession
So long as the desire vessel has the marking of the Pulse on it, no matter how crudely drawn, and movable limbs, Pin can temporarily place his soul inside of it and possess it.

Märchen

The True Blues are blue glowing strings that can control and restrain their opponent/target. They can't be broken unless they are cut by another Märchen. In extreme cases, they can be used for slicing flesh and even bone.

Puppet King
Jokingly refered to as his "Final Form", Pin summons and possess a large four-armed marionette body. In this form, he is able to command inanimate objects like dolls, puppets, and other anthropomorphic items.

Trivia

  • Pin is "numb" to some extent, lacking the nerves to feel certain sensations. Due to this, he doesn't mind the cold and can take quite the hit without backing down.
    • Pin can feel varying levels of heat, including a little bit of sunlight. He tends to enjoy sunbathing due to this. However, fire causes extreme pain to him, leading to mild pyrophobia.
  • Pin's cheeks glow red when he feels flustered or embarrassed.
  • Pin naturally smells like toasted almonds.
  • After his experience with the leviathan, Pin winded up developing thalassophobia aka the fear of large bodies of water.
  • Pin's name, Pinokuni, originally came from the merging of the Italian word "pino", 'pine', and the Swahili word "kuni", 'firewood'. Interestingly, "kuni" has several other meanings in different languages, like 'country' in Japanese and a shortened version of "kuningas", 'king' in Finnish.
  • Pinokuni was the third and final name chosen for the character. The other two contenders were "Pinnochio" and "Pinolo". The first was scrapped due to being a typo I noticed too late and the latter just didn't fit his character enough.
    • Pin is also the beginning of me using alternative names for Beanstalked characters so they wouldn't share the same names as the original fairy tales they were based off of. Originally, I had changed his name due to the fear of a little kid stumbling across him while trying to find the original more family oriented renditions of the fairy tale character.