KOLO
integral circle structure
Summary
Pya's right-hand-man and the general enforcer of rules for the rag-tag Magnitude fragments, Kolo does his best to keep the others in line and ensure things like "world domination" and "egomaniacal dictatorships" aren't on their agendas. Though he pushed to give himself the position out of a sense of responsibility, in reality it has isolated him and left him nearly incapable of moving past his childhood trauma.
Standoffish, isolationist, and oftentimes rude, Kolo constantly manufactures distance between himself and others, paranoid that if anyone saw who he really was inside that they'd abandon him and hate him. Unable to convince himself he's more than a monster, he loses himself in self-loathing spirals and overthinking. His actual self - humorous, creative, empathetic, and persistent - is obscured to him.
This is partially because of Bereave's actions towards him, when he was younger: after Bereave had disappeared, Kolo went out to search for him, who was at-the-time a parental figure. When found, rather than returning, Bereave inflicted a curse on Kolo - his personality disorder and self-hatred.
Rather than express any of it, he instead withdrew into himself and took up writing. However, sudden romantic attention from Dijamant - longtime crush of his and one of the more concerning dictators - have allowed him to begin to slowly pull down his walls and develop past the mental blocks he's had for most of his life.
For once, it's nice to be able to bond with people.
Standoffish, isolationist, and oftentimes rude, Kolo constantly manufactures distance between himself and others, paranoid that if anyone saw who he really was inside that they'd abandon him and hate him. Unable to convince himself he's more than a monster, he loses himself in self-loathing spirals and overthinking. His actual self - humorous, creative, empathetic, and persistent - is obscured to him.
This is partially because of Bereave's actions towards him, when he was younger: after Bereave had disappeared, Kolo went out to search for him, who was at-the-time a parental figure. When found, rather than returning, Bereave inflicted a curse on Kolo - his personality disorder and self-hatred.
Rather than express any of it, he instead withdrew into himself and took up writing. However, sudden romantic attention from Dijamant - longtime crush of his and one of the more concerning dictators - have allowed him to begin to slowly pull down his walls and develop past the mental blocks he's had for most of his life.
For once, it's nice to be able to bond with people.
