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Kuja knows a particular spell called "Jewel." Functionally, it's harmless! The target gets hit with a little stereotypical JRPG lightshow, and then the caster receives a rock derived from the target...uh...somehow. it's literally magic don't question it.

Anyway, Kuja is an easily bored wizard who thinks this is all great fun, so he's making a rock collection out of people. 's rocks. Not their soul gems, though, of course. ...and you didn't think he was petrifying people, did you? Noooooo, never.

If you tell me what he gets from casting it on you I am assuming he has cast it on you. Unless otherwise noted. If you just want to say what your rock is but you would simply not be caught by his silly little wizard tricks that's cool too.

Comment below if you wanna get collected ♥️

Here is who he has thus far:
- Dimos (A chunk of pig iron.)
- Eula (Antarcticite)
- Mayoi (Labradorite)
- Rinne (Cinnabar)
- Albedo (Hematoid Quartz)
- Kaeya (Bornite)
- Azusa (Diamond)
- HiMERU (Chalcanthite)
- Kaiji (Fool's Gold)
- Aoi (Sapphire)
- Wave (Magnetite Lodestone, with little iron bits it's pulled in)
- Dusk (Corundum, with impurities) [ Island NPC ]
- Susie (Purple Onyx)
- Bunny (Rose Quartz. I choose to believe it has the vague shape of a bunny's head)
- Yuri (Amethyst, pale lilac)
- Qiqi ( A fluorite, layered with purple and blue-green.)

I'm trying to work out if he has the guts to cast it on him but if he DOES Kuja also has

- Garland (6-Rayed Red Star Ruby) [ Island NPC ]

Current SOUL HP: 4/4
Current LV (LOVE): 18
Time Left Until Next Death: 2-3 months.

Appearance Notes:

The red feathers Kuja was letting grow out are gone; his body died and was revived to its state when he arrived to the game.

His tail is always visible, and has banded, silver fur. It tends to betray his emotions where his face and words might not.

He has his canon clothes and wears them sometimes, but they have very obvious repairs done to them that Kuja is very aggravated by so he only wears them seldomly.

Kuja has died twice, technically; the first time when his soul shattered from its terminal decay, and the second when Yuri killed his body to give him control back from Queen Brahne.

...........wardrobe notes.................genome uniform, damaged default clothes, scavenged clothes, im gonna make him a funny lil summer outfit for the Doomed Island. i want to make a little chibi that i dress up w new outfits now n then.

book, record crystal, horrible godawful lab at home, tetra master cards (full set, except gimme cat and namingway) (ala has gimme cat. zidane took namingway lmao)

withered bouquet of marigolds.
single red marigold that's been pressed to preserve its color.
marigold seeds.

rock collection (rocks he got by casting Jewel on people) (yes i WILL make an entry for this lmao)

ala's umbrella??? it's schrodinger's umbrella rn.

this is all an ABSOLUTE mess of headcanons and overall, a bit of tiny bonus lore for some of my posts. please enjoy

SO irl monkeys GENERALLY emote more with their entire posture and big grandiose movements than with their tails, their tails are too busy doing more important stuff. but i think that's boring and i'm sure ffix thinks so too, so im gonna write down my thoughts after staring at zidane doing things for a billion years, after watching lots of youtube videos about monkey behavior, and also after stealing things cats do because everyone loves whatever insane things cats are doing at any point in time. cheers

while kuja is capable of tight control of his emotions when it comes to his face, voice, and overall body...... what he is NOT is accomplished at is controlling what his tail is doing, ever. he's kept it invisible the majority of his life! its business hasn't been his business! so what this means is you can use it as a fun cheat sheet for his Real Feelings.

his tail isn't ALWAYS emoting. a lot of the time it's doing its job -- keeping him upright! he's a very.. tall guy... he kinda needs it.

some of this is probably obvious in context but i'll list it anyway. i'll add more as i think of it.

inward spiral curl / @ symbol pose: ( ! ) bubble over head! intrigued! activated! positively so! it's the equivalent of a cat "prrrrrt?"

slight upward curl, ranging to ALMOST a spiral curl: good, or at least an energetic mood. more arc means more intense the feeling!

high up, small curl only at very tip: alert.

end of tail curling around ankle/lower leg: - sad or nervous! "i'm not a threat rn leaf me olone"

tail looped around body: this is basically hugging yourself.

straight behind, very low to the ground, no curl: defensive, i'll fight you.

low to the ground, curled tip: often for balance, but can also signify a neutral or lower mood.

end of tail curling around something nearby: this is a 'try to stay stable' thing. as body language it's a way of trying to get comfortable/when he's at rest.

sudden sweeping motion, back and forth: mad. usually does this one to three times, a little less intense each time. might do it again if the thing he's mad at does something to make him madder. look, kokichi, it's your personal scoreboard.

looped around in front of himself: defensive, uncomfortable, wary.

looped around IN FRONT OF SOMEONE ELSE: protecc

just kinda slowly, loosely waving or flexing: relaxed, balance adjustments if he's ambling along.

jaunty flex/flick: chatty! usually matches to him doing something showy with his hands.

big flop, when seated/laying down: like kicking your legs cuz you're bored or just chillin'.

Gem Status:

There are a few very minor little scuffs on the surface of the gem that weren't there when Kuja first arrived. A...accidents happen.. He keeps some soft cloth wrapped around it and tied off with string now.

Kuja's gem looks as if it is four separate pieces that are somehow still stuck together, with distinctive cracks you can follow to map out the shape of each major chunk. There is a large divot in one side, going all the way in to show off the center of the gem. The outside of the orb is blue, the inner core, red -- but when it's out of sunlight, the colors change place.

One of the cracks is very wide, and rimmed with a rotten black. That part of the gem jiggles a little ominously if you poke it wrong.

Part of a different crack in the round gem has been sealed off by a little line of clear crystal, tiny little baby points of quartz growing out of the crack. That's.. better than it losing more bits, right? Right.

Losses

Current:

• Why he hates his tail - erases the majority of his dysmorphia, changes his relationship to his homeworld entirely from utter disgust to acceptance. He still sees his fellow Genomes as terrifying empty shells and dreads that as his intended fate.. but he doesn't despise looking like one, and doesn't reject Terra as a whole. He's ignoring a giant weight of melancholy toward the fate of that world now.

• The purpose for which he was created. He knows he was made for something, that he was damn good at it -- but that he was judged insufficient for the role. His only clue is that for some reason... He really believed that destroying the crystal of origin could fulfill his role, in some way.

• That he can use telepathy (I do not want to write it as a tool he has lmao). He still remembers it as something Genomes can do, but thinks that for some absurd reason he can't do it. It's whatever, he is a special boy in many ways.

• All of his memories from TDM #1/the game prologue.

• Garnet's name, appearance and voice -- he remembers her and the role he made her play in his grand plan, but there's a clear void of things he SHOULD know about her... he just remembers "the summoner princess of Alexandria," though he can uh. Assume her name had 'til Alexandros' in it somewhere.

Future:

• Garland's name. He says his name a lot in his diary, but even when he hears it again, it just.. doesn't feel right. Is he sure he knew the man's real name?

Alterations

Current:

• That the process for creating black mages is directly based off of that of Genomes (he no longer conflates the black mages with himself, even if it would be a natural step in his thoughts).

• In December, the false happy memory Kuja 'regained' is of a time he got terribly sick, and Garland saw to it personally to care for him through his illness.

• This is an alteration of a real memory that was.. uh.. worserer.

Future:

• He'll forget that he killed Lord King and took his identity, instead remembering staying a part of the man's inner circle, presenting him the idea and technology to make the black mages, and egging him on into making a lucrative weapons deal with Queen Brahne. He'll recall serving as the go-between for the Queen and Lord King, and slowly, carefully dropping a trail of breadcrumbs for Brahne, so that she would identify him as the real brains, the real THREAT, and ultimately give him the chance to wrest control of the Eidolons.

....this changes a lot! Kuja won't have a (stolen) surname anymore, he won't present himself in the role of a noble, and he'll look on his experiences in Treno much more negatively, lacking the satisfaction of becoming top dog. He still remembers moving primarily in the circles of the rich and powerful and living in King's mansion, but it's now all in the role of a sycophant constantly having to watch his footing. Ugh, he hates how much he relates to Zorn and Thorn now.

Red Roses

• Kuja is experiencing recurring dreams, always involving roses. The rest of the details come and go, but the red roses are always there. It's not every time he goes to sleep, but the dreams ARE getting more frequent.
• While harvesting marigolds with Dimos, Kuja remembered that... he knew lots of things about roses! Despite... previously being quite confident he knew jack shit about plants...

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