Carmine Tempest

Prefect of Octavinelle and Azul's secretary. Usually communicates through his tablet and sign language. He is as mysterious as he is kind.

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Appearance

Carmine is a short boy with tan skin. He has a small tattoo resembling stitches on his throat. He has green fins resembling those of Floyd and Jade's eel forms as his ears, and green scales that crawl up his cheeks. He has long, red hair with a brown streak on his fringe and at the ends. He keeps the longer streak tied into a braid. He tends to tie up half of his hair in a high ponytail with a purple bow, and keeps the other half parted over his shoulders. His eyes are a bright, turquoise blue and his eyebrows are long and thin. He has a small mole on the left, just above his lips. He is usually seen wearing pink or red lipstick. All of his uniforms are tailored to be tighter and a little shorter on him.

Dorm Uniform

Carmine's uniform is similar to the rest of the Octavinelle students. Carmine has purple coloring under his eyes while in his dorm uniform. The uniform’s top consists of a black, double-breasted suit, a lavender-gray scarf, a button-up undershirt, and a bow tie. The uniform also comes with black, high-waisted dress pants, white gloves, and a black fedora.

His undershirt is light-purple, while his bow tie is white and neatly tied. The double-breasted suit has a purple underlining, and Carmine keeps it completely buttoned. His lavender-gray scarf is loosely looped around his neck and drapes under the suit’s lapels. The scarf has fringed ends, with the symbol of Octavinelle printed on one end.

Carmine wears black heels with pointed toes. He keeps his hair down, but the long streak stays braided. Under the shoes are gray socks matching the Octavinelle dorm's signature colour. His white gloves are buttoned at the wrist. The black fedora has a lavender-gray band wrapped around it and tied with a neat bow, over which is a purple pin in the shape of a spiral seashell.

Personality

As Carmine cannot speak, he is seen as quiet and mysterious. He does not like to talk about himself much, even through nonverbal communication methods. Despite this, he is kind to everyone without having ulterior motives, quite different from his fellow Octavinelle students. He enjoys the company of people even if they don't talk to each other. Though, he tries to push people away when they get close to him, out of fear that he'll hurt them as well.

Carmine is described by Azul as "devastatingly non-confrontational," as he will not fight back even if you throw insults at him. He will stand up for his friends but not himself. He can also be a little clumsy, tripping over himself or dropping things while walking. Many attribute this to him being a mermaid and unsure of how to walk, but he's clumsy even in mer-form.

When Carmine gets his voice back on special occasions, he can be very strict around the dorm. If Azul asks him to do something, he will carry out the task in a swift and straightforward manner, causing freshmen to think of him as blunt and scary. Outside of work, he is soft-spoken and formal, treating everyone with respect. He can also be curious, asking questions and making hypotheses about life on land and other things. Octavinelle students say he's a great mix between Floyd and Jade.

As Azul's secretary, he oversees every schedule and financial report for the Mostro Lounge. He is also in charge of the cashier during work hours. Carmine tends to stay up quite late working on paperwork for Azul, so you may hear the faint sound of music playing from Azul's office late in the night.

Background

Carmine and his twin brother, Rielle, were born to the King and Queen of the Coral Sea. As Rielle was born first, it was decided that he would be the next heir to the throne. Being only the second prince, Carmine wasn't given much attention growing up. He usually only got whatever Rielle didn't want, or any leftovers from parties that were hosted in his brother's honour. As the twins are royalty, they were able to go up on land from a young age to socialize with humans. They would tag along when their parents wuld have business dealings with neighbouring kingdoms, but Carmine chose to stay at the Castle more often.

While Carmine didn't bully Azul in their youth, he never stepped in when Rielle did. He didn't make any efforts to speak with Azul, either. One day, during a big fight between Rielle and Azul, the cephalopod's magic misfired and hit Carmine instead. Azul had taken his speaking voice on accident, and had no idea how to return it. From then on, Carmine stayed next to Azul and followed him everywhere, acting like an assistant.

When Carmine first moved to Night Raven College, he struggled to communicate with others, leading him to find Idia who also struggled with communication. The sophomore programmed a tablet for Carmine with an AAC app so that he could still speak with those that don't know sign language.

In his freshman year at Night Raven, he quickly learned that it would be hard for him to make friends, so he shut everyone out. Despite this, Kalim befriended him anyway, as they were in the same class and took the same subjects. The two became extremely close, although they could not be any more different. Carmine also had enough run-ins with Ruggie to consider each other friends, though they will never admit that to each other.

Signature Spell

Carmine's signature spell is called Golden Aria. When cast, Carmine sings a tune that immobilizes his target and disorients them, causing their spells to misfire. For those especially mentally vulnerable, Carmine may even control their actions in this state. It is possible to use this spell on multiple people at once.

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