Kaylee Tagetes

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Kaylee Tagetes is a main character of ABERRENT GARDEN/Perennial Crisis, as well as the Tether of Xelzerin. She uses the Faunaflora Reactor to create unethical mutated fusions of plants and animals. 
==Background==
Kaylee lived with her parents Arthur and Soliana Tagetes in Florida until Xelzerin abducted her when she was a toddler. She was taken to The Garden where Xelzerin would raise her. Kaylee devote much of her time to nurturing it, even seemingly neglecting Poppy in its favor. Located in an unspecified part of Florida, The Garden was a large structure that housed a machine called the Reactor, a device used to create a variety of fusions of plants, insects, and animals. The machine may have some connection to Xelzerin, as it is designed to not harm Kaylee as his tether and malfunctioned when Xelzerin's weak spot was injured. The malfunction caused the Reactor to target Poppy and Kaylee and attempt to fuse them, however, Poppy escaped and caused an error that turned Kaylee into the Grafter. 
When Kaylee was found by Zone-B, it was observed that she showed no signs of neglect and "she is, by all accounts, a happy and normal child."
==Roles==
===Part 1 Animatic===
Kaylee heads up to Arthur while he's on the phone, wanting to play with him. He rejects Kaylee's request, saying he's too busy and telling her to go play outside. She complies with her father's request and heads out into a forest near her home to go play, where she meets Xelzerin, and is promptly kidnapped by the Vani.
===Perennial Crisis===
Kaylee, now 12 years old, stumbles upon her recently-monsterized father as he enters The Garden. Not recognizing him, Kaylee takes him in, giving him the name "Poppy".
Later on, Kaylee throws herself into the Faunaflora Reactor, attempting to fuse herself with her father. However, due to Xelzerin's defeat and Arthur escaping last-minute, the Faunaflora Reacter malfunctions, and instead monsterizes her. After this, she mysteriously disappears from The Garden.
===Kaylee and Mavra===
While wandering through the snow, Kaylee stumbles upon the site at which Mavra used the Tundra Lens on himself. She first observes the photo he took, ripping it in half, and then at Mavra as he begins to unfreeze. Kaylee sniffs him until she realizes he's awake, startling both. Mavra attempts to speak with her, but she is unable to understand what she is saying. Kaylee quickly find a way around this barrier though, and grabs a piece of paper and draws a Vani eye on it, which she then shows to Mavra.
===Post-Kaylee and Mavra===
Kaylee is soon found and retrieved by Zone-B alongside Mavra. She now lives within the facility under her father's care, though isolated due to her abilities. She receives daily schooling and is being taught to read, write, and use a computer.
===Cognition Factory===
Kaylee makes a cameo at around 1:44.
==Abilities==
Following her monsterization, Kaylee has the ability to create teratoma tumors onto a living being upon direct contact. Hair, muscle, fat, eyes, mouths, teeth, and partially-formed organs are among the body parts that can be found within these tumors. The tumors are known to spread incredibly fast, making prolonged contact extremely danger- and in some cases fatal. Much like regular tumors though, these can be removed via surgery. Mavra is known to resist this ability, but can still be affected if he's around Kaylee for too long. 
Additionally, Kaylee has increased hearing and smell. She also gained limbs similar to her scarf that can move around freely.
==Personality==
Kaylee is a very energetic and carefree girl. Being abducted at such a young age, she never developed proper social skills and is rather feral. However, she's highly intelligent, and is noted to be very eager about learning new things and willing to cooperate with others. She is also very empathetic, being very conscious about and able to understand others' feelings.
Kaylee has an immense interest in botany. Before being taken in by Zone-B, she was incredibly committed to taking care of The Garden. The lack of garden for her within Zone-B has left her rather distraught, though she has taken a shine to games with farming elements such as Minecraft. 
How exactly her behavior changes as The Grafter is unknown, but the process was said to have "altered her mind greatly". Speaking became very difficult for her, so her speech is slurred and broken.
After she began living in Zone-B, Kaylee has been showing signs of depression.
==Relationships==
*Arthur Tagetes: Kaylee's father. When Arthur arrived to The Garden, she didn't recognize him at all, instead mistaking for a lost dog. Kaylee would treat him as another one of her Faunaflora during this time, holding zero regard for his well-being, and even attempting to experiment on him. After being retrieved, she now lives under Arthur's care once more.
*Soliana Tagetes: Kaylee's mother.
*Xelzerin: Kaylee's Vani. She was raised under Xelzerin's care for most of her life.
*Mavra Kamenev: Friend. Kaylee is one of the only characters Mavra is willing to interact with.
*Patch: The two play Minecraft together.
==Development==
==Trivia==
*The inspiration for her first name was based around a joke involving kale chips. Her last name is named after a scientific name for marigold, a genus of plants in the sunflower family. Interestingly, a thumbnail image for PERENNIAL CRISIS shows her surrounded by marigold flowers.
*Kaylee is the only character with both parents' names and faces being known.
*In ABERRANT GARDEN, her T-Shirt originally had a rainbow on it that faded out in the PV.
*An original name/nickname for Kaylee was “Crazy Head Mayzie” (Mayzie for short), but has since been removed from canon.
*The reference sheet for Kaylee's monster form was done Vaninova of the Omni Archive mod team.
*Kaylee's casefile.
==Gallery==
File:Grafter Front and Back Clothed.png|Reference sheet (Monster form, front and back).
File:Grafter Side Clothed.png|Reference sheet (Monster form, side).
File:Grafter Side.png|Reference sheet(Monster form, side, no clothes).
File:Grafter Front and Back.png|Reference sheet (Monster form, front and back, no clothes).
The grafter1.jpg
Kaylee babey.jpg|Kaylee and tiny Xelzerin in the Perennial Crisis thumbnail
I DONT WANNA BE GRAFTER AAAAAA.jpg
File:BEING GRAFTER IS FINE IDC ANYMORE.png|The Grafter with a teratoma mass behind her
Image0-1.png|Kaylee uses the teratoma curse on a tree
Adult kaylee.jpg|The Grafter as an adult
Kayleechorus1.png|Kaylee as pictured in the first chorus of Perennial Crisis
File:Kayleedesign.png|Kaylee's redesign
File:Kale.png
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