Honey Lavender

**Honey Lavender** (ハニーラベンダー *Hanī Rabendā*) is the Stand of Ieuan Kallie. It takes the form of a small apian creature.

## Honey Lavender

### Type

Long-Distance Operation Type Natural Non-Humanoid Stand

## Appearance

Honey Lavender is an insectoid being with a defined head, thorax and abdomen. It has a brownish-black head, and its yellow body is covered in bands of similarly-coloured stripes. On the hindmost area of its abdomen is a long, sharp, downwards-curving stinger. It has four very pale purple wings with a texture similar to that of a bee's, with little extra bumps by the bases of the wings. On its neck and each of its "shoulders" are patches of furry ruff, all coloured a light lavender, and all apparently very soft to the touch. It has three pairs of purple appendages, the front four of which appear to be arms, and the rear two of which appear to be legs. These appendages are arranged along the sides of its body. The arms end in tiny, claw-like hands, hosting three or four fingers on each. The legs end in points, and are covered with brown casings in the middle, which appear stuck together, rendering the legs immobile. It has two large, bright red, gleaming eyes, under which are two stripes each, one thin and one thick running from the bottom of the eyes and down its cheeks. The thinner stripes are a lighter lavender, whereas the thicker stripes are a darker purple. Its apparent antennae on top of its head appear to resemble lavender sprigs, are soft in texture and, apparently, also smell similarly to lavender. On its forehead, between both eyes and both antennae, is a red X shape overlaid atop a small lavender heart-shaped mark.

It is, roughly, slightly bigger than a human hand, though this is not a definitive size marker.

## Abilities

Honey Lavender, as a small winged creature, is capable of flight and can move around with minimal detection due to its size. It can be used for reconnaissance, but as it is incredibly small and weak, it has little to no defense if captured or attacked. It also has some soothing and remedial properties due in most part to its scent mimicking that of lavender. It is also implied that Ieuan's ability to numb pain with a kiss is also related to an ability of Honey Lavender's.

### Venom

Honey Lavender possesses a potent venom that is administered by way of stinging. This is how it infects its targets. This venom acts as a sleeper agent, and has two functions; "insult venom" and "compliment venom". Both of these functions can physically damage the victim, typically causing them to cough up blood and black sludge, possibly due to flooding their lungs. This can cause a range of damage, from minor to fatal.

* "Insult Venom" is a function of venom that affects the victim's mind, infecting their mental state and pushing them towards taking negative actions, typically by way of insulting those they love or care about. However, the victim's mentality is not wholly changed, they are aware of their actual feelings, but find it hard to fight against the urges to speak cruelly. Every time a victim gives in to these urges to insult, they are physically damaged, and the amount of damage done gradually gets worse with every insult.
* "Compliment Venom" is a function of venom that is instead triggered by an outside source. When someone is affected by compliment venom, they will be physically damaged by receiving compliments. Every compliment will make the damage gradually and slightly worse until it reaches an unbearable agony or, sometimes, death. The compliments are particularly damaging if they are given by Ieuan himself, and his compliments tend to hurt the most.

Unfortunately, Ieuan is innately affected by his own Stand, and seemingly hasn't found a way to control its effect on him. Though its effect is not constant, when it does affect him, it generally reaches rather severe levels. When affected, coughing fits may be triggered by him receiving compliments, but more often, coughing fits will be triggered after he insults someone.

There is only one cure for Honey Lavender's venom, and that is by treating a sting like a snake bite and "sucking out the venom" (preferably spitting it aside once extracted). Usually this will also pull out a stinger with it. Once the venom or stinger is removed from within the body, the effects immediately cease. Removal results in a piercing pain for a brief moment, then what is described as a pleasant numbness.

## Trivia

* When a normal bee stings someone, it typically loses its stinger, and dies shortly thereafter. Naturally, this is not the case with Honey Lavender, as it produces multiple stingers that are contained within the stinger-like appendage on its backside. The true stingers form the "point" of the stinger-like appendage.

## Significance

Honey Lavender's ability works on the basis of "inhale love, exhale hate". The specifications of its ability are largely indicative of Ieuan's warped perception of love and relationships both platonic and romantic. It may also be somewhat indicative of his desire for affection yet feeling that he doesn't deserve it, hence compliments causing damage. Him being heavily affected by his own Stand may reflect roughly the same thing; the fact that he is unable to control that it affects him may have something to do with the fact he may feel he somehow deserves to suffer for wanting affection so desperately. Alternatively, it may perhaps point to his own holds when it comes to interacting with others, insulting others he cares about out of fear of his ability hurting them if he dares give a compliment; which also may result in him sacrificing his own health for their perceived safety. Honey Lavender also shies away from touch when it comes to its "furry" spots, in parallel to Ieuan's own fear of showing others the softer side of himself.