Nightlight Benson

**Nightlight Benson** is a nightmare. He's slowly trying to put himself back together after a traumatic incident.

## Biography

### Background Information

Nightlight was caught in the first murder in the magical world for over 100 years. Pièrre Beaulieu took him in after the fact.

## Appearance

Nightlight has bushy, brown hair which he dyed the ends of pink. His eyes are blacked out and purple, his right eye is scratched out. He has a small, round nose and a round face. He has dark purple wings.

He typically wears a purple jacket over a pink turtleneck with splattered-pattern pants and white sneakers.

## Personality

Nightlight is shy and quiet, but can be a troublemaker when he wants to be. He tends to keep to himself and is often afraid to actually talk to people.

## Skills

* Painting
* Drawing
* Singing
* Guitar
* Track
* Archery
* Martial Arts

## Relationships

* Pièrre Beaulieu: Pièrre takes Nightlight in after the death of his family to take care of him. He's like a second father to him.

* Jewel Baumgartner: Nightlight really wants to be friends with Jewel, but Pièrre tells him to stay away from her. He goes against him and meets with her in secret.

* Robin Hartell: Nightlight really wants to be friends with Robin, but Pièrre tells him to stay away from him. He goes against him and meets with hir in secret.

## System

Nightlight is part of a system that formed after witnessing the murder of his family.

* System name: Nightlight
* Collective pronouns: They/Them, You, We
* Collective gender: Multigender
* Collective orientation: Questioning
* Type: Plural, apiconscious, copingbased, heuatus, hydraconscious, maskless
* Origin: Betagenic, adaptive, ceregenic, guiltgenic, paingenic, traumagenic
* Member count: 4
* Structure: Internal only communication, etherspatial, active inner world, shared knowledge, levimotum, managed memories, mixed switch management, development-based internal age
* Headspace details: A black void that can be manipulated to show or replicated certain objects/places

### Members

Nightlight Benson

* Age: 10
* Species: Nightmare (Black-American)
* Pronouns: He/Him
* Gender: Male
* Orientation: Questioing
* Experiences: OSDD-3, plurality, neurogenic stuttering, acute stress disorder
* Role: Host, census taker
* Type: Core
* Triggers: Regular life, mundane
* Extra: AMAB, puretécentia

Mira

* Age: 8-28
* Species: Homonculus (Biracial-Macedonian)
* Pronouns: She/Her
* Gender: Girlbyflux
* Orientation: Uranic, pansexual
* Experiences: DPDR, ADHD
* Role: Maslow
* Origin: Betagenic, adaptive, ceregenic, guiltgenic, traumagenic
* Triggers: Disagreements, care
* Extra: Queer, feminine

Ace Maestri

* Age: 7
* Species: Chicken
* Pronouns: A/A's
* Gender: Worldgender
* Orientation: Omnisexual, keepromantic, asexual
* Experiences: Clanging, general sounds-color synesthesia
* Role: Doctor, parental figure
* Origin: Betagenic, adaptive, guiltgenic, traumagenic
* Triggers: Pain, kids
* Extra: Oaksoul, positive, aroace

Ood

* Age: 16
* Species: Nesh
* Pronouns: They/Them
* Gender: Verdeboy
* Orientation: Nereic
* Experiences: Cheimaphobia, dyscalculia
* Role: Overlord
* Type: Halftroject
* Origin: Betagenic, paingenic, libragenic
* Extra: Middle

## Trivia

* Nightlight is puretécentia.
* Nightlight's birthday is February 10.
* Nightlight has OSDD-3, neurogenic stuttering, and acute stress disorder.

## Gallery

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