Fernando

Fernando was a member of the dance troupe, the Erudancers and the biological mother of Cletus.

## Fernando

### Relationships

Miss Green (former Erudancer)Bun Bun (former Erudancer)

Emo Gurl (former Erudancer)

Stone (former Erudancer)

Sharles (former Erudancer)

## Early Life to Adulthood

Fernando was born in Stareater, Emoia, an extinct state now a part of West Pixistan. Fernando had two parents: Emor (his father, a farmer) and Adarca (his mother, a craftswoman). The town of Stareater practiced a form of Emoism called Proto-Emoism that was considered fringe and esoteric. Proto-Emoism sought to conserve traditional practices of Emoism that existed before the split of the Grand Emo Church (due to disagreements on interpretations of the holy texts, the Grand Emo Church split between Emoists and Novemoists). One of the main tenants of Proto-Emoism is ritual infant moviestar sacrifice. Fernando originally was a twin. His twin brother was named Emilio. Adarca offered Emilio as sacrifice at the Proto-Emo Church Altar, where Emilio was tossed into a fire and had his remains scattered into the Thix. Learning about this, Fernando had lots of complicated feelings about his parents. He resented his parents for allowing Emilio to die, but the sacrifice brought great honor to his family. Many other villagers of Stareater thanked Fernando and praised his family.

News came by that Pixistan had begun invading Emoia. The villagers sought to sacrifice another infant to the four deities of Emoism. Fernando did not want any more moviestar infants to be slaughtered. He tried instead to give birth to a deformed hybrid to spare them. Fernando went to the Thix and found an emo boonie to lay with. Very soon, Fernando became pregnant. His parents were overjoyed to learn that he was to sacrifice his baby and celebrated. But when Fernando gave birth to the deformed hybrid, the villagers were horrified. They said that the four deities could not accept such a tainted creature as a sacrifice. Emor and Ardarca scolded Fernando tarnishing the family's honor and punished him for beastiality. Fernando was humiliated and ashamed of himself. He willingly exiled himself from Stareater and changed his identity. He renamed himself Emoroa and lived in the Thix, scavenging for food and sleeping beneath a makeshift shelters of sticks.

Fernando lived as a lone, feral animal for quite a while until he was discovered by Pixi Star's soldiers. The soldiers ogled at him for a while before bullying him by throwing rocks and calling him names. Fernando lashed out and punched one of the soldiers in the face, causing the other soldiers to chase after him. Fernando was able to outrun them but became lost in the Thix. Disoriented, Fernando's health deteriorated quickly. By a miracle, a citizen of the Polka Polka Republic had spotted him while they were gathering other refugees. Fernando was sent on a ship that took the refugees to Polka Polka Island. Fernando lived in a refugee camp, but he had a lot of trouble adjusting to life with moviestars due to his isolation. The conditions of the refugee camp got worse over time. The camp was becoming overcrowded and materials became scarce. Refugees fought over food and other basic necessities. Sexual assault and violence were rampant at night. Fernando managed to sneak onto a ship bound for Pixistan.

Unfortunately, Fernando was discovered when the ship landed at Pixistan. Fernando was arrested and imprisoned without a trial. There, Fernando was sentenced to hard labor. He was eventually released and lived on parole at a half-way house. Fernando enrolled at Pixi Star community college before transferring to Pixi State University (PSU) to major in Kinesiology. There, he met Miss Green, Bun Bun, Stone, Sharles, and Emo Gurl, who were a part of a dance troupe called the Erudancers. Fernando joined because he found dance to be therapeutic. He grew very close to the other dancers and was able to branch out his network of friends. One day, one of his other non-dancer friends invited Fernando to a raucous party. There, Fernando became heavily inebriated and even took some boonie salt. Fernando fell unconscious and woke up the next day in a shopping cart outside Emo Gurl's apartment. Emo Gurl helped clean up Fernando and was able to use some of her Emoist practices to treat his injuries. While Emo Gurl was performing a urine analysis on Fernando, she discovered that he was pregnant. Emo Gurl was very concerned because Fernando's baby would most likely be born with severe birth defects due to the alcohol and boonie salt combination. Fernando tried his best to abort the pregnancy. He lied in cold river beds, threw himself down stairs, starved himself, and even drank boonie urine. In Emo Gurl's Emoist faith, emergency abortions are allowed (an emergency can be constituted by any reason however). However, the pregnancy resisted Emo Gurl's abortion potions. Fernando tried his best to ignore it, but ended up giving birth in the middle of a dance rehearsal. Fernando had given birth to a dog. Stone and Sharles were immediately disgusted. Fernando, triggered by their reactions, rejected the dog. He tore off the umbilical cord (with the placenta still attached) and threw it out the window. Only Emo Gurl, Miss Green, and Bun Bun showed empathy to the dog. Miss Green adopted the dog, naming him Cletus to rhyme with Fetus. Fernando became infuriated by Miss Green's adoption of his baby and left the Erudancers. He tried to hang out with his other non-dancer friends, but word came out that he had given birth to a dog so they distanced themselves from him. Fernando's grades began to fall and soon enough he was on academic probation. Fernando dropped out of PSU and took up work as a farmer.

## Fernando's Disappearance

Fernando had a roommate named Urbano who was also a farmer. Urbano became disturbed by Fernando when Fernando began entering trances where he said that his twin brother, Emilio, was talking to him. Fernando would enter these trances almost every night before sleeping, but Fernando had no recollection of the trances. Soon, the trances began to last longer to the point where Fernando was missing work. Emilio ended up having to kick Fernando out of the lease and contacted mental health services to have him institutionalized. While at the psych ward, Fernando was almost constantly in his trances. When the medical staff tried to administer anti-psychotics, Fernando became very violent. With time, the staff were able to restrain Fernando and make sure he takes his medicine, attends therapy, and maintain healthy lifestyle. Fernando was eventually let out of the psych ward for his good behavior and the ostensible disappearance of his trances. When Urbano found out he was released, he came by to meet with him and apologize for having him institutionalized. Fernando instead thanked Urbano because Fernando felt like he needed major help but wasn't able to get it himself. Urbano managed to get Fernando rehired as a farmer, and Fernando went back to a usual life.

One day, Urbano's boss sent an email to the other farmers about a security breach of the corn farm. He said that some animal might have come in and eaten some of the corn, possibly spreading disease since the corn around it began to turn green and brown. He said that they will resume work later on. Urbano had a sinking feeling. He went out to the corn field one night and ventured to the center of the infection site. But he did not find anything there. Confused and dejected, he returned back home. Urbano tried calling Fernando the next day, but he did not respond. Urbano managed to find Fernando's roommate, Aurelio. Aurelio said he did not know about Fernando's whereabouts. There were no cameras at their apartment complex besides at the entrance, not the hallways or exits (it wasn't a good apartment complex). Urbano then asked his boss to see the camera footage the night the security breach happened, but his boss said that the footage was corrupted somehow. Aurelio urged Urbano to get ahold of it anyway because Aurelio worked as a computer engineer. Aurelio was able to unscramble parts of the footage, but only about a minute of it. The footage showed Fernando making his way into the corn field and standing for about twenty seconds before falling backward.

Aurelio and Urbano showed the footage to his boss which sparked an investigation. Detectives dug beneath the site where Fernando fell but found nothing. But upon testing the chemical properties of the soil, they found it have a very low pH (around 4) and full of denatured proteins. The soil of the former corn crop was transferred to a biohazard disposal site. The old farming ground was replaced with fresh, healthy soil. Corn crops grown on the new soil showed no abnormalities.

To this day, Fernando's whereabouts are still unknown. Investigation is ongoing.

## Fun Facts

* Fernando's favorite planet is Jupiter. Fernando often designed his costumes to mimic the color scheme of Jupiter while in the Erudancers.
* Fernando was a very passionate martial artist. He specialized in Emolucha, a style of fighting unique to Emoia.
* Fernando dreamed of becoming a physical therapist
* The party where Fernando got pregnant was attended by only moviestars. so it is unknown how he came to birth a dog.
* Fernando apparently had a secret crush on Stone, but he never acted on it because he didn't know how.
* Fernando was prone to outbursts. One of his notable outbursts occurred when Miss Green asked him if Cletus could meet him. Fernando caused a scene by screaming and crawling around in circles on all fours.
* Fernando loved astronomy because he thought the stars in the night sky were light shining through the holes of a barrier, and that on the other side of the barrier were the four deities of Emoism watching over him.