Kampe

Pin Chieh Chen as Kampe

## Appearence

### Clothing

Snake-skin & leather catsuit/trousers/dress (performer-dependent)In PEEP: Red or black, clawed leather gloves, silver crown

### Seen In

The Nightclub, The Nightclub Office, PEEP Bar, The Elysium Hotel, The Tenement Area, The White Cypress (Sake Bar), The Square, Troy

### Seen With

Polymestor, Polyxena, Polydorus, Macaria, Peep Bar Hosts, Kronos, Askalaphos, Hades, Eurydice, Zagreus, Orpheus, Luba, Hecuba

## Cast

### Played By

Andrea Carrucciu, Carl Harrison, Dafni Krazoudi, Fania Grigoriou, Fred Gehrig, Jahmarley Bachelor, Maya Milet, Omar Gordon, Pin Chieh Chen

Kampe is a snake-like monster, serving as a cabaret performer in PEEP.

Their story arc revolves around their part in Polymestor's plot to kill Polydorus, serving as a distraction and lure to the young Prince - however, they decide to betray his trust, upon the realisation that Hecuba plans to get her bloody revenge.

They represent the dark, seedy underbelly of Troy, regularly spreading chaos and mischief wherever they go and to whomever they meet. When not performing in PEEP, they can be seen frequently hallucinating from abuse of Lotus Flower, and seducing the youth of Troy into indulging in debauchery with them.

## Loop

*Based on Loop 2*

Kampe begins in The Nightclub, cleaning the blood from the Klub window (left behind from the previous loop's blinding), before making their way through to The Nightclub Office, to awaken a sleeping Polymestor; donning him with his Stetson, he shoos him out to go join in the birthday celebration downstairs. Now alone, they curiously peruse through the contents of Polymestor's desk drawers, eventually sitting back and browsing through his photograph collection of previous child sacrifices.

They are soon interrupted by an excitable Polyxena, Polydorus and Macaria, arriving under the pretence that there is a party happening there. Kampe seduces the trio into join them in drinking and dosing themselves with Lotus Flower, before luring them to The Nightclub to dance.

Leaving the youths to continue their intoxicated revelry, Kampe heads straight to PEEP and disappears backstage to prepare for their first cabaret performance. As the PEEP Hosts introduce them, Kampe pops up onto the stage through a trapdoor (wearing long clawed leather gloves), and proceeds to perform a frenetic dance to 'Liquid Smoke' (typically involving some hyper-sexualised exchange between one of the PEEP Hosts and themself). \*

After finishing the number, they return to The Nightclub to dance, as Polymestor and Polydorus watch on from the other side of the Klub window. Polymestor eventually joins Kampe, where the pair drink, and engage in a playful 'bull-fight' like dance, until the lights begin to strobe and there is a brief blackout. Out of the darkness Kronos emerges, to threaten Polymestor. \*\*, \*\*\*

Unnerved by their encounter with Kronos, Kampe briefly freshens up in the Laundry Room, by the office, before proceeding to storm across to the Greenhouse Room in The Elysium Hotel. Itching for another high, they allow Askalaphos to dose them with a Lotus Flower, and accept a second flower in a small clear bag (to save for later). \*\*\*\*, \*\*\*\*\*

Kampe then slinks downstairs to The Tenement Area, where they sit on the benches and hallucinate. Here, Hades stumbles upon them and sits opposite them, resting his head against theirs, as he directs their attention to the bright light shining down on them from above, before promptly leaving them to gaze and marvel alone. \*\*\*\*\*\*, \*\*\*\*\*\*\*

Eventually gaining some composure, Kampe makes their way to The White Cypress to help themself to the sake behind the bar, as well as to dose themself with the second Lotus Flower. Depending on the timing, sometimes Kampe has the bar all to themselves, but very often they are met by either Zagreus or Eurydice, who (dependant on the performer) are either charmed by Kampe's carefree nature and join them in a drink, or are displeased and eager to get away from them.

They then return to PEEP once more, and after briefly disappearing backstage, re-emerge adorned with a large silver crown. They take to the stage and perform an eerie, maniacal dance to 'You Should See Me in a Crown', lipsycing along as Orpheus sings. At the climax of the number, blood oozes from the crown, covering their face.

After briefly towelling themself off, Kampe eagerly returns to The Nightclub, where they join Luba, Macaria and a ressurected Polyxena, in wildly dancing around Polymestor, before pinning him down, as he is blinded by a vengeful Hecuba. As Polymestor crawls, blind, back into his office, Kampe places the gouged eyeballs in a martini glass and eats them, before wiping away the blood on the floor and window, ready for the next loop. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

*\* Due to the shorter first loop, and with PEEP not opening until Loop 2, Kampe often has a lot of freedom over how they fill the time, in Loop 1. Activites include playing in the Owl Bedroom, spying on other characters from the shadows, vaping through the Troy backstreets, or dancing and drinking by themselves in The Nightclub. \*\* In Loop 1, Kampe may not even appear until this interaction with Polymestor, in The Nightclub. \*\*\* This brief interaction with Kronos is played out very differently between performers - sometimes Kampe seemingly attempts to protect Polymestor and as a result gets bit/headbutted by Kronos and falls down, other times Kampe sits back, casually, and watches the confrontation bemused. \*\*\*\* Askalaphos is often one of the first characters to be cut due to cast shortages. In this instance, Kampe will help themself to the drug stash in the Greenhouse Room, instead. \*\*\*\*\* The portrayal of Kampe's addiction to Lotus Flower is vastly different from performer to performer - some have depicted them as such a casual user they have seemingly no reaction after each dosing, whereas others have portrayed the character as being physically sick and in a constant state of withdrawal. \*\*\*\*\*\* During Loop 1, this is where they are during Hades' record stop; they will temporarily freeze before carrying on as if nothing happened. \*\*\*\*\*\*\* In Loops 1 and 3, this Hades interaction does not happen. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* In Loop 3, Polymestor's blinding occurs in The Square as part of the Troy Finale.*

## 1:1s

They have three '1:1' scenes, including a walk-out. They are also highly interactive with WM's in general, sometimes picking a particular WM to sit in the front row during their PEEP performances, sharing a drink with a selected WM when in The White Cypress, or distributing flyers for their PEEP performances.

After collecting Lotus Flower from Askalaphos, and sitting at the benches in The Tenement Area, they may invite a WM onto the bench with them, embrace them, and dance with them, as 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone?' plays on a radio nearby.

Shortly after their session of hallucinating in The Tenement Area, they may lead a WM into their encampment, in a room off of The Elysium Hotel. Once inside they will invite the WM to join them in sitting in a small shelter/bed on the floor. They will then place a wolf mask from the door on their face and slowly head towards a mirror. A WM will then help remove their mask, and they then proceed to sit at the dresser. After a short while they move to the bed to cry a little, before following the red wire to a box hidden on a high shelf. In the box is a vile of black liquid which they will then drink. They will then spit what appears to be blood on the door before resetting the room and getting the WMs to leave. This scene may happen behind a locked door, or may be made semi-public, wherein other WMs can sit in and watch.

## Mythology

* In mythology, Kampe is a female monster. She is associated with snakes.