Raine the Banette

Art by 007Delta over Discord

### Affiliation

No strong affiliations, but tends to spend time around the Soul Circle and surrounding Mismatch Woods

### Player

Patient#7804

> *"There's nothing in the void but what you take with you. Pack light."*
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Raine is a slightly above average height Banette, whose body is mainly identifiable as being stitched and patched together like that of an old, homemade quilt. This is of their own doing, as their age has led to decades, if not centuries of tearing themselves apart and sewing themselves back together by any means possible. They are still capable of most normal functions, but the physical form taken by the ghost type is more loose, lenient, and forgiving than the more recently reincarnated.

Their main occupation is simply existing. They travel the region to and fro, without too much attachment for any one place or group of people. They do have a slight inclination towards the Mismatch Woods and the Soul Circle therewithin, but they simply attribute that to their ghost typing, as they have no memory of any reason to be there, and every previous visit when the urge became too strong has led to an empty dead end, lacking any answers. Otherwise, they are known to occasionally spend days, weeks, months at a time in towns and cities, occasionally lending a hand to guilds, even keeping a relationship now and then, but no one place could ever be called a home to the wanderer.

Raine's body is mostly comprised of cotton and thread, befitting for a doll. However, Raine has learned to manipulate the stuffing they possess in a number of ways, including ways to mimic the living. A stomach to eat, lungs to simulate breathing, genitalia for sexual encounters, all make Raine feel more alive to others, even though they're far from necessary. They may seem completely alive one moment, but can simply roll themselves out like a ball of yarn the next, or sew themselves into whatever shape they like. As such, even though they typically refer to themselves as a "he", they actually do not have a sex until deciding to do so.

This detachment from all physical properties has taken a bit of a toll on them. Most of the time, they act indifferent towards things like physical and emotional pain, but retain a strong sense of empathy and morality, claiming that it is what keeps them grounded in this world. This leads them to be active in rescue attempts, although they tend to lack in self preservation themselves. With death being more or less off the table, Raine taking damage typically leads to new stitches, scars of battles past, and taking too many leads to the possession being nothing but a pile of ethereal strings, taking a lot of time and desperate measures to sew itself back together when they can. On the offensive side, they actually prefer alternative measures of resolving problems, but they are no pushover in direct combat. Their fighting style revolves around subversion, disorientation, and landing critical strikes where they matter, rather than outright strength alone being a deciding factor.

The aforementioned detachment from physical matters also leads to them being more open about any sort of sexual activity, with their control over their physical body being a notable advantage in inappropriate situations. They will go to lengths much further than something as trivial as changing sex, if it meant pleasing someone they took a liking to. With a fair share of lifetimes to experience as much as they can, they don't have any notable preference in partner, but rather find positive aspects with everything, whenever they can.