Augustine Bournemuth Poppet

> *"Fear is a driving force and a creator of order. Because of this, the amount of fear that exists in the world far exceeds the amount of danger that is present. At times, there is an excess of fear flowing from every human being."*
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## PERSONAL INFORMATION

### Likes

Researching, Experiments, Daiyu Poppet (when she's a fearsome killer), Bai Ling Poppet, Kai Poppet, Black Blood, Madness, Other's pain, His experiments working

### Dislikes

Failures, Daiyu Poppet, Dominique Poppet, His experiments failing, Standstills

## OTHER

### Occupation

Doctor
Scientist

## AFFILIATIONS

### Enemies

* Dominique Poppet (One-sided)
* Daiyu Poppet

### Others

* Kai Poppet (Sister-in-law)
* Dominique Poppet (Brother-in-law)
* Akinobu Poppet (Nephew-in-law)
* Brigette Poppet (Niece-in-law)
* Bai Ling Poppet (Wife)
* Isaiah Adams (Adoptive son)
* Marissa Poppet (Daughter)
* Daiyu Poppet (Daughter)
* Magna Poppet (Step-daughter)

**Augustine Bournemuth Poppet** is the father of Marissa and Daiyu Poppet, adoptive father of Isaiah Adams, step-father of Magna Poppet, and husband of Bai Ling Poppet.

## Appearance

Augustine has short black hair with light grey strands in the fringe and bright yellow eyes. He wears a light grey band-collared shirt and a long white blazer with diamond buttons and a barcode-like pattern on the right-hand sleeve. He has white pants with a split below the mid-calf on the front of the pant legs. His pants are held up by a black belt that says "Install" near the yellow minimalist-style buckle, with the excess hanging down to his thigh. He also wears black laceless shoes with a white sole and yellow accents.

Augustine has several tattoos, including a Geometric Square Tattoo on the back of his right hand. He has tattoos around both wrists, a zigzag pattern on the right and a double helix pattern on the left. He also has a tattoo in black ink around his neck, a band of chevrons pointing to a geometric square pattern in the center of his throat. Augustine also has multiple accessories: A ring on his right middle finger, an earring on his right ear, and wire frame lenseless glasses with a chain.

There are black screen embroideries and other accessories on Augustine's coat. The tattoo on his right hand goes up to his arm, and there are numbers tattooed on his neck.

## Personality

When acting as a doctor, Augustine presents himself as a caring and supportive man, even to the point of comforting Brigette when she displayed her insecurities and showing "concern" for others within the family, such as Kai, and those outside it. He was known throughout the city for being a kind doctor who not only treated people, but also counseled them.

However, as Daiyu pointed out, Augustine himself is "full of lies" and in actuality cares little for anyone but seemingly himself. Being a scientist, he also tends to views things like a researcher, to the point of using actual individuals, such as his own children, for experiments. In addition, he can be viewed as irredeemable, willing to manipulate anyone for his goals and even abandon his own children if he deemed them "failures". Perhaps Augustine's greatest strengths, however, are his cunning and intellect.

In his true personality, Augustine has a view of the entire world as a place of stasis, where nothing evolves or changes. He takes incredible pleasure in others' pain when he is the one causing it, and when his experiments are working.

However, despite these dark and manipulative traits, even Augustine can possess some love, admitting that he does have genuine feelings for his wife and with Kai even confirming this notion. However, as Bai Ling even pointed out, he most likely has an inability to truly understand the concept of love. It also is revealed that even Augustine himself, to some unknown degree, is aware of his treatment to Daiyu and even harbors *some* amount of guilt. Augustine himself isn't infallible to even being subject to other emotions such as nervousness, to the point of actually fidgeting.

Oddly enough, despite his own horrendous actions and rather odd tendencies (like the way he expresses love), he find the antics of the other Poppet Family members utterly absurd, and impossible to manage.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Augustine is very intelligent and is considered a scientific genius in his own right. He had invented the Black Blood, which can turn one into an Other via resonating with them from the insanity. Considering how well the Artificial Other Project went down last time, this is quite an accomplishment.
* **Scientific Expertise**: Augustine is a skilled scientist and chemist who particularly specializes in creating dangerous biological and chemical weapons.
* **Deception Expert**: Augustine is very skilled in manipulating and deceiving others. He is capable of bending almost anyone to his will through methods varying from false kindness to blackmail and even torture.

## Techniques

### Creations:

* **Black Blood**: A synthetically made and weaponized bodily fluid. The Black Blood, unlike regular blood, is weaponized and can either harden or soften depending on the user who is controlling the Black Blood. The hardening and durability of an individual with the Black Blood, however, varies from individuals to individual. However, those with Black Blood are blessed with powerful healing capabilities and can heal from grievous injuries. In addition, it can grant an individual a great amount of strength, durability and speed. Black Blood can also mold and alter itself to various shapes as well as harden to stop the bleeding of an individual as well as use its bleeding to its advantage in surprising and attacking an opponent. Applying a wavelength to an individual with Black Blood can temporarily render the Black Blood inactive, acting as normal blood. In addition, those with great physical strength can break through the Black Blood.

## Equipment

* **Drugs**: He uses the highly restricted drug NHC10, though his authorization on its usage is illegal, as he is a criminal, and he used it as for its addictive means instead of medicinal purposes. He is also in the possession of another unnamed drug that relaxes the recipient's muscles, making it impossible, or at least extremely difficult, for the person to talk or stand.

## Relationships

### Family:

#### Daiyu Poppet

Augustine is so sinister that he can even subject his own daughter, Daiyu, to unimaginably torturous punishments, like locking her in a dark room for many days without food or water whenever she fails to do what he commands them to do, and gives her terrifying orders such as to devour many human souls. However, despite this, Augustine has a fatherly love towards Daiyu, which only comes out after Daiyu has become a fearsome killer and spreader of Madness.

#### Bai Ling Poppet

Although he seems so dark, to say that Augustine has no love in him is a false statement. Deep within Augustine is his own, unique, sinister form of love that comes out extremely rarely. He expresses romantic love specifically towards his wife, Bai Ling, whom he finds attractive because of her inner darkness. However, Bai Ling states that any love within Augustine's heart, no matter how small or big, was a hoax. She calls him out on this, stating: "At your core, Augustine, you're just like me. You could never understand a concept like love". Based on his evil and manipulative actions, this could very well be true.

### Enemies:

#### Dominique Poppet

Dominique is convinced that Augustine has something going on with Kai. The hatred runs so deeply in his cranium, but Augustine pays Dominique no mind. He doesn't even seem to care about his existence, while Dominique is angry at Augustine for hanging out with his wife so much.

### Friends:

#### Kai Poppet

Kai and Augustine are friends, and partners in the scientific industry. They're close friends with each other, though their conversation are always about or related to science and experiments. They spend a lot of time in the lab together, which always makes Dominique suspicious, but there really is nothing going on between them. They're just really good friends.

## Trivia

* Augustine is a gender-neutral name of Latin origin, derived from Augustus, meaning "great" or "magnificent."
* Bournemuth is derived from the real life location Bournemouth, with the word bourne, meaning "a small stream", being derivative from burna, old English for "a brook."

## Quotes

* *"Fear is what creates order..."*
* *"There is no inherent right or wrong in this world, those labels are just artificial constructs. Right and wrong are held by positions of authority."*