Origamipop

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**Current Roleplay Status:** Alive

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## Appearance

Origamipop is a paper-flavoured pop played by CT with a light blue candy head. They have slightly darker blue cheek circles with green markings on them. They wear a paper boat hat and a blue cloak. On the cloak is a red patch with a white polka dot pattern, and a silver and blue scout badge in the shape of a compass with a ribbon on the bottom. All four of their limbs are the same dark blue colour. They have green paw pads on their feet and hands. On the left side of their face is a large gash scar and on their right cheek is a thin slice scar. They have an x-shaped scar on the back of their left hand.

## Personality

Ori's personality is a complicated one. There are many sides of their personality that change as the roleplay progresses.

Ori's main character trait is their trust issues, which makes them wary of others and quite reserved at first meeting. Although they are cordial to strangers, this is just them being guarded. It takes a great deal of time to get close enough to Ori for them to start trusting. It is only with those that Ori feels safe enough to entrust their deepest secrets to that they are truly, openly themselves around. In this case, a more honest and friendly side of them is revealed. They become more comfortable making teasing/joking remarks and will gladly provide support if the ones they trust need it. Ori is fiercely loyal and will defend those that they trust with their life, although they expect that this loyalty is returned.

Ori is one of the more practical pops on the island, being one of the first to actually focus on collecting survival necessities such as clean water and food. This can sometimes lead them to become impatient with people who don't take the situation seriously or who waste their time and energy squabbling instead of being productive.

Reason and meaning for living is something that Ori always seeks. Ever since the loss of their family and childhood home, finding meaning for continuing to live has been difficult for them. Vanilla's betrayal only made this worse, until they finally found something to give them a reason to keep going: uncovering the secrets of Strandisle.

Ori strives to be taken seriously and to prove their worth to others around them. These desires are rooted in Ori's past. Their failure to prevent the mass attack on their bunker made them feel worthless and useless, unable to protect those they loved most. To make up for this low sense of self-worth, Ori constantly tries to do helpful deeds to others in hopes of finally doing something right and having their efforts acknowledged. This can be demonstrated through several examples, such as them wanting to make a raft to get off the island and save everyone, and their obsession with uncovering the secrets of the island. However, although their intentions are usually good, this can be used against them if they dedicate this energy into something that is destructive to them and others, such as the underground puzzles of the island.

Ori is one to hold deep grudges for very long periods of time. They do not take kindly to being crossed, especially by someone who they may have previously trusted. When crossed, Ori's emotions often sway over their sense and empathy, even if the one who crossed them was not in total control of their actions, making them prone to lashing out in anger and acting impulsively. To those that have betrayed them, Ori will act cold and merciless. Reconciling with Ori after doing something to betray them is extremely difficult and takes much time... or drastic measures.

However, it is not only anger that Ori feels when they are betrayed, but also fear. Throughout the course of their time on Strandisle, they start to view anyone that has opposed them as monsters that are actively seeking to harm them at every turn. This fear is turned outwards into rage when they encounter these 'traitors', but when alone, intense paranoia takes hold of them. This paranoia starts to manifest as hallucinations in the late stages of their insanity arc.

Ori's trust issues and wariness of others are heightened as they fall deeper into the obsession with the secret tunnels underneath the island, leading them to start distancing themselves from other pops and pushing away those that they used to be closest to. This heightens to the point that they start to lose their grip on their morals and reason, becoming willing enough to attack and hurt pops that they consider to be threats to their progress. They only appear to be descending further and further into insanity, and there's no sign of them stopping and turning back.

It's only a matter of time before something truly dire happens.

## Backstory

**DISCLAIMER: This section contains descriptions of some potentially disturbing/triggering topics such as death and bombing. Please exercise caution and stay safe !**

### **Early years**

Ori was born three years after the Axion started the genocide of objectkind in one of the many underground bunker cities established when the genocide started. The bunker they lived in was known for being secure. Their parents, Koipop and Kitepop, were kind and loving. Two years after Ori was born, they had another child named Archerfishpop. Ori was extremely close with their family, especially their sister Archer. They frequently played together, making paper boats to sail in the artificial river, flying their mum’s kites, and playfully sparring with each other. Everything was good and peaceful in their bunker home.

Ori was enrolled into their local bunker school. They were a quiet and diligent student and didn’t have any friends at school, but Ori didn't mind because they had their family.

It was when Ori first started at school that they were introduced to gender divides and started feeling out of place. Their family was very supportive of Ori when they told them about this. At school, Ori occasionally faced bullying but their family's loving support meant that it didn't bother them too much.

### **To see the surface**

Despite how peaceful it was in the bunker, Ori and Archer, just like any other young objects, were incredibly curious about many things. They were particularly interested in what lay beyond the boundaries of their home - the surface world. Within their bunker, there were several different ranks, one of them being Scouts. The job of Scouts was to sometimes visit the surface to keep lookout for any suspicious activity, explore the surrounding areas on the surface, and the such. Ori and Archer both resolved to try and train to become apprentice Scouts in order to be able to see the surface.

Both of them trained hard, but Ori especially trained very hard to make up for their physical weakness. The siblings both received their apprentice Scout badges at the same time, when Ori was 14 and Archer was 12.

It was around this time when Ori befriended a boy named Wolfberry. Wolfberry was infamous for being a troublemaker and prankster, so he often roped Ori into his antics. This caused his reputation to spread to Ori, making the adults of the bunker distrustful of the pair. There was one particular prank that Wolfberry dragged Ori into doing with him where they would pretend to overhear a group of Axion members discussing an attack on the bunker and then tell the authorities in a panic. Unfortunately, this would prove to be fatal later on down the line.

### **A plot discovered**

One day, when Ori was 15, they were on a regular scouting patrol around the surface near the bunker. On this patrol, they came across an Axion group seemingly discussing something. Ori hid nearby and listened in on their conversation. What they heard made their blood run cold.

The Axion was planning a mass attack and bombing of their bunker, and it was going to happen the very next day at the crack of dawn.

Ori rushed back and immediately told their sister and parents. They rushed to inform the authorities of the bunker about it, but their warning was disregarded because after the pranks they and Wolfberry had pulled, they didn't believe them. Ori spent the whole night pleading with them to take their warning seriously, but nothing worked.

### **Smoke and flames**

Finally, Ori realised the time for the attack was just around the corner and that they couldn’t convince the authorities to let everyone evacuate. They made a run for it to escape the bunker with their family. The Axion had broken in and were starting to flood inside. Koipop and Kitepop lagged behind and were killed by Axion soldiers. Although they were very shaken by the sight, Ori and Archer knew they couldn't stop now and so pushed on. As they approached the exit passage, Ori came across Wolfberry hanging off a building ledge by just his hands. He begged Ori to help him up, but when Ori stepped closer, they stomped on his hands and caused him to fall to his death as revenge for being the cause of the authorities distrust towards Ori.

Archer didn't notice this happening and Ori quickly rejoined her as they reached one of the emergency exits of the bunker. Suddenly, a ten-second countdown started to ring through the bunker. Realising that this was a countdown to the bomb explosion, the two siblings hurried up to the exit. Ori insisted to go outside first to make sure that there wasn't an ambush waiting outside. They confirmed that the coast was clear, but when they turned back to signal Archer to come through, Axion soldiers swarmed Archer and she closed the exit to stop the soldiers from getting out and killing Ori. In an outburst of pure desperation, Ori pounded against the exit gate but to no avail, while Archer gave Ori one last smile as the countdown hit one.

Archer's face slipped under the shadows as smoke and flames consumed everything.

The fiery light flooded the inside of the bunker as Ori looked in from the outside. Some radiation released from the attack leaked out and affected Ori, giving them their ability. Once the smoke cleared, Archer opened the gate and staggered out, barely alive. In her last few moments, she told Ori to not give up on life and that she believed in them, before passing away peacefully in Ori's arms. Ori wept bitterly for hours on end as the morning sun rose up. Everything they had ever come to love and know had been vanquished just like that.

### **On the run**

Ori buried Archer and mourned everything they had lost before fleeing into the woods and living in the wilderness alone for some time. However, the Axion had their eyes on them.

A few months after the attack on their bunker, Ori was ambushed. They ran for it, but they started to falter and the Axion group caught up. When it seemed that they were about to be killed, a hooded pop jumped in and set off a smoke bomb, helping Ori escape. Her name was Ivypop.

Over the next two years, these two lived a life on the run, moving from place to place in the wilderness and raiding the abandoned surface cities. They became very close and always protected each other no matter what.

### **Shattered promise**

One day, when Ori and Ivy were searching an abandoned city for resources, they came across a mysterious map with a message attached to it. The map depicted an archipelago far from the mainland, with one of the islands in the archipelago circled. The message talked about how the map showed the directions to an island called Strandisle that was supposedly unbeknownst to the Axion. A safe haven. Ori told Ivy about it and the two of them promised to go to the island together and stay by each other's side no matter what.

The two of them set off to find a dock that still had boats remaining that they could use to get to the island. They found one but as Ori stood on the docks, getting ready to get in the boat, Ivy suddenly attacked them, leaving a gash on the side of their face. They had been betrayed. Overcome by a sudden rush of anger, Ori fought back at Ivy and murdered her. They felt only shock and coldness as they boarded a flimsy rowboat headed towards Strandisle alone.

## The roleplay

**NOTE: These are simply a compilation of significant moments and events that occurred in the roleplay surrounding Ori, and does not represent everything that has happened to them, although it does serve as a good summary. They are placed in chronological order.**

**ARRIVAL**

Ori arrived on Strandisle on their own, under the impression that there wouldn’t be any others on the island. However, they were quickly overwhelmed upon finding out that there were plenty of other pops, which was the last thing they wanted after the incident with Ivy that had happened just a few days ago. The first pop they met was Vp and the two of them talked, despite Ori being absolutely exhausted and depressed from what had happened recently. They both found their way to the camp and sat next to each other by the bonfire. All the built-up emotions and stress from this new environment with so many new faces caused Ori to crack, and they started crying. Vp tried to comfort them but they lashed out impulsively before running off.

Although they stayed their first night at the camp, they became fed up with how nobody else seemed to be taking this island survival situation seriously and how some pops, namely Mako and Llp, kept fighting and arguing with each other instead. They left the campsite and decided to stay at the abandoned library instead.

The day after arriving, Vp felt bad for supposedly upsetting Ori at the bonfire, so she baked some cookies and wrote an apology note to give to them. Ori was touched and sent a thank-you message back to her, and they quickly reconciled on friendly terms.

Ori decided to focus on exploring the island in hopes of mapping it out and finding resources. Ori, having had a lot of wilderness survival experience, recognised the importance of gathering resources such as drinkable water and food and so spent the next few days hunting for food and boiling water. This is when Ori met Llp. Since Llp can produce heat, Ori found him and asked him to boil their water, to which Llp complied.

Aside from exploring and gathering, Ori also started to find small clues over the course of the first week. They found out about Abettor and the runes language. Their suspicions started to grow that there was something wrong about this island.

**FORMING FRIENDSHIPS**

After making up, Ori started to hang out more with Vp, doing things such as looking around for compass materials together, cooking things together, and hanging out by the campfire with each other. While looking for compass materials, Vp found a compass, but it was broken. Ori took it and thanked her anyways, then decided to find someone who might be able to fix it. They found Llp and asked him to fix it, but when they handed the compass over, Llp simply crushed it to pieces with a smug smile. Ori left, irritated.

One day during the first week, while Ori was returning to the library after exploring the shipwreck and abandoned cafe, they decided to hunt a bird for food on the way. They asked Vp to cook it for them since they aren’t good at cooking. Vp agreed and they ate it together. However, unbeknownst to Ori, that bird happened to be Chi’s tamed bird.

Chi, infuriated, confronted them in the library. Up until this point, Chi hadn’t appeared in front of any of the other pops before, so this was her first major appearance. She threatened Ori, but decided to spare them when they drew their weapons on her. She revealed to Ori that she knew how to read the runic alphabet, much to Ori’s surprise. During this tense back-and-forth, Chi asked about how much Ori valued their life, which sparked somewhat of an existential crisis within them.

Chi left as Ori pondered over the question. The familiar feelings of worthlessness surfaced as they thought about why they valued their life, despite being the cause of the destruction of their bunker and the deaths of their family and former best friend. They realised that the only reason why they were still clinging onto life was because they wanted to redeem themselves for all these past wrongdoings by saving the others on the island. This instilled newfound purpose and determination within them, so they moved back to the camp and settled in tent d.

**NEWFOUND PURPOSE**

The next day, Chi leapt down from the treetops in front of Ori, trying to make a grand and intimidating appearance. Ori wasn’t very impressed and they simple started talking, mentioning that they needed a needle to be able to make a compass. Chi revealed that she had one, but wasn’t willing to give it away, much to Ori’s disappointment. They then showed their partially-completed map of Strandisle and asked Chi if the island was oriented the right way in terms of north/south/east/west directions since they figured Chi seemed to know the island very well. Chi lied, saying that it was correct even though it wasn’t.

Later that day, while Ori was watching Vp cook fried fish, they mentioned that the bird Vp had cooked was actually someone else's tamed bird, which upset Vp.

Frustrated at not being able to find or make a compass, Ori decided to snoop around Chi’s treehouse to take the needle she mentioned earlier, not realising how important it was to Chi. Chi discovered them and became understandably angry. The two of them argued and started to fight. In the midst of the fighting, Chi called out Ori for being selfish and greedy, which made Ori hallucinate Ivy in place of Chi, so they attacked her furiously in a rush of blind emotion. This made Chi realise that Ori probably had trauma similar to hers and so she started to feel sympathy for them. She stopped fighting back and voiced these thoughts to them.

*“Are you really going to harm your best way of knowledge here? Inch me closer to death while your answers remain unknown? You really are desperate… I get it, though. We are both hurt in similar ways. Do you understand why I am the way I am if you use similar context to how you got here towards me? I can with you. I weirdly respect that.”* - Chi

This snapped Ori out of their frenzy. They apologised and the two reconciled. Ori and Chi gave each other their names before leaving on good terms. Ori went back to camp and saw Chip there. They introduced each other and talked a little before Ori went to sleep for the night.

Now that Ori and Chi were on good terms, Ori started to visit her in the treehouse often. They started to form a sibling-like friendship, bantering with and teasing each other. Ori found out about Chi’s relationship with Spicy and enjoyed teasing her about it. In turn, Chi started to taunt Ori about them and Vp seeming very close.

Around this timeframe, Ori also started to become friendly with Monarch, due to them being tentmates.

Due to Ori’s newfound purpose, they started to come up with a plan to break apart the boats that the pops used to get to the island to make one new, big raft that would be able to get everyone off the island before Abettor could start corrupting people and cause all of them to kill each other like what happened with the previous group.

**A CLIFFSIDE PROMISE**

One day, while Ori and Chi were talking, they heard foliage rustling. Chi, irritable due to it being early morning, attacked whoever was in the bush without hesitation. It turned out to be Vp. Ori tried to stop Chi from attacking her but she snapped at both Ori and Vp, still angry at both of their involvements in the murder and cooking of her bird. This sent both of them into a panic, especially Vp who felt like she had messed up badly. Ori, though shaken, managed to somewhat regain composure and asked Vp if she was okay. However, she didn’t respond because she was still too shocked and scared to say anything. Ori and Chi both left.

Later that day, Vp came across Ori sitting at the cliffside looking sad. Concerned, she asked if they were alright. The two of them ended up opening up about their trauma and Ori asked Vp if she could be someone they could always trust and to vow to never betray them. She agreed and the two formed a deep bond with each other. Ori also revealed what they knew about Abettor and the island to Vp. Eventually, the two of them walked back to camp together.

**NEW FACES**

The next day, Chi woke up Ori and Spicy early in the morning and brought them to the treehouse. She explained that she saw Abettor leave her usual area and was worried that something might be up. Ori also felt uneasy upon hearing this. As the trio talked in the treehouse, Ori apologised for their breakdown from the day before and Chi apologised in turn for snapping at them and Vp. Ori then decided to leave the treehouse and go back to the campfire. Soon after they arrived at the campfire, Abettor appeared and made her grand entrance. Ori stepped in and tried to ward Abettor off to protect the other pops, but Chi came in and managed to get Abettor to leave. Spicy and Chi then left the area to go back to the treehouse.

Just after Abettor left, the newcomers came into the camp. Curious, Ori tried to talk to Owl, Moth, and Muck, but they were all very unnerved by Ori. Ori gave up trying to talk to them and went back to the treehouse. Chi was very happy to see Ori safe and hugged them before they asked if Chi and Spicy if they knew anything about the newcomers. Chi mentioned that Spicy’s brother, Imp, had arrived, and that she was skeptical of him.

Ori then left again to go to the ruins to write down their observations about Abettor. Chi joined them but she quickly realised that Monarch was eavesdropping. Chi called her out and the two of them had a very tense argument before Chi left for the treehouse. Ori and Monarch left shortly after, with Ori feeling very awkward about witnessing the tension between them.

Ori found Vp in the kitchen and the two of them decided to go visit Chi in the treehouse. When Vp arrived, she apologised for breaking down and for unsettling Chi and gave her a muffin she baked as an apology gift. Ori wanted to discuss the events surrounding Abettor but got fed up by the other two not taking it seriously, so they went back to the ruins to work on their investigations by themself before eventually falling asleep at the ruins.

Abettor’s entrance cemented Ori’s suspicions of Abettor being the one that had caused the previous group to die off, so they resolved their plan to make an escape raft for everyone.

**NEW FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES**

A day after, Ori saw Owl and Muck by the river and approached them. This time, things went a little better and Owl apologised for snapping at them the day before. Before Ori left, they warned Owl and Muck about Abettor.

Ori, Vp, and Chi then met up to go find Imp, due to his manipulative behaviour towards Sb and Spicy. They witnessed him pressuring Sb and planning to harm Spicy at the koi pond, so Ori and Vp jumped down to confront him. They connected the dots and realised that Spicy’s cracks and bandages were inflicted by Imp, angering them all. Enraged, Chi jumped down and attacked Imp, causing a fight to break out. Vp, Chi, and Spicy all ended up injured by Imp. Ori spotted Mango watching the ordeal from behind a tree, and asked them and Sb to help carry all their wounded friends to the campsite where their wounds could be treated. As they helped carry their friends to camp, Ori started crying, upset and scared for their friends safety.

Owl and Moth were at the camp when Ori and Sb entered with the wounded pops. Owl and Moth decided to help and fetched some bandages and medical supplies before leaving. Ori and Mango brought the three injured pops into Monarch’s tent and asked her to help heal them, even if one of the injured pops was Chi who she wasn’t on great terms with. She agreed and Ori was relieved, although it didn’t last long before Ori started to tear up. Three of their friends getting hurt scared them a lot. Fortunately, Mango and Monarch helped comfort them. Eventually, they fell asleep in the tent near their friends

By this point, Ori was close with Chi, Vp, Spicy, and Mango. They were especially close with Chi, who they now considered to be a sister to them.

However, it was not only pops that Ori was starting to befriend. One time when Ori, Chi, and Mango were hanging out around the dead garden, Chi found a healthy mint plant and decided to dig it out and take it. Mel was there and tried to be friendly to the group, but both Chi and Ori found her rather creepy so they pushed her away, causing Mel to feel upset at them.

**A HELPING HAND**

Ori finally got around to executing their raft plan. However, a problem soon showed up. Ori had only their shurikens to chop apart the wooden planks of the boats, which weren’t the greatest tool for that. Fortunately, Llp conveniently found Ori struggling to hack away on the shore and decided to use his use to help out. Ori was suspicious of them due to the past compass-crushing incident, but he turned out to be genuinely helpful, even if there was some teasing and banter involved. Llp warmed up to Ori rather quickly and agreed to keep meeting with them regularly to help out with the raft.

**EVERYTHING CRUMBLES**

Later that day, one of the most pivotal moments for Ori’s character happened. Ori met up with Vp and Lych at the river. Vp was holding Lych’s writing book so she tried to pass it back to them, but ended up losing grip of it. It dropped into the river and Lych chased after it, but they tripped and fell, causing their head to crack a little. Vp panicked and started spiralling due to causing someone to lose something important and get hurt, so she ran off impulsively. Ori and Lych followed after her, concerned.

After some searching, Ori found her curled up and sobbing in the gem cave. They immediately approached her and gave her a hug, trying to comfort her. Vp insisted that she was alright, but Ori saw past her facade and told her that she didn’t have to pretend to be happy when she wasn’t, and that they would always be there to listen. Despite the kind words, Vp completely snapped, growing a wall of vines to separate them.

*"You didn't- I wasnt crying! See I'm fine I-!" She just laughed a little and her expression went blank. "No one understands. You dont understand... you- YOU WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND-"* - Vanilla

Ori was absolutely broken by this, but despite frustration and anger building up, they still managed some understanding words to try and convince her to snap out of her hysteria. It didn’t work and Vp ran off once more. Still, Ori didn’t give up and they chased her around for most of the night although they eventually couldn’t handle the stress and exhaustion and simply passed out on the ground. Once they woke up, they quickly came back to their senses and desperately searched the entire island, shouting for Vp until their voice went hoarse.

Finally, they found her at the graveyard, but it was too late. Abettor had found her and just as Ori arrived, Vp agreed to Abettor’s ‘deal’ and shook her hand. Ori pleaded for Vp to listen to them and to stop, but when she turned around, her appearance had completely changed. She had been corrupted, and Ori had been too late to save her. Even still, Ori tried to reason with her and comfort her, but Vp was having none of it, saying that Ori knew nothing about her. Ori, realising that she hated them now, started to break down.

*"B- but... what about what happened at the cliff? I finally felt like I had someone I could trust information with and share my feelings with, and you said so too. Don't you remember? The incident with Chi? The... the promise we made...?" Ori trembles, but keeps talking through their cracking voice and tear-blurred eyes. "Did it all... mean **nothing** to you?"* - Ori

*"I’m sure it must’ve meant something to useless me but I don’t care for it anymore, no. I don’t need you to get in my way."* - Vanilla [corrupted]

This was the last straw that completely shattered Ori. After finally having decided to open up their heart to trust someone despite their multitudes of trust issues, Vp’s promise to never betray them had been trampled on a thousand times over. Vp used the sharp tip of her vine to slash a scar across Ori’s cheek, before letting them go.

With their will crushed, Ori trudged over to the crystal lake in a haze, barely aware of what they were doing. Memories of Ivy and Archer flooded into their mind, but they quickly turned into hallucinations, manifestations of all their negative thoughts that told them that everything was their fault. Ori found that they had submerged themself underwater, but they didn’t mind.

*Their lungs feel like they’re about to explode. They've been underwater for too long. Their body screams for air but strangely enough, they don’t even feel like they want to breathe anymore. To live anymore.*

At the last second, Fernando and Llp happened to be passing by and noticed Ori drowning themself. The two of them dove in to try and save them, although Llp’s mechanical body didn’t react well to the water and he passed out. Fernando picked up Ori and Llp who were now both passed out and brought them to the bonfire to recover.

When they woke up, they didn’t say much and simply got up and left. They ended up at the cliff, where they sat dangerously close to the edge and looked down at the rocks below, contemplating. Chi found them there and quickly realised the situation, pulling Ori away from the cliff edge. She gave Ori all the comfort that she could, and Ori simply hugged her in response, letting the floodgates open. The two of them stood on the cliff hugging for a while, before they went to the treehouse.

**RESPITE**

**VENGEANCE**

**DISTANT**

**MEANS TO AN END**

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## Relationships

### **Abettor**

Ori has always viewed Abettor negatively, a view which has only worsened as time has gone on.

Ori was one of the first pops to discover Abettor’s presence on the island and was the first to find out that she was the cause of the death of the first group of objects that discovered Strandisle. They were very distressed upon finding out that Abettor was still on the island, and formulated a plan to escape the island to get away from her, recognising that she was dangerous.

Abettor’s grand entrance confirmed Ori’s fears and suspicions. Ori was a witness of Abettor’s first corruption - namely the corruption of Vanilla - which was the event that set off Ori’s hatred for Vanilla. Although they mostly blamed Vanilla for this “betrayal”, this event also made Ori loathe Abettor for corrupting pops and seemingly trying to spread unnecessary chaos by doing so.

As Ori and Llp started to descend into their newfound obsession of progressing through the secret underground tunnels, Abettor became increasingly hostile towards the pair and started to personally try and interfere with their progress, as though whatever they might find at the end was something she didn’t want around. In turn, Ori and Llp developed a hatred of Abettor and became paranoid of them. Abettor started to use the pops she corrupted to go against Ori and Llp and hinder them.

### **Archerfishpop**

Archer is Ori's biological sister. The two always had an incredibly close relationship, spending most of their time during their childhoods with each other. They were more than just siblings - they were best friends. Archer and Ori did everything together, from fantasising about the world outside the bunker to folding origami boats to sail in the local artificial river.

Both of them were very curious about the surface world, so they both started training to become scouts at the same time and often sparred and trained alongside each other.

When Ori lost Archer to the Axion bombing on their bunker, they were completely shattered. Archer gave them encouragement to never give up as her final words, but they were lost to Ori's immense grief and heartbreak. Even now, over two years after her death, Ori mourns their sister greatly.

### **Chi Vergara**

Ori was the first pop that Chi revealed herself to. Their relationship started out very rocky, as the only reason Chi revealed herself to Ori in the first place was to take revenge for Ori accidentally killing and eating her tamed bird. However, during an intense incident where the two began fighting due to Ori trying to steal a needle from Chi, Ori hallucinated Ivy in place of Chi and unleashed a barrage of attacks upon her. This made Chi realise that she and Ori were more similar than they might think, and she gained a newfound respect for them. She voiced these thoughts, quickly snapping Ori out of their frenzy.

After this incident, the two became more friendly with each other, quickly becoming close and developing a sibling-like relationship. Ori often visited Chi in the treehouse, and the pair often bantered and teased each other the way siblings would. Eventually, Ori fully viewed Chi as a sister to them.

However, the commencing of Ori's obsession and insanity turned Ori and Chi's relationship upside-down. As Ori started to spend more time with Llp, they grew more and more distant to Chi. As the insanity arc progressed, their views on Chi started to change, first starting off with doubts about her loyalty due to her closeness with Vanilla [who they viewed as a backstabber], then escalating into intense fear and hatred due to viewing her as one of the main 'traitors' to them. This only got worse as Chi became more antagonistic towards them, due to her believing that there was a 'mastermind' possessing Ori and believing that she had to kill them to get rid of the mastermind's influence.

### **Chili**

Before Ori and Llp’s insanity arc, Ori seldom interacted with Chili. They mostly heard about her through Llp, which sparked slight feelings of jealousy towards her. Still, their thoughts on Chili were mostly neutral.

Further into their insanity arc, Ori started to feel worse about Chili, especially after she was corrupted. They viewed her as another one of Abettor’s “henchmen” who were trying to sabotage their and Llp’s plans, so they started to become very paranoid of her.

This fear and hatred was especially displayed when Ori and Llp hunted her down to get information about the whereabouts of a paper slip that they needed. They had no quips with attacking her without warning and threatening the life of Lych to extract information from Chili.

### **Fernando**

Ori's first encounter with Fernando was when Fernando saved them from drowning themself in the crystal lake. At the time, Ori wasn't happy to be saved, but later on they did feel some gratitude towards him.

However, that didn't stop Ori from suspecting Fernando. They felt rather intimidated by his height, and felt that something about him was strange and uncanny. This feeling was amplified as Ori started falling into paranoia and insanity.

### **Ivypop**

Ivy and Ori used to be best friends who lived and survived together in the two-year period when Ori lived out in the wilderness. They met when Ivy saved Ori from a close call with the Axion. Over their time spent together, Ori grew to trust Ivy deeply. When the pair found one of the maps to Strandisle scattered by the explorers, they initially planned to go to Strandisle together.

However, this plan was foiled at the last minute when Ivy got crystal corrupted during their journey and attacked Ori just before they were about to set off on the boat to Strandisle. She sliced a large gash across Ori's left cheek, leaving behind a distinctive scar. Ori felt completely betrayed and was overcome by rage. They attacked back, managing to overpower and eventually kill Ivy. Even after killing her, they felt only the bitterness of betrayal when thinking about her.

### **Lava lamp pop**

Although Llp and Ori's relationship didn't start out on great terms, over time, they eventually became inseperable romantic partners.

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### **Mako**

Ori always disliked Mako from the get-go, due to his aggressive and hostile personality. They often felt frustrated and irritated by his constant fighting with others, particularly Llp.

Their dislike of Mako only intensified when they started getting closer with Llp. Ori hated how Mako always seemed to picked fights with Llp, which often got Llp injured. When Mako died, Ori didn't care particularly much. They weren't against digging up his dead body for the sake of progressing with the underground tunnel puzzles with Llp.

### **Mangopop**

Mango and Ori used to be on friendly terms. They talked several times during the earlier months on Strandisle, and got along alright, finding some common interests they shared.

In their insanity arc, Ori started to feel bad about Mango, especially after they were corrupted. They viewed Mango as another one of Abettor’s “henchmen” who were trying to sabotage their and Llp’s plans, so they started to become very paranoid of them.

This fear and hatred was especially displayed when Ori and Llp hunted Mango down to get their hands on a paper slip that they needed.

### **Monarch**

Ori and Monarch used to be each other's tentmates, formerly both occupying tent D together. They talked every now and then and were friendly with each other, although they weren't particularly close.

In their insanity arc, Ori viewed Monarch similarly to everyone else except Llp - with suspicion and paranoia. They had no quips with stealing medical resources from her for their own benefit.

### **Mothpop**

While Ori never liked Owl and Muck - Moth's best friends - they never had anything against Moth except her affiliation to the other two.

In their insanity arc, Ori viewed Moth similarly to everyone else except Llp - with suspicion and paranoia.

### **Muckpop**

Ori was curious and skeptical of Muck since their first tense meeting, due to his mysterious and quiet demeanor and the strange gem that he always wore with him. As Ori and Llp started to become more wary of the others on the island, they started to doubt and fear Muck even further, especially after discovering that his gem was actually a Guardian stone. Ori also began to develop a hatred towards Muck due to a misunderstanding that occurred where Ori misheard something that Owl and Muck said, thinking that they were plotting to harm Llp.

Ori and Llp encountered Muck while he was corrupted once, which resulted in Llp getting severely injured. This amplified Ori's paranoia around Muck further.

This hatred and paranoia remained after Muck got uncorrupted. Ori fought Muck without hesitation when they found out that he was intruding in the unground tunnels, even though he had ended up there by mistake.

### **Owlpop**

Ori was curious of Owl at first, although this quickly turned into skepticism as Owl seemed unnecessarily tense around them during their first meeting. Although Owl apologised for this behaviour later, Ori still felt some tension between them.

Ori really became enemies with Owl when avi was corrupted. Owl attacked Ori to take revenge for them nearly killing Vanilla, as Owl and Vanilla had become friends while they were both corrupted. This left the permanent x-shaped scar on Ori's left hand. During this battle, Owl revealed their cryptid form, causing Ori to start thinking of them as a 'monster'.

Ori's feelings of fear and hatred remained after Owl got uncorrupted, despite Owl's attempts to reconcile. Later down the line, these feelings would intensify due to Ori's descent into insanity, to the point where they had no quips with attacking Owl without warning just to obtain avi's spellbook.

### **Spicypop**

Ori mostly knew Spicy due to his former relationship with Chi. They were friendly with each other, although Ori sometimes felt that Spicy and Chi's rushed relationship and blind trust in each other was foolish.

In their insanity arc, Ori viewed Spicy similarly to everyone else except Llp - with suspicion and paranoia.

### **Strawberry pop**

Ori pitied Strawberry due to her being manipulated by Imp. However, they also somewhat looked down on her, as they viewed her pushover personality as weak and foolish.

In their insanity arc, Ori viewed Strawberry similarly to everyone else except Llp - with suspicion and paranoia.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* Underneath Ori's hat is a green fish fin
* Ori can sharpen their psychokinetic paper at will. It wouldn't be enough to be fatal, but it can leave some nasty cuts
* Ori is left-handed
* Ori likes cartography
* Ori also, unsurprisingly, likes making origami
* Ori sucks ass at cooking
* Ori's very first design had no scars, no cheek circles on their face, and had a blue jacket tied around their waist instead of a cloak.
* If Ori were to have a real-life ethnicity, they would be Korean
* Ori's D&D alignment is true neutral
* The fish species that Ori's design takes some inspiration from is the blue-green chromis
* Ori used to have a khopesh as a weapon too, but this was scrapped
* Ori and Llp's insanity arc is inspired by the song 'Touch-Tone Telephone' by Lemon Demon
* Ori's hat stays completely dry in most liquids and does not degrade over time because it was enchanted to be more durable
* The fabric of the spotted patch on Ori's cloak comes from a ripped-off portion of Archer's bandana
* When Ori feels very happy, excited, nervous, or restless, their paper airplanes fly and flit about faster
* When Ori feels particularly flustered or lovey-dovey, their paper airplanes shift into paper hearts
* Ori's favourite food is japchae noodles, especially the ones that their dad used to make