Murklore!/Nurse!Mal

# Bo-En Malore. [W.D. Malore]

> "I'm a boy, yes. I'm a girl too sometimes, depending on the card. But I am by NO MEANS a FEMBOY!"
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## General Information.

Bo-En "Mal" Malore is the main, spectral version of many Green-haired Mals of the multiverse, albeit being the most able to adapt to his surroundings. He may be a bit snippy at times, and his personality is as wonky as his mind, but he's a caring person deep down.

## Character Profile.

### Personality.

Mal's personality is turbulent at best. Depending on recent events he's witnessed, he could be anywhere from nurturing and motherly to sour as a bad apple. At the core every one of these mild mood swings, however, remains Mal's tireless drive to help others and ensure their physical and emotional safety. [Apparently, he was very different as a child, but that was so long ago...]

### Story.

#### Past.

To speak on Mal's past would be a spotty tragedy to tell, flecked with awful patches of blood and selective memory loss to boot. In the earliest stages of life, Mal remembers living near the ocean with his family, comprised of "Mother", "Father", "Brother", and "Sister". These rather proper and unfamiliar names are due to Mal's mind endeavoring [albeit failingly] to try and erase all memories of the age of eight, backwards, in an attempt to preserve its sanity.

##### Mother.

Mother was the most involved figure in Mal's living life from the beginning to the end of it. She was a nurturing soul for the longest time, and cared deeply for her children and husband, all the while bearing the stress of the [ E Y E S ] all around them. The [ E Y E S ] and the [ M A W S ] made life in Murklore, Rensthadia difficult and dangerous for the [namelosttotime] family, but she did what she could to keep life happy and safe for them. Perhaps, she is where Mal gets his caring nature.

##### Father.

Father was one of the least present figures in Mal's life, but not out of careless negligence. The [namelosttotime] family was always terribly short for money, causing Father to always stay late and wake early to make enough money to feed his family all of once a day. For this reason, dinnertime became somewhat of a sacred meal around the house, and was awaited for eagerly by every member of the home. At least Father fed them, even after death...

##### Brother.

Brother, or "Kanji [namelosttotime]" was the younger brother of Mal by two years, a haunting and quiet child. He frequently explored the forest and city near the cliffs the [namelosttotime] family home, hoping to find [ M A W S ] and [ E Y E S ] to befriend. This lead to many chastisements from Mothe and Father, all of which Kanji seemed to never heed. Strangely enough, Kanji came into contact with many [ M A W S ] and [ E Y E S ] when he was alive, but they never harmed him.

##### Sister.

Sister, or "Alloy [namelosttotime]" was the elder sister to Mal of two years, and the firstborn child to the family. Her vibrant personality and optimistic disposition paired with her sharp, logical mind made her the brightest of the sibling trio, and she shaped much of who Mal is to this day via her lessons in perception and common sense. Her selflessness knew no bounds, as many occasions from Mal's childhood would tell, though he cannot quite remember one exact instance of this.

##### A Series of Unfortunate Events.

The tragedies of this struggling little family all began when Father began to stay out later than usual, and brought home less money daily than he usually did. Upon one of these nights, Father told Mother that there was no food to purchase the funds for dinner, as he'd spent them all himself. He then informed her that he had been seeing a coworker of his, and he had decided he had had enough squabbling for the hungry mouths of the children he didn't want in the first place. He planned to leave the family that very evening, penniless, and without hope. "I hope those kids you love so much can bring you joy. You can starve to death with all of them. I've had enough." Mother was beside herself with fury. The betrayal of the one man she hoped she could trust, the knowledge that he didn't care for his children, and the stress of it all was enough. But with that final ill wish, paired with the constant fear of the [ E Y E S ] and [ M A W S ] to keep her family safe from, Mother finally snapped. As Father turned to leave, Mother pulled his head back by the hair, and taking a knife in her hand, she [###############]. A fractured woman cleaned up her mess, and sliced the fresh "meat" into cutlets. Dinner was served, and devoured hungrily. Father was not seen again.

The next came when Sister realized Mother's change in personality. Gone was the warm guardian she'd once known and loved, replaced by a possessive, maddened, dangerous cretin, one who manipulated her brothers without their even knowing. Sister determined she would run away with a bag of supplies to get help for her brothers, and have Mother sent away for good, but unfortunately, Mal found out of her plan and begged her loudly not to go. When Sister refused, striving to comfort her younger brother, Mother overheard. In her mind, Sister was just another serpent like Father, trying to tear apart the loving family she'd so painfully maintained in their dangerous and destitute environment. She determined the perfect way to solve her issue and scare her boys straight in mere seconds, and after a few minutes' wait, took her children on a walk. It was a calm day that day. The ocean was nice and placid, the clouds were sparce, and the sun was warm. It would have amounted to a peaceful walk had mother not stopped with the children at the edge of one of the highest cliffs. The children were aware something was awry, as this was a cliff Mother and Father had warned them many times not to even glance towards. "The [ M A W S ] and [ F I N S ] all wait and live most densely in the water there." was the all too familiar warning. Yet, Mother stood there, and beckoned to Sister to join her. Once Sister had joined her... Mother revealed that she knew everything. "Have I been nothing but good to you? Would you turn your back on this family because of your own selfish fears? You brothers... they love me. They are loyal." With that chilling statement, Mother coaxed Mal over with a finger. When he arrived, Mother had but one instruction for him. "Push her, Malore." Mal, afraid, and quite unsure of what else to do... Mal listened to his mother. Alloy's face never left his mind in that moment. She didn't look angry, or surprised... just... pitying...

The third and fourth tragedies have alluded Mal's memory for now, due to his mind's total erasure of his past before his death. Perhaps they will come back to him soon...

#### Present.

Mal proudly serves the denizens of the Cool Kids Club as the resident Nurse Practitioner and part-time therapist. He devotes himself to assisting any and every problem he can find. He's a friend to any that can put up with him, some more so than others. It seems he's just trying to get along through life like nothing ever happened to him, but his mind isn't done with him yet.

#### Debut.

Mal's entrance to the Cool Kids Club was nothing more than a fluke. Originally, he was paired with a young boy known as Omi who he'd met in his travels as a spirit, and spent his time making fun of him as much as he could. However, upon meeting the CKC's inhabitants, he ended up taking a shine to them, and decided to become a part of them himself. He was "married" to Yoki for a short time, but because of its fleeting nature and lack of true commitment on one side (Yoki's-), Mal widely ignores that this ever happened to him, and treats it more like a failed attempt at dating.

#### The "E" Family.

For a short time in the early days of his time in the CKC, Mal was, as was aforementioned, "married" to Yoki. It was a rather odd relationship, as there was no wedding or anything- The pair just kind of.. decided it. They were the parents to Ren, Chara, Aeron, Len, and Prunsel (allegedly), but the odd family didn't last long due to Yoki's sudden disowning of everyone and dying(???).

...This didn't really change anything in Mal's life, so he just kind of acts like it never happened.

#### Nurse!

Soon after Mal became accustomed to the Cool Kids Club, it suddenly became apparent to him that almost all of its members suffered horribly from one ailment or another. This all began when Mal was adopted into the W.D. family by Serif, on account of Mal wanting to show him what it was like to have a sibling that cared for him. Soon after this, Queen Aster went suddenly blind due to a mishap in the CORE, and her health rapidly eroded from there. Since no one had any way to deal with this problem but Mal himself, he stepped up, and put the interest he took in medical skills during his years postmortem to use in caring for the skeletal siblings. Unfortunately for Mal, around that time, the health of the entire CKC seemed to collapse around him, leading to the infamous Seven-Day-Streak, in which he did not sleep or rest for more than two minutes at a time. This chipped his barely-functioning mind, which gave way to many unwelcome memories and visons plaguing him.

#### The Seven-Day-Streak.

Though his memories had faded, the desire to do all he could for the good of those around him remained instilled by his late Mother and Sister. Without the repercussions of death, Mal pushed himself to the brink of breaking amid cries for his rest for seven days to ensure the health of his newfound friends. As much as they were right to tell him to sleep, it was true that Mal could not have taken more than five minutes before a new injury arose, almost traumatizing him from the thought of rest for several days afterwards.

#### Mal the Ghost... Right?

Although Mal's primary "livelihood" is that of undead nature, Mal missed having a Vessel for certain things a Ghost could not do. Lucky for him, one Queen was kind enough to introduce him to her Nurse counterpart, from Universe RGML-238. This Nurse Queen, or rather just Nurse, was more than willing to take Mal to her whimsical hospital, and kindly made him a vessel in his image. The human body he was given is much to his liking, and it is still the Vessel he uses most, though he now owns a deck of magic cards to store it and more Vessels of his liking in.

#### The Cards Don't Lie.

Shortly after Nurse Queen's kind vessel making extravaganza, Mal noted Clover's use of cards to store her Vessels in accordingly. After being gifted a deck by his old friend, Mal asked Queen to use her brilliant mind to assist him in the attuning of the cards to himself, as they were all designed for Clovers and their various forms. Queen happily agreed, and took him and a few others to her lab, where after a bit of clever Alchemical meddling she was able to get the cards just right.

Mal was eager to test his newfound deck of identeties, and chose a card at random, it being the Queen of Spades, Act Three. Though it was comedic for a short while as Mal was given a female Vessel instead of his male one, the laughs were cut short prematurely as Mal was flooded with Queen's own traumatic memories of her past. The corruption, the SOUL of Ambition, the loss.. all of it hit him (or rather, her) in the space of several seconds, reducing Mala to shaking horror. Queen's caring nature had her beside Mala immediately, trying to comfort her and ask her what was wrong. Upon explaining what she had seen to her, Queen herself was reduced to tears as she embraced Mala, saddened by the recollection of her past. Through some much-needed reconciliation and venting, Queen was able to come to terms with her past to a mild degree however, and Mala (now once again Mal) promised himself he'd care for Queen like nothing else. He'd seen what she'd been through, and wanted no more suffering for her. For this reason, Mal refuses to use the royal card in his deck to this day, as he's worried he'll intrude on another's memories, potentially the ones of the family Queen had lost...

#### Unrelenting Memories.

Mal's mind continues to unravel as time passes. Though it was a steel trap upon his arrival at the CKC, his mental state was fractured and continues to deteriorate by the day, though he valiantly and rather convincingly hides this fact. More phrases trigger mild paranoia and more memories creep up on him like motifs in the foreground of an orchestra with every waking moment, constantly forcing Mal to mindlessly find something to do with himself, almost always being the servitude of another. This flared horribly directly after the episode with Queen and her memories, when he began to feel immense crushing guilt overtake him. He felt terrible that Queen had to experience what she had, and the trauma of the event dug up his own feelings of despair attached to shattered, forgotten memories. Though he may put on a good act, the fact of his often overworking himself to the point of hysteria and hallucinations becomes yet more apparent by each day. The past may catch up with Mal yet, sooner or later, and its reckoning will not be merciful.

##### Reformed Memories.

*Suddenly, it was all clear to him.*

[Yes, I'm ripping off Tea's "Revelation" tab. It was cool, okay?!]

## Relationships.

### Skylar.

Skylar was Mal's first friend in the CKC, and stands as his main fellow ghost, and partner in ridiculing others. They hold a special place in his heart as someone he feels he can talk to... when he feels like pulling pranks. Quite ironically, Mal had a small crush on Skylar at first, but gave it up as he thought they didn't feel the same way about him.

However, quite recently, through a bit of past-sharing and rekindled emotion, Mal has officially made known to Skylar his former (and present) feelings about them, to which they reciprocated. It seems they're a strong couple now, which is rather sweet.

### Clover.

Clover is what Mal would describe teasingly in passing as his Bed. She is a close friend of his, though he limits how much he expresses this for her sake. He harbors some feelings for her, but there's no chance he'd ever admit it. Better not to risk it.

Due to recent events, however, and rekindled feelings for someone else, Mal now only sees Clover as his best friend, but not so much a romantic interest. She even more recently has been dating Mal's older sister Alloy, causing Mal to see her, even hastily, as his sister-in-law. All the same...

...She remains his bed.

### Serif.

Serif is Mal's adoptive older brother, and the one Mal dotes most of his care on. He feels bad for Serif's fragile mental state, and though his frequent hijinks sometimes annoy Mal, he still cares for him all the same.

Because of Ley adopting Mal, the pair are now uncle and nephew. For a reason Mal cannot understand, this seems to cause Serif quite some greif.

### Bow.

Bow is very interesting to Mal, in the fact that he sees himself in the poor child. What with them having been homeless, blinded, and alone in the beginning, Mal felt a burning desire to care for Bow in any way he could, all up to his eventual officially taking them in as a family member. Sadly, Bow passed away, leaving Mal's brain to erase all memories he had of Bow. He doesn't even recognize the name, now.

### Ali.

Ali's relationship with Mal is... confusing and complicated. Mal is very easily flustered, and Ali takes advantage of this regularly by calling Mal pet names, and acting somewhat flirtatiously with him both in and out of combat. Because of this, Mal indeed does not know how he feels about Ali... but it isn't negative. Due to the brain-wipe caused by Bow, Mal no longer recognizes nor knows who Ali is.

### Grillby.

Grillby is another person Mal got an attachment to early on in his introduction to the Cool Kids Club. In fact, Grillby had his own ghost attached to him, much like Mal was bound to Omi, by the name of Skylar. Though most of Mal's actions towards Grillby are playfully antagonistic, he still does care about the "Old Matchstick", and wishes he was around more.

### Yoki.

Mal and Yoki... no one has any idea what kind of relationship Mal and Yoki have anymore. Friends?? Maybe??

### Queen.

Mal met Queen recently, but he's already planned to devote quite a lot of time to supporting her, much like he had with Seirf. Queen's self-depreciating nature is deeply saddening to Mal, especially considering he knows her to be a kind person by his friends' tales, so he'll do all he can to help her see she's as lovely as everyone thinks she is. Mal understands that Queen trusts him, and he wouldn't breach that trust for anything. Recently, Queen's assistance in Mal's tuning the Deck of Cards Clover gave him resulted in his understanding her pain and past even more, making him further partial to the former ruler.

### Nurse Queen.

Mal feels he owes Nurse Queen a might sum, as she's the reason he got his first vessel. Nurse Queen to Mal seem like the therapist he's always considered going to, but never actually did. Though he has not known her long, much like Queen herself, Mal trusts her and thinks very highly of the medical-minded monarch.

### Ink.

Ink is a strange force in Mal's life. He seems helpful, but it also seems that all Mal is to him is a book of stories and forgotten lore. That said, Ink pokes and prods Mal frequently with all manners of awful questions and statements to try to get him into a fractured state where he'll spout information. He recently gave Mal what he calls a “Dark Knife”, a weapon supposedly capable of opening a dark world.

### Queen Aster.

Queen Aster was Mal's first and most challenging patient, and remains in his very light care to this day. As his adoptive older sister, Aster does care for Mal to a heartwarming extent, when she's well enough to, or not lapsing. Aster's self-destructive nature is highly alarming to Mal, which places her rather high on his "Risky Patients List".

Because of Mal’s adoption under Ley, Aster has gone from being his older sister to his aunt. Not much has changed between them past that fact.

### Sudden.

Sudden is an enigma, and wildly confusing individual to Mal. Though he thinks they're all well and good, their... "sudden" confession of having a crush on him was both unexpected, and somewhat alarming to him, as he rather thought she disliked him. Having no true bearing on how he feels about her, Mal is still wondering what he'll say to her about the confession, and frequently avoids her to minimize the chance for a confrontation.

### Queen Vulpecula.

Vulpecula is a *peculiar* specimen to Mal. Though she seemed highly haughty and standoffish at their first meeting's start, her personality shifted drastically several times with the suddenness of madness itself. For a reason he cannot explain, this makes Mal highly curious about Queen Vulpecula, and makes him want to get to know her better.

### Naut.

F\*$# Naut.

...

Okay, fine.

Naut happens to be the older adoptive brother of Mal, due to Serif and Mal's agreed relation. Aside from this fact, Mal refuses to have any way of tracing himself to someone "somehow worse than Jerry". In other words... Mal hates Naut with a burning passion.

Due to Mal’s recently being adopted by Ley, the familial relationship between Naut and Mal has changed, now making Naut his uncle. The distain, however, remains the same.

### Ena.

**[HOLY FING SHI-! IS THAT A MOTHERFING E N A R E F E R E N C E? ENA IS THE BEST FCKING ANIMATION! ENA IS SO FCKING CRAZY! TURRON, TURRON! TURRON, TURRON, TURRONTURRONTURRONTURRO-**]

All jokes by the crackhead narrator aside, Mal harbors feelings for the polygon princess herself, as she helped him care for Tapey by standing in as her mother, thought he's certain Ena is none the wiser. Her frequent optomistic outlook (and fellow dislike of Yoki) make them good friends to this day.

### Tapey.

Tapey is an extremely innocent girl that Mal feels responsible for, so much so that he officially-unofficially adopted her. Though she's usually harmless and very ignorant to what most things are, her few moments of dark or otherwise unsettling humor or commentary oftentimes surprise Mal, though she so quickly reverts back to normal, Mal thinks he may be imagining it all.

### Aeron.

Aeron is Mal's other adopted child, who he treats more like an old friend. Originally he adopted him just to make a "doing your mom" joke, but he now realizes that that joke bestowed him with responsibility, to which he happily steps up to.

### Based Queen.

Mal appreciates her comedic behavior. Also fellow ghost = instant cool.

### Prunsel.

He... is an eye. That's cool, Mal supposes.

### Sans.

Though Sans' attempts at offing himself and various displays of madness frustrate Mal to no end, mal considers San Tale a great friend, and cares dearly about him. He just wishes the old skeleton would care for himself more...

### Ren.

Evil, annoying, and cool bird.

[A great artist, to boot!]

### Tarqi.

He and Mal are at odds often, but in a joking manner. Mal considers Tarqi a close friend, and an even better artist.

### Len.

Len was one of Mal's children in the short time that he was "married" to Yoki. Though they don't see each other much today, Mal and Len have a nice friendship that budded over the opening of a restaurant that served rather peculiar dishes.

### Tro-Jan.

Mal does not know much about Tro-Jan aside from the fact that he has some sort of relationship with Aster. He also enjoys messing with him, as he seems to like to mess with Mal himself, all in good fun.

### Void Administrator (Admin).

An old friend of Mal's, Admin is the source of many headaches and laughs for the unfortunate specter. Though he'll never tell how they met (as he was too drunk to remember), Mal will assure you he and her are very good mates.

### Ley.

Ley is a very sweet person, in Mal's humble opinion. They give him very placid, motherly feelings, and omit a generally welcoming aura. If Mal weren't afraid of the idea of having parents, he may have forced himself onto Ley as a child very early on in their relationship, but he restricts himself to poking fun at them regularly. Recently, however, this desire came true, and Mal was adopted by Ley as their son.

### Muffet/Muffin.

Though Mal did not know Muffin (then Muffet) before her mental refresh very well, Mal now tries his best to care for Muffin whenever he sees her nearby. Much like Tapey, his natural motherly instincts kick in for the sake of caring for and preserving her innocence, and as the record stands, Mal's thoughts of her are as such: "I've only known Muffin for a day now, but if anything happened to her, I'd kill everyone in the room and then myself."

### Brawler. (Wowreallyepicbrawler).

Mal doesn't know Brawler all that well, but he knows that he's a fountain of nonsensical shenanigans that can only be beaten by yet more nonsensical shenanigans.

## Cards and Forms.

### Deck Appearance.

The cards are bordered with cybernetic black steel, with transparent, high-tech screens to serve as the center of them. They are as peculiar in numbering and type as they are in appearance, as the deck is all spades, in four acts, being as such:

Spades, Act One:

\*Ace of Spaces, 2-10 of Spades, 13 of Spades, Jack, King, and Queen of Spades.

Spades, Act Two:

\*Ace of Spades, 2-10 of Spades, Jack, King, and Queen of Spades.

Spades, Act Three:

\*Jester, 2-10 of Spades, Jack, King, and Queen of Spades.

Spades, Act Four:

\*Jester, 2-10 of Spades, Jack, King, and Queen of Spades.

The cards are oddly sharp, and because of their Alchemical nature, move of their own accord around Mal like magic in battle, functioning like floating knives. Their Forms are as follows.

Ace of Spades: Temmie.

Two, and Four-Seven of Spades: Currently Unexplored.

3 of Spades: A housecat.

Jack of Spades: Currently Unexplored.

King of Spades: Currently Unexplored.

Queen of Spades: A female vessel for Mal (Mala), giving him/her an Emerald green, flowing dress, visor-like sunglasses, and a golden crown inset with jade.

Jester: Currently Unexplored.