Acerola

**Acerola** is a child, Pokémon trainer, and supporting character in the Nest. She is known for stealing people's spoons, disappearing into air ducts at every possible moment, and for overall just being the worst.

## Personality

If there's one thing that can be said about Acerola, it's that she's a little ball of energy. She's constantly bouncing off the walls, smiling, giggling, and doing absolutely anything she wants. She gets on the nerves of most every Nester, but that doesn't stop her from popping up from the air ducts wherever and whenever she deems appropriate. Don't talk to her about spoons.

Following her redemption arc, Acerola has grown to be kinder, more empathetic, and less chaotic, though she still does collect spoons and traverse the Nest via the air ducts.

## Relationships

### Marie

Acerola has a close and suspiciously-friendly connection with the Nester Marie. Marie responds to Acerola's antics, not with anger, but rather, with concern, constantly trying to talk the young girl out of murdering people or thieving private property. They are one of the few people to have ever genuinely caused Acerola to feel guilt, so much so that Marie was even able to get Acerola to reverse some of her more hateful actions. Through the implication of her friendship with Marie, it's clear that Acerola only really needs a friend to grow into a competent young woman.

### Hat Kid

Half-enabling and half-grounding, Hat Kid is Acerola's self-described "bestest friend in the whole wide world". Though their friendship was founded based on lies and deceit from Acerola's desire to steal a picnic basket full of sandwiches, her and Hat Kid became genuinely bonded to one another. After Hat Kid helped Acerola murder multiple people, escape from a vindictive chef, and saved her from falling off a tall building, Acerola returned the favor by helping Hat Kid steal a gallon of ice cream, burn down a storefront, and by taking care of her when the girl became sick due to the aforementioned gallon of ice cream.

### Nanu

After being abandoned by her parents and left on the doorstep of a Fancy Restaurant, Acerola went to "live" with her uncle, Nanu. Not being a responsible father figure in the slightest, Acerola's worst habits began to develop as Nanu was too careless to stop her from sneaking away and stealing everything in sight. In spite of everything, Acerola loves her uncle very much, and though he may not admit it nor even show it, Nanu still cares for his niece and is willing to go out of his way to help set her straight.

### Allister

Acerola has a crush on Allister, another Pokémon trainer. They bonded over a shared love of ghosts and a shared habit of disappearing into air ducts, and Acerola appears to be head-over-heels over the young boy. She's gentle and understanding with him, at times scolding Nanu for not being more sensitive to Allister's insecurities and fears. Acerola also doesn't seem to understand how love works yet, so while her relationship with Allister may not be exactly romantic, Acerola is determined to pursue it anyway.

## History

### Fancy Restaurant

Acerola was first introduced as a major secondary character in the Fancy Restaurant arc. She quickly established herself as a villain, tormenting both the characters and the Nesters alike as she bounced around the arc with seemingly-supernatural powers. It was here that Acerola revealed some of her more peculiar traits, such as her obsession with spoons for no good reason, or her habit of going into the air ducts whenever she has caused all the mischief that she could manage.

With the murder of Chris Daughtry, Acerola flip-flopped between being an ally and being an adversary. She assisted the investigation teem in tracking down Hivemind and delivering their punishment, however she also impeded the search by refusing to share information unless she was bribed or tricked into doing so. One instance of Fancy Restaurant saw Acerola take on a much more overtly villainous role, revealing herself to be the true culprit of the murder. This revelation is not generally considered canon, however Acerola has committed many other murders before and since Daughtry's, so it wouldn't be out of character for her.

### Redemption and Beyond

Acerola became close with an alien girl known only as Hat Kid, and though the friend was prone to indulging Acerola's more mischievous shenanigans, she also taught Acerola a lot about caring for others and the value of being kind. After Hat Kid fell ill, Acerola took care of her for a few weeks, doing everything from making her soup to braiding her hair and watching space cartoons with her. Acerola would later ponder on why she felt obligated to do these things for Hat Kid despite getting nothing in return, originally rejecting the idea of giving in to her more kind side but liking how it felt to have such a good friend.

Later, Acerola would drag home a horse by the name of Fastasa Bullet, who was actually an alien creature with a vendetta against humanity an an extraordinary amount of supernatural powers. The horse destroyed Acerola's beloved house, and then would warn of three spirits coming to show Acerola just how many consequences her actions could have. This kickstarted the Acerola Redemption Arc, which saw Acerola being visited by the Ghost of Nester Past, the Ghost of Nester Present, and the Ghost of Nester Future. By the end of it all, Acerola not only had a new appreciation for her loved ones, but a new resolve to be a good person and to make up for all of the mistakes she had made.

## Pokémon

Acerola, hailing from Alola, is a Pokémon trainer. She carries around a full team of six, but has never officially done battle with them.

### Greedy

Greedy is Acerola's Gengar. He apparently takes after his mother, being always on the lookout for food that he can steal. He seems to particularly enjoy candy, with Acerola feeding him some of the chocolate that she received from Hydroz. Greedy doesn't seem to be antagonistic, though he does have a habit of frightening the other Nesters.

### Elsa

Elsa is Acerola's Froslass. She is the preferred weapon of choice whenever Acerola hopes to threaten anything specific out of whatever victim is unlucky enough to come her way. Elsa has ice powers that are capable of freezing people in solid blocks of ice, is purported to have the ability to eat souls, and can contrastly conjure up balls of fire whenever her ice services are no longer required.