Rho Kluft

Rho in their flat.

 Rho is an intern in Artifact Storage at the Magnus Institute.

## About

**General Information**

* **Pronouns:** They/them or he/him
* **Age:** 22
* **Tarot Card:** The Magician
* **Fear:** Aligned with the Stranger and the Web
* **Job:** Artifact Storage intern at the Magnus Institute
* **Sexuality:** Asexual demiromantic
* **Star Sign:** Pisces
* **Character Tag:** #rhokluft
* **Player:** Ginger
* **Spotify Playlist:** The Dancer

## Connections

**Library Family**

* Batty Hanwell
* Emmi Carsons
* Griffith Weaver
* Liam Strudwick

**Web Family**

* The Moderator
* Cad Barry
* Oleander Vaughn
* Oscar Foley
* Griffith Weaver
* Dominic Smith
* Leith Spurling
* Nikki

**Enjoyable Coworkers**

* Theo McLeod
* Isaac Baker
* Ainsley McKinnon
* Damon Kent
* Ramon Clarke
* Jade Heartfell
* Oscar Foley
* Scout Rowley

**Other Friends**

* Will Rose
* Noah
* Lizzy Baldwin
* OTTO T
* Jadan Hales
* Dylan Lawson
* Mary McCarthy
* Angel Ruiz

**Distrusted People**

* Lane Marris
* Max Wills
* Mary McCarthy

## Powers

* **Puppeteering:** Rho can find the webs of other people, and use them to physically manipulate the person. On occasion, Rho can find the webs of inanimate objects, and manipulate them as well.
* **Lifeline:** Rho has used people's webs to pull them out of entities before. It's a skill they haven't really had the chance to hone and doesn't always work; and when it does, it takes a lot out of them.
* **Made of Plastic:** Rho is partially made of plastic that functions as a normal body would (including a detachable arm that still works when detached).

## History

### Early Life

A dancer from the start, Rho always knew where their passions lay. Of course, family life and their own questionable mental health always made it a challenge for them. Growing up, Rho had a tenuous relationship with reality and people both; between hallucinations and a strong personality, they often found themself alone. As such, they turned to the comfort of dance, of losing themself in movement, where it didn't matter that they were alone. Dance as a major seemed the only natural thing for them.

When Rho was 19, they came out to their mother as nonbinary, prompting her to disown them and kick them out of their house. They were lucky in that they still had a father to go to; and for a bit, things eased up on them. Rho applied to spend their last year of college overseas, eager to get a new experience, and was accepted to Cardiff University's transfer program.

This went well for approximately a month, before their roommates decided Rho was untrustworthy after being unable to make time to visit a roommate in the hospital, and essentially evicted Rho on the spot. Rho made their way to Will's, the only person they could think of, and crashed there for several days while they figured out how to get their life back together. After some searching, they eventually found a new flat, where they currently live alone.

### At the Institute

Orientation day was unusual for Rho, as they met the ghost of an intern named Noah, who tried to advise them to run. Before they could ask too many questions, he disappeared, leaving them far more confused and concerned than when they initially met him.

Rho's first proper day at the Institute began with a tour of Artifact Storage by Theo, followed by their first assignment: to categorize a pair of cursed pointe shoes. After 20 minutes exhausting every test they could think of, determined not to fail on their first day, Rho put on the shoes. This was, of course, a mistake. The shoes, touched by the Stranger and the Web, seized control of their limbs and forced them to dance far beyond their limits, strangely and beautifully. It was only Theo coming to check on them and talking them out of the shoes that saved them; and though their injuries were relatively minor, the mental aspect of it shook them up a lot.

Not too long after that, Rho had their second encounter with Noah, who told them about the Fears. Rho'd had a growing suspicion that there was something everyone knew that they were being left out of, but was still piecing together what before Noah's information. Following this revelation, they snapped at the other interns for keeping them in the dark, and had their first significant interaction with the Moderator: asking her for information on the rest of the Fears.

## Event Participation

**Curtain Call Rave**

The rave took place on Rho's first day of work at the Magnus Institute, where they met the ghost of a dead intern, Noah, who warned them not to stay at the Institute. Rho arrived at the rave with two other interns, Liam and Lane, whom Phoebe quickly found. The four grabbed drinks and made their way onto the dance floor, where Rho promptly spilled their drink all over themself. At the bar while getting a new one, they met Angela, who bullied them for a bit before Poppy intervened with a compliment. The three talked briefly before a wave of anxiety (caused by Angela, not that Rho knew) caused them to return to the dance floor, eventually grabbing Liam and dragging him out with them-- though not before meeting Emmi for the first time.

Upon the two returning to the bar for a drink of water, Rho chatted a little with Lane, eventually making their way out to the dance floor again and meeting Emmi for longer than just a minute. Liam found his way over to the two, upset and needing to leave, so they helped him outside and waited for Griffith to arrive and take him away. Emmi and Rho parted after that, Emmi needing to leave, but telling Rho to text her if anything happened.

Not long after reentering the rave, there was a blackout; and Rho, panicked, texted Emmi for help. After escaping the crowd to the outside and finding her, she helped Rho back to their flat, spending the night until the knew they would be calm.

**Attack on the Institute**

**Poker Night**

**Stranger Show/Web Show**

**Walk Down Memory Lane**