Barnes

Barnes is a character played by Meyeswat.

Appearance
Barnes is a tall, slender, pale-skinned fae-like thing with digitigrade legs, arms that are disproportionately long compared to its body length, and pointed ears. Half of his head is shaved, with dyed fringe on one side, and wears large, silver goggles. He wears a light blue vest adorned with orange and yellow dots, and a white collared shirt underneath. He also wears dark, cropped pants and dark rubber gloves at all times.

After contracting The Choir, budding flowers are present on the back left side of his head, and seem to be spreading. After contracting Chaos Sickness, his outfit has changed to a red/orange/yellow color scheme, with large black bull horns mounted on his temples and a hand-like tail. The left horn is partially broken, and he also has chains hanging from his right ear.

Bio
Barnes appeared one day in the world and things have not stopped happening to him ever since. He seems determined to figure out what the hell is going on in this place, but isn't getting anywhere fast. A self-appointed epidemiologist, he seems to know about magical fauna and flora, but not ones that originate from this world. Has fae powers, but chooses not to use them a lot (except for when they come up accidentally).

Personality
In comparison to everyone else, he's normal. In isolation, he's kind of weird, but it doesn't matter; it's a charm point. Barnes constantly seems exasperated all of the time because people around him are doing harmful things like drinking lava, seemingly because they think it might do something. He values empiricism, or at the very least, archival. He can get silly with it, but the opportunity has not yet presented itself.

Events
He was approached by REQUIEM at the Disease Garden and given a Strange Chorus Fruit. Following this, he chose to investigate The Choir further. While hanging out with Sievert, he was approached by ISO (under the influence of Deimos) and killed twice. After prolonged study of the Choir, Barnes ingested a Strange Chorus Fruit, infected him with the disease. After several weeks, he went to Thistle's house and had a long conversation with her that eventually resulted in a house call. During the house call, Barnes used Thistle's ability to focus on certain sounds to listen to the choir (with detrimental and expected results). Shortly thereafter, Barnes passed out from exhaustion, upon which Thistle brought him to her house. He now lives there as the choir progresses.

Relationships

 * REQUIEM: Unrequited friendship (on REQUIEM's side). Roommates.
 * Sievert: They are friends I think. Roommates.
 * ISO: Initially wary of him due to how he was killed twice.
 * Thistle: Someone he trusts enough to move into her house after a house call. Roommates.

Trivia
Barnes's character design originated from a picrew.