Eɴᴛᴇʀ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴀʀᴇ...
Nᴀᴍᴇ:
Ignis
Gᴇɴᴅᴇʀ:
male
Rᴇᴀsᴏɴɪɴɢ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇssᴏʀɪᴇs:
Sᴛʀɪɴɢ
"It keeps me together..."
Ignis has always had a fascination with string. He would always get tangled up in it, winding it around himself and having a great time. He learned to tie many knots, and always picked up any string he found around the apartment or outside. He wound it around his legs, his tail and his neck, partially because he liked it, but also because he wanted to have sting on hand if he ever needed it.
Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴍᴀsᴋ
"Don't get too close... You never know when you might lose a love"
As a young bean, Ignis' parents left him all alone in their fourth-floor apartment, just to do a little grocery shopping. They told him not to leave the apartment until they came back. They locked the door behind them, to make sure he wouldn't get out. As soon as he was sure they were gone, Ignis turned on the TV and turned it up full blast. It was so loud, in fact, that he barely noticed the yelling until the doorknob blew straight off. Shocked, Ignis turned off the TV and jumped to the door. On the other side was a blazing fire, too dangerous to leave the apartment, but both his parents were trapped outside! Springing for the phone, Ignis frantically dialed 911, but when the fire department got to the apartment building, it was already too late. Both of his parents and several elderly neighbors had perished in the fire. All that was left were bones. Sobbing for days, Ignis refused to eat anything. When he finally got a hold on himself, he picked up one of the last things that hadn't been cleared up yet: his father's skull. Placing it over his face, Ignis felt a little more reassured: he felt that his parents were next to him, encouraging him and helping him. Since his father was somewhat larger than Ignis is now, the mask still fits his face.
Ignis never touched the TV again.
Bɪʀᴅ sᴋᴜʟʟ ʙʀᴀᴄᴇʟᴇᴛ
"They're wrong. It's better never to have loved at all"
After the fire destroyed his home and his family, Ignis moved to the streets. Spending a night or two wherever he could, Ignis met several friendly, hospitable beans. One of these beans was the owner of a pet store. Seeing how lonely and miserable Ignis was, she let him stay in her home over the shop for a few days. She noticed that every day, he went to admire the parrots she kept near the front of the store. When it was time for him to leave, she gave him one of the parrots he had loved. Overjoyed, he could hardly speak. He named the parrot Carlo.
For a few years, Ignis traveled with Carlo, getting food for himself and the parrot. But gradually, Carlo began to get thinner and thinner. Ignis needed enough money to buy proper food for him, but to do that, he needed a job. He eventually found one, but it was so far away that he was afraid he couldn't take Carlo with him. Leaving him with one of the beans he had once stayed with, an older bean who promised to take care of Carlo, Ignis set off by train. After two months of work, Ignis had saved up enough money to feed himself and Carlo for a few months at least. But when he returned to the old bean's home, he learned that his bird - his best friend - had passed away shortly after he left. Adding the bird's skull to his odd collection of items, he tied it on with some of his string, to remind himself of the pain of loss.
Bɪʀᴅ ғᴏᴏᴛ ᴛᴀɪʟ ᴄʜᴀʀᴍ
"This is what they get"
After several years of living on the streets, Ignis found a small apartment, affordable enough and close to everything he needed. He moved in shortly afterwards.
There was a notorious pigeon problem, though, that he hadn't been told about, but he found out soon enough. He also noticed that some old bean on the floor above him fed the pigeons from her window every morning. When Ignis complained to the landlord, he just said she had been doing it for years and there was no stopping her. Ignis decided to grin and bear it.
After a few weeks of living there, however, Ignis began to get very annoyed about the pigeons. So annoyed, in fact, that he started to slam heavy books shut whenever the pigeons came near his window. It made the same noise as a gun would, say, or a rifle, but didn't harm the pigeons at all.
Soon enough, though, just slamming the book shut day after day after day wasn't enough to satisfy his anymore. He started using more force and larger objects, such as boots or wooden boxes. One day, it all became too much. When a pigeon flew inside his apartment through his open window, Ignis lunged for it with his pocket knife, not aiming to kill or even injure the bird. He cut off one leg.
He tied the leg to a string around his tail as a trophy of his victory and moved shortly afterwards.
Nᴏʙᴏᴅʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡs ʙᴜᴛ ʜɪᴍ...
Carlo didn't actually die from being underfed, but because he was fed the wrong kind of food. Most parrots in the wild remove the seed coatings and other toxic parts of the fruit before eating it, but since Carlo didn't have anyone to teach him, he didn't know how to avoid the dangerous parts, and neither did Ignis. He found out later, after he asked the pet store owner why his parrot would die so young, when they usually live for decades. She listed malnutrition and improper feeding as possible causes. Ignis did enough research on pets that he could take care of any animal, but he never got another one.
Hᴇ ʜᴀs ᴀ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ...
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