Vermillion Panacea

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Aemilius Ciríaco FULL NAME
Dullahan SPECIES
14 AGE
7/13 BIRTHDAY
She/her PRONOUNS
Girl GENDER
Bi ORIENTATION
Detective OCCUPATION
Vellenice, Italy HOME
Toyhouse | Artfight (ID: 90459) LINKS

Inventory

	Ribbon So her head won't fall off!.
	Pendant A simple gold necklace with a blue gem tucked inside.
	Pen To write notes on her hands.
	Pastries She gives it away as she's sick of it.
	Diary Her mother would faint if she read about her cases.

Ribbons

	Protagonist The heroine of Vermillion Panacea.
	Heart of Paper A character that was originally created on a traditional art medium.
	Spooky A character who is themed around horror or being spooky; cryptids, halloween-based, etc.
	Best Developed A character whose development/story is among their owner's favorites.
	Beloved A character that is dearly beloved by the owner.
	Prima Ballerina This character is based around ballet academia aesthetic.
	Earned their Angel Wings This character has a strong bond with their owner due to them being based off of real problems in their life.
	First In My Heart For OCs that are my most important.
	The Living Dead This character may be deceased in some universes, but is alive in every other universe they are featured in.
	Back for More This character has died before but was revived / reincarnated / came back to life somehow.
	Match Made in Heaven This character is being shipped with another character; Emigdio.
	Oh Brother This character has a brother.
	Orphan This character is an orphan.
	Where I Belong This character has one or more found family members.
	Whoa! This character has secrets.
	July This character was born in July.
	Clever This character learns very quickly.
	Dance Machine This character loves dancing / feels the need to dance.
	Sojourner This character travels a lot.
	Private Eye This character wants to be a great detective.
	Living Life This character wants to live life as it comes along.
	Inner Peace This character wants to achieve inner peace.
	Posthumanity This character was formerly Human, but has since become another being (in their story).
	Lost in Time This character has been taken to a time period thats not theirs.
	Full of Flavour This character loves savory things.
	The Architect This character is an INTJ also known as The Architect.
	SanPhleg This character has a SanPhleg temperament.
	Daredevil This character likes taking risks.
	Mysterious This character is mysterious.
	Coffee Cut This character has light brown hair.

Overview . Lore . Relationships . Design . Gallery

Character Overview

About

Aemilius Ciríaco is one of Vellenice's detectives, an occasional helping hand to her adoptive mother, but there’s a chance she has a greater role in her world beyond the mundane. With one of the crimson world’s only traces of blue encased in a pendant she carries, Emii searches for the meanings behind their town’s monochromatic history.

Personality

Emii has a strong sense of justice and a commitment to doing what has to be done for the sake of others, even if she may put herself at risk. This mindset pushes her to take the lead naturally and guide her companions, prompt to fill in the gaps of others' limitations. While her nonchalant resting face can appear uncaring and dismissive, it can also distract from a situation or reassure her partners that she's strong willed typically. She's also very secretive about various things, in general not quick to warm up to others, but she deliberately hides her pendant and neck abilities from those close to her, mainly to keep a trouble free impression. Since shes quick thinking and acts fast, it can be arduous to keep up with her thinking or actions. There's a handful of instances during cases where she'll run off to get a prop or do the unexpected, leaving her fellow detectives or clients watching in confusion to see how things unfold. If she doesn't announce her plans, many can never grasp what she's thinking.

Likes: Mysteries, Family, Ballet, Faris' music, Panna Cotta

Dislikes: Small kids, Dolls, Magic shows, Crows, Tangled Hair

Character Lore

CW: Mentions of death, body horror

Backstory

Previously, Aemilius was a human girl in the modern world living within the cypress countrysides of Tuscany, Italy. Once Surrounded by family, those tranquil days would be forgotten when her parents were slain during a break in, marking young Emii the only survivor after a failed strangulation attempt. Since then, her uncle Ammon moved in to raise her during her recovery, becoming a new “father” to her. While it didn’t evoke any strong emotions, she trusted his words enough to believe her parents loved her and wished her the best, even if the near death experience left her unable to remember the majority of her past before that fateful night. Growing up, Ammon was the family she had attachments to, apart from Faris Ciríaco and his mother Agnese. The Ciríaco’s were a family dependent on a military father that was away on duty, friends of Ammon’s that chose to live with Emii to share more company. There was nothing romantic between the adults, simply friends, but if the two children could grow up as siblings it would take any feelings of loneliness in what they lacked.

There came a day where a political event was occurring in town, one to celebrate the achievements of the local diplomat Capella Volpicelli, something Emii didn’t pay much mind to. She was a kid who wandered from her family’s side to explore the town she rarely visited, many ending up in the same spot when a sinkhole began to open up suddenly. Swallowed up by the earth, Emii figured it’d be the end of her life, but there was continuity within the afterlife, within the Vermillion World. With no recollection of her life once more, Emii awoke in the barn of the Ciríaco home, accepted into their family once again. No one seemed to recall their pasts here, not their deaths that led them to the world where rain was red, where blue and its combinations did not exist. Emii did notice the missing color though, finding a blue gem inside of a locket when she first appeared, tucked away in the hay beside her. Whether or not it had a significance, she decided not to tell others about it for now.

In this new world, Aemilius seemed to be the latest person to appear, a new face that had a lot of learning and normalizing to do. There were inhabitants that were simple and “human”, yet others deemed “Gifted” because they had abilities or unusual features. Emii was one herself, noticing that she needed to secure her head or it would fall off like a dullahan, but otherwise she could pass off as a regular human. Such an unsightly ability, she hated seeing it herself. Even so, the impression she gave others since the start was a curious one, that she was a deadpanned child known for wearing long bows and nightgowns. She didn’t consider herself much for conversation if she was learning her surroundings, but the day she met Emigdio she felt the days pass as quick as the rain would fall. A crow larger than herself appeared shortly after her arrival, seemingly after the locket she carried, but she didn’t want to hand something so important over. Running into the local gondolier in town, Emigdio, Emii relied on his help that night to outwit the crow. While he didn’t know the reason she was chased, he offered her his hand regardless, happy to be of some help, and to meet a new face around his age.

That attack resulted in her bedroom window being broken, so Emii decided she should look towards a job to pay for repairs. Her adoptive mother Agnese could’ve paid for it herself, but didn’t meddle if Emii insisted on making up for damages she felt responsible for. Emigdio was searching too, growing unfulfilled with his gondolier work, so he was glad to look with Emii. Bumping into the Vilppu Twins, children of the town’s detectives, Cherry Vilppu was especially enthralled at the idea of having two disciples. Her brother Rodel was hesitant with reason; the twins weren’t officially detectives like their fathers Abel & Arturo, and their fathers absolutely would not permit them to do such dangerous work if not basic tailing and searching for lost items. So when the detectives came home, Rodel was right, until a young boy arrived asking for help with a ghost. Perhaps the child didn’t seem reliable enough, so Arturo asked Emii & Emigdio to help him and see if they can really find a ghost. If they can solve this mystery, then they would consider allowing the children to become detectives.

The case was closed with some bumps in the road, Emii & Emigdio officially becoming detectives alongside Cherry & Rodel. Chemistry was slow to build when working as a team, but each case that came forth brought them all closer. Emii didn’t expect much at the beginning, yet being roped into cases involving murder and heinous crimes became something she often looked back on. There were so many clients she could save, yet just as many that were lost. Overall, she reminded herself she could only do what she could do, and each case had its closure whether good or bad. That was her role, to find the justice after damage had begun, feeling confident enough with time that it was what she was best at. Still, their world was mysterious as is with things that don’t make sense even now. Piecing those mysteries together would be the greatest case of them all, a task others have seem to have hinted and begun, such as Capella. Those like her know of the scattered blue gems, maybe what they imply of the world, to look for things that are missing for everyone. It makes Emii uneasy to think of the verdict just like her usual cases go, because it could be the panacea to those around her, or the worst case scenario that affects those she loves. Ignorance can be feigned for the remainder of her time if she wills it, but there must be a reason as to why she’s the last person to appear, why her head is detached, why the color blue brings both comfort and fear when she gazes upon it.

Character Relationships

Emigdio Fransisco

"Emigdio has been kind to me since my first day, but we also began running into trouble then as well. No matter what happens, we're able to figure things out together."

Emigdio and Aemilius are detective partners, new to the role at the same time, working well even if their strong suits are different areas. They compliment the others' gaps nicely, close friends by now who are typically at the other's side even on a day off. While their goals seem different for the future, they would still like to be involved and celebrate each others' happiness.

Cherry Vilppu

"She always likes to take the lead when we investigate, and that's admirable until she takes all the credit for the cases afterwards."

Cherry introduced Aemilius to detective work, both incredibly adept as a duo together, just impulsive with communication issues at times. But since they're used to that by now, able to read the others' mind without a word, they adapt well to the other when needed, good at improvising with culprits on the spot, or at least running away. Both think that they are smarter than the other.

Rodel Vilppu

"He's a lot like a baby, but I shouldn't look down on him as he did save me and Emigdio during the case of Vellenice's Monster. He is making a lot of growth as a detective, and I'm proud of him."

Aemilius finds Rodel cute, just as much as anyone else would regard him, but she also respects him heavily. He's something of a little brother to her, where she'd like to include him in a lot of things even when his sister isn't around, to let him learn some autonomy. Emii's approach is more, "lets do this together" than "I'll do this for you".