Milne

	Floral Divinity This character is inspired by or related to a plant; Pine trees.
	Lab Grown This character is from a laboratory or experiments.
	Baby Ribbon This OC is baby!
	Cutie A character who is themed around being cute.
	:] A character that's just a silly guy!

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Character Overview

About

Milne is a pine mandrake, occasionally growing pine needles from his head, the youngest out of all of his many siblings. There isn't much to say, he's just a baby.

Personality

He's a curious and attentive child, quick to learn things from observation, and hardly distracted when someone spends one on one time with him. When others laugh he may follow suit, making the situation more lighthearted. It's just in his nature, but he considers himself a priority when he feels unease, willing to interrupt a quarrel with his whining. Sometimes it serves an end to a conversation that could end badly, or cause the two parties to work together for him, forgetting what happened. If there's a negative trait to a baby, it's his impulsiveness. There's a few instances where he's told to stay put or not touch something, but despite knowing, he'll still repeat bad habits and disregard his guardians' words.

Likes: Shiny things, Elodie, Lying on his side, Biting things, Sun bathing

Dislikes: Being on tummy, Being rocked, Strangers, Pacifiers, Tickling

Character Lore

Backstory

Like the rest of his siblings, Milne was part mandrake, sharing the makeup of a conifer himself. He didn’t sprout thick leaves the same way they did, his fluffy green hair occasionally including pine needles as proof that he wasn’t entirely human. Being the last one born, the youngest, he was Elodie’s grandfather’s best prototype, spending enough months germinating to have the closest growth rate to that of a human child. Aging the slowest, his infancy was going to be the longest, but one his family enjoyed caring for regardless. Elodie was the first to see him, always conscientious that he would sprout any day, and when he did he clung to her like an infant that recognized their parent at first sight. Rarely did he cry when he lived in such a large, attentive family, always distracted by what others were doing and excited when they’d include him in their day. If he was near tears from feeling left out, his family had a habit of stacking objects on his head, as somehow the gesture distracted him enough that he’d stay still and quiet as not to drop the makeshift hat.

As he becomes older and learns more of the world around him, he starts to form his own personality more and reach milestones in his cognitive skills. He isn’t like one particular sister, or Elodie, but he’s very quiet in general. He doesn’t say much, yet each sibling has an unintelligible name he calls them, and he’ll walk and follow any of them in the same room as a duckling would. When Elodie’s husband Zahir appears, Milne is envious for the first time that Elodie is so focused on someone, but in the end, they become close themselves like a father and son. Once his toddler years are reached, he still isn’t a kid with much to say, used to observing others, and allowing them to guide him on how to do things. He watches people stop by the florist shop and smile at one another, he watches other children come and go holding their parent’s hands, and he learns the emphasis of cherishing your family. He’s read stories every night until he memorizes them phonetically, until he can mimic the words himself and read short stories back to his doting sister Taimi.

In the future, Milne remains an observant and easygoing person. He’ll grow up to be close with his family as always, even if some move out within the same region, always grateful when they reunite. Earning his place in the town as a craftsman under an apprenticeship, he’s an artist who loves the idea of bringing things to life out of the unexpected. For him, that’d be taking in objects from clients and renovating them, doing commission work to create sculptures or lamp work jewelry. As long as there’s a vision, he could make it a reality. Like the rest of his siblings, they share a strong unity to care for one another, but mostly to care for their parents. When he’s got free time, Milne will create flowers out of translucent materials to surprise her, as if she receives a glass bouquet that won’t wilt.