Kuchi (character profile) (Patreon)

And here we are, with the first new character of 2019, Kuchi! <3

Kuchi is of course a Paeran, and an exceptionally friendly one at that. Friendliness is kind of her thing; she adores giving people hugs, and meeting new people, and giving slobbery hellos with a smile and laugh. And, of course, she loves eating tiny people, with no qualms about shrinking anyone who happens to be not-tiny at the time the mood strikes her. Especially those she's claimed as friends; there's a fair difference in her head between friends who are edible or otherwise, and from her perspective, eating those edible friends (basically, anyone non-Paeran and tasty-looking) is just further affection to her. For isn't swallowing someone a lot like just an exaggerated hug?

She's not completely single-minded, and can be deterred from such engagements if headed off early enough. But she does tend to move a bit quick once the idea is in her head, and she's already accustomed to the fact that humans tend to overreact when it comes to getting eaten. They'll always come back, after all, and whatever fun they were having previously can just be resumed from there!

I've got some loose ideas for simple pictures and some story stuff for her already, just to illustrate that excessive friendliness (in picture-form) and her whimsical indulgent attitude (in story-form). Perhaps some things with her and Lissa, or Aya, and possibly with Ruri's inclusion... I imagine Kuchi as being friends with all three, though as some of the above might have hinted at, human Ruri might have a pretty different relationship from the others.

As a side note, I have yet to figure out a good way to illustrate character sizes, but Kuchi is right about 5' 6" tall. Not counting the horns, of course. ^^