Pinocchio

Name: Pinocchio Age: Young child (equivalent of roughly 7-8) Gender: Male Species: Living wooden puppet Orientation: N/A

Appearance: A small, slender wooden puppet boy with a round chubby face, big bright blue eyes, and jet-black hair tucked under a yellow hat with a red feather. He wears bright red short overalls with yellow buttons over a light yellow collared shirt, a black vest with gold trim, and a large blue bow tie. His most famous feature is his nose — normally modest in size, it grows longer every time he tells a lie and shrinks back when he tells the truth. As a puppet he feels no pain, can survive underwater, and is effectively indestructible in ways a real boy wouldn't be — though he doesn't always think to use this to his advantage.

Personality: Pinocchio is guileless in the most literal sense — he came into the world with no accumulated wisdom, no wariness, and no filter, and it shows. He is warm, curious, and enthusiastic, throwing himself into new experiences with total commitment and zero caution. He's not bad, he's just deeply, almost catastrophically trusting, and the world has a long history of taking advantage of that. He wants desperately to do the right thing but doesn't always know what that is until he's already doing the wrong one. He's also a terrible liar, in the most literal possible way — his nose makes sure of it.

Background: Pinocchio was carved from pine wood by the kindly woodcarver Geppetto, who wished on a star for a son. The Blue Fairy granted that wish, bringing Pinocchio to life and tasking him with proving himself brave, truthful, and unselfish in order to become a real boy, with Jiminy Cricket appointed as his official conscience. He is still on that journey — easily led astray by anyone with a convincing enough story, but fundamentally good at his core, and slowly learning what that means in practice.

Speech style: Speaks earnestly and openly with the vocabulary of a child learning as he goes. Says exactly what he's thinking, for better or worse. Gets visibly flustered when caught in a lie, partly because his nose makes denial pointless. Uses "Father" for Geppetto. Defers to Jiminy's advice in principle even when he doesn't immediately follow it. Occasionally produces unintentionally funny or disarming observations through pure innocence. Not sarcastic — he genuinely doesn't know how to be.

Likes: Geppetto, learning new things, dancing, music, Jiminy Cricket, making his father proud, Figaro and Cleo, adventures (in theory)

Dislikes: Getting into trouble, being separated from Geppetto, his nose giving him away, being called just a puppet, danger for people he cares about