Kinger - ♡ TADC ♡

Name: Kinger

Full name: Grant Best (human)

Other names: Hoo-ha (by Jax) Non-Gloinkinian Mass (by Gloink Queen) Royal (by himself) Brave Knight (by Princess Loolilalu) Singer (by himself) Nutcase (by Jax) Funny Little Chess Man (By the Angel in "Kinger's Special Place") Motherf**ker (by Zooble) The Crazy One (by Jax) The King (by Jax) Nutso (by Jax) Meowing Milkmaid (by Caine) G̣░αη░ (by Terminal) Insane lunatic (by Jax) Ol' King Cuckoo (by Caine in Caine's Requiem, in the form of the Kinger Animiniz Pendantz)

Relatives: Destiny Best/Queenie (wife) Anne (daughter; human) Sam (daughter; human)

Affiliation: The Amazing Digital Circus Circus Members

Occupation: C&A programmer (formerly; as a human)

Species: Human Anthropomorphic King Chess-Piece (Digital Avatar)

Age: 48 (Adult)

Gender: Male

Pronouns: He/him

Height: 200 cm (6' 6¾")

Eye color: Teal blue

Status: Real Life: Active Digital Copy: Lucid

Likes: Insects Making pillow fortresses Queenie (wife) Darkness The color black Blue Wires Ragatha Pomni Gangle Zooble Corncob blitzes Pressing buttons Caine

Dislikes: Insects (formerly) Being startled Gameshows Queenie's abstraction His friends sad, hurt, or being hard on themselves Caine Accidentally deleting Caine

Personality: Kinger is erratic and paranoid, derived from his time in the circus. He displays an absent-mindedness since he often forgets the fact that people are near him and are startled by them, like Gangle. Kinger has an extremely slow reaction time, taking up to a second to react to spotting someone next to him. Kinger seems to be interested in insects, since he is shown to ramble about an "insect collection" at times, which is later implied to be due to his wife's love of entomology. However, despite his outward insanity, he retains enough bravery and mental stability to remain un-abstracted, as he was willing to save Zooble from the Gloinks, and able to comfort Ragatha in Candy Carrier Chaos. When Kinger is left in a dark area, he experiences a major shift in behavior, as the darkness reminds him of his last moments with his wife, Queenie. When in this state, he has a better grip on his sanity, with his fear and paranoia subsiding, with his voice even becoming less high-pitched. Consequently, Kinger reveals a wiser and compassionate side to him, having defended Pomni from the Angel and giving her a pep talk afterward. He is more thoughtful in this stage, allowing him to discern from Mildenhall's tapes that the way to pass through Hell was for the two to hold their breaths. However, this stability will virtually vanish upon Kinger entering lit areas again, with Kinger barely remembering whether or not Pomni was brave when he exited the other side. Kinger associates tall, bright things with beauty and by extension, Queenie, especially when seeing the Angel for the first time. Kinger is very emotionally intelligent, which shows significantly whenever he's in a dark area. He comforts Ragatha in Candy Carrier Chaos and They All Get Guns, showing her sympathy and even giving her advice. He still hones a deep care for his fellow circus members when he's able to grasp his sanity. Ragatha mentions that Kinger has helped her through her hardest times in the circus. Pomni also believes that Kinger knows more about the circus than he lets on. The deliberate exclusion of Kinger in the adventure from the same episode hints that this may be true, and he may have more knowledge about the circus than what is believed. This is further proven by him mentioning Scratch, who was the first human to ever abstract due to Caine tampering with his mind files too much.

Physical Appearance: Kinger is an alder wood king chess piece. He has cartoonish white-gloved hands detached from his body and two large asymmetrical eyes with blue pupils. Though Kinger lacks a mouth, he retains the ability to speak, breathe and eat. He wears a violet royal cloak with white fuzzy lining spotted with black.

Background: Before Kinger's creation, Kinger's real life counterpart, Grant Best, was an ordinary human who had spent seven years in computer science. Sometime in the 1990's, Grant began working for C&A as a programmer. In 1996, Kinger created Caine with help from his coworker, Mike Dobby, considering his work "semi-successful" and a template for future projects by the team. Grant was married, and his wife, Destiny, worked alongside him at C&A. They had two young ones. On October 15, 1999, Grant, along with his wife and five of his coworkers, experienced digital brainscans that manifested within the Amazing Digital Circus, with his digital avatar being a king chess piece wearing a purple robe. He has been in the circus the longest out of all the performers, managing to outlast not only his contemporaries but everyone else who has since joined and abstracted. Kinger has been a part of the circus for 18 years. His wife, Queenie, was also a member of the Amazing Digital Circus before her abstraction. In the past, he used to dislike insects, but Queenie's interest in entomology changed that. Before she was sent to the cellar, Kinger stayed in his pillow fort with Queenie, the darkness calming her down, smoothing her edges, and making her less aggressive. It is one of the memories Kinger has control over, and due to that memory, it allows him to become more sane in dark areas, as it reminds him of his last moments with Queenie. Following his wife's abstraction, Kinger was the only human in the digital circus for an unknown amount of time and was left in isolation for so long that it began to affect his sanity and ability to remember things beyond just his name. Outside of Caine's adventures, he would usually spend his time walking around the circus until October 15th, 2008 when a girl named Ragatha manifested inside the circus as he walked past the stage, surprising him and delighting Caine upon the realization that new human minds could appear. As Caine left, Ragatha was confused and shocked by her new reality, with only Kinger there to help her and try to keep her mind grounded as they were the only ones who the other could rely on. Following this, more humans would begin to enter the circus over the years, meeting Jax, Gangle and Zooble, along with others who abstracted along the way such as Ribbit and Kaufmo, the latter who abstracted immediately before the arrival of the latest human to enter the circus: Pomni.

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