======Chelsea Smiles======
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**Name:** Chelsea Smiles\\
**Pronouns:** He/Him\\
**Age:** Immortal through demonhood- frozen mental age of around 22, Body age of 70 (Maybequest), 90 (Universal Constants)\\
**Species:** [[species:karacels|Maned Karacel]]\\
**Height:** 5'1\\
**Home Zone:** [[locations:consumption|Consumption]]\\

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**This article contains mentions of Spit's cult and abuse of a sexual, psychological and ritual nature. Specifics will be spoilered and warned for.**\\
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Chelsea is a member of the Smiles System, and takes the form of a maned karacel in headspace, lining up almost identically with her physical body pre-ritual mutilation. 

As with every other member of the Smiles system, her shared physical body lacks a right arm and ears as a result of ritual mutilation, with weight fluctuating between "skinny" to "emaciated" depending on how well-fed she can get herself. The horns on her head are drilled into her skull, and are unremovable through normal means. Due to the removal of her ears, she has difficulty pinpointing the direction of sounds, especially if soft or whispered. Due to the way [[worldbuilding:morbitian_common|Morbitian Common]] works, she can also have difficulty understanding meanings of words if unfamiliar with the person she's speaking to, something that frustrates her greatly.

Her external clothes typically consist of whatever she can find that fits, though Chelsea personally prefers to dress in more masculine and neutral fashions, and would rather publicly go in underwear and rags than dresses or skirts. When fronting, her eyes resemble typical karacel slit pupils. It is unclear whether this is noticeable to others or whether this is stylization meant to indicate who's fronting for the audience.


====Project Appearances====
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====History====
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Chelsea was around 22 years old when formed as a system member, shortly before being abducted by [[characters:spit|Spit's]] cultists for a ritual attempting to create an ideal demon for the god. She nearly managed to escape (but not before having her ears and arm removed) before unfortunately being caught by the god herself, visiting this particular ritual by chance. She was chosen as Spit's demon out of sadistic interest, and became more of a punching bag and servant for the violent deity than an actual peer or coworker. She has worked for Spit for around 70 years as of modern day, and has grown exhausted and emotionally numbed to the world as a result. Her job mainly entails cult duties such as torture, interrogation, execution, and recovering items and people of interest for Spit and her many accomplices.
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Upon discovering that she was part of a multiple system (namely through hearing system members yell at her on the job), Chelsea was able to do research and proceeded to send herself into denial for years, refusing to acknowledge both her own status as a system member and any of the others' existences as real. This only proceeded to make the other system members madder, and conflict arose until she could no longer deny it, and bargaining between the system members began- with the caveat that none of them were allowed to share their secret, if they could help it.

As a system member, Chelsea formed as a result of the "original" main fronter of the system latching onto a character in a theatre production, the character's role as a redeemable villain's accomplice resonating with her in her struggles to fit in amidst a traumatic (and heavily religious) family background. Chelsea is unaware of her role as an introject and has attributed her lack of memory before the ritual to the job wearing her out, and has no intention of digging up her past before this. 

While working for Spit, Chelsea met [[characters:bucket_judgment|Bucket]], the demon and (unwilling) partner of [[characters:rein|Rein]]. Even after a rough start to their initial meeting, Chelsea found herself falling for them, and the two began a relationship in secret after years of pining for each other and dancing around the subject. 

In Maybequest, it has been revealed that Chelsea and [[characters:anya_artag|Anya Artag]] have worked together, and Chelsea disapproved heavily of how Anya worked on Devil's Advocacy. It is unclear to what extent Chelsea was involved, and what role she played in the program, though it is likely she was just there to oversee.

By modern day, she and Bucket have been physically separated, though the exact reasons as to why have been unclear so far.

====Personality====
Around the time of Ashtray (26 years before Universal Constants/modern day), Chelsea can be described as a pessimistic but adaptable person who gets back up when pushed down. She is subject to horrible acts on a near-daily basis as a result of living and working with Spit, but remains standing and perseveres all the same. It's clear from her relationship with Bucket that she can be a very loving person as well, though her insecurity about herself and her ability to deliver in a relationship is equally apparent. 

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In the modern day (Universal Constants), Chelsea is emotionally exhausted and drained of all sense of optimism and most of her hope. She has attempted to take her own life multiple times but is unable to go through with it either due to Spit's interference, her system's interference, or her own hesitation due to the scraps of hope that she will be permanently reunited with Bucket again. She does not see herself as someone worth keeping alive, and has near fully accepted her fate as Spit's demon. Her fights with her system have grown less frequent if only because of her putting up less of a fight when provoked, and even [[characters:bazil|Bazil]] has grown to feel bad for her and the state she's in. 

Even so, she still lives.
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Chelsea's job requires her to commit murder and torture on a regular basis, and her emotional numbness allows her to do so with efficiency. She attempts to make things as merciful as she possibly can with Spit breathing down her neck, and refuses to hurt children outside of situations where swift mercy is the only option.
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====Relationships====

===Spit===
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Chelsea works for [[characters:spit|Spit]], and is largely considered her "trophy wife" by the cult and Spit herself. Chelsea hates this term almost as much as she hates Spit, and has attempted to kill her many, many times before all but giving up in modern day. She was forced into demonhood by the god and despises working for her, and while she lacks hope in modern day, had once dreamed of escaping with her partner, Bucket.
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===Bucket Judgment===
Chelsea is [[characters:bucket_judgment|Bucket's]] partner, and the two of them are very much in love. Years of pining for each other lead to a relationship in secret, kept hidden from Bucket's master and public-facing partner, [[characters:rein|Rein]]. In modern day, the two are physically separated, though Chelsea still considers the two of them together, and tries to barely keep herself together for the day they can hopefully be reunited again.

Bucket is the only person who can consistently make Chelsea smile, and the only person who Chelsea allows to touch her.

===Rein===
Chelsea has stayed at [[characters:rein|Rein's]] manor multiple times over the course of working for Spit, mainly out of necessity- needing to heal after particularly nasty bouts with her god. She does not get along with the god at all, and is generally seen as a disgusting creature to be pitied. Due to her relationship with Bucket, she also personally sees Rein as someone to be taken down along with Spit someday, and plots revenge against it for the acts of violence and abuse it's committed against her partner.

===Miller===
Chelsea has met [[characters:miller|Miller]] at Rein's manor multiple times before, mostly on holidays. She finds the lesser god a little bit grating, her fondness of Rein especially irritating. 

===Amber Smiles===
Chelsea can't help but look down on [[characters:amber_smiles|Amber]] a little, finding her a bit immature.

===Harvey Smiles===
Chelsea does not get along with [[characters:harvey_smiles|Harvey]] much, finding her attitude patronizing.

===Derry Smiles===
Chelsea finds [[characters:derry_smiles|Derry]] uncomfortable to be around, especially when it's in its self destructive moods. She does not understand its behavior at all, and is especially distressed to find it so drawn to Spit.

===Bazil Smiles===
Chelsea and [[characters:bazil_smiles|Bazil]] fight constantly, with Bucket being a common point of argument. Bazil sees Bucket as an unnecessary risk, while Chelsea sees Bucket as the love of her life and someone she couldn't bear to be apart from. The fact that Chelsea denied Bazil's existence especially doesn't help.

===Fly===
Chelsea does not interact with either of the [[characters:fly|system snakes]] if she can help it, and finds their presences intrusive and unsettling. They do like to target her in particular, though.

===Strawberry===
Chelsea does not interact with either of the [[characters:strawberry|system snakes]] if she can help it, and finds their presences intrusive and unsettling. They do like to target her in particular, though.

===Lina Smiles===
Chelsea is awkward around [[characters:lina_smiles|Lina]] for reasons she just can't pin down, though part of it may have to do with the fact that she can't give them the safe environment that they clearly need and want.

===Pheles Smiles===
Chelsea and [[characters:pheles_smiles|Pheles]] do not interact much, and are awkward around each other whenever forced to be around the other person.

===Matthias===
Chelsea finds [[characters:matthias|Matthias]] to be one of her least favorite people in Spit's entire cult, which is saying something. She finds his attraction to Spit to be especially detestable.

===Anya Artag===
Chelsea had worked with [[characters:anya_artag|Anya]] on multiple occasions, and had been severely injured by her on most of those occasions. The two of them did not get along, and Spit was perfectly fine with her main demon injuring Chelsea.

===Suplex/May===
Chelsea had encountered [[characters:suplex_may|May]] when the maybecat was a child, and helped her escape a particularly nasty incident with Anya. It is unclear the extent of how involved Chelsea was in May's childhood beyond that.

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