Tidbits - Kalim Al-Asim

I intend to do some writing about this sweet lil cinnamon bun, so for those who haven’t watched and or actually played Twisted Wonderland, here’s some headcanon tidbits I have for, arguably, the sweetest and most adorable of all the students at Night Raven, Baby Otter himself, Kalim.

It’s been established that Kalim is, canonically, a very big eater.  He not only indulges in a great deal of food, but he also loves throwing giant parties and inviting as many other students as possible to enjoy all the food, dance and general festivities.  He’s all about having a great time and making sure everyone else is having as much fun as possible as well.

Kalim’s gluttony stems from the fact that he’s a rather naive and unwittingly dopey lil fella, and get so lost in the moment if he’s having a good time, he may not always even realize how much he’s packing away at any given moment.  And whenever he’s been stuffed to the gills, he’ll kick back, sigh contently and be all smiles as he relaxes and nurses a nice, thoroughly rounded belly.  He obviously isn’t THE biggest eater of the bunch, simply because the school is home to so many canonical preds that he honestly couldn’t physically eat as much as Leona, Ruggie, Jack, Floyd and POSSIBLY Malleus and or Idia.

However, of all the students within Scarabia, he’s the one who tends to overindulge the most, simply due to his often pampered and easy lifestyle.  Though, as his chapter progresses, it’s less a life of privilege and more him willfully doing things for himself because he doesn’t want to hassle his “bestie,” Jamil, that includes even cooking for himself:

Prior to everything going down, Kalim used to love it whenever Jamil was there to rub his belly whenever he overate.  Nothing was more soothing a feeling than that, especially since his best buddy has some very delicate fingers who know exactly what they’re doing.  Following everything that goes down, he never asks Jamil to “rub his tummy” ever again, simply because Kalim cannot bare the idea of making Jamil feel subservient and unequal.  Though, even though Jamil wouldn’t dare admit it outright, he doesn’t mind giving Kalim the occasional belly rub every once in a while if the young prince REALLY overdoes it since Kalim is, again, quite precious.  :P

He’s also incredibly ticklish, which is also canonical when the player clicks on him too many times, he starts giggling hysterically about how ticklish he is, which leads me to believe that Kalim’s belly his weakspot.  And whether it’s sleek and flat or nice and rounded, fluttering your fingers across his tum is a surefire way to turn poor sweet lil Kalim into a giggling Baby Otter.  ;)

When it comes to Kalim and the reader, I can see Kalim being a huge cuddle bug; someone who absolutely adores affection, from hugs, human contact and just being near the reader.  And whenever getting his belly rubbed by the reader, he’ll have this adorably happy smile on his face, eyes rested shut as he hums contently to himself and gleefully thanks the reader, both for their magic touch and for a phenomenal meal.

Surprisingly, I like to imagine Kalim can actually belch quite loudly.  Not nearly as loud as some of the other students within the school, but much louder than you’d expect from such a little, adorable cinnamon bun.  It comes from how fast he tends to eat or drink without even realizing it sometimes.  And usually, whenever he burps loudly, he’ll start giggling playfully and apologize for any loud disruptions he may accidentally cause.  And given the role Floyd played in Chapter 4, I like to imagine he’s teaching the prince how to burp on command, filling his naive lil head with misinformation about how a hearty belch after a meal is a great way of demonstrating how much you appreciated your meal.  That and Floyd is just bored and wants someone to get into contests with that he can school since his brother and Azul are a bit more well-mannered than he is.

I can’t actually envision Kalim as a pred, simply because he IS far too sweet and kindhearted to ever devour anyone.  Buuuuuut I COULD see him as an unwitting pred, given how gleefully lost in the moment the boy can get.  If he did ever accidentally eat someone, however, and he found out, he’d freak out, going into full-on panic mode as he tried to get them out of his tum and start apologizing profusely and crying pitifully / adorably once his prey was let loose, since, well, we saw how precious his reactions can be whenever he feels like he’s put someone in harms way.  :P