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Hiroto Cerna/IF-15.893
Appearance
Hiroto "Wicked" Cerna is a Rosy Maple Mothperson. Typical of that species, ze has pink and yellow coloration, a mane of pink fluff around zir neck, and antenna with yellow fluff. Like many other silk moths, Cerna has no mouth, but ze is able to experience some of the sensation of taste using zir antenna. Cerna is almost never seen without zir signature biker jacket, recognizable due to various patches from zir travels across the world. Since joining the Flowers, Cerna has added several flower patches to zir jacket.
After the blooming of the Blood Alstroemeria at the end of Season β8, Hiroto's wings mutated and became alstroemeria petals with a pink and yellow coloration. While the change is mostly aesthetic, it took Cerna a few days to get used to flying with zir new wings. Since then, the moth has reported an overall positive attitude towards the change, happy not to have to deal with the dust from zir natural wings, and pleased that zir partners have found zir new wings to be aesthetically pleasing.
History
Cerna was flying over the Boston Garden when ze noticed a bright light from the Umpire's fire. While the rest of the Boston Flowers were quite distraught and distracted in their efforts to save Caligula Lotus from being fully incinerated, someone in the crowd shouted "Does anyone here know how to play blaseball?" Cerna had been travelling across the country on zir motorcycle, and had picked up some skills playing dangerous and highly risky games of street blaseball. Volunteering, a blaseball bat was pressed into Cerna's hands and ze suddenly found zirself standing at the plate.
Cerna was welcomed with open arms, as all new players to the Flowers are. Ze has since found a home in Boston, enjoying the experience of exploring the city, and inviting zir large extended family to the city to watch Flowers home games. Ze claims this family includes Mothra as a distant cousin, but so far she has not shown up to any games.
Cerna communicates using wing movement based semaphore with a heavy Boston accent. The only one who understands this language at the moment is Inez Owens. As such, Owens and Cerna have become fast friends. Still, Owens often censors Cerna's most vulgar statements, feeling uncomfortable relaying such language to the rest of the team.
Relationships
Gloria Bugsnax
When Cerna first joined the Boston Flowers on Season 6, Day 32, they received a warm welcome to the team. However, being a lifelong drifter, Cerna still encountered difficulties adapting to life in Boston. Cerna was initially cautious of Bugsnax due to zir ingrained prey instincts, but it soon became clear Bugsnax had only the purest of intentions in showing Cerna around the city. Since then, many members of the Boston Flowers have reported seeing Cerna and Bugsnax together often. The two are often seen walking in the garden or spending time at Cerna's camp on the roof under the Citglo sign.
Zack Sanders
While many Flowers and Sunbeams have become closer since the teams entered into the Wild Low Division together, none are so close as Hiroto Cerna and Zack Sanders. The pair's public flirtation-turned-committed relationship has been a matter of gossip in both Boston and Hellmouth since Season 6. When the Flowers and Sunbeams play together, the two are rarely seen apart. Even during the offseason, Cerna and Sanders went on a vacation to Japan together between Season 7 and 8, and were seen "tearing it up on the dance floor" at the Hlomecoming celebration after the end of Season 8. When asked for comment on zir relationship to Sanders, Cerna flapped zir wings a bunch and flew away. Initially seen as no comment, Cerna's close friend Owens later translated the remarks to the interviewer as "she's the coolest and prettiest gal in the league. If ya had workin' eyes you could see that for yourself instead a talkin' to me."Hiroto Cerna/IF-33.126
Background
Hiroto Cerna is a Boston native. He grew up in Boston’s Chinatown, close to the Boston Gardens. Cerna has said before that some of his earliest childhood memories are in The Garden back when its sentience was nascent and it was “more of a park and a lowercase-G garden.”Cerna’s childhood love for green space developed into an adult career in parks and recreation management. He stayed in Boston as he earned his associate’s degree and got a job with the Boston parks department. Cerna has held a number of positions within the department, including event planner, volunteer coordinator, administrative assistant, associate director, and groundskeeper.
Cerna is also an outspoken proponent for environmental justice, including clean air and water and general environmental stewardship. His advocacy caught the attention of Isaac Rubberman, who moved to Boston and befriended Cerna. Rubberman, in turn, was the first to notice the Boston Flowers moving into the Boston Garden and claiming it as their field.
Even before he was on the team, Cerna spent plenty of time around the Flowers. His childhood past meant that he had a unique bond with the Garden, who appeared to recognize him. As the Garden grew and gained sentience, it became clear that Cerna was one of its favorites, and it wanted to keep him safe and happy.
Time on the Flowers
In Season β6, Caligula Lotus was incinerated by a rogue umpire. Cerna, who had watched several of his friends (including Rubberman) fall victim to incinerations, decided that enough was enough, and took Lotus’s place. Cerna has refused to say whether this idea originated with him or with the Garden, and moreover has refused to say if the Garden approves of his involvement with the team. One reporter attempted to ask the Garden and was answered only by the overwhelming scent of a cypress shrub.Cerna’s jack-of-all-trades nature came in handy following team captain Beck Whitney’s feedback to the Miami Dale. He helped with the administrative side of the transition, and continued to help new captain Margarito Nava. He also did his best to maintain the Garden, although some fans speculated that his role was usurped by the Groundskeeper out of the Garden’s frustration with him.
Nonetheless, Cerna was definitively a part of the team by the time the Grand Siesta arrived. He spent much of the siesta in Boston, helping the parks department, and some time traveling to help other cities start environmental justice initiatives of their own. Cerna also made a point of taking vacations; he was spotted traveling with Owen Picklestein and Sutton Picklestein, alongside other players at various points. All of them have refused to comment to the media about their travels, except for one comment from Cerna: “Some things are personal.”
When play resumed, Cerna expressed disappointment, as he enjoyed having time to himself . Nonetheless, he continued playing with the Flowers and continued maintaining the Garden. Cerna also took it upon himself to help new additions to the team, of which there were many, get used to the Garden.
Cerna was incinerated by a rogue umpire in an away game against the Ohio Worms. While the Flowers were at The Wormhole at the time, some eyewitnesses report that the Garden began to emit strong scents of fresh-cut grass. When the team returned, they found a section overgrown by marigolds. This section remains today, although it is carefully pruned by all team members.
Relationships
Cerna was good friends with Owen Picklestein; the two could often be found working together in the Garden. While Owen cannot speak English or any known verbal language, Cerna developed ways of communicating with Owen. He also visited Owen frequently after Owen was injured in a consumer attack. Following his death, Owen became the most frequent caretaker of the marigold patch.Cerna had a semi-friendly rivalry with Moses Mason. The two took opposite approaches to the Garden: while Cerna believed that pruning and trimming were beneficial, Mason preferred wild growth. The two of them clashed over this philosophical difference frequently. Following Mason’s incineration, Cerna said in an interview, “Of course I’ll miss them. I’ll let things grow wild for them. I think the answer is we were both right, in our own ways.”
Trivia
- Cerna has an extensive collection of leather jackets.
- Reporters and fans have been advised not to ask if they’re vegan leather, lest they be subject to one of Cerna’s infamous impromptu Tled talks about the dangers of vegan leather and microplastics. They’re real leather.
- Cerna also has a moped. Its name is Sandy.
- He also likes to gel his hair back.
- Cerna has described his dream aesthetic as “queering the greaser. Like, all the greasers in movies are built white guys. I’m Japanese, I’m gay, I’m trans, I’m fat, I’m a little bit fem. I’m those guys’ worst nightmare. It’s awesome.”
- In his lifetime Cerna was either directly or indirectly responsible for the foundation of 60 environmental justice initiatives.
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