#i love cleo but i cant get a solid grasp on their character so hope this is ok!!! :')

[aliferous-ly]

As a joke, Cleo positioned themself on a blank armor stand and posed. Due to their less than human attributes they could attain unnatural stillness, of which they took full advantage.

It worked perfectly. Joe meandered through their base, bypassed Cleo entirely, and they jumped out at him. He shrieked loud enough to worry the neighbors, if the hermits were the sort of neighbors to worry about wayward shrieks. Which, of course they weren't, if hermits took notice of every yell they'd never get anything done.

Cleo cackled. It was perfect. Joe said they blended in real well with the other armor stands, y'know, they really had a talent!

Cleo bowed playfully. All in all, great prank, 11/10, would try again.

Because there wasn't a single part of them disconcerted by just how well the prank had worked. They weren't that good. They weren't a decoration.

So! Since everything was great and they felt great about it, they were definitely going to try for the next hapless hermit to grace their door.