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Gakunin
Roughly translated as "studious person" - not of the ruling class, but a descriptor-name her parents assigned themselves and their family for the sake of the lands they traveled to. They were archivists of a sort, traveling for the sake of their ever-expanding library. When the Calamity struck, they happened to be in Eorzea, and took shelter in Ul'dah. They were among the first to leave it when the dust settled, with tensions against their kind due to sharply rise.
Sayano
Roughly translated as "ever swifter" - the younger of the Gakunins' two children; Sayano was unlike her older sibling in every way. Where he was happy to take up the collection of facts and folklore for their parents to hand off one day, Sayano became fascinated with the tales of heroes within. Tired of traveling, and often running and hiding from fighting, she decided she was going to become one of those heroes.
Survey
Body and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is she heavyset, thin, short, rangy?
All auri women tend to be short. This one's just above five feet tall, thin and limber, though certainly not dangerously thin.
2. How old is she?
About 21?
3. Describe her posture. Does she carry herself well or does she slouch?
Sayano carries herself with all the fire of someone who has reckless ambition and won't be denied. Her movements are sharp and quick, but are becoming more fluid as her combat training calls for it.
4. How is her health? Is she fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
Fit as an adventurer has to be! In better and better shape every week on the job.
5. How does she move? Is she clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?
See above - fluid, sure, but not necessarily graceful. She knows how to make one movement flow into the next, but does so out of necessity rather than display.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does she perceive herself in the mirror?
"Cute" describes her aesthetic, both consciously adopted and in general. It may not be the sort of impression a ninja wants to make, but it's there. By the time she's well and settled into the job, she's stopped caring about having a ninja attitude.
7. Describe her complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?
Light-skinned, and absolutely unblemished, unless you're a racist asshole who thinks her facial scales are a blemish.
8. Describe her hair: color, texture, style.
Her hair is straight and soft, worn short. It is naturally platinum blonde, but she keeps the tips dyed dark auburn to reflect the majority of her family. She may have left them behind, but she doesn't hate them by any stretch. Having their hair color in hers is a way of reminding herself where she came from.
9. What color are her eyes?
Yellow. Not a natural human color, but Eorzea isn't exactly on Earth.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?
As an Au Ra, her body and face sport patches of scales in intricate patterns. The scales are smooth and flexible, like a snake's. She also has a pair of horns that function the way human ears do (hearing sound and aiding in spatial awareness), as well as a scaly tail. While the tail is flexible enough to get in and out of a hole sewn into her pants and skirts, the muscles aren't very strong, so it's not prehensile.
11. What are her chief tension centers?
You know, I never answer this question in any satisfactory way.
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does she have six of the same suit?
She wears whatever best suits her needs - at the moment, she's paying very little attention to style, but if she has some grape purple or ink blue dye on hand she'll use it.
13. Do her clothes fit well? Does she seem comfortable in them?
Of course! Clothing that doesn't fit right or isn't comfortable and slows her down can get her killed!
14. Does she dress the same on the job as she does in her free time? If not, what are the differences?
Pretty much identical. Battle dress, casual dress, whatever. It's not like she needs heavy armor to go fighting.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?
Standard smallclothes. You know the drill. (if you don't, they're really nothing special)
Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?
It's nasal and on the high side. She has an impressively irritating whine when she gets pouty, let me tell you. That's voice type 4, for those looking for exact parameters.
2. How does she normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does she talk easily, or does she hesitate?
If she feels she can talk, she can't hold on to her words. They'll burst out the moment there's a break. She knows when to hold her tongue, though, and often stays silent when speaking up would be an issue.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?
The most distinct thing about Sayano's speech is her lack of or mismatched regional markers. There's something to be said about learning to speak while traveling constantly, and learning to read when surrounded by books from all sorts of places. As it is, she just picks up whatever sounds good to her.
4. What language/s does she speak, and with how much fluency?
Um. Well, her family spent the most time in Eorzea and surrounding areas so Eorzean is what she defaults to. Fluency is kind of weird because of the Echo.
(Non-Echo variant knows Eorzean and Doman)
5. Does she switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
Sometimes? She tends to adopt bits and pieces of the other person's dialect during long conversations. Some of these stick in her everyday vocabulary forever.
6. Is she a good impromptu speaker, or does she have to think about her words?
She never thinks about her words, unless she's like...talking to royalty or some other big name.
7. Is she eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
She almost never gives herself time to think about what she's saying. She can be pretty damn nonsensical sometimes.
Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is she book-smart or street-smart?
...Kind of flighty, actually. She's well-read due to her background but academic pursuits don't interest her. She learns pretty quickly though, true to her name, and enough time in a situation will attune her to it.
2. Does she think on her feet, or does she need time to deliberate?
Time to deliberate? Who's got that kind of luxury?
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is she more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
Sayano goes after what she wants with unrelenting passion, and even if it seems unattainable, she doesn't give up. Even if her goals are ridiculous - she aspires to greatness like the heroes from the stories her family has collected.
4. What kind of education has the character had?
Piecemeal. The result of living with a family constantly on the move and collecting knowledge. Lately, she's had some more normal training through guilds.
5. What are her areas of expertise? What, if anything, is she interested in learning more about?
She's getting decently passable at fighting styles that have her fighting up close and light on her feet - pugilist, rogue...yep, that totally wound up dovetailing neatly into ninja. Having a taste of battle has made her appreciate slowing down, though, and she's looking into crafting things for some downtime.
6. Is she an introvert or an extrovert?
Totally an extrovert.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is she even-tempered or does she have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
She's upbeat and full of energy, always looking forward to the next challenge.
8. How does she respond to new people or situations? Is she suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?
With no indicators as to what kind of person they are? Totally enthusiastic - new people are awesome! As long as they're not trying to kill her or anything.
9. Is she more likely to act, or to react?
Well her world's got a lot going on, so she's doing a lot of reacting. Hard to say if it's her default or not.
10. Which is her default: fight or flight?
Fight!!!
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does she appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
Oh, she laughs easily. Just don't make jokes on really unfunny subjects (like slavery or the death toll of the Calamity) and you're good.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does she deal with them?
None that I know of or that Eorzea recognizes.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined her as a person?
Adventuring: They hired on a pair of adventurers to take them safely through Eorzea to Ul'dah around the time of the Calamity. These two adventurers were instrumental in Sayano's departure for the adventuring life, taking her fascination with them seriously and offering advice to get her started (and her first pair of hora!).
Love, or the lack thereof: She fell in love with the younger of the two, Rounaut, only to be forced to part after the chaos of the Calamity. Is it only a coincidence that, combined with the constant mobility of her formative life, she can't abide dedicated relationships today? Possibly. Possibly not.
14. What does she fear?
Being responsible for someone else's welfare and failing, especially if failure is lethal. There's a reason she keeps clockwork dolls instead of pets. She's managed to find herself with the odd baby animal or monster companion or two, but you can bet she hands them over to one of her retainers for their care.
15. What are her hopes or aspirations?
She wants to be a hero - the sort of person people write stories about. Just reading about them wasn't enough for her. Watching her parents keep spending so much of their money on hired protection only gave this desire a practical purpose.
16. What is something she doesn't want anyone to find out about her?
That really, deep down, she has no idea what she's doing.
Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with her parents.
Not strained or anything, she didn't leave out of defiance or anger, and they were willing to let her go. They're just glad she made a decision that would make her happy.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?
An older brother! His name is Michikazu, and he's content to follow in his parents' footsteps and maintain the collection of history stuff. He and Sayano weren't particularly close, but they weren't at each other's throats, either. Mostly he just thought Sayano was weird. She doesn't realize this, but he may have felt closer to her than he let on - since she left, he paints a flower on his face, hidden in his facial scales, to remind him of a recurring childhood prank she played when he was sleeping.
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom she is close? Are there ones she can't stand?
Nope! Surely she has grandparents and aunts/uncles but she doesn't know them.
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom she considers part of her family? What are her relationships with them?
Nope!
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?
See, the problem with constantly being on the move is close friends outside of family are hard to make.
6. Does she have other close friends?
See above.
7. Does she make friends easily, or does she have trouble getting along with people?
While she makes good acquaintanceships easily, being so energetic and outgoing, her highly mobile lifestyle and suspicion against her race made it difficult to get along with anyone other than her family long-term, as most hired blades did not want to enter certain recent battlefields or go too far from the regions out of which they worked.
8. Which does she consider more important: family or friends?
Therefore, family is more important to her, and in a way, leaving them was for them. They already had another librarian lined up in Michikazu, so the best way for her to contribute to their collection was to become part of it.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has she been married more than once?
Single and never married.
10. Is she currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?
Nope!
11. Who was her first crush? Who is her latest?
Her first crush was in her mid-teens, a young elezen adventurer named Rounaut, about her age, hired in a group to escort them through Eorzea. He was also her first sexual partner because teenage hormones. How they found the time or privacy for that remains a mystery.Not that they weren't found out and some parental Talks were had
Because of the way her family moved around, she's developed a preference for short flings and casual friends with benefits arrangements, just for fun, as opposed to anything longer-term. It's a little difficult to distinguish crushing on someone (that is, with a romantic component) from being sexually attracted, especially because she doesn't deliberate on these feelings for very long and more often than not gives up doing so entirely.
12. What does she look for in a romantic partner?
Nothing in particular beyond not being a jerk and getting along okay. Someone who can watch her back in battle is a good thing though.
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does she relate to them? If no, does she want any?
No, and she doesn't know? She tries not to think about long-term much because it means figuring out when she's going to put down the knives. She's having too much fun with them to want to consider a future beyond them just yet.
14. Does she have any rivals or enemies?
I'm sure she does. I'm sure they're all plot spoilers.
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does she fall on the Kinsey scale?
She is bi with a preference for men! So a 2?
16. How does she feel about sex? How important is it to her?
Sex is awesome, that's how she feels about it. She has a drive through the roof, and isn't ashamed of it. It's not the commitment to her it is to some, which may cause some friction, but as long as nobody's making judgments of morality she's fine with it. She's long since learned to say up front she's just in this for the enjoyment of it and not looking for anything set in stone.
17. What are her turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?
Turn-offs are easier: For starters, don't be gross. Flirtatious is fine, she loves flirting back! But if you reek of being entitled to take her to bed, or are not so much flirting as being skeevy, the answer is no. Also, biting. Don't bite without asking.
Bedroom habits: She has a tendency to wrap her tail around the other person's arm, thigh, or whatever is closest during sex - it has very little gripping strength, though, so it doesn't really amount to much of anything action-wise.
Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does she fit type?
Well, Eorzea has its own calendar, so I don't know? She'd roughly correspond to Sagittarius, I believe?
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in her life?
Vaguely religious because everyone seems to be, but it's really less of a huge component in her life as it is a simple fact.
3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?
Nothing that isn't terribly different from the societal norm, honestly. Compromising them, well...you'd have to find and threaten her family.
4. How does she regard beliefs that differ from hers? Is she tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?
Um. Tolerant until preaching starts. Because she just sees it as more stories, like the kind her family collects? But once they start telling her that she's wrong? No thank you.
5. What prejudices does she hold? Are they irrational or does she have a good reason for them?
Probably something about the intelligence of beastmen. I'll get back to you on this once I know more lore.
She also has a tendency to defensively prejudge Ishgardian Elezen as prejudiced against her race by default, if that counts? I don't think that counts. I'll leave it here because this information won't fit anywhere else.
Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is she rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?
Well, she's getting into duties that require advanced ninja techniques and is...kind of comfortable for her level? I guess?
2. What is her social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected her?
See main storyline, tbh. Also basic successful adventurer progression, for non-MSQ variants.
3. Where does she live? House, apartment, trailer? Is her home her castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does she share it with others?
Right now, whatever inn room she happens to crash in for the night - this will probably change later though!
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does she spend her money on?
Random decorative items if they're cute, orchestrion rolls, and clockwork poppets!
5. What does she do for a living? Is she good at it? Does she enjoy it, or would she rather be doing something else?
She's an adventurer, and she's getting better and better the more she practices. She chose this life, and wouldn't dream of giving it up before she's attained her goal.
6. What are her interests or hobbies? How does she spend her free time?
Woodwork and jewelry making! She likes showing off her manual dexterity with fine details. She also loves a game of Triple Triad, and is known to enter into a chocobo race or two on occasion, but is too restless to just spend a whole day at the Gold Saucer or otherwise on leisure.
7. What are her eating habits? Does she skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?
Never go dungeon-delving without being well fed! No, but seriously, it's a physically taxing lifestyle, and if she didn't eat well, she would keel over.
Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is her favorite:
1. Color? Grape purple!
2. Smell? Ocean air!
3. Time of day? Sunrise!
4. Season? Summer!
5. Book? I will come back to this
6. Music? Let her fill out the orchestrion log first...
7. Place? Limsa Lominsa!
8. Substance? Crystal!
9. Plant? Lotuses!
10. Animal? Animal? Don't you mean "wind-up insert-thing-here"?
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Gakunin
Roughly translated as "studious person" - not of the ruling class, but a descriptor-name her parents assigned themselves and their family for the sake of the lands they traveled to. They were archivists of a sort, traveling for the sake of their ever-expanding library. When the Calamity struck, they happened to be in Eorzea, and took shelter in Ul'dah. They were among the first to leave it when the dust settled, with tensions against their kind due to sharply rise.
Sayano
Roughly translated as "ever swifter" - the younger of the Gakunins' two children; Sayano was unlike her older sibling in every way. Where he was happy to take up the collection of facts and folklore for their parents to hand off one day, Sayano became fascinated with the tales of heroes within. Tired of traveling, and often running and hiding from fighting, she decided she was going to become one of those heroes.
Survey
Body and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is she heavyset, thin, short, rangy?
All auri women tend to be short. This one's just above five feet tall, thin and limber, though certainly not dangerously thin.
2. How old is she?
About 21?
3. Describe her posture. Does she carry herself well or does she slouch?
Sayano carries herself with all the fire of someone who has reckless ambition and won't be denied. Her movements are sharp and quick, but are becoming more fluid as her combat training calls for it.
4. How is her health? Is she fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
Fit as an adventurer has to be! In better and better shape every week on the job.
5. How does she move? Is she clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?
See above - fluid, sure, but not necessarily graceful. She knows how to make one movement flow into the next, but does so out of necessity rather than display.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does she perceive herself in the mirror?
"Cute" describes her aesthetic, both consciously adopted and in general. It may not be the sort of impression a ninja wants to make, but it's there. By the time she's well and settled into the job, she's stopped caring about having a ninja attitude.
7. Describe her complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?
Light-skinned, and absolutely unblemished, unless you're a racist asshole who thinks her facial scales are a blemish.
8. Describe her hair: color, texture, style.
Her hair is straight and soft, worn short. It is naturally platinum blonde, but she keeps the tips dyed dark auburn to reflect the majority of her family. She may have left them behind, but she doesn't hate them by any stretch. Having their hair color in hers is a way of reminding herself where she came from.
9. What color are her eyes?
Yellow. Not a natural human color, but Eorzea isn't exactly on Earth.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?
As an Au Ra, her body and face sport patches of scales in intricate patterns. The scales are smooth and flexible, like a snake's. She also has a pair of horns that function the way human ears do (hearing sound and aiding in spatial awareness), as well as a scaly tail. While the tail is flexible enough to get in and out of a hole sewn into her pants and skirts, the muscles aren't very strong, so it's not prehensile.
11. What are her chief tension centers?
You know, I never answer this question in any satisfactory way.
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does she have six of the same suit?
She wears whatever best suits her needs - at the moment, she's paying very little attention to style, but if she has some grape purple or ink blue dye on hand she'll use it.
13. Do her clothes fit well? Does she seem comfortable in them?
Of course! Clothing that doesn't fit right or isn't comfortable and slows her down can get her killed!
14. Does she dress the same on the job as she does in her free time? If not, what are the differences?
Pretty much identical. Battle dress, casual dress, whatever. It's not like she needs heavy armor to go fighting.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?
Standard smallclothes. You know the drill. (if you don't, they're really nothing special)
Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?
It's nasal and on the high side. She has an impressively irritating whine when she gets pouty, let me tell you. That's voice type 4, for those looking for exact parameters.
2. How does she normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does she talk easily, or does she hesitate?
If she feels she can talk, she can't hold on to her words. They'll burst out the moment there's a break. She knows when to hold her tongue, though, and often stays silent when speaking up would be an issue.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?
The most distinct thing about Sayano's speech is her lack of or mismatched regional markers. There's something to be said about learning to speak while traveling constantly, and learning to read when surrounded by books from all sorts of places. As it is, she just picks up whatever sounds good to her.
4. What language/s does she speak, and with how much fluency?
Um. Well, her family spent the most time in Eorzea and surrounding areas so Eorzean is what she defaults to. Fluency is kind of weird because of the Echo.
(Non-Echo variant knows Eorzean and Doman)
5. Does she switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
Sometimes? She tends to adopt bits and pieces of the other person's dialect during long conversations. Some of these stick in her everyday vocabulary forever.
6. Is she a good impromptu speaker, or does she have to think about her words?
She never thinks about her words, unless she's like...talking to royalty or some other big name.
7. Is she eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
She almost never gives herself time to think about what she's saying. She can be pretty damn nonsensical sometimes.
Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is she book-smart or street-smart?
...Kind of flighty, actually. She's well-read due to her background but academic pursuits don't interest her. She learns pretty quickly though, true to her name, and enough time in a situation will attune her to it.
2. Does she think on her feet, or does she need time to deliberate?
Time to deliberate? Who's got that kind of luxury?
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is she more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
Sayano goes after what she wants with unrelenting passion, and even if it seems unattainable, she doesn't give up. Even if her goals are ridiculous - she aspires to greatness like the heroes from the stories her family has collected.
4. What kind of education has the character had?
Piecemeal. The result of living with a family constantly on the move and collecting knowledge. Lately, she's had some more normal training through guilds.
5. What are her areas of expertise? What, if anything, is she interested in learning more about?
She's getting decently passable at fighting styles that have her fighting up close and light on her feet - pugilist, rogue...yep, that totally wound up dovetailing neatly into ninja. Having a taste of battle has made her appreciate slowing down, though, and she's looking into crafting things for some downtime.
6. Is she an introvert or an extrovert?
Totally an extrovert.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is she even-tempered or does she have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
She's upbeat and full of energy, always looking forward to the next challenge.
8. How does she respond to new people or situations? Is she suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?
With no indicators as to what kind of person they are? Totally enthusiastic - new people are awesome! As long as they're not trying to kill her or anything.
9. Is she more likely to act, or to react?
Well her world's got a lot going on, so she's doing a lot of reacting. Hard to say if it's her default or not.
10. Which is her default: fight or flight?
Fight!!!
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does she appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
Oh, she laughs easily. Just don't make jokes on really unfunny subjects (like slavery or the death toll of the Calamity) and you're good.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does she deal with them?
None that I know of or that Eorzea recognizes.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined her as a person?
Adventuring: They hired on a pair of adventurers to take them safely through Eorzea to Ul'dah around the time of the Calamity. These two adventurers were instrumental in Sayano's departure for the adventuring life, taking her fascination with them seriously and offering advice to get her started (and her first pair of hora!).
Love, or the lack thereof: She fell in love with the younger of the two, Rounaut, only to be forced to part after the chaos of the Calamity. Is it only a coincidence that, combined with the constant mobility of her formative life, she can't abide dedicated relationships today? Possibly. Possibly not.
14. What does she fear?
Being responsible for someone else's welfare and failing, especially if failure is lethal. There's a reason she keeps clockwork dolls instead of pets. She's managed to find herself with the odd baby animal or monster companion or two, but you can bet she hands them over to one of her retainers for their care.
15. What are her hopes or aspirations?
She wants to be a hero - the sort of person people write stories about. Just reading about them wasn't enough for her. Watching her parents keep spending so much of their money on hired protection only gave this desire a practical purpose.
16. What is something she doesn't want anyone to find out about her?
That really, deep down, she has no idea what she's doing.
Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with her parents.
Not strained or anything, she didn't leave out of defiance or anger, and they were willing to let her go. They're just glad she made a decision that would make her happy.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?
An older brother! His name is Michikazu, and he's content to follow in his parents' footsteps and maintain the collection of history stuff. He and Sayano weren't particularly close, but they weren't at each other's throats, either. Mostly he just thought Sayano was weird. She doesn't realize this, but he may have felt closer to her than he let on - since she left, he paints a flower on his face, hidden in his facial scales, to remind him of a recurring childhood prank she played when he was sleeping.
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom she is close? Are there ones she can't stand?
Nope! Surely she has grandparents and aunts/uncles but she doesn't know them.
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom she considers part of her family? What are her relationships with them?
Nope!
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?
See, the problem with constantly being on the move is close friends outside of family are hard to make.
6. Does she have other close friends?
See above.
7. Does she make friends easily, or does she have trouble getting along with people?
While she makes good acquaintanceships easily, being so energetic and outgoing, her highly mobile lifestyle and suspicion against her race made it difficult to get along with anyone other than her family long-term, as most hired blades did not want to enter certain recent battlefields or go too far from the regions out of which they worked.
8. Which does she consider more important: family or friends?
Therefore, family is more important to her, and in a way, leaving them was for them. They already had another librarian lined up in Michikazu, so the best way for her to contribute to their collection was to become part of it.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has she been married more than once?
Single and never married.
10. Is she currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?
Nope!
11. Who was her first crush? Who is her latest?
Her first crush was in her mid-teens, a young elezen adventurer named Rounaut, about her age, hired in a group to escort them through Eorzea. He was also her first sexual partner because teenage hormones. How they found the time or privacy for that remains a mystery.
Because of the way her family moved around, she's developed a preference for short flings and casual friends with benefits arrangements, just for fun, as opposed to anything longer-term. It's a little difficult to distinguish crushing on someone (that is, with a romantic component) from being sexually attracted, especially because she doesn't deliberate on these feelings for very long and more often than not gives up doing so entirely.
12. What does she look for in a romantic partner?
Nothing in particular beyond not being a jerk and getting along okay. Someone who can watch her back in battle is a good thing though.
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does she relate to them? If no, does she want any?
No, and she doesn't know? She tries not to think about long-term much because it means figuring out when she's going to put down the knives. She's having too much fun with them to want to consider a future beyond them just yet.
14. Does she have any rivals or enemies?
I'm sure she does. I'm sure they're all plot spoilers.
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does she fall on the Kinsey scale?
She is bi with a preference for men! So a 2?
16. How does she feel about sex? How important is it to her?
Sex is awesome, that's how she feels about it. She has a drive through the roof, and isn't ashamed of it. It's not the commitment to her it is to some, which may cause some friction, but as long as nobody's making judgments of morality she's fine with it. She's long since learned to say up front she's just in this for the enjoyment of it and not looking for anything set in stone.
17. What are her turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?
Turn-offs are easier: For starters, don't be gross. Flirtatious is fine, she loves flirting back! But if you reek of being entitled to take her to bed, or are not so much flirting as being skeevy, the answer is no. Also, biting. Don't bite without asking.
Bedroom habits: She has a tendency to wrap her tail around the other person's arm, thigh, or whatever is closest during sex - it has very little gripping strength, though, so it doesn't really amount to much of anything action-wise.
Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does she fit type?
Well, Eorzea has its own calendar, so I don't know? She'd roughly correspond to Sagittarius, I believe?
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in her life?
Vaguely religious because everyone seems to be, but it's really less of a huge component in her life as it is a simple fact.
3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?
Nothing that isn't terribly different from the societal norm, honestly. Compromising them, well...you'd have to find and threaten her family.
4. How does she regard beliefs that differ from hers? Is she tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?
Um. Tolerant until preaching starts. Because she just sees it as more stories, like the kind her family collects? But once they start telling her that she's wrong? No thank you.
5. What prejudices does she hold? Are they irrational or does she have a good reason for them?
Probably something about the intelligence of beastmen. I'll get back to you on this once I know more lore.
She also has a tendency to defensively prejudge Ishgardian Elezen as prejudiced against her race by default, if that counts? I don't think that counts. I'll leave it here because this information won't fit anywhere else.
Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is she rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?
Well, she's getting into duties that require advanced ninja techniques and is...kind of comfortable for her level? I guess?
2. What is her social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected her?
See main storyline, tbh. Also basic successful adventurer progression, for non-MSQ variants.
3. Where does she live? House, apartment, trailer? Is her home her castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does she share it with others?
Right now, whatever inn room she happens to crash in for the night - this will probably change later though!
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does she spend her money on?
Random decorative items if they're cute, orchestrion rolls, and clockwork poppets!
5. What does she do for a living? Is she good at it? Does she enjoy it, or would she rather be doing something else?
She's an adventurer, and she's getting better and better the more she practices. She chose this life, and wouldn't dream of giving it up before she's attained her goal.
6. What are her interests or hobbies? How does she spend her free time?
Woodwork and jewelry making! She likes showing off her manual dexterity with fine details. She also loves a game of Triple Triad, and is known to enter into a chocobo race or two on occasion, but is too restless to just spend a whole day at the Gold Saucer or otherwise on leisure.
7. What are her eating habits? Does she skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?
Never go dungeon-delving without being well fed! No, but seriously, it's a physically taxing lifestyle, and if she didn't eat well, she would keel over.
Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is her favorite:
1. Color? Grape purple!
2. Smell? Ocean air!
3. Time of day? Sunrise!
4. Season? Summer!
5. Book? I will come back to this
6. Music? Let her fill out the orchestrion log first...
7. Place? Limsa Lominsa!
8. Substance? Crystal!
9. Plant? Lotuses!
10. Animal? Animal? Don't you mean "wind-up insert-thing-here"?
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