Random Character Traits!!! Part 14
⟡ Goes to a party, finds the host's pet, and spends the entire night with it
⟡ Rehearses phone calls for 20 minutes then gets voicemail and feels nothing but relief
⟡ Has cancelled plans so many times they now cancel plans they never made
⟡ Considers being left on read a gift
⟡ Gets overstimulated by someone chewing near them and has to leave the room
⟡ Pretends to be busy to avoid going outside but is just lying on the floor
⟡ Has a whole personality but releases it only in a group chat of three people
⟡ Fakes a bad signal to end phone calls. On a landline
⟡ Sits in the car for 10 minutes after arriving somewhere to mentally prepare
⟡ Has strong feelings about people who talk in libraries that they will never express out loud
⟡ Says 'sounds fun' to every invitation with no intention of attending
⟡ Turns off all the lights and pretends not to be home when someone knocks
⟡ Schedules social events two months out so they feel like someone else's problem
⟡ Gets genuinely excited about a cancelled plan like it's a holiday
⟡ Has a 'people limit' per week and guards it like a natural resource
⟡ Waves from inside the house to make the delivery person feel seen without opening the door
⟡ Leaves a party by vanishing without saying goodbye to anyone. Texts 'had fun' later
⟡ Needs two days of recovery after an enjoyable hangout
⟡ Finds one corner at every gathering and builds a small life there
⟡ Has rich and detailed inner monologue but says 'yeah same' out loud
⟡ Makes friends by proximity and inertia rather than any deliberate effort
⟡ Gets exhausted by their own imaginary conversations with people
⟡ Has not initiated a plan in years but shows up reliably when invited
⟡ Considers sitting in silence next to someone the peak of intimacy
⟡ Answers the door looking like they've been awake for days regardless of what time it is
⟡ Has a secret extrovert mode that activates once every three months without warning
⟡ Uses headphones with no music as a social force field
⟡ Panics when someone says 'quick question' before asking the quick question
⟡ Would rather send a 400-word email than make a 30-second call
⟡ Gets weirdly energized by being alone in a public place where no one knows them
