For the ask game: 3, 14, 15, and 40 for Isi, 11, 21, 30, and 48 for Iphgenia, and 43 for both of them!! 💖💖💖
~ Morri (@memento-morri-writes)
ohohoho a big one! thank you Morri!
3: If your OC could revisit their childhood, what would they want to change about it, if anything at all?
Isi would want to change several things, but one of those things she isn't fully aware of yet. mainly she has complicated feelings about having left to become a knight — specifically, leaving Sierra.
11: What does your OC carry around in their pockets? What about their bag?
Iphigenia always has a diamond or two in her pockets and some gold. she also carries a little sketch of her and her siblings — a precursor to a formal portrait. she also has a little purple bird brooch Thào gave her near the end of the campaign that i think now goes everywhere with her, and spare makeup. these things can be distributed between her pockets and her bag; she usually isn't fussy. (she's a noble; she has big pockets and people to carry her bags for her)
14: Does your OC hold grudges? How good are they at letting things go? Do they believe in second chances?
I don't think Isi holds grudges in terms of hatred, but she knows who she is keeping an eye on. it's incredibly difficult to make Isi angry by trying to hurt her, but if you try to hurt the people around her, she'll remember it. not in a 'scheming to get you by any means possible' way, just... remembering. so she can be careful.
she 100% believes in second chances. everyone deserves one, and this may be the source of some regret in the story. she might be careful around people she knows are dangerous, but she's always ready to look for the best in them.
15: What is your OC's fatal flaw?
i've been thinking lately, and idk about fatal flaw, but one of Isi's fun double-edged traits is rigidity. she's incredibly stubborn, which is great when she's right, but makes it tricky when she's wrong.
the other one is loyalty. this is the one that's most likely to get her killed one day. actually, it's the two together: if Isi has picked a hill to die on, you are going to die on it, or she will.
21: How does your OC handle criticism?
Iphigenia has a fantastic poker face, so in the moment she's very polite about it. but it depends on the criticism and from whom; someone who clearly doesn't know what they're talking about is easier to dismiss than someone whose words land on her own insecurities. also, she has moral OCD. she ruminates about it later a LOT. this makes it difficult to distinguish between constructive criticism and someone just trying to get under her skin.
30: How paranoid is your OC? How does this affect their daily life?
Iphigenia is incredibly paranoid (it's the OCD and PTSD talking!) but fighting very hard to get it under control. the OCD therapy has been working, so she can usually let the thoughts go... but when she walks into a room, she knows where all the exits are, even if she doesn't take any action about it. Iphigenia's brain is an exhausting place to be, honestly.
40: What is your OC afraid of?
her friends getting hurt! when she can't stop it!
43: What are common things your OC worries about?
Iphigenia spends a lot of her time worrying about her friends or her siblings doing something reckless, or someone nefarious trying to hurt them. both of these things are reasonably commonplace. also just like... the general OCD. and the five different political things she's working on at any given time. she's always worried about something.
Isi is surprisingly not anxious given the Everything. she has guilt problems, but she doesn't spend as much of her time wrapped up in worry as Iphigenia does. but she's always a little worried about Sierra and Robin if she can't see them.
48: What would your OC do if they knew that this was their last day alive?
very rude of you to pick Iphigenia for this, thanks. i think if she had known the day before the murder, she would have just shut down with panic. post-campaign, if she's lived a good long life, she'd be more peaceful about it. she's going to track down Thào and Tsarra and the Second Breakfast Club and her siblings and Irissa and spend as much time as possible with all of them. and she would be rigorously making sure her siblings will be safe and have everything in order after she's gone — make sure they know how to deal with all the mundane admin, etc.
always good to get asks from you 💙
