Random Character Traits!!! Part 7
⟡ Forgets their own name when asked to introduce themselves in front of more than four people
⟡ ⟡ Has a whole rehearsed answer for common questions that evaporates the moment they're asked
⟡ Trips over words in high-stakes moments that they say perfectly fine every other time
⟡ Laughs at completely inappropriate moments because their nervous system has chosen chaos
⟡ Gets asked a simple question in public and suddenly cannot locate any information they own
⟡ Waves back at someone who wasn't waving, realizes it mid-wave, and cannot stop the wave
⟡ Freezes during low-stakes moments and is completely fine during actual emergencies
⟡ Accidentally says the quiet part loud and then says something unrelated very loudly to cover it
⟡ Nods while someone is talking and has no idea what was said and nods again
⟡ Forgets a word they use every single day when they need it in a sentence out loud
⟡ Gets a compliment and responds with something that is technically not a word
⟡ Says the wrong name, knows it immediately, says it again, fully commits
⟡ Texts perfectly and then cannot convert any of it into speech in real time
⟡ Runs through the handshake, hug, or wave decision too slowly and does all three partially
⟡ Says 'you too' when someone says something that cannot be replied to with you too
⟡ Has a practiced calm face that they deploy too late so everyone sees the moment before it
⟡ Responds to being startled by making a sound that has never been made by a human before
⟡ Sends the message to the person the message is about and discovers new levels of stillness
⟡ Has a laugh that changes pitch under stress in a direction no one predicted
⟡ Knocks something over, tries to catch it, knocks over something else, stands very still
⟡ Gets asked what they want to eat and all food leaves their brain simultaneously
⟡ Makes intense eye contact while trying to seem relaxed which confirms the opposite
⟡ Says goodbye, walks away, comes back because they forgot something, this happens twice
⟡ Panics in a way that looks exactly like calm to everyone except the people who know
⟡ Types a frantic message and sends it with a typo that changes the meaning completely
⟡ Has a full and sensible thought that exits their mouth as a different and confusing one
⟡ Goes to say one word and produces a completely different word with similar energy
⟡ Does the awkward sidestep dance with a stranger and ends up doing it four more times
⟡ 29.⟡ Agrees to something before processing what it was and has to go back and check
⟡ Responds to 'how are you' with 'good thanks how are you' before the first person has finished asking
