#aegis:hc

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✊😠

✊ - keeping promises

James takes promises very seriously. It was slightly detrimental to his work at first, but once he’d developed a reputation for being trustworthy people were far more likely to listen to his proposals and plans. He feels very guilty when he has to break a promise and never does it without a good reason. He’ll usually tell the person if there’s an opportunity.

😠 - managing with their temper 

I went into this a bit when talking about how he expresses emotion, but James is slow to anger. He can take a lot before reaching that breaking point, and he does his best to avoid it due to some of the social stigmas around Black men and anger. He does his best to resolve the conflict or tension as soon as possible to avoid it. Once you hit that point, though... A lesson will be learned.

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🌷💞

🌷- taking care of plants/pets

I answered plants here. James loves animals. He grew up with dogs, but he’s actually a cat person! He doesn’t have one currently, but there was a beautiful stray that hung around his old place that he was going to take in. If he ever ends up back there he still might, he worries about her sometimes.

💞 - expressing their feelings

Ah, here’s where the stone wall becomes a bad thing. James internalizes a lot of things. Anger, fear, sadness and other negative emotions he’s far more likely to tamp down, especially if he’s around other people. This is part of why he always seems so stable. He’s much better at showing positive things like comfort and affection and happiness, so some people don’t realize how much he’s holding back.

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🌷 taking care of plants 💃 dancing 💪 staying fit 🎤 singing

🌷 taking care of plants

James doesn’t have a green thumb, but he doesn’t have a black one either. He can keep most plants alive for an average amount of time depending on how much care they need. Once they’re gone he can’t bring them back, but he doesn’t mind getting replacements when he needs them.

💃 dancing

He’s got rhythm and he dances for fun, but he hasn’t been trained in any way. As long as he’s enjoying himself he doesn’t really care if he’s good or not. (He’s not bad, but..... he’s a bit of a dad.)

💪 staying fit

He’s got an athletic background, so he’s well aware of what to do to stay in shape. Now that he’s older he doesn’t care about it so much so he mostly trains to keep his strength and flexibility up than to look good. Plus he knows that it’s not all workouts, so it’s easy to keep it going even if he’s busy.

🎤 singing

James doesn’t sing much! He’ll hum along with a song if it’s catchy, but it’s very rare that he actually gets going with it. He’s pretty good though, got a decent sense of pitch.

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👗🔮

👗 - dressing with style

James isn’t stylish in the way most people think of when they hear the term, he doesn’t keep track of the newest designs and whatnot. But he needs to look good to do well in his line of work and damn can he rock a suit. Long story short, the man knows the value of a good tailor.

🔮 - magic

James has... no magical ability. No card tricks, no sleight of hand, but more importantly, no real magic. He had a good week or two after his powers started showing where he thought it all might be based in that, but he has a better handle now.