I reblogged a post just now that made me think about this, so I'm making my own post about it: Kerra is very much "this isn't destined, I love you on purpose" about her relationship with Nisha and Canach.
And the thing is, that might not be true. She's not certain what her destiny there was supposed to be, if there even was one. She remembers the shock, in Maguuma, of seeing Canach holding a Shield of the Moon (like her Dream, like Tiachren), of hearing Nisha shout, "We are not afraid! We will never kneel!" (like Trahearne, in a speech her Mother showed her--a speech he never gave). Maybe that means things were planned or foretold or something like that. It's not enough for a conclusion, but it's enough to make one wonder.
But where that might give someone else comfort, it deeply bothers Kerra. She'd love them either way, but she's had her fill of Wyld Hunts and destiny and this is what you must do.
So it's a choice, because she chooses for it to be one.
kerra and vie for the fight thing, mayhaps? either together or against, you pick :D @kerra-and-company
Ooo, hmm... Kerra is a thief yes? I think fighting against each other would be a pretty even match. The only thing that might give one the upper hand is their differing Champion abilities. Let's hope it's just a spar, yes?
Fighting together, though, that's fun. Assuming Kerra is running Daredevil, Vie will be going Deadeye. Or vice versa. Kerra flips between the enemies, probably marking ones she needs Vie to shoot with a glint of light magic. Vie takes that one out, then works to keep Kerra from getting overwhelmed.
Kerra facts coming right up! <3 I'll give you a few of them since you said facts, plural:
She (especially after the personal story and everything with Zhaitan and the Risen) can't stand swamps; they're her least favorite natural space to be in.
She occasionally hums tunes to herself (especially when doing paperwork), which can vary wildly from things she heard in Caledon/the Grove to sea shanties from Lion's Arch to one part of a Metal Legion song she got stuck in her head to things she made up on her own.
She once, early in the personal story, was very tired, picked up her sword to sharpen it, and somehow managed to throw it a few feet so that it stuck into the ground hilt-up. She left it there the rest of the night and did the sharpening in the morning.
did no one ask for kerra yet? 6, 10, 14, and 22 from the nsfw asks for the beautiful commander
No one has; you are the first! :D (And thank you!! :) )
Kerra answers under the cut <3
6. Any place they absolutely would not have sex?
Hmmm...assuming that the question implies that the obstacle is specifically the physical location and not anyone who may or may not be present there: the Domain of the Lost [not somewhere she ever wants to be again], some parts of Nayos [too many random eyeballs], the Scrying Pool part of the Eye of the North [multiple reasons, but the rest of the place isn't off limits], and, despite the name making this sound ironic, Joko's Bone Palace [just vehemently hates the guy whose "house" it is].
10. Are they down for casual one-night stands?
Not really her thing, even before she was in a relationship with her partners. She's demisexual and has no desire for them with strangers, and it's never come up for her with friends before.
(If it had come up with a close friend before her feelings for Nisha and Canach entered the picture, I could maybe see her accepting, but I don't think she would be able to do completely casual sex without romantic feelings getting tangled in there, too. So it would have to be a pretty young Kerra who wasn't self-aware enough to know that about herself yet, and it would have gotten complicated fast.)
14. If they send nudes, are they tasteful or just quick pics?
This question is again making me wonder if sending nudes is a thing that people do by mail in Tyria or if there's a digital way to do it...anyways, not the point lol.
I don't think that a version of Kerra in our world would send digital nudes much, if at all. She'd be too concerned about someone besides her partners getting a hold of them, because she knows that she is a public figure and people get weird with that sometimes. However, I am declaring that she doesn't need to worry about that in Tyria due to having a way to send them securely--and that she does both tasteful pics and quick ones depending on how much time she has when they're sent!
22. Favorite thing/part about sex—intimacy, role-playing, etc.
Intimacy, for sure, hands down. I could throw a bunch of words out about it, but...yeah, she really really enjoys the physical closeness and trust there.
Also, random fun facts that popped up in my mind while I was answering these:
Skimshallow Cove is actually not one of Kerra's off-limits places, interestingly enough.
I don't think I'm ever going to write this AU out, but the scenario that I mentioned in my answer to #10 I think could only happen with Kerra and Cio post-Claw-Island (so right after Cio losing Sieran and while Kerra's also grieving for Tybalt, though he wasn't her romantic partner), which...yeah holy fuck would that be a mess. Compels me to think about, but oof.
My brain is still trying to work through details on it, so I won't go into specifics, but Kerra, Nisha, and Canach absolutely do roleplay. For sure.
“You fainted…straight into my arms. You know, if you wanted my attention you didn’t have to go to such extremes.”
There is something about this one that screams Canach to me 😏 (but if you feel like it fits another pairing better, go wild!)
Oh no, I 100% agree, that is a very Canach line :D (And this isn't a very long piece, sorry, but it's what my brain spawned into existence, so enjoy, I hope! :) ) Takes place at the very end of PoF.
Kerra, trained from almost the moment she awakened in combat, who has run through jungles and across pools of lava and glided through lightning storms, really doesn’t trip very often.
The party in Amnoon, where she’s dancing on the stage and just slightly tipsy, appears to be an exception to the rule.
Her feet slip on something and she falls off the edge, but the fall is even shorter than she’d anticipated—caught by someone strong and sure, who says in a familiar voice, “It seems the great Pact Commander has fainted.”
“Fainted?” Kerra splutters. “Is that what I did?”
“Straight into my arms,” Canach says, smirking as Kerra’s splutters turn to laughter. “You know, if you wanted my attention, you didn’t have to go to such extremes.”
Kerra loops her own arms around Canach’s neck, leans up just a little, and puts all the cocky certainty she can into her voice as she grins. “I know.”
There’s a flicker of relief, one that hasn’t left since Skimshallow Cove, that accompanies his affectionate joy as he leans down to kiss her.
4. What’s a hobby they used to have that they miss?
I can't think of any hobbies Kerra's had that she's given up entirely, but singing is a hobby for her. During her travels with Rel (in the personal story era), she practiced pretty regularly, then fell off of doing so when other things took precedence during LWS1 and onward. She misses it enough that she makes an effort to sing more often both during LWS3 (to baby Aurene) and post-EoD.
8. How loose is their use of the phrase ‘I love you’?
It gets looser as Kerra gets older, funnily enough. Sapling!Kerra (in the early personal story) thinks her feelings are more self-evident than they are. Once she figures out they're not, she's already gotten in the habit of not saying it so much. Being mentored by Caithe (who I can't imagine is good at expressing that emotion at that point in time, either) didn't really help.
She gets more comfortable with saying it towards the end of LWS1 and afterwards, and nowadays will regularly use it as a goodbye to friends and family.
25. What subject / topic do they know a lot about that’s completely useless to the direct plot?
Kerra learned a lot about the ocean prior to EoD, first out of a desire to be prepared for facing a possible ocean Elder Dragon and then out of genuine curiosity. Most of that information didn't end up being useful to the plot, but she hasn't forgotten it and could (for example) probably give an hours-long speech on the tides and wildlife near the Caledon coast if you asked her to.
45. What’s something unimportant / frivolous that they hate passionately?
When people don't solidly nail the corners down on those Pact tents. It's not enough for the tents to be unstable, but she can't stand it.
For the character relations, 15, 23, and 26 for Kerra and Cioffi? :3
@mystery-salad
Yes, absolutely! :D :)
15. Do they trust each other? Why or why not?
Yes, they do trust each other!
To answer why, I'm technically also answering the "how did they meet" question, but the first time they met each other was as members of two different Orders looking into Zhaitan's undead scouts prior to Claw Island. Neither Cio nor Kerra was inclined to mistrust the other solely based on Order--Cio's brother Pliarr is with the Order of Whispers like Kerra, and Kerra was still pretty new to her Order (and didn't choose it due to a dislike of the Priory or the Vigil). They both lost someone at Claw Island, but Kerra helped get the remainder of their team to safety and then vowed to come back, retake the island, and kill Blightghast. And (thanks to Cio's help, along with Nisha and Minei and the other Whispers/Vigil/Priory members) they did, in fact, do that.
They continued to work together closely as the Pact came together and formed a friendship/trust that way. They're not each other's best friend, but they're close enough that Kerra trusts Cio to watch her child and that Cio trusts Kerra to have her back against almost anyone. They've never really had anything break their trust earned from Claw Island.
23. Do they have any mutual friends? Mutual enemies?
Yes for sure!
Some mutual friends: Pliarr (Cio's brother, a Whispers agent who's worked with Kerra on more than one occasion), Nisha (one of Cio's best friends, one of Kerra's partners), Rel (a close friend to them both), Minei (also on Claw Island with them), Tanza (someone Cio takes under her wing, so to speak, and who ends up working alongside Kerra as well), Ari (a Pact airship pilot who Kerra knows as a coworker and then works more closely with/befriends during HoT when Ari and Cio survive the fleet crash together; also now Cio's partner), Taimi (ends up seeing Cio as an additional mentor, part of Dragon's Watch and close with Kerra)
Some mutual enemies: besides the (antagonistic) Elder Dragons (particularly Zhaitan would qualify here as a mutual enemy), I think funnily enough maybe the biggest one is Phlunt. Neither of them can stand the guy.
26. How would these characters react to being stuck in a small room with each other?
Assuming they're legitimately trapped somehow, they'd react by talking amiably while figuring out a way to break out--not because they mind being together, but because you don't put these two in a room without them problem-solving somehow, lol. If they're not trapped and they're just in a small room together, then yeah, probably talking about anything from dragon magic to their day-to-day lives to their families/partners to potential upgrades Cio could give Kerra's wrist bracers.
