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things have been mostly fine, some big ups, some huge downs, but in general fine; just really busy so online stuff has been harder to keep up with. i got a bit disillusioned with a lot of social media as well so i've mostly been art hermitting.
thanks a lot for sticking around if you have, and i hope you are all well.
hello! it's your 7kpp secret santa again! as always, forgive me for spamming your inbox with questions about your ocs! i really can't help but learn more about ocs in general ^_^|||
questions i wanted to ask are:
how bad is lien hua's eyesight without her glasses? is she the type to be bothered by smudges on them?
are lien hua and nayeli left or right handed, or ambidextrous?
what time do they usually wake up if left unattended? i don't know the time system in 7kpp, but given that birthdays are like us, maybe so is the time system?
in a modern au, what would their life be like?
given that nayeli doesn't have jasper, ria and sayra with her, what are her assigned servants and butler like?
hey hey o/ sorry for the late reply, work's been a bit busy. but good busy!! hope you've been doing fine too ~
Lien Hua is very nearsighted, things are quite blurry without her glasses and she feels very uncomfortable and helpless without them. During the exile she had a bad fall and broke her glasses and that was what finally caused her to openly break down crying. Smudges are annoying! Thankfully most of her robes have nice long sleeves she can use to polish her glasses, it's also a little moment for her to gather her thoughts.
They're both right-handed, though Nay's not terrible with her left hand, goes with her sleight-of-hand abilities... but writing, not so much.
Lien Hua's a morning person, if left to her own devices she would usually be up and about before 8. That also means she doesn't stay up very long most of the time! She gets talkative when sleepy, though, half-asleep Lien Hua is probably the most unguarded you're going to get her.
Nay's a 10AM sort of gal when not sailing but she's adaptable, on a ship you have to alternate watches so you don't always get to sleep great hours; she's used to getting as much as she can out of whatever time she gets! Master of naps in weird spots.
I'm not sure about a modern AU! I would really have to think deep about it, because so much of who they are is defined by the setting and the limitations placed upon them. So in a modern setting they would both be very, very different people - just not sure different how.
hello! it's your 7kpp secret santa again! just dropping by to ask one teeny question, what did lien hua do with jarrod before his welcome feast convo? i really don't think she will subtly insult him as funny as the image is XD
also not related to the gift:
what's lien hua and nayeli's highest stat?
oh and food!
as well as favorite constellations! (it's so hard to not like shiny dots in the sky for me, they're pretty!)
side note: i'm so sorry for asking question after question across so many asks, you can definitely tell that i'm not the organized type >_<|||
organisation is overrated! also your ask sent me on a super fun spiral learning more about chinese astronomy and astrology, so thank you for that ~
Lien Hua just stared him down. Thanks to her jiyeli heritage and upbringing she has that little disappointed asian lady stare that makes you feel like your entire lineage is currently wishing you hadn't been the fastest sperm. :')
Lien Hua's best stat is intelligence. Her worst are grace and self-defense. She trips a lot… Nayeli's best stat is cunning. Her worst is academics.
Lien Hua really likes all types of steamed buns, think baozi or goubuli, but her absolute favourite are these slightly sweet types of mantou buns, they're fluffy and just the right amount of flavour. I recently had the loveliest pandan mantou and I took one bite and was like 'this is Lien Hua food'. She also enjoys all sorts of fragrant teas. That's why she appreciates Jasper so much, he brews a damn good tea.
Nayeli's huge on fresh fruit, growing up on a tropical island does that to you. As a kid she'd climb trees just to pick the yummiest, freshest mangos, genips and starfruits. …As an adult, she still does it. Nothing better than sitting on a tree branch, juice dripping down your chin as you enjoy the flavours. She also loves all sorts of aromatic meat dishes, think adding lemongrass, pineapple etc to give the flavour freshness. Yum ~
I don't know if the 7KPP world has the same constellations as ours, but if it does? The Purple Forbidden Enclosure, especially the parts that map to what's commonly known as Ursa Major. It contains the literary star, Wen Chang, associated with wisdom, learning, and the pursuit of knowledge - something Lien Hua deeply values.
But the Big Dipper is there too - and that's what astronomers would use to mark the passage of time and seasons. It's practical and steady, unchanging~
hi! it's your 7kpp secret santa here! again! despite sending you an ask very recently! i'm so sorry for that but i have to know:
did lien hua tell the matchmaker that she wanted to be with jarrod in week 3, or is it only through a political marriage in week 6?
did nayeli bring up blain as a candidate to the matchmaker and how do you think she reacted if nayeli did ask about him?
no worries!!!! it's fun getting asks <3 thank you for being patient with all these rambly replies of mine~
the first part i'll reply with your follow-up ask in mind!
By Week 3, Lien Hua only tells the MM she's maybe looking for a political alliance. The entire scheme develops afterwards, when Sayra confides in her (I imagine it happens a bit earlier than in the actual game) about her true identity and worries for the future. And then Lien Hua's brain gears really start working. Because she's in a position to really help the person she's grown to care for deeply, and hopefully prevent a war that would devastate so many lives, including those of numerous friends she's made during the Summit.
And Sayra, Sayra doesn't want a war, either. Not if she can help it. Enough people have died for the cause, and she's terrified of leading even more towards a bloody end. And Lien Hua's done things that many would consider impossible. And - that's Sayra's cynical side speaking - she's gathered allies that, if push comes to shove, might be turned to the rebel side if the plan fails.
The alliance is convenient for the royals' side, too. Sure, she's not Jarrod's dream wife but they get along and she doesn't really care about him staying loyal to her. And she's into politics and all this boring crap he doesn't have the patience to deal with which means she can do it for him. And for Gisette, Lien Hua isn't a bad piece on the board. She's more than capable of keeping up with Gisette's schemes, but also nowhere near important enough politically that she'd be terribly missed if she would have to be eliminated. Plus she handles her brother well, freeing Gisette's somewhat from the duty of saving Jarrod from being a complete diplomatic disaster.
And so, by week 6 it's agreed on.
Nayeli absolutely asked. And the Matchmaker, polite as ever, told her that she clearly must be some kind of a masochist because she refuses to believe Nay would be blind or stupid enough to be unaware of exactly what Blain thinks about her. :D
hi! it's your 7kpp secret santa here! just wanted to ask a question, so no need for the interviewer hat this time! i wanted to ask what are lien hua and nayeli's heights? i had this question ever since reading that jarrod and blain are the 2nd and 9th tallest delegates! it would be nice to know what are the delegates' exact heights, but aly telling us that jarrod is over 6ft is at least something to go on off!
side note, your 7kpp wiki is very much appreciated! thank you for all your efforts, i cannot for the life of me do coding so all the more props to you!
sorry again for the random ask, i just like learning about other people's ocs!
I knowwww right, I wish Aly could be a bit more specific at times >.< And more willing to give names to characters, you have no idea how much it rankles me that we know the name of Jarrod's mom but not his dad, or how only one of Zarad's brothers has a name. COME ONNNN
Lien Hua's 1.55m (which google tells me is 5'1 in feet?), so she's notably shorter than Jarrod but thankfully there are convenient ways to get him down to her level hahaha.
Nay's 1.65 (so I think 5'4?), I imagine she's just a little shorter than Blain?
And thank you!!! I hope it comes in handy for people. <3 The coding part wasn't terribly hard, you get a basic theme already set-up so it's mostly adjusting things.. which tumblr themes have taught me more than enough to do hahaha~
