#oc development asks

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For the 60 OC Development questions: #2, 15, 37, 48, 58 and 60!! For your current main. Enjoy ^_^

‎Alright let's go with Delylah for these ones!

2- do they find it easy to share details and information about themselves if not why and what are their conditions for opening up

Delylah is a fairly open person, she's a good communicator and that shows in how much of herself she's willing to reveal. Whilst she can have a habit of slipping back beneath the mask of composure, around people she trusts, she is open with her vulnerability.

15- is their dignity and pride precious to them or are they not above begging if it's necessary

Delylah has sacrificed her dignity and her pride many times, the poor girl. She is not above doing so if it's the best outcome for the situation.

‎37- is there something or someone that they passionately despise and what is the origin of their hatred

Yep, her first husband. He betrayed her family and murdered her cousin in front of her.

48- how confident or reliant are they on others' abilities and skills

Delylah enjoys surrounding herself with people who have abilities and skills different to her own. She knows that she's composed and clever, but she is absolutely not a fighter and she recognises her weaknesses and seeks to have people who are strong in those areas around her.

58- in the case that they are smarter or more experienced than others in one or multiple aspects are they open to teaching them and are they patient or patronizing about it

Delylah loves teaching people new things. She's incredibly patient, and would adore the chance to show someone the skills she's acquired.

60- let's say they got infected (knowing that it's not their fault and that the infection might be fatal) in what way would they react: would they deal with it alone, would they ask for help, would they go out of their way to infect others, would they end themselves to stop it from spreading, or would they go out to the world and find others like them and help them as much as possible

She would seek help and opinions from people who may be able to point her in what direction she should go, and then make a decision from there. If she can be healed then fantastic, if not she would choose her own way of going out.

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For Cossim: 1, 6, 17

1. How does your character sleep? Peacefully, fitfully? What position do they sleep in? What is their typical bedding like?

Cossim refuses to sleep. He usually falls asleep at his workbench in the middle of doing something because his ass will NOT go to bed. Makkel and Detali often drag him to bed, or carry him to bed if he falls asleep in the workshop. When he's asleep I think he sleeps kinda fitfully; he doesn't ever feel rested because he's twitching and trying to get up to go back to work but Detali or Makkel (or both) usually hold him down to try and force him to sleep.

6. What is your oc’s vocabulary like? Does it match the way they talk? How would you describe their speech?

Cossim talks like a frat boy. He definitely says "whaddup" and shit like that. He also just has a frat bro cadence to the way he talks, if that makes sense. Occasionally though he'll drop a big ass vocabulary word, and you get caught off guard by how smart he actually is, and then he says some shit like "skedaddle" and you get whiplash.

17. How prepared is your oc? Ready for the worst no matter what, or completely lost in every situation? Would they have a medkit when it was needed? Would they have an umbrella if it rains?

He is so prepared for fights and so unprepared for literally anything else. He has hella bombs and tactical gear that he makes and shit, but he does Not have an umbrella if it is raining. He is very unorganized and has trouble finding where he put things, so he might have something he needs, but he can't find it for the life of him.

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40 OC Development Questions - Part 2

My previous 40 question ask game has been picking up notes again, and you know what? I love making up these questions so much that I made more. Because why not.

Have some uncommon questions to help with developing your original characters! Feel free to send in some asks with some numbers--pick an oc, or I’ll pick randomly~

How does your character sleep? Peacefully, fitfully? What position do they sleep in? What is their typical bedding like?

Does your oc have dreams or nightmares? What are they like? Is there a recurring one?

How easy to annoy is your oc? Do they have common pet-peeves or are they stoic in response to everything? What is their reaction if the source doesn’t stop?

How does your oc view housework? Do they absolutely hate it? Do they enjoy having their surroundings neat and tidy or do they not notice?

Your oc has to make something for an art exhibition. What would they make? How terrible is it? Would they enjoy making it?

What is your oc's vocabulary like? Does it match the way they talk? How would you describe their speech?

How would you describe your oc's voice? Do they have an accent? Do you have any voice claims for them?

Is your oc more likely to follow instructions exactly, throw them out and figure it out on their own, or make it all up? What are the results like?

Is your oc afraid of touch or do they actively seek it out? Is there a reason for this? What are the exceptions?

How is your oc about medical care? Do they avoid any form of healthcare that they can, do they seek it out over every little scrape? Do they treat their injuries/illness all by themselves?

How competitive is your oc? Is every little task something that they can win, or are they just in competitions for the fun of it? Is there anyone they're most competitive with?

How skilled at lying is your oc? How frequently do they lie? For what reason? What situations would be the exception?

What is your oc's immune system like? Are they invincible to illness, or are they compromised completely from the slightest of dirt?

Does your oc do anything "just for the aesthetic"? Or are they completely practical in everything?

If you had to choose a single object to act as a symbol for your oc, what would it be? Why?

If your oc could only eat one thing for the rest of their life (while miraculously not suffering from malnutrition), what would it be? Does this match their favourite food?

How prepared is your oc? Ready for the worst no matter what, or completely lost in every situation? Would they have a medkit when it was needed? Would they have an umbrella if it rains?

How charitable is your oc? Or are they more stingy with their resources and money?

If someone was describing your oc to someone who had never met them, what distinguishing features would they mention? How would one identify your oc in a crowd?

Does your oc have any pleasure that embarrasses them so they keep it secret? Or are they open about all the things they enjoy?

What is your oc's stamina like? Would they be able to run a marathon, or not run at all? What about walking/another physical activity? How are they with exercise in general?

How long can your oc stay focused on one task before they get bored? Do they constantly have to switch things up or do they hyperfocus? What sort of things is it the opposite for?

What is the most annoying sound to your oc? What's the most pleasant? Is there any reason?

What smells bring back specific memories to your oc? What are those memories like?

How jumpy or easily spooked is your oc? Do they have a fight or flight reflex to being startled, or are they never startled at all?

How polite is your oc? Do they do everything with the utmost courtesy, or do they completely refuse to say please and thank you?

How flexible is your oc? Can they touch their toes or do they have trouble just sitting down because of how stiff they are?

What is your oc's typical walking like? Do they speed-walk everywhere, do they take quick short steps or long paces? On their tiptoe, the sides or heels of their feet? How loud are their footsteps?

If your oc was in a video game, what would their idle animation be? (When the player stays still for too long, the animation that plays.)

What topics does your oc know the most about? Are these obvious or would these be surprising to others?

What time of day is your oc most awake? What about most tired? Do they get up at the same time every morning without need of an alarm, or is their sleep schedule all over the place?

What five ingredients would you throw into a cauldron to make a potion based on your oc? How would you cook/mix them? What would the potion do?

Describe your oc's favourite environment. Urban or rural? Wild or controlled? What's the climate like?

What would someone blackmail your oc with? Would they be successful in getting what they wanted?

How easily does your oc get attached to things? Does everything have a sentimental value to them, or do they see nothing as more valuable than its practical use? What about with people/animals?

How stubborn is your oc? Are they easily convinced of the opposite opinion, do they not agree but let it happen anyways? Or do they cause conflicts with their inability to budge in their decisions?

How much has your oc traveled? Why is this? Would they like to travel more? Or are they perfectly fine with staying home?

What signs tell that your oc is nervous? Do they fidget, is it in their expression or the way they say things? Or are they very skilled at hiding it?

How superstitious your oc? Do they end up following them ‘just in case’? Or are superstitions incredibly important to your oc? What are some that they believe? What about the ones they don’t?

Are there any habits your oc has picked up from people around them? Do they know where they’re from? Does your oc try to stop themselves from doing it?

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For the OC asks, #5 for Colin and #9 for Dione please~♥

[From this ask game]

Yes yes I enjoy this thankkkk

5. Your oc has to make something for an art exhibition. What would they make? How terrible is it? Would they enjoy making it?

Okay y’all know already Colin is doing a live performance exhibit where he’s either telling a story or playing his fiddle, or both. Actually yes, he is doing both.

Fun fact: when I was a kid I was a part of my city’s historical tourism walk’n’talks, where my mum would tell a story and I’d play a few songs to go along with it! One of the tales we did during a Halloween event was of a kid challenging the Devil to a fiddling match for the Devil’s violin or the kid’s soul. That was fairly chaotic because each pause in the story I’d have to play faster and faster. Colin’d be much better than me if he did something similar but I will say it was an insane amount of fun~

9. Is your oc afraid of touch or do they actively seek it out? Is there a reason for this? What are the exceptions?

ajskajfsdkjflksdjfkaj this is a huge part of Dione’s character arc holy starsss

I’ve actually already answered this one for Dione here! To summarize, though: Partly because of her social anxiety, she shies away from touch, especially from handshakes and the like. Part of it is because she’s physically very weak, and that has struck quite a fair fear in her for being hurt (either accidentally or purposefully) by people touching her.

But there’s a very touch-oriented character of my cast that she starts to uh. Like enough. For some gentle interaction.

It’s cute. ^^

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10, 13, 20, and 24 for Io for the ask game?

[From this ask game]

Someone please tell me why Captain Io is so popular all of a sudden Quill is confuzzled

But seriously I will always appreciate the opportunity to rant about my dear little petal so (HECK SHE’S TRYING TO MURDER ME JUST A MINUTE)

10. How is your oc about medical care? Do they avoid any form of healthcare that they can, do they seek it out over every little scrape? Do they treat their injuries/illness all by themselves?

Ah.

See.

Funny story about this one.

After Io’s parents were… gone. She was taken in to be raised by a close friend of her father’s, Charlie Mellor, who happened to be the doctor on his ship (before it unfortunately sunk). Irony is: she absolutely refuses to ever be treated by someone other than herself.

To the point where young little(-r) Violet stole a sword and climbed a building brandishing it at her new guardian from the roof to get out of a routine check-up.

So no, Io does not, ever, ever seek out medical treatment for things. Luckily enough, Charlie taught her quite a bit about treating her own injuries (because she was being so heckin’ stubborn), so she’s not completely unskilled. It’s still a wonder how she hasn’t died yet, though.

13. What is your oc’s immune system like? Are they invincible to illness, or are they compromised completely from the slightest of dirt?

SERIOUSLY ANON WHO ARE YOU? I’M BEGINNING TO SUSPECT YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT IO ALREADY, YOU’RE ASKING VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

asklahdfljsdkjh Io has an insanely good immune system and that’s all I’m saying here because that is. Spoilery.

20. Does your oc have any pleasure that embarrasses them so they keep it secret? Or are they open about all the things they enjoy?

Oh, you mean how Io keeps every single heckin’ thing she enjoys a secret?

Okay I know I’ve been avoiding this one but: check this out for a bit of info on this.

Elaboration: Io actually really enjoys unnecessarily organizing things. You’ll never ever find a pen or paper out of place on her desk, and it’s a heckin’ catastrophe if her bookcase isn’t ordered perfectly, either based on colour or alphabetically or by genre, etc. It’s something she does to calm herself down, and also just… an impulse thing. It really bugs her when something isn’t neat and tidy, or it’s categorized without intent.

She also really likes nice music. Yes, even fiddle music. Hmmmm.

24. What smells bring back specific memories to your oc? What are those memories like?

… stars forsake you, you’re really trying for a spoiler here, aren’t you? Sneaky sneakster

Unfortunately, this isn’t all very happy for Io. I mean, sure, the memories might be. But not when they’re reminders of her life before her village was raided.

Io’s mother would always mist the laundry with lavender water when she hung it out to dry. It was one of the only times when she wasn’t stressed about something, when she wasn’t rushing, when she could enjoy the sun and gentle sea breeze with a soft smile on her face. Not only would it leave the clothes themselves smelling wonderfully of the herb, it would also fill the house with the scent whenever she made more of it. María always did love flowers.

…

Io doesn’t like the smell of lavender anymore.

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how about... 39 for both Celestine and Phoenix? i feel like there'd be some vast differences in their answers

[From this ask game]

Thank you for the ask! And, you may actually be surprised here~

39. How superstitious your oc? Do they end up following them ‘just in case’? Or are superstitions incredibly important to your oc? What are some that they believe? What about the ones they don’t?

A similar question was actually answered here for both of them!

To elaborate, though:

Celestine pretends not to be. She is fully aware of the existence of magic and its uses, and that often means that many things that are believed to be connected to superstitions aren’t as easy for her to. That said, there are quite a few superstitions she’s not been able to drop--”just in case” is a typical excuse of her, although she’ll also argue there’s nothing to say they aren’t real. Her mother was incredibly superstitious, and because Celestine was very close to her, she’s picked up a lot of the same ones from her Spanish culture.

She’s got a couple of your classic Spaniard beliefs of misfortune, hating hats on beds and stepping forward with your right foot at certain times. It’s even funnier when she crosses herself and doesn’t actually know what it means.

Phoenix is likely my most superstitious of the main four! Not only do all of your classic mariner beliefs apply--killing seabirds brings bad luck, stepping first on a ship with your left foot brings bad luck, bananas on board brings bad luck... just a lot of bad luck ones--but she also grew up on an isolated island in Ireland, and uh. Very superstitious community, there. She has a few daily practices she does to ward off bad luck and other misfortunes, and confuses the heck out of Celestine from it.

My favourite sailor’s superstition that is in fact based on truth is the saying “Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.” Not only is it such a pretty aesthetic for a fisher-person weather nerd, but it’s one of the ways I predict the weather! (When I’m unable to check the forecast. ^^) This isn’t always true, especially on land where geography can affect the weather, but it’s a neat trick for when you’re at sea~

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#8-12 of OC development part 2 for any/all OCs you like

[Help me develop some characters! Drop a # in my inbox~]

Thank you for the ask, and holy wow that is!! A lot of questions! And a lot of interest! Okay, let’s see...

8. Is your oc more likely to follow instructions exactly, throw them out and figure it out on their own, or make it all up? What are the results like?

That is a Phoenix! And uh. Oh. It depends on what the instructions are for, and who they’re from--certainly it’s part of her job to follow closely to what her superiors want, and she’s very good about following orders from her Captain, specifically.

Interesting thing is, though: in the vast majority of situations, Phoenix wouldn’t follow the instructions, and definitely not exactly. That’s usually because she knows the outcome wouldn’t be what she/the source of the instructions would want, and she alters things according to how she thinks it would better the result. It usually works out.

9. Is your oc afraid of touch or do they actively seek it out? Is there a reason for this? What are the exceptions?

OH MY STARS IT’S A SHEILA. I never roll her, how fun!

Sheila is actually incredibly cuddly. She’s like that really energetic grandmother that everyone loves for her warm hugs and her wonderful baked goods. But she’s very respectful about it, so if she discovers/can tell that you’d rather not receive one of her famous bear hugs, she’ll be real gentle instead~

Sheila uses touch as a way of connecting to people (oops unintentional puns it’s fine) and showing that she cares, especially when someone needs comforting. Her family has just... always been very touch-oriented, so it’s become a part of her, too!

10. How is your oc about medical care? Do they avoid any form of healthcare that they can, do they seek it out over every little scrape? Do they treat their injuries/illness all by themselves?

Oh this is a spoiler. I rolled a Sindy~

Sindre’s... funny about medical care. He’s quite a careful kid, so he barely ever gets hurt aside from small scrapes and bruises, things that he can just easily patch up himself with a bandage, etc. There are the incredibly few occasions when he gets hurt enough to require professional medical attention, but... the Compass’s doctor can’t recall a single time that Sindre has ever sought out his help with something. But he’s always seemed to recover without any issues...

Huh.

11. How competitive is your oc? Is every little task something that they can win, or are they just in competitions for the fun of it? Is there anyone they’re most competitive with?

Alksdjlfkdshgkjh I got a George, eheh. George is my least competitive character! He’s very chill about everything and would much rather people don’t compare each other on their skills and what not. Competitions are very prevalent on the Diluculo, though, since as a close-knit pirate community, there’s a lot of friendly rivalry! If he were to be competitive with someone, it’d likely be Isabel, but only under very rare circumstances.

12. How skilled at lying is your oc? How frequently do they lie? For what reason? What situations would be the exception?

Isabel can and does lie very well. If you know her well, you can definitely pick up on the nervous tics that tell it’s a lie, like her lip quirking and her hiding one foot behind the other, little things like that, but otherwise, she’s very good about keeping her tone level and her gaze vicious.

The main reason she’s gotten so skilled with it is because she’s often be the one to make up excuses for Colin’s slip-ups, and has a tendency to be really snippy when people accuse her of lying on his behalf. Aside from that, she’ll use it as a distraction or as a manipulation tactic to get what she wants, but she doesn’t lie too often otherwise.

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30, 36, 40 for anyone you don't talk about a lot?

[From this ask game]

Oohhh, people I don’t talk a lot about! Thank you for the ask, how intriguing~

30. What topics does your oc know the most about? Are these obvious or would these be surprising to others?

We’ll start with Mrs. Atkins, because Sheila doesn’t get barely any of me talking about her. She’s not in the book for very long, but that doesn’t mean she’s not an absolute delight!

Sheila’s incredibly knowledgeable in the gossip passing through her town. Any new piece of juicy info? You know she knows it already. She’s the owner and sole manager of Port D’Errance’s only general store, so anyone and everyone who lives there or visits has passed through her store at least once! And she’s very, very good at getting info out of people, whether you realize that’s what she’s doing or not! She’s also very friendly, so usually it’s not much of an issue~

Because of this, though, most surprising to those who find out, Sheila actually knows a few things about magic and sirens, too... hm!

36. How stubborn is your oc? Are they easily convinced of the opposite opinion, do they not agree but let it happen anyways? Or do they cause conflicts with their inability to budge in their decisions?

askfjhdlksfldkfj I’ve not talked about Little Meri! I think I mentioned him once but that was when I was using a different name for him. He’s the leader of a child gang: the terrors of Port D’Errance, the stealers of sheets to make capes with and the leavers of flower crowns everywhere. Meri is maybe like... 6. He is also adorable.

And very stubborn. He can be convinced if you make a good argument (especially when he doesn’t quite understand what you’re making the argument with. You sound smartly reasonable--that’s all that matters), but normally once he’s made a decision, he’ll stick to it! Usually he gets away with things because he is Very Smol and Very Cute (and knows it and uses it to his advantage), but often he does cause a fair amount of trouble because of his obstinacy!

40. Are there any habits your oc has picked up from people around them? Do they know where they’re from? Does your oc try to stop themselves from doing it?

Uhhhhh who’s someone else I haven’t talked much about... uh. Hnnnn let’s do a Sindre.

Sindy actually didn’t know how to braid his hair before Rose taught him! So when he has nothing to do for a while, he’ll just randomly braid little braids into his hair~ (His face ref on the character page isn’t accurate, he actually has quite long hair.)

He also has the nervous tic of rubbing his palm/picking at his fingers aka “fixing his gloves” which he unknowingly picked up from his captain! He doesn’t wear gloves but honestly Io does it so frequently that it’s fairly easy to pick up the habit without realizing.