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8, 11, 17 >:00

08: Name something or someone who influences your writing, art or characterization.

Very…difficult question…I don’t read a lot of fiction, so I think a lot of influence comes from exotic places and animals! I also like a little bit of obscure legends, but I find nature in general very inspiring to me.

11: What do you think are essential questions to ask yourself during character development?

There is something very important to me about giving a character a primary flaw that is to improve throughout the story, but not disappear. There is always something they are not aware of that they will learn through the consequences of being that way. What is a way this flaw will impact the story? What will it do to this other character’s primary flaw? How can it get worse? How will they learn to soften it if not live with it? because I hate to look at flaws as things that need to be ‘fixed’, it’s also very essential to me to not see flaws as inherently ‘bad’ things.

17: What kind of relationships would you like your character to have more of?

I love complex relationships that are, at their base, undefinable. A general understanding of each other, not obligated to ‘be’ anything. Romantic? Platonic? Who knows? I love when I can form relationships with multiple layers. but it’d be a bonus if one or two of those layers contained…juicy conflict…

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Tullius is such a handsome beast, is he a lady's man, or is he normally just a cold fish. Whats the best way to his heart?

Tullius moves around too much for him to actually take the time to go on any dates. He’s more of a fighter than a lover ;~) As much as he enjoys flirting and being all charismatic towards those he finds physically attractive… it’s hard for him to actually express romantic intentions. Buuut, he isn’t completely inexperienced with relationships, as it’s been hinted at in the past.I’ll tell you what though, the most attractive traits to him are uniqueness, curiosity, and adventurousness. He’s drawn to the new and bizarre, and finds strangeness to be the most beautiful. His constant moving around isn’t just because of his job, you know. He’s a roamer himself and he gets antsy being in one place for too long. He’d prefer (or, well, it’d be required) that any special someone would be capable of and eager to tag along with him from time to time.…All that aside, he is definitely one of the more…difficult males to court, because he’s very… “complicated” in general. Ah, what a doozy.

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In a genuine, full out battle between Nineve and Tullius, who'd be more likely to win? (loyalty and such aside)

As much as I’d love to play the contrary card and say “Suprise! Nineve is actually stronger!” Tullius is the more likely victor because of his vigor and experience, while Nineve is not too keen on fighting. While there are a few possible instances where Nineve could gain the upper hand, again, she has little to no experience in battle and is more skilled at being evasive and slippery (which…does actually make her a little tricky to defeat) She was simply born for other things.

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MUSEDAY AAAAAAA TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME IF THE TWO DORKS CAN COOK, AND ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE FOODS TELL ME TELL ME TELL MEEEEEEEE

Neither of them can cook, because they’re both relatively “primeval” in comparison to other Pokes! (they live/migrate through areas practically bare of sophisticated civilizations and/or technology) Neither of them have seen a stove or microwave in their lives, and both eat raw foods straight from the sea and islands.Nineve likes bitter and semi-sweet foods the most (think the taste of dark chocolate at 80-90% cocoa) She is vegetarian, preferring fruit and nuts, unlike Tullius–a carnivore, who mostly eats fish, with some opportunistic omnivorous tendencies (depending on food availability). He doesn’t care what flavor he eats, and isn’t picky, though he does prefer the taste of spicy food, or food with a generally sharp taste!