#samusthedude

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11 and 41 for quarantine asks

howdy!

11. Preferred way to spend a rainy day?

by a window, usually writing, or playin vidya games i’ll usually go for a walk in it if i can get out

41. Knives or swords? 

knives! short blades. very sneaky. very sexy

(quarantine asks!)

[quaxorascal]

for the uncommon oc asks. Mhel 3, 8, 23, 41, and H

Thank you friend!! (from here)

3. How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)

When he’s trancing or he’s falling asleep with someone else at his side, he’s out as soon as he wants to be p much. On his own is another matter though; he’ll usually spend a while thinking over the stuff that’s happened to him recently before falling asleep, and generally if he does that he’ll also write a little letter to someone he cares about to get his thoughts out of his head

8. What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child?

He was a very spacey and flighty child, easy to distract no matter how interested he may have been in the original conversational topic or task at hand. A day did not go by before Mhel was about 16 where his father didn’t have to ask whether or not Mhel had actually heard what was just said

23. How does envy manifest itself in them (they take what they want, they become resentful, etc)?

Mhel is not very familiar with envy actually! He’s familiar with jealousy, and he knows that he’s a little prone to it: that manifests in quiet resentment and a few harsh looks in the direction of the object of his jealousy -- sorry Nowhere -- without actually telling the person who could fix it because he doesn’t want to deprive them -- sorry Nalinyon. Thankfully the three of them had a conversation before this got too bad, and that helped establish the foundation of open communication that their relationship is based on nowadays

As far as envy... I imagine there could be some of that same silent resentment, though he’s matured since the previously-mentioned incident, so I don’t actually know yet!

41. How do they feel about children?

Words don’t do it justice. Mhel absolutely adores children, and he’s frankly spent much of his free time playing with the local children ever since he was old enough to not be considered one himself. One of his greatest aspirations is to have children of his own someday, but that’s not for another couple decades yet. (Of course, Nowhere might beat him to it, but who knows). As it is right now though, he’s trying to be the best friend of every single child he meets on his journey, and this is best achieved through druidcraft flower crowns and ear wiggles

H) What trait do you admire most?

Honestly, I love his level of intra-personal intelligence and his curiosity. He knows his limits, but he also knows that there’s a lot about the surface that he doesn’t know, and while that thought is intimidating, he’s facing it head-on and with a smile on his face, and I adore that about him

On a less serious note, I also admire the fact that he’s an extrovert, because I most certainly am not and have no idea how he does this on a regular basis lmao

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Just wanted to say love your plague knight art. Best portrayal I've seen yet.

ohh thank you very much!!

[quaxorascal]

1, 5, 36 and 49 for tabber and mhel

samusthedude said: Definitely not so I can make you suffer later :p

Of course not! I trust you completely! (from here)

TABER

1. What is one word to shut them up?

“Manners” said in a chastising way

5. List 3 fears; one “surface level” fear, one “repressed” fear, and one “deep dark” fear.

Surface level, the idea of the Broker getting away again. Repressed, being restrained in any way. Deep dark, letting her anger control her and proving herself to be as awful as she’s always been told she is

36. Are they in control of their emotions, or are their emotions in control of them?

:^)

49. If Taber was put into ______ situation, they’d rather die than live to see it through.

She would honestly sooner die herself than see anyone she knows get killed, no question

SHUVERMHEL

1. What is one word to shut them up?

It’s not one word, admittedly, but “I can’t let you do that”

5. List 3 fears; one “surface level” fear, one “repressed” fear, and one “deep dark” fear.

Surface level, the idea that something bad has happened to his father. Repressed, getting gravely injured while in his wild shape. Deep dark, the idea of outliving everyone he’s ever known

36. Are they in control of their emotions, or are their emotions in control of them?

He’s pretty damn in control of his emotions, and he relies more on his code of morals do guide him than on those. He can have outbursts, but he can reel himself in too

49. If Mhel was put into ______ situation, they’d rather die than live to see it through.

I have to think on this one tbh, he’s new enough that I don’t know what his hard limits are just yet. I do know that it would take A Lot for him to want to die though. Unlike some people in his ask, he’s aware that getting himself hurt or killed would make his loved ones deeply upset, and he would rather not do that

[ice-knife]

21, 26, 42 for Jax if you please :)

i do please! thank you dear dm! <3 // DnD ask meme

21. What tarot would your PC be?

my first impulse is to give jax the chariot, and after checking biddytarot (my beloved biddytarot) i think i'm on the money there, And i am also going to add the hanged man

the chariot: (upright) control, willpower, action, determination, and strength; (reversed) self-discipline, opposition, lack of direction, and lack of motivation the hanged man: (upright) pause, surrender, letting go, and new perspectives; (reversed) delays, resistance, stalling, and indecision

the upright meanings are completely opposed, but the reversed meanings are almost the same. the chariot is how jax behaves and how he wants to be, while the hanged man is who he's had to be every time his life has been thrown into disarray; both cards reversed are slightly different flavours of how he is at his worst

26. How would your PC answer the trolley problem?

ohh, jax has kinda had to play a bit of the trolley problem over the course of this campaign, huh? sacrificing the few to save the many. ugh. he would intervene and divert the trolley to run over only one person, but he would be thinking about that action for ages afterward.

(he finds himself thinking about how they banished o'reilly to the abyss the feywild not infrequently. he's not sure how to process those emotions)

42. Who is your PC’s favorite NPC(s) and why?

cody and den are the two names that come to mind!

of course jax loves cody, That's His Son. nobody gave enough of a shit about this kid to put him on the right path, and jax has taken that particular matter into his own hands. he does feel a little bad that he roped cody into the impromptu "fake our deaths and remake our lives" scheme even all these years later, but cody doesn't seem to begrudge him that. he's glad cody is comfortable enough around him to be loudly sick of his stupid jokes skdjhgh

and as for den, well, jax feels deeply grateful to her. she helped him set up downriver road, all those years ago. she was also the one who got this party together, by bringing the van gang and vivian and jasper to downriver when they needed somewhere to hide and by sending them to comlink (via sending them to her maid café front). she was So sympathetic to jax when he was mourning the loss of his bar, and he trusted her enough to not feel disgusting about having cried in front of her about it. he likes the whistleblowers as a whole, but den has a special place in his heart

(the only reason i don't include max among his favourite npcs right now is just because... hough, that relationship is messy right now. but he's missed them so badly.)

[ice-knife]

Mhel + Nowhere 👀

(to complete the polycule lol)

[mhel voice] I'd Be Lying If I Sad I Hadn't Thought About It is in position

Those two in a romantic relationship would definitely be as an extension of the canon polycule, which is largely bc Mhel hadn't really considered polyamory for himself before Nali expressed interest in Nowhere. I feel like in canon they've tried romo stuff in the past, mostly after Nali married both of them, and they just didn't click that way sjdkfhf

If they were to be in romos that would be Really fun though, Mhel's already down to be a test subject in Nowhere's experiments and they have the most insightful conversations together. They both would encourage each other's wilder habits, while also holding up a mirror to the other's impulses. Also the t4t would be off the charts. I think it would require Mhel to not go off so much on adventures on the surface. Once Valas was brought home, I could see a really heated argument erupting between them when Mhel says he still wants to journey on the surface, because Nowhere's already got his sister traveling on the surface and he's missed having Mhel home, this was supposed to be the end goal of his adventure!

Send me an OC + an alternate love interest!

[ice-knife]

56 and 58 for Mhel and Tabber :p

Of course! Ty Kelsey <3 // get to know my d&d characters!

56. what animal do they most relate to?

the funny thing with taber is that she's the One Person in her party without an obvious animal association (aracelli and her wolf themes, belasco being A Fuckin Kenku). we all are in agreement that deer fit taber though, purely via vibes. as far as what she relates to? maybe a bear? in terms of protecting Her People and whatnot

i Tried to make the wolf fit mhel at the beginning of the campaign, but that didn't work out lmao. i think at this point i would associate him most with a crow: dark colouration, smarter than one might think, and with a penchant for mischief

58. what do they think their role in the party is? what is their role in actuality?

taber is pretty sure her role is meat shield/protector/moral compass of the party. she Is something of a tank in terms of having HP and healing surges to spare, but she's not really mentally equipped to make the Big Decisions that have big picture consequences. where she really shines is as the heart of the party -- she brings that human element to a party that has 0 humans lmao

mhel is one of the two healers of the party and knows it, and he's also pretty sure he's the emotional support of the party. that one is at least kind of true, since he's the most emotionally open, but my g-d do the people he travels with not know how to talk about their emotions, tilia and dune in particular. he'll get to them though :)

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