#shyotic

[dogicrimsonofficial]

side note but if I ever send too many asks please do let me know hfldjksds

but I do like both Vent and Howler a lot (could you tell) so as long as you're cool with it I'll keep bombarding you with asks about them!!

Oh no no no, you're completely fine! Howler's a sweet and soft and I don't get to gush about them much (mainly because there's a whole writing thing I wanna do, but first I gotta get them through MSQ's to a certain point) and Vent's been in small limbo for a bit (well, was - he's now peeking head as potential random person people can meet)

It might take me a bit to get to every ask, but I promise you every single one is appreciated! Here, have the shy beans duo!

~ <3

[neaththeheavens]

1. How do they move and carry themselves? Pace, rhythm, gestures, energy?

29. What kind of activities, interests, and hobbies do they have? What significance and impact do these have in their lives, both positive and negative?

She carries herself well, now. She used to be very clumsy, but between all of her jobs, she's gotten a little finesse. She always walks at a slow pace because she's never in a hurry. She's lively and has a bright personality so she always keeps others on their toes. She talks with her hands a LOT, gestures are large and animated and she is very high energy most of the time unless she's in a bad mood or tired.

Her favorite hobbies are fishing, cooking (mostly baking), and she loves cloth-making and weaving as well. Fishing is a way for her to relax, mostly. Sometimes she uses fishing as a way to wind down after a long day of adventuring, and sometimes she gets her mind so focused on getting that big fish that it frustrates her to no end and she literally has to stop before she throws her pole in the water. Cooking, or more accurately, baking is her happy place. She loves the process as much as the end result. From following a recipe to making little changes to waiting for the bake to finish to eating the final product, she loves every bit of baking and cooking. Weaving and cloth-making is a lucrative side activity that was once something she did purely for fun, and now has become more of a little job because she's gotten good enough to sell her creations. Cooking has been an infinitely positive influence in her life and she plans to continue to keep doing it for as long as she possibly can. She loves sharing dishes she makes with her friends and lovers. Fishing and weaving have both had positive impacts on her life, but both have had negative impacts as well. Fishing frustrates her, weaving used to bring her joy, but since it's turned into a job, she doesn't really enjoy it as much anymore. She enjoys each of them in their own respects, really, but cooking is her one true love when it comes to hobbies.

[neaththeheavens]

Has your OC ever shared a secret in confidence and then been betrayed by the person in whom they confided?

Has your OC ever broken a promise to another person? Did they ever intend to keep this promise? What made them break it?

Oh oh oh, I love these two questions!! Thank you for asking!

Yes, Alaria has definitely shared something in confidence with a friend and then had them... ~betray~ her. Though, I don't think betray is the right word here. Hm. Brag about? Tease? Make fun of, maybe. After all she and Alphinaud have been through, she told him point blank she was proud of him after the Final Days had been forestalled. She told him, in the greatest of confidences, that she was proud to be his friend, that she admired what he'd done to help her, and that she probably wouldn't be here without him. But she forbade him to tell anyone she'd told him all that and expressly told him that if he told anyone she cried while hugging him afterword, she'd ring his neck. But what did that little brat do? Slipped the fact that HE'D made the Warrior of Light proud into every conversation to anyone who'd listen. When the story finally made its way to Alisaie (a whopping 42 seconds later), she stood from her spot and was very near to thwopping her brother upside his big head when Alaria pulled her by an ear to a corner of the room ("Ouch, ouch! I was only going to hit him a little!") and promptly pulled her into a hug and gave her much the same speech, tears and all. Truth be told, she's so proud of the people, the individuals, the twins have become that she doesn't really mind all that much that they both brag on the simple facts that she told them. If they tell anyone she cried, though, Alaria will deny it until her last breath!

So, I suppose in a way, she's broken her promise to her friends to be truthful about her past? She's not sure if that counts, but she feels as though she's betrayed them every day of her life that she doesn't confide in them. She wants to, very badly, but no matter what, she wants to keep them around and have them act the same way around her that they do now. Sometimes, she feels as though she doesn't have as much faith in them as she should. Because, of course they're her friends, and of course they would help her try to get her memories back, but she couldn't stomach the looks of pity, the disgust on their faces if they learned what happened to her as a child. Some might say she's having her cake and eating it too. They'd be right. But until she slips up, until the lies become too much, until she can't keep it in any longer, she'll continue on.