Poison and Psyche for Briar; UFO and Parachute for Afton!
Yee! oki in order then [long post is long]
Briar
poison: vices/bad habits? what are they? how do they affect your OC?
lmao the first thing that jumps to mind is that sometimes Briar doesn’t know whether to be quiet or to keep talking and sometimes that makes things awkward or in bad taste. But at worst that just makes things awkward sometimes.Hmm I think a subtle, but big one, is that she just...doesn’t take care of herself sometimes. Briar’s first thought is to others and it’s sometimes at her own expense.Like she burns the candle at both ends a majority of the time and if she didn’t have people looking out for her she’d suffer for it. Briar has more than once worked herself to exhaustion if someone needed something from her. And in battle as a Crusader, she is so given to the cause of protecting others that she will do so without a thought to her own safety more often than not. Another thing is she’s often “keeping tabs” on people, remembering little things they do or say that peak her interest and tucking them away for later. It’s well intentioned enough, and usually is, but often times it can be utilized as a manipulation instead if she feels the need. And that’s the thing, it’s well intentioned. She does this when she’s dealing with someone unfavorable, to bad people like skeevy nobels/politicians. But it’s something she has to keep in check because justifying such things is a slippery slope.
psyche: what’s their head space like? do they have any mental illnesses? how do they process difficult or emotional situations? what are their coping mechanisms?
Briar’s headspace is always interesting to step into, and it’s like…I wouldn’t say messy exactly…more like always in flux. And there’s a lot going on, possibilities, notes, stray thoughts, examinations of everyone’s words and body language, quick assessments, potential jokes, puns, innuendos [aka this would make Mel blush probably]. And it’s like…run on sentences of inner dialog, all the time, I think here particularly she may be prone to talking aloud to sort them out since Norn bards are primarily orators. I’m not like educated in enough mental illnesses to positively say whether she does or not for sure…In terms of difficult/emotional situations I think its highly dependent on what it is, but regardless Briar is at a certain stress point, unable to hide exactly how she feels about a situation. Which might be shocking when first experienced because she tries quite hard to be composed. But either way she will voice her opinion, and at that point she may not mind if it stings. That’s a coping mechanism as well, talking. Often she’ll keep saying words and hope something of it comes out right. Otherwise she needs to go out into the fresh air, or just do something with her hands, which often comes in the form of playing music.
Afton
ufo: identity! what are some key identifying qualities or traits of your OC(s)? how to they identify in regards to gender/sexuality?
I think probably everyone’s first impression of [assuming he’s not currently shouting orders] Afton is how he has the air of a college professor. He feels relaxed and honestly wants everyone to do good and improve on themselves, and he knows when to give that little push so his charge will have that breakthrough to reach the potential he knows they have in him. He’s also, despite being a well traveled 4th born, still fascinated with the world and its marvels. He loves to encounter new things and then immediately tell people about it. Also a really specific one, he loves puns. He like, is never able to come up with them himself, but he’s just so in love with the cleverness of wordplay that he will never understand why everyone else is cringing.Afton probably regards himself as genderless being that he is a plant loljfkds and he’s very factual about that. That being said he would probably be just as comfortable in a dress as in pants, but he’s very acrobatic in battle and would rather not get tangled in excess cloth so pants it is. He’s likely to be demi-panromantic but the situation has not come up lol.
parachute: who does your OC(s) trust the most? who makes them feel safe? who would they do absolutely anything for?
dfjksdjk I feel so bad for my first tree son, I have been unable to play him much before his Tempest build that I really have no idea who he interacts with right now X’< Now that I can take him around more maybe I can fix that.I can at the very least, say these very much apply to the Mother Tree. I can imagine if Afton is ever truely feeling lost, he visits the Grove and seeks her council if possible. I think some of this might also apply to Laranthir of the Wild, especially after the events in HoT. Afton respects him a great deal and it’s likely he’d have known him in the Vigil’s early days.
