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16. What do they do in their spare time? and 29. What's their favorite food? for Ahuska

For Five: For the longest time, Dromund Kaas was 'home' to him. It's where he was born, it's where he built his life. Prior to the Zakuul invasion, he owned both a high end Kaas City apartment as well as the family estate, a massive property outside the city proper. He also owned numerous properties across the galaxy, including a large tract of land on Taris, and a vineyard and small cafe chain on Alderaan, but DK was always 'home', even if he didn't really start to appreciate the meaning of the word until Thirteen started living with him. Since the invasion, after losing almost everything and feeling increasing disdain for both the Empire and the Republic, Five has been based on Odessen, but it's never really felt like home.

But Five has never done anything embarrasing in his life, how could anyone even conceive of such a thing? (Actually, he probably found his 'public persona', a beloved celebrity bearing his illustrious- and loathed- family name, deeply embarrasing for a long time. He only maintained it for the sake of Intelligence, and resisted it intensely-- until the day he revealed his alter ego to the freshly fledged werebeast Cipher Thirteen. When he saw the stars in Thirteen's eyes, he started rethinking the whole gig, and it eventually became incredibly fun. Losing the werewolf that he'd invested so much into capturing was also deeply embarassing, but of course, he never admitted to that, and saved face by simply reporting that she was dead and desperately hoping she'd never resurface. Later in life, he still struggles with displays of weakness and is painfully embarrased by his failing leg, and by the times he finds himself wanting to cry. Not that he ever actually does.)

For Ahuska: 'Spare time' doesn't come up a whole lot at the moment, both in her current situation during the main story still being written (studying the Force on Tython) and in her current in-game scenario (as Commander of the Alliance). Neither is a situation that she sees as permanent, and in truth what she really wants to be doing is... enjoy being alive. Leisure time would always ideally involve company (aka her pack), and is shared equally by nature (exploring, hiking, spending time with animals, wolf time, picking berries, the list goes on) and the arts (sketching and painting, making music in a group, actually getting better at playing her little harp).

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-afragileflame

Worst Boy aka Watcher Five

5- What planet do they call home? Answered here! 9- How do they feel about the Force and the orders that use it? Hoooo boy. Five utterly disdains the Force, being that it is a source of exceptional privilege that is granted courtesy of a random freak circumstance of birth. (The irony of his own privilege, being born to a wealthy human family in a deepy prejudiced society, is completely lost to him.) He sees beings that (in his opinion) are worse than him in every conceivable way being given (in his opinion) a free ride through life because they can shoot sparks out of their fingers, and it grates on him something fierce. He spends most of his life in a weird sort of denial about the genuine power that Sith can wield, so convinced of his own superiority that he truly believes every single one of them can be brought down with enough wit, skill, and firepower. He abhors the Sith, and is privately livid every time he has to kneel for them- not because of their cruelty or selfishness or any of that, but because he considers them unworthy of their status. He doesn't waste as much time hating the Jedi, purely because they have less of a directly meddling influence on his life; he does distantly appreciate that they at least appear willing to take direction from non-Sensitives, whatever the truth of things might be, but does also, in very broad strokes, view them as self righteous, pitiably naive, and debilitatingly arrogant.

(It is a very humbled, frightened Five that is able to acknowledge that Ahuska can in fact do things that he cannot, and that her skills may be instrumental to saving the love of his life.)

24- If they could be part of another group, what would it be?

Oooof. Hmm. This needs some thinking. If you were to ask him, especially before the Zakuul invasion, he would probably tell you that he would like to be part of the ruling class. (Or more correctly, that he deserves to be part of the ruling class.) Not actually a Sith, though, because the Force is a crutch and leadership surely would be better off without it, but he has almost certainly nursed fantasies about being on the Dark Council anyway.

Later in life, his primary goal is to separate from 'groups' altogether, and I'm not sure there's any he'd actively choose to be a part of. As his writer, though, looking at the galaxy in all its forms over the years, I personally think he'd make a very sexy Fulcrum agent.

30- Do they like to boogie? Do they dance to that good old cantina band?

Five can dance. Absolutely. He's quite accomplished at a good number of dance styles, including your, ahh, 'boogie' as you put it, but this would all be part of his work, part of his ability to take on a new persona and blend seamlessly into an environment in which he's gathering information and scoping out new contacts. He will dance to the cantina band if the job requires it, and he will look flawless while doing so.

Dances he actually enjoys would be more of the ballroom variety. A steamy tango, a flirty little foxtrot, something that lets him show off and impress a crowd, but get nice and close and seductive at the same time. Which, of course, now has me feeling a little extra sad that I've wrecked his leg. He'd be acutely aware of the fact that he can't move like he used to, but the fact that he misses dancing would be something he's discussed with exactly zero people ever.

[Bonus fact: My favourite dance emote to make him do is the 'salsa'. That little twirl!!]

32- Do they have any special skills?

Five was 'built' as a terrifyingly skilled, confident, powerful person; he needed to be, to be a sufficiently daunting villain against Ahuska, a werewolf quite specifically engineered to turn Force Sensitives into pudding. A 'gifted child' who grew up developing a burning need to control every aspect of his life specifically to avoid trauma, his most carefully honed and valuable skill would easily be his ability to manipulate. This is a man who made a life and a career out of being fifty steps ahead of everyone else, of lying and cheating his way into and out of any scenario he desired, all the while making his targets believe everything was their idea all along. He would remove obstacles and discomforts from his life with a wink and a smile; a trooper cutting him off in Kaas traffic would find themselves inexplicably posted to Balmorra a week later, a Moff giving him trouble during a round of space-golf would be imprisoned for frauds they never committed within the month, and that same Moff would beg for his good friend Five to help him out of his predicament. And his finesse at keeping his personal life smooth and pleasant for himself translated to outstanding service within Imperial Intelligence, and the ability to command exceptional loyalty and devotion from even the most reluctant agents working underneath him.

Five is a character whose sole purpose, initially, was to break the Good Guys, and eventually be broken by them in turn. Somehow, he managed to survive this, and earn the chance to grow independently as a character himself, and something that he revealed to me along the way, outside of being an exceptional agent and murderous villain, was that he actually truly loves to cook.

12, 13, 21, 27, 29

-afragileflame

Best Girl Best Girl!!!

12- Be honest, how many outfit tabs do they have? Okay, logging in and checking... she's got twelve at the moment! Only a handful I switch between with any sort of regularity, and some I've literally never used for any in-game or IC reason haha. I really should make her some more conscientiously crafted IC outfits, but because most of her RP has happened outside of the game for a loooong time now, and because she has never looked exactly the way she's supposed to in-game from the get go, I haven't really taken the time to put together unique looks like I could have. Truly? My husband is the best space dressup player in this household.

13- Let's see those outfits! WELLLLLL okay

Her original, classic looks, from her original story as a member of Clan Motir'ang, a little trainee striking off in the world to make a name for herself as a beastmaster (and then she met Crow). The brown and gold was her main look, the white armour was put together specifically for a mission on Hoth, and then her casual outfit for hanging out at the stronghold!

Hahahaha sexy outfits. I don't know why the first one has an outfit slot, I'll use it for something else one day for sure because she NEVER wears this. I think I just wanted to see how, uh, revealing it actually is? Middle one is a WIP slot and just to get the set unlocked, I'm definitely going to use the top as a basis to put together an actual outfit for her. And the third is her 'what if... Sith?' outfit.

Quasi-RP outfits! The first I used as a basis for an outfit she wore at one point in her story (but never actually while RPing in-game hahaha), sometimes I pull it out now when husband and I are being fancy together. Middle was for an RP with husband that we never finished, but should. She's undercover and hates it. Third is take #2 at snow gear, I like it a lot and use it in game when the aesthetic suits.

My most frequent current rotation of outfits! All 'post-kotet' gear, the first is what she pretty much lives in in-game at the moment. Premium Space Barbie time, absolutely influenced by spending too much time with Thirteen, only one where I've made an effort to give her a weapon that suits (it even has the falling blossom tuning). Middle is her 'yes I am actually Force Sensitive' gear, and third is her 'I am the commander and I am getting shit done' outfit. She wears this one when the flashy pink just doesn't quite suit the mood!

21- Would they continue their legacy by having children? Adopt? Get an apprentice? Having kids has always been out of the question for Ahuska; in no world has she gotten herself romantically attached to a fellow Bothan (sorry Kovar <3 <3 <3, sorry Zare) and I am not someone who would choose to go the 'hybrid baby' route. Never mind that actually RPing parenthood just holds absolute zero appeal to me! Adopting, meanwhile, is always a possibility, especially with her Mandalorian upbringing. In her original story she did actually formally adopt Nela (single-dad Crow's teenage daughter) as her own, and though we've never fully written it out I do imagine that she reunites with her brothers one day, and becomes very close to her twin's seven (!!) children, with one little girl in particular following her footsteps quite closely.

Werewolf!au Ahuska has a far greater sphere of responsibility, but is also far more thoroughly trained in the ways of the Force. She definitely becomes a leader to many of the other lost and displaced ex-Intelligence werebeasts and very possibly passes on a legacy through them... and though we haven't really toyed with the idea of her actually taking on a Force using apprentice of her own, it's definitely not outside the realm of possibility.

27- Do they have any regrets? Oooof. Well. Original Ahuska has a very balanced attitude, aware that even if there were events in her life that she wishes she hadn't had to experience, they were all necessary steps in getting her into the place she is now- which is tremendously happy and fulfilled.

Werewolf!au Ahuska will possibly (hopefully?) reach a similar place some way into the future, but she has a lot more to sort through and absolutely has regrets. For a long while, she definitely regretted not finishing the job and killing Five when she had the chance; the things he did to her and to Blakk left a searing mark on her psyche and (misguidedly, perhaps) she definitely believed the fact that he was still out there made it all the harder for her to heal. Currently, she's dealing with deep regrets and guilt about going to seek out Blakk at all; she blames herself entirely for his current predicament (he's been stuck in fox shape for a very long time, and has been severed from the living Force, not to mention being braded as a traitor to Intelligence for his part in freeing Ahuska from Five). She is completely convinced that he doesn't actually love her and never did, and that all her dreams of romance and running away with a fellow werebeast were stupid, foolish, childish whimsy. She is certain that he blames her for losing his place in Five's team, and the fact that he'll never be welcome back to the career that was his whole life. She is certain that once she is able to return his connection to the Force and help him regain his human form, he'll leave her, and be better off without her, and that he'd be better off if she'd never come into his life. Boy are these two going to have a time of it when they can finally actually have a conversation again hahahahahaaaa ahh.

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