The Eyes of Westerhollow

Yeah, I mean, there are a lot of funny little facts and details about the RO’s that might not be used outside of their characters sheets, unless someone specifically asks. Their favorite colors, their favorite books, their beverage of choice, their secret hobbies, random quirks and so on and so forth. I’m always down to answer inquiries though, and I really love recieving these asks!!I’ve shared some random facts here and here before, but there’s always so much more, honestly I don’t even know where to begin.😅 Isaia - Had he lived in current times, he’d be extremely fond of weird and absurd cartoons, such as Courage the Cowardly Dog and Adventure Time.

June - She has a very faint scottish accent, and she blushes at dirty jokes. 

Alfeo - He does a lot of oil paintings, or at least he used to. His favorite color is green, just to spite a certain author of Elwins favorite book, see below. (This is a rather obscure reference, kudos to whoever can figure this one out.)

Sela - She can blow smoke rings, usually into people’s faces. 

Elwin - His favorite book is Faust by Goethe, and he’s much more idealistic than one might assume, politically but also philosophically. He’s quite esoteric in his beliefs. 

Olive - She has a thing for sappy romance novels.

Noah - He likes to knit, he plays the piano, and he makes clocks as a hobby. 

I have a link on my page, but if you can't see it due to being on mobile or any other reason, just clicky the link here.

You should know that it's a very short demo though, but I hope it sufficiently establishes the mood and setting for things to come. 😅

I also have the basic introductions to the characters on the CoG forum page here.

None of them are more intelligent than the other, but they all have their strengths and weaknesses. There are many kinds of categories of intelligence out there.

Isaia - Is very strategically minded, calculating, good with logistics and predicting results and he’s very effective when it comes to planning and organisation. Has very high logical reasoning abilities and not at all lacking in social skills.

June - Has a lot of social intelligence, knows what makes people tick, how to get them to do what she wants without exposing her motivations. She’s also quite apt when it comes to long-term strategies and predicting social developments.

Alfeo - He’s actually really good at reading people, very good at discerning hidden motivations or concealed emotions. He’s excellent at synthesizing diverse information and foreseeing future implications. Also very good at math.

Sela - Has by far the most streetsmarts by the lot, she knows what to do and how to behave in order to get the most out of the current circumstances. Sees opportunities as they arise and is very resourceful. Superior at spatial reasoning.

Elwin - Is the most rational and logically minded, can easily discern future implications and foreseeing a likely chain of events. Is very good with abstractions and sees the big picture. He’s also highly intuitive and perceptive.

Olive - She’s highly emotioally intelligent, she understands people and she’s very insightful and helpful in regards to giving advice or laying down guidelines. She’s also very tactically minded and if need be very good with military strategy.

Noah - He knows his facts and statictics, but where Noah really excels is at logical reasoning, seeing the details and the implications at large and good at categorizing a large amount of information into a coherent internal system.

This is an interesting question as Alfeo, along with Sela and to some extent June, is very outwardly sexual, but for Alfeo the point isn’t about the sex or sexuality itself. Without giving any spoilers, a lot of Alfeos behaviours can be summed up as a sort of social self-sabotage. Despite this, Alfeo only really cares about the human connection. While he still enjoys the sexual aspects of a relationship with an MC of similar attitude, Alfeo wouldn’t have much difficulty adjusting to an ace MC at all.

Yeah, this does delve it into some spoiler territory. I’m not saying this kind of situation will necessarily happen, honestly it might or it might not, but “injury” in general is an integral part of the MC’s history. However there’s a special kind of circumstance around that which made this especially tricky to write, since I had to circumvent quite a large part of the narrative to avoid those spoilers. Anyway, enough vague foreshadowing, I’ll let this piece stand for itself and I hope you’ll enjoy!

Isaia captures your wrist before your hand can reach the book above. You look at him in confusion, but his eyes are fixed on the many gashes and scars running along your arm. Well, shit. This is precisely why you wear long sleeves. Unfortunately though, sleeves don’t seem to be immune to gravity. Lesson learned the hard way, but it’s too late to berate yourself about it now.

His dark gaze pierces you with an unyielding intensity, and you suddenly feel like a small animal trapped inside a cage. You clench your jaws, meeting his gaze in silence. A strange staring contest emerges between you. Your heart thrums in your chest. His hand is clenched tightly around your wrist, holding it up to your face in an accusatory gesture. “Tell me how this happened.”

It’s not a question. It’s a demand.

You hold his gaze coolly, your silence speaking more than words. Isaia doesn’t budge. “Tell me how this happened,” he repeats, nearly growling.

You swallow under his harsh scrutiny. “Accidents happen, you know.”

He looks at your arm, and then back again. There’s a glint in his eyes, a hint of something you haven’t seen in him before. “Not like this,” he says.

He's saying the truth, but you won’t give him the satisfaction of admitting to it. You stare at him in defiance. He releases your arm with a scoff, and you rub away the aftermath of his rough hands. He shakes his head and looks down at you with disappointment, as if you were a disobedient child. “Your stubbornness isn’t helping anyone.”

What does he know. You aim for the book again, tired of his games, but he grabs it before you can reach it and calmly puts it onto the top of the shelf. An easy position for his tall build, but way out of reach for you.

You glare at the smug bastard. “You’re an ass.”

“That I am.” he says without any hint of shame. On the contrary, he seems quite pleased with himself. And then, he enters the distance between you, tilting your head up with a pinch on your chin. His eyes regard you with detached interest. “And you, girl, you are a liability.”

Your mind struggles to form a coherent sentence. “I, uh…what?

There’s a slight tug at the corner of his lips, a slight moment where you think he’s about to do something more than just give you a cold rebuttal. But then, he breaks away with a gentle push. You stumble back awkwardly, feeling unusually clumsy. He shifts his attention away from you and starts rummaging around on the bookshelf. “You’re a liability to our town. A risk. A danger.”

You don’t say anything. You are unsure if there’s anything you can say.

“We don’t know where you come from", he continues. "You refuse to tell us.” He turns his head around to give you a pointed look. “How do we know those scars won’t pose a danger to the town?”

“They’re just scars, Isaia. They’re harmless.”

He turns back to face you again, looking at you grimly. “Their causes aren’t harmless.”

A long moment of silence passes between you. The chill in his eyes is back, but it seems somewhat subdued, somewhat softer than before. Unless you’re imagining it. You stand your ground, trying to suppress your unease. He looks as if he’s about to say something, but he never does.

Some of these have popped up before, but not all of them, so let’s give it a proper rundown:

Isaia - Black Eagle. Rare, mysterious and majestic.

June - Snakes. Beautiful animals with a lot of heavy symbolism around them.

Alfeo - Dragonflies, because he can just never be ordinary, ever. 

Sela - The resident crazy cat lady. Has 2 of her own. If you hurt them she’ll kill you.

Elwin - Ravens or Crows. He likes their intelligence, their beauty, their symbolism, their inherent sense of social justice…

Olive - She’s a dog person to her very core.

Noah - Yeah, he really loves his spider friends.

Isaia - If him spending time with the MC could somehow coincide with making a breakthrough in one of his villainous plans, that would be great. 

June - Dating doesn’t really occur to her as a concept, but any setting or situation where June could just relax and lay off her mask for a moment.

Alfeo - The good old cheesy candlelight dinner with food and wine and lingering glances, taking the scenic route home when the clock strikes midnight, walking together hand-in-hand. He’s a dork, okay.

Sela - Making out in her bed or going out vandalising the town together, either does it.

Elwin - He doesn’t really “do” dates, he would just like to spend some time with the MC in a casual setting without any romantic expectations at play. Simply getting to know each other as people, preferable someplace nice and private.

Olive - Just having a pleasant little chat in a café or a bar or any other place where the MC can feel at ease.

Noah - Spending a quiet evening in the library together, combing through the numerous books and trinkets to gather mutually beneficial information and intelligence and cuddle with the spiders.

Isaia - He’d scoff at the idea but would likely get talked into a pair of devil horns by his brother, you know, to “keep up appearances”…

June - A vampire, with lots and lots of fake blood.

Alfeo - He’d dress up as his brother. Isaia wouldn’t be pleased. 🙃

Sela - A sexy cat. 

Elwin - He’d just sulk in a corner in his normal clothes and get drunk.

Olive - Classic witch, pointy hat and broomstick and all.

Noah - He’d just cut two holes into a white bedsheet and call it a day.

Assuming this is an attraction and not an actual haunted house:

Isaia - He’d probably punch the poor bastard who jumped at him.

June - Would be pissed and embarrassed and enter a minor identity crisis.

Alfeo - Would laugh loudly and excitedly return for a second round.

Sela - Honestly she’d just try to flirt with the ghosts.

Elwin - He’d stare it all down with a furious glare, planning his revenge for whoever talked him into this whole ordeal.

Olive - Would shriek with laughter and delight and wonder if she could get a job as a zombie.

Noah - Noah is broken, he doesn’t get jump scared. 

I’ve answered a similar question here, but I’m up for a round two!

Isaia - Has some pretty severe Daddy issues.

June - Is an orphan.

Alfeo - Exceptionally skilled at mathemathics.

Sela - Knows quite a few magic tricks.

Elwin - Has an alarmingly large amount of self-destructive habits.

Olive - Is really into guns and gardening. 

Noah - Absolutely adores spiders!

Thank you!! I appreciate messages like this so so much, I just wanna bombard y’all with love!  

Isaia - The hat would know right away, Slytherin.

June - She would be overjoyed to join Isaia in Slytherin.

Alfeo - Gryffindor, but the hat would consider Hufflepuff for a very brief moment.

Sela - The hat would ponder on Ravenclaw for a while but then settle firmly on Gryffindor.

Elwin - One of those cases where the sorting hat barely has to touch the head before knowing, Ravenclaw.

Olive - The hat wouldn’t even have to get near her to know she’s the perfect Hufflepuff.

Noah - Ooh, hat stall! The sorting hat would debate back and forth between Slytherin and Ravenclaw for a really, really long time, probably setting a new record. But it would likely eventually settle on Ravenclaw.