blood, sweat, tears

3: do they take baths or showers? do they prefer one over the other? Showers, usually, for the expediency, but she also has some bath salts that help with her sciatica and she’ll occasionally indulge in a bubble bath for the hell of it.

4: do they wear their hair down when they sleep, or tied up / braided? She usually braids it just enough to keep it out of her face, so it’s almost a combination braid/low ponytail.

5: how many blankets / pillows do they like to have on their bed? So. Many. Blankets. Sheets (either cotton or flannel), and a blanket (either cotton or wool), and a heavy quilt, topped off with a 10+ tog duvet.

6: what do they normally dream about? nightmares or nonsense? Cho only remembers her dreams when they’re either nightmares or sex dreams, so it’s really one extreme or the other.

8: what do they sleep in? pj’s, normal clothes, nothing? Either full wrist to ankle pjs or nothing, there is no inbetween. And if she’s sleeping in nothing there has to be a warm body to steal warmth from cuddle with.

11: bar soap or liquid? do they like loofahs? Bar soap, because it lasts longer and is a better buy, but her first concern is that whatever kind of soap she’s using smells good. She’s indifferent as far as washcloth vs. loofah goes, but Marietta insists she uses a loofah for the exfoliation.

22: do they have a fear they want to conquer, but haven’t yet? It would be nice if she didn’t go into a panic anytime someone important isn’t where she thinks they should be, but how the fuck do you get over that?

23: how do they show fear? sweating, shaking, blankness, anger, etc? She tends to dissociate from the world around her, presenting as a certain amount of blankness, and disjointed speech.

24: do they have a short temper? what’s most likely to set it off? She would say no, but yes. Jealousy, feeling disrespected, or feeling judged are probably her biggest triggers. 

25: do they get scared easily? does loud noises, shouting, etc, scare them? No, because when the worst thing that could ever happen to you has already happened, the only thing that really scares you is it happening again.

26: what are they most passionate about? what could they debate about for hours? Quidditch. Except it’s less a debate and more a monologue that will last until you actively tell her to shut up.

27: what do they never, ever want to speak of, ever? How she feels about George. She’ll talk about other feelings just fine, but not those.

Cho Chang: Task 1

GENERAL

Name: Qui Eilidh Chang Nicknames: Cho Age: 22 Place of birth: Milton, Stirling Council Area, Scotland Spoken languages: English, Cantonese Sexual orientation: straight Occupation: seeker for the Tutshill Tornados

Cho had always been one for deep feelings, and while she usually knew how to deal with them, but  sometimes her way of dealing with  them was finding someone to  help. Marietta was the steady logic  to Cho’s strong emotions, she always had been. And Marietta understood how much it scared her, the thought of losing the people she loved. She would understand why hearing about Katie’s disappearance upset her. Marietta would understand.

“Marietta?” Her hand shook as she tried to unlock their door, making the already difficult process of doing so with her non-dominant hand even harder. When she finally  got the door  open, she called out again,  “Marietta? Where are you, are you here?” 

Full Name: Qui Eilidh Chang

Nickname(s): Cho 

Age: 22

Date of Birth: November 21, 1978

Hometown: Milton, Stirling Council Area, Scotland

Current Location: Hogsmeade, Scotland

Ethnicity: ½ Chinese. ½ Scottish

Nationality: Scottish

Gender: Cisfemale

Pronouns: She/her 

Species: human/witch

Orientation: straight

Religion: atheist

Occupation: professional seeker for Tutshill Tornados

Living Arrangements: shares a flat with Marietta Edgecombe

Language(s) Spoken: English, Cantonese

Accent: Scottish, especially heavy when drunk or angry

The bright day had so many expectations and happiness that filled Luna with so much love. Since arriving, she was rarely seen without a smile. Everything seemed pleasant enough and everyone was so polite. She knew this was a huge event celebrating the summer solstice but it also held sentiment for being the first annual one that was open to the public. She hoped they continued this tradition and it wasn’t a pity invite. Luna had plopped down at the floral weaving, making herself several crowns and giving them to people who passed by. Luna beamed at Cho once she asked for help, nodding her head eagerly. “Of course! I would love nothing better. Do you know what flowers you want? Did you pick them yourself? They say if you pick them in silence you can make anyone fall in love with you.”

Cho’s eyes widened a little in distress, and she pulled the flowers back in the middle of handing them over to Luna. The last thing she needed was someone falling in love with her. She had a sinking feeling she already had that problem, actually, and she definitely didn’t need to make it any worse. She tapped the handful of flowers against her chin as she considered. “Do you mean pick like pull from the ground or pick like choose? Because I just got them from the table, but if you mean pick like choose I may need to go sing to myself or something for a minute.” She chuckled a little like it was a joke, even though  she was a little serious, too.

Katie was having a good time. She’d decided to attend the Midsummer celebration with Oliver. She made a flower crown. She’d talked to George and figured out who his secret girlfriend or not girlfriend was. So far, she couldn’t complain other than the fact that her heels were killing her feet. She wasn’t sure how women wore them all of the time. Due to the fact that George asked her not to say anything to Cho, she tried her best to steer clear. However, Cho hadn’t gotten the same memo and Katie smiled guiltily at the girl when she spoke. “Cho! Hi! How are you?” Katie asked, her eyes wide as if caught in headlights. “How’s your arm? Are you feeling okay? I haven’t seen you in a while.” 

Cho narrowed her eyes. In the past few years she’d gotten to know her teammate pretty well. She’d seen Katie high off a well earned victory and raging against an unjust defeat, drunk off her ass and hung over the next morning. she’d seen just about every side of Katie, but this was a new one. Somewhere in the back of Cho’s mind, red flags went up that something was not as it should be. There were probably subtle ways to get to the bottom of it, but Cho tended to save finesse for the pitch.  “What’s up with you? You’re acting really weird.”

The man hadn’t realised that it was Cho he was talking to, it wouldn’t have changed anything if he had but it would’ve been nice to know before he asked his brother’s girlfriend- fuck buddy? What were they? Ah, Charlie didn’t need to know labels, she meant something to George and that was all that mattered. “No? Breaking my heart again Cho?” he teased with a grin, looking out at the sunglasses she was holding out for him, raising an eyebrow at her as he took the glasses and placed them on. “Wow, that’s cool… thanks,” he smiled over at her. “I appreciate it.” He meant that. He’d never really spoken to Cho before, apart from the occasional short conversations when he’d seen her at George’s, but never enough to actually get to know her. 

“So, how about I get you that drink anyway?- Not in a creepy way, in a thanks-for-lending-me-your-glasses way?” 

“What have I ever had to do with your heart?” Her voice turned a little tart, any charitable feelings waning with his presumed familiarity. Sure they knew each other in passing, but he didn’t know her just because he was one of the only people who knew who she spent her nights with. In fact, she might have been a little more good natured in the face of his teasing if he hadn’t been party to that particular secret. “Don’t appreciate it too much, I do want them back by the end of the day.” They were, admittedly, a little less necessary at the moment, since not many people cared about a quidditch star who couldn’t play quidditch, and George was sneaking in and out of her place for a change. 

“As long as it’s not in a creepy way,” She raised her  eyebrows. “I don’t have the energy for a ‘you seem like a great guy but you’re really not my type’ conversation today.” She was mostly joking, because she figured Charlie had more decency than to hit on his brother’s fuck buddy.

Cho Chang: Midsummer Celebration