A case study in the colors perceived by shrimp

🙌 - mannerisms that your muse has when they’re extremely happy

A certain, joyously narrowed slight to the smile he wears. With steps just a little more chipper, bouncing -- With a contortion in his chest that suggests a laugh that still doesn't sound, but is there. So lovely is it there! His body just becomes a little more giddy in all~

😠 - what is something or someone your muse has ever hated or hates

The only thing he's noticed to strike him so firmly was... The act of overlooking. Neglect. Pure tragedy is begotten this way; How anybody could turn their eye to it is beyond him. Let alone so many.

🤔 - is your muse cynical? naïve?

🙈 - can your muse be blindly loyal?

... No?? Maybe... Not really! No, look-- He trusts his friends. Like.. anyone does. And yeah, there's a lot of shit he'd do for them. He thinks it's to a pretty normal extent, though! Not like... He wouldn't put it like that.

🤜 - is your muse overprotective? in-between? or not protective/concerned enough?

Sometimes you're not really a super protective guy but you got this one friend who's like. crazy. and super trusting it seems like. and there's some dangerous people around here so you're li k e.... aight.

He's not really one to step up like that, but if there's like... an obvious threat, he'll jump in and protect if he gotta, so... Or, really, he'll try to pull 'em back before anything gets to that level.

🔴 - what are bigger gestures that are important to your muse

...?? He... Don't know?? His working memory hasn't seen a whole lot of 'big gestures', so...

🏹 - would your muse ever kill and why

Oh, my, is that a dangerous question~ Are you sure you want to know the answer?

👍 - what are your muse’s good traits?

That really depends who you ask~ Their gifts of [ observation ] and [ understanding ] often end up frowned upon. They like to think they're kindhearted, yet people come away with a hostile impression~ Who knows?

🙈 - can your muse be blindly loyal?

Blind is by far the last thing one could call them.

DREAMER - does your muse have any recurring dream? if not, what was their worst nightmare?

🍊  :    does my muse desire romance?is it something they would actively seek out,  or prefer to happen more  ‘  naturally?  ’  what is their love life like? do they have any exes or past flings,  or crushes?

Romance. Romance, something tempered into the very shape of the river, that his heart swells to notice and sink into-

But it's not something he seeks out. Not in that way. No, it's the resigned life of a birdwatcher: to watch, and love, and love, and love, while the birds pay no mind to him.

There's a contentedness to it, long since settled into. It's peaceful.

Though, that's not to say, he doesn't think it would be nice. A conscious, purposeful sharing... No, it'd be lovely, he thinks.

“... D’you hear that?”

Maybe it’s just her... But those are the kinds of words that nobody wants to hear in the dark, right?

But the fault isn’t with the speaker! Well- Not her. She doesn’t do that kind of thing, ‘pretending’, for the sake of getting a rise out of the other- No, though she’d idealize that being the case now, what pulls her breath forth is a crunch, rustle, crack, from somewhere beyond the eye’s beholding.  

“.. It’s getting closer-”          - Trust her, for the love of fuck, those are not the kind of words she wants to say..!

78. empty seats on the late night train

... Doesn't it feel kind of hollow?

At some point, he started thinking, is there a glitch? This painted over the usual curiosities for a game; What does boss have in mind this time? Where are we going? Maybe it's a 'train murder mystery' kind of game~ But eventually, it became, is there a glitch? And then, is it me?

Ahhh~ But he's never been the best judge of what's going on, really.

It feels hollow. To him. That feeling is waived a bit by 26's presence-- But 18's eyes keep locked to the window, and the colors that paint the other guy's self only bounce clumsily of the dark glass. There's some kind of metaphor there?

Hm...

@infinitesum​ Cont.

Pendulum... A crafty answer like that -- [HOW PREDICTABLE.] (that’s a joke.)

‘I know some games, but not others’? That’s what he takes it to mean, roughly. Well, he should probably say as much out loud, to confirm- ( from his observations, you like hearing stuff like that, right? ) But see, it’s easier to just grab what’s positive from the other’s body language, and use that ~kinetic energy~ to propel himself toward a table, nodding as he goes.

🍑  :    how meticulously does my muse look after their physical appearance?do they spend a lot of time on their hair,  makeup,  grooming,  and clothing? is there a particular reason why they do or don’t?

Appearance is the most important thing in the world. He'd rather die than be caught without makeup. When you're on tv, if you satisfy one eye, you satisfy a billion eyes, so make sure it catches your best angle. Clothes and hair and makeup are core, if you can change them to match the inner you, then you're set. Octopi can recognize faces... why would you want one to get the wrong impression of you?

Think of the octopi. They know you. They know when you're lying to yourself.

Et cetera.

It's a hobby, but looking right feels good. He spoils himself because he knows what he wants, he's the only one who can.

🍍  :    how comfortable is my muse in their body?how do they feel about their height,  weight,  strength,  and body type?how important is being attractive to them?

Oh! Oh, he's super comfortable! You only get one body, you know? So love it with all you got!!

And hah-- attractive? Huh? Him//~? Haha-- Is he?? !

🍎  :    how stable is my muse’s mental health?have they been diagnosed with any mental illnesses and  /  or conditions?do they have any undiagnosed mental illnesses and  /  or conditions?do they or should they attend therapy?

Oh? Hm... Unknown. Nothing that he's aware of. Nothing the system is aware of.

🍒  :    how much does my muse value companionship?do they constantly keep people around them,  or do they prefer to be alone often?do they have or desire to have many friends?do they see every meeting as an opportunity to make a new friend?

Companionship... huh?

He's never really thought of it like that. People just tend to happen around him, and some of them stick. Like a fresh coat of glue.

He values them, of course. Well, some more than others... And 'being alone' - That's never felt like an option to him. I mean, he has Navi at all times, right? She's not a person, but she might as well be.

Desire. Prefer... He doesn't know. He doesn't really seek out anything. Not making new friends, or being alone... Well, there's times where he needs to be alone for a bit, just to recharge. But... guess... If that stretched on for more than a few hours, he'd probably start to get pretty stressed. It'd be weird. Like white noise- It'd be too freaky to go without.

🍐  :    how intelligent is my muse overall?are they smarter than the average person,  or less than?are they primarily self-taught,  or did they acquire most of their knowledge in school?are they more street smart or book smart?

A lot smarter than he lets on, for sure. 'A gifted kid, a natural'-- Though he never really bought all that. The thing is... He's so enamored with everyone else, it's hard to put himself on any kind of pedestal? It feels wrong. He's pretty average, he thinks-- Maybe even lower! He's not someone who's all that impressive, in his own eyes. Everyone is smart. Everyone has the most useful information possible in their niche. It's not so much that he puts himself down, but he raises everyone else so high that he might as well be--

But he is smart, despite what he'd say. Observant, especially. He's good at reading people, and putting the dots together to pin motives behind their actions, things of that nature. 'Street Smart', I guess this would end up being, but academics came pretty easily to him too, because of that kind of skill. It's just... natural-- And maybe his parents did some good work solidifying it when he was young, but... Yeah-