Singing Deep In Me

🍅 How easily is your OC embarrassed? What subjects make them flush and why? What event has made your OC the most embarrassed they’ve ever been?

Day-to-day, not very easily. If she's clumsy, she will laugh it off, and she doesn't have a problem being a bit silly with kids or animals (or her partner). She's had to deal with years of criticism (some warranted, some not) from her time in the Akademiya, as well, so she's not as embarrassed about comments on her writing as she could be.

That said, direct praise can catch her off-guard. This is a "problem" because that's what Kaveh likes to do, lol.

The most embarrassed she's ever been... it's less "embarrassed" and more "humiliated", but I think it was the event that caused her to leave the Akademiya. She had to deal with a slew of condescending comments from an advisor about something she had worked hard on, and realized that this person would never be satisfied with her work, and in fact seemed to enjoy tearing her work to pieces in front of others.

She left the Akademiya shortly after that.

💥 Are there any emotions your OC doesn’t know how to deal with, doesn’t understand or hates having to feel? Any reason behind this?

Oh this is a really interesting question! I think she carries a lot of complicated feelings about her time in the Akademiya. She still has that spark of curiosity that got her into her studies in the first place, but it's dimmed drastically. She remembers some classmates fondly, but she also remembers some professors with vitriol. She can walk through the Akademiya with her eyes closed, but she's reluctant to ever set foot in there again.

She doesn't quite know what the answer is, but when she decides to let go of the past and embrace her current successes and ambitions, she gains an Anemo Vision, so I imagine she processes this all eventually.

⭐ Does your OC like to sleep alone or do they enjoy sharing their bed? Have they been to any sleepovers? Have they ever been camping? What did they think of the experiences if so?

Kay struggles in the warm weather in Sumeru, and needs a cool room with a fan going, sheets made from cooling materials, and maybe even a cold/wet hand towel on her forehead on especially warm nights. All this to say, as much as she loves cuddling with Kaveh, she can only just about manage touching fingertips with him at the most on super hot nights... but she still wants him there, because it means he's resting.

🍅 How easily is your OC embarrassed? What subjects make them flush and why? What event has made your OC the most embarrassed they’ve ever been?

I don't know that Katja gets easily embarrassed, but she does get flustered over anything vaguely romantic. Thankfully, a certain Grand Master finds this charming.

The most embarrassed she's ever been 🤔I imagine she's accidentally set fire to things a few times without meaning to, when she was getting used to using her Vision, and I'm sure that involved damaging some things that she had to fix/pay for!

Beyond that, maybe sharing some of her more closely-held secrets to Varka when their relationship grows deeper could count. Not that he would embarrass her, just the act of sharing those particular secrets could be embarrassing, if that makes sense? She's definitely embarrassed for example when she tells him she's had next to no romantic relationships and he reacts with surprise.

🏀 Does your OC have any skills that people wouldn’t expect them to have? Do they have a hobby or pass time that others would consider strange or weird? How did they learn this particular skill or pick up this hobby?

I think that given how Katja is a very strong person, physically- she works in a forge all day, she has to do training to keep her body in shape for that work, etc.- people might be surprised that she takes time for other hobbies. She loves cooking, for example. I think the singing is less of a surprise- work songs would make sense to keep rhythm in the forge, when she has the breath for it.

☀️ How well does your OC take care of themself? Do they tend to put others before their own wellbeing and if so how often? What is their favourite way to pamper themself?

Katja is a big fan of long soaks in hot baths at the end of the day, sometimes with special bath salts, sometimes without. She also tries her best to get as much physical rest as she can, and does strength training to ensure she can handle the heavy equipment she has to work with in the forge.

🍇 Does your OC have any bad habits? Does your OC have any addictions like smoking or drinking? How did they fall into these habits and why?

She leaves her tea steeping for 30+ minutes because she'll forget it's there, or lose track of how long it's been steeping and think, "just five more minutes". GB is appalled. Chang buys her a tea timer. She uses it about 10% of the time (very earnestly). Albert laughs and gets her extra honey. She drinks the tea regardless of how long it's steeped.

I can see her getting more of a caffeine addiction over the years because of how unpredictable enemies are, so falling asleep is tough. And then of course she'd be worried about being woken up in the middle of the night by an enemy, so her sleep would be light and troubled.

🐍 Is your OC a good liar? How easy is it for them to tell lies? What is the biggest lie they’ve ever told and did they ever get found out? On the other hand, what is the biggest lie someone has told your OC and did they believe them?

Liz will lie her ass off to protect her teammates. "Who else is on this mission?" "Only me." "Who's this guy?" "Dunno, never seen 'em before." etc. That said, in her daily life she prefers not to if she can avoid it.

I think the biggest "lie" was probably the false feeling of safety in the cyborg household, prior to her becoming a cyborg. Jet was the only one who was sharp and short with her, and part of it was his concern that she was going to be dragged into the mess the rest of them had. Albert and Liz both ignored that, and well, now she's one of them. Jet was right.

(Jet's reaction to getting Liz home after she was turned cyborg was to set her up with a racing video game and play it with her until she was too exhausted to stay awake, then fetch Albert to watch over her. They're besties.)

🏀 Does your OC have any skills that people wouldn’t expect them to have? Do they have a hobby or pass time that others would consider strange or weird? How did they learn this particular skill or pick up this hobby?

Liz is a tank, much like G. Jr., and they often team up to (quite literally) bowl people over in fights. But she can also phase through walls, since she's a newer model and a certain doctor was getting ambitious with his designs. So imagine you try to lock yourself into a bank vault to get away from some powerful cyborgs, then one of them casually phases through the wall and flings you into the security boxes. Yeah. That's what Liz can do.

I don't think she has any "strange" or "unusual" hobbies. Like Albert, she likes to read. She likes games, she likes exercise, she likes the theater- OH that's right. Perhaps her penchant for knowing what Shakespeare play GB is referencing is something others might find odd. I wrote a fic about that ages ago and put it here on Tumblr. :D