ALRIGHT! I think I have bulk of the move done and resume the OC Ask Bar at my regular schedule again! Today, for our beloved grump, Ive got an angsty Toka special!
[ 🧩 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat’s a truth about themselves they refuse to admit ?
[ 🦇 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat is a fear they never talk about ?
[ 💢 ]ㅤ.ㅤwho have they never forgiven and never will ?
[ 🌧️ ]ㅤ.ㅤis there a pain they refuse to heal from ?
And just to ease the angst a little, one for Bhea
[ 🐾 ]ㅤ.ㅤdo animals like them instinctively ?
Alright Toka Torture Time! XD 🥃 🥃 🥃 🥃
[ 🧩 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat’s a truth about themselves they refuse to admit ?
That he actually got a lot of PTSD from the explosion. He can admit to financial ruin, the hit to his reputation, even to a lesser extent the chronic pain, but to admit that he's actually afraid because of it would be to grant a special kind of defeat. I don't think that's really a typical Ferengi response overall, but moreso one that he just kind of has maybe from his years working security as this hardened analytical badass.
(In a less sad way: That he actually really cares about a lot of people, he just isn't very affectionate most of the time)
[ 🦇 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat is a fear they never talk about ?
Well like above there's the PTSD stuff, but in that I think that's more something he doesn't let himself think about even; So instead I'll go with deep water. He doesn't remember almost drowning from the rain, and he doesn't fear even the worst storms back on Ferenginar, even the ocean isn't so bad to him as it's always in motion, but a deep lake with its swallowing nature? Hates it but couldn't really say why.
[ 💢 ]ㅤ.ㅤwho have they never forgiven and never will ?
His uncle (his mom's brother) who tried to blackmail her after finding out where she and her family had moved to. He doesn't regret having him killed in the slightest, he just wishes he'd figured out who the blackmailer was sooner since he shilled out so much to keep things under wraps.
[ 🌧️ ]ㅤ.ㅤis there a pain they refuse to heal from ?
Yeepppppp take your pick honestly XD
I hate to say he "refuses" to heal from what cost him his previous job because obviously it was pretty shattering on multiple fronts, but I do think he sort of alternates between blaming himself and having episodes of vicious obsession about who it could have been that cross over from "flawed coping mechanism" to "you have got to let it go at least a little bit more than this"
And just to ease the angst a little, one for Bhea [ 🐾 ]ㅤ.ㅤdo animals like them instinctively ?
They do! When she comes over to visit sometimes some of Ceicive's pets will track her movements and like for her to hold them, being very interested in her Bolian biochemistry! (Ceicive usually makes her hold them over their terrarium drawers in case she zones out and they get away)
