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Thank you so much forthe ask<3

9. What's their favourite animal?

Quel: they think pretty much any animal is adorable unless (or sometimes even though) it’s actively trying to maul them (also, during her second incarnation she secretly keeps an illegally imported potted plant as a pet; it is starting to overtake their room but Quel thinks it’s the most perfect creature ever…)

Clearan: like Quel, she doesn't have one particular favourite animal

Erlisen: Cats - but not the terrible evil one

Tez: pigrats and ants

Maia: dogs

21. How high-ranked are they?

Quel: they're perfectly happy to just be a random Guard but they can’t help but stumble upwards, rising through the ranks, even holding the office of Castellan for a time; during the war, she has the rank of Commander 

Clearan: She is the Kithriarch of her House and holds the professional rank of Surgeon Master

Erlisen: They’re too young to really be of any significant rank; later they will become a diplomat and slowly rise in rank through the duration of the Time War 

Tez: Yarina was one of the leading xenobiologists at the CIA, she got to oversee her own lab and was rising through the ranks quickly; Tez is a renegade with no intention of regaining her position in Gallifreyan society

Hey, thank you for the ask :D

Sorry it took me so long to respond, but I had a lot of fun thinking about these questions and how they would apply to my OCs. I decided to answer all of them for Quel, Clearan and Erlisen:

1.) How do they respond to having a song stuck in their head? Does that happen to them often?

Quel is absolutely the type of person to hum quietly under their breath, especially Quel I and II; it doesn’t happen often, but when it does, they’re making it everyone‘s problem; Quel III has better self control and is more mindful of who might be listening 

Erlisen‘s patented solution to having a song stuck in her head is getting a different song stuck in her head

Clearan doesn’t get songs stuck in her head

11.) How expressive is their face? Are they easy to read?

Quel is very expressive but she’s working on getting better at controlling her emotions and not letting them show in public 

Erlisen is also extremely expressive, but also a pretty good actor and good at using the fact that people believe them to be an open book to their advantage 

Clearan has a really good poker face; her 11th incarnation is slightly more expressive than the previous ones, especially when it comes to showing curiosity and fascination 

12.) How do they deal with experiencing physical pain?

Quel has endured their fair share of physical pain in their lives and has a pretty high pain threshold, to the point where she sometimes doesn’t even notice how serious an injury is if they’re distracted enough 

Clearan‘s first response to any kind of physical pain is analysing what’s causing it and then keeping a clear head and finding the best way to treat it 

Erlisen isn’t accustomed to pain and good at dealing with it at all; it doesn’t help that their body has a pretty low stress threshold when it comes to triggering a regeneration 

13.) Are they easily insulted?

Quel is definitely easily insulted and will also take any affront to her loved ones personally

Clearan is extremely easily offended when it comes to insults to her professional capabilities and integrity; meanwhile, she often takes more personal insults in stride

Erlisen will bite you!

14.) Would they prefer to act or react?

Quel used to be very reactive and careful not to overstep the laws and societal norms of Gallifrey; they‘re also kind of bound by the chain of command within the Chancellery Guard, although her second incarnation slowly got much more confident when it comes to taking initiative and Quel III has gotten used to being in command and proactive 

While Clearan values patience, she knows that in her profession, it is often necessary to take initiative; when she acts, it is out of conviction 

Erlisen is very impulsive and always prefers action to waiting and reacting

21.) What was their favorite way to play as a child (ex: playing pretend, playing games with rules like tag,)?

Quel would play various traditional games with his older Cousins as a timetot, or hide from his tutors in the greenhouse, climb trees in the garden and generally get into much mischief.

If you ask Clearan what she got up to in her youth, she’ll answer only good respectable timetot activities, thank you very much. It’s true that she preferred to do solitary activities, like reading or studying.

Erlisen has always been adventurous, sneaking out of the House to go explore the grounds and reading stories or watching films about and from alien cultures and imagining exploring them herself.

31.) What story gave them nightmares as a child?

For Quel, it was your typical spooky Gallifreyan nursery rhymes. Zagreus, tales about the Great Vampires and the like…

Clearan has always been pretty unfazed about most things but even she wasn’t immune to the classics, same as Quel.

Erlisen’s nightmares right now are very much grounded in reality…

37.) How often are they the one to initiate physical contact?

It entirely depends on who Quel is interacting with. With Daybreak or Midnight, she’ll often initiate a hug or other comforting or affectionate physical gestures, with others she is much more reserved. She’ll reciprocate but usually not initiate.

Clearan initiates physical contact only where medically necessary. It is extremely rare for her to show physical affection even towards those closest to her.

Erlisen is really big on showing physical affection, especially with Daybreak.

49.) How would they respond to their ears ringing for an extended period of time?

Quel has had their ears ring from explosions before, but if it suddenly happened for an extended period of time instead of going away fairly quickly, she would probably get concerned and consult Clearan to find out the reason for it and try to fix it. If it went on for long enough, it would slowly but surely drive her crazy.

Clearan, just like when experiencing pain, would immediately try to find out what’s causing the problem and try to find a solution. She has pretty good mental control and would probably be able to shut it out pretty well, but if for some reason she couldn’t get rid of it, it would quickly get on her nerves, too.

Erlisen would probably get very concerned very quickly. They’d get more and more irritated and desparate the longer it went on.

Thank you for the asks!!! I had a lot of fun answering them :D

8. Are they disabled? If so how?

Quel: no

Clearan: her final regeneration almost failed leaving her 13th body with chronic pain and a defective left heart that causes her to tire quickly 

Erlisen: not in their first incarnation and I haven’t really planned out any future incarnations for them yet but I can see them gaining an injury in the Time War (even if they didn’t actively fight, they did end up getting into the crossfire a few times) that leaves them physically disabled for the remainder of that incarnation.

Tez: In her third body (and presumably in all subsequent incarnations) she suffers from regenerative dissonance, which mostly manifests as amnesia, temporal disorientation and personality shifts between human!Tez, her previous incarnations who she doesn’t fully recognize as part of herself and current Tez who is still trying to establish herself. On a bad day, it can be as if she were stuck within the first few hours post-regeneration. As time progresses, Tez gains more of an identity of her own, building on/replacing human!Tez and she defaults to actively suppressing her previous selves, which definitely isn’t healthy in the long run but makes the personality shifts less frequent.

Maia: no

The Tailor: answered here

11. Do they have scars? Tattoos? Other marks on their skin?

Quel: They have plenty of scars, although most of them aren’t that visible. Many are scratches from various creatures, a couple burn scars from stray staser blasts and, at least in the RP!verse, vampire bite marks in both her second and third incarnation… Clearan has offered several times to help remove the scars, but they prefer keeping them - as long as they’re not too visible

Clearan: answered here

Erlisen: They’re still very young and haven’t really had the opportunity to collect any scars or acquire Tattoos yet, but I can see them getting a Tattoo at some point in the future

Tez: Tez has several prominent scars that she acquired while her body was human and that didn’t fully go away when she turned back 

Maia: She gained some scars in every body beginning with her third (which was the one contemporary with the Gallifrey series); only had tattoos in her seventh, where she was stuck on Earth for a time and got a bit bored…

The Tailor: answered here

16. How do they treat regeneration? Do they consider past incarnations as the same person? 

Quel: answered here

Clearan: She has seen and assisted so many regenerations in her career, not to mention experienced herself, that she’s pretty blasé about it. Most of her own regenerations up to her eleventh were routine affairs, due to old age but planned and she’s never experienced any issues. Her incarnations are all very similar in personality

Erlisen: answered here

Tez: There is a clear divide between Yarina and Tez/her third incarnation and onward, due to the regenerative dissonance; meanwhile, Yarina I and II are pretty much the same person just in slightly different fonts

Maia: Maia has a pretty consistent sense of self where each incarnation adds a little to the whole even if there’s some slight variation in personality

The Tailor: This one’s difficult to answer since no one (including the humble author) really knows what his previous incarnations were like…

18. What's their view on romance and sex?

Quel: Thinks it’s kinda embarrassing and taboo but also that’s what makes it fascinating; the kind of aroace person who will read and write the dirtiest smut you can imagine/ the kind of timelord who “only likes to watch”

Clearan: Can’t understand why some individuals or whole species seem insistent on wasting so much time in its pursuit

Erlisen: They are a romantic and think the entire thing is terribly interesting. Experienced puppy love for the first time with Daybreak and is eager to experiment. So far they’ve found cuddling and psychic contact much more rewarding than kissing.

Tez: She’s definitely part of the 1% of time lords who get laid. Is a chaotic bisexual and not the least bit ashamed. This is actually a trait that has stayed consistent between Yarina I/II and Tez

Maia: She likes sex but isn’t really into romance although she does at some point develop a dynamic with Missy that gets pretty close

The Tailor: not really his thing but he loves seeing it make other people happy

24. What does their living space look like? Do they like decorations? Are they messy?

Quel: Their living space is pretty small and cozy. Also, it’s mostly occupied by Lenore the invasive bamboo plant who started out as just one pot but keeps growing and growing and she’s had to call in so many favours already to have the inner dimensions of her room discreetly adjusted to accommodate its growth.

Clearan: She is very scatterbrained and leaves things lying around all the time so her quarters are a mess but she likes to call it “organised chaos”. She also has a well organized private collection of medicinal and poisonous plants, both of domestic and off-world origin that she keeps and tends to as a hobby.

Erlisen: answered here

Tez: Tez doesn’t have many personal possessions, and her Tardis likes keeping things tidy, so even if Tez leaves something lying around, it will usually find its way back to its proper place. She likes natural materials and sleeping in a hammock or on a pile of pillows under the open air, so the Tardis has adjusted accordingly. She spends a lot of time in the greenhouse, where she collects rare plants and insects from all the different places she visits or in the kitchen.

Maia: Her living space is pretty minimalist and tidy, her working place not so much, since that’s where she actually spends most of her time. She often falls asleep in her lab.

2. Talk about their name. What's their long name? What (nick)names are they called by who? -> already answered this, her full name is Clearanendrixymenon, nickname for very special people (= her baby Cousins) is Clea :)

3.  Have they ever been off Gallifrey? In what capacity? Clearan has spent all of her lives entirely on Gallifrey and she has no desire to change that any time soon

4. What do they know of the Doctor? Have they ever met the Doctor? She has only heard of them and seen the vidcasts of some of his visits on Gallifrey and she isn’t impressed. She actually holds a bit of a petty grudge against him for daring to call himself a "Doctor" and dragging down the reputation of the entire profession (in her eyes). If asked to rank all the Presidents of her life time she would put him right at the bottom with only Rassilon and Pandora (and maybe Morbius) ranked lower

11. Do they have scars? Tattoos? Other marks on their skin? She was always very careful not to gain any injuries that would result in lasting scars, but her final incarnation bears the scars of the Dalek blast that caused the regeneration, which almost failed and couldn't repair the whole damage

23. Who are their friends? -> already answered :)

Thank you <3 Oh, that's many... :D

2. Talk about their name. What's their long name? What (nick)names are they called by who?

Quel: long name: Quelendrixanis; they usually go by Quel; received the nickname Vigilant from the Swiftclaws

Clearan: Long name: Clearanendrixymenon; Clearan to friends and esteemed Collegues; childhood nickname: Clea (also what the young Cousins call her, although she usually expects them to stop once they get to academy age)

Erlisen: Long name: Erlisenceruleanodramin, but they usually go by Erlisen

Tez: Timelord name: Yarinamirel of house Emberhill, usually shortened to Yarina or Yari (the second one being more for close friends); in her third incarnation, she goes by Tez, even after being restored from the biodata module

Maia: Long name: Maialliuvanarlungbarrowsin, goes by Maialliuvanar or just Maia

The Tailor: just The Tailor; no one knows his "real" name

7. What house are they from? What is it like? Or what is their background?

Quel & Clearan: House Endrix, an old and, for their comparatively small size, fairly influential House in Southern Gallifrey that has been affiliated with the Cerulean Chapter since the founding; they’re pretty stereotypical Ceruleans, having produced a long line of botanists, apothecaries and medical professionals; Quel is definitely the odd one out with their career choice; the Cousins are pretty tight knit and supportive of one another, all of them looking up to Clearan and Lynin, the Housekeeper and second oldest Cousin (being only a century younger than Clearan)

Erlisen: House Cerulean, the Chapter House; they're one of many Cousins but not really all that close with most of them

Tez: House Emberhill is a rising newblood house, associating both with the Prydonian and Patrex chapter; Yarina was sent to Prydon Academy and her path had been pretty much predetermined since she was loomed; she never really considered them family, except for one of her slightly younger Cousins, Yoren, who she mentored and was very close to; as Tez, the memory of him was one of the first she recovered - only to learn that he was missing presumed dead in the Time War (since she was adapted from a dnd character, House Emberhill was equally adapted from OG-Tez' backstory, the name having originated as that of her third life's goblin tribe while being in character much more similar to her first two lives' family, the royal Den Kryn)

Maia: House Lungbarrow; I don't think I need to elaborate...

The Tailor: like his name, there are no records of what House he belonged to before he went renegade and he's not telling anyone anytime soon...

22. What's their family like? -> I think I already partially answered this when talking about the Houses but I'll add some random little "fun facts"

Quel: (RP verse only): officially adopted Daybreak when everyone believed her mother to have died; legally they're Cousins but Daybreak calls her mum and while Quel II didn't really feel comfortable with that, Quel III embraces it

Clearan: during the Time War, most of House Endrix is destroyed with only Clearan, Quel and two younger Cousins remaining :'(

Tez: human!Tez was raised by one of the first mixed Sevateem and Tesh families, alongside three adopted siblings; she was always especially close with her brother, who in retrospect subconsciously reminded her of Yoren

Maia: growing up she was very close to Braxiatel and looked up to him, but they had a falling out after the Doctor left (she suspected there was something he wasn't telling her and he may or may not have erased a few memories of hers, she'd never be completely sure...); while they reconciled later, their relationship never fully recovered from that; conversely, she was never particularly close with the Doctor, especially after he left Gallifrey, until circumstance threw them together after the time war and they pretty much had no choice but to get along

23. Who are their friends?

Quel: They’re friends with many of their fellow guards; RP!Quel becomes close friends with Daybreak and Yanis, although they blur the line between friends and family; post-Time War Quel is friends with Narvin, having been through much together

Clearan doesn't really do friends... at least she wouldn't admit to it; there are people she respects, who she cares for and whose company she appreciates but she doesn't really open up to anyone except her closest Cousins

Erlisen: they're pretty popular and have many friends at the Academy, but Daybreak and Halrast (another Endrix cousin) are their besties 

Tez: Yarina never really had friends on Gallifrey except for Yoren (and maybe Leela but that was more a case of hero worship/admiration vs patient indulgence); Tez ends up making many friends on different worlds: her main friend group (adapted from her dnd party) includes a human-rat-hybrid time agent who also eventually becomes her girlfriend, a zygon artist, a silurian scavenger, a human mercenary and a shobogan farmer/medic who also fled/deserted during the Time War

Maia: she is very much an introvert and an extremely guarded person who never really had any friends; she'd probably get along great with Narvin if they didn't distrust each other on principle; she begins loosening up a bit as she ages, from her fifth incarnation onwards, where she starts traveling with the Doctor

Four New Space Companies Awarded NASA Contracts

Another Clearancejobs.com post of mine about NASA’s announcement last week of their awarding four “new space” companies a few contracts.  Just go there a for the details:  New Space Firms Awarded NASA Contracts.