from the oc ask, 8, 15, and 16 for mido + anyone with an interesting/specific answer!!
HI thank u.... i'll add aileen just because.
8. What was your OC's most embarrassing moment? Does it still bother them or are they able to shrug it off?
he is always embarrassing and everything bothers him.
okay seriously though. when it comes to assassinations he’s very much a no mistakes kinda guy. like. even more rigid than normal <3 and mistakes are not embarrassing but to him they are. wdym im a human capable of failing. i guess uh. getting spotted in cairo that day jules disappeared was a Big Blunder as he was slightly responsible for that catastrophic mission. getting two of his fellow assassins killed on top of that and a few injured citizens like. he beats himself up over that for a Long long time unsurprisingly. that shit is no joke. sorry son.
either that, or that time he got an std when he was 19 and had to ask hesham to drive him to the doctor.
not specific moments really (unless i remember something later and will add it in that case. probably not.) but the times where shes backed into a corner and she has to….. ask for help. she’s a prideful and stubborn creature and very much a loner. her mother left her to her own devices and finley obviously wasn’t there much so she’s used to figure stuff out on her own. and asking for help is very much admitting she failed. to her. and she will learn and get better at it like. it will never sit quite right with her but she’ll be able to accept it a little quicker. (side note i love that both her and arno learn to cooperate and be a bit more trusting towards others. weirdo4weirdo core)
15. What places hold significant meaning or memories for your OC? Do they have a positive or negative association with those places?
questions like this always make me realize that yeah. he really didn’t travel much up until a certain point. i mean there’s obviously. A Lot in cairo. there are a few spots he sees as belonging to his mom and they’re little desperate attempts to connect with her, especially before he ever got to visit france.
but most importantly, there’s port said. which he avoids like the plague. his dad’s coffeeshop WITH his childhood home attached? hesham took him there Once when rashid & eloise died and it was a disaster. i mean eventually hesham moves back and eventually mido visits but its always gonna be difficult man. anyway moving on bc thinking about this makes ME sad!
sooo aileen isn’t really quick to get attached to places. her home in lexington was generally fine but you couldve put her on any remote farm or homestead and she’d be good. better, even. considering her fuckass childhood. the fear of somewhere becoming scary or negative is what keeps her distant if that makes sense. its more a certain time or person she values but, don’t get me wrong she WILL always point out that street in quartier latin where she and arno met :)
obligatory mention that café théâtre always felt a little weird and empty to her, she’s not a fan of Big Places. like i said it was very much the person that made it a good place to be.
16. How does your OC make money? Do they have a respectible profession or work a series of odd jobs? Are they a criminal? Or do they get creative in the pursuit of coin?
how rude and how funny would it be if i called mido a freeloader. its not Really true its just funny to say. anyway the modern day assassins’ income is a little whatever, imo it’s a combo of investments and crime and benefactors and whatnot. and since mido wasn’t an Existing Person for the longest time, it was kind of a hassle to go for a regular day job. i think maybe. someday. after he works on the social skills. (everyone say thank u hesham for keeping this man alive)
if we’re talking life in paris, its mostly the café’s revenue and her attempts to sell her herbs and veggies coming from her sad little garden on the balcony. listen. she was not a city girl and had to make do. at some point she starts doing repairs for clothing until she and arno finally move out of the city and she can finally have her tiny farm 🩷