#jhasi asks

J’hasi likes hugs. But only when given by people he trusts to some extent. A stranger is likely to get an elbow somewhere unpleasant and thrown to the ground with a Khajiit ready to fight standing over them, mistaking the hug as an attack or an attempt to restrain him.

A new friend is likely surprise, jumping a little, maybe seeming a little alarmed, but if nothing bad happens, then he’ll slowly relax, but be just a little tense in his gut, that lingering ‘what if?’ keeping him from accepting it completely. He might return it slowly, but it varies on the time he’s known the person and the trust he has in them.

A well-known friend to a best friend sort of area, he practically melts into their arms, returning it wholeheartedly and playing with their hair or running his hands over their back or shoulders, usually resting his head on their heart if he can, otherwise putting his chin over their shoulder and fully embracing them. Lots of purring. Him happy. It’s all good things when he trusts someone and they hug him.

Send 💬 and my muse will say what they really think about yours.

“She seems honest. I mean, she has a...undead...dog, but like...rather that than find out that she’s actually a Thalmor spy tryin’ to poison me or slit my throat while I’m sleeping.” The Khajiit frowned, fiddling with a braid he’d started in his mane, small and with great attention paid to it.

“She actually reminds me a little bit of Sees, but like... I don’t know how to describe it. Their personalities are very different, but there’s this sort of...feeling...” He scratched at his neck, leaving the braid to drop and partially untangle, feeling anxiety crawl up the back of his neck and start working on brewing a headache. J’hasi closed his eyes, shaking his head.

“Dust seems like a harmless eccentric that plays it down for sake of business, which is not the worst sort I’ve come across. Honestly, I prefer knowing that she’s like that. Makes things less awkward.” He pressed his knuckles into his brow, trying to press away the tension, and prevent the headache from growing from the tiny spark of discomfort inside of his skull. He sighed after a few moments.

BLOOD. -What types of injuries has your muse sustained? What was the worst?

Many different kinds. Bites, burns, broken bones, fractures, stabs, cuts, blunt force trauma to pretty much any part of the body. He’s been set on fire, whipped until he’s bled, mauled by various kinds of beasts both natural and daedric in origin, gone blade to blade and hand to hand with dozens and dozens of people at this point in time. Honestly if you can think of any not immediately lifethreatening injury, J’hasi’s probably gotten it at some point.

Worst injury is kind of a tough one. If we’re going singular injuries, probably when he got run all the way through by a Thalmor soldier’s blade, in the gut and out the back. Honestly, it’s a fucking miracle he survived (it nearly impaled his fucking kidney so honestly, close shave). And by survived I mean that a healer actually got to him in time before he bled out and actually got some magical healing through his stupid spell absorption to at least close the major vessels.

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YAH. -Something your muse agrees on 100% of the time.

Slavery is bad and yes, he does need another drink, thank you.

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PRIDE. -What is your muses biggest flaw?

The Khajiit hiccupped, reeking of mead and singed fur.

6. Did they feel rejection or affection as a child?

I could’ve sworn I’ve answered this one before, but I can’t find it in my asks, so…maybe I didn’t?? Anyways.

Mostly affection. J’hasi was a little weird in comparison to the other kids in the tribe, but kids are curious and accepting generally at that age, so no worries. Some of the adults were a little ehh with him, but Sees put a stop to that fairly early. The first incident of rejection I can think of is when J’hasi first met Shadows, but that’s…sort of a weird thing altogether. During his enslavement, the others in bondage with him were caring towards him and Shadows, and thus J’hasi didn’t have incidents with rejection again until his second master bit it and he was left to the streets to fend for himself.

So…both?

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21. What are your character’s manners like? What is their type of hero? Whom do they hate?

💟: what are three traits that my muse looks for in a partner?

J’hasi’s never ‘looked for’ a partner in his life. However, there are a few traits (that I’ve noticed) that he tends to gravitate to initially, and certain ones that tend to make him stick around. Romantic partners would likely be the same thing, as for J’hasi, the line between friendship and romance is a mess of ‘wtf is the difference aside from certain activities are done with this one and not that one?’. Not to say that he’s likely to initiate romantic whatever with anyone he becomes friends with, but at at this point and time, he can’t tell the difference between friendship and romance because he hasn’t experienced romantic attraction yet (whether he will, I don’t know).

Now, with that huge fucking disclaimer overwith: traits.

J’hasi likes red. For whatever reason, I’ve noticed that the people he tends to become close with have a decent amount of red on them, whether it be clothes, hair, feathers, scales, etc. Not sure if this is something that actually draws him to a person or not (or if I just like red in my character designs lmao), but it’s happened enough for there to be a potential trait.

There’s the typical stuff like he tends to prefer hanging around Dunmer/Argonians, people who speak Dunmeris/Jel, he’s interested in mages, but holy hell if you are nice to him and no seemingly ulterior motive in sight, he’s gonna be interested and poke around a little more. This is sort of a ‘yeah ok, anyone would be like that’ but with how J’hasi is, it’s a Big Deal. People aren’t just nice to him out of the blue.

He typically gets suspicious, but when the person doesn’t seem to have malicious intent behind it (even if it’s just giving him directions, something that wouldn’t directly benefit them in any way), it makes him a lot friendlier, probably a little too much so for his own comfort (because he’s got a big heart, and is probably a little too curious and friendly for his own good). It’s also how he’s gotten hurt so many times before in the past.

He likes nice hair too. What qualifies as ‘nice’, I haven’t been able to pin down a specific quality yet.

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💝: what would my muse consider a “perfect gift”?

Answered! But I’ll go into some specifics (not that this post isn’t already long enough lmao).

I mentioned that clothes, food, tools, practical stuff that he can use are big ‘yes, good’ gifts for him. Tasty foods, either stuff he knows he likes from Morrowind or Black Marsh (certain types of sweetfish, sujamma, etc), or new stuff that he’s never tried before (and thus are a new experience) are big hits. In Skyrim, any sort of clothing that’s warm is a Big Deal, especially if it’s colors he prefers wearing or likes (reds, browns, etc). Clothes in general are good, so long as they are a little bigger than what he’d actually wear (for some reason he’s never really worn clothes that properly fit in his life, so if it isn’t a little big on him he thinks it’s ‘too small’). Even tools or weapons are good choices, provided he can use them, and are of good quality. Hunting knives are good, since he’s lost a fair few over the years from fights or hunts, as are supplies such as bandages, salves, etc.

However, a gift he’d be hesitant about using is a spear, as his current spear is a gift he got from his late friend Jeer-rah, a gift he promised to always keep with him, and has almost been like a surrogate to Jeer’s lack of presence in the world of the living.

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❥: what is my muse’s ideal date?

Answered! But again, I’ll go into a little more specifics/examples/etc.

Cuddletimes are really good. And swimming. FOOD! Quiet alone time with the person so he can be open with them and invade their personal space and yeah he’s a little bit of an attention seeker with people he’s close with what d’you expect the last time he got a hug from someone before coming to Skyrim was like 30 years ago c’mon man;;;

The Khajiit’s muzzle wrinkled in a silent snarl just as the thought of that little bastard.

“That Thalmor whelp can go jump off a cliff and only the innkeepers would mourn the lost business. If that.” J’hasi shook his head, his lips coming down just enough to cover his bared teeth.

“The Thalmor have no reason to be here, least of all to have that arrogant little snot-sucker attempt to burn the College to the ground. He’s lucky that his brother is the exact opposite, else I’d let him get torn apart by draugr. He’s irresponsible and arrogant and is going to get himself killed someday, and by the Hist, that day can’t come soon enough.” J’hasi’s muzzle started to smooth out, but the tension around his eyes wouldn’t quite go away.

“Aldaril is…” The Khajiit hissed out a low curse. “Aldaril seems to be a good kid, why he’s in the Thalmor is anyone’s guess. Unless his politeness is just for show, in which case…” He shook his head, rubbing at his temples.

22. What are their favourite insults to use? What do they insult people for? Or do they prefer to bitch behind someone’s back?

J’hasi doesn’t really have ‘favorites’, he just spits out whatever pops into his head first, and if it fits well enough for repeat offenders it sticks. Usually he only insults people for being a dick of some sort, or a Thalmor, or somewhere along the lines of someone treading on other people for some perceived inferiority or flaw. He doesn’t really have anyone to talk behind someone’s back to in the first place, but typically he only mutters his negative or sarcastic thoughts to himself if he’s forced to work with them or something similar where he has to appear civil. He’s fairly open about his opinions of other people, honestly.

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29. What do they do when they find out someone else’s fear? Do they tease them? Or get very over protective?

Honestly it depends on if you’re a friend or not. A friend he’ll try to be protective if it’s something to actually be wary of, while more irrational fears he’ll be gentle about it unless it’s so powerful that it’s along the lines of they can’t even think of the fear without panicking.

Strangers he doesn’t really bother with, not purposefully bringing them into contact with said fear, but he typically doesn’t worry too much about working around it because…they’re a stranger. Why would he talk with a stranger anyway aside from directions? He’ll be gone by tomorrow anyway.