#keycchan

16: what are their feelings on the people who raised them? His parents are wonderful people and he loves them dearly. Both hard workers, both affectionate, both super dedicated to their kids and each other. He’d be very satisfied if he ended up in any way a similar kind of person.

17: what do they dream about, when their dreams are their own? Doesn’t remember them super often, honestly, they tend to be pretty abstract and weird. He does get relatively frequent nightmares -- usually something to do with Illy or, more recently, Nol and the rest of the party. Seeing them hurt and not being able to get there. Some kind of physical barrier keeping him from doing anything (which was why that whole door fiasco underneath the temple was. especially fun). He does sometimes dream of home. Of the city under constant starlight.

18: do they see themself as a leader or a follower? Definitely a follower. Vic is a decent strategist in the middle of battle, but he knows he isn’t one for the big picture, and is more than happy to let the smarter people figure that stuff out.

19: what haunts them? what doesn’t? Well the little matter of Ilharess dying has uh. Certainly haunted him. A lot. Probably to an unhealthy degree. Honestly there isn’t much significant apart from that -- he didn’t take any mercenary jobs he felt were too sketchy. The closest thing might be just...he’s mostly fine with his work in the Watch because they were just defending their country. There’s occasional brief doubts, especially after he was in the Empire for a bit, because they weren’t even at war yet, but Nev’s assurances mostly drove those away. They were protecting themselves and their people. War or not, it was justified.

20: which of the five senses do they rely the most on? Probably sight. He’s gotta be able to keep an eye on the battlefield, keep an eye on where his allies are (where Nol is), where his echo is in relation to him. He could probably manage okay without other senses, but losing sight would be a very hard hit.

and then Joseph AND E bc I love them

25: what stories do they like to tell? what stories do they like to hear? Joseph Ranges from literal war stories to like. The ridiculous things he and his brothers got up to when they were younger. I dunno that he has a preference for hearing any, just depends on who’s telling it.

E His telling and hearing are pretty much the same; the boy adores a sappy love story. The whole knight in shining armor tropes and starcrossed lovers fighting for each other and the like. The boy is a massive romantic.

26: who do they miss? Joseph Carol. and to a somewhat lesser (less considered) extent, Nate.

E He does miss his parents sometimes, just with the distance, but he can also get in touch with them without too much trouble. (It’s useful working with a ton of other magic-users.)

27: how do they mourn? Joseph Angrily. He took the oath of vengeance for a reason, even if he knows he can’t avenge Carol directly, he’s going to get retribution somewhere.

E Quietly. E definitely tries to keep up his sunny and cheerful demeanor, and though he won’t bottle it up entirely, he’ll try to save those emotions for private moments.

28: who would they kill? who would they kill for? Joseph tbh he doesn’t get torn up about killing many people. He was a soldier, it’s kinda part of the job. But HOO BOY if he could get his hands on that mage with the Fire Storm (if he could also,,, push past the very blinding fear of that mage). He might not admit as much but at this point he would definitely kill for any one of the party. He’s closest on a personal level to Alex and Jax probably, but they’re all friends. Also more obviously his family, in an instant.

E He is honestly not a “violence as the first answer” sort of paladin, so there’d be hesitation for a lot of cases. But anyone that’s intentionally hurting others, anyone threatening the things he’s sworn to protect. and he gets attached to people Very Quickly so it’s not hard to be someone he’d kill for, if the situation called for it.

29: who would they save? who would they be saved by? Joseph If it was like, the party in Great Danger sort of situation, he’d probably go for Jax first, just because he knows Jax can’t take hits like the others can. And he is kinda currently in the process of being saved by this group of weirdos. Perhaps Alex and Bo the most -- Alex because of that whole bizarre relationship they’ve started to settle into, and Bo with her near constant optimism and the evidence that even seeing a full war up close and personal doesn’t have to drain you of that.

E He’d...like to save whoever he could. That’s part of his job, saving people is a means of preserving joy and light, and he is very determined to do his job well. And lord honestly E is like. Relatively so well put together? Mentally healthy? He’s had his problems and he’s worked with them and worked past them, so his gut answer on that might just be Sune.

30: what do they seek out from others? Joseph Very unconsciously, but. Validation that he’s useful even if he’s not some super great paladin. That he’s worth more than what he can do for Tyr.