#okase

posting Therila and Zephrine being summer lizbians for @okase because it was her birthday like 2 weeks ago and i forgot to post it then.

Woo! Okay, here we go.

1)  Eris had to work really hard to get her first job when she went out on Pilgrimage.  The job was some dirty mechanical work on an asteroid mining outpost (dust, grime, sweat, and oil everywhere), and although the people actually working at the outpost had no problem with her - it was all bureaucratic nonsense that was holding her back.  By company policy, the position she was applying for required certain degrees and certifications, and the company only accepted degrees and certifications from accredited places.  The Migrant Fleet was not one of those places.  The people who actually worked at and ran the outpost had no issue with her.  In fact, they highly approved (partially because of the Quarian = good mechanic stereotype and partially because Eris remained incredibly enthusiastic the whole time, which was unusual for people looking to work on some godforsaken rock in the middle of bumfuck nowhere).  In the end, she and the manager of the site managed to convince headquarters to let her on as a stipend intern - she did the same work, but was paid very little.  Company paid for her meals and living expenses, and provided her quarters at the outpost, but other than that, she was paid very little.  But, she got the job.

2)  She tends to get sucked into her work extremely easily.  Not just her career work, but even when working on her hobbies, she gets stuck in Flow very easily, to the extent where she’ll frequently work a dozen hours without breaking for lunch or rest without noticing it.  On some occasions, friends or workmates have had to intervene and get her to eat and get some well-deserved rest.  

3)  She doesn’t have any real family issues.  Both her Mother and her Father survived the Reaper War.  Her father was a fleet mechanic and her mother managed a good chunk of the vast hydroponic farms on the Shellen.  Their work made both of them scarce, but it didn’t really bother Eris that much.  Both of her parents are now “retired” on Rannoch, running some of the surface hydroponic farms to feed the newly-settled  Quarian people.

4)  Like a lot of kids, her father would read her bedtime stories when she was a child.  As she grew older, her father began to include tales of his work in the stories, which always fascinated Eris.  Through that, she got knowledgeable at makeshift fixes and repairs, and later enhanced this with practical experience when going through practical education on the fleet once she got out of her bubble.

5)  She suffers a bit from Touch Starvation.  Like, she wants to hold and be held by the people she cares about (both platonically and romantically).  As a result, she’s built a reputation for being a hugger.

6)  She has a deep desire to fix things she sees wrong.  This isn’t just for mechanics, but for people.  If someone is injured, she gets stressed out that she doesn’t have the medical skill to help them very much.  She sees someone who is sad and immediately wants to make them happy.  This is in part because she’s a bit empathetic in that the mood of those around her can affect her own mood.  Sad people make her sad, happy people make her happy.  This becomes an issue in that, unlike with machines, she can’t just “fix” someone who’s sad, hurt, or depressed.  It’s easy to fix a leaky fuel pipe.  It’s extremely hard to fix a broken heart. 

7)  In the majority of cases, she’s a very strict in following the law.  She will rarely do anything illegal.  The main exceptions are for really stupid things (any law or rule that says she can’t do something with her stuff is ignored.  She’s a warranty voider and a big proponent of right-to-repair stuff and will bypass anything that gets in her way), for things that affect her friends, and her own curiosity.  For example, she will trespass on private or government property if it means satisfying her curiosity about something or other, or if it means helping a friend.  This got her in trouble once when she was exploring a government-restricted section of the Presidium (which she shouldn’t’ve been on in the first place) and happened to walk in on a Turian diplomat talking down to a Geth diplomat.  She stood up for the Geth, and the Geth had to cover for her being someplace she shouldn’t.  Subsequently, this is how she and Vayu met.  

8)  She’s not a very good shot.  She’s average, but nothing truly extraordinary.  She uses a Kassa Locust (not the Locust, just another one) primarily.  But she is above average at dual-wielding SMGs, with a Tempest as the second gun.  Well, about as ‘above average’ as you can get when doing something that silly.  Not very accurate, and not super effective, but she handles them better than most would.  The big upside is that it’s extremely intimidating to lesser-experienced enemies.  Two SMGs can put out a lot of fire - even if none of them connect, it can be enough to give many pause or drive them to cover, letting Eris escape.  This helps a lot on Omega, the amateur mercenary capital of the Galaxy.

9)  When it comes to “hand-to-hand” combat, she tends to use her legs a lot more than her hands.  She’s flexible, bouncy, and very quick on her legs, and she’ll use that to great effect if she needs to run or fight.

9. Do animals like them? Do they get on well with animals?

Despite his vocation as a hunter, Nok gets along famously with most animals.  He’s not quite Disney-Princess-level like Mirrodin, but after a few minutes in his presence, most creatures warm up to him.  Primarily because he usually has a treat for them somewhere on his person.  Krogan!Nok actually adopts a varren puppy after the Reaper War, and he spoils that pupper rotten.

10. Do they like children? Do children like them? Do they have or want any children? What would they be like as a parent? Or as a godparent/babysitter/ect?

Nok enjoys being around kids, even though they do restrict his common vocabulary by a fair margin.  Since he treats them like adults, they generally tend to like him in return, especially since he’s the “fun uncle” type who lets them do dangerous things with supervision.  In Mass Effect, since he was on Tuchanka during the Reaper War, Nok was actually cured of the Genophage and sired kids of his own after a very long wait in line.  He loves his kids and he raises them kindly, teaching them responsibility and how to be good friends to people.  Half-orc!Nok wouldn’t mind little ones of his own, but he doubts the opportunity will ever arise.  Missing out on raising his own won’t bother him too much, since he’ll have Nera and Fenir’s kittens to corrupt with his cheerful outings.

25. What do they find funny? Do they have a good sense of humour? Are they funny themselves?