1. Coke or Pepsi: I don’t like soda, but pepsi? It tastes sweeter. But I can’t handle carbonation. 

2. Disney or Dreamworks: Both...? I feel like Disney gets a lot of the credit for a lot of things Dreamworks does. Disney does seem more classic, but Dreamworks does take more risks.

3. Coffee or Tea: Neither? I don’t really drink either. I’ve had more tea than coffee though. But like, not the kind with bags and cream and stuff. I don’t understand that.

4. Books or Movies: Both? I definitely watch more movies than I read books though. Easier to consume. But books just fuck me up when I’m done.

5. Windows or Mac: Mac

6. DC or Marvel: Marvel mostly, but I do love me some Bat Family. Grayson is the fave.

7. X-box or Playstation: Sorry I don’t game...I’m......fake gamer guy......

8. Dragon Age or Mass Effect: ........I don’t know........

9. Night Owl or Early Riser: Um, does it count if I just don’t sleep? Am I both? Mostly night owl. 

10. Cards or Chess: ...neither...???? idk. I mean I played Yugioh, which is a card game.

11. Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate.

12. Vans or Converse: I have never worn either. But they both look nice.

13. Lavallan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar:

Who...

14. Fluff or Angst: I love me some fluff but I live the angst.

15. Beach or Forest: Forest! I could spend my life in the woods. Can’t spend more than 2 days on the beach...

16. Dogs or Cats: porque no los dos

17. Clear Skies or Rain: Clear skies. I like being able to go out.

18. Cooking or Eating Out: Cooking. Save money. Plus I’m a good cook.

19. Spicy Food or Mild: idk it depends. Some things taste better spicy, some things taste better mild. But I don’t think I’ve ever made anything without adding hella seasonings...

20. Halloween/Samhin or Solistice/Yule/Christmas: idk does it matter when you don’t celebrate anything? I like Halloween though. For the aesthetic.

21. Little too cold or little too hot: Can I just have normal temperature...? Probs too hot. I feel like I will fall asleep and never wake up if it’s too cold. Plus, I have lived just fine in the literal desert without AC. But I have also lived in a place where I could see my breath indoors and...no thanks...I don’t want that for me ever again. I want to be able to feel all my extremities. I have too many bad cold experiences.

22. Superpower: Um, teleportation? That would solve the issue of global food distribution. 

23. Animation or Live Action: Animation for sure.

24. Paragon or Renegade: ???? I try to be a paragon but I guess I’m always a renegade. Unwilling renegade?

25. Bath or Showers: When was the last time I had a bath...

26. Team Cap or Team Ironman: This breaks my heart cuz like. In the movie, Tony was just trying to do Good(TM). - @kayvsworld I usually like Steve but I didn’t like him all that much in that movie.

27. Fantasy or Sci-Fi: Eh? Idk, neither? I consume more fantasy media though. (fantasy costco theme song plays in the background)

28. Fav Quotes:  We often complain about “society” as a whole, but what we often forget is that we comprise society. If we want to change society, we must change ourselves. (fuck I think that was a quote from myself - what an asshole)

29. Youtube or Netflix: I don’t follow any youtubers, so I just use youtube for music. I guess Netflix.

30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson: Never read either. *shrinks away in fear from all the hate I’ll get for this*

31. When I Feel Accomplished: When I’ve helped make someone happy (:

32. Star Wars or Star Trek: idk it’s been a long time since I’ve watched Star Trek. I remember I liekd Data and that was it. I know it had some pretty monumental moments, like first interracial kiss - and also had an Asian lead actor!! But I’m mostly caught up on Star Wars. So they each have their perks I guess.

33. Paperback Books or Hardback: Either? Paperback is easier to read, but I’m anxious not to damage to books.

34. A world without literature or music: idk - both would seem pretty shitty. I don’t listen to music much, but I play violin. But all the world’s history is contained in literature, so probs literature.

35. Who was the last person to make me laugh: idk probs @necromilk 

36. Sour or Sweet Candy: Both? I don’t eat candy much. 

37. Believe in aliens?: Um, I think it’s statistically improbable that extraterrestrial life does not exist. It’s just....not very likely that there are no “aliens”

38. Dawn or Dusk: Well I like sunsets more than sunrises, so dusk? BUT. There is nothing more satisfying than waking up at the ass crack of dawn, just as the sun rises. Idk.

39. Piercings or Tattoos: I have a piercing but not a tattoo, so I guess...piercings? I could see myself getting more piercings but not really tattoos.

40. Girls? Hot?: Yes.

41. Snow or Fog: Snow! It’s better than rain because the slow melting allows better percolation into the ground without runoff. (:

42. Sleep facing the wall or room: idk doesn’t matter. I move around too much (both locations, sleeping arrangements, and in my sleep) for it to matter. When I’m tired, I just crash.

43. TRC of AFTG: what.

44. Horror or Drama: uM.... I’m a big weenie who is bad at horror. But dramas are kind of boring :/

45. Orcarina of Time or Majora’s Mask: Are these video games....

46. Living in nature or city: Definitely nature. Like I said, I could live just fine in the woods.

47. Any addictions: Uh...tumblr...?

48. Languages: English and French are the only fluent ones. Then I got lil bits of: Chinese, German, Hindi.

49. What music do I listen too: Fuck anything. Mostly 60s-80s junk. Musicals stuff? Music from cartoons. Schoolhouse rock. Crap, basically. Oh, I do like electroswing though. (:

50. Fav mythical creature: idk m8. I don’t put much thought into this stuff. Sphinxes are cool I guess. Riddles n shit. (I’ve got hella centaur characters tho)

51. Safe zone: I’m never safe. Anywhere. >_>

52. First fandom: Um, power rangers? Maybe? I learned English watching Power Rangers.

53. Cartoons or Adult Shows: Cartoons probs. I’m a big baby.

54. Current music: Uh, Griffin McElroy’s soundcloud.

55. Favorite starter?: Is this a pokemon question?

56.  What would your witch’s familiar be? That’s an animal, right? Probably something useless, like a chinchilla. 

Tagging....  

@interstellerace  @smol-lucio @bees-smile-at-flowers @elsendor-personal @iamterra @mongooseland @not-even-a-grandma @a-common-nook @blackturtlesofdeath @machinedoggerism @arebone

I believe @syntaxeme was already tagged but you might wanna see my responses haha

Lillian Star: Born into poverty, Star is small and agile, making for a perfect thief. She is married to Nora (depending on where in the story are, but I’m going with most recent here) and lives with Nora on her airship, The Victoria. They eventually have a kiddo named Milo.

Nora Karokaro: Nora has always been more comfortable in the air, and so piloting her late father’s airship came naturally to her (although she did attend a pilot’s school as well). She’s never been in one place for more than a year, and picks up all sorts of passengers along the way. She’s married to Star and really likes to write in her spare time.

Kirrlet: A medium-sized sphinx that lives with his mother out in the wilds of the Aletian mainland. He fishes as a job, selling his catches to the occasional traveling merchant. He eventually travels to the ingeniously named Cliff City.

Aisling: Also a sphinx, but a really small one. She is apprentice to an alchemist, and enjoys that kind of work, but would rather slack off, play harp, and yell at people. Kind of grumpy when you first meet her, but she’s actually agreeable for the most part. Friends with Theros and Kirrlet.

Theros: An Aletian trader that’s really, really into bugs. It’s too bad she can’t make a living off of poking at beetles, but it’s not a big bother to her. She also lives in Cliff City, in the Aletian part of the city.

Raavi: He’s old for an Aletar back then (by back then, I mean 224 Enlightened Era, as opposed to Frio’s birth year, 458 EE). He’s also a tailor and likes to act like he’s richer than he actually is. He goes on an ‘adventure’ with his nephew Rikki and their friend Elna to sell their wares to the northern population of Aletar. They come across Vera in their travels. He’s also a veteran of the “War of Extinction”, and doesn’t talk about it much. The once-common Ocean race of Aletar are now only a distant memory in both minds and remnant genes. (He’s also one of only three straight characters of mine oops. And the other two are really minor).

Rikki: He’s Raavi’s nephew, and loves to read and write, much to his uncle’s dismay. He’s clingy and self-conscious, but he’s sweet and doesn’t mean harm to anything. He tries so hard to earn his uncle’s approval, but he also wants to be true to himself and it’s tearing him apart. 

Elna: She’s the daughter of a northern warlord and heir to his rule, though she’s not a real big fan of that because she just wants to do her own thing. She heads off with Raavi and Rikki so she won’t have to face that responsibility, and because she genuinely became fast friends with Rikki (and to a lesser extent, Raavi). She knows her way around a sword, though she doesn’t like using it unless she absolutely has to. 

Vera: Came from an old desert outpost full of xenophobic desert Aletar. Everything there was accounted for, which caused Vera to yearn for life outside. She was close to becoming head of the scouting expeditions, but the arrival of a kidnapped Rikki gave her a chance to escape once they escorted him to the jail (which was apart from the main crater). She loves the bow, and frequently practices. She’s polished, but cold and rough. However, she has a soft-spot for the Ghosts, who are labelled as barbarians and monsters in Aletian society (Ghosts are relatives to the Aletar). She began a liberation and education movement for the Ghosts, since most didn’t speak a word of Aletian, and due to her work, they now are treated more equally in the industrial age than they were before. There is still much work to be done, however.   

Frio: A small, agender Aletian Magi with the power to control the emotions of others (to an extent), but most notably they control fear. Aletar discovered the means to making magic in the late 310′s, though certain sphinxes have always had that ability. It’s a genetic mutation (don’t ask me how it works though, it just does ahah). Frio was Magi to a cruel but intelligent Aletar, Ivette, who was under the philosophy that one must make sacrifices in order to maintain hierarchy. Frio’s sacrifices weren’t of their choosing, losing and arm and half their tail due to trying to manipulate Ivette’s emotions. Their best friend is Poppy, and the two eventually make it into the wide world of industrialized Aletian/Ghost society. They were taken in by a bandit leader out in the scrubby plains of the central Aletian continent, and made to be his Magi too. Eventually, his Shaman/lover convinced him to step down after ailing health, and Frio and Poppy went out into the world and became small-time bandits and basically Aletian Robin Hoods. 

Poppy: Ivette’s biological daughter and Magi. She grew up with Ivette’s brother, due to Ivette’s uncommon relationship with one of her Magi, who eventually became her bonded partner (and then died). Poppy can light things on fire, much to the delight of her destructive little heart, though she doesn’t usually hurt living things with it. She sticks around Frio as their best friend, and to help curb their self-destructive tendencies. She’s also the one that points the gun and the will-be-robbed, since Frio only has one arm and terrible aim. 

Pyr: Half Aletar, half Ghost, Pyr is a Scribe for the Organization for the Betterment of Society. Her research can range from biology to the small-time farmers in the north, and anything that OBS requests more information on. Her main specialties, however, are botany and ancient architecture. She is girlfriends with Winnie, and they’re super gay. 

Winnie: She’s an Aletian mechanic and has always lived in the Aletian back-country, deep in the old-growth forests of the east, near ancient sphinx ruins, which are the reason that Pyr came to her town. Winnie is very protective by nature, especially towards her girlfriend and her scooter. 

Fennel: Not part of the Aletian universe, Fennel is a snarky, nonbinary shape-shifter. They live out in the woods and makes a living off of collecting “lost” items. They’re also running from the law, which is why they like Wanjin so much; because she’s big and can pound you to a pulp.

Earthquake.

The shaking ground threw Ciel off balance, but he quickly got into the Earthquake position. I was still standing, and I looked down at my brother's small, vulnerable body. We were in the middle of a hallway with nothing in it, but I wasn't about to risk letting him get hurt by the ceiling caving in or anything.

"Brother!"

I quickly pulled him into my arms, and using my entire body to cover his, wrapped my arms around him. Ciel looked up at me, wondering why I was protecting him when I should be protecting myself. I didn't even care that I was vulnerable to anything that would hurt me, all I cared about was whether or not my brother made it out alive.

Holding onto him, I felt the earth shaking beneath us. Just as I was about to look up, I felt a stabbing pain of a piece of the ceiling falling onto my shoulder blade. Flinching in pain, I closed my eyes tight, fighting back tears, and held Ciel closer. He knew what had happened, and I could tell he just wanted this to end now.

After that moment, the ground stopped shaking. Nothing more was falling. It was over.

"I think we're good...." I tell Ciel as I let him go. Just as I'm about to stand, the pain of being hit in the shoulder blade finally hit me. Screaming in pain, I reached back and grabbed the injured shoulder blade.

Ciel looked down at me, his eyes widened and full of fear. "Wh...why did you do that..?" he asked me. I looked up to him, and told him, "Because if I didn't, you'd be in the state I am right now.."

Ciel frowned, and in that moment, Sebastian was there. He looked relieved that we were alive for about 2 seconds, then he knelt down by me to look at my injured shoulder. "What hit you?" he asked me.

I looked around, looking for anything that would've hit me. I then found a piece of ceiling, with a sharp edge. "This thing, I guess.." I could feel my shirt getting wet with blood. Sebastian took my hand away from the wound, examining it closely. "It's nothing too dangerous, but you'll need it bandaged for sure."

Nodding to him, I look up to Ciel. He seemed upset that I got hurt. "Brother... are you alright?" I ask him. After he shook his head 'no', I asked him what was wrong.

With pain in his eyes, he whispered, "It should have been me who got hurt.."

I get a pained look. "Brother... don't say that.." I tell him. "But it's true!" he screams back.

I took him in my arms in a tight hug. Hugging me back, Ciel sniffed. "Brother.. I'm okay.. I did it for you.." "I know.." he whispers to me, sniffing again. "That's what family does. We look out for each other, even if it means putting our lives at risk." Ciel nodded to me, still looking pained.

I looked down to him and looked deep in his visible eye with my visible eye.

"Until I'm killed," I say to him, "I'm going to protect you guys, no matter what the circumstances are."

Ciel looked up at me, smiling a little and looking a little bit better.

Letting him go from the hug, I look up at him and Sebastian, standing and taking the lead.