Hey! I finally understand the concept of why ppl like Nolan takes issue with living forever, bc they see it from the perspective you will be the only person who outlives everyone you love—rather than the idea of living forever together like in vampire movies since even then they are constantly warring against other covens which can kidnap your family. Then there is the 50 First Dates silliness that ignores the finite nature of time in a day, and simply stretch it out to sell the audience on a happy fake ending where the mc can restart everyday with the same goal, in a #Sisyphus like condemnation—which I still hate the premise of, sorry peeps who are in this unruly tribe you do not know that you cannot live like that. Imagine being forced to build s/t you desperately want & need completed, without which it breaks your mind & sends you into a fit of rage, imagine that to infinity & beyond. As beings who seek meaning & purpose, we will care regardless how many times it destroys us inside. That is a curse! I have a feeling some of you are about to find out, bc your countries are in the crux of it for the first time in many moons.

As a reminder, Chor left their home and came to the Aster Sea in search of adventure. And he's genderfluid.

Rio, Marco, and Marí were friends for like 4 months before meeting Chor.

Chor met them when she visited Coral Town for the first time.

Nauta and Daphne had been friends for 2 years before meeting the rest of the group also visiting Coral Town around the same time as Chor.

Chor had a hard time talking to the group at first but they eventually figured out how to speak in their Seal form.

They all became fast friends due to being the closet in age in the town.

They went on a few adventures together. Visiting different towns and checking out different rumors and legends they heard about.

Chor has always been very confident and kind, but a bit short tempered. She's always been very independent but she does enjoy company. He had a lot of fun hanging out with his friends. Part of them thought it would last forever.

Marí used to be quite shy. She was always very kind and put others before herself. She's always had the most noticeable self sacrificial tendencies out of the group. She was constantly checking Río and Chor for injuries, even if she wasn't sure how to treat them.

Nauta was very cautious and tried to seem as responsible and reliable as possible. To the point of becoming overprotective. She doesn't want to doubt her friends but she did. She talked to Daphne the most about her problems.

Río was shy but tried to pretend to be confident. He would get hurt the most out of everyone on their adventures causing Marí and Nauta to worry about him to the point of douting his abilities. He was determined to become more reliable like Nauta.

Daphne has always been very sweet and cheerful. She was always a bit hyper aware of how everyone was feeling to the point were they felt like they couldn't hide anything from her. She never talked about her past before Nauta and she's hard to read so nobody knows as much about her as she does about the group.

Marco wasn't shy as much as he was nervous. He got along well with people but he worried about their opinions on him a lot. He used to struggle with his self confidence to the point were he doubted his friends liked him. They did reassure him when they found out. Sometimes it still bothers him.

Moving on to the actual past dynamics with Chor and Crew:

Chor and Marco: 1 braincell each. Could not be left alone for 3 minutes or they would start doing dumb shut that would get at least 1 of them hurt.

Chor and Río: Chor used to think that Río was the coolest person in the group. They took his confident act at face value. Río always found them to be a calming presence.

Chor and Nauta: Nauta has always underestimated Chor in a way that was so clearly rooted in care. Chor tried so hard to be patient and prove to Nauta that they could be were capable. When he were doing cool things with anyone else Nauta wasn't there and when she was she would try to stop Chor out of fear of him getting hurt. They both care about each other a lot and outside of danger they used to get along well.

Chor and Daphne: They were two rays of sunshine. Daphne always managed to make Chor feel more at home with few words. Daphne loved seeing the world from Chors perspective.