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[baddecisiondzur]

So, I'm bored on Sunday, Honor's been here about a week IC (either her week or everyone else's), and Akin just got his heart poked at. Time for a question meme.

(Feel free to ask multiple questions, since I can't always think of good things to ask back.)

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Relationships with Bones, Arianna and Selendis?

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Akin on Bones: He likes the grumpy old doctor, even if Bones tends to be cautious. Especially since Bones tends to be cautious, because, well, Akin accepts Sabra is dangerous. Also you ping him as trustworthy and knowledgeable. The age thing is a bit weird, since Akin literally has never seen an old human -- the only ones on Earth when he's growing up have had their aging slowed and were somewhat young when this happened. So, realistically, Akin's parents are probably Bones's age, but they still look like people in their 20s-40s. So it's kind of interesting and frustrating since there's really not much he can do about it, but he'd really like to fix it, even if it's natural.

Honor on Selendis: Man, after that first game, Selendis made quite an impression on Honor. Partially because she didn't feel like she needed to explain how she ended up a prisoner, and that Selendis understood things. Honor is starting to realize what makes sense for her teammates/Easterners in general and what doesn't. For example, team loyalty makes sense to everyone, lack of sneakiness makes sense to some, but she's still getting used to the idea that her teammates value their lives more than Honor does hers*. The other game she's played in was with Royal, who struck her as different -- much more subtle. Granted, there's a difference between 'nightmare about aliens invading and being helpless to stop it' and 'picking fights as Catholic schoolgirls', but her general impression of Royal matches her attitude that Easterners don't get why she is so violent.

Honor on Arianna: Doesn't like your essays. Does like your magic. Wants to know more about the magic, but isn't sure if she wants to write more essays. It's not that she's bad at them (as much as any new Blank is), it's just that she's not terribly interested in it. Of course, once she gets memories of magic, she'd probably happily talk shop with Arianna.

She's also not clear on the distinction between a Solar Exalt and a normal Easterner, but she can accept it.

Reverse?

* To be fair, Honor values her teammates' lives more than her own. Not out of any selflessness or lack of ego**, but just because it hits her in the loyalty pings. She expects the same kind of dedication from others, and would be hurt if say, a Corvus/Lynx did abandon her.

** She's not lacking in ego. It's taking a bruising right now, since she's got all the desire to fight things, but little of the skill, and going up against ninja and Final Fantasy characters who have been here months and have a dozen or two dozen memories is a bit rough.