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Into the Eyes of a Stranger.

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16 DAYS MINUTES OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

1.) Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?

1a) Mary’s relationship with her parents was strained. Her father left home when she was six and her mother didn’t pay much attention to her after that.

2.) What are your characters most prominent physical features?

2a) Natural red hair and pale skin, some light freckles can be seen among her shoulders, chest, arms, and face. She has vivid green eyes and usually prefers to adorn dark or sometimes red lipstick. 5’6” and somewhat curvy in stature.

3.) Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?

3a) Mary has a small burn scar on the bottom of her left palm from when she accidentally placed it on the stovetop burner. She also has a tattoo of a two-headed snake on the inside of her left ankle.

4.) How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive? 

4a) Daiquiri, the Alias that Mary made up for herself and her occupation when she was seventeen, knows herself to be very attractive. And whether or not the other person chooses to see so, she is convinced that she is desired. Mary, living in the shadow of Daiquiri sees clearly enough to believe she is also attractive, but vanity is an oversight by her.

5.) What’s your character’s ranking on the Kinsey Scale?

5a) Mary is heterosexual but does enjoy playing games.

6.) Describe your character’s happiest memory. 

6a) Mary’s happiest memory was when she was seventeen and finally had saved up enough cash to move out of her mother’s house and get an apartment on her own. She began working downtown and made a killing wherever opportunity saw fit. She thrived and flourished on her own without the negative suppressant of her mother weighing her down.

7.) Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why? 

7a) Unfortunately for Mary, her life as Daiquiri and her flourishing life came to a halt soon after it began. It was her meeting with Father Morris that led to her downfall and a time in which she could erase forever.

8.) Day of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower? 

8a) Ice cream flavor: Chocolate-Cherry. Color: Red. Song: Like a Star. Flower: Chrysanthemum.

9.)  Who does your character trust?

9a) Mary has sought trust in a young man named Eevion. His reactions to the chemical treatments aren’t like any other patients’. He is able to remember her more frequently and she is able to seek comfort and trust in him, knowing that he may not remember in the future.

10.) Can you define a turning point in your character’s life? Multiples are acceptable.

10a) After meeting Father Morris, Daiquiri took up the name Mary (by chance) and joined the him in designing a more promising future. He took her in and introduced her to the organization. His financing allowed her to live and not have to become Daiquiri every night.

11.) Is there an animal you equate with your character? 

11a) The Fox.

12.) How is your character with technology? Super savvy, or way behind the times? Letters or email?

12a) Mary knows enough about technology to keep up with everything that’s going on. 

13.) What does your character’s bed look like when he/she wakes up? Are the covers off on one side of the bed, are they all curled around a pillow, sprawled everywhere? In what position might they sleep?

13a) Mary can usually be found on the floor near her bed with a single blanket. She finds the odd comforting solace in the cool floor and usually stays up late enough to fall asleep where she sat.

14.)  How does your character react to temperature changes such as extreme heat and cold?

14a) Mary loves the fresh spring flowers and the cool air that brings promises of rain. However, she does enjoy the chilly snow air.

15.) Is your character an early morning bird or a night owl?

15a) Mary loves both late nights and early mornings, sometimes even at the same time. As much of the world she can see while she’s awake is all she yearns for.

16.) Are there any blood relatives that your character is particularly close with, besides the immediate ones? Cousins, Uncles, Grandfathers, Aunts, et cetera. Are there any others that your character practically considers a blood relative?

16a) Her mother, being so distant and only acknowledging her when she needed to control her, kept her distance after Mary left home at seventeen. Mary does have an older brother about ten years older than her, who left home when she was only eight. Not seeing him since, she decided to look him up but hasn’t found anything about him yet.

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16 DAYS MINUTES OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! 

::Ai Setsuna Edition::

1.) Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?

1a) Ai’s Mother was not a big part in her life. Her father had an illegitimate child with a human and Ai is that offspring. Although Ai is favorable in her father’s life, she is an outcast amongst the royal family and other Angel’s.

2.) What are your characters most prominent physical features?

2a) Ai is 5’6” with dark blonde hair and green eyes. Her stature is thin for her height, however she holds curves. She also has one wing (the other was removed in a previous struggle) that becomes visible to the human eye when provoked. It’s feathers are white at the base and begin to turn red towards the tip of the wing.

3.) Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?

3a) Ai has a large scar on her left shoulder blade where her wing was removed. She also has a defined heart-shaped scar right above her right butt-cheek with the initials “TS.” A mark one of her Demon lover gave her as a token of gratitude.

4.) How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive? 

4a) Ai knows how to get what she wants by flaunting her looks. She is stubborn but very feisty and thinks of herself in a very confident way.

5.) What’s your character’s ranking on the Kinsey Scale?

5a) Ai is Bi-Sexual but usually finds the comfort of men more agreeable.

6.) Describe your character’s happiest memory. 

6a) Ai’s memories are all treasured in their happiest moments and unfortunate ones. She has found happiness and comfort in many people throughout her life, however most of these fond memories end in heartbreak and destruction. She cherishes each memory individually with the person itself. Her fondest brings the most pain.

7.) Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why? 

7a) Ai’s life has been a series of trials that she had to overcome, but each one shaped her as a person. Because of something that had happened in her recent past, Ai decided to take action and discard her old self away in order to save the person she loved the most. Now she is on a journey to exploit those in power and discover the truth.

8.) Day of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower? 

8a) Ice cream flavor: Chocolate. Color: Turquoise. Song: Heart Shaped Box. Flower: White Rose.

9.)  Who does your character trust?

9a) Ai’s most trusted allies are the three men in her life: Vicromos Blanchard, Charlie Rayne, and Angilo Soliel.

10.) Can you define a turning point in your character’s life? Multiples are acceptable.

10a) After learning something from Ai’s heritage and past, she went into seclusion and cast away her old self. Joining up with the Organization, she took on a new identity and became a stranger to the world, known only to the organization, and the world, as the Brown-haired, Amber-eyed “London”. 

11.) Is there an animal you equate with your character? 

11a) Ai: The Butterfly / London: The Wolf

12.) How is your character with technology? Super savvy, or way behind the times? Letters or email?

12a) Ai is very tech savvy, having come a long way to learning the mysteries of the human world. 

13.) What does your character’s bed look like when he/she wakes up? Are the covers off on one side of the bed, are they all curled around a pillow, sprawled everywhere? In what position might they sleep?

13a) Ai loves her blankets, the bigger and softer, the better. She can usually be found nestled under the covers in the morning…pillows not nessecary.

14.)  How does your character react to temperature changes such as extreme heat and cold?

14a) Ai loves the fall weather; it is her favorite time of the year. The rain is her favorite because it is an accent of the human world that she never got to experience as a child.

15.) Is your character an early morning bird or a night owl?

15a) Ai is a night owl, she loves to roam the downtown streets and cast her shadow in the neon lights.

16.) Are there any blood relatives that your character is particularly close with, besides the immediate ones? Cousins, Uncles, Grandfathers, Aunts, et cetera. Are there any others that your character practically considers a blood relative?

16a) Besides her father, Ai has never been close with any of the royal family. She has, however, been told of her half-brother; a full-blooded angel of the same age whom she has never met.

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16 DAYS MINUTES OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! 

::Eevion Jenesis Edition::

1.) Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?

1a) Eevion does not remember his past before joining the organization. His parents both died when he was seventeen and he moved in with his older sister until finishing high school, after which he moved to New York to become a writer.

2.) What are your characters most prominent physical features?

2a) Eevion is 6’2” with pale green eyes and sandy brown hair that both glint silver in the light (chemical reaction from the injections). 

3.) Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?

3a) A small scar under his left eye, Eevion cannot recall when he got it but it was from before joining the organization. The scar is the result of a fight he had with his father. Eevion also has a branded marking on his left rib cage with the numbers “98”. This is the number assigned with the name given to him once joining the organization.

4.) How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive? 

4a) Eevion’s vanity is moderate. He has an emaculate amount of confidence, but because he cannot recall any personal traits or feelings before the injections, he assumes this is how he naturally was.

5.) What’s your character’s ranking on the Kinsey Scale?

5a) Eevion is exclusively heterosexual.

6.) Describe your character’s happiest memory. 

6a) There is a faded memory Eevion recalls of his sister that he regards as the last moment before the real him died. Although he cannot identify the woman in this memory, he cherishes it as a piece of the real him that the organization failed to erase from him.

7.) Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why? 

7a) Eevion regrets his decision in joining the organization and tries hard to rebel against it, however, there is something holding him back reminding him that there is no going back.

8.) Day of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower? 

8a) Ice cream flavor: Pistacio. Color: Green. Song: Stargazer. Flower: White Orchid.

9.)  Who does your character trust?

9a) Eevion has a hard time finding trust in most people due to his profession. He has met a few small aquaintances who have helped shape him, but none he could trust completely.

10.) Can you define a turning point in your character’s life? Multiples are acceptable.

10a) Eevion regards the organization as the turning point in his life. Since he is unable to remember little about the life he lived before the injections. After killing a woman who seemed to have recognized him even with his altered appearance, he decided then to cut ties with the organization and begin searching for pieces to his past. 

11.) Is there an animal you equate with your character? 

11a) An Owl.

12.) How is your character with technology? Super savvy, or way behind the times? Letters or email?

12a) Eevion is pretty tech savvy. He still prefers to write in a journal, mostly to keep account of each memory he still possesses and also to keep hidden from the organization. 

13.) What does your character’s bed look like when he/she wakes up? Are the covers off on one side of the bed, are they all curled around a pillow, sprawled everywhere? In what position might they sleep?

13a) Eevion usually kicks all the covers off while sleeping and clings to one pillow. Nightmares frequent his sleep, another side effect of the drug.

14.)  How does your character react to temperature changes such as extreme heat and cold?

14a) Eevion hates the heat and prefers the cold, even snow more than most.

15.) Is your character an early morning bird or a night owl?

15a) Eevion prefers very early mornings, mostly due to the fact that he loves to watch the sunrise.

16.) Are there any blood relatives that your character is particularly close with, besides the immediate ones? Cousins, Uncles, Grandfathers, Aunts, et cetera. Are there any others that your character practically considers a blood relative?

16a) Eevion cannot recall any relatives other than the memory of his sister.

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I didn’t see it coming. She was right there, looking me in the eyes and all I could do was swallow hard and watch her tremble. They said it wouldn’t take long for me to recognize the numbers. …wait, numbers? They’re goddamn people! What the hell is wrong with me. Even she had a name.. what was it? …god, now it seems almost pointless in trying to remember. A name…

What was my name? Shit. Has it been so long? Have I lost any sense of humanity I had left? It must have been something. I must have been someone… right?

Mary…

Even the sound of it in my mouth makes me sick. That wasn’t her, it couldn’t be… Mary. But that look she gave me.. and her eyes when they flashed at the sound of my gun. She said my name… or rather the name given to me..

Was it? Could it have been? But… it’s impossible. How could I…?

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“…I feel the flow, the blessed stain, Splitting hands like fire and flame. Burn my thighs, spread in sacrificial rite. The hallowed alter burns my flesh once more tonight…”

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“…I remember now.
I remember how it started.
I can’t remember yesterday…I just remember doing
what they told me…”

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Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilightseries.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

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