THE 100+ QUESTIONS
Welcome to over one hundred of the dumbest questions about your character. These are things that, if someone were to ask you in real life, you could answer without giving it any thought whatsoever. Most characters, however, can't answer this because authors never think about it - it's unimportant. Well, these things are going to help you define you character more.
Some tips: Answer these in character, but only in a situation where your character would be 100% honest with themselves and with the person asking the question. Otherwise, answer as an author, and still be 100% honest.
Mandatory Questions
Arlen Soliel
1. What about you is heroic?
"I... I uh... hmm. I listen to people and don't hit them when they're annoying? I try to help them solve their problems. I like to cheer people up... I usually buy people dinner before having sex... and I rescue kittens from trees~"
(Me: No, he does not rescue kittens. He figures that they will just get down on their own one way or another.)
2. What about you is social? What do you like about people?
"Everything about me is social! I love people. I love talking to people, being around people, dancing with people, doing fun things with people, fucking hot guys... you get the idea. I couldn't stand to not be around people. They're great!"
3. Of what benefit could you be to the current group?
"Like, with my boyfriends? I am always on top. They don't need to do anything but sit back, relax and enjoy the ride~"
(Me: He is an understanding guy who can act as a middle man if need be. And he is fairly adaptable. He rolls with punches.)
4. Why would you choose to join the current group?
"God... that's an interesting story. You see, I met them after the big ass family reunion we have, like, every two years or something. I was trying to hit on Joey and Kane came over to why he was freaking out and it sort of went from there. I like cute guys with nice bodies. And Kane's accent ain't bad either."
5. Invent an adventure/plot that your character would actively undertake (as opposed to just tagging along)?
"The world's population has been reduced to almost nothing and must be rebuilt!"
(Me: What can I say? He's an utter nympho just like his great-great-great-great-great grandfather was.)
Personal Questions
1. What is your real, birth name? What name do you use?
"My name is Arlen Edmund Soliel, but Arlen works perfectly."
2. Do you have a nickname? What is it, and where did you get it?
"I have a couple. 'Len is most commonly used by people who know me but my younger brother calls me 'Arlen the Great' for some strange reason. I think he's crazy."
3. What do you look like? (Include height, weight, hair, eyes, skin, apparent age, and distinguishing features)
"I am twenty-two feet long from the top of my head to the tip of my tail and weigh more than I care to weigh but weigh that much much the same. I am thirty years old and have short spiky black hair, dark gold eyes, kinda tan skin and blue and green scales that just didn't feel like staying where they ought to."
(Me: In accordance to his age, he is still young, before his prime. He's in his second year of college. He just matures slower than we do.)
4. How do you dress most of the time?
"Uhhh... I don't have legs so no pants... but I have to wear a hip cloth outside. And no it's not a skirt! And no shirts. I hate shirts."
(Me: He likes to wander around in his house with no clothing, but since what you can see really isn't that "Offensive" he has been known to accidentally known to go outside like that on accident when getting the mail.)
5. How do you "dress up?"
"I wear nice jewelry and a nice... shirt. Yuck. With a tie even! Icky."
6. How do you "dress down?"
"Au Naturale. Oh yeah."
7. What do you wear when you go to sleep?
"I wear something when I sleep?"
8. Do you wear any jewelry?
"Sometimes, usually on special occasions or events. I had my ears pierced but they got infected so I had to let them close. But if it looks nice, I couldn't care if it was one dollar or ten thousand."
(Me: He likes ornamental looking things.)
9. In your opinion, what is your best feature?
"My sexy ass!"
(Me: He doesn't really have what we would call a butt, he is a naga after all. He likes his eyes the best.)
10. What's your real birth date?
"February 20th."
11. Where do you live? Describe it: Is it messy, neat, avant-garde, sparse, etc.?
"I live in a three story house in Dodger Falls. We usually keep it clean, but sometimes I 'forget' to clean up certain things like my room."
12. Do you own a car? Describe it.
"Naw, I don't own a car. The bus gets me everywhere I need to go. We have an awesome transportation system."
13. What is your most prized mundane possession? Why do you value it so much?
"I have to choose? Gah you're so mean! Nope. Can't choose."
(Me: It'd be hard for Mr. Materialistic, but he'd probably choose the move ticket stubs he kept from his first date with Kane and Joseph.)
14. What one word best describes you?
"I can think of a few~"
(Me: Nymphomaniac. He'd sell his soul to the devil for sex I bet.)
Familial Questions
1. What was your family like?
"God I hope you mean my immediate family. I don't want to get into my relatives. There are just too many. I'm going to take it at face value and say that the family I live with is pretty good. Loud, but good."
2. Who was your father, and what was he like?
"Dad's dad. I dunno. His name's Fehris and... well he's just dad!"
(Me: Fehris is stricter with the kids and prefers them to try finding the answers themselves before coming to him.)
3. Who was your mother, and what was she like?
"Mom's home more often than dad is, but she doesn't work. Her name is Yelena. She likes hugs too much."
(Me: She's a Touch-Me kind of person. Arlen takes after her more.)
4. What was your parents marriage like? Were they married? Did they remain married?
"They fought more when I was younger but after they had the twins, they matured a bit more and at least quieted down if they fought. But, they're doing better now. Been married for a while now. Never really asked."
(Me: He doesn't really remember, but they got married when he was six after a year of dating. Fehris is not his biological dad. They never bothered to tell him. They will if he asks.)
5. What were your siblings names? What were they like?
"Senra and Kale. They're my younger twin terrors and my partners in crime. They used to help me sneak out when I was younger. They're about four years younger than I am."
6. What's the worst thing one of your siblings ever did to you? What's the worst thing you've done to one of your siblings?
"Kale got mad at me and told my parents that he had caught me copulating in my room a couple years ago. And they were rather pissed at me. But I knocked Kale and Senra off the roof when they were eighteen and Kale broke his rib when Senra fell on him."
7. When's the last time you saw any member of your family? Where are they now?
"Dude, I still live with them. Being at home is cheaper than having a apartment I have to pay for. I work for minimum wage."
8. Did you ever meet any other family members? Who were they? What did you think of them?
"I saw them a couple years ago, all of them. My family's fucking huge man! Seriously, they need to start dying so I don't have to remember all their freaking names. But I like my really great grandparents. They know things."
Childhood Questions
1. What is your first memory?
"It's a little disgusting."
(Me: His first memory his looking down at his molting tail and sucking on it.)
2. What was your favorite toy?
"My sailboat."
(Me: it was the toilet, really. He used to put the sailboat in it until he broke it and decided that it needed to go down the toilet.)
3. What was your favorite game?
"Hide and Seek. I knew all the best places."
(Me: And had a knack for getting stuck in said places.)
4. Any non-family member adults stick out in your mind? Who were they, and how did you know them? Why do they stick out?
"Uhh... not really. Well, no. My mom's best friend, Donnie, was there a lot. He just stopped showing up after a while. Think he moved across the ocean for a job."
(Me: Donnie's his dad.)
5. Who was your best friend when you were growing up?
"There were my siblings... and Eri and Brian. Brian was cool but Eri was bug nuts. Looking back now, I can;t remember why I liked to hang out with her so much."
6. What is your fondest, childhood memory?
"Christmas with the big family. There was too much food and so many presents."
7. What is your worst childhood memory?
"Senra got really sick when I was about thirteen. Thought she wasn't gonna to make it."
Adolescent Questions
1. How old were you when you went on your first date?
"I was twenty-one. Went on a date with this girl from drama. Couldn't bear the thought of kissing her though. A couple months later I figured out it was because I like guys. Who knew?"
2. It is common for one's view of authority to develop in their adolescent years. What is your view of authority, and what event most affected it?
"I respect authority and authority respects me, but we keep our distance. My parents told me life would be much easier if I just did as I was told and only tried to bend the rules and not break them."
3. What were you like in high school? What "clique" did you best fit in with?
"I was known to have a different boyfriend every couple of months. I wasn't secretive about who I liked. And I was my own clique thank you very much."
4. What were your high school goals?
"Stay above the D range and get laid."
5. Who was your idol when you were growing up? Who did you first fantasize about in your life?
"My idol was this one superhero that could bend things with his mind. I wanted to be able to do that so badly. And I got great life advice from those comics, like if I don't follow the law, I'm gonna get my ass kicked. Be good girls and boys."
6. What is your favorite memory from adolescence?
"The first time I had sex."
7. What is your worst memory from adolescence?
"The first time I got my hands on hard liquor at this party I wasn't supposed to be at. I spent the whole night praying to the porcelain god. Turns out, alcohol and I hate each other with an undying passion."
Occupational Questions
1. Do you have a job? What is it? Do you like it? If no job, where does your money come from?
"I work part time at an adult toy store. And yeah it's nice, but the other job I had paid more."
2. What is your boss or employer like? (Or publisher, or agent, or whatever.)
"My employer is a hellion. Let's leave it at that."
3. What are your co-workers like? Do you get along with them? Any in particular? Which ones don't you get along with?
"No, I really don't like the people I work with, which is hard to do because, as I said before, I love people. They're just disagreeable and boring and really, really stupid at times. And Shelby and Ryan need to stop making out in the back so they can actually do their work. I usually get stuck with their workloads."
4. What is something you had to learn that you hated?
"Their filing system needs serious reworking. God I hate doing inventory."
5. Do you tend to save or spend your money? Why?
"If I have it with no goal that I need to save it for, I spend it. But, I try to pay for my own books at least."
Likes & Dislikes Questions
1. What hobbies do you have?
"I can use water based magic and it sort of manifested as... I dunno... the word's... ah right! I can see the future, usually only when I concentrate, but sometimes when I sleep. So, fortune telling is fun. Fortune telling, swimming sometimes, tending my fish, finding awesome videos online. Is sex also a hobby?
(Me: I must tell you, Arlen sees sex as a way to get to know someone better. To him, it's pretty harmless as long as both parties are willing.)
2. Who is your closest mundane friend? Describe them and how you relate to them.
"Define mundane?"
(Me: He has three people he holds especially close: Jess who is a person from his class in college, Kane and Joseph, who he is intimately familiar with.)
3. Who is your worst mundane enemy? Describe them and why you don't get along.
"Again, define mundane?"
(Me: If he had to choose, it'd be Ralph from his workplace. Ralph and he just have rather clashing personalities.)
4. What bands do you like? Do you even pay attention?
"Usually whatever's on the radio. Not really into the oldies, but my parents are. God, they never stop."
5. What tape or CD hasn't left your player since you purchased it? Why?
"CD? Tape!? God, what era are you from lady?"
(Me: Too far back for him. But, he likes Sik Sticks's newest album 'Radiowaves'.)
6. What song is "your song?" Why?
"I really don't know."
(Me: Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield.)
7. What's been your favorite movie of all time?
"Too many to count!"
(Me: Don't ask. It changes from day to day.)
8. Read any good books? What were they?
"I actually found one book I keep on reading over and over again. It's called Warbreaker. Can't remember the author, but I found it in the 'Really Old Book' section at the library when I was looking up things for a report."
9. What do you watch on the Television?
"Whatever."
(Me: He likes the movie channels.)
10. When it comes to mundane politics, do you care? If so, which way do you tend to vote? If not, why don't you care?
"Do I have to? I hate politics. Too complicated."
(Me: He starts caring when the time comes near and votes for whoever sounds like they'll be better and offers better stuff that will improve his life.)
11. What type of places do you hang out in with your mundane friends?
"I like the movie theater, the mall is also good, possibly the park if they really feel like it. Mostly at someone's house."
12. What type of places do you hang out in with your normal friends?
"See above. I see no point in trying to figure out why you're trying to refer to some people as mundane and others as normal."
13. What annoys you more than anything else?
"Being ignored."
14. What would be the perfect gift for you?
"A movie that I have not seen before, or a night of fun~"
15. What's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?
"Not sure. I've seen some good stuff."
(Me: His little brother and sister wrapped in their blankets and looking up at him with their big blue eyes.)
16. What time of day is your favorite?
"Generally I like early to mid afternoon. It's relaxing."
17. What kind of weather is your favorite?
"Sunny, but with a strong, cool breeze."
18. What is your favorite food? What is your least favorite food?
"I like caramel... and anything else is pretty good, except really, really greasy food. That's just wrong."
19. What is your favorite drink? (Coffee, Coke, Juice, Beer, Wine, etc.)
"Anything not alcohol related."
20. What's your favorite animal? Why?
"I like snakes cause... well... I can relate kinda and bears for no reason apparent to me."
21. Do you have any pets? Do you want any pets? What kind?
"I have fish, but I'd rather have my Python back. He choked on the neighbor's chicken though."
22. What do you find most relaxing? (Not as in stress relief, but as something that actually calms you down.)
"Talking."
(Me: And/or cuddling.)
23. What habit that others have annoys you most?
"When they lead me on and then I get nothing but a hard on with no way to get rid of it! Fucking hell..."
24. What kind of things embarrass you? Why?
"When my parents talk about my childhood and show baby pictures and when someone I'm with is really gross in public. It's just wrong!"
25. What don't you like about yourself?
"Uhh... My stomach."
26. How would you like to look?
"..."
(Me: 200 pounds lighter and more sculpted.)
Sex & Intimacy Questions
1. Would you consider yourself straight, gay, bi, or something else? Why?
"I'm gay cause I am."
2. Who was the first person you had sex with? When did it happen? What was it like? How well did it go?
"I like having sex, not broadcasting that I have sex!"
(Me: A counselor at the summer camp he was also a counselor at.)
3. Have you ever had a same-sex experience? Who with, what was it like, and how did it go?
"Only had same."
(Me: And he doesn't want to count."
4. What is your deepest, most well-hidden sexual fantasy? Would you ever try it?
"Uhhh... no. That's not public info."
(Me: He wants to have sex next to a river bank with a large waterfall spraying mist over them as it crashes down on the rocks. Oh and it has to be sunset and they have to be completely naked.)
5. What was the wildest thing you've ever done, sexually? Who was it with and when did it happen?
"It's never been that wild."
(Me: True statement.)
6. Is there any sexual activity that you enjoy and/or practice regularly that can be considered non-standard? (Bondage, Fantasy Play, etc.) Why do you like it?
"Not really."
7. Is there any sexual activity that you will not, under any circumstances, do?
"S&M. That's a no-no."
8. Do you currently have a lover? What is their name, and what is your relationship like? What are they like? Why are you attracted to them?
"I have two. You already know their names. And, what I like about them is that they put up with me and I put up with them and Kane likes doing it and Joseph is easy to get to go along with it. And they're beautiful! That's a plus."
9. What is the perfect romantic date?
"A nice dinner with a nice guy, maybe outside would be best, and then just going somewhere afterwards that is fun and/or pretty."
10. Describe the perfect romantic partner for you.
"Their names are Kane and Joseph. I'm not going to explain."
(Me: Someone who will tell him to shut up when he needs to and will put him in line when he's being a whiner, but who will not shun the idea of being a softie around him and who will be honest.)
11. Do you ever want to get married and have children? When do you see this happening?
"Maybe and maybe. It all depends."
12. What is more important - sex or intimacy? Why?
"Intimacy, duh! I like the idea of being able to share moments other than the bedroom with someone I like."
13. What was your most recent relationship like? Who was it with? (Does not need to be sexual, merely romantic.)
"Gah! So repetitive! It's balanced and open. There! Happy?"
14. What's the worst thing you've done to someone you loved?
"Cheating I guess. But only because they were boring and didn't want to do anything besides hold hands and listen to music."
Drug & Alcohol Questions
1. How old were you when you first got drunk? What was the experience like?
"I was 20. And it sucked balls."
Did anything good come out of it? Did anything bad come out of it?
"Figured out that booze and I don't like each other."
2. Do you drink on any kind of regular basis?
"Hell no."
3. What kind of alcohol do you prefer?
"None."
4. Have you ever tried any other kind of "mood altering" substance? Which one(s)? What did you think of each?
"Nope."
(Me: Yah, he tried LSD once a couple years ago at a party and nearly got hit by a car.)
5. What do you think of drugs and alcohol? Are there any people should not do? Why or why not?
"Ummm, better in very small amounts. But, go ahead and try one or two if you want. Probably won't kill you if you only lick it or take just a puff or two."
Morality Questions
1. What one act in your past are you most ashamed of? What one act in your past are you most proud of?
"I... I don't know. I try to just remember that I have to move on and grow from each mistake. I don't like to remember the bad things I do. But, I like the remember the good! My one best act? Pulling a kid out of the way of a truck. Kid would have been seriously hurt."
2. Have you ever been in an argument before? Over what, with who, and who won?
"Not really the argumentative type, and I'd probably surrender."
3. Have you ever been in a physical fight before? Over what, with who, and who won?
"Kale, Senra and I wrestle occasionally. That's about it. Dodged a punch once."
4. What do you feel most strongly about?
"Gay rights, preserving ancient ruins, and stopping domestic abuse."
5. What do you pretend to feel strongly about, just to impress people?
"Not much really."
6. What trait do you find most admirable, and how often do you find it?
"I find honesty the best trait, and I encounter it more often than I encounter loyalty."
7. Is there anything you think should not be incorporated into the media or art (sex, violence, greed, etc.,)? If so, what and why, and if not, why not?
"Uhhh, not so much gross/disgusting violence like in slasher movies. It's icky."
8. Do you have any feelings in general that you are disturbed by? What are they? Why do they disturb you?
"Not really. Well, maybe that one time I came really close to throttling this one girl who was lecturing me on my lifestyle. The motive and the urge was there."
9. What is your religious view of things? What religion, if any, do you call your own?
"If it's up there, I'll acknowledge it. Other than that, nada."
10. Do you think the future is hopeful? Why?
"Yah. I think it is. Sure, we still war, but when have we not? We agree a lot better now than we did a long time ago."
11. Is an ounce of prevention really worth a pound of cure? Which is more valuable? Why do you feel this way?
"Prevention, because a pound of cure might not be enough."
12. What's the worst thing that can be done to another person? Why?
"Rape. That's taking something considered sacred to most people and defiling it in the worst of ways and then letting them live with that knowledge. It's worse than murder."
13. What's the worst thing you could actually do to someone you hated?
"Depends on who they;re threatening and how much I consider them a threat. Could be anything from just ruining their reputations to messing them up."
14. Are you a better leader or follower? Why do you think that? If you think the whole leader-follower archetype is a crock of shit, say so, and explain why?
"I think follower. I don't like that much responsibility."
15. What is your responsibility to the world, if any? Why do you think that?
"??? What the hell? Whaddya mean?"
(Me: I don't even get this question.)
16. Do you think redemption is possible? If so, can anyone be redeemed, or are there only certain circumstances that can be? If not, why do you think nothing can redeem itself?
"Redemption is possible, but it might lead to a person's demise."
17. Is it okay for you to cry? When was the last time you cried?
"In private."
(Me: Last time he cried was when he was burying his Python.)
18. What do you think is wrong with MOST people, overall?
"Everyone has to think they're right. You can't be right all the time."
Post-Supernatural Awareness Questions
1. When did you go through whatever made you supernatural? What was it like (in your opinion)?
"I was born supernatural."
2. What do you think now of being supernatural? Is it cool, or have you been screwed?
"I like it. It's pretty cool."
3. Do you have a mentor? Who are they? How did you become their student?
"Is a teacher at a college a mentor?"
4. Do you have any magical items? Where did you get them?
"Ahhh.... no. Nope."
5. What do you think of the other denizens of the World of Darkness? Why for each? (If you haven't met something, do you think it exists, and if it does, is that bad or good?)
"You mean hell? Sure, it exists. Why not?"
6. Think of a major event that happened during your training/initiation. What was it?
"Training? I go to school. I'm not some warrior. What are you smoking?"
7. What is something you had to learn during your training that you hated? Why did you hate it?
"See above."
Miscellaneous Questions
1. What is the thing that has frightened you most? Do you think there is anything out there that's scarier than that? What do you think that would be?
"Uhhh.... I was talking with some guys at this cafe when I met this guy and we went out on a walk and then he pulled me into an alley and almost forced me to do what I did not want to do right then. Lucky for me, he was kinda drunk. And yes, there are scarier things than that out there. He could have succeeded."
2. Has anyone or anything you've ever cared about died? How did you feel about it? What happened?
"My pets, and a few relatives I don't really know, but I still was sad when they went."
3. What was the worst injury you've ever received? How did it happen?
"I'd have to say it was the broken arm from when I swung back too hard on the rainbow bars as a kid and snapped my elbow forward."
4. How ticklish are you? Where are you ticklish?
"I'm not telling. Kane might find out."
(Me: Yes, he's very ticklish on his ribs."
5. What is your current long term goal?
"Finish college and move out."
6. What is your current short term goal?
"Have fun."
7. Do you have any bad habits? If so, what are they, and do you plan to get rid of them?
"I talk too much and I'm lazy. And have no plans on adjusting either."
8. If you were a mundane person, what would you do with your life? What occupation would you want, and how would you spend all your time?
"God this again. If I was this sort of 'mundane/boring' person, I'd work at a grocery store. Happy?"
9. What time period do you wish you had lived in? Why? (Looking at this as an attempt to change history doesn't count.) What appeals to you about this era?
"I like the time I live in, but living a thousand years ago, back when Inlya and Earth were separate planets would have been cool. Would have loved to see Inlya in its raw form."
10. How private of a person are you? Why?
"I'm private about certain matters, but otherwise I think I'm pretty open."
11. If you were to gain an obscenely large sum of money (via an inheritance, a lawsuit, a lottery, or anything else) what would you do with it?
"Stare at it for a moment, contemplate a couple things, then go on a spending spree."
12. What would you wish for if you found a genie?
"No crime, shapeshifting, and unlimited funds."
13. What do you do when you are bored?
"Anything I can to get me unbored."
14. What is the most frightening potential handicap or disfigurement you can conceive of? What makes it so frightening?
"Not being able to see or not being able to hear. I rely on those so much."
- Mood:
Speechless - Listening to: The sound of my own voice
- Reading: Over Your Shoulder
- Watching: The silly emoticon
- Playing: With your hair
- Eating: Your brains~
- Drinking: Your Blooood!