Interviews: Katie's characters

[Hobbit-eyes]

I don't see my current fascinating interview with Thea's character Archos ending any time soon, and I have lots of characters with convoluted psyches just waiting for your bizarre questions... ask away.

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David, or Alex, whichever can answer, is it possible to live forever?

Emily, or Jack, ditto, can you have a room with no shadows (darkness)?

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David: Well, I have no idea. That would take a lot of power, and I don't know whether I have enough...

Alex: I could get enough.

David: How would you do that?

Alex: *smugly stays quiet*

David: Damn, I hate you sometimes. Why would you want to live forever? You say you hate life.

Alex: I don't hate it, it's just not what I expected.

David: What DID you expect?

Jack: *popping up* Fluffy bunnies!

Alex: Why is it always bunnies with you?

Jack: I... have no idea.

Emily: Are we answering our question now?

David: Unless Alex is more forthcoming about his powers.

Alex: *quietly smug*

Jack: Looks like. You first, Emily?

Emily: Erm... well, there'd be no-one to see it, would there? Because to see the room, they'd have to be in it, and then they'd cast a shadow... so if there was, we'd never know. Kind of like the tree-falling-in-a-forest-and-no-one-is-around-to-hear-it-does-it-make-a-sound.

Jack: What a dumb question. Of course it is. NYYYEERRROWKEEERRAAAACKASMUUUSH!!!

Emily: ......

Alex: *patting Emily* I know. Just ignore it.

David: It's PHILOSOPHY, Jack. One of the eternal questions.

Jack: And I solved it! Whee!

David: *facepalm*

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I'm sorry. But the urge to have Gwen flick Jack on the nose is too much to resist.

Gwen: *flicks Jack hard on the nose**snrk*

And who would WANT to live forever....no scratch that, I know WHY ......Alex, why would YOU want to live forever? Watch anything and everything you've worked for, or loffd, or helped to create turn to dust?

And where would you get the power from? Does it involve anyone else dying?

Emily, good answer.

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Emily: Thank you.

Jack: SHE HIT MY NOSE!

Emily: Good for her.

Alex: Indeed.

David: Alex, you have another question.

Alex: Oh. Why would I want to live forever... well, it's better than the alternative, isn't it? Besides, I wouldn't necessarily want to live FOREVER, just maybe a bit longer.... but it's not really about that, it's about finding whether my power has a limit. Merely experimental.

David: 'Experimental' would require you taking all this power from somewhere else?

Alex: Isn't that better than for my own personal gain?

David: Where would you get it from?

Alex: Like I'm going to tell you.

David: Thea asked!

Alex: So?

Jack: Er, can I point something out? 'Everything you loved turn into dust'? Who the hell does Alex have to love?? Who loves him??

Alex: Cheers.

David: Fair point though.

Alex: Hey, I prefer my position to yours. You let yourself fall in love with someone, what happens? She dies, you lose your daughter, and your son is endangered. You're always having to worry about them and you can barely look after yourself. I'd rather be alone.

David: I feel sorry for you. Besides, you evidently wouldn't - you took Beth and kept her alive, didn't you?

Alex: She was a valuable hostage. I was assessing the situation to use it to my advantage.

David: And reading her bedtime stories at the same time.

Alex: She couldn't sleep otherwise.

David: (shakes head)

Alex: Shut up.

[A.Leon the Zarkin Frood]

oo I wana ask-y questoins!...but I don't know anything about their backgroud...

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I can see, Alex, that you're gonna be a hard nut to crack. All I need to do is bring some young innocent child, who can't get to sleep without a bedtime story, torment her, and watch you squirm.

Gwen: Hello!

No Gwen, you're NOT an young innocent child. You're.....something else

Anyway....is it possible to bring someone back from the dead?

Plus, Sean, you're up next for some awkward questions!

Katie, would you mind awfully if I let MY characters interview YOUR characters here? They keep jumping up and down and screaming.

[Hobbit-eyes]

If they want to, sure... and Alex is looking pretty mad about something. Alex?

Alex: *sulking quietly*

David: He's annoyed you implied he had a weakness.

Alex: I'm not annoyed.

Jack: Yes he is! He's frowning. Whoa, he must be REALLY mad. He NEVER has facial expressions.

Alex: *glares*

David: Katie deactivated all our powers so we wouldn't kill each other during the interview.

Alex: I wasn't trying to kill him.

David: Oh, SURE you weren't.

Alex: We're not all as driven by emotion as you, David.

David: Well, Thea just pointed out you wouldn't be able to stand watching a little kid being tortured.

Alex: Of course I would. I've tortured some myself in my time.

Carys: WHAT???

Jack: Where did Carys come from??

Carys: Gosekao, Alex, why would you do that??

Jack: See what you've done now, Alex? You've tarnished Carys's bright sunny outlook.

Emily: And made her say a bad word...

Carys: Well? Alex??

Alex: ...

David: Oh, this is another thing he's not about to answer. So, Alex, if you've tortured little kids yourself, why did you get so attached to Beth?

Alex: I... didn't. I wasn't.

Jack: He's lying.

Alex: You have nothing to do with this. You're dead by then.

Jack: That's just mean...

David: Well?

Carys: Ooh! Ooh! I know!! *waves hand in the air*

David: You do?

Carys: Oh come on, you never saw him and Meg together?

David: WHAT?

Alex: SHUT UP CARYS.

Carys: Alex liked Meg, David.

Alex: NO I DIDN'T.

Carys: Yeah you did. And when you got her killed, he hated you more than ever. But then he found her daughter was still alive...

Alex: Carys, the MINUTE my powers are back-

David: You liked Meg??

Alex: *has fallen into silence once more*

Carys: See?

David: Whoa...

Jack: Looks like you're going to have to answer the next question, David.

David: Er... yeah... erm... well, I don't think you can. I never managed it anyway, and I tried... just once.

Alex: And failed.

David: Yes, thank you for reminding me. I have no idea whether it's actually possible - maybe, if you had a lot of power, more than I could ever have... maybe with Alex's 'secret source', or whatever... have you tried, Alex?

Alex: *silence once more*

David: Fine.

Jack: SEAN! GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!

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Neraida: OF course he has a weakness! EVERYONE DOES!! Even me. Especially me.

Gwen: I don't

Gwion: Yes you do. See that guy. *points to Alex*

Gwen: Yeeeesss...

Gwion: That's your weakness.

Gwen: WTF?

Gwion: Yuh huh.

Gwen: No Gwion. I'm not boy-crazy.

Gwion: Shame. But still, everything that guy stands for is your weakness and greatest fear.

Gwen: *confused*

Neraida: S'true

So, Sean.........tell me about Sarah.

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Sean: Oh boy, where to start-

Alex: Um, excuse me, question? That thing you said, 'everything I stand for' has been her 'weakness and greatest fear'?? Since when has unity and fairness been a fear? Or are you just seriously messed up?

Jack: Never has a blacker pot yelled more loudly at a passing kettle.

David: 'Unity and fairness', oh, that's a good one.

Alex: What, you think I'd fight for anarchy? What would be the point?

David: No, it just seems to me you went a funny way about creating a world that was FAIR.

Alex: I achieved it, didn't I? Something you never would have done.

David: Ends don't justify the means.

Alex: See, that's where we disagree.

Carys: GUYS! Isn't it Sean's turn for a question??

David: Sorry.

Alex: Boy crazy?...

Carys: Sean, you were asked about Sarah.

Sean: Oh yeah. Damn, she was fine.

Carys: .... Is that it?

Jack: Fayou, what a deep and profound relationship.

Sean: What? What am I supposed to say?

Carys: About why you liked her? Your time together?

Sean: Oh. Well. I don't know why I liked her - she was just nice, she was pretty, she looked after me when I got all beat up...

Alex: It was because she was like Carys.

Carys: Really?

Sean: No she wasn't! She... well, she had brown hair, not blonde.

Jack: Which I remember you saying was a disadvantage.

Sean: She'd read more than Carys.

Jack: Again, a disadvantage in your head.

Carys: She had a LIBRARY.

Alex: Come on, Sean - she was a Carys who a) wasn't engaged to David and b) wasn't pining over some rebel prince called Danny who appeared to sweep her off at her feet and the most opportune moments.

Carys: I was not pining! I was.... thinking.

Sean: You might wanna shut up now.

David: Sean, just describe what happened with you two.

Sean: Fine - we met when we went to stay with the Metherells just after the village got burnt. Didn't much notice her then, to be honest. But when I got kicked out of the 'gang' by you folks-

David: For perfectly good reasons.

Alex: Oh yes, that's David. As long as you're doing the fighting and muscle work for him, you're welcome, but as soon as you get a little crush on his girl, you're out-

David: He was on the point of going insane!

Alex: You hardly helped by chucking him out.

Carys: ANYWAY!

Sean: Yes - anyway - well, as you know I went mercenary for a while, but got myself into a fight - just collapsed on the road when this carriage goes by, and who's in it?

Jack: Either it's Sarah or this story is really pointless.

Sean: Well, it was Sarah. And she brought me back to her house and looked after me. Told the servants I was a family friend. She was engaged to be married, but her betrothed wasn't around, and she wasn't too happy with the marriage in the first place, so you know, me being the damn attractive young man I am...

Jack: *falls off chair laughing*

Sean: Well... yes.

Alex: And then you all lived happily after on a farm with lots of bunnies.

Jack: Bunnies?

Sean: Well, no.

Alex: See, in a UNITED and FAIR country, you could.

Jack: Bunnies?

Sean: No we couldn't. It wouldn't have worked out no how. She was still engaged...

Alex: Aaaand you still loved Carys.

Carys: Can't imagine why.

Sean: Well, you wouldn't, would you? But I did. And when Sarah found out, that was it. She didn't want to compete. Threw me out and stayed with her gosekaofelnak husband.

Carys: Sorry about that.

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OKaaayy....now, tell me about Carys.

Gwion: And I was talking about Death, boy.

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Alex: Boy?

Jack: Ohhh, geez. You in gose now, Gwion.

Alex: Boy?

David: See, talking down to Alex? It's not done.

Alex: Boy?

Jack: Look, Alex, just add him to your list. Has anyone seen his list? It's a piece of paper with 'CARYS' and 'JACK' written on it.

Alex: BOY?

Sean: What the felnak am I supposed to say about Carys? She's right there!

Carys: I can cover my ears and hum, if you want.

David: That could be good.

Carys: My first song is dedicated to Chris, who we haven't seen in a while. *covers ears and hums*

Sean: Right. Carys. Erm. Well, as you can see, she's slightly crazy.

Jack: And who doesn't like that in a girl? I would, except the fact we're cousins cancels out the quirkiness with OVERWHELMING ICKINESS.

Sean: I don't know, she was just - unique, I guess.

Alex: As was Sarah, in the exact same way.

Sean: Not - not exactly the same...

Alex: Oh yes. Carys was better. Carys was the ultimate! Carys could never be toppled from the high pedestal where you put her.

Sean: No, it's just-

Alex: Of course, she could be carried off it by some rebel prince in a dashing black mask, but it'd still be stuck to her feet, clunking along the ground-

Sean: SHUT UP!

Jack: Dang. If we still had our powers, Alex would be a toasty critter right about now.

David: Sean? Deep calming breaths. Like we talked about. Don't make me get Anna in here.

Sean: Fine! You're right! Carys is as damn near perfect as I could imagine. 'Cept for the part where she was engaged to you!

David: Hey, that wasn't my fault!

Sean: You didn't exactly kick up a huge fuss though, did you?

Emily: Sean-

Sean: Bet you were glad, huh, could never get a girl like her by yourself-

Carys: *hums louder*

Anna: *bursting in* THAT'S ENOUGH! I can't leave you lot alone for FIVE MINUTES, can I? Sean, get over yourself! Jack, stop laughing! Alex, stop.... being... you!

Jack: Sorry ma'am.

Alex: Can I be you instead?

Anna: Whatever. Now, I am not leaving. Sean, if you want to keep describing your bizarre ill-advised obsession for Carys, you do so QUIETLY.

Sean: I think I was about done.

Anna: Oh. OK. Carys, you can stop humming.

Carys: *stops humming* What did I miss?

Emily: Nothing much.

Thomas: Hey, what was all that yelling about Carys being perfect?

Sean: ...

Jack: Oh, that was me. Yeah. I get carried away with family pride sometimes.

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Gwion: Yes. Boy.

Neraida: STOP WINDING PEOPLE UP!!! THAT'S MY JOB!!!

Gwen: *kicks Gwion out*

Hello Anna. Could you describe yourself to me please. And thank you Sean, your rambling, interrupted discourse was very helpful.

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Sean: Hear that? I was helpful.

Thomas: Nice feeling, isn't it?

Alex: *muttering something about Gwion*

David: Shh you.

Anna: I have to describe myself?

Carys: Looks like.

Anna: Erm - well, I'm Anna Carter, I was raised by my dad in the tavern he owned. Years of helping him out with customers - and ejecting not-so-nice ones - meant I learnt how to handle myself, which was useful in later life...

Jack: Oh yes, she was a veritable kick-ass.

Anna: Thank you. Anyway, my dad and David's dad were pretty close friends, so David was a friend of mine, so when we had to strike out on our own I tried to help...

David: She was my right-hand girl. Couldn't have done it without you, Anna.

Anna: I wasn't always helpful, though - sometimes I'd have moments of weakness...

Sean: Or extremely long moments of weakness around a certain boy called James.

Anna: Well - yes...

Thomas: Oh yes. James. Him.

Carys: Thomas...

Thomas: What? He was a fine lad. Very - self-assured.

Anna: Yes, well, I made a mistake.

Jack: Hey, don't feel bad. Emily made a worse one.

Emily: Thank you for that.

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Neraida: STOP INTERUPTING CHILDREN!! You're like a pack of wild monkeys. And you two *points to David and Alex* are as bad as each other! For gods' sakes, stop cutting into other people's conversations to discuss your own messed up history. Neither of you appears to have been a competant father, and your egos are so massive, you look like a pair of bulls squaring up in a ring.

Gwen: Yeah!

Neraida: Hypocrite. You're more messed up than they are.

Thank you D. Now...Alex. Describe yourself. And stop muttering about Gwion, there's absolutely nothing you can do to him. Sadly.

Gwion: *muffled* OI!

Etienne: *nods*

Neraida: And you're just a greasy little slimey parasite!

Neraida & Mattie: *power glare at Etienne*

Yeah, whatever people.

Mattie: HE KILLED MY SISTER!!

Etienne: Your sister killed herself.

Mattie: You handed her the bloody knife!!

Etienne: Still didn't kill her.

Mattie: Why, you! *attempts to strangle*

While that's going on, Alex, answer the question.

And David....no interrupting. You'll have a turn in a minute. That goes for the rest of you too.