[PC plotnotes]Nai'shee

by **Nai'shee** on June 20th, 2012, 8:34 pm

So, I run into this and decide to fully develop my character since there are times when I, myself, wonder what she would do. It isn't something really designed for Miza, but it can help keeping track of your character's psychological traits.

Primary motivations

90-100% Achievement To overcome obstacles and succeed; to become the best
60-70% Acquisition To obtain possessions/wealth
50-60% Beneficence To protect the helpless, heal the sick, feed the hungry, etc.
26-30% Creation To build or make new, such as art, culture, invention, design,etc.
90-100% Discovery/Adventure To explore, uncover mysteries, and pioneer
85-95% Education To provide information, teach, enlighten, or train
51-55% Hedonism To enjoy all things sensuous
61-73% Nobility/Honor To exalt ideals such as generosity, honesty, bravery, and courtliness
71-80% Play To have fun, to enjoy life
81-94% Recognition To gain approval, social status, or fame
90-100% Understanding To seek knowledge or wisdom (spiritual, scientific, magical,etc)

Core traits

70-80% Joyful
10-20% Anxious
1-7% Melancholy
80-95% Curious
40-45% Calm
30-45% Angry
1-15% Contemptuous
70-80% Excited
30-40% Apathetic
20-30% Ashamed

Outlook: Optimistic
Integrity: Conscientious
Impulsiveness: Mostly spontaneous
Boldness: Cautious
Flexibility: Flexible
Affinity: Warm
Comportment: Agreeable
Interactivity: Engaging
Disclosure: Secretive
Conformity: Heterodox

Secondary traits

1-10% Crude
25-30% Pranks
10-20% Dry
20-30% Mean-spirited
40-55% Slapstick
70-80% Gleeful
30-40% Jokey
80-90% Surreal
60-70% Cynical

Sexuality
Orientation: Hetero
Libido: Healthy
Expressiveness: Flirtatious
Style: Seductive
Openness to experience: Moderate
Promiscuousness: Polyamorous

Religion
Adherence: Casual
Tolerance: Tolerant
Expression of beliefs: Occasional
Converting others: Never
Attitude: Dunno
Religious association: None
Religious roles: None

Note: She isn't very religious, but she believes in Gods and occasionally prays to Laviku.

Quirks, habits, & oddities

60-70% Facial tics
60-70% Daydreaming
10-20% Talking in sleep
50-55% Compulsive lying
20-30% Needless apologizing
70-80% Sleeping in odd places (until joined University XD)
90-95% Stealing

Hobbies & Enjoyments

100% Boating/Sailing
70-80% Riddles

Favorite topics of conversation

Work/profession/money
Entertainment—music, art, dance, games
Hobbies and pastimes
Current events
Philosophy
Science
Humor

Group Affiliation
Thieves, Martial Association of Zeltiva member, University student (Sailor: coming soon XD)

Mental & Emotional Disorders

20-30% OCP
40-45% Achluophobia, Arachnophobia (maybe, I'll develop it, developed due to the events during the storm)
20-25% Claustrophobia

by **Nai'shee** on June 20th, 2012, 8:41 pm

To do list for Summer 512AV

Secret :

Ongoing:

Finish goddamn 2 job threads ~~in time~~ - 1/2 in progress - 0/2 done
OOC: Draw Nai'shee
Bond with Lyam both-sidedly already

To do list for Fall 512AV

Finish Summer threads
Have some fun at Sunberth
Do the Epic Quest
While you're at Sahova, get Nai find out what Nuits are at all
Get into some PC or NPC trouble (somebody trying to get a body)
Don't forget the Sahova entrance thread
Start a trip back to Zeltiva by the end of Fall, if possible, without ending up in Sunberth on long terms, becoming a slave, staying in Sahova, starting a long journey and so on
Earn some more moniez
Meet some sailor or fellow sailor-wannabe
Fail at something

To do list: Long Term Goals

Educate Nai'shee for some proper job
Get Nai to seriously and honestly talk about emotions
Learn some fishing, flint kidnapping, food preservation, hunting, medicine, tracking, trapping
Get Nai her lost family which will most likely actually be Svefra pod and make her find out about them and her real name which I won't post here
Become a freaking sailor

by **Nai'shee** on June 20th, 2012, 9:55 pm

People I have met
This list is mostly unupdated, so I moved it here from character sheet.

Date	Name	Thread	Location	Status
34th day of Spring, 501AV	Thomas Lacey	Never lose a holy curiosity	Zeltiva	Acquaintance (flashing out friendship in progress)
23rd day of Spring, 505AV	Eridanus	Reduce the darkness	Zeltiva	Friendly acquaintance/teacher
4th of Summer, 509AV	Ndale Soromud	Once upon a time...	Zeltiva	Acquaintance (flashing out something in progress)
50th day of Summer, 510AV	Razia	Smoke and Mirrors	Zeltiva	Acquaintance (flashing out friendship in progress)
6th of Winter, 511AV	Lyam	Alone in the dark forest, don't rest, don't rest	Zeltiva	Met him in wolf form
23rd of Winter, 511AV	Seto	A chance meeting	Zeltiva	Acquaintance
85th of Winter, 511AV	Trente Ostentatoire-Criard Eclatante	[Seasonal Quest]The Winter Ball	Zeltiva	Friend
85th of Winter, 511AV	Stri Navasarjaka	[Seasonal Quest]The Winter Ball	Zeltiva	Acquaintance
85th of Winter, 511AV	Faylon Kwanda	[Seasonal Quest]The Winter Ball	Zeltiva	Acquaintance
85th of Winter, 511AV	Idue	[Seasonal Quest]The Winter Ball	Zeltiva	Acquaintance
91st of Winter, 511AV	Apola	Lonelyness and sales	Zeltiva	Acquaintance
91st of Winter, 511AV	Eorar Nevenon	Lonelyness and sales	Zeltiva	Acquaintance
6th of Spring, 512AV	Lyam (human form)	A case of double identity	Zeltiva	Friendly acquaintance (future bondmate)
19th of Spring, 512AV	Satevis (human form)	Prospects gather	Zeltiva	Acquaintance (Benshira)
63rd of Spring, 512AV	Minerva Agatha Zipporah	Down at the Docks	Zeltiva	Acquaintance

by **Nai'shee** on June 30th, 2012, 4:35 pm

Nai'shee's handwriting:

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by **Nai'shee** on August 2nd, 2012, 10:55 am

How To Speak "Tock"

At long last, the answers to some oft-asked questions and confusion about the things Tock says.

Tock says...	Translation	Usage
"Wotcher?"	"What are you doing?"	Usually used as a greeting, eg "What's up?"
"Owzer?"	"How are you doing?"	Self explanatory.
"Tucker"	"Food/ A meal"	Usually specifically used when inviting someone out to lunch/dinner
"Middie"	"A medium-sized mug of ale"	As opposed to a 'pint' of ale.
References to people, in descending order of how much she likes you (Male/Female)
"Love/Conch"	"Person I like a lot/ feel very close to"	Usually "love" will be reserved for a man she is romantically involved with (so far it has only been used for Satevis). "Conch" is specifically short for "conscientious person", and is generally reserved for someone who is both friendly AND helpful/ eager to volunteer without complaint (so far only used for Nai'shee and Wart).
"Mate/Sook"	"Person I like/ am friends with"	Generally used in the same context as 'buddy/pal' or 'sweetie/dear'.
"Guv/Shelia"	"Annoying or stuck up person"	Generally interchangeable with "Poshy," referring to snobbish, irritating, or big headed people
"Bloke"	"Foolish person"	Typically strictly male, used when she's in a bad mood.
"Bludger" or "Dodger"	"Lazy person or someone who tries to 'dodge' work"	Interchangeable male or female. Related to 'layabout'

Other general translation tips:

- Always cuts the 'g' off any word ending in '-ing'
- Always cuts the 'h' from the beginning of words
- Shortens 'here' or 'there' to just ''ere' (context of the sentence can reveal which is which)
- Shortens 'their' to ''eir'
- Substitutes 'I's' for 'I'm', 'yer' for 'your', 'ya' or 'yous' for 'you', and 'you's' for 'you're'

That's all I can think of for now. Though I know she occasionally pops out some other strange phrases...

by **Nai'shee** on September 11th, 2012, 9:18 pm

Random Yahoo!Answers guy on writing fighting scene (for future reference)

1) When you're trying to increase tension in the reader/scene, use shorter, simpler sentences because they are more quickly read and increase the pacing and ..thus...the tension.

2) Stick to one character's perspective during the fight (instead of head-jumping to everyone involved. I once read a book written in omniscient perspective that did this and it wasn't executed well). By remaining in one character's head, you would focus on details that only that one character would notice and then you would describe those details in a way that only that character would notice. This personalizes the fight scene and develops characterization.

3) Avoid writing a play-by-play of every action that occurs in the scene. Only tell me what's physically happening in between the scene's dialogue/monologue. I'm more interested in learning what he's thinking or what they're saying than what they do. And when you do show what's physically happening, make sure you limit it to the important actions that push the scene along. I don't need to see them circling each other or gauging each other--sizing the other guy up. I need to see the actions that tell me something important about that character and/or the situation.

4) Be selective with your details. Fight scenes are tense and require fast pacing. You wouldn't pause the action and describe a butterfly or a dog frolicking through a field unless it was relevant to the fighting itself. (This might seem obvious but you'd be surprised).

5) Avoid overuse of adverbs/adjectives. Nothing is more cheesy than reading "He punched profusely" or "he moved fluidly"...instead, pick a strong verb that prevents using adverbs like 'profusely' and 'repeatedly.' Try 'pummeled' instead or choose the verb that best tells the reader what happened without dressing up the action with too many 'ly' 'ing' adverbs.

6) Do your research. It's all about naming things properly. It's about describing things with enough brevity that you don't interrupt the flow/pacing of the scene. It's about choosing organic enough words that they'll blend into the rest of the narrative without jarring the reader or taking anything away from the scene. It's about conveying a message and pushing plot or character development along. If your fight scene doesn't do the above, then it doesn't belong in the story.

7) Consistency. This has to do with character development but obviously you wouldn't make your characters behave in a manner that is inconsistent to who they are. You can't, for instance, suddenly tell the reader that Jacob knows karate without having foreshadowed this earlier in the story. Likewise, if Jacob is a coward and never fought before in his life, how could he know karate since karate is the type of sport that requires physical practice? It's inconsistencies like these that ruin fight scenes.

-Gemi