Natsumi - "Not with these main character shields I won't!
Well, at least until after the story ends. Then my next opponent will be type 2 diabetes."
6: Your characters were born in the Georgian Era instead of whatever time period they were really from. What are they doing?
Well, assuming she was in Europe, rather than in Mexico or displaced in the U.S.A. which is where she would actually be, Alicia would be poor as the daughter of a carpenter, but comfortable enough because her father is very skilled and hardworking. She probably wouldn't be able to do much painting unless she earned her own extra money by taking in work like sewing or selling eggs, but she would probably be industrious enough to manage this, because she'd still be just as artistic as she is in modern day. But she wouldn't be doing too well after her father and mother died, and she'd have to figure out how to survive on her own, which she probably does by painting portraits for aristocrats, which would probably be how she met Kattar and Mrs. Moon.
Mrs. Moon would still be a business woman, and possibly still a single mom, just even more controversial than she is now. She'd probably run some sort of high end theater where operas, ballets and such are put on, and most likely have ties or shares in dress shops and makeup production.
Kattar would still be a rich boy, but he probably wouldn't work at all, and would just enjoy riding horses most likely, until he was paralyzed, at which point he'd probably just be bored and irritable and do nothing at all.
He probably meets Alicia because she comes to paint his portrait, falls in love with her, and finds excuses to hire her to paint more pieces or a very time consuming mural. He definitely wants to marry her, he definitely would be expected not to in high society, his mother definitely wouldn't care because the fact that she's a business woman already makes her considered less than respectable, so she'd probably let Kattar marry Alicia if he wanted to. She'd probably want to hire and work with Alicia to paint sets for her theater anyway.
Andrew and Jinho would still be a carpenter and his accountant. Jinho would find gaps in the system to help them succeed and become more prosperous even though most of high society would probably be pretty against them.
Essence...let's be nice and say she'd be a very low ranking maid.
Dominic's family would run a shop, and he might occasionally see Essence if she was ever sent to run errands, at which point he'd fall in love with her but would most definitely be forbidden by literally everyone to marry her for a thousand different reasons.
That's not to say that he wouldn't anyway, but they'd probably have to run away.
7: Your characters are going to the beach, what are they planning/packing? What do they do on the beach?
Kattar is packing sunglasses, snacks, sunscreen. No swimsuit, because he doesn't intend to get in the water because he doesn't want to get his hair wet (cough cough drama king.) He's probably just going to wear something light and made of cotton or linen so he doesn't overheat a lot.
Alicia is like "what is sunscreen? Ohhhh you mean melanin." she is for sure not using sunscreen. Brings frozen fruit juice to drink because it'll melt very quickly on the heat of the beach and cover up or sundress to wear over her swimsuit and after the beach when she and Kat go somewhere to eat.
Picking a swimsuit is probably tricky for her, because she's pretty self-conscious about the scars on the back of her legs and her back. Kattar would probably convince her to relax and tell her that nobody cares about the scars but her, so she doesn't need to feel awkward about them. Also she packs an irrational amount of hair ties because she has a LOT of hair to tie up, and if her hair ties snap it'll just be a mess. She's also totally the person to insist she's super thirsty and end up buying a very over priced drink from one of the restaurants on the beach, but Kattar refuses to buy full meals at them because they're overpriced and there are better restaurants elsewhere.
Yes it will take Alicia ages to get the sand out of her hair after this trip.
8: How do your characters fare at a farm?
Kattar hates everything about it. He hates the smell, he hates how dirty the animals are. He hates how dirty dirt is. Okay, that's not quite fair, if there are any trees or flowers around he likes those. He doesn't want to pet any of the animals, and he's slightly nervous of getting close to them because it's hard to maneuver in his wheelchair if he's surrounded and that's something he gets a bit of anxiety about. Alicia might convince him to pet something though, and he would, but not particularly enjoy it. He would probably get a bit of reward out of it though because Alicia would be being super sweet to him the whole time, wanting to bring him everything she found interesting and help him be able to touch the different plants and such, albeit with dirty animal, plant, gardening hands, and he'd enjoy watching her interact with the animals, pick flowers, and just enjoy herself generally.
She'd love basically the whole time. She'd enjoy the gardens, working in the dirt and helping with gardening, learning about the different plants and trying the farm fresh produce and products, feeding, petting, and grooming different animals. She'd surprisingly not even be that intimidated by the animals that are way way way bigger than her like horses and cows. She just has a really amazing time and enjoys herself, which despite Kattar's obvious dislike for the farm, still pays him off in the end, because she's so elated at the end of the day and happy that he went with her that she'd definitely be in cuddly a affectionate mood.
Kind of not actually random because I have an entire picnic scene in my story lol. Although it does take place underground in a cavern and they are also eating with a rather handsome mouse named Benji, so... that should probably qualify it as random enough
Within a few minutes, they arrived in a small cavern that was only lit by the glowing crystals on the ceiling. Gently gripping Alice’s hand with his free hand, Theodore spoke, “Be careful, there are a few stalagmites and you can’t see them sell. Try to stick behind me.”
Following him closely, Alice immediately felt lost as he’d detached his hand from hers. “Where did you go?”
Before she could even finish her question, a blinding light immediately illuminated their small section of the cavern. By the flickering light of the lantern, she was finally able to see the stalagmites he’d warned her about earlier. Seeing no clear path, she realized that he must have memorized the route well if he’d been able to make it to this clearing that quickly in the dark.
As she was busy taking in the scenery, she hadn’t even noticed that Theodore had already pulled out a blanket and was setting up a delicious spread of food for them. Immediately she knelt down to help him and noticed he’d brought a third, smaller plate setting it aside for Benji.
In my next chapter that releases Saturday, they actually end up returning for another picnic in the same place
Well the FL does have an ability to speak with animals, but the ML actually rescued him from the cooks who were trying to exterminate him from their kitchen. They essentially adopt him and the FL makes him a few outfits which he loves as the distinguished mouse fellow he is. Although the ML can't actually communicate with him, he loves to spoil Benji with plenty of treats all of time
Spoiler
Benji actually serves as the ringbearer for their wedding in Chapter 26, wearing a mini tuxedo made by the FL.
@HostileFren okay but a "handsome" mouse? like handsome for a mouse like what?
How do your characters react to knowing their crush REALLY wants something?
For Kattar it depends on what she wants. If it's a gift, he for sure buys it for her. They're besties, so he doesn't have to feel awkward about buying her gifts, even if they're expensive, because she's come to understand that he's never known being poor, so money is really no object to him. If what she wants is something non-material is when the trouble comes in. If she wants to know something about him he prefers to keep to himself, he's definitely not telling. There is literally no one on planet earth he's confided his biggest fears, worries, or most personal thoughts to. It's not how he functions. He prefers to protect his feelings by not letting anyone close to them. If she wants affection she's more likely to get that, albeit, and little (allegedly) begrudgingly. He's not used to it, and as much as he loves being close to her, it still makes him feel a little awkward any time she tries to cuddle or hug him, which she totally did when they were just friends, just because she's a very cuddly and affectionate person. Her whole family was.
For Alicia, it again depends on what he wants, but the long short of it is that she will usually do whatever is in her power to get it for him or give it to him unless she's angry with him at the time, at which point she'll be playing 'keep away.' She's richer than she often remembers, so buying expensive gifts is something she'd be like 'oh right, I forgot I can do that.' and then she'd just give it to him. That said, when she really loves someone, she's not great at setting boundaries, so it's a good thing her sweetheart is so respectful of her.
yeah, he's always dressed in really nice outfits. I'd consider him more of a distinguished gentleman really 
there's a difference between dressing nicely and being handsome tho XD. clothes do not make the...rodent, at least imao lol
tbh, I tend to call most pets cute, but since he wouldn't like that and prefers being called handsome, handsome he is
9: At age 10, what sort of kid was your character at birthday parties?
Alicia was super talkative. She was talking about all the toys that were popular then, that she and her friends were collecting. Barbies, my little ponies. Her friends had way more of them than her, but she wasn't jealous. Her dad bought her the popular toys, but she had like two Barbies, and two my little ponies, usually only getting them on birthdays and holidays while her friends had tons of them, but she was still grateful.
She'd talk about the TV shows and the library books that went along with the series, and their favorite characters, the prettiest ponies etc. with everybody.
She'd be part of all the games, and helping her friends decorate their custom cupcakes because everyone wanted one Alicia had designed, because she made them so pretty, and then the birthday mom would forever be taking pictures of everyone's cupcakes on her flip phone. She wasn't exactly popular, but she did have quite a few friends and they all liked her a lot, though most of them were better off than she was.
Kattar had a lot of friends. He didn't exactly like going over to other people's houses to play. He didn't like going through their toy bins, were for some reason usually dirty, and that he'd occasionally find Cheeto and Dorito crumbs on the floors or the carpets, but he'd learned not to talk about that by that point, though he did wash his hands quite a lot, and always immediately when he got home.
At his friends house he played a lot of video games. At birthday parties they'd often have video game marathons, sometimes have star wars themed light saber battles, water balloon fights. They were usually pretty structured parties with a lot of games and activities planned out, party favors, and things like that. Kattar wasn't into a lot of the same things as his friends but he knew how to appreciate other people's hobbies when he was hanging out with them. Also the majority of his friends weren't rich kids like him, but middle class, so it helped him keep him from becoming snobby or elitist in the long run, a very intentional choice on his mother's part, and the reason why she sent him to a public school.
His parties were nothing like anything any of the other kids would expect, almost more like an adult party than a kid's party. There were a lot of snacks and decorations, movies and board games, but the decorations were never related to any kind of cartoon, TV show, or toy that was popular at the time, just Kattar and Mrs. Moon's aesthetic tastes. You're not seeing him with Toy Story themed decorations with paper plates and food-dye flavored cakes with spider man on them. Nope, his cake came from an artisan bakery and it was coconut and passion fruit flavored.
What's the theme? We are all going to enjoy ourselves, but they also already had very nice decor for a reason.
The only kids who invited Essence to their parties were the ones who wanted more presents. She didn't have friends, but her mom's friends pretty regularly invited her to their kids' birthday parties, because that's what you're supposed to do within your 'circle.' So naturally she didn't really have a lot of fun. People tried to avoid her as much as possible during the parties unless their mom's gave them a look and then they'd more or less begrudgingly interact with her for a little while before excluding her again,
Her little sister Elizabeth had a couple of really close friends, and they regularly hung out, not just on birthday parties, but she would be invited out for girls' days by her friends' mothers. The parties were often girly themed parties, with everything pink, spa-day things and stuff like that.
If Azure and Caramella Red were on a picnic together, Azure would have prepared the whole picnic basket and Caramella Red would find the perfect spot. Azure would think up some good poems and write them down, and Caramella Red would paint the scenery. They would rest until the sun sets.
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Synopsis:
Twelve years ago, Azure Skylar, the Knight of the Cross of the unparalleled syndicate, the Chapel, was favored by the Pope himself to work on a mission that would determine the fate of their entire group against their growing rival, the Empire.
Twelve years ago, Azure met Caramella Red Aberdeign and found a friend in her. For once, he knew rest, quiet, peace, and comfort. Little did he know that Caramella Red was also the infamous Sweet Crimson, the ace assassin of their growing rival, the Empire.
A mistake, a wrong decision, a missed opportunity, all wrapped in the same regret that led to the ink on paper weeping about all that should have been said and done before time came and went. A story inspired by Taylor Swift's Evermore, Letter Addressed to the Fire will take you to a trip down the star-crossed soulmates' memory lane and tell you about all that was only whispered in the wind twelve years ago.
First of all, Essence does not want to go to the beach. Getting the sand out of her hair again will take literally forever, and she's not about to wear a swim cap at the beach, not only because it would be super hard to get her hair under it, but also because it looks ridiculous to her.
She'll only be staying at the beach as long as whoever she went to the beach with wants to stay, and she'll probably just sit on the beach overheating, and drinking lots of ice water, unless they ask her to get into the water.
Dominic would probably insist she drink something other than plain water and had some pink lemonade or popsicles which he for sure packed in a very very very iced cooler, along with some slightly alcoholic cold cocktails, and Essence will probably agree to try a popsicle, but not enjoy it very much, because the one he offered her was his favorite coconut milk popsicle which is oddly creamy and also has little pieces of coconut in it, and Essence has texture issues.
Dominic is largely enjoying himself, too eager to take his shirt off, and probably torturing anyone he can manage to get to come into the water with the huge waves he'll splash them with, or sometimes full on grabbing and pulling them into the water, especially if his sisters came along. Cocoa will pretend to be annoyed, and maybe be a little annoyed by his antics but still enjoy herself. Honey will plan to just work on her tan and not get her hair wet, but consent to get in the water if Dominic asks and then be just as militant in the ridiculous water war as Dominic.
However, if his sisters were with him on the beach Dominic would be a little less relaxed, because he'd totally be looking out for creepers who might try to mess with them.
9: Your characters are going to the zoo.
First of all, Kattar doesn't want to go to the zoo. Since he was about 5 years old, his mother never tried to take him, or have anyone else take him, to the zoo because he can't stand the smell. But Alicia wants to go, so he goes.
Once again, crowds borderline terrify him, because he feels claustrophobic and trapped whenever he's somewhere where he can't move easily, and this freaks him around the National Zoo entrance because there are just way too many people, but Alicia will find her way to stand in front of him, and then probably just be squatting down in front of him, with her elbows on his knees talking to him quieter than the din, which will somehow manage to make it audible, distracting and comforting him until they have space to move again.
Once they're in the zoo, Alicia will want to look at everything. Kattar is trying to convince her that that will take like all day and be basically impossible, but when he sees how much she really wants to, he'll get a map and make a plan for how they can see everything.
Alicia is excited by everything like a hyper child and probably taking lots of pictures, and Kattar will also be taking pictures for her so she'll have some actually good ones by the end of the day, taking some pictures of her, just because it's so cute and pretty to see her so happy and excited. He likes seeing the lions pretty well, and she'll want to take a picture of him in front of the area. He'll like the birds and butterflies, but doesn't enjoy going into the habitat area that actually allows you in the room with the animals as much as he could because he's afraid of something flying at or...relieving itself on or near him.
He absolutely gags at the monkey house and probably is unwilling to be inside it for more than 5 minutes.
Also they totally start overheating around noon, and have to stop to get something to eat or drink, but that bugs Kattar less than it should, though he himself is really sensitive to heat, just because Alicia looks unironically hot to him when she's overheating, trying very hard to cool off with her face really flushed.
they do successfully manage to see everything, but there's only like 30 minutes left until closing by the time they do, and Kattar is exhausted from wheeling himself around all day long, but still happy he was able to make Alicia happy, and she's probably touched, almost to the point of tears, seeing him so worn out, though he didn't complain all day long. They totally go out for pizza and ice cream at the end of the day before heading home, and this will probably be marked down as one of the happiest days in Alicia's life.