character survey
Body and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is she heavyset, thin, short, rangy? Small around 154~164cm, and quite scrawny.
2. How old is she? 16
3. Describe her posture. Does she carry herself well or does she slouch? Not slouching, but far from a perfect posture.
4. How is her health? Is she fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities? She's perfectly healthy except for her eyes. Previously, she was half blind and then full blind until Fran gave her surgery in RP.
5. How does she move? Is she clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid? Fluid.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does she perceive herself in the mirror? She doesn't care how she looks, and that's why she looks like a mess all the time. Though considering her sister looks fairly cute, if she ever decided to dress something fancier than shirts and tidy her hair, she'd look pretty attractive.
7. Describe her complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred? Clear, but dark-pale from both her country's ancestry and shut-in habit. There's thin-black rings under her eyes, they're noticeable if you squint.
8. Describe her hair: color, texture, style. Long, wild brownish black hair. No particular style, since she doesn't really bother. Texture's rather rough.
9. What color are her eyes? Maroon, though they seemed to be a more crimson when in a different light or glow in the dark.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features? Glowing eyes, perpetual tired look, and very short. That's it.
11. What are her chief tension centers? None.
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does she have six of the same suit? Boring because it's very casual. It's usually a dark blue shirt with knee-length shorts or anything similar to it. The only different in there might be just her PJs.
13. Do her clothes fit well? Does she seem comfortable in them? Pretty much, since that's seem her entire view of clothes; just wear anything comfortable.
14. Does she dress the same on the job as she does in her free time? If not, what are the differences? Apart from school (which she sorta stop going there), she wears practically the same clothes everywhere.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando? ... Boxers. XD
Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse? Pretty deep for teen, but not really.
2. How does she normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does she talk easily, or does she hesitate? She speaks pretty evenly, and she doesn't really talk that easily either, she was pretty shy after all.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics? She has a very subtle Indonesian accent she tries to hide, but it's still there.
4. What language/s does she speak, and with how much fluency? Indonesian and English.
5. Does she switch languages or dialects in certain situations? Not really, she keeps using the same no matter what.
6. Is she a good impromptu speaker, or does she have to think about her words? She thinks her words carefully. Most of the time, anyways.
7. Is she eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change? A mix of both, but she's mostly inarticulate, I guess.
Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is she book-smart or street-smart? Book-smart, she excels in computers and can hack things.
2. Does she think on her feet, or does she need time to deliberate? She's a quick thinker, her brains are better than her physical, that's for sure.
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is she more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical? Random at best, she has a very strange thought process, but she isn't bipolar or anything. That's the unique thing about her. But, she's more or less leaning to intuitive and practical.
4. What kind of education has the character had? Normal elementary, normal junior high, blabla. Spoilers: She really didn't bother going to school for her senior year in middle school but she manage to get spotted by an America exchange student once because she felt going to her school for midterms exams.
5. What are her areas of expertise? What, if anything, is she interested in learning more about? Computer related things! Hacking and programing are her forte, she isn't all good at hardware. She likes to draw and would want to learn, but can't do shit. XD
6. Is she an introvert or an extrovert? Introvert, natch.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is she even-tempered or does she have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven? She's very laid-back and, despite her snarks, nice to most people. Once you get to know her better, she seems almost happier than you thought when you first met her.
8. How does she respond to new people or situations? Is she suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic? Depends on what the person says or acts in the whole situation, but she's mostly relaxed and slightly sarcastic. Then again, she does this to most people.
9. Is she more likely to act, or to react? React
10. Which is her default: fight or flight? She can't fight to save her life, and this has already been proven once or twice with it ending her being saved by another person. So, flight.
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does she appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks? She likes jokes, sure. But when it involves other peoples expense, she's less than thrilled. If anything, she likes satirical jokes.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does she deal with them? According to a personality quiz, she suffers schizoitypal, histrionic and avoidant. That's more or less accurate of what she is. That is, before her development in Brofist, via Shadow event and etc.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined her as a person? OH GEE UM... Hard to say, actually. But the Shadow event and any moment she had with Yosuke or Taiga could count, it sorted her out to being what she is today.
14. What does she fear? Being truly alone or mocked by everyone.
15. What are her hopes or aspirations? She never actually thought through this, but if anything, she might want to be in the music business like her father who hosts a radio show.
16. What is something she doesn't want anyone to find out about her? Her previous crush/somewhat obsessiveness towards her own neighbor, seems to embarrassing to even think about it now.
Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with her parents. Close! They try their best to talk to Shuffle (and her sister) whenever they could to understand their children better. Well, mama is easy since she's a housewife, dad's a bit tricky because he host a radio show and gets home in late hours.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like? She has a younger sister, everyone calls her Aria like people call her Shuffle. Nicknames. As for their relationship, it's like fire and ice, they're too different. Aria was also the one that cause Shuffle being half-blind when they were 3 and 6 respectively.
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom she is close? Are there ones she can't stand? They're probably are, but she doesn't remembers them because she barely meets them at the first place.
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom she considers part of her family? What are her relationships with them? There's her best friend, Adit, whom she consider as a brother of sort. They're more of a platonic love since they both knew each other since kindergarten and the romantic way just doesn't suits them. Besides, Adit has a boyfriend. Or so she heard.
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet? See above.
6. Does she have other close friends? Apart from those she made in Brofist, she has none. But, there was a weird American exchange student named Maple getting close to her, not like she'll see her anytime soon.
7. Does she make friends easily, or does she have trouble getting along with people? Pretty okay, once most get past her occasional snarks.
8. Which does she consider more important: family or friends? Pretty equal, since her only friend was Adit and probably Maple.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has she been married more than once? Single, and not interested in romantic relationships.
10. Is she currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse? N/A
11. Who was her first crush? Who is her latest? A 20-something guy who she called Noob was her first crush, currently she has none.
12. What does she look for in a romantic partner? Nothing in particular, but someone who doesn't judge her and is just a nice guy who's pretty awesome to have company. Yeah, not much.
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does she relate to them? If no, does she want any? None, she's only 16. But it isn't a stretch if she finds herself being a single mother to an adoptive one day, who knows.
14. Does she have any rivals or enemies? Several, mainly because it's school and you're bound to make enemies there. Enemy is usually some typical popular girl that has a kick with pestering the 'other people' also known as Maple, Adit and Shuffle.
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does she fall on the Kinsey scale? Claims to be an asexual, but she's most likely heterosexual but not really all that active.
16. How does she feel about sex? How important is it to her? "Nope, not interested. Call when you actually have something interesting to talk about, good bye" <-Something like that.
17. What are her turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits? None.
Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does she fit type? She's a Scorpio born in the year of the dog, she perfectly fits neither of them I think.
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in her life? Classified. But she'll say she does believe there's a god out there.
3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it? She does, despite being in the land of a wacky TV, she still set her priorities straight as she could. She wouldn't do anything horrible to anyone if they never outright mock her or anything.
4. How does she regard beliefs that differ from hers? Is she tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent? Tolerant, but that's why she keeps it quiet, so she could avoid the debates or shoving other people's believes in their faces.
5. What prejudices does she hold? Are they irrational or does she have a good reason for them? Kinda iffy.
Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is she rich, poor, comfortable, in debt? Comfortable or rich I guess, because hey, they give a pretty fine salary for radio hosts.
2. What is her social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected her? Outcast or the nerds, but right now in Brofist she's probably considered the 'less dangerous people' or the not-so 'welcoming committee'.
3. Where does she live? House, apartment, trailer? Is her home her castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does she share it with others? A house big for more than five people. She practically lives in her room because she's a shut-in, so she'd be pretty happy spending her time there.
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does she spend her money on? Video games and softwares, clothes or something like that aren't her thing.
5. What does she do for a living? Is she good at it? Does she enjoy it, or would she rather be doing something else? A student and she outright hates it because her 'social withdrawal because love live crash and burned easily' problem.
6. What are her interests or hobbies? How does she spend her free time? Listening to music or playing video games. Puzzle and fighting games are her main favorite game.
7. What are her eating habits? Does she skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods? She eats pretty normally, though she avoids eating tomatoes and certain kinds of fish.
Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is her favorite:
1. Color? Steel blue or maroon.
2. Smell? Rain scent, don't ask.
3. Time of day? Night.
4. Season? Fall.
5. Book? Judy Moody series.
6. Music? Anything electronic or techno, so Justice?
7. Place? A messy, cluttered bedroom.
8. Substance? ....idk
9. Plant? Mimosa pudica, because in Indonesia they call it 'putri malu'. Putri means princess and malu means shy... you see where I'm getting at? :D
10. Animal? Penguins
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