charloft: Under the weather
1. How is your character's general health and constitution?
Justine is tall and slender, stunningly looking and in good shape - last seen recovering from a deep wound across the abdomen, but generally, she's physically very well. Mentally/emotionally? A different topic altogether. She started out having a disorder which is described a little more in terms of energies than an actual diagnose, but more or less consists of emotional build-up until she's running so high as to consider herself dangerous to others and to be described as feral. Later, she gets drained to barely short of the point of death, and is slowly recovering from that, mentally and emotionally.
2. What illnesses did your character suffer as a child?
The emotional disorder mentioned above. It used to be a problem up until Thomas Raith found her - and started feeding on the surplus, letting both of them reach a convenient balance.
3. What illnesses has your character suffered as an adult?
The same disorder, up until she is drained almost completely; then a long and difficult recovery - but after it, the problem with emotional build-up doesn't seem to have resurfaced. Oh, and in a way... well, true love. Which is only a problem because it's kind of poisonous to Thomas.
4. Has he/she had any serious injuries?
Thomas, in need to feed deeply or die, drained her of life energy to the point of death (that he did not kill her, by itself, was a feat of his own love for her, just as she willingly went to him, knowing he's supposed to feed on her till she's dead). She was left with barely anything to go on and had to rebuild everything from there (including without him, because her lightest touch is burning poison for him). It left some permanent marks even when she has mostly recovered, including her hair growing white - full and rich, but white.
She was also recently a casualty in an attack on the Raith residence by a skinwalker, who cut across her abdomen to distract the stronger opponents (two wizards and a White Court vampire) while getting away.
There are also smaller injuries which come from being a mortal living in the world of supernatural creatures, mostly vampires.
5. Has your character ever been hospitalized or otherwise incapacitated by illness to the point of needing care?
Yes. She was treated for her condition before she took up with Raith (which happened when she was 15-16 years old); she was extensively cared for/treated after both great injuries to the full extent that Lara Raith's means could afford, which is considerable.
6. Has your character had any surgeries?
Besides cleaning and stitching the abdominal wound, probably not.
7. Does your character suffer from any chronic or long term conditions?
She lived for a very long time with the emotional build-up problem, and medications to help with it 'made her sick'. Currently, the only problematic condition is love - which is both a protection from the White Court vampires she lives among, who cannot feed on her, and a curse.
8. How has your characters health / lack of health affected their development (physically or mentally)?
She has not had extensive formal education, for example; however, Thomas did not exactly leave her naturally sharp mind to idleness. She goes on to become a very competent business assistant to Thomas's sister Lara, and the requirements there, both in the physical and mental aspect, are very high. Justine doesn't seem to have any trouble meeting them.
9. Has your character ever had to take care of someone who was sick?
She gives herself in so that Thomas could recover after he was shot, when it was a question of his life or hers, letting him feed - which was what he needed to recover. Less lethally, she's cared for him, both by providing life energy-food and more mundane things (such as chicken soup) when needed or wanted. She does like taking care of him, and generally of peopleshe can help.
10. How did this affect them?
The night when she almost died left her severely incapacitated, and, even more, it was a mutual admission of selfless love between her and her vampire. It was the last time when their touch meant pleasure to both of them. When he next