Character Survey - Body and Appearencetwisted_baroqueJune 26 2011, 17:20:10 UTC
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is he heavyset, thin, short, rangy? Dextera is tall for his age and rather skinny from eating squat-all. There's pretty much no muscle on him.
2. How old is he? It's never said in-game and assumed that Dextera forgot it due to his memory loss. Munfudged to around his early 20s or so.
3. Describe his posture. Does he carry himself well or does he slouch? He slouches quite a bit because of the Angelic Rifle's weight but he does sit up straight when seated in a chair. For the most part, he looks at the ground.
4. How is his health? Is he fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities? Dextera is rather fit for someone who dies as frequently as he does. Must be all that running.
5. How does he move? Is he clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid? He is a clumsy person outside of battle. Dextera isn't much better in it, but he doesn't trip all that often.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does he perceive himself in the mirror? He's only seen his reflection a grand total of once so he couldn't say anything about his appearence. Things like physical attraction and whatnot are dead in his world anyways.
7. Describe his complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred? Light.
8. Describe his hair: color, texture, style. Black with blue hightlights (going by the manga's color images), short and messed up. Despite the fact that he doesn't look after it or that there's usually blood in his hair, it's rather soft.
9. What color are his eyes? A solid blue. They're rather dead-looking unless he's happy.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features? There's a long surgical scar on his right hip. He doesn't know why it's there at this point.
11. What are his chief tension centers? His back from the weight of the Angelic Rifle and his eyes from having them gouged out once.
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit? Dextera usually wears a white turtle-neck shirt covered by a long blue coat that he rarely takes off and plain black pants. He has plain brown boots and his arms are covered in bandages all the way to his fingers and kept in place by a single golden bracelet on each arm. He...always wears this outfit.
13. Do his clothes fit well? Does he seem comfortable in them? He seems comfortable.
14. Does he dress the same on the job as he does in his free time? If not, what are the differences? What job? But he always wears the same thing.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando? Boxers.
Character Survey - Speechtwisted_baroqueJune 26 2011, 18:45:56 UTC
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse? His voice is light but it gets a little high-pitched when he's upset.
2. How does he normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does he talk easily, or does he hesitate? It's soft and slow, but he does hesitate when he's unsure of what to say.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics? Nope.
4. What language/s does he speak, and with how much fluency? Most languages are dead so English is that only thing he really knows.
5. Does he switch languages or dialects in certain situations? No.
6. Is he a good impromptu speaker, or does he have to think about his words? He has to think.
7. Is he eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change? Inarticulate. The only time he'd ever change it is around little kids.
Character Survey - Mental and Emotionaltwisted_baroqueJuly 5 2011, 21:02:08 UTC
1. How intelligent is this character? Is he book-smart or street-smart? Street-smart, hands down. While Dextera has read a few things thanks to the Baroques, he still knows squat from books.
2. Does he think on his feet, or does he need time to deliberate? On his feet. Has no choice in the matter.
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is he more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical? Dextera's logic is messed up. Just talk to him and you'll find out. As for his thought process, it's extremely scattered and rather depressing. A character in-game describes it "Like a canvas painted over with several layers of melancholy."
4. What kind of education has the character had? NONE.
5. What are his areas of expertise? What, if anything, is he interested in learning more about? Besides fighting, he knows squat. But in Paradisa, he's growing fond of gardening.
6. Is he an introvert or an extrovert? Introvert.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven? Melancholy, though he tries being happy. Dextera rarely if ever gets angry. Sometimes annoyed yes, but not angry.
8. How does he respond to new people or situations? Is he suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic? Stunned, usually, since most people he meets now aren't twisted or are nice to him. But he likes meeting people.
9. Is he more likely to act, or to react? React.
10. Which is his default: fight or flight? Fight. It's all he really knows.
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does he appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks? His humor stinks and hanging around the Coffin Man didn't help things either.. Either Dextera will take the joke as something serious or it'll go completely over his head.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does he deal with them? No, strangly enough.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined him as a person? Finding out about his sin and then later on, remembering everything and fusing with the Absolute God.
14. What does he fear? Disappointing the Archangel again, his sin.
15. What are his hopes or aspirations? Fixing the world.
16. What is something he doesn't want anyone to find out about him? That it was his fault that the world was destroyed.
Character Survey - Relationshipstwisted_baroqueJuly 5 2011, 22:49:58 UTC
1. Describe this character's relationship with his parents. Unknown. Head canon wise Dextera doesn't remember them at all, even with his memories intact.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like? Dextera's relationship with his brother is...complicated. As kids they loved each other but he forgot all of it when the Blaze went off. They still hold the same love and Dextera's brother doesn't hold anything against him.
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom he is close? Are there ones he can't stand? Nope.
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of his family? What are his relationships with them? Pretty much everybody he comes across has a place in his 'family', though he actually doesn't know what it means.
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet? Doesn't have one :>
6. Does he have other close friends? ...you could say Alice and Eliza, but that means he's friends with himself.
7. Does he make friends easily, or does he have trouble getting along with people? Makes friends easily...because he's so damn passive.
8. Which does he consider more important: family or friends? Friends, since he doesn't remember his family.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has he been married more than once? Single.
10. Is he currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse? Nope.
11. Who was his first crush? Who is his latest? None.
12. What does he look for in a romantic partner? ...?
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does he relate to them? If no, does he want any? Nope.
14. Does he have any rivals or enemies? In a sense, the Archangel.
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does he fall on the Kinsey scale? Personally, I see him as a 3 but not knowing what to do with it.
16. How does he feel about sex? How important is it to him? It's just something that simply happens. Not all that important.
17. What are his turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits? ....
Character Survey - Beliefstwisted_baroqueJuly 5 2011, 23:09:17 UTC
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does he fit type? Don't know it.
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in his life? He's...not to sure. They're important to him yes, but not at the same time.
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? 1: lie to kids about his life and unless they heard about it from someone else, that rule will rarely change.
4. How does he regard beliefs that differ from his? Is he tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent? Curious.
5. What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them? Religion is a tricky subject in general for him. Dextera can talk about it, but it'll get ackward after awhile for him.
Character Survey - Daily Lifetwisted_baroqueJuly 5 2011, 23:20:01 UTC
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is he rich, poor, comfortable, in debt? Dirt poor.
2. What is his social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected him? Social status stopped meaning too much in his world, but he'd be lower class.
3. Where does he live? House, apartment, trailer? Is his home his castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does he share it with others? His homes is a castle at the moment. Anywhere flat.
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does he spend his money on? Dextera barely buys the basic necessities.
5. What does he do for a living? Is he good at it? Does he enjoy it, or would he rather be doing something else? He fights for a living, but he doesn't like doing it.
6. What are his interests or hobbies? How does he spend his free time? Gardening.
7. What are his eating habits? Does he skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods? He eats hearts and flesh. So pretty much anything he can get his hands on. Nothing really tastes bad to him.
Associations Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is his favorite:
1. Color? Blue 2. Smell? Rotting things. 3. Time of day? Night. 4. Season? Fall. 5. Book? N/A 6. Music? Carnival of Rust - Poets of the Fall 7. Place? Neuro Tower. 8. Substance? Blood. 9. Plant? N/A 10. Animal? N/A
Dextera is tall for his age and rather skinny from eating squat-all. There's pretty much no muscle on him.
2. How old is he?
It's never said in-game and assumed that Dextera forgot it due to his memory loss. Munfudged to around his early 20s or so.
3. Describe his posture. Does he carry himself well or does he slouch?
He slouches quite a bit because of the Angelic Rifle's weight but he does sit up straight when seated in a chair. For the most part, he looks at the ground.
4. How is his health? Is he fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
Dextera is rather fit for someone who dies as frequently as he does. Must be all that running.
5. How does he move? Is he clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?
He is a clumsy person outside of battle. Dextera isn't much better in it, but he doesn't trip all that often.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does he perceive himself in the mirror?
He's only seen his reflection a grand total of once so he couldn't say anything about his appearence. Things like physical attraction and whatnot are dead in his world anyways.
7. Describe his complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?
Light.
8. Describe his hair: color, texture, style.
Black with blue hightlights (going by the manga's color images), short and messed up. Despite the fact that he doesn't look after it or that there's usually blood in his hair, it's rather soft.
9. What color are his eyes?
A solid blue. They're rather dead-looking unless he's happy.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?
There's a long surgical scar on his right hip. He doesn't know why it's there at this point.
11. What are his chief tension centers?
His back from the weight of the Angelic Rifle and his eyes from having them gouged out once.
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit?
Dextera usually wears a white turtle-neck shirt covered by a long blue coat that he rarely takes off and plain black pants. He has plain brown boots and his arms are covered in bandages all the way to his fingers and kept in place by a single golden bracelet on each arm. He...always wears this outfit.
13. Do his clothes fit well? Does he seem comfortable in them?
He seems comfortable.
14. Does he dress the same on the job as he does in his free time? If not, what are the differences?
What job? But he always wears the same thing.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?
Boxers.
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His voice is light but it gets a little high-pitched when he's upset.
2. How does he normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does he talk easily, or does he hesitate?
It's soft and slow, but he does hesitate when he's unsure of what to say.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?
Nope.
4. What language/s does he speak, and with how much fluency?
Most languages are dead so English is that only thing he really knows.
5. Does he switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
No.
6. Is he a good impromptu speaker, or does he have to think about his words?
He has to think.
7. Is he eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
Inarticulate. The only time he'd ever change it is around little kids.
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Street-smart, hands down. While Dextera has read a few things thanks to the Baroques, he still knows squat from books.
2. Does he think on his feet, or does he need time to deliberate?
On his feet. Has no choice in the matter.
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is he more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
Dextera's logic is messed up. Just talk to him and you'll find out. As for his thought process, it's extremely scattered and rather depressing. A character in-game describes it "Like a canvas painted over with several layers of melancholy."
4. What kind of education has the character had?
NONE.
5. What are his areas of expertise? What, if anything, is he interested in learning more about?
Besides fighting, he knows squat. But in Paradisa, he's growing fond of gardening.
6. Is he an introvert or an extrovert?
Introvert.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
Melancholy, though he tries being happy. Dextera rarely if ever gets angry. Sometimes annoyed yes, but not angry.
8. How does he respond to new people or situations? Is he suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?
Stunned, usually, since most people he meets now aren't twisted or are nice to him. But he likes meeting people.
9. Is he more likely to act, or to react?
React.
10. Which is his default: fight or flight?
Fight. It's all he really knows.
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does he appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
His humor stinks and hanging around the Coffin Man didn't help things either.. Either Dextera will take the joke as something serious or it'll go completely over his head.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does he deal with them?
No, strangly enough.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined him as a person?
Finding out about his sin and then later on, remembering everything and fusing with the Absolute God.
14. What does he fear?
Disappointing the Archangel again, his sin.
15. What are his hopes or aspirations?
Fixing the world.
16. What is something he doesn't want anyone to find out about him?
That it was his fault that the world was destroyed.
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Unknown. Head canon wise Dextera doesn't remember them at all, even with his memories intact.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?
Dextera's relationship with his brother is...complicated. As kids they loved each other but he forgot all of it when the Blaze went off. They still hold the same love and Dextera's brother doesn't hold anything against him.
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom he is close? Are there ones he can't stand?
Nope.
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of his family? What are his relationships with them?
Pretty much everybody he comes across has a place in his 'family', though he actually doesn't know what it means.
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?
Doesn't have one :>
6. Does he have other close friends?
...you could say Alice and Eliza, but that means he's friends with himself.
7. Does he make friends easily, or does he have trouble getting along with people?
Makes friends easily...because he's so damn passive.
8. Which does he consider more important: family or friends?
Friends, since he doesn't remember his family.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has he been married more than once?
Single.
10. Is he currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?
Nope.
11. Who was his first crush? Who is his latest?
None.
12. What does he look for in a romantic partner?
...?
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does he relate to them? If no, does he want any?
Nope.
14. Does he have any rivals or enemies?
In a sense, the Archangel.
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does he fall on the Kinsey scale?
Personally, I see him as a 3 but not knowing what to do with it.
16. How does he feel about sex? How important is it to him?
It's just something that simply happens. Not all that important.
17. What are his turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?
....
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Don't know it.
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in his life?
He's...not to sure. They're important to him yes, but not at the same time.
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?
1: lie to kids about his life and unless they heard about it from someone else, that rule will rarely change.
4. How does he regard beliefs that differ from his? Is he tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?
Curious.
5. What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them?
Religion is a tricky subject in general for him. Dextera can talk about it, but it'll get ackward after awhile for him.
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Dirt poor.
2. What is his social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected him?
Social status stopped meaning too much in his world, but he'd be lower class.
3. Where does he live? House, apartment, trailer? Is his home his castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does he share it with others?
His homes is a castle at the moment. Anywhere flat.
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does he spend his money on?
Dextera barely buys the basic necessities.
5. What does he do for a living? Is he good at it? Does he enjoy it, or would he rather be doing something else?
He fights for a living, but he doesn't like doing it.
6. What are his interests or hobbies? How does he spend his free time?
Gardening.
7. What are his eating habits? Does he skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?
He eats hearts and flesh. So pretty much anything he can get his hands on. Nothing really tastes bad to him.
Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is his favorite:
1. Color? Blue
2. Smell? Rotting things.
3. Time of day? Night.
4. Season? Fall.
5. Book? N/A
6. Music? Carnival of Rust - Poets of the Fall
7. Place? Neuro Tower.
8. Substance? Blood.
9. Plant? N/A
10. Animal? N/A
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