OOC meme!

[arlenarkenstone]

I don't know if anybody will actually have any questions but this seems to be on a lot of other people's journals so I will put it here. Arlen really doesn't lie much anyway but there are things he does not talk about very much

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[sarah_branigan]

I have some questions!

1. What's the deal with Arlen and Einrich?
2. What happened when Arlen met the different gods in your world?
3. What does it mean to Arlen, to be a friend?

[arlenarkenstone]

1. Hee! Well first Einrich started beating up Arlen in school, because Arlen was a little rich boy and Einrich was a poor scholarship kid. And then they spent so much time sitting together waiting to talk to the headmaster or whatever that they kind of talked and Arlen realized Einrich was really smart and fascinating and interested in a lot of the same things. They started being sort of friends in secret at first because Einrich did not want to ruin his macho reputation and then when they left school they found a place together. They started on their alchemaical quest together before they left school

[sarah_branigan]

1. Awww, that makes me feel bad for Arlen. Unrequited love, *sniffle*. Do you think he'd ever fall for someone else?

3. Sarah will help him be a friend. She is the patron saint for socially awkward people. ^_^

I know you put this meme up for Arlen but can I ask questions about other characters of yours?

[arlenarkenstone]

OMG quick answer! I am still catching up on the thread.
1. Maybe maybe but since he doesn't even really realize he fell for Einrich... I don't have any plans or anything about it.

3. XD She knows a lot of them! Schrebs and Arlen and Thorn...

Yes! Probably I should have posted it for Schrebs too. Do I have any characters but Schrebs and Arlen? The Doctor I guess... Ask away!

[cailisairgid]

ohoho I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ARLEN THINKS OF HIS TEAPOT HAVING A NAME.

also: what does he think will happen when/if he finds his dude? how realistic is his view?

[arlenarkenstone]

XD I know he didn't say anything about it but as an alchemist he understands that giving it a name will kind of shape its being and stuff. The teapot is a fasinating experiment and he's willing to study it and watch it kind of evolve from what he's done.

Hee! I guess you mean his partner Einrich? You can see my answer to Sarahmun above for more about Arlen and Einrich. He would like to think they will just pick up their partnership but he really knows that is probably not what will happen. He has changed so he figures Einrich has probably changed too, and sometimes he's even a little angry at him so he's kind of worried their reunion will be an ugly fighty one. He is right about that but he doesn't realize just how big and fighty it will probably be because Einrich unchecked has become really a sort of a monster. I don't quite mean that literally.

Also your character is awesome! I will have to watch the movie again now.

[cailisairgid]

Most excellent! Nuala was v. pleased he let her name it, since it is totally not hers, for goodness sake woman.

Yessss him. That is sort of the impression I'd got, too; I enjoy how much reading between the lines goes on with Arlen, it's totally fascinating to watch.

ty! when she is off bed-rest they should have tea :]

[arlenarkenstone]

I'm kind of glad she named it since it needed one and it would be out of character for him to. Now both my characters have little sidekicks.

Thank you! Arlen was my first character ever so he has had time for a lot of backstory to develop. I always feel kind of funny that his relationship with Einrich defines him so much but it is all something that happened offscreen.

He is going to set up a glassworks and lab in the Nexus labs and will be working there a lot for a while. She should visit but also he will have an assistant who will spaz if he ever meets her I guess. You would have to talk to Shadowmun about it because he plays him. Also also I need to write Arlen's next letter back.

[courtneycrumrin]

What would Arlen do, if Ned stole and ate his glasses?

[arlenarkenstone]

*DIES* He would be very very upset because he does not have another pair. If he could catch Ned doing it probably he would try to trap him or something and take him to show Courtney or A. the evidence because he would not be quite sure they'd believe him. He would have to ask for monies to buy a new pair and his prescription is ugly! Arlen has almost as bad eyesight as Schrebs I think. His change in blood did things with blood pressure and made his eyes worse.

He is going to have a really hard time with the house goblins I think, because his equipment is all fascinating and he doesn't really know how to tell them off. He doesn't get angry that easy so they will probably think he doesn't mean t when he says no.

[call_me_rat]

Since you didn't post it on his LJ, what does Schrebs think of Rat? They're supposed to be all buddy buddy working on city stuff some but we've never really played it much.

[arlenarkenstone]

I think he maybe envies Rat just a little bit because he takes everything so calm and easy rolls with things. He can tell Rat is way smarter then people might realize and he feels bad that somebody with Rat's intelligence is homeless and can't seem to get the recognition he deserves. I guess he feels like rat is as capable as he is at taking care of this stuff and that is part of why he has turned over some projects to him completely like the school and the garden.
Schrebs really really likes him! He might even kind of look to him for advice because he seems older and wiser sometimes but then he feels bad for it because he feels like he helped the city get in the mess its in so its really his responsibility to fix it all.
Rat would make a better psychiatrist then Schreber is.

[call_me_rat]

Rat isn't quite the genius Doc Schreber is, but he's definitely above average. I think maybe the way he puzzles things out has as much to do with personality as IQ. He's very quietly, subtly persistent. He worries at things until he makes sense out of them. He's got nothing better to do.
He's definitely more people oriented, so I see what you're saying, but he could never get a grip on the brain chemistry aspect.