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Facial Expressions
Masking Emotions
Smiles/Smirks/Grins
Eye Contact/Eye Movements
Blushing
Voice/Tone
Body Language/Idle Movement
Thoughts/Thinking/Focusing/Distracted
Silence
Memories
Happy/Content/Comforted
Love/Romance
Sadness/Crying/Hurt
Confidence/Determination/Hopeful
Surprised/Shocked
Guilt/Regret
Disgusted/Jealous
Uncertain/Doubtful/Worried
Anger/Rage
Laughter
Confused
Speechless/Tongue Tied
Fear/Terrified
Mental Pain
Physical Pain
Tired/Drowsy/Exhausted
Eating
Drinking
Warm/Hot
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Angry Dialogue
Part III
"I can't believe I wasted so much time on you!"
"After everything we've been through, this is how you treat me?"
"You have no idea what you've done, do you?"
"Don't talk to me like I'm the problem here!"
"How dare you accuse me of that!"
"You made your choice, now deal with the consequences."
"If you think I'm going to forgive this, you're delusional."
"You didn't 'forget'—you just didn't care."
"It's always about you, isn't it?"
"Do you ever stop to think before you act?"
"Why should I keep fighting for someone who doesn't fight for me?"
"Have you lost your mind?!"
"You think you're untouchable, but you're not."
"Stop twisting my words to suit your narrative!"
"I don't owe you an explanation after what you did."
"You made a mockery of everything we stood for."
"How am I the bad guy now?"
"I refuse to let you manipulate me any longer."
"No one is coming to save us! Don't you get that?"
"This is not something that can easily be fixed!"
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Soft prompts to make you YEARN
✭ brushing your thumb over their knuckles while you're both not saying a word, just existing quietly in the same space like it's the most sacred thing.
✭ them absentmindedly playing with the hem of your sleeve because they want to touch you but aren’t ready to say it yet.
✭ “can i kiss you?” whispered like they’re afraid the moment might shatter if they speak too loud.
✭ their voice cracking just a little when they say your name for the first time in a long time.
✭ them resting their forehead against yours and just… staying there. No words. No movement. Just breath. Just nearness.
✭ sharing headphones and they keep looking at you during the best part of the song. you don’t even know what the song means to them but suddenly it means everything to you.
✭ "stay the night?" said so soft it might’ve been a wish.
✭ dragging their fingers gently down your back like they’re trying to memorize the map of your spine.
✭ tracing your features with their fingertip like you're a sculpture in a museum and they were not supposed to touch you, but god, they can’t help it.
✭ “don’t leave yet.” not because you’re going somewhere. but because being with you is the safest they’ve felt all day.
✭ their voice in the dark. low. quiet. like the night is just for you two.
✭ "this reminded me of you" and it’s just a stupid rock or a weird leaf but you hold onto it like it's a diamond because it's you to them.
✭ laying in bed, face smushed into the pillow, sleep-drunk and murmuring, “you make me feel like i’m home.”
✭ them looking at you like you're not just a person, but their favorite story. one they’ve been rereading since forever and still keep finding new parts to fall in love with.
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Year 356 of the imperial calander.
Tonight, this number is going to become history and a new number will take it's place.
The imperial calander measures the years according to the imperial family's reign. Year 356 means the current imperial family has been in power for 356 years.
The fact that this number is going to disappear means the monarch has changed.
The reason for this is the grand war that started three years ago. The war has consumed everything in it's wake. The citizens were left scared and homeless, the farmers lost their livelihood, the children died of various reasons, the soldiers exhausted after witnessing too much blood.
This is the result of the war.
The reason for the start of the war was simple. The Veiber Empire dared to provoke the Serwen Empire.
Their trade negotiations failed and in a fit of rage, the crown prince of Veiber called the Serwen Empire's second princess "A woman not suited to the parliament."
Unchangeable words were said which led to complete collapse of negotiations between the two empires. And what started as short skirmishes at the border led to full on war.
Today, the Serwen Empire's defeat was finalized.
The main reason for their defeat started with their crown prince dying in battle two years ago. The emperor becoming bedridden only made it worse.
As the acting ruler of the Serwen Empire, the second princess's husband, Archduke Julius Serwen Fordin was defeated, bloody, and chained to kneel infront of his enemy, the crown prince of Veiber.
In huffed voice, Archduke Fordin asked, "Is my wife still alive?"
The crown prince of Veiber, Anton Chellin Du Veiber, nodded with a grin. "We wanted to capture her to make an example but as it may seem, that wench fled while leaving her dear husband behind."
as soon as he finished speaking, a loud explosion sounded from the inner palace of the imperial palace of Veiber.
"Go check what it is," Anton ordered.
"Heheheh." An ominous laughter was heard.
"Have you finally lost your mind? What are you laughing?" Crown prince Anton asked Archduke Fordin.
"YOUR GRACE!" The soldiers who went to check on the sound came running back with an injured butler.
"Your grace!" The butler spoke slowly. "T-the inner palace.
Someone used explosives to... to destroy your room in the inner palace."
Anton was taken aback. This was the most highly guarded building in the entire empire. How can someone infiltrate this place and go as far as to blast my room in particular?
"Hahahahahah!" Archduke Fordin laughed again. This time more ominous than before. "You fools!" He said, smirking.
Archduke Fordin laughed harder and louder. His voice resounded all around the room masked only by the sound of bigger explosions coming from the inner palace.
Crown prince Anton was alarmed.
This must be a plot by the Archduke.
Anton was by no means a fool. He understood that someone from Serwen was trying to set the entire palace by fire. But he couldn't leave the pow either. Especially not when the pow in question is the acting emperor of Serwen, the husband of the second princess and the Archduke ruling the most prosperous City in the Empire, Archduke Fordin. With things as they are, he decided to trust his guards and soldiers in the inner palace and focus on the pow before him.
Within a minute, the explosions halted.
Crown prince Anton heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at Archduke Fordin and smirked. Archduke Fordin's face still had a ridiculous smile plastered over it.
The sound of foot steps echoed in the silent room. Someone's approaching. Anton believed it were the imperial guards who vanquished the intruder.
The footsteps halted and a light knocking sound echoed.
Anton signaled for one of his footmen to open the door. When the footmen opened the door, the figure behind was not of a soldier or a guard. It was a lady.
A gorgious lady with delicate skin donning black armour stood behind the door. Her hair and chain mail were drenched in blood and the smell of gunpowder emulated in the air around her. She was holding a short dagger in her right hand and in her left was a severed head.
Anton gasped at the sight. He knew who the head belonged to. It was head of imperial guard. The very man who was supposed to protect the imperial palace from intruders.
Anton tried to identify the woman. But he could not see her through all the blood, viscera, and ash covering her face.
As the lady stepped forward, Anton and his guards moved back. They kept retreating behind as the lady advanced. It was a sight to behold.
Archduke Fordin ceased laughing. There was silence in the room, if not for the footsteps falling heavily on the ground.
Although the woman's features weren't distinguished, the fact that she was beyond furious and boiling with rage was evident. None in her presence wanted to anger her further.
As soon as the lady got beside Archduke Fordin, she demonstrated three quick and precise movements.
First, she held Archduke Fordin by the ropes tying his hands and threw him aside while tossing the severed head towards the crown prince. This made the crown prince and his followers confused. They thought she was trying to release him but she instead threw him beside.
Next, she took something out from behind and threw it at the guards and soldiers while accurately throwing the dagger in her hand towards the crown prince. The dagger hit him in the thigh and the Anton cried in woe. This was done as a distraction.
Finally, she jumped to the side, lifted Archduke Fordin in her arms, and jumped out the window. This was her grand escape along with the Archduke.
The guards cought the object she threw at them. This object was encased in a wooden box. The guard who caught the box opened its lid. Inside were tons of explosives and one tiny thread which had beautiful orange sparks dancing on it.
The guards tried to throw the explosive away and tried to run. But alas, it was too late. Crown prince Anton along with his followers all turned to dust within a mere moment.
Outside, as the lady jumped out of the fourth floor, a few soldiers in blue cape were waiting at the bottom. Blue was the color of the Veiber Empire. The soldiers of Serwen disguised as Veiber's people to infiltrate the palace at the start of the war. They went undercover for three years, finally realising their duty today.
These soldiers spread a piece of cloth to break the fall of the lady and the Archduke.
With this, the lady, the Archduke, and the soldiers allowed fled the palace through the waterways and exited the palace.
Tiny raindrops started falling from the sky. These raindrops cooked the soldier's bodies and gave them temporary relief. The rain also washed away the blood on the lady's face.
The lady's features became prominent. She was a delicate looking lady. One can even mistake her for a child. She was pretty and lovely if not for her attire.
She was the second princess of the Serwen Empire, Archduke Fordin's wife, and the acting empress of Serwen, princess Marianne Von Fordin Serwen.
Ironically, Crown prince Anton was right. Princess Marianne was "A woman not suited to the parliament."
As soon as the Group consisting Princess Marianne, Archduke Fordin, and the soldiers exited the palace, a huge batallion donning red and black armour appeared in sight. It was the Serwen Empire's army.
Commanding them, was the acting empress of Serwen. It was Princess Marianne.
"ATTACK!" She roared her command. For she was terror incarnate.
Within an hour, the imperial palace was destroyed, reduced to rubble by the continuous explosions. The Soldiers in red killed anyone and anything that came into their way. Even if it were a child. For being a child in the imperial palace was a sin.
The Veiber imperial family lost their support and crumbled under the siege of Serwen's acting empress. It was a one sided massacre.
At this point, even if any of the members of the Veiber imperial family were alive and had the courage to avenge the fallen souls, they would have nowhere to return to. The palace treasury was looted and their registers burnt. The accounts and records were lost in the explosions. And the imperial sigil destroyed.
Finally, at the crack of dawn, when the citizens surrounded the imperial palace with questions, they were greeted by the fluttering of a red flag with black and gold emblem of a dragon. It was the flag of the Serwen Empire. The flag was bigger and more grandiose than the blue flag of the lion that the Veiber Empire placed in that very spot at the start of the war.
This meant the utter and crushing defeat of the Veiber Empire.
Along with that, right below the flag, on the roof of the flag tower, the headless naked bodies of the members of the Veiber imperial family were dangling. The severed heads of the imperial family members were attached to the rods protruding from the main gates of the imperial palace.
The naked bodies of the soldiers loyal to the Veiber imperial family and the Veiber Empire were hanged from the outer walls.
This atrocity prevailed in the command of Princess Marianne.
The peasants who were drafted into the war against their will were sent home. Along with them, the peasants who died in the three year war were identified and compensation was sent to their families.
New villages were made atop the field where the battle took place and these villages housed refugees. The nobles who supported the war from the Veiber Empire's side were stripped of their titles and had their businesses and property confiscated.
These reforms and transformations prevailed in the command of Archduke Fordin.
At the start of the war, the crown prince of Serwen blinded by his love for his younger sister, forbid her from joining the battles.
Angered by her brother's meddling, the princess started to gather a highly skilled and ruthless brigade under her shadow. She did it in such a way that the crown prince had no idea.
When the crown prince passed away in the battlefield, she started moving her pawns. If things had gone according to her plan, victory would've been in the Serwen Empire's hands early on.
The emperor caught wind of the princess's deeds. So he took command of the war away from the generals and took it upon himself to dictate the plan.
As such, Princess Marianne lost another chance at participating in the war. Princess Marianne is a lady who abhors war. But if it was unavoidable and the lives of many are at stake, then she would go to any lengths to make sure she prevails. As such, she waited patiently. She believed the war could be won. So she stood by and watched.
When the news of the Serwen Empire losing the war was heard, the last string of patience was cut. She took matters into her own hands.
She used her husband to distract the generals and the crown prince who commanded the war. Using this opening, she infiltrated the imperial palace and blasted its walls starting from the crown prince's room because he was the very reason the war took place. It was a message of sorts.
Within a night, the tide of the battle turned on its head. The ground Veiber was standing on, crumbled to dust. And the linage and records of the land, forever lost.
The complete conquest of a major empire was seen for the very first time.
Year 356 of the imperial calander.
Tonight, this number is going to become history and a new number will take it's place.
The fact that this number is going to disappear means the monarch has changed.
From the Serwen Imperial family as the monarch to the new monarchy.
The new monarchy will go by the name of Fordin.
And the land that has been devoured was called the Veiber Empire.
From this moment on, the Grand empire of Fordin saw the rise of its two grand monarchs.
The emperor, Julius Serwen Fordin, sought reforms and handled internal affairs. He led the citizens with just and orderly laws.
The empress, Marianne Von Fordin Serwen, handled the external affairs. She held the helm in the Empire's power and moved with an iron grip. Everywhere she went, the men shook in their steps. She was the face of the power in the empire.
Emperor Julius was the only one who can control and soothe the empress. And with the rule of these two, the empire thrived way above it ever did.
The defeated and bloodied king was chained to kneel in front of his enemy and he says weakly: "Is my wife still alive?" His enemy nodded. "You fools," he said smirking, and the king starts laughing as the sounds of explosions getting closer shake the room.
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When your Character...
Gets into: A Fight ⚜ ...Another Fight ⚜ ...Yet Another Fight
Hates Someone ⚜ Kisses Someone ⚜ Falls in Love
Calls Someone they Love ⚜ Dies / Cheats Death ⚜ Drowns
is...
A Ballerina ⚜ A Child ⚜ Interacting with a Child ⚜ A Cheerleader
A Cowboy ⚜ A Genius ⚜ A Lawyer ⚜ A Pirate ⚜ A Spy
A Wheelchair User ⚜ A Zombie ⚜ Beautiful ⚜ Dangerous ⚜ Drunk
Funny ⚜ In a Coma ⚜ In a Secret Society ⚜ Injured ⚜ Shy
needs...
A Magical Item ⚜ An Aphrodisiac ⚜ A Fictional Poison
A Coping Strategy ⚜ A Drink ⚜ A Medicinal Herb ⚜ A Mentor
Money ⚜ A Persuasion Tactic ⚜ A Quirk ⚜ To be Killed Off
To Become Likable ⚜ To Clean a Wound ⚜ To Self-Reflect
To Find the Right Word, but Can't ⚜ To Say No ⚜ To Swear
loves...
Astronomy ⚜ Baking ⚜ Cooking ⚜ Cocktails ⚜ Food ⚜ Oils
Dancing ⚜ Fashion ⚜ Gems ⚜ Herbal Remedies ⚜ Honey
Mushrooms ⚜ Mythology ⚜ Numbers ⚜ Perfumes
Roses ⚜ Sweets ⚜ To Argue ⚜ To Insult ⚜ To Kiss
To Make False Claims ⚜ Wine ⚜ Wine-Tasting ⚜ Yoga
has/experiences...
Allergies ⚜ Amnesia ⚜ Bereavement ⚜ Bites & Stings
Bruises ⚜ Caffeine ⚜ CO Poisoning ⚜ Color Blindness
Facial Hair ⚜ Fainting ⚜ Fevers ⚜ Food Allergies
Food Poisoning ⚜ Fractures ⚜ Frostbite ⚜ Hypothermia
Injuries ⚜ Jet Lag ⚜ Kidnapping ⚜ Manipulation ⚜ Mutism
Pain ⚜ Paranoia ⚜ Poisoning ⚜ More Pain & Violence
Scars ⚜ Trauma ⚜ Viruses ⚜ Wounds
[these are just quick references. more research may be needed to write your story...]
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Honestly, I love it when characters relapse. When someone who’s gotten over their anger issues falls into a situation so out of their depth they fall back on their old habits. When someone who’s learned to open up becomes a recluse again in order to cope with something outside their control.
There’s just something so horrible, so toxic, about watching a character grow and then slip back into their old selves in order to cope, bc you know they still care, that they’re the same inside, but watching them hurt so hard they don’t know what else to do brings a sense of catharsis.
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a list of 100+ buildings to put in your fantasy town
academy
adventurer's guild
alchemist
apiary
apothecary
aquarium
armory
art gallery
bakery
bank
barber
barracks
bathhouse
blacksmith
boathouse
book store
bookbinder
botanical garden
brothel
butcher
carpenter
cartographer
casino
castle
cobbler
coffee shop
council chamber
court house
crypt for the noble family
dentist
distillery
docks
dovecot
dyer
embassy
farmer's market
fighting pit
fishmonger
fortune teller
gallows
gatehouse
general store
graveyard
greenhouses
guard post
guildhall
gymnasium
haberdashery
haunted house
hedge maze
herbalist
hospice
hospital
house for sale
inn
jail
jeweller
kindergarten
leatherworker
library
locksmith
mail courier
manor house
market
mayor's house
monastery
morgue
museum
music shop
observatory
orchard
orphanage
outhouse
paper maker
pawnshop
pet shop
potion shop
potter
printmaker
quest board
residence
restricted zone
sawmill
school
scribe
sewer entrance
sheriff's office
shrine
silversmith
spa
speakeasy
spice merchant
sports stadium
stables
street market
tailor
tannery
tavern
tax collector
tea house
temple
textile shop
theatre
thieves guild
thrift store
tinker's workshop
town crier post
town square
townhall
toy store
trinket shop
warehouse
watchtower
water mill
weaver
well
windmill
wishing well
wizard tower
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"You don't know me. I'm not the same person anymore."
"That's okay. I'll get to know you again."
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Other Words for "Look" + With meanings | List for writers
Many people create lists of synonyms for the word 'said,' but what about the word 'look'? Here are some synonyms that I enjoy using in my writing, along with their meanings for your reference. While all these words relate to 'look,' they each carry distinct meanings and nuances, so I thought it would be helpful to provide meanings for each one.
Gaze - To look steadily and intently, especially in admiration or thought.
Glance - A brief or hurried look.
Peek - A quick and typically secretive look.
Peer - To look with difficulty or concentration.
Scan - To look over quickly but thoroughly.
Observe - To watch carefully and attentively.
Inspect - To look at closely in order to assess condition or quality.
Stare - To look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something.
Glimpse - To see or perceive briefly or partially.
Eye - To look or stare at intently.
Peruse - To read or examine something with great care.
Scrutinize - To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
Behold - To see or observe a thing or person, especially a remarkable one.
Witness - To see something happen, typically a significant event.
Spot - To see, notice, or recognize someone or something.
Contemplate - To look thoughtfully for a long time at.
Sight - To suddenly or unexpectedly see something or someone.
Ogle - To stare at in a lecherous manner.
Leer - To look or gaze in an unpleasant, malicious way.
Gawk - To stare openly and stupidly.
Gape - To stare with one's mouth open wide, in amazement.
Squint - To look with eyes partially closed.
Regard - To consider or think of in a specified way.
Admire - To regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval.
Skim - To look through quickly to gain superficial knowledge.
Reconnoiter - To make a military observation of a region.
Flick - To look or move the eyes quickly.
Rake - To look through something rapidly and unsystematically.
Glare - To look angrily or fiercely.
Peep - To look quickly and secretly through an opening.
Focus - To concentrate one's visual effort on.
Discover - To find or realize something not clear before.
Spot-check - To examine something briefly or at random.
Devour - To look over with eager enthusiasm.
Examine - To inspect in detail to determine condition.
Feast one's eyes - To look at something with great enjoyment.
Catch sight of - To suddenly or unexpectedly see.
Clap eyes on - To suddenly see someone or something.
Set eyes on - To look at, especially for the first time.
Take a dekko - Colloquial for taking a look.
Leer at - To look or gaze in a suggestive manner.
Rubberneck - To stare at something in a foolish way.
Make out - To manage to see or read with difficulty.
Lay eyes on - To see or look at.
Pore over - To look at or read something intently.
Ogle at - To look at in a lecherous or predatory way.
Pry - To look or inquire into something in a determined manner.
Dart - To look quickly or furtively.
Drink in - To look at with great enjoyment or fascination.
Bask in - To look at or enjoy something for a period of time.
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soft vs hard love dialogue and prompts
➣ SOFT LOVE
♡ "you're cute when you're mad."
♡ soft shoulder kisses.
♡ "home is where you are, whether it is here, in the deepest ocean or hottest desert, you are my home."
♡ slow and curious first kiss, both characters seemingly nervous, blush painting their faces.
♡ stolen glances across the room.
♡ "the gods took their time with you."
♡ wearing their heart on their sleeves around each other.
♡ character A's face blushing as B smootheres them in compliments even years into their relationship with character B.
♡ quiet murmurs of affection.
♡ “i missed you.” “i was gone for two hours.”
♡ coffee shop and bookstore dates.
➣ HARD LOVE
♡ guttural rain confessions.*
♡ "do you not get it? every second i spend in the absence of your presence pains me."
♡ harsh and passionate first kisses.
♡ "i fucking yearn for you and you haven't so much as spared me a glance in years!"
♡ walls that they have each spent years building crumbling in the presence of one another.
♡ heated arguments turned into heated confessions.
♡ "i hate you! i hate you so much i can't bear to be near you." "you are walking a fine line between hate and desire, love."
♡ both being far too stubborn to admit their feelings, their hearts both caged deep within them.
♡ (years/months) of pent up emotions being aired in an argument and when the dust settles the only emotion left is their desire for each other.
♡ “do you think i want this? do you think i want to be stuck in this endless cycle of wanting you? do you truly think i enjoy waking up every morning realizing you’re not there?”
♡ tears spilling as they finally give in and proclaim their feelings.
♡ “i am not an easy person to love.” “i think i’ve got the hang of it.”
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* rain confessions coming soon !!
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"Aro/Ace person gets given a love potion" story but instead of them being immune or whatever, it DOES work, and they realize IMMEDIATELY that they've been fed a love potion because this feeling is so wrong and foreign but everyone keeps laughing off the idea of it being a love potion because "they were probably just a late bloomer" or "no, you just finally found the right person!" and it's just a horror story about how no one believes them even though they know, they KNOW this isn't right and they can't stand it.
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Dana Scully needs to believe in herself more huh
Apparently in China peach wood (Along with the rest of the plant) is believed to have properties that repel evil spirits, a little similar to silver in European legends or iron for both European fae and West Asian/Middle eastern Jinn. Taoists sometimes keep swords made of peach wood because of this. This made me realize something. If you took a peach wood stick, and attached studs to it of both silver and iron you'd end up with a club or staff (or mace, flail etc.) that would have the weaknesses of many kinds of supernatural creatures while still retaining effectiveness as a normal weapon (peach is a hardwood and silver's poor edge retention doesn't matter for studs). You could even keep adding new stud materials to get something ridiculous that affects over 120 catalogued folkloric monsters. Since you just need a few little studs you could even get some really expensive materials like meteoric iron (a thumb tip sized meteorite can still cost like 10-20 bucks I think). I could somewhat feasibly make a weapon that affects every monster ever thought to walk the earth, from vampires and werewolves to jinn and jiangshi and even mankind.
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A Complete Character Development Profile (redo)
- When filling out my own character template for my oc, I realised there was so much I missed, so I did a redo

Section 1: Basic Identity
Personal Information
Full Legal Name:
Stage/Preferred Name:
Aliases/Online Personas:
Name Origins and feelings
Did they choose or inherit their name:
Meaning (linguistically, cultural, familial):
Do they feel like fit their name:
Any resentment or pride around their name?
Do they hesitate before introducing themselves? Why?:
Nicknames and Titles
Current nicknames:
Who uses them and in what tone:
Nickname they hate but tolerate:
Nickname they miss hearing:
Professional titles or honorific’s:
Age Profile
Chronological age:
Mental age:
Emotional age:
Age they appear:
Age they feel:
Age related feelings
DO they feel behind or ahead of peers?:
How do they relate to others their age?:
Do they lie about their age? Why?:
Gender identity
Assigned at birth:
Current identity:
How they embody their gender:
Have they explored or questioned it?:
Do they surprise aspects of their gender:
Do they correct misperceptions? How:
How do others perceive their gender:
Sexual Orientation
How they identity:
Are they open about this:
Are any internal conflicts or journeys of discovery:
Current living situations
Where they live:
Type of dwelling:
Who they live with:
How long they’ve been there:
Environmental impact
What their space smells like:
Soundscape of their area:
How the environment has shaped them:
Do they know the shortcuts and hidden sports:
Do they feel connected or displaced:
Dream living situation:
Birthday and celebrations
Birthday:
Zodiac sign:
Do they believe in astrology:
Birthday feelings and traditions
How they celebrate:
Do they dread or enjoy birthdays?
first birthday they remember:
Worst birthday experience:
Do they tell people hen their birthday is?
How they feel about surprise celebrations:

Section 2: Personality Deep Dive
Internal Srengths
Primary strengths:
How it manifests:
Do they recognise it as a strengths:
External strengths
Primary strengths:
How it manifests:
Has this strengths ever backfired on them? How:
Hidden strengths (ones they don’t recognise in themselves)
Primary weaknesses
What is it:
Is it a flaw or defence mechanism:
How to they hide it:
How their weakness effects others
How their behaviour Echoes in a room:
Are others protective or exploitive of their weaknesses:
Psychological Profile
MBTI Type:
Enneagram type:
Core childhood wound:
How this derived their behaviour:
How it manifests in
Conflict:
Decision-making:
Daily Routine:
Big 5 Personality traits each on a 1-5 scale)
Openness:
Conscientiousness:
Extraversion:
Agreeableness:
Neuroticism:
Do any traits clash with each other?:
Character Archetype
Which archetype do you think they are:
Which archetype would they think they are:
Emotional Landscape
Attatchment style:
How it manifests
In conflict:
When needing others:
Do they test people of cut them off quickly:
Primary fears (physical)
What is it:
Triggers:
Physical responses:
Primary fears (Emotional)
What is it:
Specific triggers:
Physical response:
How they rationalise this fear:
Core memories: Happy
What happened:
Associated textures/smells/songs
Would they share this with others:
Core memories: Sad
What happened:
How it shows up in dreams/habits/reactions today:
Would they rewrite it or cling to is as part of their identity:
Object of significance
What is it:
Condition of the object:
What this condition represents:
Associated memory or person:
Beliefs and philosophy
Core beliefs:
How they justify their morals:
Do they act in line with their beliefs or just speak them:
Do they believe in fate:
If not, how do they explain the unexplainable:
Confidence and self perfection
Where their confidence is real:
Where their confidence is armour:
Do they crumble when unseen or rejected:
How they see themselves vs how others see them:

Section 3: Goals dreams and motivations
Current goals
Surface level goal:
What it’s really about:
Obstacles in their way:
What they’re willing to sacrifice for it:
Long term dreams
Big dream they’ve never spoken aloud:What haven’t they shared it:
Is this dream inherited or self born:
What would achieving it mean to them:
Shame and pride
What they’re embarrassed to tell others:
Why is this shameful to them:
Source of pride:
What accomplishment do they cling to when feeling worthless:
Do they overplay or minimise their accomplishments:
Regrets and pain points
Petty regrets:
Large scale regrets:
Which ones keep them up at night:
Source of misery (the unscratchable itch in their soul)
Admiration and envy
What they admire above all else:
Person who embodies their unmet potential:
Trait they mock in others but secretly envy:

Section 4: Mental Health and coping
Mental health
Diagnosed conditions:
Undiagnosed conditions they might have:
How long diagnosed/untreated:
Do they deny it or medicate it:
How it manifests for them specifically:
Coping mechanisms
Healthy coping strategies:
Unhealthy coping strategies:
Crisis response:
Who they call in a crisis:
Intelligence and emotional processing
IQ (estimated):
EQ (estimated):
How they intelligence isolates or connects them:
Do they weaponise their emotional intelligence:
Humour style
What makes them laugh when no one else does:
What humour makes them uncomfortable:
Do they use humour as a defense mechanism:

Section 5: Behavioural Patterns and Habits
Daily habits and routines
Morning routine:
Evening routine:
Work/productivity habits:
Self care habits:
Bad habits
Sensory tics:
Toxic coping:
Avoidance ritual:
When do they allow these habits in front of others:
Behavioural tells
When stressed:
When content:
When scared:
Normal state:
Verbal Mannerisms
Do they use rhetorical questions!
Sarcasm level:
Do they complete sentence or often drift off in thought:
Precise or vague in speech:
Do they often mirror others:
What they say vs what they don’t
Truth they always avoid:
What they overstate to distract:
Are they brutally honest or do they sugar coat:
Physical presence
How they move across a room:
How much space they take up:
Are they aware of their physical presence:
Posture and body language:
Expressions of love and care
How they show love:
Do they know their actions make others feel loved:
What they need to feel loved:

Section 6: Hobbies and Interests
Current hobbies
Public hobbies (ones they don’t hide):
Secret hobbies (tell few to no people):
Hobbies they wish they had more time for:
How they feel whilst doing hobbies:
Skills and talents
Natural talents:
Learned skills:
Skills they’re working on:
Skills they’ve abandoned:

Section 7: Physical Appearance
Defining features
What a police sketch would capture:
Parts of their body they highlight:
Parts of their body they hide:
Facial features
Face shape:
Nose shape:
Eye shape:
Eye colour:
Lip shape:
Eyebrow shape:
Eyelash length/thickness:
Body details
Height:
Weight:
Body type/shape:
Skin tone:
Skin details:
Tattoos:
Piercings:
Facial hair:
Body hair:
Style and presentation
Clothing style:
Signature detail:
How much effort they put into their appearance:
What’s habit vs performance:
Personal preference vs societal pressure:
Self perception and others reactions
Why do they dress (to disappear, seduce, intimidate etc)
Their opinion of their appearance:
Their most attractive feature in their opinion:
Body part the obsess over:
Are they conventionally attractive:
How they handle compliments:
How they handle stares:
The vibe they give off
What music would play when they’re introduced in a movie:
What do people assume about them based on looks:
Are those assumptions correct:
What type of people are drawn to their vibe:
How do they react to that attention:

Section 8: Relationships and social connections
Trust and loyalty
Person they trust most:
Why they trust them:
Was this trust earned or given easily:
How they test trust:
What they wish they could to for this person:
What’s holding them back:
Conflict and animosity
Person they hate the most:
What they wish they could do to them:
How this hatred affects their daily life:
Family dynamics
Biological family structure:
Relationship with parents/guardians
Mother/maternal figure:
Father/paternal figure
Quality of relationship:
Siblings
Number and ages:
Relationship quality:
Birth order effects:
Extended family
Family members they avoid:
Family secrets or dynamics!
Chosen family:
How their chosen family differs from biological:
Friendships
Best friend:
How they met:
What they value in this friendship:
Friend group dynamics
Size of social circle:
Role they play in the group:
Group activities:
Childhood friends still in their life:
Friends they’ve lost and why:
How they make new friends:
What they need from friendships:
Professional relationships
Work/school relationships:
Mentors:
People who believe in the
Professional reputation:
Romantic relationships
Current relationship status:
Relationship history:
What they seek in a partner:
What they believe love should look like:
Relationship patterns:
How they behave when in love:
How they handle breakups:
Deal breakers in relationships:
Social expectations and roles
What others expect of them:
Roles they’ve earned vs inherited vs resent:
Where they belong:
Where they pretend to belong:
Non human bonds
Relationship with animals:
Significant objects:
Connection to places:
Spiritual or supernatural beliefs:

Section 9: Background and history
Childhood and upbringing
Where they grew up:
Type of community:
Socioeconomic background:
Families reputation in the community:
Were they known, invisible, praised or feared:
Childhood environment
Sensory memories:
Neighbourhood dynamics:
Safety level:
Cultural influences:
Defining incidence
Stories they retell:
Stories they never tell:
Pivotal childhood moments
When they realised something was wrong in the world:
When they realised there is good in the world:
First time they felt truly seen:
First major disappointment:
Education and development
Educational background:
Academic performance:
Favourite subjects:
Teachers who influenced them:
Extracurricular activities:
Notable people from their past
Person who made them feel they could become something:
Person who made them feel small:
First crush:
Childhood hero:
Early role models:
Major accomplishment
What they minimise:
What they overplay:
Trauma and loss
How they carry it:
Do they use it as a weapon, warning or wound:
How it’s shaped their worldview:
Life changing moments:
Biggest regrets:
Moments of triumph:
Current life context
How they view their past:
What they’ve learned about themselves:
What they’re still learning:

Section 10: current life and daily reality
Living situation
Current home:
How they feel about their space:
Personal belonging that matter most:
How they maintain their space:
Financial reality
Current financial situation:
How money shapes their decisions:
How they treat expensive things:
Financial goals or fears:
Relationship with money:
Daily life and routine
Typical structure:
Morning person or night own:
How they spend free time:
Daily stressors:
Daily joys:
Current challenges
Biggest current problem:
What they’re working on improving:
What they’re avoiding dealing with:
Support systems they have:
Support systems they need:
Future outlook
Where they see themselves in 5 years:
What they’re most excited about:
What they’re most worried about:
Changed they want to make:
What’s holding them back from change:
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Text: The forest here is thick with Ghost Spiders, ethereal eight legged things weaving gossamer webs, in which wandering souls become entangled, the end of the end of their lives.
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Blackmail Prompts
💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌
No one knows... Yet.
You're looking pretty damn guilty to me.
We can keep this between the two of us.
My silence can be bought.
I'll keep this. Just to be sure.
I never thought you were the type.
You weren't interesting before, but now, oh, you bet I'm interested.
I have the footage. You'll listen if you don't want anyone else to see it.
It's a fair exchange. You do what I want and I keep my mouth shut.
You did it for them, now do it for me.
Oh don't act like you're not getting anything out of this. Silence is priceless.
Did I not mention I was recording this?
You look happy in this picture...
You didn't think you would get away with it, did you?
Okay, I'll delete it. After.
It could ruin everything, couldn't it?
I won't tell everyone what a slut you are.
Looks like you sent this to the wrong person.
It's too late. I sent the picture.
I told you the rules.
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