when you make an oc as a joke and it’s all silly fun and games but then you accidentally start thinking more in depth about them and their story and who they are and realize it’s not a joke anymore
Name: Avytra Tuoso
Eye Color: Golden brown
Hair Style/Color: Horns a slightly darker bronze than her scale-tone. They have a slight curl to them.
Clothing Style: Academic, but flattering. On expeditions she favors sturdy pants, a wide brimmed hat, and anything with many, many pockets.
Best Physical Feature: Her smile. Though a bit sharp, her teeth are brilliant and her smile is genuine and enthusiastic.
LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE
Fears: Letting down her family, becoming an unknown scholar, dying before making a name for herself
Guilty Pleasure: Collecting. Doesn’t quite matter what, mostly artifacts though.
Biggest Pet Peeve: Being told woman can’t do things as well as men.
Your Ambition for the Future: Publish her travelogue and study of Chult. And solve the Death Curse, of course.
LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS
First Thoughts Waking Up: I need to brush up on *insert obscure topic here*
Think About the Most: Academia, really. Writing, reading, publishing. She loves the archive she works in and she wants to make it the best in the world.
Think About Before Bed: Whatever she last read.
Think Best Quality Is: Intelligence, for sure.
LAYER FOUR: WHAT’S BETTER?
Single or Group Dates: Oh, gosh, she hasn’t been on one in a while! Really Avytra prefers group dates but she doesn’t have enough friends for such things she just doesn’t have the time.
To be Loved or Respected: Respected, hands down. Scholars who break down walls are rarely loved in their time.
Beauty or Brains: Beauty, honestly. She has enough brains to compensate for a partner’s failing. Though if you have both, well.... watch out.
Dogs or Cats: Cats naturally lend themselves to her life style. Independent, they are. She also likes sitting in big chairs and stroking their fur. It makes her feel like a character from a novel.
LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?
Lie: Not on paper!
Believe in Yourself: Maybe too much
Believe in Love: The fictional kind.
Want Someone: Oh well, after this next paper publishes and she gets back from Chult but then she has to reorganize the travel section in the library so... eventually?
LAYER SIX: EVER?
Been on Stage: Oh gosh, no.
Done Drugs: She is not opposed to trying them so she can write about it later. But no.
Changed Who You Were to Fit In: No. To a fault, even.
LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES
Favorite Color: Orange!
Favorite Animal: Did you know that Bunyips don’t actually go into feeding frenzies when they smell blood? It’s a myth perpetuated by someone who kept them in captivity and starved them! They are actually fairly smart creatures in the wild.
Favorite Food: Meat Chocolate
Favorite Game: Complex board games that take at least three plays to learn all the rules
LAYER EIGHT: AGE
Day Your Next Birthday Will Be: Uktar 18th
How Old Will You Be: 24
Age You Lost Your Virginity: Oh! Well, get her a little more drunk for that story. (18)
LAYER NINE: IN A PERSON
Best Personality: Witty and successful, but kind
Best Eye Color: Oh any really, as long as there is a smile there
Best Hair Scale Color: Well, she’s not color biased, really, non-metallics are just a good but Gold? There’s something about Gold...
Best thing to do with a Partner: Debate
LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE
I love: learning
I feel: excited
I hide: my selfishness
I miss: my father
I wish: that people would take me seriously
Tagged by @paragon-interrupt! I don’t know like anyone else on here lol so @jesickachaos or @hannahbaba if you two wanna do it? It was fun. I had to do some deep dives to figure out stuff about her I hadn’t thought about!
I think growing up on a steady diet of fanfiction made me hate traditional book genres. Like, I don’t care what the overall “theme” is. Gimme the tags. Is there character death? Sibling rivalry? Snarky best friend? That’ll do way more to get me into a book than slotting it into one of a dozen strictly defined boxes that tells me almost nothing.