Amarissia Babbles, The Choir Memes, and Then We'll Have A Fic Update...

[amarissia]

I'm still getting used to going out and interacting with people, and yesterday I was all over the place, so *head still spinning a bit*. One of the members of my church (where I am the Pagan mascot, nya nya) got me interested in maybe volunteering a bit at the nearby hospital for veterans. Sunday was supposed to be my first day; I was gonna attend the non-denominational service there, talk to some people, see how I like it. Oh noooooo. Instead I got completely lost and blundered into the Catholic service instead, which was so not the awesome. I didn't know if leaving in the middle of it would be a faux pas of some sort, so I tried to stick it out, I did. But then they started praying for a return to "traditional values" and "an end to abortion", and I feared an anti-gay tirade was next, so rather than bury them where I buried Dr. So-Called Laura, I ran.

Just before I left, a woman from the service very sweetly said she hoped their awful singing hadn't scared me off. I thought of saying, "No, it's just that Obama's picking me up for my abortion", but I guess RealLife!Me just isn't capable of that level of snark yet. I'll get there.

On a brighter note, after church service I was sitting with some people I don't know well yet, and closer to my age than the others, which is a bit of an anxious thing for me. I've never done well around people of my own age group. One young woman mentioned that she loved anime, another agreed, so she started listing her favorite ones. Among them...Gravitation. !!! I blurted out, "Omigod, I love Gravitation!" You'd think they'd just met a long-lost sister. "So, you're into yaoi?" It was the first time someone has said that word to me rather than typed it. Weird to find such kindred spirits in a church, but hey. The gods are raging loons, I've always said.

Speaking of loons, the rest of the Choir have finished their assigned questionnaire, since some of you asked to see their answers!

What’s your name?


Sephy-Pants: "Sephiroth. Not Sephy-Pants, as I have said repeatedly."
Angeal: "Angeal Hewley."
Cloud: "I'm Cloud!"
Genesis: "Do I really need to introduce myself? Genesis Rhapsodos. Commence your drooling, ladies." *smirk*

What are you? (e.g. elf, demon, fairy, vampire, shinigami)


Sephy: "A SOLDIER. General of the SOLDIER divison of ShinRa, to be more precise."
Angeal: "SOLDIER 1st Class. Amarissia often assigns me to head the 2nd Class, as well, which I don't mind."
Cloud: "I'm Cloud, silly." *giggles* "I already told you that."
Genesis: "My primary work is making their lives *waves toward Choir* more interesting, and serving as an unobtainable goal for fangirls. In my spare time I too am a SOLDIER 1st Class."

How old are you?


Sephy: "I assume you mean our Choir selves. In that case, twenty-two."
Angeal: "Twenty-three."
Cloud: "Sixteen!"
Genesis: "Twenty-four. But isn't it odd that Angeal looks older than me? Ha, not laughing at my beauty products now, are you, Geal?"
Angeal: *eyeroll*

What weapon/tool do you wield/use?

Sephy: "A katana. By the way, it's pronounced 'ma-sah-moo-nay'. Don't mispronounce it."
Angeal: *holds out the Buster Sword, looks at it fondly*
Cloud: "My sword is called First Tsurugi. When I use Omnislash, it splits into a bunch of swords! It's neat."
Genesis: "A sword is the only weapon elegant enough for me."

What do you do for a living?


Sephy: "I told you, I'm general of SOLDIER."
Angeal: "A SOLDIER's life is more tedious than you might think. Yes, there are missions and training, but there's also a lot of paperwork."
Cloud: "Ardwynna said I'm the fandom bicycle. What does that mean?"
Genesis: *can't answer because he's laughing too hard*

If applicable, what is your position?


Sephy: "Have I not explained this?"
Angeal: "Yeah, let's skip this one."

What are your hobbies?


Sephy: "Hobbies? I don't understand."
Angeal: "I like gardening and photography. Spending time with Seph and Gen, and of course, Zack."
Cloud: "I like visiting our friends through the portals, and playing with Ryu-chan, and playing with Silverstream."
Genesis: "Porn. And Loveless. Not at the same time, though. I need a free hand."

Favorites:


Food?

Sephy: "It all serves the same purpose."
Angeal: "Something home-cooked, with lots of vegetables. That's the only way I can get Zack to eat his vegetables, is by cooking for him." *laughs*
Cloud: "Ooh, I can't pick! Amarissia brings me lots of stuff I like. Maybe pudding?"
Genesis: "Naughty puppies."
Angeal: "Genesis..."
Genesis: "Fine, fine. Lately I've been craving sweets, perhaps because they remind me of my dear spiky-haired pet. And apples from my hometown, always!"

Season of the year?

Sephy: "I like winter."
Angeal: "Spring and early fall."
Cloud: "Whenever the butterflies come!"
Genesis: "Summer. Not that I need an excuse to walk around nude, but it's handy to have one."

Day of the week?

Sephy: "They are all much the same to me."
Angeal: "Zack tends to be in his best moods on Thursdays and Sundays, so them."
Cloud: "I like them all!"
Genesis: "My best chances to get Seph to stop working are on Sundays, so yeah, it's always fun to drag him away from his precious work."


Animal?

Sephy: "I've come to rather like chocobos."
Angeal: "Need you ask? Puppies, of course."
Cloud: "Kitties! And butterflies. And fish! And - "
Genesis: "What, you mean for cosplay purposes? Something feline. With a clever tongue and - "
Angeal: *has censored the rest of Genesis's answer*


Person?

Sephy: "I have a few of them."
Angeal: "I count a handful of people as irreplaceable to me. But Zack would be the most important."
Cloud: *pout* "I like everybody, I don't wanna pick!"
Genesis: "I have to agree with Seph...romantically, however, my heart belongs to L." *waves* "Hello there, my coy pet."
Cloud: "Oh right, I like koi too!"
Genesis: "I didn't mean...never mind."


Toy?

Sephy: *stares blankly* "Toy? Do you mean my playthings?"
Angeal: "Stop smirking, Amarissia, I would never refer to Zack as a toy. Hmm, probably my camera."
Cloud: "My L costume!"
Genesis: I would like to answer, if I may, in the form of a poem."
Angeal: "Oh, hell."
Genesis: "This is my weapon, this is my toy. If you think you can take it, then come get it, boys." *smirk*
Amarissia: "I'm guessing I don't need to tell you what he was gesturing to."


Element?

Sephy: "Fire." *adds hastily* "To fight with, I mean."
Angeal: "Earth."
Cloud: "Does Holy count? It's pretty."
Genesis: "Fire to fight with, ice to sex up." *leers at Sephy*


Color?

Sephy: "Black."
Angeal: "Pale blue. Also greens and browns, anything earthy."
Cloud: "I like silver best."
Genesis: "Red, of course. The color of passion and heat and intensity!"

Least Favorite


Food?

Sephy: "Anything with a lot of sugar."
Angeal: "The fancy stuff they serve in the restaurants Gen drags me to occasionally."
Cloud: "Peanut brittle. I've never tried it, but Amarissia says it's evil."
Genesis: "Anything that reminds me of my mother's cooking. There was a reason we had a kitchen staff."


Season of the year?

Sephy: "I don't have a least favorite."
Angeal: "Winter."
Cloud: "I like them all."
Genesis: "Well, I'd say winter, but the cold makes opportunities for snuggling. There's good in all seasons, I suppose."


Day of the week?

Sephy: "Whichever day Hojo decides to emerge from his lab."
Angeal: "Zack's grumpiest on Mondays."
Cloud: *obliviously playing with Silverstream*
Genesis: *obliviously playing with himself*
Sephy: "Genesis!"
Genesis: "All right, all right, I'll finish later."


Animal?

Sephy: "The Midgar Zolom was probably the most unpleasant I ever met."
Angeal: "I like all animals, as long as they don't disturb my garden too much."
Cloud: "Me too! I also like horses, and Amarissia's guinea pig, and dogs, and Scripta's birds - "
Genesis: "Insects. I hate insects, I don't know how Angeal puts up with them."


Person?

Sephy: "Need you really ask?"
Angeal: "Hojo."
Cloud: "Hojo." *snuggles close to Sephy*
Sephy: *cuddles him*
Genesis: "Yeah, let's make it unanimous."


Toy?

Sephy: "Can one really possess a least favorite toy? Why not simply discard it?"
Angeal: "It is an odd question."
Cloud: "I like all my toys."
Genesis: "Hmm, me too. My least cooperative toy would probably be either Seph or Puppy." *ducks two fists*


Element? (e.g. water, fire, wind, Earth, etc.)

Sephy: "I find them all useful."
Angeal: "Probably fire. It's destructive."
Cloud: "I don't like fire either."
Genesis: "I suppose earth, because it's the least exciting. No offense, Geal."


Color?

Sephy: "Pink. I get far too much pink fanmail."
Angeal: "Gray, maybe. Anything dull and lifeless."
Cloud: "I like all colors, but black is the least fun. It looks good on Seph and Zack, though." *giggles*
Genesis: "Orange. It's much too garish."

Who is your love interest?

Sephy: "Zack and Cloud."
Angeal: *is pretending not to have heard*
Cloud: *giggles* "Seph and Zack."
Genesis: "Amarissia, be a dear and put a visual, would you? Gaze on his splendor, fangirls. But remember, he's mine!"



Genesis: "And he comes as part of a package, no less. Amarissia, show them the other one."

What’s the most embarrassing moment you’ve experienced?

Sephy: "If I had an embarrassing moment, why would I share it?"
Angeal: "Well, there was that time not long after Gen and I came to ShinRa, and he decided to sneak into the materia stores. I went along to try to keep him out of trouble. We got inside, but someone opened the door, and to cover what he was really there for, Gen stuck his tongue down my throat and his hand in my pants. I think that maintenance worker quit not long after."
Cloud: "I fell through a roof once."
Genesis: "Embarrassed? I? Surely you jest."

If someone stalked you, who would you like it to be?

Sephy: "I have to deal with too many stalkers as it is."
Angeal: *is pretending not to pay attention again*
Cloud: "Ryu-chan! He does that when we play hide-and-seek."
Genesis: "I wouldn't mind my brilliant detective pet pursuing me. Might even let myself get caught." *wink*

Not like it to be?

Sephy: "I suppose Hojo would be the worst."
Angeal: "I agree."
Cloud: "I don't like Hojo." *snuggles closer to Sephy*
Genesis: "Anything with boobs."

If you can wish for anything, what would you wish for?

Sephy: "For the ones I love to be safe."
Angeal: "For Zack to be completely happy, whatever it takes."
Cloud: "For Jenova not to bother Seph anymore."
Genesis: "Death Note porn. Just the absolute filthiest - "
Angeal: "Killing the mood, Gen."
Genesis: "Oh, fine. *spreads arms out dramatically* "For the Goddess to spread Her love and peace across all worlds."

What would you give to your favorite person?

Sephy: "Anything they wanted, within my power."
Angeal: *sigh* "Peace. An end to doubts, if only I could."
Cloud: "Hugs!"
Genesis: "My undying devotion. And my body, of course. You writers think you know self-insertion?" *smirk*

Least favorite person?

Sephy: "More pain than a human can stand."
Angeal: "A hot iron in a very sensitive place."
Cloud: "Kicks! Just like L!" *kicks*
Genesis: "Sounds like a typical hour of play at my place."

Name a fun thing you’d do with duct tape.

Sephy: "Seal the labs closed."
Angeal: "Tape the pages of Loveless together."
Cloud: *giggles* "Handcuffs?"
Genesis: "I like the way you think sometimes, little one."

If you can take a vacation anywhere, where would it be?

Sephy: "I would like to see Wutai as a visitor, not an enemy."
Angeal: "I greatly enjoy camping with Zack."
Cloud: "Where the windmills are!"
Genesis: "I like the sound of this Japan Amarissia keeps talking about. Apparently I have a famous look-alike there."

Who would you take with you?

Sephy: "That depends on how dangerous it is."
Angeal: "All I need is Zack, but I wouldn't doing a trip with the whole Choir sometime."
Cloud: "All my friends! I wanna show Ryu-chan the windmills, especially."
Genesis: "Seriously, a look-alike. I could have me-on-me sex, mmmmm."

What do you find to be the most annoying thing/person in the world/universe?

Sephy: "Being gawked at, and grabbed."
Angeal: "SquareEnix, for making Canon!Me leave Zack."
Cloud: "I don't like the man in Loveless who's mean to butterflies."
Genesis: "Resistance. Soemtimes it's a turn-on, but you must know it's ultimately futile." *smirk*

What’s the best gift you’ve received?

Sephy: "Were it not for my ability to channel my feelings into fighting, I don't know how I would have gotten through my childhood and adolescence."
Angeal: "Zack, of course."
Cloud: "My friends, and Silverstream!"
Genesis: "Honestly? Angeal's friendship."

The worst?

Sephy: "The truth about my heritage."
Angeal: "The leopard-print fur thong Genesis left under my pillow."
Cloud: "I like gifts."
Genesis: "Angeal's friendship again. He nags me to death." *smile*

What’s the best prank you’ve pulled?

Sephy: "I do not pull pranks."
Angeal: "My favorite was the wreath we decorated with heads from Hojo dolls."
Cloud: "Ryu-chan and I dressed up like squirrels and jumped off an office building in Midgar. Everyone thought they were being attacked by flying squirrels!"
Sephy: "You what?"
Genesis: "The best prank is always the one that hasn't happened yet, my dears."

The worst prank you’ve received?

Sephy: "Mostly people are too intimidated to prank me. Does the number of cadets I've had hit on me count?"
Angeal: "Only Zack pranks me, and I don't mind."
Cloud: "Sometimes Zack hides, and the jumps out and tickles me. I don't mind that, except when he doesn't stop till I pee."
Genesis: "The English voice used for me at the end of Dirge of Cerberus. I'm pretty sure that was a prank, at least."

Do you have a kink or fetish?

Sephy: *silence*
Angeal: "I choose not to answer."
Cloud: "Do threesomes count? I also like when Seph wears his sword, and being wrapped in his hair. And toys."
Genesis: *stares at Cloud in shocked approval*

Which would you pick of the following:

Glass if half empty.

Glass is half full.

Glass is poisoned.

Glass is spiked.


Sephy: "In my experience, the glass is full of something unpleasant but necessary for an experiment." *frowns*
Angeal: "Depends who you're drinking with."
Cloud: "My hair is spiked."
Genesis: "The glass is poisoned...but I switched it with someone else's when they weren't looking." *smirk*

And who would you send this to?

Sephy: "I would not."
Angeal: "If Zack wouldn't object, I'd like to know how other characters with my voice might answer." *laughs*
Cloud: "Ryu-chan!"
Genesis: "My brilliant pet. He's still such a mystery to me."

Amarissia: "Okay, guys, we're done. Hmm, even I didn't know some of this stuff."
Angeal: "Now you know."
Genesis: "And knowing is half the battle." *laughs*
Sephy: "I don't get it."

And to top it all off, guess who started posting her new multi-chapter? This glutton for punishment right here. If I haven't scared you away, here's the link!

Comments

[chibi-envy-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh, a gigai is a physical body that the shinigami can use when in the real world. You see they can't be seen by anyone who doesn't have a high enough spiritual pressure. So yeah... It's a way for them to interact with the living world, 'cause they like protect them from the hollows andwhatnot.

Toushiro: I hate gigais. *looks towards near and accepts the puzzle piece before helping him solve it*

>>U Toushiro does that when he's bored enough, and he can't access his precious paperwork.

I wonder how they'd react to seeing the Gold Saints from Saint Seiya. >3 *is plotting evil plots*

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

So, it's LIKE a space suit? You mean I was sorta right?

Sephy: *is shocked*

Hey! *pouts*

Near: *tiny smile at finished puzzle and Toushiro*

You just earned brownie points with Sephy, cutie pie. *pats Toushiro's head again*

Zack: "Uh, he doesn't seem to like it when you pat his head, or call him patronizing nicknames."

I can't help it, he's cute! He looks like a little Sephy, actually. Yay, another cousin located! *presents a 'Sephiroth's Cousin' sash* There. That'll get you to the front of the line at all the hottest clubs, when you're old enough to get into them.

Zack: "I thought he was dead."

Hollows? Are hollows bad? Are they like Heartless? *knows only a bit about KH, despite being in the middle of 1 and 2 at the same time...or maybe because of that...*

[chibi-envy-chan.livejournal.com]

Not much of a space suit... Um... It doesn't protect them against anything. In fact, it hinders them. They're used to moving around freely. When they're inside gigais, it weighs them down, and they can't access the full potential of their reiatsu or spirit energy/pressure.

Toushiro: *glares at Amarissia* Don't touch the hair. *continues glaring until he's presented a 'Sephiroth's cousin' sash* ... I'm over a century old! *huffs*

Ya know, you never can tell by looking at him. Then again, he was young when he died, and shinigami age slowly. Maybe he's going through a... very slow puberty?

Toushiro: I heard that!

In a way, they are like Heartless except they take people's souls. They need it to feel whole again. So that's why they need shinigami to protect the living from them. Otherwise, there wouldn't be many of them. *scratches head* It's kinda hard for me to describe the process of making one. *looks to Toushiro*

Toushiro: *too busy glaring*

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

Over a century old? Wow...hee, yeah, you must've been pretty young. And cute! *sneaks another pat of his head*

Angeal: "Please excuse Amarissia. She has a rather maternal nature, which you might not be able to tell from her writings."

So you protect people's souls from pseudo-Heartless? That's a very noble calling. Let's see...if you're Sephy's cousin, that means you should have other Japanese archetypes around you. Like Spiky-Haired Protagonist, Useless Female Character Who Only Gets in the Way of Yaoi, Insane Doctor/Scientist (Genderless Kind Doctor is also an option), Guy Tortured by Conscience Who Nevertheless Must Fight, Incest Twins? Any of this ringing a bell? Please tell me there's twincest.