Questions Meme

[doesnothappen]

Well, Inara hit 3000 tonight, and Mau hit 13,000 around Halloween, and it's been three months, so hopefully everybody has forgotten how hard I failed at this last time and I'm allowed to play again.

I will try and actually answer questions that anybody feels like asking about either of them, this time! Or about Chance.

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[ambassador]

Inara's closer to Jaina than anyone else in Aather. She's still uncomfortable being on the receiving end of advice or support, especially when it comes to interpersonal stuff, but she is opening up with Jaina about that a bit more. Mostly her feelings for Jaina consist of epic levels of fondness, although she has very different points of view on some issues. In some ways, Jaina reminds her strongly of Mal, so she has this worry that their relationship is going to have more conflict in it eventually, but she reminds herself that they're also very different people and there's no element of romantic complication and besides, she doesn't fully understand why her relationship with Mal was so full of conflict anyway, so really there's no point in worrying about it. So mostly she just relaxes and enjoys having a girlfriend and having someone to love and look after a little, who's willing to do the same for her.

Reverse?

[sticksofthejedi]

Inara's pretty much Jaina's favorite person in the world right now. Someone who really understands her, supports her. And hilariously, right when she starts getting stressed out by people reminding her about how closed off Iolites are with each other, Inara's opened up to her more. She is a little weirded out about the concept of there being a sexual component to Inara's job because it's...well like finding out your sister decided to become a prostitute XD She's definitely trying not to judge the way she might normally because clearly Inara has some kind of unique setup where it's not all about random sex with everyone, which is what usually gets Jaina giving Alema Rar disapproving looks (before Alema Rar turned into a dark side bug and got obsessed with killing Leia and gave Jaina a REAL reason not to like her, anyway).

Anyway! Jaina has all the big sibling feelings for Inara. A little guilty because it's starting to sound like Inara had a bit of a thing for Mal, even if it doesn't seem like it was necessarily a mutual thing. Would enjoy some quiet girlfriends-doing-each-other's-hair time, even though her part of it would just be straightening Inara's hair. XD

Do you figure the counseling part of Inara's new skill will change much?

[doesnothappen]

Um, not really, partially because I don't know how to play it... I think she'll go speechless with horror less, when she's in the mindset of helping another person out with their problems. There's some stuff that will change that will be very subtle, because it will affect how I see her inner process as working, but I don't know how much it'll show up on screen. For instance, I think in the privacy of her mind, she'll become more analytical and curious about people's emotional responses to things, and trust her instincts more in figuring out what's wrong, but that might not cause any real behavioral change.

How does Jaina feel about Mitchell?

[sticksofthejedi]

If you asked her, she wouldn't know what to say, because feelings are difficult for her to quantify. There is a strong attachment there -- he's very sexy and interesting in his way. He does bring her a measure of peace of mind at the moment, and they help each other out a good deal. She gets a lot of validation from him, both in her ability to make some good decisions and in her ability to Be The Responsible One. He can be very sweet and charming and occasionally says things that hit her emotional buttons in a big way.

It wouldn't be right to say that she loves him, because it takes a lot more time for her to come around to that, but she definitely has a lot of feelings for him, and she's given up pretending otherwise. Right now she's really trying to avoid analyzing what they've got because she'll just get depressed about their prospects for the future.

What's Inara's typical day in the new setting?

[doesnothappen]

She wakes up after dawn, makes breakfast and housewifes about the cabin a bit, probably washes her hair, preps some kind of lunch thing (she makes sure to check in with Vincent so she can keep close track of what's getting used while their supplies are so limited), and goes out for a walk or jog before coming back to stretch in the courtyard. Then she has a quick sponge-bath, changes her clothes, eats her share of the lunch thing and heads out for the day, to quest or socialize or, often, to read in the library until it's time to figure out supper. I think she probably harasses most of Iolite to come in at dusk and have supper together when she can, just to keep track of how people are. She usually goes out at night for another couple of hours before coming back to sleep.

Reverse?

[sticksofthejedi]

She wakes up after down, enjoys breakfast, then probably spends most of the day seeing what can of productive work she can accomplish with her engineering/practicing staffwork and now going through sword forms which probably looks very silly because she doesn't have a sword or lightsaber yet. The rest is spent checking up on people outside of Iolit before coming in for dinner/dusk. One bath sometime in the evening as opposed to her frequent swimming breaks in the forest because she doesn't have as much fun with the bath (unless she has sex with Mitchell, which she hasn't done in this setting, but if/when they start she'll be cleaning up after that, too). Since there isn't really star/aurora light yet or even things to do at night, she's probably getting her best rest yet, going ahead and seeking help from Vincent to discretely put her to sleep pretty much every night. She's considering starting to spend some nights in Mitchell's bed, which would work well for her if he sticks around because someone important to cuddle can also help her rest.

I see your question to Neji and am intersted Inara's side, so -- her analysis of teammates? :3