#PennedPossibilities 905 — Is your MC responsible for anyone other than themselves? How do they feel about this?

Elisabeti is responsible for her cub. She is so grateful to have the cub, for so many reasons. They are the last piece she has of her dead mate. They are one of the few reasons she has to keep living. They are a bundle of joy in a horrific world.

#PennedPossibilities 905 — Is your MC responsible for anyone other than themselves? How do they feel about this?

Ooooh, I wanna answer this one truthfully, but it would contain major spoilers for readers, so I can’t. Instead, I’ll say this: Alistair is responsible for Duncan, Fenella, and the servants at his castle. He takes care of them, the servants are under his employ, and that’s that. He sired Duncan, and he takes care of Fenella with every bit of himself. So yes, he’s responsible for far more than just himself, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

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#PennedPossibilities 905 — Is your MC responsible for anyone other than themselves? How do they feel about this?

Ooooh, I wanna answer this one truthfully, but it would contain major spoilers for readers, so I can’t. Instead, I’ll say this: Alistair is responsible for Duncan, Fenella, and the servants at his castle. He takes care of them, the servants are under his employ, and that’s that. He sired Duncan, and he takes care of Fenella with every bit of himself. So yes, he’s responsible for far more than just himself, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

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#PennedPossibilities 904 — What does your MC have in common with you, the author?

He’s a tortured author. Oh, and he has curly hair.

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#PennedPossibilities 903 — MC POV: Are you afraid to be alone?

Alistair: Generally speaking, not really, no. At the moment, however, my answer might be something different than the usual one. Alone time is sacred. It’s my time to relax, or to paint or write. For the time being, Isma might be back. Whenever that might happen. Who knows. And Duncan is *already* back at my castle. I don’t trust either of them. We have strength in numbers. If I’m alone, that no doubt means that Fenella is as well. I can’t trust either of those men. They might harm her, and I would *never* allow that to happen.

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#PennedPossibilities 902: How old is your antagonist? Do they act their age, or do they feel their age?

Current WIP is set in a crapsack space empire that practices (poor quality, lossy) mind uploading of aristocrats/downloading into children; the MCs and the antagonist are playing reincarnation chicken across a period of centuries. None of them make it past 60-70 years in one body, and they gradually lose who they were, but overall, who knows?

#PennedPossibilities 902 — How old is your antagonist? Do they act their age, or do they feel their age?

No one *truly* knows how old Isma is. And no, he doesn't act his age. He might feel it, but he never acts it. I'll leave some dialogue down below. It was from a conversation between Alistair and Eleanor, his maid. They're rather close friends at this point. For context, this story takes place in 1890.

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Her head snapped up. “Oh, good Lord. How old is your master?”

“He befriended Socrates,” he said by way of explanation. “Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sappho. He knew them all.”

She swallowed the lump in her throat. “Do you mean to say… Are you sure?”

“I’m quite sure, yes,” he responded. “He spoke of them often. I’m not entirely sure how long he had been alive at that point, or if he was bloodbound or not. I only know he was alive, whether a vampire or not. His name is Isma. He’s a callus, cruel man. I separated myself from him long ago. He’s a murderer, and an old world vampire. He’ll never change.”

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#PennedPossibilities 901 — What is your MC’s profession?

(Current WIP):

Jum: career criminal (he does ALL the mostly-non-violent crimes)

Tabitha: career criminal (runs a crime family, also does all the crimes, violence a specialty)

Agrippina: the past and future Empress (but as the empire got started as a pirate kingdom before developing into a crab-bucket of homicidally back-stabby aristocrats, she's just the biggest criminal of all)

#PennedPossibilities 901 — What is your MC’s profession?

(There are multiple parts to this one, at least for me. No pressure! Please boost and share for everyone, in case others are interested as well. I appreciate it tons.)

Alistair is a published author.

1. Did they choose this profession for themselves or were they pressured into it by someone else?

Alistair *chose* to be an author. No one else forced him to do it. He needed a creative outlet, same as with his art.

2. If they chose it for themselves, why did they do it?

He has a lot of memories and stories to share. There are things he can weave into his plots along the way, memories or things that organically develop into the plot and help the story progress. He has a lot of experience to draw back on. Aside from that, he’s a naturally creative person. Writing fiction is *fun* for him.

3. Regardless of how they got into this profession, do they enjoy it?

He still enjoys it, no matter how much has passed him by. He always will. Like I said, writing is a fun activity for him.

4. If they were not in this profession, what would they be doing instead?

If he wasn’t an author, he would be a full-time artist. He’s a rather talented artist as it is, but he rarely ever sells or even shows off his work. It’s just a hobby for him.

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#PennedPossibilities 900. Share a piece of lore from your WIP.

The Permanence is a closed star empire. To the outside universe, it is accessible through 20-odd trade ports. Outsiders who pay attention speculate that there might be as many as a hundred worlds within the Permanence, and it's up to 3000 standard years old.

In truth: the Permanence is over 20,000 years old and there are 8000 star systems inside it with multiple settled worlds/moons/stations in each of them. It's huge and insular.

#PennedPossibilities 900 — Share a piece of lore from your WIP.

(New thread for my friends~!)

The older a vampire is, the less the sunlight will bother them. Eventually, they will be completely unaffected, where a young vampire would immediately burn.

I’ll include an excerpt that explains things better than I ever could. At the moment this takes place, Alistair and Fenella have just learned the information we’re discussing. It’s also a favorite scene of mine, featuring Duncan and Fenella. Alistair has just stormed out of the room.

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#PennedPossibilities 898 — Does your MC prefer to spend time alone, in a small group, or in a larger group?

Small groups. She does okay alone, but quickly gets overwhelmed in large groups.

#PennedPossibilities 897.1 - Which one of your characters is the loudest snorer and who is most likely to sleepwalk?

Nisha, Aswathi's mother, snores the loudest.

None of them are likely to sleepwalk.

#PennedPossibilities 897 — List five facts about your favourite character(s) in your WIP.

Jum: Has a compulsive urge to steal rings

Tabitha: Likes her spaniels more than she likes people (Jum excepted, though she'd rather die than admit it)

Jum: once every instar he tries to go straight, but abstaining from crime is so tedious he inevitably backslides—he needs the adrenaline rush

Tabitha: Prefers neurotoxins to bullets, but bullets will do

Jum: is squeamish about violence, leaves it to Tabs

#PennedPossibilities 897 — List five facts about your favourite character(s) in your WIP.

He's a hard worker
He's kind of cute
He's very loyal
He loves to take a nap in the sun
He's a mule

#PennedPossibilities 896 — What does your MC worry about the most?
Elisabeti is constantly worrying about how she is going to raise her cub in safety with them being ripped out of their home and at the mercy of their enemies.

#PennedPossibilities 895. Tell us about your SC’s most cherished possession.

Aswathi doesn't like to think of Stubborn the Mule as a 'possession', but legally that's what he is, and Aswathi would sacrifice any of his actual possessions in a heartbeat for Stubborn.

#PennedPossibilities 891 — Who are the members of your MC’s immediate family?

Elisabeti's only surviving family is her new born cub, who didn't have a name yet.

#PennedPossibilities 890 — New Year’s Day Edition: What would your SC have to say about the previous year? Was it good for them, or did they just survive it?

Aswathi had a generally good year. He continued working as a carter for the army, which was good and reliable work and surprisingly safe, even if it kept him far from home.
It was, however, a bit of a lonely year, as he never really made friends with in the army or with the other support staff there.

#PennedPossibilities 889 — New Year’s Eve Edition: If your MC had a resolution for the new year, what would it be?

Elisabeti would just like for she and her cub to survive.