stolen from animus_nocendi

[a_time_slip]

Mandatory Questions

If you can not give positive answers to all of these questions, you may be bored or even unable to participate. At the very least, you will probably need a second character to participate when this one doesn't.

This is in a diary that she expects no one to know about or read.
1. What about you is heroic? It's not heroism, it's work and the only work that I feel right doing.
2. What about you is social? What do you like about people?  I'm usually friendly, and I like how people can fall in love.  I like the way they treat each other when being kind.  I like their survival instinct.
3. Of what benefit could you be to the current group?  If you mean the agency, or- the various groups I work with,   I can tell you that I'm loyal and a hard worker.  I will do everything in my power not to let the team down.
4. Why would you choose to join the current group?  Because they need help.  It's my job.
5. Invent an adventure/plot that your character would actively undertake (as opposed to just tagging along)?   Traveling to a dimension where all the men have to wear corsets.  Fixing something that went wrong in time, or rescuing a friend or loved one.

Personal Questions
1. What is your real, birth name? What name do you use?
Janie Louise Taylor.  Janie Malcolm.

2. Do you have a nickname? What is it, and where did you get it?
Ja'nee, I gave it to myself.  No.

3. What do you look like? (Include height, weight, hair, eyes, skin, apparent age, and distinguishing features)
5 feet, two inches tall, 130 pounds, dark brown hair, brown eyes, brown skin, 20, none.

4. How do you dress most of the time?
I wear my work uniform...  or something very similar.  Coveralls, steel toed boots.

5. How do you "dress up?"
Stylish dress, heels, makeup, jewelry.  I don't.

6. How do you "dress down?"
Sweats or a bathrobe.

7. What do you wear when you go to sleep?
A tank top and sweatpants.  Shorts if it's really hot.

8. Do you wear any jewelry?
Earrings Phoenix gave me and the ring that Ian gave me.

9. In your opinion, what is your best feature?
I was always a good agent.

10. What's your real birth date?
May 15, 1914

11. Where do you live? Describe it: Is it messy, neat, avant-garde, sparse, etc.?
I don't have a place anymore.  The barracks were neat (as ordered).  The current safe house is also neat.  I don't live in mess.

12. Do you own a car? Describe it.
No, but I have a silver and purple jet bike.

13. What is your most prized mundane possession? Why do you value it so much?
My ring.  It reminds me of Ian and the life that I can never have.

14. What one word best describes you?
Hardworking.

Familial Questions
1. What was your family like?
It depends on which family you're talking about.  All my families up to age eight were beautiful and wonderful.  Life at the compound was nothing for a child, though everyone tried teaching me the proper way to do things.  I learned that hard work is the only way through life.

2. Who was your father, and what was he like?
Robert Taylor, a kind and understanding man who tends to go with whatever life sends him.

3. Who was your mother, and what was she like?
Ella Morton.  Manipulative, dishonest, a thief, spoiled and caring.

4. What was your parents marriage like? Were they married? Did they remain married?
My parents were never married, and I'm not sure how they managed to be together long enough to have me.

5. What were your siblings names? What were they like?
Children who aren't supposed to be born don't have siblings.  That said, my father has other children, and I lived for a few years with a little boy(Franklin) I called a brother.  We played together and argued occasionally.  He had a good heart.

6. What's the worst thing one of your siblings ever did to you? What's the worst thing you've done to one of your siblings?
I stole his clothes so I could play without messing up my dress and shoes and he told on me.

7. When's the last time you saw any member of your family? Where are they now?
With Daddy, saw them last night.  I...They're dead.  They've been dead for hundreds of years.

8. Did you ever meet any other family members? Who were they? What did you think of them?
I met them at the compound.  They were all very focused on work and I learned to accept that as normal.

Childhood Questions
1. What is your first memory?
A woman singing a soft song to me, so I'd go to sleep.

2. What was your favorite toy?
I didn't quite have one.   I liked trees and running around.

3. What was your favorite game?
What do you call it?  Tag?

4. Any non-family member adults stick out in your mind? Who were they, and how did you know them? Why do they stick out?
This man who helped me find home when I was really young.  Drake.  It's one of the reasons I want to help him.

5. Who was your best friend when you were growing up?
Ryan is the closest I had to a best friend.

6. What is your fondest, childhood memory?
Playing tag with Ryan then having ice cream.

7. What is your worst childhood memory?
The day my family died.

Adolescent Questions
1. How old were you when you went on your first date?
85

2. It is common for one's view of authority to develop in their adolescent years. What is your view of authority, and what event most affected it?
If disrespect will cause me to lose my job or life, I will fake a respect.  Otherwise I can take care of myself.  When Ori first tried to kill me was when I realized how much I don't respect authority.

3. What were you like in high school? What "clique" did you best fit in with?
No High School-  Wait...I have a vague memory but I never joined a clique.

4. What were your high school goals?
...Moving in with my boyfriend.

5. Who was your idol when you were growing up? Who did you first fantasize about in your life?
Everyone.  Whenever I saw someone stand up, or developed a crush I had an idol

6. What is your favorite memory from adolescence?
The comic book store.

7. What is your worst memory from adolescence?
The first attempted murder.

Occupational Questions

1. Do you have a job? What is it? Do you like it? If no job, where does your money come from?
I was a time agent for 400 years and barely spent any money.  What I did spend went to take care of my daughter or for activities.

2. What is your boss or employer like? (Or publisher, or agent, or whatever.)
Giovan was a mistake.

3. What are your co-workers like? Do you get along with them? Any in particular? Which ones don't you get along with?
They were... nice.  I was too focused to become more than casually acquainted with anyone.

4. What is something you had to learn that you hated?
Follow orders.

5. Do you tend to save or spend your money? Why?
Save.  There's no need to spend it.  The barracks were free and I didn't need anything beyond what was basic issue.


Likes & Dislikes Questions
1. What hobbies do you have?
Reading, physics, fighting, occasionally music.

2. Who is your closest mundane friend? Describe them and how you relate to them.
Saxie or Ian.  Saxie is this awesome woman who...  I don't know.  She was first like a mother, now she's amazing.  I can talk to her about anything.   Ian is this amazing genius who always knows the right thing to say.  He's sexy and I could marry him if I wasn't already.

3. Who is your worst mundane enemy? Describe them and why you don't get along.
Giovan.  He's an agent who is just a regular human, but he tried killing me and succeded in murdering the alpha squad.

4. What bands do you like? Do you even pay attention?
I don't listen to 21st century music.

5. What tape or CD hasn't left your player since your purchased it? Why?
My music all fits in one device.

6. What song is "your song?" Why?
Say You Will by Foreigner.   ...Ian loves it.

7. What's been your favorite movie of all time?
The Princess Bride

8. Read any good books? What were they?
Not recently.

9. What do you watch on the Television?
I don't.

10. When it comes to mundane politics, do you care? If so, which way do you tend to vote? If not, why don't you care?
If I could vote, I would be liberal.  A democrat, most likely.

11. What type of places do you hang out in with your mundane friends?
Bars, clubs, libraries, coffee shops.

12. What type of places do you hang out in with your normal friends?
Bars, clubs, libraries, coffee shops.

13. What annoys you more than anything else?
Ignorance, stupidity, being Phoenix.

14. What would be the perfect gift for you?
A nice piece of jewelry or weapon.

15. What's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?
My daughter.

16. What time of day is your favorite?
Sunset.

17. What kind of weather is your favorite?
Early summer, before it gets unbearably hot.

18. What is your favorite food? What is your least favorite food?
Favorite:  Pangia Ice cream.  Least Favorite: Quorg

19. What is your favorite drink? (Coffee, Coke, Juice, Beer, Wine, etc.)
Scotch-   er, Strawberry Fizzies.

20. What's your favorite animal? Why?
Dogs.  I've always loved them there's no real explanation.

21. Do you have any pets? Do you want any pets? What kind?
No, though I'd like a dog one day.

22. What do you find most relaxing? (Not as in stress relief, but as something that actually calms you down.)
Dancing or singing.  Sitting on the beach, watching a sunset or looking at the water.

23. What habit that others have annoys you most?
Being wankers.

24. What kind of things embarrass you? Why?
Failure, my flaws, wearing socks that don't match.

25. What don't you like about yourself?
I tend to push people away.

26. How would you like to look?
A bit taller, perhaps.  Otherwise it doesn't matter.

Sex & Intimacy Questions
1. Would you consider yourself straight, gay, bi, or something else? Why?
Something else.  I don't think sexuality can be defined that easily.

2. Who was the first person you had sex with? When did it happen? What was it like? How well did it go?
This is confusing.  According to one timeline it's Ian, and the other it's...  someone else.  Both were good for a first time but I've had better since.

3. Have you ever had a same-sex experience? Who with, what was it like, and how did it go?
Yes, several.  The first was a little odd, and with someone I didn't know but afterwards my experiences were all just as good or better than my heterosexual experiments.

4. What is your deepest, most well-hidden sexual fantasy? Would you ever try it?
It involves corsets, heels and, um...  two partners.  I would try it if the opportunity ever presented itself.

5. What was the wildest thing you've ever done, sexually? Who was it with and when did it happen?
I don't know who the man was, who his friends were, or remember all of the details.  I'm pretty certain what I did for him is illegal in some places.  This happened a few months ago.

6. Is there any sexual activity that you enjoy and/or practice regularly that can be considered non-standard? (Bondage, Fantasy Play, etc.) Why do you like it?
Didn't you just see what my fantasy is?  I love a man in a corset.

7. Is there any sexual activity that you will not, under any circumstances, do?
Anything where I don't have some degree of control.

8. Do you currently have a lover? What is their name, and what is your relationship like? What are they like? Why are you attracted to them?
No.

9. What is the perfect romantic date?
A picnic at sunset.

10. Describe the perfect romantic partner for you.
Taller than six feet, dark hair, dark eyes, strong hands.

11. Do you ever want to get married and have children? When do you see this happening?
Yes.  It has, but I don't remember it.

12. What is more important - sex or intimacy? Why?
Intimacy, but I rarely get that anymore.  It's a connection with someone else.

13. What was your most recent relationship like? Who was it with? (Does not need to be sexual, merely romantic.)
I...  fuck.  It's not romantic.  It's complicated.

I'm going with Giovan.  That was a relationship where he had to control everything and I controlled nothing.  He was a jerk.

14. What's the worst thing you've done to someone you loved?
If you count myself, I had a short affair with my alternates husband, who I still love.  The worst thing I've done was abandon someone.

Drug & Alcohol Questions
1. How old were you when you first got drunk? What was the experience like?
85?  I'm not sure.  Both of the first times didn't end too well.

Did anything good come out of it? Did anything bad come out of it?
Nothing good, I woke up with terrible hangovers.

2. Do you drink on any kind of regular basis?
Yes.  Well, I drank nightly, now it's a once or twice a week thing.

3. What kind of alcohol do you prefer?
Scotch or Tequila.

4. Have you ever tried any other kind of "mood altering" substance? Which one(s)? What did you think of each?
I've tried everything.  Heroin is nice for forgetting everything but I don't like the addictive qualities of most.  Marijuana is my favorite of them all.  I don't use anymore.

5. What do you think of drugs and alcohol? Are there any people should not do? Why or why not?
I think alcohol and drugs found in nature are okay.  The synthetics alter too much and I don't trust them.

Morality Questions
1. What one act in your past are you most ashamed of? What one act in your past are you most proud of?

2. Have you ever been in an argument before? Over what, with who, and who won?
Yes.  Mostly with Phoenix and over just about anything.  I win.   There have been other arguments with other people but never over anything big...  that I can remember directly.  There's one with Ian in my diaries about honesty.

3. Have you ever been in a physical fight before? Over what, with who, and who won?
I'm always in physical fights.  It's part of my line of work.  I win.

4. What do you feel most strongly about?
Love, redemption.

5. What do you pretend to feel strongly about, just to impress people?
I don't care about impressing anyone anymore, so nothing.

6. What trait do you find most admirable, and how often do you find it?
Bravery.  Confidence.  I don't find those two much.

7. Is there anything you think should not be incorporated into the media or art (sex, violence, greed, etc.,)? If so, what and why, and if not, why not?
No and yes.  I'd rather not see extremes, but know that people will make them.  I'll keep anything too extreme from Lynn as much as I can.

8. Do you have any feelings in general that you are disturbed by? What are they? Why do they disturb you?
Yes.

There's feeling for people that I shouldn't have or don't understand. (Ian, Phoenix respectively).  There's the feeling I should be doing something more.

I shouldn't be in love with Ian.  I shouldn't be so confused about a guy I consider to be a brother and best friend.  I don't know what it is I should be doing, but I want to.  I owe it to everyone.

9. What is your religious view of things? What religion, if any, do you call your own?
I believe in a higher power.  Something bigger than anyone can fathom, which is why I stopped following religions.

10. Do you think the future is hopeful? Why?
The future is always hopeful.  It's full of the unexpected and change, bits and pieces of the past and present all set to form something new.

11. Is an ounce of prevention really worth a pound of cure? Which is more valuable? Why do you feel this way?
No, and neither is more valuable.  Prevention and cure are both important tools in the scheme of things.

12. What's the worst thing that can be done to another person? Why?
Abandonment.

13. What's the worst thing you could actually do to someone you hated?
Beat them to a pulp and leave them to fate.

14. Are you a better leader or follower? Why do you think that? If you think the whole leader-follower archetype is a crock of shit, say so, and explain why?
...Leader.   I hate orders, I hate being controlled.

15. What is your responsibility to the world, if any? Why do you think that?
I...  shit, I should know this.  I know I have some big responsibility, which is why I can't mes up things anymore- but it's my nature to cause ripples.  I just want to make sure that time runs smoothly.

What am I thinking?  I'm one immortal.  I better leave that for the gods to take care of.

16. Do you think redemption is possible? If so, can anyone be redeemed, or are there only certain circumstances that can be? If not, why do you think nothing can redeem itself?
It's possible, but rare.

17. Is it okay for you to cry? When was the last time you cried?
No, but I cried when...  after what Vahl did, Phoenix was there for me.  He's one of few that I let see me that weak.

18. What do you think is wrong with MOST people, overall?
Ignorance.

Miscellaneous Questions
1. What is the thing that has frightened you most? Do you think there is anything out there that's scarier than that? What do you think that would be?
Being trapped with no hope of release.  Sea creatures are just a little bit scarier.

2. Has anyone or anything you've ever cared about died? How did you feel about it? What happened?
Yes...  I don't deal well with death.  It destroys me.

3. What was the worst injury you've ever received? How did it happen?
Gunshot wound to the chest.  I was shot by an ex.  The bullet avoided my heart, but death was still quick.  There's been other injuries but that was the most fatal.

4. How ticklish are you? Where are you ticklish?
Everywhere.

I hope no one finds this.

5. What is your current long term goal?
To stop hiding behind my job and to start enjoying life.

6. What is your current short term goal?
Killing Vahl and Raissa,

7. Do you have any bad habits? If so, what are they, and do you plan to get rid of them?
Sex, drugs and alcohol.  The sex is...   I don't think I can right now.  Drugs and alcohol I won't quit entirely.  Not yet.

8. If you were a mundane person, what would you do with your life? What occupation would you want, and how would you spend all your time?
Teaching math?  If I was mundane, I'd be dead.  No, a police officer.  I'd help more people out that way.

9. What time period do you wish you had lived in? Why? (Looking at this as an attempt to change history doesn't count.) What appeals to you about this era?
21st century?  I'm not sure- I travel there a lot, but the 26th century Kaldoa is nice too.

10. How private of a person are you? Why?
I'm very private.  No one cares much about anyone else, so why bother?

11. If you were to gain an obscenely large sum of money (via an inheritance, a lawsuit, a lottery, or anything else) what would you do with it?
I have it already and don't do anything with it other than what's required for survival.

12. What would you wish for if you found a genie?
Nothing.  It can't change fate.

13. What do you do when you are bored?
Quantum Physics, pick fights spend time with Phoenix, play video games with Ryan, visit Ian

14. What is the most frightening potential handicap or disfigurement you can conceive of? What makes it so frightening?
Becoming a vegetable.  I can't survive if I can't move, if I can't do things.  It's almost like being trapped in a box and I'm very claustrophobic.