101 questions to Flyra

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I thought I'd share. No idea if there are any of you even interested, but I enjoyed finding out more about her.
She is human here. And yeah, there could be some relations to myself indeed :3


1. What is your full name? Do you have a nickname?
Francisca Castells Lyra is the name I was once given. Though my real name is Flyra.

2. How old are you? When is your birthday?
I am 22, my birthday is the 7th of September.

3. Where were you born? Where do you live now? Are you patriotic?
I was born in England, raised by Spaniards, moved to various European countries, now I live in Germany. I can’t really say I’m patriotic. Though I feel somewhat related to the countries where I resided for longer.

4. Who are/were your parents? (Names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
I got no idea, probably an African and a white one, regarding my skin’s color. Raised in an orphanage, I was never told how I got there and I don’t remember anything more. I got adopted by a nice Spaniards (Matilde Lyra Santiso and Raúl Castells Caballero) and couple though, who where good photographers and moved around a lot. They weren’t the best parents, but I surely couldn’t complain. I left them when I was still a teenager though…

5. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
My twin sister Fryla and younger sister Sunfyra. They both made it out of the orphanage too, and I still hold contact with them.

6. What is your occupation?
I sing. Yeah, that can make you get enough money to live even if you’re not really famous, too. Okay not really, but I don’t own other ‘serious’ jobs. I perform at certain parties or evening festivals, but when there are no offers I have to apply for other casual work for a certain period of time.

7. How tall are you? How much do you weigh?
I’m quite small, just 1,72 m. I don’t know and don’t care about my weigh, but I’m pretty thin so it can’t be too much.

8. What color is your hair? What color are your eyes?
Brown hair, I like to dye some strands green. My eyes are green, not an idea where I got that from.

9. What is your race?
Probably half African, half English. My parents’ relationship must have been cursed… Maybe that’s why they gave up on me and my sisters…

10. To which social class do you belong?
Uhh... I don’t know? I’m not very rich though. Not even slightly. But I own a flat and enough money to spend my free time on things which I enjoy.

11. Do you consider yourself to be attractive? Do others?
Uhh, if I work hard, I think so, a little. Dunno about others. Well, I’m pretty sure at least Loque does. *chuckles*

12. What is your style of dress?
Colorful shirts, tops, trousers, skirts, everything that’s comfortable. If I can effort it occasionally, I love wearing clothes by the Spanish trade mark ‘Desigual’.

13. Do you have any scars? Tattoos? Birthmarks? Other unique physical features?
Not really. Am not that special, I guess. *shrugs*

14. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
Mhh, rarely any. I react a bit allergic to furry animals, though. Mostly to cats.

15. Are you right- or left-handed?
I write like a left-handed with my right hand, it looks awful, but I somehow can’t seem to get rid of that habit.

16. What does your voice sound like?
You notice the slight African touch in it. I don’t want to show off here, but it sounds pretty good when I’m singing.

17. What kind of vocabulary do you use?
Wannabe-poetical ones. *grins* No, actually it’s rather just the normal one?

18. List three quirks or other defining characteristics.
- I’m always either just right or too early for an arrangement. Just not if it’s early in the morning, then I’m usually always too late. *chuckles*
- I love being on my own. I am usually very sceptical towards arrangements with friends to hang out or just spend some time together, but in the end I always enjoy them a lot.
- I love traveling and spend most of my money for it.


19. How often do you bathe? Do you wear perfumes?
Every day at least! *grins* And I only wear perfumes to any special evenings or performances of myself.

20. What kind of facial expression do you commonly wear (dour glare, wry smile, etc)?
I don’t see my own face all that often, but I think I usually look tired. *sighs* I try to smile most of the time when I’m outside of the house, though.

21. Do you use body language? How?
Uh well, I guess some random hand flails when trying to explain something or… what do you mean…

22. Do you have a commonly used saying?
Not that I am aware of… Haha, a random slang term I use to say when something doesn’t go the way I want to is “Oiy wey” … *snickers*

CHILDHOOD


23. What is your earliest memory?
Having to clear the toilets in the orphanage with my teethbrush because I did something silly… Awrgh dudes.

24. How much schooling have you had? Did you enjoy it?
Went to school in England, later my new family taught me everything I needed to know. They may not have known how to raise a child properly, but instead, they knew everything else…

25. Where did you learn most of your knowledge and skill?
As said, from my Spanish adoptive parents, I guess.

26. How would you describe your childhood in general?
Exciting… yeah, I really can’t complain.

27. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Something artistic, never something boring like an officer or such…

28. When and with whom was your first kiss?
I think some guy from the orphanage? He was my best friend, and we were wanting to try it out one day just like adults…

29. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
Do you seriously ask such to a lady? Oh, please… *snickers*

30. Do you have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? Does that affect you?
I don’t even have an idea who my parents are. So I really can’t tell.

INFLUENCES

31. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
Meeting Loque… Mhh.

32. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Leaving my Spanish parents. It was a hard decision.

33. What is your greatest regret?
…same as the acievement. I’m still so unsure about it…

34. What is the most embarrassing or shameful thing ever to happen to you?
Almost forgetting the lyrics of a song at a performance of mine! Well, I actually did forget them but I tried not to show it and just to sing random stuff that came into my mind. Everyone seemed a bit confused when I sang, “And the windows over there are just as great as you are, guys, ‘cause I can see the discolights reflecting in both’s eyes” within a romantic love song. So random. *gigglefits*

35. Do you have any secrets? If so, what are they?
I hide an elephant in my basement, one of the only animals I don’t react allergic towards and I wanted a pet so badly!


36. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
Pushing people away from me who loved me, but which I couldn’t stand anymore… I think.

37. When was the time you were the most frightened?
There were certain situations when I was traveling with my Spanish parents in bad locations…

38. Have you ever traveled outside of your country? If so, to where?
Uhh, too many to list. I can’t remember all of them either. Mostly Europe though. My biggest wish is to visit the country where probably one of my parents came from, Africa…

BELIEFS

39. What is your alignment?
*whistles ‘Don’t worry, be happy’* *shrugs and laughs*

40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
That depends on the situation. Though one could call me rather an optimist, yes.

41. Do you believe in a god? If so, which one and why?
I really don’t know. I think the idea of a god was created by humans for humans who needed to be hold together when in desperation, who were in need to be given something to cling to, to hope to. So I’m hoping that there is one sometimes when I am one of those humans, so that my requirement of help can be heard and … well, helped.

42. Do you believe in an afterlife?
Would be awesome, actually! *chuckles* But I do not really believe in it.

43. What is your greatest fear?
Not getting along in life anymore, seeing as everything you’ve worked so hard for collapses around you… And death, of course. Not so much mine, but rather those’s which I love.

44. What makes you angry? Sad? Happy? Why?
Various situations, or pictures which picture those emotions. I could start crying just by seeing a sad painting, or a photography of someone crying.

45. Do you think people are basically good or basically evil?
Everyone contains both, that for sure.

46. What are your views on politics?
I don’t give a damn about that. That may sound naïve, but I really don’t think I am. But I can’t stand how leadership is so close to popularity, and for most politicians the latter seems to be much more important which won’t help the country to be brought further … but oh, I’m not really rambling about politics here? I said I don’t give a damn! *grins*

47. What are your views on gambling, lying, theft, and killing?
Gambling… is fine as long as you’re aware of what you’re doing.
Lying… is necessary sometimes, but always just to make the one in front of you feel better.
Theft and killing… no, please.


48. How far will you go to defend your beliefs?
What beliefs, and who would challenge them?

49. How much do you value money?
Such a shame you can’t live without it.

50. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
…murder, I think.

51. Do you believe in self-sacrifice for the greater good?
If it’s really helpful and not too extreme, maybe…

52. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
Hnn, yah. *blushes and snickers*

53. Are you superstitious?
Nope, not really… But I love weird coincidences and get the quivers about some sometimes.

54. How much do you respect the beliefs and opinions of others?
Depends on the dude in front of me…

55. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings?
I am not even entirely sure about them myself most of the time.

56. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
F’ck them. Being half black doesn’t mean my mother was a whore and my father was a black lover. (Okay, the latter might be true, but there are indeed still some faggots who naturally think it’s a sin. *sigh*)
So, as you can guess, I (try to) hold none myself.


DEALING WITH OTHERS

57. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
There are many, but I think it’s Loque, yeah. Even though… *voice fades and stops*

58. Who is the person you respect the most? Despise the most? Why?
I respect a couple of people who showed me their honesty with life, me and themselves… And I despise none in particular, I think.

59. Do you have a significant other? Who? Why?
Yes. Loque. Because.

60. Do you have a lot of friends? Who is your best friend?
One could say so, even though I’m not that often out anymore. A best friend would be hard to name, b-b… b-b-but… *voice trembles and breaks down again*

61. How do you relate to members of the same race? Class? Sex?
Umm… always trying to be good with them?

62. How do you relate to members of a different race? Class? Sex?
Same as above… If they do so to me, that is.

63. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
Loque. We’re still engaged. Yah. You’re not the only one for calling that weird and mad, being engaged for a long time and not seeing each other for so long during that. I don’t care~ ♥

64. What do you look for in a potential lover?
I-I really can’t define that. Loque is so different from what I always thought I’d expect in a man, but still we get along so well I could never explain. That’s just how love goes, I guess.

65. How close are you to your family?
Very close to my sisters, got no idea about who the rest of my family even is. And my adoption family… They still visit me sometimes, but actually it’s never much of a close meeting between family members.

66. Do you want a marriage, family, and/or children?
Yes.

67. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
I’d always avoid conflict.

68. Are you a listener or a talker?
A listener. Can talk quite much, too, though.

69. How long does it usually take for you to trust others?
Quite long I’m afraid…

70. Do you hold grudges?
Sometimes…

71. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
No, never. I’m way too shy I guess… *snickers*

72. Do you like interacting with large groups of people?
Yeah, being a singer taught me so, though I tended to be a bit afraid of such before truly starting to perform.

73. How well do you express yourself?
Not too well I’d say, very clearly others say.

74. How quickly do you judge others?
Too quickly sometimes… I try to avoid it, though.

75. Do you care what others think of you?
Yeah, unfortunately. Also a bad habit of mine, I’m always trying myself not to care about it…

76. Do you have any enemies? How or why are they your enemy?
I don’t hope so.


PERSONAL TASTE AND OPINIONS

77. What is your favorite pastime? Color? Food? Possession?
Artistic stuff, like singing of course, drawing, writing etc. …
Orange.
Noodles, heehe.
The smallest things.


78. What are your preferences in arts and/or entertainment?
I love everything of that sort!

79. Do you smoke, drink, go whoring, or use drugs? Why or why not?
Try to avoid all of it… There are other, better, less dangerous ways to spend your life on.

80. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
That usually varies a lot. A lot of performances take place Saturday nights, though.

81. What is your most cherished fantasy?
You’re still talking to a lady who likes to be treated politely as such. *snickers*

82. How long is your attention span?
Depends on the thing I have to pay attention to, I guess – oh, and have you read about that terrible accident in the newspapers last days?

83. Do you laugh a lot? What do you find funny?
Laughing is awesome! I find the littlest, ridiculous things to laugh my a’’ off, actually. *giggles*

84. Is there anything that shocks or offends you? If so, what?
Personal, deliberate attack…

85. How do you deal with stress?
I start talking to myself in all languages I own knowledge of… That is usually so challenging (I should really refresh them), that I can concentrate on the things to fix again, without overreacting.

86. How much athletic ability do you have? Artistic?
It’s enough. I actually can run very fast and long and swim very well… Ball game skills are fine, not too great, but everything else classified as sports is terrible, truly.
Very artistic, at least I try to. *giggles*


87. Do you like animals? Do you like children?
I love animals! I wish I weren’t allergic so often…
Children are awesome, too.


88. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
Spontaneity is great, though if I’m in a rather bad mood I truly need to a good plan to get me through the day.

89. Do you have a pet? If so, what is his/her name? Species? Fur color? Etc…
I wish I were able to… Though sometimes, when my allergies are not that bad at a certain state of time, I love spending my time with the animals from the vet in my street or with taking out friends’ or neigbours’ dogs or such…

90. What is your greatest strength as a person? Weakness?
Ahh, I really hate telling such about myself! It is so hard to tell, and I still got no real answer for that.

91. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I’d love being at least a bit more outgoing and self-confident… *sighs*

92. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
Exactly in the middle, I’d say.

93. Do you like yourself?
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.

94. Do you have a daily routine? How do you feel if your day is interrupted?
Absolutely not! I take every day just as it comes…

95. What goal do you most want to accomplish in the next six months? Your lifetime?
Finally get out a CD, perhaps. And finally get married with Loque.

96. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?
Next to Loque.

97. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
Happily.

98. What is the one thing you would like to be remembered for after your death?
For all the small moments when they were happy together with me… Ohh, that sounds so wannabe-poetical. *snickers*

99. What three words would you use to best describe your personality?
That is such a question I despise again! *sighs*

100. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
Ask them if you really have to know… Sorry, but I really know no answer to this.

101. Why are you risking your life to adventure?
BCUZ I’M BATWOMAN YO. XX
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Oh, but please not that many.

Oh, but please not that many. Smiling xx
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AN ELEPHANT. I can see Flyra

AN ELEPHANT. I can see Flyra and a baby elephant. I want a Flyra and a baby elephant.

She's such an interesting character, nice to know more about her as I only knew her as one of the first deer I actually interacted with over a year ago.<3
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YUSH. It's very little so it

YUSH. It's very little so it fits the basement. It's still her secret, y'know? So shhh. His name is Benjamin. C:

Awww, thank you so much, Nariipom. <3 Yeah, I remember that day! It was hilarious. |D Your deer are still great friends to her, even if they haven't met for such a long while...

Oh and btw, I bet you've almost already given up that birthday fanart gift I promised you but I'm actually currently working at it. You are allowed to slap me for being so incredibly late urgh. ;A; Hoping to get it finished soon though. <3

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Oh my god elephants..

Oh my god elephants.. ,_,
Benjamin! I renamed my previously-named-Elliott-sadomasochist-wolf-character Benjamin few months back. 8D

Raunun still thinks Flyra is very good friend of his, one of the best though they haven't seen in ages.
Also Rip is fond of her and trusts she's doing fine despite the fact they either have seen each others for long either.

... Flyralove, my b-day was in March.. You don't possibly have to.. Uhhh goddamn with you, don't push yourself with it. |D<3
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Actually, Benjamin Blümchen

Actually, Benjamin Blümchen (= Benjamin Floret) is probably the most famous German elephant ever. >> SO it's a pretty unoriginal name for Flyra's elephant. :3
Butbutbut it's a nice name. C8 I like it for your previously-named-Elliott-sadomasochist-wolf-character (did not copypaste this >>).

Aww, that makes me very happy to hear. <3 I'm very sorry for not being in the Forest that often anymore. It is such a pain to be with my laptop and it barely works. I really hope to get a new laptop soon, though, then I can promise more activity! *cheers*

I-I know, WardrobeToNarnia, that's what makes me feel so bad. ;A; B-but I promised you something and it is really fun to do and I'm proceeding well with it (I'm almost done actually), so I just hope 'tis alright for you, too. p^p I hope I will be finish it on Sunday, because I'm gone till then and really need some sleep now since I have to get up early tomorrow and and yeah. Sorry to pester your patience. ;_;
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