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SpoilerA young, fidgety Hyur woman seats herself in front of the interviewer. Her answers are softly spoken and typically straight to the point.
Part 1: The Basics
1. What is your full name?
    "Cecily Ann Corbet."
2. Where and when were you born?
    "Overseas. Eighth day of the fifth Umbral moon, 1557."
3. Who are/were your parents? (Know their names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
    "My parents own a small bookstore that they run together. Aine and Marcus Corbet. They're about the nicest people you could meet."
4. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
    "My older brother, Nicholas. He's...everything you'd want in a brother: Protective, caring, helpful."
5. Where do you live now, and with whom? Describe the place and the person/people.
    "I'm transient at the moment. I'm making my way to Gridania."
6. What is your occupation?
    "Hopefully I can find work as a seamstress while I try to work toward becoming a healer."
7. Write a full physical description of yourself. You might want to consider factors such as: height, weight, race, hair and eye color, style of dress, and any tattoos, scars, or distinguishing marks.
    "I'm...not really sure what I should write. I'm short, really short. My eyes are different colors."
8. To which social class do you belong?
   "My parents don't make much money, but they're happy."
9.Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
   "None that I know of."
10. Are you right- or left-handed?
    "Left."
11. What does your voice sound like?
    "Is 'quiet' a good enough answer?"
12. What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently?
    "I don't know. I've never really paid attention to my speech habits."
13. What do you have in your pockets?
   "Enough gil to get me to Gridania and not much else."
14. Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?
   "I...get nervous around people?"
Part 2: Growing Up
15. How would you describe your childhood in general?
    "I think I had a pretty normal childhood."
16. What is your earliest memory?
    "My mother teaching me to read.."
17. How much schooling have you had?
   "I was taught at home by my parents. They're rather intelligent, so I don't feel like I missed out."
18. Did you enjoy school?
   "I enjoy learning new things, yes."
19. Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities?
    "Nicholas taught me how to throw a punch. I doubt I'm any good, though I did leave a bruise on his arm once."
20. While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them.
    "My mother. Is there any better role model than someone who is happy every day of her life?"
21. While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family?
    "We're very close."
22. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
   "A wife and mother."
23. As a child, what were your favourite activities?
    "Reading and watching plays."
24. As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display?
    "I think I've always been rather shy, then and now."
25. As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like?
    "Not particularly. I spent most of my time by myself. There was a girl I would play with though, Rachel. She was very nice, quiet like me. She moved away two years ago."
26. When and with whom was your first kiss?
    "Like...a romantic one?"
27. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
    "I...I'm pretty uncomfortable with that question, but yes."
28. If you are just a normal human, describe any influences in your past that led you to do the things you do today.
    "The aether has been pretty influential. I want to learn more about it, so it drives me."
Part 3: Past Influences
29. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
    "Stepping onto the boat that brought me here, and from here, Gridania."
30. Who has had the most influence on you?
    "Mother."
31. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
   "Having the guts to step out and make this journey. It's pretty scary."
32. What is your greatest regret?
   "I regret that I'm so timid. I think."
33. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
    "I...evil? I told my brother we were out of sweetbread when we really weren't, because I wanted more to myself. Does that count?"
34. Do you have a criminal record of any kind?
    "Goodness, no."
35. When was the time you were the most frightened?
   "Right now. This journey I'm on...This interview is pretty frightening, too."
36. What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you?
    "I tripped and fell in the mud about two years ago. I was covered in it and everyone saw."
37. If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why?
    "I'm not sure. I think that we're a sum of all the events in our life. If I changed something from my past, I'd be changing who I am now."
38. What is your best memory?
  "When my brother handed me this necklace before I left."
39. What is your worst memory?
   "Probably the same one as the embarrassing one. Falling in the mud."
Part 4: Beliefs And Opinions
40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
    "Optimistic."
41. What is your greatest fear?
    "Not being able to call anyplace home. I mean, I have my home...back home, but I am talking about a place that I can call mine."
42. What are your religious views?
    "I'm faithful. I make offerings when I can."
43. What are your political views?
   "I don't know. I've never involved myself in politics."
44. What are your views on sex?
   "I don't know. It's a foreign concept to me."
45. Are you able to kill? Under what circumstances do you find killing to be acceptable or unacceptable?
    "Monsters, maybe. More likely, they'd kill me though. I might have killed some bugs that were bothering me."
46. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
    "Destroy things for the sake of destuction."
47. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
    "Oh gosh, yes."
48. What do you believe makes a successful life?
   "Being happy."
49. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings (i.e. do you hide your true self from others, and in what way)?
   "Why would I be dishonest?"
50. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
    "None that I know of."
51. Is there anything you absolutely refuse to do under any circumstances? Why do you refuse to do it?
    "Probably kill other people because that's a terrible thing to do."
52. Who or what, if anything, would you die for (or otherwise go to extremes for)?
    "My family."
Part 5: Relationships With Others
53. In general, how do you treat others (politely, rudely, by keeping them at a distance, etc.)?
    "I like to think I'm rather polite."
Does your treatment of them change depending on how well you know them, and if so, how?
    "I think I am more open with people I'm close to."
54. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
    "My mother taught me everything I know...except for how to throw a punch."
55. Who is the person you respect the most, and why?
    "My brother. He's so selfless."
56. Who are your friends? Do you have a best friend? Describe these people.
   "Aside from Rachel, I can't think of many friends. I've always been a bit of a loner."
57. Do you have a spouse or significant other? If so, describe this person.
   "No."
58. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
    "No."
59. What do you look for in a potential lover?
    "I..an equal? Someone to fill in the gaps? I mean, like a protector where I am not. Things like that."
60. How close are you to your family?
    "Very."
61. Have you started your own family? If so, describe them. If not, do you want to? Why or why not?
    "I haven't."
62. Who would you turn to if you were in desperate need of help?
    "My family."
63. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why?
    "Nicholas, because he's good at it."
64. If you died or went missing, who would miss you?
   "My family."
65. Who is the person you despise the most, and why?
    "I don't hate anybody."
66. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
   "Avoid it, definitely."
67. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
    "I'm far too timid for that."
68. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not?
    "I'm far too timid for that. I'm finding I am saying that often here."Â
69. Do you care what others think of you?
    "I don't want people to dislike me, so I suppose so."
Part 6: Likes And Dislikes
70. What is/are your favorite hobbies and pastimes?
    "Reading, going to the theater."
71. What is your most treasured possession?
    "This necklace that my brother gave me right before I left on this trip."
72. What is your favorite color?
   "Oh...white? No, green. No, red? I can't decide."
73. What is your favorite food?
    "Most kinds of fish."
74. What, if anything, do you like to read?
    "I'll read just about anything I can get my hands on."
75. What is your idea of good entertainment (consider music, movies, art, etc.)?
    "Music, reading, plays. I like all of those things."
76. Do you smoke, drink, or use drugs? If so, why? Do you want to quit?
    "Err....no."
77. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
    "At home, reading or talking."
78. What makes you laugh?
    "Silliness."
79. What, if anything, shocks or offends you?
   "There was a man running around in his underwear while I was on my way here. That's shocking."
80. What would you do if you had insomnia and had to find something to do to amuse yourself?
   "A good book."
81. How do you deal with stress?
   "I like to lie in the grass and watch the stars. It's very calming."
82. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
    "Maybe a mix of both? Coming on this trip was fairly spontaneous."
83. What are your pet peeves?
   "Rude people. I just wish everyone could be polite."
Part 7: Self Images And Etc.
84. Describe the routine of a normal day for you. How do you feel when this routine is disrupted?
    "Before leaving on this journey, most of my days were spent helping my parents with the bookstore or walking through the woods."
85. What is your greatest strength as a person?
    "I'd like to think it's my good nature."
86. What is your greatest weakness?
   "I'm very shy. I probably need to be more assertive sometimes."
87. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
   "I'd like to be less nervous around people I don't know."
88. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
   "Completely introverted."
89. Are you generally organized or messy?
    "Both!"
90. Name three things you consider yourself to be very good at, and three things you consider yourself to be very bad at.
    "I'm good at sewing, reading, and listening. I'm bad at conversations, socializing, and...throwing punches."
91. Do you like yourself?
    "Of course I do."
92. What are your reasons for being an adventurer (or doing the strange and heroic things that RPG characters do)? Are your real reasons for doing this different than the ones you tell people in public? (If so, detail both sets of reasons…)
    "I'd like to learn more about the aether. That's why I made this trek."
93. What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime?
    "I'd like to learn magic."
94. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
   "Probably still researching the aether. I feel like there are years and years worth of things to learn about it."
95. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
    "Um...peacefully?"
96. If you knew you were going to die in 24 hours, name three things you would do in the time you had left.
   "Climb the highest hill I could find, watch the stars, and tell my family I love them."
97. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death?
    "For being a good person."
98. What three words best describe your personality?
   "Smart, shy, with a sassy streak. Only if I'm around people I'm comfortable with, though."
99. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
    "Shy, modest, and smart? Maybe?"
100. If you could, what advice would you, the player, give to your character? (You might even want to speak as if he or she were sitting right here in front of you, and use proper tone so he or she might heed your advice…)
    "I'd tell her to stop being so naive. It's going to get her hurt one day."
Part 1: The Basics
1. What is your full name?
    "Cecily Ann Corbet."
2. Where and when were you born?
    "Overseas. Eighth day of the fifth Umbral moon, 1557."
3. Who are/were your parents? (Know their names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
    "My parents own a small bookstore that they run together. Aine and Marcus Corbet. They're about the nicest people you could meet."
4. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
    "My older brother, Nicholas. He's...everything you'd want in a brother: Protective, caring, helpful."
5. Where do you live now, and with whom? Describe the place and the person/people.
    "I'm transient at the moment. I'm making my way to Gridania."
6. What is your occupation?
    "Hopefully I can find work as a seamstress while I try to work toward becoming a healer."
7. Write a full physical description of yourself. You might want to consider factors such as: height, weight, race, hair and eye color, style of dress, and any tattoos, scars, or distinguishing marks.
    "I'm...not really sure what I should write. I'm short, really short. My eyes are different colors."
8. To which social class do you belong?
   "My parents don't make much money, but they're happy."
9.Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
   "None that I know of."
10. Are you right- or left-handed?
    "Left."
11. What does your voice sound like?
    "Is 'quiet' a good enough answer?"
12. What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently?
    "I don't know. I've never really paid attention to my speech habits."
13. What do you have in your pockets?
   "Enough gil to get me to Gridania and not much else."
14. Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?
   "I...get nervous around people?"
Part 2: Growing Up
15. How would you describe your childhood in general?
    "I think I had a pretty normal childhood."
16. What is your earliest memory?
    "My mother teaching me to read.."
17. How much schooling have you had?
   "I was taught at home by my parents. They're rather intelligent, so I don't feel like I missed out."
18. Did you enjoy school?
   "I enjoy learning new things, yes."
19. Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities?
    "Nicholas taught me how to throw a punch. I doubt I'm any good, though I did leave a bruise on his arm once."
20. While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them.
    "My mother. Is there any better role model than someone who is happy every day of her life?"
21. While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family?
    "We're very close."
22. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
   "A wife and mother."
23. As a child, what were your favourite activities?
    "Reading and watching plays."
24. As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display?
    "I think I've always been rather shy, then and now."
25. As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like?
    "Not particularly. I spent most of my time by myself. There was a girl I would play with though, Rachel. She was very nice, quiet like me. She moved away two years ago."
26. When and with whom was your first kiss?
    "Like...a romantic one?"
27. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
    "I...I'm pretty uncomfortable with that question, but yes."
28. If you are just a normal human, describe any influences in your past that led you to do the things you do today.
    "The aether has been pretty influential. I want to learn more about it, so it drives me."
Part 3: Past Influences
29. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
    "Stepping onto the boat that brought me here, and from here, Gridania."
30. Who has had the most influence on you?
    "Mother."
31. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
   "Having the guts to step out and make this journey. It's pretty scary."
32. What is your greatest regret?
   "I regret that I'm so timid. I think."
33. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
    "I...evil? I told my brother we were out of sweetbread when we really weren't, because I wanted more to myself. Does that count?"
34. Do you have a criminal record of any kind?
    "Goodness, no."
35. When was the time you were the most frightened?
   "Right now. This journey I'm on...This interview is pretty frightening, too."
36. What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you?
    "I tripped and fell in the mud about two years ago. I was covered in it and everyone saw."
37. If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why?
    "I'm not sure. I think that we're a sum of all the events in our life. If I changed something from my past, I'd be changing who I am now."
38. What is your best memory?
  "When my brother handed me this necklace before I left."
39. What is your worst memory?
   "Probably the same one as the embarrassing one. Falling in the mud."
Part 4: Beliefs And Opinions
40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
    "Optimistic."
41. What is your greatest fear?
    "Not being able to call anyplace home. I mean, I have my home...back home, but I am talking about a place that I can call mine."
42. What are your religious views?
    "I'm faithful. I make offerings when I can."
43. What are your political views?
   "I don't know. I've never involved myself in politics."
44. What are your views on sex?
   "I don't know. It's a foreign concept to me."
45. Are you able to kill? Under what circumstances do you find killing to be acceptable or unacceptable?
    "Monsters, maybe. More likely, they'd kill me though. I might have killed some bugs that were bothering me."
46. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
    "Destroy things for the sake of destuction."
47. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
    "Oh gosh, yes."
48. What do you believe makes a successful life?
   "Being happy."
49. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings (i.e. do you hide your true self from others, and in what way)?
   "Why would I be dishonest?"
50. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
    "None that I know of."
51. Is there anything you absolutely refuse to do under any circumstances? Why do you refuse to do it?
    "Probably kill other people because that's a terrible thing to do."
52. Who or what, if anything, would you die for (or otherwise go to extremes for)?
    "My family."
Part 5: Relationships With Others
53. In general, how do you treat others (politely, rudely, by keeping them at a distance, etc.)?
    "I like to think I'm rather polite."
Does your treatment of them change depending on how well you know them, and if so, how?
    "I think I am more open with people I'm close to."
54. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
    "My mother taught me everything I know...except for how to throw a punch."
55. Who is the person you respect the most, and why?
    "My brother. He's so selfless."
56. Who are your friends? Do you have a best friend? Describe these people.
   "Aside from Rachel, I can't think of many friends. I've always been a bit of a loner."
57. Do you have a spouse or significant other? If so, describe this person.
   "No."
58. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
    "No."
59. What do you look for in a potential lover?
    "I..an equal? Someone to fill in the gaps? I mean, like a protector where I am not. Things like that."
60. How close are you to your family?
    "Very."
61. Have you started your own family? If so, describe them. If not, do you want to? Why or why not?
    "I haven't."
62. Who would you turn to if you were in desperate need of help?
    "My family."
63. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why?
    "Nicholas, because he's good at it."
64. If you died or went missing, who would miss you?
   "My family."
65. Who is the person you despise the most, and why?
    "I don't hate anybody."
66. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
   "Avoid it, definitely."
67. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
    "I'm far too timid for that."
68. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not?
    "I'm far too timid for that. I'm finding I am saying that often here."Â
69. Do you care what others think of you?
    "I don't want people to dislike me, so I suppose so."
Part 6: Likes And Dislikes
70. What is/are your favorite hobbies and pastimes?
    "Reading, going to the theater."
71. What is your most treasured possession?
    "This necklace that my brother gave me right before I left on this trip."
72. What is your favorite color?
   "Oh...white? No, green. No, red? I can't decide."
73. What is your favorite food?
    "Most kinds of fish."
74. What, if anything, do you like to read?
    "I'll read just about anything I can get my hands on."
75. What is your idea of good entertainment (consider music, movies, art, etc.)?
    "Music, reading, plays. I like all of those things."
76. Do you smoke, drink, or use drugs? If so, why? Do you want to quit?
    "Err....no."
77. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
    "At home, reading or talking."
78. What makes you laugh?
    "Silliness."
79. What, if anything, shocks or offends you?
   "There was a man running around in his underwear while I was on my way here. That's shocking."
80. What would you do if you had insomnia and had to find something to do to amuse yourself?
   "A good book."
81. How do you deal with stress?
   "I like to lie in the grass and watch the stars. It's very calming."
82. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
    "Maybe a mix of both? Coming on this trip was fairly spontaneous."
83. What are your pet peeves?
   "Rude people. I just wish everyone could be polite."
Part 7: Self Images And Etc.
84. Describe the routine of a normal day for you. How do you feel when this routine is disrupted?
    "Before leaving on this journey, most of my days were spent helping my parents with the bookstore or walking through the woods."
85. What is your greatest strength as a person?
    "I'd like to think it's my good nature."
86. What is your greatest weakness?
   "I'm very shy. I probably need to be more assertive sometimes."
87. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
   "I'd like to be less nervous around people I don't know."
88. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
   "Completely introverted."
89. Are you generally organized or messy?
    "Both!"
90. Name three things you consider yourself to be very good at, and three things you consider yourself to be very bad at.
    "I'm good at sewing, reading, and listening. I'm bad at conversations, socializing, and...throwing punches."
91. Do you like yourself?
    "Of course I do."
92. What are your reasons for being an adventurer (or doing the strange and heroic things that RPG characters do)? Are your real reasons for doing this different than the ones you tell people in public? (If so, detail both sets of reasons…)
    "I'd like to learn more about the aether. That's why I made this trek."
93. What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime?
    "I'd like to learn magic."
94. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
   "Probably still researching the aether. I feel like there are years and years worth of things to learn about it."
95. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
    "Um...peacefully?"
96. If you knew you were going to die in 24 hours, name three things you would do in the time you had left.
   "Climb the highest hill I could find, watch the stars, and tell my family I love them."
97. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death?
    "For being a good person."
98. What three words best describe your personality?
   "Smart, shy, with a sassy streak. Only if I'm around people I'm comfortable with, though."
99. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
    "Shy, modest, and smart? Maybe?"
100. If you could, what advice would you, the player, give to your character? (You might even want to speak as if he or she were sitting right here in front of you, and use proper tone so he or she might heed your advice…)
    "I'd tell her to stop being so naive. It's going to get her hurt one day."
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