Interview with a Character

[Cyprian31]

Hey, the "if your character came to life" thread was so interesting, I decided to do it myself. The genre is science fiction. The Character - one Vincent Hawke, uber-mysterious head of the Temporal Investigations Agency. Ask your questions, and I'll respond "in character". Remember, time travel IS involved, and I'm basing Hawke on a somewhat-known figure, so let's have some fun. 'kay?

 

[NeoScribe]

Do you ever go back in time for selfish purposes?
How much do you know about you're organization?
When was the last time you did not drink coffee?
Why are you working for the TIA?
Did your last girlfriend dump you? If so, why?

 

[Cyprian31]

Hello, excellent questions.

I only went back in time for a selfish purpose once. A good friend of mine, someone I had viewed almost as a son, had died in one of those "noble causes" the English are so good at. In my grief, I travelled (we call it "Jumping") back to one day before his death. I thought I could save him, alter the course of time. Of course, had I done so, his life. the lives of those around him...even my own life...would have been irrevocably different. Allowing time to proceed as it always had was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

As for questions two and four - I know quite a bit aboud the TIA. I was, after all, there at the beginning, so to speak. The man who "invented" our Jumping technology was one I'd been seriously watching for some time - his potential for good was enormous. I'm currently the Director, which is a tremendously rewarding vocation. True, there are some things we aren't...quite...certain of, and every organiztion has it's dark little secrets. But I'm confident that time - and a suitable successor - will "root them out", so to speak.

Ah, coffee. Makes up for years of that awful tea the English keep nattering about. My last cup was this morning. Which I believe was 2 May, 1842. I think.

As for my last girlfriend - well, I'm sort of "involved" ( I believe that's the current term) with someone within the TIA itself; a lovely lass named Lily. Before that, my previous love died. A boating mishap. And before you ask, no, I did NOT Jump to learn the truth. Some things are simply too painful. And even after relative centuries, emotions are still fragile things.

Hope this enlightened you!

V.H.

 

[NeoScribe]

What's with you and the English? Are you even American? For all your losses you seem to have a positive attitude, most others would be really moody in your position, especially knowing they have the chance to change those bad things. Oh, before I forget, what are you doing in 1842, and what year are you actually from?

 

[NeoScribe]

Bah, I still ended up foregtting what I was gonna ask - Have you ever met one of your ancestors? What kind of self-control does it take to keep yourself from going and offing Hitler or some other evil psycho?

 

[Cyprian31]

I have nothing against the English, per se - I just sigh thinking about what they used to be. And I'm not American. The place where I was born is now called Ireland - we just tended to call it different names when I was a lad. What was I doing in 1842? Easy! My favorite cafe is there, and the concierge knows me. Plus, it's quiet. Trust me, with my job, quiet i worth it's figurative weigh in gold.

As for your Hitler question, this is the first question new agents ask. While it would be quite gratifying to kill him, it would prove disastrous - beyond the scope who would/would not die, history itself would shatter. And, yes, betimes it DOES take enormous self-control - which is why all agents have an experienced partner at first.

Have a godd day

V.H>

 

[NeoScribe]

So thats the second selfish reason for going back in time!

 

[NeoScribe]

Who in history do you resemble the most, in your opinion?
Who was your first partner?
You said the Hitler question was the first question asked before joining the TIA - what are the others?

 

[Pages]

How many partners have you had? Have you ever watched a friend die while you're unable to help him? Is it hard adjusting to the different styles of life as you travel through time?

 

[NeoScribe]

Since Cyprian31 is busy I guess I'll go. My character is Lord Avilar, The Grand Tal Jonas Alveres, the Peace Maker. Note: Jonas Alveres is his name, Grand Tal is his position, Lord Avilar and Peace Maker are titles. Questions away.

 

[Pages]

Where is he from? How did he earn the titles? Can the titles be bestowed upon someone else during his lifetime?

 

[NeoScribe]

I'm from the The Pact Federation, planet Earth, North American Continent, California, Disnea City.

My first title was given to me the moment I was discovered on Gaea to distinuish me from Gaean humans. In High Tongue, Avilar means "Of the stars" and was usually a word used for meteors and asteriod, but it fitted in my case. Hence, Lord Avilar because I was the male of the stars. Peace Maker was a title given to me by my allies shortly after all the ruckus, for it was noted that I always happened to be in the right place at the right time (or the wrong place at the wrong time, depending on your perspective) to solve a large conflict or prevent one from starting in the first place. On an ironic note, several of thses conflicts started because of my presence in the area.

I suppose anyone who came from another planet would be considered an Avilar, even if they would not pocess the powers I got when I arrived. Technically, when I arrived there were 4 Avilar, but as far as I know I may be the only one still alive. My Peace Maker title is an honorary title used to note something important about me so no one would try to give themself that name until I was long dead.

Greta questions! If you have anymore Let me know!

 

[Pages]

Are you kind of like Superman? Did you know any of the other Avilar? When did you discover your powers? How old are you?

 

[NeoScribe]

I am 23 years old (which is not that young for a monarch these days). There is a huge difference between me and Superman. Superman has Super strength, Super Speed, Super Senses, Super invulnerablity, and Super reflexes, plus he can fly, use laser vision, and cold breath. I have increased strength, speed, and endurance, sort of like if I was on hyper steriods, I also heal faster than most others and can tranfer my life force to heal others as well. I can make energy blast but those are tiring, and unlike Superman who gets weaker around a cetain shiny rock, my powers seem to come from the small gem that grew out on my forehead when I crashed here 4 years ago.

I have known all the other 4 Avilar. One was my sister (half sister actually) Skye, The other was my failed clone Jonah, the last was the crazy tyrant who started this whole mess who's named still eludes us but was known as the Unity Emperor. Skye was the one who could fly, through her telekineses (she developed different power's than Jonah and I), and I'm not sure what the Emperors powers were since he changed himself so much it was impossible to figure out what was and wasn't there to begin with.

 

[Pages]

Do you have the same needs as us normal humans, such as water, food and sleep? Could you even be called human? Why were you crashing into earth? Did you brake the surface? Could you dig through the core of the earth? Did you go to school? What was it like where you came from?

 

[NeoScribe]

I crashed on Gaea, I'm from Earth, not the other way around. I am in constant need of food and water and sleep just like other humans (although I feel I never get enough sleep, stupid aids).

As i mentioned earlier I'm from Disnea City in California. I attended grade school and high school there before winning a scholarship to the Maria Mitchell College on Luna (Earth's moon, nice place). I don't like to brag but I was considered something of a genius over there. Ironiclly, this led to my current situation. See, me and some other students were working with one of our proffesors on a new Exploration Type starcraft. We called it Geronimo and our maiden voyage was to the asteriod belt on an investigation to a 'Ghost Wormhole', that is, a wormhole that seemed to appear and disappear at random times throughout the years. So we headed out there with myself, the proffesor, some other students and in my foolishness, I allowed my sister Skye to be let on as well. For three days we skimmed the belt with no sign of our target (not that I was seriously expecting to see it). Then it popped up! Right in front of us! Too late, we were sucked in and transported to Gaea's (a planet so far out we did not even know where it was, let alone it existed) gravitational field. We escaped into seperate life pods with me ans Skye in one and the others in different ones. So far I am the only known survivor since then, everyone else dying in the crashes or were killed by the conditions of the Gaeans. Thus, 4 years later, my current situation. I may not ever get home, but at least its not so bad here anymore.

 

[Pages]

Sorry, miss understood what you had written.

What do the aliens on Gaea look like? What language do they speak? How is their world different from ours?

 

[NeoScribe]

The Gaeans are not one actual race, thus far I have counted 18 seperate races on the planet. Some, as far as I can tell, are absolutely no different then us humans. Others are dragons or minotaurs. The weirdest ones are the Kappa - who look like upright turtles with bowls in their heads, the nymphs - green skinned and can melt into trees, and the naga - snake on bottom, humaniod on top.

Their are 3 main languages on Gaea (which continues to amaze me considering that they can never agree on anything how could they find a common language?) Commom Tongue, spoken most commonly around the world. Much to my suprise, I found I could understand this language almost perfectly (which along with the fact that all Gaeans are fantasy creatures, only deepens my suspicion that Earth and Gaea are somehow connected). Then there is High Tongue, as the name suggest it is spoken by those considered 'higher' than others, mainly elves, seraphim, nymphs, unicorns, and wraith. Last of all there is the Savage Tongue, which consist of grunts, growls, roars and other stuff like that for the dragons, griffons, and fenrir.

The kingdom that I rule is Oni - a race of humaniods with three eyes, three horns, claws, fangs, and some sort of geneticly inherited rabies, a couple hundred nymphs, a hundred or so humans, an one elf, wraith, wraith-human (his kid), and one mermaid (my wife.). Common tongue is the general language here in Sennal-Tal, but like the rest of the planet keeping peace is not easy. And as much as I love freedom and democracy being an absolute ruler makes it much easier to enfore the laws.

 

[NeoScribe]

Pages, you should put in a character too. We can trade of along with whoever else wants to join. Introduce someone along with your next questions, and I'll answer and ask questions to your person!

 

[Pages]

Can you speak the High Tongue? Was it hard to learn if you can? What are the physical features of Gaea? What do the structures look like? Is there technology?

Here's my character
His name is Phyn, the 'evil' one of triplets.