Ask the character above about their relationship!

"Why won't you just admit that you and Haggis are a couple? You guys  look cute together. Are you afraid of commitment or do you not want Haggis as a boyfriend or do you not want to be tied down? I've heard open relationships are a thing, especially on the road!"

"Childhood friends can form quite strong bonds. However, and forgive me if this comes off as rash, have you never considered forming a stronger relationship with Gilmore? Surely you both have felt attraction towards each other at least once?"

This surprised Flora, which was a rare occurrence. "Well, we've been friends for a long time, I literally can't even remember a time before Gilmore, well okay I can but you get what I mean. He's a good friend, really understanding, a good witch, and I may have thought about it but I don't want to ruin our friendship. In another universe maybe we'd be together but for now I'm content with being friends, he means a lot to me either way."

"Childhood friends can form quite strong bonds. However, and forgive me if this comes off as rash, have you never considered forming a stronger relationship with Gilmore? Surely you both have felt attraction towards each other at least once?"

"Oh no, not at all! For starters, my grandfather may be off the throne, but I know he'll be back to try and force his way into power. I need to be prepared for when that happens. There's also the matter of having not been human for roughly forty years, so there's quite a bit I have to become familiar with. Such as technology. Have you seen these phones? Marvelous gadgets, really, but I can't fathom how to use them correctly. I need my queen to show me every day. And there are large, metal objects that can fly! Without magic! It's stunning, really. But among learning how to socialize again, I must also lead my country well. Thankfully the stress is far less with modern government, but I still have very much a big influence and must wield this power responsibly."

"I knooow I probably shouldn't be asking questions like this, but, upon hearing that you've been trying to keep your relationship with mister Maxim professional, I just started wondering... has there ever been a time where you've broken this rule? That something so desperate came up for either of you that it required some personal, friend-to-friend support or advice?"

Tida shrugs and giggles a little bit. "Oh, come on! It's totally a teenager thing to be drawn to the bad boy type, there's no denying that! Though Val was...special, I'll say that much. At school, relationships like that are just popularity contests, y'know? But the environment at Lythios' temple wasn't toxic like that, and it was far easier to get closer to him and not feel terrible about it. Everyone there was dedicated to the same goal, and so it wasn't like we were running away together or anything. We could stay close and save the world at the same time!" Mentioning her and Val's failed relationship seems to sober Tida up a bit, and her smile drops. "Well...I asked him out a few days after half of my friends abandoned me and the others, knowing full well that they'd pretty much declared themselves enemies to us. At that point, I didn't know that Val had attempted to go after Ember, or that he was planning to do something terrible to her. I thought he was still the relatively emotionally stable guy he'd been so far, and that we'd grow closer in the time that we were both hurting. But while I wanted to heal through forgiveness, he wanted to heal through revenge. He grew angry. Almost incapable of love. He wasn't the same guy I fell in love with, but it was so hard for me to see that."

"Friends are great, aren't they? 'specially best friends. how did ye meet yer buddy Ecco? did ye hit it off immediately or not like each other at first?"

the large beast sat on the floor and tugged the other being close.

"I still am a pirate. anyways, I found her while exploring. I thought about taking her hoard but, some of it wasn't even treasure. I watched her for a while to try and find the times she wasn't guarding it. She stopped me every time and removed quite a bit from me. Apparently, some of the items that i don't think are treasure are things others are willing to pay a lot for. what wyvern can resist gaining shiny coin? so, i brought... what were they called again? Anyways, i brought one of those glowing little rectangles into her cave. She was not happy at first and yelled at me a lot while trying to add it to her hoard. I showed her listings for various objects and then listing for objects she had.  I can't hop dimensions like she can. so, we made a deal i put these objects in my shop and in return she gets 60% of the profit (converted to coin and gems of course). in the end, we both get treasure, she actually guards the shop well when she isn't trashing it in a tantrum..

Quite the tale huh?"

"So, how exactly did you and Joey settle on the idea of running a business together? There has to be some story there. Going from piracy to that and all."

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"Eh, yes and no. I mean, both me and my sister grew up without our fathers so I wasn't really alone in that experience and honestly for awhile I thought everyone went through it. From the little bit I was able to glean before she told me I just figured he was some one-night stand that she never saw again so to find out they actually kept in contact was a little weird and disheartening. I mean, she had a way to contact him all these years and never really acted on it or told me about him. Although I can kind of understand the reason why not. As for me accepting help from him? Not really. I believe in getting help wherever you can get it and if that help happens to come in the form of a man who turns out to be your long distant father? Well, you take, it I guess. It's been nice getting to know him and all that but it can be strange to think"Wow, this guy is my dad. My actual father." after all these years."

"How did you and Tirané end up becoming friends? What would you consider the moment you realized you were no longer willing to 'collect' him - whatever that means - and instead saw him as someone of importance?" Merrill asked, but then rubbed the back of her head and added: "Uh, I mean, I do know it's often hard to name just one moment, but surely you must have had a point where you knew you were no longer willing to go with the initial plans."

'Soooo, the first time you met Nicholas and Henri, you thought that Henri was trying to eat Nicholas, and you attacked him? That's pretty funny. Did he forgive you quickly for that? Also, do you have a closer friendship with one of them, or do you get along with both of them equally well? ...I guess that's two questions, but eh, whatever.'

"Ahaha, yeah, that might have happened," Merrill replied, awkwardly scratching her cheek. "I didn't end up hurting anyone though and the misunderstanding was fixed without causalities, but it did some time for Henri to b at ease around me - and rightfully so, if I may add. 

My relationship to Nicholas and Henri is undoutedly different: Nicholas is the person I have vowed to serve and protect, and although I'm loyal to the throne of my own time, due to my circumstances I must devote myself to a different master for the time being. However, that isn't to say Nicholas isn't my friend also: I do care about him not just as a master, but as a friend as well, and wish to help him choose the right path in life for himself - he is so very young still, and awfully misguided at times... 

With Henri, I work for his family so I see him a lot, and I undoubtedly consider him a friend as well. But as difficult as it is to put in words, I do think Henri and I are friends in a very different way Nicholas and I are, perhaps precisely due to the fact Nicholas is someone I wish to serve and guide, whereas Henri seems to be feeling similarly, and we're bonded by our mutual concern over Nicholas."

'Soooo, the first time you met Nicholas and Henri, you thought that Henri was trying to eat Nicholas, and you attacked him? That's pretty funny. Did he forgive you quickly for that? Also, do you have a closer friendship with one of them, or do you get along with both of them equally well? ...I guess that's two questions, but eh, whatever.'

When Lucifer was first born, Crowley tried very hard to love him like a sibling should for their parents' benefit - he didn't want to make them upset by fighting with Lucifer. He didn't hate him in the beginning. But eventually, he started to get tired of the way his parents lavished love and attention on his little brother, often seemingly ignoring Crowley in the process. He grew jealous, feeling alone and abandoned, and began to develop resentment towards Lucifer (not that it was actually Lucifer's fault that their parents seemed to like him more). Eventually, when Crowley was 9 and Lucifer 6, he snapped, and waited until their parents were out before attempting to murder his little brother. Just before he could do it, their dad burst into the cave and stopped him. Crowley knew his parents wouldn't love him at all after this, so he ran away from home and hasn't seen any of his family since.

I'm fairly sure that in slightly different circumstances (like if their parents had somehow treated the brothers differently), Crowley could have had a real sibling relationship with Lucifer, but that's not how things turned out. If they ever had any affectionate/nice moments, it would have been when Lucifer was very young, before the jealousy and resentment built up.

"It seems like Micah's seriously brought out a good side of you. How does he react to everything you've been through? In what ways are you two there for eachother and support eachother during hard times?"

"Our family was small but deemed quite powerful. I personally believe it was because of our power that eventually began to drive my relationship with my other kin to its end. They became obsessed. All they cared about was honing my new deity powers. There didn't seem to be an end to it. I was never really close with my parents from the start. I guess that made it a bit easier for me to leave our family behind."

"So there used to be other members in your family besides your sister? What relationship did you have with your parents or possibly other siblings?"

"Yeah, Galactic was a lot less moody when we were kids, although he was a lot more shy. I tried to help him make friends and sometimes it worked. But as he got older, he just changed and I'm not really sure why. He still has a few friends but not many."