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If you would want to know something else or elaborate on any point of the interview just ask 8D

Edit - redone Iisjahs freckles - the previous ones looked not freckely enough :I

I decided to update the old interview I had with Iisjah - the old one was well...old and most of the info there have somehow changed. Also I needed a new spiffy portrait to go with it too! :la:
The old interview is going straight to scraps :B

Sorry for not submitting it as a lit deviation but I wanted to show of his portrait too xD



INTERVIEW

-What's your name?

Clifford Brown....well ok Iisjah O'Riley but I never give my real name at first meeting. I never know if the person I'm talking to is trustworthy and wont screw me behind my back so better be safe than sorry!

-Do you know why you were named that?

Let's see - O'Riley is my families name for quite a few generations - I heard it is or at least was well known in some parts of the Islands. Right now most -of my family lives in Arwa Turis - I heard it's because of Grandpa and his 'misunderstandings' with local government. As for my name I don't know why my parents named me that, but it sorta translates to 'the laughing one' so I guess it kinda fits?

-What do you usually wear?

When I have the choice I prefer to wear nice fitted shirts and vests. I sometimes even get hand tailored ones, but they always get ruined sooner or later with my *ekhem* luck. You know... bunch of angry raccoons here, jumped by a rival gang there and an acid monsters for dessert. But that is what i prefer to wear - now what I wear normally depends greatly on the situation *laughs* A dress took from a laundry rope, a towel or a blanket when my normal clothes get ruined, a horse suit or a bikini - really anything goes *grin* As for colours - I try to wear toned down clothes to not stand out more than I must when I'm at work or I don't want to be seen. But when I have the opportunity some wild colurs are really nice! Pinks, blues and yellows and the likes!

-What are your eating habits? Both normal and vampire ones?

Well my eating habits are a bit messed up - vitamins and biscuits are far too often my main course of the day. Should eat healthier but...meh *shrug* The sugar gets me through the day. Not to mention they are perfect with tea! Besides once a week I have a major dinner with my family so I can eat till I fall dead there *grin*
And as for my vampire eating habits. I rarely eat blood right from a living person - most of the time Doc - my medic - sells me the one he has for transfusions. Sometimes I go to one of the vampire 'clubs' - but blood there is on the more pricey side. The best option I have if I want to drink some 'living' blood is with Sanet - he always finds people that are willing to do this kind of stuff *laughs* Heck I even sometimes drink myself if I really need blood right away. And as for how much I need - just a few sips are sufficient for one sitting - and I never kill! There is no reason to - we are all civilized!

-Anyway, where do you live?

When I'm adventuring, as corny as it may sound, on a horses back. And when I'm in Arwa Turis I have a small one room apartment in the southern part of the city in the same building as my day job is. It's a bit dark, it has a shared toilet and the neighbours piss me off sometimes but it's really cozy with waves painted on the walls and floor made from wood taken from old ships.

-What is your favourite place?

The Arwaturian harbour. All those stunning ships coming and going, all the scatter, the brilliant view of the sea and feel of the salty breeze on the face.

-Do you have a religion?

Hmmm I don't think I do... Ok I do believe in the god of my city but he isn't your normal, go to the temple kind of god. But it's the closest I've got to a religion so I guess it counts?
As for any other gods - the god of water has a grudge against me from the time I accidentally killed his priestess. And my brother Eamon always tries to convert me to his sun god...yeah a vampire believing in a palladiny like elven god that hates undead - that's a great idea *snort*

-Do you look up to anyone?

I guess so. First of is my father - he's distant and constantly disappointed in me but the man is made of stone and he's a brilliant sailor. Another person would be Sanet I think - his way of life is one to be admired and I would want to be at least half as him.

-Have any abilities or powers?

You kidding me? Should I list them alphabetically? *grin* As a vampire I have quite a few! I can hear heartbeats - and even discern people I know well by their heartbeat. I heal myself faster. I am more agile. Oh and I think I'm immortal - or at least I'll live a fucklong time. I guess if not for that I would be dead many times already.
Now for the more awesome powers - I can change into any living thing I drank blood of. Sure it only works right after I drink it but it's still an awesome power! And because of certain incidents I also can change my gender and transform into a meat pie, pile of dirt and a piglet on a whim.
And the one thing that differs me from other vampires - my main power makes me 'half-living'. It has it's good sides and it's drawbacks. My body basically functions normally - I breathe, my heart beats, I digest. I am more immune to the sun than a normal vampire is and I can eat and drink normally, The drawback are that I can feel normal pain as opposed to the dullness that a normal vampire feels. With my way of life it's really bothersome. Also I cannot generate new blood cells so I need to transfuse blood often. Because of that I even have a personal doctor! I can close down my life functions for a short time to become more vampire-like, either by meditation or if someone kills me, but I prefer the living state - it's far more enjoyable! *grin*
The last thing is a curiosity more than anything - I have a mental link with my master that transfers emotions and strong sensations. The closer we are to each other the stronger the link gets. It also amplifies emotions if we each feel the same one - so you might imagine how rough arguments get between us! but it also has it's advantages *grin*
Anyways those are my strictly vampiric abilities. As for normal ones I can sing really well. It started from my school years when they made me sing in a choir and when I sand sea shanties with my family. Me and my friend Oscar even sometimes think of creating a band *smile* I know how to lockpick, pickpocket and, to a lesser extent, disarm traps. And Sanet thought me a bit about alchemy. I also have some acrobatic skills - they come in mighty handy during heists and such!
I'm ambidextrous - that means I can use both my hands like you would with your main one. It proved really useful when I became blind on my right eye and couldn't see some things I did with my right hand properly.

-Phew - that was a lot of powers! So I guess you are a good fighter with all that heightened senses and whatnot?

Well - it depends on whom I fighting and how fast the person reacts - a knife between the ribs can really stop a man dead *snort* Or maybe a good punch with brass knuckles on. Or a sleep bomb. Or maybe some paralyzing gas. No one said anything about fighting fair. And if all fails in the end - I'm quite a fast runner!

-Have you ever hurt or killed anyone in any way before?

Yes. But mostly it was a matter of survival - either I kill them or they kill me. I also don't kill my blood donors. Sanet thought me the worth of a life and I try to keep it in mind always *Iisjah pats hit parchment tattoo* You see those signs filling the parchment? Every one of those signs is a person I killed so I will remember them at least this way. I run out of space in the tattoo so I started making them on my right wrist now.

-What is your job?

You mean jobs. Hmm let me see - I work as a assistant for an elderly editor in a newspaper agency. Oh I work as a courier for them too! That is my main day job. Other than that I work a nanny and partially a bodyguard for Louis de Guernicas daughter Julia. I also take care of my brothers daughter from time to time too - guess I'm a good nanny *grin* And then there is my thieving job - I do it partially for myself and partially for the gang. So my days are quite full most of the time *grin*

-Speaking of you being a thief - what was your most successful heist?

Most successful? It would be that one time when a prince of some desert country visited Arwa Turis. He had an elephant which I managed to kidnap for ransom!
I was living off it for half a year!

-Did he pay you that much?

No, he didn't pay me squat. I sold it for parts and ate the rest!

-I see...and how about your least successful one?

*thinks* I think it was the big one I did with some other thieves when I was I think fifteen? We were robbing an inn and the owner came. We only wanted to stop him from attacking us but we killed him by accident. I froze up - couldn't move a muscle in my body! It was the first time I actually killed someone - even if it was with other people! They run away and guardsmen found me standing over the dead body. I was quickly sentenced to a long time in prison. Luckily for me I was able to strike a deal with someone and to make the story short I managed to get out only after a year and my family doesn't even know i was sentenced.

-Do your looks make it difficult for you to be a thief?

Quite. I'm a redheaded 6'9 ft guy and that makes me stand out like a sore thumb. That is why I prefer burglaries to working in the open. The other thing is that I have a really narrow vision because of my blind eye. It makes it difficult all the time not only when stealing. But I guess I got used to that *shrug*

-Anyway how is your sex life?

*spits a bit* Hwaaa...?

-My guess is that you are straight right?

Well not by a long shot. When I was younger I only was with women, but Sanet showed me it's ok to feel the same way towards guys *smile*

-Go on...

You want more? *a bit shy grin* well I am a bit *ekhm* submissive in bed I am told? Also I kind of like being tied up and a bit of s...*shakes his head*... can we move to the next question please!? I feel you got enough info as it is!

-Soooo...Are you single or taken?

Right now I'm with Blady Berlakin - an awesome guy *smile* I was married some years ago to Jagoda Cheeesybun. I even have two wonderful kids with her. But the differences in characters, money problems and so forth made us part ways. After that I had a sorta loose relationship with Jessy Hanrahan and an occasional something with some other people.

-Ok moving on! So how about something about your family?

I have an abundance of it! Just counting the closest one - a harsh father, overprotective mother, vampire hating grandpa, auntie, four sisters and five bothers - one of which is my twin, two brothers and two sisters-in-law and I think 16 nieces and nephews? And that's just O'Rileys! That's a lot of people to keep track off! Mother organizes dinners for the whole family once a week and gods forbid you if you won't be there without having a damn good excuse!
Speaking of my siblings -I am the closest to my older sister Miren - she's a pirate now *grin* - we understand ourselves without words, Eamon - he always know the right words and advices and doesn't judge - even if he tries to convert me constantly *laughs* and my younger brother Manny - even if he is a guard he's a great guy!
Anyways than there are my kids Suzanne and Zoltan, seven year old twins. Suzanne is the tomboy and the more assertive of the two. Zoltan is a really sweet but a bit scatty kid. Love them to bits! And after that there is Sanet de Anuvar - my sire, Laura Ortega - another vampire sired by Sanet - kind of a sister for me I guess and Silva Madrigal - a long time friend of Sanets' so I would count him as family too.

-Did you cause your parents much trouble?

Not only was I a kid with abundance of energy, I was the shortest of my siblings, heck even my youngest sister is still taller than me, but I also always got into a lot of trouble because of my curiosity and bad luck. Not always because of myself mind you - we tried lot's of really crazy stunts with my siblings. Guess because all of that my mum was really overprotective of me and my father saw me as well, inadequate failure, to speak bluntly. At least I felt that way. And after my little sister Cathie was born and my brother Manny had just had his second birthday I was a bit too much to handle so I was sent to a boarding school that Eamon attended some years earlier.

-So how did it turn out for you?

You mean that four or was it five years I was there? Got into a bad crowd, started thieving, smoking and I finally run away. Heck I didn't even see most of my family until I was living with Sanet! But I guess all in all it turned out quite well! I could have been worse - damn I could have been dead by now! *laughs*

-Getting back to marquise Sanet de Anuvar - what are your relations with him?

I consider him a close friend, a mentor and a part of my family (as I think does my mother ad he's even sometimes invited for the family dinners! *grin* ). I may not agree with some of his actions - his preoccupation with politics for example. This is one of the main argument grounds for us - after one huge fight I even stopped living with Sanet and we didn't talk for quite a few months.

-You were living with him?

Ah yes - for five years after my transformation. With him, Laura, Silva and any other person that might have crossed paths with Sanet on a relationship way *laughs*

-How about Laura or Silva?

Laura. Perfectionist to boot, stubborn as a mule and mad about Sanet. Works in a theater. Irritating too! Like an older, know it all sister! And Silva Madrigal - an alchemical hybrid of man and goat. He's the majordomo, factory overseer and most of all Sanets' best friend. He's a bit withdrawn most of the time, has etiquette memorized in his little finger and he's a bit overprotective. And he's a great painter!

-Any other vampires you know?

Some.
Let's start with the biggest bastard - Charles...don't remember his last name. He's everything what I hate about people from high class. And it doesn't help that he's a vampire prodigy too - he loves to rub it in my face that he is just better. Infuriating!
Next is Nebin - we met him on one of our adventures - he taught me some really useful stuff but he's not with us anymore - killed by some bastards that were on out tails.
Than there is Marcus de Brouillard - an old acquaintance of Sanets but they never got along smoothly. Opposing political fractions I think. Me and my teammates call him Owl, not really ingenious considering he changes into one, and we try not to run into him. Really. He's a mean son of a gun.
And than there is Nair *snicker* One of my teams enemies. And I have his saber riiight here *smile* Bastard deserved that jar of suntan lotion I threw in his face if you ask me!

-How many friends do you have?

In the team I consider Aidanna and Rejlan my friends. Because Ejri is more of a close enemy than anything else *shudder*
Then there is my best friend Oscar - currently a tattooist and camouflage artist for a gang I'm a member of - the Golden Cockroaches. My siblings, Sanet but that I already said. Jessy and her father. Some guys from the gang. And quite a few other people - guess not so bad *smile*

-What are your relations with your team members?

Well Aidanna is a sweet little pyroman...girl *ekhm*. She is a fire mage. She's the one whose really supportive and though we have a lot of differences she usually stands by me and I really appreciate that.
Rejlan thinks he's the... wait how does he say it? oh!, 'alfa male' of the group - just because he can tear of a head with a thumb! Bah! Nonetheless he's a good friend if not stubborn and oblivious to some things which makes him irritating from time to time. You just have to hide from him when the moon is full.
And there's Ejri. I really can't figure that woman out. One moment she's sweet as a sugar cube the next she's like a acid-dripping, evil tentacly monster thingie from the dimension of death! Ok so she does not HAVE tentacles...or maybe she's hiding them really good! ! It's like a 24 hours staring contest with her and you can't let your guard down or she'll cut your hands off (which she did at one point). My guess is that either she's possessed or she's just having a constant period. There are no other options!

-Do you have any animals?

A rat named Peanut - he's quite a little scoundrel! Eating weeks money worth of cheese in one sitting and nibbling on my stuff all the time. But he can also scout out dangerous places for me! Also right now he has a real army of kids - glad I have a friend who takes care of them *laughs* Than there's my swamp worm Teofil - very playful thing! Munching' everything and everyone. My two horses Marquise and Cacoo. An lately I got a pigeon whom I named Muddle - Muddle the Magnificent. He cannot fly or walk straight and has very dog-like behaviours sometimes *grin* He also loves pickles! And he's one intelligent pigeon! Sometimes I even suspect he understands me.

-Name something that you do like?

Tea. Simple as that - it's one of the best things in life! Also sea - even if I cannot sail it because of the vampire thing, I still love the sound, the smell of it, the view of waves moving up and down - just looking at it makes me feel calm inside *smile*

-Something that you don't like?

*thinks* politics. Unnecessary, freedom suppressing bunch of bollocks! After that guardsmen - most of them are bunch of deceitful assholes thinking they are all-powerful.
And then nature - the wild , iffy forest one. With all the monsters, parasites and other nasty things in it! It really hates me you know?

-Name your worst habits.

Curiosity can be considered one - I go into trouble because of it far too many times. And I really can't help it - I cannot not know what a button does, what's in that closed box and what did the burly, dangerous barbarian said. I feel sick if I don't know!
As for more conventional bad habits - cigarettes, alcohol, drugs - I probably use them far too often to be considered healthy. But they help me with my nervousness.

-What are you most afraid of?

A few things. Disappointing my family, friends or someone I learned to trust. I will do everything in my power to make everyone happy - I hate the feeling that I failed someone.
The next thing would be blindness. I already lost one eye and with the way things keep happening to me I am afraid that loosing the other one is just a matter of time *shudder* I don't really want to think about it because I would lock myself in my home and never come out!
And the last thing are owls. Not any birds but owls in particular. I get nervous when I even hear one and being close to one makes me panic. It started from our summer camping trips with family where my brothers scared me with them all the time and from then it just grew.

-Most humiliating thing that happened to you?

You really starting to piss me off you know that? Lots of times - my life is not a rose filled garden you know? Utterly failed burglary heists when I for example got trapped by a branch and couldn't get out, the time I was in prison...*sigh* lots and lots of situations I would rather not recall!

-Do you have any activities/hobbies that you like to do?

Hmmm let's see - surviving counts? *grin* Apart from that..*thinks* I love to collect rare tea cups! I already have a small collection *smile* Ah - I also collect any snippet I can find about my sisters pirate endeavors - I guess it can be also called a hobby *grin*

-If you would be an animal what kind?

It's one of those psychological questions right? A magical, sparkling unicorn of goodness and candy! Baah I kid. I think I would be some kind of city animal - most certainly a rat. They are crafty, cunning and can adapt to anything!

-One thing you would change in your life?

Somehow manage to be able to sail the seas as a vampire. You probably thought I would say - not become a vampire or some other drama like that? Nooo I am quite happy with being a child of the night *grin* Besides if not for it I would be laying dead in some gutter by now *laughs*

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Lieutenant-K's avatar
I've got a stupid question, but it has been troubling me for quite a time :D
How is Iisjah's name pronounced? A transcription or an analogy would be great ^^'