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Character Interview: From the point of view of five of your own original characters, answer these questions.

I’m using charries from my new webcomic, Hotel Montgomery. Emily is a human, Edward and Thomas are zombies, Charles is a talking cat, and James is a vampire.

1) How Old Are You?
Emily: 15.
Edward: 24 at death. Got to be about, oh…85 years dead now, so that makes me 109 years old including years of life and living death.
Charles: 4 in cat years, which is more or less 33 in human years.
James: I was 17 when I died; now I am much older.
Thomas: When I…died, I was 16. So now I’m…er…41? Wow, that sounds weird…Let’s just say I’m 16.

2) Height?
Emily: Dunno, average?
Edward: Pretty tall.
Charles: Well, I don’t know, do I? Normal.
James: I am tall, though my exact height has not been measured for years.
Thomas: Average, I guess.

3) You Got Any Bad Habits?
Emily: Gotta be biting my nails.
Edward: I don’t know. You’d have to ask my colleagues.
Charles: I have many habits, none of them bad, the way I see it.
James: Not that I have been told.
Thomas: I’m too shy.

4) You a virgin?
Emily: Yes.
Edward: Well, no.
Charles: No way!
James: Of course not.
Thomas: Yes. Sad, isn’t it? 41 and a virgin…Although I did say we’d call me 16.

5) Who's your Mate/Spouse?
Emily: Nobody. I’m between boyfriends.
Edward: I don’t have one just yet.
Charles: I’ve been around, but there’s nobody permanent.
James: I no longer have one.
Thomas: No-one.


6) Have Any Kids?
Emily: Uh, no, I am one.
Edward: No.
Charles: Not that I’m aware of, but you never know! I probably do, come to think of it.
James: Yes. One, and she carried on the vampire gene.
Thomas: No!

7) Favourite Food?
Emily: Hmmm… Probably my Mum’s spaghetti bolognaise. She makes the best spaghetti bolognaise!
Edward: Cookie’s trademark Mystery Soup.
Charles: Tuna or salmon.
James: I can only consume blood. All other tastes I once knew, I have since forgotten.
Thomas: I’ve always really liked chocolate cake.

8) Favourite Ice Cream flavour?
Emily: Chocolate, hands down!
Edward: Mint chocolate chip.
Charles: I prefer cat biscuits, thanks. Now, if they made a tuna-flavoured ice-cream, that I would go for. As it is, though, ice-cream just doesn’t do it for me!
James: I do not eat ice-cream.
Thomas: Neapolitan. That’s three flavours, I guess…

9) Killed anyone?
Emily: No way!!
Edward: Yes…one. A long time ago.
Charles: Nah. I’ve got into a few scrapes, but murder’s not my style.
James: Yes. But as a result, they returned as stronger beings.
Thomas: No. I’ve been killed, and I know how it feels. So I wouldn’t kill someone else. And the guy who killed me is long dead now…

10) Hate anyone?
Emily: The stupid popular group at school. They’re always picking on me!
Edward: Hate is a strong word, as they say.
Charles: There are things I hate, abstract concepts, but no living beings in particular.
James: No.
Thomas: The jocks who used to bully me back at school…

11) Any Secrets?
Emily: Not really…Well, only about work. But that’s just because no-one would believe me if I told them about the kind of people I worked with. Either that or they’d want to kill the guys, and I don’t want that! The people I work with are my friends…Well, for the most part. There is Dora Lee.
Edward: I suppose so. Yes, sort of. Well, if someone asked me, I would tell them. But nobody’s ever asked…Ever.
Charles: What use are secrets? Cats don’t need secrets and lies.
James: Not as such.
Thomas: Yes…But I would tell them. To the right person. If the right person asked…

12) Love Anyone?
Emily: My family and friends.
Edward: I loved a woman, a long time ago. But she’s long gone. These days, I have my co-workers, who are also my best friends.
Charles: Like the hate question. I love things and concepts, but no people or beings.
James: …Yes. You might use that word.
Thomas: Love? I don’t know. All these years of life, or after-life, and I still can’t define love…

13) TACOS?
Emily: Yeah, they’re pretty good…
Edward: I suppose so.
Charles: If you say so.
James: No thankyou.
Thomas: I used to really like those. I haven’t had one since…since high school…

14) Ever slept in All day?
Emily: Whenever I get the chance!
Edward: I don’t remember. Possibly.
Charles: Every day, mate.
James: Not since I began my schooling years.
Thomas: A few times.

15) Eye Colours?
Emily: Hazel.
Edward: Brown.
Charles: Yellow-green, you know, normal.
James: Brown.
Thomas: Dark brown.

16) Skin?
Emily: Fair and freckled, because of my red hair.
Edward: Blue, I suppose you’d say, wouldn’t you?
Charles: I’ve got pink-white skin, but black fur.
James: Pale. Unnaturally pale, some would say; however, my particular shade of complexion is natural for my kind.
Thomas: Sort of pale blue.

17) Fat/Average/Slim?
Emily: Average, I guess? I don’t know…I think I look kind of chubby, but my friend Mel says I’m skinny. So…
Edward: Slim to average.
Charles: I’m a perfectly healthy specimen. So, average – or above average, even!
James: I am of an average weight for my height.
Thomas: Slim, I guess.

18) Rain, sunshine?
Emily: Sunshine, always.
Edward: It doesn’t matter to me. I spend all my time indoors anyway. But back in my human years, I would have said sunshine.
Charles: Sunshine. I can’t stand rain!
James: My first choice would be rain, due to the fact that on direct contact with UV rays, my skin combusts.
Thomas: Rain? I was never much of a sunshine person…I like cool, cloudy days.

19) Pool, Beach?
Emily: Beach! Not that I ever really see it.
Edward: The pool.
Charles: Neither!
James: As a child, I enjoyed family trips to the beach. But it has been over a hundred years since I have swum in either the ocean or a swimming pool, and I no longer have a preference, so my answer is neither.
Thomas: Beach.

20) Camping, staying home?
Emily: Staying home.
Edward: Home.
Charles: I don’t camp, but I do prefer the outdoors.
James: I have never camped in my life, and I do not plan to.
Thomas: Home.

21) Dog, Cat?
Emily: Both!
Edward: I’m personally more of a cat person.
Charles: Cats, obviously! Dogs make my fur stand on end.
James: I have enjoyed the company of both in my time.
Thomas: I like dogs. I used to have a puppy, Roger. Before I died…

22) Believe in aliens?
Emily: Yeah, not in this galaxy though.
Edward: It’s arrogant to believe that our planet is the only one in the entire, infinite universe that has life on it.
Charles: As if I bother myself with those sort of thoughts.
James: Yes, although it is not an issue I am very much preoccupied with.
Thomas: No, not really.

23) Natural Born, or Clone?
Emily: Natural born. You can’t clone humans, come on!
Edward: Natural born, thankyou.
Charles: What do you think I am, some cheap copy of the real thing? I am the real thing, baby!
James: That question is insipid and hardly worth my time.
Thomas: Natural, what else? Cloning, give me a break…


24) Car or Ship..?
Emily: Car.
Edward: Either, depending on how quickly I want to get there.
Charles: Foot, thanks, mate.
James: I prefer to travel by horse-drawn carriage.
Thomas: Cars are quicker.

25) Ever destroyed something out of Blind Rage?
Emily: Yeah, a few times, and I always felt really bad afterwards and cleaned it up.
Edward: Yes, and I was deeply ashamed of myself.
Charles: I’ve never been in a blind rage, but I’ve broken things. It’s almost always an accident. Is it my fault if a rather necessary jump from the dresser to the floor causes me to knock over a vase in the process? For God’s sake, I’m a cat. It’s not like I’m ever told to clean it up, anyway.
James: Yes. I was a rebellious child.
Thomas: Yeah, sometimes I did.

26) Any Unusual Things about you?
Emily: Where I work!
Edward: I suppose the fact that I’m undead would be considered unusual by the living.
Charles: I talk. I mean, come on. What more do you want in a cat?
James: My dietary habits, although usual and necessary to my species, would be thought of as out of the ordinary to the average human.
Thomas: Er, well, I’m a zombie…

27) How much food/drink do you need a day?
Emily: Three average meals and a couple of snacks. Glass of something every now and then, probably juice or soft drink, or just water.
Edward: Well, none, but Cookie’s food is delicious, so I usually have a good breakfast, lunch and dinner of whatever he’s cooking.
Charles: I don’t know. The normal amount.
James: I cannot properly consume food; however, I require a daily serving of fresh, warm blood, human or otherwise, to be delivered to me.
Thomas: None, but I eat if I feel like it.

28) Favourite Place?
Emily: Home or the hotel.
Edward: My library.
Charles: My bed, I suppose, or pretty much anywhere outside.
James: My hotel, specifically my sleeping quarters. However, I do also enjoy spending time in Viktor’s laboratory.
Thomas: My bedroom.

I tag: Anybody who reads this and has five original characters to do it with. ^^