Player: San Character: Lu Meng Arehtei: Elios Month Joined: Oct 2014 Success or Fail? Success Backup? I'd prefer Luey to get chosen, but if he doesn't get chosen then I don't mind putting him up for Backup Has your character interacted with the Arehtei before? Yeap. A couple of times already. Why is your character running? Lu Meng really wants to help out the Arehtei. He can somewhat understand why Elios isn't too keen on sharing information after having been burned (hah!) in the past, so that's why it's even more urgent that he does all he can to improve Arehtei-Empatheias/Otherworlder relationships. Not just for the benefit of the Empatheians/Otherworlders, but also for the benefit of the Arehtei themselves; he thinks the Arehtei are still sick and suffering from emotional imbalance. Both the people and Arehtei would benefit if the Arehtei recovered, since then the people would be able to feel their emotions more freely without worries of throwing the Arehtei into cray!mode again while the Arehtei would be overall in much better emotional health. He's come to care for Elios, and to a lesser extent Peromei, and he would really like to help the both of them recover from their past. He'd like to help restore the Arehtei to their former glory and position as emotional support for the people (like how he's seen them in some of the Memory Pods). Why should your character be chosen: Lu Meng helped to pitch the idea of the representatives to Elios on Red's behalf. He's also been blunt with Elios previously on how there's a bit of frustration and distrust towards the Arehtei for holding back information. But he's also shared information with Elios on the state of the people, and (in a thread that's going to happen soon!) will be sharing some memories from the memory pod. With how he throws himself into causes he believes in, he would truly dedicate himself to the job if he's selected, and still try to help Elios even if he's not. He's genuinely fond of the bird and considers Elios a confidante on matters of love and hatred.
While Elios and Lu Meng come from two opposing concepts of how to deal with love, I think the position of representative would help both him and Elios to kind of balance each other out, with Lu Meng being the more rational side and Elios being the more emotional side. Lu Meng would also ardently learn more about love from Elios; since he's been in Emp he's been learning more about familial love and even (gasp!) romantic love, and it's been a bit of a rough life lesson so far but things are looking up!
Lastly, he's also a forward person. He'll be honest with Elios and not afraid to ask questions from the birb. His manner might be a little brusque at times, but he'll also equally fight for/defend Elios if people are spreading rumors or falsities about the birb. If Elios has any questions for the people, Lu Meng would definitely not hesitate to bring it up.
Challenge preferences: I think something Lu Meng has been struggling with lately is whether he deserves "love" (platonic, familial and romantic). He's struggled a lot with self-hatred in recent months, and while he's definitely made improvements he does have his moments when he wonders if he deserves the love that people have given to him. Also, something that challenges the whole concept of duty/propriety vs love. A challenge that places him in a situation where he'd have to pick his duties as a representative over saving those he cares about would be great! Especially if it forces him to abandon logical thought and just follow his feelings.
Lu Meng does well on both physical and puzzle challenges. Philosophical stuff isn't something he's particularly good at, but it would be what's needed in order to get him to think more about the role of love in his life. Extra + Questions: Nothing at the moment!
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Character: Lu Meng
Arehtei: Elios
Month Joined: Oct 2014
Success or Fail? Success
Backup? I'd prefer Luey to get chosen, but if he doesn't get chosen then I don't mind putting him up for Backup
Has your character interacted with the Arehtei before? Yeap. A couple of times already.
Why is your character running? Lu Meng really wants to help out the Arehtei. He can somewhat understand why Elios isn't too keen on sharing information after having been burned (hah!) in the past, so that's why it's even more urgent that he does all he can to improve Arehtei-Empatheias/Otherworlder relationships. Not just for the benefit of the Empatheians/Otherworlders, but also for the benefit of the Arehtei themselves; he thinks the Arehtei are still sick and suffering from emotional imbalance. Both the people and Arehtei would benefit if the Arehtei recovered, since then the people would be able to feel their emotions more freely without worries of throwing the Arehtei into cray!mode again while the Arehtei would be overall in much better emotional health. He's come to care for Elios, and to a lesser extent Peromei, and he would really like to help the both of them recover from their past. He'd like to help restore the Arehtei to their former glory and position as emotional support for the people (like how he's seen them in some of the Memory Pods).
Why should your character be chosen: Lu Meng helped to pitch the idea of the representatives to Elios on Red's behalf. He's also been blunt with Elios previously on how there's a bit of frustration and distrust towards the Arehtei for holding back information. But he's also shared information with Elios on the state of the people, and (in a thread that's going to happen soon!) will be sharing some memories from the memory pod. With how he throws himself into causes he believes in, he would truly dedicate himself to the job if he's selected, and still try to help Elios even if he's not. He's genuinely fond of the bird and considers Elios a confidante on matters of love and hatred.
While Elios and Lu Meng come from two opposing concepts of how to deal with love, I think the position of representative would help both him and Elios to kind of balance each other out, with Lu Meng being the more rational side and Elios being the more emotional side. Lu Meng would also ardently learn more about love from Elios; since he's been in Emp he's been learning more about familial love and even (gasp!) romantic love, and it's been a bit of a rough life lesson so far but things are looking up!
Lastly, he's also a forward person. He'll be honest with Elios and not afraid to ask questions from the birb. His manner might be a little brusque at times, but he'll also equally fight for/defend Elios if people are spreading rumors or falsities about the birb. If Elios has any questions for the people, Lu Meng would definitely not hesitate to bring it up.
Challenge preferences: I think something Lu Meng has been struggling with lately is whether he deserves "love" (platonic, familial and romantic). He's struggled a lot with self-hatred in recent months, and while he's definitely made improvements he does have his moments when he wonders if he deserves the love that people have given to him. Also, something that challenges the whole concept of duty/propriety vs love. A challenge that places him in a situation where he'd have to pick his duties as a representative over saving those he cares about would be great! Especially if it forces him to abandon logical thought and just follow his feelings.
Lu Meng does well on both physical and puzzle challenges. Philosophical stuff isn't something he's particularly good at, but it would be what's needed in order to get him to think more about the role of love in his life.
Extra + Questions: Nothing at the moment!