Darien's kinda average? Okay to look at? He can tidy up real well if he chooses to, but that doesn't happen so often, so mostly he's just 'guy'.

Uhhh... all of the above? *sees self out* To be fair, no one sold his soul, but... ah, fuck it, we ball. Answering this question makes Darien's amnesia time seem fucking reasonable. *sigh*

To be like clay in someone’s hands, moulded by a touch: chin titled upwards, jaw pinched between eager fingers, nape held by a possessive touch, waist wrapped tightly, hair tugged gently. To be made anew by fire, the kind that burns from within.

For Daen, it was fire and ice where each thinks the other needs to be put in their place. Arrogance meets arrogance, one cold, one spicy. "There is nothing you can teach me." "Fuck you. Just watch." When opposites aren't as opposite as they seem. So rare knowing immediately where you stand.

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During his amnesia days, Darien would get blackout drunk and wake up bloody or in a cell. That actually didn't bother him much until *someone* spiked one of his drinks and set his worst nightmare loose. Ever since then, he's WARY of anything he didn't make himself, *especially* drinks. However...

‘You’re doing it on purpose,’ you say, sad smile aimed like a knife at my throat. ‘Doing what?’ I ask anyway. ‘Ignoring me. Pulling away.’ Darling, don’t you know the most beautiful things in nature are often the deadliest? To save myself, I can’t look your way.

The timing is spectacular.

Darien really enjoys travelling, but the people closest to him don't or can't, so... he does a lot of homebodying or taking short solo trips.

Well that's a blast from the past.

Darien has only been a couple times on business (fighting business), so he hasn't really stayed to see much, but barring certain circumstances, he's a city boy who loves a lively city and he enjoys a lot about Radz-at-Han.

In a version where Darien actually experiences that, there would have been a lot of "You can never make me worse than I already was, pal. Nice try, though," with a finisher of sarcastic "That's it? Wow. I'm shaking in my boots," combined with being miffed at a pathetic attempt to scare him.

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Yeah, Darien has a lot of experience cooking. I have... very little. Food is a chore to me. I would only eat on special occasions if I could get away with it. He's also, you know, physically fit, because he goes out and does things every day.

Darien's pretty traditional in that he asks questions and gives compliments. You'd have to be pretty inattentive not to see what he's doing, like, well, most people he flirts with. 😅

Oh my god! This happens all the time! And by the time I finally get the permit from the committee, everyone else has moved on to something else!

I... don't do mods. Mostly at all. But some of my friends do, and maybe they know some people who make them?

I... *refuse* He can't even let it get messy without retying it. The day the hair tie breaks and he doesn't have replacements on hand is the day death finally comes for him.

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Possibly counter to expectations, Darien looks for intellect first, usually in the form of wit, but even a quiet brainiac will be appealing as someone to get to know. Loud and witty, quiet and witty, just be witty, but he'll get bored if you lose the wit.

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Yes, but Darien would take offense. He is, especially around things that are important to him, but he kinda likes cultivating a slacker aesthetic. He likes looking like he's not doing much while he's actually doing a lot. "Hard worker" was a compliment he got a lot in an era he'd like to forget.

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Y-yes?

See the entirety of the DRK quest lines. At first it just seemed like vibes, like they're not actually telling me what he thinks and feels here, are they? But every time I've redone it, it's infuriated me more.

B-both? Unfortunately, Darien sacrificing himself doesn't hold a lot of weight these days. Still, sometimes in practical terms it's extremely useful. He can push them out of the path of an oncoming train with only mild consequences. But sometimes, burning the world down is the best course of action.

Uh, so many. I'm not sure there's much about Darien that *isn't* problematic. All of Fordola's problems and then some. We don't make him canon.

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Yes, then no. It helps when things are... pretty casual? And Darien got into the relationship in the first place because he travelled a lot? So every time his travels took him back, there they were. Also, they made plans always looking forward to seeing each other. And sent a lot of small gifts.

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It’s simple, really. If attention is the beginning of devotion it is only because to love is to notice, and to be loved is to be remembered. You haunt my every thought.

‘I don’t know if I should kiss you or kill you,’ you say after I push one button too many. But it’s not one or the other. A kiss from you will steal the air from my mouth, rob the breath from my lungs. So take your time, make it a slow death. I want to enjoy it while it lasts.

One lifetime doesn’t seem like enough to love someone right. Maybe that’s why sometimes we meet people who feel like a home we’ve come back to after a long time away. Maybe souls carry love through death. Maybe every love story is just a ghost story with a happy ending.

Darien looks a) like he's been tempered (doesn't act like it), b) significantly lightning aspected, and c) like he's eaten too many light(ning)wardens. Well, slightly less extreme because he's got a handle on it, but he definitely could use shaving off like 90% of his inner spark for his health.

Sometimes I disagree just to watch you argue your point, stubborn and flushed and so alive with the need to prove me wrong. You look good enough to kiss, so I do. And I may lose the argument, but I win you.

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Darien only snores if he's sick or has ended up sleeping in a strange position. None of his long term partners have been real snorers, but when it has come up, it's mostly been endearing in people he hasn't had to deal with very frequently.

A complicated one for Darien! It depends entirely on the distance between himself and the liar. The closer they are, the worse a crime it is. Perfect stranger? Lying to him and by him is pure entertainment. Extremely close? He swears by honesty and even a small lie is explosively destructive.

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Nnnnooo... Let's leave it at that this time.

Darien is a melee guy through and through. Any common weapons. When he has to do magic, red magic is preferred because of the melee element. While he'd probably default to throwing knives if forced at range, what he'd actually be most competent with and doesn't want to talk about... is a handgun.

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