◆Question 3: What were you doing before this?◆
A classic question for an interview at any job. However, most recruiters liked to dive deep into someone’s past, scrutinizing every gap and life decision. In this case, the Fiends For Hire were only inquiring about their most recent endeavors. Though, some decided to share more on their own.
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{No. 152; Chorus Mistrion (The Quick Changer) - Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: My Body is Confused / Smile Haunts Me / Don’t Like. Causes Stress}
“As you’re aware, I acted for most of my life,” Chorus began their life story. “After my retirement, I did what most famous rich people do: try to fill the hole and entertain myself however I can. I did musicals, classical theater, ghostwritten some songs, some charity work, tried painting for a day and smashed the easel. But none of it was fulfilling.
I even had a brief stint where I’d go around and smack people in the face with a wad of cash and then give the money to them, just to see their reactions. It was a lot of fun, though I did get punched a few times. Can’t do it anymore now that you’ve replaced all the physical currency, but I suppose it wasn’t right of me to do. So now, I’m looking for my next inspiration!”
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{No. 8; Hairionette - Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: Possibly Likes Hair Too Much / Likes Hair A Lot / Likes Hair}
“I was a hairdresser for quite a while,” Hairionette told them. “But after I became a Fiend, people started getting weirded out when I did their hair. Eventually I lost my job. Don’t know why. But ever since, I’ve been buying hair from barbers and making wigs to sell. They do quite well, but it hurts me every time to part with my precious hair.”
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{No. 66; Itsy Humdiddy (The Wrecking Ball) - Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: If Joins, Make Sure all Allocated Supplies and Furniture are Reinforced / Too Strong / Big Woman}
“Well, I used to work for my family’s garage until it shut down…” Itsy lamented somberly. “After that, I tried working at a few other auto shops but it was never the same. Since I quit those, been living off the money from winning races and monster truck rallies.”
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{No. 53; Pense Betitahonk (The Usurper [Self-Proclaimed]) - Lesser Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: Probably Dishonest Motives / Likes Money. Mumbles / Asks dumb questions}
“Bounty Hunter. All I know. All I’ll ever know,” Pense seemed oddly proud of that fact.
“One you know of?” Kada whispered to Phon.
“It’s funny that you think I knew or cared about any of them,” Phon huffed in response.
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{No. 50; Tize Scound (The Refuge) - Lesser Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: Historically Mistreated / Humble / Stiff Ex-Soldier}
“As I mentioned, I was in the military,” Tize reiterated. “I served the Horage army, though I was rarely stationed there. And no, I know what you’re thinking. I was not part of the CP’s military. People often forget that Horage has its own rather large army. For over a decade, I went on deployments all over the world, until I became a Lesser. Afterwards, since they didn’t know what was going on with me, they stuck me behind a desk.”
“Even then, my rank continued to rise. I reached Lieutenant Colonel before I was honorably discharged earlier this year. I say honorably, but it probably would have been dishonorable if they could have found a reason. It was a few weeks after you Drazahs told the world what Fiends were. My head was on the chopping block the very next day, but it took them a bit to finalize it all.”
“Don’t worry about any grudges in that regard. It’s not your fault. I was tired of their games anyways,” Tize assured them.
“On that note… given your age and who you served. You fought in the Drazah war, didn’t you?” Drim deduced, his words heavy as he spoke.
“I sure did,” Tize noted. “Hmph, I bet I saw your parents more than you did when you were kids,” he gave a slight chuckle. “I spent months staring at them across enemy lines: in various countries and countless skirmishes. They were something else. We may have been enemies, and it may hurt you to hear, but what I feel most for them is respect. They committed atrocities, but they were titans; military strategy and organization beyond anything I’ve seen. It’s just a shame I never got the chance to beat them with my own hands."
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{No.s 91+92; Mith+Bere (The Ranglers) - Lesser Fiends | Makes Their Own Sound Effects | Ahvra's Notes: If they Join, Not Allowed Near Me. Ever / Very Annoying. Bad At Instructions / Annoying Couple}
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The pair began to chant together. ♪Traveling far and wide. Fighting baddies side by side. Going where the wind may take us. No evil can escape us. We’re Vagabonds! Pew pew pew pew♪
No further questions or comments came from the Fiends, they moved on to the next question immediately.
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{No. 144; (The Beacon) - Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: Unsure if Prayer is part of Curse / Religion is Powerful? / Very Religious. Bad sense of age.}
“You know her, Drim?” Xard asked after her epithet was revealed.
“Uhhh yeah, sort of,” Drim answered. “I’ve never actually met her in person, but I’ve seen her work and heard about her quite often in passing. She’s Rank 2 on the global monster hunting board. Even though she’s ranked so highly, she’s not nearly as well known as some of the others.”
“While she wasn’t as popular, her skills were second to none, even my own,” Drim praised her efforts. “I saw some of the corpses. She’d kill them all cleanly, no mess like when I kill something. The corpses also didn’t degrade. Somehow, she stopped the rot.”
“Indeed, it is as you say,” The Beacon confirmed. “However, I suspect your comparison of my proficiency is only because you were holding back from using your powers in fear of being discovered. I understand why you did it, but it is a travesty to not use such a blessing from Cosmos to its fullest capability. In service of him and the world, we must use everything at our disposal.” She then clapped her hands together and gave a quick prayer.
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{No. 121; Niloy 'Nini' Spatzel (The Flesh-Eater) - Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: Many Innuendos / Vain / Trying to flirt?}
“Oh, I’ve tried so many things, but nothing really stuck, y’know?” Niloy remarked. “First, I tried working at a clothing store but they fired me for spending too much time getting the customers to try on clothes. Then I tried working as a waitress but I kept spilling food all over the diners.”
“Then, I tried becoming a masseuse, but I didn’t get very far cus they kept wanting me to trim my nails. I pay way too much to get them looking good to just throw it away! My last job was working at a video game store cus the manager saw me and was like, hey, cute girl, you’d be good for business. It was fun for a bit but then they fired me for playing games on the clock. It’s a game store, what else was I supposed to do?!”
“Anyways, after all that, I decided to give this whole freelance Fiend thing a try after I saw you guys making the big bucks. Turns out, I’m pretty good at it. I like saved a village from dying from dehydration. They gave me so much fruit they grew. It was yum. Then, I got some bad guys to turn themselves in on their own after just a few sprays of water! Crazy right? They even gave me a bunch of money so I’d stop spraying them. So yeah, stuff like that.”
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{No. 29; Asset 29 - Lesser Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: Too Compliant / Needs Annoyingly Specific Instruction / Dead inside?}
“Work,” Asset stated.
“Umm, could you be more specific?” Kada asked
“Jobs for clients.” Asset stated.
“Anything more you could give us?” Xard followed up.
“If I explained any details, I’d be negating the confidentiality I ensured my clients,” Asset was holding strong.
“Well, just by you saying that, it gives us a pretty good idea of what you’ve been doing,” Phon snickered.
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{No. 44; Kaizu Izuzu - Lesser Fiend | Hard Worker | Ahvra's Notes: Unnoteworthy}
Kaizu gave an extensive detailed history of her time working as a sales representative, manager, and regional manager. It got to the point where the others asked her to stop because they couldn’t take hearing a moment more about the mundane corporate world.
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{No. 65; Jaid Sparka (The Warrior) - Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: Weird About Her Arms / Capable Despite Appearance / Formerly Injured. Fiend Anomaly}
“I… was a mercenary…” Jaid informed them. “It was a group led by my mother, but it disbanded shortly after she died. Since then, I’ve been working in private security.”
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{No. 118; Gatrim Foilepe (The Memory [TBD]) - Lesser Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: Nerves May be a Problem / Secret Power? / Full of Himself. Stop Shaking}
“I have yet to hold an official job, but that is because I have yet to find a master worthy of me to serve!” Gatrim proclaimed. “I am still in my training phase. In the Foilepe house, it is tradition to continue our training until the day we find a worthy cause. We then serve that cause until the day we die!”
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{No. 100; Rezin Anish - Fiend | Their Life is Sad | Ahvra's Notes: My Head Hurts / Eyes Playing Tricks / Hard to Pin Down}
“I… don’t have a job,” Rezin looked down, clearly expecting admonishment and judgment from the group, but it never came. “I inherited enough from my parents when they died that I’m able to live modestly off the interest. I mostly spend my time in my apartment and only really go out when I need something that can’t be delivered.”
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{No. 89; Roque Personson (The Swindler) - Fiend | Ahvra's Notes: Sold Blood for Cheap. See if you can Buy More / Shifty. Thief?}
“Making money,” Roque declared. “Whenever I can, however I can, as much as I can. I made a nice profit off you guys selling refabbed card readers after the whole economic change. People couldn’t understand that the cards did all the work, so I was happy to do it for them. For a modest fee, of course.” He then flashed another winning, greedy, and somehow courteous smile.
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