Soppy's Questionnaire

1. What town or city do you live in? Why do you live there instead of anywhere else? Describe your home.

"Squirtle squirtle, squirtle squirt. Squirtle!"

Soppy resides alone in a large pond in a public biome of Neo-GENIS, a place where not many Players or NPCs go, as it merely looks like any other pond set piece in an environment. He never leaves this spot because it provides all of his basic needs, good fish and plants to eat, and cool fresh water, he even has the perfect boulder to sun bath on. He doesn't desire too much out of his home, so why leave. In truth, this pond is mostly all he's ever known since he was brought into being, however that doesn't mean he is scared of what resides outside of it.

 

2. How do you get your money right now? What do you spend it on?

“Squirtle?”

Soppy has an extremely loose concept of what money is, he knows that sometimes you give good things to people so you can get good things from them. Other than that, he's blind to what money is and the frankly absurd obsession some people have with it. He has no use for money cause everything he ever needs to he provides for himself, he can hunt fish and forage for plants to eat in his pond. Though gear and equipment are helpful for many in this world, Soppy, to be frank, is too dumb to understand that. Soppy has no income, or ways to get it, sometimes he will find coins that people leave around his pond that he hoards because they look pretty but that's about it. 

3. Describe your Ambition. What are you striving for? How far would you go to achieve this? Would you kill for it? How close to death would you come for it?

"Squirtle squirtle, squirtle, squirtle, squuuuuirtle."

Like many Pokémon, Soppy has a competitive spirit, and a drive to better themselves in someway. The most straight forward way to do this is to gain EXP, and to do that he must leave the safety of his pond and gain experience, by pushing himself and doing this he hasn't done before. Eventually, like others of his kind, he will evolve. Soppy will go from a Squirtle, Wartortle, then finally a Blastoise. 

Soppy is a kind soul, and doesn't wish to harm anyone in such a way as to kill them. But sometimes evildoers must be dealt with. Other than that, Soppy doesn't have much of a goal, besides live a good life, make friends, and help those he can.

4. What was the most defining event of your life (before signing The Contract), and how did it change you?

“Squirtle squirtle! Squirtle squirtle!”

Soppy hasn't been around long, and so his life experiences are quite limited. However, one day he was enjoying the sun on his basking boulder, and he heard a cry for help. Not too far from his pond, he saw an odd woman being chased by a strange six-legged creature. The creature looked like a constantly shifted static mass of dull colors, Soppy couldn't comprehend, but he knew he had to help. He leapt into action and fought the creature, using his water gun, biting, smashing it with his tail. The creature fled, but only after biting Soppy's shell, cracking it open. The lady used some sort of gel to rapidly heal his shell and thanked him for the help. After she left Soppy felt a strong sense of pride in himself, it felt good to help someone in need even if he got hurt in the process. 

5. Name and briefly describe three people in your life. One must be the person you are closest to.

“Squritle? Squirtle squirtle, eh, squirtle. hmm, squirtle squirtle!”

We'll be frank, Soppy doesn't encounter a lot of people, at least not long enough to form any lasting connections, despite being a very social creature. Though as of recent he does know more than he did before he started these quests.

  1. Abigail Castodon: Soppy thinks she's very smart, he can appreciate that cause Soppy isn't smart. He doesn't know their true form however because he has only seen her as a big squirrel person, which in his mind he saw her as a tall Skwovet.
  2. Drekhan Nostraz: Despite being a red dragonborn, Soppy only sees a weird looking charizard. Soppy thinks he's very cool because Drekhan is fully evolved, and talks real good.
  3. The Figure: Around the pond, Soppy sometimes sees someone or something watching him from behind the trees. He views this figure as a friend, why else would they be so interested in him. Soppy always waves to them, but they never wave back, and when he tries to approach them, the figure seems to vanish.  

6. How was your childhood? Who were your parents? What were they like? Did you attend school? If so, did you fit in? If not, why not?

“Squirtle, squirtle, squirtle?”

Soppy assumes he was born from an egg like other Pokémon, from loving Blastoise parents, or another Pokémon in his egg group. Though he has never meant his parents or even remember his eggshell. The sad truth is Soppy came from Pokémon Bank, he was abandoned there for years, a lone lvl 1 Squirtle, then the application shut down and left over code somehow made its way to Neo-GENIS. Ever since then he has been alone, thankfully his life at the pond is enough for him right now. He tends to not think about where he came from, mostly because he doesn't know, to Soppy this is reality.

As far as education, he learned how to survive as any other animals does, a mixture of instincts and experimentation. Though, this isn't too far off from how sea turtles start out in life.

As of now, Soppy is still considered a kid in terms of lifespan and levels.

7. Have you ever been in love? With who? What happened? If not, why not?

“Squirtle squirtle?”

Soppy has a good idea what love is, but not fully. He has never been in love and probably won't be for a good while now, his focus is on other things he likes, such as food, playing and helping others. After all, he's just a little guy. Perhaps one day in the far future, when he's older, he will encounter another Pokémon that he will fall for, maybe they will be in the Monster or Water 1 egg group, perhaps a kind blastoise, clodsire or even aurorus, and he'll have little squirtles of his own. But right now, he's just living his best life as a young squirtle.

8. What are your worst fears? Why?

Link Answered after Contract 2, Benny's Feeling Crunchy

“Squirtle…Squirtle squirtle. Squirtle.”

 

Soppy has some basic fears any animal would have like being eaten or killed. But the intelligent part of his mind possesses a more complex a fear.

The fear of failure.

What if he tries to help someone and only makes things worse, like someone they care about gets hurt, or worse? What if he never achieves his goals, never evolves and becomes a Blastoise super hero, but stays the same forever? He also doesn't want to disappoint people, especially in the rare moments they depend on him. These fears have been amplified as of recent from Soppy’s realization that he is inferior compared to those he’s been on Quests with. He’s always been the weakest or dumbest of the group. Yet those concerns also fuel his desire to be better. Fortunately for Soppy his mind doesn’t dwell on these feats for very long. He can’t these doubts and fears cloud his mind and block him from belong the west water type Pokémon there ever was.

 

This final part is mostly filler, some of these questions I feel have a really long word count requirement, then again the amount I write is on a character by character basis. 

9. What is (are) your most prized possession(s)? What makes it (them) so special?

Link Answered after Contract 2, Benny's Feeling Crunchy

“Squirtle squirtle, squirtle, squirtle!”

soppy doesn’t have much, he can count all of his possession on one hand, if he couldn’t count. Though he doesn’t have three items he cherishes most.

  1. Flower Crown: A crown made from various nasturtium flowers. The flowers were given to him by the Ashen One, this was the first gift Soppy has ever been given.
  2. Betty's Warm Embrace: A soft blanket made from the wool of a rancher’s prized sheep. A token of Soppy’s first act of heroism that he sought out on his own, he sleeps with it every night.
  3. Protective Clothing: An oversized set of reinforced clothing, taped up to fit Soppy’s body. This Armor was given to Soppy by a faceless man, it protected him from being sliced in half. The man let Soppy keep the clothing, though he isn’t the type of creature to wear things, he kept it cause it’s a memory.

10. What is the biggest problem in your life right now?

Link Answered after Contract 3, Spring Cleaning

“Squirtle… Squirtle, squirtle. Squirtle!”

As of recent, Soppy has felt he needs to be stronger, smarter. All those innocent lives lost that may have been by accident and not by his hand, but he felt he could have done more to prevent that much tragedy. His weakness has also left him with a scare from when he lost his hand, though he may have both his hands in place, he might not be so lucky next time. 

He has begun to address this by taking his training more seriously. He has been visiting the Crimson Flame Guild and using the facilities to train his body, recently gaining improved unarmed capabilities, instead of always relying on his water gun move. Hopefully, with more training, he will learn new moves to protect both himself and others.

Every other facility in his life is good. He doesn't need money, and his pond provides food and shelter.

11. Describe a typical morning. How do you get ready to face the world?

Link Answered after Contract 3, Spring Cleaning

“Squirtle, squirtle. Squirtle.”

Soppy's morning begins whenever he wakes up, whether that be 9am, or 1pm, he has no concept of time. Generally, when the sun raises and the pond gets warmer, that will wake him up. But his mornings as of late have gone like this.

  • He wakes up around 7am or 10am when the sun rises. He wakes up in his den, wrapped in his blue wool blanket.
  • Does some light stretches on all fours, wags his tail a bit.
  • He leaves his den, and enters the water, doing some swimming before going to the shore. Where he usually finds the figure who has been lurking around his pond, Soppy greets them with a wave, it never waves back.
  • After he goes back into the water and gets some fish or plants to eat.
  • Once fed, he goes back to shore and trains by lifting some of the rocks around his pond.
  • After training, he smells some of the flowers he planted.
  • If he doesn't have a quest to go on, he will then take a nap.

12. If you were going somewhere special that you wanted to look your best for, what would you do to prepare? What would you wear? How long would it take you to get ready?

Link Answered after Contract 5, BREACH

“Squirtle?”

This is an interesting question cause it assumes someone thought it would be a great idea to invite an animal to an event. Soppy has very little concept of fashion and what it means to look nice and be proper. If Soppy was invited to an event, his preparations would be quick and simple. Soppy at least understands that being covered in dirt or blood is generally not a fancy thing to be. Thankfully for him, he bathes every day in the fresh water of his out of bounds, poorly rendered pond. Clothing isn't really a thing for Soppy, some might say he wears a shell, but it's in fact fused to his spine. Soppy doesn't have clothing in general, a flower crown and torn up reinforced clothing, but he never wears those either. If he were to get a suit, it would have to be custom tailored, that or bought at a Build-a-Bear workshop. Overall, a quick dip in the pond and he's ready to go.

13. What will you do for your next birthday?

Link Answered after Contract 5, BREACH

“Squirtle, squirtle.”

Soppy doesn't know when he was born, he thinks he was born from an egg like a normal animal, but he wasn't. He's about 5 years old now, which is the equivalent to a young teen in squritle years. He has never celebrated a birthday but knows what they are. 

If he were to celebrate a birthday he would want it to be at his pond, with all his closest friends, issue is he doesn't have many friends. It's hard for some people to form that kind of connection with an animal like him, Soppy is sadly aware of that. He doesn't need gifts, but he would like one of those large jello cakes they give to zoo animals on their birthdays.

 

14. What is your greatest regret?

Link Answered after Contract 6, Ashes to ashes

"Wartortle, wartortle?"

Soppy hasn't been around long, not even a decade, so he hasn't had a lot of times to form many regrets. However, he has made several smaller ones. 

  • Not being strong enough to protect all those people on that ferry boat. Thanks to his lack of strength, there were many casualties. But he has worked ever since to become stronger, training every day at his pond and the Crimson Flame Guild. All in an effort to protect more people.
  • Not being smart enough to read and recognize when things weren't right. He failed a quest once simply because he wasn't able to read, if he could, maybe things would have gone differently. Moreover, he could have seen the signs of betrayal. He has worked to address this by taking lessons with his guild master Sora, learning to read and write.

Overall not many Soppy regrets, he knows he can't stew on things like that, or they get worse, instead he addresses it, and improves.

15. What is the nature of your Gifts? Are they inherent potential? Do harbingers just grant your wishes?

Link Answered after Contract 6, Ashes to ashes

"Wartortle, war, watortle!"

Soppy, as it might be hard to notice, is a Pokémon, a magical creature with magical powers. Specifically Soppy is of the Squirtle line, currently he's at the middle stage, a wartortle, they are a Water type. Water type Pokémon have powers that let him manipulate and generate water, hence the use of Water Gun, and soon another water based move. Another thing with water types, most can swim really well, better than other creatures. Soppy's kind are strong and sturdy, able to take damage and deal it. Coupled with his training, and hard shell, Soppy is a dangerous physical fighter with some good ranged options, even deadlier in the water.

I have no clue what else to say for this, kind sums it up. How about I just quote their entries from the newest game.

Squirtle - "Its shell is soft immediately after it is born. In no time at all, the shell becomes so resilient that a prodding finger will bounce right off it."

Wartortle - "It often hides in water to stalk unwary prey. While swimming quickly, it moves its ears to maintain balance."

Blastoise - "It has jet nozzles on its shell. This impressive Pokémon uses these jets to charge toward foes with all the force of a rocket."

 

16. How do you feel about spirituality? Are you religious? What do you believe?

Link Answered after Contract 6, Ashes to ashes

“Wartortle, wartorle, war.”

Soppy hasn't put too much thought into spirituality and religion. With him being, for a lack of a better term, "simple-minded animal", it's never been a concern for him what happens after he dies. Soppy doesn't feel any which way about it, he doesn't care what you believe because it's not a concern for him, he takes things as they come. His mind operates in a way that if approached by a god, he would greet it as any other person, with pleasure.

 

17. How do the events of the Contracts conflict with your worldview? How do you react when everything you thought was true is put in doubt?

Link Answered after Contract 6, Ashes to ashes

"Wartortle!"

Soppy is an open-minded individual, mostly that there isn't much in his mind. He's seen many horrible things and have been tested both mentally and physically, and his world view has only improved. Soppy reacts to change with a smile.

18. Give a brief description of the other Contractors you see often. What do you like or dislike about them?

Link Answered after Contract 9, What's Osha?

“Wartortle, wartortle, war. Wartortle!”

 

We got a treat for you this question.  Actualt words from Soppy, well written words, but still.

  • Abigail Castodon: “Nice person, very smart, knows alot about organs!”
  • Drekhan Nostraz: “This funny charizard can play a good harp.”
  • Ashen One: “Very strong, has two big shells, want to be like them!”
  • Hanaebera Brarreare Plateguard: “I like their big hammer. I annoy them though.”
  • Isaac: “Now sure why they have no face but they're good, they gave me my hand back!”
  • Charlie: “I made them sad, not sure what I did but I feel bad.”
  • Sora: “Very good, they can understand Soppy. Great leader.”
  • Berndt Grewz: Their face turned funny and they made me smarter.”
  • Vaelith: “Not human like me, they nice, gave me my other hand back!”
  • Brot Brewz: “Their breath smells weird but they're very nice.”
  • Liese: “Not like this one much, must be weary.”
  • Kei Jones: “Acts weird, needs more smiling.”
  • Wolf: “Good hunter.”
  • Jebadiah Steeple: “Fires gun well, he talks funny.”
  • Melvin Figglebottom: “Hope there finger is okay.”
  • renamon: “Why like ring so much?”
  • Masumi Raika: “Explodes alot.”
  • The Wrangler: “I like him, he is a good guy. Is stressed, and want to help.”
  • Nihon no Elvis: “Not speak English like Soppy, I like his hair.”
  • Aira: “Sorry you got torn i half :(“
  • Queen Shimizu Tsukihi the 1st: “They not the most humble of people, too prideful.”
  • Grognar the Barbarien: “Big and Strong, hope to be like that one day!”
  • Benjamin Williams: “Make Soppy not die. That's good.”
  • Gerard Spence: “Not know much about him, I should have been stronger...”
  • Kayleigh Jones: “Guild member, they are nice, fast and tricky!”

19. Describe the perfect room.

Link Answered after Contract 9, What's Osha?

"Wartortle...." 

 

Basically this

20. Everyone excels at something. What is your philosophy about the thing you are best at?

Link Answered after Contract 9, What's Osha?

"Wartortle, wartorle, wartortle!"

Being a water type Pokémon Soppy excels at anything water relating, from making it to moving in it.

Soppy doesn't have too many deep thoughts, especially about philosophy of all things. However, Soppy does have a mindset when it comes to progress. He believes that everyone needs to strive for something, everyone needs fuel, a reason, even if that isn't to have reason. Soppy has gone through many physical and mental challenges through his quests, and has learned to take things as they come. May not fully answer the question but the closest thing to it.

21. What do your Limits say about you? What would it take to make you break them?

Link Answered after Contract 9, What's Osha?

“Wartortle. wartortle...”

  • Betrayal: Soppy is very quick to trust others, as he expects the best of people. This limit has been tested a few times, and he has tested it for others, however it hasn't gotten in the way yet.
  • Capture: This is closely related to Soppy's fears of being controlled and smaller spaces. Well, not exactly fears, but it just really bothers him. 
  • Failure: Soppy holds a certain expectation for what he does and what he has done. Only once has he rolled this and that one time he failed, when that poor cartoon rabbit passed away in front of his eyes, he was supposed to save him...

22. Create a 7-song “soundtrack” that represents you. Include a brief explanation of why each song represents you.

Link Answered after Contract 9, What's Osha?

"Wartortle?"

Alright, this question is a tough because I'm pretty sure he doesn't even know what a song is. However, I will give some songs I think he would vibe with and why.

  1. Coral Reef by Shigeru Suzuki: I feel Soppy would love this kind of music, especially this song in particular. It gives sandy beaches, rolling waves and a cool breeze, all things Soppy loves.
  2. Dragon Ball Z prologue music 1: This track inspires progress, it gives that feeling of “I'm about to get things done” but not too heavy though. Which Soppy would vibe with.
  3. The Distance by Cake: Soppy is always trying to be better, not for others, but for himself. Heck, it's why he joined the Crimson Flame Guild, he needs to go the distance.
  4. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes by Ultravox: This one is less personal but more of a song I think he would just like frankly, as someone who has tried to use fake tears on multiple occasions.
  5. Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head by B.J. Thomas: Soppy bounces back pretty quickly from emotional or physical setbacks, sure he has had some low points, but he always surfaces in the end. This song is all about that, so Soppy would enjoy it.
  6. Brother my Brother by Blessid Union of Souls: A bit of an obvious pick, but the message is something that deeply resonates with Soppy. Sure, he can fight good, but he would usually like to see things settled in a less violent way.
  7. Ocean Man by Ween: This one is just for fun, he doesn't know this Ocean Man, but he would sure like to meet him.

23. How will your Ambition evolve as you gain power? Will you eventually retire? Will you keep going to the inevitable end?

Link Answered after Contract 9, What's Osha?

"Wartortle!"

Soppy's ambition is vague, he wants to become a hero. All of his experiences doing quest, training and helping others have helped him unlock more of his moves and abilities. It will take the destruction of his whole world view in order to change his ambition, every power he gains the more it is reinforced. Chances are he won't ever truly complete his Ambition, as there will always be someone in need of help, and Soppy will use all his power to aid them. The concept of death hasn't really crossed his mind, despite his many brushes with it. If he dies doing what he loves, then that's alright with him.