#i just noticed how much of a contrast soap is from the other four lmao

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Makes sense! Spikekit is definetly clever considering the object they're based off of 🐊👍

Some more grandclan cats

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         IMPORTANT  HEADCANONS  TO  CONSIDER  !

CAN THEY USE CHOPSTICKS:  

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Nope. Not only does having just three fingers per hand make it hard, he also never used them. He prefers more practical utensils... or his fingers. He has good fingers. They can do many things. Pretty exciting things, too... like picking up mini pizzas or fish! Also, I tried to hold two sticks with three fingers, and it’s not something I’m used to. I need at least four, on most occasions. You know, sort of like, but not exactly like, this:

A turian doesn’t have two fingers on the top. Angara can do it, but it would be the bottom stick with two fingers on it.  turians probably can’t use normal chopsticks, and most turians might not really be able to use anything other than those sticks that are fused together like kitchen tongs. It’s doable and I’ve done it before, but I have thinner fingers than a turian. There’s a variety of ways to hold them, like this:

Anyway, I have brought the subject to the attention of a server. Most agree that most turians, if not all, can’t do it. Nihlus can’t do it. He’s never had to. I don’t know how we ended up here, with several paragraphs, and with picture, but here was are.

WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN THEY CAN’T SLEEP:  

Nihlus doesn’t sleep. Jk. Thought, he did have trouble sleeping as a kid, since his home wasn’t the most secure. People might come in to steal your stuff, steal your pets, steal you, move everything a little to the left from you. Rival mercenaries who felt slighted because someone was taking all the best jobs might try to make a point out of the partner and kids. He didn’t always have a krogan or human to hide behind, and his mom wasn’t about to be coddling him by letting him sleep in the same bed as her. Maybe the same room, but not the same bed. Little choice on what room to keep him in when there is limited space. Well, unless he sleeps in the garage...

Funny enough, this went to the server, somehow, but that was unintentional. He sleeps a little better when fully alone, and he also sleeps very well with someone he feels he can trust to protect him or not hurt him. Warmth helps him feel more comfortable. He is down for them big and warm krogan hugs.

Anyway, as he got older, and he went to boot camp, he had trouble sleeping in shared quarters. He’d try to remain quiet and keep an eye on what was happening, eventually falling into a light sleep. It was noticed, eventually, and they tried to do something about it. If they hadn’t, he likely would have done less well. He still didn’t sleep so well, but he was getting better. Eventually, slept mostly alright, on average. He had nightmares at times, especially after certain Spectre missions, but he could take medication and sleep when he had the opportunity. His average sleeping time could range from very low to just below average. Rarely more. He can only sleep in if he does it by waking up in between.

After he was shot, that ship flew. His sleeping pattern was also shot. He woke up at times planned in, but he wouldn’t sleep until late. He’d be checking his messages and respond to them. He’d exercise. He’d also play a few little games to keep his mind sharp. He’ll clean up and do other chores around the house and whatever other work needs done at the time. His VI will be a little on his case. He’s got no shame responding at very late/early hours to people, but avoids doing so to messages from his therapy and such. The time fluctuations are partly because he doesn’t take his meds very regularly. He should take them at least an hour before his planned time to go sleep, but he doesn’t. He might have sleep paralysis, nightmares, terrors, vertigo.

WHAT WOULD THEY IMPULSE BUY AT THE GROCERY STORE: 

It depends. Nihlus never got to have many snack as a kid, so I guess he’d impulse buy a candy or toy and then hide it. Not that there were any stores for him to buy from or that his parents even let him handle credits when he was six. When he was around twelve though, he might, but only small things, and only because the one taking care of supplies wasn’t telling on him. Never something he’d be caught with. Don’t wanna leave a paper trail. Good thing he barely snacks, even now. He takes some with him, but those are little things sort of like nutrient bars, but they’re nutrient bites.

Um... Anyway, back to the question. He might impulse buy something that’s on sale. Even if he knows it may have been marked up prior, he might be tempted if he can’t check if it was. Though, he’ll still compare the price to other items, so it’ll at least be cheaper than what he thinks is too expensive. He tries to be less careful about the budget, but it’s hard. It took a while to get him to buy more things he didn’t plan to get, since money wasn’t something he was certain he’d have for the formative years of his life. He tends to check before going to a store as well, so he knows what’s in stock and he can plan better. Checks less for clothing, though. He’s upped his budget since getting a good job, too.

If someone he likes enough said they wanted something or mentioned something they need, he might just get it, but he’ll rarely buy something special for himself on most occasions. Maybe a drink for himself? Some fancy food products he rarely sees? Some fancy soaps for a loved one? Jewelry for bae? Some flowers he thought looked pretty? That extra fancy coffee from that new place that just opened and looks legit for the team.

WHAT ORDER DO THEY WASH THINGS IN THE SHOWER:   

First, the essentials, so he can get out quick if something so happens to come up for which he’d need to cut his time washing short. Essentials are: Genitals, face, armpits, collar, behind. He goes over the arms, neck, fringe, chest, sides, back, legs, the essentials again. He scrubs his plates, too. Gets in the nooks and crannies. He’s usually rather fast, because he need to get to work.

Of course, that’s on a day most would call normal. He’s not injured, he doesn’t have something that needs cleaning more than usual or something that isn’t supposed to get wet. If his muscles ache, he’ll wash in the same order as usual. He was a little more careful with his head for a bit, even though the would had already healed by the time he’d woken up. When he has enhancements or other such things added and the wounds aren’t fully closed yet, he elects to dry wash more and will start with the injured area to get it out of the way.

There are times it takes a little longer outside of those situations. That’s when he zones out for a minute or so. He tends to immediately resume what he was doing once back to reality, and not even realize he was out, so it’s not much longer on most occasions.

At any rate, he just autopilots his way in and out the shower on most occasions, and sticks to a pattern, making it not longer than ten minutes and being able to cut it to two or three if needed.

WHAT’S THEIR COFFEE ORDER:  

Nih doesn’t care. If he’s getting coffee, it’s for an artificial, temporary, and irresponsible energy boost that leaves him more tired by the end of the day. Also, I don’t know much about coffee. He prefers it without milk, though. He doesn’t like milk. In some things, cream is fine, but not really in coffee. Milk isn’t good for him. Real milk, that is. The dextro kind, not real levo milk. He can’t digest lactose. Neither can other turians. Nut-based milk is fine, but don’t put it in his coffee. Put it in his alcoholic beverage, maybe. I don’t know, just give him an espresso or something.

WHAT SORT OF APPS WOULD THEY HAVE ON THEIR SMARTPHONE:  

Utility apps, for the most part. News, mail, job-related apps, weather, travel, shopping, health tracker things. Also brain training kind of games. Word games, puzzle games, some other genre mobile games. Image viewing and storing apps. Of course, this is different with the tool. He won’t use the same one for a mission as he uses in his personal life. It would make some things to easy for the wrong kinds of people.

HOW DO THEY ACT AROUND CHILDREN: 

He doesn’t, usually. He tries, but he is not great with kids. He tries to be less uptight. He’s never considered dealing with kids. Not until he had a ship with someone he felt good settling down with. Most turians he knew were very careful with human babies and children once the war was over, due to humans being so soft and not wanting to cause more trouble between the species. Some elect to not even touch them. Nihlus is less worried. His claws are usually blunted, anyway. He’s not sure how human kids will respond to him, but he’ll try if he has to. He’s at no risk of accidentally scratching them, on most occasions, he just doesn’t know how a baby human would respond to how a turian looks and sounds. Lucky for him, most human babies respond well enough to cooing. This extends to turian babies as well, since cooing is used to comfort those.

The first time he handled a baby, he held it at an awkward distance from himself and didn’t know what to do other than let the little bugger bounce on his leg. The baby didn’t do much, and the parent came to get them after just a short bit. He was less concerned the second time, and that was a human baby. Went to look for the parents, because he thought human parents didn’t usually abandon their young with no reason. You know, like most intelligent species in the milky way. Also, they kept crying until he picked them up.

Whether he wants children depends. However, he is worried his old ties might haunt him and thus them and his partner(s). I’ve discussed this on Discord before. He’s afraid he may fall into habits his parents had or mess up somewhere. He’s afraid his children will get in trouble. He’s afraid to make sure his children grow up able to fend for themselves, because he doesn’t know how much is enough. Growing up being able to fend for himself meant using weapons from an early age and having to fight for his home and safety. It meant aiming a gun at someone. It meant blood and fear. None of these things are what he wants his kids to deal with at that age. Yet he’s also afraid that he might coddle them or be too easy on them and they won’t be able to protect themselves. He’s not sure how much he wants to keep his past as Spectre, because he is still not sure if he would want to have kids while active as Spectre, away from his kids. It’s not the most pleasant job to talk of and he doesn’t want to encourage them to pursue that line of work. He rather his kids become something like doctors or artists. He might be jumpy and used to going outside the law to deal with things, so people better not mess with his kids. He just wants his kids to be safe, and happy, and to not need to struggle like he did and to not be ostracized like he was. He wants to make sure of it, but he doesn’t know how to do that when he’s a mess. It’s sort of one of the few things he’s afraid of messing up enough so to not do it.

WHAT WOULD THEY WATCH ON TV WHEN THEY’RE BORED & NOTHING THEY REALLY LIKE IS ON:  

He likely won’t really watch tv at that point. It’d require him to sit still for too long when he’s already not invested, so he’d just be paying half attention after about maybe ten minutes. Maybe less. After that, he’ll likely get to other tasks.

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