These tags! I make one remark about how they've disappeared and they come back in fULL fORCE to reclaim their own! XD Here's one from nightwraith17

Nightwraith's tag is *important cough* the IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TAG. And because people seem to enjoy this sort of thing, I think I'll invite Mordred and Jedediah Crayes along for the ride.

Jedediah Crayes: *edges suspiciously into seat* Is this another interview?

It's okay, I'm answering them too.

Jedediah Crayes: So it is an interview. I forfeit.

You can't. It's against the rules.

Jedediah Crayes: *howls* WHAT RULES?

Book 4 of Character Law, Section III, Subsection MCCCVI, Code 1647238: No character shall willfully and without due cause withhold information at any question-and-answer session manufactured or delivered by the author.

Jedediah Crayes: There is due cause.

Ahem, I was getting to that. "Due cause being incapacitation from injury/illness/heartbreak/other ailment deemed severe enough to hinder adequate performance, or request of spoiler information." No other exceptions are given and I am afraid I'll have to confine you to your seat if you don't behave. 

Jedediah Crayes: *glowers* I should NOT have to submit to this. Where I come from, I'm practically the LAW.

Mordred: Come, it's not that bad.

Jedediah Crayes: That's what you say. That's what they all say until it hits them in the jaw.

The first question is, Have you ever eaten at a hotel breakfast buffet?

Mordred: ...

Jedediah Crayes: ...

Mordred: A what?

Drat, apparently I didn't grab the modern AU versions this time. Okay, neither of you are qualified to answer. For myself, yeah, I believe so. However, the last time I was in a hotel was years ago... I can't even remember much of how breakfast went. Next question is --

Jedediah Crayes: Wait, wait. You said something very disturbing just now. Are there... other versions... of me?

You did not see that.

Jedediah Crayes: *fumes* Oh yes, I did, and believe me I'm going to get an explanation when this son-of-ugthoda interview is over--

Language! Think of the readers' ears, young man! One moment, guys, intermission while I conduct a memory wipe on these characters...

*ten seconds later*

The next question is... What's a story about yourself, or something that happened to you, that you've always wanted to tell, but never had the opportunity or someone to listen?   

Jedediah Crayes: *scratching head and mumbling* I feel like I just forgot something very, very important...

Mordred: I don't like to talk about my past.

Jedediah Crayes: *recollects self* What was the question? Oh. Well, I have quite a few, in fact, let's see... nobody ever listens to me, I'm pretty sure I have a couple hundred...

Let's keep it down to one, okay?

Jedediah Crayes: *scowling* Suit yourself. All right, you all listen to this. One time I was traveling through Runnicor (yes, the Runnicor that's attacking Orden right this second) and I had occasion to kill one of those pesky werevultures. Well, do you know what? It died in man-form, and there was a patrol of soldiers passing through, and believe it or not they arrested me for murder, that's MURDER! Me, Jedediah Crayes, and not a word would they hear about my identity, my Legean Association pendant that PROVED who I was. I even pointed out that the stupid werevulture was carrying blades carved peculiarly like those thangrissere like to carve them, and what's more he was carrying an ugothdar(do they know what an ugothdar is? You've got to be joking, how ignorant can they be), anyway, the main point is that EVERYTHING WAS OBVIOUS. They marched me off to the capital city, but fortunately I managed to eventually give them the slip.

A lovely story.

For myself, I don't know. I'm a naturally talkative person, so I end up spilling most of what happens to me to someone or another. But one mortifying incident I don't think I've mentioned to most people, but I'm to the point now where I can laugh about it, is the time that I was playing the piano for a church service and in the middle of a prayer I shifted, might have brushed down my hair, lowered my hands toward my lap and bonked a key.

Ow.

But in the middle of a service there's nothing you can do but brace up and carry on. I think most of my blushes had faded by the time the prayer was over.

Apparently some people didn't even notice, which just goes to show that your embarrassment is rarely as warranted as you think it is. Mordred, you thought of anything?

Mordred: The creek by Ralecurn, where I used to live, was usually a mess of mud and marsh, but one winter when I was seven it all froze over completely and all of us children in the village went out to slide on it. I edged a bit towards the darker spots--

Jedediah Crayes: *slaps forehead*

Mordred: -- and fell in. But Fenris got me out.

Jedediah Crayes: Of all the pig-brained, lunatic...

Mordred: *cocks eyebrow at him* *grins* Yes?

Jedediah Crayes: I would never...

Skate on thin ice? Oh, come off it, Jedediah Crayes. You know you would.

Jedediah Crayes: WELL. Fine. But I wouldn't fall in.

That remains to be seen... Someday you're going to learn that you're not as invincible as you think you are.

Jedediah Crayes: *is disgusted* What rubbish. What hooey. WHO ON EARTH says I'm invincible? I never propagated such an absurd notion--

Time. For. The. Next. Question. What small, random memories are your favourite?

Mordred: The time Laufeia burned her hand and asked me to cook dinner.

Something tells me Laufeia was less than happy with the result.

Jedediah Crayes: All the many staggered innkeepers when they've seen how much I can eat in a sitting. And all those old maids simpering ridiculously just because I pay them one little compliment or throw them a grin.

I have one memory of my father that sticks very clearly with me from about four or five years ago. It was a Sunday, after the morning service, and I think there might have been a Sunday School presentation because a couple people were up front singing. Daddy was standing by one of the pews that line the side wall, one foot up on the pew, his elbow resting on his knee as he held a hymnal and followed along. It's hard to capture exactly how he looked and what it meant to me, but I loved him so much in that moment. I wanted it to last forever, and I watched and watched until the song was close to finishing and I looked away so I wouldn't have to see the moment end.

Neither of you can answer this question, so I'll just take it all to myself. What movie made you the saddest?

Despite how much I hate crying at movies, they can start my tear ducts reeeeaaaallllyyyy easy. But I dunno if there's one that really tops any of the others. I think I'll go with Toy Story 3 because owwwwwwwww I always want to bawl there.

What is your favourite instrument? Myself, I'm going to pick two: piano and violin. Together they have an amazing versatility and can create such diverse sounds. Although harp is vying up there with them.

Jedediah Crayes: *with fervor* HARP.

Ahhhhh yes. There's a reason for that that will be revealed in the last book.

Mordred: I love the soft, haunting, half-tamed quality of a flute.

You and your poetic streak, Mordred. What's one book that made you laugh?

Jedediah Crayes: *goes into uproarious howls of laughter* I'll never forget that one piece of trash I picked up that pretended to be an authority on "The Different Creatures That Populate Legea". The only thing I've ever read funnier than that was "On the Kings of Orden" by the same author. Such drivel! Such inanity! I feel sorry for the poor imbecile who wrote it.

Mordred: The story of Galdeol of Rohator, and how he forgot his skin-changing ring and bowed before Prince Thorgan in the form of a werevulture and said, "My lord."

Yes! That! A particularly funny moment. As for me, a lot of books have made me laugh. The last one that did was Chosen by God, by R.C. Sproul. Also nightwraith17 's books.

Next question... okay, y'all can skip this one too. What about your own writing surprised you the most?

In a good way or a bad way?

Bad: How blasted HARD it is to get down some of those scenes in your head!

Good: How much better everything looks after revision. No matter what, it always, ALWAYS looks better after revision.

If you could change one thing in history, what would it be?

Mordred: I would never go to Delgrass.

Jedediah Crayes: *slowly* I don't know what I would do if I were given the chance, but I should prefer not to be given it. I think what has happened in the world has a reason behind it (even these blasted Runnicorans) and to meddle with that, who knows what it would bring? -- if one even could. Yet faced with such an option, I fear the temptation would be too great for me or any man...

Hm. You've more or less stated my view on the matter, although in more eloquent terms than I myself could have used.

Jedediah Crayes: *snippily* Excuse me, was that sarcasm?

*sigh* And when I actually DO give you a compliment...

What book or movie gives you the most nostalgia?

Jedediah Crayes: *makes gagging noises*

I suppose that's your answer...

Mordred: I don't know.

Neither of you is being very helpful. The Princess Bride tends to carry certain levels of nostalgia for me... I was only six the first time I watched it.

What's the craziest neighbor you've ever had?

Jedediah Crayes: *offended* They just assume that I have neighbors?

Well, most people in the world don't wander their entire life with no fixed place of abode. Personally, I don't have much to do with my neighbors, but there are a couple down the road that play really crazy and LOUD (and occasionally profane) music.

Mordred: We were the crazy neighbors where I grew up.

Have you ever eaten out of a food truck? This one's for me again, y'all, and I'm going to have to answer no. Where is your favourite place to go?

Jedediah Crayes: Ord--I mean, I don't have any such thing.

Mordred: Home.

You poor boy. I have a special spot on our land where I like to sit on a stump and write (when weather permits, which it doesn't like to do these days)

Which family member, excluding parents and siblings, do you have the best memories of/with?

Mordred: I've never met any except parents and siblings.

Oh... right.

Jedediah Crayes: *darkly* You expect me to talk about this?

I guess not... your backstory is kind of supposed to be a mystery.

Jedediah Crayes: *settles back feeling that he has won*

Don't get a swelled head or anything. My cousin Tina (who actually has Wattpad!) is pretty great. She and I are writers so we can talk for hours about that... but I see her like once every three years because distance.

What's one of the dumbest things you ever did that resulted in injury or other tragedy or near-tragedy?  

Mordred: Do I have to?

Yes.

Just don't give away the whole story.

Mordred: Going to a black house in the dead of night without telling anyone.

Jedediah Crayes: That sounds really dumb. Like, on an elementary level of dumb.

Mordred: *mouth starts twitching* I'd like to see you do better. Author?

Argh. I'm trying to come up with something. Apparently I have led a model life as regards injurious activities. Once I tried to faint, but I couldn't even work up the nerve to hold my breath long enough. Once I stapled my thumb, but that was a total accident...

Oh! Oh! Once I was using a pair of scissors to work some dried glue out of the top of my glue bottle, and I was cutting straight towards my hand so when they slipped the blade gashed my thumb.

Jedediah Crayes: Well, if I HAVE to come up with something myself, I never do anything dumb, but IF I did, it might have been the time I insulted the Ra-Havis and nearly got myself a body full of arrows. Poisoned arrows.

I'm discovering such fascinating things about all of you today.

How many U.S. states have you been to? Yeah, I know, the answer is none and none. I have been to... Michigan, California, South Carolina, Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Virginia... have passed through Washington, D.C. (NOT FUN PEOPLE NEVER TRY IT NEVER NEVER ESPECIALLY IF YOUR FAMILY IS EASILY UPSET BY TRAFFIC JAMS AND IT IS 90 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND YOUR DAD DOESN'T WANT TO WASTE GAS ON THE A.C.)

That's all I can think of.

You guys can do this one though. How many other countries have you been to?

Just one, Canada. My dad almost got his pastorate in Canada, in fact.

Mordred: I've lived in Rehirne and Orden. I traveled through Dirion.

Jedediah Crayes: Rehirne, Delgrass, Mattadon, Harotha, Menevace, Gontland, Rodron, Havis, Enedhwin, Arahad(their cuisine is terrible), Runnicor, Terragere, Glumintor, Mesoremn, Erahar, Fearnland. Also the Sunsteri territory (crazy barbarians) and the Grey Lands and Edivernel.

In short, you've been to every known large-scale location in Legea?

Jedediah Crayes: Well, who knows what extends up past the Grey Lands? Or east of Orden? I've traveled the known world, at any rate, and touched a little of what isn't known.

Well, this was an excellent interview! Thank you for being so cooperative, and you may go.

Jedediah Crayes: *bolts for the exit* *halfway there realizes this wasn't such a bad experience*

It's probably because Berethar wasn't invited this time.

Jedediah Crayes: Who's Berethar?

Oh... you'll meet him in a couple years.

Nighean-Craobhan you can do this. I don't know who else hasn't been tagged.