Heh, well, there's "owning far too many books", which is probably the major 'symptom' around here: Kír's the serious scholar, and I collect fantasy and SF, so our combined library is rather vast.
There's "changing clothes a lot" - Crist-Erui takes off anything he finds uncomfortable; a lot of the stuff he does find comfortable would not survive his wearing it outdoors; Kír objects to feminine clothing. So... we may go through several different outfits in a single day. We've all got our own favorite boots, coats, etc.
What else? Well, I never knew I did this, until jhonathand came to live here and pointed it out: apparently fairly often when I'm talking I'll pause, then totally revise what I was saying. This isn't because we've "switched", though - it's still me; just that Kír's listening to the conversation too, and sometimes - okay, often - makes remarks about what I'm saying. He objects to me being vulgar, bitchy, or "overly forthcoming", and a lot of times I don't realize that I am being so till he mentions it, so then have to back-track.
My kid says she can always tell when Crist-Erui 'flickers in' when I'm performing (I'm a Ren Faire musician) because he gets "that deer-in-the-headlights look" for just an instant. His guitar-technique is more fluid and powerful than mine, so when he 'flickers out' again, a lot of times I'll fumble a little before I catch my flow again. I don't think anyone but another guitarist would notice this, though, and certainly nobody would guess the cause if they didn't already know.
People who do know don't seem to have much trouble telling us apart. Our posture and movement is different enough that we can't "pass" as one another even if we don't talk - this is kind of a problem for Kír at present; he'd like to go do archery with one of my friends who doesn't know him, but doesn't want to reveal himself as a different person. (Kír is generally opposed to revealing himself as a different person; he says that people who don't know or can't tell don't need to know.)
Both my daughter and our housemate jhonathand say that our scent changes when we 'switch' - that we bring forth different notes of whatever fragrance we're wearing. This would probably only be noticeable to someone who spent a lot of time in close proximity to all three of us, so as to have a basis for comparison.
LOL, if the glasses are off outdoors, that'd be Crist-Erui, because Kír and I can't manage without them. If we're striding happily out the door - without the glasses - an hour before dawn in the midst of a howling January gale, that would be Crist-Erui. He is very shy, though, and Kír is very paranoid about strangers learning of his existence, so unless you're on the 'short list', your chances of seeing him for more than a moment or two are negligible.
We've spent our whole lives learning not to "show symptoms of multiplicity", and I think we're pretty damn good at it. People who know can tell us apart, but I don't think there's any way that someone who didn't know could tell for sure. My daughter says she figured it out when she was 6, because she followed Crist-Erui into the forest and watched him, but I don't think she really *knew*, and she didn't ask directly till she was 14.
LOL, jhonathand and I got all kinds of hilarious, sitting out on the porch while I tried to imitate Kír's voice and manner of speaking. I thought I did it pretty well the last try, but both he and Kír say no, not convincing. Ohh well - *grins* - I'm a bard, not an actress.
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There's "changing clothes a lot" - Crist-Erui takes off anything he finds uncomfortable; a lot of the stuff he does find comfortable would not survive his wearing it outdoors; Kír objects to feminine clothing. So... we may go through several different outfits in a single day. We've all got our own favorite boots, coats, etc.
What else? Well, I never knew I did this, until
My kid says she can always tell when Crist-Erui 'flickers in' when I'm performing (I'm a Ren Faire musician) because he gets "that deer-in-the-headlights look" for just an instant. His guitar-technique is more fluid and powerful than mine, so when he 'flickers out' again, a lot of times I'll fumble a little before I catch my flow again. I don't think anyone but another guitarist would notice this, though, and certainly nobody would guess the cause if they didn't already know.
People who do know don't seem to have much trouble telling us apart. Our posture and movement is different enough that we can't "pass" as one another even if we don't talk - this is kind of a problem for Kír at present; he'd like to go do archery with one of my friends who doesn't know him, but doesn't want to reveal himself as a different person. (Kír is generally opposed to revealing himself as a different person; he says that people who don't know or can't tell don't need to know.)
Both my daughter and our housemate
LOL, if the glasses are off outdoors, that'd be Crist-Erui, because Kír and I can't manage without them. If we're striding happily out the door - without the glasses - an hour before dawn in the midst of a howling January gale, that would be Crist-Erui. He is very shy, though, and Kír is very paranoid about strangers learning of his existence, so unless you're on the 'short list', your chances of seeing him for more than a moment or two are negligible.
We've spent our whole lives learning not to "show symptoms of multiplicity", and I think we're pretty damn good at it. People who know can tell us apart, but I don't think there's any way that someone who didn't know could tell for sure. My daughter says she figured it out when she was 6, because she followed Crist-Erui into the forest and watched him, but I don't think she really *knew*, and she didn't ask directly till she was 14.
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