Jason does not like it in Taxon. Jason does not like it anywhere. It has some pros over his 'real world', but many more cons. A lot of things Jason tried to think of as pros in the beginning have become cons the longer he has stayed.
(Etrigan doesn't give a shit, a prison is a prison is a prison.)
2) Do they want to stay here? Do they want to leave? Do they have mixed feelings? Do they not much care either way?
Jason would prefer to go home, yes, although that's not out of any great fondness for the DCU particularly so much as all his stuff's there. He really misses having his full magical repertoire, le sigh.
Also, Taxon is damned small. Jason is, among other things, a habitual world traveler who has difficulty staying in one place for too many consecutive decades. To have not even a world to wander but one small bottle city is more irritating to his psyche than he really likes thinking about. It means he can't leave: he can't just pick up and go and abandon whatever relationships he has or has not nuked lately. He can't start over. He's stuck with the others in Taxon, and they are stuck with him. And Etrigan.
Etrigan doesn't give a shit, a prison is a prison is a.... Ettie doesn't like being 'imprisoned' in Taxon anymore than he likes being imprison in Jason, but he does find it morbidly amusing to watch Jason be imprisoned.
3) Is there any reason they might want to stay in Taxon? Is there any reason they might not want to go home to their own reality? Is there anything or anyone they would miss from Taxon that might make them hesitant to leave if they had the chance?
Not really. Originally, Jason tried to tell himself that if Etrigan got loose in Taxon, the potential damage was capped by, if nothing else, the fact that there's only a dozen or so sentient souls in Taxon, as opposed to a world full of potential collateral back home. The mathematical logic of this is sound; the emotional logic of this is, of course, quite faulty. Guilt is still guilt, and knowing every single person in the city makes it harder to shrug off the consequences.
Etrigan.... look, he's a demon, he no curr.
4) Does it bother them that Taxon isn't like their home reality?
Kinda, but that's just... expectations, I think. Jason's native reality is full of many super-people, so none of the Taxonites faze him with powers (hell, he's often considered one of the club), but he's used to having a better grasp of who does what and whose loyalties lie where. In Gotham in particular, he's used to being around Batman, and Batman is a pretty good Etrigan-contingency if you're gonna have one. Mr. Super Prep and all. He's used to the dynamic he has with Batman, which he doesn't exactly have with anyone in Taxon, and he's used to knowing that if Batman is not available, there's Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, and about a hundred other 'heavies' who can be relied upon to stop an Etrigan rampage.
That's not to say that Taxon doesn't have its heavies-- of course it does, as the recent plot just indicated. :) But Jason has much less history with them, and less context for their actions and personalities than he does back in the DCU.
(Ettie sez: My home reality is hell, bitches)
5) Is there anything or anyone they particularly miss from their home reality?
Jason has a number of people he misses without really phrasing it that way to himself. Bruce would be one of them! There's also his ex-girlfriend whom he should never have been dating in the first place but heyo, and their daughter (can you miss someone you never actually met?), and Harry Matthews the Living Pillow, and basically, a whole collection of friends he had who have been either leaving or being driven away as his life has gotten shittier.
That said, Jason misses many more dead people than he does living people. Oh so many ghosts.
Ettie: Ettie also misses Batman. He's just the funnest!
6) Do they wish Taxon had more fully sentient citizens? Does it particularly bother them that there aren't many people to talk to? Are they lonely or lacking the ability to socialize with large numbers of people, or is this something that doesn't much impact their life/happiness? Or do they prefer it this way?
Jason no curr. Taxon people have no souls. They are filler to him, aside from being something he doesn't have to worry about as regards Etrigan. Ettie thinks they taste terrible, and wishes they were way more entertaining.
7) Do they like living in this particular environment (climate/urbanity-wise)? Would they be happier if Taxon looked/felt like someplace else, or does this not much matter to them?
Jason is largely indifferent, but he liked living in Gotham for various reasons, including its canonical place as a hub of demonic activity, and he's not crazy about not having the usual resources available to him. Gotham was a place where it was much easier to 'let off steam' -- to let Etrigan forth to prowl the streets for someone suitably morally decrepit, and thus sate Etrigan with 'acceptable' sacrifices. In Taxon, Jason cannot do this. Yet.
(Ettie says everywhere is way too cold and boring.)
8) How do they feel about the Taxonian economy? Do they enjoy the financial security of Taxon's job/income system? Do they dislike the limitations of the sorts of jobs they are forced to take and/or the boredom inherent in doing them, or do they not much mind?
I'm imaging Jason being asked this by a reporter, linefacing, and walking off because he has shit to do.
Eh. Jason's been rich and Jason's been poor, and to quote Tallulah Bankhead, Honey, let me tell you, rich is better-- but he doesn't consider the financial situation to be more than minor annoyance. He thinks his having to go work in a 'shop' to earn 'money' is patently stupid, but the energy he would spend in trying to buck this system is better used for other things, so... he just does it.
9) Are they interested in solving The Mystery of Taxon? Are they only interested if they need to solve it in order to escape? Or do they not particularly care what the fuck Taxon is? Do they think there's any point in trying to solve it, or trying to escape?
Jason would seriously like to know exactly what sort of entities are capable of imprisoning, not him, but ETRIGAN, so thoroughly. This is relevant to his interests. (In case it's not patently obvious by now, Jason approaches all aspects of life through the first initial question of 'how does this impact my situation with Etrigan'.) So methodology would be of interest to him, for sure, but beyond that.... Jason lives in a world full of supremely weird shit. Hell, Superman keeps people in a bottle city. People get sucked to alternate realities or time travel or imprisoned by alien madmen every Tuesday. He cannot get jaded by Taxon because he is already jaded by 1500 years of living in over-the-top comic-book land. He is like, This is irritating, may we go back to my regularly scheduled existence please, before I/Etrigan kill someone for good? --but beyond that desire, his curiosity into Taxon itself is fairly low.
10) What's their current guess/theory about what Taxon is?
He has not entirely dismissed that it is a sub-pocket of Hell or one of the Limbo planes, but thinks that Etrigan would be able to tell if it were. He has no theory he is entirely sold upon, other than 'sealed pocket dimension' of some sort.
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Jason does not like it in Taxon.
Jason does not like it anywhere.It has some pros over his 'real world', but many more cons. A lot of things Jason tried to think of as pros in the beginning have become cons the longer he has stayed.(Etrigan doesn't give a shit, a prison is a prison is a prison.)
2) Do they want to stay here? Do they want to leave? Do they have mixed feelings? Do they not much care either way?
Jason would prefer to go home, yes, although that's not out of any great fondness for the DCU particularly so much as all his stuff's there. He really misses having his full magical repertoire, le sigh.
Also, Taxon is damned small. Jason is, among other things, a habitual world traveler who has difficulty staying in one place for too many consecutive decades. To have not even a world to wander but one small bottle city is more irritating to his psyche than he really likes thinking about. It means he can't leave: he can't just pick up and go and abandon whatever relationships he has or has not nuked lately. He can't start over. He's stuck with the others in Taxon, and they are stuck with him. And Etrigan.
Etrigan doesn't give a shit, a prison is a prison is a.... Ettie doesn't like being 'imprisoned' in Taxon anymore than he likes being imprison in Jason, but he does find it morbidly amusing to watch Jason be imprisoned.
3) Is there any reason they might want to stay in Taxon? Is there any reason they might not want to go home to their own reality? Is there anything or anyone they would miss from Taxon that might make them hesitant to leave if they had the chance?
Not really. Originally, Jason tried to tell himself that if Etrigan got loose in Taxon, the potential damage was capped by, if nothing else, the fact that there's only a dozen or so sentient souls in Taxon, as opposed to a world full of potential collateral back home. The mathematical logic of this is sound; the emotional logic of this is, of course, quite faulty. Guilt is still guilt, and knowing every single person in the city makes it harder to shrug off the consequences.
Etrigan.... look, he's a demon, he no curr.
4) Does it bother them that Taxon isn't like their home reality?
Kinda, but that's just... expectations, I think. Jason's native reality is full of many super-people, so none of the Taxonites faze him with powers (hell, he's often considered one of the club), but he's used to having a better grasp of who does what and whose loyalties lie where. In Gotham in particular, he's used to being around Batman, and Batman is a pretty good Etrigan-contingency if you're gonna have one. Mr. Super Prep and all. He's used to the dynamic he has with Batman, which he doesn't exactly have with anyone in Taxon, and he's used to knowing that if Batman is not available, there's Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, and about a hundred other 'heavies' who can be relied upon to stop an Etrigan rampage.
That's not to say that Taxon doesn't have its heavies-- of course it does, as the recent plot just indicated. :) But Jason has much less history with them, and less context for their actions and personalities than he does back in the DCU.
(Ettie sez: My home reality is hell, bitches)
5) Is there anything or anyone they particularly miss from their home reality?
Jason has a number of people he misses without really phrasing it that way to himself. Bruce would be one of them! There's also his ex-girlfriend whom he should never have been dating in the first place but heyo, and their daughter (can you miss someone you never actually met?), and Harry Matthews the Living Pillow, and basically, a whole collection of friends he had who have been either leaving or being driven away as his life has gotten shittier.
That said, Jason misses many more dead people than he does living people. Oh so many ghosts.
Ettie: Ettie also misses Batman. He's just the funnest!
6) Do they wish Taxon had more fully sentient citizens? Does it particularly bother them that there aren't many people to talk to? Are they lonely or lacking the ability to socialize with large numbers of people, or is this something that doesn't much impact their life/happiness? Or do they prefer it this way?
Jason no curr. Taxon people have no souls. They are filler to him, aside from being something he doesn't have to worry about as regards Etrigan. Ettie thinks they taste terrible, and wishes they were way more entertaining.
7) Do they like living in this particular environment (climate/urbanity-wise)? Would they be happier if Taxon looked/felt like someplace else, or does this not much matter to them?
Jason is largely indifferent, but he liked living in Gotham for various reasons, including its canonical place as a hub of demonic activity, and he's not crazy about not having the usual resources available to him. Gotham was a place where it was much easier to 'let off steam' -- to let Etrigan forth to prowl the streets for someone suitably morally decrepit, and thus sate Etrigan with 'acceptable' sacrifices. In Taxon, Jason cannot do this. Yet.
(Ettie says everywhere is way too cold and boring.)
8) How do they feel about the Taxonian economy? Do they enjoy the financial security of Taxon's job/income system? Do they dislike the limitations of the sorts of jobs they are forced to take and/or the boredom inherent in doing them, or do they not much mind?
I'm imaging Jason being asked this by a reporter, linefacing, and walking off because he has shit to do.
Eh. Jason's been rich and Jason's been poor, and to quote Tallulah Bankhead, Honey, let me tell you, rich is better-- but he doesn't consider the financial situation to be more than minor annoyance. He thinks his having to go work in a 'shop' to earn 'money' is patently stupid, but the energy he would spend in trying to buck this system is better used for other things, so... he just does it.
9) Are they interested in solving The Mystery of Taxon? Are they only interested if they need to solve it in order to escape? Or do they not particularly care what the fuck Taxon is? Do they think there's any point in trying to solve it, or trying to escape?
Jason would seriously like to know exactly what sort of entities are capable of imprisoning, not him, but ETRIGAN, so thoroughly. This is relevant to his interests. (In case it's not patently obvious by now, Jason approaches all aspects of life through the first initial question of 'how does this impact my situation with Etrigan'.) So methodology would be of interest to him, for sure, but beyond that.... Jason lives in a world full of supremely weird shit. Hell, Superman keeps people in a bottle city. People get sucked to alternate realities or time travel or imprisoned by alien madmen every Tuesday. He cannot get jaded by Taxon because he is already jaded by 1500 years of living in over-the-top comic-book land. He is like, This is irritating, may we go back to my regularly scheduled existence please, before I/Etrigan kill someone for good? --but beyond that desire, his curiosity into Taxon itself is fairly low.
10) What's their current guess/theory about what Taxon is?
He has not entirely dismissed that it is a sub-pocket of Hell or one of the Limbo planes, but thinks that Etrigan would be able to tell if it were. He has no theory he is entirely sold upon, other than 'sealed pocket dimension' of some sort.