I'm sure I'll have lots, I'm trying to take things a little bit at a time though. My next question is how these checkboxes work. Should I only check something if I'm absolutely sure I want it? 

Oh, no! I'm sorry, I forgot to mention. If you check something and don't want to keep it, you can either erase the checkmark if it's erasable, or scribble it out and I'll erase it for you. Your choices aren't final until you tell me clearly that you're done deciding and want to take what you've chosen.

Okay, thank you that helps a lot.

She reads a little more.

Is there  If I go somewhere else is there a way for my brother to come with me?

Tom hugs her, "I'll be okay. I'll miss you but I'll be okay if that turns out to be what's best."

There isn't a way to take him with you to your destination, but if it's important to you to be able to see him again, you'll be able to find a way back.

Alright, that's good to know.

She takes a breath and turns back to reading. She flips through to see how long the list is and pauses to look at the headers for the different sections.

In the Power of Friendship what does it mean for things to not be mind control? Does it make people do things or think things they wouldn't want to think or be surprised by in a bad way? Also what does romance mean here? I don't think I usually understand what people mean by that and it seems like it could be important.

What the description means when it says that those powers aren't mind control and aren't stopped by things that stop mind control is that they don't use any specific mechanism to change people's minds, and ways of preventing people's minds being changed by specific mechanisms won't make a difference them. The powers can still affect people's minds, and they will if necessary to fulfill their functions, though if the person with the powers is uncomfortable with changing people's minds then the powers will prefer other mechanisms where possible, and there's an option later on to turn off the mind-affecting aspects of all powers (which makes them work less well, but some people think it's worthwhile anyway).

As for romance, options referring to love or true love can apply to close intimate friendships as well as romantic relationships; does that help sort anything out?

It does thank you. Does intimate here just mean sexual or can it also mean emotionally intimate, like sharing secrets and hopes and fears type intimacy?

She can just have sex with people to make them count as intimate if she needs to but not everyone is comfortable with that.

I meant intimate in the emotional and social sense. The sexual sense isn't relevant to whether someone counts as a true love.

That's good to hear.

She flips forward until she reaches drawbacks and confirms that's the last section.

Is there a good way to ask questions or write notes about specific powers without them getting lost?

Would you like me to insert blank pages between every page of the list? That usually helps with that!

I think I would like it a better if there was space between the powers instead but if that's harder blank pages work for me.

I can do that too, but some people say it's distracting when the rest of the list keeps scooting down to make room for more notes in between. I can still try it if you want, though!

She hums to herself for a moment. It's important to take these things seriously.

If we do the page by page thing can you rearrange it later when I want to go back over things?

Yes, definitely!

Alright, let's do the page by page way then. Thanks for being patient with me and giving me such helpful advice.

I'm glad I can help!

She skips past the destination options for the moment. That needs a great deal more thought and it's a bit scary.

If I like the way my face looks already does A Hundred Ships just mean I don't need to put on makeup or worry about it getting messed up? Also, this specifically says my face; is there some other power that applies to the rest of my skin? It would be pretty weird if the rest of my skin got old and wrinkled but my face looked perfectly youthful.

The semicolon is added after the rest of the text when she reads back over her words.

The Ships powers do exert influence over the rest of your appearance so that your face doesn't look incongruous; helping your skin look nice is part of that. If you like your current face just fine, A Hundred Ships won't change it in ways that make it worse, but might make it just a tiny bit more the way you imagine it or want it to look, and will definitely help you not need to put on makeup in order to look your best. (Though if you like putting on makeup, you still can!)

So, it's based heavily on what I want then? Does that mean that makeup I didn't actually put on could get runny when I'm crying if that's what feels right in the moment?

I'm not sure! I think A Hundred Ships mostly won't provide the effect of actually wearing makeup, as opposed to just making your face look nice in a similar way to how makeup can make faces look nice; putting on actual makeup is more of a Dressing Room kind of thing. But if makeup is a part of your appearance that's really important to you, A Hundred Ships might be able to manage something.

She nods to herself and checks A Hundred Ships. At the very least it seems like it doesn't prevent makeup from getting dramatically messy. For this first pass she's just checking everything she thinks she might want.

Thanks, I'll look at Dressing Room when I get there.

The tally in the corner updates appropriately.

Does What's In A Name do anything about people trying to find my old name in other ways or people who know my old name trying to find me?

Not by itself, but some people ask for a followup power that does that.