FR & Genkai are at it again! (BREAKERS OOC)

[Genkai]

The Old OOC: Breaking & Dazzling the [code]

The New IC: Yaadaa

MY CHARACTERS:

Name: Haruo and Taruo Nikawa

Age: 26 and 25

Gender: Male and Female

Sexual Orientation: Straight and Bisexual

Online Alias: String and Melody

Online Breaker Appearance:





Offline Appearance:



Weapon:

Haruo uses a handcrafted polished wood violin to manipulate data in the air and create enough energy to use it to attack in various manners. His attacks come out in dark flourishes of raw power while Taruo's singing and dance harness it into something that can be directed at an enemy. Taruo doesn't have any weapons and relies on Haruo's power to use it as her own while Haruo's power can be too temperamental without his sister's guidance. Obviously they need one another to attack and defend, without the other around they are quite useless. When battling, they use a lot of flair and tend to appear quite mystical. They use long range attacks the best and have low defense and close range.

4 Positive Personality Trails:

Haruo's + Intelligent + Passionate + Thoughtful + Strong Willed

Taruo's + Considerate + Kind + Creative + Energetic

3 Negative Personality Traits:

Haruo's - Aggressive - Stubborn - Narrow Minded

Taruo's - Childish - Easily Distracted - A Follower

History: The two siblings grew up in rather well to do area of Tokyo, Japan in the Shinbashi Ward overlooking the water in a highrise apartment. Their parents both worked hard to get where they were in life. Haruo and Taruo went to private schools even at a young age. Their parents were often busy but never to busy to spend time on the weekends at the park or mall. At a young age, Haruo and Taruo were taught how to play musical instruments but Taruo could never sit still long enough to practice so her parents adjusted for their daughter and put her into a local dance class to channel her energy. Haruo on the other hand grasped the violin, piano and flute very well. His favorite without a doubt was the violin. He focused on that when he hit high school and played in clubs and helped with the music for various school plays.

Taruo, in the meantime learned ballet, waltz and swing. When she got into high school a year after her brother, she began to dabble in hip hop and salsa, other more creative art forms of movement. While the two siblings were throwing themselves into the deeps of creativity and music, a friend got them to try out more technical forms of creativity such as hacking and coding. Haruo picked it up a bit easier as he was a faster learned and had the attention span, as well as hand movements, to pick up on the skill quickly. Over time he taught his sister some tricks of her own and they decided to ban together to have some fun. When the two slowly progressed through high school while hacking and diving into the DgtWld, their parents soon caught on and at first weren't at all supportive and demanded their children get jobs to support their 'nasty habit' as they would no longer be funding.

With the two being forced to work in the real world, they found simple jobs working at a local coffee shop after school. They continued to hack, study and work. As their time was slowly being consumed, they found less time to hack or even attend to their musically related habits. And until they reached college and could breathe, they didn't do much hacking online. The hiatus was noticed and as soon as they both got into college, they went back to hacking and fending off any unruly sorts. Their return was a flourish of events and noteworthy battles and they concentrated on serving justice to the many defenseless people who accessed the DgtWld. Taruo began to research some of the history behind the DgtWld and came across articles and videos that depicted Correctors and other Hackers fighting. It all seemed so silly to her but she understood the will to fight and defend those who needed help.

Over time, the Nikawa Siblings gained world wide recognition for being one of the first few to earn Breaker Status. They graduated college and are now working for the Gvn while hacking and enjoying being recognized. Taruo often thrives in the lime light while Haruo sees a bit indifferent as long as he can still do good. The two hope to get more involved and Taruo wishes to teach people how to hack and be creative in other outlets. Haruo isn't exactly sure what he wants to do with his life but he knows he wants to protect and serve while Taruo does want to help others, she does want to have fun while doing it. They live in Tokyo in their same apartment complex but instead of living with their parents, they live a few floors below them and have lost a lot of contact with them recently after going head first into working with the Gvn as Breakers.

Cell Phone:

Haruo's



& Taruo's

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So...we need to go over the general premise of everything and make sure we still know what's what.

[Frenetic Raptor]

FR's Characters:

➣ General Information:

● Name: Rin Sakei

● Age: 24

● Gender: Female

● Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

● Online Alias: Crimson

➣ Online Breaker Appearance:

➣ Offline Appearance:

➣ Weapon (REVISION):

Crimson's staff is really nothing out of the ordinary aside from one such important enhancement; the power of fragmentation. What could that possibly mean for any of her potential opponents? Only a precarious degradation of system performance, of course. If such a stylistic strike were to happen to be successful, her adversaries would, in essence, slowdown or even encounter irrecoverable errors, leading to significant malfunctions.

There is one subtle difference in how such a weapon has been chosen to be used. Unlike a normal staff of magical qualities, she relies on her agility to come in direct contact with an adversary. She prefers a dancelike approach to her movements when within a close range, until the head of the staff strikes its intended target, much more like a blunted pole arm. The harder she is able to strike the more effective her weapon can truly be. For every hit will in effect cause a varying degree of data fragmentation.

If she can only graze the surface, only the very outlying data will receive damage. On the other hand, if she is able to strike full on, there is a high probability of damaging crucial system functions. If multiple strikes find success, the effect is compounded, leading to potentially crippling errors and resulting in various malfunctions. Now, if the staff is not in her possession, this whole scenario is simply impossible to accomplish. That would basically leave her vulnerable to any attacks and would impede her ability to fight physically.

➣ 4 Positive Personality Traits:

+ Resilient
+ Creative
+ Energetic
+ Passionate

➣ 3 Negative Personality Traits:

- Aggressive
- Impulsive
- Indecisive

➣ Earlier History (ADDITION):

Living within the heart of Tokyo had its opportunistic advantages; Rin’s father and mother already knew if the possibilities, earning a respectable living. But for a simple girl, what did this great city hold for her? For one thing, going to school was of major importance, and a key to success in her rightful mind. Outside of her studies, however, what was Rin to do? There had to be some sort of extracurricular activity she could absorb herself with. There was one she grew a strong attraction to. How about gymnastics?

Besides, what else was she to do to take her mind off of all of that relentless course work? Fairly athletic, she began her trials, putting forth every effort to be successful. Truly passionate, she continued onward with gymnastics, being rather accomplished at that, and even retaining a few lasting friendships. It wasn’t until her final year did she gain a greater attention and a fan base, not simply for her group participation, but primarily for her solo routines, which won her multiple honors. Her perseverant motivation stemmed from the watching of past years Olympic athletes. She would never make it to such an event, but she was satisfied nonetheless with what she had already accomplished.

As with the change in the times she had never given much thought to a particular interest into a lasting career, just insignificant personal activities. No matter the book, the music, or anything else, she found great inspiration. College years brought on the many deeper questions which desired answers. Her mother, a well known reporter, got to see many things Rin could only admire, and her father, an experienced software engineer, did things she could only wonder. Truly wishing to understand each side, she followed her parent’s footsteps for a time, gathering the best of both worlds. It was from this point on that she fully embraced the technological world to fulfill her future desires.

➣ Recent History:

To understand what life was without the DgtWld seemed unfathomable to believe in this day and age, let alone what it was like to even encounter a world that wasn’t so highly absorbed in technology. For Rin Sakei, her very existence has been surrounded by questions that eagerly awaited answers pertaining to the lifestyle choices of those around her, including herself. With technological sophistication abound, what could possibly be left to creation? The possibilities seemed entirely limitless. It was with these strong desires to not only keep up with the world, but to understand what all of this meant in the grand scheme of things that has kept her motivated.

With the world at her fingertips, not only was the opportunity to explore the world from a single room possible, though to catch a glimpse of what went on behind the scenes of the DgtWld proved to be more than anything Rin had ever imagined. With her experienced father taking hold of a major software engineering position, access was only but a few clicks away. Seizing full advantage of an opportunity not be missed, she remained close to her father’s work, learning as much as her mind could assimilate at once. Not that the DgtWld was fascinating enough, her curiosity demanded much more. What did it take to successfully develop any piece of technology, no matter how simple or complex? And yet, what kind of effect did it have on an individual or even a society for that matter?

Just watching her mother on the news as an acclaimed reporter spurned on her attachment to take her studies along an Ecological route. An entire world, both digitally and physically, was free for further exploration. Not only did she wish to research these natural environments, Rin wished to achieve much more, seeking to replicate these habitats. Combining her knowledge from a few courses at the university level and a few beneficial pointers from her father, she pursued the art of crafting digital constructs, whether they were a being of artificial intelligence or an interactive environment.

With the additional help of a few NHax members, she gained access to even greater territory, for which she obtained at no monetary cost to her. As with the decreased numbers of Hackers, there was simply no need to hold onto the resources that would otherwise sit by the wayside. That was not all Rin would acquire, for another of great interest reached out to her. Sheen was his name, or at least that was his alias. Willing to fund her research for an undisclosed value without repayment, she reluctantly agreed. What kind of businessman was this Sheen and what form of repayment would he actually demand.

No matter how persistent, he would not reveal any such insignificant matters. A project name for her research was all he asked. "Any name in particular?" she would inquire. "Anything at all," he would reply. Rin eventually found satisfaction with Terra Digitalis. With the announcement, everything was in order. What exactly? She could only speculate on the matter, knowing absolutely nothing of significance. Working tirelessly for what appeared to be for nothing but her enjoyment, an unexpected offer was presented before her, which would use her own talents to the very limit. Once again, Sheen presented the details as vague as absolutely possible.

So, to her best of knowledge it was her job to create scenarios and artificial beings to entertain this Sheen fellow. For what reason would he be attempting to do such fruitless things? Was this out of pure amusement, or was there something of importance behind all of this? Following along, while attempting to give little thought to a reason, she kept at it. Rin would continue to find herself in an endless loop; she would create and he would destroy. So many occasions did he infuriate her. She just couldn’t figure what purpose these trials could possibly serve.

He would always attempt to reassure her, and push her to keep going. Practice makes perfect, it appeared. Holding no ill intent, Sheen proved to be the unlikely mentor, training her own skills at creation and manipulation, enhancing her ability to analyze and adapt to challenges. Unbeknownst to her, Rin’s digitally documented reports were under the watchful surveillance of the Gvn. Would Rin truly make a successful Breaker, or would she fade away like all of the others, Correctors and Hackers alike? One certainly wouldn’t know until they gave an individual a chance to prove themselves.

An unexpected invitation had been received; Rin was overjoyed by an accomplishment. How and why of all people was she even considered? Was it Sheen who played a part in the selection process of candidates? Bringing word around to Sheen, he couldn’t have been more delighted for her. But no, he had not a single thing to do with her new position. He may have had a hand in placing her research within a certain major security division under his father’s company, but that was really nothing at all. An internship was all this ever was and a means for Rin to simply do what she enjoyed.

As with the advancement of her career, a higher workload seemed only right. All of her previous work was a cakewalk, and Sheen would not allow her to slack in any way. So, he held high expectations of his partner. The world would indeed hold higher expectations than he, so she had best be prepared. To this day, she has kept her promise to fight on for the betterment of the many people of the world, and the preservation of its remaining natural beauty. For Rin, being a Breaker goes far beyond popularity.

➣ Cell Phone:

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➣ General Information:

● Name: Akio Kimura

● Age: 26

● Gender: Male

● Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

● Online Alias: Sheen

➣ Online Breaker Appearance:

➣ Offline Appearance:

➣ Weapon (REVISION):

To believe that Sheen’s sword is nothing more than what it appears would be an understatement; beneath its magnificent radiance, there hides a skill, for which serves only but a creative outlet for the most curious of minds. To encode an ordinary sword with viral partitioning software may prove completely unnecessary, but that matters not in the mind of the creator. To simply attack with a sword is not quite enough, and much more is desired.

When attacking with the sword the wielder has the opportunity to initiate the corruptive software upon the adversary. If Sheen makes a direct strike, and is able to expose the defenses of another, the infiltration can begin. Only if the wielder wishes to use the program will it go into effect, and even then the defenses must be lowered enough to successfully invade another’s system. If the overall security is found vulnerable, the software will begin creating partitions upon partitions, restricting the ability to fully function. For each partition that is created, compounding the problem, the system will further continue to overwork itself as it attempts to go around these artificial walls.

In most cases this will just lead to the inability to function properly, while the core of an individual system has been mostly unaffected. There is one important thing to note, this is highly experimental and is rarely effective; Crimson’s ability is far more reliable. This wasn’t something he initially intended to create, but he wished to go beyond the norm. Even still, this is only a sword after all, for one single purpose at all. Just attack and get it over with the general mentality. No sword in hand? Just have to deal with it and get creative. Not as if Sheen has anything else to use.

➣ 4 Positive Personality Traits:

+ Diligent
+ Mature
+ Ambitious
+ Considerate

➣ 3 Negative Personality Traits:

- Overconfident
- Restless
- Stubborn

➣ History:

For Akio Kimura, without the DgtWld, there would certainly be a bit more boredom to spread around. Not to mention the increased prevalence of the business world. The only positive out of the whole deal was the comfortable lifestyle such a career choice can have. There was no doubt in his mind, both his mother and father wanted Akio to follow in their footsteps and continue within the family owned business. The Tokyo Stock Exchange wasn’t quite the perfect placement for him. Sure, he could do all the requirements to be a businessman, but there just wasn’t that excitement that held his curiosity quite like the DgtWld. Money matters, they were indeed what the world ran on, but even so, there was no connectivity to the world around them.

Numbers and figures continued to relentlessly overshadow the unique faces of the people. A healthy economy was important, to say the least, and job opportunities were essential, but there was still an uneasy inkling of unnecessary greed. Desiring to satisfy his parents’ wishes, he kept himself in a rather low key position well under his skill level. Besides, how else was he to find the time to actively partake in a few unrelated digital activities much more exciting? Where else could he be with other like minded individuals striving to be more than the status quo?

There was one good prospect of working in a security and intelligence firm - the access to greater technology was the greatest asset. Taking it upon himself, Akio strived to go behind the scenes and get in on the real action. Attempting to keep his real passion a secret, he held conversations with fellow workers - the ones responsible for the actual development of numerous security programs. Working two jobs had grown rather tiresome, but Akio had every intention of pleasing both sides. At least until his father caught word, unsurprisingly.

To realize the meaning behind the lack of effort an individual put forth, choosing to place oneself willingly into a job under one’s true worth was all that was necessary. Completely understanding, his father left the offer open for him to return to the financial side of business if he so chose to change his mind. Akio didn’t give up on the business world, just decreased his time of dedication. Collecting even more freedom to pursue his own career path, he made significant strides in learning the ins and outs of the DgtWld, extending himself to the limits at any opportunity to do so. With familiarity becoming a beneficial tool, he remained one of the best, surpassing his fellow comrades in command.

None of the tasks proved seriously difficult, accomplishing everything to the fullest of his capabilities. Finding little challenge in all of his previous work, it wasn’t until an anonymous project had been detailed to Akio did his eyes alight at the significance. The objective was to research and develop a new security program with the assistance of another. Akio, of all people was granted the opportunity, from the head of the company, to develop a useable and functioning security program. But where would he find a partner amongst all of the unqualified candidates? Not one of them had what he was looking for; all nothing out of the ordinary.

That was until he stumbled upon a familiar group of hackers he once associated with, amongst his free time. Just the thought of them giving this girl their very own resources was amusing to say the least. With curiosity peeked, Akio watched over her creations, fascinated at her ease of both her imagination and skill. With realization in his sights, he declared his interest to the girl named Crimson. No doubt this was too an alias, but it mattered not, she was an individual with a brilliantly expressive mind. Catching her attention, he provided an offer; one she ultimately took upon without even knowing anything at all.

Wasn’t as if he wished to keep her in the dark, her very own passion was too pure to taint with all of the depressing formalities involved. Instead, a simple name of her project was all he requested of Crimson. Terra Digitalis was a proper name, and easy on the ears. Akio would accomplish all of the hard work involved to not only get his name out there, but Crimson would also benefit just as well, if not more. It was true, those in his very own workplace were qualified enough, yet that was not what he sought after. His desire was to not only find one with the credentials, but one who would benefit the most from successfully completing this project of theirs.

It was for this very reason that he pushed her to the limits of her own mentality. To pressure her into redoing the same tedious tasks would only prove crucial for the final project as those unwanted kinks would have already been worked out. No matter the lengths Crimson went to find out the truth he would never budge, knowing that it may indeed be what would unravel her passionate abilities. There was no way for sure how beneficial their training would actually prove to be.

That was when the Gvn intervened and proposed the Breaker status upon Sheen; the same moment in which he accepted the position. Of course, he would speak no word of it to anyone for the time being. Crimson would never hear the title as this could be too much intimidation for her to handle. There was already a tremendous amount of pressure upon her. In reality, she was doing more work than he could ever do. To create took much more than to destroy. Through it all, the day he waited to hear since both started this project, brought forth another familiar sense of accomplishment.

Congratulating Crimson on her Breaker status, Akio felt relieved, realizing he had done his part to help fulfill her dreams, even if it was just a start of events to come. As long as she continued to hold herself with great passion, she would certainly go as far as she could carry herself. He would be there for her when necessary. I mean, it was only natural as they were partners after all. Above all else, being a Breaker had given Akio a peace of mind.

➣ Cell Phone:

Yeah, I spotted the OOC fairly quickly. Couldn't miss the clever title. Been reading over the OOC briefly. Now I remember why there was no need to do this RP in any other way than what we already set up. Don't fix what isn't broken. Since we are keeping our characters, which I do think couldn't be any better than what they are now, we should get cracking on the details. Will we be meeting for the first time, like before, or will we already have established a friendly relationship between our pairs.

[Genkai]

I don't mind if our characters are connected in some way, though the most likely case would be to link our two females together unless you see a connection for Haruo and Rin and or Akio?

I'm going to make a quick blub about what our direction was once we did make the jump into the future. I know we wanted to spend more time in the present to do some development, which is something we could play with more easily since it's just the two of us. I think if we spent time at one another's homes or roaming around the city, we could probably do something before getting into the drama of everything. We did have our characters paired off for types of elements, I recall, I assume now it will be my M x your F and my F x your M? Or something like that? Though that won't dictate any future possible romance, I'm sure. Who knows, right?

[Frenetic Raptor]

Rin and Taruo being friends already is pretty easy to handle. Akio probably won't have much connection to either Haruo or Taruo. We could do some roaming, for sure.

Went hunting for some other tidbits of information, and found this:

I just want to be sure you and Blond are on board for at least the tattoo/branding of weapons and stuff/elemental types.

I was thinking of having one meant to say TWO of each gender for an element. Now these won't dictate romance in the future or anything like that, it would be a partner for battle even while all six will be together. Consider the idea that if you want to make a huge fire wave, you and your partner would have to create the attack together and build it up. Some grand gestures would surely work with other elements. Like someone using the ground and someone using fire could make a volcano or something.

My idea for the sets could work one of two ways:

Genkai F - Blond M - Fire
FR F - Genkai M - Water
Blond F - FR M - Ground

In which we get to work with each other somehow.

This would be switched to your suggested M x F pairings.

That means we would be using only two elements if we paired up? We also mentioned possibly going out 100 years into the future for starters.

I think 100 years could work out. Though I'm not sure how long it would actually take to accomplish the deconstructing of a previous society and a rebuilding of another in its place. If the technology is far less advanced, the time to rebuild might not take as long, I would presume. All depends on how soon the destruction occurs and how long that portion of history takes. Attempting to not get complicated and too deeply involved.

There was also something regarding these pictures of what we may find.

Probably what is expected:

something like this or this or this or maybe even this.

Probably what they'll get:

this or this or maybe this or even this.

And yeah, I'm assuming it's sooner than later. Some sort of post apoc 'pluto's kiss' type thing...oh that's a .Hack reference. ^^; Pretty much all tech and stuff fails and the world pretty much the world is suspended in darkness and needs to recover...tons of death and shit.

[Genkai]

I recall Rin and Haruo were about to hit it off when the food fight broke out. Do we want to do that again for funsies?

Well removing the MChip could be optional, it was an idea. One I'm not totally on board with myself, as you pointed out it could mess with time travel to the past but at the moment, they won't really have enough power to travel back to the past, and there could be possible ways to get back without a MChip. I have toyed with the idea that the future knows of some 'event' that will happen and have almost been awaiting people from the past to come forward and get help.

I just want to be sure you and Blond are on board for at least the tattoo/branding of weapons and stuff/elemental types.

I just wanted to add the beginning of that quote for more clarification.

Well at the beginning I was thinking it would just be 'bending'/manipulating the electric current in the air through a simple thing like rings or bracelets.

But then I got to thinking...

Should other channeling items be used? Not to mention I kind of messed up the intro starting point. I was going to have us all gathered, then given the mission and then time around Tokyo and then the mission being accepted. But I guess as I wrote it seemed more likely for them to accept the mission and then everything else could happen. I was also debating on the Breakers learning Dazzling in the future or in the present and now I'm leaning toward the future, as it seems most likely but the present could possibly work if it's desired.

But back to other methods...musical dance/instruments could also Dazzle. It's a basic concept which I intend to carry through the areas of travel. But then small weapons like a bow/arrow or small hand knives or an axe could work as well. Again, they'd just be altered slightly.

Or another idea was to make it a ritual of sorts for Dazzling, where you have a parchment paper with your design on it. It's soaked, in your own blood for proper use in the future, and then it's inked on your own skin much like a tattoo. And with this concept I then toyed with the idea of using a bit of 'elemental' flair. It would be subtle but useful in fighting in the future.

So I'm not sure which route to go or what...so any comments or ideas?

So what we did finally decide upon was that Dazzling itself would be learned in the future which also does know of some post-apoc event about to take place in our "present" yes? We did decide on bow and arrows right or was it something else?

My idea was that the parchment would be one of three basic elements that rule in the future, or even just two. But three would mean only two characters share the same element, which I do have a possible chart for. But the elements would be 'water, fire and ground' subset visibilities would mastered later in the future, like ice, steam, plants etc. When it comes to actually using the new tattoo, it would act as a 'gate' of sorts to let the body remove itself from the past's dirtiness. They would have to cleanse themselves and possibly remove their MChip, which wouldn't kill them in the present. But using the tattoo and Dazzling would/could be used by also using items imprinted with the same branding that's on their bodies.

It's kind of like a primitive (or if you consider it more purified) use of a bar code of sorts.

So no one can use your item to Dazzle, it's your own.

Some items would be just jewelry to bend the air current and then it would convert through your body via the tattoo and come out the other end of where the jewelry or item you control is being used. Some could just dance or sing to release the energy but others could use more weapon-like items if they need some help.

As far as the Gvn knowing what the future holds, they assume it's shiny and even more modern and updated, not the other way around. I think they assume that fighting wouldn't be needed. Which is possibly why they wouldn't get too much of a crash course in Dazzling before they go. I think the concept would be something to touch upon regarding the air but it's possible the tutorial is mostly about surviving and all that.

So that's also what I could dig up myself. We need to figure out which two elements we want to use. I think fire and water would be fair enough, what do you think? I think you and I were discussing them in the OOC, but we can go over visuals if you'd like. I can make a banner for this tonight, and we can scatter visuals and stuff as we go on as Headers too, we don't need to break things up into parts/chapters.

[Frenetic Raptor]

Yeah, you're right. The two of them were, weren't they. We could try it again, but it may not be as epic as before... or can it?

Yes, dazzling would be learned in the future and there is a potential for a post apocalyptic event taking place in the present. I do not know for sure what the bow and arrows thing was exactly. Blondini's character, Hanon, in Pixie form that is, uses a bow and arrow. If it is symbolic in any other way, that has yet to be confirmed. I hold no objections to Fire and Water. Ground would have been interesting for it's variance from the others, but I don't think pulling a triple just for another element is in the plans, for me at least.

[Genkai]

Well...if we did want a triple...we could pull our C&C characters (at least one of them, I mean), as I have already implied Devon and Sasha already work for the Gvn who is helping the Breakers with their time travel.

Well I had suggested the bow and arrow since it's a rustic device. I think we wanted tools that would easy to burn a mark on, so we could use arrows, spears, maybe fans or even a whip if we wanted.

I think Haruo would use a spear or sword, and Taruo would opt for a bow and arrow, or something with fans.

[Frenetic Raptor]

Oh dear, can I really pull off a triple? If humanly possible, can it be a character not used so far in Correctors? Since Rin takes to a staff, she might take to some sort of polearm. Akio does like that sword of his, so he may linger upon that sort of weapon type, above all else. I don't think Akio could handle a bow and arrow, but you never know. Or we could just give Akio those fans. Rin could also get that whip cracking on Akio for a change. So, if we are doing water and fire, which pair gets what? Does Taruo or Haruo have a preference? I do think we could leave Sasha and Devon in this, just to keep things lively. One could decide to join the group during their time travels. Hope it's Sasha, if I am convinced to do a triple.

[Genkai]

Hm. I was thinking of bringing Sasha in, Devon might end up staying put to keep the others' activities at bay from anyone keeping a close eye. It might be more interesting to have Sasha rope Sheela or Nicholas in they aren't exactly with the Gvn themselves but...I don't want you to pull off a triple if you don't feel up to it. I would play Sasha if you wanted to double since it sort of takes the fun out of it for me if Sasha is just hanging out as a fifth wheel of sorts. I think my characters wouldn't have a preference. I think water might be better with Haruo but he's up to the challenge of figuring out how to be passionate with fire, so either way...

I am watching The Girl Who Leaped Through time as well, but I am digging out Photoshop too. I won't include any C&C if you don't want to since we haven't decided as of it. It was just an interesting suggestion.

[Frenetic Raptor]

I think we could do Rin and Haruo water. Akio and Taruo could be Fire. There's a chance I could give a triple a try. I don't know about bringing Sheela into the mix though. Would be great for Sasha, no doubt. Even so, why is it so difficult to pull those two apart? Can't have one without the other, it seems. As for a banner, we could always use that. Headers are also possible.