[OOC] Grimoiric Heart

[The 42nd Gecko]

Bonnie: *internal screaming* "Oh haha, nice to be rooming with you, Camelot!"

[Lewascan2]

Just to clarify:
From an IC perspective, are these the rooms (and roommates) most of them have had for a long time now, or are these spur of the moment/convenient accommodations. I'm getting the vibe it's the former, but I just wanted to be sure I'm not misunderstanding anything for my posts.

[TheWendil]

@Lewascan2

The former for those who aren’t new students like Olivia and Suzuya.

[TheWendil]

I'll be posting tomorrow.

[Izurich]

I'll have a post up to Saturday, if all goes well. Then, we can move from there.

@KoL

I'll be posting tomorrow.

@TheWendil

Niiice, double GM post. Pog!

[KoL]

Well, there we go. A post right on time.

[Villamvihar]

I will also try for a post today, preferably before things move along.

[Izurich]

Imma make a short post to respond to Liliana since it's a 1x1 conversation scene.

[KoL]

I'll reply soonish. I don't think we'll need to do a collab for this one.

[Villamvihar]

@Lewascan2 Hey! What is a nickname that Chinami would appreciate being called by? I just realised I needed something like it for my post, haha. For reference, Wilhelmina prefers to go by Helmi.

[Lewascan2]

@Villamvihar
Chinami is the sort who prefers not to have nicknames most of the time, even with people she likes, but she dislikes being pigeon-holed by actually descriptive labels even more (she's a bit prickly on this particular subject, yes, since she dislikes people assuming things about her simply for her Grimoire). Since she likes Wilhelmina, "Nami" is fine. In turn, if she shortens Wilhelmina's name, it tends to be to "Mina" or "Mina-chan", since those roll off the tongue far more naturally for someone that speaks Japanese fluently. Though, she will try to call her "Helmi" mostly in front of others if the other nicknames have been conveyed to her as bothersome in some manner.
Wilhelmina would also presumably have had the context of "-chan" as a term of endearment explained to her at some point, likely after asking when Chinami slipped up and first used it.

And when Chinami offers to "carry her back", it should be relatively apparent (to someone familiar with her straightforward approach) she means a full-on princess carry roof-top-hopping spree, since said carry is technically the safest/most comfortable way an armored person could transport a not-so-armored person, especially while making super-strength leaps.

[Villamvihar]

@Villamvihar
Chinami is the sort who prefers not to have nicknames most of the time, even with people she likes, but she dislikes being pigeon-holed by actually descriptive labels even more (she's a bit prickly on this particular subject, yes, since she dislikes people assuming things about her simply for her Grimoire). Since she likes Wilhelmina, "Nami" is fine. In turn, if she shortens Wilhelmina's name, it tends to be to "Mina" or "Mina-chan", since those roll off the tongue far more naturally for someone that speaks Japanese fluently. Though, she will try to call her "Helmi" mostly in front of others if the other nicknames have been conveyed to her as bothersome in some manner.
Wilhelmina would also presumably have had the context of "-chan" as a term of endearment explained to her at some point, likely after asking when Chinami slipped up and first used it.

And when Chinami offers to "carry her back", it should be relatively apparent (to someone familiar with her straightforward approach) she means a full-on princess carry roof-top-hopping spree, since said carry is technically the safest/most comfortable way an armored person could transport a not-so-armored person, especially while making super-strength leaps.

@Lewascan2

Awesome, thanks! Mina-chan would-be completely fine with Wilhelmina~

[Lewascan2]

@Villamvihar
Uhhh, heads up, but Chinami is super 100% not okay with her actual name being used while she's Camelot. Nicknames are still massively pushing it, but her full civilian name? Yeah, no. She is very no-nonsense about this and treats it like having a DC secret identity, not like seemingly everyone in the MCU taking off their masks at the drop of a hat.
She will be genuinely offended about this despite it being (or rather, especially because it's) Wilhelmina doing it, because someone that close to her should presumably know better by this point.

It is worth mentioning that she attempts to emphasize Captain Goodhope's Magical Girl name and makes leading gestures towards all the potential witnesses around them directly beforehand, which makes things doubly worse, especially since Chinami already introduced herself to Olivia while specifically forgoing using her civilian name. The hints were very much there, though OOC, it's an understandable misstep considering I never personally mentioned this specific button of hers (except I actually kind of did in her commentary, when Lumiere dropped her own transformation).

Just putting that out there in case you want to edit that. If not, cool, call it a slip-up or whatever from excitement, but that isn't going to much change Chinami's reaction. Carelessness kills, after all (at least, according to her paranoia).

[Villamvihar]

I will fix that up, thank you for letting me know! It would be way too out of character for Wilhelmina to ignore her wishes like that.

[Lewascan2]

@Villamvihar
Right on! Whew, that's a pinch of teen drama averted! XD
Now, to finally start trying to put my post brainstorming into words.

[Lewascan2]

@The 42nd Gecko Well now, you have me invested. It's a funny thing about how Bonnie assumes Camelot is still with the group though... I swear, TheWendil must be precognitive, because once again, I couldn't have asked for a better set-up.

[TheWendil]

I get that alot.

[Ponn]

@Lewascan2 So considering Helmi just walked back with the others, is Camelot going to walk with them (to protect them), or head back on her own, via the rooftops?

I was originally thinking of having Xolys carry Oliva back, but if everyone's walking together, she'll stick with the group.

[Lewascan2]

@Ponn Camelot's post will have her settling for performing escort duty from the rooftops. She decides to stay transformed to stave off any surprise dangers, since she's still fairly fresh compared to most of the group, energy-wise. She leaves an open offer to Olivia to patrol with her and chat or to go with the rest of the group.
Ultimately, as she is playing guard duty, Camelot will arrive at the gates at the same time regardless and will then finally release her transformation.

[Ponn]

@Lewascan2 Okay, I think she'd probably stick around and have Xolys help Camelot escort the group, the ability to chat with Camelot and the others on the way being an added bonus.

Regardless, I'll wait for your next post before I post for her.