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Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

Osanai Suzuka

O S A N A I S U Z U K A
O S A N A I S U Z U K A

^{"Let's give it our all today as well."}

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_______________________________________________ Identity Full Name - Osanai Suzuka Written As - 長内 涼夏, "Long time" + "Innermost" and "Cool" + "Summer." Nicknames - Known as "Suzu" or "Suzu-chan" to those who knew her when she was younger. Age - 16 Gender - Female Year - Second-Year Personality Lone Wolf The easiest thing to learn about Suzuka is that it's hard to learn anything about her. Self-reliant to a fault, she'll almost never ask for help or share her worries on any subject, preferring to just quietly work through whatever it is that's troubling her. Abysmal Conversationalist More than just her troubles, though, Suzuka doesn't seem well-acquainted even with how to talk about enjoyable things. She seldom mentions what she likes, and her blunt lack of comment on things that fall outside of that sphere of interest means her opinion goes entirely without saying. It's not even that she's going out of her way to shun or push others away, mind you -- that would imply an active effort on her part to say or do anything social. With brows set in a nigh-perpetual frown and a voice that seldom rises above a calm, matter of fact tone, her natural demeanor tends to be about as welcoming as talking to a wall of ice. Spirited Competitor It may come as a surprise then to those who haven't known her long that despite her apparent stoic disinterest in just about everything, Suzuka has a competitive streak that is second to none. It doesn't matter whether you put her on a soccer field, a basketball court, a sprinting track, or even a bread-eating race at a school sports festival; she'll bring her A-game each and every time. This intensity even translates to her studies. There's a ranking board put up after every test, is there not? That means there are winners and losers, and so, despite not being particularly academically gifted, she'll do everything in her power to climb her way toward the top. A victory is a clear sign she did something correctly, while even a sufficiently close defeat is at least a sign she didn't mess up too badly. Even so, she's still a bit of a sore loser, and will stubbornly try to improve any time she's defeated at... well, anything, and come back stronger for it. Above all else, she particularly loves team games, though. That way, she can feel like she's contributing to the group with her strengths, without actually having to face her weaknesses by talking and ruining the mood. Hopelessly Insecure The root of these various idiosyncrasies becomes clear, then, as a deep-seated fear of being a burden or a nuisance to those around her. This creates a self-perpetuating cycle, wherein she doesn't know what to say and so says nothing, and in the process only proves to herself that it's impossible for her to meaningfully engage with others to their satisfaction. It's not just talking that bothers her, either. If she were to try cleaning up her appearance, she fears it would be seen as nothing but narcissism or trying too hard. If she were to ask for help, she fears it would be a tacit acknowledgement that she can't deal with things that, in her eyes, anyone else could. If she were to honestly express her likes and dislikes, it would just make her seem self-centered. And, when it comes to the person she likes, well... Better she say nothing and nothing changes, than she speak her mind and lose what she's only just managed to reclaim after all these years. It's fine. She's satisfied. She's not selfish enough to hope for more. But if, by some chance... Character Relationships Fuji Eikichi "Ei-kun is... special, I guess. Even if he was busy, he would always make time for me. And even if he teased me, it never felt like he was making fun of me. And he always seemed to know exactly what everyone was feeling, and how to cheer them up when they were sad. I really admire him, and... I missed him a lot. Nowadays, he might act a little strange sometimes, but I still... Ah, no, never mind, it's nothing!" Morioka Haruto "Morioka-kun? He was one of Ei-kun's friends, I think. I remember they used to get along really well, so I didn't talk to him much, since they seemed to be enjoying themselves and I didn't want to get in the way. He seems as nice as ever, though. I'm glad they're still friends." Sakamoto Ryuuichi "Hm? I don't know anybody by that name. Red hair, you say? Oh. You mean my cat friend. I guess I don't know him very well, but I can tell he's a really good guy. Eh? Delinquent? What are you talking about? Are you sure you don't have him confused for someone else?" Chihara Takaya "I think we might have gone to the same elementary school, but I don't really remember. Either way, I thought we'd get along, but for whatever reason it kind of seems like he hates me? I don't really know why else he'd be so quick to avoid me. It seems like he gets along really well with Mika-chan, though, so he can't be a bad guy." Isshiki Mikako "Eh? Even Mika-chan is here too?! That's a surprise... I remember getting in a couple of fights with boys who were mean to her, but after that she just kinda followed me everywhere. She was always a really sweet person, but it seems like she's a lot more put-together nowadays. Even so, I'm a little worried because she still doesn't seem to know how to say "no" to people. I'll have to look out for her and make sure nobody takes advantage of her kindness." Shinomiya Koharu "Her name's the same as one of Mika-chan's friends from when we were kids, but I don't think... Wait, really? She's the same person?! Wow. Okay, then. I guess there really are some people who can pull off a major image change. ...Not that I've ever considered anything like that myself, or anything." Arashiyama Junko "Arashiyama-san, huh? I guess now that you mention it, I don't really know her very well, but if there's one thing for sure it's that we're buds. She was always challenging me to stuff when we knew each other before, and she doesn't seem to have changed much over the years either. I'll have to work hard so I don't lose to her! ...Hm? What do you mean, you thought I hated her? Did I really give that kind of impression?"

Physical Description Osanai Suzuka could best be described as a beautiful mess. With an athletic build slanted rather prominently towards her legs, she stands at an even 170 centimeters, almost a head taller than most girls in her class, and almost eye-to-eye with several of the boys. Her skin stubbornly retains a certain pallid hue that defies the influence of the sunlight she has spent a good fraction of her life under, creating a striking contrast with her ink-black hair... which is where the problems start, really. Suzuka's "hairstyle," if it could warrant such a charitable description, vacillates between shoulder and neck length depending on the season, her mood, and whether or not she remembered to book an appointment to get it cut this month. It's perennially tangled, combed or, more commonly, haphazardly bunched up and tied back only enough to keep it out of her face while she's playing, and to give it enough of a vague semblance of order to pass uniform inspections and not get lectured by her teachers for her sloppy appearance. Though, some may find that charming in its own way. While she's unlikely to be mistaken for a boy anymore thanks to her figure, the rest of her appearance does have a certain unusually boyish appeal. Even the messiest bangs in the world could do little to hide her bright and piercing gaze, however. After all, her resting expression is and has always been somewhat infamous for having exactly three apparent settings: bored, serious, and angry. As such, her face contributes greatly to both her poor reputation and to the aversion many of her classmates have towards her. Although, it still hasn't entirely managed to stop a few dedicated admirers from continuing their observations at a safe distance in hopes of catching a glimpse of a rare smile, a twisted popularity the girl in question is entirely oblivious to. Either way, thanks to her perpetual poker face, she's more "handsome" than she is "pretty," and her preferences in clothing tend to reflect that distinction. Aside from her school uniform, she's almost never seen wearing a skirt of any type, and usually favors simple, comfortable outfits that are easy to move around in. There's almost nothing girly in her entire wardrobe, and, if there was, it would probably just end up buried beneath a veritable mountain of jeans, t-shirts, and hoodies. At least some things never change, I guess. Personal Story Born to a marriage that quickly fell apart, the details of Suzuka's early life are as seldom spoken of as they are easy to guess for those who knew her at that time. Left in the care of her father by an absentee mother in a rather messy divorce, she ended up forced to be independent from a rather young age, as her dad worked to make ends meet and thus was seldom home to tend to his daughter's needs. Unable to afford the mounting costs of continuously hiring a babysitter, he was all too happy, if somewhat chagrined, to take up the neighbors on their offer to watch over the young Suzuka in his stead when he had to spend the night at his company. So it was that Suzuka came to meet a certain boy, who would become her first and most important friend, filling a void she had not until then even fully appreciated the existence of. When nobody was home and she wanted someone to talk to, now there was somebody who'd listen to her. When the house was empty and she had nothing to do, there was a warm place where the lights would be on and people would be laughing right next door. When she found something new and interesting, there was someone she could share it with, and someone who would share all sorts of fascinating things with her in return. There were others, too -- others who she never would have been able to work up the courage to speak with had Eikichi not introduced them to her. Most of her friends thus ended up being boys, rather than the other girls in her class, with whom she found she had almost nothing in common... save, perhaps, for one. It wasn't like she had done anything particularly special, but for whatever reason, Mika-chan seemed to think the world of her. Really, that girl was just too nice for her own good... but having somebody else who was nice to her was fine in its own way. She missed her almost as much as Eikichi when the news abruptly came that she had to leave all of that behind her. An overseas transfer. A job offer her father, in his financially precarious position, couldn't afford to refuse. A boring life out in the country living with her grandparents for three long years, with the few classmates she had at her new school all having grown up together, and with little room in their established groups for a rude and awkward outsider. And all the while, what few messages she got from home -- or what had once been home -- all showed friends who seemed to be living their lives just fine without her. It would have been selfish to wish otherwise, of course. It's not like she had hoped they'd be sad, or anything. But the experience taught her one thing -- that what she had called "friendship" before was perhaps more important than she had ever given it credit for. That maybe, it was something she couldn't live without. She got her chance when she turned 16. After a turbulent first year at her local high school, she managed to talk her father into allowing her to transfer to a different school, back in her hometown. Her aunt Suzune had just finished purchasing and renovating an old storefront in Kitaguchi into a cozy little cafe, and, as luck would have it, there was an apartment she wasn't using in the loft above it. Her aunt already had her own place downtown, but needed extra hands to help around the store. So, a deal was struck, and Suzuka was allowed to move into the apartment, and to transfer into Kitaguchi Private High School. If she could prove that she was capable of living responsibly under such loose supervision, she'd be allowed to stay. But if any trouble arose, she'd be moving right back in with her grandparents. It was perhaps foolish to hope that she could just walk right back into her old life and pick things up where she had so abruptly left them off. But when her old friends -- when he appeared right in front of her again, how could she not at least try? Frigid on the surface, melting down inside -- more honest with herself than she'd care to be, and unable to be honest with the people who matter -- Osanai Suzuka gives it her all today as well. Other Information Suzuka's birthday is the day after summer break starts, on July 21st. She has a tremendous sweet tooth but tries to hide it, fearing she'll be seen as childish or as a glutton. She's a big fan of shounen battle manga and tokusatsu shows, as she likes how exciting they are and generally finds their plots easy to understand. Her type is someone taller than her who smiles a lot. It's probably fine even if he looks kind of like a villain when he does. Her dialogue hexcode is #2596be.

Shoujo^3 - A Cozy Romance RP Concept

Thank you all for your patience! As of now, the OOC is up!

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For the five who've already applied, hope to see y'all there!

@Kensai I was originally aiming for a cast of six max, but I could potentially bump the number up to eight total. Problem is, we'd then need another boi, since I'm trying to avoid love triangles. Nobody wants to join a romance RP just to be the odd one out, after all. The character idea does sound fun, though, so I could definitely be convinced to work her in.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

S H O U J O ⁴ : H A T S U K O I R E U N I O N
S H O U J O ⁴ : H A T S U K O I R E U N I O N

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In a small corner of the world, there was an island. On that small island, there was a town. In that town, there were several small children, who, through luck or misfortune, happened to know one another for a time.

It wasn't as though it was for a particularly long time, either. Six years felt like an eternity for us back then, but if you look at that on the scale of a human lifespan, even all that time we spent together would seem insignificant by comparison. That's probably how most things go when you're growing up. All those memories, washed away by the tides of time, like sandcastles on the beach.

Our world was still so small, then. We didn't yet understand the vastness of the sea and the sky, or even of the city in which we lived, or of the distance between two people, and the walls we build between us to keep ourselves from getting hurt.

Six years together. Four years apart. If we spent all that time making memories, how long would it take, I wonder, to forget them all? It's probably different from person to person. If someone kept on making new memories -- kept finding things worth remembering -- then it probably wouldn't take long, even if one person happened to be missing.

But try though I might, I can't grow up like that. There are some things I'll probably never forget. And because I can't forget them, it makes me want to gather them up and hold them close to me. It makes me want to cling to these precious moments tightly, so that they'll never slip through my fingers again.

I want to go back.

I want to change.

I want to move forward.

I want to stay the same.

Today, once again, I lower my voice, whispering a greedy love song I could never sing, in the hopes that it will fill this small corner of the world, and reach you at last.

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Welcome one and all to Hatsukoi Reunion! This RP is the story of a group of kids who knew each other to some degree or another in the past, gone their separate ways after one of their number moved away, and reuniting by coincidence in high school with her unexpected return. Sometimes cute, sometimes poignant, sometimes silly, these are the stories of their various "first loves," as they give their all and grow together day by day.

The RP is set in Kumoriyama City, located on a small fictional island of the same name off the southern coastline of Japan. This name, which translates to "Cloudy Mountain," is derived from the crescent-shaped isle's two most prominent features: the tall gray peak at its center, and the mist that often forms around the many lakes and rivers dotting and running down from its greener slopes.

Originally, the city, built at the foot of Mt. Aogumo in the sheltered harbor created by the island's curving coastline, was quite small. The island's rocky, steep terrain was ill-suited for farmland, and there was little else of value to be found inland from its shores. As such, the city was largely built up as a port for fishermen over a hundred years ago. Over time, however, it has expanded as new people have been drawn to the island by its cheap living costs compared to the mainland, and as businesses have moved in to take advantage of the existing infrastructure. The end result is a hodgepodge of old houses, shrines, and family-run shopping arcades in the outer districts of town, slowly being pushed outward from the center by a new influx of more modern highrise buildings and apartment complexes that have come to take their place.

The "new city," as it is often called, is overcrowded not by circumstance but by design. Buildings are crammed together or neatly stacked one on top of the other along even, parallel streets, making it easy to navigate despite just how much city is packed into such a small area of town. But even in the "old city," space is still a bit cramped, as the mountain with its hilly slopes and the multiple small river valleys running outward from it tend to constrict development on the city's outskirts. As such, the further you get from its organized center, the stranger Kumoriyama becomes, with many narrow, winding streets, footpaths, and alleys snaking, intertwining, and splitting off once more, intersecting with old parks, bridging across rivers, circling around or sloping sharply up large hills and bluffs, and eventually reaching either the thickly forested mountain trails or the many old wharfs, warehouses, and harbors running up and down the coastline.

There are two other, much smaller suburbs of Kumoriyama, referred to as Kitaguchi and Minamikawa respectively, at each extremity of the island, with a long, roughly straight train line connecting all three, with one stop in Minamikawa, three in Kumoriyama, and two in Kitaguchi.

Kitaguchi is located in a smaller harbor on the north side of the island, situated along the mouth of one of the rivers coming down from the springs of Mt. Aogumo, and is a rather upscale area with many large homes, shopping districts, and even some resorts. It's popular with tourists and more well-to-do families due to the beautiful white beaches and clearer skies there, while still only being a 20-30 minute train ride away from the city center to its south.

Minamikawa, conversely, is significantly smaller than either of the other two cities, and is a very sparse, rural community built up from an old mining town on the southern slopes of the mountain. As one of the only places on the island with roughly flat, arable land, it's turned into a microcosm of the Japanese countryside, dotted with farms, ranches, and rice paddies. It is also a nationally-recognized cultural heritage site, housing several old Shinto shrines and a long tradition of local festivals and legends that go back to when the island was first settled. Many of these shrines are built onto the side of Mt. Aogumo itself, as the mountain is much less steep on that side. This also makes Minamikawa a popular stop for anyone planning on hiking up the mountain, be they tourists or island natives. And, indeed, the mountaintop is a very popular destination, as its slope tapers off into a giant lake basin at its summit, with a great deal of greenery around it. On clear days, this vantage point provides a majestic panorama of the entire island, while on cloudy days, one feels much higher up than they actually are, as they can look down upon the tops of the low-hanging clouds of fog and mist that give the island and the mountain their names.

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Kumoriyama Private High School, located atop one of the steep bluffs overlooking the city center, is directly up the mountainside from the city's southernmost station, and only about 20 minutes train or bus ride out from the city center. Despite being surrounded by the Old City, the school itself is rather new, having only been founded about thirty years ago when the city's development reached its peak. It's generally a rather highly-regarded school, with good teachers and connections to some decent colleges on the mainland. A few of its students have even gone on to Tokyo University, giving it something of a prestigious reputation. Although it is a bit more expensive than the few other high schools on the island, it does offer some financial aid options for particularly high-performing students, and is significantly better staffed and equipped than its counterparts, with a reasonably well-liked faculty and facilities in place for a wide variety of clubs. However, its student body is comparatively small, both due to its price and somewhat high standards.

As with other Japanese schools, the school year is split into three terms. The first goes from April to late July, the second from early September until mid-December, and the third from early January to late March. Currently, the first term is just about to begin.

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The following section will consist of a gallery of images for miscellaneous locations to potentially serve as an inspiration for various scenes in the RP. It will be subdivided by location. New locations, as well as miniaturized character summaries to serve as a quick reference for major NPCs may also be added in the future as needed.

Kumoriyama - New City

• City View: The city center, as viewed from a small park on one side of the bay. Warehouses and skyscrapers mingle to form the heart of the new city.
• Residential District: A little further out from the city's heart, one can find plenty of apartment complexes nestled between narrow streets and alleys.
• Shopping Centers: Often taking up several blocks, a mix of new chains and old family-run local shops can be found grouped together in large malls and traditional shopping arcades.
• Housing Districts: The further one gets from the city center, the more one finds oneself in insular communities of isolated houses built along a network of footpaths, interspersed occasionally by the occasional family restaurant or convenience store.
• Coastal Highway: This road leads from outside the town directly through the docks and into the city's center. Given the narrow, winding streets of the city, however, few people on the island commute by car, meaning it's often remarkably unused.

Kumoriyama - Old City

• Traditional Housing: Sandwiched between the New City center and the more recent developments on its outermost edges are a wide variety of old, traditional Japanese-style homes built among the foothills of Mt. Aogumo. While most are rather small and often in a lamentable state of poor repair, hidden among the trees are some fully fledged mansions that have stood upon this spot for over a hundred years.
• Residences: The further out one goes, the more likely one is to find an eclectic mix of new and old buildings and less cramped conditions as people continue to move out of the confines of the city, seeking more open space.
• Old Harbor District: Formerly a hub for fishermen, the eastern side of the harbor has lost much of its old function, and now contains many of the larger houses in the old city, as well as a few inns and restaurants. A warm, homey neighborhood.
• Edge of Town: The furthermost edges of the old city have very few buildings besides a few new developments and the occasional bar or convenience store. By and large, they serve as convergence points for the other main highways leading inland.
• Outskirts: New developments ringed in by high hills and winding highways. One such road leads to the school.

Kumoriyama Private High School

• School: Includes a large garden. Classes are usually held in the wing on the left, while the wing on the right contains faculty offices and clubrooms.
• Cafeteria: Surprisingly large, and located on the first floor of the school building. Serves both western and Japanese-style foods. Generally ends up feeling rather empty during the warm season, however, as many students prefer to eat outside.
• Clubroom: A sample clubroom for a small-scale general club or circle. More specialized or popular clubs likely would have larger rooms, and sporting clubs are of course located elsewhere.
• Classrooms: Generally situated three on either side of a main hallway for each floor. The average class has 10-20 students, and are divided by year and by grade, with the highest performing students in Class A and so forth. First year classes are generally on floor 2, second years on floor 3, and third years on floor 4.
• Library: Located in the faculty/club building, the library is home to the book club.

Kitaguchi

• City Center: Surrounding Kitaguchi's central station are several blocks of new highrises, housing expansive department stores, corporate offices, and hotels to accommodate tourists on the island.
• Downtown: Compared to Kumoriyama City itself, the street layouts in Kitaguchi are a great deal more orderly and less winding, as it is built on more open and level ground. The high spires of the city center quickly give way to a colorful panoply of commercial and entertainment districts all around.
• Old Kitaguchi: Like Kumoriyama City, Kitaguchi also has a few older districts that the rest of the suburb has grown up around. These quiet neighborhoods, often along the riverside, offer a glimpse of older life in an otherwise new city.
• Cafe Arcadia: A small hole-in-the-wall cafe located on the southern edge of the commercial district in a newly-renovated storefront behind a large shopping mall. This old-fashioned two-story building has a business on the first floor and a small studio apartment in the loft above it. Its founder and owner, an enterprising island native by the name of Osanai Suzune, lives elsewhere, and as such, has allowed her niece Suzuka to use the apartment in exchange for helping around the store on weekends.
• Riverside Developments: Extending along the river and rail line southward from Kitaguchi, many of the suburb's residential areas line the riverside as the city's urban sprawl continues to expand towards that of its parent. For now, however, this is a rare mostly open space on the island's northern extremity, with green grass and clear skies unobstructed by either buildings or trees.
• Northern Coastline: The site of several large manor houses, apartments, and rental beach property, the northern coast provides a gorgeous view of the entire harbor, and is perhaps the single most desirable real estate on the island. On clear evenings, you can see all the way to Minamikawa in the southeast, watching the sunset sink behind it into the sea.

Minamikawa

• Village Overlook: Otherwise comprised largely of scattered farms and the occasional house or store, Minamikawa's "city center" hardly compares to that of Kumoriyama.
• Festival Grounds: Outside of the rest of the town and with a clear view up the hillside, the festival grounds are busiest during the summer and new years festivals.
• Path to Overlook: A seldom-used walking trail that runs behind the festival grounds leading up to the site of an old shrine long-since destroyed by fire. The courtyard is still lit up at night, and is now an open hill with an excellent view of the festival grounds and of the coastline beyond. This was always an excellent place to watch fireworks during the summer celebrations.
• Railroad Lines: As the Kumoriyama Line runs directly through Minamikawa, there are many crossings throughout the small town up to the station.
• Minamikawa Station: An old wooden station building on the side of a hill, leading down to the train platforms below. A frequent stopping point for trips up the mountain, as it's very close to the start of a well-traveled path along one of its milder slopes. The platform is open to the wind and gets fiercely cold in the wintertime, though, so it's best not to be caught waiting for a train.
• Mountain Roads: The further one goes up Mt. Aogumo, the narrower and less-used the streets become, until they at last settle into a comfortable winding road leading up through the verdant forest.

Mt. Aogumo

• Old Bridge: Spanning one of the deep valleys cut by a river running off from the lake at the mountain's summit, this nameless old bridge links the road with the very top of the mountain. Seldom used and rusty, but still sturdy.
• Mountain Lake: Nestled in a basin just beneath Kumoriyama's summit, the vast blue lake there branches into several smaller rivers that run down the mountainside and outward toward the sea. Renowned for its beauty, this spot remains untouched, providing an overlook over most of the island, when not shrouded in mist.

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FINAL NOTE: Applications will be extremely limited for the moment, as we've already filled out a mostly complete cast through the interest check. Those interested in joining should feel free to post here in the OOC, but do note that spots may not be available. Right now, we've got one more prospective female character already in the works, so the main spot we'd have an opening for is one last male role.

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Shoujo^3 - A Cozy Romance RP Concept

Hey again everyone! Sorry for the radio silence these past couple days. Work keeps throwing new projects my way, so I've been kinda running myself ragged to get them all done on time. I think the one I'm working on tonight is the last one, so hopefully I'll finally get the ball rolling on this RP afterward.

Also @OliveYou those sketches are absolutely adorable. The drawing of Eikichi with the fans made me laugh out loud, so thank you so much for that. XD

@ERode I definitely feel like the Junko-Suzuka rivalry is absolutely 100% necessary, since Junko only respects those who give their utmost and Suzuka absolutely hates to lose at anything. Probably something where to everybody else they look like archenemies but for the two people in question it's just their way of showing respect.

Re: Olive's rankings, I feel like Suzuka is also near the middle of the pack academically. She's not particularly gifted, but as mentioned in her CS, her competitive streak extends to trying to place as high as she can in the rankings after each major test, so she studies really hard. Probably ends up consistently around Eikichi's level, just because I feel like it'd be really cute to have them going back to the longstanding tradition of placing bets on which one of them will beat the other. "If I score higher than you on the next test, you've got to treat me to lunch" sort of stuff.

Also, final note, but I'm thinking of re-using the town I came up with for an old slice of life RP I used to run, which would mean setting the story on a fictional island town just off the coast of the Japanese mainland. More or less one big city center at the foot of a mountain, and then a lot of increasingly rural suburbs and countryside, so it's a little bit of a backwater. Lot of potential though for childhood memories of hiking up the mountainside or going on tests of courage at run-down old shrines, so it feels like it would vibe with the cast we've got here. Dunno how well that works with everybody's backstories and family circumstances, though so I wanted to double check if that's cool with everyone.

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Ooh, plus that would round out our female charas really well, since on one end of the spectrum we've got Suzuka as the socially awkward loner type, Mikako in the middle as wholesome and polite but a bit of a pushover, and then we've get the popular, assertive type with ERode's gal.

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Yeah, I really love how the vibe has kinda shifted from two separate friend groups to just like, a buncha kids who used to hang out all sort of reconnecting in high school. It feels really special for an RP.

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Awwwww, he's such a wholesome lad! Either way though, feels like Suzuka's perception of him would be "Eikichi's really nice friend," so it definitely does feel like she'd be a little less guarded around him than most people. After all, if he's friends with Eikichi, he can't be bad -- and him remembering even someone like her on top of that just goes to prove it.

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Speaking of Haru, I was wondering what kind of dynamic you think he'd have with Suzuka? I noticed in your sheet that you had him also knowing her from when she was a kid, so I figured I should ask how close you envisioned them being. 'Cuz I definitely think there's some potential for some funny moments in the present day in light of that, with Haru being all buddy-buddy and Suzuka being incredibly stiff and awkward because she has no idea how to react to the sheer, blinding aura of this cinnamon roll. I mean, she wasn't even sure if Eikichi would remember her or care now that she was back, yet here's somebody who from her perspective she didn't even know all that well who's just immediately treating her like a friend.

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If Ryuu and Suzuka start hanging out a lot, we might get a bit of jealousy too...

Also, I updated Eikichi's CS, it's probably finished for now. I'm excited for their long-awaited reunion!

@OliveYou

Awwww, he might be a shitstirrer but he's so sweet. It's both really sad and really heartwarming how both of them share such similar insecurities about themselves, and how much they were relying on each other to assuage those fears as kids.

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Suzuka tho... I couldn't stop squealing at all the little touches in her backstory. Her IDEAL TYPE?? GURL LEMME GIVE YOU THE WORLD. Eikichi will definitely still call her Suzu-chan (and probably push her into calling him Ei-kun, too, just like when they were little). I think it will be more of a slow burn realization on his side as he teases her and starts to realize how much she's changed (the classic "she's a girl now!" moment).

@OliveYou

Lol. She is, how we say, down bad. I'm not sure how much or to what degree she'll consciously put things in terms of love right off the bat, but Eikichi has always been special to her and so there's gonna be a lot of awkward fumbling on her part as she tries to find where the boundaries are drawn and how much of that special person's time she's allowed to share. I absolutely cannot wait to see this cuteness play out live!

Ho hum, got room for more or are you full up at this point?

@ERode

There's still a sixth slot available, yeah! As the others said, another girl would be ideal, but I'm willing to hear out whatever ideas you've got for what you wanna play obvs.

Hmm! Since Haru and Eikichi are both more social/popular, I think I'll be angling for the "delinquent with a bad rap/stay away from him" flavour of a jerk with a heart of gold, rather than the "player/popularity-has-gone-to-his-head-jock". Also, for some reason, I see cats liking him. He's doing his best to ignore them but well, cats do like those who leave them alone, so... there's tons of strays he's ended up feeding, because they just won't leave him alone, and what the hell else is he supposed to do now?? Oh shit did that one just have KITTENS? Is he a foster-father now, panic?!

@Vertigo

I get the feeling Suzuka and Ryuu will get along swimmingly, lol. Both of them have kinda similar energy with the whole "scary, stay away" vibe they tend to emit. Also, she's absolutely a cat lover, so there's that too. Either way, feels like they'll be great friends. Could definitely see her roping him into being her consultant on things like what sorts of presents to get for a guy and him being confused as to why she's asking him of all people for social advice.

Also, just a heads-up, but OOC might not be done today. Just got a big case in that I need to draft up for my job by tomorrow, so that's gonna have to take priority for today. I'll still be around to answer questions and occasionally brainstorm, though!