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@ERode That works for me! Junko would have found out that Koharu and her granny really like feeding people, and they'll never allow anyone to leave hungry no matter what they order. Unlimited refills of rice! (They don't take credit card though; like a lot of other small rural places, they're cash-only.) I can so see this odd pair reminiscing about those days - but Koharu would make it absolutely clear that she's never taking charity from anyone. She'll accept a helping hand in a lot of ways (and maybe Junko helped her move in to her current digs, she'd make light work of it) but when it comes to money she will stand or fall by her own efforts, and she's made that very clear. I think that they have a lot of respect for each other that goes beyond just hanging out, and that will show up in their interactions.
I can have Haru heading to school if anyone else wants to meet up with him before school starts
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@Kensai Is there anything further that you want to establish with my char? I reckon Koharu and Eikichi know each other pretty well, they probably orbit the same friend groups, plus if she lived in Minamikawa for any amount of time she definitely got to know him and his family.
Sure, it's possible they might have dined at her grandma's shokudo or even that Koharu would have helped out at a stall during festivals? That would be a link with the shrine thing.
@Yankee Lawd almighty, Takaya is perfect for Koharu. Now the gyaru has an otaku to be kind to! And of course he's the one who has the spare supplies for her to mooch off when she forgets something. And they'll be engaged in a running battle for exam rankings! The great part is that while they seem like the classic odd couple they also have a lot in common - they're both actually quite focused and ambitious. They might also face some interesting obstacles along the way: Koharu would not make a good first impression on Takaya's parents, who would obviously like a demure yamato nadeshiko type for their darling son, not an orphaned delinquent living alone and working odd jobs... until they find out that she's the girl who's been beating Takaya in the school rankings!
And yes, she will definitely have a blushing maiden moment or two when Takaya decides to take the initiative.
Can you tell I'm hype for this pairing?
And yes, she will definitely have a blushing maiden moment or two when Takaya decides to take the initiative.
Can you tell I'm hype for this pairing?
- Since Ryuu was pretty turbulent even when young, and I'm shuffling the timeline of his past around anyway, maybe he could've saved another character from a bully/bullies, whether they were friends at the time or he just happened upon a situation where he felt the need to intervene? The whole incident that first got him a bad rap as a violent kid, when he broke a bully's nose.
If it works out timeline-wise that this happened on one of his earlier visits, he could well have rescued Koharu? Back when she was in her timid phase.
@Feyblue
Having reread your character writeup, I do agree that the backstories are uncomfortably similar, although the girls have responded in very different ways. I have made a few changes to Koharu's, although I think that it would be interesting to have them be mirror images of each other. I think a lot of it would be emphasis - Koharu is really mostly alone in the world aside from her friends, so her work is very much a matter of supporting herself, whereas for Suzuka it's more about a family obligation; Koharu rents from a landlord (and I've switched from a whole apartment to a room in a share house), while Suzuka is living above her aunt's cafe. Fundamentally, Koharu's position is significantly more precarious than Suzuka's and I think that will come out during play.
That having been said, I think Koharu could work at a variety of jobs, going through them with the seasons and as availability allows: cleaning, delivery, konbini, izakaya, packing, beer seller at the ballpark, whatever. It could even be a bit of a schtick - "Where's Koharu working this week?"
I don't think they'd become enemies though: for one thing Koharu isn't the sort to have enemies, she tries to get along with everyone even if she does step on a lot of toes along the way. Might be that Suzuka doesn't like her very much, but Koharu will still repeatedly and cheerfully get in her space until the ice thaws.
Having reread your character writeup, I do agree that the backstories are uncomfortably similar, although the girls have responded in very different ways. I have made a few changes to Koharu's, although I think that it would be interesting to have them be mirror images of each other. I think a lot of it would be emphasis - Koharu is really mostly alone in the world aside from her friends, so her work is very much a matter of supporting herself, whereas for Suzuka it's more about a family obligation; Koharu rents from a landlord (and I've switched from a whole apartment to a room in a share house), while Suzuka is living above her aunt's cafe. Fundamentally, Koharu's position is significantly more precarious than Suzuka's and I think that will come out during play.
That having been said, I think Koharu could work at a variety of jobs, going through them with the seasons and as availability allows: cleaning, delivery, konbini, izakaya, packing, beer seller at the ballpark, whatever. It could even be a bit of a schtick - "Where's Koharu working this week?"
I don't think they'd become enemies though: for one thing Koharu isn't the sort to have enemies, she tries to get along with everyone even if she does step on a lot of toes along the way. Might be that Suzuka doesn't like her very much, but Koharu will still repeatedly and cheerfully get in her space until the ice thaws.
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Shattered Steel - An Ace Combat/Project Wingman/etc inspired aircraft-based RP
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A century of air combat had distilled numerous tricks into the corpus of Air Combat Maneuvering. Some of these were classics from the very first day of man killing man in the air: the Immelmann turn, the split-S... and perhaps the great-grandfather of them all, the dive out of the sun. It was a simple trick, using the glare of the sun to obscure your aircraft from the sight of the enemy, allowing you to close in undetected. In more modern times, it was used in reverse, flying into the sun to fool the primitive seeker heads of early IR-guided missiles. In an era of AESA radar and sensor fusion, though, it had mostly fallen by the wayside.
But Aurélie was a scholar of ACM, among many other things, and the principle still applied. The portable floodlights were compact but powerful, strong enough to illuminate a runway for safe landing - and thus more than powerful enough to dazzle. If the enemy didn't have optics, the glare would make it impossible to see anything within something like a 15 degree arc of the light source; if they had optics, the lights might well burn them out if they were looking in that direction.
Either way, it would give them something to think about.
And shoot at, as the case may be. They could just blast the lights out. But at least that would take some time - time that Cobalt could use to approach and assault.
Time, the essence of combat. Bought, more often than not, in blood. Of which Napoleon himself had said, "You can ask me for anything you like, except time."
Aurélie had little to contribute to the team in an assault, but she could buy them that time. Before anyone else had noticed, she was already at the cart, flipping open the lid to the control panel and angling the lights at the traitors' position.
But Aurélie was a scholar of ACM, among many other things, and the principle still applied. The portable floodlights were compact but powerful, strong enough to illuminate a runway for safe landing - and thus more than powerful enough to dazzle. If the enemy didn't have optics, the glare would make it impossible to see anything within something like a 15 degree arc of the light source; if they had optics, the lights might well burn them out if they were looking in that direction.
Either way, it would give them something to think about.
And shoot at, as the case may be. They could just blast the lights out. But at least that would take some time - time that Cobalt could use to approach and assault.
Time, the essence of combat. Bought, more often than not, in blood. Of which Napoleon himself had said, "You can ask me for anything you like, except time."
Aurélie had little to contribute to the team in an assault, but she could buy them that time. Before anyone else had noticed, she was already at the cart, flipping open the lid to the control panel and angling the lights at the traitors' position.
@Feyblue I'm a bit under the weather and need to get some rest, but I'll sleep on it and have another think about the backstory.
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