Eltesla says:
vicky_molokh says:
Eltesla says:
vicky_molokh says:
- Claude's adversary at the time was none other than Adachi Yuki (optional reason: both competing for someone's affection). At some point, Claude and Homura joined forces.
- Yuki tried to manipulate Claude and Homura into butting heads, but things somehow worked out.
Your ideas are all good, but I find myself leaning towards the second one. Or perhaps a combination of the first and second. Yuki felt that Claude was a threat, so she tried to set Claude and Homura against one another. Then they'd wise up and turns the tables on Yuki.
I think it might be nice to flesh out this Yuki of yours a bit more, both because of being a recurring character, and because those details would make it clearer what sort of 'toolkit' she used against the PCs. Is her competence area social-only, or does she also have a combat-oriented, mystical, and/or sneaky side?
If sneaky, then perhaps there was a stolen-and-planeted item involved, leading to some false accusations of theft and investigation. If a combatant, then perhaps the situation could eventually escalate to a duel. For the social focus, which seems to be the default, if taking a bit from the first idea-variant from the initial list, I suppose it could be something about both Yuki and Claud 'chasing' the same hottie at the time, and Yuki somehow (face to face or through indirect trickery) convincing Claude that it is Homura and not Yuki who is the other contender, with misunderstandings and shenanigans ensuing for a while.
What do you think of those possible directions of the incident? Which ones would we make canon and flesh out more?
I'd say she's got both sneakiness and social finesse in her 'toolkit'. Juxtaposing Homura's earnestness, Yuki constantly masks her true nature and uses manipulation to get what she wants. I'm also thinking of establishing her as the potential heir to the Adachi Corporation, which would mainly be a defense contractor. Her family adheres strictly to a meritocratic mindset regarding inheritance, so she's competing with her siblings to earn the right to be the heir. She'd be 16 at the time of the gala, and 21 in present day.
Hm... To expand on the sneaky steal-and-plant approach, she could've stolen something important off of Claude, like a signet ring bearing the d'Armagnac crest. She planted it on Homura, then directed Claude towards her. While the two of them got into a heated dispute, Yuki would pursue the hottie she and Claude were after. How's that?
Wow, that escalated. A signet ring would be both rather tricky to steal normally (then again, Claude is portrayed with no rings, so I guess it not being worn makes it easier to steal), and of such importance that such a theft would be more than some harmless rivalry. I guess ultimately nothing was
proven, so Claude is still unsure if it's really Yuki, but did eventually figure out that Homura is being truthful (Getting into Others' Heads), but it took a while, and the whole investigation was ultimately very inconclusive, full of 'coincidences' that are
probably not coincidences.
So what's the resulting relationship? Is there a grudge from Homura's side for the mistaken accusations Claude levelled at her?
