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I have looked and I swear I have not found a way to make a sheet public, trying to figure it out.

I think I figured it out

Yes, I can read it now! Maybe their fathers are brothers so they are cousins? We could be dramatic and have Hana blame the Tokyo Gozen family for her sisters death or something?

Interesting thought, I had intended for her sister to have died fighting the Shamon. Though I will need the @GM to tell me if she died inside a petalframe or if she was a BlossomMaiden, or perhaps all Hana knows is that her sister was Murdered by the Shamon. That would be sufficient for her to seek revenge regardless.

She probably questions why she was killed, I'm not sure how she could connect that blame to the Tokyo Gozen family; you can help me fill that blank in!

Her sister is unnamed so.. let's call her Kira Takizawa for now and she died (X YEARS/MONTHS AGO [Decided by the GM]).

I know your backstory says that Shizuka's father has connections, is that to the Tokyo Secret Police or something?

I had the idea of adding a short-term goal for Hana, she wants to learn more about her sister's death, perhaps she can find out the connection through some investigation

I was thinking the Shamon came from Tokyo or something, and maybe she blames the the Magistrate (Shizuka's father). Blaming someone for her death might be too unrepairable, though. Maybe something more fun and magical, since Shizuka doesn't have anything ~magical~ going on with her.

Hey all, sorry if I disappear now and then and particularly on weekends. I'm currently dealing with ongoing health conditions, and weekends are my recovery days so I don't tend to have the energy or headspace to post around then. I'll always try and catch up or keep up where I can though, so in the meantime assume Abenanka is present but doing things in her own time!

@aiurjordan I feel like Abenanka and Hana would definitely know each other beforehand...

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As for Shizuka and Hana: I think we could say that Kira was in the army on the anti-shamon division (what would become the Steel Petal Force), fighting in the great war some years prior (which ended in 1918). I think it would be better if the circumstances of her death were unknown to Hana for now. She could be acquainted with other veterans of the war as they would be her sisters comrades, like Moriyama and Hoshikawa, and maybe Shizuka's father (if he was one, that's up to Handle).
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I see you got a reasonable reason for being absent sometimes, no problem with that.

Shizuka would be that friend with a constantly cracked phone screen, only with her mech. :P

@aiurjordan What about them having a past event when they were kids where they helped defend a local shrine from being destroyed by a rampaging boar (or some other animal)? Would tie into your character's spirit animal thing, and maybe give a connection to a spiritual city animal of some kind.

I will adpot Moyreau's ideas for Kira (Hana's sister) I like the idea of the circumstances of her death being unknown just that she died fighting the shamon in around 1918. The connection to Moriyama and Hoshikawa, and possibly Shizuka's father if @handle likes that idea.

@Tickettbror How do you think they might have met eachother?

@handle I think the shrine idea is neat, maybe Hana was brought in because the boar was a malevolent spirit or something, and Hana's Animal Soul-link power would have been useful in calming the spirit somehow, it would make sense that her power is known after it was discovered and maybe she was specifically requested by Shizuka's father, since he was aware of her sister Kira. Shizuka's father might have known that Hana's father had a daughter with a strange animal power, that could possibly be useful in calming or sealing this spirit-boar. (Ideas?)

I'm cool with the mysterious death having connection with the older, political folks. Shizuka wouldn't be directly involved but it could set up dramatic reveals in the future.

For the shine, I think it'd be more fun if they just did it own their own. Maybe there was some reason why their families were meeting in Tokyo, but as kids they could have just run off to do something fun and they ran into the crazy boar and shrine spirit. Then after helping the shrine Shizuka would just take Hana's word for it that there were spirits involved, since she wouldn't be able to see them I assume 😂

We can go with that, and drop the spirit part. I was taking a liberty on the animal-soul link thing.

Let's say perhaps that they met at a shrine, Hana was visiting Tokyo, and there was a wild boar that appeared and Hana was able to calm it using her power. That would be a memorable event, and cause them to know each-other.

Sounds good! Would they still be related or do you want to do more of a really-distant relative thing?

I like the idea of them being cousins.
Perhaps they have visited eachother a few times during their earlier lives and are actually decently acquainted :)

I have been really struggling to find some kind of art that looks like what I am envisioning for Viper Lily, even tried to draw it myself 4-5 times and was not satisfied with the result..


Basically imagine this one but without guns, and instead a big bow to shoot laser arrows.

Or this one without the claw, but a big bow.

These are about the two closest images I can find that match the vision I have, hopefully we can just use the power of imagination and fill in the blanks. The visual aid is very important to me.

It's a bit hard, I'm still trying to find one I like. I think a body type without a weapon is the best to hope for, I swap between searching for "dieselpunk mecha" and "heavy mecha" for the stout little mechs in this setting.

Oh I found one I like!

This one is perfect if you just imagine the weapon is difference, just lean and sleek enough to work!

@aiurjordan The two are fairly similar in their origins and backgrounds, both being forest warriors with spiritual and strict upbringings based in tradition and politeness. One represents Japan and the other Ainu, and their approach to how they live are very different. It's more than possible their families have come into contact before, for these exact reasons.

Also, I'm not sure if you'd want to play up Abenanka's difficulty with animals and wariness in how the two of them interact?

I could see them having met before but in a more official capacity, like Hana was dragged along as her father's daughter to an official function where she was somewhat reluctant to attend perhaps.

I don't actually believe they could have been childhood companions or anything like that though.

Would she know about Abenaka's difficulty with animals, if she sees it I'm sure I could play it up a little bit more.

I am not sure how to respond to the current situation, so skip my action if you need to. I need a bit more prompting I think, I'm not used to such a free-form RP just yet.

Right now the most straightforward prompt seems to be (perhaps more implied than explicit) who leans towards preferring which of the role(s), and the PCs making those leanings known.

Shizuka is tired from only getting a little sleep in the truck on the way back, so she's just going with the flow~