❛ ✶. not all that glitters is discussion

[ari,]

heyo! I'm playing the 20 year old grandma nami. she's painfully oblivious
to machines and things, because she's stuck so close to
her culture, but she's p wise and doesn't rush into things.
however, that usually translated into not really doing
anything and her modest self is p modest.

she used to hustle guys before she became a modern
geisha, but now she's gotten enough money to the point
that she doesn't have to.

[shiki,]

❛ ✶. ＡＩＫＡ！
pls feel free to change or add to these!!


[ yuzuki ]　omf best friends?? pLS??? yo these two are so similar and i literally can't see them as anything other than soul sisters tbhhhh. like these two kick-ass, fierce  , fix-things girls who 500% will not hesitate to punch you in the face would be sO GR e A T together and just think of the havoc they'd wreck when they're with the other? ?? like they go eat together and idk some sleazy dude tries to hit on them but instead he ends up with two black eyes and a terror of lower class girls lmao. s oRRY I JUST RLY WANT THESE HEADSTRONG KICKASS GIRLS TO BE BEST FRIENDS

[ rose ]　aika rly likes rose and appreciates her maternal-ness aLOT, bc surviving on your own in the underbelly of the city is tough as hell and hardly anyone has time for being so warm and kind like her. aika'd be super attached to rose and always get especially lively and open around her and just babble about anything (with lots of emphatic hand gestures involved) to her.

[ sousuke ]　ok oK so i was thinking abt this and what if sousuke was like one of aika's customers?? !? like even before they met through the resistance he would maybe sometimes bring his weapons to her shop for her to fix and then they realize they're both part of the resistance and are like "o h". and omg they could be sort of like clashing siblings who snark off at each other and act all annoyed (tho i imagine sousuke could genuinely get irritated with her energy/effervescence??) but when it boils down to it they have each others backs yo

[ manami ]　cUUUUTIE. aika wanders to the faires sometimes to watch her and omg at some point she probs tried to teach nami some stuff about mechanics and machines but gave up (aika is p hopeless with instruments tho so it's a fair trade lmao). anyways she LOVES this smol talented child and bc aika's v tiny herself she feels nami on a spiritual level, bro. also if anybody makes nasty comments abt/insults nami for what she had to do to earn money in the past aika will kiCK THEM IN TH E GROIN

[ tetsuo ]　(wip) GROUCHY GRANDPA TETSUO WHO'S ACTUALLY A BIG SOFTIE AWw

[ tadashi ]　(wip) howl my bby

[ ichigo ]　(wip)

[ eiko ]　(wip)

[herald.]

//looks at all the beautifully amazing forms
//looks at my sad wip and weeps

hey guys, figured i should make a quick post here to introduce myself as
i finish up my form c:. my name is herald and i play itsuki, aka the under-
ground train operator! his form should finally be done by midday at most
by tomorrow, and i'll be sure to get a relations post up right after ^^

@shiki ah that post was so useful, thank you! ;u; quick question, if i may
ask: does kyoto have a single underground train that makes its rounds all
around the city, or are there multiple ones? the info post made it sound
like the lower class have one train (underground) and its the upper class
that have multiple, but just making sure ^^"

[unshiu]

akichi is up uvu i just gave up tbh, welp, liek wHat is thaT even /? i'm so s orry
basically the naughty child of the group, (he's a shortie,)
never gonna know what he's gonna do next.
his eyes probably sparkle and glitter when he checks them blueprints out, tho.
anyway, i look forward to rping with y' all, and i feel like his description did no justice, but welp.
likewise with errbody else, relations up when all forms are up.
everyone's characters are such babs qvq

[shiki,]

@herald- omg thank quq and ye, i imagine that there would only be one
underground train, since the government probs wouldn't see the point in
funding more than one means of transportation for the lower class. and
oh maybe the underground train doesn't even reach some especially nice
parts of the city bc 'eww lower class people i don't want them here' ??

[celestiaa]

hello hello! i'm celes and i play yuzuki, the steam engineer bab!
tbh she's not that great of an engineer (the main reason for that
being bc i am honestly not that knowledgeable about engineers orz)
and is p forthright with what she says. she cusses like a sailor when
she's agitated lol ;v; anyways, ditto for the relations post, although
i have exams on fri/sat/sun so i might be mia for the next few days.

@ shiki - y EA HHH yuzuki and aika would be kick-ass together -
two violently headstrong tiny girls armed to the tooth with wrenches???
i definitely want this friendship to happen! ;v;

[ophio]

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xaika + yuzuki - tetsuo probably thinks of them as the daughters he never asked for,
xlike protective and worried for them being part of the resistance but also super proud
xof how kick-butt they are on their own. aika's energetic personality and yuzu's gutsy
xwould be a great addition to his life. he's the father figure they never wanted.
xmanami - the wise grandparents can just hang out in the corner I feel like they share
xa similar determination to bring the government down, that isn't as headstrong as
xsome of the members of the resistance, and it's really grounding and nice for tetsuo
xto find someone who's also like that (if I've got manami correct in that regard).
xichigo - sweet child as long as he doesn't try to steal anything from tetsuo's bar he's
xgood. actually, tetsuo would probably make it known that he's there if he needed to
xjust talk to someone because he seems so closed off, and if he took him up on that
xhe might even see tetsuo smile legitimately (*gasp*). I don't know, tetsuo'd like him.
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xeiko - this one I'm not too sure about, but I feel like eiko would potentially rub him
xthe wrong way. her personality just doesn't seem meant to go with his, if that makes
xsense, but this one is really up for debate.
xsosuke - I feel like there's a two sides of the same coin thing going on
xhere. I don't have tetsuo's full history up, but he struggled with a more aggressive
xnature when he was just getting into the resistance, and knows that he could have
xheaded down a path as ruthless as sosuke's at some point. that won't sit well with
xhim, but it'll be more of his own internal struggle.
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xtadashi - I see their relationship as tense at first, mainly because of tetsuo's sort of
xnatural disdain for upper class members, but once he's sure tadashi is really on their
xside I can see him enjoying his company to the point of them becoming friends.
xakichi - tetsuo probably finds their relationship very puzzling, mainly because akichi
xis just a very puzzling individual. like tetsuo is probably very half and half, half of
xhim enjoying being around him and the other half concerned about his motives.
xrose - there would definitely be some respect for her and her maternal natue from
xtetsuo's end, but I don't see them as getting close enough to be friends. allies in the
xresistance definitely, but not on a really personal level.
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xmomo - wip form
xitsuki - wip form

ＲＯＭＡＮＣＥ(?)
xdo the thing, love him

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FRIENDS - 4, ENEMIES - 2,
NEUTRAL - 3, UNDECIDED - 2
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oh look I did a thing. c:
feel free to add onto these or change
them! they're all up for debate, and
he's still open for potential romance.

[herald.]

@shiki mhmm, mhmm, that would make sense. and yeeessss i love the
idea of the train not having stops at the especially wealthy parts 'cause
"ugh we don't want these people here why would we give 'em another
way to get in??"

also, itsuki is finally done! his form still looks super basic but i'll probs
be too lazy to fix it up beyond its current state </3. why do i suck
quick rundown of his character: if rose is the mom and tetsuo is the
dad, itsuki is the cool moocher uncle.

also, i have a bunch of relationship ideas all figured out in my head rn,
but i'm super exhausted so i'll sleep a little before posting them c:

@miaou alright i can't sleep without mentioning this tho. totally does
not have to be reciprocated but itsuki will have like the hugest heart
eyes for tetsuo. like, he hangs out in the guy's bar in all his free time
like some kind of stray cat and even offers to help out on occasion if
it means they can talk. romance aside, their jobs involve seeing a lot
more people on a day-to-day basis than everyone elses', so i imagine
that every week or so they swap interesting stories about things they
experienced, saw, or overheard.

@shiki real quick: aika is one of the only peeps i haven't figured out
but she and and itsuki totally form the manami protection squad B|

[shiki,]

@herald- hm hmM well bc aika is so forward and direct she was probs
on edge around itsuki at first since he can be evasive so she would have
found him shifty or dodgy or smthg. b UT then #manamiprotectionsquad
happened and she was all "iLY MAN" and i can see them being kinda bro-
y with each other maybe?? ? like every time she boards the underground
train she gives him their ~secret handshake~ which is probably just a
lame fist bump or something lol

[unshiu]

`★: ＡＫＩＣＨＩ

history/reason(s) for joining resistance:
so, aki's always been left alone to play by himself as a kid (no siblings, parents (father and stepmother, doesn't know a thing about his mother) never had/never made time for him.) i'd imagine he had caretakers who got paid for not doing their jobs lmAo so he spent a v lonely childhood, and is still pre lonely with all his thoughts to himself since it's been instilled in him since he was a kid that "yo no one's got your back lil dude, you only got yourself" aANd then, he starts to wander around behind his parents back (troublemaker), and along the way made some friends with some lower class dudes (made him v happy cause wOw real ppl my aGe that play??), and welp, his parents find out, get real mad cause y' know "lower class and upper class don't mingle" and so he gets grounded real good and kept on watch 24/7 to be confined in a pre nice house with nothing to do. so since then he'd been so confused, didn't understand what the big deal was. sooo, ofc he moved out as soon as he was of age, already having made plans v early on (real shady) and easily pursued his passion (was a gReat student cause yay enlightenment and knowledge cause i have nOthing else to dO and it's pre fun m8). akichi joined the resistance after long nights of thinking. he came to the conclusion with the belief that everyone was equal and people be people, like why can't we just co-exist, it's fun!

⎾ aika ⏌ i can see them getting along and not at the same time. he'd be v interested in
weapon mechanics cause yenno, maybe he can apply some of that to his architectural en-
gineering and all. like whoa yo can i do this? what if i add gigantic guns to the ship and
yada (x3) so he'd kinda just sit there in her shop watching her work on weapons while jo-
king around and constantly pestering her (naught y cHiL D sto p) which probably always e
nds up in dodging punches and the usual "friendly game of tag". he probably has lots of f
un messing with her, he also probably likes to tinker around with her weapons (more trou
ble); borderline friends/neutral i think?

⎾ tetsuo ⏌ tetsuo is like father-figure or v wise grandpa, and akichi probably does puzz
le him; sometimes going over to his bar to play around, but v occasionally even getting se-
rious or asking for lil advice in a drunken stupor or something (that he never remembers a
nyway LoLo L wh y akiwh y) tetsuo's probably there to stop the kid from drinking too muc
h when he's all stressed and letting it out since he keeps it all in; probs neutral like you m
entioned.

⎾ yuzuki ⏌ i'm a lil unsure here since yuzuki does harbor negative feelings towards the
upperclass, but maybe they could sort it out if yuzuki ever found out the reason behind a-
kichi's alliance with the resistance which probably won't happen for a while since he likes
to keep lots of things to himself, but it's a similar reason; he's experienced it firsthand th-
rough his family and friends. probably also likes to mess with her like he does to aika, an
d often calls her over to check over his airships, may it be the smallest thing like a leak h
e could have easily fixed himself or akichi experimenting gone v v wrong (da MMIT aki, a
Gai N); the reason for the calls differ from boredom to panic for his babies; so like, neutr
al ?

⎾ rose ⏌ oKaY, first things first, akichi can nEvE r EVe R find it in him to mess with rose.
like, he probably has tried a lot of times, only to end up in complete failure. he's still tryin
g to, but never succeeds. a lil prideful, he def deF dEFINIteLy hopes no one's noticed that
she's the only person he's never picked on. i can see a couple of scenarios, most being "ro-
se!" and then "yes, akichi?" but like "...g H gnng" with a "?' ending in a "... i fOrgoT." but a
t the same time i can see him confiding in her occasionally by accident cause he's never h
ad a real mom and she's juSt sO mothErlY and NicE and older than her by a year bUt yE a;
like a neutral/friends but more on the friends side cause like mOmmA rOsE; so neutral-ish
friends-ish? yehh

⎾ eiko ⏌ like love/hate but more hate? nOt thaT sure, but since she hates jokes and tho
se who provoke, akichi's pretty much your local joker and provoker and since she detests it
so much, akichi loves to pick on her lots, and they prob see each other quite a bit now and
then since they work in more or less the same field. probably gets her to test his airships o
ut and get her opinion like "it sucks," only to "no, you just suck at handling my preciOUs bb
s" which will probs end up in war. but they have that passionate trait that's similar so mayb
e occasionally on good days they get along when it comes to that topic of discussion; uh id
ek man, like sworn enemies maybe in a playful way (at least to aki)?

⎾ momo ⏌ like i said, probably teased her once and never did again/tried to change up
the intensity of the jokes but to no avail, just kinda wants to avoid picking on her cause h
e doesn't really know what to do with people who cry, or people with her character at all.
akichi's probably lil awks around her, but at the same time kinda like protect her behind-
the-scenes (uh yeah, he's too prideful too admit he actually cares for someone + shadiness
) since she is actually the youngest out of all of them, like the sibling he never had, but ye
ah, he has no idea how to do this so it results in just kinda staying away, (occasionally tries
to help out through tiny deeds v lowkey) but loves to watch her when she's mixing and bre
wing things up and asks questions from time to time and uGh there he goes again messing
with other's stuff and experimenting; probably borderline neutral/friends?

⎾ itsuki ⏌ akichi appreciates itsuki's presence cause he's kinda the guy he goes to when
he just needs to chill and have fun, get away from stress w someone on the same wavelen
gth as him, nothing too extreme but not all that minimal either. i agree w everything you
had written for them. i can def see akichi lowkey, inconspicuously just always having/find
ing a way to involve itsuki in his pranks whenever he's around, and the reactions he incites
from him probably makes him so proud and happy like a little child, no matter if itsuki's pr
etending and messing around as well or not. i feel like aki would look up to itsuki as an ol
der brother in the back of his heart mind, but never admits it, cause just noo, intimacy ain
't his thing, but like loose kinda unattached relationships make him feel comfy. i mean, if
akichi ever comes clean, though, i feel like itsuki would be one of the first people he'd con
fide in; brofriends yaa + coolio chill out/hang out kiddies fo suressss.

⎾ ichigo ⏌ tbh i feel like aki would love being around ichigo. i feel like they could teach
each other a variety of things because they're just the right kind of opposites that compli-
ment each other really well. aki would help ichigo lessen down on the guilt and make him
realize that - though it's an unethical thing to do - it's still a skill/talent that not many peo
ple can do & it actually proves to be v useful in many situations. aki would be the person
who encourages ichigo or brings out the confidence in him and just lowkey comforts him (i
n ways unbeknownst himself too). i can see aki taking ichigo out for like adventures and ju
st getting him to chill. take naps together ya man yo omg and helping him sleEp d'aw; i im-
agine them having an un-aki-like gentle/serene atmosphere between them. i have this wh
ole picture and all in my head, and i'd love to pm you about it and discuss! def a possible ro
mantic interest that aki identifies to be like a quasiplatonic/romantic thing that could dev-
elop (but he's absolutely clueless on love or intimacy). yaaa idemromanticism is a difficult
thing to work around.

⎾ sousuke ⏌ tbh i'm actually so unsure on this one? (but would love to hear any of your i
deas on their relationship if you have any) but i can say aki is like dead on, solid, exactly o
n the line of all things neutral with him. like, he still jokes around with him like he does wi
th the rest of the crew, but at the same time keeps the right distance because he knows the
guy's not gonna have his back if anything does happen to him; and it/sousuke really doesn't
bother him since he has all kinds of detached relationships with lots of people and he works
alone most times anyway. aki lOves tO cAll hiM "narcissousuke" ?? ? ! !! i can definitely see a-
ki running around him in circles and just "narcissousuke, narcissousuke, let's discuss battle t
actics, yaeeeehhhh??" would love to see the inner workings of his mind and his pov cause lik
e ayyy why not and other reasons; 100%, right on the dot neutral, ya?

⎾ tadashi ⏌ they be quite similar in diff ways, and ooOh after some thinking, i def see wh
ere you're coming from with the instinctive competitiveness. i still need to do some thinking
on their relationship, but i have some ideas. go ahead and change it up, cause i'd love to he
ar from your side too! like i said, i can see akichi just being a fan of tadashi's and just being
enthralled whenever he's around because he expects a goOod ol' story to be told. so more in
fatuation w his experiences than tadashi himself, probably. i would think they were both [o
ne of] the top students in their grades, (assuming tadashi is a whole school year older) and i
think that's where the competitiveness kicks in? ?? i can also kinda see them trying to get un
der each other's skin, having this sort of intuit about each other where they're hiding someth
ing about themselves all too well; ahh, would this be borderline neutral/enemy-ish?

⎾ manami ⏌ even though manami is younger than aki, he calls her obaa-chAN! !! ! he love
eesss watching/hearing her perform and is often the only time he is quiet when he's around
her. *sparkly eyes* akichi had never seen anyone/any entertainer like her before and was ou
t of his mind excited (wHat a cHiLD) when he first saw/heard her perform. probably has som
e kind of respect for her (??) he likes to bring random gadgets whenever he knows that she's
gonna be where his destination for the day is at, something along the lines of "obAa-chan, o-
baa-chan! hey, check this out!" and encourages her to try new stuff out. i imagine he tries to
bring along instruments wondering if she'd be able to play them too; gets a lil downcast when
he knows some are too big to bring along but still tries to carry it out the door before giving u
p. currently trying to get her to learn the ocarina or harmonica, yeheeeeettt!!! !!; neutral/fr
iends?

conclusion: akichi's on pretty neutral ground with basically about everyone (due to his attitude and mindset).