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criminaljustice) wrote2018-07-23 06:53 pm
criminaljustice) wrote2018-07-23 06:53 pm
Imeeji ooc - Question Meme
HERE'S THE DEAL: YOU ASK ME A THING, I BABBLE AN ANSWER, AND THEN I ASK YOU A THING THAT YOU BABBLE AN ANSWER BEFORE ASKING ME ANOTHER THING.
CURRENTLY HAVE BOSS/JOKER AND RAIJUU/HAK OK GO.
CURRENTLY HAVE BOSS/JOKER AND RAIJUU/HAK OK GO.
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That said, he's actually quite charmed by Phoenix because Boss is easily charmed by people who actually manage to bully him. It tells him that not only is Phoenix is a good guy but also there's more depth to him than initially thought--though he is worried that it's more along the lines of "still waters run deep". i.e. pretty sure this guy is not as calm as he acts.
He's not really sure how he's going to approach the whole issue and in fact he's worried about being rebuffed or shut out or even patronized because let's face it, he's been a hot mess. So he's... just. going to have to... figure that out. Somehow. shruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuug
(I like I write this and quietly whisper to myself "Boss, he is older than you" because Boss forgets he's actually the youngest a lot.)
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His impression of Boss is like, a cute, sweet guy with a lot of sass, fun and easy to bully, definitely having a hard time. But since they're not super duper close yet or anything he's giving Boss a bit of space since he clearly has... A lot to deal with.
He wants to bully Boss more! He wants to have cute friendship with Boss but obviously right now everything is on fire so he's also very happy if he can at all be reliable to be calm while Boss needs it.
Because I love romance gossip, who all is Boss crushing on?
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Maki, A, Oni, and Intensity have been the 4 that have been Main Focus since pretty much the start.
on BE=DE: besides Oni, I think Phoenix is the only one who's really pinged him in the potential crush area so far. currently too wrecked to act on it but has flirted and gotten the oblivious response so like lolol he might make it into a game of When Will Phoenix Notice I'm Flirting when he's not as Sad
on AlcheME: B and E for sure have been people he could have continued to crush on and still kind of quietly does but he respects their need for Nah because... A. in contrast, C friendzoned himself by making the big fiasco with A early on. UNFORTUNATE.
on Taisho: Shuten is a potential crush but more like Hello There Fellow Hot Bisexual kind of thing. They should thread more. Yasuragi miiiiight but it's more Boss thinks he's hot and probably won't act on it... maybe.
On HSS: Hiryuu would be a top contender for crush but he's friendzoned himself because he realized that she is too pure for him (by which i mean he's too trash for her) lol. Spidey is someone he completely would be crushing on but need more threads to level grind that confidant stat. Hurricane is a poooossible crush but really, he hasn't acted on any of his HSS crushes because /stares at hands
on WC: likes Haruto and thinks he's good looking but would be a handful to date--might be worth it if only to keep the guy from suiciding. Silver hits the bromance area for Boss and therefore Would Date if they had enough cr built up
on SensitIV: Lucifel and Persephone are kind of like in the Haruto area of being good looking but also would be a handful and, in fact, he doesn't know them that well and is pretty sure healing team does not appreciate BE=DE's team play so like whompwhomp.
on avante: he thinks Gold would be interesting to date but also B's interested in him and probably too Lawful Type for Boss. Nemesis is more of a bro but probably might fit into a bromance area--DO HIS TATTS WHEN THEY HAPPEN, NEMESIS.
on ZRAEL: ... is God still around? Boss would date God. 100%
ANYONE PHOENIX IS CRUSHING ON YET? OR MAY POTENTIALLY?
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He also feels kind of bad that he did just tune out during the aftermath--it kind of feels like he left a huge responsibility and burden on Phoenix and Sanguine while he just noped right on off. So he'll probably start fussing at Sanguine more once his shit stabilizes again.
He also kind of wants to learn the guitar but now's not a good time to ask, maybe...
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He doesn't blame Boss at all for bluescreening after that last game— while he doesn't know the extent of Boss's affections for Maki and A, he knew that he was fond of people on both teams. He regrets that wasn't more he could have done to help Boss, and wants to try and be there for him in the future.
And he would totally be willing to give guitar lessons.
How would Boss feel if people actually did start drugging him with sleeping potions?
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Like, intent matters to him more than the actual drugging because when he's sleep dep, he's just like "... aight, fair enough," about it.
New cr Sanguine's made since the game or even before: which ones are he closest to and any plans on developing those further?
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That said, Raijuu has a Healthy Suspicion that Ace is not what he seems on the surface level. like, yeah, duh, obviously he's not. But it's more like he registers Ace as someone who would normally be--might even become?--a threat but they ended up on the same unit as so Ace isn't??? a threat??? it's kind of weird and he doesn't get it but he does think getting on Ace's bad side is not a side you want to be on. and that Ace is smarter and craftier than he looks.
That said, despite this, Ace is one of the teammates he's most liable to try roughhousing with. Half of it is in jest (Wind Tribe shenanigans) while half of them are serious attempts which gets him pissed off when Ace manages to get away. Again, it's really weird because Raijuu doesn't like to be toyed with but this way of doing it reads more like Ace is indulging in his "play". 8/// unsure how feel, kind of patronized but there's kind of a fondness to it.
Anyway, he wants to fight Ace a lot but it's like half-serious, half-play so like. thats how we end up with roughousing shenanigans while people are trying to have serious discussions.
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Ace likes Dark Dragon Raijuu quite a lot! I think they clicked a lot faster than Ace clicked with Aibou (both Aibous). He enjoys the rough-housing and riling up Raijuu, it's something he doesn't really have with anyone else on the team.
He doesn't mean to be condescending when they horse around, eventually Raijuu will get an upper hand (maybe even later in the HSS post!). Ace would really interested in fighting Raijuu, actually. Raijuu seems like he knows what he's doing, which means it will be Exciting. Not a lot of people know how to sword in Imeeji. (Yet, I say generously.) Ace isn't particularly fight-happy per se, but he's frequently restless and bored in Imeeji, and a good sword fight is a fun way to pass the time. Especially since avante has their self-heal so they can let loose on each other. >.>
The one thing that Ace doesn't really like about Raijuu is Hiryuu, because split loyalties are not good. It's a "will we be able to depend on him if it comes down to us or HSS?" kind of feeling. At the moment it's just an unease that weighs on his mind, so he'll be watching Raijuu's attitude toward Hiryuu to get a better read on how dependable Raijuu might be in such a situation.
Uhhh I'm bad at these but there aren't any other avantes here so TELL ME TEAM FEELS!
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He is definitely curious about how Abi's background fits in with his and Hiryuu's but he figures that'll come about with time.
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Anyway...
Abi likes Raijuu! He feels a little more on equal footing with him because Raijuu doesn't treat him like a junior. Like a lot of HSS treats him like a kohai or a little brother because he's a soft newbie and he's not inclined to mind or get upset about it, but it's different with Raijuu because the arrived around the same time. And it's nice that Raijuu is willing to trust him by requesting to help with Hiryuu and such. And also that he likes to get rowdy. Getting rowdy is fun.
How does Raijuu feel about HSS in general?
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In some ways, Boss thinks Intensity may be more tender-hearted than Boss is--just not... a traditional way of being tender-hearted. Like Boss would be the LAST person to accuse Intensity of having oH NOES FEELINGS but also someone with that much drive usually has a REASON for it :/ also because he accuses Boss of things that Boss is NOT or NOT DOING. And generally... Boss figures if someone is accusing another person of something, it's probably a bit of projection haha.
That said, Intensity currently is the only person who riles Boss up the way he does. He's also one of the very few people Boss feels like he can be as much of an ass as he can be and not be judged for it. In fact, Intensity kind of encourages it? 8|;;; unsure how feel. There is a bit of respect because he does acknowledge that Intensity knows more about technology than he does and when Intensity has determined to do something, he does it 200%. Unfortunately, this makes Boss Concerned and Unsure about why Intensity is wanting to meet with the hosts so bad.
Anyway, Boss has bad taste and he knows it and he kind of judges himself for it, but unfortunately, this is the kind of person he is and gdit Intensity SOMEONE HERE NEEDS TO NOT ESCALATION STATION AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE HIM. Because contrarian. Also because he refuses to back down when it comes to Intensity. idk. he's kinda into it but also kind of SIGHS HEAD-IN-HANDS about it.
... he does think it's funny that Intensity has trouble pinning down the kind of person he is, tho. That's always fun.
REVERSE CR ME!!
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What's frustrating for Intensity is that sometimes Boss just has too many emotions that he is fucking terrible at. And while Intensity enjoys angry!Boss, sad!Boss can just go fuck himself. Intensity ain't got time for that shit. And Intensity doesn't know how to pull his punches, so he's pretty sure he's going to really fuck with sad!Boss at some point (and maybe unintentionally) and then their dynamic is going to go to hell. Which is 90% OH WELL and 10% SHIT I WAS ENJOYING THAT. It's also frustrating when Boss seems to miss Intensity's point (which is not hard because LOL Intensity and communication) or when he feels that Boss is disrespecting him. Like not sticking around to watch Intensity get the shit beat out of him - HOW RUDE, BOSS. He thought they had something special!!!! But for reals, one of the most frustrating things about Imeeji and the big turn-off of the games for Intensity is how impersonal everything feels. If Boss really wanted to prove his point, then he should have stuck around to see his point proven -- or so Intensity thinks.
Boss also functions as an outlet for Intensity. He counts on the fact that Boss won't back down when Intensity is trying to deal with his own stress and frustration at their current situation. Intensity can't talk to his unit - his hands are full trying to turn Angel and Toaster into real functioning autonomous people, Three/Kei (while of sound logic) doesn't seem to have any particular strong emotions, and the team moms will either judge him or dote on him (spoiler: he'd rather they judged him). And Intensity wants NONE OF THESE THINGS. And while he can talk to some people about logistics and planning, Intensity has zero people he talks about feelings with (and wants to keep it that way). So SORRY BOSS sometimes... SOMETIMES you're just used as a stress ball. It's true.
Last, while Intensity would use the hell out of Boss's charisma stat to get information passed around or gather information, he has like zero interest in 'hiring' Boss like he has with most of the other useful people he's met in Imeeji. Boss is too much of a wild card and too unpredictable. Intensity is also of the opinion that Boss would fuck him over OUT OF PURE SPITE, so Boss is clearly bucketized into the pleasure part of Intensity's business vs. pleasure lifestyle. But that's fine. Intensity likes where their rivalry/relationship is at just fine.
If Boss was forced to bus some teams knowingly (not like the Prisoner's Dilemma game), what would be the busing order?
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1. Future is Now - top contender just because he knows 99 and Intensity have a Thing
2. ZRAEL - he doesn't know them that well and they played hard in both games.
3. BE=DE - Sanguine and Phoenix are on board the bus selves train but Boss would Rather Not but also it's dependent on what kind of punishment
4. avante - he's pretty sure they would understand and they'd be able to work it out on equal terms.
5. HSS - another one of those who he thinks will understand and they'd be able to work it out on equal terms. he'd hate it tho.
6. WILD CITY - Haruto's suicidal and they've played hard before. would feel kind of bad about the first reason being a reason but also... he said he wanted to test that. there's a Concern about them lashing out after the game tho
7. SensitIV - they're the healer team so probably better not to bus them, even if they play hard...
8. AlcheME - WOULD RATHER NOT BUS EVER IF HE CAN HELP IT
9. Taisho - NEVER GONNA BUS AGAIN IF HE CAN HELP IT
Busing order for Intensity?
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1. Wild City - if Dazai/Haruto/Trash wants to flaunt that he is useless garbage, Intensity will throw him in the dumpster again and again WITH PLEASURE until he can't crawl out of it anymore. And none of the other unit members are useful enough to Intensity to counter this opinion. (Sorry, Wild City)
2. BE=DE - Because Intensity is an asshole.
3. ZRAEL - He's pretty sure Little Red is fucking with Angel. And this would be a way to get out his aggression about that because there is no way that a direct confrontation with Little Red is going to work in Intensity's favor because Angel will never understand why she is a bad influence.
4. HSS - Also because Intensity is an asshole, and he wants to see how long the Paladin team can keep up their positivity if they do continually get targeted.
5. future is now - Let's face it. Their team is an asshole, space cadet, murderbot and bland boring boy. Why wouldn't they just bus themselves? It probably would result in a lot less emotionally compromised people than if other teams were bused.
6. Taisho - they seem squishy and surprisingly easily agitated. Also he has 1 (hopefully 2 soon) business partners on this unit
7. SensitIV - he genuinely enjoys 3 people on this unit (not sure if the feelings are mutual but who cares about other people's opinions). Also their logic for playing hard MAKES FUCKING SENSE. Bless the healer team for not being pushovers
8. avante en garde - his actual favorite unit that has nothing to do with the number of business alliances he has with them. After the first trauma game, he expected his relations with this unit to get all sorts of fucked up. But Nemesis and Cardigan violenced him a little and then everything was fine so they've earned his respect. (Gold too based on the stupid challenges they've done outside of games.)
9. alcheME! - he has three business partners on this unit and they are ALL squishy as fuck. Also the amount of influence they have in Imeeji is phenomenal. DO NOT BUS THIS TEAM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Okay, but--- who would Boss die for?
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THAT'S SO HARD.
like i want more p5 cast so bad but also i want to play p5 protag off of more protags. like what if all persona protags trapped in murder games????
Answer: ALL OF THEM.
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haha cheater
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for the record my answer is a Futaba who would play Shido as her dad
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Outside of that whole nonsense, B is one of the people that Boss feels like he can actually be more or less himself with. Which is a comfort because Boss feels a lot of pressure to toe the line with a nuuuumber of things, especially when it comes to team reps and images--though he thinks it's all kind of bullshit. But he also recognizes that B is also someone who gets Concerned about that sort of thing and just wants B to know that he can relax and doesn't have to front with him. It's not like Boss has any room to judge or be offended by anything B wants to say or do.
He does feel badly about how the game went, but Boss also wants to shake B a bit because WHY DID YOU TRUST WHEN YOU READ THE FLOWER MESSAGE CORRECTLY AND KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO GET HIT--THAT'S DUMB. THAT'S THE DUMBEST MOVE WHY?! but also knows he can't really judge AlcheME for that choice because... well... it's AlcheME.
He does kind of hope this is going to be... a trend... with AlcheME, but has a sinking suspicion it will, so like. Sad. Face.
just gonna wear outfits AlcheME shoves him into because 1) owes it to alcheME to entertain them, i guess, and 2) what if cheer up alcheME in general? sounds like a good plan.
REVERSE!
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Boss's IC take is Persephone is one of those types who seems calm and sensible but then like... it feels like there are some things that just don't seem to click for him the same way it does for other people--kind of in line with Haruto and Lucifel of not-quite disconnect with like what Boss understands as "common sense" (which he knows is a fake thing society makes to enforce conformity but you know). He does think Persephone is a lot more... hm. Firm? in his own self than Lucifel seems to be, however.
He was worried that because of how they first met, they would have intensely awkward interactions and it kind of started off that way with the name game but then he offered to let Persephone nap and Persephone was just... really cute... in response. give Boss a rose and then a stuffed crab on his head and he's just quietly ///
He's still not really sure how Persephone sees him because uh. other encounters have been kind of embarrassing (hickey thread...) but Persephone's never really been openly judgemental but then again SensitIV is kind of... like that. so he's a bit hesitant about that but also feels like Persephone for sure would be one of them he'd go to for healing (Lucifel and Anibus being the other two he knows well enough).
REVERSE?
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Also he kind of finds Boss exhausting but Persephone is also an introvert who was pretty isolated a lot of his early life, even if he doesn't remember most of it, so people are hard. But he won't judge him on like...hickeys and shit, it's not really a thing he judges on. Especially not after he gets some of his more...hedonistic tart memories back, lol. (oh, he would have asked for his ribbon back in the hickey thread once Boss didn't need it any more. particular note because he gave Loki a ribbon too but wouldn't have asked for it back).
Do you have any non-Persona songs that you associate with Boss?
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Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
Papa Roach - Leader of the Broken Hearts
Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Set It Off - Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
I also tend to listen to DJ Okawari with the following being the ones I like best when RPing Boss:
Flowers
Yours
A Cup of Coffee
Sweet Light
Temperature of Tears
You Gotta Be
Following the Dream
Free Bird
SHRUGGO
Sometimes I just search for rando acid jazz to listen to. Interesting selections! It's either that or rando alt rock/punk stuff.
Any song calls for Persephone so far?
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Vienna Teng, My Medea
the first verse of Ego Likeness, Aviary
Florence and the Machine, Seven Devils (which is kind of the quintessential Abyssal Exalt song, imo)
and a couple of songs from Ar Tonelico, EXEC_PURGER/.#Misha extracting and EXEC_DISHADOW_includes.Ex_VANISLAND/.
I also would probably add Nightbloom from FFXIV to the list as well. I also think Wayward Daughter (also from FFXIV) would be good but if I only had to pick one, I'd go with Nightbloom (since I like instrumentals).
Least favorite person that Joker has met so far?
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BOSS FIRST! Boss still really likes Hiryuu but has promptly friendzoned himself because he is not pure enough for this but he respects Hiryuu a lot and in a way sees them as having complimentary roles. This was definitely more emphasized by the new arrangement where Hiryuu is the one standing at the front and he's going to be doing less of that and more of the sneaking around (LIKE THE CRIMINAL HE IS). He still worries about her pushing herself too much, but also was really glad that even with the shit that went down with the game, Hiryuu wasn't (entirely) judging and fussed at him instead. He is kind of tired of being caught on lows, though. When stop that?
There is another hand, however. And that hand is that Boss sees that Hiryuu is a member of an upper class and not just that but one that's used to pretty much Absolute Power? Like... monarchies... how does... but their little bantering about crashing fancy balls was definitely kind of telling in that her first thought was that he'd get locked up in the dungeons instead of just... y'know. kicking. the riffraff out. Which he laughed off, but he definitely kind of quietly put that in a mental file of This Is What's Norm For Her? (yes, with a question mark because it doesn't mean she APPROVES of it). He did kind of wonder if she did have an internalized kind of... looking down at him because of him being a criminal and having those different approaches, BUT she's never really given him that impression in their interactions.
If anything, she treated the whole situation with about as much grace as anyone could manage, and even tried to prop him up when he was feeling like a straight up failure. So he KNOWS she's a good person and a decent leader and doesn't necessarily fall in line with the traditions of her kingdom (maybe...). But in a way, there's also a bit of feeling of "if you do this, you can be seen in a better light" and that feels kind of penance-y when Boss feels like he and his unit don't owe the society in Imeeji penance--they just owe the teams they hurt whatever they'd like to try to soothe the pain? That's probably NOT what she meant, but Boss is currently in a weird headspace of acknowledging that his trust points are low (he does remember being betrayed, though it was apparently Expected) and having that buttonmashed for him is... hmmm... it's not good. But that's largely because he already has Issues about being viewed as a criminal/trash/etc and not because anyone's really said it to him (yet...).
Anyway, that all aside, he wants Hiryuu to succeed, so he'll do his best to support her from the background. He's not great at taking orders and he's a wild card when it comes to predictability (reasons... he needed... to step down...) but he'll definitely work to support those efforts and make it easier to Hiryuu where he can. she just might not always approve of his methods. But at least they seem to easily be on the same page on What Needs To Be Done For The Good Of The Rebellion. lololol...
NEW COMMENT FOR RAIJUU STUFF!
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Obviously Hiryuu needs to take some more memories. I haven't decided between the Nadai barfight, being in the human trafficking hold (the only one I've actually mentioned I think), or maybe something with Gigan on the pirate ship. Or maybe even that time she realized that she was a Terrible Person while comforting a sick and dying man. The point being, though, that Hiryuu is very much not a conventional princess and doesn't at all look down on people of low social status. Her responses are simply informed by having been exposed to how heartless the world is--hell, if SHE walked back into Hiryuu palace the way she is, she'd also probably be locked up before being executed. :'D Y...a....y....
I don't think she'd be upset to know Boss distrusts her / is uncertain about his standing in her eyes in this regard, but she WOULD be disappointed. She's a very, painfully??, honest person so if he disgusted her, she wouldn't hesitate to let him know.
Hiryuu thinks that Boss is still a good person. She still doesn't understand WHY he didn't trust everyone fully and insist on playing low? FEAR? Was it fear of being caged maybe? She'd ask, but she doesn't want him to feel like she's judging him when she's literally just trying to understand what happened, and where everyone's hearts were. Anyway, like I said on your plurk. She saw the shit that Spidey and her team continues to get over the broken arms and she's aware that like. There's really nothing she can do to completely stop that sort of thing from happening to Boss, but she's 99% certain that if he stayed in this position, it would be a common occurrence. Best case scenario, it just pisses Boss off until he does something dumb; worst case... it exacerbates the guilt and shit that's eating at him and he can't perform the job in any capacity or it hardens him/his whole team against working with everyone.
Anyway, she doesn't really see Boss as a criminal, but even if she DID, it wouldn't necessarily be a problem so obviously that should be cleared up. If you have feelings/suggestions (particularly regarding what I mentioned above) lemme know.
Raijuu coming later I REALLY GOTTA SHOWER!!!!
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Like, A LOT has happened in a short amount of time. Starting out, he thought she was just a girl who pushed herself a lot when she was dealing with someone who resembled someone she knew in some way. And he wanted to try to alleviate some of that pain by like... y'know. Staying away from her. But then there was that whole confrontation/reveal that the reason she was making those faces and wanted to stay away from him was because he was the person she was talking about. And it... well, he was Mad about it for like a five minutes but then she yelled her personal struggles at him and then cried and he couldn't keep being mad. It's a Problem.
He still has a bit of Slightest Guilt of how he behaved when he first showed up but he mostly kind of shrugs about it in a "well, what can one expect from a complete amnesiac?" and just tries to keep from adding to Hiryuu's problems going forward--EXCEPT. THAT'S HARD TO DO! BECAUSE JUST HIS BEING HERE IS A PRESSURE ON THEM BOTH AND NOT MUCH HE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
I've talked a lot about how he viewed that first memory but in summary, he basically knew she was real important to him but wasn't sure WHY. Like, he gave up his name, his rank, and his status for this girl? To protect her? From what? A new king that took power? Seems ominous (sorry, but he definitely suspects a coup of some kind but doesn't want to broach that until they know more...). And he'd LIKE to think he's not someone who would do that on a whim.
And then he got his memory and promptly wanted to die because he understood exactly why he would give everything up and just please why this???
Raijuu is less questioning about whether the memories are real (though he does keep in mind that they could, potentially, be fabricated), but he is questioning about whether he should be investing in them as much as he apparently does each time he gets a memory (something Mori pointed out to him). He hasn't even really dwelled on questioning whether he cares about Hiryuu--he's just kind of accepted "I cared about this girl and I don't see why that should change" and feels like that was the right choice when she tells him she's glad that he's there in spite of the terribleness of the place and the game she just went through (because he missed it).
And he wants to be reliable in that sense! Which is why he doesn't want to add in the complication of him apparently having feelings for her! Especially when he just has the one informing memory of it and that was just an embarrassment! He really wants Spidey and Hurricane to respect his wishes to leave it as it is for now because, the way Raijuu sees it, Hiryuu needs a friend she can trust more than she needs a romance. She has her unit, which is fine, but Raijuu already understands that sometimes a person needs more than just the people they were randomly shoved together with and have adapted to accepting as a part of your life. Heart Soldier Senshi has a family vibe and family is not the same as friends. So like...
That's not to say he thinks she doesn't have friends--she's a charismatic and friendly person who could make friends easily! But... he'd like to think he's different in that regard--and largely curses his memory for making him want that. She already made it clear it was different because... it's obvious... that he's chosen to be by her side whatever comes and even ended up in this place--albeit 2 weeks late. So once again, he's 100% willing to just be the friend and confidant she needs in a place like this. His feelings for her aren't so important that he'd push them on her when they're unasked for, so that's what he would like.
But he also Highly Suspects his memories will have more of the obliviousness and will just be ready to die each time. The biggest pressure is knowing some HSSes know and they rib him and push him to confess his feelings and he's just not sure if it's going to blow up on him or they'll rat him out... so... awk.
Anyway, Gold suggested swearing loyalty to Hiryuu and Raijuu was immediately like I Am Not Doing A Vid Or Live For That, No Way. fooooor a lot of reasons. One of which being that he would die from everyone nudging and patting his back about it. The other reason being because HIS FEELINGS AREN'T FOR ATTENTION OR POINTS, KTHXBAI. But he is thinking about it for a private thing. Just... because... even if they can't in reality protect each other the same way they could before ending up in this place... the fact that he still wants to is important.
He hopes, anyway.
... I think that's it. Herp.
REVERSE FOR BOTH.
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Like Raijuu, Hiryuu has also been all over the place. She DID NOT EXPECT for him to turn up here because. I mean even though Cable and Wire are both from the same place, and Silver and Gold too-they all came together in the same wave. She never thought new people would be a thing, and there wasn't enough TIME between Abi appearing and meeting Raijuu for her to really intuit that. could be a thing. So just. PANIC and FEAR and OH NO, NOT THE BOY SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO PROTECT NO MATTER WHAT. And then things spiraled from there. She would have just drug herself across the broken glass from her brokero kokoro is not for people questioning her judgment, so kudos on them for that, it would have been a really hard time for her... as already evidenced. (Considering the things currently going down, I'm not sure she could have handled that other pressure. She would have, i guess, but not without breaking a lot of plates.)
She told Hurricane at first she didn't like him but. It was kneejerk childishness. "OF COURSE I DON'T LIKE HIM, HE BULLIES ME." But she was already compromised? Like of course she didn't like the way he treated HER but she found a lot of him admirable. Unlike Raijuu who is like "maybe I shouldn't treat these memories with a grain of salt" Hiryuu takes them as the Word of God. Even the ones that aren't hers, she's trying to adapt to accordingly: so Abi and Raijuu are Companions and Special People to her, full stop. In Abi's case, the feelings aren't quite there yet, but soon. Soon. Anyway she is very easily swayed by her heart and doesn't question things naturally so that's just her way. But it also just feels natural and comfortable to be able to have this bickering-but-not-serious pattern with him; like, it actually... relieves... some of her stress, somewhat. It's good for her, since she actually behaves like a normal person with him and takes off her Pope Hat (which is from now on what I am referring to her drive to be Inhumanly Good as).
He is absolutely right though to think that Hiryuu wouldn't believe that he's in love with her. She's already solidified in her mind that he sees her as unattractive and unfortunately memories will only further confirm that (although they should also not?? HIRYUU???) IT IS POSSIBLE, IN THEORY, THAT someone could convince her that Raijuu was lying, but then of course she would ask him and he would deny and they'd just start the same old song-and-dance around the hat again. But the more that she'll learn about herself, the less she'll see herself as a viable candidate for someone. Not Good Enough, doomed to Be Unhappy, apparently, thanks Dad/prophecies. Also eventually that feeling of self-blame for all of their presences here is going to really hit home and cement so. You know. ANYWAY POINT BEING she has already told B that she's just going to fully devote herself to her Missions because people only see her as a child/unfit for romance (boy Boss's impressions would not help with that) and so That Is That. (Except the real problem is Yona heart very squish and very full of love and already Compromised AND there is a part of her who DOES really crave positive attention and feeling loved and valued, hence EVERYTHING SOO-WON and baby crushes on people who are just thoroughly kind to her, so what are you gonna do..........)
I feel like I lost the plot here somehow. Oh yeah.
Anyway, Hiryuu is very. Torn. Responsible Pope Hat brain tells her that in order to be kind to Raijuu and not make him feel any kind of stress about picking between her and his unit, she should discourage him from making any kind of oath, televised or not. She is INCREDIBLY ANXIOUS about avante, like, she really does like them as people but their stance is much harder and she's afraid that they may end up at the other ends of each other's swords because like hell HSS wouldn't protect people (circumstance dependent) if avante went on the attack. She also has gotten the impression that ACE REALLY DOES NOT LIKE HER / THEM and like... vaguely.... maybe not *hostile* vibes but icy/unwelcome vibes and she feels like maybe an oath to her would just exacerbate all of that unpleasantness. But then there's SELFISH LIZARD BRAIN in the other corner of the ring and selfish lizard brain--it's not as strong as it COULD be, but selfish lizard brain is lonely and tired and it still doesn't want to let him go/wants a place to go to that feels like "home." Selfish lizard brain is basically the only thing keeping her from telling him he'd have an easier time of it if he just forgot all about her and did his own thing because the thought of losing someone who has always (sans two weeks) been there is scary as fuck. If he made a vow to her... she would accept it, but she'd probably cry, which he hates, but for all of the above reasons BECAUSE SHE KNOWS BETTER, BUT ALSO, SHE REALLY WANTS SOMEONE TO LEAN ON, she's so tired. It should be noted that there is absolutely no part of her brain that is smart enough to NOT demand that he give her his phone and activate both their Lives so they can get points. #Helping
Anyway I'm so sorry for everything she is going to put him through. Between being surrounded by hot boys/men all day every day, accidental Charm casting (he's definitely a possible target now, if you want that), Certain Plans As Yet Unnamed, and the nature of this place, Raijuu is gonna have a hard time.
Someday in the (distant? prrrobably distant) future after everyone remembers each other I want her to sneak both Raijuu and Jae-ha (and any other non HSS dragon fam? WILL ZENO AND KIJA AND YOON EVER APPEAR?) over for a sleepover for great glory and shenanigans and dragon fam pillow fights
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On the flipside, avante's been very much like "we made our play based on our understanding of the situation and therefore will not tolerate judgement" while also being like "we need to make it clear that we're not going to carry grudges from game to game". Raijuu wasn't involved in the game but he's been pretty much watching the fall-out with an eye of "... seems dumb to blame people for the outcome of a double-blind game that asks people to trust that units won't Pull Some Shit" mostly because he HEARD about the previous game enough to know Some Units Will Pull Some Shit. So it just seems stupid to him and he's fine with dealing with other teams. He has learned that avante isn't fond of AZRAEL tho. So. Good to know.
As for CR... Raijuu didn't really get much of an impression from Yasuragi. He seemed pretty chill but also pretty distant. For a newbie who was trying to get an understanding of the situation and the place he was in... he was remarkably unhelpful. But noted that Shuten and Yasuragi are unitmates so like. Shrug. Maybe Taisho is just Like That. (Except Shuten was actually Helpful.)
As for Boss...
Boss was really out of it after the game, he was bsoding really hard. But it did register that Yasuragi was trying to buoy him up in a way? Not optimistically, but with a sentiment of "this too shall pass" which does help in some ways but in other ways it doesn't help the above situation at all. Boss has no idea what to do, he doesn't know what he can say or do to fix the situation with Taisho--but both Yasuragi and Shuten, while upset, didn't seem willing to hold grudges and Maki also doesn't seem to be interested in any kind of penance or anything like that. So he's... mostly still at a loss.
He's also kind of wanting to talk to like Yasuragi who was there during the play to tell him what happened. At this point, Boss has no idea what went down for the other units except that AlcheME knew they were going to get bused and played Trust anyway. Boss is understanding that it was Very Poor Communication on BE=DE's part but also... he just wants to understand why the other units would risk Trust when (DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE KEEP SAYING) Trust was actually the HIGHER RISK to play. It's completely something he doesn't understand and he'll probably understand it even less if he's told that they actually assumed their message correctly but then changed their thoughts on the interpretation of the message.
There's very few people who make Boss feel like he can approach them about things like this and weirdly Yasuragi is someone he sees in that area. Largely because of how they've interacted previously. He's not sure how Yasuragi sees him, except that Yasuragi apparently is willing to put aside his own (probably? maybe?) personal hurt in order to help him out when he was drowning in guilt and horror. Which is moooore than what he can say for like... moooost other people. lolol.
REVERSE! For everything.
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Yasuragi... doesn't consider himself a person who was hurt by the game. Which isn't completely true, but it is true that none of what rattled him can really be blamed on Bad End, so it's honestly not hard for him to not be mad at them, especially since he would have preferred to play their way.
he did briefly consider being a little angry at Boss for Maki's sake, but didn't go through with it in the end since 1. Maki isn't really mad at him in a way where it would be very helpful 2. honestly he's not even sure what he'd do if he was mad except some petty shit or outright avoidance, neither of which do any god either. so he's just not mad, and he just wants to help Boss and Maki to repair their relationship for Maki's sake, except he flatout doesn't know how repairing relationships works. so you know.
his opinion of Boss has actually not dropped or even really changed at all, because he like, did kind of already realize that Boss has some issues with how other people perceive him and with what they expect out of him, so really this game just solidified that impression. on the other hand, , setting aside that Yasuragi made no real attempt to put it into play, it is a little comfortable that that particular impression was solidified on specifically an approach/way of thinking that apparently matched Yasuragi's in the same circumstances. he hasn't carefully thought on it yet and doesn't necessarily want to, but as much as he kind of likes to pretend otherwise to everyone else, he is in the process of trying to get to know himself as much as anyone so he will probably end up considering whether the resemblance holds water next time they talk despite himself.
there are also some things he'd like to ask about how BE=DE played but it's basically out of curiosity, so it feels kind of awkward to bring up when it could very easily come across as sounding accusatory or critical to question them more when the apparent public opinion is already You Done Fucked Up
Taisho's relationship with BE=DE as a whole is more complicated when you factor in, uh, Maki, but also Shuten, Ken, Kuzuebiko, and Okami... but aside from knowing Kuzuebiko bought an axe and intends to just carry it around to look intimidating, Yasuragi only actually currently knows that Shuten took it understandably hard (but doesn't know Shuten went to talk it out with them yet) and that Okami wants to write up a contract to force BE=DE to play more cautiously in games, which Yasuragi is pretty ambivalent on. honestly all of Taisho has reacted pretty differently, and Yasuragi is not a group-minded person, so I would have trouble saying the overall impact it's had on their collective relationship to BE=DE HAHA
the same can be said of AlcheME! about Taisho's relationship to them as a whole (it's probably a little better? net gain?) but I CAN say that this game improved Yasuragi's opinion on them in particular. Yasuragi absolutely did not trust B or C before (and hadn't really talked to the rest of them much), and in fact in mahjong was the one to put AlcheME! on their list of teams to throw under the bus. it didn't matter at the time because Taisho played light anyway, but if they had played heavier, his unit recommendations would have been exactly the same. this doesn't actually mean he didn't like them - in fact he has been pretty comfortable with both B and C from the start and basically enjoys their company. but he also absolutely assumed both of them were only interested in surface level relationships, and that they were invested in being seen in a very specific way in those surface level relationships, and like... I mean I guess "he doesn't trust them because he can tell they're wildly dishonest people" is actually pretty straightforward. but Maki knows B and C better than he does, and also knows the rest of the unit better than he does, and she was confident they were there and they would trust, and she was right, so now Yasuragi is reassessing them entirely and trying opening up to them a little more. also really in the wake of the game Yasuragi is also trying opening up to everyone a little more. but yeah, maybe AlcheME! is cool after all. relationships to other units have not really changed I don't think.
RAIJUU'S AND BOSS'S UNIT FAVORITISM RANKINGS, GO
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Boss still likes Mori, though he's pretty sure Mori judges him or something since like... that dressing down he gave him that one time and in that time, Boss hasn't really... lived up. to expectations. Kind of falling on his face really hard, actually. He really wishes that he could make a better impression but he's pretty much getting resigned that he's Just Like This.
Which is why he didn't want Mori to try to be comforting to him during the endgame. Just could not handle it at that moment and just wanted to be fine and not falling apart. Which probably made impressions worse--but then Mori turned up with the rest of HSS and seemed to be okay with things and Boss isn't sure what to do about all of this. He's just kind of quietly miserable, wanting to be hopeful but honestly, it's not just AlcheME and Taisho who got their trust busted up thanks to that game lololol...
Anyway, he'd like to try to smooth things over again but also knows that he's just consistently been Bad. So. s-shruuuug. Guess I'm Just Like This, Sorry.
On the flipside to that, Raijuu likes Mori just fine. He's actually kind of glad his Princess has a reliable team like this? He did get miffed when Mori was... it kind of felt like talking down to him but meh... about the whole stabs thing, but he quickly got over that once he made his stance clear. He is... kind of wary of Mori finding out about his feelings for Hiryuu and he's pretty damn sure Hurricane and Spidey are gonna blab so now there's one more HSS on his case about it and aaaaauuuuuggggghhhh...
But in general, he likes the kid. Wouldn't mind helping him with sparring or lives or whatever. GOTTA BE A GOOD DOG FOR OWNERS' NEW FAM.
REVERSE!
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