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peace-coast-island · 4 years ago

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Diary of a Junebug

Gyroids clad in plaid

It’s gyroid hunting time and we’ve got a busy week ahead! Emilie’s back at the camp with a familiar face - Kat - and two new faces - Amy and Natara. Dixie’s joining us too, though she won’t be here until the day after tomorrow.

It’s nice to see Emilie again, especially since we had so much fun at the last gyroid hunt. She’s doing a lot better as she extended her short break from work for a few months longer and time has been good for her. While she’s not working at her main job, Emilie’s been focusing on hobbies, self care, and the agency - her side gig. In fact, she’s been strongly thinking about leaving the bureau and transferring to Dixie’s agency as an agent.

Considering how stressful working in the FBI is and how it’s been burning her out, I think it’s a good idea for Emilie to step down. Also with people like Rocky, Lex, Kat, and Jamie on the team, I know she'll fit right in.

The thing is that it’s gig based so on one hand, you’re not working 40 + hours a week, but you might have times when you’re in the office for six months and then spend the next six months globe hopping. But it’s super flexible and since it’s not like a full time job, it leaves you with plenty of time to focus on other stuff when you’re not on a mission. So those kind of hours might appeal to some and detract others. In Emilie’s case, I think that’s a plus for her.

Even though she’s not doing field work, Emilie’s busy training two new recruits who were handpicked by Dixie - Natara Lakshmi and Amy Leang. Both are students at Spectrum University studying in psychology and computer science respectively. If Dixie chose you to join her team, then it’s a big deal.

Up until today, I never got to really know Natara and Amy that well. All I knew is that they’re friends of Jamie and Delanie so our circles kinda overlapped, but never really meeting up completely. I’m glad that after all these years, our paths finally crossed!

Natara’s an aspiring criminal profiler who not only has strong intuition, but she can also ready people like a book. She began taking an interest in criminology after she and her friends managed to thwart a crooked businessman’s attempt at taking over her father’s company. Although she saved her father’s name, Natara lost his respect as she disobeyed him and put herself in danger.

While her friends are happy that Dixie recruited her - a dream come true for Natara - her family’s not so keen on it. Growing up in a strict Asian family it sometimes feels like you’re twice as pressured to pursue your own ambitions and meet your parents’s expectations. If they contradict each other, you can’t help but blame yourself because you shouldn’t have to struggle so much to gain approval.

At least for Amy, her family’s a lot more supportive. But the pressure to succeed is just as high, as well as the pressure to excel. Her mom works as a data analyst, which is what Amy wants to do too, except instead of finances, she’s interested in law.

Amy’s also a self taught hacker and was notorious for clearing her school’s name when they were accused of leaking test answers. She also played a role in helping Natara take down her father’s rival and was partially responsible for taking down a criminal hacker group - both happened when she was in high school. In short, Amy’s got an interesting history as a vigilante hacker, which I’m pretty sure was what caught Dixie’s eye.

And there’s Kat, who’s been having a crazy year so far. From having to take her mother’s place as queen, becoming a prisoner in space, getting her friends out of trouble multiple times, ending a long war, and reuniting with her presumed dead father - it’s a lot for anyone to handle. Though compared to her father and brother - who never met each other until then - Kat feels like she’s the least disoriented out of the three.

Reuniting with someone you thought was dead for almost two decades is as jarring as it sounds. While things are a bit awkward as Kat’s dad still sees her as a little girl he’s slowly adjusting to having not only one but two almost grown kids. I still can’t get over the image of Micah - the kind of guy who runs headfirst into trouble - hiding behind his sister like a little kid after seeing his father for the first time.

The elder Micah’s adjusting well for someone who was thrown to the frontlines after a long absence - or at least that’s how he comes across to everyone. Now that things have settled down Kat thinks the full impact of everything that has happened is finally getting to him. Since then he’s been keeping himself busy by making up for lost time, which according to Kat’s aunt, is his way of avoiding dealing with his own problems.

After confirming that he’s in fact not okay, Kat, Micah, and their friends staged a coup by forcing him to do absolutely nothing for a month, which he wasn’t too keen on. So they threatened to lock him in his room and tie him down to the bed if they have to. In the end he gave in so now he’s trying to relax as well as make up for sixteen years worth of lost time with his son.

Kat would’ve invited her friends and family to join us for the gyroid hunt but they’re all obviously busy. Everything’s still a bit of a chaotic mess, but it's nothing that Kat and the others can’t handle.

So the theme for this event is a cozy plaid aesthetic, which is totally my thing! After the success of the matcha mint gyroids, Reese and Cyrus enlisted Daisy Jane to help design the furniture we’ll be building with the gyroids. Knowing Daisy Jane, this kind of aesthetic’s totally in her element!

First stop is Lost Lure Creek, where we took the time to catch some fish as my inventory was running low. We had a pretty early start so we’re in no rush to collect gyroids. Plus it’s nice to sit down and hang out with the campers. There were a lot of gyroids hanging from trees so Emilie and Kat had a lot of fun swinging branches as well as finding special fruit and bells hidden under the leaves.

Next stop was the Market Place, where we met up with Isabelle, Tommy, and Timmy. I don’t normally drop by there on a regular basis during my rounds but for gyroid events, it’s a must. It’s also a good thing that we did because Natara found a book that Pecan dropped yesterday. Sometimes there’s a lot of gyroids lying around and sometimes there’s none. We lucked out today!

Then we went to Sunburst Island, where we went bug catching with Bea. I might have gotten a bit distracted with the horned dynastids but I had to catch them in order to shake the trees to get the gyroids so either way I get both. Kat was fascinated by the butterflies, Amy helped Gulliver log in his inventory, and Daisy Jane taught Emilie and Natara how to make flower crowns.

At Saltwater Shores we collected shells, went fishing, and harvested coconuts. There weren’t a lot of gyroids hanging around so we went for a swim for about an hour. Daisy Jane almost went overboard after catching a king red snapper so it took me, Emilie, Kat, Natara, Amy, and Buck to keep her feet on the ground. Looks like we’ll be having a big campfire dinner tonight!

After taking our well deserved break and making a quick stop at the campsite to drop off the big catch, off we headed to Breezy Hollow. I normally stop here at the end so I can restock on fruit without having to go back and forth between hangout sites. Today not only happened to be full of gyroids, but perfect fruit as well! While the others went picking fruit and wildflowers, I restocked my marketplace with grapes and crafting materials. I also bought some lychee and lemons for tonight’s bonfire.

Last stop is OK Motors, a place that I don’t visit too often unless my RV needs tuning up, someone lost something over there, or if I just want to hang out with Beppe, Giovanni, and Carlo. Like the Market Place, gyroids sometimes pop up here and there. Emilie, Kat, Natara, and Amy took turns playing Brake Tapper - Natara won the most caps with Emilie coming in a close second. Amy did fairly well while Kat was all over the place.

Maybe one day I’ll finally have enough caps to trade them in for a t-shirt. But right now I’m more interested in collecting plaid gyroids. Gotta make some trips to Shovelstrike Quarry sometime this week - with a group as big as ours, it won’t take too long for us to get in.

Then it’s back to either the campsite or cabin where we just hang out for a couple hours before going back out to hunt for more gyroids. At the campsite Amy taught Daisy Jane the basics of building a website - which will be very useful for her in the future. Kat showed off some cool spells she learned from her dad, including a fireworks one that’s perfect for tonight. Natara made coconut mango lassi while Emilie baked brownies and I made a pasta salad.

We had a pretty good haul today - not enough to build furniture yet, but it’s a good start. It was a busy but also a kinda chill day. It’s nice seeing Emilie and Kat again and just having a great time with them.

At the bonfire Emilie and KK put together an impromptu show that was fun to watch. Celeste and Natara took turns looking for constellations and nebulas. Kat showed us how to manipulate fireworks into cool shapes (and accidentally caused a few small explosions here and there - nothing serious though, it’s just something that happens from time to time). Amy, Goldie, and Kitt went looking for shells, gyroids, and whatever treasures that were buried in the sand.

While sitting by the waves I can see Daisy Jane sitting by a coconut tree, both of us scribbling in our journals while the memories of today are still fresh in our minds. Book in lap, pages full of words and sketches, ink smudged hands with an uncapped pen, plaid gyroids lying in the sand or hanging from a branch above, all illuminated by the moonlight.

#animal crossing #animal crossing pocket camp #Diary of a Junebug #headcanon ramble

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apcachefonline1 · 3 years ago

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dieselsareboring · 7 years ago

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20 Questions

I never got these before I feel so blessed shoutout to @all-the-petty-things too

Tagged by @naturallyaspirated

So you answer 20 questions then tag 20 (or so) people you want to get to know better.

1) Name: Andrew

2) Nicknames: asshole

3) Height: 6′4″

4) Orientation: straight ew

5) Nationality: American

6) Favorite Fruit: fresh lychee fuck I miss that this was a bad question

7) Favorite Season: Spring

8) Favorite Flower: snapdragon i suppose

9) Favorite Scent: uhhhm...for some reason i am having trouble with this one. A friend suggested orange peel and i agree that is good shit.

10) Favorite Color: i used to be fond of blue but im gonna have to go with midnight purple II

11) Favorite Animal: hhh dogs and cats and stuff i feel boring and indeciseiveive

12) Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: havent had it in awhile but maybe hot chocolate, tea if i’m in the mood for it. never had coffee

13) Average Hours of Sleep: with commitments 6 or fewer, with no commitments...too many. 12 is a thing and i feel like i get hit by a train after

14) Dog or Cat Person: Dogs, but also both. Oh good i can steal this line from last poster

15) Favorite Fictional Character: Hmmm…mmmmmmmm......my brain might not have been up for this intensive line of questioning. Um. I may have to revisit this

16) Number of Blankets you Sleep With: 1-2 unless i was really cold or had been hoarding blankets and they all happened to be on bed

17) Dream Trip: lots of pretty colors and sounds and maybe hearing colors and seeing sounds like that one time i was on those pain meds listenin to pandora after a surgery. I’d like to return to Russia and China for an extended period of time, I miss guangxi and guilin

18) Blogs Created: its a secret but i only use 2 (@theblogpeoplewantedtosee)

19) Number of Followers: if i wasnt lazy id have my spam script code stuffs log the actual number but. tumblr says over 100 but the actual number is probably 50 or so the fucking counter for tumblr is useless

20) Random Fact: i have a lot of cool ones but i cant think straight rn. Most liquor that is brown in color is almost that way due to the wooden barrel it was stored in, caramel, or another food colouring. otherwise it would be clear or nearly clear

TagTime do it if you want i’m not your mom @jash-the-sassy-chimecho @descobe560 @all-the-petty-things @toxicapricity @sevenkindsofpotato @saatajah @edencreature @emgamache @you i missed you sorry please forgive me

english is fucked writing is hard what is grammar

#me i guess #questions

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lilacandgoooseberries · 7 years ago

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I was tagged by @elloette. Thank you, lovely!

Rules: answer 20 questions then tag 20 people you want to get to know better.

1) Name: Sherry

2) Nicknames: Technically Sherry is a nickname. On occasion I get called berry, cherry and probably other things that I’m forgetting now

3) Height: 157.5 cm

4) Orientation: who tf even knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

5) Nationality: Swedish

6) Favorite Fruit: Lychee and watermelon

7) Favorite Season: Summer

8) Favorite Flower: Blue bells

9) Favorite Scent: This is so hard! I like vanilla, log fires/bonfires/matches, lavender and cinnamon.

10) Favorite Color: Purple

11) Favorite Animal: Orcas

12) Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: Tea and hot chocolate. I despise coffee

13) Average Hours of Sleep: 7

14) Dog or Cat Person: Cat

15) Favorite Fictional Character: Luna Lovegood, Anne Shirley, Peggy Carter, Siobhan Sadler, Leia Organa

16) Number of Blankets you Sleep with: 3

17) Dream Trip: Another difficult one. Hm, South Africa and Australia are definitely two of them.

18) Blog Created: This one, 2012

19) Number of Followers: 1167

20) Random Fact: My passions in life are red lipstick and chocolate

I’m tagging anyone who sees this!

#about me #tags

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janetgannon · 7 years ago

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New Caledonia Biggest Secret

A voyaging couple explore a new territory and discover an unexpected cruising nirvana.

The truth is before Catherine and I sailed Dream Time, our 1981 Cabo Rico 38, to New Caledonia we also knew little about the country. It was mentioned only vaguely by cruisers as a French territory in Melanesia and a convenient pit stop on the western side of the South Pacific milk run — a great place to buy baguettes and Bordeaux near the end of the cruising season. So when we arrived last year from New Zealand, after visiting nearby Norfolk Island and Vanuatu, we had planned to stay only a few months, long enough to see the highlights, fill our tanks with diesel and our bellies with French food before sailing across to Australia for cyclone season. But that was over a year ago, and we’re still here.

New Caledonia, we discovered, is the third largest island in the South Pacific, after Papua New Guinea and New Zealand; boasts the world’s largest lagoon, 13,000 shimmering square nautical miles, which in 2008 became a UNESCO Marine World Heritage Site; and is almost completely encircled by 800 nautical miles of pristine reef, the second longest after the Great Barrier. On our very first day in New Caledonia, escorted through Canal de la Havannah by humpback whales, we knew we had entered a cruising nirvana — a turquoise world saturated with diverse marine life, reefs, bays and uninhabited islands just waiting to be explored. This, we realized, was our kind of destination, and we set out to see it all.

For the first two months, we toured the southern lagoon, an area just 30 miles from Nouméa, the busy capital, but a region that felt utterly secluded. With an average depth of just 80 feet and protected from ocean swell, it’s home to a ridiculous number of coral reefs and perfectly formed sandy islands of various sizes, offering a variety of anchorages to satisfy every kind of cruising preference. The lagoon, a vast natural aquarium, was teeming with schools of colorful reef fish, healthy coral, turtles tame enough to float along our waterline, dugongs, dolphins and sea snakes. We arrived during migratory season, and humpback whales rolled gently alongside and — for a few white-knuckle seconds — right under our keel.

We selected the islands with the best launch beaches, and when the trade winds blew at 20 knots, we kitesurfed in shallow water over powdery sand. We anchored near the reef and dived through passes, accompanied by schools of sharks and giant manta rays. We explored World War II wrecks, and when distant low-pressure systems in the deep Tasman Sea sent heaving swells and surf cascading over the outer reef, we snorkeled, kayaked and spearfished farther inside the protected lagoon. On the glassy calm days, when sea and sky blended softly together, removing the horizon, we explored the lagoon’s extreme southern cul-de-sac, anchoring off islands that felt as remote and precious as the Tuamotus.

During a respite in the trade winds, we sailed farther south to Île des Pins, a quiet and idyllic cluster of islands that rests off the main island’s southern tip, forming the dot of New Caledonia’s exclamation mark. The islands were named by Capt. James Cook in 1774 for the towering native pines that guard the shoreline, believed by the locals to contain the spirits of departed ancestors. The Kanak culture still dominates the area, so many territories are keenly protected with tribal customs by the people who settled there more than 3,000 years ago. Even today, carved totems closely watch over bays where traditional pirogues, outrigger sailing canoes, glide across sacred turquoise waters in a lagoon where mushroom-shaped limestone islands balance on narrow bases eroded by centuries of passing tides.

We explored caves above and below the surface near Gadji, a shallow anchorage on Île des Pins’ northwestern corner, scuba diving through tight fractures under the reef, which opened magically to underwater cathedrals where blowholes in the limestone ceiling allowed shafts of flickering sunlight to dance on the seabed 30 feet below the surface. And pushed to the limits of comfort, we clawed deeper under the reef into pitch-black antechambers, where lobsters gathered in the hundreds on limestone shelves, probing the darkness with swaying antennas.

Days gently blurred into weeks, which somehow, too quickly, became months, and with cyclone season fast approaching we needed a safe haven. With help from the friendly staff at Port Moselle, one of the most protected marinas in downtown Nouméa, we reserved a slip for Dream Time on their visitor’s dock. To prepare for a named storm, we purchased 300 feet of cyclone line, which was secured to heavy chains buried at the bottom of the harbor. For five months Port Moselle Marina was our base camp, and all the conveniences and attractions of the tropical French capital were just a walk, bus or le Petit Train ride away. We visited the fruit, vegetable and craft markets, marine-supply stores, air-conditioned supermarkets and museums almost daily, and followed the fragrance of freshly baked croissant and espresso to countless patisseries nestled around Place des Cocotiers, a tropical square in the heart of the city.

In the middle of summer, we rented a car for three weeks to tour Grande Terre, the big island, driving more than 800 miles to every corner of the diverse and contrasting island. Across the lush, rolling grassy countryside of the west coast and over the dry, dusty red plains in the deep south, we weaved up and over the island’s spine, climbing more than 4,000 feet to a craggy wind-swept mountain range before descending into lush tropical valleys overgrown with giant ferns, pines and palms. We stopped frequently at rickety roadside stalls to buy locally grown bananas, lychees, grapefruit so sweet they rivaled even those from the Marquesas, and sticky homemade pineapple cake. In the far northeast, towering cliffs drop almost vertically to meet the lagoon, and when the road ended abruptly at the Ouaïéme River, a barge powered with just a 30 hp outboard ferried us and our car across so we could continue our journey north to the remote tip of the island, known as bout du monde: the end of the world.

But we preferred to spend our summer sailing and exploring the bays, coves and estuaries of Grande Terre. We visited the crumbling remains of penal colonies where more than 22,000 French convicts were extradited from 1864 to 1897 and, after serving their sentences, found themselves stranded on a remote island with no hope of returning home. We hiked through red rock canyons, anchored off black volcanic-sand shores, soaked in thermal pools and ventured into the deep waters of Baie du Prony, following the meandering estuary upstream to a hurricane hole so calm that Dream Time was connected to a perfect reflection of herself. And when cyclones developed with paths forecast to bring them into New Caledonian waters, close enough to raise the orange pré-alerte cyclonique flag, we sailed back to the shelter of Port Moselle Marina.

In May, when the trade winds felt cool rather than clammy and ocean temperatures dropped along with the humidity, we cleaned and coiled our cyclone lines, waved goodbye to new friends in Nouméa, and set off for Îles Loyauté, the Loyalty Islands. Just an overnight sail away, the traditional Kanak culture and village life on this chain of islands make you feel like you’ve arrived in a country different from the Francophone Grande Terre.

Almost all anchorages in the Loyalties are tribu, tribal lands passed down through generations. Custom dictates that visitors request an audience with the village chief when they first arrive and offer la coutume, a gift, traditionally a few meters of fabric and a 1,000 CFP note (about $10 USD). The monetary value is not measured; rather, it’s a humble gesture, one that shows respect and recognition that you are a guest in their land. To personalize our gifts, we also offered a Dream Time T-shirt and a warm, freshly baked coconut cake, and we always felt welcome.

We were invited inside traditional grande cases, the thatch huts used for tribal meetings and family sleeping quarters, where, sitting on woven mats around a fire pit, speaking limited French to a Melanesian chief, we somehow felt completely at home. We anchored off limestone cliffs where water visibility was 100 feet and stayed for weeks in Ouvéa, a shallow atoll framed with more than 15 miles of sweeping white-sand beaches, reputedly the most beautiful in the entire Pacific. It’s home to a Kanak population so proud and independent that local communities, valuing privacy over profit, chose to prohibit cruise ships from entering.

Since we sailed into New Caledonian waters over a year ago we’ve logged, remarkably, more than 1,500 nautical miles and visited more than four dozen anchorages in what has been some of the most diverse, relaxing, rewarding and convenient cruising we’ve experienced in over nine years of sailing. Navigational charts accurately detail every island, reef and passage. Food provisioning is among the best in the Pacific. If you need boat work, help finding the right mechanic or a customs extension, we had great experiences with Chloe Morin, a local yacht agent (noumeaocean.com) who handled every request with an ease and level of professionalism that guaranteed to make our stay a more enjoyable one.

But New Caledonia isn’t just restricted to cruisers who’ve crossed the Pacific. Local charter companies in Nouméa boast a shiny fleet of monohulls, catamarans and even a few powerboats that make this island paradise accessible to everyone. So, whether you seek adrenaline thrills on the water, diverse marine life under the surface, rich cultural exchanges, French cuisine or just an irresistible selection of blissfully remote anchorages, New Caledonia has it all, and it’s just waiting to be discovered.

By Neville Hockley

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yachtaweigh · 7 years ago

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New Caledonia Biggest Secret

A voyaging couple explore a new territory and discover an unexpected cruising nirvana.

By Neville Hockley

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seak1ng · 7 years ago

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I think I wanna outline that Rumiko Takahashi Style dream I had that I mentioned recently because I can’t stop thinking about it.

So I’ll describe the original dream. Like i dreamed it sorta in first person, like sometimes it’d be third person for certain scenes? Anyway I’m doing to describe a main character in third person because it’d feel weird to describe it in first person.

I think the strongest Takahashi vibes in this dream were al Ranma 1/2 flavored because the setting was a modern “japan” but there were super traditional / historical feeling elements everywhere too. The love interest for example was a samurai lookin fuck who was kind of a junk merchant who lived like, you know, a traveling merchant samurai fuck would. But this was like right outside a big city lol

Oh and I don’t remember when in the story it came up but SOMEHOW my dream brain managed to give the samurai fuck a name and that name was Hayase? Wild. I don’t think I’ve ever named a character in a dream before lmao

Alright, anyway, dream narrative starts the main character and her mom browsing a market? Main character intrudes in samurai fucko item merchant Hayase’s section- for some reason she just wasn’t supposed to be poking around there and he really fucking hated it and at this point he makes it his life mission to chase her down and catch her for... the crime of intruding I guess? The why didn’t seem important, the point was that this is where a chase narrative begins.

There was a segment where main character tried to leave the country but she had to keep hiding from samurai man, so she just sent her mom on home and decided to keep running this little goose chase a little while longer (with the idea that she’d catch a flight after she lost him)

There were a fuckload of parkour chase scenes? Which was actually super fun to dream about. It’s also very Ranma because like you know how in that anime and otherse like it, anyone who does any amount of martial arts just has the ability to jump around on anything, y’know? Lots of those scenes played like Ranma fight scenes. As narrative scenes they’re pretty meaningless filler. It was only a little scary, being pursued, but there was a fun mood to it. Like it was only the first chase scene that was particularly tense and as the dream progressed it developed from a vengeful hunt to both parties genuinely enjoying the cat and mouse game.

There was one scene where the main character had given him the slip for a good long time so she took up a job in like a traditional theater + pub kinda situation. Took some time to stay in one place and “rest” (even tho she was working through it) and save up some money. Eventually Hayase DOES turn up at the, but the idiot doesn’t even recognize the main character because she’s dressed so dang different. It was a fun scene where she got to mess with him a little before he caught wise, and then the chase resumed.

I never really dreamed up a proper reason for this chase to be happening? But the guy was super desperate to catch her by the end. The vengeance angle also disappeared long since. I guess the reason was he caught feelings or some bullshit because thats how anime do, right.

By the time the chase was drawing to an end it was morning so like it stopped being 100% dream generated, and I was just slightly conscious enough to like... start editing while dreaming? The last scene had Hayase catch her and be like “Hey I’m not going to hurt you and we can stop doing this chase thing I just want you to know We Cool (and also I’d like it if you spend more time with me but won’t force it)” I mean the dialogue was more appropriately dramatic and anime but that was the gist. I think Dream Brain was planning some kind of reveal that would’ve given a better story reason for the chase to be happening but whoops I woke up before it got there

---- SO, fixing it ----

Like the romance being tied to literal pursuit is something.... like that’s one of those things where you know I’d be bitching about it along side other shojo manga that disappointed me. As a plot that’s effectively an Enemies to Lovers plot, however, I eat that shit up. The issue is that having a male character pursue a romance this way sucks because when real men IRL act that way its fucking terrifying and bad. While my dream didn’t play out like a standard romanticized stalking, it’s a little too close for comfort. I probably will make Hayase a woman or nb person because that not only gays it up but also removes the element of real fear that comes with the plot of being pursued by a man. So its easier for it to be a fun romp.

I think I will omit the modern parts of the setting because the only time they were relevant were in the parkour scenes. I like working in fantasy settings anyway. I thought about renaming Hayase but man, if your dream produces a specific name like that you’d better use it, right.

I think the main character will be some sort of master thief and her swiping something from Hayase is what motivates the fight. There’s a lot of potential there for making the plot stronger. Of course it’s some imporant McGuffin. Maybe something that turns out to be dangerous or attracts the attention of other people who want it, so it turns the two person chase into this huge scramble. then THAT might give the main characters reason to put their game on hold and team up. There’s lots of places in this plot that allow for stronger relationship development.

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