#meguru tsuchiko

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Instead of sleeping, I finished the (very, very rough) concept designs for Syndr∞memime!

Top left: Shiki Kikumori

Top right Momoka Nomura

Bottom left: Meguru Tsuchiko

Bottom right: Ikuro Suzui

I'm not fully happy with these and will probably change them a lot (Meguru & Ikuro's hair colors, Momoka's dress, maybe Meguru's outfit) but for now I'm just happy they've been drawn!!!

Meguru and Ikuro were actually hell, and Shiki was the easiest since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do for him. Momoka was straightforward and the first I drew, but as a result I think I'm the least happy with her outfit; I want to make her skirt/dress more fun. Ikuro's the only one who doesn't have his color (purple) on him, and I could probably explain that as a very subtle characterization thing but I won't.

Also, for anyone who read the original info dump post about Syndr∞memime (now deleted) things have changed a LOT, so the characters are quite a bit different from how they were originally described.

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Spent an hour gathering fonts to make some signature/handwriting canons(?) for my Proseka OCs! These are all subject to change, but it was a fun exercise!

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Get to Know Your Character #3

1, 4, 10

We're doing all of the Proseka ocs again because I have problems!!!

Tw for referenced abuse, violence and suicide, skip past "1:" if you don't want to read about that!

1:

For Shiki, it's when he lost his eye. Shiki will not let himself forget and tries his best to think about it constantly: he lets his hatred for Ayataka and thirst for revenge govern his every action and mood (up until that all collapses on the revelation that the whole incident was a misunderstanding)

Takane is also Shiki losing his eye: coping with the guilt of feeling responsible for him losing it and the trauma of watching a guy's eye get stabbed out in front of you. He quite literally became a shut-in from the time of the incident until the main plot started happening, and is tormented by nightmares every night.

Ikuro has a lot. Like a lot a lot: he's trying so hard to repress everything. Probably the biggest and worst (or at least the start of his major issues) memory for him would be his relationship with Anzu; the entire thing was so toxic and abusive and it royally screwed up his self-image, perception of romance and relationships, and his views on things like physicality in relationships.

Momoka's is from her suicide attempt/near attempt, which happen(ed/s) during the course of her story. She had gone to that point and thought about it a lot before but that was definitely the worst she'd ever felt, and it's very difficult for her to talk about. She's overall very ashamed and a whole mix of emotions she doesn't like to think about.

Ayataka is a very positive person who doesn't think or talk about his issues much, but his time spent in juvie and his actions during the incident 2 years ago weigh heavily on him still. Again as a positive person he's decided to deal with it by making things up to Shiki and Takane however he can, and making up for lost time spent in juvie by joining clubs and maximising the fun he can have.

Towa is an... Interesting case because he's far to stubborn to admit to having any problems. His worst memory (or rather memories) are all the bullying he's gone through from his peers over the years and the neglect & demeaning from his parents. He doesn't deal with any of it at all.

Kotora's is definitely his pushing of Ikuro. Granted he didn't know that Ikuro was at his breaking point or going to react in the way he did, but Kotora still feels responsible for Takane almost getting seriously hurt and Ikuro having a full psychotic breakdown. Kotora doesn't usually let other people's issues phase him, but he does really wish he tried to approach and speak to Ikuro in a different (more gentle, sympathetic, and slow) way.

Meguru has many memories that she hates and wants to forget, but she's more or less accepted she can't change things and so just looks towards the future. Not the healthiest, but all her things are small issues that piled up.

4:

Towa. Where to start with Towa on this one? The entire formation of C×C is basically Towa taking huge risks and making big sacrifices for the (future) C×C members, but the biggest one was challenging Ayataka "just-out-of-juvie" Daimon to a fistfight to get answers about the incident to help heal Takane's trauma so he could come to school. This was before Towa learned that Ayataka is not a ruthless badguy and Ayataka is also like 6'3 while Towa is 5'5 so it was very dangerous but boy if he didn't do it.

Ayataka's was the whole incident involving Shiki losing his eye. The misunderstanding came from the fact that at the end of 9th grade, Shiki confronted Takane about a group project Takane caused them to flunk by lying and skipping class. Ayataka, thinking Shiki was trying to hurt Takane and seeing this as a last chance to make a friend, decide to try and "defend" Takane in the only way he knew how: violence. Ayataka and Shiki physically fought a lot and things escalated to Ayataka pulling out a knife and stabbing Shiki. Of course while he was in Juvie he thought he helped Takane, but got really sad and remorseful once he realised that he badly scared Takane and hurt Shiki for no reason.

Meguru sacrificed her reputation as student council president to make sure that Ayataka, Takane, Momoka, Shiki, and Kotora could all get adjusted to and enjoy school. She doesn't regret a thing and intends to keep helping everyone, despite the gossip that has started to surface about her hanging out with "ex-cons", "delinquents", and "freaks".

The rest don't have any major sacrifices that come to kind :P

10:

Towa wants to get "superstar-levels of great" at rapping and dancing.

Ayataka has a lot he wants to learn and master, but the main one right now is baking and cooking. He's also trying very, very hard to learn how to make friends and not look and act like a murderer.

Takane wants to get better at art (and also to have more confidence, but that one's a secret!)

Kotora doesn't feel the need to learn anything, but Meguru and Towa insist on teaching him some decent social skills.

Momoka is learning sewing (more specifically fashion)

Ikuro is currently going to therapy and learning some decent fucking coping mechanisms

Shiki just wants to untangle the mess known as his brain.

Meguru is trying to improve her metal-scream skills

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Oc asks 2, 6, & 8

I'm doing the Proseka OCs for this because I cannot stop thinking about them!!!

2:

Momoka has a crippling coffee addiction, but the rest of S∞M has gotten her to try hot chocolate and tea.

Meguru is a major tea buff: she knows all about the different methods of brewing tea and is doing her best to get the rest of S∞M to love tea as much as she does.

Shiki drinks tea and black coffee around others, but he actually prefers very sweet flavours and adds stupid amounts of sugar and honey in private. Nobody's sure why he feels the need to hide his drink preferences like this but he does (even though everyone already knows).

Ikuro doesn't have any particular favourite beverages, he just drinks whatever's available.

Kotora drinks coffee. Pure black, piping hot coffee. He does not wait for it to cool.

Takane exclusively drinks energy drinks and other sugary pop drinks. He didn't drink water for several months before C×C formed.

Towa drinks regular water and weird "health" drinks. He finds the health drinks disgusting but he drinks them anyways and pretends to like them.

Ayataka loves pop drinks, and can't stand tea or coffee.

6:

Meguru is the biggest reader of the group. Her favourite genre is actually slasher and other gorey-horror books. She especially loves to read these kinds of books when she's stressed.

Ikuro likes very macabre books and stories; things that are more psychological. The Edgar Allen Poe collection, No Longer Human, and other such books. He also reads lots of romance stories and fanfic.

Momoka is a fan of lower-stakes fantasy and adventure books. She reads more graphic novels, manga, and comics than novels.

Shiki isn't a big reader. When he does read it's mainly poetry, history books, and encyclopedias about different things.

Takane reads enough manga and comics to rival how much Meguru reads. He reads all genres, but his favourites are superhero or other action-packed ones and the more explicit romance genres.

Kotora doesn't read much, but when he does read he sticks to non-fiction and Takane and Meguru's recommendations.

Ayataka also doesn't read very much. He'll sometimes read through an interesting magazine or graphic novel, but that's about it.

Towa reads whatever Takane recommends him, but doesn't read otherwise.

8:

Shiki can't decide on if he's "super intimidatingly cool and aloof; unreachable to most people" or "a nice guy with a dark secret" when in reality he's just a known weirdo who doesn't pose like a human being.

Momoka is very unfriendly and she knows it. She's trying hard to follow Ikuro and Meguru's advice to be better at making (and keeping) friends, but she already has a reputation for being mean and scary.

Meguru has the patience of a saint and her ability to pretend not to hate or be annoyed by people is rivaled only by Ikuro. She's great at being friendly and polite.

Ikuro, much like Meguru, is very good at being friendly and approachable. Ikuro is friends with basically everyone.

Takane is very friendly, but also very shy.

Towa thinks he's super friendly and approachable, but he's actually very... "Much" to put it gently. He has way too much energy and bravado and it scares people off.

Kotora intentionally makes himself as aloof and off-putting as possible to avoid dealing with people.

Ayataka is trying so, so hard to be friendly and make friends but unfortunately he has the social skills of a swarm of angry wasps and friend making skills to match. He's currently undergoing friendship lessons.

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Art! I love themmm. The posing is really cool and their designs are like awesome. They all have so much personality shown in the designs.

Instead of sleeping, I finished the (very, very rough) concept designs for Syndr∞memime!

Top left: Shiki Kikumori

Top right Momoka Nomura

Bottom left: Meguru Tsuchiko

Bottom right: Ikuro Suzui

I'm not fully happy with these and will probably change them a lot (Meguru & Ikuro's hair colors, Momoka's dress, maybe Meguru's outfit) but for now I'm just happy they've been drawn!!!

Meguru and Ikuro were actually hell, and Shiki was the easiest since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do for him. Momoka was straightforward and the first I drew, but as a result I think I'm the least happy with her outfit; I want to make her skirt/dress more fun. Ikuro's the only one who doesn't have his color (purple) on him, and I could probably explain that as a very subtle characterization thing but I won't.

Also, for anyone who read the original info dump post about Syndr∞memime (now deleted) things have changed a LOT, so the characters are quite a bit different from how they were originally described.