#rokumonsen

[promisecitymoments]

underrated part of Armored Core 6 is the presence of absolute fucking maniacs on Rubicon 3 as well. Like everyone in the main story is taking their roles super seriously, Walter is playing up being the brooding bad boy, G1 Michigan is loving his role as a military hardass, Snail is

But what truly makes it a great game is the likes of the independent mercenaries, like Rokumonsen the space weeb who speaks exclusively in haiku

Or Coldcall the Edgelord Supreme

Or my personal favourite, Nosaac the fucking debtmaxxer

Every game needs a cast of unhinged background extras honestly

[smorgasbort]

Armored Core 6 characters as Dril Tweets

[drenched-in-sunlight]

catching Ziyi with Rokumonsen brainrot so here is my proposal for the family dynamics of the RLF

(what’s with Rokumonsen having ALL-MIND parts but it’s never explained? Is he also ALL-MIND spy? Did O’Keeffe quit working for AM partly because he discovered she was also spying on the RLF even though one condition for him to work for her is she leaving them tf alone? Flatwell’s AC is Japanese for “wings” so does he and Rokumonsen bond over being a weeb together ? Is Flatwell doomed to be involved with AM’s spies? (Sulla pre-heating the oven outside: hey-)

Do Ziyi and Rusty even know each other exist? I feel like they don’t. Flatwell adopted her after Rusty had left to start his infiltration to the Vespers and Flatwell never told either of them, to avoid… complications. Ziyi only knew the “Rusty” boy disappeared. basically Rusty went to live with dad for years, come back and found out he now has a little sister and another guy she insists is dad. But there’s simply no way he’s accepting that. 621 is inching out the door as we speak cuz what the hell is with your family Rusty-)

[grayrazor]

Raven: thinks for one (1) second about betraying the Rubicon Liberation Front.

Rocket-propelled ballistic samurai who speaks only in haiku:

[general-luce]

Me, introducing Rokumonsen in my Armored Core 6 fanfic: -excited-

Me, realizing Rokumonsen speaks in haikus, and I have to write this:

[thogwithablog]

I like to imagine Coldcall is Rokumonsen's arch nemesis. It's quite the spectacle when they fight.

[amored-core-hotties]

Attention, mercenaries. The first full round of side A is now public. Who is the hottest Armored Core character?

Miraculously, G5 Iguazu won. This was... Unexpected. Let us see if he just got lucky.

IGUAZU

toxic yaoi, anyone?

his hate boner for you is so big he kinda loses his mind

hates you hates you hates you

enemies with benefits

actually annoying

what a brat. i want to punt him into a wall

full-on obsessed with you. cant get you out of his mind. cant get killing you out of his mind.

complicated feelings of ENVY and LONGING and YEARNING? SOLUTION: JUST FUCKING KILL THEM

ROKUMONSEN

space weeb

only speaks in haikus?????

autism

scary old guy decides he needs to protect small and angry little girl trope (<3)

FIGHT

[smorgasbort]

I don't always go for Coffee Shop AUs, but I do like this one. This is the world O'Keefe wanted to live in.

My mind immediately jumped to the independent mercenaries owning an independent book shop together.

Coldcall stocks it with the edgiest fiction you can fathom, Rokumonsen makes sure there's a fine selection of Japanese literature and poetry (in the original Japanese, of course), and Nosaac was the one who somehow persuaded the other two to go in on this venture with him and is the one handling the accounts.

It is constantly on the verge of closure and kept open only because Rokumonsen works part time at the Flatwell bakery with Ziyi and Coldcall has secret side-income, the origin of which he refuses to disclose.

AC coffee shop au idea

i went briefly insane over on twitter but like, big idea for a low energy, self-indulgent fun coffee shop au:

The Redgun Cafe is owned by Michigan who was an ex F1 racer, now retired, and several of his employees are like ppl from his career or just scruffed off the street (Iguazu).

Iguazu is the main barista of Redgun Cafe and he makes THE BEST COFFEE EVER it is ambrosia it's perfect it's just that he's an asshole with a sour personality and no customer service skills whatsoever

Across the street (directly across the street) is the Vesper's Lounge, a rival cafe that's very ritzy, very fancy and expensive. It's owned by Freud who ALSO owns a hobby shop on the same street that sells mecha model kits.

Their main barista is Rusty, who can make a decent enough coffee, but in sharp contrast to Iguazu, is very charming and uses his attractiveness to lure in customers. Also has hidden expert baking skills since his father, Flatwell, owns a bakery

YEAH SO Flatwell owns a bakery on the same street. The food there is legendary. His daughter, Ziyi, helps him run it. Rusty does as well when he's not working at Vesper's Lounge

Rusty works at Vesper's Lounge for two reasons: extra money, and because he gets a discount at Freud's hobby shop. Rusty and Freud are both gunpla enthusiasts. Somehow no one else knows that they're gunpla otaku buddies...

Carla owns a bar on the same street called Carla's Bar, and it's a hole in the wall bar that's sustained only by its regulars. She's fucking loaded though, bc she has other businesses elsewhere too.

Walter and 621 work at Carla's bar as bartenders (Walter also does 'other work' (information brokering) for Carla). 621 is Walter's adopted son as well.

The Hounds (617, 619 and 620) run a garage (owned by Carla) and are regulars to the bar. They've taken 621 under their wing.

Ayre is 621's online friend that lives in another country. They play a lot of online games together and also send each other letters and gifts... they've known each other for many years

Anyway the overall plot of this would be... the zany shenanigans this insane street will get up to. Everyone knows Carla's involved in shady shit - probably criminal! - but they just pretend not to notice. It's much more fun watching Snail and Michigan locks horns over their cafe rivalry while Freud keeps trying to turn Vesper's Lounge into a Mecha Cafe (Snail keeps saying no). At some point 621 and Rusty start dating and it's cute and schmoopy. The end.

I WANNA WRITE THIS...

[ouroborosorder]

it's very interesting that people talk about the dehumanization of pilots in armored core 6 but no one really talks about the dehumanization of AI and Coral which i think are also extremely dense and extremely thematically critical

[drenched-in-sunlight]

*Looks at all your AC6 art*

My bisexual ass could never be an AC Pilot on Rubicon.

tbh i feel u .......... it's like im putting all of my types into these characters like damn .... *image of man with hands behind his back staring at the beach here*

[pilebunkers]

'Please comrade Rusty, hold this authentic cuirass. Yes, hold it higher. And this helmet, too. Have you ever grown a beard? These things would suit you."

Rokumonsen hangs old Kurosawa posters in his garage and constantly conspires to get Rusty to grow a moustache and wear his hair up.

[syntheta-ac]

Rokumonsen would

Fall in love with haiku bot

That is all, send post

[average-transdalorian]

My thoughts on the Redguns and the Vespers!

G7 Hakra: quite frankly, I’d forgotten you existed until I checked the wiki to make sure I got everyone. Congrats on dying before 621 even makes planetfall, I guess? There IS an interesting AU concept in 621 taking your license, though!

G6 Red: apparently you can be fought in the story? Seems I missed that lmao. Anyways, I Rather Dislike how enthusiastic you are in every single goddamn briefing, PLEASE stop trying to be like G1 Michigan, he can only get away with it because he provably has the skills to get away with it

G5 Iguazu: a hater the likes of which is only seen rarely, truly a character in the vein of Zeta Gundam’s Jerrid. You suck awfulstyle, but I’d probably be much the same if I was one of G1 Michigan’s subordinates, so I can’t blame you too badly for that. There is some tasteful tragedy with you, though; you had the potential to be Raven, but circumstances made it so that by the time you’d found your motivation, you were stuck forever playing catch-up to 621, and never quite making it. Very fun to think about!

G4 Volta: sucks that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time twice; getting Got by G1 Michigan AND being forced to attempt to scale the Wall? That’s rough, guy. At least you didn’t have to see G5 Iguazu keep spiraling, I guess?

G3 Wu Huahai: a decently similar deal to G4 Volta, what with getting caught by G2 Nile and all, but your luck on the second wrong place and time was even WORSE! You were In 621’s Way, and that’s pretty much a death sentence. Props to you for realizing that Balam was fucked, sorry you realized it just in time to have God’s Okayest Hound set upon you. I do wonder why you were paired with V.VI Maeterlinck specifically, though…..

G2 Nile: I can see how Michigan always escaped you back before he was G1. I think the two of you should have a very intimate working, I think it’d be great stress relief for you. Honestly you’re kinda unremarkable outside of him, though, that sucks for you

G1 Michigan: the big man himself! I’d HATE working under you, what with how you act all like a drill sergeant or what-have-you, but you are truly an exceptional pilot, and an adept commander to boot; one of the few pilots on Rubicon who recognizes the sheer extent of 621’s skill. I have great respect for you as a peer, I just couldn’t be your subordinate

V.VIII Pater: you were always incredibly professional, and I greatly appreciated you wishing 621 luck and happy hunting, as well as your silly little Rusty impression. I also like how you seemed VERY attached to V.V Hawkins <-(gay gay homosexual gay), to the point that even while you acted like a purely selfish bastard in order to cope with his death, it was rather clear (to me, at least) that you were holding onto his number as a way to hold onto him, and that using that number to make your way up the ranks would seem like a great way of honoring him to you. LOTS of fun!

V.VII Swinburne: I’m gonna be honest, I killed you WAAAAAAY too quickly to pay attention to what you had to say. But looking at your dialogue, it kinda seems like you suck a little bit as a person. Ah, well, I suppose it’s alright that I always killed you, even if I’ll have to decline next time so I can FINALLY fight Rokumonsen

V.VI Maeterlinck: alongside G3 Wu Huahai, you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Your arena profile points towards you being more of a strategist and commander than a duelist, and the way you interact with 621 (immediately understanding that you’re outmatched and calling for backup) aligns with that. I��ve no beef with you, and it really is a shame that you had to die. A tragedy, even

V.V Hawkins: the older man of V.VIII Pater’s dreams. You’re decently competent, and have NOTABLY good humor, on top of being genuinely affectionate with V.VIII Pater. I like you, but, well. The mission is what the mission is

V.IV Rusty: MY GIRRRRRRRRRL YOU’RE SO HOT AND COOL AND AWESOME AND I’M SO GLAD YOU SURVIVE ALEA IACTA EST! You are a transfem butch to me, because of those comics, and I think you in particular would take quite well to being Mandalorian. You’re just. So cool

V.III O’Keefe: Tbh, I killed you too quickly to actually get all of your dialogue. However, like me, you quite enjoy Rusty! Unlike me, you don’t find the idea of having a machine body kickass. Sad! You were just on the wrong planet for all that, I’m afraid. Transhumanism shouldn’t be forced on anyone, so I’m glad you got to escape it at least, but like. Party pooper

V.II Snail: FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. EAT PISS SHIT BLOOD AND DIE IN A HOLE. I HATE YOU AND HOPE YOU ARE FOREVER SUFFERING. I’M SO GLAD I GOT TO KILL YOU SO MANY TIMES. I HATE YOU TOO MUCH TO EVEN REALLY DO COHERENT ANALYSIS HERE. YOU ARE THE SINGULAR MOST ANNOYING FUCKER ON RUBICON. YOU GOT EVERY SINGLE AUGMENTATION YOU COULD BUT IT STILL DIDN’T MAKE YOU BETTER THAN 621. YOU HAD TO WAIT FOR 621 TO BEAT THE CEL 240 BEFORE YOU EVEN TRIED ENGAGING THEM, AND EVEN THEN YOU WERE A COWARD ABOUT IT AND WENT FOR AN AC SHUTDOWN WITH THE NEEDLE LAUNCHER. YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS ARQUEBUS? YOU AREN’T EVEN THE CORN IN THEIR CHOWDER.

V.I Freud: omg hiiiii!!! You’re in it for love of the game, and one of the best damn pilots on Rubicon despite having ZERO augmentations. I love how you disobey V.II Snail (fuck that guy), and I love how you, like the player, are just having a good time and don’t want the fun to stop! You’re a fun fight, and fun to think about! King shit, to be entirely honest. Although you DO have my condolences for the name, Sigmund Freud kinda sucked lmao

[kivaember]

now that im thinking about it. imagine rokumonsen yelling attacks when firing his weapons or using his plasma whip bc his source material for japan was old naruto episodes

[hurricaneforcefan]

Chapter 13: We now return to your regularly scheduled RLF programming, because we all know Little Ziyi is the real protagonist here.

Into the Grace

I have, at last, begun posting my Armored Core 6 Alternate Universe long-fic Into the Grace on AO3, available here:

I've also made the previous works in the series available without a log-in, as making it more difficult for AI to read my work wasn't worth making it more difficult for people to read my work. Both should be available through AO3's series navigation, but just in case:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50916649/chapters/128632297

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51810841/chapters/130988839

I'll close this post out with another big thanks to @pheonix199 for her invaluable help.

[pilebunkers]

So. In the briefing for "Eliminate V.III O'Keeffe," ALLMIND presents us with this list of Coral Release Candidates. Here it is cleaned up to the best of my ability; even the .bk2 file had some artifacting. ):

I think it's safe to assume C1-249 is Sulla and C4-769 is probably Iguazu. I think Rokumonsen is C3-291, considering he runs ALLMIND parts, but I'm very open to theories. Even though O'Keeffe was gen two and an ally of ALLMIND there's no gen two highlighted in these lists; but he was gen two. He's gen nine now. So they might just not include him because he's no longer a candidate, even if he was at one point.