<br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Connection Proposals</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Emily Lockdall - The Princess</strong><br/>She just dropped, didn't she.  Rats.<br/><br/><strong>Lexxie Mercy - The Hedonist</strong><br/>First off, I'd like to state that I think Lexxie is the most "One Piece" of our character roster.  Brilliant, except for sometimes!  Crippled by simple consumerist triggers!  Unrealistically proportionate and always dressed in bikinis!  Kudos to Blondie!  I love her!<br/><br/>I think Rexile would first be apprehensive about her, since she's much more jubilant.  But Rexile's problem is that she's never gotten a chance to live like she does, and might slowly grow to see her as a s sort of mentor.  Not to mention, Rexile would immediately appreciate her medical skills.  In case you didn't notice, every name in Rexile's backstory is a simple anagram for something medical.  Elixer, Panacea, Vaccine, Cure..  She was originally going to be a doctor, but found out cybernetics was a better option.  Still good she knew surgery and all, but the point is that she'll appreciate Mercy's skills on an academic level.  Still, I could see a conflict arising, since Rexile is more of a stick in the mud.  Or if Mercy starts stealing things that Rexile considers part of her sacred stuff.<br/><br/>Since she seems to be a ship hopper, the two might have met previously.  Rexile basically sails from island to island based on signs and so forth, and she doesn't ask many questions as to why someone wants to ride with her.  So if you needed a small boat going wherever at some point, maybe she gave you a lift?<br/><br/><strong>Rairaku - The Demon</strong><br/>Iiiinteresting.<br/><br/>If the two ever did meet, it would have been when they were much younger.  When Rexile's master took her off her home island to learn from other wise-men, teachers and so on.  They might have visited the monastery then, although they wouldn't have stayed for more than a few months, if that long.<br/><br/>Today, Rexile would find Rairaku to be an awesome test of her upgrades.  A ruby standard, if you will, of the kind of strength level she needed to eventually be able to match on her own.  Rexile never did much drinking, and might become quickly addicted if Rairaku decided to become her Drunk Monk Instructor.  Which could be fun!  However, it's the dream that I'm most interested in.  Rexile would have a personal stake in helping you, as that story sounds eerily similar to her own shamanic line being purged.  She'd be more than willing to assist you.  Perhaps, once it was all said and done, she'd offer to help you set up a new one in her own homeland.<br/><br/><strong>Nero Nehil - The Warrior Out Of Place</strong><br/>HAHAHAHA!!  HAAAA HAHAHA!!  YES!!<br/><br/>So, like Rexile, you come from a rather antiquated society, and now you're on a quest outside the island to prove your worth before you return home and take up a traditional profession.  And while you've seen a bit of the world you still stick out like a sore thumb.  Sounds familiar!  Let's corrupt each other!<br/><br/>I don't see that these two would have met prior, just because of how isolated your character has been.  There's a very slim chance that Rexile happened on your island while gallivanting around by boat, which in the extreme case means you might have traveled with her.  She may have even been your ferry off island, although that gets into shamanic signs lining up and all that stuff, so maybe not.  Still, she'll look forward to meeting you.  Your character will be a slice of home with an exotic flavor, if you catch my meaning.<br/><br/><strong>Taiga - The Smith</strong><br/>Hm!<br/><br/>I have this weird idea where Taiga and Rexile might run some cybernetic components between themselves, and discuss the merits of being a smith / warrior enhanced with them.  Like, is it really your own strength, if you're part machine?  Does that change, if you made the mechanical parts yourself?  It's interesting!  I also have a funny idea that perhaps they met prior, when she washed up on your island.  You met here as she was screaming at the top of her lungs running away from a dinosaur.  A funny thought!  However, beyond those two scenarios, I'm not sure they'd have too awful much in common.  But, eager to see!  Lemme know!<br/><br/><strong>Kyra - The Mirage</strong><br/>Oooo..  Geez, I just called you the Mirage because I read that you were an illusionist!  That's awesome!<br/><br/>So.  Rexile is all in.  You are going to sound off so many alarms when she tries to use her shamanic training to read you, it will floor her.  Especially learning you are basically a spirit made by a machine!  (As a Cybernetic Shaman Lady: you have my attention!) But learning that your goal is to rescue your real self and bomb Germa to the ground??  She'll fucking follow you the ends of the earth, if that's your goal.  Not sure where they might have met.  Truth is, I'd rather they hadn't met before.  This is going to be amazing!<br/><br/>I love this concept.  Bravo!<br/><br/><strong>Reina Furlock - The Soldier</strong><br/>Ah, nice!<br/><br/>I think Rexile would probably appreciate her personality, and definitely respect her skills.  I have a silly scene where Rexile gets funny about your exhibitionism, and then learns about the secrets you keep below the belt, but that may or may not come to pass.  I think Rexile would be kind of at odds with your backstory, though.  Not hostile, just not sure what to think.  It would be a curious interaction.  Again, Rexile might have given you passage once upon a time, but if you were running from the navy when you sailed in her little boat, she probably won't remember you.  I look forward to meeting Reina, though!<br/><br/><strong>Sin Sheena - The scent of a fox that draws the stars together</strong><br/>Wow.  You put a lot of effort into that, I can feel it.  Very nice!<br/><br/>In my mind, Sheena is part of Rexile's shamanic journey.  Another guide, but into the true harshness of the world.  Both of them lost their childhood, although Sheena's was particularly harder and more frightening.  I agree with your take, that the two wouldn't have met prior and wouldn't totally trust each-other upon meeting.  Even as a shaman, Rexile would wonder why you were supposed to the captain she sailed with.  However, I have a sense that mutual trust and respect would eventually bloom as they got to know her.  Strangely, I don't have many ideas for this.  Like Rexile's shamanic journey, I'd rather leave it unwritten and see what happens.