"I know.  There's something we're missing here, but I haven't a clue to what these Qualities are...whatever they do, it hasn't come up until now."  That kind of irked her, as well - there had been<em>nothing</em>to indicate that they had anything like this!  Aika remembered getting to look at her character sheet while spending their experience after the introduction stage.  When they got an opportunity next, she would have to look over them to see if she could find them.  Aika had already made her choice, and when Joy did, the menu vanished.  "Good luck."  The moment after it disappeared, Aika would find that she got a pop-up, herself.<br/><div align="center"><tt class="bbc_tt"><br/>Qualities<br/>Qualities are passive traits that serve to modify how you accumulate points on your Arousal Meter.  In exchange, you may find yourself able to unlock certain events, increase the likelihood of item drops, or boost the potency of items that are dropped.<br/><br/>Qualities come in four basic varieties: Acts, Locations, Places, and Types.  Acts cover specific actions performed by the character; Locations cover specific body parts; Places are geographic areas; Types are specific subgroups of people (which includes other Exalted).<br/><br/>The general effect of Acts &amp; Locations are to ignore the typical Arousal Meter cap of 7 for the named Act or Location; the general effect of Places and Types is to increase the Arousal Meter by 1 whenever a scene is spent at that Place, or in the presence of anyone of the Type.  Furthermore, Places and Types have a specific singular entity that will increase the Meter by 2, instead.<br/><br/>Every character has 1 Quality at start, and may acquire up to 3 as the game progresses.</tt></div><br/>So...wait.  They<em>both</em>had one?  Alright, so Joy had that [Oppailicious] one which...she supposed was focused on Joy's tits?  Then what was-<br/><br/><div align="center"><tt class="bbc_tt">[Street Heat]</tt></div><br/>As the cars roared off, starting the first circuit of races, Aika found her face heating, and the distinct sensation that her outfit was too<em>tight</em>.  The Tennin turned to some of the other girls, who were looking at her.  "You're new here."<br/><br/>"Yes, we-"  She sort-of indicated Joy.  "Just arrived in town.  We heard about the races here tonight, thought we'd come and check them out."  It was a bit difficult to ignore the electric feeling on her skin, which she<em>knew</em>was the Quality kicking in.  [Street Heat]?  What did that mean?  Anytime she was on the streets...no.  That was too common.  A brief glance down told her her Arousal Meter had raised to 3.  No worries, not yet, it could only go up by a couple notches every scene, right?  She was in no danger.  "The races look rather competitive tonight."<br/><br/>"Yeah, but...that may mean trouble."  Aika tilted her head.  "Trouble how?"<br/><br/>"The Soul Stealers.  They're the gang that runs this section of town.  Everyone knows they're Yamashita Hiroji's goons, but the cops here won't do a thing about them.  Yamashita himself will sometimes lead a group of them if the cars being raced are high end enough; they'll run off the drivers and take the cars."<br/><br/>"For what?"<br/><br/>"He's got a chop shop in this section of town, somewhere.  Rumor has it he uses the parts taken from the cars to help fund that big-ass casino he's got; the Aoyama."  Right...Aika could see it from here.  If you asked her, the casino would make sense as the 'last stage' sort of area; it was easily the biggest building on the island, if not in all of the city.  "Something else you should know," one of the other queens told them.  "It's your first night here, expect the guys to ask for a favor from you.  And it can be<em>anything</em>..."  She made the word drip with a bit of anticipation, and Aika was pretty sure that pulling feeling she was experiencing right now was her nipples inside the race queen suit.<br/><br/>She thanked the queens, and looked back at Joy.<br/><br/><div align="center"><tt class="bbc_tt">RUMORS ACQUIRED: YAMASHITA HIROJI; INAYAMA CHOP SHOP</tt></div>