Alright, guys! I'm feeling a lot better. My wrist seems to be in working order again. So, time to get back into the game! Sorry for the delay!<br/><br/>Also, my apologies if this post seems unusually short for me. I find it difficult to get back into the swing of things sometimes after a prolonged hiatus from a game, whatever the circumstances. So, I thought it important to just get things moving, even if it isn't my best material. I might need a few posts to get back into her mindset, but I'm confident I'll get there soon.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=236641.msg11701451#msg11701451">Quote from: Inerrant Lust on 06-10-2015, 06:46:52</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yeah, I imagine Sarada would be pretty busy with her ambitions to become Hokage.. and Sasuke's probably <em>still</em> out protecting Konoha from afar. I figure he avoids the village as a form of penance, personally. Never bought his reasoning for not visiting his daughter even once in 12 years...<br/><br/>I do like the idea of Yoshi awakening his Sharingan through a moment of love and all, but I kind of would also be a little sad if that made it impossible for any NPCs to be having fun with the PCs. ;) Upon hitting the third stage, all the characters will train with their respective Jounins (or, like in Naruto's case, with a special guest star mentor! :P) and one idea I had was that Sarutobi Mirai wants to take Yoshi's apparently sex-based Sharingan to its natural full extent... :P<br/><br/>Other possibilities include the rival and friendly genin, obviously. Unfortunately, Shiori has really only interacted with two characters... while so far Yoshi's met Naomi, Setsuko, Kurai, Kasumi, Daisuke, and an unnamed Kumo Kunoichi. I thoroughly enjoy the thought of Shiori using her special ability to subdue an all-male team that have tricked themselves into thinking they're the ones taking advantage of her..<br/><br/>I think losing a single point of chakra every round might just be unnoticeable..<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'm with you on that one, about Sasuke not being the closest of fathers. Or husbands, for that matter. Frankly, despite the "happy ending" for Sasuke and Sakura, I still don't think their relationship is a convincingly happy one. It seems like he's all too willing to keep his distance, and his wife is still trying to afford some time with him. Not that this is all Sasuke's fault, of course. There's a level of crazy that has to be had if a girl is still obsessively head over heels for her crush when he's genuinely tried to kill her on numerous occasions. Although, I can see Sarada actually having a good relationship with Yoshi. After all, she knows what it's like to have family who won't pay enough attention to her. As compassionate as she is, I don't see her wanting to commit the same mistake with him. But she's got to be genuinely busy herself, pursuing her own ambitions.<br/><br/>Anyway, I'm okay with Zaer's proposal. I totally get your objections, but I don't think they'll be as much of a problem as you might worry it'll be. Remember what I keep bringing up, about Shiori being held back from moving on with life by her fear over her condition? That applies to love as well. She feels she's unworthy of it, in a sense. When she's worked up and truly lost in her hunger, she can't tell the difference between love and parasitic desire, and that unsettles her. If she actually came to care about Yoshi, she couldn't possibly allow herself to love him, nor him to love her. Not because he's from a rival village, but because there's no possible future together. He's a truly rare individual, with a bloodline that is all but lost to the world. He owes it to his clan, and his village, to continue his line with healthy, prosperous offspring. She can't be certain she can give that to him, and if she was foolish enough to try, she dreads the possibility of passing her curse to her children, and dooming the future of the Sharingan to a life of parasitic existence.<br/><br/>Hell, even without love, most kunoichi would still sleep with an Uchiha, and allow themselves to be inseminated by him, in the hopes that she could carry a child back to her village with a rare and powerful bloodline. It's a very legitimate purpose for kunoichi seduction techniques, and as devious as it might be, a kunoichi would be respected for doing so. However, Shiori couldn't be certain she could do even that. She fears she would feast on the child in her womb (which is likely an irrational fear, but not entirely unreasonable), and even if it survived, it might just expose her curse in her gift, and burden her son or daughter with it as well. She's not sure she could live with that.<br/><br/>Shiori is willing to have sex, however. Especially if it serves a purpose. I think turning the tables on some potential abusers would be a really neat encounter, not just because of the sexiness, but because it would be a real chance for Shiori to see a "beneficial" use for her power. It might open the door to have her start looking at her power as a tool, instead of as a burden. But those she truly cares about she's most inclined to stay away from, for what she believes is their own good. That said, if she's hurt, exhausted, or otherwise in need, her desires can override her better sense. It might not stop her from indulging in an emotional moment of love-making, but it would be enough to probably prevent much of a relationship coming out of it.<br/><br/>That's not to say Yoshi can't still pursue her, however. He feels however he feels. As long as Zaer thinks Shiori is the kind of gal he would fall for, by all means. If anything, it could just create a dramatic, and complicated relationship, full of misunderstandings and mixed signals. It could be pretty interesting. Even more so if we end up adding Cookie's character, or a close proximity, as someone who Yoshi is more obligated to marry. It could create an interesting three-way dynamic, should Shiori and Yoshi actually develop feelings for one another, while Yoshi is supposed to marry Emi, and Shiori is reluctantly trying to push him her way, despite their feelings, for his own good.