[NEON HEARTS] -- OOC
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				Title: <strong>[NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>18-02-2023, 17:59:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c1/10/ac/c110ac5f89b7ee5dc864385f616d23ba.jpg)</div><hr><hr><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: andale mono;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 40pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>NEON HEARTS</strong></span></span></em></div><hr><hr><br><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Palatino linotype;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 16pt;" class="bbc_size"><em>This here's the OOC!<br>Feel free to talk about connections, how sexy or bad ass your character is, or whatever else you deem pertinent. <br>Any game related questions for the GM(s) should preferably be <strong>bolded</strong> so that they stand out and can be answered.<br>Important Game Related Notes will be kept in the second and third post of this thread. </em></span></span></div><br><hr><hr><div align="center"><span style="font-family: andale mono;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><em><strong><span class="bbc_u">Game Threads</span></strong></em></span></span></div><hr><hr><br><div align="center">Interest Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=348443.msg16385884#msg16385884)<br>Main Story Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349280.0)<br>Side Stories Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349305.0)<br>Private Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349306.0)</div>
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				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>18-02-2023, 17:59:47</strong>
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				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>18-02-2023, 17:59:52</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>18-02-2023, 18:02:13</strong>
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				Hello and welcome! <br><br>Do me a favor, pretty please, and put your character concept/write-up in your first post here so its easy to find. That way you can go back and modify it and make connection notes if needed too! <br><br>After that, lets see if we can't iron some things out about this group and get our story rolling ^^<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>19-02-2023, 22:50:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/RK9d9kH.jpg)</div><strong>Name: </strong>Evelyn “Evie” Grant-Sterling<br><strong>General Information: </strong>Evie’s a heavily augmented former SpecOps soldier with considerable front-line fighting skills, be it hand to hand, small arms, or heavy weapons. She also has an expertise in demolition and explosives. She’s a Resource War veteran who contracted for a number of corporations and went freelance after running afoul of the law—something about ripping a Kronos executive’s arm off. She’s spent fourteen years doing jobs up and down New Vegas and knows all the players. Her reputation is for competence, and for having a conscience, and she has her share of enemies. Most of her mods are related to her artificial legs and left arm, which she lost in the Resource Wars.<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Evie was born Evelyn Grant-Sterling in an old-money New Vegas family that had developed ties to organized crime. When her mother discovered Evie making out with her best fried Mai, the daughter of prominent Yakuza, at Mai’s high society debut in the coat room, Evie’s mother reported the indiscretion and Mai was promptly whisked back to Japan and forcibly married to a criminal.<br><br>Evie would never forgive her mother. Faking credentials saying she was 18, she joined the military and transformed herself through basic training and the early skirmishes of the Resource Wars. At first, Evie was driven by self-destructive impulses, but as she developed skills on the battlefield, she envisioned saving Mai from her tyrannical family. In the midst of charging an enemy position, Evie was fired on by a tank and blown halfway to hell.<br><br>They rebuilt most of her body and she was so young her body handled the rebuild uncharacteristically well.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Family Secrets</div><div class="spoiler_body">Not even Evie knows her guilt-ridden mother paid a small fortune for the rebuild, bribing a higher-up in the military. When Evie eventually applied for placement in Japan to pursue Mai, her mother intervened a second time and ensured she got what she desired.</div></div><br>In Japan, Evie confronted Mai and offered to run away with her. The two rekindled their teenaged romance and became lovers, but there came a sticking point: Mai had a three-year-old daughter and refused to leave her. It took years to arrange for a coyote to help both Mai and her daughter escape, and Evie spent that time taking military-connected security gigs that drew the attention of SpecOps.<br><br>The night of Evie’s escape plan, everything went wrong. It devolved into a brutal fire fight, and Mai demanded Evie run her daughter to the coyote’s location first. By the time Evie returned, Mai had been shot and killed by her own vengeful husband. Heartbroken, Evie turned the child over to a friend and former lover from the Resource Wars, Abe Uehara, who along with his wife badly desired a child. For a while, Evie visited the girl in spite of the pain; she was Mai’s spitting image, possessing too much of her childhood friend’s qualities. She’d have kept visiting, but Mai’s Yakuza husband hounded the Ueharas, who before long had to leave Japan and go dark. From time to time, they still sent Evie pictures of her best friend’s child.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Evie’s Secret</div><div class="spoiler_body">Evie hasn’t told the other Jacks, but that’s why she knew Naomi before she joined the Jacks; Naomi is Mai’s daughter, and it breaks Evie’s heart seeing the grown daughter of her first love. She can’t help but love Naomi too, since she possesses so many of Mai’s qualities, but Evie is worried the truth would make their budding relationship far too strange, or that Naomi will despise her for both letting Mai die and hiding the truth from her.</div></div><br>Evie threw herself into the SpecOps, making her mark for having a unique, half-suicidal talent for fighting with a furious disregard for her own life. She returned to New Vegas and worked as support detail for military-grade hitters assembled by Kronos, where eventually she made the second-biggest mistake of her life: Falling for her mission, Xerana, then known as Sunshine. Sunshine was the first person since Mai who made Evie feel things again.<br><br>It came to a gruesome close when Sunshine uploaded bad code; in the heat of her episode, Evie confronted her. Rather than kill Evie, Sunshine tore off her own arm. Evie attempted to calm her, which gave her CO an opportunity to shoot Sunshine in the back of the head. Under orders, Evie cradled Sunshine in her arms and obediently returned her to Kronos. She last saw her taking off in a med-evac craft. The corpos never told her the details, but her CO admitted they had “decommissioned” Sunshine, taken her offline. Killed her, Evie believed.<br><br>Evie erupted violently and tore off her Kronos handler’s arms. Her CO gave her an opportunity to go on the run rather than face prison, and Evie did. Ever since, she’s taken her SpecOps talents into the New Vegas criminal underworld. For fourteen years she took any job her conscience could abide, building up an impressive reputation as a merc with a gift for violence and little sense of self-preservation. It’s a testament to Evie’s skills she survived to middle-age; among the few mercs and heavies to reach her storied age, the rest are retired, training others, or have turned fixer.<br><br>Evie stood out for her refusal to put down her gun; she holds a particular disdain for anyone who harms anyone female or feminine, a thing that’s gotten her called “old fashioned” in some quarters. Driven out of self-hatred for her inability to protect the two loves of her life, she joined the Jacks when Kiyoshi hired her through a fixer and completed an entire mission with Kiyoshi before meeting Xero.<br><br>When Evie met Xero the first time, she came off as laconic because she was unable to string four words together; she’d found Sunshine again, but Xero had no memory they’d ever met. Naturally, Evie became a Jack the instant she was offered the position.<br><br>But Evie has a habit of history catching up to her, something that would happen again when they found those Yakuza trying to force themselves on Naomi. All Evie really remembers is tearing one apart with her hands. It was Xerana who carried Naomi from the hellhole, but Evie was the last one out, and left a legendary mess. Ever since, she’s been sullen, aroused, and confused around Naomi, their physical connection intense, but Evie doesn’t trust herself with the younger woman yet.<br><br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Pansexual, usually dominant<br><strong>Role:</strong> Heavy<br><strong>Skills:</strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Combat: If it kills people, Evie can fight with it (her fists also kill people). Evie fights with the cunning of a veteran but is most known for her fearlessness and willingness to be hurt, if that’s what it takes to win. She can fire accurately from the hip as long as it’s not long range.</li><li>Demolitions: Good with explosives and able to pull off breaches, shaped charges, and precision sabotage. With the right tools, she can build an EMP. Without the right tools, she can improvise explosives with common ingredients found in garages.</li><li>Reputation: Evie knows most of the players in New Vegas and most of them know her. She’s done some favors, but her do-gooder streak has made her some enemies too.</li></ul><br><strong>Description:</strong><br>Natural red hair and blue eyes, and she was gene-modded for height by her parents, putting her at 5’11’’ even before her cyberware modifications. She’s athletic, with strong shoulders, but has curves. When she’s wounded in an organic location, she tends to have the skin re-healed with a silver pigment and so she has silver patterned over her torso in places where wounds have penetrated her armor. Her left arm and both legs from the mid-thigh down are obviously synthetic and there’s no natural tissue leftover in her lower legs, which requires they be recharged from time to time. She’ll sometimes use a wheelchair around HQ, except around Naomi.<br><br><strong>Augments: </strong>Her legs are full-synthetic and left arm is mostly synthetic, making them exceptionally powerful. She’s had mods in her bones and musculature to “even out” her strength in the rest of her body enough that she won’t tear anything organic when she jumps or punches. She’s on the high end of what’s possible for physical strength and the alloy on her left arm is particularly impervious. Evie’s skilled enough to catch a bullet on the arm if it’s fired at short range.<br><br><strong>Equipment:</strong> Heavy body armor to protect her fleshy-bits, and whatever weapon fits the job. Her favorite weapon is a large revolver that can be loaded with standard cartridges or trick-shot.<br><br><strong>Relationships:</strong><br><br><em>Xerana</em><br>Fourteen years ago, Evie found her life’s second true love and it was a skinny 20-something turned deadly super soldier. It was intense, forbidden, and everything Evie needed, but when a bad string of malware made Xero pop a circuit, it all went sideways.<br><br>Now, years later, she took a job for Xero through Kiyoshi and suddenly she’s staring into the eyes of a woman she loves, who doesn’t remember her. Evie hasn’t come clean, she’s too invested in her secrets, but she’s going to do right by Xero this time around.<br><br>Evie sees Xerana as a force of nature, one she both wants to command and be commanded by. So far in their attempts to come closer together, they’ve encountered a lot of friction, but Evie’s hoping they can work it out. Even if they didn’t she’d still fight for Xero until she’s dead or can’t fight anymore.<br><br><em>Naomi</em><br>Evie gets weirder than normal around Naomi. Her attraction is intense and physical, and she sometimes catches herself doting on her. But she can be hot and cold, sometimes seeming to try to distance herself, retreating into her gruff mercenary façade. It’s deeply confusing behavior, but on some level, she doesn’t seem to trust Naomi. She hasn’t let Naomi see her in the wheelchair yet.<br><br>Evie went ballistic on the Yakuza the night they found Naomi, in a state of rage even Kiyoshi’s never seen her in.<br><br><em>Kiyoshi</em><br>Of all members, Kiyo might be the closest to a friend for Evie, in the sense of companion and common traveler. Whether or not Kiyo feels the same, Evie just loves the little guy. She loves how Kiyo has her back and she has his in a fight, she loves how they’ve started to learn one another’s moves and how to fight as a pair.<br><br>Kiyo is perhaps the most likely person for Evie to confide in, though she hasn’t quite gotten up the guts to share either of her two secrets.<br><br>Evie likes to razz Kiyo for his different combat style, but it’s in jest. She’d go to the mat for Kiyo as quickly as the rest, and he’s the one she most enjoys drinking with.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Ons, Offs, and Sex</div><div class="spoiler_body">Ons: Evie’s had a string of lovers and there isn’t much she hasn’t tried, and not much she doesn’t like. She tends to take charge, but she also has a tendency to look for the things she knows will turn her partner on the most. She can be exacting and cruel if she thinks someone is getting off on it, but she'd much rather take command and bring them to ecstasy. She's been around the block and can have a fairly debauched imagination.<br><br>Evie's spent plenty of time in bed with women and men, and as a top, and because of her physical bearing and strength, more than a few lovers want her to penetrate them. As a result, Evie’s body modifications allow her to use a real-feel strapless dildo, which she can neural link with to receive reciprocal pleasure. It's generally something she reserves for partners who desire it; she’s just as pleased to use her fingers, her mouth, or whatever is on hand to bring someone off if penetration is what they're after.<br><br>Left to her own devices, Evie loves rope bondage; exhibitionism; giving and receiving oral, anal, or vaginal sex; group play; dirty talking; orgasm control; spanking; and after care.<br><br>Offs: Toilet, blood and gore, and death.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>20-02-2023, 01:30:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/hwEb8N0.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/gDRb930.jpg)</div><strong>Name: </strong>Naomi Uehara<br><strong>General Information:</strong> A home-schooled netrunner and orphan, Naomi was racing around her mentors and then her lecturers when she was enrolled at a prestigious college. However, she kept a low-profile, often doing enough to achieve slightly above the pack. She learned all she could, however, nothing was really at the cutting age. Most of the information she absorbed was old. However, it did give her a formal foundation to practice her art. At least it was more of an art than science for her. She continued to ply her trade outside of college. She was hacking effortlessly into many different corporates without leaving a trace and running drones for security and surveillance. Many netrunners often had strong egos, publicizing their work. However, Naomi was different. She enjoyed what she did, she did not have to publicize what she did or what she could do. After all, it was not good if your name got out, even if it is an alias. However, soon other netrunners got to recognize her work and there were always rumors of "Yuki-Onna". <br><br><strong>Hitory:</strong> There was a reason why Naomi kept a low profile, had few friends, and seemed to be always on the run. It was a reason that she did not know herself, other than the nightmares she would have, especially after she was rescued from a fate worse than death by the Jacks. Fate had a way of showing herself to Naomi and those incidences were not always pleasant. Naomi did not remember much of her childhood. Her parents told her that it was because she had a virus when she was younger and that was the reason why she could not remember. Strangely enough, there were no pictures of her in her younger years. But she did have nightmares, nightmares of an oni or Japanese demon, of her running with another woman, or something two, and blood, so much blood. She does remember however when she was younger, she felt being watched. <br><br>Naomi loved her parents but sometimes felt that there was something missing, something not right. She was their only child and had all her needs taken care of. Her parents and her would move around constantly.&nbsp; Her father would say it was because of his job and every few years, they would pick up and leave. They would also keep a low profile. Naomi also grew up with cutting-edge technology. She believed that her mother was a netrunner of some sort and her father in security. Perhaps that was why they were always moving. Naomi had the best kind of education. <br><br>Naomi was home one night alone on her computer terminal when her HUD flashed one word. "RUN......" It was a message from her mother. She did just that. Days later, she found that the apartment she and her parents were living in had been razed to the ground and that the body of her mutilated father has been found. There was no news of her mother. Naomi turned 16 on that day. <br><br>Naomi decided to hide in plain sight. She forged an identity for herself,&nbsp; enrolled herself at a prestigious college, and moved into the college dorm. She kept a low profile and had access to her parents' wealth which was quite substantial. She soon made an underground netrunner name for herself as "Yuki-Onna". This went on for a few years until she noticed that someone had made some inquiries on the net in regard to her. Soon a "Xero" from the "Jacks" posted a request for a mission that needed someone of her skills. She did a background search on the Jacks and became interested. She then took the mission remotely. The mission, although not easy,&nbsp; was a success without a hitch. This led to more missions. She got to know Xero, Evie, and Kiyoshi "remotely" but perhaps because of her experience, did not trust them enough to meet or join them despite Xero's constant invitations. To be honest, she knew she was being a bitch and made Xero run through the hoops. Soon she had grown to like the Jacks.<br><br>Fate returned to knock on Naomi's door. The week she graduated from college, she was living in a converted warehouse and she was returning home one night, she had the feeling she was being followed and watched. She knew it was not the Jacks although she knew that Xero had tried once or twice. It was late in the week when she spotted a group of tattooed Japanese men following her.&nbsp; Not one to panic, she sent an SOS to Xero secretly and tried her best to escape. She was normally good at evading and running away but they seemed to know where she was. She would lose them for a bit but they would always be able to find her. She soon suspected they had a netrunner supporting them. Having finally lost them, Naomi found her way back to her warehouse and grabbed her emergency pack. That was when the trap sprung. Her internal security systems went off and she spotted the same Japanese men outside her door trying to get in. The strange thing was they kept on calling her "Ishikawa". Not that it was her name, perhaps it was a case of mistaken identity. She was about to barricade herself in her workroom when the front door exploded inwards. She then felt herself spasm uncontrollably.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Adult Content</div><div class="spoiler_body">When Naomi came to, she felt hands on her naked skin even before her eyes could focus. Before her were 6 Japanese men in various states of undress one of them addressed her as he caressed her naked breasts. <strong>"Ishikawa-chan, you are up. Normally I would take my time and make your first time special, but as your father's rivals, we will all take you slowly and leave your body as an example to your father."</strong> As she started to deny that she was the person they were looking for, one of them took out his communicator and showed the man holding her down and laughed, <strong>"Aniki, we have the right one, no question. Can I go second or should we do it together?".</strong><br><br>Naomi screamed, naked and helpless she tried to get away. She pushed, punched, and kicked but could only hear laughter. She felt a pair of hands around her neck as another pair start to spread her naked thighs. She felt other hands on her breasts. The faces of the men blurred as she struggled fruitlessly. She felt something hard brush her inner thighs. She heard a gunshot then a body dropped beside her. Chaos reigned as she saw a headless body drop to the floor at the open entrance to her warehouse. A lady seem to appear at the open entrance, she saw her eyes widen as if in recognition and a rage that scared her. </div></div><br><br>It felt like it was over in seconds. Everything felt like a dream. She was in the arms of Xero, a jacket over her. Everything was a blur. She woke up at Jacks' HQ with Xero telling her she would take care of it. She was part of the Jacks now and don't regret it. She owed them. They were family. Xero's goofiness, Kiyoshi her sempai, and Evie. Who was Evie...she scared her a little at first...but Evie...who is she....and the dreams have returned once more to haunt her.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Naomi's secret history</div><div class="spoiler_body">Naomi was born Naomi Ishikawa. Her mother was Mai Taoka and her father was Hitoshi Ishikawa. Both were from major Yakuza families. But the story started years before Naomi was born. Mai was in a forbidden relationship with, as fate would have it, Evie. It was different then and their love was true. Unfortunately, they were found out and Naomi was spirited away to Japan. Evie had lost all contact. It was a few years later that Evie met Mai again. Mai was forced into marriage with another Yakuxa Family. Mai introduced Evie to Naomi, the new love of her life, barely a year old. The relationship between Mai and Evie blossomed again but Mai refused to leave, afraid for Naomi's life. That is until it was no longer safe for her and Naomi to be with her husband, the Oni of their lives. So she ran with the help of Evie. Unfortunately, things did not go to plan and they were caught. Mai died as they were escaping and Evie took Naomi. She knew it was what Mai would have wanted but instead of adopting her, she handed Naomi over to a couple she knew back in the day. They happily took Naomi from Evie, changing her surname. They promised Evie that they would protect Naomi and raise her as their own. Evie would return to visit Naomi every once in a while. The visits became fewer and fewer, perhaps it was too hard for Evie. Naomi also seemed to have lost her much of her memory. A coping mechanism for all the trauma she had suffered as a child. However, Hitoshi had spent all this time searching for Naomi. It was a matter of pride and ego. Naomi was his to do as he pleased. Hitoshi rose in the ranks of his criminal family, all the while searching for Naomi. In fact, he nearly found Naomi when she turned 16. He had to console himself by torturing and killing Naomi's adoptive parents. Years passed, and infighting within the criminal family set a rival group against Hitoshi. His current wife and children were protected. But what better way to shame and knock him down a peg if his eldest missing daughter was used, abused and her body thrown at his feet?</div></div><br><strong>Birthday: </strong> Actual age and birthday unknown. Original papers "loss" with new identity setting age as 22.<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Pansexual, tends to be a submissive. <br><strong>Role:</strong> Netrunner <br><strong>Skills:</strong><br><em>Netrunning</em>: One of the best in the country. Naomi can hack into corporations and governments unseen, bypass security systems, and hack into cyberware. If it is connected, she can get in, the question is when.<br><em>Drones:</em> Naomi has access to a number of drones that can serve different functions from surveillance to spying to support. If one cannot be found for the job, she can always build or steal one.<br><em>Code Prodigy:</em> Ironically, Naomi is a prodigy with coding <br><br><strong>Description:</strong><br>Eyes: Black | Hair: Black | Height: 5'2" | Build: Short, proportionate with curves in all the right places. Loves comfortable wear at HQ and skin-tight armor weave with plates while on missions. Prefers to support the Jacks from HQ unless physical access is needed.<br><strong>Augments:</strong> A fully shielded high-end support processor, chip socket, and cybernetic technology housed in her head that allows for full immersion in cyberspace. Augmentation in left eye for full integration of drones and processor. Fully controllable tendrils for physical access (if needed)<br><strong>Main Equipment: </strong> Portable cyberdeck vambrace. High-End computer system (Jacks' HQ) and various drones and parts to make more<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 00:25:23</strong>
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				So I will probably alter Xero a bit to be a bit more firmly in the leadership/face role since that wasn't taken. This is still a WIP as I'm anticipating our plotting to clarify things and shift things and all that. Still looking for a pic too &gt;.&lt;<br><br><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font"><strong><em>Jack of Hearts</em></strong><br><br>Name: Xerena West aka Xero [Formerly known as Sunshine/Sunny]<br>Birthday | Age: Unknown | 34 <br>Gender: Non-Binary, Any Pronouns are okay but typically uses she/her for ease<br>Sexuality: Pan, Tends to lean dom/top but can switch<br><br>Role: Leader of the Jacks, Strategist <br>Skills:<br>Driver/Wheelman - If you drive it, ride it, or pilot it, Xero can handle it. Anything she doesn't know already she can pick up rather quickly. Her hand eye coordination and reflex speed are top notch and her pulse always steady. Best of all, she's not afraid to get creative. <br>Expert Marksman - shoot it, throw it, fling it, sling it, she hits what she aims for. <br>Offline surveillance work, extractions, and various other backup and support roles. <br><br>Eyes | Hair: Both shift colors, eyes are mood dependent<br>Height | Build: Just under 6 ft | Athletic w/ curves<br>Augments: <br>Nanites that help healing--side effects are crazy metabolism, shifting eye colors, white hair, bouts of hypersensitivity<br>Prosthetic right arm (outdated tech)<br>Chrome fangs<br>Left arm, leg and spine are heavily tattooed<br>Appearance: Typically wears suits of various styles, always wears gloves and dark glasses outside home<br><br><br>Personality: <br>Outwardly Xero exudes confidence along with an almost ruthless practicality. She's always calm and in control (she can be a bit obsessive about control) with an air of simmering sensuality regardless of what her underlying feelings might be. She would say that charm is decidedly not something she possesses but she makes up for it in other ways. She is unafraid to be bold and direct when necessary, but definitely understands the value of subtlety as a weapon and as such chooses her words carefully. She has a strong sense of honor, though her moral code is entirely her own. When she gives her word, something that is never done casually, she sticks by it no matter how uncomfortable and she will never ask another to do anything that she herself would not do. Fear is never an excuse.<br><br>The desire for a home, a real home and a family and safety is what drives Xero. Though there's a little bit of a need for revenge tied up in there as well. Despite how confident she is in business when it comes to her personal life, Xero is a mess. She's not had any lasting relationship prior to the Jacks and definitely never had anyone around who cared enough about her feelings to ask so most of the time she finds it difficult to properly communicate where emotions are concerned... but she's learning. Amongst the Jacks, in the privacy of their lair, she has moments where she might seem demanding or needy, however gruff such things may come off, and sometimes does not know how to ask for what she needs or will be stubborn about it. <br><br><br>About: <br>-Started life as a goofy street kid with fast hands, sharp eyes, and an even sharper wit<br>-Eventually scooped up into the military and enrolled in the academy. After coming of age, was rated for combat and underwent numerous upgrades.<br>-Was treated like a prized pet code named Sunshine until bad source code was uploaded and their brain fragged. Lost it and went on a rampage but managed to rip her own arm off, which slowed her enough for operatives to put her down. <br>-The military reclaimed all of their enhancements, stripped her of everything (including her rank and accomplishments) and discharged the mess they left into the waiting arms of Kronos Corp. (has a focus on prolonging the use of organic bodies, eliminating the likelihood of upgrade rejection or even reducing the strain put on the brain)<br>-Kronos Corp decides to use her in their "Infinity" program where she is injected with several versions of the experimental nanites they developed.<br>-After a few years of testing, during which the nanites actually do work, she overhears them debate changing her status to obsolete as they'd used her benchmarks to further develop their nanites and inject them into another subject. She is discarded but the nanites still in her body manage to revive her.<br>-Is found by a Medtech who takes her in, gives her a cot, a new (but outdated) arm, and a name [Xerena West] all in exchange for protection and odd jobs. <br>-The Medtech is killed by a new crew moving into the territory and Xerena, now Xero, silently declares war.<br>-Meets Kiyoshi first on an assembled team and the two end up working together a few times before going on what was supposed to be a bird job (aka easy money) that went to hell. They manage to survive by relying on each other and from there end up sticking together as partners, forming the foundations of the Jacks.<br><br><br>Likes: Origami, Cats, Birds (Owls especially), Long drives, Chewing/biting things, Card games, Puzzles, Old manual/non-cyber versions of things, Cooking real food, Sharing meals, Reading, Selective sensory deprivation<br>Dislikes: Being touched by strangers, odd textures that take her by surprise, Environments that may cause sensory overload<br><br>Ons: List is not exhaustive, feel free to just ask. Xero is open to quite a lot, usually as the top but can switch.<br><br>Sex - vaginal, oral, anal; slow, fast, gentle, rough, passionate, playful, sleepy, desperate, indulgent, quickies, clothed, half clothed... all yes. Kissing, Touching, Cuddling, Teasing.<br>Light to moderate bondage, Biting/scratching, Voyeurism &amp; giving direction, Spanking/slapping, Light to moderate pain, Blindfolds, Hearing partners (moans, begging, dirty talk), Orgasm Control/Denial/Edging, Strap-ons/Pegging, Masturbation, Cockwarming, Rimming, Face-Sitting, Breath Play, Puppy or Kitten Play, After-Care.<br><br>Offs: Anything that belongs in a toilet, being spit on, fisting, feet.<br><br><br>Relationships:<br><br>Kiyo - Xero first felt protective as hell of Kiyo. He proved himself quickly on the job, leading to respect on Xero's end but she never managed to get rid of that nagging desire to look after him. Even through their developing work relationship and what at first looked like a mentor/mentee to partners thing, Xero felt a draw to Kiyo that she finally stopped trying to deny after some time. <br><br>Naomi - Xero was Naomi's first contact with the Jacks. It took some doing (meaning jumping through freaking hoops) but Xero got the netrunner to help them with a few&nbsp; jobs, first remotely, then eventually meeting up with them in person.<br><br>Evie - Xero can't deny there's something there. She's attracted but she doesn't know why and worse, she feels as if the draw is one-sided, leaving her to hesitate to act or even misread moments between them as friction of a different sort. She has no idea about Evie's feelings where she is concerned but the others are into Evie so Xero is determined to figure out an arrangement that will work for all of them without screwing up their business. </span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 16:57:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/ourAVOz.jpg)</div><strong>Jack of Spades</strong><br><br><strong>Name:</strong> Kiyoshi Kita<br><br><strong>General Info:</strong> 27 years old. 5'5 130lbs. Kiyoshi is a "Smooth Skin", someone who's only equipped themselves with subdermal mods and implants, making them appear "natural" and unaugmented, whether it be for aesthetic reasons or to hide what augments they possess. In Kiyoshi's case it's the later, the Yamato Corp kitting him out to be able to operate inconspicuously despite being loaded with combat augs. <br><br>Some would say that Kiyoshi's personality is best described as "cat-like". He often comes off as aloof, even cold, but in truth he's actually quite sensitive, both in the empathetic and emotional sense. He's surprisingly affectionate and thoughtful, but struggles to express such things vocally, instead preferring to do so through actions and touch. As such his love language is highly physical and demonstrative rather than verbal. <br><br>Kiyoshi is a product of the Yamato Corp's "youth apprenticeship" program, where "high potential" adolescents are taken in to receive specialized tutoring and training to fulfill various positions within the company. These programs range from the mundane, like accounting and managerial positions, to the more dangerous, such as the security and investigation departments. Kiyo was being groomed for "external affairs", the division responsible for dealing with problems and threats to the company (henchmen to do their dirty work, to put it in the bluntest terms). Realizing what the company planned to make their son into, Kiyo's parents managed to flee Japan with him and make their way to America. Unfortunately, due to being pulled from high school to join the training program, Kiyoshi was left with an incomplete education and few marketable skills beyond fighting, so he inevitably fell into contract work to get by, and later joined The Jacks.<br><br><strong>Likes:</strong> Sweets, Pastel Colors, Eclectic Fashion, Shopping, Cooking, Board/Video Games, Cuddling, Sleeping, Obstacle Course-Based Game Shows, Professional Wrestling, Winning, Losing on purpose to help/mess with people.<br><strong>Dislikes:</strong> Tea, Coffee, Reading, Quiet (the type who can only sleep with TV/Music on)<br><br><strong>Ons:</strong> Pansexual, Submissive, Oral of all kinds (including rimming), Face Sitting (more for oral aspect than humiliation), Anal (giving and receiving), Group, Rough (spanking, slapping, choking), Outdoor/Hidden Sex (with teasing getting caught), Remote Toy Play, Light Bondage (blindfolds, cuffs, suspension, maybe some nose hooks, etc.), Pet Play, Food Play (particularly using cum as/on food), Cum Play, Large Cocks, Muscles, Curves, Moderate Degradation.<br><strong>Offs:</strong> Heavy Bondage (crops/whips, full suits, anything latex, sounding, etc.), Orgasm Denial, Drinking his own cum, Feet, Blood, Guro, Scat<br><br><strong>Relationships </strong><br><br><strong>Xerana:</strong> With perhaps the exception of a few school crushes that went nowhere, Kiyoshi considers Xero to be his first true love. Originally he saw her as just a figure of seniority, and then a mentor, but those feelings steadily changed as they worked together longer and longer. After all there are only so many times a beautiful person can save your life before you fall madly in love with them. These feelings used to make him feel conflicted, even scared. Between her authority and the sincerity of his feelings in an insincere world, Kiyo felt about as vulnerable around her as you can get. However now he's not just learned to accept that vulnerability, but to embrace it, surrendering himself to her fully, both physically and metaphorically. Though their relationship has deepened, he still looks to her as a mentor and leader, and as such values her input even above his own at times. <br><br>Love rituals: Always offers her a bite of his food whenever he's eating. Lets her nip and nibble on him. Spoils the solution whenever he catches her working on a puzzle (also counts as goading into rough play). <br><br><strong>Evie:</strong> Evie was admittedly an acquired taste for Kiyo, his initial attraction to her far more physical than emotional. Fortunately that physical attraction was very strong. He already knew from Xero that he liked women with authority and power, but it wasn't until Evie that he realized it might have straight up been a kink. There's something about being held tenderly in a pair of arms that could also choke the life out of him that speaks to him on an oddly spiritual level. However as he acclimated to her idiosyncrasies and touched into her soft spot, he's come to understand and appreciate her on a deeper level. Now he very much loves his muscle mommy with all his heart. <br><br>Love rituals: Giving her casual massages, often without prompting or acknowledgement. He's not really phased by her teasing or jokes, but will sometimes play along and give her the reactions he thinks she wants. Will sit in her lap when she's in her wheelchair and make her ride them around (playing to her ego, instead of offering to assist her, which would be seen as patronizing, he makes it harder for her so she can show off how strong and unhindered she is).<br><br><strong>Naomi:</strong> Being the newest and youngest among the group, Kiyo takes it upon himself to try to look after Naomi. He sees part of himself in how warded and slow to trust she is, and as such makes a concerted effort to make her feel welcome. There's also an element of role reversal to how his other relationships are, as he's her senior and thus gets to be the one to dote on her. While his feelings aren't heavily romantic yet, he still shows her plenty of affection. <br><br>Love rituals: Often offers to take her along when he's running errands or going out on the town, while assuring she's free to decline. Physical training. Head pats and playing with/styling her hair. Having "secret" conversations in Japanese (also meant to mess with the others).
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 16:58:35</strong>
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				Sorry for the delay, I completely missed that the OOC link got posted. I was like "hmmm, haven't been any posts in the recruitment thread for a while, wonder what's going on?" lol.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 18:50:01</strong>
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				Ha. No worries. Glad you're here now.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16408052#msg16408052">Quote from: Wordworker on 19-02-2023, 22:50:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It looks to me like the big thing not covered by other character concepts was some type of "heavy," who can specialize in things like larger weapons, demolitions, and act as a general bruiser. I've also made a character who's a veteran and her other toolkit is just knowing a lot of people in the world, having a lot of connections.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Evie the Heavy</div><div class="spoiler_body">Evie’s been around the New Vegas block, a veteran of the Resource Wars, where an enemy tank blew her halfway to hell. Her limbs are mostly synthetic, and she’s got the standard trooper-mods to her bone structure and musculature. She's versed in most weapons and if it kills people, she can probably use it (her fists also kill people). Evie's particularly good with demolitions, able to pull off breaches or very precise jobs. <br><br>When she’s not cracking skulls or keeping folks in line, she’s got a reputation and knows a little bit about everyone who walks the New Vegas streets. Before she fell in with the Jacks, she’d run freelance as a merc doing corpo and criminal jobs, leaving behind a string of bodies and broken hearts. She’s typically true to her word, which means a lot of accomplished jobs and people who remember her well—but she’s also got a soft spot beneath all that tri-weave, which has lead her to make her share of enemies as well.<br><br>Evie’s legs are both fully synthetic from the mid-thigh down. When she’s really comfortable with someone, she’ll use her wheelchair around them instead of the legs—both legs require regular maintenance and recharging, so she has to take them off for at least three to six hours a day to keep them operational.</div></div><br><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/oy1cwBW.jpg)</div><br><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/RK9d9kH.jpg)</div><br>I’m still deciding a few things for this character. I have a few possible reference images I like, which I’ve posted. Depending on which I go with, she could have all artificial limbs or all artificial except for an arm. Given she’s on the upper end of modified/augmented, I’ve wondered about playing her as a woman, or as a cyberpunk version of trans. Not sure yet.<br><br>Some of this I'm leaving a bit loose so I can alter it or develop it more in this thread.<br><br>I want to reiterate, while I know this isn't first-come, first-serve, I don't want to bump anyone, as I came to this much later than others.<br><br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The other person who submitted a concept has not so far replied so you're more than welcome to participate in discussion if you wish. <br><br><hr><br>I would like to talk about what the group dynamics will look like on both a business level and a more personal level. I don't intend to shy away from the relationship aspect xD<br><br>So far it seems we have more quiet/reserved types? so I may switch Xero to being a bit more forward. Give her a more direct, <del> even fun, sort of personality with a tendency to shove all the darker negative stuff down where she can hide it. To others it might seem like she doesn't have much of a brain not realizing she's played them the whole time. Would think the Jacks would know better by now though, maybe they're even some of the folks that caught on early.</del> [edit:Nevermind, lol]
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 19:31:06</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16409559#msg16409559">Quote from: Kokaine on 21-02-2023, 18:50:01</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ha. No worries. Glad you're here now.<br><br>The other person who submitted a concept has not so far replied so you're more than welcome to participate in discussion if you wish. <br><br><hr><br>I would like to talk about what the group dynamics will look like on both a business level and a more personal level. I don't intend to shy away from the relationship aspect xD<br><br>So far it seems we have more quiet/reserved types? so I may switch Xero to being a bit more forward. Give her a more direct, even fun, sort of personality with a tendency to shove all the darker negative stuff down where she can hide it. To others it might seem like she doesn't have much of a brain not realizing she's played them the whole time. Would think the Jacks would know better by now though, maybe they're even some of the folks that caught on early.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Okay, thanks!<br><br>I'm planning to flesh Evie out a little. Count her among the less reserved members: outgoing, cynical. She'll be 38, perhaps the eldest of the Jacks.<br><br>Evie can be charming and menacing in equal parts, but she's a bumbling idiot on matters of the heart. She doesn't open up easily. She shows affection by doing things for people, watching out for their safety, and being more comfortable showing weakness--this last one is basically her deepest layer of intimacy.<br><br>It might be interesting if there's a member of the Jacks she's not sure about yet, hasn't fully trusted. This person wouldn't have seen her in her wheelchair, for instance; she's at more the friends-with-benefits stage. It might help if there's a reason for this tension related to Evie's own hang-ups. I just like the idea of there being a little drama, but I'm not committed to it if someone's not a fan.<br><br>I see Evie as a top, very sexually adventurous, though with people she shares vulnerability with, she can switch.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 20:09:13</strong>
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				@Kokaine<br><br>I assume we're still going with what we originally discussed for Kiyo and Xero? First meeting when Kiyoshi was just starting and eventually starting the Jacks together. <br><br>@Wordworker<br>Seeing as Kiyoshi is an original member, they've probably known each other for a good while. So I imagine they'd be at the trusted stage already. Also the big girl/small guy dynamic would be fun to play around with. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 21:41:34</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16409643#msg16409643">Quote from: pdragon on 21-02-2023, 20:09:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">@Kokaine<br><br>I assume we're still going with what we originally discussed for Kiyo and Xero? First meeting when Kiyoshi was just starting and eventually starting the Jacks together. <br><br>@Wordworker<br>Seeing as Kiyoshi is an original member, they've probably known each other for a good while. So I imagine they'd be at the trusted stage already. Also the big girl/small guy dynamic would be fun to play around with.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I think that tracks. Fun dynamic! I should ask, do you have an on/offs thread?<br><br>That would probably leave Naomi, @Arcanist's character, as the one Evie isn't sure about yet. Again, only if we think that dynamic is fun. Not a must, just playing with ideas.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 22:06:10</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16409704#msg16409704">Quote from: Wordworker on 21-02-2023, 21:41:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I think that tracks. Fun dynamic! I should ask, do you have an on/offs thread?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes, it's in the request thread in my sig
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 22:35:53</strong>
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				@pdragon I didn't know there could be signatures that don't show up below people's names! The more you know.gif. Thanks! That helps a lot.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>21-02-2023, 23:26:26</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16409611#msg16409611">Quote from: Wordworker on 21-02-2023, 19:31:06</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Okay, thanks!<br><br>I'm planning to flesh Evie out a little. Count her among the less reserved members: outgoing, cynical. She'll be 38, perhaps the eldest of the Jacks.<br><br>Evie can be charming and menacing in equal parts, but she's a bumbling idiot on matters of the heart. She doesn't open up easily. She shows affection by doing things for people, watching out for their safety, and being more comfortable showing weakness--this last one is basically her deepest layer of intimacy.<br><br>It might be interesting if there's a member of the Jacks she's not sure about yet, hasn't fully trusted. This person wouldn't have seen her in her wheelchair, for instance; she's at more the friends-with-benefits stage. It might help if there's a reason for this tension related to Evie's own hang-ups. I just like the idea of there being a little drama, but I'm not committed to it if someone's not a fan.<br><br>I see Evie as a top, very sexually adventurous, though with people she shares vulnerability with, she can switch.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Xero has not been in a relationship before this so she's learning. Makes mistakes but is pretty ernest about making it work as, despite some trust issues, she wants a family above all. Her love language is touch and spending time. She was a top initially but can switch.<br><br>Not sure how you saw Evie and Xero but I don't mind there being some tension between the two. Perhaps they just haven't figured things out between them and need the others to make things smoother? For some reason I picture them both trying to top the other and it not working very well, lol.<br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16409643#msg16409643">Quote from: pdragon on 21-02-2023, 20:09:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">@Kokaine<br><br>I assume we're still going with what we originally discussed for Kiyo and Xero? First meeting when Kiyoshi was just starting and eventually starting the Jacks together. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes, I like that dynamic and it helps for Xero to have something of an anchor in Kiyo. He likely knows a bit more about her pre Jacks life than the others.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>22-02-2023, 00:05:07</strong>
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				@Kokaine<br><br>How about if Evie was there when Xero went cyberpsycho? You were a military project and Evie’s ex-military, so depending on when it happened—say, if it was 16-ish years ago when you were 18 years old, Evie could have been in the military, witnessed it, or taken part in your retrieval. She’s never told you she helped put you down, and then carried you back to the medtechs.<br><br>Might also explain how she became a Jack. She gave a damn, never forgot you. She saw you needed help with something in New Vegas sixteen years later, or your life was at risk, and she stepped up to help.<br><br>In my vision of this, she’s never been afraid of you or angry at you for the incident, but she does blame herself for turning you over. So it’s a combination of guilt and not wanting you to know she saw you at your worst.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>22-02-2023, 01:18:17</strong>
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				Note to self, do not sleep. I miss all the good stuff. <br>Yes, I had originally planned for Naomi to be the quiet one. Looks like she will also be the youngest in the group. But gets authoritative and confident when she is doing something that she is an expert with. Social skills not so much. She has surprised herself with how close she has gotten with the Jacks. The Jacks is where she can safely "let go" of her control. Also with the amount of cyberware in the group, just wondering if Naomi would dabble in some cybernetic skills, i.e. adjust/repair the programming of the firmware/software of the cyberware.<br><br>@Kokaine<br>I think it would be more than likely it was Xero that recruited Naomi for a mission as the leader/face. <br><br>@Wordworker<br>Awww...and here I was thinking I could be Evie's pet. Evie is definitely justified in being not sure about Naomi in the beginning. She is not necessarily the most engaging person. Still wondering if I should play her as a Tsundere-type character or if she is just reserved. <br><br>@pdragon<br>Treats Kiyoshi as an older sibling...hahahahhaha
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>22-02-2023, 01:42:29</strong>
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				@Arcanist<br><br>All is not lost, it's sounding like maybe it will be Xero who Evie's still on the rocks with, which would make for an interesting dynamic.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>22-02-2023, 23:12:45</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16409814#msg16409814">Quote from: Wordworker on 22-02-2023, 00:05:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">@Kokaine<br><br>How about if Evie was there when Xero went cyberpsycho? You were a military project and Evie’s ex-military, so depending on when it happened—say, if it was 16-ish years ago when you were 18 years old, Evie could have been in the military, witnessed it, or taken part in your retrieval. She’s never told you she helped put you down, and then carried you back to the medtechs.<br><br>Might also explain how she became a Jack. She gave a damn, never forgot you. She saw you needed help with something in New Vegas sixteen years later, or your life was at risk, and she stepped up to help.<br><br>In my vision of this, she’s never been afraid of you or angry at you for the incident, but she does blame herself for turning you over. So it’s a combination of guilt and not wanting you to know she saw you at your worst.<br><br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><br>Probably would have been juuust a little later when she actually went off the deep end. Think she was about 20. <br><br>That aside, I'd be fine with that as a backstory. Xero tried to fight her own mind before things got too back and quite literally ripped her own arm off. I don't mind you want Evie to have been the one to put her down. <br><br>I take it Xero wouldn't have known her at all back then?<br><br><br><hr><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16409871#msg16409871">Quote from: Arcanist on 22-02-2023, 01:18:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Note to self, do not sleep. I miss all the good stuff. <br>Yes, I had originally planned for Naomi to be the quiet one. Looks like she will also be the youngest in the group. But gets authoritative and confident when she is doing something that she is an expert with. Social skills not so much. She has surprised herself with how close she has gotten with the Jacks. The Jacks is where she can safely "let go" of her control. Also with the amount of cyberware in the group, just wondering if Naomi would dabble in some cybernetic skills, i.e. adjust/repair the programming of the firmware/software of the cyberware.<br><br>@Kokaine<br>I think it would be more than likely it was Xero that recruited Naomi for a mission as the leader/face. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><br>Haha. No worries, it will all still be here when you wake up!<br><br>It might be helpful if Naomi can help with cyberware and give more reasons for her to have to interact personally.<br><br>Though I will point out, as we go through this, you guys are welcome to develop secondary or npc characters so our 4 don't need to cover every base. The Jacks are a big enough deal that there's more than just the four of them hanging around. I'm sure they've got an engineer and other contacts, not to mention a few more reliable bodies to help with runs depending on scale and all that. They aren't the biggest crew, of course, but in my head they're working toward making the jump to something bigger, to truly being a force that can't be ignored in New Vegas. Our four characters are just the core of it all. <br><br><br>With regard to Xero and Naomi. Think Xero may have heard some rumors then went poking about to try and get a meet with Naomi. Being as wary as Naomi is, maybe the first few talks and even jobs were done remotely until finally they had a job they needed her there for and Xero had to do some sweet talking to get her to come through?<br>On a personal level, do you have any ideas how Naomi would want to approach something like that?<br><br><br><br><hr><br>If yall wanna point out character ons and off, please feel free to add that to your sheets. I dunno what things your characters might want from Xero but I will add hers in just a bit.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 01:22:57</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16410663#msg16410663">Quote from: Kokaine on 22-02-2023, 23:12:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Haha. No worries, it will all still be here when you wake up!<br><br>It might be helpful if Naomi can help with cyberware and give more reasons for her to have to interact personally.<br><br>With regard to Xero and Naomi. Think Xero may have heard some rumors then went poking about to try and get a meet with Naomi. Being as wary as Naomi is, maybe the first few talks and even jobs were done remotely until finally they had a job they needed her there for and Xero had to do some sweet talking to get her to come through?<br>On a personal level, do you have any ideas how Naomi would want to approach something like that?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes, sounds good. Naomi would have made Xero run through a lot of hoops. Definitely sounds like something Naomi would do. <br><br>Was thinking perhaps what pushed Naomi over the edge to join was that a "trap" was triggered during a mission and a team was sent to hunt down Naomi (after she had downloaded some important files for the team) and she sent an SOS to Xero. Perhaps the Jacks barely got there in time to rescue her. (Will decide later what she had to be rescued from) She would not have given the files because of her loyalty to the Jacks. <br><br>Naomi would still be wondering what had happened as she knew she would not have made the mistake to get caught. Lucky for her, the Jacks took care of all the "loose" ends. Thoughts?
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 01:57:30</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16410757#msg16410757">Quote from: Arcanist on 23-02-2023, 01:22:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes, sounds good. Naomi would have made Xero run through a lot of hoops. Definitely sounds like something Naomi would do. <br><br>Was thinking perhaps what pushed Naomi over the edge to join was that a "trap" was triggered during a mission and a team was sent to hunt down Naomi (after she had downloaded some important files for the team) and she sent an SOS to Xero. Perhaps the Jacks barely got there in time to rescue her. (Will decide later what she had to be rescued from) She would not have given the files because of her loyalty to the Jacks. <br><br>Naomi would still be wondering what had happened as she knew she would not have made the mistake to get caught. Lucky for her, the Jacks took care of all the "loose" ends. Thoughts?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Could have been just a rival netrunner got lucky and fed enough intel to someone to get her in trouble? Just wanted to clear out the competition. <br><br>All that hoop jumping would make sure they went to get Naomi when she sent an SOS. Like, Xero put in serious work. Naomi is an investment! Lol. I like it though. They have their first face to face while shit hits the fan--definitely memorable. Xero wouldn't hold it over her and, yes, loose ends would be wrapped up. They'd give her a place to lay low for a bit and make sure she's in the clear, and then she'd have the option to stay or go, no tricks. Well, beyond Xero possibly flirting, but that's not really tricky.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 02:03:14</strong>
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				Sounds like a plan
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 02:26:41</strong>
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				Here’s my pitch for Evie’s feelings on all of you. Let me know what you all think. I’m definitely open to rethinking, or adding some additional elements.<br><br>@Kokaine<br><br>My final pitch, slightly fine-tuned, because it’d be cool if we did know each other before, but you don’t remember: <br><br>Fourteen years ago Evie’s last major job with the military—after they did her limb rebuild—was hauling in the skinny street kid turned super soldier after a bad string of malware made her pop a circuit board. Before that, Evie maybe had a brief but highly memorable fling with Xero—memorable for Evie, but the experience got ripped out of your memory when they tore out your mods. Evie still can’t get over the guilt of handing you over, and what they did to you.<br><br>Overall, I think Evie trusts you, she’s just not sure she deserves you. She probably fell back in love hard, and it may be weird that she knows little things about you.<br><br>Note: Just because they ripped out the piece with memories of Evie doesn’t mean you wouldn’t remember other details from that time. I don’t mean to say your character is an amnesiac. She may even remember having “a romance,” just not Evie’s name or face.<br><br>@Arcanist<br><br>To that ends, Naomi is the knew person on the team. How about if, generally, Evie just doesn’t trust netrunners because it was a netrunner who downloaded the malware into Xero. She thinks you fuck with peoples’ heads, she’s a little hostile to you at first. Problematically: Also very attracted. But what our characters have at this point is perhaps still very physical, and for Evie, there may even be a little hatesex component to it.<br><br>I don’t know how much tension you want to be there, how much is appropriate for the polycule, but I see it as one of the relationships in the group that needs a lot of work.<br><br>I’d also like it if there’s some little piece of it that could be personal. Like: Has Naomi ever hacked someone and made them do something against their will? Even if it was a bad person, that might be enough to make your relationship with Evie super spicy at the start.<br><br>@pdragon<br><br>Evie’s just so thankful you took care of Xero for the year or two before she linked up with you. If you stick to swords, melee, light weapons, she’s going to make fun of you, a lot. But you can tell she cares about you. You did the thing she wished she’d done: Protect Xero.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 18:43:01</strong>
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				Alright, here's the little relationship blurb for each character I'm planning to add to his sheet, based on what we've talked about so far. These are less the objective facts of their relationship and more how he sees them from his perspective. <br><br><strong>Xerana:</strong> With perhaps the exception of a few school crushes that went nowhere, Kiyoshi considers Xero to be his first true love. Originally he saw her as just a figure of seniority, and then a mentor, but those feelings steadily changed as they worked together longer and longer. After all there are only so many times a beautiful person can save your life before you fall madly in love with them. These feelings used to make him feel conflicted, even scared. Between her authority and the sincerity of his feelings in an insincere world, Kiyo felt about as vulnerable around her as you can get. However now he's not just learned to accept that vulnerability, but to embrace it, surrendering himself to her fully, both physically and metaphorically. Though their relationship has deepened, he still looks to her as a mentor and leader, and as such values her input even above his own at times. <br><br>Love rituals: Always offers her a bite of his food whenever he's eating. Lets her nip and nibble on him. Spoils the solution whenever he catches her working on a puzzle (also counts as goading into rough play). <br><br><strong>Evie:</strong> Evie was admittedly an acquired taste for Kiyo, his initial attraction to her far more physical than emotional. Fortunately that physical attraction was very strong. He already knew from Xero that he liked women with authority and power, but it wasn't until Evie that he realized it might have straight up been a kink. There's something about being held tenderly in a pair of arms that could also choke the life out of him that speaks to him on an oddly spiritual level. However as he acclimated to her idiosyncrasies and touched into her soft spot, he's come to understand and appreciate her on a deeper level. Now he very much loves his muscle mommy with all his heart. <br><br>Love rituals: Giving her casual massages, often without prompting or acknowledgement. He's not really phased by her teasing or jokes, but will sometimes play along and give her the reactions he thinks she wants. Will sit in her lap when she's in her wheelchair and make her ride them around (playing to her ego, instead of offering to assist her, which would be seen as patronizing, he makes it harder for her so she can show off how strong and unhindered she is).<br><br><strong>Naomi:</strong> Being the newest and youngest among the group, Kiyo takes it upon himself to try to look after Naomi. He sees part of himself in how warded and slow to trust she is, and as such makes a concerted effort to make her feel welcome. There's also an element of role reversal to how his other relationships are, as he's her senior and thus gets to be the one to dote on her. While his feelings aren't heavily romantic yet, he still shows her plenty of affection. <br><br>Love rituals: Often offers to take her along when he's running errands or going out on the town, while assuring she's free to decline. Physical training. Head pats and playing with/styling her hair. Having "secret" conversations in Japanese (also meant to mess with the others).
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 20:10:39</strong>
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				Side note, I'm somewhat leaning toward the red-headed character art I posted for Evie, but only somewhat. I think the other character art has a more physically-built look. It sounds like PDragon wants the more muscular build from his description, but was wondering if anyone else had a preference, no matter how lean.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>23-02-2023, 23:01:26</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16410808#msg16410808">Quote from: Wordworker on 23-02-2023, 02:26:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Here’s my pitch for Evie’s feelings on all of you. Let me know what you all think. I’m definitely open to rethinking, or adding some additional elements.<br><br>@Kokaine<br><br>My final pitch, slightly fine-tuned, because it’d be cool if we did know each other before, but you don’t remember: <br><br>Fourteen years ago Evie’s last major job with the military—after they did her limb rebuild—was hauling in the skinny street kid turned super soldier after a bad string of malware made her pop a circuit board. Before that, Evie maybe had a brief but highly memorable fling with Xero—memorable for Evie, but the experience got ripped out of your memory when they tore out your mods. Evie still can’t get over the guilt of handing you over, and what they did to you.<br><br>Overall, I think Evie trusts you, she’s just not sure she deserves you. She probably fell back in love hard, and it may be weird that she knows little things about you.<br><br>Note: Just because they ripped out the piece with memories of Evie doesn’t mean you wouldn’t remember other details from that time. I don’t mean to say your character is an amnesiac. She may even remember having “a romance,” just not Evie’s name or face.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I like this. My own thoughts regarding Xero's past were that she doesn't remember most of it prior to waking up at Kronos. She knows the big pieces but a lot of the details (like her original name) have been lost. She's got flashes and jumbled impressions but even now sometimes things will happen that spark a reaction and she doesn't quite know why. So, her not remembering Evie but still feeling drawn to her would totally fit.<br><br>If the two of them had a fling then Evie would have seen Xero when she was much more cocky and casual. She was still wary and careful--street kid mentality--but not nearly to the degree she is now just because she was young and being built up as a real force with her upgrades. She was definitely the daredevil type too.<br><br>Good fodder for drama and feels though, let's run with this!<br><br><br><br><hr><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16411283#msg16411283">Quote from: pdragon on 23-02-2023, 18:43:01</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Xerena:</strong> With perhaps the exception of a few school crushes that went nowhere, Kiyoshi considers Xero to be his first true love. Originally he saw her as just a figure of seniority, and then a mentor, but those feelings steadily changed as they worked together longer and longer. After all there are only so many times a beautiful person can save your life before you fall madly in love with them. These feelings used to make him feel conflicted, even scared. Between her authority and the sincerity of his feelings in an insincere world, Kiyo felt about as vulnerable around her as you can get. However now he's not just learned to accept that vulnerability, but to embrace it, surrendering himself to her fully, both physically and metaphorically. Though their relationship has deepened, he still looks to her as a mentor and leader, and as such values her input even above his own at times. <br><br>Love rituals: Always offers her a bite of his food whenever he's eating. Lets her nip and nibble on him. Spoils the solution whenever he catches her working on a puzzle (also counts as goading into rough play). <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Love this! Esp. the rituals. I think Xero likes to cuddle him, maybe cook with him?, and gives lots of little small touches in passing, almost unconsciously. <br><br><br><br><hr><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16411321#msg16411321">Quote from: Wordworker on 23-02-2023, 20:10:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Side note, I'm somewhat leaning toward the red-headed character art I posted for Evie, but only somewhat. I think the other character art has a more physically-built look. It sounds like PDragon wants the more muscular build from his description, but was wondering if anyone else had a preference, no matter how lean.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Kinda torn. I do like the more muscular build but like the overall look of the redhead. I'd say go with what speaks to your muse.<br><br><br><br>I found an image that fits close to what was shaping up in my mind for Xero but its very obviously a game character so I don't want to use her &gt;.&lt;<br><br><br><br><hr><br>Alright, so... last few things before we can get rolling...<br><br>Everyone down to live in the same HQ? Any thoughts on spot for said HQ? Beneath a strip club or casino. In a high rise. Unassuming property outside the strip. Rundown building.<br><br>For our story... we can start out on a job or during downtime. Thoughts?<br><br>I'm intending to open 3 threads: present (our main storyline), past (if anyone wants to explore past stuffs at any time), and communications (fun with messengers and random little conversations that can sometimes help feed the muse). 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>24-02-2023, 01:45:26</strong>
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				@Evie<br>I think Naomi would have hacked into cyberware as such, turning them off (i.e. weapons and eyes), short-circuiting them but not sure if I can hack into the brains as in mind control. It would be a @Kokaine question which I will clarify. If she can, I think she will only do so in the direst of circumstances as it is a line Naomi is not willing to cross. However, in saying that, Naomi can take control of said cyberware for spice (Taking over cybernetically a "Midnight Lady" or cybernetic nerves in cyberware, etc).&nbsp; I guess Evie might have some trust issues, trying to figure Naomi out. Outwardly, Naomi would look young and naive, helpless even. Not the typical "runner" and the only weapon ability is to point an SMG in a particular direction, then spray and pray. Not sure how Evie would react to Naomi's "physical" abilities.<br><br>@Kiyoshi<br>Love what you did on the "Love Rituals". But yes, she would be shorter and definitely younger than Kiyoshi I think. That sempai relationship would be good. Naomi might feel a little uncomfortable going out alone, especially after her almost gangrape/near-death experience, and would more than likely cling to one of the Jacks or all of them for protection. I potentially see a close "sibling" relationship with benefits, if that makes sense. Have to play around with a few ideas.<br><br>@Xero<br>Grateful for the save from what would have happened to her if the Jacks did not turn up. Feels that she owes a debt to Xero and would do anything for her and even the Jacks. But outwardly may not show it. Naomi in general is submissive, but especially so with Xero. Feels attracted to Xero (and later the rest of the Jacks) but is unsure as to how it fits in with Xero and the rest of the Jacks. <br><br>Start:<br>Happy to stay in the same HQ, especially since her own place has been compromised. She would happily live in her pod with banks of monitors and terminals. Beneath a strip club would be funny and interesting, Naomi would have so much trouble coming and going. Just wondering if it would be "safe" for her to go in and out. I am open to starting either doing a mission or downtime. Three threads would be good, but how about one for "naughty stuff" that way it does not bog down other play. <br><br><br>Fleshing out Naomi - Would flesh out Naomi soon, maybe change her pic. Any preferences or input from anyone? Outwardly, there are no obvious signs of cyberware. Most of her cyberware is "in her head". On missions, she tends to be in skin-tight flexible armor weave with some plates but at HQ she is in comfy clothes. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>24-02-2023, 02:55:05</strong>
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				@Arcanist<br>We should work out some concrete use of netrunning that specifically upset Evie. Remembering that Evie has a lot of cyberware after her injury, it will bother her more than most. I do like the idea of netrunning in bed for later on, especially as Evie learns to trust Naomi more.<br><br>@Kokaine<br>I vote same HQ. Xero’s the team leader, and you mentioned she’s a driver. Maybe it’s a garage—we could run a small junkyard on the side, also a way for us to fence stolen merch. The garage might grow as a local haunt the more we get our names out there, with a front room that’s kind of a little social club and bar.<br><br>Or we could go higher-end, something less purely functional. Take all our credits and get a high-end place in a corpo tower with a pool and a hot tub and pretty much whatever else we want.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>24-02-2023, 03:10:30</strong>
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				I'd say given the theme either a casino or bar would be a good place to base ourselves out of. <br><br>And we could start by cutting in on them mid-job, have a punchy start where everything is already chaotic and going to hell. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>24-02-2023, 23:36:59</strong>
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				Alright. Same HQ it is. Thinking a bar would be the easiest to work with. A local spot and folks know not to cause too much trouble in. Back room is a more exclusive meeting/chill spot for the Jacks and affiliates. Our characters can live above it, 2 floors. And because I'm ridiculous, the garage next door is theirs too (and is where you can find Xero a lot of the time). The businesses are mostly legit and help them put up a solid front for the law. <br><br>Financially speaking, the Jacks have credits flowing well enough to be somewhat comfy in their living--they get the gear they need/want--but aren't rich enough to just up and retire and never have to work again. Personal wealth I will leave up to each of you to speak for your characters.<br><br><br><br>I will put up a thread for naughty times. I don't recall how many threads a small game can have but I don't want it to get too spread out given there are only 4 of us so, main thread, naughty thread, and then side thread for anything that doesn't fit in the other two threads (side scenes, past scenes, messaging, etc). I will put a header up for posts so tagging and dates can be kept in mind.<br><br><br><br>For the opening scene, the Jacks were hired to intercept a case that was stolen by a corporate funded "team". They went in and found it but during their exit the security team returns and screws their easy exit. So nothing too crazy to start but should get the juices flowing. <br><br><br><hr>Also, hopefully none of you play this game because my muse is still leaning <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/mxlph9W.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/A3sooip.jpg)</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>24-02-2023, 23:42:34</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16412195#msg16412195">Quote from: Kokaine on 24-02-2023, 23:36:59</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Alright. Same HQ it is. Thinking a bar would be the easiest to work with. A local spot and folks know not to cause too much trouble in. Back room is a more exclusive meeting/chill spot for the Jacks and affiliates. Our characters can live above it, 2 floors. And because I'm ridiculous, the garage next door is theirs too (and is where you can find Xero a lot of the time). The businesses are mostly legit and help them put up a solid front for the law. <br><br>Financially speaking, the Jacks have credits flowing well enough to be somewhat comfy in their living--they get the gear they need/want--but aren't rich enough to just up and retire and never have to work again. Personal wealth I will leave up to each of you to speak for your characters.<br><br><br><br>I will put up a thread for naughty times. I don't recall how many threads a small game can have but I don't want it to get too spread out given there are only 4 of us so, main thread, naughty thread, and then side thread for anything that doesn't fit in the other two threads (side scenes, past scenes, messaging, etc). I will put a header up for posts so tagging and dates can be kept in mind.<br><br><br><br>For the opening scene, the Jacks were hired to intercept a case that was stolen by a corporate funded "team". They went in and found it but during their exit the security team returns and screws their easy exit. So nothing too crazy to start but should get the juices flowing. <br><br><br><hr>Also, hopefully none of you play this game because my muse is still leaning <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/mxlph9W.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/A3sooip.jpg)</div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Sounds good, boss! The HQ needs an elevator is my only stipulation. Front opens to bar/apartments, back to garage first/second level.<br><br>Love the image reference.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 00:02:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sounds good to me. I also approve of her look 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 00:41:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sounds great and love the image too.<br>Looking for a few that might suit my character too. All my searches seem to turn up the character from the cyberpunk anime series. So if anyone sees something….
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 02:20:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16412235#msg16412235">Quote from: Arcanist on 25-02-2023, 00:41:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Sounds great and love the image too.<br>Looking for a few that might suit my character too. All my searches seem to turn up the character from the cyberpunk anime series. So if anyone sees something….<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/h6gkyrj.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/JkS6dQ9.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/cDuDIka.png)</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/hwEb8N0.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/XOysid7.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/8S15jCb.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/gDRb930.jpg)</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/iwJdr1R.jpg)(http://)(http://)</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/Qtef1Fb.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/EtVlB4s.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/VyGNBmG.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/BNgSXMS.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/iUZPMkK.png)(http://)</div></div>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 02:50:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Thanks pdragon! <br>I’m leaning to the second set. The fourth also looks interesting. Any preferences?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 03:01:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I personally like 4 better, but follow your heart
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 03:50:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				@Arcanist<br><br>Lean preference for second, but all are lovely. No wrong choices.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 04:57:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I say go with whichever speaks to your muse, Arcanist!<br><br><br>I should have our threads up and running this weekend :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>25-02-2023, 10:13:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So sort of fleshed out Naomi a bit.<br>Likes, Dislikes, and what she loves sexually would be an adventure by itself! <br><br>Honestly, my O/Os match with everyone and are open to discussion. Happy to talk more. <br><br>If there are any concerns or wish me to edit anything (especially grammar and clarifications) please poke me in here :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>27-02-2023, 04:23:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I've fleshed out Evie's profile if folks want to take a look. I tried to riff off what we've spoken about, but the biggest change is to Naomi and Evie's relationship, which Arcanist and I worked out via PM. <br><br>@PDragon<br>Also, I somewhat altered Evie's relationship with Kiyo and deepened it into a more familiar companionship; I think currently, Kiyo is most likely the Jack Evie's closest to since she's still feeling out her relationship with Xerana, and deeply confused about Naomi. Please let me know if this works for you. If not, I can adjust.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>27-02-2023, 05:00:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				First post is up --&gt; https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349280.0<br><br>Feel free to get creative!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 01:25:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16413897#msg16413897">Quote from: Wordworker on 27-02-2023, 04:23:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">@PDragon<br>Also, I somewhat altered Evie's relationship with Kiyo and deepened it into a more familiar companionship; I think currently, Kiyo is most likely the Jack Evie's closest to since she's still feeling out her relationship with Xerana, and deeply confused about Naomi. Please let me know if this works for you. If not, I can adjust.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Looks good to me
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 02:25:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I've put up the Side Stories Thread and the Private Thread, the links are in the first post of this thread. Feel free to make use of them as you wish :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 02:45:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thank you Kokaine
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 03:29:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thanks boss
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 17:15:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				@Kokaine<br><br>I have a question, as the newer person here. For the story thread, should we generally wait and post in order? Or is it more of a "jump in as opportunity arises" thing?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>28-02-2023, 18:33:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16415011#msg16415011">Quote from: Wordworker on 28-02-2023, 17:15:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">@Kokaine<br><br>I have a question, as the newer person here. For the story thread, should we generally wait and post in order? Or is it more of a "jump in as opportunity arises" thing?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Would prefer to keep a posting order so we don't sprint past anyone but as Xero is not inside with you all you don't have to wait on me.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>06-03-2023, 03:13:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I will have Xero's post up tomorrow. <br><br>Also, would anyone fancy trying to navigate a 'date' with Xero as a side scene?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>06-03-2023, 03:20:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16419198#msg16419198">Quote from: Kokaine on 06-03-2023, 03:13:42</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Also, would anyone fancy trying to navigate a 'date' with Xero as a side scene?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I'm always up for more, I love this game. BUT, I have a side scene already and I wouldn't want to step on someone else's toes. So I'll also wait and see if there are any other takers.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>06-03-2023, 06:06:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349104.msg16419198#msg16419198">Quote from: Kokaine on 06-03-2023, 03:13:42</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Also, would anyone fancy trying to navigate a 'date' with Xero as a side scene?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Kiyo would be down for a date night, unless Arcanist would like to take it. Naomi's the newest so she could probably benefit from some one on one time with some of the cast. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>06-03-2023, 07:47:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				@pdragon<br>Go Kiyoshi!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>06-03-2023, 21:35:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No worries yall. Was just an idea.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>06-03-2023, 21:48:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think Kiyo makes the most sense too because then everyone has a side story, which is nicely symmetrical.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pdragon</strong> on <strong>06-03-2023, 22:13:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sounds good to me
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wordworker</strong> on <strong>20-03-2023, 20:55:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Feels like the warehouse scene is winding down. Do we want to cap it off with a revelation on who came after us, possibly transition to a downtime scene together?<br><br>What says our fearless leader?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arcanist</strong> on <strong>21-03-2023, 02:07:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				*waves at everyone*<br><br>Downtime! :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: [NEON HEARTS] -- OOC </strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kokaine</strong> on <strong>23-03-2023, 00:50:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Feel free to slide into downtime.<br><br>For this you can alter the posting order as you wish. Just try not to leave anyone behind.<br>
			</dd>
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