“Aw, didn’t want to join in on the action?”

Jokingly put. If all things went well, there wouldn’t be much need for a scuffle but you hope your laugh makes as much clear.

Opening the limousine door with a click, you mock-salute the empress before slipping inside. After that much discussion earlier irrelevant to the task at hand, you could have but didn’t worry about the details of the plan.

“All peeps, moving out.”

i tried to do the little @ thing to greet you but it didnt work :I anyways! hi there! my names jade harley, 12th empress of alternia and witch of space at your service!

likewise, pretty weird huh? i’m mindfang, not quite empress material 8ut i could definitely 8e a mafia don. hypothetically.

//mobile's been acting hella strange lately but I'm trying to keep within my 3 days reply limit from now on! It'll be much easier next week when the travelling's over ^^

"Might've already shot and scored that goal," you reply, trying - to some degree - to avoid blushing harder at the implications.

When you spot the elegant curve of Kannie's raised eyebrow, you cover up the gold heat in your cheeks with a laugh and playful punch to the shoulder which almost sends her tumbling over, chair and all, had you not stretched over the table to steady her a second time. You were the definition of smooth this morning.

Gathering yourself, you smile a little lopsidedly, "I'll try my best."

Her squeak was incredibly endearing, as per usual, and you fight the urge to grin too widely in adoration. It was a good thing Sefent hadn't found the two of you yet, she'd be disgusted. The fact that she would probably throw you out first doesn't occur immediately.

"Should we," you clear you throat, "Look around a bit more before they come back?"

"You might be asked to leave soon. You are making the other women look bad."

well then, you’re an exception.,::::)

maaay8e! damn, that'd mean i'm not as unlucky as i'd thought ::::0 then again, elephants don't really fit any context i've 8een in so may8e it's all just coincidental.

kind of, yeah! the funny 8it is that usually they don't know the real thief, and i look like the hero in their eyes. that's hella morally wrong i know 8ut! it's hardly the worst a mafia don could do, y'feel?

heh hes a big ol sweetie is what he is! he actually loves playing with my grub, and hes so good with her too! :D

wait youre gonna return stuff? huh, thats a bit of a surprise :p

"Immortality's got its perks, but I like that element of risk. Spice of life, as they say."

If there was a point where spice became a harmful addition to the meal, anyway.

You follow suite, pushing in your chair before making a move towards the door. Tucking your cane under your arm, you retie your ponytail and brush the hair out of your eyes. Best to be presentable when meeting the yakuza thugs, you think, swinging the cane jauntily.

i tried to do the little @ thing to greet you but it didnt work :I anyways! hi there! my names jade harley, 12th empress of alternia and witch of space at your service!

likewise, pretty weird huh? i’m mindfang, not quite empress material 8ut i could definitely 8e a mafia don. hypothetically.

hahaha, y’know idk if that’s a solution for swooning in that sense 8ut will do, nakame.

the su8stance of a name, gosh that sounds deep. i don’t think mine means very much in anything 8ut that one human language i can’t speak just yet. apparently, it means kings, which would 8e cooler if we had any.

Eheh… If you do find yourself feeling feint, try a glass of water =u=

I don’t believe letter count even matters… A word can be beautiful no matter its length. The substance is what matters…

“Yup, I’m guilty of relying on my already-too-shitty luck for some things. But hey, still alive and all.”

You laugh, although it probably sounds a little more like a nervous chuckle than anything. Some of those old mistakes had been incredibly close shaves.

“Driving lessons sound awesome - oh, cool! Time to put on my game face and get this show on the road.” First figuratively, then literally.

i tried to do the little @ thing to greet you but it didnt work :I anyways! hi there! my names jade harley, 12th empress of alternia and witch of space at your service!

likewise, pretty weird huh? i’m mindfang, not quite empress material 8ut i could definitely 8e a mafia don. hypothetically.

i’m hella glad that’s working out! usually whatever pops up from my dice isn’t so gru8-friendly, 8ut then again that wouldn’t really work in a fight lmao.

well i mean - why not? i can’t use half of it, plus if i return it, there’s gr8er rewards to 8e gained! crime’s funny that way i suppose.

heh hes a big ol sweetie is what he is! he actually loves playing with my grub, and hes so good with her too! :D

wait youre gonna return stuff? huh, thats a bit of a surprise :p

Cheesy or not, your cheeks probably take on an almost sun-like glow, working although against your wishes with Kannie’s sky metaphor it would seem.

“Pff, comparing me to the sky alone is waaay too big of a compliment! I mean, flattery’s probably the way to my heart, but damn, you’ll end up making me blush.”

Not that you weren’t blushing already.

“Heh, you’ll have to tell me that story when we’ve got more time. One silly story for another, sound good?”

You weren’t short of dumb stories to be told in the least, especially those involving pubs or taverns.

Eyebrows raised in alarm as Kannie almost tips all the way over away from the desk, you reach out to place a hand on the arm of the chair but miss and end up steadying the jadeblood by her own arm. Whoops.

“We’ll just - act casual, I guess.” You were doing a fantastic job of that, face still tinted the slightest bit gold.

"You might be asked to leave soon. You are making the other women look bad."

well then, you’re an exception.,::::)

//quietly apologises for the delay again because I've been travelling a lot recently and there've been issues with transport ^^" I'll get to my replies asap, sorry again!

When it comes to creating characters, I have always thought that an old tip about acting was the key to making them realistic. The quote is, to paraphrase

“From the perspective of the Gravedigger, Hamlet is the story of a Gravedigger who meets a prince”

The advice is supposed to be that whatever role you act in, you have to remember that, from your characters mind, you are the main character, and a not a side character. And should therefore give any role you play your all.

But I think this is a useful rule for writing as well. Every character needs to be fully fleshed out, they need to have wants and desires and fears of their own. They have their own stories that don’t revolve around the deeds of the main characters of your book. This is what gives them life, makes them more than set pieces.

I also think this rule is useful for creating OCs wanting to insert their charaters into other settings as well. You don’t need to piggyback on the main story, you create your own using the tools in the world your character is going to inhabit. Make it plausible, make it interesting, and do it without involving your character unduly in the already present story. They have their own life, their own experiences, they just happen to cross paths with the ‘main characters’. Inserting them into a setting like that should be about the world, not about how they are seen by other characters. A good rule of thumb is to step back and go ‘could I see this sort of thing happening in canon?’ if the answer is yes, you are probably on the right track.

aesthetically pleasing ::::0 damn, what a compliment!!! keep that up and you’ll have me swooning all over the place in no time ahaha

nakame pilosa’s just as nice a name, if not more so than mine. t8h, some say mine’s one letter too short 8ut whatevs.

Reyes… Something about that is very nice to say out loud… A very aesthetically pleasing name, one could say…

But excuse my tangent there =-=; My name is Nakame Pilosa. A pleasure

all i want for christmas is -

one raptora mark vi, please, i could fly

you’re super welcome ^^

name’s reyes! reyes serket.

@ichorofane has followed

Ah…hello there =u=

Thank you, uhm, very much for following…

It came as a surprise to you that not even one fancy compass had landed itself in your ever growing loot stash back hive. Not that you were going to be the thief of this particular one, that would be a rather unsavoury first impression to leave with an alternate of yourself no less. Most of what ended up in the pile of treasure was of little use, even if it was “priceless” by another’s standards. The compass was no exception, navigating your city was already rather easy without knowing north or south.

“I’m hella glad that I haven’t seen any of that beyond whatever pops up in the sky, aha.”

You chuckle a bit at her next statement, “I hope I’m one of the better alties then.”

Drawing parallels between yourself and any of your alternates, most of which were still rather briefly met, was difficult. They seemed to be such - well, terrible people. Not that you were one to judge, the mafia was no better on anyone’s moral compass. You supposed there were different kinds of “terrible”, then.

“If it’s anything, all the Maryam alts I’ve met are pretty much the opposite of me - as in, actually good people! Though it’s weird, not knowing who could have been yourself and all. Do you think we could somehow ask Sefent without letting her know we’ve been in here?”

"You might be asked to leave soon. You are making the other women look bad."

well then, you’re an exception.,::::)

glad to hear it ::::) wasn’t too sure what’d happen, what with the whole magical-and-golden thing.

oh, well i’m not really worried if you take my stuff, i wouldn’t 8e the mad one aha. just the people i owe, y’feel? i do plan on returning some of the stolen things - one night!

no you dont owe me anything! :p plus you did kinda give me a big old gold wolf so its not like youre really lacking in the gift department either c:

though maybe if i find some cool loot in your stash i could take a piece or two? :?

In most cases, your cursory glances at a metaphorical safety measures booklet proved detriment to your wellbeing, but perhaps that would benefit the both of you when it came to surviving a crash course in driving. Hopefully, sans the crash.

Thankfully, Jade had admitted that she wasn’t too bad on the bike! You’d been wanting to try it out again, having learnt your lesson and all. Probably.

“Good idea, one class for another! Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever had a teacher for the biking. That explains a lot.”

i tried to do the little @ thing to greet you but it didnt work :I anyways! hi there! my names jade harley, 12th empress of alternia and witch of space at your service!

likewise, pretty weird huh? i’m mindfang, not quite empress material 8ut i could definitely 8e a mafia don. hypothetically.