Okay, pride gets in the way at times so that makes sense.

And nah, a longer friendship is fine with me! It's sometimes tough to illustrate in a story between strangers but I've had things click well in the past so it's something I'm totally open to. 

Maybe them getting pushed together is how the game works? Maybe there's a function to pair people randomly for quests perhaps?

I think we would play things by ear and maybe tack on pictures or concepts as we go but I think once things get established in the story, it might be good to pin details down in the OOC so we don't overlook something accidentally.

And a same-sex romance isn't necessary at all. I haven't done them in ages so I'd be rusty anyway but I kept it on the table since we didn't really establish a preference and it seems same-sex romances are 'hip' again. But hetero is probably what I'm better at anyway, yeah.