[OOC] Sapphire Roses

[Genkai]

Kay.

Them exploding seems cool, perhaps that's some of the power Goshikuro had but again it wouldn't really point Kurama in that direction if he thinks the guy has been dead for so long. I'm thinking one of them would lung at her from behind, maybe when another explodes so Kurama is a little distracted? Or he could kill all but the one and let her take a hit if possible?

[SoleAccord]

I was actually thinking it was the student under control, and that was his minor power. Just control over lesser demons and detonating them while concealing his presence from Kurama as he is.

Kurama wouldn't let her get hurt if he can help it. So I'm taking that as you wanting her to be wounded?

[Genkai]

We did want Goshikuro to have a student or even a few under his control. If he can cause depression and suicidal tendencies, it would make sense. We should probably make a list of his powers at some point to keep track of them and his plans. So the student under Goshi's control is in turn controlling the imps?

And not injured, just a chance for Botan to use her spirit gun. It could even miss, but since she doesn't know what to do with her rose powers, it's all she has at the moment.

[SoleAccord]

Yeah, a puppet master of the imps, who is a puppet for another puppet master. A pawn using pawns.

Kurama was going to capture the last one remaining and it was going to explode before it could rat its master out. We can work it out so Kurama destroys the first two, they explode, and that's enough to distract both of them for the moment so one flanked and leaped towards Botan, pressuring her into action.

[Genkai]

Alrighty, so Kurama kills the first two, one comes out, Botan gets it and then Kurama gets the last one but it too explodes?

[SoleAccord]

Sounds about right. If you'd like, she CAN miss and get a minor wound as a result, but I think Botan can at least hit a dumb little imp if she tries her best. It's not like she's trying to hit Hiei x3

My next response will be manageable. I'll deal with the first two imps and let Botan handle the one that's going for her. Smaller posts, but progress is progress.

[Genkai]

She probably won't miss and get hurt, we'll be skipping soon enough anyway so there's little point in her hurting herself now. XD

And yeah this is an actiony portion, my post will probably be all the more small lol

[SoleAccord]

True that.

You say fighting scenes are your weakness. We'll work on that, since both our 1x1's--and maybe WAY DOWN THE LINE, GoT--will involve some heavy action after we handle all the sensitive bits.

[Genkai]

Fighting scenes are the worst for me. >__> Like fuck, gotta slow down and not write everything but then it never comes out the way it is in my head. GoT will probably have some action but once relationships are well established. Arya still needs to help Joffrey use his sword properly ahah.

[SoleAccord]

Gotta find balance. Are you telling too much and overloading the imagination, or are you saying too little and making the fight a little too dull and lacking in mechanical skill? Some people try way too hard. Used to write with a couple dudes on another forum that didn't stop jerking themselves off to their 'fighting skill' when it was largely a share of asspulls and overpowered characters that won a fight before it began anyway.

They need to help each other with a LOT of things. I miss them :C

[Genkai]

Part of me thinks I should get practice in the Arena section at some point but it is indeed about balance. I don't want to write too much and not leave my partner room to respond and change the situation, as fighting is such an 'in the moment' situation. Write too little and it becomes painful and every post is someone trying to get out of harm's way while being a badass.

One of these nights I'll have time to myself to revisit our lovely PM. :3

[SoleAccord]

That's funny, because the assholes I'm talking about were basically just trying to be bad asses. You need someone not afraid to lose. No one likes to lose. Period. One of these days you and I will have a fight in the arena, maybe, or in one of these rp's.

God, I hope so.

[Genkai]

An epic fight would be epic. And yeah that's the issue I have with fights in general, a lot of people don't give into danger. Characters can and should be injured or surprised or tired, not every fight has to be a winning one, nor is it always life and death, sometimes a fight can just end with someone being hit and the other leaving. Usually they're just too intense for me and I'm not about physical conflict as much as I am emotional conflict, even then though I'd rather see folks get along lol

I know darling.

[SoleAccord]

I think it's just because everyone wants to be the 'bad ass' anime character that shits gold and pisses holy water, so they refuse to let them feel any sense of danger. And every hit they take was 'a part of the plan' or some shit. I don't care how strong a character is because it's easy to overload a character's kit. I like characters with limited abilities who can overcome an obstacle, on TOP of being a great character I can root for and find interest in. Some people just don't find the balance.

[Genkai]

It is tricky, people are protective of their characters. I wonder if they associate their character with them and their character getting hurt is somehow a reflection of them as a person. I suppose I can see why people gotta be badass but let's face, there's rarely anyone who is actually badass so they gotta write about it instead. I don't think we'll have issues there though.

[SoleAccord]

Oh you know for a fact there are writers out there who self-insert the shit out of themselves in a character. It's not ALWAYS bad... but it's ALMOST ALWAYS bad, lol. Oh dude we WILL have that problem, because Kurama is a sick character on his own, and is the one guy Hiei admitted he'd rather never fight. Mako's a dweeb so we won't need to worry about that. Joffrey's like... ten years away before even becoming close to a real man, since he comes from a family of sneaky little cunts, so maybe he'll be paying debts in person, rather than setting up people in weddings.

[Genkai]

I guess we'll just have to see how things go.

[SoleAccord]

As usual. Be on the lookout for posts tomorrow night. Monday at the latest. Let's keep this train rolling.

[Genkai]

Alright, good luck!

[SoleAccord]

You know I always end up saying, "This is going to be short," but I don't shut up and it ends up being a good size. I can't help myself...

Ahem, sorry for the delay. For reasons I won't get into, I had gotten exhausted the evening I planned on replying to you. Apologies for that.

Tried a new color based on that BBCode page you gave me in Spirits. It was lightcoral. If it's too similar to Botan's or you'd prefer I stick to the old color, I will, just thought I'd give it a try since you showed it to me. I was going to use Crimson but I thought it was too intense and might hurt your eyes.

Also, fighting with a whip is shitty to describe. At least for me. I hesitated upon the fight portion because how do I describe a whip whipping someone besides 'Kurama whipped them' or some shit. Buuuuut I made it work lmfao.

All you, reaper waifu Botan.