Nakahama

Bayushi Hinata wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:37 pm How can Spiders be bad if they have such huge collections of plushies?

Exactly!

Kakita Hiroki wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:30 pm

But . . . . . . I keep having to remind myself that Crane and Spooder are allies in this timeline and the spat between Naz-kun and Hated Rival-chan was totally personal.

Just another harmonizing challenge for HIkun. As long as the Spider meet his Kakita-based expectations there won't be any stabbing....probably. Most likely.

Kakita Hiroki wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:30 pm

Susumu Sumiko wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:26 pm

Bayushi Hinata wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:14 pm Existing is a thing I do now! Iam quite new to forum games so I'll ask for patience and guidance!

Welcome! All you need to know are Spider are the good guys and Crab are the meanies who keep picking on the poor innocent Spider for no good reason *nods*

But . . . . . . I keep having to remind myself that Crane and Spooder are allies in this timeline and the spat between Naz-kun and Hated Rival-chan was totally personal.

Usagi Drop! and Yakumo collab when for the sake of the alliance?

Or worse, mawwiage!

Tamori Kanna wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:46 pm
Usagi Drop! and Yakumo collab when for the sake of the alliance?

Or worse, mawwiage!

Drop! votes 4 to one very very LOUD 1, in favour of this.

...What is an Usagi Drop?

Tamori Kanna wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:46 pm

Kakita Hiroki wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:30 pm

Susumu Sumiko wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:26 pm

Welcome! All you need to know are Spider are the good guys and Crab are the meanies who keep picking on the poor innocent Spider for no good reason *nods*

But . . . . . . I keep having to remind myself that Crane and Spooder are allies in this timeline and the spat between Naz-kun and Hated Rival-chan was totally personal.

Usagi Drop! and Yakumo collab when for the sake of the alliance?

Or worse, mawwiage!

What is a rivalry if not a crush you are angry about having?

Just saying, Spider talk about plushies and Crab go instantly to stabbing

Kitsuki Ichitaiyo wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:48 pm ...What is an Usagi Drop?

They're a band in the game, quite big popular boy band doing boy band music

Y'know, if Yakumo gets an ooc thread about her music, it wouldn't be out of place to provide one about Usagi Drop! for the sake of the new players.

Not a terrible idea actually to have a thread of famous people of note in the empire in general

Please feel free to post as much context and content stemming from prior games as possible!
Nothing like reading up on spaghetti incidents to get in the right headspace for a long running game

Well there was a Miai that had a surprising amount of kidnapping…

Kaiu Nagisa wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 5:56 pm Well there was a Miai that had a surprising amount of kidnapping…

But an expected amount of dinosaur and mushroom related murder attempts.

Shinjo Suh-Hyun wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 6:37 pm But an expected amount of dinosaur and mushroom related murder attempts.

?

I'll let folks responsible for creating famous stuff do that themselves. Though Yakumo is a bit in a unique position in that she is sponsored by the Miya so she has inter-clan reach, whereas most artists remain famous within their own clans with limited reach outside of it.

Tamori Kanna wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 7:13 pm I'll let folks responsible for creating famous stuff do that themselves. Though Yakumo is a bit in a unique position in that she is sponsored by the Miya so she has inter-clan reach, whereas most artists remain famous within their own clans with limited reach outside of it.

Ahhh, so your advice is that we greet Kakita-san with a "Who? What's an Usagi drop, some kind of candy?"

(Even from NPC-dom, Yaukumo continues to feud)

The difference between normal clan stars and Crane clan stars is the Crane are grandmasters of making their problems everyone's problems.

And I am a Grandmaster of not caring.

Try me cranes!

Yasuki Taraka wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 7:26 pm (Even from NPC-dom, Yaukumo continues to feud)

Excellent point, truly

Maybe I'll play Crane again someday. Though I tend to fall much more into Doji and Asahina territory than Kakita or Daidoji.....though I think the last Crane was a Kakita at the TC trying to keep everyone from immediately shoving their new swords into their stomachs because they weren't the topaz champ.

"Ok, you're not THE best of the generation, but you are among the best of our generation, surely that is worth celebrating?"

"NO! If I am not THE best than I am a failure and deserve death!"

"Ok, but.....everyone else in the room is yelling the same thing, surely you don't believe that was the intent of the competition?"

"Don't care! I want death!"

Perhaps the lesson is, "Only use the Topaz Championship for introducing NEW players to L5R. Veteran players get waaaay too dramatic about it" XD

*Checks over the new Spider's paperwork*

Always money in the banana stand, hm?