Suzume Hitomi's Living History Lesson

[Suzume Hitomi]

Another Banner game, another Minor Clan character for my space samurai collection. This planet and the fleshed out city made me really glad I chose to play a 'local' of some sort.

Thanks to the folks I got to play with. Also thanks to those I didn't, since I enjoy reading the threads making the game come alive. Thanks to the GMs, I know how rough the job is. Thank yous are a drop in the bucket that needs to fill if you hope to have enough oomph to design a game and make it through to the end, but that's a drop I can offer just now.

Hitomi was a pretty transparent sort, and I was at my usual-these-days sparse posting schedule. There was extra time afte surgery, but recovery saps a surprising amount of the energy needed for writing! So much for my hopes of getting a blazing start on the game. XD

All that said, feel free to ask, comment, etc. as is the custom.

[Yoritomo Ochiba]

Another Banner game, another Minor Clan character for my space samurai collection. This planet and the fleshed out city made me really glad I chose to play a 'local' of some sort.

Thanks to the folks I got to play with. Also thanks to those I didn't, since I enjoy reading the threads making the game come alive. Thanks to the GMs, I know how rough the job is. Thank yous are a drop in the bucket that needs to fill if you hope to have enough oomph to design a game and make it through to the end, but that's a drop I can offer just now.

Hitomi was a pretty transparent sort, and I was at my usual-these-days sparse posting schedule. There was extra time afte surgery, but recovery saps a surprising amount of the energy needed for writing! So much for my hopes of getting a blazing start on the game. XD

All that said, feel free to ask, comment, etc. as is the custom.

I really enjoyed Hitomi's character and the opportunity to RP with her (once I eventually figured out how Ochiba would approach the Sparrow, two very different characters).

She had good vibes and I felt was very clearly designed, and the Crane training was a fun quirk.

I'm hoping that fish picture is displayed prominently on a wall somewhere!

What drew you to the seamstress/antique concept, and what do you think her being a Sparrow changed or altered that?

What was your favourite part of being a local?

Will Hitomi continue LARPing into the future as the rebel queen of the island?

[Yasuki Taraka]

Alright, so go ahead and cover your eyes for a the next bit and scroll down to the bottom:

You are, as always, an amazing person to roleplay with. You've got an amazing talent for description, and you always make threads fun. You give a whole bunch, and make every thread memorable. And you really saved me with your knowledge of fashion, because I know beans about fashion, and AI treats a prompt for this game as "Do glowy kimono like clothing with circuit patterns."

Alright, you can look again without overloading your compliment buffers.

I really liked you running with the 'win' at Edge of Darkness. I'm really curious if you have any ideas what our little society will look like going down the road since we didn't have time to get our last meeting off the ground. (Poor Itsuka, literally out of power).

Any thoughts on what her family will arrange for her marriage down the road that you hinted at?

What one thing would you have liked to have gotten to sell from your shop that you didn't? Which character would you have liked to have sold to that you didn't get to?

Thank you for your time and effort, despite being walking wounded

[Miya Kisha]

I thought our threads were great, and I'm glad to have gotten them with you!

So, why 3rd ed instead of 4th in Edge of Darkness?

[Hatoful GM]

Hitomi was a very nice addition, a different flavor of local! And a very nice idea for a samurai shop.

What's next for her? Dreams, ambitions, secret desires?

[Tamori Kanna]

Our new queen of 3rd edition Edge of Darkness! I for one welcome her historical dedication to the game.

Thank you for accepting Kanna's invitation to a beach-side picnic and exploring the underwater-part of Namigashira Bay. I regret not being able to connect with Hitomi more, but adored the shop-concept and her character.

Will Feather Your Nest expand its business in the future now?

[Boogiepop]

I know there were a few hiccups and wrenches midday in the game, but I am happy to have you in the game! Especially so as a local, a business owner, and finally as an avid shopper of Run-it-Back. As people mentioned, it was really fitting and fortuitous that Hitomi became the new queen of Edge of Darkness 3rd Edition, upholding that historical banner and showing us a thing or two on how to run a gathering! While Sumie would likely gripe that Hitomi isn't edgy enough...she at least isn't 'mainstream'. Not cool, not lame, is her grade.

I think people here have already asked the good questions. Hm....What is Hitomi eagerly hoping for in the new investment or gentries?

[Suzume Hitomi]

OK, starting on these, but I'll likely have to finish tomorrow as it's definitely time I got some sleep!

I really enjoyed Hitomi's character and the opportunity to RP with her (once I eventually figured out how Ochiba would approach the Sparrow, two very different characters).

She had good vibes and I felt was very clearly designed, and the Crane training was a fun quirk.

I'm hoping that fish picture is displayed prominently on a wall somewhere!

What drew you to the seamstress/antique concept, and what do you think her being a Sparrow changed or altered that?

What was your favourite part of being a local?

Will Hitomi continue LARPing into the future as the rebel queen of the island?

That fish picture will end up on her wall at home. Maybe someday joined by another as she dabbles in fishing. No greatsharks! I really enjoyed the odd couple friendship developing, while Hitomi remained somewhat mystified at the whole thing. XD

I'd wanted to play a Sparrow and do something with that role they have now of kind of conservatorship of most of Rokugan's historical assets. With this game's premise, the idea of some kin of shop came to mind. I'm familiar in RL of the way museums have to kind of be selective about what they keep an store. Space is finite, and 50 spinning wheels is at the point where many of them are really not very significant...but they aren't going to just toss them either...so what do you do with that kind of thing? In real life, they assess things people want to donate and often refuse them. This is also how you get folks who craft things from antique kimono fabric--those that aren't wanted by museums, and often have damage that makes them not particularly useable as clothing, find another life.

Seamstress was one of the craft/artisan skills I added on as part of the 'what skills make sense for someone doing museum-style conservation and generally needing to know how to properly take care of these old things.' Kintsugi was kind of her main 'art', but the sewing ended up as more useful for PC interactions.

Favorite part of being local was the way you can kind of build in assumed previous interactions with other locals, and getting to make up some of the setting lore as you go along.

We have a thread (that stalled due to scheduling conflicts) of getting the local Rebels together for some tabletop to supplement the LARP. So I do think she'll explore that some more, though she may not remain rebel queen for all that long as such things tend to fluctuate. XD