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I know for a fact it's going to be a slow day at work so putting up a QUESTION MEME before I run out the door! For Kanji, Hisoka, and Rolo.

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SOMEHOW I DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE RUNNING okay that's exciting \o/

For Heartgame writing I discussed it before a bit here but in general it's liiiiike. Usually I first come up with something I want to do as a 'hook', like with Kanji's it was Shadow Kanji's commentary and with Rolo I wanted to do the emotional status effect thing. Then I sort of try to figure out what issues I want to focus on -- do I do a whole review of everything? The main issues they struggle with in a certain way? Basically I pick out idk motifs or themes. Like with Kanji I went for his view of socially appropriate/socially inappropriate angles on the things he wants, feels, likes, dislikes etc; with Rolo I wanted to explore the main two axis of his personality (Want/Fear, Convenience/Inconvenience) and break down further from there. Thennnn after I have that sort of high overview 'map' written I figure out what the heck I want to do with the true heart because I know if I don't do it early I'll tack it on later and it'll feel tacked on. I think my initial notes for Rolo's heart looked something like --ugh I have it on a USB key but I forgot to bring it to work today. TRYING TO RECONSTRUCT IT:

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Emotional effects
- Cold = lack of affect
- Hot = Increased passions ((*** I later revised this to agitation and distressing desperation because increased passion wasn't accurate enough))

LAYOUT
- Geass shape
- Main room, two wings, one 'piercing' stairway up & down from main room
- Upstairs = Want
- Downstairs = Fear
- Left wing = bad things??
- Right wing = good things??
- Outside = frozen, true heart is out here?
- Lots of clocks! Clock paths? Frozen clocks? Clock puzzles?

Manifestations
- Deception
- Want
- Fear
- ???

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That was more or less what I had for ROlo's heart by the time I sat down to write any notes (after the vague brainstorming of the hook). From there I'll start breaking things out and working in actual patterns and puzzles and details sob. Like all the locks and keys and winding and so on came later.

I usually try to write up as MUCH flavor text that I know the players will come across as I can in advance so I don't end up holding up the actual game at the time. I ended up having about 20 pages for Rolo's heartgame.

Who does KK LEAST want to show up from her canon?

She doesn't have any least wants now. Endcanon memory sort of shifted all that. She would be most concerned about Mark coming just because until they worked him out at the end he was pretty much a crazy psychopath that fucked with people's brains for fun. It might end up being a bit of skills race, really, but she has enough of a headstart to keep on top of him somewhat. She also has a feeling from one of her earlier memories that they might have some awkward personal history :[a so it is a bit like. Hmmm. This would be awkward overall.

If you could make me app a thing what would you get me to app :3c

THAT IS A HARD CHOICE.

Let's see. I wouldn't want anyone for HIsoka because KK and Hisoka's CR is pretty balanced as-is. Obviously any of the P4 characters could be interesting, with Naoto being one of the most hilarious in that there would be a bizarre love triangle going on in Kanji's head but ...not... for anyone else. Rolo himself wouldn't want anyone but I love playing him off Euphemias and I would find it hilar to have the other affectionate-to-Lelouch family member there... idk mostly I just want to play off KK FOREVER!1

Back at you!

Oh gosh idk any of the Freakangels, any of the FFXIII party, I AM EASY!!1 I am not actually very good at this question.

Souji comes to Aather, what goes down!!

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