Project Sakura Discussion Thread

[Chaosgamer]

@bamboo

So now Brant has scored a relationship (if not an altogether cordial one) with the Girl Detectives, eh? That could come in handy should they need some muscle some time. But Brant must be the King of Cheap Dates. As far as I can tell, he has yet to take a girl out to a place where he has to spend money on her. Also, be careful of Eri, Brant. You know, there more things she can do with the Collar of Submission and the Paddle of Yaoi than use them on her enemies.

Better to have them trust than overly suspicions. Don’t expect him to make building, cars or the world move, maybe people.

Not cheap besides it was a group no point in going all out.

Collar of Submission? Well I have no problem so long as it isn’t domination or lost of his will. The paddle well NO! If ever a thought of using it on him comes across her mind. (Who knows what will happen if such a thing happens)

/Note Longest Night post better hope everyone with the exception Yoshimi are in their homes or out of town. What you do is make a brief mention of the longest night either their home, out of town or out and about in town. Depends on what it is they’ll be relatively safe. Even if you don’t they’ll probably still be safe relatively.

[Kabraxal]

Well then… I’ll just have Ryo be a virgin. It adds a dynamic that I think will work well in the relationship. Anyway, I find it adorable that Ryo gives off that “tough man” bully image, but sweet little Xallie completely disarms him and shatters that illusion. Can’t wait 'til that starts showing in public. Though Yuki will probably lose it completely at that point. If she survives Chie of course!

[Kabraxal]

… you go and get me to like her and now you leave me hanging??? Curse you! I mean, I assume she is at least going to be in pain if not dead. But still… mean dude… mean.

I think I’ll have to wait now to see if she is no longer with us. I had something nearly worked out, but this throws a bit of a wrench into it. If the “poor” woman doesn’t make it, Ryo is going to need a shoulder to cry on. So his happy, happy won’t work if that is the case.

[Chaosgamer]

I’ve feel that perhaps Ryo is going to show up and find her. Just a guess mind.

Bamboo: The key. He has it I think or maybe he destroyed it. I don’t know or maybe I do.

Pharmaceuticals? You know Shinji must’ve mixed the wrong ones or he was sick that his body couldn’t handle it (though I don’t remember in any post that mentioned him briefly). I say that cause I think I read some where that take meds of one kind will only make you sick. If there legal (Haven’t found any that said they were not).

Who will find here someone known or someone all together different? I’d say Ryo. Given that Brant is busy with the longest night and maybe a date?

/Note I think I’ll start my post sometime soon.

[bamboo]

Well, the shit hit the fan on that one. Even the Wife is mad at me for what I did to poor Kokoro, her favorite character. Strange, here we have a depressive, neurotic lolicon drug pusher and thief, yet everyone loves her including me, despite what I’ve put her through. The Okusan has made me promise that there will be a happy ending for Heart, so she’s probably not dead, yet. But if you remember from an earlier conversation between Binkan Suzuki and Jose Ecuador and a dream she had just after that Slice n Dice business, you know that she’s going to have to go to a very bad place first.

I suggest that when Ryo shows up, he’ll find that Heart’s apartment has been broken into and trashed. He’ll see the broken glass and some dried blood and some cardboard boxes, whose contents, packets of newspaper cut in the size and shape of yen notes and bound with paper straps, have been scattered around the room. At this point, he’ll realize he’s got a mystery on his hands. And who better to solve that mystery than the Girl Detectives? Or maybe they’ll just muscle their way into it.

And what about Etsuji? Remember, he wanted to get to Kokoro first in order to hide Brant’s involvement in the SnD business. He was willing to kill Heart in order to accomplish that, as I recall. So what happened? Why did Jose and Binkan get there first? And Brant? Yoshimi’s been dating him, but she doesn’t suspect he may be the person she’s looking for? Well, she’s not Sherlock Holmes, after all. Fighting monsters is more her line.

So there are a lot of loose ends that need tying up, as you can see. Actually, the Slice n Dice business was never important. It’s just an example of a MacGuffin, which you can find a definition of here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin. I’ve been working up to Heart’s abduction by Jose and Binkan for some time now, but if she had merely disappeared, she would have just been a name on the missing persons list. But as a hunted felon, she’s now at the top of it, and a priority. It was a stroke of luck for me when Chaos had Brant cut off those assassin’s heads in Kokoro’s office.

That was a sort of a lengthy exposition, but I figured I had a lot of explaining to do.

[Kabraxal]

Well, I’ll have to change my next post slightly and make Ryo a bit more anxious and worried than he was before. But that is okay… I was trying to find a way to let Xallie display her “motherly” tender side instead of her normal clumsy goofiness.

[Chaosgamer]

@bamboo

I suggest that when Ryo shows up, he’ll find that Heart’s apartment has been broken into and trashed. He’ll see the broken glass and some dried blood and some cardboard boxes, whose contents, packets of newspaper cut in the size and shape of yen notes and bound with paper straps, have been scattered around the room. At this point, he’ll realize he’s got a mystery on his hands. And who better to solve that mystery than the Girl Detectives? Or maybe they’ll just muscle their way into it.

Why did Jose and Binkan get there first? And Brant? Yoshimi’s been dating him, but she doesn’t suspect he may be the person she’s looking for? Well, she’s not Sherlock Holmes, after all. Fighting monsters is more her line.

So there are a lot of loose ends that need tying up, as you can see. Actually, the Slice n Dice business was never important. It was a stroke of luck for me when Chaos had Brant cut off those assassin’s heads in Kokoro’s office.

If they do muscle their way in that’ll put two people on the spot. One for knowing were she was and the other for the reason she was there. It’d be interesting though if they do.

A little bird told them or something along those lines?
Perhaps the reason their together is for her to find out his involvement? Then who said they were dating after that night?
Slice n Dice was completely unimportant? Why would it be important? It wasn’t for me it was just part of the others.
Chaos? The dog? If so I need to say he only came into play well after that. Just so you people know Chaos (the dog) tends to roam around the town meaning he can and probably will show up at odd times.

@Kabraxal

Well, I’ll have to change my next post slightly and make Ryo a bit more anxious and worried than he was before. But that is okay… I was trying to find a way to let Xallie display her “motherly” tender side instead of her normal clumsy goofiness.

I can not for the life of me picture her motherly. Prove me wrong. If you do and depends on how I see it I may make a post with Xallie/Brant.

Ryo. (Is he still all together.)

/Note I named the dog chaos cause it fits given my posts. (If anyone was curious)

[Kabraxal]

Decided to completely rework my post in lew of Bamboo’s post… actually, I am quite grateful for it since this post was infinitely more satisfying.

Long, long post though, isn’t it? I just couldn’t find a place to stop for a while! Poor Yuki though, Chie is going to be hell on her come the new term. I wonder how Ryo is going to get the Detective club to help now, given the ahem treatment of poor Yuki.

I tried leaving the details of Kokoro and Ryo’s discovery of her disappearance up in the air since you have a better idea of how it might turn out. Though I did use a little “dramatic” license with the blood… couldn’t resist the cheap “o my god, is it hers?!?” tactic on Ryo.

[bamboo]

Your last post was quite satisfying, I enjoyed it a lot.

When this whole Project Sakura thing got started, I wondered to what extent sex was going to be involved, considering this is a bbs for eroge. I decided not to get to frisky with it, myself, because it’s not an area where I’ve developed much descriptive skill. My idea of a sex scene is: [He took her in his arms … later, as they lay together]. But I think you handled it quite well. You have a flair for coordinating Xallie’s internal feelings and her physical reactions. I like this line: “beautiful raunchiness of the torid coupling” and “a mix of anger, disgust, shock and pleasure playing through her mind.” I imagine that Xallie would not have had the same reaction to those magazines if her sexual feelings for Ryo were not already primed and ready.

Good Job!

The sight, in my mind’s eye, of Chie fanning Yuki’s butt, brings a smile to my face.

Thanks.

[Chaosgamer]

I would think Yuki would disappear from school for a short while given just about the whole school saw.

When they rolled off the bed she could of been on top. (Just saying)

Well Er yeah was it the fact it was his room, she saw the mag and smelled like him that she orgasmed?

Poor Ryo. He has such good luck.

Promise with Kokoro? Same Kokoro that Brant knows that woman has no idea what she wants then.

Question!!! Chie having a conflict with Brant? Given that he befriend somewhat Yuki and the other two though he is going to try to get the cat. (Failed or not don’t know yet)

[Kabraxal]

@bamboo

Your last post was quite satisfying, I enjoyed it a lot.

When this whole Project Sakura thing got started, I wondered to what extent sex was going to be involved, considering this is a bbs for eroge. I decided not to get to frisky with it, myself, because it’s not an area where I’ve developed much descriptive skill. My idea of a sex scene is: [He took her in his arms … later, as they lay together]. But I think you handled it quite well. You have a flair for coordinating Xallie’s internal feelings and her physical reactions. I like this line: “beautiful raunchiness of the torid coupling” and “a mix of anger, disgust, shock and pleasure playing through her mind.” I imagine that Xallie would not have had the same reaction to those magazines if her sexual feelings for Ryo were not already primed and ready.

Good Job!

The sight, in my mind’s eye, of Chie fanning Yuki’s butt, brings a smile to my face.

Thanks.

I think it was the mix of “growing feelings” for Ryo and her normal lustful desires overwhelming her. However, it was this incident, coupled with the emotional cathartic release of “finding” Ryo, that spurred her on to kiss him. I expect the sexual tension between the two to start charging the atmosphere.

Anyway, get that lecherous smile off your face! Chie is not like that… maybe…

And Brant needs to be careful with Chie. She is a firebrand that often reacts first, thinks later, and can inflict a lot of damage (physical or emotional) in the process. Pure Yuki, though she did deserve it, probably has a battered ego to go along with her burning bum. Of course, Kosuke does have a calming influence on her and luckily he will be there in the new term as well.

[Chaosgamer]

@Kabraxal

I think it was the mix of “growing feelings” for Ryo and her normal lustful desires overwhelming her. However, it was this incident, coupled with the emotional cathartic release of “finding” Ryo, that spurred her on to kiss him. I expect the sexual tension between the two to start charging the atmosphere.

Anyway, get that lecherous smile off your face! Chie is not like that… maybe…

And Brant needs to be careful with Chie. She is a firebrand that often reacts first, thinks later, and can inflict a lot of damage (physical or emotional) in the process. Pure Yuki, though she did deserve it, probably has a battered ego to go along with her burning bum. Of course, Kosuke does have a calming influence on her and luckily he will be there in the new term as well.

Chie is Bi then?

Careful with Chie, in that no pissing her off or doing something bad to her “daughter(Xallie)”
Physical? Eh he’ll dodge maybe or at the very most stay wake. Emotional? Only if friends or more. So I’d say he’ll get some hurting at least Physical. Until or when they become friends of sorts, no emotional hits.

/Note I’ve begun my post.

[Kabraxal]

I’m not sure if she is bi or not. I know there is a hint of bi-curiousness in Xallie, but with Chie there are slight hints but nothing more. Maybe a post will come along and she will fall into the arms of Yuki and caress that fragile bum instead of smack it… well and smack it too :oops: .

[bamboo]

My newest installment of Heart trouble is taking a little longer than usual, but should be along soon. I may take a little time off around the holidays, tho, because I’ll be on the road most of the time and away from the Internet. I showed a friend of mine, who is not a gamer and not that interested in anime, Project Sakura. His reaction was positive for the most part, but he asked why there weren’t more tentacles or lesbian sex in our stories. Voice of the People, guys. We’d better be prepared to give the public what it wants, eh?. Some sort of hot thing between Chie and Yuki? I’m not sure I’m ready for that yet. At least not until after they’ve done a lot more fighting together–I can have a lot more fun with them as enemies. He also asked me why so many of these stories (meaning eroge and anime in general) take place in high school. I was quick to point out that all the characters were over eighteen, so they couldn’t be in high school, could they? But there are a lot of stories that take place in schools, aren’t there? I’ve never given much thought to it, myself, but why is that? Ideas?

[Kabraxal]

Chie and Yuki… well, not yet at least.

As for the school deal. Just be vague with the ages. Personally, I write it in mind of the American paranoia towards sex, specifically teenage sex, and try to work around the issue. But I will gladly admit that if I were to publish Xallie’s story on my own, I would pull down the ages and it would be high school.

And take your time if you must. I am currently trying to work on my novel at the moment, so the extra time away from this story wouldn’t bother me all that much.

[Chaosgamer]

Sorry (not really or maybe I am) about the length.

Curious, Merry Christmas of Happy Holiday?

Ah well Merry Christmas and Terrible horrible new year :lol:

By the way Miwa and Jance are Bi. So they could maybe teach Chie and Yuki

[Kabraxal]

You are obsessed with Chie and Yuki… tsk, tsk. I think I’ll draw it out a long time if it happens to go that route. O, yes. I’m that cruel. No yuri for you!

Working on a post in between my novel spurts, so I should have one before Christmas.

[Chaosgamer]

No (maybe) its just that both have (to me) the same type of personality so I wonder how it’d work.
Damn You!!! Ah well.

[bamboo]

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE DEPT:

Miss Gestapuku is based on a similarly-named character from the Kekko Kamen anime. Likewise the Great Will of the Cosmos, on loan from Excel Saga. There are no fully automatic versions of the Five-Seven, for which we should all probably be grateful. The Power and Beauty of Japan poster in Tetsujin Saitama’s library is based on a book published after Japan’s victory in the Russo-Japanese War. It was a large book of color paintings and hand-tinted photos glorifying the military might of the Japanese nation at the time. I came across it years ago in my capacity as a librarian, and it struck me that there was a lot of power in it, but not much beauty.

Date with Eri: Well, a few surprises there. Apparently she doesn’t wear her loli clothes or School Girl Detective outfits all the time. Also, I didn’t know she had breasts, but she sure has muy cajones to be able to sleep on the back of a speeding motorcycle. And did you notice how she used the date as an excuse to pump Brant for info about Kokoro? Good job, girl detective! And now we learn that she has parents, because they were mentioned in the story. Well, we know that Yuki has parents, but they’re never at home (in the tradition of eroge parents), Kimochi has a father, but what about Eri’s folks? Personally, I see them as foster parents, with Eri as an exchange student from Meowtis, studying in Japan.

The Wife asked me why Aquamarine would reveal Kokoro’s hiding place, if she’s supposedly on Earth to do good deeds. Well, my answer is that angels may not think the same way humans do. Perhaps she acts in the context of a broader picture that none of us mere mortals can discern. Or maybe she’s just a fuckup. In any event, I guess transsexual angels work in mysterious ways.

Concerning the question: is it Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? Well, back in the 1600s (about the time the Otera family appear in Moriyoh), the Dutch introduced the holiday to the Japanese, who called it “Barbarian’s Winter Solstice.” Works for me.

[Kabraxal]

Considering that many non-Christians celebrate Christmas now, I don’t understand the problem with Merry Christmas. I’m not Christian and I celelbrate the holiday as a day of love, peace, and hope… that is what Christmas has really been about to me. So… Merry Christmas!

Anyway… my post should be sometime in the morning or later tomorrow afternoon.