fresh meat

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Hello everyone! I'm Green Rivers, bringing in this big lug. He's Klaus Von Reinherz from the Kekkai Sensen manga.

He's technically a vampire hunter, though that's less and less these days and he more or less helps deal with whatever oddities crop up in Jerusalem's Lot (New York only with aliens and monsters and magic). In his off time, he's a giant sap who loves chess and its Beyondian variant called prosfair. He also enjoys gardening and being surrounded by old people.

I look forward to playing with everyone!

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[purered]

But who wants to keep SCIENCE under control? This is clearly a friendship of the century. Klaus can crossbreed various flora and Raine can "cook" it. It will be a masterpiece!


Hi Makari, I'm Rivers and I have my hands full with this nerd. Sadly I'm kind of canon blind to Raine (I have played other Tales games, just not Sorrows yet. Yet. Also hell yes information broker *w* Once Klaus gets settled and back into his old habits, he'll probably become a frequent customer.

[peacefullywreathed]

NOT IN HIS KITCHEN

Do it in his kitchen.

[purered]

This is happening in his kitchen. Awkward attempts at gaining basic culinary skills commence!

[peacefullywreathed]

He's going to be as weirded out by the thought of thinking of it as 'his' kitchen as whatever nuclear smoke cloud the pair of them cook up.

[purered]

Maybe by some miracle they'll figure out cold fusion while trying to bake a cake.

[peacefullywreathed]

On second thought, Sol might just take out insurance.

[ruinsprofessor]

exactly. SCIENCE should not, nay, cannot be contained. even in the kitchen. Solomon only gets a say if he can catch them at it

Hi, Rivers, nice t'meetcha. I'm completely canon-blind, I'm afraid, though your brief description has me curious. and ooh, which Tales games have you played? :O

[purered]

It's for the GREATER GOOD after all! Klaus is nearly 30, he needs to learn to cook his own tower of liver like the grown ass man he is.

Ahhh Kekkai Sensen is basically an action/dramedy series. The manga doesn't have much of an overarching plot beyond PoV character Leo joins a secret society of misfits, and the loosely connected arcs that follow the daily adventures of Libra's various members in Paranormal!New York. The anime attempts to have an overarching plot which sticks pretty close to following Leo. It can be kind of hit-or-miss, since a lot of the Libra gang don't get as fleshed out, but the animation and music are A+, and it's pretty reminiscent of series like Baccano and Cowboy Bebop.

As for Tales games, I am woefully behind. All I've got are Abyss and Vesperia (I am the weakest link ;A;) but I loved them both and want to check out more of the series *w*

[ruinsprofessor]

... oh, and he's about a foot and a half taller than Raine, the mental image of science cooking just gets better and better.

Kekkai Sensen sounds like worth checking out, at least! /adds it to the list/ and Bebop's a wonderful thing to compare it to. Baccano's... also on the list. It's a long list. >.>; but good music and art goes a long way for an anime, I think.

Abyss and Vesperia were both really solid entries in the series, though. High points. If you were only gonna play a few, those two should definitely be among them. And we have a Yuri and a Duke running around, if you hadn't spotted them on the taken list already. That's going about as well as you might imagine.

Symphonia was rereleased for the ps3 last year, and they're planning to actually put it out on Steam sometime in 2016. O_O I don't know why, but it gives me more excuse to foist my favorite game on people. More generally speaking, I can't recommend the series enough, and probably anything you pick up in future will be excellent.

[purered]

Hey, there should be no problem getting stuff from the high shelves though!

It is definitely worth a watch (or a read if you can nab the manga. Darkhorse is translating it, and it's by the same guy who wrote and illustrated Trigun).

I saw! And I imagine that things are going perfectly fine and everything is just peaches and cream! No trouble at all ever why would there ever be!~

Oh my gosh, if Symphonia is going on Steam, I have absolutely no reason not to nab it. And I'll check out Sorrows when I can too. (This is part of why I missed multifandom games, I love seeing new series =w=)

[ruinsprofessor]

High shelves. Victory.

Ohhhh, that guy? I liked Trigun. I didn't know he'd done more. :O

Granted they don't have the release date set within 2016, so it could be five months or seventeen, but. the possibility exists.

Apart from some ventures into Pokemon forums when I was younger, I've only ever been in multifandom RPs-- the sheer variety is the best thing. So many people to interact with and the surprises in CR. /whistles/ Most of Raine's strongest CR was a complete surprise and I'm continually surprised and delighted by this entire community.

...also let's just pretend I noticed you'd put up your network post sooner, yes? :P

[purered]

This is the best reason to make friends with tall people. You never need to get a step-ladder.

He has! I wasn't super impressed with Gungrave, but KS is pushing all my buttons. Ragtag colourful misfits? Check. A PoV character who isn't either bland as chalk or a deplorable, loathsome piece of shit? Check. Team Family!dynamics? Check. Bara tiddy? Check! (I'm going to hell) KS also isn't as dark as Trigun. It has its moments but there's nothing quite like Legato or Knives in there.OhgodLegatoOhsweetmercifulchristLegato.

Who even knows? Either way, I'll be checking it out. Of the two games I played, I really love how the party dynamics were, and the characters were really interesting and it's not like I needed my heart, thanks Tales games FOR RIPPING THAT OUT OF MY CHEST.

It really is! I love tagging characters I'm completely canon-blind to. It's probably the most enjoyable way to get to know new series because the players are usually super enthusiastic about them and it's such a great thing to see.

Psh, I got backtag for days!

[ruinsprofessor]

And there's a sunshade/windbreak built in. :P

ragtag colorful misfits becoming family? Be still my heart. Hello.

Tales games are generally really good for character I find. I'm especially partial to the skits-- you get a level of interaction that you don't get otherwise, I think, especially for just... mundane stuff. Everything from the moral issues of murder to oh god don't let her cook again. Character dynamics everywhere.

but uh yeah watch out for the trauma conga line

I've nosed into a fair number of series because of this game, honestly. I regret nothing.

[purered]

Exactly! Tall people are so handy!


Ahhhh I loved the skits! I get so happy when games use little moments like those to flesh out the characters. It also helps break any monotony which tends to be inevitable in a 60+ hour game.

My body is so ready. READY TO CRY.

this is the best thing to hear. I love checking out new things

[ruinsprofessor]

The skits are the best holy crap. When I realized later games had fully voiced skits even in English I nearly bounced out of my chair I was so happy.

I mean, sometimes they're just ridiculous and I do take them with a grain of salt just because of the Tales tendency to slapstick humor -- my one real grumblance -- but yes, skits.

as long as you're ready for it

anyway it's lovely to meet you and if you're around on plurk or aim or anything talking more should definitely be a thing. c:

[purered]

I think the slapstick thing is pretty common throughout anime/jrpgs so I tend to just brush it off it's on the unfunny side of things (wheeeee cultural dissonance)

And I am! My Plurk is GreenRivers, and you can find me on aim via verdantrivers@gmail.com