The Heights of Londo [OOC 2] - What? OOC is evolving!

[Hazuki]

What's the fanfic for?

And oops, no, sorry. I intended to use Hatenna, described Hattrem, and used Hatterene's name. I could not have been more of an idiot if I tried, there. So uh, let's split the difference and say Hattrem?

[tgva8889]

I figured since the description didn't quite match Haterenne! That's okay, I think Alyssa would do this either way.

It's fanfic for a webcomic that I'm active in the fan community for, Sleepless Domain, which is about magical girls in a city where monsters pop up every night. If you do read it, it shifts dramatically after chapter 2 so be warned, but I like it and all the community there.

[Hazuki]

Happy holiday's y'all.

[Comissar]

And the same to you both! Enjoy your day!

[tgva8889]

Hope you both had a good holiday! I had a good restful holiday myself.

[Hazuki]

Sorry for the delay, may be New Year's when I post.

[Comissar]

No stress, holiday period is a busy one

[tgva8889]

I certainly wasn't thinking of posting for the holidays so no worries! Hope y'all had a good end of the year!

[Comissar]

Apologies for the lack of posts, been dealing with a lot of job interview stuff the past few days that's been sucking up a lot of my free time. Will be aiming to have a post tomorrow.

[tgva8889]

Hope your interview goes well!

[Comissar]

Hope your interview goes well!

It... Went ok, it's for a position that's kinda outside my field, and I think that showed in the interview, but when I asked them how they thought I did, they said that I didn't panic when I was asked something outside my experience, and gave relevant examples of transferrable skills. We'll see!

[Comissar]

If Leah were thinking a bit more clearly, she might've warned Juno, and especially Alyssa, that she was changing over to Sable.

[tgva8889]

Oh yes, time for the return of this! Hopefully Alyssa's short burst of advice and the introduction of some new Pokemon helps.

[Hazuki]

Imagine if I were clever another to plan an encounter that would target Saura's weakness while promoting the inclusion of Sableye to help further both Alyssa and Juno's stories at the same time, instead of it just being a happy accident. I'd be so smug right now.

[tgva8889]

I mean, Sableye isn't even that good against Hattrem, because it's also Fairy-type.

Also, feel free to control Athe for the scene if Athe is going to be of much help. It seems like Sable is doing a decent job so far.

Any of y'all playing Pokemon Legends: Arceus?

[Hazuki]

I am playing Legends: Arceus, aye. I quite like it, though it doesn't top Sun and Moon for me. The story is nothing special but the biggest problem has been the lack of Pokemon variety; I'm on the fifth area with effectively a team of two, because I like to use all new Pokemon in a new game and most of the new designs are kinda bad? Which is odd, because I loved the designs of the last two generations.

[Comissar]

I've been enjoying Arceus, though taken a break for the past few days. I really like the open-world and catching mechanics, only real critique is that I wish there was a bit more diversity between regions, and I dislike Carnivine and always have XD

Game related, sorry it's not a great post, but got something up to try and keep some forward motion.

[tgva8889]

I am loving the catching mechanics and the exploration and the whole "Pokemon are dangerous!" vibe. I mostly just use a bit of everything, since they kinda want you to in order to fill out the Pokedex. Most of the new Pokemon aren't really that interesting to me, though.

[Hazuki]

I do wish they had a little more customization. My MC is black and she's had the same haircut since the start of the game, because none of the rest fit at all.

[tgva8889]

I think you unlock more customization options as you play through, but yeah I haven't especially enjoyed a lot of them. Mostly I use default hair (my character is slightly darker skinned but not black) and haven't messed too much with it, but I probably should see if there's anything more interesting to try.

[Hazuki]

You get some more over the course of the game and through sidequests, yeah. Same for clothes, which are admittedly 90% kimonos.

[Comissar]

My main gripe with customisation is that I wish it told you what was new when you unlock something new, rather than having to scroll through the dozens of options and hope you don't accidentally skim past it

[Hazuki]

That bothered me partially 'cause it's just inefficient design, designed that way to hide how few unique clothes there are. It'd be like Pokemon Kimono, Patterned Kimono, Formal Kimono, then clicking on them to reveal all those textures.

Also, y'all aren't waiting on me IC, right?

[tgva8889]

Mostly I have just found what I like and stuck with it, like usual. Eventually I'll probably have enough money to own all of it, I hope.

I am waiting for Leah or Juno to realize what's up with Alyssa at this point, since she's a bit busy trying not to completely melt down.

[Comissar]

Ah, sorry, I had been thinking I was waiting on others, but can get a post up (will be tomorrow rather than tonight)

[tgva8889]

No worries! It was a bit unclear.

[Hazuki]

Sorry y'all, I think I decided that Leah should post before Juno and didn't communicate that.

[tgva8889]

It's all right, life's been busy and stressful lately so no worries on a bit of lacking clarity. We'll get back to it as we go.

[Hazuki]

I forget, was Juno given a Pokeball?

[Comissar]

I... Think so..? If not, I think it's a minor enough thing that it can be assumed Leah would pass one to her now if asked. Not sure it'd be worth a post to itself for that. Or can edit in Leah passing a pokeball into my last post. Whatever's easiest.