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Rosario and Joestar

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I know who Aqua/Akua is, and that's why I had that reaction. If the situation was like Canon R+V, at this point in time Moka shouldn't have seen her in years because of Akua's promise to stay away from Moka until her Rosary seal broke, and then there's the whole 'tried to kill Moka's mother' thing that should be hanging over their relationship. But from this update they're apparently still close and in regular contact.
 
Karugus said:
Yeah, we need a way to get Moka invested in her own worth. The problem is, in genuinely unsure of what hobbies she enjoys or what have you. We kinda need to find something to reinforce her own value as a person and rooting it in her relationships seems liable to heighten her own insecurities.
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Jotaro is vaguely aware that Moka enjoys painting, and both the Arts teacher and her classmates regard her as a talented violinist and pianist.

Not in Person said:
Not sure if this will address your concerns or not, but... I'm guessing, this is around the start of Kurumu arc?
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You are correct.
I must have skipped a few Moka-stories, because I was kinda waiting for her reaction to the "JoJo is my grandpa" reveal. Oh, well, there's still that Summer Vacation bit.
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She's reacting very slowly to it.

NSMS said:
I know who Aqua/Akua is, and that's why I had that reaction. If the situation was like Canon R+V, at this point in time Moka shouldn't have seen her in years because of Akua's promise to stay away from Moka until her Rosary seal broke, and then there's the whole 'tried to kill Moka's mother' thing that should be hanging over their relationship. But from this update they're apparently still close and in regular contact.
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They're not, actually. Moka assumes that Aqua must be to blame because of the Holmes Principle (that when all else has been eliminated, whatever remains - however improbable - must be the truth).

Kahlua's too decent and proper to do such a thing, so that rules her out. Kokoa hates Outer Moka and would've been more likely to destroy something instead of just embarrass her, Papa Shuzen's not that kind of creep, and if Gyokuro had come to Moka's apartment she'd have been as likely to set the place on fire as anything else.

So with everyone else in the family ruled out, the most likely explanation (that Moka can come up with) is that Aqua heard Moka was going to Youkai Academy, broke into her home and replaced a chunk of her already-packed underwear while Moka was asleep, and then departed without a trace.

Even if she doesn't know about the terrorism her eldest sister engages in, Moka still regards Aqua was a tricky one, and who knows how she might've changed over the years? Until further notice, can't put it past her.
 
Ouch. I can feel Moka's social awkwardness, and desperate desire to fight it off/live on. I have a lot of sympathy for a kid in a tough situation trying earnestly to make the best of it.

Her obliviousness to how people react to a very pretty girl is hilarious. Given how aware most extremely attractive women are of their beauty and how it affects others, it's a heck of an effective way of making her come across as sheltered.
 
[X]In a way, their current situation is as much the result of Kurumu's actions as it is of Moka's prior inaction. You confess that you're a bit curious to see how the bluenette's taking this.

[X]Head over to their operating area immediately. The sooner you get this over with, the sooner you can focus on literally anything else.
 
LordsFire said:
Ouch. I can feel Moka's social awkwardness, and desperate desire to fight it off/live on. I have a lot of sympathy for a kid in a tough situation trying earnestly to make the best of it.

Her obliviousness to how people react to a very pretty girl is hilarious. Given how aware most extremely attractive women are of their beauty and how it affects others, it's a heck of an effective way of making her come across as sheltered.
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Bear in mind also that at this point, Moka's primary 'measuring stick' for beauty and femininity -- her main female role model -- is Kahlua, who may or may not be a supermodel in her spare time and is pretty close to being a picture definition of glamorous.

And in middle school, a lot of her blooming beauty was overriden by the stigma of being "that weirdo who thinks she's a vampire".

So on both of those levels, Moka's sense of perspective regarding her own attractiveness is..... skewed, to say the least.
 
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Update 150 - Information to Wrestle With
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    • What a pain.... still, you can't let your friends get wrapped up in this.

    "So be it," you grumble to the de facto messenger boy. "I'll take on their new leader whenever, wherever they want."

    You are curious as to why Morioka was picked to be the messenger boy instead of a Wrestling Club member, but you can ask the Captain that yourself later.

    The werewolf grins, and his posture becomes slightly more relaxed. "Glad to hear it. Now I've got a decent headline for the paper's sports section."

    ...well, that answered that question quickly enough, if Morioka's own grudge against weren't enough already. Well, at this rate you may be able to get some more information about your opponent from literally anyone else in the Newspaper Club. In the meantime, it's time for class, and as always Kagome-sensei's starting off your day with math....

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    The remainder of the school day passes without incident, until --

    "Hey, Jojo-senpai. You're heading over to kick the Wrestling Club's ass, right?"

    Yukari Sendou, the only student in Youkai Academy whom you've observed to actually be called out on defying the school dress code -- even though you, Mizore, and Kurumu all do it too -- is leaning against the wall with the brim of her comically huge witch hat just at a sufficient angle to obscure her eyes.

    Yukari's clearly trying to look cool, but the effect is ruined utterly by a) the way she dresses like a cliché 70's majokko anime escapee, b) the fact she's a quarter of your size, and c) that impish little quirk of her lips reveals plainly that she's thinking something like "talking to someone from out of nowhere like that and casually leaning against the wall like this, I'm super cool!"

    Good grief...
    You blink, but can't shake a peculiar feeling.
    "You need something?"
    You're probably still sleepy from history class. Why they scheduled a total snoozefest right after biology, you'll never understand.
    The abruptness of your question must have startled the girl and caused her to flinch, causing her hat to fall completely off of her head and tumble to the floor. Hurriedly bending down to pick it up, Yukari then checks around. Following her gaze, no-one else is around right now. "...I meant to do that," she lies without a trace of shame or remorse, before placing the hat back on her head normally.

    "A~ny~way~," she practically sings while turning back to face you directly, "I was in the Student Council office earlier and heard that because the entire club got their butts kicked by someone who isn't even in an athletics program, their club will lose all their funding if their new president can't win a rematch and regain the club's honor."

    ....so it's now come full circle, has it? The Wrestling Club robbed your own Mechanics Club for oil, causing you to go and kick their asses. And now they're on the verge of being completely wiped out if their new leader can't beat you.

    []If they've had a change of leadership, good for them. But you're not going to lie down for their benefit, either.
    []....so this means you can put those thieving SOBs to bed for good, eh? Time to really kick some ass....
    []As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.
     
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    • [x]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.

    Whether we make the Wrestling club fold like a cheap chair or not, Yukari is far from trustworthy with things like this.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.
    -[X] "Hey, can you make binding magical contracts? I might be willing to take a fall if i can guarantee that they will leave the other clubs alone."
     
    [x]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.

    ... Yeah, that sounds like a really dumb rumor, even for a Japanese high school. Not least because there's a significant difference between high-school wresting (even Monster High School Wrestling) and actual fighting. Also, they lost to fucking Jotaro Kujo, and there's no shame in losing to person that does a reasonably good impression of an actual brick wall.
     
    This is monster highschool, where a 20 year old kitsune guy failed to graduate and runs a student police force. I could believe they would lose funding for losing a fight.

    Especially since they are a fighting club that lost to a not fighting club and thus must suck despite the person who kicked their ass was Jotaro.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.

    This must be the work of an Enemy Stand Scheming Witch!
     
    Ashmaker said:
    This must be the work of an Enemy Stand Scheming Witch!
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    I suspect the Stand, personally. They aren't mutually exclusive, though- after all, Ruby was a Stand-using (well, Stand-manifesting, since she had less than no control over it, but the official term is Stand User even when it's something blatantly detrimental like Cheap Trick) witch.

    Speaking of which, I figure that The Memory Remains is (was?) a Stand that manifests using a corpse as a medium in a similar way to how The Fool uses sand, with the "beating it" thing basically being "smash the host corpse up to the point that the Stand can no longer control it adequately to fight" (hence why Ruby herself was basically unharmed). Unfortunately for everyone concerned, it was also extremely independent, to the point of openly defying Ruby's orders. From this point of view, the fact that it hasn't reappeared is likely due to Ruby not being exposed to any more corpses.
     
    [X]If they've had a change of leadership, good for them. But you're not going to lie down for their benefit, either.

    Yeah, having to dismantle their club is not ideal, but them's the breaks. These people are neither our friends nor, as far as we've seen so far, especially good people (by Jotaro's standards). I mean, they're probably not all bad, but I don't really see a reason to care about that.

    As for Yukari... if she wanted something for that information, she should've said something before she gave it to us. Let this be a learning experience, I say.
     
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    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.

    I know Jotaro might not like it but we could pretend to lose once we establish that if the wrestling club try's that shit again he'll beat them and get their club removed.

    We have nothing to really gain from winning. We only want them out of our hair.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.

    Why not?
     
    shaderic said:
    Also, they lost to fucking Jotaro Kujo, and there's no shame in losing to person that does a reasonably good impression of an actual brick wall.
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    No, we know they lost to Jotaro Kujo. As far as they know, they lost to some buff gruff dude.

    Cjdavis103 said:
    I know Jotaro might not like it but we could pretend to lose once we establish that if the wrestling club try's that shit again he'll beat them and get their club removed.
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    Why pretend? As good as Jotaro is in a street fight, I'm pretty sure he'd lose in a by-the-rules wrestling match. Maybe by just a tiny margin, but I'm thinking he'd lose.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not just wanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got.
     
    [X]As far as the reason Yukari's even telling you this, you figure she's probably not justwanting to be helpful. Ask what kind of angle she's got
     
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