So the way I see it our main benefits from this Arc were:
What happened to Hikawa and the one month buffer before next major event you quoted to us last time?
About other stuff I'd like to see... I can't think of anything else right now, because the only long term plot arc we have now is Manticore & Scavengers; most of the others can be summarised as "handle the fallout of the last plot arc"? (We don't have any way to poke Hikawa, and even if we could I'm not sure Amu and co should be the ones doing that yet)
Although since this list of events is intended to eat 2 months of our clock, and Amu apparently works better when she keeps the initiative...
Would Amu or someone with Teleportation/Astral Projection capability joining the QRT for Rift Events be on the table here?
0) Plenty of theories we have absolutely no way to confirm or deny LOL
1) A new Power Stunt, bonus Dreamwalking progress, and probably Integrity/Mind Control training?
2) Getting to know Utau's abilities (and making progress on Utau's mental health), and also have Hikaru learn he needs to move faster
3) Having Midori and Amu actually understand how Ami works (and having Midori now looped in on Manticore/Easter's everything), and pulling Naoto on-screen to be a relevant factor in the background moving forwards.
4) Information about Manticore (with the Mission Statement, we can start discreetly trying to track down Manticore's personnel by asking people about why they are doing research and what they are doing research on, and ask Lulu to help us keep an eye on whether Manticore has reached out to JPs)
5) Having Kana's situation be resolved in an alternate manner than expected by the QM. (We didn't snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory, right?)
Seems like quite a lot moving forward, although most of the stuff mentioned here is not going to impact anything mechanical, and needs to be taken advantage of to be particularly helpful.
1) A new Power Stunt, bonus Dreamwalking progress, and probably Integrity/Mind Control training?
2) Getting to know Utau's abilities (and making progress on Utau's mental health), and also have Hikaru learn he needs to move faster
3) Having Midori and Amu actually understand how Ami works (and having Midori now looped in on Manticore/Easter's everything), and pulling Naoto on-screen to be a relevant factor in the background moving forwards.
4) Information about Manticore (with the Mission Statement, we can start discreetly trying to track down Manticore's personnel by asking people about why they are doing research and what they are doing research on, and ask Lulu to help us keep an eye on whether Manticore has reached out to JPs)
5) Having Kana's situation be resolved in an alternate manner than expected by the QM. (We didn't snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory, right?)
Seems like quite a lot moving forward, although most of the stuff mentioned here is not going to impact anything mechanical, and needs to be taken advantage of to be particularly helpful.
Regarding Nagihiko, I want to focus on him, but doing it with 0 Socialise doesn't seem like a good idea (that, and a High Complexity Arc right after this seems a bit ???). Downtime with Tadase also sounds nice (Kukai? HIbiki? Who?)
As mentioned before, I'd rather have Saaya done before Makoto because we need the balanced viewpoint (Makoto's idea can go wrong in so many ways it's not even funny, especially given the weakened Publicity Bane - I'd rate it as somewhere between Moderate and High Severity, especially if we put our foot in our mouth.
Funnily enough, I'd rather not do Stargazing now because of its Extreme Impact - if it's Exaltation I'd rather grind up more Ability dots first anyway (I still think Exaltation synergises even better with Utau's Psionic toolset, an Performance/Presence/Investigation Excellency is excellent since her skills all point in roughly the same direction) to insta-boost up stuff that takes longer to train.
Shirogane's interview... I'm a bit meh on this if I were honest here, but I would like to take the opportunity to really drag the Investigation Team into our orbit and throw them in Manticore or Hikawa's direction (they should be able to handle it)?
As far as the infodump options are concerned, I think we should do Tsukasa's one next with Kana present, and then pivot into Ami's Ethic Talks before going for JPs or Lulu - Tsukasa is firmly an ally here, and I don't think we need Socialise 1 for this. (Lulu doesn't need Socialise either, but I want advice first before moving into that so).
JPs checkup would also fall after the Tsukasa talk to touch bases, but exact details and order should probably wait for the Arc end to prioritise accordingly.
Lastly, about Lulu asking Hotsuin many pointed questions, is that something that should be done on-screen?
As mentioned before, I'd rather have Saaya done before Makoto because we need the balanced viewpoint (Makoto's idea can go wrong in so many ways it's not even funny, especially given the weakened Publicity Bane - I'd rate it as somewhere between Moderate and High Severity, especially if we put our foot in our mouth.
Funnily enough, I'd rather not do Stargazing now because of its Extreme Impact - if it's Exaltation I'd rather grind up more Ability dots first anyway (I still think Exaltation synergises even better with Utau's Psionic toolset, an Performance/Presence/Investigation Excellency is excellent since her skills all point in roughly the same direction) to insta-boost up stuff that takes longer to train.
Shirogane's interview... I'm a bit meh on this if I were honest here, but I would like to take the opportunity to really drag the Investigation Team into our orbit and throw them in Manticore or Hikawa's direction (they should be able to handle it)?
As far as the infodump options are concerned, I think we should do Tsukasa's one next with Kana present, and then pivot into Ami's Ethic Talks before going for JPs or Lulu - Tsukasa is firmly an ally here, and I don't think we need Socialise 1 for this. (Lulu doesn't need Socialise either, but I want advice first before moving into that so).
JPs checkup would also fall after the Tsukasa talk to touch bases, but exact details and order should probably wait for the Arc end to prioritise accordingly.
Lastly, about Lulu asking Hotsuin many pointed questions, is that something that should be done on-screen?
About other stuff I'd like to see... I can't think of anything else right now, because the only long term plot arc we have now is Manticore & Scavengers; most of the others can be summarised as "handle the fallout of the last plot arc"? (We don't have any way to poke Hikawa, and even if we could I'm not sure Amu and co should be the ones doing that yet)
Although since this list of events is intended to eat 2 months of our clock, and Amu apparently works better when she keeps the initiative...
Would Amu or someone with Teleportation/Astral Projection capability joining the QRT for Rift Events be on the table here?
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