The Wind and the Clouds

Retired roleplay blog for members of the Takenaka family. Want a history lesson? Read the about page

[talesofmino]

Hello!

If you follow this blog, I’ve returned to Tumblr but am permanently moving to my other blog. If you like my writing come pay a visit. This blog will remain here as an archive I guess.

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Before I go I want to giggle at the fact that this blog has seen 3 name/identity changes over the last 8 years.

My name is Masa now and it’s staying that way, thank you.

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Hello just visiting. If anyone sees this post I hope you have a lovely day! I may have moved on but I’ll never forget the joy of these blogs. That’s why they’re still here, after all.

Also I’m still a bit bummed my dear Nagamasa didn’t make it into SW5 as a playable character. I enjoyed the game for the little of it I got to play.

I don’t roleplay anymore, but I do have a deep obsession with Nier:Automata and the stage plays that go with it. I also started graduate school and am juggling that and my current career. Oh, and I’m engaged! What a strange turn life has taken haha.

Wishing anyone that is still here the strength to push through whatever they’re going through, and if you’re okay, then I hope it stays that way.

Much love, Masa

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Well, my state is now joining my Chinese students in the mandatory school closings. It’s been 2 months for my students I never would have thought we’d now be sharing stories about quarantine. What a crazy time to be alive.

edit: It got better. So the district says they’re writing our lessons for us to give to our kids. What a very nice time to be alive. Stay safe everyone.

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I have a stinking suspicion that I will be spending most of tomorrow asleep.

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100 Random Character Development Questions

001. When is their birthday? 002. Do they do anything to celebrate their birthday? 003. Does your character like coffee better, or tea? 004. Do they prefer being alone or with others? 005. Are they in good health? 006. What sense do they most rely on? 007. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist? 008. What is their favorite fairy tale? 009. Do they believe in happy endings? 010. Do they believe in love at first sight? 011. How would your character court the person of their dreams? 012. What makes your character embarrassed? 013. Have they ever been bullied or teased? 014. Detail one secret shame your character feels. 015. Are they most likely to fight with their fists or their tongue? 016. What is their choice of weapon? 017. When does your character think that violence is justified or deserved? 018. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What do they do? 019. If they could have a superpower, what would they choose? 020. What are their hobbies? 021. How do they display affection? 022. What is the most beautiful thing they’ve ever seen? 023. What do they consider beautiful in others physically? 024. What do they consider ugly in others physically? 025. What do they consider beautiful in others personality-wise? 026. What do they consider ugly in others personality-wise? 027. What is their idea of perfect happiness? 028. What makes them laugh out loud? 029. What sort of sense of humor does your character have? 030. Do they believe in the afterlife? 031. Are they superstitious about anything? 032. Does your character believe in ghosts? 033. Do they keep their promises? 034. What’s their view of lying? 035. What is the most important rule your character lives by? 036. How honorable is your character? 037. If your character saw someone drop a large sum of money and knew that they could probably take it without anyone noticing, what would they do? 038. What bad habits do they have? 039. What do they think is the worst thing that can be done to a person? 040. What is their obsession? 041. Are they comfortable with technology? 042. What is their greatest achievement? 043. What will they stand up for? 044. What disgusts them? 045. Does your character have any chronic medical conditions? 046. How do they handle getting sick? 047. What was the last medical problem your character had? 048. Do they have any allergies? 049. How does your character feel about growing old? 050. How does your character feel about their own mortality? 051. If they knew they would die tomorrow, what would they do today? 052. What is your character’s worst flaw? 053. What is your character’s greatest strength? 054. Does your character want power or authority of any kind? 055. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert? 056. Has your character ever struck someone in anger? 057. Has your character ever killed anyone? 058. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day? 059. List several phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did they pick them up? 060. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning? 061. Does your character prefer adventure or safety and security? 062. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind? 063. How well does your character handle difficult people? 064. In what ways does your character annoy others? 065. Is your character better at leading or following? Which do they prefer? 066. Does your character prefer city life or being out in nature? 067. Does your character believe in fate or destiny? 068. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility? What kinds of things trigger it? 069. What about your character is heroic? 070. What about your character is cowardly? 071. How kind is your character? 072. In a Dungeons & Dragons game, which class would your character be? (wizard, fighter, bard, priest, ranger, etc.) 073. In a novel, what plot role would your character fill? (hero, anti-hero, sidekick, villain, etc.) 074. What is your character’s favorite game? 075. Is your character ticklish? 076. How do they express anger? 077. How often do they cry? Over what? 078. How emotionally stable is your character? 079. How easy is it for them to read the emotions of others? 080. How easy is it for others to read your character’s emotions? 081. Is your character religious? 082. What are your character’s sleeping preferences? 083. What is the first thing they say and/or do when they wake up? 084. Describe your character in one word. 085. Describe your character in three words. 086. How would your character describe themself in one word? 087. How would your character describe themself in three words? 088. Is your character quiet or loud? 089. How vocally expressive is your character? 090. How bodily expressive is your character? 091. What type of music does your character like? 092. What emotion does your character evoke in others? 093. What is your character’s goal in life? 094. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to know. 095. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to do. 096. How do they move and carry themselves? What energy do they project? 097. How well do they adapt to change? 098. Does your character like animals? 099. Do they talk to inanimate objects? 100. Does your character dream? If so, what do they dream about?

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004 024 054 (Shigekado)

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004. Do they prefer being alone or with others?

He absolutely hates being alone, except under special circumstances. If he wants to be alone everyone knows something is terribly wrong. For example, when his father first passed he wanted everyone to go away. To leave him alone so he could disappear too. He feels anxiety over people he cares for disappearing or leaving him.

024. What do they consider ugly in others physically?

That question feels shallow. I guess he doesn’t like women who are bigger than him in overall stature. In that way, he’s not into tomboys. Men? They can’t be too scarred or hairy. (As someone who does not experience attraction, this is obscenely difficult.)

054. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

Not really? Neither did his father. I don’t want to talk too much about Hanbei because they’re very different people, but it’s a trait he shares. Kado is a bit timid and prefers to work from the shadows and do his writing. However, he doesn’t want someone abusing their power over him. So if Toshi comes up and starts bullying him into fighting people he doesn’t want to, he’ll really want to fight about it. I wonder, was he a good teacher…?

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100 Random Character Development Questions

001. When is their birthday? 002. Do they do anything to celebrate their birthday? 003. Does your character like coffee better, or tea? 004. Do they prefer being alone or with others? 005. Are they in good health? 006. What sense do they most rely on? 007. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist? 008. What is their favorite fairy tale? 009. Do they believe in happy endings? 010. Do they believe in love at first sight? 011. How would your character court the person of their dreams? 012. What makes your character embarrassed? 013. Have they ever been bullied or teased? 014. Detail one secret shame your character feels. 015. Are they most likely to fight with their fists or their tongue? 016. What is their choice of weapon? 017. When does your character think that violence is justified or deserved? 018. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What do they do? 019. If they could have a superpower, what would they choose? 020. What are their hobbies? 021. How do they display affection? 022. What is the most beautiful thing they’ve ever seen? 023. What do they consider beautiful in others physically? 024. What do they consider ugly in others physically? 025. What do they consider beautiful in others personality-wise? 026. What do they consider ugly in others personality-wise? 027. What is their idea of perfect happiness? 028. What makes them laugh out loud? 029. What sort of sense of humor does your character have? 030. Do they believe in the afterlife? 031. Are they superstitious about anything? 032. Does your character believe in ghosts? 033. Do they keep their promises? 034. What’s their view of lying? 035. What is the most important rule your character lives by? 036. How honorable is your character? 037. If your character saw someone drop a large sum of money and knew that they could probably take it without anyone noticing, what would they do? 038. What bad habits do they have? 039. What do they think is the worst thing that can be done to a person? 040. What is their obsession? 041. Are they comfortable with technology? 042. What is their greatest achievement? 043. What will they stand up for? 044. What disgusts them? 045. Does your character have any chronic medical conditions? 046. How do they handle getting sick? 047. What was the last medical problem your character had? 048. Do they have any allergies? 049. How does your character feel about growing old? 050. How does your character feel about their own mortality? 051. If they knew they would die tomorrow, what would they do today? 052. What is your character’s worst flaw? 053. What is your character’s greatest strength? 054. Does your character want power or authority of any kind? 055. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert? 056. Has your character ever struck someone in anger? 057. Has your character ever killed anyone? 058. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day? 059. List several phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did they pick them up? 060. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning? 061. Does your character prefer adventure or safety and security? 062. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind? 063. How well does your character handle difficult people? 064. In what ways does your character annoy others? 065. Is your character better at leading or following? Which do they prefer? 066. Does your character prefer city life or being out in nature? 067. Does your character believe in fate or destiny? 068. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility? What kinds of things trigger it? 069. What about your character is heroic? 070. What about your character is cowardly? 071. How kind is your character? 072. In a Dungeons & Dragons game, which class would your character be? (wizard, fighter, bard, priest, ranger, etc.) 073. In a novel, what plot role would your character fill? (hero, anti-hero, sidekick, villain, etc.) 074. What is your character’s favorite game? 075. Is your character ticklish? 076. How do they express anger? 077. How often do they cry? Over what? 078. How emotionally stable is your character? 079. How easy is it for them to read the emotions of others? 080. How easy is it for others to read your character’s emotions? 081. Is your character religious? 082. What are your character’s sleeping preferences? 083. What is the first thing they say and/or do when they wake up? 084. Describe your character in one word. 085. Describe your character in three words. 086. How would your character describe themself in one word? 087. How would your character describe themself in three words? 088. Is your character quiet or loud? 089. How vocally expressive is your character? 090. How bodily expressive is your character? 091. What type of music does your character like? 092. What emotion does your character evoke in others? 093. What is your character’s goal in life? 094. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to know. 095. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to do. 096. How do they move and carry themselves? What energy do they project? 097. How well do they adapt to change? 098. Does your character like animals? 099. Do they talk to inanimate objects? 100. Does your character dream? If so, what do they dream about?

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Le meme:  Send me a ❤ and I’ll write one thing I love about a Muse I write.

I mentioned on my other blog that it’s really unique to write for people I can’t relate to. Toshi, who I mentioned yesterday as being a weak muse, is another person I can’t relate to. I don’t have his historical verse at all, actually, and his presence is based almost exclusively on an AU that was mostly built by Kada. Which is ironic, since he takes over when Kyusaku dies (yikes). Er, tangent. What I like about him is he makes me think in new ways. He’s a businessman and I had to think about what it was like to be a young adult who inherited a business and has to run it and care for it. 

He’s far removed from my characters that are 1) historical 2) teenagers 3) exist for love stories and not business owning. There’s no romance. There’s no deep connections with anyone. He’s just there. Just like with Kado, I enjoy that the AU was created from my friend’s ideas, but I wish I could share more of it with her.

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Le meme: Send me a ❤ and I'll write one thing I love about a Muse I write.

One thing I really love about Hanbei is how he’s brought me to people I love. People who are not as close to me as they used to be, but I’m still fond of or okay with. I mean I guess you could argue, oh it was Tumblr or roleplay or whatever, but it was a shared love of this man that gave us something to talk about and really built things up. I don’t really talk about Kada, but I am always quick to say/remind people that Shigekado was not my muse, but hers. I use her design with permission, but I really adore him. So when I write him, I think about her fondly.

Thinking about his story can be humbling, and helps me be less whiny about my health and a little more at peace with the aches and pains of being alive. Though, I’ll be honest, I’m healthier than I was 3 years ago for a variety of reasons.

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Send me a ❤ and I'll write one thing I love about a Muse I write.

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I need a good headcanon ask meme to reblog. Maybe I’ll write a drabble using a prompt. I saved one in my drafts like 2 weeks ago (lol).

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♡ 💟 💚 (Shigetoshi)

Le meme: I went to find this on my blog and discovered the theme is so broken it’s absolutely painful to look at.

Oh lawd Toshi. Okay so he’s a muse I’ve nearly lost. So the only concept I have of him is in a modern AU so you’ll have to bear with me here.

♡: how does my muse act, consciously and/or subconsciously, around people they are romantically interested in?

He’s the kind of person to hide his feelings like a nervous potato. Oh, they’re here? I’m going to just keep busy but be deeply aware of their presence at all times. Even worse, hanging out??!??!?! Not without friends. Dating? HA no. He’s too busy for that anyway.

💟: what are three traits that my muse looks for in a partner?

The best cliche is he likes a woman that’s in control. Someone who would pull him out of his shell. It’s not that he’s shy so much as he is guarded. There’s no trauma that holds him back, just simple anxiety and fear of rejection. Also the fear of falling into something, investing a lot of time, and losing it. So he wants commitment too. So, serious, committed, and in control. 

💚: how does my muse feel about love? about falling in love? about being in love?

He’d really like to be in love, but fears being too busy or it may prove to be too exhausting. That and, like I said above, the worry that it’d be a wasted investment of time. He can be a victim of shallow attraction but he’d never act on it.

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send me a heart to learn something about my muse!

❤: does my muse consider themselves a romantic?

♡: how does my muse act, consciously and/or subconsciously, around people they are romantically interested in?

❥: what is my muse's ideal date?

ღ: how does my muse feel about displays of affection in public and/or in private?

💕: how does my muse express their feelings? do they do through small but meaningful gestures, or through bold declarations?

💘: how does my muse act/react when they first realize that they had a crush on somebody?

💝: what would my muse consider a "perfect gift"?

💓: how does my muse feel about physical intimacy?

💌: how would my muse go about confessing to someone they liked? would they do it indirectly or directly, or maybe not at all?

💟: what are three traits that my muse looks for in a partner?

💙: how would my muse handle seeing their object of affection falling in love with someone else?

💚: how does my muse feel about love? about falling in love? about being in love?

💜: how long might it take for my muse to say "i love you" for the first time?

💛: does my muse believe in love-at-first-sight? in soulmates? in fate?

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Things I am proud of: my grammar

Things I do not do well when writing headcanon: my grammar

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17 32 52 (Shigenori)

Le meme I’m so glad you sent this because I love Nori so much and he needs more love.

017. When does your character think that violence is justified or deserved?

When the other is hostile, or lives are in danger. For example, there’s a fantastic story where he beheads this Azai assassin for trying to kill Nobunaga. I see this happening without hesitation, with the same being true for every would-be killer. Killing in battle is a necessary evil in his eyes. On the other hand, he’s not going to chop someone’s hands off for petty thievery. 

032. Does your character believe in ghosts?

Spirits yes. In my mind these aren’t quite the same thing, but if they are to you, cool. He doesn’t believe in haunting or demons hunting you in your sleep, but he believes that spirits can watch over others, and never truly leave us.

052. What is your character’s worst flaw?

He takes mom friend to such an extreme that he doesn’t really have a life of his own. I’ve noticed within my own writing that his sole purpose is to take care of his brother and plan for the eventuality of taking over. I’m sure he had his own life, but he’s the “drop everything to help” type of person. 

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6, 16, 92 -Takenaka Hanbei ( Random Character Development )

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006. What sense do they most rely on?

His vision, and I don’t just mean physically, I mean the stuff he can see in his head. Imagination, or the ability to perceive what people will do next. He’s also very good at reading the expressions and moods of the people around him.

016. What is their choice of weapon?

I’m assuming you chose random numbers, because we both know how the series works :). But if we step away from the games, does a brain count as a weapon? OH! But if I could elaborate on why they chose the weapon they did for him, based on an assumption. His weapon has a tie to astrology, which was used to read prophecies and create strategies to combat or aid this prophecy. It’s like a big star compass that you can swing like a yo-yo because WHY NOT.

092. What emotion does your character evoke in others?

The more I read this the more I squint at it and wonder how I’m supposed to answer. Each character he meets would have a different reaction. Some might hate his guts because, quite frankly, he’s an asshole. He’s not ALWAYS smarter than the guy next to him, but he sure is ready to remind others how smart he is. Others will see his condition and pity, which frustrates him. If he’s feeling okay, then he’d rather avoid the “Are you okay?” question 50 times a day and stick to the business. His family may feel deep care and adoration, for deep down he has a caring heart. At the end of the day, he’s only an asshole to people who act smart or have cruel intentions.