I like this one better has more ????

I knew I liked you!

I pay good money to have my samurai shipped together in two days!

I leave that up to Akihiko's player as he's the one actually making choices.

In b4 day 12 they announce picking is in reverse order

>_>

Or Secret Love intervenes . . .

Kitsune-sama is claimed by a real kitsune. A mushroom kitsune!

Not a mushroom Kitsune!

Edit: I'm so happy right now that I successfully tracked the kitten. Best roll of the game

So for PMing others about being possible picks... if you've met and spoken to Fusako, you are a possible pick. There, that's out of the way.

But for serious, I can't think of many people that she's met that she hasn't found something of value from. Not that she's on the top of the CP list anyway, so no worries.

I kind of want to see this kitten post when I have some time to read things.

Playing thread triage at the moment, so poke me if I've forgotten you for more than a day. Workdays are a bit frantic, and I lost some posting time this morning when someone cut an internet cable between my town and the next.

It's kinda just starting.

In other news I'm flailing around at work trying to keep up with everything. There will likely be delays though.

I see ???-sama is popular across the spectrum.

According to the shipping chart and the three bits I could gather, snipes could look like this at the moment:

Moto Ruhe -> Bayushi Tenma (?)
Yasuki Nishida -> Asako Chiruha
Shinjo Yul -> Nakauchi Mumei
Akodo Akihiko -> Utaku Hyeon-ju (?)
Fundai Tetsu -> Daidoji Shizuku (?)
Murame Shoan -> Kitsu Nozomi
Masu Hide -> Kuni Eriko

Bayushi Akagi (6) -> ???
Daigotsu Shokomaru (5) -> ???
Daidoji Ishiyo (5) -> ???
Shiba Moriko (5) -> ???
Shiba Atsumori (5) -> ???
Kitsune Izumi (4) -> ???
Asahina Fusako (4) -> ???
Hotaru Koseki (3) -> ???
Hida Akemi (3) -> ???
[Isawa Sora (3) -> ???] (NPC do not snipe unless PCs want it)

... That's actually a lot of 5+ characters still waiting in ambush. No idea how any of this will go.

My apologies if this comes off as mean, and I really hope i cause no offense. I have stated already that I have no love for shipping charts though, and while I do understand that others like them. I would truly appreciate it if I am left off them.

I will make no more comments on them one way or another after this, or ask that you do away with them altogether, but if I could ask for this one favor? Thank you.

Snipes?

If this is a real concern you can take my name off the list. I am just going to take a random NPC.

Feel like there's a few little bad vibes around this. Different and good reasons all around, but I wanna give my friendly nudge!

Just remember that OOC and behind the scenes people are checking with people before they make choices on anything as was asked to do by our wonderful and thoughtful GM's knowing how these things go as they do.

So, no worries about who's doing what on the grand scale that needs to be determined for "snipes" or anything.

I'd also very much like to give a bit of encouragement to people thinking about just an NPC to avoid such things too to chat around a little

Yeah. Let's be good about this!

I had a list of nothing yesterday morning as I felt Izumi had not actually impressed on anyone or vice versa. I was going to go for an NPC if I got to choose. Now, after a set of lovely PMs and Discord chats, I have a full list of three . . . as apparently I have impressed on others despite my misgivings.

Right. Let us not speculate here who might pick whom or who might snipe whom.

We want to avoid drama and it is enough for everyone to know OOC:ly whom they can try to pick and whom might pick them.

*salutes the squitten*

Now how about that local sports ball team.

As long as Fusako gets to design all the wedding dresses. *hands out business cards*