(09-04-2018, 06:51 PM)Labster Wrote: The only other question is what sort of tone you want for your part the story. I tend to write more light than dark, and more fluff than crunch. I want to write at a target mood like the Sailor Moon S anime - 80% screwball comedy, 10% romance, 5% epic shit that actually matters, and 5% postmodern weirdness. But we're supposed to be merging multiple continuities, and it's bound to have portions of the world with different moods colliding.
If you write more, of your own characters, or at any of the other characters you do know (Sasami needs more screen time, for instance), that would help us all out a lot.
I suspect that the tone is the main issue. Nothing against Dartz - I really do like his work. As I've said before, the existential identity crisis of suddenly being in a body that's not who you are is great fodder for a story. But I think the main problem is that he's looking for a long-term antagonist and having trouble with that because A) In setting the Demons would swat that shit fast, B) Possible antagonists that are not inherently evil would wind up getting set straight pretty quickly.
And we don't start getting set up for long term antagonists until the Second Season rolls around.
The following are just ideas. Not word of god or anything like that. Dartz, you may take them or leave them as you wish, or even use just parts of this.
Now, if Dartz wants to, we can bring in either Largo, the Knight Sabers (plus Priss's band), or even both as long as they lie relatively low. Combat is fine as long both parties know it's best to keep collateral damage to a minimum. Each side will have a goal to achieve and run afoul of each other.
This will be interesting because everyone is going to be trying to evade notice of their more clandestine activities while unwittingly bumping into each other. Largo will be recognizable, though. And I'm sure that Largo would be able to tell right away that The Girls are all Bumas. That can set off a cat and mouse game of social niceties as neither side wants to draw too much attention to themselves, with the Girl trying to politely disengage and Largo persisting. A clever trick of pheromone usage causes a traffic accident and gives her the chance to get away. (If we need a reason for Largo not noticing, we can say he was downwind while the street was upwind.)
For the Knight Sabers, Nene, with a minimal amount of fuss, can get get into the proper file spaces and put their information in the right spots, and Sylia can probably kitbash together equipment needed to make the physical IDs. Oh, and Nene also scams someone out of some Bitcoin and secures them startup capital. (Nene will fucking love the Dark Web.)
Priss and her Band will start doing gigs, wind up getting billed with 33-Stars one night, and I'd imagine they'd all hit things off. It'd be a good opportunity for the girls as they would now have a chance to jam with some human friends and learn to take the synthetic edge off their music.
Oh, almost forgot about Leon and his partner! Can't have Priss without them around.
And I bet it would really set the cat amongst the canaries if he showed up with the Knight Sabers while they were kitted out in their Hardsuits. The moment they realize they're not in Kansas anymore they'll realize they have to stick together... Heh-heh-heh...