#questions for karu

[happyfunballxd]

just curious but are you and ryu still together

Yeah? We just celebrated our 14 year anniversary at the end of last month actually. We're pretty much unsuited for anyone else at this point xD

#karu answers #karu replies #haven't answered a question in so long i forgot what my tag was :t

[tkitten16]

alright.... finally finished an outline for Shen's intro thing for the outcast trio askblog. it's 15 pages atm which is like... a LOT but its also kinda a comic version of an unfinished fic i wrote of the situation itself sooo idk if it'll get bigger or smaller by the time i actually write the dialog and stuff aaaa

#TK's rambles #askblog stuff #Karu #Shen #it technically could be longer #seeing as i could do the whole fic as a huge comic #but i want to have at least a small break to answer some questions #with Shen in the temp outfit hehe

[a-not-so-clean-blog]

How the nu: carnival boys kiss

Yakumo

Clumsy but earnest. He is so sweet when he shyly asks for a kiss. Well he tries to ask but stutters his way though most of it before giving up. When you do kiss his head spins and his heart races. He wants to hold your hand when you kiss him. It's grounding for him and his soft hands shake a little if it feels too good and he gets overwhelmed. He doesn't want you to stop though, he likes the foreign feeling. His kisses are a little clumsy even if you practice with him regularly. It's just part of the charm.

Edmond

Sloppy. You thought he would be refined? Nope. The moment your lips touch he seems to lose all dexterity, becoming a malleable mess underneath you. He will be so embarrassed if he messes up, like if your teeth hit each other. If he gets upset about it you will have to convince him to keep going because he will try to run away to save his dignity. You can convince him to kiss you by calling it 'training' or something and let his ego take over.

Olivine

Shy to desperate. A peck on the lips will have him a blushing mess but anything more will turn his bones to jelly. Despite the lack of experience his kisses are so good. There's a gentle passion behind each kiss and he tastes so good. The soft smell of incense on his clothes is relaxing and makes both of you feel much more comfortable and close. Even if he's breathless he won't pull away, wanting, needing more. If you have to break the kiss to breathe he will let out a quiet whimper until you two are kissing again.

Quincy

Hungry kisses. He doesn't kiss often, but whatever instinct sparks in him when he does is wild. He won't ask for a kiss so you will probably have to initiate it, but if you do, be prepared to deal with the beast you're about to unleash. He won't stop until you're completely breathless underneath him. He will ask if you're okay and the moment you say yes he is right back to feasting on your lips. A little more gently at first but you are so intoxicating that it doesn't take long for him to go primal again. If he feels like he's getting too carried away he may make you stop, if not then get ready for a long night.

Kuya

Soft and teasing. Kuya is devious and will do just about anything to get a reaction out of you. His favorite is simple light fleeting kisses and watching you become more desperate and flustered. No two kisses with him are ever the same though because each time he aims for a different reaction. Sometimes he won't touch you, other times he'll squeeze your butt, or simply let his hands wander. Whatever makes you squirm most. You can feel his sly grin even when you're lip locked.

Garu

Shy and sweet. He wants to make you happy and if you ask for a kiss he is so eager to please. He isn't really sure what he's doing but will follow your lead. Be careful with how deep the kisses go. His canines are sharp and if you cut yourself he will stop, and as long as he smells blood he won't kiss you again. Please comfort him if this happens, or remind him how essence helps healing and kisses are a great way to boost essence.

Karu

Rough but cautious. Poor boy is so self conscious and really wants to be sure he's doing a good job. His personality though won't let him ask how he's doing and he really doesn't want to feel like you have power over him so he becomes more aggressive than usual. Be careful if he gets too excited he may bite. If he does he won't apologize but he will feel bad and try to be a little gentler… try is the key word.

Blade

Unrestricted. Blade kisses with his whole heart. Definitely the type to cup your face in his hands and pepper your face in kisses before leaving a deep kiss on your lips. Be prepared for lots of questions though. He really wants to make sure you are enjoying yourself so he will ask how he's doing when he lets you catch your breath. Even if you say he's not doing good he won't get sad as long as you let him practice. Easiest way to stop the barrage of questions is to pull him in for another kiss.

Dante

Private but intimate. He has a reputation to keep up as sun lord so he will not show intimacy in public, this is also to keep your privacy and safety. Problem is that he's so busy you almost never have a private moment with him. Unfortunately this makes kisses few and far between. However when that moment comes he will make it as special as possible. He knows all your weak spots and will exploit each one. He knows what he's doing and he's so smug about it but honestly it feels too good for you to care. It's almost never just a kiss and 9 time out of 10 it will lead into more intimate acts.

Rei

Quick but mindful. Not one for full make out sessions, especially not with his constant research taking most of his time. Sometimes you'll be reading and he'll quietly come up behind you and give you a kiss on the cheek or neck before going back to his work. He likes to see you smile and when he does these little kisses it's his way of letting you know he's thinking about you. It's surprisingly cute. It may not be much but the lingering feeling of his lips on your skin makes you giddy.

#nu carnival quincy #nu carnival yakumo #nu carnival kuya #nu carnival edmond #nu carnival dante #nu carnival garu #nu carnival blade #nu carnival olivine #nu carnival rei #nu carnival #nu carnival x reader #nu carnival headcanons #a degenerate writes

[idololivine]

sometimes, people will say that they like XYZ as a character but hate their h scenes. sometimes, other people will say that they love ABC's h scenes but are disinterested in them as a character. we now know who tumblr finds hot, so this begs the question: who does nuca tumblr like the most as a character?

"as a character" is intentionally vague here. you can decide whether your voting criteria is as simple as "he's funny" or as deep as "I could write essays about him". voter's choice! no see results nor Rin because of the poll option limit.

reblog for bigger sample size pwease

#my posts #nu carnival #nu: carnival #nu carnival eiden #nu carnival aster #nu carnival morvay #nu carnival yakumo #nu carnival edmond #nu carnival olivine #nu carnival quincy #nu carnival kuya #nu carnival garu #nu carnival blade #nu carnival dante #nu carnival rei

[pandenewie]

12 - Potato Chips

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WARNING: Idk if this is suggestive or not :// There’s touching of bare skin but it’s pretty PG... I’ll put a warning anyway <33

Y/n is nervous - which is very unlike them. They’re not sure whether it’s due to their outfit - arguably one of the most scandalous so far, or the implications behind why they’re wearing it.

“Are you sure this isn’t a step too far?” Y/n asks, tugging on the cropped vest that Hikaru had generously cut even shorter earlier that morning. Sure, they know that they look good… but Y/n’s pretty confident that they could get Jungwon’s attention in their pyjamas, let alone in an outfit like this.

“Trust me, I’ve watched him stare at you far too much to not know what outfits he likes the most.” Bahiyyih waves off, adjusting the shoulder of Y/n’s top and sending them a reassuring smile. “You look good, Y/n. Jungwon’s gonna die.” She promises, following her words up with a playful wink.

The plan is simple but effective - get Jungwon’s attention, make him flustered, flirt and little and then leave him wanting more. Jungwon starts blushing from Y/n’s teasing alone, so a more upfront approach is bound to do more damage. The only issue is other people. For this plan to work, Y/n will need to get Jungwon alone - something that proves to be a difficult task.

“How have I not seen Jungwon all day?” Y/n tiredly whines, causing the girls to scoff at them. “If this had happened last week you would’ve been celebrating.” Hikaru comments, earning a middle finger from Y/n.

“Have you tried asking his friends? I’m sure Niki knows where he is.” Eunchae suggests, causing Y/n to groan. “I tried to get ‘Karu to ask him but apparently they’re not on speaking terms.” Hikaru scoffs at this, starting some rant about what the younger boy had said to her. “Oh whatever, I’ll do it.” Eunchae rolls her eyes, grabbing Y/n’s hand and pulling them towards where Jungwon’s friends are currently eating lunch.

“Hi boys, do you know where Jungwon is?” Eunchae asks, surprising the group with her sudden presence. “Oh, hi Eunchae. Y/n, you look hot.” Niki jokes, earning a slap on the arm from Jongseob.

“Sorry about him, uh… why do you want Jungwon?” Jongseob asks, looking at the two confused. “I don’t, but Y/n does.” Eunchae admits, turning the attention of the group to Y/n. “We don’t know where he is.” Niki lies through his teeth, causing Y/n to roll their eyes. “I’m not gonna kill him or anything, I just need to talk to him.”

The group are still apprehensive, causing Eunchae to groan in frustration. “They have some questions about the senior trip.” Eunchae lies, although hers is much less obvious than Niki’s. Maybe Y/n and the others are being bad influences…

The group of boys share a look, Shota offering a confused shrug to Jongseob and Niki. “Last I saw, he was in the library.” Shota says, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small bag of potato chips. “If you find him, give him these. I don’t think he’s eaten much today.” He continues, placing the snack in Y/n’s hand. “Ooh! You can bring him one of the cafeteria sandwiches. I’m sure they’ve still got some.” Eunchae says, clapping her hands excitedly. “Thanks for the help guys, Y/n here will make sure our president is well taken care of.” She continues, waving goodbye before pulling Y/n in the direction of the sandwiches.

“Should we text Jungwon and give him a warning?” Jongseob asks, earning a stifled laugh from Niki. “Nah… let him be surprised.” Niki smirks, eager to find out what exactly is about to happen between Y/n and his friend.

It took Y/n over 10 minutes to find the library, which is honestly impressive considering they don’t think they’ve ever been. By the time they arrive, most of the students are packing up to leave - with lunch nearly over. Y/n’s eyes quickly scan over the room - immediately recognizing a slouched figure sitting at one of the far tables and making their way towards the person.

“Sit up straight.” Y/n mumbles, pressing their hand to the person’s back to straighten out their posture. Jungwon lets out a surprised squeak at the sudden contact, turning around to stare at Y/n with wide eyes.

“What are you doing here?” He asks, watching in both curiosity and confusion as Y/n pulls up a chair next to him. “Can’t I hang out in the library?” Y/n asks in feigned offence, pulling the chips and sandwich out of their bag. “I came to find you, eat these.” They say, placing the food in front of him. Jungwon looks down at the items, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “There’s no eating in the library.” He mumbles, earning an eye roll from Y/n. “Can you not be such a hardass for once?”

Jungwon pouts slightly at the insult, Y/n’s eyes immediately falling to the very slight indent of a dimple on his cheek. They bite their lip in an attempt to hide the teasing smile that’s trying to spread across their face, taking the opportunity to poke their finger gently against his cheek. “I’m trying to be nice Wonnie, would you prefer I go back to calling you names?”

Jungwon feels like his brain has shut off. He wants to calmly explain to Y/n that they technically did just call him names, but with the way they smile at him teasingly and the heat in his face starting to match that of their burning touch, he can’t manage to get the words out.

Where did all of this affection come from? Not that Jungwon is complaining… but the last time he saw Y/n, they made it abundantly clear that they do not like him. Now they’re bringing him food, poking his dimple, calling him Wonnie… the poor guy has no idea what is going on.

“My eyes are up here.” Y/n smirks, snapping Jungwon out of his thoughts. Omg… was he staring? He swears he didn’t mean to! Honestly… he didn’t even realise he was looking in their direction, let alone where his gaze had fallen to.

Jungwon quickly racks his brain for an apology, an excuse, anything to save Y/n from feeling uncomfortable and himself from further embarrassment. But in his haste, he’s not thinking clearly - and a rushed sentence comes out before Jungwon can properly collect his thoughts:

“You’re not in the dress code.”

Y/n has to hold themself back from laughing. “Do you not like it? I thought I looked cute.” Now it’s Y/n’s turn to pout, although this time in a sarcastic way. Jungwon clears his throat awkwardly, avoiding eye contact in an attempt to not make a complete fool of himself.

“Of course, you look… good. But it’s not… y’know… appropriate.” Y/n hums at Jungwon’s words, leaning forward ever-so-slightly to meet his nervous gaze. “Why not?” Y/n asks, the innocent tilt of their head shooting a pang of emotion right through Jungwon’s heart.

Focusing too much on their expression, Jungwon almost misses the way Y/n’s hand gently wraps itself around his wrist. “You’ll tell me, won’t you Jungwon? How else am I supposed to know?” Y/n asks, their hushed voice breaking through the silence around them; Jungwon’s brain latching onto every word.

Testing the waters, Y/n slowly brings Jungwon’s hand up to rest at their bicep. “Is it the arms?” They ask, earning a shake of the head from Jungwon in response. He doesn’t trust his brain to create a coherent response, let alone his voice to be able to express it.

Y/n slides Jungwon’s hand up further to their shoulder, making sure to slip his fingers ever-so-slightly under the fabric of their sweater vest. “The shoulder?” Y/n asks softly, taking note of the redness in Jungwon’s face, which only seems to be increasing. Jungwon’s eyes are locked onto his hand, the gentle pressure of Y/n’s fingers around his wrist keeping his mind from going completely blank. Finally registering Y/n’s words, he shakes his head gently.

“Oh, I think I know.” Y/n says, their volume dropping to one just merely above a whisper. Y/n removes Jungwon’s hand completely before pulling it down at an agonisingly slow pace, watching with delight as Jungwon’s eyes follow their every move.

Finally, Jungwon’s hand comes in full contact with Y/n’s bare waist and Jungwon sucks in a harsh breath at the sudden contact. Their skin is soft. And with the way it feels under his nervous touch, he’s not sure if it’s a dream or a nightmare.

“Is this the problem?” Y/n asks teasingly, removing their hand from around his wrist to instead place it atop his own. Jungwon nods mindlessly. His brain is full of mush - only focusing on the feeling of Y/n’s warm skin beneath his palm and the way their thumb gently runs over the expanse of his knuckles.

The two sit in silence for a short while, Y/n eating up the way Jungwon seems to be almost in a trance-like state. They always knew they could get a reaction out of him - but seeing just how much causes their heart to jump with excitement. This plan is going to be a lot easier than they thought.

“Okay, I won’t wear cropped stuff anymore then.” Y/n speaks suddenly, quickly removing his hand from their waist and snapping Jungwon out of the fuzz. He immediately shoves both hands into his jacket pockets, clearing his throat once again and opting to stare at the ground, rather than look at Y/n.

“Oh crap, I’m late for class. Thanks for your help, Jungwon. Sorry if I interrupted your important president business.” Y/n teases, getting up from their seat and slinging their school bag over their shoulder.

Before leaving, Y/n places their hand on Jungwon’s shoulder, leaning down to whisper into his ear. “You better eat the food I brought you. We wouldn’t want our dear president going hungry now, would we?” Jungwon tenses at the feeling of their breath against his ear but nods nonetheless. Y/n sends him a smile and squeezes his shoulder before leaving the library completely.

Once he’s finally alone, Jungwon buries his head in his hands - finally allowing himself a moment to breathe. He tries to stop the speeding rate of his heart but knows it’ll be a little while before he can regain his focus again. Deciding he should probably take a break, Jungwon looks down at the food that Y/n had left him.

Looking around nervously, he decides that the coast is clear. Jungwon carefully opens the bag of chips - cringing at every crinkle that the packaging makes. He knows there’s no eating in the library… especially something like chips that could get crumbs everywhere. But as he continues to sit there, mind fuzzy after whatever the hell just happened, he finds himself placing one of the chips into his mouth before he can really stop himself. Surely there’s no harm in breaking the rules… just this once.

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[zizz-asdf-re-r-o-u]

Headcanon time: Who might be on the aroace spectrum in a sex game?

I missed arospec week by... a few weeks lol. And hey look i'm making a Nukani headcanon post instead of a questionable theorizing analysis for once! If you have contributions for characters I don't have enough info on (especially Quincy), please add on!

Disclaimer: I'm aromantic but allosexual. For me, this means I experience sexual attraction, but not romantic attraction. In my local kink scene, I actually personally know several community members + friends who are asexual or aromantic or both, and some engage in sex while some don't. And lastly for demographic proof only, I'm in an unofficial discord server where some unspecified members are asexual, but they still play this porn game, so yes not everyone who plays this game are into romance or sex.

TLDR: someone can be asexual or aromantic or on the aroace spectrum and still have sex but that varies for everyone!

Now that that's out of the way, here are my headcanon times! None of this is true or ever will be true due to the marketing of a porn harem game, but I think it's fun to headcanon! Feel free to disagree cause I know how people reacted to that "Is Aster trans" reddit post.

Speaking of Aster. I think he's also aroacespec! In his SR room 5, we got text narration ONE time that he gushed or orgasmed or something with a vague hot rod behind Eiden's back. But we've never seen Aster naked nor involve his genitals with another body in the 5 H scenes we have with him. And unlike EVERY other character, he’s only described to have orgasmed once. He also constantly talks down on morvay’s sexual habits, and while it’s a running gag that’s played for laughs, isn’t it possible Aster actually thinks this way? But is still willing to engage in sexy times with Morvay because they're essence creatures so that's how you exchange essence, and they’re basically an old married couple & deep down they do care about each other. And remember what I said about aromantic or asexual people who still engage in kink or sex.

Next, Karu my beloved chew toy. At the time I wrote Garu/Karu analysis part 1, I thought both of them were firmly allosexual but also presented some evidence someone could use to argue Karu might be demi or aroace or something else. But the more I think about it, the more I think yeah, he might be. Or he’s just a tsundere. I swear I'm not delusional and am a logical canon-based theory fan. (Btw, according to google searching, it is possible for different alters to have different sexualities, so this does not apply to Garu).

Quincy- I have never watched a Quincy intimacy room (including his SR & R cards that I have unlocked) but my vibes based off all the other story content with him makes me think he might be in the umbrella, so Grey-ace, Demi, etc. From what I’ve heard other people say, Quincy has had a lover in the past but currently only has sex if Eiden begs for it. This might fit into the definition of people who don't really care for sex themselves, but is interested in it for their partner. If anyone has Quincy cards and has more information, please let me know!

Huey: ok so we have almost no information on him. But he didn’t have sex with his clan members. He was definitely not romantically invested in any of his clan members nor do I recall him having hints of being sexually or romantically invested in anyone else, which does not equate aromantic or asexual but its still possible. And that’s all I got. Anyone got additional input?

Eiden: ah our beloved Eiden. Let’s ignore that in meta, he’s supposed to be the audience self insert (even though he’s the least self insert type MC ever) and therefore he is not going to “prioritize” one ship over another.

Anyways, so I am 100% sure he’s not asexual. BUUUUT he has not expressed romantic lovey dovey attraction to his clan members. More significantly, he does not seem to pick up MULTIPLE clan members’ romantic hints towards him. Yes in Fateful Aegis, Eiden says “I love you too” back to Yakumo, but it’s prefaced with something like Your grandparents love you and I love you too-ish, which to me indicates found family love. Kuya has said the Chinese/Japanese equivalent of “I love you” (“the moon is bright/the moonlight is beautiful tonight”) and that totally went over Eiden’s head. Dante & Edmond are also intensely crushing on Eiden… but they’re tsunderes so it’s probably gonna take forever to get across. The other members are different types of dedicated but open relationships rather than traditionally romantic relationships (except for Rei, who’s still getting there). And I think this is a great thing! All these varying relationship styles that are given the same weight & importance & Eiden has such appreciation & care for all of them, despite not providing traditionally romantic affection back.

Aromantic people can still love their friends & family! We’re not heartless emotionless creatures. We just may not experience or be able to comprehend romantic attraction. And i don’t think that’s a defect nor a bad thing.* And I think it’s especially cool when we compare Eiden’s bad hookup habits in the real world with how he has multiple regular partners that truly value him and a new found family in Klein. If he was aromantic this whole time, it’s kind of a positive perspective, isn’t it? Some aromantic people do experience “squishes”, which is a term for when we feel emotional desire for a platonic relationship. Obviously none of Eiden’s relationships are truly platonic due to the sexual element, but they all lack the romantic element from Eiden’s side.

(Anyways, Eiden won’t ever “reciprocate” romantic love because it’s a harem game, but shhhhh. Also to anyone who says it’s an Asian game and the characters aren’t going to say “I love you”…. Well in their newest intimacy rooms, both Kuya and Yakumo literally just did. Heck one of Forest Night Kuya’s sprite dialogues repeats that!)

So yeah, I hope you enjoyed this pointless headcanons!

*Speaking from my personal experience, I’ve have several sexual partners over time, but I never had the desire to date them or be romantically invested in them. And a weirdly telltale sign, that Jaidenanimation pointed out quite nicely, is that when she listened to romance songs she was like “wait that’s what people experience when they’re in love???” I’ve read a TON of romance and have heard a TON of love songs, but I cannot relate to any one of them. I literally have not felt any of those feelings. And when I have sexual partners, the horniness is definitely the forefront compared to any “falling in love” feelings. I did have what I now realize were several “squishes” in high school/college. What squishes feel like to me, are like “I wanna be your friend & you’re really cool & I cherish you! Like a lot! And also I don’t mind if you fucked me!” which emotionally feels different from “I’m in love with you!!!” (Which yeah i still don’t know what “in love” feels like, and I’m fine with not knowing!).

#personal #headcanon #nu carnival

[katsona-the-katsequel]

Background Events: Persona Experimentation

Unethical experimentation on Persona Users has been happening since the beginning. But how has it evolved until now?

Warning: Some speculation will be involved.

TW: Human Experimentation

The Beginning

We don't have an exact date for when experiments related to Personas and the Collective Unconscious began. Phil and Nyarly's bet had been going for some time by the time IF took place. However, if we had to place a true beginning to the experiments, we would have to go with Stephen and the Demon Summoning Program. Along with Kyouji Kuzunoha, he's the only SMT character who's also canon to Persona. Makes sense, considering his weird transcendent nature. The tale may vary between franchises, but the Persona version goes like this:

By unknown means, Stephen managed to create the Terminal System to travel through computer networks. Since he's in a wheelchair in IF, then this Stephen also managed to connect to the Expanse (located in the Collective Unconscious) with the Terminal System. Since he didn't have a way to communicate with the demon who crossed and no Persona to defend himself, Stephen was was attacked and subsequentaly crippled. All of this had to have happened before 1996 for the timeline to make sense (Side Note: This also tells a lot about Stephen, since the incident had the perfect conditions for an Awakening).

The incident led Stephen to create the Demon Summoning Program, probably for personal use, since there was no upcoming war to prepare to (that Stephen could have known of). For some unknown reason, Stephen chose to upload the only copies of the program in the computers of Karukozaka High School. Was he an alumni? Did Stephen realize teens had more probability of connecting with the Expanse? Were Karu High's computers just that good? Who knows. Only Hazama and Tamaki took the program serious enough to use it, even if it was against each other. But that's a story for another time.

Like St. Hermelin would in a few months, Karu High briefly made the news before the entire incident was forgotten. That is highly suspicious on itself. My assumption is that there truly were some experimentation going on before this, amd they made sure to silence the press and make sure the students didn't snitch. Since Tamaki managed to hide among the student population as another victim (probably with Stephen's help), they never questioned her on her abilities nor disappeared her.

But who are they? Well...

SEBEC

The first formal organization seeking to gain a foothold in the Collective Unconscious was the Japanese branch of SEBEC, leadered by Takahisa Kandori. Their story goes like this:

When Kandori took over as head branch of SEBEC, they began to undertake the creation of a device capable of transporting matter from one place to another. Kind of like a portal. This had the main objective of helping to lower freight costs of imports and exports. Maybe even erasing them entirely. Key contributors were Setsuko Sonomura (an engineering specialist) and Dr. Nicholai (a scientist). Kandori kept the project so under wraps that those involved basically lived in the installations. Together they created the Dimension Variable Accelerator System, or DEVA System. However, they also pulled a Backrooms and accidentally connected to the Collective Unconscious.

It is probably at this point that Kandori awoke to his Persona, which was hijacked by the real Nyarlathotep. And thus, Kandori became a puppet in The Great Bet while believing he was achieving world domination or something like that. "But, Kati," I can hear you saying, "all of that was about the Collective Unconscious. Aside from Kandori, there were no Persona Users working with SEBEC".

Oh? OH? So quickly you forget about him?

Takeda. The man, the myth, the barely remembered NPC. All we know about him is that he is Kandori's right-hand man, the head of security at SEBEC and a Persona User. We don't even know what his Persona is, only that its couldn't handle the combined forces of the St. Hermelin students. His existence does imply something deeper: SEBEC is already employing Persona Users to their cause. They probably didn't know much about the phenomena (understandable, since they had just finished the DEVA System) and didn't have a definitive way of figuring out who could be a User and who couldn't. For all they knew this could be random. And so, a not-so-stellar security guard rose to become the second-hand man of the main antagonist. Just because he had the same power as him.

As we know, Kandori and SEBEC failed. But what was the fate of the staff that worked on the DEVA System? What about the little knowledge of the Collective Unconscious they had?

New World Order

Due to Nyarly's meddling, the NWO was founded in 1979 after they found Kiyotada Sumaru's head. They might have had supernatural advice from an ancient head and the backup of one of the most powerful beings in the Persona Universe, but no real Persona Users. Not one of those people had their shit together. The closest thing they had was Chizuru Ishigami, who was a sorcerer (most probable given true power by the Rumor Curse). When the time was right, we can assume Nyarly guided them to the remnants of Kandori's fuck up. The NWO revived Kandori and began their recruitment of the now-lost scientists and inventors. The NWO gave more freedom to their researchers than SEBEC did, which eventually led to the beginning of true human experimentation.

We don't see the worst of it unless you play Tatsuya's Scenario, where the hints they leave us are enough to call for a second Doctors' Trial.

Yikes. And this was only one known experiment.

Like SEBEC before them, the NWO also fell. But they weren't the only ones running supernatural and unethical experiments in 1999.

Kirijo Group

With the creation of the Dark Hour, demons shadows weren't only a danger of the Collective Unconscious anymore, at least, as far as the Kirijo Group knew. Now those in the know had to watch themselves every night to avoid being attacked by them. They couldn't always rely on the perfected version of the Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapons. That must have been the moment when they began to hear rumors of supernatural events in Sumaru City, which led them to the crumbling NWO.

As it turns out, the entire Death Incident a couple of months ago left a huge vacancy for their supernatural research division. And these guys seem like they have fresh ideas that might just solve their self-created problem! A secret scramble must have taken place where the Nanjo and Kirijo Groups tried to covet all the info and personnel that had anything to do with the NWO. Those who weren't important enough to know the truth behind Kiyotada Sumaru's head and their self-proclaimed high-class greatness could have become the precursors of the Conspiracy.

And so, the Kirijo Group now had better scientists, inventors and researchers than before, and more willing to dab on unethical territory. With the need for defense, the former NWO scientists must have suggested they try to create their own Persona Users, like the ones who kept barging into their labs back in Sumaru. Thing is, no one there knew how a Persona User came to be. They did seem to have the power to control a shadow to do their bidding... maybe all they had to do was link (whatever that meant) a human with a shadow. The survivors of these experiments would become bodyguards for the Kirijo Group's excursions to Tartarus. No one would last long, though.

Skip a couple of years and the unexpected happened:

A natural Persona Awakening.

Note was taken of the factors that had to do with the event: the User was a child and she had been in a highly stressful situation. This is how the Kirijo Group rounded up the 100 children they would experiment on to create Artificial Persona Users. All of them dying except for three: Takaya Sakaki, Jin Shirato and Chidori Yoshino (and Sho Minazuki). This violation to the Nuremberg Code probably fell to the side when Mitsuru found and recruited two natural Persona Users on her own. Nothing like flushing dozens of children's lives down the toilet.

We must remember that the Kirijo Group didn't know everything about Personas, and so believed that the stressful situation with a dash of fear of death was necessary every time the User wanted fo summon their Persona. And so Evokers were created. Better not think of the trial and error that led to those inventions. Nor the one that helped create Persona Suppressants.

Who cares if three failed lab rats ran away? Now the Kirijo Group had true Persona Users with them.

A lot happened after that, but that is a story for another day. What about the hypothetical precursors to the Conspiracy formed from the high-profile members of the NWO? The ones that fell through the cracks during the power vacuum?

The Antisocial Force

For once, this wasn't Nyarly's fault. The basic rich bitches would have remained basic rich bitches if it wasn't for Yaldabaoth. The creation of the Shadow Operatives and the less restrictive hold on Kirijo Group employees probably made all that Persona and Collective Unconscious experimentation more of an open secret in the science community. And like hypnosis, this is one secret that most didn't believe until they witnessed it themselves. Not all were skepticals, and those interested were recruited by Masayoshi Shido for the creation of the Antisocial Force.

They would be the new oppressive entity in this area, suppressing information and giving stitches to snitches. This wouldn't stop "Cognitice Psience" from becoming an increasingly popular field. Who knows what kind of experiments happened in and out of the Antisocial Force. They couldn't have been the only ones.

If there is one thing the new Kirijo Group managed to contain, was the knowledge of the creation of Persona Users. The Antisocial Force didn't even have the research from the original NWO scientists that would help them create Artificial Users. Yaldy had to put an already-Awakened Goro Akechi in Shido's path for them to have a User. And even with an actual User, they couldn't replicate the circumstances that could have helped create more. I doubt Akechi was very helpful with that, though. Can't have any potential substitutes for his job.

Nah, the Antisocial Force's forte would never be Persona Users, but rather humanity's cognition.

So, what was the order of events?

Stephen created the Terminal System and began working on the Demon Summoning Program.

SEBEC began working on the DEVA System.

Stephen completed the Demon Summoning Program.

SEBEC finished the DEVA System and, after Kandori's Awakening, began to recruit Persona Users (at least one other than Kandori).

After SEBEC's fall, the New World Order recruited the staff that worked in the DEVA System.

The NWO began to experiment with demons and humans.

The Kirijo Group hired all the scientists and inventors from the NWO.

The Kirijo Group began to create Artificial Persona Users.

After Mitsuru's Awakening, the Kirijo Group focused on children experimentation.

The Antisocial Force began to recruit experts in cognitive psience for personal experiments.

#persona 1 #persona 2 #persona 3 #persona 4 #persona 5 #smt: if... #stephen #takahisa kandori #nyarlathotep #mitsuru kirijo #goro akechi #i have connected the dots #masayoshi shido #tw: human experimentation

[nucarnivalincorrectquotes]

Edmond: If you got cancelled, what would you be cancelled for?

Dante: Was a misogynist in fifth grade

Eiden: I eat pancakes with my hands

Karu: Garu would just because of being a duumbass

Rei: Huey apologism

Quincy: Almost got cancelled for not liking Huey

Yakumo: Not liking Huey as well

Kuya: Trick question

Kuya: I was never valid

Morvay: I do wanna fuck Aster

Rin: Mine would be the murder I committed in the 98

Edmond: I'm going to have an aneurysm

#nu carnival #nu:carnival #nu carnival incorrect quotes #nu:carnival memes #nu:carnival incorrect quotes #eiden nu carnival #quincy nu carnival #kuya nu carnival #yakumo nu carnival #dante nu carnival #edmond nu carnival #garu nu carnival #karu nu carnival #olivine nu carnival #rin nu carnival #rei nu carnival

[maritessa]

a while back you were answering my questions on some of the japanese in nukani. thanks! unrelated to kuya, but have you watched any of karu's intimacy rooms? when he's talking about wanting to top, is he referring to the seme/tachi role? or just being physically above eiden generally even if he's the neko/uke?

Hello! Sadly, I haven't really seen Karu scenes but it's mostly a me problem? I'm a big fan of his voice actor and hearing his other roles in Garu/Karu really weirds me out so I kinda just avoid the intimacy scenes....

I did go back to Chapter 8 and compared the English and Japanese texts tho. In English Karu says he wants to be "on top" next time so it's kinda vague whether or not he wants to take on the pitcher role or what.

In Japanese, he actually complains about being on the bottom and says that he wants to "push down" Eiden. He asks Garu to do the same which is why Garu says it's no good to literally force Eiden down. I think it honestly makes more sense cause Garu was genuinely concerned about harming Eiden in this context (also can I point out how Garu says "dame na mon" THAT MON IS SO CUTE)

Long story short, I think Karu means it physically because he doesn't like the feeling of being dominated by anyone haha yk his wolf pride.

If anyone wants to correct me on this feel free since I don't really watch Karu H scenes 🫶 thank you!

#nu carnival #garu #karu

[janaknandini-singh999]

Chapter 8

The petals gently flew around as she placed it on the thaali and folded her hands, bowing in the temple in front of her God's idol. And then she sighed, looking up.

Shlokaa met Ram ji's eyes. He was looking as serene and beautiful as ever, one hand outstretched for giving blessings and the other clutching his bow. His strong wife, Sita right next to him adorned in a bright fire and white coloured sari, and his beloved brother Lakshman on the other side, all three in similar poses - as if they were carved out of the same heavenly element. And their dearest devotee Hanuman at their feet in reverence.

Shlokaa's vision suddenly followed another line and she met Krishna's eyes, whose idol was just in the next mandap. He was smiling enchantingly as he held onto his murli in a breathtaking mudra and by his side, his eternal lover Radha's hand was outstretched to give ashish (somebody had placed a mogra between her fingers so it appeared as though she was offering it as a blessing to her devotees), whose other hand was lovingly holding onto Krishna's shoulder. A spark danced between both their eyes as if they knew something that Shlokaa didn't and were giggling about it with each other. Shlokaa shook her head, finally giving in, and smiled too.

Suddenly somebody put their hand warmly on Shlokaa's shoulder. She immediately turned around to see who it was.

"Hello, Shlokaa beta. Main madad karu?"

The woman gently took the thaali from her hands and helped her place the bhog and flowers to the Gods. Shlokaa looked on, relieved and feeling overwhelmed by this woman's warmth but froze as soon as the woman smiled. That was exactly Vilasini's smile and expression. She could never mistake that face for anybody else, even in a crowd. Never.

Oh God, it was Vilasini's mother.

Before she could run away, Vilasini's mother looked at her with such intent that Shlokaa warmed up again on spot, by that motherly tenderness.

She almost wondered to recollect the last time her own mother had shown such a closeness towards her.

"Darro matt, beta. Main madad hi karna chahti hu tumhari. Bahot pyaari ladki ho." She softly patted Shlokaa's face and whisperer "I know what dilemma Vilasini must've put you in. I know my daughter. I'll help you. Now listen carefully."

"Where are we going?" Vilasini demanded to know but no use. She had asked the same question at least a million times in the past hour but Shlokaa had been silent as a statue. Vilasini had seethed initially but sighed now. Shlokaa on the other hand couldn't even meet Vilasini's eyes.

"Koi crime vrime karne toh nahi jaa rahe na?" Vilasini asked, desperate to get anything out of Shlokaa's mouth now but she just stared back at her. Vilasini groaned.

In reality, Shlokaa hadn't even understood anything Vilasini had asked in hindi except the word "crime". Crime? Really?? What crime?! Vilasini can puppet Shlokaa however she likes, this plan of 'one hour' Vilasini decides upon, everything she does but when it comes to Shlokaa it's a crime??? Does this girl even have ANY IDEA that everything she's doing, everything she has been making Shlokaa feel since day one should be classified as nothing less than a CRIME?

She almost threatened to snap because of such trains of thought when she suddenly heard Vilasini stop in her tracks, take in a sharp breath and breath out slowly. And then Vilasini laughed - making Shlokaa forget everything else in that sound. Finally. Vilasini laughing genuinely after what seemed like centuries to Shlokaa. Shlokaa couldn't help but smile secretly.

They had reached their destination.

It was a big carnival amusement park place. Vilasini took off like a missile to the rollercoaster as Shlokaa momentarily froze upon seeing it but clenched her fists and strode on.

"Everybody please tighten your seatbelts!"

*clink* *clink* They all quickly followed the instructions. Vilasini was still not over the high of finally being on a rollercoaster after so long! How did Shlokaa know she loved this?! She grinned giddily and did the same as others, clasping her belt over herself. She turned over to look at Shlokaa who was sitting beside her. Shlokaa appeared to be numb and white, looking straight ahead as if she had seen a ghost. She was even shivering a bit. Vilasini immediately grew concerned and that's when she realized it. She gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, whispering "oh mummy you.."

Shlokaa suddenly zoned back in and looked at Vilasini who had moved her hand to she keep it over Shlokaa's to steady her. They looked at each other as..

"3,2,1 AND GO!"

Vilasini threw her head back in bliss as her hair flew and eyes closed. And Shlokaa looked at her.

Walking back, Shlokaa's legs felt so wobbly. She also felt pukish and dizzy. Vilasini sighed and feared the worst - that Shlokaa would be throwing up all over soon so she took her over outside the carnival, near an isolated, dark area where a kothi was in ruins.

"Why did you have to do this?"

"Do wh-" Shlokaa buckled over and fell on her knees, hands instantly shooting off to clutch on her stomach.

"THIS" Vilasini gestured wildly at Shlokaa "Why did you listen to my mother? KYA ZAROORAT THHI? Zyaada bhoot tujh jaisi ladki ko chaddha thha mujhe impress KARNE KA?"

Shlokaa felt like crying. She had no idea what Vilasini was shouting. It was all hindi and a headache to deal with right now which was attacking and increasing her already existing, stabbing headache.

"Arey toh mujhe PEHLE THAPPAD KYU MAARA? KABHI BOLTI HAIN MERE LIYE RUK JAAO, KABHI MAARTI HAIN, PHIR WAAPIS PEECHHE PADHKE MUJHE HI GUILTY FEEL KARAATI HAIN. KYU??? KYU?? Kya hain yeh SAB?"

Ahh, guilty. That was the only word Shlokaa caught onto, which was now burying itself mercilessly in her chest like a knife. And Oh God, this headache.. everything was a blur.

"You know what? I know exactly how girls like you are. First you put up this act of 'righteous' homophobia. Then you feel bad but it was all a play pretend anyway coz you wanted to experiment with the other girl all along. But I won't let you use me and then throw away. And before you try anything.." Vilasini halted. Hoping that she'd receive retaliation from Shlokaa who'd shout back just as furiously that she was nothing like that. But she didn't. Not even once.

And what more? The blank expression on Shlokaa's face probably even confirmed the words she was hurling at her, if nothing more.

Something changed inside Vilasini, something happened. And that's when it happened too.

Before Shlokaa could react, Vilasini's lips pressed themselves firmly on hers. They didn't move though. It was a fierce liplock. A revolt. And fireworks. Real fireworks. They actually bursted above them afar in the sky, going off from the carnival.

Vilasini tasted like honeyed snow. And Shlokaa's lips were softer, warmer and more desperate.

If Shlokaa could fall further by the impact, she would have. But she was already on her knees. A small sound escaped her own lips when they parted from Vilasini's, almost like a retaliation. Now.

"And before you try anything..." Vilasini whispered "let me use and throw you away instead." She breathed deep again "This is what you wanted, didn't you? All this tamasha to experiment with me? Well, you've got it now. Goodbye."

And just like that, Vilasini vanished in the shadows, leaving Shlokaa alone in the ruins.

#I don't write for months but when I do I make the girlies kiss hehehehe #and that's on being gay #desiblr #desi wlw

[risingscorchingsuns]

guys im bored and i wanna talk about karu pls ask me questions abt him…. i will kiss u (platonically) if u do

#leon says words

[tkitten16]

feeling bored™ again, so i'm gonna reblog Mario OC askblog stuff again hehe

#TK's rambles #(also feeling chaotic and having an urge to do a 'go on anon and ask a question to myself technically so story can go ahead more easily' #thing.) #(because boy do i wanna toss out a random thing w/ Karu hehe)

[a-not-so-clean-blog]

Nu carnival boys and how they would react to someone screaming at you

Yakumo

He's scared for you. He holds your hand trying to comfort you and himself. After the person leaves he's going to spoil you for the rest of the day. He's going to get you all kinds of treats and do anything he can to take your mind off of what happened. He's got anxiety for the rest of the day but tries not to show it.

Edmond

He is going to use his knowledge of law to threaten the person right back. He does it in such an eloquent way so that no repercussions can fall back on you. It's his job to protect the kingdom from ‘disturbance of the peace’, ‘harassment’, or ‘threat of bodily harm'. All very serious crimes. The person shuts up and skulks away pretty quickly. Afterwards he'll take you out for some sweets, but you'll have to wait for him to get off of patrol first.

Olivine

Honestly most people calm down as soon as he points out that they're getting aggressive. I mean how are you supposed to argue with a priest about anger? It's incredibly rare that he can't deescalate a situation but if he can't then he will usher you into a different area and close the door. Even if the other person tries to open the door or he is much stronger and can simply hold it closed until they tire themselves out and go away. Then he can sit with you and rub your back until you feel better.

Quincy

For the most part he'll let you handle your own battles, but it's a different story if he starts to see your hands shaking or something telling him that you can't handle this. He'll stand up and loom over you as a silent threat to the other person. He doesn't want to get physical but the moment the person gets too close he's on them like a wild animal. He won't throw a punch but he is going to pin them and whisper something in their ear. You don't want to know what he said and he's not going to tell you. He'll let you cuddle with him after because naps fix everything.

Kuya

He takes in every feature of the person, committing them to memory. Kuya may insult them to take their attention off of you, because he knows he can take whatever pathetic insults this puny human can say. After the person is gone he will tell you not to worry about them and they aren't worth your thoughts. Some time later Kuya is going to find them and trap them in an illusion making them lose their mind. It's what they deserve for upsetting you.

Blade

He's confused why someone is mad at you. Once he realizes what the person is saying to you he enters “protection mode”. If the person takes even a single step towards you then Blade is fully ready to attack. You may even need to defend this person from Blade if it escalates that much. After everything is said and done blade asks why they were so upset and when you explain why he's just so confused because it does not make any sense to him. How could someone get so hostile towards you?

Garu

He's going to physically get between you and the person yelling at you. He's going to try to take their attention off of you and put it on to him instead. He's going to be upset after getting yelled at but he's going to be even more upset if he watches you get yelled at. If things get taken too far he may tap out and let Karu take over, but he'll try his best to make the person leave you alone.

Karu

He's going to bite them. No questions asked. If he has to switch in he is attacking first and asking questions never. It all happened so fast and he is grabbing your hand and running away. He boasts about how strong he is and that he'll always be here to protect you.

Dante

It depends. If you did something stupid he will let the other person say their piece, but will stop them if they go to far. He will comfort you afterwards but will also discuss how the situation could have been handled instead. If you did nothing wrong and the person is just screaming at you then you better believe Dante is going to punish them harshly. Sure he'll try to deescalate the situation first but if the person doesn't back off then they will feel the wrath of the sun.

Rei

He is going to verbally rip this person apart. Normally I say Rei uses his intelligence for evil, but in this case he will pinpoint every insecurity that this person has and break them down piece by piece. If this person didn't have any self-image issues before then they sure do have some now because Rei is about to give them a big inferiority complex.

Eiden

He's going to get mad and start yelling right back. He doesn't care even if you were at fault, he's got your back no matter what. Now it's him and this person screaming and Eiden is ready to throw hands. After everything is over he makes really sarcastic comments about how that person was an idiot. He'll make sure you guys go out and do something fun to destress.

Aster

He'll just jump into the situation and shove a piece of paper into the person's face, and they will instantly go pale. Aster has blackmail on literally everybody and he is more than willing to use it for you. Afterwards he will joke about how dumb that person was to be mean to you and if you're lucky he may buy you something as well.

Morvay

He's going to just take your hand and walk away. Even if the person is still yelling at you and following, he's just going to keep walking and talk to you about whatever ‘fun’ thing you're going to do next. He kind of hopes the person is just going to stop. If they don't though he is going to turn around and say something really vulgar for shock value, then just continue to walk away while the person is too stunted to do anything. Afterwards he just laughs about the whole situation to make you feel better, and goes on about how stupid they looked.

#a degenerate writes #Nu carnival Yakumo #nu carnival Edmond #nu carnival olivine #nu carnival Quincy #nu carnival Kuya #nu carnival Garu #nu carnival Dante #nu carnival Rei #nu carnival Aster #nu carnival Morvay #nu carnival Eiden #nu carnival x reader #nu carnival #🤍

[idololivine]

the idololivine fic compendium

this is what the cool fic writers are using as their pinned posts now, right?

Gen or Multi

Product Testing

EiEd, QuinEi, EiOli, KuyaEi | Short, non-explicit vignettes of Eiden testing sex toys with the lads.

if I could begin to be (half of what you think of me)

Eiden/Everyone, background implied polyclan | Fusion AU, light angst with a happy ending, found family.

epsilon

Character study vignettes within non-traditional omegaverse.

Alphabet Soup

Random Bullshit Go, omegaverse style. Dumping ground for snippets I wanted to write but weren't hefty enough to be a standalone oneshot.

green carnations

Olivine gets sick with hanahaki disease in the lead-up to chapter 4.

caretaker

Karu & Olivine | Omegaverse sickfic, Olivine takes care of Karu. Written for NU Flash Fic.

Eiden/Olivine

weathering the storm

Blade & Garu | Pre-game. It's storming and they're cuddling platonically. Written for NU Flash Fic.

Iterative Design

Eiden tests various sex toys on Olivine, vignette style.

Hands-On Learning

Explicitly consensual and fairly generic omegaverse porn, ft. omega Olivine and none-of-the-above Eiden.

In Love and War

Painplay fic. Olivine gets hurt in a routine fight and Eiden notices that Olivine's horny about it.

Office Hours

Impact play fic. Eiden spanks Olivine with a ruler.

if i've been enveloped in tenderness

Hurt/comfort, Eiden regulates Olivine after chapter 11. No longer canon compliant as of chapter 12.

Much Ado About Knotting

Omegaverse modern AU. Ft beta Eiden, omega Olivine, a prosthetic knot, and omegaverse as a way to discuss gender and predetermined roles. Written for Knot In My Name.

got milk?

The milk fic.

Morvay/Olivine

the body keeps the score

Olivine briefly relapses in self-harm, and seeks Eiden out for comfort. No smut.

Edmond/Olivine

Studies in Demonology

Olivine questioning the church's stance on demons, reading books about it, and then fucking Morvay, in that order. Olivine's first time topping.

Quincy/Olivine

courtship token

Omegaverse fake dating AU. Written for NU Flash Fic.

Olivine/Garu

oh, the weather outside is frightful

Remember when the Festive Glimmer trio had a sleepover? Dante falls asleep and then wakes up to find quinoli going at it. Non-explicit sex, mostly about the humor.

Blade/Olivine

a helping hand

The omegaverse fic where Olivine helps Garu through the beginnings of a heat until Eiden comes home. Written for Two Wolves.

Learning by Doing

Omegaverse porn, and no one's even in heat! More of an excuse for me to make people read my (fairly basic) worldbuilding. Ft. omega Olivine and none-of-the-above Blade.

Dante/Olivine

knife's edge

The knifeplay fic. Hefty dose of polyclan, and apparently it's unexpectedly cute for being, well, a knifeplay fic.

Quincy/Eiden/Olivine

summa cum laude

The Collab Fic Ever! Dante/Eiden by @requiodile and Dante/Quincy by @zerenovation. Dante gets a three part crash course in being a better top.

Quincy/Eiden

Tying the Knot

Explicitly consensual omegaverse porn, now with knotting! Ft. omega Olivine, alpha Quincy, and none-of-the-above Eiden.

A Boner to Pick

The t4t fic. More of an extended dick joke than anything, really.

New Bone Plus

t4t fic now with porn. Ft phalloplasty, boner magic, and Eiden topping Quincy.

#my posts #nu carnival #writing tag #my fics #nu carnival fanfic #“average nuca fic writer writes 16.7% genfic” is a statistical error. genfic colla‚

[immortalwanderers]

IMMORTAL WANDERERS GIFT EXCHANGE ROUND UP POST

Hello lovelies! 💖

As our first gift exchange comes to an end, I would like to take a moment to say a few words.

First, I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that took part! There was such a great turn out, and it has been my absolute pleasure hosting this event for you all. Thank you for all the wonderful creations you’ve shared and created for one another, you’re all absolutely amazing.

I’d also like to give some special shout outs to @owlpockets​, who very kindly helped during the matching process, to @minnarr, who went above and beyond by offering to create not one but two fantastic gifts so no one was left without a gift, and to all of those who also offered to be a pinch hitter should the need have arisen, I appreciate you for the help and support. I’d also like to say thank you to those who are part of our discord server, and who kindly helped if I had questions or needed a little bit of support. This was very much the first gift exchange I have hosted, and I’m so thankful it was for such a kind and helpful community such as this one 💖

Now, here’s the list of all who took part, and the works that they were behind making!

MT → created for HB (A Dream’s Aftertaste)

Hadassah → created for MT (Of a tender history)

Cait → created for northofallmusic (I’ve Seen Fire and I’ve Seen Rain)

@fractured-ice → created for Cait (let the wine of friendship never run dry)

@crisdrawsandcries → created for AhXiang (Wen Kexing and Ah Xiang artwork)

@ashinlae → created for ybyqlo (Xiyan and Shakira gifset)

@theyilinglaozus → created for Katharija (We Could Make a Good Thing Bad)

HB → created for butleronduty (Female!Wenzhou kissing)

neznaboh → created for rainisfallingdown (what a heavenly way to die, what a time to be alive)

rainisfallingdown → created for Sirvaria (reflex and bite)

Katharija → created for neznaboh (as a matter of heart)

@minnarr → created for Karu (take a look at what we’ve made)

ybyqlo → created for shingansoul (Yexie playing instruments together)

Feit → created for sootsies (Friend on the Other Side)

butleronduty → created for theyilinglazous (domestic wenzhou)

northofallmusic → created for hadassah (the other side of memory)

@ahxiang → created for fractured-ice (Tian Chuang leader Zhou Zishu)

@vergoftowels → created for ashinlae (Wenzhou bite)

s00tsies → created for minnarr (Peonies That Bloom)

@lasenbyphoenix → created for Cris (four seasons manor)

@minnarr → created for Feit (sample of one)

Sirvaria → created for vergoftowels (ginger soup)

Karu → created for lasenbyphoenix (I’ve seen better)

#word of honor #qi ye #tian ya ke #shan he ling #lord seventh #faraway wanderers #immortal wanderers gift exchange #dawn of spring gift exchange

[zizz-asdf-re-r-o-u]

a BUNCH of Garu/Karu meta, part 2: eyes, Karu-fronting units, In Defense of Sexy Garu/Karu, Leroy & Garu conspiracy, Update to Rei/Gramps theory, general "character development"

So over here I wrote a bunch of Garu/Karu meta zizz-asdf-re-r-o-u.tumblr.com/post/737197419853398016/ and I knew that eventually I'd wanna write more, so here's part 2!

Once again, disclaimer that I have not played every event nor watched every intimacy rooms so I am definitely missing some lore. If anyone has additional info to my questions, lemme know! Also, spoilers everywhere!

A) Blue eyes or yellow eyes?

In a couple comments of phaerlax's fics, he suggested that Karu's eyes are actually blue and I thought I'd follow up with some ~canon~ evidence.

Ch7- every mention of their switching involves language, attitude, and mannerisms, nothing about eye color.

Ch13- Kolt is about to kidnap Garu when Karu takes over. It's very fast and happens all in 1 sentence so there isn't space to mention any eye colors, but Kolt doesn't realize they've switched until Karu has kicked him in the face

Master's Gift- when Karu is pretending to be Garu, Eiden realizes it with the language and voice again, not eyes.

Howling Cyclone- when Garu suddenly takes over with no one around, the text narration only says "the wolf yokai closes and opens his eyes before dashing..." No mention of eye color and this time its from the third person text narration, rather than Eiden or any other character's POV.

Misty Vale- when the young wolves encounter Karu, they don't realize that Garu has switched until Karu announces to call him that.

Binary Starlight- no mention of eye color, but the modeling people, store owners, and Karu's fans, only refer to him as Karu or Mr Wolf Yokai, including when it's Garu taking Karu's place during the competition announcements.

Some people might have noticed this by now, but Garu's ally units all have blue eyes in their sprites. But when you're actually battling, OG SSR/SR/R/N are all Karu voice lines. HC & EG Garu seem to have more Garu battle voice lines than Karu voice lines. I don't have all of them, so if anyone is willing to help me look into EB and FF Garu, please do! In a cool meta way, the fact that the sprites have blue eyes yet its Karu's voice coming out, indicates to me that Karu's eyes are probably blue.

And lastly- have you noticed Garu's battle loading screen pose, OG loading homepage, Bliss promotional pic with everyone's OG poses + new Dante/Blade/Rei, and Garu's sprite in the opening animated sequence? He's manspreading and has an angry face. Yes, we've seen Garu angry a number of times, but in the new loading homepage with Rei and Dante, Garu is smiling and Garu's angry face is usually still quite cute. I think the OG version is Karu and he has blue eyes there.

B) Karu Fronting Units

Ok so slightly following up from that last bit. I had a idea once, where it would've been cool for Karu to front in the offensive/defensive units, such as strikers and guardians, and Garu to front in the supportive units, such as buffers and healers. Especially since the battle voice lines already do that (see point above). This would be extra cool cause it lines up with their lore/personalities and DID system. Karu is the protector alter, doing a lot of the Dead Zone surviving, and it'd make sense for him to do offensive/defensive battle units.

But also- Binary Starlight Garu should have totally been Karu fronting. Frozen Echoes, while Garu is onscreen more often, is about Karu wanting to sing and then getting kidnapped. But more importantly, the intimacy stories are about Karu's modeling competition. He's also a striker and, as mentioned, I thought it would be cool to have Karu being the strikers.

Endless Banquet Garu probably would have been nice to be a Karu unit because part of it is about Karu wanting to go to the yokai festival, but it was also Garu's 1st event SSR, so it makes sense that he wouldn't be.

So here's to me sending out into the universe that we get a future Karu main event SSR. He's still missing a saboteur and I can see a saboteur going either Garu or Karu.

C) In Defense of Sexy Garu/Karu

People's biggest problem with Garu is usually how young he looks and acts. You are not wrong if you are uncomfortable with Garu/Karu being sexualized! That is totally valid! This section is not for you. This section is for ignorant haters. (Garu/Karu are just fictional characters so I don't think too defensively on this so I won't be offended if you still do.)

First up- Garu/Karu is not a shota. Shotacon is defined as underage/prepubescent/pubescent boys in an erotic/sexualized manner. And yes there are muscle shotas. But Garu is not one of them. Depending on the lore, Garu is 19-33+ (possibly older, see that other post where I calculated his possible age) and he has a young adult proportioned body. However, he has a major babyface and acts puppylike/borderline childlike and does appear younger than the rest of the cast. So it's possible that he's shota-adjacent and I can see why people think he'd be the "1000 year old loli/shota" characters.

Next- puppy play! Have you heard of animal roleplay and specifically leather puppies? Have you met someone whose done puppyplay? Seems an awful lot like Garu right? You'd be right! I'm more of a handler, but a lot (though not all) of the (western) puppy players I know go into a (dumbed down) puppy headspace, act hyper, head scratches, play fetch, bark, treats, and "treats". (Naturally, IA studio is writing from the Asian perspective so the scene might be different there & they probably didn't consult any puppy players anyways, but there's no set "rules".) Sound familiar?

I'm like 99% sure Garu/Karu is supposed to represent puppy play, not shotas. There's a reason the most common imagery of a leather puppy is a pup hood, some kind of gag, collar, chest harness, jockstrap, butt plug tail, and leather boots. Also sound familiar? It's very close to OG SSR and SR Garu, and when the devs gave BS Garu a jockstrap, that sealed the deal. Same with when they made Garu/Karu an omega in the A/B/O event.

Now that we agreed that Garu/Karu is puppy play and not shotacon, one common factor amongst puppyplayers is the sexycute factor. As in, the puppy could be acting cute and affectionate and puppylike while getting fucked. Head scratches while doing a blowjob. And so on. NU Carnival characters fill a variety of sexy roles and while we have 2 other yokai, Garu is the one that fills the puppy play role. He's not a furry, but he's the closest thing for those who are into it. And of course, he (and Kuya) are the token kemonomimi. I'd argue that Garu is actually more human that most puppies I've seen/played with since he is primarily bipedal and talks fully in a human language.

So yeah its fine to sexualize them because of the sexy archetype they fulfill!

D) Leroy and Garu Conspiracy

So this is a wild and possibly impossible conspiracy theory. At the end of Gambler's Paradise, we get a scene between Aster and Rei talking about a mysterious "that group". In ch 13, Rei tells us that Council of Sorcery is trying to replace the need for Huey's essence. Throughout Gambler's Paradise, we find out that Leroy is a recent imperfect familiar that was a result of experiments with Huey's essence. Throughout Misty Vale and Ch 13, we get hints that Garu might have been experimented on by the Council long ago.

So my conspiracy theory is that both Leroy and Garu were experimented on by the same Council of Sorcery, even if they were from different departments. Garu was possibly more than a decade or several decades ago and Leroy was within the past couple months or year cause he didn't start causing chaos in Aster's casinos until recently. This means that either there are different departments focusing on different experiments, but also totally possible that back then, they were experimenting on removing Huey's essence and now they're working on replicating Huey's essence.

Bonus weird similarity between Garu, Leroy, and Morvay- they all really REALLY like eating their choice of preferred food, and get hungry very easily. (Ok Garu technically might be super hungry cause he had very little food for many many years, but still)

HMMMMMM LORE MIC DROP.

E) Update to Rei is Gramps/Garu/Karu backstory

Here I theorized that Rei might be Gramps and other people have theorized or drawn fanart of this too. HOWEVER, Howling Cyclone does have a major problem in that we see Gramp's ghost.

What i propose to fix this: we don't know when ch13 or Eerie Escapade happened and realistically it's probably because Rei wasn't created as a character yet. But I can explain this lore away with saying even if Rei died "long ago", we dont know when he was reborn. And hey, maybe for all we know, the Gramps ghost was actually Father, realizing that even if Garu has Eiden, Karu could use some more support and decided to go revive Rei. :shrug: Or maybe they'll retcon the Howling Cyclone ghost like they retconned Aster's dick.

F) Garu/Karu's ~Character Development~ (not H scene specific)

(Warning for rambling!) So in my post about whether or not Kuya has character development and if it's even necessary, I mentioned that Garu & Karu needed character development. In various replies (but not my post), one comparison I've brought up between Kuya and Garu/Karu(+Zuko) is the difference between slow gradual changes and the heroes journey. And I thought I'd elaborate on that some more.

To clarify on Kuya- he's over 200 years old and has been changing slowly over time since forever. He started the story already having changed over time and will probably not stop going through this kind of slow gradual change, simply due to the fact that time passes and he's immortal. And while Eiden plays a part in present day, overall Kuya is not having major story beats causing massive changes.

The cool thing about Nu Carnival's cast, as evidenced by Kuya, is that everyone is on different points of their ~character development~ and Garu/Karu is starting from their very beginning. Yakumo is also starting from the very beginning. Whereas someone like Dante, Olivine, and Edmond are already somewhere further down the adventure. Or they have a different kind of character development path like Kuya, Rei, and Blade.

Now for Garu/Karu. So the classic heroes journey is a story template where the protagonist gets a call to adventure, meets various character archetypes, endures many trials, and returns changed in some way. Obviously it's not a 1:1 matchup with Garu/Karu's story, but he does get a call to adventure (joining the clan), meets a mentor(the clan members), and is currently still enduring many trials. This is what I mean by he has a big "heroes journey development". And using this pattern, we can predict that Garu/Karu will continue enduring more tests, before encountering a major ordeal, conquering it, returning back a changed man.

Now why is Garu, or more specifically, Karu's character development important or necessary? Much like how Yakumo started out his heroes journey as a "newbie", Garu and especially Karu start out as "newbies", with limited empowerment, not that many skills yet, MANY basic things to learn (and amnesia, or at least Garu has amnesia. Karu is debatable). Karu has big dreams, really big dreams, and while they're played for laughs, he absolutely sucks at those big dreams. He's either going to achieve those big dreams, change those big dreams, or lose his delusions of grandeur and that will be character development. His current stage in life, lack of power (and stamina lol), trauma, and unfortunate circumstances are preventing him from achieving those big dreams. Garu is more chill and mostly just wants to have Fun with his Master and help people where he can (including helping Karu). However, he also lacks power, is a newbie to things, and got that traumaTM that just causes him problems. Garu also kind of represents the coming of age plot- they may have gained basic survival skills in the Dead Zone & had no social skills, but have also started dabbling in learning and leadership in Forgotten Fruit, Eerie Escapade, and Misty Vale. He's slowly becoming braver. They also didn't know how to read before meeting Yakumo & Olivine, but now they can sort of write sentences!

As for their role in the story & how it ties in with character development. He's the cutesy comic relief like Blade or Topper, but also, as mentioned in my Kuya post, that they're a victim of the Gemstone plotTM. SPOILER TERRITORY. One major conflict that the plot is coming against in the main storyline is altars going haywire and the Council of Sorcery and Garu (and possibly Leroy) might be the key to solving this mystery. However, with his amnesia and limited empowerment, they can't really progress with it. Therefore, it is crucial for Garu/Karu to experience ~character development~ to move forward.

If you got this far, thanks for indulging in this longass analysis post on my favorite wolfboys to roll around in thinky thoughts. Possibly more to come as more ~lore~ is revealed.

Once again, I haven't played every event or intimacy room, so if you've got answers to my questions or additional contributions, please lemme know!

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