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[medpacksapunch]

Sakura has just passed 8000~ Comment here for

>> relationship update
>> question meme
>> a description of your character a la Sakura :B
>> mix and match above
>> put it in

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[fraternalorders]

I want a description of Itachi a la Sakura.....

[medpacksapunch]

Stealth is kind of tall with long, dark hair, and is also sort of pretty. He's quiet and sometimes hard to talk to, but he's also really smart and nicer than he seems.

Don't ever disagree with him on something unless you're really invested in defending it though, because he says he's okay with you disagreeing with him but he will continue trying to make his point until you acknowledge it.

[fraternalorders]

hahahaha oh no Sakura is figuring out the Uchihas aren't total dbags oh nooo.

Also do you have any questions for me. '^'

[autorejoin]

Relationship meme? \o/

[medpacksapunch]

Sakura has kind of mellowed on Clue. She's not as annoyed with him as she was, but he has kind of been knocked out of sempai status (not that he really should have been there in the first place though, so, you know... not a huge loss). She believes that he'd be reliable if she really needed him (HELP HELP I'M BEING OPPRESSED CLUE)but in all other cases she's going to assume "relying" on clue is like playing russian roulette as far as a helpful outcome is concerned (or, she'd think of it like that if Ninjas knew what either Russia or guns were)

She does really appreciate him when she needs to just like... calm down and do complete bullshit for a while though. She's going to try hard at remembering that she doesn't need to be training/working/being serious all the time, and Clue helps her both remember to do that and achieve it. She likes joking around with him because she doesn't do that often, but she does actually really like jokes and pranks. She just tells herself she shouldn't.

Same?

[rootless]

U-update...

[medpacksapunch]

Right now she's pretty much... ignoring is not the right word, but she kind of has to like, push Tree out to the peripheral of her care sphere, because otherwise it would drive her crazy. Like, ninjas are doers and problem solvers, right. And even missing most of her memories, this is clearly still very true with Sakura -- if someone has a problem she wants to fix it and she will push herself in whatever direction she can to try and get there.

Unfortunately, the problem she sees with Tree is "he gets hurt in a lot of really dumb ways/puts himself in needless danger", and all the solutions she has thought of so far ("try and rescue him and get hurt myself", "support him and patch him up after", "explain to him why this hurts me", "explain to him why this hurts the team", "try and get outside people to intervene", "PUT MY OWN FEELINGS ON THE MATTER INTO HIS BODY") ...pretty much none of them have worked? Or at least, none of them have delivered Sakura's ideal outcome (ie: Tree stops putting himself in needless danger)

So while she wants to keep trying, she is also kind of out of easy solutions. And she has a lot of drama to deal with of her own, mostly centered around the skills she got from Sword and dealing with the memories Sasuke gave her, so she just mentally cannot take trying to solve what has been an unsolvable problem, at the moment.

She still cares! And still gets 8( face when he goes around trying to kiss Clue and stuff, but she's limited herself to only trying to fix the problems that are fixable (like in the hot springs party -- she was ready to go running off for Bonten, because that was an actionable item that she could complete).

So tell me about tree and Clue. I was out for most of yesterday so I'm not caught up on the feelings kissing 8>a

[screwthatnoise]

hi tsunami hi

[medpacksapunch]

SHE LOVE YOU ECHO

I am not... really sure when, exactly, but Echo has become one of the team members Sakura feels most drawn to. She realizes they still sort of clash on some... ideological standpoints, sometimes, but not too badly that they're incapable of getting along? And she really enjoys that Echo can have a sort of quiet and understated sense of humor, if you know where to look for it.

Lately, she's been trying more to see things from Echo's point of view, too -- not only because she understands that's what Echo was trying to do with giving her that skill, but because she's aware she sometimes over thinks; approaching things from Echo's POV sometimes might not be too bad?

Does Echo have any more post-snow-game thoughts?

[doesnothappen]

aaah, I want a description! (and if there is new relationship stuff, that too <3)

[medpacksapunch]

Mau is pretty short and has dark hair and eyes, and I've never seen him wear any shoes which is kind of weird but it'd make him easy to spot. He's also incredibly good at taking care of himself, and knows all sorts of neat survival skills. He's probably the most capable person I know...

Mostly she just thinks Mau is so cool. He knows so many fascinating things and is good at explaining them, and is like... he's like a boyscout. He is always prepared. She appreciates that a lot.

She is super pumped to try and teach him chakra control; not only because it'll give her another way to practice and would be a neat thing to pass to someone not from her world, but also because she's like
gosh
think of all the neat stuff Mau could do with chakra...

[brotagonist]

SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND HAVEN'T RAMBLED ABOUT IN MY DIRECTION BEFORE...? '^'

[medpacksapunch]

I have a hard time remembering what I have rambled at you about I have a terrible memory.

But I guess regarding Lloyd lately Sakura is like... okay she's not idealizing him and his magical ability to understand people and Be Understanding even with Personae and everything... but she does recognize how good he is at it, and kind of... will probably seek him out to be like LLOYD HOW DO I HOLD ALL THESE FEELS, PLEASE EXPLAIN MY FEELS TO ME, because he's good at making her feel calmer and more in control. Maybe one day she will learn to do it herself! But right now it's nice to lean on Lloyd for it. Sometimes even thinking of Lloyd zens her out a little? He's been very helpful lately when she needed it.

...she is also intrigued by the prospect of teasing Lloyd. It seems like it could be fun. :>a

...do you have any thoughts.

[squirreledaway]

... Can I get the first and the third...

[medpacksapunch]

Emil is small and blond and has a very open face. He's kind of timid, but he's so sweet; if you are mean to him at all I am going to be so angry with you, so, just keep that in mind. He's kind of awkward, but I think he just needs friends and he'll open up.

You will always be my squishy! She was worried about him in their most recent thread, and felt weird that she couldn't really...think of ways to be comforting, mostly because she was still reeling from her own fallout. She's going to keep checking up with him about the eye, though; seeing if he needs quest help or if she can help ease any pain. She wants to help make the squishy feel better!! '^'

also maybe when you are back from Korea we can do the treasure thing :3a

How is Emil dealing with losing a team member?

[playfreebird]

Relationship meme? :x

[medpacksapunch]

Well right now she feels kind of hurt? Like, she gets it she knows that neither of them really planned that and it was weird, and she wasn't consciously hoping for Neji-kisses either... but she sort of feels like she must have developed a bad case of the plague, given how Neji was like 8| yes perhaps you should go. And okay, Sakura was like, yes i think I better had.

they were being so bloody english

but yeah. She's kind of hurt feelings over that.

Otherwise she's... pretty well solid on Neji. He has been a huge help to her lately, both in general with Feelings Beatings and also during the game (which...I guess was sort of the same thiiiing); she trust him and enjoys his company. Also sometimes when they roll around on the ground it's hot? She doesn't... really spend a lot of conscious time thinking about it (which made the mistletoe and his rejection there slightly less terrible than it could have been...) but if he HAD happened to kiss her of his own free will she likely would have been pretty enthusiastic about kissing him back...

Same?

[odetojoy]

. . . Anything new for Sasuke?

[medpacksapunch]

There are always new things for Sasuke I think. 8|a

I WILL TALK ABOUT THE MISTLETOE I GUESS?

So first off I it is really super fortunate that Sakura has not yet remembered being in love with Sasuke -- having a ridiculous 13 year old crush on him, yes, but not any of the actual loving him. If she did, the kissing would have been extra terrible. As it is, Sakura is hoping she can just...play it off like it is not even a big deal. She doesn't want it to be a big deal, because like... as far as she's concerned the conversation in the library went really well? It's not like Sasuke was super over friendly or much different than usual? But she came out of it feeling good about things so..that's what matters to her :B And she doesn't want that very tenuous not not-getting-along to get messed up because a)Sasuke is angry that he got controlled into something (which is fair, she's upset about it, too) or b)Sasuke gets weird about her trying to be close to him again.

So right now she is just...trying to deflect all of her anger and focus onto the plant part of this situation and ignore the kissing. :x

But overall she feels positive re: Sasuke. She kept waffling on him but having talked to both Lloyd and Itachi she feels more motivated to keep ...trying? And not in a super aggressive way or anything, but just...being a constant presence. And she is actually super grateful about the Sword thing, and even though it was awkward and hurt her pride some to have to do, glad he kind of made her actually think about it.

She's more primed to just let Sasuke be Sasuke and not let that put her off. We can be chill right '^' Imma not get in the way of your Sasuke plans.

Same?

[orange_sun]

Belatedly I want a description! And/or relationship update.

[medpacksapunch]

Josh is tall and blond and pretty solid looking-- though I think most of the time I see him using jutsu-like powers, rather than any sort of physical fighting skills...but I'm sure he could do both. He's calm and reasonable and really easy to talk to! He's also a good person to ask if you want to know something about our location, I think-- he seems really into knowing that kind of thing

Sakura is sort of running on the assumption that she let down/hurt/disappointed all her friends, during Snow's game, so. She wants to like... keep checking up on people and being like I'M SORRY I WONT DO IT AGAIN '-' That is basically where she exists with Josh-- even though she's already spoken to him post-skills, she is still like ;;
...though sometime they should spar. Sakura wants to spar all her friends 'V'

I failed at asking you a question because I always do. Josh's favorite power from the game?

[bigbosshard]

On second though, description of Big Boss and Jaina a la Sakura? :3

[medpacksapunch]

One of the Sterling Knights is this guy-- he's sort of huge and imposing and really scruffy--he's obviously a soldier. He looks like the kind of guy who's seen and done a lot of things; you can't really mistake him for anyone else. Under all of that, he's actually pretty kind, though. He's always either eating or trying to figure out how he could be eating, I think...

Jaina has long brown hair and is incredibly brilliant. She builds the most incredible things and we should all be really grateful. If you have hot water now it's probably thanks to her. She's kind of serious, though...

So now that water heaters are done and she's been undercut by Snow's Fridge Unlock, what is Jaina working on?

[ichtreteihrgesicht]

DESCRIPTION OF SWORD BY SAKURA also yeah sure let's relationship update, we should also threaddddd

[medpacksapunch]

...bah I swear I answered this |(

"Sword looks small and delicate, but she isn't at all. She's not human, and I guess she's some kind of monster... but she's not really that bad. She isn't human, so there are some things about us she doesn't understand, but she's never seemed evil or cruel. Just very different. If you keep that in mind..."

Sakura is currently very /fishhands about Sword, because it's true that Sword has never really...hurt Sakura in a way that was cruel or unexpected. Everything she's done with or to or for Sakura has been with Sakura's knowledge and consent; she understands why her friends are :\a about it, but she gets fussy at the insistence that Sword having done those things makes Sword a monster. Yes, she is a monster, but that doesn't mean she's bad.

But the combined disapproval of both Neji and Sasuke is really hard for her to shrug off, and it is also true that there was definitely a part of their fight in which Sakura was screamingly uncomfortable. Because while the yoma part of her wanted to try and kill Sword, the Sakura part did not, and she didn't really appreciate Sword insisting at her that she did. So she's kind of :\ on that.

She's not like... mad at Sword or anything, she's just... conflicted.