#caretaker makoto is so funny to me

[pixelatedraindrops]

M: "Don't you worry Yuma! I'll make sure to have you right as rain again in no time!"

So um. I tried to draw...

god do I love giving this poor boy 39 degree temperatures haha 🌡️

Kanai Ward's endless rain is ruthless.

and so am I

Unmasked version below

(huge spoilers)

M: "There's no way my original is this weak...right? You truly are a handful aren't you, Number One?"

It's called self care, Makoto 💜

[violentlydefending]

okay that's great and all but hear me out. what if they had pokemon. [id in alt, more under the cut!]

hi. (wearing a shirt that says "ask me about my yakuza pokemon au" but i'm looking in a mirror so i just start going nuts right off the bat)

woah it's some guy with a dragon tattoo!! lotsa dragons, lotsa fighters, and of course THE parent pokemon!! the zangoose is part of a matching set with majima's seviper, naturally. also it matches his autism stare. blaziken's there out of respect for nugget.

GO GO HARUKA!!! lotsa baby pokemon when she's younger :] the pichu turns into an idol pikachu mainly because i wanted something for her that'd fall in line with that but i also think igglybuff is ugly. sorry. happiny's there in particular because of the crazy eldest daughter syndrome she catches from y3 onwards LOL. that caretaker role hit her hard. sorry girl.

seviper's part of the matching set with kiryu's zangoose, naturally :] plus it fits the snake thing he's got going on with his tattoo. also some dogs!! specifically some fucked up ones!! also did you know froslass only goes after men it thinks is handsome. yeah.

daigo's so funny in y2 imo. aegislash is there in particular because it detects innate qualities of leadership!! anyway that bisharp becomes a kingambit when he's chairman (thumbs up!!)

tiger man gets the tiger man. cat. lots of big burly guys for the big burly guy. etc etc. i like that his training in y4 is just to go mining so i HAD to have at least one fossil mon. hi bastiodon!!!

yasuko's getting hit with the one-two of Beauty(TM) and Small(TM) versions of what her older brother's got :']

tanimura gets a lot of fighty guys, in particular i tried to find ones that sorta fit with the little asia stuff he's got going on. blastoise is there because of the tortoise thing and he's got a gun so ??? actually i might switch blastoise out if i end up exploring this au more LOL and zebstrika's there because he's a horse girl <3

akiyama!! a bunch of kicky guys to fit his fighting style and talonflame because of his phoenix thing. audino because he's the lifeline of kamurocho :]

hana!! why does she not have a last name!!! anyway lotsa guys to match her fighting style :]

magikarp -> gyarados is literally THE most obvious thing to pick out for nishikiyama but if it works it works!!!

makoto and tachibana get a matching set of eeveelutions :] i think a shaymin shows itself before makoto either when she gets her watch back or when she gets the new watch strap

i'm not 100% sure for most of these teams if anyone wants to share their own ideas i'm all ears!!

anyway yeah. hi. thanks for checking this out ily <3 (is still wearing the "ask me about my yakuza pokemon au" shirt and but i am now looking directly into your eyes)

[theamityelf]

Can't I know more of DD Makoto dynamic with Hajime, Fuyuhiko, and Chiaki? Does Komaeda still got DD or not? How would his dynamic with DD Makoto in both case?

I think I'll say for now that Nagito doesn't get despair disease, specifically because Junko considers them really similar and doesn't want to do the same thing twice. Like, I think an argument can be made that she gave Nagito despair disease in canon as just a proxy because he was the closest thing she had to Makoto (in her view). But here, in her eyes, Nagito is way more useful healthy, and Makoto is way more useful diseased.

Nagito would almost certainly want to be among those caring for the ill, and I think he would have a real appreciation for the implications of everyone's symptoms. "I see. I'm sure they would all hate to see themselves like this. A despair capable of overcoming such strong personalities? I'm so excited to see it defeated!"

That said, I think Hajime, Fuyuhiko, Mikan, etc. would not want Nagito around the sick ones. Nagito would be in a very particular place where he wants to make himself useful at the hospital but everyone is aware that it could be really dangerous to leave someone so interested in the killing game alone with any of the ill (especially Ibuki).

And I think the result of this is that Nagito and Hajime would both spend a lot of time around Makoto together. (More on that later!)

I'm deciding whether Chiaki would be there, because in canon she is among those quarantined at the motel, but I do think she would be really good at handling diseased Makoto, just because she's so good at taking everything in stride and just calmly going, "Stop that." And I like to imagine diseased Makoto causally yanking out her game cartridge while she's playing it and her huffing with the most irritation anyone has ever seen from her. So I think I will loop her in with them.

I think Fuyuhiko would be constantly annoyed by diseased Makoto; they would be in constant conflict, and it would be really funny. Earlier in the killing game, I imagine Fuyuhiko would toss threats and barbs at Makoto kind of a lot, and Makoto would just take it and move on with whatever he's saying or doing, but now Fuyuhiko (through whatever means; there's no telling who's still alive at this point) has undergone some character development, and he cares about the people here, and as comeuppance for his past behavior, he's left to get explosively mad at a Makoto who will deliberately provoke him. Just chasing Makoto through the hospital threatening to murder him if he doesn't sit down and eat his food!

Whereas Hajime I think would be a little reflective about it. I think seeing Makoto in a state of poor health and acting really out of character would make him realize how close they've become and how much he's come to care about and rely on Makoto. I'm imagining some introspective moments where he's just like, "The real Makoto isn't like this at all. The real Makoto would be encouraging me not to give up."

(Honestly, since there's no telling what the cast looks like at this point in the story until I actively plot all that out, I could see some of the characters who are dead at this point in canon choosing to help out, or even taking the place of Akane or Ibuki as diseased, but for the purposes of this post we'll ignore that.)

Maybe the group organizes in such a way where Mikan cycles between patients to check on and Fuyuhiko, Chiaki, Nagito, and Hajime watch whichever two patients she isn't with. So, for example, Mikan is checking on Akane, so Fuyuhiko and Chiaki are with Ibuki and Nagito and Hajime are with Makoto. Mikan moves on to check on Ibuki, so Fuyuhiko and Chiaki go to sit with Akane. Mikan goes to check on Makoto, so Nagito and Hajime go to check on Ibuki. It just kind of cycles like that.

They split up differently when one or more of the caretakers need to rest, so sometimes Hajime, Chiaki, or Fuyuhiko have to watch someone alone, but Nagito is never watching anyone alone. He's not allowed. (Officially. He'll sneak in if he can.)

Nagito and Hajime have very different reactions to diseased Makoto. Like I said, seeing Makoto like this makes Hajime feel strongly how much he likes regular Makoto, so he's pretty upset each time this Makoto acts rude and contrary, but he's also committed to helping him. Whereas Nagito is thinking of it more in terms of what can be learned about what kind of person Makoto is, that this is the version of himself that the despair disease creates, and he's deeply curious as to how the disease works and whether one of the infected can overcome its effects. He's watching the patients very closely to see what they'll do. He's smiling and acting relatively normal, and he's encouraging Hajime to stay positive, but he's also kind of willing Makoto to prove himself, in even these circumstances. He'd be messing with Makoto a bunch.

When it's revealed that Mikan had the Remembering Disease and, as I mentioned in the other post, attempted to kill Makoto, Nagito just consumes the idea that Makoto overcame despair, both by not killing anyone under its effects like Mikan did and by successfully evading Mikan. He might clap.

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

I know you already mentioned Scara wouldnl't exist in the rewritten Teyvat, but what if Makoto and Ei creates him anyway? Out of curiosity on how to have a bigger family with a young child or sth

Say, from Childe's spy network, he hears that the two were working on a project so he lets them be, then after some time, they create Kunikuzushi? Like actual good boy Kuni who gets named by name and brought up as normal as possible even if he's a creation?

So ofc Childe would bluescreen, go error404 and every existential crisis known to man. Then he actually meets Kuni, I think it would be funny if Childe would be like:

first meet: Wtf Wth Where did I go wrong? Get the fuck away from me! Stay 30 feet away!

every time Kuni does something a normal good boy would do: Nononono eww why the heck are you like that disgusting

then if and when Childe actually manages to find a soft spot for Kuni, he goes back to earth and sees Scara: Kuni's such a good boy whoever made you turn out like a disgusting rat deserves a punch so hard they'd meet Asmoday asap

Scara: Wtf-

quite frankly no, i cannot see how makoto and ei would ever have any need to create the puppet. the only reason the puppet was made was in an effort to eventually land in the raiden shogun, and the raiden shogun's purpose was to let ei sequester herself in euthymia to combat erosion. if makoto never dies, ei would never have any incentive to go hide there. given erosion is a weird topic in-game, i never brought it up in the fic, but the idea i always had was that it was imposed onto the people by celestia/the heavenly principles. so with celestia's turnover, there's no forced erosion, there's no war, and there's no dead makoto.

i also really don't think ei or makoto would have any interest in creating a bigger family? i can't speak for makoto since we barely know her, but ei has never struck me the type who is out on the market for found family situations – and if she were to ever end up in one, it wouldn't be in the caretaker role. plus ei and makoto get miko at some point anyway, so it's not like it's just the two of them. i imagine they'd be plenty busy watching over inazuma, and if my take on makoto makes sense, she'd see all of inazuma as her family, so why would she make a puppet?? it just does not make sense in my head. if you don't kill makoto, i genuinely cannot see how you'd justify creating a puppet, let alone a puppet that results in kunikuzushi. like that's another problem entirely. plus the whole family thing is entirely on kunikuzushi. like maybe i'm not adept enough in scara lore for this but i'm pretty sure the only one ascribing a family dynamic to this fiasco is him lmao

[ultimateplaylistmaker]

Good suggestion

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Here, I had misremembered where we put Celeste lol

Alright!

Okay first of all coward for not ranking Komeada but also I get it

Gundham is not inherently a sub, but he is dating a dom girlfriend who is infinitely more dom then him so i get the confusion but he could dom characters like hajime

Why the fuck did you rank sonosuke and juzo but not fucking jin, tell me if kirigiri's dad can Get It coward

You really made kaito and maki and shuichi all subs huh? if youre a sub and im a sub and SHE'S a sub then who's driving the ice cream truck?! Anyways Kaito's a top but hes like dumb dog about it

I think calling Miu a switch is a bit generous but this is very unfortunately backed up by a single statement by rantaro and her interactions with kiibo and I can't deny that

Endlessly curious how the fuck Himiko tops, like I love her, she fucks, but if anyone in this series is a pillow princess she seems like the obvious pick

Kaede as a switch is a bold move, i see it, but my girl "her scared face is so cute" is such a pure dom to me, same as Kirumi, scary lesbians those two

I also see Makoto as more switch leaning as less a switch and more "which ever my partner wants me to be" hes adaptable like that

Korekiyo def leans top but I do think if you're an interesting and skilled enough dom he'd be fascinated to see what you could do and happily sub

seriously its so funny you ranked characters like great gozu but you couldnt make yourself just put mikan in switch and move on

Leon fucking WISHES he was a dom, peg that man immediately

Kiibo can dom but he can only do it when hes frustrated enough

Junko has switch energies but i cannot elaborate on any of my thoughts on her of this manner without making my inbox 20x times worse and im not doing that

I think Ryota has enough justification to be in the sub category

I just noticed sub rantaro thats a REALLY bold fucking move when his entire vibes is him caretaking in his love hotel that man is such a soft dom

I appreciate switch kokichi, i am dom kokichi supremacy, but im just glad the fact he COULD dom is acknowledged because hes such a dom in his love hotel like cmon he was so in control of that scene and left shuichi so fucking weak in the knees but everyone just looks at him and goes "small twink is inherently bottom right?" and it kills me

[eggs-can-draw]

Hypothetical question that totally isn't at all related to the potential long term hospital stay discussed yesterday.

Makoto with a prosthetic leg

His left leg was amputated after a terrible accident that left it beyond recovery (even with his ultimate luck and hajime's ultimate doctor skills. Because let's be honest, Byakuya would drag him over from Jabberwock island and he probably made him stick around for Kyoko's hospital stay as well. The remnants were handsomely rewarded though for hajime's skills)

Makoto wakes up days later to find out that, not only has he lost a leg, but Byakuya has ordered enough of the best materials for him to switch prosthetics 3 times a day for a week and still have 7 unused prosthetics leftover.

Byakuya has also been in negotiations for the past 3 days to convince Hajime and kazuichi to make the prosthesis.

they're happy to make a main one and 1 or 2 spares out of gratitude for saving them, as well as do regular maintenance, however the negotiation is happening because they're not willing to make THAT MANY spares out of gratitude alone.

Byakuya is very willing to compensate them, they're just discussing how best to do that.

He's already agreed to finance any and all repairs and upgrades to the island. As well as a few other commitments. Kazuichi is fine with that much but Byakuya is insistent on compensating them more.

The problem is they're running out of ideas for ways Byakuya could compensate them more but he's insistent that what they're doing is worth more than what they've asked for and Makoto taught him to always pay people back equal to the service they've provided.

He's already funding the kids future schooling and regularly sending extra surprises in the rations as payment for Hajime saving Kyoko. (He also offered way more back then as well but Hajime refused)

Not much more to offer aside from just straight up cash which isn't even useful to them on an island where everything is shared.

Eventually he just decided to buy Jabberwock island, hire them all as caretakers/security of the island (so, instead of just living there rent free, they're actually being paid to live there) and just puts them all on near permanent paid vacation (so they can still leave the island whenever without asking permission) the only days They're officially working are the days Kyoko, Byakuya and Makoto visit the island every year (even then it's only for paperwork reasons and they don't really have any work requirements aside from 'don't destroy the place)

Their salary is regularly paid into a joint account for them to use when visiting the mainland.

Byakuya's purchase of the island also helps to prevent someone else from stealing it and trying to evict the remnants.

Hajime's name is also on the ownership documents of the island as a co-owner

The entire deal was signed and in writing so the Togami corp executives couldn't try anything funny

THE FIRST/j I've been thinking about the inciting incident for Leg Amputation and I have a little thought a little brain baby if you will. Naegi is in some pretty dangerous rubble trying to help some people evacuate their little survival group thing after a cave in between two fallen buildings. Something happens to cause the area he's in to start just. completely caving in and luckily he gets the people he was helping out, and right as a larger piece was gonna fall on them he pushed them out of the way and got his leg stuck. They went to get help but it was decided that the only way they could get him out without further endangering the people caved INSIDE was to amputate the leg and IMMEDIATELY send him to hq for treatment. He was lucky he made it to the FF hospital wing awake. also just AAAGH we love to see Togami go OVER OVER BOARD with taking care of the prosthesis, it's his love language (the secret universal love language, worry) Also also also the jabberwock gang being paid to live in their home is fucking hilarious to me. I could see the FF taking possession of the island after secretly protecting the remnants (As a way of making sure they can keep just about everything about it UNDER WRAPS) but I could definitely see Togami fighting to get Hajime atleast aprtial ownership of the island (would have given it to all of them if he could but Hajime is the Group Elected Leader)

[caffernnn]

I've been binge reading fics a lot lately and I find it funny that it is rin who almost always thinks that "an evil makoto is threat to humanity" like it appears in at least 5 separate fics that I've read where rin ponders that the world would be in danger had makoto been a bad person- or something like that- because of his charm alone and his ability to unconsciously make people bend to his requests, and it's good to see where despite makoto's insecurity about how he'll never be good as rin, rin acknowledges makoto's "power" that he is unaware he possesses and his authority that he never puts to practice but is absolute when makoto needs or wants; i mean rin caved in to a smiling makoto in a drama cd and they were just dealing with CATS!!!

Talking about the possibility of an evil Makoto is always interesting because he uses so many of his skills already to make people trust him that purposefully using those for chaos could be messy. We’ve briefly talked about Makoto as a powerhouse and a villain before, and I can agree with the take that he could be manipulative and devastating in the wake of getting what he wants; we’re lucky that most of the time, the things he wants are positive, or he prioritizes peace/people over those other desires. I’ve noticed that trend in a few fics too, where Rin makes note of how scary-good Makoto can be at persuading and convincing others to do things. I think that comes from an important part of Rin and Makoto’s friendship in canon that gets overlooked: he recognizes Makoto as someone with so much potential for individual greatness. His friends and other people around him express gratitude and have faith in him, sure, but a lot of the compliments he gets relate back to how good he is at helping others (being a good brother, a good friend, a good leader, a good teacher, etc.). Besides Haru’s whole “Makoto is Makoto” speech and that phone call with Goro from DttF (need to rewatch it, but the one where he talks about being proud of Makoto), Makoto isn’t specifically recognized as somebody powerful until Rin talks about Makoto needing to consider scouts looking at him in ES. Even after Makoto has started letting go of any hopes of swimming competitively beyond high school and is looking more and more into a dream built around supporting others, Rin steps in to say that Makoto could be a contender in that world, if it was something he wanted.

This might be something to talk about in a separate post, but Makoto’s insecurities and jealousies regarding Rin get interpreted into fics in… somewhat weird ways?? Like I get how it was so vaguely referenced in the show that it became a detail for people to latch onto in Makoto-related ship fics (I see it in older makoharu fics a lot, but I’m sure it’s in soumako or makorin fics as well). It’s a fine interpretation to use in stories, the idea that Makoto is envious of Rin’s importance/position in someone’s life, but I personally don’t see that jealousy in canon as really having to do with Rin specifically. It feels removed from jealousy aimed at a specific individual, and more of this confusing feeling of “I wish I could have that self-assured nature, I wish I could have a clear direction to take, I wish I could have a path that aligned more with what my friends will end up doing… but that’s not in the cards for me right now and I need to make peace with that.” People who’ve taken steps towards majors or career paths that are supportive in nature (teachers, social workers, caretakers, etc) can probably relate to that sort of internal struggle, where it’s not like you don’t want to have a dream that helps people, but the whole “those who can, do; those who can’t, teach” mindset grates at your self-esteem a little more than usual, and you wonder what it’d be like to take on a path that involves a little more personal glory.

Many thoughts, many thoughts. Makoto is a puppet master and it’s fun considering what he can do with such power.

[shuttershocky]

wait so just generally, what are your thoughts on the p4 cast?

I really like them. I appreciate P4's increased focus on bonding with them, and there's a lot of little details you don't get in 3 and 5 (like getting bond points with Yosuke when you help him recite in class)Specifics:Yosuke: He can be a creep but he's genuinely funny, and I do love that he cares so much for the town that he would chase a serial killer for it. I also like how he's the real leader of the Inaba team. Yu mostly acts like the big gun, backing him up and leading the charge in combat, but it's Yosuke who calls everyone in and gives directions, and appears like magic literally any and every time anyone needs help. Wish Junpei felt that close to Makoto Yuki.Chie: Galactic Punt is the funniest follow up skill. I also like her arc being her insecurity over her being average (and thus, "no good points") and how she determines maybe her being protective of Yukiko means what she wants to do is protect and care for the important people in her life. She's also got a great dynamic with Yosuke, when he's not being a creep.Yukiko: I can't say I relate to her brand of oblivious beauty, but she's very cute when she laughs over literally nothing. She's also the P4 cast member who summons her Persona by saying the incantation 'I am thou' like Yosuke does which is great. Her best scene is when she tries Rise's omelette and is KO'd on the spot; the karmic train for poisoning Yosuke having come for her. Kanji: Oh poor Kanji. Atlus were too cowardly to make you properly bisexual. How they handled his attraction to other men was... not great, but the character himself is peak Persona. He's a big, dumb, angry, musclebound brute with an amazing talent for crafts and a genuine desire to shed the bad boy image he puts up to hide his insecurities but is clueless on how. Yosuke and his gay panic needs to shut the hell up when he's around Kanji. Rise: She says senpai so often and with such enthusiasm she gives Mash a run for her money. I thought she'd be something of a pretty cheerleader type but no; she's the pretty, crafty, emotionally manipulative, dead inside cheerleader type that knows how to get exactly what she wants from people but doesn't know what exactly she wants from people. She's great. Sure wish her dungeon wasn't a strip club when she's like, 15 though; that's kinda fucked up. Even if you say the point of it was that it's fucked up, the way it was done was still kinda fucked up.Teddie: Fuck. Might be my least favorite mascot in Bearsona. I can bearly stand him. Fur real, he's just so beary annoying. Made me want to paws the game at several points. He grows on you though.Naoto Shirogane: Oh Atlus. Oh Atlus. Well that's a post for another time and something I suspect has already been done to death. That aside, Naoto's my favorite. A crossdressing, insensitive, and brilliant detective who learns to see people as people and not as puzxle boxes? Hell yes. Also, she goes to a fistfight with a gun, and both her shadow and persona fight FAST with her persona spitting out instant kills with every move. It's a great way to characterize how brutal and efficient she is when it comes to her work. Kanji's crush on her both before and after he finds out she's not a guy is cute. She was also able to keep up with the Inaba team's movements months before she got any supernatural powers. Holy shit.Yu Narukami: MY FAVORITE. I love how fucking funny his responses are and what he gets himself into. He's blunt, sometimes insensitive but kind, REALLY handy in a fight, and is go for just about anything no matter how stupid or idiotic. He's gotten sick eating things indiscriminately from the fridge from old food to Nanako's science project. He's great with kids and has a job as a daycare caretaker. He can be super enthusiastic about entering a crossdressing competition. He's also a fantastic big brother to Nanako. He's just the package deal (tm) of a character and it's great how much personality they packed into a character that doesn't talk. Nanako, honorary member of the Inaba Investigation team: Oh welcome home Big Bro!

[popsicle-writing]

Doki Doki Pretty Cure: Robots in Disguise Chapter 5

Chapter 5: The Trouble in Oogai Town! We're Counting on You, Bumblebee!

-Location: Oogai Town, Yotsuba's Mansion-

The scene shows the monitor locating a stasis pod around Oogai Town.

"Now, this map shows where we've found stasis pods so far." Bumblebee pointed out.

"Hey, if you draw a line between the pod vocations-ovations-locations, it looks kinda like Megatron." Fixit grinned. "Here's that thing on his nose. Here's the-" the caretaker Mini-Con immediately stopped when Bumblebee gave him a weird look.

"The point is now we have an idea of where to search for more pods. The more pods we find, the better way to find the fugitives nearby to be recapture." as Bumblebee continue to explain, Sideswipe stick his finger into his mouth and moving it toward Strongarm's audio receptor. "In this criteria alone, there probably-"

He got interrupted when he heard a smashing noise. He turned around and saw Strongarm pinned the red bot down.

"And that, funny bot, is what happens when someone sticks his finger in my audio receptor." the cadet glared at him with an anger tone in her voice.

"For a rulebook with arms, you fight dirty." Sideswipe hissed at her. But Strongarm pinned him down more.

Grimlock just clapped his hands in enjoyment. "Do it again, Strongarm! Do it again!"

"Guys, please." Bumblebee then tries to separate the two bots. "I'm just trying to get us organized."

The two bots ignored him and began to argue again.

"You got lucky." Sideswipe snapped. "I was about to make a move."

"My foot is about to move you right back to Cybertron!" Strongarm growled at him.

"Enough!" Poor Bumblebee, couldn't take it anymore.

The two bots huffed and walks away from each other. The green bot just laughed and walked away as well.

Fixit then rolls to him. "Um, should I reschedule over map presentations to tomorrow?"

The yellow bot sighed. "My team never gave Optimus this much trouble." he mumbled. He then look at the sky. "Or even Mana. In fact, she's a great leader and a friend."

"Really, what's the secret?" Fixit questioned him.

Bumblebee just shrugged. "I'm not sure. I guess I could try asking him." he then walked away.

Grimlock was searching for his human partner to see what they're up to. He then heard some voices coming from the open window. He went over and saw the girls were watching some news.

"Whatcha watching?" he asked.

"Oh, Grim! We're just watching some news." Alice replied.

In the screen, he saw the girls in their Cures form were fighting and dodging some random Decepticon's attack.

"Hey! It's those time where we tried to capture that Buzzclaw!" he pointed out.

Mana nodded. "That's right."

The screen shows again of Sword giving a kick on the Con and making the blast to the stand of the billboard. The billboard was about to collapse as the crowds run away in fear. Suddenly, one of the child tripped and fall down as the billboard was about to fall on him but Rosetta arrived just in time and created Rosetta Reflection to block it. Heart then grabbed the child to safety. The child later got reunited with his parents.

The other crowds were happy to see Heart. "Pretty Cure!" some of them cheered.

"Thank you, Pretty Cure! You're the best!" a child praised her.

She smiled. "You're welcome. Always happy to help." she winked.

Grimlock just eyed on the screen. "Wow! You girls are pretty popular!" his words earning the giggled from the girls. Ever since the girls has revealed themselves as Pretty Cure to the public, they are no longer need to hide their secret identities. But the Autobots on the hand...

The reporter then ask Heart. "Why do you and your teammates love helping people so much, Cure Heart?"

Heart replied. "That's what Pretty Cure and leader do." she winks. Mana just giggled at her Cure self.

"That's impressive." Grimlock added. "Bumblebee, on the other hand, have problem to lead Strongarm and Sideswipe."

Mana frowned at that. "Must be hard for him."

"He must be stressful from all those two keep fighting." Alice pointed out.

"Sideswipe still hasn't change ever since we fight Steeljaw." Rikka sighed.

"Well, Strongarm can be a little strict to him." Makoto added with her friend sighing again.

"Well, I'm sure Bumblebee will find a way to keep those two organize." Mana reassured.

Suddenly, they heard a loud crashing sound. They rushed to see what the sound is. A bunch of scattered old paint can on the ground while Bumblebee just groaned in pain.

"Bumblebee, are you okay?" the girl asked him.

"Yeah...I'm fine." he replies back. Grimlock offered his hand to him to help him stand up and so he did.

"What were you doing-sharu?" the pink fairy questioned.

Bumblebee sighed. "You know when Optimus told us to stop doing something we stopped?"

The girls just look at each other and shrugged but Mana replies. "Yeah?"

"Because Optimus had this great commanding voice. It was like...ahem. Strongarm." he tries to imitate his mentor's voice. "Sideswipe. Grimlock. Pretty Cure. There is no time for this foolishness. We have a galaxy relying on us and a mission to complete."

There was an awkward silent for a bit until the bots tries to hold their laughter but failed miserably and burst them out. Bumblebee just sighed.

"Now, now. There's no reason to laugh at him." Mana told them. "He's trying his best as a leader."

"Oh. I'm so sorry, Mana, sir, but..." the cadet tries to spoke up between the laugh.

"That was the worst Starscream's imitation ever." the red bot pointed out, still laughing.

Bumblebee raised an eyebrow. "Starscream?" How is that Starscream's bad imitation?

Sideswipe wiped his tears away. "Oh yes. It was. It was terrible!" he just kept on laughing. The girls just sighed. Mana then saw Bumblebee was upset. She knew she had enough.

"You guys are so rude and selfish!" the girl's face turned serious and began to stomped away.

"Mana, wait-sharu!" Sharuru went after her.

They just stared at her in shocked even for Bumblebee as she storm away. The yellow bot never seen her so angry before.

"What did we do?" Grimlock was getting confused. Bumblebee sighed. "I'll go talk to her."

Bumblebee keep on walking to search for her and then saw her just sitting on the couch with a sad expression on her face.

"Hey, Mana." he called out. The girl looked up and saw her Autobot guardian. "Are you alright? You seem upset after you just..you know yelled at my  teammates. I never see you get so upset before."

Mana sighed. "I'm fine, Bumblebee. It's just they laughed at you when you try your best to become a leader."

"Heh, no big deal really." he casually replies.

"But...I care for your feeling." she stated and looking at the ground. "Even I get laughed once."

Bumblebee looked at her. "You have...?" receiving a nod from her.

"Though...I don't want to talk about it..." she sounded so depressed about the memory.

Her Autobot guardian stayed quiet. He doesn't want to ask her any further. He just sighed. "A-alright then..."

They both went silent, not saying anything when suddenly...

"Breaking news!" the reporter spoke up on the screen, grabbing the two's attention. "The hikers has found an usual object in the woods."

The two gasped when they saw something very familiar on the screen. Immediately, Bumblebee com-link the others. "This is Bumblebee, I need all of you to gather up at the living room now."

Later, they all gathered up in the living room and started to watch some news.

"This afternoon, this unidentified object has been sent to the Oogai Town History Museum." the reporter announced. "The scientists has done so many researched about it but nothing is avail. So, what is this mysterious object and where did it come from?"

When the news has ended, Sideswipe scoffed. "Why is everyone so bumped? The humans found a stasis pod for us, so let's walk in there and get it."

"Sideswipe, you can't reveal yourself to the crowds, remember?" Rikka sighed.

The cadet nodded at the girl's statement. "She has a point there."

"Still, we need that stasis pod before the humans release what's in it." Bumblebee pointed out.

"So, what should we do-lance?" Lance questioned. Dabyi coughed, grabbing everyone's attention. With that, she transformed herself into a human form, D.B. "Oh yeah, I forgot about that-lance..."

"But how do we get that pod?" Makoto spoke up.

"Well, I can pretend to be some guidance tour for the girls once we're inside and we opened the back door for you all to get the pod." D.B. explained.

Bumblebee thought for a moment. "Sound reasonable. But first, we need find a tarp for Grimlock to cover the town." he and his team walked away.

"Alright, girls. We'll try our best to help Bumblebee and the Autobots to get the pod." Mana told her teammates. "But try not to get their cover blown." receiving a nod from them.

"We'll get that pod in no time." D.B. hollered.

-Location: Oogai Town History Museum-

When they have arrived at the museum, D.B. told the museum guidances that she is a tour guidance to the girls. The museum guidances then nodded in approval and let them enter. The girls looked at each other and began to followed D.B.

Behind the museum, Bumblebee and his team has arrived at the back door. Bumblebee and Sideswipe transformed into their robots mode.

"You're really gonna appreciate this Earth museum." Bumblebee told them. "Ah, I learned some fascinating stuffs when I was-"

He soon got interrupted by Grimlock, who came out from hiding under the tarp. "Finally, I think I smell like Fixit's trail grease."

He flung the tarp away which landed on Strongarm. She then transformed into her robot mode and start struggling to get this tarp off her.

"Somebody help me with this!" she cried. "Eww..."

Sideswipe then laughed. "Classic!" and he kept on laughing. Strongarm then trapped him inside the tarp as well as they both struggled to get this thing off.

Bumblebee sighed as he rolled his optics before went over them and lift up the tarp. "Really?"

They soon heard the back door is opened and saw the girls, waiting for them.

"Sorry for keeping you all waiting." Alice spoke up. She then rushed to the alarm switch and switched it on, creating an alarm sounds. The crowds who's in the building started to panic a bit and left the building. After the crowds has left, the girl signaling them to come in. "All clear."

They went inside and started to look for the fugitives. But the bots decided to wandered a bit. That's where they saw some statues of men riding some horses

"What are these statues of human being so happy about?" Grimlock asked.

"Well..." Mana began. "They're cowboys!"

Bumblebee nodded. "They are independent, carefree adventure seekers who transported groups of equines and bovine mammals across this continent western region before it was settled it. It was an exciting time!"

Alice looked up at him and smiled. "You sure know a lot."

Sideswipe then began to yawned. "This is getting boring. Let's go find a stasis pod." the three bots then began to walk away.

"Stop!" Bumblebee orders while imitating in Optimus' voice. They stopped their tracks. He then bent down and whispered to Mana in a normal voice. "Yeah, I think what I did wrong before. I was just doing Optimus' voice, not his body language."

"Bumblebee, I don't think..." she was cut off when Bumblebee walked up to his team.

"By dividing our search efforts..." he spoke up again with Optimus' voice...and his body language. "We will be more efficient..."

While Bumblebee doing the Optimus' gestures, the girls just blinked their eyes while Sharuru just facepalmed.

"Each of you shall choose a..." but right after that, his team just transformed and drive off. Well, that went well...

"There they go again-quel." Raquel sighed.

Bumblebee sighed as well and looked at the girls. "Come on, let's go find that stasis pod." he told them.

The girls nodded as Mana ordered them to split up and adviced them to be careful and they split up. Rikka with Raquel, were walking down the hallways, looking left and right for the stasis pod.

"There it is-quel!" Raquel pointed out.

The two turn on their left and a saw giant stasis pod. "Should we call the others-quel?"

"We should but we have to make sure if this pod contain any fugitive first." the girl told him. As they walked towards the pod, the lid of the pod suddenly burst open and almost hit Rikka and Raquel. After they recover, they saw a giant buffalo-like Decepticon staring down at them.

"What are you?" the Con asked the girl.

"Uh..." they both lost at words.

The fugitive then looked around. "What is this place? Last time I remember, my boss contrail me to smash the stabilizer out who cross him. Then, I woke up in the tiny box!" he let out a huge roar and went to smash his own stasis pod.

While distracted, Raquel then whispered to the girl. "Rikka, it's time to transform-quel."

The Con growled. "No one put Terrashock in a tiny box!" his vision then started to get blurry. "The world's are closing in. It's hard to breathe. I gotta get out. Gotta find contrail!" with that he charged at the wall, breaking it. And then he got slams himself into the wall. He then recover himself from the crash. "Ugh, which is the way out?"

"Well, you could stay here and we can get some help-"

"Rikka?" Sideswipe's voice called out. "Is that you?"

Terrashock then turned and glare at him. "Hey. Are you that bot that contrails that should be the wise up?"

Sideswipe flinched. "Uh...probably not...?"

"Of course you gonna say that! Who do you think I am stupid?" he exclaimed.

"Is that...a trick question...?" Sideswipe asked, a bit confused and scared.

"Sideswipe, run!" Rikka alerted him. But it was too late! Terrashock already rammed up to him and knock him into the wall. The Con then runs off. "Are you okay?!" she rushed towards him.

"I'm fine!" he replied.

"I am getting out of there and I'll smash anybot that gets in my way!" the con said.

"We won't let you do that!" Rikka told him.

"We'll see about that, midget!" with that, he runs off.

"Now, what do we do?" the girl questioned her Autobot guardian.

The red bot stands up. "We get in his way! Come on!" Sideswipe then transformed into his vehicle mode and let Rikka in and drove off where the others were. After they arrived at their team, Alice was the first one to spoke up.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"We saw a stasis pod and the fugitive has break out and runs off!" Rikka explained.

"He's a buffalo-quel!" Raquel pointed out.

"And big head with small brain." Sideswipe added.

Bumblebee then com-link Fixit. "Fixit, have you been hearing this? Can you give us an ID?"

"Yes, sir." Fixit replied. "From the description particularly the small brain part..." he then opened his Alchemor database to find some matching ID that Raquel and Sideswipe described. "It sounds like Terrashock. A Buffaloid considered the most brutal enforcer on Cybertron."

"That's what was in the pod?" Bumblebee sighed. "Great...once a Buffaloid gets moving it's nearly impossible to stop."

"Don't worry, Bumblebee. We'll get that Buffaloid before it does anything bad happen." Mana reassured him.

"And we'll find Terrashock back in the flash! Come on, Rikka!" the red bot then started walk away when...

"Team!" Bumblebee was doing that Optimus' voice. Again? "Listen to me. This is Bumblebee. Your team leader. If you find the fugitive, do not engage him. Instead, summon your teammates and bring the Decepticon to the museum's entrance grand hall where we can attack it together!"

"Right..." Sideswipe then transformed into his vehicle mode again and let Rikka in and drove off. Bumblebee then bent down to Mana again.

"See? I realized I wasn't adding the inspirational team stuff like Optimus would add so..." he chuckles.

Mana sighed. "Bumblebee, that's now how it works..."

"What are you talking about? Come on, let's get to the museum entrance." he then walked off with Mana sighing again and followed him.

Sword and Strongarm were walking around the museum when they heard a growl. They immediately hide behind the wall, and take a peek. At the other side, they saw the Decepticon fugitive, Terrashock, who was talking to an animatronic buffalo.

The Con was in rage. "Nobody stealing my job!" and he began to pound and smashing the animatronic buffalo.

"And we'll add a 1305 destruction of private property to your list of crimes." Strongarm then point her gun at him. "You're under arrest, Decepticon!"

She tries to shoot him but it got no effect. The Con started to get closer to her and she got lift at the air before landing on the ground.

"Strongarm!" Sword went to her guardian. She began to use her Holy Sword at him but still no effect and grabbed her left and flung her where Strongarm.

The cadet then notices her and quickly catches her in time. "Thanks."

They noticed that the Buffaloid is gone.

"Come on, we have to stop him!" Strongarm told her.

Meanwhile, Grimlock and Rosetta somehow got a track where Terrashock is. He was in the space convension area.

"I got this." the Dinobot then grabbed the Dinobot's attention. "Need some help?" he then charged at him as well the Con. The two headbutted each other but Grimlock got dizzy and got knocked out on the ground. Terrashock once again walk away.

"Grimlock!" Rosetta yelled in worry.

Sideswipe and Diamond also know where the Con is. He was in the illustration room where the screen's view of the lake is just a illusion.

"Now, it's our chance to get the bad guy!" Sideswipe then runs in.

"Sideswipe, wait!" Rikka tries to stop him.

However, Sideswipe managed to grab onto on his horn and began to ride on him. Terrashock struggled to get him off him.

Diamond rushed to help him. She used her Twinkle Diamond at the Con. But, the Con somehow dodge it and hit the floor instead, making the floor a bit slippery.

The Buffaloid lose his balance and slamming Sideswipe into the wall...again. But the wall has a button on so Sideswipe's head crashed on it. The view began to changed into a thunderstorm as the Con was in raging fear. With that, he run off through the wall.

Diamond then went to the red bot. "Sideswipe, you are so careless!"

"Ugh...whatever. Where did that Buffaloid go?!"

"He escaped-quel!" Sideswipe just sighed. "Scrap..."

Back with Bumblebee and Mana...

"Anyone see the rest of the team?" Bumblebee looked around.

"Maybe your team is just not into your whole communally like Optimus' plan, Bumblebee." Mana pointed out. She really wished Bumblebee would understand how leadership work.

He sighed. "I don't know what else I can-" he got interrupted by a grunt. They look and saw Terrashock. The Con stared but not at them but at the door.

"Finally." he spoke up.

Bumblebee then walked forward. "It's just me, then."

"Bumblebee, wait!"

The yellow bot then pulled out his gun. "End of the line, Decepticon!"

The Con growled and charged at him. He was about to collided with him but...

"Pretty Cure, Love Link!"

With a pink flashing light, Heart then use her leg to kick him in the stomach and making him blast to the door.

"He's getting away-sharu!" they saw him transform into vehicle mode and drove off. They then walked outside but the bot stopped! He got spotted by a ton of crowds.

"Scrap..." he mutters to himself.

"Um..." Heart began to spoke up. "It's alright. Me and my teammates were helping the museum with some new animatronics." she then gestures to Bumblebee to act like a robot. "Hey, what's the density of Mercury?"

Bumblebee understood what Heart said and began to act like one. "The density of mercury is...bzzz...error." he then just walked back inside.

"Sorry, we're still working out the bugs." Heart explained more.

"I didn't know Pretty Cure work in the museum." one of the crowds spoke out.

"That's what Pretty Cure do. Help others in need." she smiled. "I'll see you all tomorrow for the museum to re-opened." with that, Heart went back inside.

Once she went inside, she sighed in relieved.

"That's what a great plan-sharu!" Sharuru compliment her. Heart smiled. "Thank you, Sharuru."

Bumblebee then com-link the others. "Strongarm, Sideswipe, Grimlock, this is Bumblebee. The Con's loose in the city. I'm heading to the loading docks now. Bumblebee's out."

"We have to get there before the Con destroys the town-sharu." the fairy told her partner. Heart nods. "Bumblebee, let's-huh?"

She looks and saw her guardian just staring at the door, as he is talking to himself. "It's about my team...I'm not doing a very good job at leading them, Optimus. No matter how much I try to be like you..."

The girl just stared at him. "Bumblebee..."

The yellow bot then sighed and walked away. "He said that I'm not him. Maybe he's right. I'm not him but how can I lead my team without messing everything up?"

Heart smiled and went to him. "Bumblebee. You don't need to be like Optimus to lead them."

"I know that, Mana...but, you're the leader of your own teammates! You're good at leading them!" he sighed.

"You can't compare others' leadership, Bumblebee. Everyone has their own leadership."

"Then, what should I do to lead them?" he got a bit stressed.

"All you have to do is be yourself. Follow your heart...or rather your spark. If you do that, I'm sure you'll find the way to understand the meaning of leadership."

Bumblebee was shocked at Heart's word. He then looked the display of the cowboys where they just begun. The bot's optics widened. He finally understood the meaning of leadership!

He then looked back at Heart. "Come on, let's go outside."

Outside, Strongarm, Sideswipe, Grimlock and their human partners were lost when they got defeated by the Buffaloid.

"That thing has a really hard head." Grimlock spoke up.

They saw Bumblebee and Heart walked out from the building. "We're going after Terrashock. Together." the yellow bot told his team.

"Do you have a plan, sir?" the cadet asked him.

The bot stopped his tracks. "If no one's giving a Buffaloid orders, it feels lost and alone." Bumblebee began.

"But if someone steers the buffaloid..." Heart continued.

"The Buffaloid will go where you tell it to!" Diamond finished.

"Maybe even right into a stasis pod." Sword pointed out.

Rosetta smiled. "My, that's a brilliant plan." the bots just nodded in agreement.

"Even better than that. It'll be fun. Let's roll out!" he then looked down at Heart and smiled. Heart looked back at him and does the same.

They all transformed and let their partners in and drives away.

-Location: At the other side of Oogai Town road-

They made at the road and they saw Terrashock up above.

"But, sir! Our cover?" Strongarm asked her lieutenant.

"Forget that!" he spoke up. "We'll deal with that after we get Terrashock. Now, do what I do!" he then revved up and started to imitate the cowboy's sounds.

The others followed too. Bumblebee hit the Con, forcing him to transform into his Buffaloid form. The yellow vehicle keeps hitting him again until he runs to another side of the road.

Bumblebee followed him again. Though, Heart then had an idea. "Bumblebee, get me near to that Buffaloid! I have a plan."

Her guardian then spoke up in shock. "What?! What are you trying to do? It's too dangerous!"

"Don't worry. I've been a lot dangerous situation. That's what Pretty Cure do!" she told him.

Bumblebee paused for a bit until he drive near to the Buffaloid. She climbed out to the window and began to grabbed onto on the Con's head.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" he growled. "Get off!"

He struggled to get Heart off from him but the Cure won't let go. Heart then tried to brace herself and she even began to mimicks the cowboy's sounds. Her teammates saw her and began to cheer at her. The crowds who were walking at the side of the road saw her as well and cheered.

Sideswipe and Strongarm then ram into the Con while Grimlock use his tail to hit him in the back. Rosetta then saw the construction site ahead them.

"If he hits that scaffolding up ahead, that whole overpass might come down!" she alerted.

"We're too close. There's no time!" Strongarm added.

Heart then look at the yellow car. "Bumblebee!"

"I'm on it!" he then drives in front of the Buffaloid and opened both of his door before hitting the breaks, making the Con collided to it with Heart jumped off from him and he fall to another direction.

The Dinobot then jumps onto the Con. "Cannonball!" and landed on him, knocking him out cold.

Heart has landed safely on the ground. The crowds around him began to clapped and cheered. "That was amazing!" Heart smiled and waved at them.

"But their cover-lance!" Lance panicked.

"I got this." Rosetta then speak into Strongarm's speaker. "I hope you all love it. We were doing some car stunt for the upcoming festival. Don't forget to miss it!"

The team were satisfied after the capture of another fugitives. They soon drove their way to the mansion.

"So, what would the cowboys do after a successful mission?" Grimlock asked Bumblebee.

"Just what we're doing, Grimlock." Bumblebee began.

"Riding off into the sunset." Mana continued and that they both ended with "Together."

He then spoke to Mana. "Mana." grabbing her attention. "Thanks for the advice back there. Now, I know the meaning of leadership. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't able to lead my own team."

The girl smiled. "You don't need to thank me, Bumblebee. That's what Pretty Cure do. And friends."

"You're really inspiring, you know that?" the girl nods.

The team were drifting on the lone road with them cheering loudly as the sun began to set. It was indeed a successful day for them with Bumblebee knowing how to lead his team thanks to his human partner. Soon, they'll capture more fugitives in no time. Somehow.

END OF CHAPTER 5

[persianflaw]

okay, i did start dr2 last night. i opened at work yesterday so i was too sleepy to get past the prologue, lol. gonna post my initial character impressions here for funsies / to look back on and laugh at when i get further into the game. i don't want to look up the character names in case i find spoilers so i might get some of them wrong. sorry for the lack of cut, i'm on mobile

sonia: good. i like her design/art style and voice acting. i like that she's being played as actively interested in making friends with others even if she's totally disconnected from normal people in contrast to (original) byakuya's active disdain for non-richies

teru: i wanted to like him bc his design is cute and i find most of his characterization interesting, but then he ended up being the pervert character so byeeee

mikan: like her design aside from the hair. kind of neckbeard-baity with the extreme shyness and caretaker angle but i'm hoping she'll develop beyond that

hiyoko?: HATE her design with the big plastic looking pigtails and bright orange kimono. i also don't like l*li bait looking characters as a rule. but i did end up liking himeko, and the traditional dancer concept is really neat. plus the hidden vicious streak could hopefully develop into an interesting character type

ibuki: when i saw pics of her before i thought she looked kind of ott hot topic kid so i wasn't really interested. but i'm a really big fan of the energetic type so her design has grown on me as well.

mahiru?(photog girl): no real opinion yet. she looks the most like a normal student compared to hinata, which is kind of funny, but i have this suspicion that she'll be killed off in either the first or the second trial, and that her photographs will be evidence in trial 1.

kuzuryuu (yes i did look this one up): i thought he was a girl at first bc most of the guys don't have eyelashes, so i was a little disappointed right off the bat. i just played dr1 with mondo as the ultimate gang leader so i'm hoping he'll be able to distinguish himself from that.

owari: basically seems like hina 2.0 as the tanned, medium-length-brown-haired, big-chested athletic girl. but i liked hina so i'm not that bothered yet.

gundham: kind of dig him so far. love that his hardcore persona is directly integrated with his love for animals; it feels less cliche than "tough guy secretly likes animals and gets soft and mushy around them as a comedy trope". bored by his design tho, it doesn't really grab me

soda: love the eyeburner palette. haven't interacted much yet but so far he seems cool.

peko: LOVE her. love her design, love her voice acting, love the refined swordswoman concept. 10/10

chiaki: also a big fan. hopefully she won't be total dudebro gamer waifu fuel but i'm biased after seeing her group scenes with some of the drv3 girls in the drv3 post-game training mode.

nekomaru: totally boring design unfortunately, but i like his enthusiasm and that he's a team manager in contrast to some of our previous big muscle boys.

"byakuya": i've gathered that he is not the real byakuya from some of the material in drv3. i think that's a potentially interesting angle, but since i already know he's fake i'm not as interested. but who knows, i knew about genocide jack's identity going into 1 and there were still some cool things in that storyline

hinata: i like his instant suspicion and unwillingness to chill out, but other than that he feels very makoto 2.0 as well. especially his design, come on.

komaeda: the controversial figure. i had absolutely no idea what to expect - my impression of him is gleaned from the homophobic sunday meme, despairkomaeda, and those character slideshows from 2012-13. but as it turns out, he seems like a pretty nice dude so far! i'm guessing he's got some deep-seated trauma based on how popular he was as a kintype when the game came out. i actually don't think he's gonna be the secret bad guy or even just secretly villainous, his sincere fan content isn't like ouma's.

so far i'd say my favorites are peko, ibuki, owari, chiaki, komaeda, and sonia.