The not so lonely fox: Shizenko & Raakun Q&A

[Kitsune Shizenko]

I up for what ever questions you have. I know I didn't interact with many of you but if you have questions I probably have answers.

[Fukurokujin]

So, why this character?

[Kitsune Shizenko]

I wanted to play a Kitsune family/shugenja for a long time. I know that Shizenko wasn't a good fit for this game but I like a bit of a challenge. A nature freak that now will be ambassador for the arts teaching animals how to make art. Isn't it fun?

My other idea was a bit more complex and would have fitted better but I decided to go against it and play the challenging one.

[Doji Yoshino]

I was pleased to play with you. I'm glad the GMs let you run Raakun as a follower, as it was really cute and amusing. I've seen other GMs not allow that level of player agency, but you've shown that it can be very rewarding when that trust is put in place.

It was sort of fitting Yoshino couldn't catch a tanuki. Shame though, as she had animal handling from game start!

[Bayushi Choudai]

Shizenko is exactly the kind of character mine usually go for (a sweet-natured, quirky shugenja), but even if Choudai hadn't been completely dialed in on Hatsuki, there's the minor matter of him finding her a complete hippie weirdo I'm sorry that meant fewer scenes together.

1. What was your favorite presentation Shizenko made?
2. Did she surprise you in any way?
3. Will Raakun ever get his wish?

[Kitsune Shizenko]

I was pleased to play with you. I'm glad the GMs let you run Raakun as a follower, as it was really cute and amusing. I've seen other GMs not allow that level of player agency, but you've shown that it can be very rewarding when that trust is put in place.

It was sort of fitting Yoshino couldn't catch a tanuki. Shame though, as she had animal handling from game start!

I didn't ask the GMs but I knew they didn't mind because it would have been a weird NPC. Besides GMs have too much in their bag to be running a silly tanuki.

Shizenko is exactly the kind of character mine usually go for (a sweet-natured, quirky shugenja), but even if Choudai hadn't been completely dialed in on Hatsuki, there's the minor matter of him finding her a complete hippie weirdo I'm sorry that meant fewer scenes together.

1. What was your favorite presentation Shizenko made?
2. Did she surprise you in any way?
3. Will Raakun ever get his wish?

It is okay, I understand.
1. I think the Honor one is one and the Makoto as well. The honor one was in my mind for a long while but it was missing something and the foxes were a last minute addition. The Sincerity is also a favorite because it mixes something that was on her mind as a weird nature buff. She had mixed the power of flowers with origami.

2. In taryu jiai... I expected her to lose but a karmic strike was cool. Also, her drinking habit, I rarely play a drunk samurai but it was fun to let her free and drink her heart content.

3. I think he will but probably will have to keep searching for the silly leaf...that I think should be a 4 leaf clover.

[Horiuchi Sriyani]

Thanks for setting up the Taryu-jiai tournament, even if my unfamiliarity with the various forms out there created some last minute kerfluffle. The karmic strike was really appropriate. XD

The origami was definitely a challenging form to work with. What made you pick that vs something like Ikebana, with more obvious ties to nature?

[Kitsune Shizenko]

Thanks for setting up the Taryu-jiai tournament, even if my unfamiliarity with the various forms out there created some last minute kerfluffle. The karmic strike was really appropriate. XD

The origami was definitely a challenging form to work with. What made you pick that vs something like Ikebana, with more obvious ties to nature?

Thanks for participating in the weirdness of the Tairyu jiai.

As for origami, Shizenko rarely stays in one place for more than a few days or max week unless it is a forest. This competition is an exception. I thought of convenience of transport and the fact of imitating life. I thought of sculpting but found it a bit cliché then next thing that is sort of like sculpting and one can make cute animals would be origami. So yeah...even if difficult to see.

[Saibankan]

1. Did you have fun?
2. What thing from this game would you like to see in future games?
3. What thing from this game would you like to not see in future games?

[Kitsune Shizenko]

1. Yes, game kept me sane during this time of recovery.

2. Refined taryu jiai rules. More mini games.

3. This game met my expectations so I have not much to say not to see in the future.