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Wasn't sure if this was asked before, but can they return to civilian form once the reach their planet or is that unwise? I asked before if it was okay to do a week long solo one Maia's planet, so long as the rules are followed, but I wasn't sure if it was actually feasible for her to be Maia the whole time.



Also noticed Blue wasn't on the bribe list, so I thought I would ask about that since it was said civilians could be bribed too?

Akina: The templatists who were interested in being considered for bribes are the ones listed! You may only bribe for the ones listed in the Bribe Info thread. Blue wanted to sit this one out, but yes, you may submit bribes for civilians.



*Huggles staffers*

I asked Natsu about this, and I was told to please post this here as it was important to everyone!

I was wondering how much, if any, the eternal wingbows could be modified? Like, would it be acceptable if Eternal Rosalind's wingbow laid flat over her triple-layered skirts and acted as a sort of overskirt? (rather than piling the detail on to an increasingly intricate fuku, I thought it would be a very simple yet beautiful way to go about it)

Natsube: After thinking about this for a bit, we are sticking with vanilla buttbows for everyone. It makes differentiating different groups of senshi very very easy, and I want to keep it that way. As far as I know, Scylla is the only one that does not follow the buttwing rule, but she's the exception. You can have wing patterns on the skirt if you want it to blend in more though!

My question is about the template tester raffle from many moons ago. :V
That's where I won my senshi, and it was many moons that passed before I heard anything about getting her art, and I got a pm from another artist offering to stop the wait and alleviate Natsu's work load that they'd take over.
When I got the official powered art, it was on an existing template. Does this mean that her future art will be on existing templates? When the time comes for an upgrade, if Natsu isn't as busy as she was when I won in the raffle, can she do the future art?

Akina: Templated art will always be on templates. There aren't new templates created for every character -- or else they wouldn't be templates! There were more template tester winners selected than there were templates created so some got put on existing ones, and yes, your templated character will continue to grow on templates for her next two stages. The characters won through that raffle have been passed on to our wonderful colorist staff and will continue to be completed by them.

You may either choose to stick with the same artist who did your first stage, or elect for any other artist to pick it up (which we determine by a raffle of all interested artists in the staff forum) when it comes time for her to grow. The vast majority of our new characters will be done by the templatists since we have recently taken on a full staff of talented templatists to help lighten the load!

Just out of curiosity, what does energy stealing feels like? Does it varies by invidual (or situation) or is it somewhat similar feeling for everyone?

If it varies by situation.. When confronted the victim directly... Is it painful? Does it feel like strange, like something is not right?

Does it feel different than attempt of starseed stealing? If so, how?

Nessy: Energy stealing can feel differently depending on how the manner is performed. For the most part however it's rather subtle and you just start feeling more and more tired when it's performed by a member of the Negaverse. There might be some pain and discomfort if it's a clumsy youma removal of energy however! They lack finesse.

It is absolutely different from star seed stealing. This is a leeching of your energy which the body is used to from you performing actions throughout the day, the other is an unnatural removal of your life's core.

I've been told that senshi can upgrade when the moment feels right but is a guardian cat required to be there to upgrade a senshi? If so, could we just NPC a cat there? <3

Could we rp an upgrade without a guardian cat there?

Akina: Because we have so many senshi and only a couple cats, it would be difficult for there to be a cat in every awakening, simply due to OOC strain on the cat players. You do have to have a guardian cat 'unlock' the next power level in order to grow ICly, but the way that we typically handwave it is that a guardian cat must have done it before when the senshi did not realize.

So the awakening RP would be the first time that your character henshins since that hypothetical guardian cat encounter. "Oh, obviously, a passing cat realized my potential and did some voodoo without telling me!" That has been the explanation used in the past. If you are having a mid-RP evolution, then you can just say OH A GUARDIAN CAT MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND WEIRD I DIDN'T NOTICE THEM to get away with it. (I have done that with Ares twice now!)

Basically... a certain amount of BSing it is allowed, just for the sake of sanity.

I know there used to be something about this but I can't seem to find the information sooo:

What are the statistics on guardian cats, corrupt and not corrupt. Are they all stronger then your average every day cats? Do they have boosted agility/speed/strength/healing like their senshi and negaverse charges.

Nessy: They have the same boosts that any first-rank senshi or lieutenant would have. This is added to the fact that cats are already fantastic jumpers and fast so you can assume they move pretty fast and can do lots of neat things like that.

I 'believe' it was stated somewhere that good cats can shoot head beams while corrupt ones cannot. And that corrupt ones can have bigger/harder claws in cat and human form. Is this correct or misinformation on my part.

Nessy: Beams for everyone! One is light one is dark depending on your flavor of star seed. Senshi don't change from light to dark and neither do guardian cats.

And lastly, in battle would an experienced guardian cat be able to take on a low (starter level) enemy or are they just cats (and there for shouting things and upgrades)? And considering how the odds are stacked with the good having head lasers would the corrupt have any sort of extra defense (say.. if it's mauvian magic so their bodies are just better built to take it or something) of are they just SOL and potentially dead if they go up against a good kitty?

Nessy: Cats should not be able to take on a youma or anything (including corrupt kitty vs senshi) unless they fire that head-beam and then you should be prepared for your kitty to be very very weak. It's an emergency last-ditch resort thing and can also work as an SOS beacon because...it's really powerful. It would get quite a bit of attention to anyone sensing for energy.

Mauvians are just dual-form cats that are there to aid but only in a support role. They should not be battling unless absolutely necessary.

For a senshi/corrupted guardian cat, is it absolutely necessary that they be attached to a senshi? Or is it possible to have them wnader as a stray for a bit, before attaching themselves to one person? <3

Mouse: You are not required to be attached to any character at a guardian cat! It's an option for your character, not a requirement -- your cat can even stay a 'stray' forever if they like that more than having a companion.

Can I draw a picture/comic for a solo and have it count as 1000 words? cool

Nessy: Because this is a matter of policy we GM-types need to retreat to our secret base and discuss this in depth. Please expect a response in 8-10 business months.