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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:21 am
First you two since I'm almost complete with the panel. XD This needs a "As Shopkeepers Section". Cresolae(?): On The Two Assholes who are Always Dominating the Manga Discussion Oh. Them. The two assholes. One is rich; the other is poor. Those don't make them less of the kind-hearted assholes they are. Also, don't you think the manga discussion gets added by four or so pages instantly when these two appear? These dude are really (in)famous. Great job, reaper-san. :thumbsup: History. (read: novel) Funny as it may be, it's legitimate to call them sempai and kouhai. Technically, they are: Nicolae was here before Cresento. Nicolae appeared in the Rejected Olympics manga Heir to Darkness as Natasha's contact and best chances at convincing Don Kuro. The amethyst that he gave Natasha apparently was owned by Mama Kuro previously, and we can only assume that, with Nicolae's dialogue in Cabin Fever, he stole got it when he was younger and worked for the Don. This manga is not shy in revealing he's interested in both genders, and he's very much fond of bodily intimacy and money. He later went to appear in the zOMG prequel manga strips, Stranger Danger 1 and 2, and the official zOMG intro manga. In the first titles, Nicolae is seen attempting to shoo off a fortuneteller, but when she says he'll be rich in the future, he lets her be. When the four races engage in chaos, the fortuneteller is also seen running away from everything. As Ian calls out to the woman to stop, Nicolae trips her down. Nicolae pretends to have just been in the way, and here we see that for some reason, he's not that fond of the idea that he's seen as a good guy. He's next seen in the middle of Barton, attempting to sell an obviously real rose he calls, "Alrunurla's Rose", which is supposedly similar to Alruna's Rose. When Blaze comes and shows up with her zOMG rings, Nicolae bends the poor branch into "Alrunurla's Ring". Some people still believe him though. Ian can't believe how people are easily fooled. He later becomes a prominent figure in zOMG, from whom users buy their amps and exchange their loot with. Nicolae loads up his "goods" in his wagon, drawn by his horse Capella, a black and white draft who wears a helmet for some reason. They seem to be close pals, though at times it seems that Capella is a cranky equine. This business is called, Backalley Bargains. Nicolae also triggers the Gramster Goo quest, and this is where we first learn he's a scientist an alchemist. This is probably how he makes the zOMG items too. He also reveals that, though gramsters weren't Animated, but more closely related to the grunnies. G-Corp chemical wastes? I dunno, but Nicolae's pretty sharp. Dude has depth.
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:23 am
Fast forward to April 2009. A huge, fancy airship descends upon Barton Town in zOMG. Below it is a regally-dressed dark-skinned, white-haired guy in a captain's hat, Captain Cresento. He sends users to a quest, or privilege, to ride his airship, the Bifrost, to some fictional islet in the sky... or not. He seems to be the luckiest, most privileged guy in town and he’s showing it off. Ugh.
Let's move later in the year. The Sentinel and the Overseer are stripped of their powers. Overseer becomes Hoboverseer, so Gino avoids him. As Josie helps him up, Overseer sees an airship above them... Cresento and the Bifrost. What's he there for? Showing off. He has an airship and we don't. b*****d. Airships become a thing during Frontier Skies in Summer 2010, though.
Anyway, Nicolae has some participation here, too. He sells Santa's fuel cheer engine to Overseer for the ex-god's necklace. What he did with that necklace, we've no idea. Who knows, he might use it later in the plot...
As Sen and Overseer build their airtubship, Gaians quickly help them fuel the engine to 75%... and vote for Cresento to crash on the poor excuse of an airship. He does so, and says that he hopes they have insurance, as his own was scratched by theirs... b*****d.
These two assholes are left out of the scene for a while... until the current "Gino becomes a man" saga. Cresento is hired by Don Kuro to kill Gino, just to piss off Zhivago. The captain then hires Nicolae to help him with the job, and here we see that these two can fight and fend off for themselves. We also see both of them having their own way of "playing" with words; Nicolae, humorous, and Cresento, quite formal. The thief doesn't really want to do the job, but... money. Yup. A liar, indeed. What isn't a lie is that the two of them are jerks for wanting to stop Gino's journey permanently.
As the manga progresses, so do their relationship. Nicolae always does stuff to annoy Cresento, probably out of boredom. This thief is also a drunkard and a liar. The captain, meanwhile, tries to act tough and tries to ignore him. This can be seen as a personality shift for Cresento, who's a smug b*****d towards the commoners. Maybe he saw something in Nicolae...? What that something is, I don't know, though for the meantime, let's say it was that, this crook outwits the captain. I mean, his excuses actually kept Cresento from suspecting anything. Dude saved Gino and Meili, then pretended to have nothing to do with it, and Cresento knew nothing about that. Even so, the captain seems to regret hiring the crook.
Cresento's hat becomes ruined, perhaps during their stay at Dref Dur... though if you ask me, stuff are just all over the timeline place. He pays a visit to Brennivin, whom he commissioned for his clothes, to have it repaired. Unfortunately, Nicolae is with the cap and he "loses his mind" over the price tags. Cresento tries to negotiate. Take note Brenni calls the conman a "shifty fingers". Also, he calls the two of them, "troll friendboys". What he means by that, other than how he potentially sees the two assholes as a couple, I still don't know.
Brenni loses his mind too, when Nicolae gets free from his ropes and attempts to grab the clothes he had presumably grabbed off the racks, previously. The magician-tailor teleports them outside of Dernier*Cri, which makes them fall down to a forest, and crashes the Bifrost as well (though it can be argued Radio Jack did this, given from the vandalism on the deck). Cresento is not happy about the situation, though I'm surprised he didn't blow it off at Nicolae.
Nicolae attempts to make up to him, though, through formally introducing alchemy. It's his second... third thing. Cresento seems amused by alchemy.
When they get the Bifrost running, they fly to some city and Cresento gets some alchemy supplies. Nicolae loves it. He goes to draw a bigger circle (dude can draw circles better than mathematicians), and says that even Cresento has to take part in the "ritual" because it's bigger. Nicolae 'can't make the element connections' by himself... does that mean, to stabilize the magic science?
They sorta fail at this one, though. The recipe explodes, and Nicolae explains this doesn't usually happen. Cresento is next seen brushing his hair, with Nicolae's thought bubble being 'not to ordinary people, at least'. Perhaps this is the first time Nicolae gets a glimpse of Cresento's ear??
Nicolae successfully convinces Cresento to run an alchemy shop in his ship, to get back at Brenni. They're still gonna be on the mission, though, and this is just a side-job... an additional one to Nicolae's wagon downstairs, that is. Whatever Nicolae is actually planning, I've no idea. I still can't connect his cross fingers at the end with anything, other than him grabbing his chance to get closer to the cap.
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:24 am
It's not really clear when Lex's takeover of the Backalley Bargains happened, either, but I'd assume it happened while they were still docked at Dref Dur. Nicolae chills at a bar there with the Dref Dur Devils' Boss Mikhail (yeah the bear guy over there), when he receives an e-mail(?!) from Lex: Gold Mountain Casino at Isle of Gambino took his business (and his wagon and his horse) as compensation for his 40mil-debt. Nicolae's upset because that's not even that much these days (or maybe it had interest?), and that's his house... then he gets an idea. He'll just stay at the Bifrost. Free rent. Free food. Money, money, money (look at those eyes closely). Cresento, until today, has no idea of this, though he has the premonition something bad is happening. (Is it all bad, though?)
Wonders is how Nicolae's not upset he lost his horse. Anyway.
I don't know when Cabin Fever takes place, though I can say it took place before the two were captured by Edmund.
This is their most intimate canon appearance on Gaia so far. They're on drinking terms at this point, and as they drink, Nicolae proposes a game, truth or dare. Cresento doesn't want to play it because he finds it childish and stupid, but Nicolae picks truth without the captain asking anyway. Dude seems to want to share about his life and he doesn't know where to start. Out of annoyance, Cresento asks the thief about how someone like him becomes a (in)famous underground personality.
It turns out other people made Nicolae's reputation. He does swindle and dupe people out of negotiations, but he only learned that out of the necessity of fighting for provisions with his many cousins. The poor guy's an orphan, and because of his situation at home, he got out ASAP. As a teen, he was joining gigs in operations, like with the Don, with Vladimir, etc., until he decided it was better on his own. He had some adventure of his own, doing jobs, staying out of sight... then he went back to central Gaia (which part of the Gaia map is this, Barton?), 10 years later. That's when he learned he had no reputation, with his name attached to all sorts of stuff, and he just went with it, though he hasn't been caught.
Cresento's surprised, though a little doubtful of it, but if we take Nicolae's "nothing gets out of this room" statement, it could be the truth. Nicolae also implies that he's too drunk to lie... or is he?
Now it's Cresento's turn, but he's not saying anything about his past. Nicolae isn't really that interested; he's more curious about the guy's ears, which he thinks is cute because you know, it's pointy like an elf ear but its size was smaller like that of a human's. Weirdo, but sharp. Nicolae goes on to explain that Cresento is an elf related to the Kuros, though not that directly. Cresento brushes him off, so Nicolae makes him do a dare instead, which was to let the thief touch the elf ear.
Cresento objected at first, but perhaps it's because he did ask a truth and got a response that he felt obligated to do the dare. Besides, he expected that it wasn't that creative... it was an intimate gesture you don't see everyday but with playful lovebirds, though (from my personal observations). He brushes his hair away, exposes his left ear, and turns that side of his head to Nicolae. Nicolae's amused. He draws near; reaches his hand to the ear and plays with it a little. Cresento turns, Nicolae draws even nearer, and they look like they're gonna share a sparks moment... but the cap notices his companion is not that drunk, which the thief admits. A little too much in the moment made him slip, maybe?
Anyway, Cresento kicks him out of the room, because it's just manipulation. Nicolae seems happy though, and skips away. Cresento is surprised, blushing and holding his ear as if he was just kissed. They seem to hold on to their agreement that nothing is supposed to get out of the room as we don't see them discussing it or thinking about it.
While they're being funny, on Gino's side, things get serious. Cresento tracks them down when Edmund sends a message to Logan through radio channels. The GOSH crew lands their airship for the night, as it received damage from the encounter with Hephaes, and Ladyhands wants to repair it so their trip will be smoother. Overseer stands watch as the mechanic does his job and Sen, Edmund, and Gino are asleep, but is also sent sleeping when Cresento shoots him with a tranquilizer blowgun.
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:26 am
As they get closer to their goal, it becomes more evident that neither the captain nor the thief is fine with what they're doing. Gino wakes up, possibly to get to the bathroom, but he freezes upon seeing the two trespassing their ship, and even more, getting alarmed, when Cresento points the gun. Cresento orders Nicolae to finish the job, but he declines. Their hesitation buys Gino some time to clear his mind, get Ginobroombucket, and knock Cresento down. Cresento accidentally fires a shot to the ceiling, which wakes Edmund up and alerts Ladyhands. Edmund handles Nicolae and says that he may be a bad guy but he's not a murderer, while Ladyhands works on how to prevent the two from doing anything funny.
Edmund interviews the two of them. He gets nothing useful from Nicolae, and Cresento is prepared for the questions.
Edmund finds use for Cresento - oji-san fakes Gino's death to "buy them some time", hopefully. He tells Cresento to give the "evidence" to the Kuros, alone. The captain reveals he was born mixed with them. Nicolae is left with the GOSH crew, as Edmund explains he might slip it up. When oji-san mentions how the thief will go to jail and Cresento get a worse punishment, Nicolae looks worried. He's still trying to get free, though.
Fast forward to Cresento's presentation of evidence. He looks calm and composed. He's let in the Kuro compound and led around by Franco, who presents him to Cordell first, before Luca. Cresento is then led to the Don, who looks nastier and worse, and shows his "evidence". His speech seems flawless. Asked of Nicolae, Cresento seems to hesitate at first and gives an equally worried expression, but quickly lies about him.
Cresento hurries to his ship, but he is not fast enough. Luca and Nyx merge, and appear to the half-elf, before the captain could get away. Luca, speaking through the merge corners him into obeying his orders, by revealing that he saw through the deception and that he's the reason why Cresento could live this life. He provided work for Cresento's grandfather, and he let them be, though he could've been as jealous and furious as hell because Cresento's line had not been seized by their clan's curse. Add to the fact that Cresento was half-elf, with a human mother who is still alive, so he really is spared from the curse. Threatened with his mother's life, Cresento succumbs to Knyx's orders to get them to Durem. Franco's still tagging along, because Luca.
As they fly to Durem, the GOSH crew crashes their ship into the Bifrost to stop it. Gino could've felt Nyx in there, so Edmund ordered Ladyhands to do it. Cresento is the first to rush out, and sees everyone on the deck. Nicolae is just hanging on to the other side of the ship, watching. Nyx doesn't care much, though, and he's actually amused. As the Bifrost is already on track to Durem, he sees no need for companions anymore. He seizes up Cresento first, but throws Franco off first. Nyx holds the half elf above, and lets him fall.
Nicolae is sorta fast to act, though. He grabs some rope, ties it around himself, and jumps to save his partner. They're both relieved... but not for long. Edmund reveals Nicolae didn't tie other end of the rope to anything. Oops. Nicolae gives a sheepish grin, while Cresento is astonished. Good thing Edmund grabbed onto the rope before the two went down fully.
They're helped up by Edmund, Marius, and Gino, but Nyx shoots their ship down anyway. As the ship goes down, Ladyhands tells everyone to hold onto something. Nicolae holds onto the ship; Cresento holds onto Nicolae. It's a miracle the thief didn't choke being grabbed by the neck. Or maybe it was just one arm.
They survive the fall. Cresento looks like he's shaken from that. Nicolae is looking for his cap, which he finds. He winks at Cresento upon doing so; the captain seems to not get it, or exasperated that that's the first thing he's worried about. Nicolae pokes around as the GOSH crew helps themselves up. He finds Gambino's letter to his son, which he gives because they helped him (or so he says).
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:27 am
The two become witness to Gino's transformation. Along with Sen, Nicolae finds that cool. The GOSH crew heads to Durem, while Cresento runs off the other direction. Nicolae follows.
Cresento admits to Nicolae that he's been scared of Kuro since his childhood. Nicolae calms him down, and attempts to get him to fight against Knyx, too, since, man, I know we run away when we know we can't handle s**t but this s**t is more serious than ever before! Cresento may have been convinced, but he says that it's possible that they'll die. Nicolae affirms the fact.
Whatever happened between that page and the next page they're in, the half elf has been convinced. He does practice martial arts as seen in his Valentines card, but his choice of sport doesn't really help him keep up with Nicolae, who's used to running away from the cops and his scammed displeased customers. They see a unicorn silhouette, but it turns out it's just Brenni and his magical unicorn broom. Brenni doesn't seem as angry as he had been before, calling them shady hands boyfriends and halfwits. Nicolae tells him to give them a ride to Durem, as they tell the story.
They arrive in Durem (all three of them on the broomicorn) after Cordell did. Cresento provides proof that Cordell's side can be trusted. Louie doesn't believe him and calls them (I assume the dark elves) criminals.
Whatever they're up to now will be updated as the manga updates I'm so sorry minghi and Gentlemanly I really am
As Shopkeepers (and Alchemists)
On (date), a new feature was released, complete with some manga strips providing its backstory: Alchemy.
Going back to the side story, Cresento opens up an alchemy shop in his airship. From what he says in the announcements, it seems that the cap is the one seriously working in the Bifrost, while Nicolae seems to be slacking off... or maybe he goes to help the elf sometimes because he's the original master alchemist, yanno. Alchemy seems to have been supposed to be Nicolae's way of changing zOMG recipes and loot into those nifty items, too.
We were also given bits of information through the dialogues, such as Cresento liking opera, Cresento not wanting to interact too much with others (except I guess when they're asking about the Bifrost and he's showing off), Nicolae revealing that he may as well be the only friend Cresento has and vice-versa (okay I know he didn't say that part directly, but the 'too'...), [will be updated when i find the original dialogues but yeah Nicu still cares for his horse and he tells you to give a package to his horse WAIT DON'T TELL ME CAPELLA HAS SOME SHOPKEEPING SKILLZ].
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:30 am
Other Facts and Trivia.
Nicolae's "official" nickname is Nicu. Nico, Nic, and (Baby) Niccy work too, but Nicu's on his zOMG profile, said to be used by his friends.
Nicolae calls his grandfather, "grandpapa".
Nicolae's gramps and great-gramps do alchemy s**t too. I guess he didn't mention his dad because he doesn't know much about him.
Nicolae, if pressured, smokes. If not, he goes back to chomping on a weed reed straw.
Nicolae cooks. He seems to be more of a meat lover though.
Nicolae's been featured in the RIG, Peyo's Fables. He's supposed to be Ali Baba there... how fitting. Hr also appeared in Old Pete’s Carol, (???? plz confirm thisss), and Lost Chapter (????? please confirm!!!) as "Nic Finn".
Nicolae is in one of the achievements, along with Moira. You'd have to be a shopkeeper's apprentice to earn that, though.
During the 10th (?????) Gaiaversary, he appeared in one of the blablabla images, along with Natasha.
Cresento's name is spelled like that. No C. It's from "crisanto" which apparently means "gold flower". How appropriate.
Cresento keeps his ears hidden all the time, that until the development in the manga, no one suspected anything. Even his un-updated profile in the zOMG wikia lists him as a human.
Cresento is referred to as a kitten "deep down". I think he's more like a cat. Kittens can't be exactly assholes; they're still learning to be like one.
The gold embroidery on Cresento's bolero, tights, and boots change often. Different outfit every time? Maybe. But still man, this is confusing.
Cresento seems to like using the dragon motif, even behind his store counter.
Cresento can greet people nicely. He's a bit tsun at it, though.
Cresento continues to deny all allegations of him being with Nicolae.
They've been featured at Valentines 2012 (?). Nicolae appears with his shirt open, in Cresento's bathroom, wearing Cresento's underwear. Cresento's not all that pleased to see that. Their respective toothbrushes rest in a mug, BTW. Cresento's card is of him doing his martial arts, with his hands wrapped in bandages.
They've been featured in the Ships Happen CI, where four images of them are featured: a shirtless Nicolae seducing Cresento, who's holding onto some money and has his bolero open; the two of them exchanging clothes and caps; Nicolae kissing an annoyed Cresento on the cheek; and the two of them lying down; Nicolae in his sleeveless shirt resting his head on Cresento's shoulder with his empty beer cans displayed around him; a shirtless Cresento just staring into nothing, eyes half-opened. The Dropplr post was 'made' by the artist who created them, reapersun, and had a caption of "my favorite criminals" with a "#im fired" tag. Also, this post has a total of 4592 notes. Hmm...
They've cosplayed during Halloween too, but the most prominent has to be Halloween 2014, where they went as Spock the Vulcan and Captain James T. Kirk from Star Trek.
They both run the Bifrost. Though Cresento mainly operates it.
Their shop dialogues, and minghi's. That is all.
They seem to be pretty active during some last few events.
They seem to have been jokingly referred to as "Nickle-eye" and "Croissanto" among reaper and co, at one point in time.
Both of them have alternate costumes clothes costumes. But Nicolae's look expensive... did Cresento buy that for him? (Or... had a tailor fit that?)
Discussion.
gaia_spoons Do you ship them? If so, when did you start doing so?
gaia_spoons Has Nicolae's presence in Cresento's life upgrade or downgrade our captain's character? How about the reverse; Cresento's presence with regards to this crook? Why or why not?
gaia_spoons What happened between those the two separate pages of Nicolae and Cresento's appearances in Dark Moon?
gaia_spoons Do you think they overshadow other ships? How about NPCs? Why or why not?
gaia_spoons While they were going around, on the mission, where did Nicolae put his wagon and Capella and how did he handle Backalley Bargains?
gaia_spoons What martial arts does Cresento most likely practice?
gaia_spoons Does Cresento maintain his airship alone, or does he get some professional help?
gaia_spoons How on earth does Nicolae hide the fact he's already moved in the Bifrost?? I mean, doesn't Cresento notice the scent of Nicolae's cigs clinging onto his ship???
gaia_spoons At the end of the manga, and if they reach the end, what do you think their roles would be, in all contexts of 'roles'?
BONUS gaia_spoons How many puns and jokes were there? Can you name all the references I placed?
Bonus Discussion by AnneLaurant (a.k.a. stupid but still worth it to discuss theories).
gaia_spoons Did the fortuneteller in Stranger Danger really see Nicolae's future (with Cresento, I assume), or did she just do that to shoo him off?
gaia_spoons Nicolae's rings. Are they ZOMG rings, normal rings, or a mix of both?
:sponns: Exactly how rich is Cresento and family? Are they richer than Gambino is?! I mean, he's already paying Nicolae, but Nicolae's still stealing from him, and still he doesn't appear financially worried! Add to that, the money is just the Kuros' payment to them... so... exactly how rich are the Kuros?!!
gaia_spoons If alternate!Nicu is Father Nic, will alternate!Cres be a wannabe sky pirate his number one fan who apparently is shy and humble and doesn't want people's attention on him?
gaia_spoons Why does Nicolae appear to not be actively researching on the one... two... three true goals of alchemy? (a.k.a, gold, elixir of life, philosopher's stone) Wait; will both he and Cresento discover these together??? WAIT. Did Gambino use alchemy to get rich in just one day?!!!!
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:39 am
Contests go here. "As Shopkeepers" go before Other Facts and Trivia. Go discuss with each other or what, or tell me stuff. ;D
Also, because spoons:
>> Yeah. Ever since Gaia Alchemy. Or more like, I was suspicious ever since that incident.
>> I don't know, honestly. ._. I sorta like the smug, smirking cap character but I hate Cresento's smile (much to my horror his sprite, smiling is on the sign-up page, and Bad Guy Side Story has lots of images with his smile brrrrrr). As for Nicu, I guess we got to see his better, non-crook side much more.
>> Nicu said, "But I'll be here with you."
>> Yes. Yes, sorta. Read the title of this panel.
>> I don't know, though my analysis is telling me he left Capella to handle the store while he was entertaining the cap.
>> I've no idea. XD
>> ALONE ALONE ALONE. Or you know, he also asks Brenni to get Ladyhands' service...
>> Ask Gaia. Maybe she knows. Or the God/dess of Fate. wait do we even have one
>> Well... I'd like to see them travel around Gaia (the world) together.
Bonus discussion, I think you know the answers. XD
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Gentlemanly Swindler Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 12:42 pm
Holy s**t, I just got the notification for being quoted here today. That's like, two weeks later than you quoted me. I don't hang out in guilds often, is that a common problem?
Anyhow, shopkeeper help is going to be a little tricky for me because I was on hiatus since around the time Nic first popped up, so I missed his stint at his original shop. Minghs'd be the one to ask about that. As for contests, a design your own alchemy recipe and something with gambling? Card games would be too hard for forums, but dice games maybe? I don't know many easy games except stuff like chinchirorin/cee-lo and that'd take a staff member playing against. Hmm, I'd have to think more on that.
Everything else looks pretty tops though, wow! You put a ton of work into this and it looks great!
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:57 am
Gentlemanly Swindler Holy s**t, I just got the notification for being quoted here today. That's like, two weeks later than you quoted me. I don't hang out in guilds often, is that a common problem? Anyhow, shopkeeper help is going to be a little tricky for me because I was on hiatus since around the time Nic first popped up, so I missed his stint at his original shop. Minghs'd be the one to ask about that. As for contests, a design your own alchemy recipe and something with gambling? Card games would be too hard for forums, but dice games maybe? I don't know many easy games except stuff like chinchirorin/cee-lo and that'd take a staff member playing against. Hmm, I'd have to think more on that. Everything else looks pretty tops though, wow! You put a ton of work into this and it looks great! Yay~ I've no idea, but I guess I must've forgotten to message you. ;_; Interpreted that as you being busy. Also, I'm going back to school very, very soon. Cres' posts as one of the zOMG team's mascots had hints to Nicu's dealings (a.k.a. Nicu selling some rings and the... zOMG companions, was it?). I think I'd want something involving the guests helping our alchemist duo discovering the big three of alchemy, p. stone, gold, and elixir of life. Not a create an alchemy formula contest, but rather, post their theories. I might also change the art contest from a throwback into a 'what if'. Somewhere along their history, something changes, and the participants must indicate which happening was that and what changed. For example, if Rosalie never went back for her sons (a.k.a. Ian ending up as the king of the vampires), if Peyo's father was there (a.k.a. no never-ending questions in Gaians' minds), if Timmy ended up a bishounen (a.k.a. would Rina/Kanoko have fell for him???), if Josie never chased after the thief who became her prince bf (sorry I can't remember his name at the moment), if Ambition never told Gaia anything (will he and Nyx still be bffs? would Gino, or even Johnny, exist?), etc.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 7:00 am
More info for adds and edits (you may be familiar with some of this) (yes it think cres' bossy attitude got downgraded and he went from that prideful b*****d to prideful tsun). nicu once endorsed the gold/item generators, coin flip/toss. not very surprising. nicu seems to have a rivalry with liam. nicu thinks his voice is swoon-worthy. nicu likes beef stew and chocolate cake. nicu decides that he's the better dancer (than cres). what kind of dancing. according to nicu, cres likes buying fancy clothes. and that the cap makes notable faces at all the happy couples. what faces. cres held the captain's cap design contest. for him, you gotta "strength, cunning, amazing ingenuity, courage, and--most importantly--a magnificent hat to inspire the loyalty of your crew". he also thinks the most important in commanding an airship is your cap. and he looks forward to "crushing a whole new generation of aspiring airship captains" cres was one of the 8 npcs to have their own category in Gaia's cosplay contest in the Cosplay forum. he thinks he's a handsome fellow which is quite true since he IS tall, dark, and handsome but then again who on gaia is not attractive except poor timmy. cres is sometimes used to announce zOMG updates. some of them have hilarious notes, like him being too young to die. [damn now I have a new fanfic idea] cres' marketplace store(!!!) has rules. *snickers* see for yourself, hun. cres has a thread where he tries to hear out the Gaians who have alchemy recipe ideas. cres really doesn't like socializing. he seems to hate valentine's in particular. cres has almost considered mingh as a real enemy. almost. cres thinks nicu "needs all the education on class that he can get". so they've read -- err, glanced at the paparazzi mag. nicu doesn't confirm anything; cres says they're tabloid lies. nicu tried to get cres to get him a sandwich. guess that didn't end well. nicu is cres' "witless acquaintance" in the alchemy business. he spouts boorishness in conversations, according to the cap. cres sold some backwings for gc they're the ones who 'discovered'/made the backwings that have two/three sizes in one item cres constantly reminds you to not bother him and go talk to nicolae instead the inizio wings formulae were introduced when nicolae complained to the cap. well, that was mostly the reason. cres is being kept up at night by nicu's "loud storytelling and various explosive props to go along". i wonder what nicu's been telling him.
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:27 am
Geebus! Eheyyyy.... Things are in the other thread, but this already gives you genereal info, and you can comment here to save me some effort and time of cleaning up!
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 4:11 pm
AnneLaurant Geebus! Eheyyyy.... Things are in the other thread, but this already gives you genereal info, and you can comment here to save me some effort and time of cleaning up! Hi! I am overwhelmed. LOL. I did enjoy reading through this thread though. What exactly is needed of me? :O I guess I'm kind of like Nicolae in the sense that I need things explained to me simply because I'm kind of slow. //sweats awkwardly
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:04 pm
Yamashta AnneLaurant Geebus! Eheyyyy.... Things are in the other thread, but this already gives you genereal info, and you can comment here to save me some effort and time of cleaning up! Hi! I am overwhelmed. LOL. I did enjoy reading through this thread though. What exactly is needed of me? :O I guess I'm kind of like Nicolae in the sense that I need things explained to me simply because I'm kind of slow. //sweats awkwardlyAhahahahaha! XD I just need some help with the graphics. Ya know, to style up the panel a bit, maybe have some banners so it doesn't look bare, and maybe a banner to link in our sigs or something...
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:25 pm
AnneLaurant Yamashta AnneLaurant Geebus! Eheyyyy.... Things are in the other thread, but this already gives you genereal info, and you can comment here to save me some effort and time of cleaning up! Hi! I am overwhelmed. LOL. I did enjoy reading through this thread though. What exactly is needed of me? :O I guess I'm kind of like Nicolae in the sense that I need things explained to me simply because I'm kind of slow. //sweats awkwardlyAhahahahaha! XD I just need some help with the graphics. Ya know, to style up the panel a bit, maybe have some banners so it doesn't look bare, and maybe a banner to link in our sigs or something... Alright. Do you have a H x W pixel dimension? ( ex: 500 wide, 100 tall, etc LOL ) Also if you have any ideas as to what should be going on/if you have font ideas/etc that'd be cool too. If you'd like, I can also make little decorative graphics of the two. I have no idea how to format things to 'shape' around text, but I could make sort of like... little icon things themed to each block of text ( ship, cresento's hat, capella, nicolae's hat, etc. )
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