Irfam when Akira refuses to surrender: "Ah man, seriously? Not going to go easy on the guy with a cane. Ah, whatever. Time to see if the bombs work!"

Akira going against the guy with a cannon literally in his shoulder capable of coming out in a moments notice to fire, tons of bombs on him, a gun with him, and a bulletproof/blastproof shield in both arms and on his back- And a power that blocks Akira's... Uh, yeah... Good luck, Akira.
Promachus and Kostas having to step in every single time because Akira's competitive and Irfam has such little care of his own wellbeing that he definitely wouldn't stop on his own.

Love the powers!

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Yeah, Kira would for sure die pretty quickly, lmao

Yet, they'd find a way to revive themselves just to do it over again XD

For sureee

Glad you like the powers, haha-

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That's honestly hilarious though, I love the friends of Akira. Garvin and Akira being the vagabonds they are and then Irfam and Akira being crazy together is going to be awesome

Lol, Akira manages to get into the most amusing friendships, yes. They are both a chaos enabler and a chill besties, after all, they can get along with just about anyone XD

Yep, probably so, haha-

Except for probably Revan and Aries, if I'm being honest.

Well, for sure Revan, probably.

Aries is iffy, since he's technically Khorne at this point and thus everything is complicated.

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I'm working on finishing up the duos for Gorōta and the gang sooo, you can expect those.

Who should I do next after Gorōta?

Yeah, that makes sense, lmao

Akira won't like Revan or Ingall much already, first because they're on the wealthier side, then because they'll become easily annoyed by them both, lol

They'll like Aries, probably, but I suppose how they actually act around him will just be based on Aries's reaction to them-

Meanwhile, Briar will immediately catch on to the dehuminzation stuff, especially since their time in the gang is very fresh in this timeline (debating them still being in it, actually-), and will attempt to help... Not that they'll be successful in the slightest, but, oh well, haha

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Ummm, let's do Revan's family :)

Haha, yeah... Revan is great. Mhm. Yep. Akira and Revan absolutely having the most heated arguments (plus Garvin) will be great. Totally won't cause complicated emotions for Revan.

Well, the dehumanization is insanely fresh for Khorne. Seeing as he's literally basically completely conditioned at this point in the timeline for him. Like, dude refers to himself as it constantly, has no qualms killing in the arena, easily follows every rule of the arena, and just basically is seen as what every trainer should strive to turn the fighter they train (the ones dehumanized as things, at least) into. So Khorne won't have much of an opinion on any of them, as things don't have opinions. Sooo, hard to say how those to will be.

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Alright then! Fun.

Do we want Monta, Katalyn, and Castor too?

Yes, so very fun. So many arguments, lol

Meanwhile, Nico will be constantly prying at Revan too, because apparently they're simply attracted to toxic :)

Though, to be fair, he'll end up prying at literally everyone that's more closed off, just because that obviously means they just need a good friend... Right?! XD

We love that angst for him, lol

Briar's internal monologue will depend on where in the timeline I start them at. If we say they're fresh out of the gang, they'll be alternating between referring to themselves as a thing/creature/it and their actual name and pronouns, and if we go with them still being in the gang (though probably leaving quickly after) then we'll get full creature/thing/it for at least the first few days.

They very much have trouble shifting back, but they do introduce themselves as "Briar," since it's kind of a rule in the gang that outsiders are not to be informed of the ranking system in any way. However, they'll avoid introducing with pronouns at all because transphodia is a big thing in the gang

Fun

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Sure! :D

Haha, we love that. Meanwhile Garvin will be constantly insulting Revan and trying to protect Nico from the toxic rich guy. Revan's nickname from Garvin is now Rollin. The offbrand, affordable option of Revan's last name XD

Revan is going to be such a punk here too though- Like, this is him after he's done with high school and college. So all he's got going on is work and his mother trying to set him up with influential rich women in order to keep the bloodline going and hopefully get someone that "isn't as big of a failure".

Since the rebellion will have to work with the arena, Khorne will literally be introduced as Khorne and dehumanized constantly by the arena. No point in pretending if they're working together, haha.

Can't wait to see how Briar and Akira react to that stuff lol

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Alright then! About to post Gorōta's duos and then I'll get started on all of that

Here's the duos for Gorōta and the gang!

All due portraits credit goes to kyoumeikaitou on Neka.cc

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Gorōta & Cenric. Gorōta’s terrified of Cenric. Surprisingly though, you see more of that with other duo pictures than this one, haha. Regardless, you ever wonder where Gorōta developed his selective mutism? Or why he simply doesn’t just write instead of talk like Maya? Long story short, Cenric sucks. Oh, and let’s not forget to go over the fact that this guy is just terrible. While not technically physically abusive, he’s very much verbally and emotionally abusive. And sometimes sexually abusive too. So there’s that. Cenric’s very much keen on perfection, if something isn’t exactly how he wants it, he’ll throw a fit.

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Daiji & Gorōta. Daiji and Gorōta are basically best friends. Not to mention that Daiji is the one to most oftenly stand up for Gorōta when Cenric or Jaspal decide to be terrible.

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Gorōta & Egiz. When they actually get to interact, the two get along great. Egiz helps him study a bit and even asks questions. Mostly through the gnostic touch, which definitely helps Gorōta to answer since he doesn’t have to answer verbally or write answers either. That being said, Egiz getting in trouble does usually have Gorōta taking the brunt. Similar to what Daiji does for him, only Cenric doesn’t listen to him like he does Daiji.

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Gorōta & Fumiyo. They have a very similar friendship as Gorōta’s friendship with Egiz. Gorōta protects them if they get in trouble with Cenric and the two get along whenever they get to interact. Unlike with Egiz though, Fumiyo is less likely to ask questions and instead just tends to help writing notes that Gorōta can look over later. Or Fumiyo reads other books in Gorōta’s silent company.

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Gorōta & Hanu. Due to how Hanu is, he has to deal with a lot of Cenric and Jaspal’s abuse too. Despite this, these two get along pretty well. Hanu is also constantly looking for an excuse to leave, and with his ability to get into trouble almost anywhere he goes, that means Gorōta’s often dragged along to make sure Hanu doesn’t die.

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Iona & Gorōta. Iona being one of the only ones capable of actually standing up to Cenric and Jaspal sounds nice but is actually kind of terrible. Iona tends to use anger and threats of violence, something that reminds Gorōta of Jaspal and Cenric. This being said, Gorōta’s kind of nervous with Iona. At the same time, Iona protects the twins, Hanu, Daiji, and him when Cenric or Jaspal are doing their thing. So he can’t hate her. With how she is though, Daiji and Gorōta often get stuck trying to do damage control and keep a fight from happening.

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Gorōta & Jaspal. So, in this image, Jaspal and Gorōta are actually both looking at Cenric. Since Jaspal doesn’t tend to be physically abusive on his own. It’s mostly because of his loyalty to Cenric that he is physically abusive to the others in the gang. If Cenric wants someone beat up, they get beat up, all there is to it. That being said, I did say mostly for a reason. Jaspal does have some anger problems and that can result in physical abuse, or sexual abuse, at times. Never verbal abuse though, dude’s basically as quiet as Gorōta is, only he’s quiet because he just doesn’t have any desire to speak versus the trauma that Gorōta has. So Gorōta’s terrified of Jaspal, but more so of Cenric because for the most part, Cenric controls Jaspal.

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Khom & Gorōta. So, again, Khom kind of joined and then started acting like he was the leader of the gang. Gorōta isn’t sure how to feel about Khom, since Cenric had seemed fine at first but had ended up being terrible and he doesn’t spend enough time around Khom to know if he’s the same way or not. But, that being said, Khom has stood up for Gorōta a few times and the others (minus Cenric and Jaspal, obviously) seem to trust him.

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And there they all are! Enjoy! I had fun with this haha