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[holeful]

(Insert a joke about putting things in holes)

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[holeful]

[Hm. That is a fair point. He thinks it over for a long moment. Say he really is a character too. What would that mean?]

But couldn't it be a different genre of visual novel besides an eroge? Since you and I are both here.
[Please think of things beyond having sex. He is definitely not an eroge character.]

[gamerbrain]

Aoi has never been in any other kind of visual novel.

[holeful]

I think genre swapping is a hot trend now, though. Crossovers, too. Don't you think the cast we have would be usual for a game like yours?

[For starters, who's the protagonist.]

[gamerbrain]

[ a crossover event with another game...? well, that kind of makes sense. ]

... The cast is really big compared to Aoi's usual stories...

[holeful]

Are you worried about being able to fit in?

[He's pretty sure this is a lot of characters for any visual novel.]

[gamerbrain]

Aoi is always going to be strange.

[ she doesn't mind that part. but she pauses for a moment. ]

... And if there isn't room for Aoi, Aoi will just fade out of the story. That's what happens to background characters, once they aren't relevant anymore.

[holeful]

[He hesitates for a long moment, before reaching out to take her hand, pausing, giving her a chance to pull away, before threading his fingers with hers. He's seen people do this sort of thing in movies.]

Maybe it doesn't mean much, since I'm strange too. But if I can help it, I won't let you fade, Aoi.

[gamerbrain]

Characters have to be at least a little bit strange to be interesting.

[ ... no comment on that second part, though. hm. okay. ]

[holeful]

Haha, I suppose that's true. No one would watch a show or play a game where all the characters were completely average people with no problems.

[Even if the characters are average, they will have something strange to deal with.]

Thank you, by the way.

[gamerbrain]

Boop boop?

[ thank you for... what... ]

[holeful]

Ah, for not telling me it was wrong of me to put a hole in my head. Even if you don't understand, you accepted it.

[He supposes he could thank her for the sex as well but something about that feels a bit weird for several reasons.]

[gamerbrain]

Self expression is important.

[ o...kay... ]

[holeful]

[WELL he didn't exactly do it for that reason but that's fine he supposes.]

Is that why you're so upfront with people?
[About being a video game character and sex.]

[gamerbrain]

[ huh. ]

Never thought about it.

But it's sad when people are too scared to ask for what they want.

[holeful]

[Ah....]

So if someone were to want something from you, you'd prefer they ask you directly?

[gamerbrain]

Yep! Aoi would rather know what people want than have to guess.

[holeful]

Then, could I kiss you?

[Partly just because it feels like the thing to do, but also....]

[gamerbrain]

Of course.

[ wow, sometimes a kissing cg is separate from a sex cg. what a good day. ]

[holeful]

[New cool pick up line: Hey baby can I help you fill in your CG gallery?

Anyway Fukuda leans over, putting his hand on the side of Aoi's head to tilt it up slightly before planting a kiss on her lips. It's a little clumsy, as all of his actions have been, like he hasn't had a lot of practice. Which is because he hasn't and is just copying things he's seen on tv. It's fine.]

Ah, isn't this out of order?
[Realizing, belatedly. Cool things to say after you kiss a girl.]

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi is definitely not a critic. she exists to take pleasure in what she does with people, so everything he's done has seemed just fine to her. she returns the kiss, matching it at what it is without pushing for more or drawing away. ]

It's surprisingly common.

[holeful]

[All of this is completely normal as far as Fukuda is aware!!!]

Really? I suppose you would know better than me.
[Being a romance game character.]

[gamerbrain]

Every game is different. And every cast, too.

But sex before feelings is common, and using a kiss to represent real love later on happens a lot.

[holeful]

[He considers this for a long moment.]

... I suppose that makes sense. Sex is an animal act, after all, even if it can bring people together in other ways.
[Sometimes you just brain chemicals.]

[gamerbrain]

Some stories just put sex in to sell, when it could just as easily be removed.

Aoi is usually in stories where the sex is a necessary part of the story. It makes characters change, or represents that they already have. But even in that kind of story, if the sex doesn't come until the very end of the story, readers will get impatient.

[holeful]

[As someone who reads a lot of books and watches a lot of tv this is actually pretty interesting to him, the genre construction and conventions of a medium he's not especially familiar with.]

I see. It's a matter of balancing titillation for reader retention, and maintaining some sort of character arc? In a way, that makes it not that different from detective fiction.
[Sir?]