#hideyou

PINK.            It’s truly the first thing he notices of her. The second ... rabbit ears.            She was a human girl, that much was obvious ;  yet, something lurked          below such a benign skin, and his curiosity was tugging at the edges of          him, far more than it should have. 

“Hey, you, cute stuff! Yeah, you!” Bambietta declared rather boisterously, approaching Riruka from behind. Her greatcoat was open enough to reveal at least the red heart belt buckle at the waist of her uniform. Why she was on Earth in such an incongruous outfit was an open question.

~*~ Pink wasn't a color that the petite blonde felt she herself could pull off. Green was her color and that was not something she would put in her hair. On the other hand, the girl before her seemed to pull the dark shade off quite well.

What exactly happened? Well, nevermind, what mattered that Yukio was currently lying on the ground, in at least some pain. At first bit of anxiety pooling in considering he was in terrible position especially if something was to attack. But once there only stood other Fullbringer in front of him & started questioning, this feeling was soon to go away.

Deep breath. Ribs seems to be fine. Hands? One hurts to make a fist, but it might just be badly beaten. Legs feel fine as well. Seems like this time he got out mostly unscathed & that’d be the most honest answer. Still, question makes him hesitate. Would this change anything about her attitude or actions? Only after moment of thinking he sat up with small groan & looked up at Riruka.

Ooh, thank you for the kind words and the question! A lot of the details that appear here are information or inspirations I've just passively encountered over time that I think would fit, and in some cases stuff that I actually personally find interesting. I usually start with something I at least kind of know about, then do some research to nail down the details or surroundings of that, and then start to link those things together to form a more cohesive whole. I just kind of do that topic by topic or era by era as I go.

I've been at it for long enough that it's become kinda self-perpetuating—there's enough already written down that it's a lot easier for what already exists to "spill over" into other areas and topics. I still mess with some of the details but I feel I have a really good idea of this variant of Yoruichi, so filling in more info is a lot easier than it was when I started!

But to be honest, most of her biggest contemporary headcanons come from interactions! I've been really lucky to have a lot of wonderful writing partners over time, with those interactions actually rather profoundly shaping not just Yoruichi's trajectory, but a lot of the features of her life, like the Aifōn and her current residence. Most of that type of ongoing cohesive detail either comes directly from threads or was heavily inspired by interactions, which I think gives it a certain enduring quality and feeling of ringing true even more than the stuff where I just said, "Yeah, that sounds right."