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height & age chart hc(s):

most of the ages were grabbed from the jsrf wiki. if the character didn't have a specified age, then i'd either find their jsr age and tweaked it up by a year or two, or come up with one myself. highest age i'd consider is 26 or 27 because the GG cast is full of teens and YOUNG adults.

the reason Yoyo is short compared to all the other males is due to malnutrition during his important developmental years. I think he's a child of neglect, like, "mommy had to spend 23/6 working to pay off daddy's debts" type neglect, and Yoyo had to raise himself, which means he grew up mostly eating ramen and other cheap foods because trying to cook and accidently burning down their crummy house was a genuine fear of his.

general hc(s):

corn - pretty quiet but hella observant. not afraid to voice his grievances tho. certified fact checker

gum - group's older sister. corn's right hand women and voice of the operation. whips people into shape real quick

yoyo - local dumbass and gremlin. prank master. cares little for his own safety. the average "i hide my depression behind humor" type. why talk about my problems when I can talk about my new shiny Pikachu? lied about his day/achievements to make his mom happy. adhd incarnate

beat - tries not to care but ends up caring way too fucking much. the one that bails people out of jail and hands them over to gum to get their ass whooped. peak example of repressed homosexuality. secondary fact checker

combo - gentle giant group dad. live and let live, unless youre a cop, then get f*cked. he's seen some shit. don't mess with his children homies, but all around chill dude. probably carrying an unregistered blicky tho (never got caught lacking again). bro is an absolute demon at uno.

rhyth/mew - skimpy but not slutty. pastel colours. glitters and unicorns and all that shit. but she will snatch your ankles and your wallet without you noticing. second in command of yoyo's prank group. edible maker, shares weed stash with clutch sometimes.

boogie - southern sweetheart. calls everyone sugar or hun. pretty laid back. 90's disco/diner era aesthetic. one the two in the group that actually knows how to cook more than grilled cheese and ramen.

garam - chaos incarnate, 3rd member of yoyo's prank team. day one homie for life.

jazz - the mom friend. blesses these dumbasses with wisdom and life advice (this includes relationship advice). loves reading like the absolute book nerd she is. secondary cook.

cube - my chemical romance listener. slow to trust but loyal to a fault. will murder your enemies for you. says shit how it is. honourary 4th member of yoyo's prank squad.

soda - maladaptive daydreamer, possibly "suffering" from autism (he's like me fr). this is the mf that sends random questions, memes, and bug facts in the gc at 3am.

clutch - THE pothead. this guy is buzzed out the wazoo 25/8. kind of has that asshole older brother energy. bullies you but only HE can bully you. everyone else will get their shit rocked. basically makes fun of whatever problem you're going thru but helps you with it anyways.

the radio watches (might come up with a better name later lol) are how they broadcast when a race is talking place, which is how DJ PK is always narrating races.

world-building hc(s):

jsrf may be a re-imagining of jsr, but I like to use jsr as a loose basis for the lore behind jsrf. for example, Beat is the leader of the GGs is jsr but not jsrf. instead of ignoring one over the other, I merge them by imagining that Beat was the leader, but handed over leadership to Corn to handle personal matters. then when he rejoins, preferred not to take it back despite making jokes about doing so.

these broadcasts are hosted on a rudie only server, which means you need credentials, and you can only get credentials via a reference from an existing account holder (aka another gang member or the gang leader). solo rudie's are pretty much cooked unless they have connections.

the only reason the rokkaku police always showing up is because they either get tipped off by civilians or by other gangs who'll sometimes give anonymous tips for something in return.

(a little unrelated but in my perfect world, Beat is the one at the sky dino square district, trying to reason with NT who he still believes to be Yoyo, when Cube outs NT as an imposter.)

she knew how devastated she and Combo were at Coin's sudden disappearance, and how, once upon a time, Beat, Gum, and Corn went out of their way to help them look for him. plus, after hearing that Combo joined the GGs again, she decided reveal as much of the truth as she could at the time without getting too involved (cuz she's still the leader of poison jam at that time iirc).

to be honest, Cube has no reason to be at dino square other than for the devs to introduce her to the player, but that's a boring take.

therefore, MY reasoning for Cube exposing NT was because she was there when Yoyo was taken into Rokkaku custody. not there there, as in a part of the ordeal, but definitely in the vicinity yet unable to do much about it.

later on, when a member of the GGs appears to challenge her to a race, low and fkin behold, it's Yoyo. before the race starts, he thanks her for helping the GGs find him, even if indirectly, because if they didn't know NT-3000 was a fake, they would've just assumed he'd betrayed them and then cut ties without ever knowing he was actually in captivity.

he kicks her butt during that race, but I like to thinks it's cuz she let him. after all, her business with Posion Jam was done and she was ready to reunite with Combo. and if she gained a pseudo little brother in the process? bonus points