There are lots of options for Rita, especially since I have her novel backstory to draw from! If you're canonblind and/or unsure what specific memory you want, we can talk about Vibes--there's many possibilities! I'll put a few examples below, and feel free to discuss details or ask if there's something else you might be interested in.
Do you want some Rita backstory that explains her poor socialization? A running theme after her mama passes away is jealousy/resentment towards her for her intelligence, from everyone including the other kids and adult researchers to her surrogate mom figure. Some options: -the children's room at the research facility where Rita (~6 or 7 here) gets in a fight with the others -the big betrayal by her not-mom Marget who, out of a couple years' worth of brewing envy and resentment, plagiarizes a 9yo-Rita's work so she can get a promotion and move to a different city. Rita swears off ever trusting people again after this :( She's also never discussed it with anyone, which is an opportunity I'd love--sail-Rita could even potentially enter this one with another character so she can explain the context. -anytime between the ages of 10-15 where she works as a mage, single-minded in her research and focus on magitech, while temperamental and untrusting of basically anyone, and will tell people to get lost. Other mages tend to fear her temper and/or dismiss her based on her age.
And then it's everything Estelle when Rita meets the person who will become her first ever real crush friend. Some options: -Yuri & co. break into Rita's house in a case of mistaken identity. Bonus: see the gloomy cavern-city and the messy shack where Rita lives. -Heliord blastia explosion. Rita nearly dies when she rushes in to stop some out-of-control magitech, and Estelle saves her. Bonus: Yuri and Flynn are both there, for characters who remember them! Bonus #2: aftermath where Estelle refuses to leave Rita's bedside. This one could be interesting if a character wanted to try intervening, since if Rita doesn't fix the blastia, everything goes boom and anyone in the vicinity will die... -Rita finally calls her Estelle instead of Estellise. Easily a conversation overheard in public.
If you want some one-on-one time between your character and Rita for misadventures or cool JRPG locales: -pre-game, Rita is known to enter dangerous trap-filled and monster-infested ruins alone -at one point, Rita travels alone back to Heliord (again, through monster-infested wilderness). Once she arrives, she sees knights sneaking in some weaponry and snoops around to investigate--eventually discovering a forced labour camp, but then she gets caught and imprisoned. Room for shenanigens! -enter a memory that's just her existing in a neat place! Like a city floating in the sky or a town around a giant, blossoming tree
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Do you want some Rita backstory that explains her poor socialization? A running theme after her mama passes away is jealousy/resentment towards her for her intelligence, from everyone including the other kids and adult researchers to her surrogate mom figure. Some options:
-the children's room at the research facility where Rita (~6 or 7 here) gets in a fight with the others
-the big betrayal by her not-mom Marget who, out of a couple years' worth of brewing envy and resentment, plagiarizes a 9yo-Rita's work so she can get a promotion and move to a different city. Rita swears off ever trusting people again after this :( She's also never discussed it with anyone, which is an opportunity I'd love--sail-Rita could even potentially enter this one with another character so she can explain the context.
-anytime between the ages of 10-15 where she works as a mage, single-minded in her research and focus on magitech, while temperamental and untrusting of basically anyone, and will tell people to get lost. Other mages tend to fear her temper and/or dismiss her based on her age.
And then it's everything Estelle when Rita meets the person who will become her first ever real
crushfriend. Some options:-Yuri & co. break into Rita's house in a case of mistaken identity. Bonus: see the gloomy cavern-city and the messy shack where Rita lives.
-Heliord blastia explosion. Rita nearly dies when she rushes in to stop some out-of-control magitech, and Estelle saves her. Bonus: Yuri and Flynn are both there, for characters who remember them! Bonus #2: aftermath where Estelle refuses to leave Rita's bedside. This one could be interesting if a character wanted to try intervening, since if Rita doesn't fix the blastia, everything goes boom and anyone in the vicinity will die...
-Rita finally calls her Estelle instead of Estellise. Easily a conversation overheard in public.
If you want some one-on-one time between your character and Rita for misadventures or cool JRPG locales:
-pre-game, Rita is known to enter dangerous trap-filled and monster-infested ruins alone
-at one point, Rita travels alone back to Heliord (again, through monster-infested wilderness). Once she arrives, she sees knights sneaking in some weaponry and snoops around to investigate--eventually discovering a forced labour camp, but then she gets caught and imprisoned. Room for shenanigens!
-enter a memory that's just her existing in a neat place! Like a city floating in the sky or a town around a giant, blossoming tree