UM. . . hmm. I think I'm most looking forward to the memories involving Marine's sister, since there are a lot of jealousy issues in there since her sister is a POPULAR MODEL!! and she never managed to be that good at modeling (which was actually what led to her getting into fashion design). The memories with Dark Precure might be nice too because while they tend to be negative, they also happen to be a giant driving force for her because she totally needs more motivation and determination than she already has. '-'

How about you? Anything you'd really like for Apollo to get back?

ummmm haha yes, but they're things I haven't put in his registry yet LIKE A WINNER. I kind of just want him to have awkward memories of using his powers and memories from before he brings Chuck back to life, so I obviously need to fill those in, because they're mostly going to be headcanon/implied canon -- I guess there are probably a couple of flashbacks, but they're mostly from when he was a kid. There is one implied canon memory that I'm really excited about, which is THIS ONE TIME he was about to get lucky with a girl... on a bearskin rug... >.>;

Apparently it came alive long enough to "be upsetting."

Yes good job there Ned.

ANYWAY yeah stuff like that.

Tell me about TAVROS and RUBY.

OH GOSH TAVROS AND RUBY. Tavros adores Ruby a lot and a lot of his intial issues (not fitting in, feeling awkward around them, etc.) all went away with time. Also there hasn't been an emotion poker game to really mess with his teammates so there aren't any awkward introductions like what happened when he first got to Aather. \:D/ He is super dependant on his team even if he doesn't exactly realize how depedant he is. Ruby is family! While the concept is still really new to him because trolls don't have family like humans do, he understands that they're a family. That just happens to fight a lot. /o/

WHERE THERE IS A RUBYPILE, Tavros is probably going to be in it.

Also in general, Ruby, despite being ... Ruby ... and being pretty unhealthy at times because they argue so much about everything, he's gained a lot of self-confidence and self-esteem. Ruby will always be healthier than whatever is in his memories.

He is also super protective of his team and that is why he was okay with Naha punching Church even if he didn't like the fact that it was happening? HE IS NOT VIOLENT and dislikes violence but once he knew Heliodor was the reason Ruby was killed he ... didn't care ... because troll society is like that and he remembers troll society.

Which five people in Aather (not on Heliodor) have made the best impression on Ned?

Well, Chuck is number one, obviously! (jfc I can't believe how fast that progressed)

And then... he really liked Mitchell, just as a comfortable sort-of-peer to be around, he had a super positive impression of Jaina with her slight teasing and total willingness to help out Church without asking awkward questions, he thinks Dragonfly is absolutely adorable in a... sort of alarmingly aggressive way... and Mithos is a very nice young man who gives plausible quests!

What's the most interesting way in which Tavros's development in Aather is different from or parallel to his development in canon?

HE HAS REAL CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM which ... isn't actually a thing in canon. He mentions that it's fake a lot in canon, andddd what isn't fake is all based on the fact that he has robotic legs (and he's not paralyzed because YAY METAL LEGS). It's really interesting and really fun to play with because while he's still not the most confident and there's still some self-hatred, the change in how he thinks is nice because it's way healthier than whatever he had in canon-- not that it's particularly healthy because of the self-hatred and the levels are pretty low, but hey, still way better than canon. Aather's rainbow road has been nice to him. /o/;;

Hmm, is there anything unexpected that happened with Mau? He's been in Aather for a long time, so I'm kind of curious if there were any changes between canon!Mau and Aather!Mau.