God help me.
Naoya’s CR comes in four flavors, because he’s that much of a dick. In order of most positive to negative, they are color-coded for your convenience.
friend
accomplice
pawn
target
Ranking for each type of CR goes from 1-10, 10 being the maximum. A link can be REVERSED, turning into negative CR unless fixed, or broken, creating a permanent negative link. At rank 10, the link can no longer be broken. This is nearly impossible in regards to Naoya. If a link changes types, it starts at 1 all over again, save in very rare cases.
Arcana are as they relate to Naoya. /o/ If I’ve missed you on here, drop a comment and I’ll add you as soon as I’m willing to codemonkey.
XVII. THE STAR:
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[["You’re definitely more trouble than you’re worth…"]
Yako presents a conundrum Naoya’s spent all his lives unable to adequately solve; unconditional trust. She doesn’t bear a piece of Abel’s soul, and yet is so unnervingly like his little brother that Naoya has a hard time reconciling it. And then when he wasn’t looking, she got through the cracks in his armor. He just refuses to admit that.
VII. THE CHARIOT:
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[["Haha…do you really have any idea how deep the labyrinth is?"]
A worthy apprentice, after the last one turned against him with Naoya’s brother. Naoya doesn’t trust Kimi as far as he can throw him, but he doesn’t have to-Kimihiko’s smart, but he follows the same cynical sort of rules Naoya expects from people.
X. HANGED MAN:
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[["Now…just who are you, really?"]
Claude Faustus, the Victorian-era demon-pretending-to-be-a-butler whom Naoya is teaching the art of hacking to. He could prove a useful tool, but caution is advised when dealing with a demon, especially since Naoya doesn’t know who exactly he is.
XVI. THE TOWER:
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[[“Please continue to underestimate me."]
Lucifer represents the very rare individual that Naoya has no intention of using as a pawn, and he gains that slot solely because Naoya isn’t stupid enough to try and actually use the Morningstar. He isn’t the Lucifer Naoya recognizes, and Naoya’s wary at best…but if it gets him a job where he can watch and take note of people (teaching Claude computers is only going to last so long, after all), then it’s an option Naoya’s willing to explore.