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Welcome to the World of Dears, an Comedy Ecchi, Harem, Space Alien Anime. About a Year Ago a Spaceship Crashed in the Shallow Waters of Tokyo Bay DearS WIP Version 0.5 Welcome to the world of DearS, an comedy ecchi, harem, space alien anime. About a year ago a spaceship crashed in the shallow waters of Tokyo Bay. On board were 150 aliens that people called DearS, for dear space friends. Since then the Japanese government has accepted them as citizens and started home stay programs to get the DearS accustomed to life on Earth while they wait for rescue. The DearS believe that there is no rescue coming as they are just products and easily replaceable. Truth is, a massive civil war broke out and destroyed the empire they came from. Thus rendering them the only known survivors. For the safety of all DearS kind, the current Watcher placed the Gate into stasis and hid her among the Zero Numbers before entering stasis to prolong her own life until the next Watcher comes of age. For their part the DearS have made a secret deal with the Japanese Government to trade Zero Numbers for residency. The government does a verity of experiments on these poor Zero Numbers. But all this is kept from the public’s knowledge. You start the same day that 000-3901-0, also known as Ren, will be lost in transport to a government facility. She will later today and found by Takeya Ikuhara, and average high school student with a strong distrust for aliens and swears her eternal loyalty to him for saving her from being hit by a truck. This starts the entire plot of the series involving their relationship as annoyed master and unwanted slave. For reference, the entire anime takes place in a month while the manga takes place in less than a year. At the end Takeya and a large group of DearS leave to travel space. Location: Japan. You start in the same city that the show and manga take place in. ​ Origins Drop In Any other option can be used as a drop in if desired. ● You have a family and friends Age: Student Free ● You have responsibilities 11+1d8 ● You have resources You are a local student at either the nearby middle school or high school. The adults around here are not the wisest or most professional. Expect teenage drama. ● You have a job Age: Adult Free ● You’re an adult, so act like one 20+3d8 ● You have skills and a history You are a local of the town. You graduated from the local school and most people know you. You even have a job, friends and maybe a family. ● You belong to the colony Age: DearS 100CP ● An alien to this world 11+1d8 ● A slave DearS are aliens created to be slaves. They are property. They all know that they must serve a master. Now you also have the drive to serve and be praised. Pick any class in the colony except Watcher and the Gate. ● Levitation of self and objects General Powers shared ● Flight (through manipulating levitation) by all DearS – Power ● Healing others (cannot heal bullet wounds) strength varies between ● Faster learning speed the individual. ● Empathy Perks Student Adult DearS Five Minute Language Good Grades Profession Learning A proper student knows that to get good grades they have to DearS have a natural knack for Gain a common profession. 100CP study, but that is boring. This learning new languages. With Baker, tailor, fish merchant, or perk will just give you the just a few minutes and enough even a teacher. You now know all knowledge of an A rank high written material you can master the basics of the job. school student for whatever any language. setting you find yourself in. Not Because You’re Special Surprise Encounter Perfect Slave Some people mean well, but are just a bit rough around the You have all the training of a You always seem to be around edges. But people know you proper slave. Cooking, cleaning, when something interesting have a softer side if they can just “nursing” and more. With this 200CP might be happening to others. get past your barriers. People you can quickly become your Basically makes you a frequently will be more willing to look past master’s favorite slave. Except recurring side character. your screaming and yelling as see lots of praises. you as you really are. Romantic Target Surprisingly Good At The Job Improved Power This isn’t the best harem perk, so don’t expect to have loads of Take one of your innate DearS women fighting for you as that For some odd reason you are powers and crank it up a few doesn’t happen in this setting. great at your job. Your methods notches. This is a minor ability to draw may be unorthodox, but they get 300CP Example: Mui can levitate a table interesting people of your results. Be wild, crazy or just lazy or couch, while Ren can levitate preferred gender and start and you can still be in the top 5% everything in a classroom with friendships and gaining a crush of your profession. ease. and maybe eventually love down the line. I’m Her Master! By The Power Of Ecchi The Gift Most places don’t look too kindly Odd that a teacher can wear on owning slaves. Now, people lingerie and force students to By promising yourself to another and governments will tend to read her erotic fan fictions in you can create a link that turn a blind eye to your class and still keep her job. With surpasses the normal DearS ownerships and treat it similar to this perk you will no longer get in master/servant relationship. You 600CP having professional, non-slave, trouble for your lewd antics as and your master now share all servants. How people react to long as it stays in the range of emotions between each other. this depends on what kind of ecchi. Outright lewd will break Know the location of one master you are, but you won’t these protections. Expect people another at all times. face any stigmas for owning to enjoy the show at best or slaves. annoyed at worse. Undiscounted Perks Colorful Hair and Eyes Good Looks 50CP DearS can have any color hair and eyes. Now you What kind of jump doesn’t have an option to can too. Pick a color and you get that. improve your looks? You are now an 8/10. Items Student Adult DearS Baby Rabbit Sexy Clothing Suit and Collar Every DearS has a large red collar and a personal latex looking suit. The clasp on the collar can be This is a cute little bunny. And activated to store your clothing unlike the one in the manga this A complete collection of the inside of it thought the power of 100CP one can eat anything organic and sexiest clothing and lingerie. alien science. You can also use won’t die from feeding it the this to quickly store and change wrong thing. outfits as well as stretch the collar to store small items in a hammerspace pocket. Unlimited porn Motorcycle Some kind of hover scooter Added to your warehouse is an adult video section. This will update for every jump you visit With this, you receive a to constitute what is viewed as Honestly don’t know much about motorcycle designed as you wish. pornography. Mrs. Mitsuka this one, but the anime opening It has unlimited fuel, always has 200CP Yoshimine might show up from shows Ren flying around on an extra helmet for another rider time to time to add her own some sort of flying scooter. Now and you can import another homemade movies before you can have one as well. motorcycle you own. vanishing. She would be delighted if you watch and reviewed her videos. House Place of Business Crashed Spaceship Congrats, you just bought a This traditional Japanese style, To have a good job is to have a crashed ship on par with the two story home is now yours. place to work. You now own such same the DearS arrived in. It is Fully paid off, it comes with an a place. Bakers get a bakery, broken and will remain broken old dried up well in the backyard teachers get a fancy certificate 400CP for at least a year. Alternatively and small collection of bonsai that they can use to get a job at you can import another ship for trees. any school. this or use it as an entrance in Can import a different home if Can import a previously owned other jumps. Surely, it will be an you like. business. impressive entrance. Undiscounted Items Melon Bread Coffee DearS Food This is an endless supply of Pretty self explanatory. You just You now have an endless supply wonderful food for DearS. For gained an unlimited supply of of melon bread. Which is good, as DearS this is top tier gourmet every type of coffee known to DearS appear to love this stuff food. While for humans it will man and some only known to and tend to eat a lot. make their eyes bleed and pass aliens. out. DearS DVD / Manga Jumper’s DVD/Manga Super Bouncy Balls 50CP Collection Collection A game DearS play to show off Enjoy the source material for Do you enjoy watching your for their masters is to chase these this setting. This collection is exploits? Of course you do, slightly glowing balls. These balls useful if you want to get a heads jumpers are notoriously vain. You also come with a control box that up of the plot.
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