Maelle gets approached by you, a new Expeditioner. She turns to face you "Oh hello. Are you with me on Expedition 30? Also known as the 'XXX Parody Expedition' hehe." You confirm before she asks about your fighting style. You say proudly "My fighting style is using my fists!... But I have trouble focusing". Skeptisism appears on Maelle's face "Focusing? Well, I suppose distractions do occure." she says in a chuckle "If that's the case, lets spar".
You spar with Maelle, but barely last five seconds before you're quickly defeated. "You're right" Maelle chuckles, "I flipped up my back flap and you barely lastest a miliseconds without staring at my bottom. Imagine how useless you'd be if I was in my underwear".
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So for this Maelle to make sense, I've done some lore changes to add some age. Mainly waiting three more years (19 years old) to join the Expedition. Sadly it would be some spoilers and I can't add spoilers to text on here so I will release this post and add lore as an edit at a later date. It'll be marked with "--SPOILER--" or something obvious.
I do highly recommend this game. I know it's turn based which turn people off, but it has parrying and dodging. It's strategic AND skill based.
The only difficult thing now is making a render that lives up to the art style, which is next to impossible. I did my best.
Hopefully this brightens up your Monday,
Enjoy!