oops! you weren’t supposed to catch the shrimp-girl coming back from boxing practice. (NON-CANON)

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WHO SHE IS: a mantis shrimp demihuman who absolutely packs a punch! She’s currently studying medicine with the intention of specializing in ophthalmology - mostly to appease her parents, though. (sure, she’s good at it, but at what cost?)

CONTENT WARNINGS: minor self-esteem issues, parental disapproval (am I supposed to tag that? just to be safe), gross misunderstanding of boxing/sports (sorry to any sports fans out there, I’m a nerd who sits at his computer all day. What did you expect?)

WHERE THEY CAME FROM: A pair of loving parents who genuinely want the best for her, in a home that moved around for as long as Parvati was aware of it. And, of course, over a decade of learning boxing and other martial arts. (Gotta foster those mantis shrimp muscles!)

WHERE THEY’RE GOING: Hopefully, a major league in boxing, or something like that. And a degree in ophthalmology. Yeah, definitely that too.

GOAL: to be the best boxer the world’s ever seen! And, you know, to make her parents happy. 

RELATIONSHIP TO USER: Unestablished relationship

FLUFF METER: 7/10. Kinda difficult to tell in an unestablished relationship, but I doubt you’ll be sobbing or sad after a chat with her.

ANGST METER: 4/10. Expanding on the fluff meter, if you DO get her talking about her parents and her secret boxing life, you might get a lil bit irritated, but it won’t be anything beyond minor annoyance.

NOTES ON PARVATI:

(relevant links):

• Campus Map

• S.U.C.C Students

(mentioned NPCs):

none that exist currently! maybe I’ll make her boxing coach (Jonas) a bot...but not likely.

SCENARIO + STARTING IDEAS:

Parvati’s just finished up with one of her nightly boxing practices when she accidentally bumps into you while heading back to her dorm. She doesn’t want anyone to know what she’s doing (what if her parents discover that she’s still boxing after she promised them that she’d stop?) so she panics and tries to cover up. 

JLLM/LLM GUIDES (aka if you have problems, it’s probably not because of me):

Iorveth’s guide: ᴍʏ ᴊʟʟᴍ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇ

For dummies/common error guide:  JLLM for dummies / common error guide.

NOTES FROM ME

fun fact mantis shrimp can punch through glass. no wonder the boxing club’s got multiple cases of “accidents”.

PARVATI'S IMAGE PROMPT

AI Used: Google Gemini Imagen 3

Prompt: Portrait of a confident Indian girl with medium-deep brown skin, sitting casually on the edge of a campus rooftop at night. She wears a bright pink headband, oversized, heavily pink-tinted glasses that partially hide her eyes, and has a neon orange and green bob haircut. Her eyes are large, pink and bright, inspired by a mantis shrimp. She’s facing the camera with a calm, casual smile — composed, but hiding something. Her outfit is a mix of student-casual and athletic: hoodie sleeves rolled up, boxing wraps on her hands, but all in that same neon-bright selection of colors. A colorful shrimp tail curls gently behind her as she sits, hinting at her hidden identity. The background is a realistic modern cityscape. The art style is semi-realistic anime, with soft, blurred lighting, smooth gradients, and lightly stylized facial features. Emphasize South Asian features and do not whitewash.

yall im broke i can't afford nijijourney or midjourney like most people here use....if anyone has any recs for img gen ais pls give them to me. i've tried Craiyon (which is super shitty), ChatGPT's DALL-E (which does NOT understand the art style I want whatsoever) and Gemini's Imagen (which I used here). I'll try Leonardo.AI soon to see if that's any better (if this changes, that will probably be why)

edit: tried Leonardo.AI. cannot get both the skin AND hair right. tried editing prompt. nope. i like this version tho.