>female character
>has a tattoo

Name a bigger turnoff

Comically big tits

>>716326017 (OP)
>Name a bigger turnoff
You

>>716326017 (OP)
Egg's tat is temporary. She accidentally put it on upside down, but its ok cuz it goes rightside up when she's doing the squats. Shit is pretty Boom.

>>716326017 (OP)
spends more than 1h a day on the phone

>>716326017 (OP)
>Name a bigger turnoff
no pubes

>>716326395
>but its ok cuz
Shut your faggot mouth. Tattoos are for trash and prisoners.

>>716326017 (OP)
>female character
>no decent about of futa porn of her

>>716326017 (OP)
What about her makes anons get so fired up?

>>716326017 (OP)
Tattoo is pure sex

>>716326017 (OP)
The modern day wonderbread schizo

>>716330530
1 tattoo = 5 partners

>>716326017 (OP)
You.

>>716326017 (OP)
i like it

>>716326017 (OP)
Its a damn sticker.
>>716328364
>but its okay cuz
The whole reason tatoo's are disgusting is cause they disrespect their own skin to seek validation from others. It's a way to cope with their identity crisis.
A damn sticker is nothing more than swapping a piece of cloth.
I wish more tatoo people would realise you can litterally put a design on what you wear and not having it stuck on your body 24/7.
I realise that most with cosplayers that litterally kill their good cosplay with their real tatoo's.

>>716329714
>impossibly hot body
>impossibly cool hair
>impossibly based game opinion

>>716329714
>very high energy
>very friendly
>funny
>smart
>confident with her body and skills
>is not afraid to hide her powerlevel
>has a body that turns healthy men crazy
Gee i wonder why.

>>716326081
fpbp

>>716327685
He said turnoff, not turnon

>>716329714
Booba

>>716329714
bellybutton!!

>>716329714
>very squeezable
>she's a nerd who likes video games
>that's it, that's all it takes

>>716326017 (OP)
kind of disappointed the game missed possibly the best jumpscare opportunity yet
>Snow White: (in her usual deadpan) I assume there's a good reason you contacted me on this frequency?
>SKK: I contacted you because Dorothy's been acting strange.
>Snow White: Strange, how?
>SKK: She's been talking about someone, or more like to someone, named Pinne...
>Snow White: (suddenly screaming in panic) COMMANDER GET OUT OF THERE SHE'S GOING TO KILL YOU!

>>716328404
Based futachad

>>716332883
well, as Ivy from Deadlock proved, all it really takes is being nice
too bad women can't do that any more in real life

This endanger women

>>716326017 (OP)
its a sticker and she put it on upside down

>>716326017 (OP)
Best girl in the summer event is Pepper

>>716326017 (OP)
Where are her nipples?

>>716326017 (OP)
Impossible

>>716326017 (OP)
My GF is tattooed as fuck and it makes me diamonds.

>>716326017 (OP)
>Name a bigger turnoff

>>716326017 (OP)
there is literally nothing appealing about the character you've posted,
>pointlessly large tits
>boring bikini costume with pointless belts
>bad hair
>bad mouth shape
what you've posted isn't a character, it's a caricature of the female form. it's what an infantalised 12 year old thinks is sexy.

>>716326017 (OP)
>has a fiancee

>>716333908
In my ass

>>716334350

>>716334339
Does she not have any special animations or?

>>716332417
*spits on you*

>>716334430
>No refunds

>>716334956

>>716335002
Underwhelming kinda
I wanted a jerk off gesture or chest fondling or something sexy

>>716328404
i prefer to see her getting fucked by a futa woman/loli instead
how long do i gotta wait lads

>>716334972
>refunds
what exactly were you investing in

>>716326017 (OP)

>>716326017 (OP)
A1 needs to make a Nikke anime and save that medium. There hasn't been an anime with a good story for years now

>>716336151
“No.”

>>716336151
>A1 needs to make a Nikke anime and save that medium
What's keeping them from doing so, anyway? Are they not that popular in nipland like BA?

>>716326017 (OP)
>OP character
>Has a big ol penis in their butt
Ya sounds about right.

>>716333827
>>716336151
now I think about it, where did the fanservice in anime go?

Would it be better if she had bnwo tatoos, anon?

>tourist doesnt know its a sticker

many such cases

>>716336426
I'd rather have doroservice in anime

>>716336426
troons complained that it didn't look like themselves, so now all media women (including anime) are required to be mad ugly

>>716336736
whats the point of lying?

>>716336328
>What's keeping them from doing so
Time. Nikke is only 2 years old. There are rumors that ShiftUp made a deal with a big anime studio but it could be just A1 doing the ingame animation
Nikke is not BA level in Japan but still very popular and has been referenced many times in manga already

>>716336426
Payment processors are currently holding back Mahoako season 2. Have been for over a year.

>>716336426
Disappeared around the same time Israeli investors bought a huge stake in many animation studios

>Disappeared around the same time Israeli investors bought a huge stake in many animation studios

>>716333827
man I miss the 00s and 90s

>>716336891
I can post sources, but the tranny janny gives me a three day whenever I do

>>716336891
>>716337264
I can't pinpoint why but feel like this is aimed at women not men

>>716326017 (OP)
>Name a bigger turnoff
Has a dick
stop doing that

>>716336732
was that zoom in necessary?

>>716333827
>Pepper angy
Who did she kill this time?

eggsex

>>716326017 (OP)
Smoking

>>716336426
>30 billion isekai ecchi light novels every season
>flavor of the month shounen being Dandadan
It's as strong as ever.
https://x.com/theanimeflow/status/1946271419043561792

>>716334972
i watched her play ER and she dropped the game once Malenia pushed her shit in and not even her summons were able to help

>>716337463
>man I miss the 00s and 90s
Nikke is full of references from that era

>>716330530
>black owned
tranny

>>716326017 (OP)

>>716338846
trying too hard

>>716326017 (OP)
sometimes trashy tattoos scratch the itch

>>716328404
If I could press a button and immediately kill every futafag in the world, I would.

>>716333445
Lies of P tie in?

>>716336151
>>716336426
>Nigger asses
Disappeared, along with japan's honorary aryan card

>>716330937
>1 tattoo = 5 partners
Not a problem since they're all dead

>>716326017 (OP)
>character design so unfortunate they gave her out for free
>her alternate costumes remove/replace the tattoo

>>716326017 (OP)
Moles

>>716326081
Low test and gay

>>716339707
>>716339742
tranny

>>716336732
cool transition ngl

>>716326017 (OP)
sure: her stupid long bangs and her obese body

>>716338846
>>716339946
>tranny
why do you fags keep using this word? It sounds so fucking childish, make up a better slur already

the fist fight was nice

>>716340237
it works. case in point:(you)

>>716330937
>>716339707
my wife hate cheaters

>>716340239
I don't know, I like Doro's interactions with Scarlet and Red Hood way more than Rapi's.
Rapi feels off this event and I hope this is just a phase

>>716340237
if you're posting blacked shit you're a tranny or an indian

>>716330530
D is pure sex

best girl

>>716333827
boingboingboing

>>716340880
work on your gaslighting. its a little too obvious

>>716326017 (OP)
love cuckshit. this game has some?

>>716326017 (OP)
Elegg needs a haircut

>>716341117
retarded? or blind?

>>716341362
almost there anon, you can do it

>>716341206
>love cuckshit. this game has some?
No unless you feel threatened by two women being friends, the same for BA and UMA
Hoyo slops and BD2 if the shipshit between the male and female characters makes you feel cucked
Taimanin for real NTR

>>716326017 (OP)
>/v/ suddenly loves fat chicks
What the hell happened to this board?

>>716326017 (OP)
>tattoo

She's a robot, that could be a serial number.

>>716342112
>Suddenly

>>716338002
how many dicks do you suck on a daily basis, anon?

>>716342112
>suddenly
I always did.

>>716326017 (OP)
>>716341261
>Elegg needs a haircut

>>716343157
DELETE THIS

>>716342486
I'm sorry but this game's outfit designs are garbage. Tacky, tasteless, and corny, like a slutty white girl on halloween. Say what you will about Blue Archive, but it had the perfect balance of tastefulness and eye candy

>>716336426
>where did the fanservice in anime go?
to tummies

>>716343292
He said while posting the best outfit in the game
I see what you're doing anon

>>716326017 (OP)
>Yuri game
The commander is a total faggot.

https://x.com/NIKKE_en/status/1948324635399114843/photo/1

BRO

>>716343683

>>716343683
>english
no one cares

>>716343609
its you again i see

>>716343762
Women cannot be friends in anime. For some reason it always has to be gay.

>>716343936
his whole account is trying to ragebait people

https://x.com/oberon211866713

>>716343157
>>716341261
I hate that stupid haircut. She looks cute when her eyes is visible

>>716343157
>you will never give elegg a shitty haircut
why even live

>>716344084
she is always cute

>>716344620
She is 1 second away from stabbing you with the scissors in that art

>>716344084
she looks like the coolest onee-chan ever when her eyes aren't visible
makes me just want to play BOOM with her until I die in game or real life
and by that I of course mean play DOOM

>>716326081
faggot

>>716343292
>Blue Archive
Blue Archive, Nikke and Granblue have the best character design in gacha but GFL2 is not bad for a Chinese game
The fanservice is great in that game

Why was the commander such a scared little bitch in Elegg's bond story?

>>716343157
NOOOOO ELEGG

>>716345590
the commander is not a self insert

>>716342112
Thursday is a meme for a reason… speaking of…

>>716345709
He was sold as one. This game was sold as ecchi for men.

>>716345972
he fucked soda twice and let bready suck his dick, maybe he doesnt like elegg?

>>716326017 (OP)
>incel cries about what women do with their own bodies
You must be fun at parties

>>716343970
>/vt/umor third world autist
As expected of cancer.

>>716345590
I hate this shit so much. I cringe every time I see a male MC reject a girl because of no reason at all. I want to play as a Chad, not a faggot afraid of women.

>>716346023
My commander would never!

>>716344849
nikkes cant hurt people

>>716346023
Or maybe this game writing is going to shit and the MC is becoming a giant pussy afraid of women. How many more yuri bond stories and events are you going to tolerate before you realize this?

>>716345535
Too right

>>716346167
so you're a 2.5 tourist thats shitposting. You couldve left that yuri part out but you had to expose yourself

>>716346270
Call me a liar, bro. Come on.

you never saw yuri shitposting until 2.5 when nikke got very popular, really makes you think

>>716346370
>Stop noticing and just consume the gay gacha

>>716346093
This and it's weird for the commander because in one moment, he's a chad banging two girls at the same time and in another moment, he's a shy boy that's okay with watching from the sidelines. It's the inconsistency and the fact that the writers pick and choose which nikke the commander fucks that bothers me.

>>716345972
men want to make themselves into the hero, not make the hero into themselves

>doubling down

tourist are cancer

>>716334350
Faggot

>>716346518
>muh secret club
Autists need euthanized

>>716346498
men made this gacha and it seems like they just want to fuck with you

the downside of a game being popular it attracts highschoolers that need a dopamine rush

>>716338428
>that first second
HOLY...

>>716326017 (OP)
Double digit age.

>>716346161
Exotic proves on a regular basis that there are holes in that directive wide enough to drive a trainload of explosives through

>>716346473
I played this game because the commander was a Chad banging two girls at the same time. I have zero interest in keep playing if he's going to be afraid of women now. I am so sick and tired of that trope. Every male MC has to be a giant pussy these days. What kind of men rejects Nikkes? A faggot.

ask him to show his profile

>>716346589
>thinks the people who made the game matter instead of the target audience
this is why the woke go broke

i want summer soda

>this is why the woke go broke

>>716347156
So you admit the game is going woke? Thanks.

doubling down being a retard is still being a retard

>>716347614
Then why do you insist?

i hope no one posts that guys personal info that be a shame

>>716334339
>that belly
>that subtle smile forming
dear lord

it activates my almonds like 100 times harder than the tits do and i don't understand it

I just want the commander to fuck Elegg. Is that too much to ask?

>>716347714
seven proxies motherfucker

i see why i avoid the fire emblem fanbase

insert passive aggressive defense here

almost 3 years of seething

>>716328404
I like Kamokotans art of her.

>>716343157
hibiki tachibana is that you?

>>716326017 (OP)
Why are people allowed to download porn games on their phones?

>>716326017 (OP)
Furry or pubic hair

frima my love, i need to know more about you

>>716350272
does this count as chubby?

>more foreshadowing the ark will one day be gone

grimm

>>716350919
she's thinner in game

>>716351436
Duh after we recapture the surface we won't need the ark.

>>716334430
QRD? I don't play gacha shit

>>716352381
Its vtranny shit

>>716352381
what do you mean QRD
it's gacha shit
it's an idle fighter where you just watch jiggle physics and numbers piling up

if any of these games had any semblance of fun in them you'd see that posted instead

>>716334281
/thread

>>716326017 (OP)
nosering

building a new arc with the 4 beats

>>716326017 (OP)
this outfit would be a million times better if there was areola peeking

>>716355659
If they gave us even the slightest areola peak the game would be number 1 in profit until the end of the year.

>>716326017 (OP)
>smokes
>does drugs
>is ugly
>is fat
>is town bike
man i could fucking go on

>>716355659
>>716356018
The game would be out of the app store and die one month later
There is a reason porn games are not profitable

>>716326017 (OP)
Love this bellyslut. I don't play gacha games though.

>>716348193
>>716345590
>I just want the commander to fuck Elegg.
It is better when there is a buildup. The implied sex shit should stay rare

>rapi called her snooty

i miss her

>>716326017 (OP)
>Name a bigger turnoff
You hahahaha, you hahahaha

>>716356862
Bellyzuri

>>716334281
That is all the shit a teenager thinks is cool lmao.

I'd rather see Egg wear something nice and pretty. Maybe a wedding dress haha

>>716334281
t. Fat Balding alcoholic.

>>716333827
I think Im a Pepper chad now

>>716357334
Doro was right. nu Rapi is a pale imitation of Red Hood

>>716357647
Any person in the planet that actually has sex agrees with the left portion.
Cope more, incel. Someday you'll get your dick wet

>>716343157
Delete this image right now

>>716334281
I look like this and say this

>>716358345
Read her bond. Pepper is criminally underrated

>>716334281
>implying the guy on the left would date the chick on the right
She's one night stand material and that's it. He'd fuck her, but he would ditch her ass the second she got clingy.

>>716358898
>Pepper is criminally underrated
That's every launch character sadly, at least until they get an alt. Maiden Ludmilla Mary and Privaty were literally who until they got alts

>>716348193
I wonder if Elegg's chubby belly is inflatable.

>>716336151
>>716336328
>>716336426
If NIKKE becomes an anime, I want to see animations of the Commander choking the shit out of Syuen.

>goodbye my precious wings

bro overzone continues to be the best event

>>716358450
i know shes dead but this once i want some asspull to bring her back and keep red rapi

>>716359629
Old Tales for me

Dorothy is too based as a schizo, I dont want her to be cured

>>716326017 (OP)
I'll never inderstand fat neckbeard virgins and their fear of tattoos, it's the most regular ass thing, yet they think it's "trashy" that instantly tells me you're 40 something and have a stigma from the fucking 70s when they weren't as popular or something lolol

>>716360148
well congrats, since overzone was a success her entire personality will be pinne forever

>>716360265
their trad podcaster demagogues tell them to hate em

>>716359764
>i want some asspull
They can easily bring her back without an asspull. It will be a clone, but it still has Red Hood personality and memories
I don't want them to do that I want some characters to stay dead to raise the stakes
Viper shouldn't have survived the explosion. The asspull was very valid but the story would have been better with her and Chime dead

>>716360296
>her entire personality will be pinne forever
since when? Did you not finish the main campaign?

>>716360296
good because I love pinne too

>>716357647
the point of the meme is that you should just like what you want and not be an uppity faggot about everything. "uhh did you know that uhh alcohol uhhh" suck my cock loser. mmm yeah loser suck my cock...nnnnnfgg just like that nnghhhh~!

>>716360497
KISAMA

>>716358523
You're not mentally stable if sex has that little worth for you
And all alcoholics are subhuman by default.
Football is for retarded fags who watch 15 minutes of people running and 45 minutes of ads and mascots dancing, while stuffing their face with vegetable oils and pisswater.
Liking bountiful asses is the only "chad" thing here.

Adding an image of a chad for your awful takes doesn't make it a reality.

>>716333827

>>716358523
Anon, you're not suppose to see the person on the left as a role model.

>>716326017 (OP)
>Name a bigger turn on
I can't.

>>716326365
>Outrageously huge tits
>No sign of nipples or areola

this was the best summer event

>>716360497
Chime surviving was better, it demonstrated the Crown-citizen relationship. I was surprised that Chime wanted something petty - vengeance, and yet Crown went all-in to bring it to her. The King serves the citizens while the citizens serve the Kingdom

>>716353889
What keeps me invested in Nikke is the genuinely entertaining stories and the minigames with each major event.
I've long been at a point where I just run through all content with my best units. The only challenge are solo raids and those are just "who deals the most damage", where whales always win the top rewards, so it's no use even trying.
Nikke doesn't have the best core gameplay out of the other gachas, but to just disregard all of them because "gachashit" is incredibly asinine. Something like Arknights is genuinely fun if you're a fan of TD games and there's plenty of Action RPG / TPS / TRPG gachas where the gameplay is akin to any other game of those genres.

>>716326081
Based.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KELmnKK-Efs&list=LL&index=8&ab_channel=GODDESSOFVICTORY%3ANIKKE

>>716361087
>this was the best summer event
It was decent but it is not even close to being the best. Beautiful Shot is not only the best summer event but also one of the best in the game
The map and the fishing minigame were extremely comfy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tzB9oPKU-o

>off

>>716361969
>english
PUKE

>>716362027
As someone who has been playing since day 1, Beauty Full Shot is one of the very few event stories I skipped. Playing photographer for a bunch of criminal whores did not excite me one bit.
I agree that the map and fishing were good though.

>>716362027
a better /u/ ship too. And you forgot Dave the diver minigame. That one was fun
The current summer event felt lacking in content in comparison and I blame the Stellar Blade collab for that

>>716362027
So Playful > Midnight Memories > Summer Seaside > Set Sail

>>716326017 (OP)

>>716362375
>Playing photographer for a bunch of criminal whores did not excite me one bit.
Shut your mouth Guilty might be a criminal but she is not a whore
Maiden and Guilty interactions were wholesome, you missed on that

>>716338125
My virginity

>>716362531
Guilty is fine, I'm mainly talking about Rosanna.

>>716362587
Rosanna vs Viper was good, rotten snake karen getting put in her place

>>716358898
>Pepper is a criminal
ftfy

>>716362027
I wish we could change the time in that event. I loved fishing during the night because of this song

>>716362375
>>716362587
The Viper and Rosanna scene was good. It made many people sympathize with Viper at least

>>716326081
This, it’s the equivalent to yaoi hands

crow is the sexiest nikke

>>716362375
>a bunch of criminal whores
Viper had no choice
It's weird how Mustang didn't try to help her. Out of the three, Tetra Nikkes get the best treatment and Viper is from Tetra

>>716362995
Viuper was on the right

>>716363239
In the clank.

rapipi

OH BABY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qyYl3NawFI&ab_channel=LEVELNINE-Topic

>dat kraken remix
I've been listening to his stupid theme every day because of interception, but my brain was so happy for something new

The Senran Kagura guy got Elegg
I hope Nikke motivates him to bring that series back and put the games in a Nintendo console this time not Sony's

is cdr really that important?
i wanna use pepper

>>716365554
you can use pepper just have a B2 CDR like dolla or summer helm

>>716365090
The start of his theme after the intro sounds like a Crash Bandicoot level

>>716328364
based
>>716328404
you lust after cock, fucking faggot

>>716365554
>is cdr really that important?
sadly yes. You can ignore CDR in PvE content but in some stages the burst timing can be crucial
I use Pepper a lot in hard mode and recently discovered she is great with Siren.
You don't need to burst with Siren, just have her in the team for the passive atk buff and her insane cdr

>>716365169
>Nintendo
He doesn't know...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6cjHZN0Dd4&t=168s&ab_channel=Cosmograph

>>716365935
The series started on a Nintendo console and went to shit when the games were Sony's exclusive
Sony killed the series with the forced censorship

>>716366169
Glowie's ass is too fat
Exia heard the asscheeks clap from a mile away

>>716337776
Your instincts are on point. That, whatever it is, has Inuyasha energy..

Man the nikke writers are really good at drawing tears and making you feel

>>716366169
>rapes you with her gigantic 700lb ass
What's her problem?

>>716333827
>>716338125

>>716346910
>Every male MC has to be a giant pussy these days.
it's not a recent thing, it came from harem anime, japs misunderstood the "kind and caring" archetype of harem hero to "shy and passive" because it was easier for their pathetic men to relate to. Nowadays, the west is more familiarized with anime and but we grew up with (and strived to become) the gigachad hero archetype so it feels extremely alien and retarded everytime we see an asian basedboy dating 10 women out of his league and it gets even weirder when the guy actually looks like a chad

The only tattoos that will ever be appropriate is your name on her ass in a red heart or right above her pussy on her pubic bone

i know the 3rd anni will bring even more shitposters

>>716346910
>Every bond story must end in sex
No

>>716366893
Faggots like you ruin everything.

>>716366893
dont reply to him he's a reddit shitposter that stirs up drama

>>716352381
the post about the fiancée is about the vtuber nimi announcing shes marrying someone and is likely the reason she left hololive the biggest vtuber corp so she can actually start a family this has nothing to do with video games

>>716333827
Pepper needs her own event

My wife Maiden.

>>716362447
https://youtu.be/IOOMUi2g51w?si=NeV6oqPk_zJDTr24&t=1170

>>716331665
>Cosplayers with tattoos
This actually bothers me more than just a random person with them because it actually does ruin the costume.

>>716365554
CDR is the single most important aspect for B1's.
You can sometimes get around it by using B2's like summer Helm and Dolla but those are typically suboptimal setups for harder content.

>>716368572
Treasure for the rehab characters when?

>>716367623
https://youtu.be/IOOMUi2g51w?si=WZi2Lb1CtMQNPvUA&t=2578

>>716367623
>>716369409
Crown theme for me
The concert overall was great
https://youtu.be/IOOMUi2g51w?si=68LfD0c-EEU_A3Sy&t=3785

>>716369280
just give them alts those kits are bad except guilty

>>716369409
still the best theme in the game

what do you wanna see in the 3rd anni?

>>716369718
They saved Helm's kit. they can do the same to anyone

>>716370035
rapi dies and red hood crawls out of her body like isshin

When did 4chan start hating tattoos so much?

>>716366201
Again, you don't know what you're talking about.

>>716369765
it hasn't been a month and this bitch drained me as hard as Mary

>>716370035
What happened between Red Ash and Overzone, which will cover Lilith's death, Scarlet and Snow White suffering Mind Switch

>>716370401
I don't think they've ever been super popular here outside of certain niches at least on real people.
Its fine on certain anime / game characters.
But also I think the stigma generated from BBC/Queen of Spade threads has made people more bothered by them as well.
I still enjoy womb tattoos or just cool magical rune tattoos a lot myself, but again only on certain characters all of which are fictional.
OPs post is a temporary tattoo anyway. This is what she usually looks like.

>>716370771
Snow White suffered a mind switch twice before Overzone
A third mind switch happened when she saw Lilith headless body in the secret ending of White Memory

>>716370917
>some crazy fucker took her head and used it as the new queen

4th mind switch coming

>>716370917
White Memory was pure kino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAxdK8Gx-XI

>>716370917
>>716371201
I wasn't sold on Nikke's writing until I played Overzone. The early main campaign chapters were decent but still made me question why everyone is praising the story

>>716371252
>>716371890
I hated Maiden until Ice Dragon Saga

>>716372183
Well, I loved her since I first got her.

Oh fuck yeah BITCH FIIIIIIGHT

>>716372359
>10/10 design
>0/10 kit and dogshit personality

>>716372384
I don't know if this is shit art or was genuinely supposed to be them having some prissy cat fight.

>>716372457
you forgot unfixable

>>716372520
meanwhile qunecy is just silly

>>716372457
>dogshit personality
Weak

>>716372551
I just like quency (forma de latex)

>>716372551
>meanwhile qunecy is just silly
It's just an act. Don't get fooled

>>716367410

>>716372457
But I like her personality. She's fun.

>>716333827
>>716367410
>>716372850
Rapi lost

>>716372473
a cat fight but with super strength is a funny idea actually

>Tranny mod sage the thread
>Still up three hours later
/v/ is dead

>>716372992
too many nikke threads you gotta space it out

>>716371963
I was sold from the start. The fact that Im paying attention to the dialogue in a gacha game was mind-blowing
Nikke is great at keeping the conversation feeling real, short and without bloat