Spark being a living fireball companion sounds great for creating contrast haha. Since Lior's romance depends on choices from both sides, if a player turns down the romantic route, do they still get an equally complete companion story?
Good question! First of all, thanks for question and interest. Lior is NPC so DM plays him and shapes moments. The module just gives him a core, his faith, his fear of parting, the idea of choosing someone again and again, and some lines to improvise with. The flirting is optional. If the player doesn't go for it he just stays a friend.
Still Yiming from ISECAI here, just following up from our team's ming101 account.
Ah, so Lior has their own beliefs and a core built around fearing separation and choosing each other again, without the relationship having to be pushed into romance—being able to turn down flirting and still stay friends is a really nice boundary. We’re currently testing ISECAI, a free web AI anime academy RPG, and want to see if the characters' stances and the player's room to choose read naturally with free-text input. Would you be up for trying a quick bit of the opening and sharing your gut feeling? If you're interested, I can drop the link and a unique code right here.