Thread:Millyna/@comment-29740360-20180130053401/@comment-25104896-20180130061836

Haha~

To explain the Platinum Transit, I have to explain where Erika is from.

I am writing on a (previously Aikats Stars! fanfic) story called Stellar Wind. SW starts out with different main characters, but Erika (and Kanon) play a role as middle school students already - they are part of the character arc of Mika, and the arc is also the reason why Kanon is able to convince Erika of becoming an idol later on (aside of the fact that Erika'd pretty much do everything for Kanon, considering the fact that she is her girlfriend).

Long-short story, the arc is about Mika trying to make her House in her school (compare it to Harry Potter, kind of) more popular, and Erika and Kanon tend to be around at the events. Erika's intitial attidude is disinterest in idols - she has her own problems, and some girls dancing around in short skirts won't solve them. It's pretty much her story arc that explains why (but since it involved Yakuza and the real life entertainment industry, I'm gonna' cut that out. It's also the reason why her brother is her legal guardian.).

But I am getting off topic.

In the third "season", the main characters change to a group of high school 1st years who do not attend any idol academy (which'd be 3kies in this story). They are ordinary students. Ai (main chara) & co eventually get into the project "let's become idols" by Ai (because of character background motives, too lazy to explain). Kanon quickly gets interessted but is unsure whenever she wants to get involved - she is afraid of being just considered as her parents' daughter. What does she do? Send her girlfriend to do so who also happens to be a fairly decent performer. Erika refuses initially, but eventually, during a school musical, even gets casted by Ai.

The (Platinum; that's a level, there are several (Glimmer (something that in SW can be forced) < Platinum (basic level) < Rainbow (kind of final) < Halation (Aurora Rising Dream like) - The Transit can really be compared to PRAD's Aurora Rising haha) Transit is something, she is theoretically not the first to achieve - she is, however, the first to perform one in public and she gets picked up by some talent scouts. By then, she is kinda' part of the main group, Nanairo Halation, though.

To achieve the ability to perform the Transit, basically only one thing is neccessary - the capability to perform without relaying onto the (in SW, it's the Performer Crystals, but think of it as Aikatsu System). The whole time over, Erika is scared by the [System / Crystals] because it isn't explainable by normal physics and she constantly avoid using them - even convincing the other Halation members to perform without (which, ironically, helps them to get popular). The fact that Erika doesn't care much for the system and only uses it if neccessary (which were the Fashion Week & school auditions ect in the rp because of obviousness/regulations of the castings).

Lucia started out fairly well, altho the aura part of her gave her a disadvantage - an idol shouldn't require a technological element such as idol aura to convey things. She could have gotten it, but she went into the total wrong direction. The way, she developed (espacilly with the wings) however moved her into the complete wrong direction. She focused onto the aura, appeals, and wings which moved her even more away.

Obviously, Erika's backstory is written the way that becomes the center of the discovery of the Transit because she is the origin (to the public; it's actually Ai but details). In the roleplay, my headcanon for the background was that Nanairo Halation actually existed (hence Erika's actions being no the ones of a newbie - she has no self-producing skills at all; everything is thanks to Kanon and some others). But here, Nanairo Halation was formed earlier and failed due to the obvious impact of parents.

Eh, I wrote that sans planning of writing ect. so, questions?