[heretic]

The sibling: Another simple one for you! Recommendation on the FC (ryo asuka from devilman) is just there for an option, just keep fc to looking relatively similar to Mikine. The gender of said sibling is open to anything, and really this open format character for anyone to take on the terms outside the relationship these two have. The recommended age between the two is about one or two years older, subject to some reasonable flux. On to the deets! So these two grew up in a well-off home, parents both lived busy lives as some big names in a company (nothing like a CEO or higher, but pretty close). They had frequently changed nannies and with that left a craving for consistent people in the home. Only Mikine was always left with that feeling as their first child was the object of their idea of perfection. This could have either mean they held them to that light more harshly or they just always seemed to fit their ideas, regardless they were the one their parents preferred out of the two. But this didn't bitter their relationship in their younger years. Not yet, at least, as they often tried to help guide Mikine to the same level with them so they'd have to see their little sister less upset that she was the ignorable sibling. As in her younger years, she wasn't impressive to many people due to her timid demeanor as she was not very socially adept despite her craving to be noticed. In their younger years, things would have been sweet and endearing. But things slowly changed as Mikine took an interest in street racing. Particularly, it wasn't the legal kind of street racing either where there'd be streets safely tied off and such. She kept it under lock and key, but there was only so much hiding she can do from the sibling that was curious as to what kept their little sister out so often. And when they discovered it, internally it may have broken their heart or maybe they believed her head to be too far gone in the clouds. For one, their parents could suffer if anyone was to find out their background daughter was doing something illegal. For two, the fear of her getting severely hurt in such things. But she begged them to not tell their parents, as racing was her only escape from the little world she had to build herself since she's finally accepted. Mikine also expressed that she will always be the insignificant one compared. Her sibling then relented, but at the cost of cutting off how close they were. Later, she would get in an accident that they would tell their parents why the car had been deemed street illegal and it led to Mikine being kicked out of their home, sent to the streets, and wheeling with her mental health. As for things for them today, Mikine is still racing on the streets but she's trying her best to keep her identity hidden, a best friend that saved her from the brink, and now on her feet again, trying to live a happy life. She's in school to study Astronomy (particularly stellar astronomy and astrophysics) and in general, is doing much better in life now she is free from expectations. I feel like her older sibling would want to rekindle their old relationship, despite their parents' disownment of her, maybe realized their wrongs or just wants to be a better sibling for her. They still don't see eye to eye on everything, maybe they even have a mild issue with her relationship choices, it's all up in the air at this point.

MELUSINE

The bestie: This is someone that would be the closest to Mikine. They saved each other one day at the tracks when she came up to him and started chattering away, promising to always listen to his problems. Since then, Miki's practically attached to the hip to him. I don't have a crazy amount for this other than I would like this to go from friends to lovers (one of the few, maybe even the first) as Mikine herself is a massive love bug herself. Of course, he may not be the only one at the time feelings are discovered. They may feel jealous at first if she has another spouse in her life when they're not included and come off bratty. But it also may be the feeling of being lost in the world as while they're no longer on the brink, they may be still be trying to rediscover themselves while Mikine seems to have it all figured out. I'm just interested in having her bestie come along the joyride of her life and be there to hold her hand whenever she wants to. Which is always.

MELUSINE

The club: Welcome to Carina Wake, a little old car and moto club Mikine has with friends and car/moto lovers alike, whether they are racers, mechanics, or just like admiring from a distance. She really doesn't have rules or a set of requirements. She just ask that no one sell their gatherings out to the cops, and to take care of themselves. (tl;dr info dump at the bottom) The group consists of: Racers: MIKINE SHIMIZU Stylers: Mechanics: Photographer/Filmer: Gawkers: (Gatherings often worked like normal car meets, but often at night in hidden areas or dead parking garages before moving to racing locations. Traditionally races consisted of kōsoku battle, zero-yon, and touge. Drift drivers are the more common as these earned the most money and are considered safer as they happen outside the city; albeit there was still grip and drags races around as well inside the city. Some people liked to slam their cars out to not only be fast, but to look good [some even in a style known as Bōsōzoku, but not always]. These tuners were more common than did both, but some focused more on making their cars flashy and for show than racing. There were also people who like to create sleep cars, which were cars that appeared to be plain stock/straight from the lot but end up faster than they appear. A lot of people would stand along the mountain roads to watch or film. There were also people who'd signal with their own headlights for oncoming traffic during races so the racers knew to either slow down/stop or turn around. Sometimes a filmer was invited to sit in the passenger seat to film chase races and so on.)

MELUSINE