he who tied the bell dev
I want he who tied the bell to have sabriel inspired magic bell bandolier to crowd control mecha and suzu playing the shakuhachi
suzu can Also play harp but pretends not to
(bc only imperial princes of the previous dynasty were permitted to learn the royal harp mecha)
suzu escaped the palace when the usurper came to power
and is now basically like a senior devicer whose partner always dies, they are paired by the academy to spy on each other and rat each other out for political benefits / to escape piloting
but suzu as a prince of the previous dynasty ofc cannot afford to be found out
when he was a prince, his best friend was a warlord's son, but during the exchange of the throne, he was out fighting in a different region, and upon his return swore loyalty to the new regime by sacrificing his son as a ward of the state
that was haruie, who ended up becoming a military strategist on retainer
he lacks ambition and talent for tactics so it's just a nominal position...
when the empress gets fed up w him, looking for a reason to kill him, suzu suggests he become suzu's partner
(suzu's partners are famous for dying bc they knew him) so she agrees
ofc, suzu "ties the bell"
(ties the seven bell bandolier around him) and also hammers seven nails into his chest. suzu will take one out after every year, for a contract period of seven years, when suzu will help him leave if that is what he wishes to do
I want this game to use a lot of bdsm sex as storytelling but also simultaneously be an enriching political court intrigue.