Samaire Edelweiss Age: 22 Likes: Hats, autumn, breakfast pastries Dislikes: Animal prints, dressing up, loud people Random fact: Can tie a cherry stem with her tongue.
	Ashe Edelweiss Age: 23 Likes: Expensive steak dinners, warm weather, (very recently) thrifting clothes Dislikes: Children, elitist attitudes, his mom's dog, Peanut Random fact: Allergic to certain types of shellfish; doesn't care.
	Zinnia Bancroft Age: 27, almost 28 Likes: Alcohol, incredibly amateur photography, the color yellow Dislikes: Long lines, cold people, being wrong Random fact: Not very good at mathematics which hindered her a bit in med school.
	Linden Gray Age: 23 Likes: Pretentious music, graphic t-shirts, apple pie (but only his grandmother's) Dislikes: Most women (terrified of them), surprises (and pranks), romantic comedies Random fact: He became friends with Ashe when Ashe beat up a bully for him as children.
	Ren Moribana Age: 25 Likes: Any form of good literature, (secretly) likes romantic comedies, (secretly) likes terrible food Dislikes: Cheap beer, people who don't know how to make proper salads, spending too much money on shoes/clothing Random fact: Has a sword scar on his back and will tell you the story if you ask.

questions and stuff
things that will come up later you might need to know now

so what's up with the technology in the story?
Technology is strange and somewhat 1950s-esque. It all boils down to the necessity and what works best for the economy. Also, an active class system and monarchy still holds power in their world -- some things are from the "old days", some things are from pre-war days, some things people use just because it makes them look important.

Cars are cheap to buy, cheap to run, but most people in cities use taxis. Horses are expensive to own and keep, so horse-drawn carriages are more associated with the upper middle class and upper class.

Television is black and white, as is photography, for the most part. Color photography arose in the last 25 years, but is hard to own. Computers fill rooms, and phones, though not rare, are hard to pay for. Personal phones are generally associated with middle/upper class. Phones are available at most businesses.

and the money ...?
Equal to Japanese yen!

Sam and Ashe got married at 17. Ashe's mother married his father at 16. That's gross.
One comes of age in the land ruled by the monarchy at 16. Formal education ends at 15. The drinking/gambling age is 17.

A good rule of thumb is to compare American legality --
M2M --> America
15 --> 17
16 --> 18
17 --> 19 (21 is the drinking age in America)

the creators

Lintwhite aka Layne is the resident writer/thumbnailer. She graduated college in 2011, and enjoys writing & studying Japanese, which includes being the translator for several projects. Other interests include graphics, reading, drawing, gaming & trolling Meghan.

Runcible aka Meghan is the writer/chief artist. She enjoys music too much and doesn't like to commit to sleep. Her hobbies include art (hopefully, as she's an art major), photography, writing, & shirking responsibility.

contact: industrial.age@gmail.com (meghan's personal email)
brambles.and.bugs@gmail.com (comic info/inquiries)