(cw for passing mentions of pedophilia and SA in people descriptions)
Character Kazuigetsu / Yue Family Siren's Melodies
A Place of Significance A long road that homes a bustling street market. The architecture and fashion people are wearing feels like it belongs to an entirely different culture, from a long time ago. There's stalls selling produce, herbs and spices, textiles, and also, if one is to follow the enticing smell, one may find food stalls selling chicken skewers, steamed buns, and all sorts of street food.
Meaning => A place he visited while he was undercover, dressed up as "Jinka", a commoner who served Maomao who was passing as his mistress. He loved getting to play the role of a normal guy in a normal place, and enjoying time with Maomao outside of the palace.
2 Items of Significance
1. A silver bowl filled with a sickly sweet liquid Meaning => The weird tasting medicine Jinshi has to drink every day to maintain his condition as a eunuch
2. A purple and gold fountain pen, looks very expensive Meaning => A gift from his mother (AU) when he was a child. He learned calligraphy with it, and it represents his mother's wish for him to join the Holy Order.
2 People of Significance 1. The Former Emperor (a beautiful man who bears an eerie resemblance to Yue/Jinshi). Meaning => Yue doesn't remember his face, but he knows this was Jinshi's father, he was a pawn and puppet to his mother (the Empress Regnant) and also a pedophile. Jinshi feels like he must bear the burden for his sins.
2. Kan Lakan Meaning => Unfortunately this is Maomao's father who is shady as fuck and who may or may not have assaulted and gotten pregnant an incredibly expensive courtesan in the past (Maomao's mother) to lower her value so he could afford her. That's what Yue thinks, anyway.
3 Items of Significance These can be any size!
1. Small silver spoon wrapped in fancy cloth Meaning => Used to identify poison in drinks (Jinshi has been victim of poisoning attempts)
2. Designer dress Meaning => A reminder of Yue (Moonglow)'s career as a femme/nb-presenting model, a representation of a life that felt very simple and which he succeeded at with almost no effort, but that never allowed him to be himself
Five Emotions You Want Your Character to Experience 1. Fear of saying or doing the wrong thing in a way that results in your loved ones being disappointed/angry at you and turning their back on you 2. Lack of control over your own, overwhelming emotions. There's nothing you can do to lower the intensity with which you feel them or make them stop. 3. Counterpoint to 1: Confidence that no matter what you say or do, everything is going to be okay in the end, and people will be there to support you in your choices. 4. Confidence in a more professional sense. You know you're the only person who can make the right choice/you trust your skills and instincts and thus can act on things with certainty. 5.
5 Anything Elses This is basically anything else you wanna include. A pet. Another location. A memory. Another item. A feeling, a dream, a specific scenario. A sin, a regret, an event. Once again, detail/significance/etc is useful! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Yue
Character Kazuigetsu / Yue
Family Siren's Melodies
A Place of Significance A long road that homes a bustling street market. The architecture and fashion people are wearing feels like it belongs to an entirely different culture, from a long time ago. There's stalls selling produce, herbs and spices, textiles, and also, if one is to follow the enticing smell, one may find food stalls selling chicken skewers, steamed buns, and all sorts of street food.
Meaning => A place he visited while he was undercover, dressed up as "Jinka", a commoner who served Maomao who was passing as his mistress. He loved getting to play the role of a normal guy in a normal place, and enjoying time with Maomao outside of the palace.
2 Items of Significance
1. A silver bowl filled with a sickly sweet liquid
Meaning => The weird tasting medicine Jinshi has to drink every day to maintain his condition as a eunuch
2. A purple and gold fountain pen, looks very expensive
Meaning => A gift from his mother (AU) when he was a child. He learned calligraphy with it, and it represents his mother's wish for him to join the Holy Order.
2 People of Significance
1. The Former Emperor (a beautiful man who bears an eerie resemblance to Yue/Jinshi).
Meaning => Yue doesn't remember his face, but he knows this was Jinshi's father, he was a pawn and puppet to his mother (the Empress Regnant) and also a pedophile. Jinshi feels like he must bear the burden for his sins.
2. Kan Lakan
Meaning => Unfortunately this is Maomao's father who is shady as fuck and who may or may not have assaulted and gotten pregnant an incredibly expensive courtesan in the past (Maomao's mother) to lower her value so he could afford her. That's what Yue thinks, anyway.
3 Items of Significance These can be any size!
1. Small silver spoon wrapped in fancy cloth
Meaning => Used to identify poison in drinks (Jinshi has been victim of poisoning attempts)
2. Designer dress
Meaning => A reminder of Yue (Moonglow)'s career as a femme/nb-presenting model, a representation of a life that felt very simple and which he succeeded at with almost no effort, but that never allowed him to be himself
Five Emotions You Want Your Character to Experience
1. Fear of saying or doing the wrong thing in a way that results in your loved ones being disappointed/angry at you and turning their back on you
2. Lack of control over your own, overwhelming emotions. There's nothing you can do to lower the intensity with which you feel them or make them stop.
3. Counterpoint to 1: Confidence that no matter what you say or do, everything is going to be okay in the end, and people will be there to support you in your choices.
4. Confidence in a more professional sense. You know you're the only person who can make the right choice/you trust your skills and instincts and thus can act on things with certainty.
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5 Anything Elses This is basically anything else you wanna include. A pet. Another location. A memory. Another item. A feeling, a dream, a specific scenario. A sin, a regret, an event. Once again, detail/significance/etc is useful!
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