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“A-Ahh...ahh...hii!!”

Zakuro yelps and cries out for the fifth time as she somehow manages to take down a foe with her newly acquired blade. The sword is heavy, there’s monsters all around her, and she’s lost Yuki. Her arms are getting tired and her morale is low; the strange music is certainly not helping, either. Never in her life did Zakuro expect to face beasts that looked like they came out one of the shounen manga she’s read. The protagonists made it seem so easy...!

When the monster she cut down falls, she notices its light beaming into the sky, very, very close by: one of the safe beacons the woman from the abyss spoke of. If she just manages to cut her way through...

“Maybe...I can do this!”

Zakuro readies herself, and, after a bit of a struggle, raises the sword above her head to attack, and slices downwards --

The sword flies out of her hands and into the dirt a few meters away.

“...!! S-Somebody, help...!!!”

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shit okay just throwing out there real quick that zakuro and yuki @hillofsunflowers are team panache i never made a cool formal post for this i really wanted to though. apologies i’ve been job hunting okay. thank you

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✎

“Your hair accessory is very...intricate, but cute.”

No longer accepting asks, thank you everyone!

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✎

“I-I have drawn you to the best of my ability!...Sorry if it’s not that good.”

Send a ✎ and Zakuro will draw you!

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✎ draw the smol child

“Ta-da! It’s Peashy.”

Send a ✎ and Zakuro will draw you!

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yellwpxnch:

          ❝ pea is peashy as peashy is pea !! what’s your name !? ❞

“Pea is Peashee..Peashi...Peashy? Ah, my name is Takashima Zakuro. Just Zakuro is fine. It’s nice to meet you.”

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Send me a ✎ and I'll do a quick sketch of your muse!

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yellwpxnch:

          ❝ wait, more learning ? but that’s really boring. pea likes playing more than learning ! school doesn’t sound like fun anymore ! ❞

“I couldn’t convince you, huh...”

“By the way, is your name ‘Pea’? You’ve been calling yourself that this whole time.”

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yellwpxnch:

          ❝ really !? playing is fun ! pea likes playing ! and having friends ! but learning is boring ! does pea have to learn things ? ❞

“Ahahaha...You go to school to learn in the first place. And the older you get, you have to learn more than you can play...ahh, but, if you know how to manage your time well so you can have fun after, it won’t be too boring for you...?”

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yellwpxnch:

          ❝ nope ! pea’s never ! is it fun ? ❞

“...”

“...School can be fun! It can be very fun, if you have lots of friends to talk to and clubs to go to. It’s especially fun for kids your age, since you get to play around a lot and learn easy things.”

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“Have you never gone to school before?”

          ❝ heeey ! what’s school like ? ❞

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Send my muse something to consider!

Examples:

Consider: doing a backflip

Consider: kissing your crush

Consider: wearing a skirt

ETC

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@excitablebookworm

“Hmm...the cover on this is faded...I can’t read this language...”

The ruined island proved to be an interesting place to explore. So long as Zakuro kept away from any suspicious people and didn’t look straight at the eclipse, she’d be fine. That was her plan of action and she was sticking to it. The sensation of gravel digging into her skin from when she first arrived was too realistic for her to dismiss this as a dream.

Eventually her whimsical wandering lead her to a place that looked like something resembling a library, what with its tall bookshelves that rose high as if trying to reach the blocked sun. She flips through countless books, trying to find something that might interest her, or perhaps an author she recognized from one of her conversations with Mamiya.

Zakuro sighs and places a partially destroyed copy of Through the Looking Glass back on its shelf. “Is there nothing I can read here?” Not that she’d even know if the first readable book she found would interest her in the first place...

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‘ are you a good person? ’

“Me? A good person…?”

“I can’t say I’ve ever really thought about that…I’d like to imagine that I am. I hope that I am. All I know is…at the very least…I’m not a lowlife.”

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* interview the muse

‘ do you miss anyone? ’

‘ how are you doing? ’

‘ do you believe in ghosts? ’

‘ what makes you laugh? ’ 

‘ list your top three bands or singers. ’ 

‘ how many blankets do you sleep with? ’

‘ does your name hold any special meaning to you? ’

‘ gum, cake, pie or ice cream? ’

‘ favorite book? ’

‘ are you a good person? ’

‘ describe love. ’

‘ have you ever taken part in an uprising? ‘

‘ favorite song? ’

‘ name a guilty pleasure. ’

‘ the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to you today? ’

‘ tell me one truth and one lie. ’

‘ do you like people? ’

‘ what motivates you? ’

‘ describe the perfect weekend. ’

‘ any pet peeves? ’

‘ do you need a hug? ’

‘ would you like to have kids? ’

‘ do you have any tattoos? ’

‘ classical, oldies, punk, hip hop or country? ’

‘ when was the last time you cried? ’

‘ are you religious? ’

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Send me a food emoji for my muse to answer questions!

☕️: Do you prefer coffee or tea? Why?

🍵: Do you stick with your family's values and beliefs? Why or why not?

🍶: Can you hold you liquor? How much can you take before you act drunk? How much before you pass out?

🍺: What are some traditions that you have? What do they mean to you?

🍸: Do you like your body? Do you wish to have a different skin tone, hair color, eye color, etc.? How come?

🍹: Dream vacation? What makes it so appealing to you?

🍷: Have you made any modifications to your body, such as plastic surgery, piercings, tattoos, etc.?

🍕: Are you a sports fanatic? If so, what kind?

🍔: Would you rather eat out or cook for yourself? If you were forced to eat out, what types of places would you go to?

🍟: Do you train, whether it be just working out or learning to control any abilities you have? Do you enjoy it? Is there something you do or enjoy doing afterwards?

🍗: Are your sleeping and eating patterns well-established or irregular? Do you wish to change that?

🍖: How much time do you spend with family and friends? Do you feel as if it is enough?

🍝: Is there a random thing that just reminds you of home or a pleasant memory? Do you understand why or do you see absolutely no correlation between it and the memory?

🍛: Do you open up to strangers easily? How long does it take to earn your trust? What does it take?

🍤: Do you believe that broken relationships can be mended? What is something that, to you, immediately breaks a relationship?

🍱: What is your thought on keeping pets? If you had to have one pet, which would you have?

🍣: Do you live a simple or fancy lifestyle? What is the underlying reason? Do you wish to change that?

🍥: Do you pay more attention to intricate details or the bigger picture? Or do you believe that you keep a balance of the two?

🍙: Do you practice a religion? If so, which one? For what reason do you practice it?

🍘: What does honor mean to you? Do you have honor? To what extent do you have it?

🍚: Is there such thing as "too plain" to you? What is the embodiment of those words?

🍜: Do you like heat or cold more? What is something you find unappealing about the other one?

🍲: Are you patient? How far does your patience go? What is one thing that will tick you off no matter what?

🍢: Are you open to trying new things? Why or why not?

🍡: Have you ever met a person who changed you significantly? How did they change you? Did they open your eyes? Make you a better person?

🍳: Do you accept hospitality and help from others? Are you someone who will provide assistance? To whom?

🍞: How do you view your current life? Do you find it to be a fortunate or unfortunate situation? Is it plain, or does it have flavor?

🍩: Do you approve of your hometown's law enforcement? How about your current home's system? What makes you feel the way you do about it?

🍮: Traditional or Modern? What do you dislike about the other lifestyle?

🍦: How often do you treat yourself? What do you treat yourself to? A spa day, alcohol, etc.?

🍨: Do you stress eat? What (other) activities do you take part in to relieve stress?

🍧: Do you want children? If so, how many? Do you believe that to be complete, a woman must bear offspring?

🎂: Do you celebrate birthdays? Do you enjoy birthdays? How do you usually feel on your birthday?

🍰: Are some holidays overly mainstream? Which ones feel pointless and over-exaggerated?

🍪: Are there simple things that make you happy? What are some of them? Do they make you feel that way because of a connection to something? If so, what is that connection?

🍫: Do you have any guilty pleasures? Does the guilt in them come right away or slowly build up? Despite those feelings, are they worth it?

🍬: Do you have a sweet tooth? How often do you indulge in sweets?

🍭: Did you enjoy your childhood? Why or why not? What memory most influenced your current reflection?

🍯: Have you ever made a promise to someone or yourself that you couldn't keep? How do you feel about it?

🍎: What, in your opinion, is your best quality? What do others say is your best quality? Do you agree with them?

🍏: What, in your opinion, is your worst quality? What do others say is your worst quality? Do you agree with them?

🍊: What do you look for in a leader? Can you describe an ideal leader?

🍋: What are qualities in a leader that you feel are not acceptable in the very least? Why do you believe this?

🍒: What is your sexual orientation? What is your romantic preference? If you have any, what are your turn ons? What about turn offs?

🍇: Are you a virgin? If so, do want to stay that way? If not, how did you lose your virginity?

🍉: Could you stay with the same person all your life? Do you feel comfortable with a commitment like that? Why or why not?

🍓: Do you give second chances? Are you comfortable with cutting all ties and bonds with people?

🍑: Is there a meaning behind your name? Do you like your name? Have you ever changed it?

🍈: What do you identify as in terms of gender? Are you male, female, genderfluid, genderqueer, agender, or non-binary? Do you identify with the gender you were assigned at birth? If not, what was the point when you found out that you weren't cisgender?

🍌: Do you like playing pranks? Do you find them amusing? If someone were to play one on you, how would you feel?

🍐: Do you carry a lot of responsibility on your shoulders? Does it bother you?

🍍: Which do you find more appealing, beaches or mountains? What are your reasons behind your opinion?

🍠: Does everyone have the potential to be a great person? Why or why not? Is there prejudice in your society against a group of people for a reason they cannot control?

🍆: Does someone's past define them? Can their mistakes be washed away completely, or will there always be significant damage? Does someone who's committed a crime deserve a second chance?

🍅: What is something you absolutely hate? What caused you to hate it so much?

🌽: Do you love yourself fully as a person? Why or why not?

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42 character development questions!

PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND GESTURE. 1. How do they move and carry themselves? Pace, rhythm, gestures, energy? 2. How much physical space do they use, active and at rest? 3. How do they position themselves in a group? Do they like to be the center of attention, or do they hang back at the edges of a crowd? 4. What is their size and build? How does it influence how they use their body, if it does? 5. How do they dress? What styles, colors, accessories, and other possessions do they favor? Why? 6. What are they like in motion–in different environments, and in different activities? What causes the differences between these? 7. How do they physically engage with other people, inanimate objects, and their environment? What causes the differences between these? 8. Where and when do they seem most and least at ease? Why? How can you tell? 9. How do they manifest energy, exhaustion, tension, or other strong emotions? 10. What energizes and drains them most? 11. How are they vocally expressive? What kind of voice, accent, tones, inflections, volume, phrases and slang, and manner of speaking do they use? 12. How are they bodily expressive? How do they use nonverbal cues such as their posture, stance, eyes, eyebrows, mouths, and hands? DISPOSITION AND TEMPERAMENT. 13. How do they greet the world — what is their typical attitude towards life? How does it differ in different circumstances, or towards different subjects? Why do they take these attitudes, and why do they change? How do these tend to be expressed? 14. What do they care deeply about? What kind of loyalties, commitments, moral codes, life philosophies, passions, callings, or spirituality and faith do they have? How do these tend to be expressed? 15. What kind of inner life do they have — rich and imaginative? Calculating and practical? Full of doubts and fears? Does it find any sort of outlet in their lives? 16. Do they dream? What are those dreams like? 17. Are they more shaped by nature or nurture — who they are, or what has happened to them? How have these shaped who they’ve become as a person? 18. What kind of person could they become in the future? What are some developmental paths that they could take, (best, worst, most likely?) what would cause them to come to pass, and what consequences might they have? What paths would you especially like to see, and why? CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS. 19. How do they behave within a group? What role(s) do they take? Does this differ if they know and trust the group, versus finding themselves in a group of strangers? Why? 20. What kind of individual relationships do they have with others, and how do they behave in them? How are they different between intimate relationships like friends, family, and lovers versus more impersonal relationships? 21. What kind of relationships do they tend to intentionally seek out versus actually cultivate? What kind of social contact do they prefer, and why? 22. How do people respond to them, and why might these responses differ? 23. How do they respond to difficult social moments? What makes them consider a social situation difficult? 24. How do they present themselves socially? What distinguishes their “persona” from their “true self”, and what causes that difference? 25. What do they need and want out of relationships, and how do they go about getting it? 26. How do they view and feel about relationships, and how might this manifest in how they handle them, if it does? ACTIVITIES AND PREFERENCES. 27. What do they strongly like and dislike, in any category? Why? 28. What are they likely to do if they have the opportunity, resources, and time to accomplish it? Why? 29. What kind of activities, interests, and hobbies do they have? What significance and impact do these have in their lives, both positive and negative? 30. What is their preferred level of activity and stimulation? How do they cope if they get either too little or too much? 31. Is there anything that counts as a “dealbreaker” for them, positively or negatively? What makes things go smoothly, and what spoils an activity or ruins their day? Why? 32. Do they have any “props” that are a significant part of their life, identity, activities, or self-presentation somehow? What are they, how are they used, and why are they so significant? How would these props’ absence impact them, how would they compensate, and why? THINKING AND LEARNING. 33. How do they learn about the world–what is their preferred learning style? Hands-on learning with trial and error? Research, reading, and note-taking? Observation or rote memorization? Inductive or deductive reasoning? Seeking patterns and organization? Taking things apart and putting them back together? Creative processing via discussing, writing about, or dramatizing things? 34. How do they understand the world–what kind of worldview and thought processes do they have? Why? 35. How and why do they internalize knowledge? What effect has that had on them? 36. How much do they rely on their minds and intellect, versus other approaches like relying on instinct, intuition, faith and spirituality, or emotions? What is their opinion on this? 37. Have they had any special education or training that colors their means of learning about or understanding the world? Conversely, do they lack some kind of education considered essential in their world? What kind of impact has this addition or lack had on them? 38. Is there anything they wish they could change about their worldview or thought processes? What, and why? 39. What sort of questions or thoughts recur in their lives, either specifically or as a theme? Why are these never answered, or answered permanently to their satisfaction? 40. What do they wonder about? What sparks their curiosity and imagination, and why? How is this expressed, if it is? FREE FOR ALL. 41. What associations do they bring to mind? Words or phrases, images, metaphors or motifs? Why? 42. I have a question of my own!