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Announcement I'm hungry

They know you know what they are^^^

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the queen 🎤💖

hi pauline..... twirling my hair.....

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Kels lore drop next :D

the whiplash you're gonna get after reading rizu's lore and then kels' lore is crazy lol

CHARACTER INFO: KELSEY "KELS" ORPHEUS

Emoji: 🪽

Color: Light, pastel yellow

MBTI: ENFJ

Novel-length lore drop under cut!

EARLY DAYS (2008-2013)

Kels was born into a family of angels that followed the forgotten goddess, Lynette Sakura. Her birth probably couldn't have happened at a better time; Swirl Sakura was to be freed from her stasis two days afterwards, starting the prophecy. Kels was the youngest of three, with her older brothers showing great promise down on Earth.

Kels' parents then descended to Earth alongside her, and they moved around a lot, kinda like military parents. Wherever they went, they always spread positive energy and kindness, ailing any troubles. I guess that's to be expected from angels, huh? Plus, since the tragedy wasn't going to strike for a while, they had time on their hands to train Kels. She was going to be the one directly monitoring Swirl, anyway. She learned her archery fundamentals during this time.

PROJECT SAKURA 1 / PROJECT SAKURA 2 (2019-2021)

Kels became more and more stressed with her practices, as her strange behavior and mannerisms became the target of rumors. To try and stand out, she dyed her hair a cyan color for a while to try and create distance between herself and her family. In that time, she picked up volleyball (during Project Sakura 1) and became an instant pro. She decided to focus more on volleyball than anything else as her parents, aware of her troubles, allowed her to do what she needed to do to live a normal life as a normal girl. If their child wanted a bit more freedom, who were they to refuse it?

When the quarantine happened in Project Sakura 2, Kels and her family realized that the tragedy was coming in waves. They monitored the intensity of the virus, and when it miraculously dissipated, they were rightfully curious. They moved to Virginia the following year and enrolled Kels at Cosmos High School.

PROJECT SAKURA 3 (2023-2024)

When Kels started her freshman year, she joined the girls' volleyball team and became fairly popular around the kids in her grade, except for the Sakura twins themselves, since they weren't truly "popular."

At the time, Swirl was only known for how she saved the city during Project Sakura 1, and Spiral was the strange "homeschooled new girl" of the freshmen. Makura was the "homeschooled new girl" of the sophomores.

Kels clicked with the twins instantly and, noticing their troubles when it came to fitting in, decided to help out. It was burned into her goodhearted nature, and since they were the twins destined to stop the tragedy, it was the least she could do. Eventually, she fell in love with Spiral but became worried about it, since she never actually came out to her family (her family was incredibly supportive, though, so there were no problems there). She solidified a prominent role in the cast and in Swirl and Spiral's ever-changing friend group.

PROJECT SAKURA 4 (2025)

Unlike the Sakura twins, Kels wasn't pulled to Endymion until much later, a few weeks/months (still determining the amount of time) after the twins got pulled in. Of course, Kels was rightfully confused, but she wasn't given much time to contemplate before she was roped into the conflict, and her skills were put to the test: Could she purify Spiral, who was stuck under her father's hellish control once again?

At first, Kels failed. And the defeat stung greatly. She let it get the better of her for a while, feeling like she was a disgrace to her family, that she "didn't work hard enough to earn/deserve her powers." But Swirl told her that it was going to be okay. Swirl had little control over her newly-blossoming powers, which seemed to be growing day by day, so she understood the sentiment, especially when she didn't start using them until the age of 11. Kels, now reinvigorated, was able to save her girlfriend, and alongside the twins and their new friends, able to save the planet of Endymion.

PROJECT SAKURA 5 PART 1 (2027-2029)

Not much really changed with Kels during this time other than the fact that she was accepted into college with a volleyball scholarship, and ended up going to the same university as Spiral. She joined the Hero Association alongside the rest, and was probably the first person to spend a ton of time with Rizu.

Around this time, Kels started to see premonitions of the future, and they scared her. She would tell the rest of the squad what she saw, and one day, she foresaw the Assassins Order attacking the headquarters. She ended up being correct (seen in Rizu's lore drop), and that only fueled Swirl's fire on the Assassins Order case. When Swirl got taken away, Spiral's demonic tendencies only worsened and worsened, and it was at that point that something had to change. Kels entrusted Spiral to her parents to partake in Divine Rehabilitation, and she was the only one in the group able to converse with Spiral during the two-year period.

Once Spiral finished, Kels stood proudly by her side as Ceri and Makura led the attack to save Swirl.

PROJECT SAKURA 5 PART 2 (2029-???)

Kels embraces more of a support role during this time. While she attacks, she also becomes a healer to the group. Unlike the rest of the characters, nothing incredibly intense happens to Kels, but she does fall victim to getting angrier a lot easier.

Why is this important? When an angel gets incredibly angered, they turn into a biblically accurate angel (or something similar). When this happens to Kels, she becomes uncontrollable, but Spiral is typically the only person who can calm her down.

Focusing on herself and others, Kels finally shakes away all her hidden anxieties and fears and embraces the freedom that her new, adult life had given her.

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Done! Yeah, unlike the rest, Kels is probably the one with the least amount of summarized trauma/trauma in general. But they can't all be uber-traumatized! You've gotta have good to balance the bad :P

Anyways, as always, don't be afraid to ask questions! Thanks for the ask, Tulip!

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CHARACTER INFO: R12U "RIZU"

Emoji: 🎀

Color: Light, pastel pink

MBTI: INFP

Novel-length lore drop under cut

For: @tuliplover08 :3

THIS STORY DOES NOT START WITH RIZU...

SOMETIME IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY...

The Hero Association had just come to form. Things were going well for the newest recruits at the time: Vania Circe, Alicia Circe, Allen Aref, and Valeria Bellerose. Young, promising, powerful heroes that were sure to make a change in the world. As time went on, Vania and Valeria fell in love with each other, and Alicia and Allen fell in love as well. And well into adulthood, the two concluded that they would be together for life.

Allen and Alicia got married in the very early 21st century. They were young, and they might have made some decisions that weren't the brightest, but one of those choices resulted in the young couple giving birth to a young girl when they were only in their early twenties. The girl's name was Mika Aref-Circe.

Mika was a very healthy girl and her life was on the right track. Her parents loved and cared for her with every passing moment, she excelled in her preschool class, and was incredibly creative, kind, and curious. And the powers she was going to eventually inherit were only going to become stronger and stronger as they came to fruition. She was a blessing. A promising child.

But this wouldn't last forever.

THE ACCIDENT (2009)

Allen was 27, Alicia was 25. Despite the fact that Allen had recently been promoted to next in line for the title of Boss of the Hero Association, and Alicia was one of the Hero Association's most prominent healers...neither of them could have prepared themselves for what happened.

Mika was turning 4. Alicia had come by to her preschool to pick her up and take her home early to celebrate; the Aref-Circes always celebrated Mika's birthday with joy and pride. Allen was working at the time, but he promised he would be home in time for dinner to wish his little heroine a happy birthday. Alicia and Mika got in the car and started to drive home, but they were caught in a terrible accident involving an anomaly that the Hero Association happened to be chasing after. Alicia tried to protect herself and Mika using her magic, but it was no use.

Mika Aref-Circe had died.

DESPERATION PERIOD (2009-2019)

Ever since the accident, Allen and Alicia became different. Allen became more stone-faced, closed off than he ever had been before. Alicia, on the other hand, began to become more obsessive with keeping others alive, impeding her ability to work. To combat this, Alicia began to work as the nurse in Cosmos High School's Special Clinic, and Allen buried himself in hero work now that he was the boss.

One day, Allen came across plans for an automaton, something that the boss before him had issues plans for. The goal was for the human soul to inhabit the automaton's shell and handle incredibly dangerous missions, preserving their bodies in headquarters. He took the blueprints, and repurposed them, seeing a better future. He was going to recreate his late daughter as an older girl, mimicking her personality and then some, and maybe that way, he and Alicia could feel more fulfilled.

The experiments and engineering began not too long after that, a determination fueling the couple as they tried to put everything together. Allen had put together an underground laboratory floor in headquarters, and assigned the workers down there to make this their top priority. And within a few months, the 1st Robot Unit was created, mimicking the age that Mika was supposed to be, a personality tweaked and coded to be just what they thought she'd be like. But it didn't last long; the automaton was destroyed due to unforseen circumstances. Whether it was due to the machinery or a glitch in the system, the girl was gone again. So Allen worked tirelessly to "revive" their daughter, Alicia becoming less and less involved once she realized it was self-destructive (she still assisted him). Models 2-11 either self-destructed due to power imbalance, or, once Model 6 was created...due to them finding out the truth and rebelling.

Model 12 had to be perfect. It had to be.

PROJECT SAKURA 4 (2025)

This isn't exactly a huge part, but is important enough to mention.

At this point, Mika was roughly supposed to be two years older than the Sakura twins, so they were making their new model reminiscent of a 19-year old girl. The plans were perfect. Now, all it took was the creation process.

MODEL 12 IS BORN (2026)

In June 2026, it happened. Model 12 was successful. She stayed alive, passed all comprehension tests, didn't break down...she was perfect. She put together the letters and digits from 12th Robot Unit and made R12U, saying it was "Rizu." And so, that became her name.

Allen and Alicia treated Rizu like their late daughter, overjoyed that their efforts didn't go to waste and they had their daughter back. Rizu became trained to work as a back-lines member of the Hero Association so that she could always stay in contact with her parents.

PROJECT SAKURA 5 PART 1 (2027-2029)

When Swirl and co. become members of the Hero Association, Rizu is assigned to their squad. She becomes a good teammate and even better friend, finding her place in a group of people she used to be scared of, intimidated that she wouldn't fit in. She didn't know why, but she was glad it wasn't the case.

Rizu was still unaware of the truth for years, but she didn't have any signs of remembering it any time soon. She was the most human-like of all the Models, too. She played a key role in the Assassins Order case, and it's because of that that she was hit with her first big hurdle. When Allen captured Makura and her teammate, trapping them in the underground lab and interrogating them after hours, Rizu was in sleep mode, charging on the upper floor. Alicia was watching Allen cautiously, making sure that he wouldn't do anything too harsh...but he crossed the line. When Makura's teammate refused to answer his questions, he was killed. Makura's powers took control, and she became demonic, an uncontrollable mess, and murdered all personnel in the building, including the members who were in the rest of the building, except for Rizu.

Now, Rizu and the rest of her squad remained. Without her parents, Rizu was really lost and didn't know what to do, but she didn't let that take over her thoughts. She stayed positive for as long as she could, even when Swirl went missing, even when Spiral left for Divine Rehabilitation. And after two years, she was still "the same old Rizu."

PROJECT SAKURA 5 PART 2 (2029-???)

When Swirl returned and Makura became part of their team, Rizu was one of the last people to trust Makura; after all, she was the woman who ended her parents' lives. But Rizu eventually softened up to Makura, and her life returned to "normal." As close to normal as it possibly could.

One day, Swirl and Rizu found a hard drive hidden in the Boss' Office, something Allen never told them about. Curious, the two heroes plugged it into Rizu's master control system and watched the videos recorded. It showed the process from the very beginning, from Model 1 to Model 11, revealing to Rizu the depressing, life-shattering truth. But what made it worse was that she saw photos of Mika. The girl she was supposed to be. And she couldn't take it.

Rizu shut herself off from the others, changing her look and becoming more depressed. She hated her body. She hated that it wasn't human enough, she hated her stupid computer-like eyes, she hated that she wasn't their real daughter, even when they gave her so much love and affection, and she hated that she could never grow up. She wears clothes to cover up her insecurities and buries away her true self, ashamed of the "lie" she was living...but she still loved and trusted her teammates. Even if she wasn't as happy as she used to be, she still showed love and kindness to her friends, even with just the smallest smile.

. . .

PROJECT SAKURA 6 (???)

Rizu's story isn't over. It's not until the next generation that everything is solved. Of course, I won't reveal too much information about the plot, but...

Swirl's eldest daughter, Lynette "Lyn" Sakura II was a skilled mechanic and engineer. So, to fulfill Rizu's wishes, she built her a new adult body, gave her a new voice box, new clothes, everything she could have wanted. And Rizu was finally able to become the person she wanted. Not Mika, not the previous models.

Just Rizu.

BONUS: Rizu found the sight of a hollow, unused body uncomfortable, so she and Lyn created a new AI by the name of "Rise" to act as Rizu's younger sister and inhabit the body.

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That's that! It's such a deep story, even if she's not one of the major main focuses, but I'm happy to share what I can. Rizu is such a baby...

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask! And as always, if you want to ask about any other characters, shoot me an ask!

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reminder that if you want some more lore posts, send in an ask!

i kinda need them for artfight, but i also don't want to force lore upon people if they're not interested...

the ones i need for artfight are:

spiral sakura (the older twin)

kels orpheus (the angel)

rizu (the automaton)

they would be answered anyway, but i'd like if they get some attention, too! swirl, ceri, and makura aren't the ONLY members of the main cast...

ALSO IF ANYONE WANTS TO CHECK OUT THE ARTFIGHT, HERE!!

https://artfight.net/~swirlbeatz

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New story lore????:3

sry for not answering sooner! my last day of school is tomorrow and i just wrapped up finals week yesterday, so here's the answer!

i don't have much for now, but the premise is that of a family of dreameaters, the youngest, lunelle (one of the main characters) meets a human with no name that she dubs astrid. astrid is incapable of having dreams, and she's stumbled into a world created entirely from them.

i was also thinking of making a new sona that's like a blend of both swirl and lunelle! her name would prob still be swirl since thats my main brand lmao

yeah but thats it! still deciding whether the story should be named "the palace of dreams" or "the last dreameater," because i was also thinking of having lunelle be the last dreameater of the family remaining.

and since swirl represents part of who i am/my personality, lunelle would represent another half/side of my personality :3

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happy pride month !!!

(also with artfight coming next month, safe to say all my character refs should be updated accordingly… *rubs hands together evilly*)

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*Your room starts to slowly fill up with Alolan Raichu merchandise*

*It doesn't seem to end*

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HELP PLEASE IM DROWNING aahdhjsakajxkxlalamanajsnannana

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Happy 10 years of Splatoon everyone!!!!!!!! WE FUCKING MADE IT Y'ALL!!

(Art from Nintendo Today)

I'm gonna scream about this artwork in a later post because i have things to say. Very... VERY happy things...

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Crazy how long it’s been.. and what a ride!

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Happy 10th Anniversary Splatoon! 💙🦑🎉🧡 ilu c:

The Wii U Boot-Up Screen for Splatoon 1 was always so charming to me, so for the 10th anniversary I wanted to reference it :) I hope everyone likes it!

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10 years……

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Now that it’s ACTUALLY the tenth anniversary, here’s this again!

This game means so very much to me!!

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Happy 10th anniversary Splatoon! Congrats on hitting the big 10! 🦑🎉

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been thinking of beginning to make another story as i work on project sakura…

more details soon (and possibly another blog, who can say?)

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lore post on a random character?

i've waited a long time to do this...how could we go this long without an ask where i could lore dump about project sakura's MAIN CHARACTER?!

CHARACTER INFO: SWIRL SAKURA

Emoji: 💜

Color: Ultraviolet/Purple

MBTI: ENFP

Novel-Length Lore Drop Under Cut!

EARLY CONCEPTION

A few millennia after the creation of the universe as we know it, after the Heavenly and Hellish realms (also known as Aboverealms and Belowrealms) were established, Lynette Sakura, Goddess of Light and Life, and Vesper, the Prince of Hell, fell in love.

How does that...work? Guys I really love the forbidden love trope it's my favorite thing in the world...Lynette and Vesper work in the same vein - the Afterlife Jurisdiction. They met during a meeting once and Vesper was INFATUATED by Lynette. They meet with the help of Seirei Yoru (mentioned in Makura's lore post) and become good friends. Lynette shows Vesper around the various Midrealms (where both Heavenly and Hellish beings can reside) and they fall in love after a while. There's a little pre-story fic with those two in the works, I'll drop it on Tumblr maybe when I finish ;)

While Lynette is pregnant, Vesper's father, the King of Hell, Satan, finds out, and decides to force his son into becoming the "Perfect Throne Heir." He changes Vesper's personality drastically, turning the sweet and wholesome, peace-loving boy into a cold, cruel, war-seeking man.

Vesper is unlike other demons because he was born with a defect- He doesn't have a demon form, only a human-like one. He's also soft-hearted and kind, which are unfit traits for the next ruler of Hell.

TL;DR Heterosexual Forbidden Love becomes Tragic Heterosexuals

Now that Vesper is "gone," Lynette worries about him. She hadn't seen him in months, and she was going to give birth soon. She always kept him in her heart, wherever she went, and after a while...she gave birth to twins. She named them "Swirl" and "Spiral," the names Vesper was thinking of, giving them the middle names "Allegra" and "Marcella," which were names she was thinking of.

Which is which? Swirl Allegra Sakura Spiral Marcella Sakura

Swirl received more of Lynette's genes: She received colored hair, a fairly soft expression, big eyes full of curiosity and wonder, and a big smile. Spiral, on the other hand, received more of Vesper's genes: She had black hair, a bit more of a calm facial expression, and was quiet. They were the perfect blend of angel and demon, but that was the problem.

Angels and Demons were never supposed to fraternize. And now that Lynette gave birth to Nephilims of her own...that was going to cause some complications. Luckily, she was exempt from punishment, as Swirl and Spiral had overwhelming power levels, even as newborns. Vesper, on the other hand, was not so lucky. He was convinced by his father to steal the twins for himself, and instead of nurturing their angelic sides, he wanted to turn them into members of the Demon Generals - Swirl as Lust, Spiral as Wrath. So a few days later, Vesper did the unthinkable and risked his own life to steal the twins, entering Lynette's realm to do so.

Vesper was unsuccessful in terms of stealing both twins. He steals Spiral, but Swirl wakes up once Spiral is taken away and starts screaming. One of Swirl's abilities is to create shockwaves of energy with her voice, and it alerts Lynette immediately, calling her to action. Knowing he's screwed, Vesper retreats with Spiral, seeing Lynette one last time before abandoning the other half of the family.

Lynette, realizing that Swirl is in danger, casts a spell to trap both twins in a state of stasis, freezing their bodies, minds, and age, waiting for the perfect time to wake them up, in a time period where they're needed.

EARLY LIFE ON EARTH (2008-2012)

Around early 2008, (specifically February 2008 because that's my birth month and Swirl is still my sona so I win), the prophesized tragedy that Lynette was waiting for is creeping closer. Swirl, still just a newborn, will be needed soon. Lynette sneaks down onto Earth and goes to Vania Circe, Swirl's future caretaker, asking her to take care of the young Nephilim.

Why Vania? The Circe family is the only family who remembers Lynette and her legacy centuries after the goddess was forgotten. She meets with them frequently, and she already knew Vania and her sister, Alicia. As for why Vania specifically, not even I know. We just love Vania. I wonder why... (🏳️‍⚧️)

Swirl grows up with Vania and has no memory/knowledge of her real mother. All she knows is that she was left with Vania and that she should trust Vania like a parent. Her powers grow dormant since she never really learned how to use them, and she doesn't reconnect with her Nephilim identity until much later (PS2). She grows to be kind, courageous, energetic, and curious, much like her mother, but life on Earth also led her to be a little shy and socially awkward.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (2013-EARLY 2019)

Swirl is enrolled at Elm Point Elementary School and meets more people like her: supernatural beings or human-like entities with different features, since magical beings exist on Earth. In kindergarten, she meets Jace Armstrong, a boy who has a crush on her that is never reciprocated. In third grade, she meets Tre Hale and his younger first-grade sister, Mona. Swirl, Jace, and Tre become a tightly-knit trio who are almost always seen together.

Swirl knows that she's different, and sometimes gets picked on for it, especially because she doesn't know what she is. Over time, she gets a little bit better at combatting it, but is still shy. She wishes she knew more about herself, and had someone just like her, so she creates her two OCs - Dawn and Dusk Himeno, orphaned twins who become the rulers of a Kingdom of Thieves.

PROJECT SAKURA 1 (2019)

The prophesized tragedy strikes, and in order to weaken Swirl, Vesper tears through the fabric of different worlds and sends demons to attack Dawn and Dusk's kingdom.

How did he do that? In Project Sakura, every time someone creates a story world, that world actually becomes real somewhere out there in the universe. So naturally, Dawn and Dusk's story became real. Swirl only gave them base features and a tiny bit of lore, but the planet is fully developed, the characters have actual lives and a bigger personality, and there's things about them that not even Swirl herself knows about.

Dawn gets sucked through a portal by Lynette to escape the onslaught and is instructed to find Swirl. Once found, Swirl and Dawn team up to try and stop the tragedy and save both worlds, because Dawn's world is also at risk of destruction if they don't act fast. Only problem is, Swirl doesn't have any magical power. She's just as strong as an ordinary human. Vania begins to train Swirl, and Swirl activates a small sliver of her powers: the ability to amplify her strength, speed, and stamina, which helps Swirl gain the upper hand in combat.

She and Dawn fight the five demon generals (each representing the Seven Deadly Sins, excluding Wrath because Spiral is not encountered, and Lust because that's Swirl) along with Tre and Jace, and they eventually stop the tragedy, Dawn returning home peacefully.

Swirl devotes more of her time over summer break to training to become a better hero, since she and Vania both come to the realization that the fight isn't over yet.

PROJECT SAKURA 2 (2020-2021)

Since the plan with the demon generals failed, Vesper decides to send in Spiral to finish the job and bring Swirl down to Hell. A deadly virus is spread over the world, causing a global lockdown (I wonder what this is referencing), but unbeknownst to Swirl and Vania, Swirl is actually immune, since the virus was designed to be resistant to demons.

After a year or so of quarantine and training, Swirl is whisked away along with Tre and Mona into another strange realm and they have to explore it in order to return home.

(Think something like the Still World from TLoZ: Echoes of Wisdom)

The trio encounters Spiral for the first time, and upon learning that she is her twin, Swirl is determined to try and get Spiral on her side. She learns that she's a Nephilim, and the realization shatters her, Spiral winning the fight. After a while, Swirl reaches Spiral's heart and saves her from a doomed fate. The world begins to collapse around them, and Spiral opens the way out with Swirl's help, as the purple-haired twin learned to use some purifying magic and reverse the corruption in the realm.

Swirl and Spiral return to Vania's home, the virus suddenly dissipating as if nothing happened, and life returns to normal, now with a new addition to the household. Spiral uses magic to change her hair green and Swirl is supportive of the change.

PROJECT SAKURA 3 (2023-2024)

Swirl and Spiral are enrolled in Cosmos High School, and associate with new people: namely Kels Orpheus, the volleyball star and angel from Heaven, Pearl Cosmos, the daughter of the principal and half-vampire, and Makura Tsumi, the mysterious new sophomore.

Swirl, Makura, and Pearl become a new trio, and eventually, Swirl and Pearl fall in love (it's one-sided, Pearl is simply leading Swirl on). At the same time, demon attacks are increasing, and it's up to Swirl and Spiral to deal with them. Neither of them know why it's happening, however, and the cause remains a mystery until revealed in PS5 (It's Ianira's doing). Swirl, so long as she's with Pearl, changes her personality and style more and more to match Pearl, while spending a lot of time with Makura. With Makura's help, Swirl breaks it off with Pearl and starts anew.

Swirl, Spiral, Kels, and Makura proceed into their next year of high school, and it's then when Swirl and Makura start dating. And this is, by far, the healthiest relationship they could have hoped for. They pushed each other to be the best they could be, talked things out, etc. But once again, this is forbidden love, and once Ianira finds out, it's over (more detail revealed again in Makura's lore post). Swirl is shattered and broken after this failure, and it cripples her for a while.

PROJECT SAKURA 4 (2025)

On their 17th birthday, Swirl and Spiral are sucked into a portal that led them to the world of Endymion, separating them. Swirl meets Princess Aubris (pronounced Aubrey) Halocroft, Taro Lavender, and her brother, Flame Lavender. Swirl finds herself in the Kingdom of Ether, and explains her situation to the queen, Selene Halocroft, and her right-hand, Veta. The royalty agree to assist Swirl on her mission to save Spiral and return home, but it won't be easy.

As Swirl proceeds through life in Ether, making new friends, an old one returns: Dawn is sucked through another portal, and the two are reunited, as well as a new friend: Ven Polaris, another character Swirl created in Dawn's world. Swirl, Dawn, and Ven uncover clues about Spiral's whereabouts, as well as making new allies like Cam Forrester and the AppLe Bot, Ro, as well as a new girlfriend, the mercenary Ceri Huntress.

Swirl becomes connected more with her angelic side, becoming the Angelic Nephilim she was meant to be, and defeats Vesper in combat, returning home with Spiral, Kels, Tre, Mona (those three were sucked in at different periods), and now, Ceri. This is Swirl's second-biggest story yet.

PROJECT SAKURA 5 PART 1 (2027-2029)

Swirl and co. graduate high school and move on to college before enlisting in the Hero Association - Swirl's goal since childhood. She's overjoyed to be part of the team, and works passionately every day. Eventually, she's assigned to the Assassins Order case and learns more and more about the antithesis of the Hero Association, going so far to learn that her old lover, Makura, works there, and that Makura's caretaker, Ianira, was the boss all along.

Swirl is kidnapped by Makura and Ianira and subject to a two-year training period of manipulation where Ianira unlocks more of Swirl's demonic side, the Lust counterpart. Under Ianira's control, Swirl becomes a completely different person, the exact opposite of everything she'd grown to be. Her demonic side runs rampant while her angelic side grows sterile.

She gets rescued by Ceri, Spiral, and the other heroes, as well as Makura.

PROJECT SAKURA 5 PART 2 (2029-???)

Swirl trusts Makura immediately, and is proud of her for the change of heart, but as usual, Swirl masks her suffering with her happiness. Now that the masses know Swirl was the Archangel (her assassins codename) the entire planet has turned against her, their gazes all negative, and she can't possibly take it. She hides from the public.

Once she successfully helps Makura become friends with the other heroes, Makura and Ceri decide to help Swirl. Thanks to their efforts, the majority of humanity begins to trust Swirl again, and the heroine gains more confidence in herself.

(There was a poll up worldwide that would ask if humanity placed their faith in Swirl, similar to the Phan-Site in Persona 5)

While Swirl "rebuilds," her angelic and demonic sides grow to be evened out, and while her demon side is initially uncontrollable, and she doesn't want to hurt Ceri, she learns to embrace the abilities. "It's like exposure therapy, except it's not really like exposure therapy!" she'd say.

Eventually, Swirl becomes the perfect definition of a Nephilim, something that her mother would most surely be proud of.

Done done done!! I'm just so shocked nobody really asked about Swirl before, kinda makes me sad :( If anyone has more questions about our beloved main character/sona, please don't hesitate to ask me!!