𝒾𝓃𝒷𝑜𝓍, 𝓁𝒾𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓇𝓎, 𝑒𝓉𝒸;

[happyberry]

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11:11 am

Sakurada Miwako

𝕟 𝕒 𝕞 𝕖

Paradise Kiss

𝕤 𝕖 𝕣 𝕚 𝕖 𝕤

light + alchemy

𝕞 𝕒 𝕘 𝕚 𝕔

seamstress, designer

𝕧 𝕠 𝕔 𝕒 𝕥 𝕚 𝕠 𝕟

𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋

• 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 + 𝕙𝕞𝕕 • ♥ • 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠 + 𝕒𝕡𝕡 • ♥ • 𝕓𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 •
Miwako is a bubbly, deeply sensitive, creative and stylish young woman. She’s a senior high school student at Yazawa School of the Arts in Tokyo, where she studies fashion design. Though her older sister, whom she admires more than anyone in the world, is a bold and successful fashion designer who’s been a standout visionary all her life, Miwako is far more passive and feels she lacks the originality to start her own clothing brand like her sister did. She instead eagerly sews clothes designed by her friend and classmate George, who is a natural genius like Miwako’s sister. Together with George’s ladylike pattern-maker best friend Isabella, Miwako’s punk long-time boyfriend Arashi, and their passionate aspiring model Yukari Caroline, Miwako works hard to bring George’s elegant visions to life to create their own fledgling brand, Paradise Kiss.

In Avalon, her own dreams are coming true slowly but surely, given a pedestal and window of opportunity she was never able to reach for at home. Without Mikako's designs as a mirror on the market beside hers, Miwako's designs can shine on their own. Her problem is not that she's bad at designing; it's that her designs look like copycats of her sister's style by unconscious nature, which would shoot Miwako in the foot as a designer competing with her idol. Here? There is no Happy Berry to compete with. Mikako's designs are good and Happy Berry is a success back home. If Miwako's designs are natural mirrors to Mikako's... then here, she can succeed, living outside her sister's shadow for the first time in her life. She can be her own person, make her own art, and start her own brand — and will never hear the name "Kouda Mikako" brought up unless she brings it up herself. Which she will — often, and enthusiastically — but with a new brand of vigor. Happy Berry is no longer a dream to admire, but an example to follow.

gokudera hayato

A tragic coincidence sparks a reunion with Bingo-kun at just the right moment! log; 13 May

aimono jyushi

Another visual kei fan! She's collecting musicians by accident, too... network; 10 May

della duck

A friend of a friend is a friend indeed! And a potential new avian customer! network; 4 May

alice lidell

Happy Birthday, Alice-chan~! Not an unbirthday at all, but merry as ever! network; 4 May

kirishima eijiro

Magical hairstyling tips! network; 3 May

𝕞 𝕒 𝕪

A bright future! Miwako has money, magic fabric, her eyes on the prize, and what's more: friends! ♥

oda nobunaga

Fast friends with a warlord... What a delightful mindfuck?! Konpeito, konpeito, YEAH! ☆ log (EVENT); end of April

kohinata miku

Encouragement from a sweet stranger... who sews! Yay! log (EVENT); end of April

w a r s u p p l i e s

With her new alchemy magic, Miwako's dreams all come true in the form of an enchanted fabrics expo! log (EVENT); end of April

iruma jyuto

Networking...! Fashion photographers wanted! network; 25 April

𝕒 𝕡 𝕣 𝕚 𝕝

Finally, the skies are starting to clear; seeds planted have started to sprout! Miwako has gained alchemy magic! ☆

ikusaba mukuro junko

Birds of a feather flock together! Found another fashionista! network; 30 March

nanao taichi

Man is least himself when he speaks in his own person; give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth. log (EVENT); end of March

𝕞 𝕒 𝕣 𝕔 𝕙

Working hard or hardly working? Miwako feels like she's on autopilot! Full-force nose-dive into her new dreams! Exhausting!

gokudera hayato

A star is born! ☆ Making over a mafioso into a supermodel~ log; sometime in February

𝕗 𝕖 𝕓 𝕣 𝕦 𝕒 𝕣 𝕪

Seeds of beauty have been planted... Now, comes the patience until they blossom.

amemura ramuda

Harajuku street fashion designer pinky-pink collaboration, y e a h ! ! ☆ network; 24 January

toph beifong

Bending...? Bending spoons? network; 20 January

nanao taichi

Taichi's grand romantic gesture did not go as planned... They need ice cream to cry into. log; 19 January

jinguji ren

Valentine's Day concert and gig as a makeup artist! network; 19 January

nero

How can they co-parent for Alice? Teamwork! network; 17 January

alice liddel

Alice needs clothes and comfort and care... Mama Miwako's here! network; 17 January

hitachiin hikaru

Fashion philosophy discourse... Things got a little heated! network; 16 January

𝕛 𝕒 𝕟 𝕦 𝕒 𝕣 𝕪

December came and went like a mystical flurry! New job at consignment shop, local tailor's aid.

chang geng

Chang Geng is already so beautiful; of course he needs clothes that make him feel like it! network; 30 December

crow

Visual Kei-kun, let's rock! Commissioning an outfit that would make Vivienne Westwood slow clap. network; 30 December

aziraphale

What an angel~! ♥ The birth of a beautiful justaucorps and friendship~ network; 30 December

gokudera hayato

Bingo! Found a stray model on the streets! Gorgeous Punky-Punky-kun! log; 30 December

gokudera hayato

Magic belt commission!!! (。･o･｡) Or maybe just... a nice quality, regular, leather belt instead... network; 30 December

sokka

Welcome to the future, Sokka-kun~ (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧ network; 30 December

nanao taichi

Business partners! headshots for modeling in exchange for tips from busking~! Let's make moola! network; 30 December

c o m m i s s i o n s

Advertising her sewing and photography skills in exchange for money to bulk up her wardrobe! ☆ network; 30 December

leone abbacchio

Babysitters' club... and an unusual cultural exchange! network; 30 December

nanao taichi

tokyo kids unite! ☆ fast friends on the web, fashionistas stick together! network; 30 December

jinguji ren

A long-lost Kisaragi cousin far from the Glitter Planet under-cover as a normal Japanese idol, shh... don't blow his secret! network; 16 December

alice liddel

Taking a sweet child under her wing... with matching enthusiasm~ network; 16 December

chang geng

A kindly stranger helps coax her moon rabbit and discover her light magic. log; 16 December

takao kazunari

Training with light magic and telekinesis! And a sparkly bunny. log; 16 December

tsukino usagi

Kismet roommates. Usagi and Miwako are a match made in Heaven! log; 15 December

hitachiin hikaru

Birds of a feather flock together... half-naked in a hot spring. log; 15 December

yakko

Getting their sillies out early in the caravan... log; 15 December

sokka

Warming up to each other in the caravan; meeting Momo~ log; 15 December

a r r i v a l

First couple days in Avalon are already mystifying! log; 15 December

Bingo-kun ☠️
Alice-chan 🎀
Tono ✨
Taichi 🥳
Usagi 🐰
Ren-sama 🌹

今夜世界中が雨ならば
水谷黒 (Mizutani Syunsuke)

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[text] un: smoking_bomb

[bakudan_bambino]

Miwako. It's Gokudera. Do you have time to meet up and chat for a while today?


[He remembers she said she had a part time job, or something like that... Gokudera doesn't want to burden her, but he at least has to keep her in the loop. It's been at least a month since he last spoke with her, and given that he was asleep for several weeks, he doesn't want her to think he was avoiding if she sent him any text messages or tried to contact him for work. He's worried quite a bit about how to approach her, ok?]

text; un: pinkparfait

[happyberry]

yes!!! i get off at the consignment shop in an hour.
where shall we meet? do you like boba tea? ♥

Text

[bakudan_bambino]

I'll head that way in fourty-five, then. We can go get tea together?

text -> action;

[happyberry]

ok!! ☆

[ Miwako's off exactly when promised, and dressed rather casual today in a pale pink cutsew with pink fluff and black pompoms over a long-sleeve black pullover with white pinstripes, quirky girliness a bit offset by black combat boots and fishnets. She has messy twin buns, very little jewelry beyond her usual smattering of studs in her ears, and rather soft, natural makeup today, fresh-faced — energetic, not too tired, but maybe a little lazy. She carries her Happy Berry-shaped backpack over one shoulder as she steps out of the shop and scans the scene for him right away. ]

action

[bakudan_bambino]

[Gokudera had showed up earlier than he'd meant, and is enjoying a cigarette outside well past the time she gets off. He obviously won't smoke indoors, but this nicotine is to help him get the courage to explain to Miwako where he's been, to make his apology a strong one.

When he sees her, it all sort of starts to crumble. He feels awful for not reaching out to her about any of it, and he's changed. Where he once was timid, now he looks guilty.

At least her hair is pink. He lifts a hand in greeting to her.]

Over here!

[Gokudera puts his cigarette out against the side of a building and pockets what remains so as to not litter.]

[happyberry]

[ She may have been looking for him, and yet somehow still he startles her, and she jumps a little when they spot each other. Miwako takes note that he's a smoker. She thought she'd smelled a hint of cigarettes the first time she did his makeup, but having confirmation is important knowledge. She makes a mental note to buy him a lip scrub. But she's far more observant than that, and she wears an unabashed look of confusion and admiration both. ]

Heeeh— Bingo-kun, you look different! Cool! What'd you do? It's not your hair, is it...? No, no...

[ She can't put her finger on it, but something's changed in him. ]

[bakudan_bambino]

[Gokudera thinks little of what smoking may do to his appearance. YOLO... kind of? He blinks at her remarks and has to think of a good answer. Honest but not too telling. He can't just say 'oh time travel, I died, found love, lost it, and now I'm back' Instead he just answers with a bow and an apology.]

I'm sorry for not telling you sooner, but I was gone for a while. I fell asleep, and when I woke up, I was older, and a lot has changed for me. I uh... I hoped you hadn't noticed, but it's not been as long here as it was for me in a few of the other places I went.

[He straightens up, the chain about his collar making a soft chiming noise as his boss's ring sways and clicks the metal D rings. There's obvious damage to the skin beneath the leather collar, about the same size as the collar, in fact, which would suggest it's been on too tight for far too long.]

[happyberry]

[ Miwako's face has surely never looked so serious around Gokudera before. She'd expected... well, she didn't know what she expected, now that she hears it, but certainly not that answer. She notices the collar right away, at first just thinking it at cool accessory; but when it jingles and draws her eye to it more directly, and she notices the hint of tender skin beneath it, something... doesn't feel right. She furrows her brow so slightly, smileless, staring at him a long moment silently before returning a little bow to be polite. But her face stays frozen in this uncharacteristic discerning look. ]

..."A few of the other places?" Eh? Did you— ...leave?

[bakudan_bambino]

Yes... and no. Uh. I stayed here physically? But it was like my spirit was in other worlds, and when I woke up, it was like I had been gone for years when I'd only been asleep for weeks...

[He sounds hesitant, because he knows it sounds crazy. It makes no sense, and yet, he can't think of any other way to explain what's happened to him. He left and came back, but never really left.

Miwako has never worn that expression around him before, or at least not for so long. It makes him feel even more guilty, and he wants to make it right, whatever problems he caused her by not being present.]

I'm sorry! I know it doesn't sound real!

video un: konpeito_oni

[konpeito_aji]

Miwako-chan, would getting oni or demon horns be too try-hard, or help with my image, you think?

[No context other than that question. No hello, just STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!]

video;

[happyberry]

...Too try-hard.

[ She mumbles. She's wearing her pink hair in a clean, high-top braid with a thin ribbon and a mint Chinese-style sleeveless blouse with gold accents, with pale pink lips and soft natural eye makeup, and sparkling crystalline stars and moons and suns as her earrings, some dangling on gold chains, some studs, gold hoops in her cartilage. Looking cute as always, albeit sheepish to... put the kibosh on the horns... but no. ]

What "image" are you going for, Oda Nobunaga-sama?

[konpeito_aji]

[Pouts and sulks.] I knew it.

Demonic. [Rests chin in hand.] I'm jealous of Kimon being scarier than me.

I should let my actions speak for themselves, and not worry what impression I give, but it's a little irritating how often no one thinks I can be the Demon King.

[happyberry]

Nee, you say "demon" this and "demonic" that... Oda Nobunaga-sama isn't really a demon, though, right? Just his familiar?

[ She's calling you out and her awkward face shows exactly the answer she's hoping for. She likes Nobunaga without horns, thanks. ]

[konpeito_aji]

[ >:( ]

I suppose it means I've won entirely that no one knows what it means anymore. You know oni were supposed to be bad humans in life before they got even worse.

The Demon King of Sixth Heaven is the most arrogant, proud of his arrogance, defiant of traditions and morality, and wants to corrupt everyone into enjoying worldly pleasures instead of transcending beyond them like Buddha.

Kitsuno's betrothed is a literal Demon King. I don't need powers to be stronger than him. But I am plenty Demon King, even like this.

[happyberry]

Ah— Is Kitsuno your lover? Oda Nobunaga-sama is human, though, nee?

[ More hung up on that detail than his hedonism. She's one to applaud pride, glamor and indulgence, herself, bucking traditions and morality. She's a worldly young woman, too. ]

[konpeito_aji]

Yes.

For now. I don't want to not be human, I am more than strong enough without superpowers, and the Demon thing is all just a grand lark, but...

[A frown. He doesn't know how to phrase it. A head tilt.] I do want to defy people's expectations, but it's supposed to be when they expect things like the caste system to be valid. Or that sucking up to me will work. [It totally works, no one tell him.] And they're supposed to think I am demonic and scary, and then I can surprise them better when no, I'm just human and I don't need superpowers to be strong enough to kick their asses!

If people never think I was demonic at all, just that history judged me too harshly, then it's all gone awry somewhere.

[happyberry]

[ Miwako listens carefully with an open expression as he speaks, chewing over these ideals, but responds with a warm, soft, crooked smile at the camera. ]

Nee... That's a good thing. To want to defy expectations, stand on your own merit and surprise people. No one can think they know you that well without being proven wrong — you need to keep people on their toes, hehe~ Miwako likes that. I think I understand.

audio; un: smoking_bomb

[bakudan_bambino]

Hey Miwako. I've got a bunch of clothing I can't wear that used to belong to a selkie. You want it?

I have no idea what you can do with it, or if it's even good quality, but I couldn't just let it go to waste.

audio;

[happyberry]

Eeehhh? A selkie?! What kind of clothes?! It's not her coat, is it?!

Re: audio;

[bakudan_bambino]

No! We gave it to her and dealt with the man that stole it!

I just recently went back to check on her place and realized she had human clothes. It seems she'd been married for a while. Long enough to accumulate them.

[happyberry]

I see… Well, bring them by the atelier! We’ll see what we can do!

backdated to around early september

[bakudan_bambino]

No problem. I tried to clean them up as best I could.

[Implying they're likely some kind of dirty. He didn't plan on jumping into the bay while they were in his bag, anyways. They're dry at least, and not covered in mildew, but they smell mildly of the beach or ocean air.]

You want me to come by now?

[happyberry]

Sure~! I'm there now. It's Miwako's day off~

Video > action

[bakudan_bambino]

I'm on my way!

[And he's not rushing, but he's not dawdling, either. Gokudera's coming from the café with an extra latte for Miwako, he had to swing by his place to pack up the clothing.

But soon enough, he's walking in.]

Hey Miwako! I hope you like golden lattes...

Birthday invite

[irritated]

Log!