[ Surprised by her friend bursting into tears, Mayari panicked while her hair glowed into white and her eyes blue, thinking that she might've offended her on accident. But when Hazel said that her gift was perfect, she stopped and gave her a small smile, one of her eyes turning into glowing white. ]
".....I'm glad."
[ She gave Hazel a gentle hug, slowly making small circles on her back, and said the words that the assistant needed to hear. ]
"Happy Birthday, Hazel."
"Hi Hazel! It's Mayari. Your birthday's on the 20th, right? I made something for you..... I know it isn't much, but I wanted to give you something."
[ She hands you a jar filled with colored paper stars. ]
“ … Huh, Mi… I mean, Mayari, what do you…? ”
[ She eyes the jar and looks up at Mayari, now fully processing the words spoken. ] “ … Oh… It’s my birthday today… My birthday… today…? “ “ … The 20th… April 20th… That’s right… “
[ They look down at the ground slightly. ]
“ My apologies, I appear to have forgotten… “ [ She gingerly takes the paper-star filled jar from Mayari, holding it in her hands as if it’d be taken away if she ever let go or let her eyes off of it for even a moment. ] [ It’d been… too long, truly, too long since she’d remembered a birthday of hers. How long had it been…? Three years…? Four years…? It was a miserable haze of time she’d failed to recollect, and she let her focus back on the gift. ]
[ How… how long had Mayari spent making all of these stars, just for her birthday? They were only mimics of stars, much like her hairclips, never truly reminiscent of the lights above. But… they had love and care crafted into them. How long had it been since she’s felt that? ]
[ Now she’s holding space in her hands, the stars in her eyes, and it’s hers, all hers, nobody else’s but hers. Her love, and it’s all for her to keep, never to give away. ] [ They’d always thought they could never touch the stars, after all the sacrifice. Ever since the tiger convinced her to stay. Even with all of her dreams… They were always nothing more than dreams. But… maybe, even if she couldn’t fully change… Maybe she could touch the stars, she could at least try to stay strong. ]
[ She didn’t realize it, but she was crying. Tears fell from her eyes and clouded her vision, but she didn’t wipe it away and hide… She just stayed like that, a small smile creeping up on her face. ] [ Even with all the money she could use, all the money she could buy gifts and food and hell, even businesses with… She was swarmed with a feeling she couldn’t buy before. ]
[ Happiness. ] ” … No, no, Mayari. This is… this is enough. This is more than enough. Thank you… thank you so, so much. I… I don’t know how… How I can re… “ [ She sniffs, voice becoming high-pitched and wavering. ] “ … I don’t know how I can repay you. This is… Perfect. “
“ …It’s perfect. Thank you…. “
Ah, hi Eel!
[ She looks up to him as he says this. She doesn't realize there are tears forming up in her eyes, so she wipes them off. ]
To Mayari,
"Uh, hi, Allie was rambling alot about you to me and begged me to start a conversation with you. She was rambling on and whatnot about how you and I would get along really well or something? Oh Lord, where are my manners... I am Oliver Noiralle, I do Fashion Design, pleased to meet you."
@the-feathered-fashionista
[ Mayari's hair glows into white, while her eyes glow into white and blue separately due to the surprise of this. ]
"Oh, you're one of Allie's friends?"
Oh no, how am I gonna introduce myself without scaring her friend off with my talent? But since Allie told him about me, I should be fine, right???
"I-I'm Mayari. Mayari Sadélle.
I'm the..... The Ultimate Test Subject.
Nice to meet you, too."
[ As silence ensues as she tries to talk more to get any response from the TV show director, Mayari could only sigh in defeat, sit next to the door while hugging her kness as her hair glows white with blue streaks and her eyes blue. ]
"Mallow..... I'm sorry if this would come off as "rude", "blunt", or anything offensive, but..... whatever you're doing right now, it's making you paranoid."
[ She paused for a bit, waiting for a reaction before continuing. ]
[ You hear a knock on the door of your dorm and a muffled voice. ]
"Mallow? It's Mayari. You haven't been out of your dorm room since the 2nd motive got revealed. Are you okay?"
Mallow stops her movements on where she was sitting on the couch, eating food while looking over a certain envelope. Should she reply? What if Mayari did have a card? Then what??
Mallow dies? She dies of uncertainty and doubt to the hands of an execution or knife? She can’t afford to lose another friend. So she’ll have no friends by the end of this.
You hear nothing from beyond the door.
"A-ah???"
[ Flustered by the question, the girl's hair and eyes immediately glowed back to white and blue ]
"W-well, it's a lot to explain about that.......but basically, my hair and eyes are naturally brown, and the way they glow is.... based on my emotions. If I were to feel a positive emotion, my eyes would glow white. Blue, if negative emotion, and both white and blue simultaneously if I were to have conflicting feelings. My hair just glows regardless of whatever emotion I feel...."
[ The girl sighs as she calms down, and her hair and eyes go back to brown ]
"And no, I wasn't born this way...."
"Umm.... hello?"
-🌙🪼
“Hey.
…need something?”
obligatory flower symbolism art now that we have a greenhouse area
“Marigolds”
Also counts as a slay the princess art style test a bit??? I love how they line I fucking love slay the princess bro
Goodluck Pikachu
damon....my socially inept little hater....
can I have some general affection hcs for him please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
the more I write about him, the more I like him, oddly enough
Damon Maitsu:
He's one of those people that would see something off with your hair/clothes and fix it without you asking
You could be mid conversation and he just says "wait... but keep talking" before he moves in to adjust something
He might flinch if you do the same (he'll let you but he just isn't expecting it)
He usually gives you a kiss on the cheek as a goodbye
If someone points it out, he might back off of that habit for a bit, but he might still do something subtle like squeezing your hand instead
He loves it when you lean your head on his shoulder. He might pout a little but he will NOT move you
You might find him absentmindedly playing with your hair or the end of your sleeve from time to time
This man is a STARER
If he's not talking to you he's looking at you
His favorite time is before bed when you're cuddling and you two just talk about people
Literally his one moment of peace is when he's hating with you. Even if you aren't hating, he gets to see your perspective on things and he loves that
The conversations aren't always about people either. He might bring up something really random and philosophical (babe your talent is showing) instead
For some stupid reason, I didn't bring up his gift giving habits before
If he knows you like something, you're getting it or something that relates to it sooner or later
And you know he's gonna act all nonchalant but he loves the attention you give him after lmaoo
"Yep! see you soon, Ozzie!"
[ Mayari waves goodbye at him as she still drinks the milk he got her ]
"Got wifi here...but we can only contact each other on this "tumblr" thing, eh? Weird, but it's fine, I guess."
"Anyone else see this?"