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Ceri lore drop >:3

oh boy here we go

CHARACTER INFO: CERISE "CERI" HUNTRESS

Emoji: 🩵

Color: Light Blue

MBTI: ENFJ

Another novel-length lore drop under the cut! Sorry this took so long :3

BIRTH/CHILDHOOD

IMPORTANT NOTE: Ceri didn't come from Earth, but instead a parallel planet called "Endymion" in a different galaxy. It's not until the end of Project Sakura 4 that she comes to Earth with Swirl.

Unlike most children, Ceri was abandoned at birth almost instantly. Her mother did not want her, her father abandoning her mother as soon as he learned she was pregnant. She was left on a cold mountain to freeze and die, which is really heartless, but Ceri was soon found by the family of Kori, a boy who wanted to become a mercenary when he got older.

Ceri and Kori became fast friends and spent time with each other almost every day. The two began to start undergoing training to become mercenaries at around the age of 13, and had a pretty damn good time doing it. Eventually, Ceri started to fall in love with Kori, and the two became a thing for a while.

But what about Kori? Kori, well...didn't really like Ceri back. Even when they were growing up alongside each other, he viewed her as a nuisance who was constantly impeding his progress. So he figured he could take advantage of her love for him and order her around. Eventually, Kori came out transgender (MTF) and Ceri was fine with this (she had come out bisexual only a few weeks prior) but Kori threw her heart in the cold snow, saying she was nothing more than a dog faithfully obeying her master's orders.

EMPLOYMENT (2023)

Ceri was filled with rage after her betrayal and left the mountain, swearing to never look back. She was roughly 15 years old when this happened. When she entered the Kingdom of Ether, she was founded by Aubris, the young princess, and brought back to the palace, quickly hired by Queen Selene to become a royal mercenary. Since Ceri had nowhere else to go, and nowhere else to put her skills to use, she accepted, and became one of their top connections.

PROJECT SAKURA 4 (2025)

Long before Swirl showed up on Endymion, Ceri was (begrudgingly) tasked with a mission regarding that mountain again. She accepted, and decided to go alone to "settle a score" if she ever came across the woman who broke her heart in two.

Swirl, after residing in the palace for a month or so, is tasked to find Ceri and bring her back to the palace, since Ceri had gone radio-silent since she left, and the Queen was growing anxious. Swirl finds Ceri, and at first, Ceri pushes her away and is cold and rude, but with Swirl's persistence and kindness, Ceri comes back and softens up to the hero, eventually falling in love for the dumb, kind idiot that just happened to find her way to warming the mercenary's heart.

Before Swirl was to return back to Earth with her friends, Ceri begs Lynette Sakura (Swirl's mother) to go with them, since she didn't want to leave Swirl. Lynette agreed to this, and Ceri got to reside on Earth.

But Ceri came from a different place! How does that work? This requires a bit more context involving the plot of PS4: Swirl and Spiral are dragged to Endymion in a ploy by the King of Hell to finally take over the world and plunge it into chaos. Earth is so messed up by the time they succeed that Lynette has to rewind time and they must start again from the day the chaos began to strike (2/20/25, which is also my birthday if you didn't notice!) Ceri was given a new family, Marlow and Damian Huntress, and they provide Ceri with the love and support she never got to receive growing up. She thanks Lynette for this every night before going to bed.

PROJECT SAKURA 5 PART 1 (2027-2029)

Ceri joins the Hero Association alongside Swirl, Spiral, Kels, and Tre. She puts her former skills as a mercenary to good use here, and looks out for Swirl, since she knows her girlfriend has a tendency to get a little too fired up on the job. She wasn't assigned to the Assassins Order case, but she would always tell Swirl to fill her in and call on her whenever she was in trouble (supportive girlfriend, we love to see it).

When Swirl gets taken by Ianira and Makura for the 2 year period, Ceri falls into a state of mental collapse. With both Sakura twins gone (Swirl being taken and Spiral undergoing divine rehabilitation, more on that in another post, probably), Ceri is next in line to be Acting Boss of the Hero Association.

Why is Ceri the Acting Boss? Makura and one of her former partners, Yasu, were taken in to Hero Association custody. The former boss, Allen Aref, killed "Yasu" in front of Makura, and she went ballistic, her power overtaking her as she killed every human in the building and demolished it from the inside out. Rizu (the automaton) was the only survivor. Swirl became the boss of the Hero Association due to being the leader of Squad 5 (Squads 1-4 died), and Spiral would naturally be next in line. But since they're both gone...it fell to Ceri.

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

Naturally, Ceri is ecstatic when Swirl returns, but she (much like the other heroes) don't trust Makura one bit. Why would she have a reason to, when this was the girl who hurt Swirl? Ceri stays cold and distant towards the reforming girl, until Swirl puts her foot down and forces the two to bond. Eventually, Ceri and Makura grow closer, and they become good friends, even going so far as to call themselves "The Hero Association's Bisexual Baddies."

Ceri and Makura also help Swirl through her rough "Rebuilding" Period, the time when all of humanity casts its negative gaze upon her for being forced to work for Ianira Damon for 2 years. Without Ceri, Swirl would not have been able to regain (most of) her popularity and support.

Ceri grows into a fine young woman with large amounts of support that keep the Hero Association going. She becomes level-headed and tough, and is the perfect counter to Swirl's boundless, excitable energy. It's the only thing she can do to repay the woman who saved her life.

Aaaaand done! Of course, this was just a summary (again). And I'm a little sleep deprived, so it might not have been the best, but I hope this was okay! If you have any questions about Ceri, just let me know!

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sorry for inactivity! i’m kinda grounded atp with limited access so i won’t answer asks and stuff for a while

but there’s a lot i wanna do!

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🩵 - redraw of ceri!! it’s of something i drew in freshman year and i’ve improved SO MUCH in two years so like…i had to give my girl some justice 🩵💜

original under cut

it looks so BAD 😭

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its...beautiful... /pos /gen

I made this for a class assignment on what neurodivergent means to me

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project sakura official discord in the making

coming in like idk a few years man this is gonna take some time

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SOBBING

anyways geeta x rika my beloved (and new tomodachi life i am ecstatic)

D I D Y O U W A N T T O T A L K

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🤍 happy birthday to shiro tsumi!

03.14.25

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losers who suck at talking to people representation 💥💥💥

zira you will always be famous...

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um,,, what would your ocs favorite anime's be? ୨ৎ

ooh, this is a good one! i'll answer for the main six, since they're, well...the main six. (disclaimer, these are only ones i've watched ofc!)

swirl (i) can't really decide on a favorite. but her (my) top ones are tbhk, spy x family, csm, and danganronpa (and she also wants to get back into mha!) (she also really loves the cult classic, princess tutu)

spiral's favorite anime would be mob psycho 100. she loves mob's absolute mood and finds it relatable, and also loves laughing at reigen whenever possible.

ceri's favorite anime would probably have to be tied between one punch man and perhaps tbhk. it's hard to figure out a favorite for her, if i had to be real...

kels' favorite anime is the classic sailor moon! she might get called basic for it, but it's been her favorite for a long time, and who can blame her? (she's also definitely cosplayed sailor venus once or twice)

rizu's favorite anime is new game! another cult classic, but swirl's the one who introduced it to her, and rizu is a sucker for slice-of-life stuff. add in all of the chaotic yuri (which she experiences daily) and the setting of a video game company, and you've got a good show!

makura's favorite anime is chainsaw man (csm!) she loves the style, and finds denji's manipulation to hit a lil too close to home... her favorites are denji and power :3 (her second favorite is danganronpa)

i can't remember most anime i've watched off the top of my head, so i'm sorry if the list is super repetitive! i might tweak it every now and then once i watch new ones or remember ones that could fit them better

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i love gomigomipomi’s art nomnomnom

Lounge singer and bodyguard. (Squid Sisters bartender AU)

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PS5 FLOW/TIMELINE DRAFT

since a friend who worked on this broke things off and another wanted to try writing a story on their own with the character they put in, it's up to me to figure out a way to make ps5 work!

this is just a rough draft of how i want things to be ofc...

if anyone has questions/asks, send them through the asks box, please!!

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lazy hero concept

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STORY PLANNING DROP:

when makura becomes a hero and swirl suffers from all of humanity turning on her, swirl tries to people-please the entire world while helping makura out. it’s through all of this that makura decides to focus on helping swirl back while figuring out who she is and how to use her powers at the same time.

not to mention she makes friendships with the others, getting a calm, sisterly friendship with ceri, a protective friendship with rizu, a buddy-buddy friendship with kels, and her friendly rivalry with spiral.

and her new summoned familiar but that’ll come later… 😉

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the fairest of them all ✨🪞

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Reblog if you’d be okay if your friend came out as transgender

let’s see how many transphobics we can weed out