#🎇🍹 sparkling colors

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can you tell i'm still not over that one madara card?

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oh this is a game changer

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also confessing that by this point. Chiisana Lion!AU madara/arisu feels more canon to me than their actual first meeting etc

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and what if i said. arisu and madara <- literally has a sketch with the exact same premise from a while back

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it seems like you have found a phone someone had lost! better check whom it belongs to ;3

(btw the lore behind niki's contact image on arisu's phone is that they have matching ones set for each other :3)

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Arisu's relationship chart (will be updated at some point in the future) + a oittle criatura sticker png separately bc its kind of cute i like it :3

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🥧 for the ask game?? OwO

🥧 - have you and your f/o tried to bake something together? how did it go? what did you make?

Arisu invites Madara to bake strawberry rolls together, but he just ends up sitting in their kitchen doing fuck all bc Arisu loves to do everything themselves and Mama is there just for moral support / to chat with. Its fine he can help a bit with kneading the dough see its a team effort after all ^w^

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since Arisu lives outside of ES, they are a hashtag #public transport warrior most of the time, with Madara occasionally picking them up from/to wirk on his motorcycle when his schedule allows for it but. Im having way too much fun thinking about Tattsun offering to drive them home one day (weather was particularly nasty, Madara was particularly busy) while the rest of Alkaloid now have to save Arisu (oblivious) from impending doom which is agreeing to get into a car with Tatsumi behind the wheel. augh the sillies

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speaking of. pov arisu everytime madara leaves the country.

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could never think about fankids for my selfships bc madara x arisu fankid is already real and its mitsuru. who needs no improvements obv.

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SURPRISE SELF SHIP ASK !

What would be your f/os reactions to you sudden appearing during their job ? Be it going to a live or just dropping a snack for them during practice

omg yippiee thank u for the ask!!! answer got. a bit out of hand bc nothing brings me more joy than writing notes on scenarios from my head so... a bunch of text under the cut TwT

Arisu is usually a very rare guest at lives (to begin with, they are too much of a working class hero to have that much spare time and money to attend idol performances often...), but finding a couple of spare minutes between customers to drop by practice rooms was much easier and... Arisu becomes an unstopable force when the opportunity to take care of ppl they care about arises at the end of the day. What that means is that Arisu coming over with a quick snack and a couple of drinks during practice wouldn't be that surprising in the first place :3c

Madara encounters that part of Arisu pretty early on in their relationship (in the broad sense of the word), before they became romnatically invloved in any capacity. I still have not posted anything about my grand specific vision on how Arisu and Madara first met, but for the purpose of this answer all that matters is that Arisu takes interest and in some way personal responsibility in ensuring Mama's general well-being,,, so they became an unofficial audience for a lot of MaM training sessions :] Lives, of course, are a different matter entirely. Working for ES (even if not for anything directly idol-related, but Cinnamon is nothing to sneeze at too hehe) does eventually pay off, so when Arisu strats getting their hands on Live tickets - free or discounted, no less, they don't even need to think whether to go. Madara doesn't expect to see this familiar face in the front row, but it is a welcome surprise - even more so when it becmoes clear Arisu knows every song by heart by now and is singing their heart out :D So for the entirety of the Live Madara seemingly smiles a bit brighter too :D (and Arisu managed to smuggle him some Cinnamon pastries to snack on after too teehee)

Tatsumi and Arisu meet each other personally and start talking at a later point, and by then Arisu had even been at a couple of Alkaloid Lives (at first because Hiiro is Rinne's otouto-kun. means hes Niki's otouto-kun too. means hes Arisu's otouto-kun by proxy too!!) already. But a more important point of connection is Arisu often listens to Tattsun's radio show - it makes for a great podcast material when work is slow or they are stuck with something boring and menial task. They even end up sending a couple of anonymous letters asking for advice, all signed as Tama (alternative reading for "Su" in "Arisu" btw), which kickstarts a personal exchange of letters between them. With Arisu still using a pseudonym, because a semblance of anonimity allowed them to be more honest,,, and more personal in the letters. I just think the idea of Arisu and Tattsun being just casual friends at first, while Arisu as "Tama" quickly becomes very close to him and they end up sharing a lot with each other, a interesting concept okay. That is, until Arisu finally braces themselves masters up all of their courage. And show up to a recording of another episode of Tattsun's advice radio show (tho they wait just until the recording is over) with their next "Tama" letter in hand to give it to Tatsumi personally.... I think Tattsun would take the sudden news that his mysterious panpal had been his aquintance all along pretty well - even if for a bit both are a bit embarassed about the whole situation. They do grow super close as a result (and continue the letter exchange teehee)

Special bonus Niki - he expects Arisu to be there during his job actually .! its them against the world (having to work instead of discussing best sauces for braised pork tenderloin)

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Arisu has to commute daily to and from Ensemble Square island (and since apartments just in the near vicinity will cost you an arm and a leg... it is quite the ride TwT) so I really like the idea of Mama giving them a lift home on his motorbike when he can <- me living out my dream of riding a motorcycle ( ^ω^). Arisu also sometimes persuades Madara to stay over until morning so they can spend more time together cuddle eat breakfast (and so he can get them to work if needed teehee). At this point Madara has his assigned mug, assigned towel, assigned toothbrush and assigned sleeping tshirt :3c

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madara - #🎇 rapturous festival

ship tag - #🎇🍹 sparkling colors

tatsumi - #💠 silent prayer

ship tag - #💠🍹 altar wine

pure vanilla cookie - #🌻 vanilla orchids

ship tag - #🌻🍦 (temporary)

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niki - #🍲 carefree chef

qpr, coworkers to besties fr fr

shinobu - #🐸 ninja lover

family, literally my little brother :33

mitsuru - #🍞 fastest light

family, literally my little brother :33 x2

raika - #🐦 soaring songbird

family, arisu claims yet another child

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arisu - #🍹 alcohol free

cream horn cookie - #🍦 cream horn

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shay my best fried shay - #🙂 <- subject to change in the future

general mutuals friends associates tag - #💌.p2p [url]

feel free to ask for a friend tag too if u want to!

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original posts - #💬

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💬.fic - original fiction / hcs / vignettes

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asks - #📨.ask

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🛌 🎇 🛀

going to answer those for *throws dart at the wall* madarie :33

��� - do you and your f/o sleep in the same bed? if you do, do you have a favorite and least favorite thing about sleeping together?

Arisu and Madara sleep together in the same bed on occasion (in Arisu's apartment). Arisu falls asleep easier with someone near and finds the sound of Madara's breathing very calming, while Madara finds it unexpectedly relaxing to be a little spoon... As for least favorite things, when sleeping alone Arisu wears one of their old ripped to shreds covered in curry stains missing one sleeve shirts, and they are NOT wearing that if people can see (even if people in question is Mama). While Arisu uses pillow mist on the regular, so Madara had to adjust to all bedding smelling of like, green tea or chamomile or whatever.

🎇 - do you and your f/o have a favorite holiday to celebrate together? what is it? do you have different holidays you like celebrating?

Ooh Madara and Arisu would have a lot of fun going to natsu matsuri festivals... the food stalls the fireworks the games... you get it!! Also Arisi believes in going all out for the new year celebration so they do that too :3c

🛀 - do you and your f/o take baths together? do you have a favorite bath salt or soap to use when you do?

Sorry thought about Madara washing my hair for a second too long and died happy on the spot...

Giving Arisu a bath in their apartment to live vicariously through them (which is a goal of a s/i isn't it...) so they and Madara can take a bath together o7 There's sooo much foam. A rubber duckie. Everything Arisu owns is mostly tea and citrus scented so the entire bathroom smells like grapefruit probably. A very silly ordeal overall...

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Thoughts 💭, Romance 🌹 & Feather 🪶

Thank u for the ask! I got a bit too into writing out my thoughts teehee

Thoughts 💭 - What do you think your f/o thinks about you when you're not around?

I like the idea of coming up in a lot of their small thoughts throughout the day. Madara walking past a cafe while traveling abroad and thinking "Oh, they would love going there". Tatsumi going through submissions for his advice radio show and secretly hoping each next one could be from me. Also, sounds a bit funny, but a big cornerstone of our relationship is mutual worry for each others wellbeing at the end of the day, so both Madara and Tattsun probably think a lot about stuff like "Are they doing okay?" "Did they eat enough today?" "I should drop by and check up on them"....

Romance 🌹 - What's the most romantic thing your f/o has done for you? Furthermore, what's the most romantic thing you have done for your f/o?

Probably not surprising, given what reply I gave above ⬆⬆⬆, but i think small consistent acts of kindness are... very romantic... to me... I often come over when MaM or Alkaloid are having practice with extra snacks and drinks to make sure they don't forget about proper breaks... For days when Madara stays over for the night, I braid his hair in the morning :3c Also I sneak little love letters and notes to Tattsun, I think he'd enjoy those teehee :3c Madara really likes taking me to local festivals, fairs and events and buying me snacks to try / winning me prize plushies! And Tattsun often brings me fresh herbs and vegetables Gardenia circle grows!! aughhh im thinking about fresh basil now,,,,,,,,, hope this makes sense

Feather 🪶 - If you and your f/o were animals, which animals would you be and why?

Ooh, love this question yayy ^-^ I would be a fox, since my name, Lis, literally means "a fox" and its one of my favouritest animals... I tend to draw/picrew myself with fox ears already teehee Madara is a bison, I won't argue with his canonically assigned volcanic bison fursona :3c Look at him with his horns and everything :3c If i *had* to choose something different for the sake of the ask, I'd go with a cow then,,, he's my little moo moo,,,

Tatsumi is literally so sheep. He always has very gentle eyes which make me think of domestic animals, and I'd imagine his hair would be very fluffy too... And mainly, there's the religious significance of a sheep for christianity that really makes it an obvious choice. Flipping him around and shearing him every summer <- not something normal people say. sorry.

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huge fan of this kissing picrew..... (disclaimer i edited colors a bit for tattsun)