#did you know that mafuyu and i share the same birthday

[vinestaff]

i managed to get global project sekai and i am enjoying it a Lot : )

[aresmarked]

(Clears throat) Villain?! Haha, I’m honored to be remembered out of the blue. At the time of this ask, the full version hasn’t dropped yet, so I’m probably going to mention it after it drops later. But actually, I really should read more card stories. I didn’t realize Shizuku and Mafuyu shared so many Moments in them? Do you have a list of some for me to read or watch? As for Mizuki and Mafuyu, yes!! There are plenty of ways they can have Mafuyu start on that topic, so I’m curious about which they’ll take, especially now. Would this period of living with Kanade allow her to Feel Again? I find it fascinating how she retained the desire to help others as a nurse despite not understanding why. I’d love to see some domestic or at least day to day interactions between them actually.

Mafuyu is already significantly more emotive, just based on the last few events and her talk with her mother, I imagine there will be a bit more 'unification' in her behaviour, or at the very least, a better ability to recognise 'oh this is how I feel about this'. Cause as you say, it's not like she didn't stop caring, it was that she so suppressed her own desires that she couldn't recognise if she was doing something 'because she cared about it' or because 'this is what a good girl is supposed to do'. honestly some of the most satisfying moments is seeing actions on her part that she doesn't even realise she's doing cause she likes it.

And just speaking from an 'objective' point: people who've suffered abuse, and are taken to a safe place away from that? That's always going to be a huge shift. Especially kids/teens. It can be startling, how dramatic an effect having a stable place can be, but you see it a lot.

Gonna be messy (i'll try to order em in the rough 'timeline' of the game) since I don't have vid links, but these are more or less the Shizumafu interactions we've had so far in cards:

Shizuku's init 3 card, which establishes the fact they're at the same club and share a link through 'troubles from how people perceive them'

Mafuyu's Moon Rabbit card, not a huge deepdive but it does give the sense of how they talk to each other.

Mafuyu's Mirage of Light card, in which Shizuku hits a crit perception roll and is the first to note both Mafuyu feeling unwell and wondering if it's from working too hard.

First round of birthday cards, I love when people give those little handmade things, and also go past surface level to offer praise. Esp important in the context of these two.

Mafuyu's card from Tie a Ribbon, when we've got Mafuyu becoming a little more aware of how home feels compared to other parts of her life, she's feeling a little strange and Shizuku once again rolls a crit perception. This is a fun one for me.

Maf's 2nd Anni card, good on so many counts just as a Mafuyu-centric event and her seeing and feeling the difference between her and multiple other folk. I know I'm focusing on SzMf, but you need Shizuku and Emu to triangulate Mafuyu's emotional state, and the latter was a real MVP with Rui this event for that purpose.

Shizuku's 2nd Anni card was just plain amusing and heartwarming. Bit of Hinomori sibling cuteness, with them appreciating each other's shows, and some fun with showing just how much Shizuku talks to Mafuyu about Shiho.

Second round of bday cards, Maf's not in Shizuku's story aside from the end comments, though it's interesting to me how again, like her Tie a Ribbon card she's reflecting again on the relationship of siblings. That's another post though. Mafuyu's bday story has a bit more, and then some, with this girl gradually having her friend circle open up.

Draw Your Bow. Man. Maaan. This event fed me on so many levels, but fundamentally it's about Shizuku being another person Mafuyu gets warmth from. They did something they don't usually do with card stories here, where all of them are linked and providing a sort of epilogue. Very fuzzy. But especially the second parts of their respective card stories.

Now Mafuyu's Immiscible Discord card, distinctly does not have Shizuku show up. However it's worth highlighting on the note that Mafuyu thinks to herself she's glad her mother didn't stop her from going to club activities, which, hoof. aside from that being in the realm of possibility, and a fear for Mafuyu... well it would've been interesting seeing Mafuyu try to quit and break down over it. Honestly, I wonder if the writers were planning to have that too but it got cut due to the Everything going on with Maf in the following events. But who knows, maybe it'll be coming up again.

Pandaemonium event... them just getting to hang out, Airi looking at Shizuku and just being 'ah, thinking about Asahina-san again'. this really was an event for the second years (sans Ena, poor Ena), they got to have fun here.

[dnangelic]

@1amsong asked: mafuyu still had plenty of birthday treats to go through - or rather , to offer those in the sekai to eat as they pleased . otherwise , what more can mafuyu do when he lacks the taste buds to sincerely enjoy them - homemade or bought - other than accidentally let them go to waste ? he holds up a macaron for dark to taste , and reads from the slip of paper in his other hand that listed the flavors inside the fancy box . " .. strawberry with chocolate ganache filling . sounds decadent . " eventually , he tilts his head at the phantom thief as he watches him eat . " .. so , how does it taste ? is it good ? "

nineteen hosts , countless years , and the great phantom thief's tastes , amongst other things , still haven't changed . something like a subtle , subdued sweet tooth could run in a family too , or was it just a romantic's natural disposition ? no different from birds with extravagant plumage , or any other species better evolved to charisma ; traits of attraction , the intricate rules and rituals of love , cupid's agape in a hundred thousand different desserts !

if nothing else , he's heard that those who liked sweets were sweeter-personalitied , and a girl with a bright personality , a pink dress full of ruffles and frills , happily holding a box of chocolates close to herself if not out to him was just the sort of fantasy that could pull his lip into its usual devilish grin .

a shame it's not what's in front of him . then again , maybe mafuyu himself enjoyed this sort of thing ? content as dark was to be lavished , his pride was perpetually tender over ever being regarded as something like a pet . still , better sweet than sour or bitter .

things like these were always best shared .

that's why when mafuyu's offer approaches , dark doesn't allow his eyes to leave off the other . ' ... honestly , you could have gotten rid of that slip . ' lids shutter and he tastes blindly , as if he hadn't heard , or rather , had already forced himself to forget the other's description . the sharp , pointed tips of his teeth drag ever-so-lightly over the smooth of the other's skin , and though the process of consumption is one he indulges in slowly , it isn't long before the macaron is chewed on a little , then pushed into the inside of his cheek .

a cold , smooth finger then lifts to point itself at the other .

' --- are you asking me if i'm happy ? or do you really want to know what it tastes like ? '

happiness wasn't always a taste . though , sometimes a taste was happiness . like strawberry and chocolate ganache , light but thick all at once , complete with a faint , pleasant aroma filling up his nose . ' ... either way , it's good . ' for someone far more satisfied in the act of being fed than any legitimate flavor , there was nothing more that he could have possibly , sincerely asked for . ' i won't bother you with the usual list of demands since it's your birthday . right ? '

he didn't believe in prayers or good wishes , the same way he kept no faith in deities , none but himself and his own will . that's why it's by his own two fingers that he retrieves another macaron from the box in the other's grasp , careless as to its flavor and that descriptive slip of paper . ' --- here , say ah . ' his turn ; both his blessing and privilege . ' if you're so curious , try one yourself . because there is , in fact , just about nothing more decadent in this world than being hand-fed by another person ... '

the bliss of company within an empty world that still did not remain wholly , utterly silent . ' you don't have to know the taste , but it's good to remember the sensation . well , in any case ... happy birthday , mafuyu --- and thank you for the delicate service of those lovely hands . '

[honeybeekao]

i think the entirety of niigo would be really interesting in a model au. mafuyu's whole. Deal translates really well into being a model. she's spent her entire life becoming this beautiful ideal model type that everyone around her expects her to be, only to find out that beneath the pretty face she doesn't know who she is. her mother in this au would still be the same but also like an izumi mom type. you know how izumi's parents see him as an object and show him off so that people might think they care about him but really they only care about the model side of him and not the person. yeah.

and i think mafuyu and ena can veryyy much relate to each other in that sense, but while ena has a creative outlet and a genuine passion for modeling, mafuyu has nothing.

and mizuki.. well their situation is a lot more complicated. i like to think theyre a newer model. started independent, just modeling their own clothes, but eventually got picked up by a smaller agency or something of the sort that allows people to have more creative freedom. or maybe they're really just an instagram influencer who models for small clothing companies i don't know. either way they're not out as trans obviously, which makes the stakes even higher for people finding out their secret, since it means not only losing their friends, but also their job

wake upp it's niigo hoursssss

"where ena has passion mafuyu has nothing" Ouch. she didn't want or choose to be there but she is and it's neverending . did i ever tell you i share mafuyu's birthday, so legally i have to think abt her (Also i saw trandmasc mafuyu once is that common?)

i'd assume she's seen as very professional and perfect, but what if that's because it's easy to be professional when it's all you know. doesnt ever express a "wrong emotion"

ena. Ena. i waaaanna talk about her it's such a downward spiral. maybe disguised as "improvement" and whenever she hits follower and achievement milestones they all feel like hitting rock bottom. that could be said about regular ena too but you know she'd have a modeling insta too

ghgfghgg mizuki's situation makes me waaa

the fact they can't do anything they want to without fear of people finding out their identity is just. so real yknow. in a way it's like crafting a facade of "you know exactly who i am" Just so the 'finding out' never happens. if ppl are confident they know who mizuki is—but not Enough (they run away before that happens)—then it's safe, they're secure.

hold on i need to look up kanade

shes so pretty i'd love to draw her

oh my god?? i'd never read her lore before (you didnt tell me.....uueueue) girllll it's not your faaauuult Awh.

i think maybe if her mom had been a model, maybe she took up that role as well after seeing old photos.