#she's a social butterfly you can't cage her

[rangikuxmatsumoto]

Who's one person you'd spend the holidays with Ran? Other than the Kurosakis or Hitsugaya.

Unprompted Ask | Always Accepting

"Just one?" There was a small shrug of her shoulders, shifting slightly in place as she thought. "Hard to say...I like to try and see everyone around the holidays. After all, I need to give them their gifts and everyone is usually in high spirits this time of year..."

[inkinary]

Aah, I'm so curious about your OC! I love the name Mosaic -- it's so interesting, and I wonder what made you pick it. You mentioned that she was created in the Haltmann laboratories, so I wonder if the name is a hint to her being a "patchwork" of parts and aspects, like a bundle of tiles making a cohesive picture.

For the Kirby OC ask game, I'm curious about:

⚔️ (Crossed Swords) - What weapon(s) do they wield or specialize in, if any in particular? Any special properties? Do their weapons have names or epithets? [e.g. MK’s Galaxia, Morpho’s Doomblade]

💌 (Love Letter) - How easy are they to befriend? Are they more of a social butterfly or a lone wolf?

🪞 (Mirror) - What would their Mirror World counterpart be like? If they are a Mirror World counterpart, what traits of theirs are reflected? Do the two of them get along?

💜 (Purple Heart) - If they were corrupted by the Jamba Heart, which negative traits of theirs would be amplified?

🛡️ (Shield) - Which Clash role would your OC pick - Sword Hero, Hammer Lord, Beam Mage, or Doctor Healmore?

If you don't mind, of course -- I realize that this is a lot of questions (exactly the kind of ask that I, personally, would need a while to write up an answer to ^^;), so please take your time and don't feel pressured to answer them all!

Best of luck with Mosaic! I hope you have a great time fleshing her out, and that you have a great day! <3

AHHHHHH OH MY CROW SO MANY GOOD QUESTIONS!!!! (and no spoilers, but your mind is sharp and attentive to little details! Hehe! I can't wait to build more of her) Alright... here we go... ⚔️ (Crossed Swords) - What weapon(s) do they wield or specialize in, if any in particular? Any special properties? Do their weapons have names or epithets? [e.g. MK’s Galaxia, Morpho’s Doomblade]

Mosaic does indeed have two short daggers that can become her "Signature weapon", but she prefers not to use it much. Its final form becomes a bident. It doesn't have a name yet, so if you have any ideas I will take them!!! It can shoot purple lightning, and can generate a small field around her to give her time to regenerate.

💌 (Love Letter) - How easy are they to befriend? Are they more of a social butterfly or a lone wolf?

She is a social butterfly at heart, though very nervous and jumpy when meeting new people. (Lab life will do that to you.) Once you gain her trust she will destroy entire planets for you if they so much as look at you funny. Just takes her a minute to trust, but loyal with her entire heart. Will give you small gifts and trinkety things.

🪞 (Mirror) - What would their Mirror World counterpart be like? If they are a Mirror World counterpart, what traits of theirs are reflected? Do the two of them get along?

She would be a world destroying megaweapon bent on razing the entire known multiverse till all that is left is a pile of smoldering ash and/or twisted into amalgamations beyond recognition from any being or dimension. They would NEVER get along. Good thing she doesn't have a mirror version... anymore.

💜 (Purple Heart) - If they were corrupted by the Jamba Heart, which negative traits of theirs would be amplified?

Anger and fear. Full on feral caged animal mode.

🛡️ (Shield) - Which Clash role would your OC pick - Sword Hero, Hammer Lord, Beam Mage, or Doctor Healmore?

Oh she would for SURE be a beam mage! The bident plus her added abilities makes her a shoe-in for the role! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTIONS!!!! If you have any questions in addition to these, (Or even unique ones from your own mind!) feel free to ask!!! I LOVE THE LORE QUESTIONS

[anueutsuhos-touhou-profiles]

Doremy Sweet:

Doremy Sweet is the Ruler of the Dream World. She's a baku: a tapir-like youkai that eats dreams, but she tries to be nice and mostly eats the nightmares.

What is the Dream World, you may ask? It's the dimension in which everyone lives in when they're dreaming. The dreams of everyone in the world are as interconnected as the real world is. The you that’s in all your dreams can be considered their own person, almost identical to you except completely untethered by social norms and public appearances. An exaggeration of your true self, if you will. 

Those pink blobs she has are dream souls she's preparing to eat, by the way.

That book of hers is a record of every dream anyone has ever had. How does she see everyone's dreams? She can copy herself indefinitely and see everything that goes on in the Dream World.

That said, she's a baku, not a god. She doesn't have complete control over the Dream World or anything. She herself likens her role to a zookeeper: she can keep all the animals fed and in their cages, but she can't create new animals from scratch or mold preexisting ones to her whim.

Indeed, she might be lying that she has any real power. After all, she's just a dream, and baku were never known to be among the most powerful youkai anyway.

Doremy first appeared as the 3rd boss of Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom. When the protagonist traveled through the Dream World in order to reach the Lunar Capital, she confronted them, thinking they were having a nightmare, only to be defeated. It turns out the Lunarians had hired her to create an identical Lunar Capital in the Dream World they would hide out in until the invasion was successful. However, Doremy is no henchwoman, and she hated being bossed around. She sent the impure protagonist to the real Lunar Capital as a bit of revenge. She returns as the Extra stage miniboss when the protagonist returns to the Dream World.

In the book Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia, Doremy puts up an advertisement for a "Sweet Sleep Pillow" that she developed. Apparently shortly after buying one and using them, people tended to see Doremy in their dreams, asking them what they thought of the pillow, rating it on a scale of 1-10, that sort of thing. People showed a sketch of the woman they saw, which was a reference to the "Ever Dream This Man?" viral marketing campaign to a movie that got cancelled. If you're wondering, the pillows were indeed very popular, they're nice and comfy.

She then made a MAJOR reappearance in Touhou 15.5: Antinomy of Common Flowers. It turns out that the Dream World counterparts of many people in Gensokyo have somehow escaped into the real world as a side effect of the incident, and Doremy is trying to resolve this. She ends up taking a special interest in Sumireko's unique predicament of coming to Gensokyo in her dreams. I might need to explain this more later!

Following Antinomy of Common Flowers, she appeared in another major role in Touhou 16.5: Violet Detector. Here, she tries to persuade the Dream World Sumireko Usami to remain in the Dream World and stop wreaking havok.

It doesn't seem like she'll appear much after this, though, as the Dream World is no longer a major story point.

Doremy is suprisingly polite compared to the rest of the cast, always introducing herself with "I am Doremy Sweet, the ruler of dreams. A pleasure to meet you." She acts very relaxed at almost all times, and doesn't appear to care much about the chaos going on in Gensokyo. In general she seems apathetic whenever anyone has problems around her, or at least she never outwardly shows concern. The only times she truly loses her cool are when her Dream World is violated. She's very knowledgeable about the Dream World and so does a great deal of exposition dumping throughout her dialogue.

She doesn't believe that the Dream World counterparts are really any different from their Real World selves, comparing it to Zhuangzhi's whole "Am I a man dreaming I'm a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming I'm a man?"

As you might expect from the ruler of dreams, Doremy has some pretty wonky attacks. Her most mundane attacks use lots of dark purple and blue shots. Her spellcards tend to be named after colors, like "Scarlet Nightmare", "Indigo Dream of Anxiety" and "Ochre Confusion". In the Extra stage, she has an attack called "Super Express "Dream Express"" where she shoots a rainbow of bullets at you. Of course, then there's the weird attacks. She can shoot her dream souls at you and then suck them up with a vacuum cleaner, she can throw entire beds at you, she can blow a trumpet very loudly in your ear, she can even throw sheep at you! She also can shoot large orbs of darkness and open up portals to the Dream World. Her ultimate attack even has her trapping her opponent in the Dream World and locking them away!

In Antinomy of Common Flowers, she demonstrates the ability to turn into... that thing. What do I call it? Apparently ZUN told the sprite artist to have her "turn into a sheep and fire sheep bullets" but they got very creative. The attack is called "Sheep Sign: Nightmare of Chimera". She fires sheep missiles and then explodes into robot parts.

Doremy Sweet is named after two cable cars in Nara, Japan, named Do-Re-Mi and Sweet, respectively. Her name is actually written Doremy•Sweet in Japanese, to suggest her name actually is in English.

Oh, and while her hair may appear short, it's actually incredibly long: it's all stuck in that nightcap of hers.

[easypeasylindyvesey]

here are all the songs on my ITISWNK playlist that y'all can listen to while reading to kinda fit the vibe (if you wish). artists are listed on the left, corresponding songs are listed on the right :)

the 1975: about you, love it if we made it

6LACK: rent free

adele: someone like you, when we were young, all i ask

aidan bissett: more than friends

alicia keys: if i ain't got you

angus & julia stone: take me home

arctic monkeys: i wanna be yours

ariana grande: boyfriend (with social house), be alright, into you, leave me lonely, sometimes, thinking bout you, don't wanna break up again, the boy is mine, we can't be friends (wait for your love), imperfect for you, ordinary things, why try, just a little bit of your heart, safety net, pov, better off, goodnight n go, bad idea, ghostin

aron wright: build it better

berlin: take my breath away

between friends: affection

beyoncé: II most wanted

big time rush: nothing even matters

billie eilish: birds of a feather, i love you

billy joel: turn the lights back on

blackbear: dead inside

børns: electric love, american money

brent faiyaz: wasting time

briston maroney: freakin out on the interstate

bruno mars/silk sonic: leave the door open, after last night, put on a smile, love's train

bryan adams: (everything i do) i do it for you

cage the elephant: come a little closer

calum scott: you are the reason

camila cabello: my oh my, bad kind of butterflies, dream of you

the chainsmokers: closer, it won't kill ya, beach house, if you're serious

chance peña: in my room

chicago: hard to say i'm sorry (2009 remaster)

chris brown: forever

the cinematic orchestra: to build a home

coin: talk too much

coldplay: sparks, yellow, fix you

conan gray: forever with me, disaster, yours, memories

the cranberries: dreams

dave matthews band: crash into me (IYKYK)

dayglow: can i call you tonight?

disclosure: latch

doja cat: agora hills

don toliver: drugs n hella melodies

drake: yebba's heartbreak, imy2, hours in silence, i guess it's fuck me, flight's booked, teenage fever, lose you, from time, summer games, finesse, sooner than later, take care, doing it wrong, the real her, show me a good time, find your heart

dua lipa: break my heart, these walls

duster: stars will fall

dvsn: all that matters (spotify singles)

dylan conrique: birthday cake

eden: sex

ed sheeran: how would you feel (paean)

ellie goulding: close to me, something in the way you move, love me like you do

faye webster: i know you

fitz and the tantrums: out of my league

forest blakk: if you love her

frank ocean: godspeed

french montana: unforgettable

gabrielle aplin: skylight

gavin degraw: she sets the city on fire

gayle: ur just horny

(g)i-dle: i do

giveon: for tonight

gracie abrams: friend, feels like

greyson chance: shut up

grouplove: tongue tied

halsey: now or never, sorry, so good

hannah montana: he could be the one

harry styles: adore you, fine line, grapejuice, as it was, daylight, satellite, meet me in the hallway, two ghosts

hippo campus: way it goes

hoobastank: the reason

hozier: work song, cherry wine- live

hugo brijs: mol y sol

imagine dragons: next to me, start over, wrecked, bad liar

instupendo: comfort chain

james arthur: certain things, car's outside

james bay: wasted on each other

james blunt: you're beautiful

jensen mcrae: massachusetts

jeremy zucker: cozy

jess benko: a soulmate who wasn't meant to be

john de sohn: love you better

john legend: conversations in the dark

jonas brothers: hesitate, five more minutes

jp saxe: a little bit yours

justin bieber: as i am, off my face

jvke: golden hour

jxdn: beautiful boy

kanye west: heartless, devil in a new dress, runaway

katy perry: e.t.

kendrick lamar: die hard

khalid: don't pretend, better

the kid laroi: love again

king princess: 1950

labrinth: skeletons (lexi needed a break)

lana del rey: summertime sadness, a&w, let the light in, lust for life, norman fucking rockwell

lany: if this is the last time

lifehouse: you and me

lil nas x: tales of dominica, void

lil peep: star shopping

little mix: notice

lizzo: if you love me

lizzy mcalpine: ceilings, the elevator, come down soon, like it tends to do, staying, i guess, you forced me to, vortex

lord huron: the night we met

louis tomlinson: written all over your face, lucky again, chicago, angels fly, that's the way love goes

lovelytheband: i should be happy

luke hemmings: place in me, a beautiful dream

the lumineers: where we are, never really mine, just like heaven, sleep on the floor, my eyes, patience, white lie, donna, salt and the sea, slow it down, morning song

m83: wait

maren morris: nervous

the marías: echo

maroon 5: stutter, never gonna leave this bed, if i ain't got you - live, bet my heart, it was always you, unkiss me, feelings, my heart is open

max: butterflies

***mazzy star: fade into you*** (this is the song that the fic is based off of!!!)

metro boomin: creepin'

miley cyrus: you - live, rose colored lenses, river

milky chance: stolen dance

mitski: my love mine all mine

monsume: jade

montell fish: fall in love with you., love you more than me

morgan wallen: wasted on you, not good at not, you proof, wine into water

the mowgli's: say it, just say it

muni long: time machine

nessa barrett: die first

ne-yo: let me love you (until you learn to love yourself)

nf: if you want love

niall horan: this town, put a little love on me, still, heaven, meltdown, must be love

nick jonas: close

noah kahan: stick season, come over, strawberry wine, everywhere, everything

ocean park standoff: if you were mine

olivia rodrigo: bad idea right?, logical, love is embarrassing, teenage dream, good 4 u, lacy

one direction: steal my girl, where do broken hearts go, fool's gold, spaces, infinity, end of the day, if i could fly, long way down, what a feeling, love you goodbye, temporary fix, a.m., home, kiss you, little things, they don't know about us, truly madly deeply, magic, what makes you beautiful, one thing, i want

parson james: stole the show

partynextdoor: come and see me

patrick watson: je te laisserai des mots

phillip phillips: dancing with your shadows

p!nk: true love

post malone: stay, take what you want, i know, leave, wrapped around your finger

preston pablo: flowers need rain

quinn xcii: let me down, good either way, the lows

rag'n'bone man: anywhere away from here

reneé rapp: in the kitchen

rihanna: stay

ruby haunt: answering machine

ruth b: dandelions (slowed + reverb)

ryan woods: bad texter

saint jhn: the best part of life

sam fischer: ready

sam smith: lay me down

sarah barrios: mourn the living

sarah kinsley: the king

sasha alex sloan: dancing with your ghost

selena gomez: a sweeter place

shawn mendes: it'll be okay, why, wonder

stephen dawes: don't hate me when it's over

stephen sanchez: until i found you (with em beihold)

strawberry guy: mrs magic

suki waterhouse: good looking

surfaces: falling again, find a way, hold onto me baby, so far away, stay

sydney rose: turning page

sza: awkward, snooze

taio cruz: break your heart

tate mcrae: that way, hate myself, go away, run for the hills, hurt my feelings, stay done, messier, think later, slower, you broke me first, wish i loved you in the 90s

taylor swift: out of the woods (TV), this love (TV), i know places (TV), wonderland (TV), you are in love (TV), "slut!" (TV) (FTV), say don't go (TV) (FTV), is it over now? (TV) (FTV), all of the girls you loved before, champagne problems, tolerate it, evermore, august, illicit affairs, invisible string, miss americana & the heartbreak prince, false god, afterglow, question...?, sweet nothing, bigger than the whole sky, would've, could've, should've, message in a bottle (TV) (FTV), dress, sparks fly (TV), the story of us (TV), enchanted (TV), electric touch (TV) (FTV), i can see you (TV) (FTV), fortnight, loml, the alchemy, you're losing me (FTV), fresh out the slammer, dancing with our hands tied, new year’s day, you’re not sorry (TV), you all over me (TV) (FTV)

teddy swims: evergreen

timaland: the way i are

troye sivan: angel baby, talk me down, for him., wild

the walters: i love you so

the weeknd: shameless, earned it, how do i make you love me?, out of time, here we go...again, best friends, don't break my heart, the knowing

whitney houston: i will always love you, i wanna dance with somebody

wrabel: ritual

yungblud: 11 minutes

zach bryan: i remember everything, spotless

zayn: dusk till dawn

**updated 6/23/2024