Maneki
the twin who asks for more time
I. Subject File
Cooperation: 10 / 10
Intellect: 9 / 10
Physical: 1 / 10
Magic: 7 / 10
Water response: Yes
Ambition:
To live the happiest life she can and be given more time,
even if admitting how badly she wants that feels selfish.
childhood record
Maneki wants to remember her childhood as happy. There were good
moments, particularly those spent beside Hiro, but too much of it
was shaped by things that were missing. The largest absence was
their mother, leaving behind a space Maneki has never learned how
to fill.
fears
Losing the people she loves. Dying before she has lived enough.
She rarely admits the latter because wanting to survive feels
selfish to her.
trusted names
Hiro, Daiki, Clement, and Chen.
untrusted names
Maneki is too trusting to maintain a proper list. It is one of
her kindest qualities and, potentially, her most fatal flaw.
secrets
Maneki believes she caused her mother's death. She sees her own
ability as both evidence and punishment, and privately believes
that allowing it to kill her may be the only way to atone.
love record
No recorded romantic love.
II. Symbol Omen
Recorded symbol:
a porcelain doll.
Porcelain dolls carry dual symbolism, representing both Victorian-era wealth, purity, and beauty, and the unsettling psychological phenomena of the "uncanny valley." Because of their fragile, flawless, and lifelike nature, they frequently serve as metaphors for emotional vulnerability, objectification, and the supernatural in art.
Hiro
the twin who plans for the ending
I. Subject File
Cooperation: 4 / 10
Intellect: 8 / 10
Physical: 1 / 10
Magic: 5 / 10
Water response: No
Ambition:
Still undetermined. Hiro has spent more time identifying what he
refuses to become than deciding what he wants to be.
childhood record
Hiro remembers childhood as one disappointment after another.
Whatever softness existed within it is difficult for him to
separate from the expectation that it would eventually be taken
away.
fears
Losing Maneki and the few people who make remaining alive feel
worthwhile.
trusted names
Maneki above anyone else. He is beginning to warm to Hadeon,
Daiyu, and Amari. He does not entirely trust Yugio, but believes
Yugio is unlikely to betray him.
untrusted names
Hiro distrusts most people he does not know. Chen concerns him in
particular: Hiro believes the smile hides something and fears
Maneki may be hurt if she trusts him too freely.
secrets
Hiro treats the possibility of suicide as a safety valve. If he
cannot do it now, he tells himself he can always do it later.
The thought gives him a private and dangerous sense of control.
love record
Hiro is currently in love with someone he remembers through
fragments: blue hair, tanned skin, and a smile so slight it must
be searched for. Lately, he has begun forgetting the colour of
his eyes.
II. Symbol Omen
Recorded symbol:
skull
Memento mori.
