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ೃ★︎ ⟶ FOR PLOTTING. i would prefer if you came to me with a plot in mind, and i will try and do the same. plotting is usually not too hard for me to do, but sometimes i can get quite stumped. winging is fine, but i am still quite new to it so it can blind-side me a bit ghjfd.

ೃ★︎ ⟶ TIME ZONE & PACE. my timezone is gmt8. know that i am very not active with replies lol. i have bouts of intense writer’s block and low muse, so i might “ghost” our thread for some time, but i will try and let you know when that happens. please just poke me politely and respectfully if it has been over a week since you responded, and i will let you know how i am doing (this poke won’t make me reply, just remind me that i have to let you know how i am doing).

know that i might be active in the chat or responding to other threads does not mean i am ignoring our thread or you. sometimes it’s just how it is, and i will not be mad at you for doing the same.

ೃ★︎ ⟶ & DATING. i am 22 years old ooc. however, i am uncomfortable to with people i have never done a plot before with or someone i don’t know well. if we have ted before or our characters are dating, i will be okay with it.

i do not rp large age gaps between faceclaims (not ic age, faceclaim age). generally, my characters do not have romantic connections characters that are over 4 years younger and 4 years older, unless they are over 25 then it will be 6 years older. for this character (soojung, 29), i will not create romantic connections with anyone under the age of 25 and over the age of 35. we can certainly still do platonic or familial plots (or enemies/rivals etc), or do one-sided romances/puppy love on the younger muses' part, but it will not be endgame and the older muse will not reciprocate. please respect this.

ೃ★︎ ⟶ WRITING STYLE. i tend to get a little carried away with writing so my replies might be a little long. i like to reply in 3rd pov paragraph style and only do script in chat. i might write a lot but you don’t have to mirror the length, but some effort should be applied to the reply, of course. i am more than happy to do starters, especially if i have a good idea on how to start, but please don’t expect me to do it every time, especially if it doesn’t make sense for me to start.

ೃ★︎ ⟶ GENRE LIMITS. with genres, i’m very flexible, i don’t mind plotting out fluff, angst, even romance, but i will not plot out a pwp plot with you. if our non-pwp plot has in it, i will ask you to skip over the scene or speak about it in passing. please refer to above as to why.

ೃ★︎ ⟶ LOCATION. i don’t really mind where our threads are, walls, pms, or rooms. i would prefer rooms just to keep the rp active and getting us both some points, but i really don’t mind wherever.

ೃ★︎ ⟶ BIG NO-NOS. i don't rp things like , , ia, non-con/dub-con, and other taboo subjects of the like. i prefer to stay out of infidelity plots (unless we are close and talk it out a lot beforehand).

The Basics

General Trivia

Appearance Trivia

The Story

Part I

✦ an old man and an old woman were poor bamboo cutters. when the old man cut a bamboo one day, a little baby girl came from the stalk. she was the size of his thumb.

✦ taking her back home, he and his wife decided to name her nayotake no kaguya-hime; or, kaguya. she would be their one and only daughter. they weren't sure how long she was going to live, where she came from, and who she was, but they wanted to take care of her for as long as she and they could live.

✦ however, the girl grew up very quickly. within three months she looked to be the age of a young adult woman. despite her physical body looking like an adult, she did not act like one. she was very naive, but the man and woman tried their best with their limited knowledge to teach her and raise her.
✦ the family grew rich since the old man found a small gold nugget inside each bamboo stalk he cut.

✦ when kaguya became of age, many people started to hear of her beauty. scared of the outside world, as kaguya had never really explored outside of their small home. her parents tried their best to protect her, to keep her existence secret, but after kaguya had gone outside without their permission, her existence became known to the entire village, and eventually, the kingdom.

✦ kaguya and her family are visited personally by the emperor of japan. he does not ask for her hand in marriage, but asks for them to keep in contact. kaguya rejects his proposal of marriage, but she stays in contact with him as he is the only person to make her smile that is not her parents.

✦ the two send letters to each other for two years before the emperor comes back to her village and proposes to her. kaguya rejects once more, much to both of their sadness, and she states she does not come from japan and it was not right for them to marry.

✦ he continues to stay with her for a few days after his proposal. she cries every night that he is there, gazing upon the moon and hiding away from it.

✦ when her parents and the emperor ask her what's wrong, she refuses to say so. on the day the emperor must leave, kaguya tells her parents what's wrong.
    ✧ she had been sent to earth to be punished for a crime she cannot say, to form inevitable attachments to humans before having to go back to the moon. now that she has formed those attachments, both to her parents and the emperor, she must go back. the gold was sent to help with kaguya's upkeep.

✦ her parents stayed up all night with her to make sure she doesn't leave, to keep her home, but they inevitably fall asleep, and kaguya escapes out into their property and is met with the moon celestial guards to take her away. the entire land of japan is blinded by this magnificent light, alerting the emperor of her departure. she writes notes of apology to her parents, the friends she made, and the emperor. she gives the emperor an elixir of immortality.

✦ her parents become so sad they get sick, and the emperor burns kaguya's note and the elixir on the tallest mountain in japan in hopes that she will read it.

✦ kaguya returns to the capital city of the moon, or, tsuki no miyako.

the tale of princess kaguya

✦ the moon people are ancient being presiding humans, living on the moon since their creation, and have created humans in their likeness. their goal, as the moon people, was to watch over and guide humanity through their lifespan and study it. however, they were to never interfere.

✦ kaguya was born long before she was found in the bamboo stalk. ahe was born before many humans could remember, she was the princess of the moon. she had a mother who would live another millennia as the ruler.
    ✧ kaguya had no father. kaguya’s mother became pregnant with kaguya when a small comet had come to the moon, a messenger from the brightest star in the universe. kaguya was born from that comet, entirely in her mother’s likeness, but with unbridled beauty.
    ✧ because of this uncharacteristic birth (where moon royalty births were usually done by handpicking from the star), kaguya was prone to cold skin and sensitivities unlike any other person of the moon or human being. because of this, she was often kept within the walls of the moon palace.

✦ despite her condition, kaguya was revered as the most favourite princess of all moon royalty. her beauty and her kindness was well known throughout the kingdom. she had many suitors for marriage but it was uncommon for moon royalty to marry.

✦ and despite her isolation, kaguya loved the earth. unlike the moon, it was warm and lush, beautiful in all the vibrant colours that was not the ice-cold silver kaguya was used to. in her mind, the stories of earth were full of colours she couldn’t comprehend. kaguya wanted to experience the warmth of the earth and the sun for herself.

✦ one of her suitors was a researcher who would often go back and forth from the earth and the moon. one night, kaguya snuck away and asked if she could go with him to earth.

✦ while kaguya felt nothing for him, the two were there for only a night. he took her to the highest point of the land, where the heavens and the earth could touch, mt. fuji. she ended up escaping his watch, rushing down to the capital city of the kingdom she was in. due to her celestial powers, she was quick. she felt invigorated by the warmth of the land.

✦ she ended up in the grounds of the palace, where she met a half-awake emperor. she thought he was wonderfully handsome, with his bronze skin and dark hair. unlike anyone she had ever seen before, too used to the opaline skin and ivory hair. he was nice to her too. so, she plucked a single white egret orchid, or a 鷺草 (sagisō) and handed it to him.
    ✧ “may my thoughts follow you into your dreams.”

✦ when she finally got home, kaguya was punished for escaping, and the researcher executed, and treason of the moon royalty for interfering with human life.  her punishment to return to earth.

Part II

the tale of jung soojung

✦ before kaguya was taken out of her fable, she had met and become friends with someone who called themselves “usagi”. granted a spot on the moon alongside the royalty, she was once a rabbit who had been given the form of a celestial being. the only one who could understand kaguya, the two became close friends.

✦ however, when the rip happened, usagi was the first one to disappear. riddled with fear, sadness, grief, kaguya worried she would be the last one left on earth. a war was broken out from earth, calling for the halt of the moon kingdom’s interference of their technology and civilization. many of the beloved people she loved died, including her mother, but kaguya managed to escape, but she ended up escaping her fable.

✦ lost in a world she didn’t know, kaguya was forced to take up the name “jung soojung”. while kaguya— no, soojung, was happy to be on whatever was considered to be “earth”, she felt lonely. that was until she met usagi, now known as heejin. both of them were unsure of what to do with themselves, so heejin used the hobby she took up while on the moon, of making rice cakes. she learned how to bake using the ingredients available to her, and they were able to open their own cafe: tsuki miyako, after their “home”.