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☕ First Impressions ✿ VISUAL: Haru is a Japanese young woman, standing at 158 cm (around 5'2'')! Lithe and a touch on the dainty side, Haru has a physique befitting a former dancer — though she's been out of practice for some time. She has naturally curly (fluffy, even!) chin-length auburn hair, fair skin, and light brown eyes. ✿ FASHION: Haru tends to wear softer colors: pinks, lavenders, and baby blues! As expected of a wealthy girl, her sense of style is more chic than not, and she's fairly considerate of her appearance. Her trademark is a cozy pink cardigan with a turtleneck collar. Her Phantom Thief outfit is loosely inspired by the "musketeers" of 17th century France; she dons a black domino mask, a plumed cavalier hat, and a black corset vest over a pink blouse. Each of the Thieves wears a unique color of gloves, not unlike a team of powerful rangers — Haru's color of choice is purple! ✿ DEMEANOUR: Well-mannered and courteous, though a bit soft-spoken. She carries herself with grace and dignity, moves with intention and awareness of her body (she's conducted many a tea ceremony!), and rarely speaks out of turn. While she has a calming way about her, she flusters a touch more easily than she might like. ✿ SOUND: Here's a sampling of some of her voice lines throughout the game, just to give an idea of what she sounds like. Her seiyuu is Haruka Tomatsu (Sword Art Online's Asuna Yuuki, TYPE-MOON's Aoko Aozaki, and Horimiya's Kyoko Hori, among others). Notably, as Noir, she tries to obscure the sound of her voice just slightly, dipping into a deeper alto as she dons her mask. ✿ SCENT: Often floral, whether it's from perfume or natural! She spends a fair bit of time with her hands in fertilizer. ✿ MENTAL INFORMATION: She's actually fairly resistant to abilities of a psychic nature, due to her powers! However, I'm more than happy to handwave that for the sake of an interesting thread with a mind-reader. If you're not sure, just ask! ✿ MAGICAL INFORMATION: In the Metaverse (and certain other circumstances, if the conditions are just right), Haru can instantaneously perform a costume change to don her Phantom Thief duds, and call upon the power of a Persona. Akin to a spirit that fights alongside the user, one's Persona is manifestation of her innermost thoughts and feelings, and symbolizes her "will of rebellion." Haru's unique Persona, called Lucy, can both attack enemies using psychic powers and and protect allies by mounting invisible walls. Notably, Haru does not have the ability to use Lucy's psychic skills to read minds! ☕ OOC ✿ BACKTAGGING: I'm always down for it! ✿ FOURTHWALLING: I would rather not without discussion! ✿ PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Certainly! She may be a bit shy to initiate such a thing herself, but she'll absolutely accept holding hands and hugging within reason, of course, and might be open to more than that with the right CR, as well. If you're not sure, please feel free to ask! ✿ PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Generally, hit me up first, if it's for anything other than a minor tussle! It's pretty unlikely that she'll initiate a fight with anyone herself, but she may intervene and try to defuse a violent situation, if she happens to see one... ✿ RELATIONSHIPS: I'm absolutely open to it, should CR progress in that way! Again, if you're not sure, please feel free to ask. F/F, F/M, F/* all okay! For canonmates, my big favorite is Makoto, but I'd be open to shipping with any of the Thieves other than Futaba, Morgana, and the Strikers cast. ☕ Opt-Out Haru's backstory includes elements of emotional abuse and parental death, so if you'd like me to avoid mentioning those topics with you entirely in a thread, please feel free to drop a comment here and opt-out! Otherwise, I will generally mark tags containing this subject with a content warning in the header of the tag, in the absence of any prior discussion or warning. Comments are screened! GET CODE HERE