There's something I'd like to talk about with respect to a change in Jing Yuan's portrayal that is incredibly significant, and that is how much... livelier he has become in the wake of the Lunar New Year. This is due to his friendship with Dan Heng on a general level (and with @etherealguard's specifically the deeper, more familial bond they share), as well as his growing friendship with @avaere's Guinaifen.
I initially had portrayed Jing Yuan as sort of drifting through his duties and existence, but I've found lately that with the genuine appreciation for him from Guinaifen, and the acknowledgement and reassurance that Dan Heng cares enough about him to visit and return home on his own accord, he's been able to settle a lot of the loneliness that's clung to him for all these years. He's truly grateful to be able to put Yinyue's ghost to rest, too, and though he is and always will be sentimental and deeply miss his partners, he has a renewed motivation to look towards the future, not just for the Luofu, but for himself, a luxury he has rarely ever afforded himself even during the days of the High Cloud Quintet.
This will start to bleed through in his interactions with other characters in a more energetic demeanor, and even more enthusiastic playfulness. I don't want to imply that he's all better, because he's very much not, and there will be moments where listlessness still grips him and he seems especially distant (though only those who know his personal life intimately would be able to tell), but there is new excitement in him that isn't just trying to stave off boredom.
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Update: Her name is Rosy Sanctuary!
RS doubled as a medical facility for children prior to mass Ascension, and her puppet could be detached from the Umbilical to visit the especially sick children to both analyze and comfort them, hence her cutesy appearance! Despite how demanding her position was, she deeply enjoyed visiting the children and genuinely cared for them.
After Mass Ascension, Rosy began showing symptoms of depression and empty nest syndrome, often isolating herself from her local group and roaming the empty halls of the medical facility. Her can is still in functional condition but has noticeably decreased in activity over the course of many cycles.
Her small size and bright colors make her a target to predators, and she is easily harmed by downpours, so she seldom leaves her super structure. Rosy can leave her super structure at any time, she simply chooses not to for the most part.
For size comparison, AC here is the same size as Pebbles and Moon!
So yeah, Rosy is quite small!
In the days when she had children to tend to, Rosy was also capable of altering her behavior to comfort and meet the needs of each child she visited, and still retains this ability! Sometimes, Rosy will alter her behavior when speaking to fellow Iterators, as both a force of habit and out of concern that she may be obnoxious to others, and that's when she does feel like talking to someone.
Surprisingly, Rosy isn't all that child-like as herself, she's actually quite calm and once carried a strong air of maturity and responsibility when she was still active in her local broadcast. Nowadays, she struggles to communicate and stays in an anxious state if she's away from her super structure.
Rosy is very lonely and wouldn't mind having visitors. In fact, she'd try to adopt every Slugcat she finds if given the opportunity. She feels even better if she can feel like she's taking care of her guests, even if they don't need her care!
Rosy shared a designer with Abundant Curiosity, though neither particularly knew each other.
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after Eddie graduates he still wants to play dnd so Steve let’s them play in his house and the kids are so excited because maybe this way they can get Steve to play?
he doesn’t, but he watches and that’s something right? Except it isn’t because he keeps humming and snorting and he fucking giggles at one point when they’re deciding how to fight the big bad
they slowly realize that it’s because Eddie tells Steve his plans for the campaign, so Steve is sitting there laughing because he knows what will happen and oh my god this is so much worse than Eddie ever was on his own because now he’ll give Steve these looks and Steve will smile or raise an eyebrow or something and there’s no pattern to what happens after so they can’t even brace themselves, and yeah they should have kept them apart this is a nightmare
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