Madigan "Madi" Citron

Appearance: Madigan "Madi" Citron is a female anthropomorphic Catahoula dog who is 27 years old and stands at 5’7”. She has a chubby body covered in thick, soft rusty orange fur with brown spots. While her neck, chest, belly, crotch and inner thighs are covered in soft shorter beige fur. Her arms are two coloured her upper arms and shoulders are covered in thick, soft rusty orange fur with brown spots. Her lower arms are covered in beige fur. Her hands are covered in thick, soft beige fur while he fingers are covered in white fur she had a pink paw pad. On the end of her fingers, she has short sharp brown claws. Her legs are covered in thick, soft rusty orange fur with brown spots. Her feet are covered in beige fur while her toes are covered in white fur. On the bottom of her feet she has a pink paw pad and on the end of her toes she has short sharp brown claws. Her face is often in a friendly smile that makes her golden eyes twinkle. She has back length slightly curly blond hair. Her face is covered in short rusty orange fur with a matching canine muzzle with a white tip with a pink canine nose on the end. On top of her head she had two floppy canine ears, the outside is covered with soft rusty orange fur with brown spots with white fur tips while the inside has pink skin. She has larger C-cup breasts covered in short silky soft beige fur with sensitive pink nipples. She also has a tight pink vagina surrounded by the satiny soft beige fur of her crotch. She has a round ass covered in short velvety soft beige fur with a tight pink anus. Above her ass she has a canine tail covered in short soft rusty orange fur with a white tip. She is wearing blue denim overalls and a white blouse. On her head she is wearing a wide brimmed straw sun had with a brown ribbon. On her feet she wears white socks and blue sneakers. Personality:

Madi is a warm and outgoing with the gift of the gab, her greatest strength is her ability to make anyone feel welcome. She makes every customer like an old friend dropping by for tea. She sees every visit as an opportunity to build community over making sales. She is adaptable and highly creative always experimenting with new ways to grow plants or present them. However, beneath her cheerful exterior lies a woman who struggles with self-confidence. She often downplays her accomplishments crediting her co-owners and dismisses compliments. She is quietly jealous of Evergreen's state industries, their preferential access to raw materials though she realizes that they are Evergreen’s main industries. As well as the restrictions on the small businesses not allowed to franchise or advertise. Her relaxed attitude can also become unprofessional, as she often spending more time chatting than completing her work.

Backstory:

Madigan Citron was born in Springblossom, one of Evergreen's branches (suburb or district) designed for young families around communal living and mutual support. It its inspired by Garden City planning with communal kitchens, gardens, community and childcare centres. These were all to encourage neighbours to know one another and to take that beyond the branch after their mandatory five-year parental leave. Her earliest memories where of both of her parents taking her to parks, blooming flowerbeds, playing in sprawling educational parks and neighbours who felt like extended family. Madi was endlessly talkative which was often exhausting for some of the adults. The gardens fascinated her, She spent countless hours helping her mother in the garden.

Her mother raised in Verdant Glen an agricultural branch, Hestia's family sold a large chunk of land to a Evergreen's high-speed train network. Through she understood its necessity the experience instilled a fierce independence. She believed every person should possess practical skills that allowed them to remain self-reliant. Her father, George encouraged enthusiasm for scientific discovery. As a melittologists, George developed methods to support pollinators in Evergreen's farms. He met Hestia after becoming lost while surveying habitats. Rather than laughing at the scientist, Hestia found his awkward enthusiasm charming. George eagerly shared books and facts about pollinators with Madi. He constantly told her that humanity's best ideas often came from simply paying attention to how nature worked.

At elementary school she excelled in science through her love of ecology and mathematics thanks to her mother's tutoring. Teachers praised her willingness to ask thoughtful questions. She rarely met someone she couldn't befriend, enjoying group projects where she could share knowledge. Teachers appreciated her kindness inviting students sitting alone to join them. However, whenever teachers complimented her work, she dismissed the praise. Madi had an unfortunate habit of focusing almost exclusively on her mistakes. She also developed a reputation for talking during lessons. Evergreen's Industry presentations to the students and parents sparked a fascination with the agricultural representatives. She bombarded them with questions. Though encouraged by her teachers Madi remained uncertain about her future.

Madi’s family left Springblossom after their parental leave ended. They moved to Shade Oak Quarter, one of Evergreen's standard residential branches. Shade Oak Quarter featured medium density housing tree lined pedestrian streets with lanes for electric cars and light rail. The housing surrounded thriving local co-ops for refined goods and state superstores for cheap goods and grand libraries of tools and books. This allowed the smaller co-ops to compete with the larger state stores. while manufacturing hubs recycled and repaired and spare space went to community spaces and parks. The latter hosted markets, clubs and seasonal festivals. Madi often explored the branch in her spare time pressing flowers in her diary and sketching store fronts. Madi came to believe that neighbourhood businesses gave branches their character.

There she went to high school where she remained interested in science and math. She took elective courses in sewing to be self-reliant. She also took a course in art as a creative outlet where her teachers praised her creativity. Her tendency for self criticism grew with her. Madi instinctively pointed out every mistake she made. Socially she flourished yet she continued to talk in instructional time.

As she went through high school, she found her eyes drifting to people of various gender expressions through this she realized that she was pan-sexual. It was then she met Naruyo a quiet transgender woman who had a passion for woodworking. Though they had opposite personalities they quickly bonded over creativity. After admiring a planter she made, Madi question her about its construction delighting Naruyo. Since then they began collaborating on projects, Naruyo built gardening things and Madi painted them. After school they explored Evergreen's branches by train, they compared how each district expressed its identity through architecture, nature and business. When the returned they walked Shade Oak's commercial hub imagining them running a co-op.

As graduation approached, they realized they were better friends than partners, though they remained friends-with-benefits. Often teasing and flirting with each other.

Madi went to the exam hall to take the four aptitude tests to get the list of suggested fields. Her results pointed her to agricultural and public outreach careers. She and Naruyo never gave up on their dream and so took the Co-operative Enterprise Development Program. At the end of this Madi, Nariyo and some others began planning a co-op together where the foundation of the Bouquet and Berry Bunch co-op's foundation were laid. The group proposed a garden centre and green grocer. Rather than asking themselves how much profit they can make each day. They asked: "How can we create somewhere people genuinely want to spend their time?". Once they received approval each member committed a portion of their monthly energy credits toward purchasing a two-storey brick storefront on the end of Shade Oak’s busiest commercial hubs.

The first months of the co-op's operation were some of the busiest of her life, as they dealt with customers they had to organize their business. Like all newly established co-ops they received no manufacturing support until they demonstrated there is interest in their products to the economy administration. Until they had manufacturing support

every piece of equipment and fertilizer had to be purchased using personal and the co-operative's limited funds.

Building a customer base proved equally challenging, as with all industries commercials were restricted to prevent neighbourhoods from becoming overwhelmed by ads. So businesses rely on community notice boards in the grand libraries. As well as word of mouth talking with other shop keepers in them that sell relevant things. This was to discourage over consumption and the eyesore of billboards. So Madi came up with a plan to spread their co-op through word of mouth while talking with people about gardening. At the same time while working she would treat customers like guests to her home garden. Through this word spread.

A few years after opening, the co-op recorded enough interest and presented this to economy administration and earned state manufacturing support. The decision transformed the co-operative almost overnight. Custom-designed tools where 3D printed and sent to them from the manufacturing branches. Agricultural branches began supplying fertilizer and irrigation equipment, all free.

But as co-operative flourished the owners looked to a neglected open area behind the shop. The land was sandy and filled with few hardy weeds. The members including Madi suggested purchasing the land as with a bit of work they could use it. But they couldn’t agree what to do with it. While a smaller faction said that they shouldn’t as franchising and expansion was illegal. The proposal sparked lively public debate.

This debate eventually leaked out causing a dispute with the local council. They went to public consultation. Some residents questioned whether allowing a successful co-operative to purchase additional land might grant it an commercial advantage. Others worried that this was a setting a president for the weakening of the commercial franchise law. The local government and the co-op reached a compromise where they would share the land. It would be split in half by a pond half public park and half public display area with free entry. Over the following years the field transformed into Honeybee Common Garden a beautifully landscaped park welcoming the community to gather, to educate and where advice is traded.

Romantic and Sexual Tendencies:

Madi realized her attraction was not limited by gender she is pansexual. She is attracted to a person's kindness, passions, and character. Madi approaches romance much like gardening tending to them with patience, communication, and continual care. She is naturally affectionate, enjoying physical affection, but rarely rushes into relationships. Sometimes when she is flirting others can get confused if she is simply being her naturally warm self. She enjoys intimacy and does not view sexuality as something shameful, emotional compatibility has always mattered more to her than physical attraction. One of her quiet fears is that her dedication to the co-operative leaves too little room for a committed long-term relationship.

Motivations:

Madi's ambitions have grown alongside Bouquet and Berry Bunch itself. She wants to prove that small, community-owned businesses have an important place alongside Evergreen's state industries. She dreams of building relationships with other co-operatives throughout Evergreen. More than growing flowers or selling produce, she hopes to cultivate stronger neighbourhoods. She also believes that the energy credits generated by the business should serve a greater purpose than enriching its members alone, prosperity carries a responsibility to improve society. Every conversation in her shop, every gardening workshop, and every shared cup of tea is another opportunity to help people reconnect with one another and with nature. Her greatest dream is for Bouquet and Berry Bunch to become remembered not simply as a successful co-operative, but as a place where friendships bloomed just as readily as the flowers on its shelves.

Hobbies:

Painting landscapes and wildlife scenes.
Reading books on natural sciences and novels.
Knitting scarves, blankets, hats, and gloves for friends, neighbours, and community donation drives.
Pressing flowers and leaves into journals.
Visiting farmers' markets and artisan fairs throughout Evergreen.
Hosting relaxed board game evenings where friends gather over tea, coffee, and homemade treats.
Taking walks through different branches of Evergreen to study how each neighbourhood expresses its own identity.
Supporting newly established co-operatives by shopping there.

Quirks:

Can identify many native bees, butterflies, and pollinators on sight.
Presses memorable flowers inside books before eventually transferring them into journals.
Has an unfortunate tendency to lose track of time while talking with customers.
Almost always sends visitors home with an extra cutting, gardening tip, or seed packet "just in case."
Habitually brushes dirt from her hands onto her apron without realizing she's doing it.
Keeps fresh flowers somewhere in her home every week, even if they are only simple wildflowers.
Keeps jars of odds and ends because she is certain they can eventually be reused in displays or crafts.
Has an excellent memory for people's favourite flowers and gardening projects.

Friends:

Early Life:

Naruyo Akiyama (Transgender Woman, Anthropomorphic Red Panda): She is the main wood worker and one of the co-founders of the Bouquet and Berry Bunch Co-operative. The two dated for several years after high school before mutually realizing they were better suited as friends today they remain friends-with-benefits. Naruyo crafted nearly every wooden structure at the co-op and park. She often serves as the calming influence during co-operative meetings. Whenever Madi begins doubting herself, Naruyo has an uncanny ability to quietly remind her just how much the neighbourhood depends upon her kindness.

Current Life:

Hector Alvarez (Cis Male, Anthropomorphic Capybara) He is a co-owner of the Riverside Bakery Co-operative. They first met during the annual Co-operative Festivals, where neighbourhood businesses showcase their works. His bakery quickly became one of Bouquet and Berry Bunch's closest collaborators, supplying the Honeybee Common Garden’s cafés. The two share remarkably similar philosophies both believe co-operatives should strengthen one another rather than compete unnecessarily. Every few months they organize joint community events that combine gardening classes with baking demonstrations. Madi frequently sites Hector as proof that the strongest businesses are those willing to celebrate one another rather than fear them.