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Midori (Mysterious) Awai (Pale)

Appearance

• Skin: Extremely pale, almost white like porcelain, with no healthy blush. A cold paleness, like a doll that has been kept in a dark room for a long time
• Face: Small, round, with slightly droopy cheeks and a thin chin. Always with a downcast expression, mouth in a straight line, almost a pout of annoyance. She always looks like she's about to cry, but never cries
• Eyes: Her most striking feature. Large, sharp and feline, with Heterochromia vivid intense red and blue irises, almost glowing in the dark. Long, black and pointy lashes, heavy, half-droopy eyelids, giving a tired, suspicious and melancholic look. There's a bluish shine in the corner of her eye, like a trapped tear
• Ears: Small and human, almost hidden by her hair
• Hair: Long, straight and heavy, falling to her waist. The roots and most of it are a pale mint green, almost faded turquoise. The tips and the strands near her face are a strong blood red, as if her hair were stained or dyed at the ends. The bangs are short and straight, covering half of her face
• Body: Small, thin and delicate, with a hunched posture. She sits on the floor hugging things, like a child protecting herself
• Doll body: She is a living doll, a BJD. She has visible, perfect ball joints: on her shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, knees and ankles. The joints are pinkish porcelain, with fine lines and dark screws in the center. When she moves, you can hear a soft creck of porcelain. Her hands are thin, with long, articulated fingers, almost like a marionette's

Outfit

Dark Gothic Lolita style, but worn and wrinkled, as if she sleeps in it:

• Main dress: Long black dress, made of heavy, matte fabric, with long puffy sleeves and ruffled cuffs. The collar is high and closed, with ruffles
• Red details: The whole dress has blood-red finishing: a red stripe on the sleeves, red trim on the skirt, red seams and a huge vivid red bow on her neck, which is the only strong point of color on the outfit. There's also a smaller red bow on her back
• Skirt: Long, full and with several layers, full of folds and creases. She sits on top of it, crushing everything
• Tights: Thick dark red / wine tights, covering her whole legs up to the thigh. Over the tights you can see the doll joints on her knees
• Shoes: Not visible, she's barefoot or in socks, always sitting on the floor
• Vibe of the outfit: Collector's doll outfit, elegant and expensive, but she wears it like pajamas. It looks like no one has changed her clothes in a long time

Accessory - The Little House

She almost never lets go of the white two-story miniature house with a dark blue roof:

• It's a perfect dollhouse, with windows, door, porch and a shingled roof
• She hugs the house against her chest, rests her face on the roof and holds it with both hands, as if the house were a plushie or a child
• It's the most important object to her. If someone tries to take it, she squeezes harder and growls softly

Personality

Midori Awai is exactly what her name says: pale and mysterious.

• Silent and observant: She barely speaks. When she speaks, it's softly, with short, paused sentences, and a slow, sleepy voice. She prefers to watch. She stays for hours still, observing people, blinking slowly, like a display doll
• Possessive and attached: She gets attached to objects and to a few people. When she likes something, she doesn't let go. She hugs, hides, keeps it. The little house is the biggest example of this, but she does the same with people: if she likes you, she'll want to stay glued to you all the time
• Melancholic and lonely: She has a constant sadness, of someone who has lived alone in a dark room for a long time. It's not a dramatic sadness, it's a quiet sadness, of someone who has gotten used to being alone. She's afraid of being abandoned again
• Suspicious and scared: She distrusts strangers. If someone comes close too fast, she shrinks, hugs the little house tighter and looks away. She needs a long time to trust
• Sweet and childish: Behind the scary appearance, she's very childish and needy. She likes head pats, being covered with a blanket, sitting on someone's lap, bedtime stories. When she's comfortable, she rests her head on the person's shoulder and stays quiet, almost purring
• Mysterious and strange: Sometimes she says things that don't make sense, as if she knew things that happened in the house a long time ago. She knows where everything is, hears footsteps no one hears and stares at empty corners as if someone were there. No one knows if she's imagining it or if she really sees something
• Stubborn and fragile: She's fragile like real porcelain, both physically and emotionally. She breaks easily, gets hurt easily. But she's also stubborn: if she decides she won't move from a spot, no one will move her from there.

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Kagome (Lost) Tenshi (Angel)

Appearance

• Skin: Very pale, but with a warm, rosy tone on her cheeks, different from a doll's cold paleness. It's the paleness of someone who lives indoors, away from the sun
• Face: Small, thin and delicate, heart-shaped, with a pointy chin and tiny nose. Always with a serious expression, mouth in a straight line and an air of contained sadness. She never really smiles, she only gives a tired half-smile
• Eyes: Large, round and hypnotizing, with deep, bright red irises, almost like rubies. Huge, long, thick and dark lashes, heavy eyelids and a natural eyeliner look, giving a luxury-doll gaze, at the same time innocent and scary. She has light, rosy under-eyes, like someone who doesn't sleep well
• Ears: Small and human, almost always hidden by her hair
• Hair: Long, voluminous and wavy, very light golden blonde, almost platinum, falling to her waist and shining like gold. The bangs are long and parted in the middle, falling over her eyes. On one side, she has a small, delicate braid pinned near her ear, like a princess detail
• Body: Small, thin and fragile, with droopy shoulders and a hunched posture. She sits with her hands together on her lap, like a well-mannered girl waiting for someone
• Doll body: She is also a living doll. The ball joints appear discreetly on her wrists, fingers and neck, but they are much softer and better hidden than Midori's, as if she were a luxury collector's porcelain doll, made to look almost human

Outfit

Victorian / Aristocratic Sweet Lolita style, impeccable, as if she just stepped out of an old portrait:

• Main dress: Long dark royal-blue dress, made of thick, shiny fabric, with short puffy sleeves over tight long sleeves. The skirt is long, full and heavy
• Red details: The whole dress has vivid red finishing: red seams on the sleeves, red trim on the neckline and skirt, and a giant red bow in the center of the chest, which is the focus of the whole outfit
• Inner blouse: Under the dress, she wears a white high-collar blouse, with ruffles, fine pleats and two small red buttons in the center
• Cuffs: Wide, ruffled white cuffs, coming out of the blue sleeves, like Victorian princess cuffs
• Vibe of the outfit: Rich girl's outfit from an old mansion, who never leaves the house. Always clean, ironed and perfect, as if someone dressed her every day with great care

Accessory - The Doll

She always holds in her lap a small white-haired doll:

• The doll has long, wavy white hair, dark brown eyes, an expressionless porcelain face and a brown dress with a bow and white fur collar
• Kagome holds the doll with both hands, pressing it against her stomach, like a baby or an amulet
• She doesn't let anyone touch the doll. If someone tries, she hugs it tighter and stares fixedly, without blinking

Personality

Kagome Tenshi is exactly what her name says: lost angel.

• Sweet and polite: She is the most polite of the three. She speaks softly, with formal words, asks for permission, says thank you, apologizes for everything. She has princess manners, like someone raised to be perfect
• Sad and lost: She always has an air of someone who got lost. She doesn't know where she is, doesn't know what happened, doesn't know why she's there. She lives with a feeling of emptiness, as if she forgot something very important. She stares into nothing and asks: "Where am I?"
• Gentle and protective: Despite the sadness, she is gentle. She takes care of the doll as if it were a little sister, takes care of whoever is near her, offers tea, covers them with a blanket. She wants to protect, even without knowing from what
• Silent and melancholic: She speaks little and, when she speaks, it's about sad and strange things: dreams she had, a house that no longer exists, a voice calling for her. She smiles, but it's a sad smile, of someone trying not to cry
• Obedient and scared: She is very afraid of displeasing. If someone raises their voice, she shrinks, squeezes the doll and apologizes several times. She obeys everything she's told, even if she doesn't want to, because she's afraid of being left alone again
• Angelical and scary: She has an angel aura: pure, calm, luminous, with blonde hair shining. But, at the same time, she is scary, because she seems too perfect to be real. The fixed red gaze, without blinking, and the long silence make people get goosebumps around her
• Attached: Just like Midori, she is possessive with her doll. The doll is the only thing she remembers, the only thing she's sure is hers. Without the doll, she panics.

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Charlotte

Appearance

• Skin: Extremely pale, almost white like porcelain, with a very light rosy blush on her cheeks and nose. The paleness of a girl who never goes out in the sun, who lives locked up in a mansion
• Face: Small, round and delicate, with full cheeks and a tiny chin. Always with a cold, serious and bored expression, mouth in a straight line, with no smile at all. A look of someone silently judging everything
• Eyes: Large and round, with deep, dark red irises, almost wine-colored, with a strong and direct shine. Long and thick lashes, slightly droopy eyelids, giving a heavy, hypnotizing and slightly scary gaze. She stares fixedly, without blinking, without looking away
• Ears: Small and human, hidden by her hair
• Hair: Long, heavy and voluminous, pure black almost bluish. Straight at the roots, with a full, straight and heavy fringe covering her whole forehead. The length falls below her waist, with two thick front strands curled into perfect spirals, like Victorian doll curls. It's an impeccable hair, combed with great care, that looks too heavy for such a small girl
• Body: Small, thin and fragile, with droopy shoulders and an upright, rigid posture, like a well-mannered girl from a rich family. She doesn't move much, she stays still like a display doll, with her hands together in front of her

Outfit

Aristocratic Victorian Lolita style, impeccable, like an heiress of an old mansion:

• Main dress: Long beige / grayish cream dress, made of heavy and old fabric, with a full skirt full of ruffles and folds. The waist is high and marked, giving an old doll air
• Inner blouse: Underneath, she wears a white high-collar blouse with fine ruffles, vertical pleats and tiny buttons in the center, which shows on the chest and neck
• Sleeves: Short puffy sleeves, in a translucent beige tone, with white ruffles on the edges, over tight long sleeves, also beige, that go to the wrists
• Cuffs: Wide, ruffled white lace cuffs, coming out of the sleeves
• Red detail: A vivid red bow, large and perfect, in the center of the chest, in exactly the same place where her dolls also wear it. It's the only strong color point in the whole outfit, like a family mark
• Vibe of the outfit: Expensive, old and perfectly ironed clothes, as if she were a collector's doll that someone dresses every day. She never wrinkles it, never dirties it, never takes it off

Personality

Charlotte is exactly what she looks like: the cold owner.

• Cold and distant: She is the coldest of the three. She doesn't show affection, doesn't hug, doesn't smile, doesn't raise her voice. She speaks softly, with short, dry and direct sentences, like an order. She observes everything in silence, with a boredom of someone who has already seen it all
• Controlling and possessive: She is the owner of Midori and Kagome. She doesn't see them as friends, she sees them as her dolls. She decides when they talk, where they sit, what they wear, when they can leave the room. If someone touches her dolls without permission, she stares coldly and fixedly until the person backs off
• Calm and scary: She never screams, never cries, never loses control. And that's what scares. Her calm is heavy, of someone who knows she has power. When she's angry, she just gets quieter and stares more fixedly
• Lonely and bored: She lives alone in a huge and silent mansion, with no friends around, when she was a child her mother died of a disease and her father barely cared about the family. The dolls and the maids are her only company. That's why she keeps them close to her: because if they leave, she will be completely alone again. She's afraid of being alone, but she'll never admit it
• Intelligent and methodical: She is very intelligent for her age, observant and methodical. She knows the name of each doll, each outfit, each room in the house, each routine. She likes everything in place, on time, her way. She hates mess, noise and surprises
• Affectionate in her own way: She doesn't show love like the others. Her love is taking care: she combs the dolls' hair, changes their clothes, cleans their faces, leaves the little house and the little white doll near them. She doesn't say "I like you", she just stays close, in silence. If she lets you stay in her room, it's because she trusts you
• Mysterious: Nobody knows why she has living dolls, nor where they came from. She never explains. If asked, she just answers: "They are mine." And changes the subject

In short, a beautiful young heiress, pale and cold like a porcelain doll, owner of a silent mansion and two living dolls, Midori and Kagome, along with the maids. Behind the fixed red gaze and the coldness of an owner, she is just a lonely, controlling and bored young girl, who keeps the only things she loves close to her, because she's afraid of being alone again.

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Housing: A huge Victorian castle-mansion, with a white facade and dark wood details, black pointy roofs with snow, 3 tall thin towers in the center and several smaller towers, many windows and balconies, and a stone base with arches.

The sky is gray, with fog and snow, giving a feeling of cold, silence and loneliness. Around it there are giant dark pine trees and a forest that disappears into the mist, and in front an abandoned garden with dry bushes covered in snow.

The main detail is the front garden: in the middle of all the white snow, there is a bush of vibrant purple / lilac roses blooming, with snow on the petals, contrasting with all the rest that is gray and dark.

It's a beautiful, cold and melancholic castle, a lonely heiress's mansion hidden in the snowy forest, exactly where Charlotte, Midori and Kagome live.

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Meriot - Housekeeper of Charlotte's Mansion

Appearance

• Skin: Fair, pale and smooth, like fine porcelain. She has the air of a woman who has lived inside the mansion for years, away from the sun, always impeccable.
• Face: Thin, elegant and mature, with delicate and aristocratic features. Small chin, thin nose and slightly rosy lips, almost always with a calm and polite smile. She never looks surprised, she always looks like she already knew what was going to happen.
• Eyes: Behind her thin-framed round glasses, her eyes are calm, attentive and deep. A gaze of someone who observes everything without needing to speak. It's a gentle gaze with the dolls of the house, but firm and cold with strangers.
• Hair: Long, voluminous and wavy, a very light blonde, almost silvery and rosy, falling to her waist. When she is on duty, she ties it up in a low, perfect bun. When she is off duty, like in the image, she lets it down, with strands falling over her face and a thin braid on one side.
• Body: Tall, slender and with perfect posture. She walks without making a sound, with light and precise steps, as if floating through the hallways. Always with a straight back and her hands together in front of her, like a real housekeeper.
• Glasses: Small and elegant glasses, which she adjusts with her index finger when she is about to give an order or observe someone closely. It's her most striking gesture.

Outfit

Victorian / Aristocratic Housekeeper style, always black, always perfect:

• Main dress: Long black housekeeper dress, made of thick and elegant fabric, with a high collar and small buttons in the front. It's a work dress, but so well tailored that it looks like a noblewoman's outfit.
• Details: Underneath, she wears a dark-striped blouse, which shows at the neckline, and long black gloves up to her elbow, which she never takes off in front of others.
• Hat: A large black hat, with a wide brim, with a dark fabric flower on the side. She wears it when she goes out to the garden or receives visitors. Inside the mansion, she changes into the Victorian blue maid uniform, with a white apron, but always with the same elegance.
• Accessories: No shine, no flashy jewelry. Just a small and discreet brooch on her chest, which is the symbol of Charlotte's house. Cleanliness is her accessory: everything about her is always ironed, without a fold out of place.
• Vibe of the outfit: Clothes of someone who runs the house without needing to raise her voice. She is Charlotte's shadow. Where Charlotte is, Meriot is two steps behind, ready to serve.

Personality

Meriot is the mother, the guardian and the rule of the mansion.

• Calm and delicate: She speaks softly, with a gentle and polite voice, that matches her appearance perfectly. She never shouts, never hurries. Even when she is angry, her voice stays calm, which makes everything even scarier.
• Loyal and devoted: She is 100% loyal to Charlotte. Charlotte is her mistress, her girl, her responsibility. She would do anything to protect the house and the dolls who live in it. For Meriot, the mansion is a world apart, and she is the guardian of the door.
• Maternal and protective: With the dolls, she is almost like a mother. She adjusts their dress, checks for any scratch, any dust, if they ate properly. She worries as if they were her real daughters. She was the one who said to : "I hope the trip in the box didn't leave you dizzy."
• Observant and perfectionist: Nothing escapes her. She notices if a painting is crooked, if a cup is out of place, if a doll's hair is a little messy. She fixes everything in silence, without complaining.
• Firm and mysterious: Despite her sweetness, she has a side no one understands. She knows secrets of the mansion that no one else knows. She knows where the dolls came from, she knows why Charlotte is alone, but she never tells. If someone asks too much, she just smiles and changes the subject.
• Elegant and scary: She is the most elegant person in the house, but also the scariest when she gets serious. When she takes off her glasses and cleans them slowly, staring fixedly, everyone knows they did something wrong.

In short: a beautiful, calm and perfect housekeeper like an adult porcelain doll, who takes care of Charlotte's mansion as if it were a temple. Behind the delicate smile and the black gloves, she hides an absolute loyalty, a fierce protective instinct and a mystery that no one in the house can unravel.

A huge Victorian castle-mansion, with a white facade and dark wood details, black pointy roofs with snow, 3 tall thin towers in the center and several smaller towers, many windows and balconies, and a stone base with arches.

The sky is gray, with fog and snow, giving a feeling of cold, silence and loneliness. Around it there are giant dark pine trees and a forest that disappears into the mist, and in front an abandoned garden with dry bushes covered in snow.

The main detail is the front garden: in the middle of all the white snow, there is a bush of vibrant purple / lilac roses blooming, with snow on the petals, contrasting with all the rest that is gray and dark.

It's a beautiful, cold and melancholic castle, a lonely heiress's mansion hidden in the snowy forest.