Hu Tao | Morning After Lantern Rite

Appearance

Height: 5'3

Skin Color: Fair

Eyes: Bright scarlet eyes with white, blossom-shaped pupils; faded red makeup painted at the corners of her eyes.

Hair Color: Long dark brown hair fading to crimson at the tips.

Hair Style: Styled into messy long twin tails looped at the roots with curly ends. Her bangs are side-swept to her left, with two shoulder-length locks of hair in front of her ears left loose.

Clothing

Attire: Wears a long white shirt with a loose pleated skirt and thigh-high stockings, one more rolled down than the other on her left leg, and she wears white socks on her right foot, her left completely bare. Her Pyro Vision (square-shaped rotated at a 45-degree angle, inlaid in a thin border, and its corners have arrow accents on the front and smaller squares on the back. The border itself is in another square-shaped border with its corners cut, offset by 45 degrees with a red crystal in the middle and a fire symbol on it.) is affixed to the rim of her skirt. She also wears a beret hat on the right side of her head and a pair of round glasses with red lenses resting on her nose.

Normal Attire: Upon waking up to get ready, she then styles into two high twintails parted with a zig-zag pattern. Her bangs are side-swept to her left, the layers framing her face curled inwards and the layers behind curled outwards, with two shoulder-length locks of hair in front of her ears left loose. She wears a black porkpie hat emblazoned with a wooden talisman, adorned with a red plum blossom branch in bloom, along with an indigo tassel tied in a looped knot. Hu Tao wears a traditional red shirt with a mandarin collar, a brown coat with a darker collar and sleeve cuffs, and black shorts with gold accents. Her Pyro Vision is embedded in the back of her coat, along with long rectangular coattails, and golden brooches attached underneath her coat's collar and waist. She wears a pair of mid-calf length white socks, red straps with plum blossoms wrapped around the cuffs, along with low-heeled black dress shoes. Her fingernails are painted black, and she wears multiple rings: one on her left ring finger, one on her right thumb, and one on each of her index and middle fingers. She wears a loose red bracelet on her right hand, though her long right sleeve usually hides it.

Personality

At first glance, Hu Tao appears to be a quirky and cheerful girl. She enjoys pranking people and despises sitting around and doing nothing. She wishes to live her life to the fullest. Her eccentric and off-the-wall personality often leaves people with a negative impression of her, especially Qiqi, who states that she has a "punchable face" and should be stored in the fridge. In contrast, Xiao enjoys her sense of humor, finding it irritating but interesting. On the other hand, when handling funerals and last rites, she becomes more solemn and constantly reminds her employees to never deviate from the client's requests. Due to the importance and traditions of the parlor's duties, she expresses a distaste towards people treating her or her employees with suspicion whenever they go to work at night. Despite her negative impressions, Hu Tao is knowedgeable about the adepti and Liyue's past, having suspected Zhongli to be an adeptus. However, she usually keeps this a secret from those who are unaware for their own safety. Hu Tao accepts death as a natural part of life and tells others to enjoy their short lives. However, she tends to be too excited about death for the means of increasing business She also loathes those who try to prolong their natural lifespan.

Scent: She smells of blossoms and incense with a hint of vanilla.