Prune Juice Cookie

Appearance: Tomoe is a gaunt, feeble guy of average height with pale skin, 20 years old. His plum hair takes a tiered hime cut style with blunt bangs that ends near his knees. Choice sections of fringe trail downwards in stringy globules. His eyes most often sit closed in a pleasant and unassuming expression, though when opened, they show a striking, icy cyan color with white, slit pupils. His lips have a dark violet color and sit in a coy yet sly smile. He wears a broad mushroom cap-like witch's hat in a cool aurora gradient, notably resembling the main unit of the Ink Cap Alembic Decor and, in turn, real-life ink cap mushrooms (Coprinopsis atramentaria). A leathery tag label strung with mahogany twine wraps about the hat like a band. Tomoe wears a dust grey cloak about his shoulders with an onyx plum-shaped fastener, an attached cape with an indigo-teal gradient underside trailing from it. Below the cloak, he wears a long black gown against heavy white sleeves and a turtleneck collar, the body of the gown being adorned with a night sky gradient center panel embellished with astrological symbols. These symbols take the shapes of a crescent moon, a star, and a circle – a full moon. His hands are protected by mid-forearm-length leather gloves.

Personality: Tomoe is a polite yet ambitious guy with a deep interest in potions. Utilizing his mastery of potions, he sells and offers different kinds of concoctions to his peers in order to cure their ailments and needs for a fair price. His primary goal is to gain fame and prestige through his craft in order to become well-known and well-paid wherever he goes, thus earning himself the comfortable lifestyle he ultimately desires. His quiet, egocentric personality is one of his most prominent traits, as he does not consider any other person to match his talents in potion-making. However, he is also ruthlessly competitive and willing to take risks to demonstrate his capabilities, as seen in the Triple Cone Cup competitions. Tomoe is quite perceptive and calculative, masking his true plans behind a friendly-looking facade to others. Despite his confidence in his own craft, he avoids underestimating other people and their strengths, instead wondering aloud about their abilities in order to uncover any weaknesses. His own mannerisms and self-deprecation often lead others to underestimate his abilities, which allows him to surprise them with his potions due to their lowered expectations. This attitude stems from his past, when he had to come to terms with his inability to wield magic despite being enrolled in Parfaedia Academy, an elite institution in the mage city of Astra Salles, where he is kept not out of pity but due to a bureaucratic loophole and reputational risks—formally enrolled in an individual program he designed himself. He refuses to admit that this still affects him greatly, instead choosing to mask it by focusing on his potions, although he sometimes allows his bitterness towards "naturally-gifted" people to show. He does not disdain to use harsh and violent methods if the situation requires it, without sparing his opponents. He has potions for absolutely every occasion in life, and at the right moment he can pull out anything: whether it's a paralysis potion, venom, sedative, or a potion that helps to cope with a fit of laughter due to the giggler's mushroom. He has two friends – Clarissa from the Republic of Ether, a brave paladin who looks like a sweet positive girl, but her smile hides strength; and Javier from the kingdom of Flamus, strong and brave, but a little foolish and naive, relying mainly on kindness and physical endurance. After proving himself at the Triple Cone Cup competition, he gained a measure of respect from peers and faculty alike, and now travels regularly to sell his potions and gather rare ingredients, managing his schedule through a combination of academy leniency, self-made potions of focus and wakefulness, and a strict logistical system run with the help of his new assistant.

Past: Tomoe comes from a not very wealthy, but formerly prestigious Yukio family in the mage city of Astra Salles. His father, Kiyomori Yukio, is a dry, disciplined traditionalist who views Tomoe's lack of magic as a lack of discipline and sees alchemy as dirty kitchen work beneath their bloodline. His mother, Fuyuko Yukio, is an elegant, cold socialite who speaks of Tomoe in the past tense and views his alchemy as an embarrassing hobby. Neither parent is cruel in an active sense—they simply do not notice him. After Tomoe was officially declared "channel-less" at age seven, he was left to his own devices in the cold family mansion, where servants treated him with neglectful indifference. At twelve, he discovered the diary of a great-great-grandfather, also a "failure" who turned to alchemy, and restored the torn-out pages his parents had removed from the family chronicle. His first potion—a simple sleeping draught—he brewed for himself at thirteen because he could not sleep in the oppressive silence of the house. At eighteen, he forced his parents' reluctant permission to enter Parfaedia Academy by publicly announcing his intentions through a magical newspaper, weaponizing public opinion to avoid further scandal. His first year was brutal: professors ignored him, students laughed, and he was relegated to a corner of the lab without magical ventilation. But he survived, and even earned a grudging audience with the dean by demonstrating a paralytic agent made from mold in the academy basement. After the Triple Cone Cup competition, where his victory surprised everyone, the academy quietly granted him unofficial privileges: permission to skip general magic lectures, take exams externally, and use the laboratory during off-hours. He now manages his schedule ruthlessly, using his own potions—a wakefulness brew that allows three hours of sleep, a focus potion for deep concentration, and a "clean slate" draught to erase fatigue after long trips. He travels to nearby villages and forests on long weekends and holidays, returning with rare mosses and roots, and sells his wares to a growing clientele. His new assistant, a bright-voiced younger student with blonde hair and big yellow eyes named Tangerina, appeared after his victory—shy but fiercely devoted, with a squeaky voice that becomes a battle cry when defending him. She is clumsy and often stumbles, but she has a natural instinct for sorting ingredients by scent and color, and she now handles the workshop's orders, packaging, and inventory while learning the basics of alchemy from him. She is the first person who believes in him unconditionally, and though Tomoe would never admit it, her presence has begun to thaw something in him that he thought was frozen forever. He still rents his small hut-turned-workshop, still avoids the family mansion, and still adheres to the bare minimum of formal correspondence with his parents, but now he has something he never had before: a reputation, a purpose beyond survival, and someone who cheers for him when everyone else doubts.

Relationship:

Whilst Tomoe relatively mild when it comes to any public shows of affection, in private he gets extremely gentle and intimate — caressing the side of lovers face and complimenting them so earnestly and humming in approval when they kiss him back, he’s also been known to trail kisses from fingertip to fingertip across his beloved neck and shoulders, or just kiss their fingertips and knuckles when they’re holding hands, if he’s in an especially intimate mood. Tomoe is an introvert at heart and his ideal dates usually involve the two of them staying indoors together — whether that’s baking/cooking as a couple, watching a film or two, reading books side-by-side or to each other, gossiping, or just cuddling in bed — but he’s not opposed to going out for lunch or to stargaze every now and then. His pet names usually consist of his lover's first name with an affectionate suffix — such as ‘darling’ or ‘my love’ — and likewise he prefers to be called either his first name or something traditional like ‘dear’ or ‘sweetheart’. He rarely says ‘I love you’, but that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t show that he cares whenever he can — he spends all the time he can spare with them, always says that he ‘cares for/about’ them, invests himself in each of his hobbies and interests, never shies away from affectionate pet names, and is very openly and unabashedly protective over his beloved — his love isn’t as explicit as others, but it’s there. Evenings are typically spent sat in bed together, reading latest books or papers before they’re put aside, the lights turned off and the two of them fall asleep in each other’s arms — quiet, domestic, peaceful and simple, precisely how he likes things to be. Cuddling with Tomoe usually involves spooning, with him having no preference as to whichever role he takes on, and more often than not occurs just as they’re falling asleep — he just doesn’t have the time to cuddle otherwise so he makes the most of what little opportunity he has. Mornings with him are usually rather hectic and filled with laughter and routine, with him taking full advantage of the free time he’s allowed to cook, dance, laugh and eat with beloved before he’s dragged away to focus on his studies once again. He isn’t a morning person, but he would never miss a chance to be with his lover and he never lets his exhaustion show if he can help it. No matter how many times he’s seen an injury before on himself or others he will always start to panic if he notices it on his beloved, immediately getting them somewhere safe as he goes through the motions of treating them — he’s still extremely effective and outwardly calm and collected, but internally he’s quite shaken up about it and fretting over his lovers well-being. If he realises that they're jealous of someone or something else in his life then he’ll seek them out and have a private conversation, reassuring them very plainly that they are his partner and he’d never even dream of hurting them or straying — but when he’s jealous he tends to get extremely quiet and implicitly aggressive towards the source of his ire: glaring at them when his lover is not looking, upping his physical affection and speaking up almost passive aggressively to make it clear that his lover is taken. Though Tomoe's home is pretty cluttered and busy with scrolls and books and potions, he always manages to find a safe place to keep each and every gift they give him — and whenever his beloved visit they're able to spot them on high up shelves and stowed away in corners where they’re visible enough but out of the way of his experiments so that they can be kept safe

Tomoe is more open to being a switch, he still leans towards a dominant role in the bedroom. Will either be a gentle dominant or an encouraging submissive. Has an incredibly gentle and soft voice but he excels at dirty talk — especially regarding straight commentary and observations of how his beloved acting and in regards to praise, like: “you’re getting quite worked up; so you like it when i touch you like this?” or “you sound so beautiful, please, don’t try to muffle it”. He is a man of magic and science and thus is more than open to experimenting in the bedroom — introducing new kinks, positions and items at a whim once they've discussed them. Both situations led to his lover seeing stars, of course, and were followed by rigorous aftercare. Tomoe takes very good care of his lover when he have been completely spent: draws them a bath, fetches them fresh food and drink, massages out any knots they gotten and talks them through what happened to make sure his love is okay. It’s very intense but also very intimate and sweet how much he looks after them. He has a bit of a masochistic streak and is happy to be spanked, slapped, bit, clamped, edged or have his hair pulled. With the latter getting him straight into sub space if done correctly. His dick isn’t especially thick, but he is long and knows exactly which angles work best for beloved when they're being intimate. Doesn’t use a lot of pet names in bed, usually just calls them by name, but if they're trying something knew or his lover getting really overwhelmed he’ll start using them more — cooing and calling him things like “love” and “darling” and “sweetheart”. Tends to lean towards cowgirl if his love wanting to ride him or some version of missionary if he’s topping or his lover penetrating him because he loves watching their face change as they're approach climax. Tomoe very romantic and will hold his lover's hand, kiss their knuckles and face and so on when they’re getting close. When he’s going to cum he isn’t necessarily loud but he is very vocal, letting out a string of groans and airy moans. Tomoe loves going down on his beloved and is incredibly skilled and methodical when he does — he knows exactly where to lick/suck/touch to make their toes curl and eyes glaze over, and he’s got a knack for prolonging their high for as long as they can manage. Tomoe isn’t really a fan of receiving oral as he’s much more a giver than a receiver, but he’ll let them go down on him occasionally if they're insistent upon it. Does his best to recreate any fantasies his beloved mention to him, doing whatever he can to make their wildest wet dreams come true. Tomoe cherishes the afterglow of sex when they're laying side by side, in each others arms and whispering to each other with smiles on their faces — he barely gets any free time between his studies and he wants to make the most of every moment he has with beloved.

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