Robyn Tsukino

**Robyn Tsukino-Smith** is 18-year-old 2nd year at Lavender Moon Arts in the Moonlit house. Their colour image is violet and their icon is a pair of glasses with devil-horns. They are a part of Aerglo, a subunit of Urania's Mirror, along side Yumiko.

## Backstory

Robyn Tsukino-Smith was born and raised in Glastonbury, Somerset, in the mid-2000s to an English mother and a German father, both teachers. Robyn was the second child in the family, two years younger than their over-achieving sister, Willow, and seven years older than the beautiful Gwen, their younger half-sister.

Robyn was always the awkward middle child, never as successful as their older sister Willow, who was talented enough to get anything she ever wanted and never as sweet and open as their little sister Gwen.

Robyn had always been close with their father, who moved back to Germany when they were seven after their parents split up. Robyn now only sees him once a year at Christmas or a birthday.

Robyn's mother remarried a wealthy Japanese man and had their little sister Gwen soon after the divorce. Robyn felt that they never had a fair chance to react to what was happening around them, making them a bit of a recluse.

Often feeling out of place wearing girly things growing up, they always found ways to cut their hair short with kitchen scissors, much to the dismay of their family. Robyn once shaved their head when they were 14 while questioning their gender and now has a short bob, officially describing themselves as non-binary.

Robyn often feels as if they are floating lifelessly through life. Still, they dedicate most of their time to activities on the computer, such as their mixing, animating and editing career behind the scenes.

Robyn tends to become so wrapped up in their work they become very intense and 'scary' to the other students at Lavender Moon. Though they are a very work-centric person, they are always thinking about new ways to prank people. Their reputation of being only serious gives them perfect opportunities to prank students, as no one will ever guess it's them.

Much to their embarrassment, their mother is the long-running headmistress of the school. They feel embarrassed by her constant optimism and wacky plans. Worst of all, she still calls Robyn "her", often forgetting that Robyn is non-binary.

Their mother sometimes refers to them as "Mitsu" after the main character in Mariner Moon, thinking they look a lot like Robyn. Their mother always pushed them to get on stage and dress like a Japanese idol because of how cute they'd look with their short stature and "photogenic features". This, however, just deepened their dislike for anime and idols.

## Personality

Robyn initially is seen to be quite the loner at first, seeming standoffish and not adjusting well to the new attention from Rikku. They are sceptical and can doubt people too much sometimes. Despite Rikku's strangeness, Robyn's strong older sibling instinct kicks in around her, and she ends up babying Rikku a lot.

Robyn, despite their cold and monotonous exterior, is extremely humble and loyal and honest to a degree. While they find it hard to convey their true feelings sometimes, they are honest with their friends and never lie, unless it's part of a stupid joke of theirs. They are incredibly hardworking, and though they can be distracted by bouts of depression at times. Nevertheless, they are quickly reminded of their friends' love, constantly pushing them to be the best version of themselves.

Robyn is quite the prankster, having a slapstick sense of humour picked up from their love of cartoons and animations. They have difficulty expressing themselves socially and can be quite awkward. Not knowing how to do so in the traditional way, they often pull pranks on people just to get their attention and try to get them to interact with them. They live their life in constant embarrassment at their unusual responses to people and social situations.

Although they have a playful nature, they always feel what others are feeling very intensely. This draws them to be more recluse, not always knowing how to deal with the onslaught of emotion.

Throughout their journey in Urania's Mirror, Robyn opens up more and more as the cool yet awkward prankster of the group, often buddying up with their dorm-mate, Peppa, to pull pranks. One of the most bizarre pranks they did together was tape fuzzy worms on strings everywhere at Lavender Moon Arts.

## Physical Description

18-year-old Robyn has short straight navy hair styled in a bob with sky-blue tips. They wear small loops on the top of their head, reminiscent of bear ears. Robyn has thin, expressive dark blue eyebrows with a slit in one of them and the same emerald green eyes as their sisters and mother, clouded by the thick lenses of their vast round glasses.

Robyn comes across as quite stoic and expressionless to their classmates. Their skin is pale white and never seen in feminine make-up despite their older sister's best efforts. Clouded glasses and a thick fringe mask their eyes. Generally, they're overlooked in the hallways, standing at only 150cm or 4'11 feet tall and not much taller in the platform mary-janes they tend to wear. But people they share a class with know to not get in their way, familiar with their intense, ruthless and hardworking attitude they always have. Their fear is often increased knowing they're the headmistress' kid, so it's safe to say they're not often invited to any late-night parties or anything considered fun for Uni students.

Robyn wears a baggy purple cardigan over the longsleeved version of the school uniform, white tights, and shorts. They rarely wear the assigned skirt or the long trousers, as they've never had the confidence to commit fully to specifically gendered uniform or clothing. This changes when they join Urania's Mirror when they gain the confidence to wear what they like, not what other people expect them to wear. They tend to have "Hawaiian shirt dad" fashion out of school, dressing in Hawaiian shirts and Korean street fashion, inspired by their favourite rappers.

## Etymology

* The name Robyn is a unisex name deriving from the prefix *Ro*- (*hrod),* Old Germanic, meaning "fame" and the suffix (*-in)* which is Old French diminutive. Mrs Tsukino named them after their favourite bird, the Robin Red-breast because of how red their face was when they were born.
* Their mother's maiden name and their original surname was Smith, a common surname originating in England deriving from "*smitan"*, meaning "to smite".
* The name Tsukino is a feminine surname of Japanese origin, meaning "of the moon" (Kanji: 月野 ).

## Clubs and Hobbies

Robyn didn't belong to any clubs before joining Urania's Mirror full time.

Their hobbies include drawing, listening to music, dreaming about gaming set ups, playing JRPGs and writing characters in adventures.

Robyn enjoys writing raps to the beats they make, though rarely shows anyone. Robyn also enjoys reveling in the fact that they're slightly taller than Bunni, and setting the tips of Rikku's hair on fire.

## School classes

* Mixing
* Digital art
* Instrumental
* Modern music

## Trivia

* They are portrayed by Nao (@Naomiki)
* They are referred to as "Misty" sometimes by Rikku, who heard the headteacher call them Mitsu once.
* Robyn can play the violin, drums and bass, but doesn't like to show it off very often.
* Robyn originally wanted to be an animator, but wasn't sure where to start.
* Robyn started doing their hair in "bear ears" to fit in with the trend in the school where people would have parts of their hair up and parts down.
* Robyn is terrified of commitment, but Urania's Mirror is the only project they haven't flaked out on.
* Robyn used to work at the ice cream parlor where Rikku works in her first year, but was fired for pranking customers with baked bean flavour ice cream.
* Robyn owns over 20 pairs of glasses, all with varying designs just to fit an outfit or how they feel that day.
* Robyn's favourite video game is Sonic the Sonichog.
* They closely follow a show named "The Flame", a YouTube animation based off real life supernatural events going on in Maine, USA.
* They very firmly believe in magic and witchcraft, and the possibility that there's another planet with life on it, but finds it hard to believe that Rikku existed without a home planet, and just existed as part of the galaxy.
* Robyn tries collects evidence that Urania's Mirror is in fact a TV programme someone is watching in another reality, but hasn't gotten very far with it.
* Sylvalia is Robyn's sworn competitor, as the two of them are the highest achieving musicians in the school, they are constantly battling for the last word.
* Robyn pulls subtle pranks on teachers each day, but not one has suspected that it's them doing it yet.
* Robyn is fairly certain that Yumiko is a criminal.
* They're fiercely protective of Rikku, and will fight anyone who even raises a finger to her.