Mokusei Tachibana

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Mokusei Tachibana (立花 木星) is the Senior Library Hand at the Love Letter highschool. She is a third year student.

## Appearance

Mokusei is the average height for a highschool girl. She's on the thinner side and doesn't eat very much outside of designated meal times. She has very pale skin and tends to get flush very easily. Mokusei has perfectly coiled blue curls pulled back symmetrically on both sides of her head, clipped back with red butterfly clips. She is rarely ever seen without her hair in this style. Mokusei has brown eyes and full bottom lashes and she is known for her signature blue eyeshadow.

Mokusei's outfits are typically very modest. She opts for the long skirt version of the school uniform and is typically seen wearing the red sweater vest uniform. Because Mokusei is often inside, she opts for warmer wear and dresses for the cool air conditioning of the library. When it comes to out of school life, Mokusei often wears frilly blouses and continues to wear long skirts but can be found forced into more formal wear by her mother.

## Personality

Mokusei is very invested in writing and stories. Spending most of her time in the library, she's read through every fictional book and almost every non-fiction book in the library (though the math and science section has begun to slow her down). Mokusei doesn't have encyclopedic knowledge of everything, but she does have one for the dewey decimal system and has a mental catalogue of every book kept in the library. While Mokusei doesn't tutor because of her library hand duties, she is very helpful when it comes to pointing students in the direction of books. Every students who has passed through the library can attest to Mokusei's book finding skills.

Mokusei's favorite kind of book, interestingly enough, is the murder mystery section. She's read all the translations of Agatha Christie and Rampo Edogawa's entire catalog of books. Because of Mokusei's disposition she is quick to believe in conspiracies and loves to search for clues and mystery throughout school. She is also quick to gossip about any kind of school drama and will immediately bring up any incidents and accidents to friends to suggest foul play. Despite Mokusei's booksmarts, she is actually very oblivious. She tends to connect dots pretty quickly and falls for red herrings very easily. While Mokusei lets others on to believe she's in the know, she's often not only on a different page, but in a different book entirely. If there ever were to be a murderer in the Love Letter universe, they could very easily lead Mokusei to believe it was committed by someone else.

In general, Mokusei is a friendly person who is quick to help and has a hard time saying no to people, even if she believes they've done wrong by other people. Mokusei is semi-cognizant of the fact that she is often lead astray and as a result she gives people the benefit of the doubt when others think negatively of them. Mokusei would very much be a valuable friend to anyone who meets her.

## Backstory

Mokusei comes from a relatively well off family. With her father being a corporate lawyer and her mother being a stay-at-home mom, Mokusei is your typical rich girl. Mokusei is very much a daddy's girl, often baiting him into giving her money and presents with her good grades. She uses this to her advantage to go to book signings and to spend money on presents for her friends. Mokusei's relationship with her mom is rather rough. While her mother wants the best for her and looks to set her up with potential dates amongst her father's friend's children, Mokusei avoids relationships and scolds her mother for her meddling. Mokusei's mother can be rather overbearing and strict and as a result Mokusei avoids her when she can, which leads her to spending most of her after school time in the library reorganizing books. Mokusei unfortunately is not out to her mother, but is to her father, who is business partners with foreigners, is more accepting of Mokusei and she often confides in her father about relationships and crushes.

## Relationships

Mokusei is friends with Niko Nishikawa, often bringing her books on bugs in the fields and offering other library resources. When the school is ordering new books Mokusei often suggests more books on insects as they technically are the most popular. Mokusei is also open to friendship with Bow-chan.

Mokusei has a crush on Niko's twin sister Fuyuko. She finds her athleticism admirable and can often be seen watching her exercise during her off period.

## Trivia

* Mokusei is the japanese word for "wooden", but it can also mean "Jupiter".
* Tachibana is a japanese last name meaning "wild orange" and it's relatively common.