The Kutsuki Family

The Kutsuki family is a family of dragons involved in the criminal underbelly of dimension Omega, most notably with money laundering, pulling political strings, and making and selling an exclusive substance called moon sugar.

## Biography

### Appearance

Members of the family are humanoid dragons whose designs are inspired by that of Japanese mythology. Members are a variety of colors, including pink, blue, green, and black. While generally blending into the collective fashion sense of American culture, older members tend to prefer to wear traditional Japanese clothing.

### History

The Kutsuki family is rather large, and a sizeable portion moved to dimension Omega's San Diego in the mid 24th century from their home in the Japanese mountains. Looking to seek fortune and better lives for themselves, they soon realized the difficulty in creating an honest living from traditional legal means in the political and economic climate in Omega at the time, and thus turned to creating a powerful drug known as moon sugar.

Amassing fortunes from moon sugar, they opened an upscale Japanese restaurant that soon came to be known as the finest around, with attendees on the same level as the Antiochs. As they established a foothold in both above and underground operations, their influence became highly instrumental in the climate of both sides of the iceberg, including a rivalry and tentative allyship with Henry and his organization.

### Individuals

Makoa, a swordsmith known for forging unique katanas, was once a member of the Kutsuki family, but retired to Hawai'i to live out the rest of his life, refusing to create any more weapons.

Hinata is best known for becoming a Becile worker while also working out important deals with various groups and organizations.

Hiroshi is the "leader" of the Kutsukis that wield katanas, mostly for protection of the boss and other important figures.

Kasumi is the boss's wife, and helps monitor the actions of the family.

Takashi is the son of Kasumi and the boss.

Hitoshi is an Antioch house servant sent to sell moon sugar to Tarquin Antioch.

## Influence

### Restaurant

The Kutsuki family restaurant, called the Moon River, is an upscale Japanese restaurant that serves plenty of traditional Japanese dishes, such as different sushi rolls, various soups, noodles, curry, and oyakodon, as well as many others, including a few American-influenced dishes as well. The restaurant is also the Kutsukis' main base of operation, and has a built-in apartment or house style living arrangement behind the scenes.

The restaurant is popular among wealthy customers such as the Antiochs, as well as middle-class folk looking for a fancier night out once in a while. The family spares no expense when it comes to interior decorating, and loves to lean into a lot of traditional Japanese design, both for their own enjoyment and the enjoyment of Americans that have never experienced such things before. Most notably, there is an indoor koi pond in the center of the dining room that the family considers to be the crown jewel of their accomplishments.

Members of the family perform all of the required functions of the restaurant, and rarely if ever hire outsiders to do any of their work for them, being extremely closed off when it comes to working so close to the heart of the beast.

### Moon Sugar

Moon sugar is a highly addictive drug that the Kutsuki family creates and distributes. It is extremely potent as well as extremely expensive, lending itself to be a substance mostly sought after by wealthy clients, though in some cases in the past, less fortunate people have gotten their hands on it. It looks similar to holographic glitter and gets its name from moonstone.

Moon sugar can be eaten, snorted, or smoked, and the effectiveness of each method depends on the user. The "high" from moon sugar includes euphoria, analgesia, slowed breathing and heart rate, sedation, dreamlike states, and vivid hallucination. However, negative short-term effects can include confusion, delirium, chills, and temporary psychosis.

It is a highly addictive substance, sometimes causing withdrawal symptoms after as little as two uses. Long-term effects on the body can include more serious psychosis, occasional seizures, depression, loss of appetite, and chronic nosebleeds if taken nasally. Overdose on moon sugar is possible, but uncommon, and most often results in a seizure, and then death.

The Kutsuki family guards the process of making moon sugar closely, and has managed to avoid conviction for its creation by refusal to store any of it or its ingredients or equipment at or near the restaurant.

## Notable/Related Figures

### Members

* Hinata
* Sachi
* Hiroshi
* Shiro
* Kasumi
* Rin and Ren
* Makoa
* Hina
* Takashi
* Hitoshi

## Trivia

* The Moon River gets its name from the title of the song *Moon River*, recorded by Frank Sinatra.