Persephone Kabuki

“Overdramatic? Honey, you’re just underacting!”

Persephone is a first-year student of Class 1-A, attending, *[REDACTED]* High School. She is a member of the Drama Club and loves playing the more comedic or ethereal characters in school plays. Mostly known for her energetic and cheeky demeanor and often being very overdramatic.

## Appearance

Persephone seems to be an innocent teen with her petite build, fairly small chest and thick but sturdy legs.

Her hair is a dark purple and is often styled to run down to her lower-back. This hairstyle is decorated with a white lily placed in her hair. She has thick eyebrows and even thicker, sharp eyeliner and amber eyes. She has a beauty mark under her left eye which she calls her “greatest feature”. Her mouth also looks eerily similar to that of a ":3" face, giving her a feline-esque expression.

She wears the school uniform fairly snug and a black pair of biker shorts, to allow for her physical stunts. She likes to wear a pair of fingerless gloves for aesthetics. Her bag is a brilliant yellow and is shaped like a lemon, it carries the majority of her items as well as a change of clothes for extra-curricular activities. Her bag is decorated with a large array of merchandise from several Anime, Cartoons, Musicals and *yes*, even cringe old memes that she unironically finds funny.

When not at school, she is often seen wearing “funky clothes”. Her outfits tend to look like a random mismatch of different aesthetics, such as *Gothic Plant Mom* and *Steampunk Minimalism,* to name a few. She claims it's "trend-setting", though she’s often told “it’s bad taste”.

## Backstory

She was born in Japan to *Chloe* and *Hiroki Kabuki*, a fairly wealthy married couple. Persephone was named after the Greek goddess of Spring by her mother, because of its botanical ties. However, her father would sometimes call her “Inari”, the Japanese goddess of Industry and Agriculture. Because of this, she sometimes uses the names interchangeably.

## Personality

Persephone is mostly known for being cheeky, open-minded, over-confident, inquisitive though a little air-headed, enthusiastic and talkative.

She speaks her mind as often as she references her favourite musicals and is on a constant quest for knowledge. Often seen speaking to many students of differing backgrounds, not only to make new friends but to hear differing perspectives. She *loves* having lengthy discussions about random things (especially memes) but avoids small talk like the plague.

Spectacle is something this girl lives for, often trying to have elaborate entrances and exits to something a simple as a volleyball match. She isn't above conspiracy theories, often getting wrapped up in them. Sometimes even making her own, but mostly enjoys the idea of things being more than what they appear to be.

She often doesn't take things very seriously, such as not using honorifics, using school presentations as viable excuses to try and present topics through much more ironic lenses.

She isn't the most spiritual student but she does embrace a lot of East Asian beliefs from her regular practicing in yoga and constantly speaks of her "aura" changing colour depending onn her mood. Since this is one of her main interests, she often tries to show off her flexibility often whenever possible.

Perse doesn’t blatantly show much regard for how her jokes might affect others, but she actually can pick up how someone may react . This especially shows up when she says things to fluster students who can be caught off-guard by some of her remarks. However, this mostly can come off as insensitive. Though she tries to make it adamant that she’s just kidding.

Fandom culture is something Perse identifies with on a very personal level, often applying her time into fictional works by analyzing and indulging in them. ~~Often times, being ashamed of reading a ton of romance Young Adult novels~~. This practice aids her well in theatre however, when she needs to get into the head of a character.

She can initially come off as one of the more confident members of the Drama Club despite having some ridiculously impractical ideas. The atmosphere of the club let’s her believe that anything could be plausible.

She speaks like a chatterbox, leaving most people utterly confused. She does all of this to make her seem like more than just someone small. Often leading to her "over-confidence" being a coping mechanism for her insecurities.

## Relationships

The majority of her close friends are members of the **Drama Club**.

### Nona Brie Williams

This “stone cold” girl is actually someone quite close to her. Nona often acts with a “no nonsense” attitude, coming into almost direct conflict with Perse’s more playful personality. However, the former’s susceptibility to being embarrassed allows for the latter’s more “eccentric” tendencies to both off-set and intrigue the third year. In turn, Nona’s professionalism does indeed influence Persephone to be much more tame. In almost any discussion, they can get along quite well.

### Emiko Michelle

Although the two seem like they wouldn’t interact, Perse has a lot of respect for Emiko. She finds her style to be very unique, as opposed to her more edgy and revealing style. The two get along quite well in an odd way, Emiko’s very quiet demeanor being able to mesh well with Persephone’s more long rants and teach her to “stop and smell the roses” more. And Persephone helping Emiko embrace a slightly more lively setting sometimes.

### Chloe Kabuki

Persephone and her mother share a strong bond, often confiding in her and spending time together. Most of this time comes from her helping at their family floral arrangement shop, ***Floressence***. The two are quite teasing to one another, which is where she picked up her sharp-wit. Her mother is also her avenue of learning of her culture, often helping her embrace their Bahamian heritage. They're essentially inseparable and openly care about the other, they just both have an irregular way of showing it.

### Hiroki Kabuki

Often times he is away at his office job, as a result he and his daughter don't converse much. They do have mutual respect for the other but they aren't as close as Persephone would like for them to be. She often hates his sudden disappearances and long hours. When she was younger this often lead to acting out by means of doing risky things. She's stopped doing these things but has now resorted to seeking his validation, often pushing herself to do her best. Often making her be perfectionistic and insecure.

## Tasks

#### A Girl's Best Friend: Her Mask!

Help Perse help her find her **missing mask** before the end of the day.

"Can you do this one teensy tiny favour for me? I'm not asking because I think we're cool, y-you just happened to be nearby!"

#### Fangirl Frenzy

Help Perse find her **misplaced YA Romance Novel** with before the end of the day.

"Don't tell *anyone*, okay? If any of my classmates knew, I wouldn't hear the end of it!"

#### Spring Is In The Air

Persephone will ask the player to give **floral arrangements** to particular students before the start of school.

“Thanks a ton! Tell them I said “*hey*” too~”

## Trivia

* Stores a choker with a bell on it, as well as a kitsune mask in her bag. A harkening to her other name of "Inari".
* Her mother owns a flower shop called "***Floressence***" which she helps maintain.

* Despite her cutesy appearance may make someone believe, she is a contralto. Having a rich, slightly raspy and powerful voice in her lower register. Her voice can still go decently high though.
* Goes on diets often.
* She likes to lurk by the Newspaper Club Room on Monday evenings.
* She is a visual learner.
* She has a soft spot for learning about mythology.
* She’s left-handed.
* Likes to wear an oversized jacket during the colder days of the school year.

## Misc.

This is not a canon character for the game Love Letter: My True Feelings. Anything I’ve stated relating to any gameplay is just an opinion of what I think would be done.

The creator of this fan character is cosmicnerd#1669 on Discord. The link to their other socials are here and here.