Juniper Popinjay

Juniper Popinjay is the president of the Dormouse Society.

Fanart by Shyranno

## Physical appearance

She has long blonde hair, and is elegant and slim. Her hands are unbelievably cold but in perfect condition despite her insistence that they are a ragged mess.

In Chapter 3, she is wearing a long forest green tunic, and a slim green sheath dress decorated with zigzagging rickrack trim at its hem and up and down its sleeves.

In Chapter 6, she is wearing a blue iridescent dress cut to resemble a dozen overlapping butterfly wings and a garland woven of small lavender roses.

In chapter 8, she is wearing a flowy, white dress adorned with lace and peonies.

## Hobbies

In her own words, she adores the outdoors, and loves bringing the outdoors inside. She spends her time pruning bonsai trees, and spending time mediating in her greenhouse, orangerie, or herbarium. She sometimes practises yogic poses for the health of her mind, body, and soul.

She also volunteers with local Girl Guide groups, teaching them about nature and camping.

She may also enjoy the opera, as she describes it as being 'sacred.'

Juniper also plays the lute.

## Cakes and Ale

### Chapter 3

If the Jolly Good Person decides to go to the Dormouse Society with Gilberto, they can meet Juniper, who arrives directly from the courtyard garden and apologizes for her 'unacceptable slovenliness' despite appearing immaculate. She will gift the Jolly Good Person fine white kid gloves. They look extraordinarily expensive and exquisitely crafted.

She can be generous – for instance, if she is gifted the Cinnamon Sugar Scovilles and the Jolly Good Person is sufficiently soothing enough to convince her that it was just a bit of a fun icebreaker, she will forgive them. On the other hand, she can also be quite tough: she may ask for the Rowdy Roustabouts to be humiliated utterly, and she may also refuse to stop spreading rumors about the Noble Gases.

### Chapter 6

Juniper can be interacted with in a variety of fashions, depending on player choice. Nonetheless, she tends to be polite unless rudely instigated.

She will appreciate it if the Jolly Good Person talks amiably to Pipsy and compliment them if they chose to wear a yoga outfit, while she will be displeased if they are wearing a bathrobe. She can also tell the Jolly Good Person that she admires their nape, which reminds them a rhubarb stalk, after noting that people give too little thoughts to napes.

She will act nervous if the notion of a spy is brought up.

### Chapter 8

Juniper will comment accordingly depending on what actions were taken in Chapters 6 and 7. She can congratulate the Jolly Good Person on becoming president, as well as being a good ally if they held up their part. She can also inform them that Pipsy and Thunder are engaged, if the Jolly Good Person managed to successfully get them together.

If Juniper's relationship statistic exceeds 55, she will hug the Jolly Good Person and say they are magnificent.

## Relationships

### Gilberto Ordoñez

In the past, Gilberto invited Juniper to the club for tea, in order to establish a dialogue with her. It was unsuccessful as he proceeded to accuse her of cheating at backgammon and flipped the board over.

Nonetheless, Juniper is very gracious to him throughout the game, and may even compliment him in Chapter 8, declaring that he looks strong and walks in a way that suggests strength of leg.

## Quotes by Juniper

"*My ways are immaculate. Nothing about them need changing*." (Chapter 3)

"*But I am unobtainable. I am desirable, naturally, but I am desirable like an iris flower or any of the bounty of this earth. Can you ever really have an iris? Can you own a stone? Or a potato? No. You see it for what it is, and you pass by. At best you can borrow that potato for a short while. I am that potato*." (Chapter 6)

## Quotes about Juniper

"*Their president, Miss Juniper Popinjay, has a way of looking down her nose at one*." (Gilberto Ordoñez, Chapter 3)

"*Juniper's laugh is indeed silvery, or perhaps a more valuable metal—white gold, let us say—rich and ringing, filled with joy and graciousness.  A sort of music of the earth, like a waterfall, or the patter of a light rain on the leaves of an oaken forest*." (Chapter 3)