IN THE STARS ; IT IS WRITTEN.

👍 Hera + Satsuki

👍 Katya + Orianna

👍 Serena + Carel

👍 Linette + Alafare

👍 Patchouli + Remilia

A Shared Headcanon

While Patchouli is the first to mock and tease Remilia, she is the last that would betray the vampire. Be it the head's trust, expectations, or desires, the magician of the mansion will always see to it that Remilia is not left wanting. And when she cannot do the impossible, she finds a suitable substitute.

This is because Remilia is genuinely Patchouli's closest and most trusted friend. It's part of the reason she bellyaches and bemoans whenever Remilia wants something - frankly dumb - done, but Patchouli always does it. Spaceship to the moon? Done. Indoor pool party? Done. Tampering with the weather to discourage Flandre from going outside? Done.

As Remilia's friend, however, Patchouli also understands that this is a two way street. As she's never let Remilia down when she could help it (Reimu/Marisa are forces of nature, let's be honest), the librarian knows that Remilia would do the same for her. She wants an incredibly rare book in which only one copy exists? Remilia finds it. She wants a garden for dangerous and magical plants AND people to maintain it? It's built. She wants medicine found on a remote island off the coast of Spain? Done.

So while she's finicky and sassy towards the vampire in a way that no one else in the mansion is, Patchouli would sooner meet her own end than turn her back on her dear friend.

👍 WoL!Lee and Hera

Hera has an uncanny ability to get Lee to wear things she normally wouldn't. Normally, Lee prefers to dress dashing and gallant. She believes it suits knight and a hero, befitting the image she has cultivated to inspire others. It also helps to cover up some of her deep rooted body issues such as her scars or her discomfort with the male gaze she developed being pushed at an arranged marriage at too young an age.

Most find it difficult to get her to branch out from this. Lee resists such efforts saying it doesn't suit her. Not Hera however. Be it suggestions for personal outfits or modeling her fashion designs to draw attention to them with her unique status, she never fails to get the Warrior to wear whatever it is she wishes. Lee even learned to walk in heels from her. "Fair Hera is quite fearsome. Between her and Tataru there is no chance of resistance. it is better to just submit and act as a model."

"...Still, if it makes her smile and helps her pursue her dreams I am proud to wear her designs. I actually rather quite like some of them, if I'm honest. I never thought I would look good in such things, but having someone as fashion minded as her making them specifically for me makes it easy." "..Just don't tell her I said that, Okay? That is how I end up trying to fight primals in a mini skirt and stilettos."

👍 Lee and Alafare

No deadly sin embodies Lee better than Pride. Coming from a prestigious family at the top of Taldan society and being forced to exceed standards to get by in the male driven empire she learned at a young age to admit fault was to admit weakness. She learned to be stubborn, bull headed, and unapologetic as she forced her way through the closed doors in her life. This has been a bane as well as a boon however. In her social life, she finds it very difficult to admit when she is wrong and has taken years to apologize even for huge mistakes. A fact that Alafare knows very well.

Thanks to recent events Lee is working on this, especially towards Alafare to help rebuild their strained friendship. She still finds it very difficult to say out loud, and in the moment may fail to, but she will quickly write out the apology at length and mail it to the dhampir. In writing she finds it easier to express herself and speaks more candidly, admitting things she could never face to face. She admits it's cowardly and loses some of its effect this way, but invites her friend to keep the letters and to cash them in on her whenever she needs a favor in exchange for this small mercy.

..Considering how often the knight misunderstands, jumps to conclusions, or simply is socially inept, Alafare likely has a huge stack of 'Lee has to' coupons to cash in as she sees fit.

👍 Claudine and Maya

A Shared Headcanon

Maya infuriates Claudine. But the reason that she does has changed as the two have bonded. When they first met, it was because Claudine had never been knocked out of the spotlight. She had always been first place. And sure, she knew beforehand that the prodigy daughter of the famed director Tendo and an actress would be someone to marvel at, but she never thought that someone could knock her down to 2nd place.

However, her jealousy and pride gave birth to other feelings, and with those feelings, Claudine's source of infuriation changed. While she still despises the idea of being "2nd Best", Claudine now sees Maya as rival. And her infuriation now stemmed from how she would come short of meeting her rival performances (and also her rival's taunting).

Then the rivalry gave way for newer, more personal feelings. Her infuriation now and currently comes from Maya's lack of humanization of herself. The other actress's insistence that "she is a prodigy of the stage" and "an empty vessel to fulfill the audience's desires" do nothing but piss Claudine off to no end. But when she's infuriated now, Claudine has no problem directing it at Maya and using it to pull out the humanity that Maya tries to push down and repress.

👍 Katherine and Alafare

A Shared Headcanon

Katherine's the top

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Katherine is Alafare's number one fan. Her once singular, boring bookshelf stocked with political theory, dry notes on foreign customs, and heavy textbooks on the nations of the world and their nobility is now more colorful as they're filled with every volume and print of Alafare's published works.

In fact, she's even bought more bookshelves prior to them moving in together in anticipation for how ever many more works Alafare would publish. It was one of the few signs of more than mundane life in her room. Of course, the investments proved fruitful when they did move in together and Alafare brought her personal hoard of literature along with her.

On the topic of Katherine's minimalism lifestyle, she's actually started to invest in her homelife more since moving in with Alafare. Her once barren walls - save for a family portrait - are now decorated with landscapes and maps marked with where she'd like to visit. Her desk is a little more disorganized with notes on plays she wants to write with details from recently read books that she'd like to replicate or employ. Her bookshelf holds more than just writing, now decorated with little plants or rocks or souvenirs from her travels.

Most notably, her cooking game has become much, much more expressive in the form of food art - much to the despair of the people that have to eat her adorable creations like raccoon pancakes.