*foreword.

i don’t follow everyone back, but I’m generally open to it as long as i see some writing on your blog. fair warning though that i do like chatter, so expect a mix of yapping and writing around here. if you’re looking for a strictly writing-only space, this might not be the blog for you.i am over thirty years old, and moreover due to some dark subject matter that might be present in my writing, this is blog is a space intended only for other adults.

*content.

coquelic is a bitch with a tendency to be rather disagreeable and flippant. she is not the type to develop a soft spot for a kind and sweet character by virtue of their goodness and kindness and i ask that you do not approach writing with me with the intention of such a muse becoming 'the exception'. coquelic's personality kind of stinks, but i promise how she treats your muse is not a reflection of my opinion of them or of you as their writer.themes present may include hedonism, abuse, philosophies of justice, narrated gore, and canon-typical violence. i'll reiterate again that coquelic can be abusive at worst and lukewarm at best. please follow (or don't) per your own discretion and comfort.i try to write something substantial every week, but ultimately i'm doing things as i feel like it! i like threads much more than one-shot asks, so if my response to your prompt happens to scratch your brain, i encourage and would be delighted for you to continue it in a thread. i'll of course do the same from time to time.

*etiquette.

i expect and extend all standard etiquette in regards to godmodding, theft, etc. i don't care about reblog karma; reblog whatever memes or quotes you want, just don't interact with in-character content you're not part of.i’m open to shipping, in theory, but it's not really on my list of priorities and will never be my motivation in approaching someone for writing. keep in mind that coquelic has a capacity for affection, but doesn’t really have a personality that lends itself to kissing and other 'fluffiness'. i also don't really like to ship 'cold-handed', and prefer that our muses have already interacted and have established some chemistry. i portray coquelic as sapphic-bi. while she can develop affection for men, her preferences are split like 70/30 in favor of women.i don't do discourse. i am here to write characters i like with people i like. i'm not a 'taboo writer' and won't write with those who are, but i find most pervasive fandom discourse to be reductive. if someone seems to swing the metaphorical bat at every turn, i likely won't follow.i'm aware that there are extenuating circumstances at times that warrant a callout, but if it's something that could have been resolved with healthy conflict resolution skills, i prefer to mind my own business — trust me when i say you’ll have a happier, healthier time if you mind your own.

*art usage.

i don't use unauthorized fanart in my blog assets and generally regard doing so to be art theft. all imagery of coquelic's likeness will be officially sourced, commercial, or by artists who explicitly permit the use of their work. check my credits tab for specifics!

*MBCC-S-053.

coquelic is the hedonistic leader of an assassin sect called ‘the garden’. to those both in and out of the organization, she is most commonly known as and referred to as 'the mentor'.she is a sinner, an individual heavily contaminated with mania yet has not gone berserk from the resulting deterioration. this mania contamination grants her tremendous power and freezes her body in time, but the nature of that power saps away at her vitality. as a result, her constitution is surprisingly poor ⸻ she conceals her weakness flawlessly, however, and is able to display remarkable vigor and efficacy and leaving all none the wiser. she is the strongest sinner in the garden.

as the garden's mentor, she is in the business of taking those slighted in life under her wing and teaching to exact their vengeance. she herself is responsible for the deaths of multiple high-brow civilians and authorities.she seems to have an insisting need to be pampered, requesting assistance with simple tasks such as running her bathwater and fetching her jacket. there's a likelihood that doing these things is surprisingly taxing for her, though it’s hard to ascertain if that is truly the case or if she simply enjoys the treatment - the truth seemingly shifts with her whims.her personality can be described as somewhat flippant, coy, bitter and jaded. she shows little interest in matters beyond her immediate concerns, maintaining a laissez-faire attitude even towards the personal matters of those close to her. although she flourishes her speech with a faux-whimsy tone, coquelic has a blunt disposition and is quick to rebuke idealists and dreamers.coquelic is a respected but harsh teacher, capricious yet somehow consistent. punishment to the degree of solitary confinement ‘until she cools down’ is not unheard of from her. however, it's widely understood amongst the garden that coquelic will forgive most transgressions. despite her heavy handed sense of discipline, other garden members describe her as having ‘infinite patience’ in all matters except betrayal. she views the garden as her own flowers, and fancies herself their caretaker. her harsh demeanor conceals an earnest intention to nurture them into blooms that can withstand and cut through hardship.coquelic is contrived of multitudes and contradictions, and often makes conflicting statements. ⸻ 'your lives are your own. don’t listen to anyone but me.’ ⸻ similarly, she holds the simultaneous and discrepant sentiments that she loves only herself, lives and dies only for herself; and yet it is her garden that is her pride and joy.much of her personal history, including her age, is unknown. all that can be surmised is that she was an adult when she took the then-child sumire under her care. it is known that her parents were members of the FAC, and coquelic's activity as an assassin did not begin until they were killed in the line of duty when she was young. there is a significant likelihood that 'coquelic' is not her birth-name.

FLORAL SWORD SLASH / 绯花剑落: lit. 'scarlet flower, falling sword'

despite the name, coquelic's abilities as a sinner extend beyond her weapon. at their core, her powers center around extracting vitality, converting it into mania, and crystallizing it into a physical concept - typically flora. her modus operandi is the complete 'blooming' of her target, in which their life is extracted in its totality and their physical body completely sublimated by the resulting flowers. coquelic can control the degree of this 'conversion’. in most cases, the target’s body is completely destroyed and turned into flowers. in others, however, the body may be left 'partially’ bloomed, yet just as dead. in instances such as the latter, the corpse appears as though perfectly preserved by virtue of the flowers bloomed from them still living and intact.coquelic can also materialize weapons from mania, her most notable being a sword resembling a large, ornate thorn adorned with a blooming poppy. she is capable of forging even stronger weapons by tapping into her own life force, but doing so naturally cuts into her own lifespan.the ability to convert her own vitality into mania stems from a "bargain" she struck with the mania she was already contaminated with. the nature of this pact is such that in exchange for her lifespan, coquelic would gain 'absolute power and freedom'. the vitality-to-mania conversion rate seems to be explosively potent, as evidenced by her capability to overload even advanced technologies and sorceries designed to manage and contain mania, such as the shackles.notably, her status as a sinner - or at least a maniac - predates this contract. it stands to reason then that she possessed certain abilities prior to making it, which appear to follow the same principle: the materialization of mania into flowers. however, her original, or 'base', powers seem to have been primarily restorative in nature, likely explaining why coquelic is classified as a sinner of the catalyst tendency, despite her often realized destructive potential.

*skillset.

THORNED BLADE: coquelic attacks with her sword, dealing damage equal to (63% - 113%) of her attack stat with each slash.POPPY: coquelic materializes a scarlet flower for all allied units in a target grid. all alies carrying this flower are healed for (10% - 15%) of coquelic's attack stat whenever she deals damage. if this skill is used on a target already carrying a flower, they receive a burst heal for (209% - 300%) of coquelic's attack.FLORAL SWORD SLASH: every 15* seconds, coquelic lands multiple damage ticks in one attack. starting with 5 slashes, an extra slash is gained per allied unit carrying the flower created by poppy, stacking up to 10 additional hits. in this state, each slash deals (45% - 90%) of coquelic's attack stat.TIMELESS MEMORY: coquelic gains an attack boost of (6% - 12%), and gains 1 point of energy per hit from floral sword slash.RIVER OF FLOWERS: when an allied unit carrying a scarlet flower granted by poppy deals damage to an enemy, coquelic will deal a concurrent hit of floral sword slash to that target. while in this state, the concurrent attack is triggered on each hit, which makes this skill particularly devastating when utilized with units with high attack speed.

*pre-flora unfurl.

this is a nondescript canon verse that encompasses interactions before the events of rain burst and flora unfurl. during this time, the garden is still an active assassin sect and coquelic is still its leader and mentor. this is the only verse in which she can plausibly be taking hit contracts and such.

*post-detainment.

a nondescript canon verse that encompasses interactions after coquelic's detainment at the MBCC. while coquelic might refer to the garden by name, it is not active as an organization. while they're by no means exclusive to this verse, this is the one where interactions with other sinners (besides garden members) are most likely.

*modern day.

this is a nondescript 'modern au' in which the setting of discity and all the 'stuff' with mania is not the backdrop. coquelic is the owner of La Vie en rose, a flower shop. she's amongst the greenest of thumbs and is a high-end botanist, but it could be argued that she has a rotten personality. she has almost encyclopedic knowledge of the language of flowers, and has been known to chastise and correct prospective customers if she feels that they're requesting a bouquet of flowers that don't "fit the occasion". this tends to be to mixed results.but at least she's not an assassin this time.

*my hero academia.

in which the garden is an criminal underground assassin sect that operates independently of other entities such as the paranormal liberation front or the league of villains. the exact location of its headquarters is unknown and well-concealed.as its leader, coquelic only cares to look out for her own. she believes solely in avenging oneself and regards the more societal-level ideologies of the paranormal liberation front to be silly and lofty.given that it is a group of assassins, most would (correctly) consider the garden to be 'villainous', but in practice it tends to exist neutrally, reclusively, and is almost exclusively reactive unless a member has been contracted for a hit.coquelic in particular is responsible for the deaths of a few HPSC officials. named after her event in ptn, she refers to her quirk as flora unfurl, and is a translation of her sinner ability to extract a target's (or her own) vitality and crystalize it in material form, being flowers or her weaponry.

*fate/series.

avenger-class coco, because obviously.due to her independent "do it right do it yourself" personality, i have no plans at this time to write an AU in which coquelic is a master. maybe a non-master mage or a living person in a singularity or something, but she won't be summoning servants anytime soon.

most of the art used in my blog assets at the time of writing are official (in-game, cgs, or otherwise by ptn artists), or are commercial (doujinshi, paid merch) in some capacity. if any unofficial works is featured, they fall under the latter category OR the artist has given explicit permission for its use (this excludes the absence of a 'don't use' clause - i will always look or ask for permission in writing or a provided license.)i make all of my blog assets, psd, theme coding, and all unless stated otherwise.THEME
- coding/graphics/composition are all my own.
- textures purchased from digitalcurio @ etsy or come from stock photography by lilithdemoness @ DA.PROMO
- art by 落日点心. cc by licensing permits non-commercial use with credit.
- the featured poetry is an excerpt from "all of us" by erika sanchezPINNED
- graphics by myself. uses some of the same textures as mentioned in my theme credits.
- features fanart by 哈啰胖 . cc by licensing permits non-commercial use with credit.ICONS
- most of my icons are made from ingame sprites or CGs.
-two exceptions are a handful of icons by niello5 and blossomyuri who both permit use with accreditation or use a cc by license.CARRD
- by myself with some brainstorming help from miru <3
- the featured poetry is a slightly reworded excerpt from 'friends' by laure-anne bosselaar. this tagline is featured in other places around my blog.

*note.

all fanworks are from lofter, since it's easy to verify use permissions there. all works i use are licensed either as CC BY or CC BY-SA by the artist OR they just expressly state what they'll allow.that being said... lofter for a while had locked viewers out from browsing without an account while allowing access to individual posts via direct links. as of mid-july 2024 this doesn't seem to be the case any longer, and all access is forbidden to non-account holders. and getting an account without a chinese phone number is tenuous at best - possible, but your mileage may vary. mobile works for now, but license info is only displayed on desktop (?!?!). unless/until they crack down further, i have a lofter account and can provide proof of the artist's licensing if requested.i will link to the original sources for posterity, but be aware that without an account, you'll likely be get kicked to the login screen if you try to actually view them.