[OPEN]

[imaginex]

WHO: Sakura Tohsaka, YOU
WHERE: Recollé Park, the Leviathan's Claw
WHEN: 9.22.17
WHAT: Either Sakura's drawing your character as a fantasy trope or she's telling you ghost stories to sell wares. This girl's got shit to do.
WARNINGS: Maybe vague mentions of monster horror in her drawings/stories, but otherwise none!

I. Draw Me Like Your French Girls, Senpai

[There's only so long Sakura will allow herself to skimp out on drawing practice, so come Friday she heads out of her apartment early, art supplies carefully tucked underneath her arm in a pink tote bag. To her luck, she lives within walking distance of Recollé Park, and with the brisk morning air to clear her thoughts, she's in the proper mindset once she settles on the dew-dropped grass. For what exactly?

Well, that's where everyone else comes in. You might feel a pair of eyes on you, stranger, in the form of a young woman sneaking glances before her hand winds around her drawing pad. Though she'll do her best to avoid eye-contact, it's pretty obvious what she's doing. The real question is who is she drawing.

You?

Maaaaaybe.

For anyone bold or annoyed enough to demand an answer or steal a peek, they'll see Sakura's gotten creative with her people watching. She's not just drawing who she sees; between the gesture drawing and expression studies, she's traded normal outfits for a more fantastical flair, reimagining everyone as D&D characters. Perhaps she's decided you make a fine-looking Barbarian, Miss, or the person over yonder is looking particularly Rogue-ish today. And for the truly unfortunate among you -- Sakura did you just draw that poor dude getting eaten by the Kraken?

There sure are a lot of monsters in this sketchbook.]

II. I Wouldn't Turn Around If I Were You

[And after she inevitably loses her nerve and vows never to draw in public again--

It's work time! Specifically at the Leviathan's Claw, here to serve all your weird nicknack and supernatural needs. At first it seems no one's manning the front until you wander further in, and a smiling face pops up right behind you, esteemed customer.]

Ah, how may I be of service to you? Oh but please speak quietly -- [Voice in a whisper, she leans in with a hand half-covering her mouth. Her expression is dead serious.]

I haven't yet caught our Kuchisake-onna, and it's best you not see her without her mask on...

III. Wildcard

[What weirdness do you wanna see? I am here to make all dreams come true. Just PM me or leave a prompt, I will follow along.]

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[ooc: For the first prompt, let me know if you prefer I RNG what Sakura draws your character as, or if you have a specific outfit you'd like seen!]

Comments

[evidentiary]

Ah...did you move here from Japan straight away, or...?

[ live elsewhere...? ]

[imaginex]

Yes, straight from Japan.

[She's never lived anywhere else her entire life, in fact]

I mean... when I was younger, I did travel here and there, but otherwise I've been living in Japan my entire life. This is my first time on my own.

[evidentiary]

...Well, if you ever want to speak the language with anyone...please feel free to use it with me?

[imaginex]

[What a way to the girl's heart. Sakura's eyes light up at the offer, mingled with excitement and a tinge of homesickness]

So you do know Japanese, too. I didn't want to assume, but... I do appreciate the offer.

[evidentiary]

I do. I lived there all my life until high school and I'm still perfectly fluent...actually, I speak it with my cousins sometimes. But most of my friends don't have the knack, so it's been a while since I used it outside of family.

[imaginex]

[A smile of recognition; without her family here, Sakura knows this feeling well]

Well, in that case:

[She switches into their native tongue]

It will be a pleasure talking to you!

[evidentiary]

[ also in japanese: ]

And you as well. Please take care of me, Matou-san.