#heugen

Kòrda (The Server/Bartender): She’s a bee. Despite her cute pose, I didn't want her to look perfect with it. Her two sets of hands are kinda too close to be easily moved around. She’s actually really clumsy, tripping over herself a lot, and spending half her time apologizing to the victims while she's literally stealing their lives, only really doing this because she's scared of the king. Guess even villains have that kind of boss anxiety, huh?

U'rangi (The Butcher/Chef): I went with an elephant for him since "elephants never forget." He’s the one who actually "preps" the memories. He treats them like raw cuts of meat—chopping them up and mixing them to see what happens. He’s obsessed with new pairings, even if it leaves the original memories mixed in a strange way that's irreversible. It’s a bit macabre, but I like how his energy came out.

Rapel (The Maître d'): A crow. He’s the one running the floor. He doesn’t care about the ethics at all. To him, humans are just... stock. Inventory. He’s very "old school" and values the authentic flavor of a memory, so he’s always judging U'rangi’s experiments. He’s probably the most annoying to deal with, since he doesn't look further than simply serving the big bad.

Heugen (The Pâtissier): The squirrel. He’s... a lot. He’s a total perfectionist about the science of this kingdom's form of memory baking and how it overlaps with psychology. He looks the most harmless, but I think he’s definitely the one with the hidden agenda. If you're that obsessed with how those two things mix, you definitely end up messing with humans to make new flavors. I had a hard time with his expression...