Yeah I’m doing Corin too, sue me
How’s that undiagnosed anxiety disorder treating you queen?
But in all seriousness she really should get that shit diagnosed
Unfortunately she can’t for one major reason: her parents
Corin is not only homeschooled, but currently lives with her parents who aren’t exactly the best people
I mean the girl literally apologizes for existing, her parents aren’t treating her right
Her parents applied to Victoria Housekeeping for her under the assumption it would teach her discipline and manners and whatnot
Within the first week of Corin being there, Lycaon realized what was going on between Corin and her parents and vowed to be a better, more caring role model for her
He has her working the most out of everyone else
A normal person would hate having such a busy work schedule but Corin loves having so much freedom at her job
She also enjoys the opportunity to be helpful, useful, and making a difference within the organization
Like? No one yells at her? Or insults her? Or is stuffy and stringent the way her parents are? Sure, being a maid entails certain kinds of rigidity and strictness, but to Corin, the way Victoria Housekeeping Co operates is the biggest breath of fresh air she’s had in her whole life
Corin is obviously not allowed to have weapons at home, so Lycaon lets her store her sawblade within one of the many safe houses their company owns. Just like how Lycaon gifted Ellen her shears, Corin’s sawblade is also a gift from him
She originally had it outfitted with the same ice technology his boots and Ellen’s shears have, but kept slipping on the ice it created, and also had a harder time sawing through things in her path from how slippery the ice made everything. So, with Lycaon’s permission, she removed the feature altogether and made it a normal saw.
You’d think a girl so frail and timid and the epitome of cringefail girlfail sopping wet cat would also be physically weak. You’d be wrong
I mean it’s already canon her and Ellen are the strongest when it comes to pure physical damage, as evident by Corin’s introduction in Nekomata’s quest, as well as the entirety of chapter 3.
Corin says it has something to do with genetics probably, something about her dad being a former performing strong man or something
Corin also internally explodes every time Ellen compliments her on her strength. It doesn’t happen a lot, but when it does, Corin loses it
Has the BIGGEST crush on Ellen and is 100% not normal about it
Like, hello? She’s a sheltered girl with strict parents who now gets to see arguably the coolest person ever (in her eyes) on a daily basis
Corin is even more nervous around Ellen than most people for obvious reasons
She also damn near had a heart attack when Ellen passed out in front of her the first time. She grabbed so many pillows, several water bottles, four different sport and energy drinks, several protein efficient snacks, and even had a first aid kit at the ready just in case
Ellen normally hates it when people get fussy over her passing out, but considering this was the first time Corin had seen it, and the fact Corin went overboard in trying to help, Ellen let it slide
Now whenever Ellen crashes, Corin is the first one to make sure she’s okay before carrying on with her work
Ellen also knows it’s Corin who leaves candy and lollipops on the pillow next to her for when she wakes back up
Corin has since stopped worrying about Ellen every time she crashes, but insists to the point of threatening others with her sawblade that she be the one to see to it that Ellen is comfortable
There was once an incident where Corin, distracted from Ellen walking into the room, cut her hand whilst repairing her sawblade. She then bore witness to both Lycaon and Rina holding a suddenly frenzied Ellen back, who was fixated on nothing but the blood dripping from Corin’s palm. Lycaon took Corin out of the room to attend to her injury once Rina was successfully able to knock Ellen unconscious.
Ellen spent the next week apologizing to Corin and explaining how her shark thiren instincts are hard to control. Corin accepted every apology, but frankly didn’t need one, because that incident was probably the most exhilarating thing to happen to her outside of hollow missions with the company
Ellen was fixated on nothing but her in that moment, which did wonders for Corin’s fragile nonexistent ego
Every time Ellen interacts with her in any capacity, Corin gets major butterflies
Ellen insists Corin doesn’t need to refer to her as “Miss Ellen” but Corin disagrees. Corin thinks Miss Ellen absolutely needs to be treated like royalty
Corin would quite literally die for Ellen. Corin fell for her, and she fell HARD
Corin keeps a small box under her bed full of trinkets she likes. So far the only occupants of said box are buttons from her first teddy bear, and the metal piece shaped like a bear that Ellen bit into shape for Corin
Ellen is indirectly to thank for Corin’s fashion sense as well. At one point the shark girl mentioned how the Victoria Housekeeping Co uniforms were “giving Lolita menhera Jfashion” to Lycaon in passing, causing Corin to look up the style on Inter Knot (on one of the work computers, no way her parents let her have one of her own) and falling in love with it immediately
Corin already had quite a bit of sewing experience having been taught home ec by her mother, so it was no surprise she picked up outfit and plushie making very easily
She’s responsible for a lot of the accessories the company wears on their uniforms. She enjoyed making the bows and jaw head and neck piece for Ellen the most. Obviously.
Ellen often rambles to Corin about school and work related stuff. Corin soon realizes that she’s the only one Ellen does this to.
“Why?” She’d ask Ellen at one point during one of their conversations. “You’re a good listener. Plus, you give better advice than Lycaon and Rina combined.”
How Ellen didn’t notice how red her face got in that moment, Corin has no idea
Lycaon often contracts Corin longer hours than need be. Corin insists she can work the full duration, but Lycaon always makes some excuse about having enough help already, and that she should just go on a break, and that he’d clock her out, etc etc
Lycaon you ain’t slick we all know you’re doing it so this girl can actually go out and do things she enjoys
Corin has no idea that that’s the actual case, but she’s certainly grateful with how much free time Lycaon allows her
When their schedules line up, Ellen even invites Corin out for boba or lunch with her friend group
Corin is almost always quiet during these meetings, not wanting to intrude on Ellen’s quality time with her friends, but to her utter shock, Ellen is constantly making sure Corin is included in the conversation
Corin, being the sheltered kid, also hasn’t tried enough things, so of course Ellen insists on getting her fun snacks and roping her into seeing a movie or going to an arcade with her friend group
Corin gets so wrapped up in it all that by the time she gets home, she misses it immensely
Work is always “good”, when her parents ask. They never press for details thankfully due to Corin and Lycaon both making up an excuse that maid work is private, there’s NDA stuff involved, blah blah blah
Eventually Corin is able to buy her own cell phone with her salary. Her parents don’t know about it.
Her parents don’t know a lot of things about her, including the fact she’s actually been able to experience a normal teenage girl’s life for awhile now
Lycaon always insists that if Corin ever feels her parents are too much, she’ll always have a permanent home in Victoria Housekeeping Co. Corin gets closer and closer to accepting that offer every day.
