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đ§âđ§âđ§ FAMILY - what is their family like? what is your ocâs relationship to them? does your oc have any siblings?
Sunngifu was born into a large extended family living on the outskirts of a village in northern Aedyr. Her mother disappeared into the forest while Sunny was still a baby and her father was killed in a hunting accident not long after that, so Sunny and her two older siblings were raised by their paternal grandparents. The household was loud and chaotic, with relatives and friends constantly popping in and out. Many of them gossiped about Sunny where she could hear or directed comments right at her, which instilled a sense of bitterness and distrust at a young age. But it wasnât all bad; there were times when the atmosphere was warm and loving, too.
Sunngifuâs family were quite prominent/popular (the sheer amount of food they grew and brought home to share out helped) and her grandparents in particular were seen as pillars of the community, so that helped shield her from some of the worst anti-godlike sentiments growing up. Not all of them, though; every time someone elseâs vegetable patch failed or hunters came back empty-handed several times in a row, the muttering would start. As she grew older, it got worse, and she began to worry about what would happen when her grandparents died. She settled on the military as her best option for getting out and keeping herself safe, knowing they would take pretty much anyone who could hold a weapon. Her grandparents had mixed feelings about it for multiple reasons, but both of them were secretly quite relieved once sheâd left; theyâd been having the same fears. They didnât even care that she wasnât technically old enough to join!
It would have been very easy for Sunngifu to view her squadmates as a surrogate family (especially in the Tall Grass), but in spite of the pressure, she never really did. Sheâs the essence of that âfound family abolitionâ post. She has used her newfound influence to help her birth family and others out (like getting her sister a forestry job on one of the Crown estates), but she still feels removed from them, as if her childhood memories happened to somebody else. But thereâs a thick layer of distance between her and almost everyone; itâs just more obvious when it comes to the people she grew up with.
âïž CLOUD - a soft headcanon
Sunny loves braiding grass and flowers together! It started off as a habit she fell into when her hands were idle or she felt bored/anxious, then evolved into her making little personalised ones for people she cares about. Several of her squadmates in the Tall Grass wore them for luck. Lödwyn received several over the course of their relationship; she had the last one pressed to preserve it and still carries it with her in the Living Lands. All the party members end up getting a few, too.
(okay this is quite a bittersweet headcanon but! still soft!)
đ MASKS - do they act differently around certain people? whatâs different about the way they act around friends, family, strangers, etc.?
Sunny isnât great at selective masking or adapting to different social contexts - itâs not a skill that comes naturally to her. (She survives at court mainly because the emperor finds this refreshing, even if many of his courtiers disagree.) When she first entered the military, for example, she found it very hard to perform appropriate deference to a superior. Iâd say itâs a case of âwhat you see is what you getâ with her, but that implies a level of openness which just isnât present. Her surface-level straightforwardness only serves to deflect from how much sheâs hiding, even from those sheâs closest to. Youâll know if you get really close to her - her actual attitude wonât change much, but sheâll start telling you all her secrets and asking you about yours.
