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Are you at least 15?: Y.
Current Characters: N/A
Character: Lilly Satou
Fandom: Katawa Shoujo
History: Lilly's entire route history, it can't be any more detailed than this. But there's just Act 1 to read, since I'm taking her from that canon point.
Personality: If you met her for the first time, she would certainly not give off the vibe of a blind person. Her movements being graceful and elegant like those of a noble lady, her manner of speech is gentle and sophisticated, even more outstanding for a girl of her age, and she's a real definition of an educated lady. Of course, her grace is fruit from years of training herself into doing chores that would be difficult for a blind person, and her education comes from being the daughter of a wealthy family, but that's only the surface of her personality.
Lilly is, above all, an empathetic kind of person. She's helpful, patient, and offers a lot of kindness to strangers, classmates, and friends alike; she even confesses that she would love to become an English teacher, also because she likes to help people improve themselves. During her route, and especially Hanako's, we see Lilly taking care of shy and anxious Hanako like a mother over her daughter, taking it upon herself to help her friend overcome her troubles while keeping their friendship steady, and it's no wonder Hanako has a very high level of trust for her. Motherly is, indeed, another way to define Lilly, in both positive and negative sense. She starts worrying about Hisao's health after a while of knowing him, and learning of his heart issues. This comes out very often during their interactions, to the point where Hisao tells her that she worries about him too much, after which she replies that it's just normal to worry about those around you. This might not be negative, but it's a key point for Hanako's bad ending. Because Lilly is that much caring over her friends, without control, her actions would become suffocating to the point where she makes them feel uncomfortable and not worthy. If Hisao follows that same train of thought, we encounter Hanako's bad ending, in which the girl expresses all her hatred towards Lilly for being pitied like she wasn't a human being anymore, but some useless thing that constantly needed to be taken care of. Naturally, this was never Lilly's intention, rather the contrary, but this is the result of her and Hisao's overprotective demeanor.
Her sense of responsibility is outstanding, and while she might meet bumps along the way, she manages to finish her tasks successfully, which gain her very good grades and a spot as the class representative. Confidence is another part of her, as the protagonist noticed it after a while, from the way she moves physically without hesitation even though she can see nothing around her. She rarely ever thinks whatever she's doing is wrong, but if she does, she'll make sure that she apologizes and tries to make amends immediately; she wishes that people were honest with her about whatever problems she may have caused, so that she can find ways to fix them. However, hers is not the strongest kind of confidence, and it can crack under a lot of pressure. This can be noticed as we delve deeper into her route, and especially after she and Hisao become a couple. Days afterwards, Lilly becomes distant without an apparent reason, and it comes to a point where she loses her patience and has a brief outburst, the first and only time we ever see her genuinely angry. When Lilly's family story is revealed, we learn that the rest of her family left for Scotland when she was only six, and expressively forced Lilly and her sister Akira to stay in Japan, allegedly to let them continue their lives there, but as Akira herself suggested, it might be the fact that Lilly was blind that made their parents very much reluctant to associate themselves with her. Now that they want her back in Scotland, that would mean she and Hisao would have to experience a forced separation, which would lead to a break-up. Even so, she struggles with her desire to reunite with her family, the forgiveness she feels towards them, and her love towards Hisao, and all that affected her confidence, which caused the aforementioned outburst.
Like a few bits of the paragraphs above may have suggested, Lilly is not a flawless saint. Other traits of faulty behavior can be found during her interactions with Shizune, a fellow schoolmate and actually her cousin, with which she often gets into passive-aggressive verbal scuffles over school duties. This is where we see the "nasty" side of her, which is mostly related to her being exasperated by Shizune's annoying behavior. However, Shizune herself is not exempt from Lilly's affections, as it's shown the last day of school, helping with the Student Council one last time before she leaves for Scotland. Even if there was a grudge harboring between them, they're still family in the end.
Lilly is not demure or reluctant about flirting. She's not exactly malicious, but she's very open minded, and tends to tease people in a friendly manner when she's comfortable enough with them, while still being able to keep her grace.
Other: She's blind since birth, and it'll have a sort of impact in network communications, though not as much to the point where it'll give her many troubles. Screen reader for the win?
Additional Links: Lilly's character profile.
First Person:
Third Person:
Player DW:
elieinverseWay to contact you:
Email: virgiushi[at]gmail[dot]com
AIM: elieinverse
Plurk:
Are you at least 15?: Y.
Current Characters: N/A
Character: Lilly Satou
Fandom: Katawa Shoujo
History: Lilly's entire route history, it can't be any more detailed than this. But there's just Act 1 to read, since I'm taking her from that canon point.
Personality: If you met her for the first time, she would certainly not give off the vibe of a blind person. Her movements being graceful and elegant like those of a noble lady, her manner of speech is gentle and sophisticated, even more outstanding for a girl of her age, and she's a real definition of an educated lady. Of course, her grace is fruit from years of training herself into doing chores that would be difficult for a blind person, and her education comes from being the daughter of a wealthy family, but that's only the surface of her personality.
Lilly is, above all, an empathetic kind of person. She's helpful, patient, and offers a lot of kindness to strangers, classmates, and friends alike; she even confesses that she would love to become an English teacher, also because she likes to help people improve themselves. During her route, and especially Hanako's, we see Lilly taking care of shy and anxious Hanako like a mother over her daughter, taking it upon herself to help her friend overcome her troubles while keeping their friendship steady, and it's no wonder Hanako has a very high level of trust for her. Motherly is, indeed, another way to define Lilly, in both positive and negative sense. She starts worrying about Hisao's health after a while of knowing him, and learning of his heart issues. This comes out very often during their interactions, to the point where Hisao tells her that she worries about him too much, after which she replies that it's just normal to worry about those around you. This might not be negative, but it's a key point for Hanako's bad ending. Because Lilly is that much caring over her friends, without control, her actions would become suffocating to the point where she makes them feel uncomfortable and not worthy. If Hisao follows that same train of thought, we encounter Hanako's bad ending, in which the girl expresses all her hatred towards Lilly for being pitied like she wasn't a human being anymore, but some useless thing that constantly needed to be taken care of. Naturally, this was never Lilly's intention, rather the contrary, but this is the result of her and Hisao's overprotective demeanor.
Her sense of responsibility is outstanding, and while she might meet bumps along the way, she manages to finish her tasks successfully, which gain her very good grades and a spot as the class representative. Confidence is another part of her, as the protagonist noticed it after a while, from the way she moves physically without hesitation even though she can see nothing around her. She rarely ever thinks whatever she's doing is wrong, but if she does, she'll make sure that she apologizes and tries to make amends immediately; she wishes that people were honest with her about whatever problems she may have caused, so that she can find ways to fix them. However, hers is not the strongest kind of confidence, and it can crack under a lot of pressure. This can be noticed as we delve deeper into her route, and especially after she and Hisao become a couple. Days afterwards, Lilly becomes distant without an apparent reason, and it comes to a point where she loses her patience and has a brief outburst, the first and only time we ever see her genuinely angry. When Lilly's family story is revealed, we learn that the rest of her family left for Scotland when she was only six, and expressively forced Lilly and her sister Akira to stay in Japan, allegedly to let them continue their lives there, but as Akira herself suggested, it might be the fact that Lilly was blind that made their parents very much reluctant to associate themselves with her. Now that they want her back in Scotland, that would mean she and Hisao would have to experience a forced separation, which would lead to a break-up. Even so, she struggles with her desire to reunite with her family, the forgiveness she feels towards them, and her love towards Hisao, and all that affected her confidence, which caused the aforementioned outburst.
Like a few bits of the paragraphs above may have suggested, Lilly is not a flawless saint. Other traits of faulty behavior can be found during her interactions with Shizune, a fellow schoolmate and actually her cousin, with which she often gets into passive-aggressive verbal scuffles over school duties. This is where we see the "nasty" side of her, which is mostly related to her being exasperated by Shizune's annoying behavior. However, Shizune herself is not exempt from Lilly's affections, as it's shown the last day of school, helping with the Student Council one last time before she leaves for Scotland. Even if there was a grudge harboring between them, they're still family in the end.
Lilly is not demure or reluctant about flirting. She's not exactly malicious, but she's very open minded, and tends to tease people in a friendly manner when she's comfortable enough with them, while still being able to keep her grace.
Other: She's blind since birth, and it'll have a sort of impact in network communications, though not as much to the point where it'll give her many troubles. Screen reader for the win?
Additional Links: Lilly's character profile.
First Person:
I would like to address the network with a question. It's not a difficult one, I promise. My curiosity is merely piqued, and I have been wondering about this for a long while.
What do you usually see in your dreams? I understand that this is a person-by-person case and not everybody has the same dreams as everyone else, but all the same, I would like to gather informations from each one of you. I've heard that people can have scary nightmares, but I cannot imagine how that would look like. You see, as some of you may know, I'm blind since I was born. All my dreams have been... auditory, you could say. I can hear all the voices of people I have met throughout my life, plus familiar noises like the snapping of fingers, or music that I've listened from a radio, for example. Most of them I can recognize, but some are muffled, as if my ears have somehow forgotten about them. The longer I've been known a person, the clearer their voices will be. It's a rather entertaining experience. Of course my dreams are not all pleasant either, but I digress.
If it's too personal for you, you don't have to answer at all. Forgive me if I've been too invasive. Have a good day, everyone.
Third Person:
The tip of her finger touches the handle of her teacup. Like an automatical reaction, the hand reaches to take the porcelain between her thumb and index, lifting it up ever so delicately, careful not to spill the content. This has become such a habit for Lilly, that even despite only seeing the darkness instead of her own actions, she's undoubtedly confident into doing it without any help.
The lunch break could go by in a flash if she ever so wished. She'd spend the entire time sitting at that same table as the other days, regal and dignified, preparing her own tea and waiting for her friend to take her company, and occasionally bringing a Braille book along for when she's really that bored. For someone like her who can't be alone at all times, she instead feels comfortable all by herself. The ticking of the clock, the chirping of the birds, the rustling of the leaves from the tree near the window, the clattering of the porcelain, the footsteps of the other students marching outside with their lunches, her own heartbeat... all these small things constitute her entire life, it's proof that she's still living, and blindness is nothing but a minor nuisance she learned to live with since she was given birth.
With firm movements that are never unsure, she brings the teacup on her lips, takes a sip, then pulls it away, and smiles. Her favourite brand of tea, and her friend's too... it lifts their spirits no matter how badly that day went. Though in the other girl's case it's a little harder to cheer up just with tea, as long as they spend their time like that, that same kind of warmth is there, for however long it is possible to share it.
Lilly sits and waits. And when those footsteps get closer and closer to her ear, until the door clicks open, that's when she allows her smile to widen, and greet the newcomer with a warm "Hello, Hanako."