#crosslore

[kingcrxx]

Due to her trauma, Rhyme is extremely protective over people within her vicinity, not always having any relationship to her. I imagine 1st year being hard for her 'cus she felt a self proclaimed protector over her roommates which made it hard to sleep.

A subconscious role she puts herself in, it's a way to ground herself and feed herself peace. If any of them had a nightmare, Rhyme would comfort them, and she didn't take any midnight visitors warmly. The lawless Heartslabyul was probably rough for her.

[kingcrxx]

Age 9, in winter season, Whitecross family perished in a fire. Rhyme's magic manifests half a year later (not that early, average bloomer).

Once she is 10 she begins using the Looking Glass. The confirmed time frame she chooses is this age, and thus she returns to a young child each turn.

She typically reaches 19 before resetting, so 9 years passes for her. 9 years and she does it all again. She's reset 11 times, and the 11th is the final turn where she ends this game.

Although she does have a gap in mental maturity for her ages (as she remembers herself even in her beginning age), the gap is not entirely large or conspicuous until the very end. The Looking Glass takes bits of her memories, and additionally her personal growth is stunted by her own self; clinging to roles and hazardly continuing cycles caused by a refusal to let go of the past or attempt to release herself from others as she is frightened.

[kingcrxx]

Rhyme truly hates physical fights. She doesn't enjoy hurting others even if it were in her own defense. She's just not a fighter. She prefers outsmarting her opponents as a means to avoid fights, and she wouldn't care how long that takes as she doesn't do it as an "efficient" way.

That being said, Rhyme will fight with all her might when she has to.

[kingcrxx]

I don't typically associate Rhyme with the Moon even though Sun/Moon is a very fitting dynamic for Leona. I moreso associate her with the Sky; a boundless freedom that homes others (stars, sun, etc) while always being different to everyone at different times.

You look up at the sky to see vastnespossibilities of whats in it. Rhyme always wants to find something new in her. The sky is a mirror to emotions, and Rhyme is a deep feeler, and wants others to have a grasp of themselves inside.

The sky is infinite, and with infinite comes the unknowable, and although we want to know, we understand we can't know everything. Rhyme always wants the truth, but realizes some doors are best left unopened, and you move on, but you are never left without something 🌅

[kingcrxx]

Rhyme is envious of those with photos of their lives, ranging from social hangouts to simple childhood memories. Rhyme doesn't have anything of her childhood, not even a simple photo. There's very little memory of her, no sign of her existence.

Rhyme enjoys having her photo taken, she likes seeing herself exist and be seen by others. She happily poses for selfies with Cater, or candid shots of events by Yuu.

She would enjoy going through Leona's baby pictures, especially since we know his Mother likes getting pictures of him and decorating them around. Their home would also be filled with photos.

[kingcrxx]

Rhyme is envious of those with photos of their lives, ranging from social hangouts to simple childhood memories. Rhyme doesn't have anything of her childhood, not even a simple photo. There's very little memory of her, no sign of her existence.

Rhyme enjoys having her photo taken, she likes seeing herself exist and be seen by others. She happily poses for selfies with Cater, or candid shots of events by Yuu.

She would enjoy going through Leona's baby pictures, especially since we know his Mother likes getting pictures of him and decorating them around. Their home would also be filled with photos.

[kingcrxx]

Rhyme would choose to love someone even if it wouldn't last, even if it would cause pain for the other. It's her desperate last attempt to control something for herself.

Her deepest feelings even expand towards her death. She wouldn't want her lover to move on from her. She wants to be their only one forever no matter what. She does feel guilty for it, knowing it might subject them to constant heartache.

It's because Rhyme went through so much trouble and heartache for others, she simply wants the people she loves to understand how much they are to her... she wants to be wanted like that too.

[kingcrxx]

Rhyme got the mirror from her uncle who used it before her. He passed it down out of his own accord; rhyme wasn't supposed to use it herself, her uncle was, and it was meant to be used to control rhymes outcomes. He let her move on her own instead of someone's piece.

Her uncle was the only one to humanize Rhyme's existence as he felt a kinship between them not just from blood. He did not fully approve the way she was being used, groomed into these cycles, to be a piece in a fanasty created by childish powers.

Although her uncle did care for Rhyme, he was far beyond loving in a normal sense. He caused just as much harm to her as the ones he despises, but he acknowledges it. He's an example of being aware of the harm and abusive cycles one perpetuates but unable to stop them, even still continuing these "bad habits."