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character: maomao_(kusuriya_no_hitorigoto), frieren, copyright: kusuriya_no_hitorigoto, sousou_no_frieren
2girls, green hair, double bun, blunt bangs, hair beads, hair ornament, blue eyes, chinese clothes, hanfu, earrings, white hair, twintails, parted bangs, pointy ears, green eyes, white capelet, drop earrings, medium shot, from above, leaning forward, side-by-side, indoor, wooden table, apothecary, scrolls, glassware, dried herbs, lantern light, slate blue, deep crimson, off-white, charcoal grey, warm gold lighting
From a slightly elevated three-quarters view looking down across a dark wooden apothecary workbench, two figures sit side by side inspecting botanical specimens under warm lantern light. On the left, a young woman with dark green hair gathered into twin ornate buns with dangling beads and blunt bangs leans forward with both elbows braced on the dark charcoal tabletop. Her bright blue eyes are wide with analytical fascination, lips parted in eager curiosity as her slender fingers carefully position a dried root over a glass measuring beaker. She wears a layered traditional hanfu in muted slate-blue accented with deep crimson sash trims. Beside her on the right, an elven girl with long parted white twintails and prominent pointed ears rests with an upright posture, her green eyes narrowed into a calm, half-lidded gaze of subtle amusement directed at the other girl's intense focus. Her hands gently hold down the curling edges of an off-white parchment manuscript inscribed with fine diagram sketches, and long drop earrings hang still against her neck. She wears a structured off-white capelet lined with warm gold embroidery over a dark tunic. The environment is grounded in deep slate-blue and charcoal shadows across background shelving filled with ceramic jars, contrasted by rich crimson cloth accents and creamy parchment rolls. A single brass lantern on the table casts a rich, warm gold radiance across their faces, hands, and the amber glass vials, with a lone vertical wisp of fragrant vapor rising undisturbed from a freshly steeped infusion. Intimate and studiously curious.
Manae Soboetenai

