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character: maomao_(kusuriya_no_hitorigoto), frieren, copyright: kusuriya_no_hitorigoto, sousou_no_frieren
2girls, elf, pointy ears, white hair, long hair, twintails, parted bangs, green eyes, drop earrings, capelet, white capelet, green hair, hair bun, hair ornament, hair beads, blunt bangs, blue eyes, freckles, hanfu, wide sleeves, medium shot, slightly from above, indoors, apothecary, wooden workbench, glass vials, glowing concoction, leaning forward, holding grimoire, half-closed eyes, intense gaze, twilight ambience, soft periwinkle and deep indigo palette
A slightly elevated three-quarter medium shot captures two young women engaged over an apothecary workbench in a dimly lit study. On the left, an apothecary girl with dark green hair styled in twin coiled buns adorned with delicate dangling hair beads and blunt bangs leans forward with intense curiosity, her hands poised carefully beside an alchemical flask. Her blue eyes are wide and fixated on the vessel, a dusting of freckles visible across the bridge of her nose, wearing a layered traditional Chinese hanfu with wide sleeves cinched back at the forearms by vermilion ribbon cords. On the right, an elven girl with long white twintails flowing down over a white capelet stands upright, her pointed ears bearing elongated red teardrop gem earrings. She holds a thick grimoire lightly against the tabletop with one hand, regarding the mixture with serene, half-closed green eyes and a faint, knowing tilt of her head.
The primary light source is a luminous electric cyan glow radiating upward from the bubbling liquid inside the clear glass flask, casting crisp cool reflections across the lacquered wooden surface, highlighting the jawlines and fringes of both figures. Beyond this pool of light, the background recedes into deep midnight violet and rich indigo shadow, with dark slate-blue shelves filled with neatly stoppered glass bottles, jars of dried herbs, and hanging parchment. Wisps of pale mist curl upward from the neck of the vial, softening the rim of the glass. Quietly enchanting and studious.
Manae Soboetenai
