Name || Fuyumi Hirabayashi
Age || 19
Gender || Female
Sexuality || Heterosexual
Appearance || Fuyumi has rather curly auburn hair that goes just to her shoulders that exposes her pale forehead and light brown eyes. Sometimes she'll straighten out her hair and her bangs will cover her forehead. She's often seen with an oversized pale pink sweater, a long sleeved white shirt, light red skirt, white tights with black flowers on them and black Mary Jane shoes. She's also seen with a pale pink scarf, brown over the shoulder book bag that contains a pink stuffed rabbit she carries everywhere for good luck and a dark brown walking cane that she uses to walk around.
Face Claim || Haru Okumura from Persona 5
Personality || Fuyumi is a rather polite individual. She was always raised to treat those around her with a high amount of respect. That said, she doesn't like talking to people any more than she has to. It isn't that she's not good at having conversations with other people because when forced to do so, she can talk as long as she'd like to. The main reason is because she prefers the company of herself. Not to say she's anti-social, she just prefers to live her life in solitude.
She also has a rather high drive for culinary delights and refuses to let her blindness get in the way of that. She gets a feel of the environment around her using her walking cane and walks through her dorm with confidence and elegance. If it wasn't for the fact that she needed a walking cane and sometimes stumbles by hitting stuff, Fuyumi wouldn't even be seen as blind. Still, her passion for cooking has extended to her wanting to become a three star chef and nothing will get in the way of that passionate dream she has.
Room Number || 310
Roommate || N/A
Likes:
Food || As an aspiring chef, Fuyumi is always interested in trying all of the latest cuisines. So far she's tasted food from Germany, France, Japan, America, Italian, China and Russia and she's excited to try food from all other countries. She also likes to fuse some styles of food together to create a brand new taste for all to enjoy.
Puppies/Dogs || Fuyumi is much more of a dog person than a cat person. She finds dogs really adorable with how much they adore their master and how much personality each one had. Had it not been for Fuyumi being unsure if Blue Lotus would be alright with animals living in the dorm, she would have had a seeing eye dog lead her everywhere rather than a walking cane.
Clean Environments || She'd much rather perform her cooking in an area free of dirt, dust, clutter and mess. Plus, Fuyumi knows that mess will just get in the food and make it disgusting to eat. It's another reason why she prefers being alone; she can't tell if someone will make a giant mess or not.
Dislikes:
Loud Music || Since being blind, Fuyumi has to rely on hearing, taste, touch and smell to get around and when someone starts blaring incredibly loud music that could potentially break their speakers, Fuyumi is inclined to get more than a little annoyed. Not only can she not get to areas easier, they just hurt her ears a lot.
Mistreatment of Staff || This is more of a pet peeve but it seriously grates on her nerves. When people who go to restaurants mistreat their staff in some way or form like taking away waiters tips, yelling at the chefs for getting their order wrong or just act snobby and entitled to free food, Fuyumi can gather that they're not very pleasant people and often gives the restaurant big tips in apology.
Relying on Others for Help || Fuyumi likes to think she's independent and capable but there are some obstacles that she can't conquer on her own. She'll be polite to those around who do help her but she dislikes the idea of being helpless.
History || When she was a little girl, Fuyumi had only one dream. That dream was to cook with her mother and father. Her mother and father co-owned a very popular restaurant back in Japan and she was very happy to see her parents work hard on their dream. She was very clumsy at cooking when she was much younger. But when she reached 6, her talent skyrocketed. She was a little wary of using the knives to cut things, using the stove to cook things and the loud noises of the blender or dicer at first but she quickly grew out of that phase. Her talent was strong enough that she was enrolled in Seven Stars Academy for her talents and she continued to improve her craft. She had her life mapped out and planned on going to St. Gabriel Academy because of the great culinary arts degree they had.
However, things took a turn for the worst. When she reached 12, she needed glasses. She thought it wasn't that big of a deal and could live with wearing glasses if it meant seeing clearly. And she was able to see clearly... for four months. During the next three years, she went through different prescriptions of glasses but all of them seemed to make her eyesight worse. She was taken to the hospital where she ended up learning a harsh truth; she was slowly going blind. Fuyumi was panicked. How could she continue her dream of being a chef when she wouldn't be able to see anything?! She was ready to give up hope entirely and waste away in her room until watching a fateful cooking show. One of the contestants was a blind woman who took the challenge of being a master chef and the blind woman won. This inspired Fuyumi to continue her dream despite her misfortune and now here she is at Blue Lotus, determined to accomplish her dream no matter what.
Colors || Speech = Peach Puff / Thought = Rosy Brown