A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIxsDz5h5K
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmMsgNe3Aq
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUU4wCuNORk
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4VoCw9im5
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2JM2sojS6
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTk5ibzowBV
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbM679VpHze
“Alright. What kind of names are we going for?”
“Poetic. With a sense of fate. Nothing too modern, but not completely out of place either.” 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFwbXhxYBz
The director tried to summarize.
“…So you want a name that sounds like it belongs somewhere between the cosmos and a convenience store”
The art lead raised her hand.
“I have one.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMk7Am4vtY
She looked serious. Her voice, resolute.
“The bunny is—Yue Xiling.”
The screenwriter went quiet for a moment.
“You mean Yue like ‘moonlight’, Xi like ‘tides’, and Ling as in so cold it freezes your soul?”
“She’s a spirit of reincarnation. She needs presence.”
“That’s not ‘presence.’ That’s a name that needs two font sizes larger just so viewers can figure out how to pronounce it.”
“Then you try. Give me something elegant.”
“The human girl is—Lin Wan.”
“…You want her to bring a thermos and do square dancing on the moon?”
“Stop it.” 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVcJFC2l33
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzF2KmcYlM
“Let’s check if either name’s in the top 100—we don’t want any awkward name clashes later.”
The art lead added another.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwtt6zZxtb
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRkKjDzfbE
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj2KMM0SZ1
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSIlkafEok
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2q5ddvsIl
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNas23OJYc
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IAtVKhrpy
The director offered a thought. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYnDg92AZK
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbPLBc9qnE
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfxlwoLcfg
“Liu stands for softness, Xi for light, Yu for freedom.”
“...That’s annoyingly beautiful,” the art lead admitted.
The manager looked up at the whiteboard.
“Bunny beastkin: Yun Cangyue. Remnants of a past life.” 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD05DsIL0xO
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYmJx6FMP0
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUKofbipA8
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
