A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl97oPPbwH0
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzcA15poH9
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkbhjqYNRP
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQR6aKHTXzr
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Io8PEs6Zr
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AfghpSBEl
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcmsGgd3Yc
“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.” 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJx8KhxBBHz
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.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0g8oUzQ7vw
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.” 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MKG04sTwp
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BaHz7YU4P
“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.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BYFv98ihl
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S90noSnod
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBdP1xHpr5
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrKn5MWXbI
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQX6HMnGNGj
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFc9pNpkVa
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXemtLXBDb
The director offered a thought. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuls5H4KH8
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRfuBDVBjx
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92bwYKNqfK
“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.” 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDokHx78dNP
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xblysqXhx
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EB8nlykxZ
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
and then Add to home screen.