A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2Stvj4Xh9
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJ0QMgF8JZ
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJ6bp3az4Q
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsnt5reYCP
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P864bYxGc
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoXNd3J46X
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxSsyC8M0S
“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.” 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIyj3oSll4
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.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV8cgK1J7S
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.” 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6PEbYfo7C
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYEpdqu7qO
“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.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2YmNKzvWE
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOWNofVfL5
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcqEd0VXgJ
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbAHPVfFhP
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVt3ZNVnhn
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApA3NJ4jbO
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqJPIoLPNL
The director offered a thought. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Xgj1AMyLJ
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSTvkGIXD3
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjDJluJHIO
“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.” 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVv9gAdqU5
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZnNKbghPA
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWWZqEIbuG
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
and then Add to home screen.