A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtPZOlqpK8
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdtSq2Yhbi
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiQhrPwnGV
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9s5JMaHkx
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmTbxBXGGs
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMQ8qTIqIi
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3D455gjo2
“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.” 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHHx1n46Ku
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.”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGC3vziKQl
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.” 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV0JFnSi4c
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1dqYm6pBx
“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.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfmLr8mwq8
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CzNUOFUW3
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRc2MvGe8W1
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN40zWZkrB0
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoFaZFwBle
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpC95YM6Gkd
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5R6CpKGD2
The director offered a thought. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6HFv0mKus
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6EGQu74YR
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9Sz5M2xql
“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.” 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSnf3m9c3u
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEjI3yNtBj
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsFxIwadSv
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
and then Add to home screen.