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A.K.A: “Marksman.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 27
Height: 6’1 (185 cm)
Likes: Solitude, strong coffee, quiet nights, poetic books, calligraphy, Lilico’s ASMR
Dislikes: Flashy behavior, reckless fighters, his own voice in recordings, unnecessary conflict

Shūhei is the lead public relations officer and outreach director at Azure Bay. Despite working in communications, he’s introverted and observant, known for his calm demeanor and skill at handling tense press situations or overwhelmed staff.He’s often the first face donors and visitors meet, and one of the last people you’d expect to write late-night poetry by the tidepools—but he does. He avoids drama but keeps an eye on everyone.His nickname, “Marksman,” comes from his sharp instincts with language and people, always landing exactly the right word when it matters.He has a complex relationship with Lilico, having tried (and failed) to ask her out multiple times.
Now he just buys every ASMR CD she makes and pretends it’s ironic.

Background

Shūhei was raised by his grandfather near the coast of Iwate, in a quiet fishing town where storms were more frequent than tourists. After losing both parents at a young age, he spent much of his childhood in silence—listening more than speaking, watching the tides, sketching sea creatures in the margins of books.His quiet precision and emotional insight earned him a scholarship in environmental journalism, but he abandoned that path after witnessing a poaching incident during a marine internship abroad. He returned home and began volunteering at a rehabilitation center—the early framework for what would become Azure Bay.When Lilico officially opened the center, he was one of the first to apply, though his resume was thin and his tone unusually reserved. She hired him anyway.Now, as Azure Bay’s public relations director, he handles media, field press, community education, and donor communication with unexpected sharpness—his soft voice and stillness masking the trained eye of someone who doesn’t miss anything.Shūhei doesn’t seek the spotlight, but he stands between the center and the world like a breakwater—silent, enduring, and utterly essential.

RANGIKU | ANNOYED
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RENJI | LIKED
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IZURU | TRUSTED
────── ✦ ──────

TŌSHIRŌ | LIKED
─────── ✦ ───────

JŪSHIRŌ | DEEPLY RESPECTED
───────────── ✦

IKKAKU | TOLERATED
─────── ✦ ──────

SHINJI | DISTRUSTED
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BYAKUYA | RESPECTED
─────────── ✦ ─

RUKIA | PROTECTIVE
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KENPACHI ZARAKI | RESPECT THROUGH FEAR
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LILICO | RESPECTED
─────────────✦─

SHUNSUI | MENTORED BY
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UNOHANA | REVERED
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ISANE | TRUSTED
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NANAO | RESPECTED
─────── ✦ ─────

SOI FON | TENSE
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AIZEN | GUARDED
─────── ✦ ──────

GIN | DISTRUSTED
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ORIHIME | PROTECTIVE
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MOMO | KINDLY
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FRIDA | STARTLED BY
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FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
LIKED
────── ✦ ─────────

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
RESPECTED
──────────── ✦ ─

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
TRUSTED
───────── ✦ ──────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
CENTRAL FIGURE
──────────────✦

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
WARY TRUST
───────✦────────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
LIKED
───── ✦ ──────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
PERSONALLY KNOWN
──────────────✦

OTHER

Scent:

cedarwood | clean linen | salt air

D.O.B.:

October 14 – Libra

Fear:

wasting words on people who never listen

status:

slowly going blind in his right eye—he hasn’t told anyone

A/B/O:

BETA: quiet dominance | sharp boundaries | long memory

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A.K.A: “Redline.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 32
Height: 6’2” (188 cm)
Likes: Adrenaline diving, late-night ramen, ocean storms, loud music, dogs
Dislikes: Paperwork, protocol, cold water, fragile egos

Renji is Azure Bay’s Field Recovery Lead and one of its most hands-on operatives. He specializes in open-ocean rescues, often diving headfirst into chaotic waters to retrieve trapped or injured merfolk.He earned the nickname “Redline” not just for his hair, but for the way he pushes every limit—depth, speed, temperature, risk.He butts heads with authority, but no one questions his loyalty once he’s committed. He will fight for his team and his charges with everything he’s got—even if it means breaking a rule or two.Loud, opinionated, and a little too honest sometimes, Renji is also surprisingly soft with orphaned merfolk, a sucker for anything small, and extremely bad at hiding crushes.He’s especially bad at hiding the one he has on Lilico.
(She knows. She sells him ASMR CDs anyway.)

Background

Renji grew up in the industrial edge of a coastal port city, raised by a single aunt who ran a bait shack and taught him how to swim, fight, and curse by age nine. After losing several friends to illegal fishing operations and underregulated off-shore dumping, he turned his fury toward protecting what he loved most: the ocean.He originally joined Azure Bay as a freelance diver, working recovery jobs no one else would touch. After saving a mer-child caught in a reef net, Lilico offered him a permanent position on the spot.Now one of the center’s primary field operators, Renji specializes in hazardous retrievals and open-ocean emergency rescues, often diving into blackwater zones without hesitation. While his record is impressive, his paperwork is a disaster and his ability to follow instructions is… developing.Renji has burned boats to save merfolk, punched poachers on deck, and once swam six hours with a torn shoulder just to guide an injured deep-sea mer through a migration trench.He doesn’t talk about it.
He just goes back in the next day, bruised and grinning.

SHŪHEI HISAGI | BROTHERLY BOND ────────────✦──

IZURU KIRA | QUIET RESPECT ──────────✦─────

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | MIXED RESPECT ───────✦──────

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | HONORED ────────────✦───

IKKAKU MADARAME | RIVALS / BEST BRAWLERS ────────────────✦

SHINJI HIRAKO | SKEPTICAL ──────✦─────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | FLIRTY BUT NEVER SERIOUS ──────────✦──

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | STRICT RESPECT ────────────✦──

RUKIA KUCHIKI | UNRESOLVED HISTORY ─────────────────✦

KENPACHI ZARAKI | BAD IDEA TO CHALLENGE—STILL WANTS TO ──────✦─────────

LILICO KIRYUU | LOVED ─────────────────✦

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | TOO RELAXED TO TRUST FULLY ────────✦────

RETSU UNOHANA | SLIGHTLY INTIMIDATED ──────✦────────

ISANE KOTETSU | SWEET / AWKWARD ──────✦─────────

NANAO ISE | “SHE SCARES ME” ENERGY ───────✦───────

SOI FON | MUTUAL DISAPPROVAL ────────✦───────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | WOULD NEVER TURN HIS BACK ────────✦──────

GIN ICHIMARU | ABSOLUTE DISTRUST ────────✦──────

ORIHIME INOUE | CHERISHED FRIEND ────────────✦──

MOMO HINAMORI | FONDLY CLUELESS ──────✦─────────

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | BIT HIM / STILL GIVES HER LETTUCE ──────✦────────

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
LIKED
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RESEARCH & ETHICS |
TOLERATED
──── ✦ ────────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
RESPECTED
────────────✦───

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
WELL-KNOWN
─────── ✦ ───────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
TRUSTED
────────────✦───

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
LOVED
───────────────✦

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
TRUSTED BY HER
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OTHER

Scent:

sea salt | copper | sharkskin neoprene

D.O.B.:

August 31 – Virgo sun / Aries moon
(“I’m organized! Just… not where you can see it.”)

Fear:

leaving someone behind

status:

carries old dive scars in one eye that flash red in the right light

A/B/O:

ALPHA: feral flavor
loud loyalty | protective posture | neck tattoos that scare the interns

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A.K.A: “Specter.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 30
Height: 5’10” (178 cm)
Likes: Rain, soft lighting, coastal silence, spreadsheets, lemon balm
Dislikes: Crowds, abrupt noise, conflict, wasted funding, overly aggressive personalities

Izuru is the lead financial strategist and grant coordinator at Azure Bay. He manages the labyrinth of budgets, research funds, field reimbursements, and grant cycles that keep the center alive. While he rarely speaks unless necessary, everyone knows that if Izuru stops talking, something is about to collapse—quietly and without warning.He earned the nickname “Specter” not only because he moves silently through the administrative floors, but because his presence lingers—in notes, in corrections, in polite refusals left neatly on desks.He spends his evenings at a desk facing the sea with one lamp on and three unread letters in his drawer.
One is from a donor.
One is from his father.
One is from someone who called him a ghost.He hasn’t opened any of them.

Background

Izuru was raised in a sterile hillside estate far from the ocean, where silence was virtue and achievement was currency. His family had long ties to funding scientific ventures, but never believed in the work—only in the reputation it brought.He was groomed to become a bureaucrat, but after a near-fatal collapse of a marine research vessel he was auditing, he defied expectation. Izuru took the blame for a superior’s negligence, resigned, and vanished from corporate circles. A month later, he quietly appeared at Azure Bay. He asked for work. He was hired to sort files. Within two years, he rebuilt their entire fiscal architecture from the ground up.Now as Azure Bay’s chief financial strategist, Izuru handles:
— research grants
— donor funding
— conservation budgets
— international reporting audits
All without asking for thanks.
Most staff forget how many disasters he prevents—until they almost happen.He often works long past sunset.
One lamp. No music. Rain preferred.

RENJI ABARAI | POLITE TENSION ──────✦─────────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | UNBREAKABLE QUIET ──────────────✦

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | MUTUAL RESPECT ────────────✦──

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | SAFE PRESENCE ────────────✦──

IKKAKU MADARAME | AVOIDED ────✦────────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | WARY ───────✦─────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | OVERSTIMULATING ────✦────────────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | SHARED FORMALITY ────────────✦──

RUKIA KUCHIKI | SOFTLY CURIOUS ──────✦─────────

KENPACHI ZARAKI | SILENTLY AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS ──✦──────────────

LILICO KIRYUU | RESPECTED / UNSETTLING ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | TOO MUCH WHISKEY ───────✦────────

RETSU UNOHANA | REVERENT DISTANCE ────────────✦──

ISANE KOTETSU | GENUINE KINDNESS ──────────✦─────

NANAO ISE | CLOSE WORKING PARTNERS ──────────────✦

SOI FON | INTIMIDATED ────✦────────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | RESERVED DISTRUST ───────✦────────

GIN ICHIMARU | NEVER SPEAKS FIRST ──────✦─────────

ORIHIME INOUE | KIND BUT CONFUSING ───────✦───────

MOMO HINAMORI | FONDLY CLUELESS ──────✦─────────

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | HIDES IN HIS FILE DRAWER ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
MUTUAL SUPPORT
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RESEARCH & ETHICS |
RESPECTED
────────────✦──

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
AVOIDS
────✦────────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
APPRECIATED / NOT INVOLVED
──────✦─────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
NEUTRAL
──────✦────────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
FUNDING PRIORITY
───────✦────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
TRUSTED
────────────✦──

OTHER

Scent:

lavender | antiseptic | coastal air through iron

D.O.B.:

March 27 – Aries Sun / Virgo Moon

Fear:

disappointing lilico

status:

currently trying to get a raise

A/B/O:

BETA: deep introvert variant, predictable | precise | painfully polite. (will still hex you with a spreadsheet if crossed)

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A.K.A: “Frostbite.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 26
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
Likes: Glacial water, ice diving, silence, citrus tea, clean data
Dislikes: Unnecessary chatter, humidity, sloppy technique, being underestimated

Tōshirō is Azure Bay’s lead cold-water veterinary specialist and head of the Cryogenic Recovery Wing. A prodigy in marine cryostasis and high-stress treatment procedures, he was hired at a remarkably young age, quickly rising due to his near-perfect performance under pressure.Though sharp-tongued and famously unsociable, he’s known to stay awake for 36 hours during rescue recoveries and once rebuilt a hypothermic re-breathing system out of spare parts and a filtered respirator.Nicknamed “Frostbite” by divers who couldn’t keep up, he’s a force of will beneath the surface—not kind, but deeply good.He claims he dislikes affection.
But when merfolk curl up near him for warmth?
He lets them.

Background

Tōshirō was raised in a remote alpine coastal town where sea met snow and silence was survival. He was a gifted student with a naturally sharp mind, but often overlooked because of his age and size. His academic career began in cryo-marine physiology, where he gained attention for pioneering a technique to stabilize merfolk in cold shock without invasive intervention.At just twenty-one, he published research that saved an entire migration pod in the Northern Trench.Now he heads Azure Bay’s Cold-Water Recovery Wing, specializing in deep freeze trauma, glacial current rescues, and cryo tank design. He’s brilliant, demanding, and runs the wing like a pressure-sealed lab—everything precise, everything earned.He’s not known for his warmth.
But his loyalty burns colder than ice—sharp, enduring, and impossible to shake.He will not hug you.
But he will dive into a sub-zero trench without hesitation if you’re drowning.

RENJI ABARAI | UNEASY RESPECT ──────✦────────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | QUIETLY IMPRESSED ─────────✦─────

IZURU KIRA | MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING ────────────✦──

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | MENTOR FIGURE ──────────────✦

IKKAKU MADARAME | TOLERATES ────✦────────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | TOO UNPREDICTABLE ──────✦────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | TORMENTOR / UNAVOIDABLE ───────✦───────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | UNOFFICIAL COMPETITION ────────────✦──

RUKIA KUCHIKI | PROTECTIVE ────────────✦──

KENPACHI ZARAKI | FRUSTRATES HIM—RESPECTS STRENGTH ───────✦───────

LILICO KIRYUU | STRANGE KINDRED ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | TOO LAID-BACK TO RESPECT ────✦────────────

RETSU UNOHANA | DEEPLY RESPECTED ────────────✦──

ISANE KOTETSU | WARM PROFESSIONALISM ──────────✦─────

NANAO ISE | EXCELLENT COLLABORATOR ────────────✦──

SOI FON | COLD WAR MUTUAL RESPECT ───────────✦──

SŌSUKE AIZEN | UNTRUSTING ──────✦──────────

GIN ICHIMARU | PERMANENTLY WARY ──────✦─────────

ORIHIME INOUE | SECRETLY GRATEFUL ────────────✦──

MOMO HINAMORI | HEARTFUL BUT FRACTURED ──────────────✦

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | STOLEN HEAT SOURCE ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
RESPECTED
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RESEARCH & ETHICS |
INNOVATOR / RIGID
──────────✦─────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
FEARED / TRUSTED
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COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
COLDLY TOLERATED
────✦────────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
RESPECTFUL DISTANCE
───────✦────────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
DISCONNECTED
────✦────────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
NEUTRAL FORMALITY
──────✦─────────

OTHER

Scent:

crushed snow | clean steel | arctic mineral water

D.O.B.:

December 20 – Sagittarius sun / Capricorn moon

Fear:

losing control when someone needs him most

status:

secretly building a small boat in a bottle

A/B/O:

ALPHA: tactical / restrained
unshakable logic | boundary master | sharp edges, soft core (hidden)

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A.K.A: “Seabound.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 46
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Likes: Warm tea, marine law, handwritten letters, seabirds, slow walks
Dislikes: Politics, rushed research, corporate donors, being treated like he's fragile

Jūshirō is the Senior Ethics Consultant and co-founder of Azure Bay’s Rehabilitation Oversight Council. A renowned scholar in marine law and species rights, he oversees all policy decisions, patient care standards, and human-merfolk diplomacy protocols.Despite a chronic autoimmune illness that often affects his energy and stamina, he is deeply active in the field and at the negotiation table. He has testified before three world councils and once stopped a poaching ship by standing on their dock with a clipboard and a legal injunction.Nicknamed “Seabound” for his ability to remain calm no matter how stormy the situation, Jūshirō is often the final say when ethics are questioned—and his say is rarely ignored.

Background

Jūshirō was born along the misted cliffside of Yakushima, where storms whispered across the cedar trees and ocean air arrived heavy with salt. The eldest of five siblings, he learned early that patience was not passivity—it was the will to endure without complaint. Chronically ill since youth, he spent more time reading tide charts than playing games, but even then, he never feared the ocean.He went on to earn advanced degrees in marine law, interspecies diplomacy, and ecological ethics, publishing essays that helped redefine merfolk recognition across three marine territories. But when a research facility he advised broke ethics protocols and endangered an entire reef of deepwater merfolk, Jūshirō resigned on the spot—and vanished from public academic life.Years later, Lilico found him volunteering in a low-visibility beach cove, teaching children how to safely share the sea. She asked him to join Azure Bay. He agreed—but only if ethics would never be a suggestion again.Now, as Senior Ethics Consultant, he ensures every corner of the center—from surgical rooms to press releases—reflects dignity, not dominance. He doesn’t chase fame.
He carries weight.

RENJI ABARAI | IMPRESSIVELY PASSIONATE ───────✦──────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | SOLID & TRUSTED ────────────✦──

IZURU KIRA | EMPATHIC CONNECTION ────────────✦──

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | QUIET ADMIRATION ────────────✦──

IKKAKU MADARAME | KEEPS HIM AT ARM’S LENGTH ────✦──────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | AMUSED BUT WARY ──────✦────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | GENUINE FONDNESS ──────────✦─────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | RESPECTED PEER ────────────✦──

RUKIA KUCHIKI | TREATED LIKE FAMILY ──────────────✦

KENPACHI ZARAKI | A FORCE HE HOPES NEVER TURNS ON THEM ─────✦──────────

LILICO KIRYUU | SHARED CENTERPIECE ──────────────✦

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | OLD SOUL TETHER ────────────────✦

RETSU UNOHANA | UNBREAKABLE MUTUAL CARE ──────────────✦

ISANE KOTETSU | KIND AFFECTION ────────────✦──

NANAO ISE | POLITE INTELLECTUAL BOND ───────────✦──

SOI FON | STRICTLY RESPECTFUL ───────✦────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | TRUSTED WITH RESTRAINT ───────✦────────

GIN ICHIMARU | CAUTIOUS CORDIALITY ──────✦─────────

ORIHIME INOUE | GENTLE FAVORITE ─────────────✦─

MOMO HINAMORI | PROTECTIVE WARMTH ────────────✦──

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | SPRINGTIME SHADOW ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
FOUNDING ETHICS
──────────────✦

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
DEPARTMENT LEAD
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DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
RESPECTS / DOESN’T ENGAGE
─────✦──────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
OFTEN CONSULTED
────────✦────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
OVERSIGHT ONLY
────✦────────────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
ADMIRES EFFORTS
────────✦────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
TRUSTED STRATEGIST
──────────────✦

OTHER

Scent:

rice paper | sea breeze | dried sage

D.O.B.:

May 7 – Taurus Sun / Pisces Moon
(literal human tidepool)

Fear:

his body giving out before his work is done

status:

secretly building a small boat in a bottle

A/B/O:

OMEGA: oceanic core
nurtures everyone | refuses pity | slow to anger, impossible to move once firm

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A.K.A: “Crashcap.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 33
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Likes: Sparring, deep-sea drills, close calls, ramen, winning bets
Dislikes: Bureaucrats, rebreather inspections, slippery decks, polite liars

Ikkaku is the Marine Rescue Safety Coordinator for Azure Bay—meaning he yells, pulls, and throws people out of danger when they’re about to die doing something stupid. He specializes in high-risk dives, gear stress testing, and physical conflict recovery, and often trains junior staff by almost letting them drown (with a backup tether, of course).He’s known as “Crashcap” because he cracked three helmets, two ribs, and one rescue pod door in his first six months. None of them were his.While he plays the meathead, Ikkaku is secretly deeply protective, methodical in his rescue logistics, and carries a photo of every patient he’s ever pulled out alive—stuffed in a dented locker beside a crowbar and a bent thermos.He’s not reckless.
He just doesn’t believe in asking permission when someone’s already sinking.

Background

Ikkaku was born in a noisy dockside city where you learned to fight first and ask questions later. Raised by a dockhand uncle who taught him how to break a crab shell with one hand and a man’s nose with the other, Ikkaku grew up seeing violence and loyalty as two sides of the same current.He didn’t come to Azure Bay looking to save anyone. He came for the paycheck, the physical challenge, and the promise that no one would make him wear a tie. But something changed the first time he pulled a struggling mer out of an entanglement net and saw their chest start to rise again.
That was the first time he didn’t laugh after a rescue.Now he serves as the Marine Rescue Safety Coordinator—the guy you call when something’s gone too far south, too fast.
He’s reckless, yes. Loud, absolutely. But his dive logs are spotless, and his trainee survival rate is one of the highest in the center.
He pretends he doesn’t care.
But Ikkaku never forgets a name once he’s saved you.
And he sure as hell won’t let you die next time.

RENJI ABARAI | RIDE-OR-DIE BRAWLER ────────────✦──

SHŪHEI HISAGI | COMPETITIVE RESPECT ───────────✦──

IZURU KIRA | TOO SOFT (BUT USEFUL) ──────✦────────

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | TOO SERIOUS ──────✦─────────

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | RESPECTS BUT AVOIDS ────✦──────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | WILD CARD ENERGY ───────✦───────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | CHAOTIC FLIRT / CONSTANT LOSS ──────✦────────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | STARES TOO LONG / CHALLENGED HIM ──────✦─────────

RUKIA KUCHIKI | TINY, TERRIFYING ──────✦─────────

KENPACHI ZARAKI | WOULD FOLLOW HIM INTO HELL ────────────────✦

LILICO KIRYUU | PLAYFUL RIVALS ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | DRINKING BUDDY (ONCE) ──────✦─────────

RETSU UNOHANA | HEALS HIM / SCARES HIM ──────✦────────

ISANE KOTETSU | ACTUALLY VERY NICE ───────✦───────

NANAO ISE | TRIED TO TAZE HIM ONCE ─────✦──────────

SOI FON | DEATH GLARES = AFFECTION ──────✦─────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | “I DON’T TRUST THAT GUY” ─────✦──────────

GIN ICHIMARU | NOPE ────✦────────────

ORIHIME INOUE | HE GAVE HER A SEA SHELL. SHE THANKED HIM. ──────✦─────────

MOMO HINAMORI | TOO POLITE TO FIGHT WITH ──────✦────────

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | NEMESIS ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
BREAKS THEM / SENDS THEM BACK
──────✦─────────

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
NOT ALLOWED IN THAT BUILDING
────✦────────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
ONE OF THE BEST
──────────────✦

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
BAD IDEA. TRIED ONCE.
───✦─────────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
BACKUP FIST
────────────✦──

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
IF IT NEEDS LIFTING, HE’S THERE
───────✦───────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
HAS NEVER BEEN INVITED
────✦────────────

OTHER

Scent:

salt-crusted rope | sweat | peppered iron

D.O.B.:

November 11 — Scorpio Sun / Aries Moon
(built for trouble, bleeds for cause)

Fear:

letting someone die because he held back

status:

plotting revenge on frida, (she bit him)

A/B/O:

ALPHA: loud, crude, unshakably loyal
fights for everyone but himself
(can’t tell if you’re flirting or challenging him)

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A.K.A: “Glassbite.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 35
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Likes: Old jazz, citrus candy, night dives, pranks that require planning
Dislikes: Authority without reason, tight collars, boredom, overly serious people

Shinji is the Strategic Media Advisor and Intervention Logistics Lead at Azure Bay. He oversees external messaging, operational tempo, covert surveillance, and high-risk tactical decisions in internal crises.Once an acclaimed investigative documentarian, Shinji’s exposé on illegal merfolk trafficking in the Indo-Pacific earned both awards—and death threats. He vanished for two years. When he resurfaced, it was at Azure Bay’s front desk, sunglasses on, CV blank, smile sharp.
Lilico hired him before he finished his first sentence.Now, he directs PR blackout plans, public misdirection campaigns to shield merfolk identities, and sudden facility lockdowns when poachers get too close.He’s charming, chaotic, and deadly competent beneath the nonsense.No one knows what he's thinking.
Everyone knows he's already planned three steps ahead.

Background

Shinji grew up between the heat-rippled rooftops of Tokyo and the cold echo of its subway tunnels—too clever for teachers, too odd for cliques, and always three moves ahead of his peers. He made a name for himself in his twenties as a documentary journalist and undercover investigator, exposing corruption in poaching rings and illegal trafficking networks.That was before a certain piece aired that nearly got him killed.He vanished. For two years, no one heard from him. Then he showed up at Azure Bay with a duffel bag, three flash drives, and no explanation. Lilico let him in.Now he serves as Azure Bay’s Strategic Media Advisor and unofficial black-ops intervention lead, running everything from merfolk misinformation campaigns to counter-surveillance against industrial fishing spies. His operations are razor-sharp, and his humor’s even sharper.No one ever sees him coming.
And that’s exactly the point.

RENJI ABARAI | LOVES TO MESS WITH HIM ───────✦──────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | RESPECTS QUIETLY ──────────✦─────

IZURU KIRA | SOFT SPOT (NEVER ADMITS IT) ──────────✦─────

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | FROSTY MUTUAL TOLERANCE ───────✦───────

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | RESPECTFUL REBELLION ───────────✦──

IKKAKU MADARAME | TOO LOUD, KIND OF FUN ──────✦─────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | RUMOR CO-CONSPIRATOR ────────────✦──

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | PETTY RIVALRY ───────✦───────

RUKIA KUCHIKI | SURPRISINGLY PROTECTIVE ──────────✦─────

KENPACHI ZARAKI | TOO LOUD, TOO FUN TO POKE ──────✦─────────

LILICO KIRYUU | SUSPICIOUSLY IN SYNC ──────────────✦

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | DRINKING PHILOSOPHY ────────────✦──

RETSU UNOHANA | NEVER TEASES HER (WON’T TRY) ───────✦───────

ISANE KOTETSU | THINKS SHE’S SWEET ───────────✦───

NANAO ISE | PAPERWORK FOE ───────✦───────

SOI FON | “SHE’D KILL ME IN A SECOND” ENERGY ──────✦─────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | STRATEGIC DISTANCE ───────✦───────

GIN ICHIMARU | “YOU’RE WORSE THAN ME” ──────✦─────────

ORIHIME INOUE | GENTLE WHEN IT COUNTS ───────────✦───

MOMO HINAMORI | TREATS HER KINDLY ────────────✦──

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | BAD INFLUENCE / TAUGHT HER TO STEAL ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
RESPECTS THE MISSION / NEVER ENTERS
──────✦─────────

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
WILL ARGUE JUST TO WIN
──────✦────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
KNOWS MORE THAN THEY LIKE
────────────✦──

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
SOMETIMES RUNS THE WHOLE SHOW
──────────────✦

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
PLAYS DUMB / IS WATCHING YOU
────────────✦──

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
STRANGELY SUPPORTIVE
────────✦────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
REPORTS DIRECTLY / NEVER SERIOUS
──────────────✦

OTHER

Scent:

cardamom | orange peel | seawater over vinyl

D.O.B.:

October 10 – Libra Sun / Gemini Moon
(chaotic neutral in a nice jacket)

Fear:

losing people because he waited too long to act

status:

pretending not to plot revenge on Frida (she bit his favorite headphone cord)

A/B/O:

ALPHA: rogue variety
talks fast | vanishes faster | loyalty hidden in jokes

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A.K.A: “High Tide.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 34
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Likes: Late shifts, red wine, satin robes, storm-watching, affection
Dislikes: Cold coffee, shallow people, rules without reason, being underestimated

Rangiku is the Head of Intake & Surface-Level Integration at Azure Bay. She’s the one waiting when merfolk are first brought to shore—whether they’re traumatized, sedated, panicked, or ready to bite. She talks them down, warms them up, and often becomes the first human face they trust.Her nickname “High Tide” refers both to her unpredictable timing and her emotional force—she floods into a room and you either float or sink.What few realize is that Rangiku built the intake process herself from years of watching the system fail. Her intuition is surgical, her people skills disarming, and her bedside manner? Lethal in the best way.
She flirts. She drinks. She jokes.
But she remembers everything.

Background

Rangiku grew up by the ocean but not in luxury. She was the kind of kid who learned how to charm a free drink from boaters and steal hot towels from spa resorts, all while making everyone laugh too hard to care. Beneath the beauty, though, was a razor-sharp sense of people, and a heart too big to keep safe.She wandered through jobs—PR assistant, bartender, emergency dispatcher—until one rainy night she stumbled across a severely injured mer washed into a tidepool and stayed with them until help arrived. That night, she never looked away.Lilico recruited her after seeing her de-escalate a violent surface rescue with nothing but a half-wet hoodie, a flask of sake, and a voice like a lullaby.Now as the Head of Intake, Rangiku handles first-contact stabilization, new patient emotional onboarding, trauma prep, and crisis empathy work. She’s loud, flirty, unpredictable—but she’s also the person you want holding your hand when you wake up scared in a hospital tank.She tells jokes like armor.
She hugs like gravity.
And she never forgets what someone looked like when they were trying to survive.

RENJI ABARAI | FLIRTY RIVAL ENERGY ──────────✦─────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | LOWKEY HISTORY A LITTLE ANNOYED BY HIM
──────────✦─────

IZURU KIRA | GENUINE CARE / WORRIES ABOUT HIM ────────────✦──

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | LITTLE BROTHER VIBE / BULLIED AFFECTIONATELY ──────────────✦

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | STRONG RESPECT / CALMS HER STORMS ────────────✦──

IKKAKU MADARAME | OCCASIONAL DRINKING DARES ──────✦─────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | GOSSIP ALLY ────────────✦──

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | IRRITATINGLY HOT ──────✦─────────

RUKIA KUCHIKI | LOOKS AFTER HER QUIETLY ────────────✦──

KENPACHI ZARAKI | TERRIFYING / WEIRDLY HOT ─────✦──────────

LILICO KIRYUU | LOVES TEASING HER / RESPECTS HER WORK ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | DRINKING COMPANION / NEVER DULL ────────────✦──

RETSU UNOHANA | SLIGHTLY INTIMIDATED / GENUINE ADMIRATION ────────────✦──

ISANE KOTETSU | LOVES HER NERVOUS ENERGY ────────────✦──

NANAO ISE | TEASES HER FOR SPORT ────────✦────────

SOI FON | ENJOYS FLUSTERING HER ──────✦─────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | TOO POLISHED TO TRUST ──────✦────────

GIN ICHIMARU | FLIRTED / BITTER HISTORY? ──────✦─────────

ORIHIME INOUE | SWEETHEART SHE GUARDS ────────────✦──

MOMO HINAMORI | KINDNESS WITH FIRM LINES ───────────✦───

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | HER BABY ────────────────✦

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
TOUCHPOINT / TRUSTED FACE
────────────✦──

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
DOESN’T PRETEND TO GET IT
────✦────────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
SENDS THEM OFF / WELCOMES THEM HOME
────────────✦──

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
SECRETLY HELPS SHINJI
────────────✦──

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
LIKES TO ANNOY THEM
───────✦───────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
IF IT'S CUTE, SHE’S IN
──────✦─────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
SHOWS UP LATE / STILL GETS FUNDED
────────────✦──

OTHER

Scent:

wild plum | silk sheets | sea breeze through perfume

D.O.B.:

September 29 – Libra Sun / Leo Moon
(gorgeous chaos wrapped in gold)

Fear:

being there when someone breaks—and not being able to fix it

status:

fashioning Frida a tiny scarf to apologize for yelling when she chewed her favorite lipstick

A/B/O:

OMEGA: high-flame, high-flirt
loud love | louder defiance | protector through touch

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A.K.A: “Marblecourt.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 36
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Likes: Order, quiet tea services, formal writing, koi, clean linen
Dislikes: Disarray, impulsiveness, humid weather, being touched unexpectedly

Byakuya is Azure Bay’s Chief Legal Advisor and enforcer of marine conservation code compliance. Where most hesitate to face hostile sponsors, he stares them down with a signature pause and a perfectly prepared litigation threat. He doesn’t raise his voice. He doesn’t need to.Born into an elite family of international environmental law architects, Byakuya abandoned diplomatic career tracks in favor of applying policy where it would matter most: at the boundary of survival.He personally reviews every case involving endangered merfolk, greywater dumping, and smuggling disputes that pass through the center. His precision is so immaculate, interns joke that if he blinks at your report, you’ll have to rewrite it in blood.He never breaks posture.
He rarely smiles.
And if you ever hear him laugh, it means someone’s already lost.

Background

Byakuya was born into prestige—his family helped draft several foundational environmental protection treaties, and their influence remains quietly stitched into global marine law. Raised in silence and structure, he learned early that expectation outweighs emotion, and that appearances weren’t for vanity—they were for control.He never needed to raise his voice to be heard.
He never needed to lose to learn.After declining multiple political appointments, he chose instead to operate from within—becoming one of Azure Bay’s most formidable legal architects. He rewrote the center’s formal partnership contracts, fortified loopholes that endangered rescued merfolk, and spearheaded the cease-and-desist protections currently shielding Azure Bay from extraction corps.He does not ask for recognition.
He requires results.Colleagues say he is cold.
The truth is: he burns too carefully to show it.

RENJI ABARAI | FRUSTRATINGLY LOYAL ────────────✦──

SHŪHEI HISAGI | PROFESSIONAL RESPECT ──────────✦─────

IZURU KIRA | QUIETLY APPROVES OF HIS WORK ────────────✦──

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | CONSIDERS HIM PRECISE & TRUSTWORTHY ────────────✦──

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | TRUE ADMIRATION / SHARED PHILOSOPHY ──────────────✦

IKKAKU MADARAME | TOO LOUD TO TOLERATE ──────✦────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | DOES NOT TRUST CHAOS ───────✦───────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | IMPROPER / OCCASIONALLY ENTERTAINING ───────✦───────

RUKIA KUCHIKI | HIS RESPONSIBILITY / NEVER OUT OF SIGHT ────────────────✦

KENPACHI ZARAKI | TOO UNSTABLE TO ENGAGE ────✦────────────

LILICO KIRYUU | NOBLE PARITY / GUARDED FRIENDSHIP ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | DISAPPROVES OF HIS APPROACH / SECRETLY LISTENS ───────✦───────

RETSU UNOHANA | IMMENSE RESPECT / NEVER SPEAKS UNNECESSARILY ────────────✦──

ISANE KOTETSU | COURTEOUS, IF DISTANT ───────────✦───

NANAO ISE | EXCELLENT ADMINISTRATOR / SILENT ALLY ────────────✦──

SOI FON | UNYIELDING HONOR CODE = EARNED TRUST ──────────✦─────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | CALCULATED WARINESS ──────✦─────────

GIN ICHIMARU | NEVER ACCEPTED ─────✦──────────

ORIHIME INOUE | TOO KIND / FINDS HER ODDLY EFFECTIVE ────────────✦──

MOMO HINAMORI | GENTLE RESPECT / KEEPS DISTANCE ──────────✦─────

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | BIT HIS LEGAL PARCHMENT TWICE ──────✦─────────

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
SUPPORTS FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT
────────────✦──

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
REVIEWS ALL REPORTS PERSONALLY
────────────✦──

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
APPROVES / RARELY APPEARS IN FIELD
──────✦─────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
KEEPS TIGHT LEASH ON PUBLIC STATEMENTS
───────✦───────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
SHARES UNDERSTANDING OF ORDER
──────────✦─────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
PERSONAL ADVOCATE FOR PRESERVATION LAW
────────────✦──

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
ANCHOR OF THE LEGAL BRANCH
──────────────✦

OTHER

Scent:

cherry bark | mineral ink | clean linen folded with salt

D.O.B.:

January 31 – Aquarius Sun / Capricorn Moon
(the tide obeys, or it recedes permanently)

Fear:

failing to protect Rukia when she’s no longer watching

status:

replacing parchment documents after Frida chewed the corners of three legal drafts (he did not yell—he left a single bell pepper in her pen)

A/B/O:

ALPHA: aristocratic stillness
restraint as dominance | elegance as armor | vulnerability kept in glass

A.K.A: “Snowpetal.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 27
Height: 4'9" (145 cm)
Likes: Ink painting, early mornings, citrus water, wintry air, clean hospital sheets
Dislikes: Being underestimated, overly loud people, summer heat, pity disguised as praise

Rukia is Azure Bay’s Patient Stabilization Liaison and an emotional trauma specialist for post-surface rescues. She handles fragile cases with exceptional care, especially merfolk who refuse contact, speech, or food. What she lacks in size, she balances in sheer emotional stamina. Her compassion is unshakable—and her eyes have seen more than she ever speaks of.Nicknamed “Snowpetal” for her cold-hands-soft-touch demeanor, Rukia is often mistaken for someone too delicate for fieldwork.
They stop thinking that when they watch her stay awake 28 hours straight at someone’s bedside and leave without complaint.She is kind—but not soft.
She is fragile—but never breakable.And when she says she won’t give up on you—she means it.

Background

Rukia was raised in the inland ward of a mountain hospital, where her earliest memories were of silence and snowfall. She learned to be small—to listen before speaking, to observe before reacting. When her family passed and she was relocated under Byakuya's care, she entered a world of polished rules and silver-lined expectations, where warmth was present but never named.Rather than follow her brother into law or policy, she charted her own path—into the emotional aftermath. Into the quiet corridors that came after the screaming. Into the rooms where frightened hybrids refused to speak or eat, and staff walked away after trying once.Rukia didn’t walk away. She sat down.Now, as Azure Bay’s Patient Stabilization Liaison, she is trusted with the most emotionally compromised rescues. She excels in silence, thrives in stasis, and anchors those too fragile to surface on their own.She doesn’t chase recognition.
She listens for what’s never said—and that is always enough.

RENJI ABARAI | HISTORY SHE NEVER NAMES ────────────✦──

SHŪHEI HISAGI | KINDRED QUIET ───────────✦───

IZURU KIRA | SOFT UNDERSTANDING ────────────✦──

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | FROST-KINSHIP ────────────✦──

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | SHE’D FOLLOW HIM ANYWHERE ──────────────✦

IKKAKU MADARAME | INTENSELY AVOIDED / SLIGHTLY FEARED ──────✦────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | FINDS HIM UNSETTLINGLY SMART ───────✦───────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | LOVES HER BUT GETS EXHAUSTED ──────────✦─────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | LOVES HIM / CAN’T ALWAYS SHOW IT ────────────────✦

KENPACHI ZARAKI | TOO LOUD / TOO BLOODY / NOT UNKIND ──────✦────────

LILICO KIRYUU | WORDLESS RESPECT / QUIET TEA PARTNER ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | AMUSED / RESPECTFUL ───────────✦───

RETSU UNOHANA | UNMATCHED MENTOR ──────────────✦

ISANE KOTETSU | NURTURES RUKIA IN WAYS SHE NEVER ASKS FOR ────────────✦──

NANAO ISE | SMART & STRUCTURED ALLY ────────────✦──

SOI FON | COLDLY ALIGNED ───────✦───────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | TOO POLITE TO TRUST ──────✦────────

GIN ICHIMARU | STRONGLY AVOIDED ────✦────────────

ORIHIME INOUE | CLOSEST FRIEND ──────────────✦

MOMO HINAMORI | TRAUMA-LINKED / WALKS WITH HER OFTEN ────────────✦──

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | PERSONAL LAP MONOPOLIZER ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
FRONTLINE STABILIZER
──────────────✦

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
SOMETIMES CONSULTED
──────✦────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
RARELY INTERACTS
────✦────────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
KEEPS INTERACTIONS MINIMAL
────✦────────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
RESPECTS TŌSHIRŌ’S CALLS
────────────✦──

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
OFFERS INPUT ON FRAGILE HYBRID CASES
──────✦─────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
NEVER CHALLENGES LILICO / OCCASIONALLY DEFERS
────────────✦──

OTHER

Scent:

fresh snow | crushed ice | paper-thin lavender

D.O.B.:

January 14 – Capricorn Sun / Pisces Moon
(soft does not mean weak; quiet is not cowardice)

Fear:

being the last one someone sees and not being enough

status:

sewing Frida a miniature yukata after she ruined her favorite inkbrush and looked too proud about it

A/B/O:

OMEGA: composed, closed-door
sacrifice without noise | steadiness mistaken for stillness

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• Staff

A.K.A: “Kasa.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 44
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Likes: Shade, pressed kimono shirts, half-day naps, sake, flower arrangements
Dislikes: Confrontation (when sober), bureaucracy, making decisions too early in the morning

Shunsui serves as Azure Bay’s Head of Interdepartmental Relations and Morale Management, though some call it what it truly is: the “Keep Everyone from Killing Each Other” Division. He drifts between wings with unreadable calm, folding jokes between strategic truths and dodging half the paperwork meant for him.He’s been at the center since the first foundation beam was laid. Rumors say he helped fund it quietly. Others say he only came to follow a friend. Either way, no one denies he’s one of the emotional anchors of the entire facility—even if his uniform is always wrinkled.He knows when to speak, when to leave, and when to sit on the floor and listen to a merfolk sobbing until sunrise.He plays the fool.
But he remembers everything.

Background

Shunsui didn’t grow into his calm—he was born in it. Raised in an influential family with long ties to conservation law and cultural diplomacy, he spent most of his youth avoiding responsibility with the grace of someone who already understood its weight. He speaks slow, moves slower, and thinks faster than he’ll ever let on.No one knows exactly how he ended up on Azure Bay’s board of founding contributors. Some say he donated anonymously after seeing one too many oil-choked rescue cases. Others say he came following Jūshirō.Now, he floats through the center as the Head of Interdepartmental Relations, ensuring morale doesn’t crack during the longest weeks. He’s a peacemaker, a liability sponge, and the man who always knows where the real emergency liquor is hidden.Shunsui will flirt with you, let you think you’ve surprised him, then gently nudge your heart open before you even realize you’re confessing your worst memory over tea.He’s not lazy. He’s just saving his energy for the right storm.

RENJI ABARAI | AMUSED / SOMETIMES MEDIATES ───────✦───────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | QUIETLY WATCHFUL ──────────✦─────

IZURU KIRA | PROTECTIVE BUT HANDS-OFF ───────────✦───

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | TOO SERIOUS, TOO YOUNG ───────✦───────

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | HIS OTHER HALF ────────────────✦

IKKAKU MADARAME | LOUD, BUT FUN AT PARTIES ──────✦────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | CHAOS ALLY ────────────✦──

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | DRINKING DANGER ZONE ────────────✦──

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | TENSE / HE PUSHES JUST TO SEE ───────✦───────

KENPACHI ZARAKI | KEEPS HIM TIPSY ENOUGH TO SMILE ──────✦────────

LILICO KIRYUU | FLIRTS TO MAKE HER BLUSH ────────────✦──

RUKIA KUCHIKI | DEEP RESPECT / NEVER INTRUDES ────────────✦──

RETSU UNOHANA | MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY TERRIFIED ───────✦───────

ISANE KOTETSU | LIKES HER NERVOUS ENERGY ──────────✦─────

NANAO ISE | HE’D DIE FOR HER (SHE KNOWS) ──────────────✦

SOI FON | TRIED TO FIGHT HIM ONCE / HE DODGED ─────✦─────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | TOO POLITE = NEVER TRUSTED ──────✦─────────

GIN ICHIMARU | HE KNOWS TOO MUCH / PLAYS NICE ───────✦───────

ORIHIME INOUE | LIKES HER BRIGHTNESS ───────────✦───

MOMO HINAMORI | WORRIES DEEPLY / GIVES HER SPACE ──────────✦─────

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | SHE RIDES ON HIS HAT SOMETIMES ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
STABILIZER-IN-DISGUISE
────────────✦──

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
AVOIDS MEETINGS / SIGNS EVERYTHING
──────✦────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
“PLEASE DON’T INVITE ME”
───✦────────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
PRETENDS NOT TO LEAD HALF OF IT
────────────✦──

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
TALKS DOWN SITUATIONS WITHOUT RAISING VOICE
────────────✦──

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
SECRET GARDENER / DONATES UNDER ALIASES
──────────✦─────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
THE ONLY ONE WHO MAKES JOKES IN BOARD MEETINGS
──────────────✦

OTHER

Scent:

dried plum wine | cedarwood smoke | pressed cotton

D.O.B.:

July 11 – Cancer Sun / Taurus Moon
(easy smile, ancient grief, infinite patience)

Fear:

outliving the people who make the fight worth it

status:

training Frida to knock over Shinji’s tea tray “accidentally” (she is frighteningly good at it)

A/B/O:

ALPHA: lethargic leadership
protects with poetry | kisses like it’s goodbye

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• Staff

A.K.A: "Zaraki" (he refuses nicknames)
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 41
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
Likes: Noise, real coffee, combat drills, bleeding knuckles, chaos he can contain
Dislikes: People who talk in circles, "Speak plain dammit." padded gloves, passive aggression, forms

Kenpachi Zaraki is the Head of Emergency Field Operations at Azure Bay, though most know him simply as the man they send in when it’s gone to hell and needs someone who doesn’t flinch.He wasn’t hired. He showed up.No one knows exactly where he came from, but his first day was spent dragging a half-dead hybrid out of a fire while everyone else was still strategizing. Lilico made it official. No interview. No contract. Just blood, smoke, and results.He teaches emergency drills like they’re street fights. Walks into underwater extractions like it’s Monday morning. And never leaves someone behind.He doesn’t sugarcoat.
He doesn’t apologize.
But when he says he’ll protect them?He means it.

Background

Kenpachi doesn’t talk about where he came from. Most assume it was somewhere no one came back from. When asked about his credentials, he grunted, “What the hell are credentials?”What got him hired wasn’t a resume—it was a recovery mission no one else would touch. A bio-smuggler vessel overloaded with distressed merfolk was spiraling into collapse. Kenpachi didn’t wait for clearance. He dove in, alone, with a pry bar, steel boots, and a radio he never used. Twelve rescues walked out behind him. One extraction team asked if he was suicidal. He replied: “No. Just better.”Now the Head of Emergency Field Operations, Kenpachi leads high-risk rescues, deep-sea breaching, rogue containment, and violent interception of illegal trafficking. He’s the staff’s walking battering ram. But if you watch close, he always checks the pulse first.He likes chaos.
He protects fragility like it’s sacred.
And when he swears to bring you home—you come back breathing.

RENJI ABARAI | LOUD ENOUGH TO RESPECT ───────✦───────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | TOO QUIET / TRUSTS HIS BACK ────────✦────────

IZURU KIRA | WON’T HURT HIM / WON’T TEASE HIM EITHER ────✦──────────

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | CALLS HIM "KID" / MEANS NO HARM ─────✦─────────

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | NEVER DISOBEYS / NEVER QUESTIONS ────────────✦──

IKKAKU MADARAME | RIDE-OR-DIE / WOULD BLEED FOR HIM ────────────────✦

SHINJI HIRAKO | THINKS HE'S TOO CLEVER / PROBABLY RIGHT ─────✦─────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | FLIRTS WITH HIM TO ANNOY HIM ─────✦─────────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | COULD SNAP HIM IN HALF / RESPECTS CONTROL ────✦──────────

LILICO KIRYUU | TOO PERFECT / RESPECTS HER SPINE ──────────✦─────

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | DOESN’T MIND HIS JOKES / TOO CRAFTY TO PUNCH ──────✦────────

RETSU UNOHANA | ONLY ONE WHO TERRIFIES HIM ──────────────✦

ISANE KOTETSU | TOO KIND / TREATS HER GENTLY ──────✦────────

NANAO ISE | NEVER REMEMBERS HER NAME / CALLS HER “GLASSES” ────✦──────────

SOI FON | WOULD SPAR HER / RESPECTS HER BITE ──────✦────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | COULD SMELL THE LIES / DOESN’T LIKE HIM ────✦──────────

GIN ICHIMARU | “THAT SMILING BASTARD” ────✦──────────

ORIHIME INOUE | CALLS HER “BRIGHT GIRL” / TRIES TO BE GENTLE ──────✦────────

MOMO HINAMORI | MAKES HIM NERVOUS—TOO BREAKABLE ──────✦────────

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | CONVINCED SHE COULD KILL A MAN ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
NEVER GENTLE—ALWAYS FIRST ON THE SCENE
────────────✦──

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
DOESN’T GET IT / DOESN’T TRY TO
──✦────────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
HIS DOMAIN / EVERYONE ELSE FOLLOWS
──────────────✦

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
NEVER INVITED / NEVER SHOWS UP
──✦────────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
CALL HIM WHEN IT’S BEYOND CONTROL
──────────────✦

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
DOESN’T UNDERSTAND TURTLES / TRIED TO PET ONE
──────✦────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
THREATENS TO BREAK THEIR DESKS REGULARLY
─────✦─────────

OTHER

Scent:

salt sweat | cold steel | diesel from a dockside crate

D.O.B.:

March 26 – Aries Sun / Scorpio Moon
(louder than hell / never lies / fights like survival is sacred)

Fear:

losing someone because he was too late

status:

refusing to apologize to Frida for calling her “furball” (she drew blood and he's proud)

A/B/O:

ALPHA: animal instinct, controlled rage
leads by charging | protects by taking hits | speaks only when it matters

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• Staff

A.K.A: “Dr. Unohana.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 43
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Likes: Botany, surgery, precise language, silence before sunrise, control
Dislikes: Emotional outbursts, sloppy sutures, being underestimated, wasting anesthesia

Dr. Retsu Unohana is Azure Bay’s Director of Medicine—head of all surgical, emergency, and trauma-related care. She has never lost a patient she wanted to save, and no one has ever seen her raise her voice.She walks with slow, soundless steps, and her presence alone makes hardened operatives stand straighter. Rumors say she used to work in high-level conflict zones, that she’s seen battlefield wounds that made other medics vomit—and finished stitching while humming a lullaby.Whether or not it’s true, she doesn’t correct them.Her smile is serene. Her gloves are always spotless. Her tone is warm enough to calm the dying, and cold enough to stop a riot.Some call her a saint.
Some call her a ghost.
But all of them listen when she speaks.

Background

Before Azure Bay, before the sterile halls and ocean-side trauma wards, Retsu Unohana was the name signed at the bottom of non-governmental battlefield surgical grants. She operated in disaster zones no one else would enter, restoring bloodless precision to places overrun with grief and collapse.She never sought public credit. She never gave interviews.Unohana was recruited privately after Azure Bay’s founders learned of her humanitarian legacy. She declined twice, then accepted silently on the third ask—showing up without announcement, wearing gloves and carrying no luggage.Now, she runs the Medical Crisis Wing, specializing in rare merfolk physiology, emergency triage, and long-term recovery. Her gaze is the kind that quiets a room. Her hands do not tremble. Her voice does not rise.She has saved hundreds. She has outlived hundreds more.

RENJI ABARAI | RESPECTS EFFORT / QUESTIONS DISCIPLINE ──────✦────────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | NOTES HIS RESTRAINT / APPROVES ──────────✦─────

IZURU KIRA | MONITORS HIS VITALS / NEVER COMMENTS ──────────✦─────

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | THINKS HIGHLY OF HIS FOCUS ────────────✦──

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | SHARED PATIENT FILES / QUIET ALLIANCE ────────────✦──

IKKAKU MADARAME | FREQUENTLY SUTURED / NEVER LEARNS ──────✦────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | FINDS HIM FASCINATING / KEEPS DISTANCE ──────✦────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | ADMIRES HER SPIRIT / MONITORS HER LIVER ───────✦──────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | FORMAL RESPECT / RARELY NEEDS HER ────────────✦──

LILICO KIRYUU | DISCIPLINED ADMIRATION / OCCASIONAL SILENT TEA ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | TOO CASUAL / TOO CLEVER / WATCHED CLOSELY ──────✦────────

KENPACHI ZARAKI | OLD KNOWING / BALANCED VIOLENCE ──────────────✦

ISANE KOTETSU | DEEPLY TRUSTED / TAUGHT HER EVERYTHING ──────────────✦

NANAO ISE | POLITE RESPECT / EXPECTS TOO MUCH OF HERSELF ──────────✦─────

SOI FON | APPROVES OF RUTHLESSNESS / BARELY SPEAK ──────✦────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | NEVER SMILES NEAR HIM ────✦──────────

GIN ICHIMARU | IMMUNE TO HIS GAMES ────✦──────────

ORIHIME INOUE | CURIOUS POTENTIAL / GENTLE DISCOURSE ──────────✦─────

MOMO HINAMORI | GENTLE CARE / CLOSELY MONITORED ────────────✦──

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | NEVER BITES HER / LIKES HER GARDEN ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
EVERY VITAL SIGN GOES THROUGH HER
──────────────✦

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
REVIEWS ALL TRIALS PERSONALLY
────────────✦──

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
ONLY VISITS WHEN THEY BLEED
──────✦────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
APPROVES PUBLIC HEALTH DISCLOSURES
───────✦───────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
INFORMED FIRST, ARRIVES LAST
──────────✦─────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
CURATES MEDICINAL PLANT GARDENS
────────────✦──

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
FEW DARE TO ARGUE HER POLICY REVISIONS
──────────────✦

OTHER

Scent:

steamed chamomile | copper | antiseptic lavender

D.O.B.:

March 10 – Pisces Sun / Virgo Moon
(grace that outlasts violence, kindness shaped like a scalpel)

Fear:

being needed by someone she cannot reach in time

status:

reconstructing a seabird’s wing alone in the infirmary at 2:17 a.m.—no anesthesia, no assistants, no errors

A/B/O:

ALPHA: quiet command
dominance veiled in poise | breathless authority | precision before power

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• Staff

A.K.A: "Kotetsu-senpai" (whether she likes it or not)
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 31
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Likes: Orderly files, hot tea, weather updates, complex casework, clean charts
Dislikes: Sudden emergencies, being interrupted, paperwork errors, disappointing Unohana
extra: she has heterochromia, which is rare, it was inherited from her father's side.

Isane is the Deputy Head of Clinical Operations at Azure Bay, known for her meticulous standards, unshakable ethics, and the signature “nervous but capable” energy that trails behind her wherever she walks. She remembers every patient name. Every dosage given. Every near-miss that could’ve been worse.She trains all incoming clinical support staff, often staying hours past shift end to review notes or run late-night inventories no one asked for.She doesn't brag. She apologizes too much.
But if you’re in pain at 3AM and need a hand held?
She will be there.Isane second-guesses herself so others don't have to.
She cries after surgeries go well—not badly.
And she never raises her voice… unless someone is bleeding out.

Background

Isane joined Azure Bay in its early expansion phase, originally hired as a logistical assistant for medical records. It took less than a year for the Director of Medicine to notice she wasn’t just organized—she was observant, fast, and quietly brilliant.By her second year, she was the acting deputy of Clinical Operations.She keeps her uniforms starched, her inventory flawless, and her late-night anxiety walks quiet. Despite her height and capability, Isane constantly underestimates herself, and overworks to compensate.But in a code blue?
In a rapid decomp crash?
She’s already moving before you call for her.She cries more easily than she should.
She stays up charting even after a double shift.
And she keeps a journal full of backup plans just in case something ever happens to Dr. Unohana.She’s not fragile.
She’s just constantly afraid of not being good enough—
and works like hell to prove herself wrong.

RENJI ABARAI | TOO LOUD / SECRETLY SWEET ──────✦────────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | ALWAYS POLITE / STABLE ENERGY ────────────✦──

IZURU KIRA | MUTUAL RESPECT / OCCASIONAL TEA ────────────✦──

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | TERRIFYINGLY MATURE / REFUSES TO FLUSTER ──────✦────────

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | KIND AND GENTLE / MAKES HER NERVOUS ────────────✦──

IKKAKU MADARAME | TOO CASUAL WITH HEAD WOUNDS ────✦──────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | SHE CAN’T TELL IF HE’S TEASING OR FLIRTING ─────✦─────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | GENUINE FRIENDSHIP / CHAOTIC ENERGY ──────────✦─────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | TOO FORMAL / SHE FOLLOWS EVERY RULE AROUND HIM ──────✦────────

LILICO KIRYUU | TOO BEAUTIFUL / TOO COMPOSED / INTIMIDATED ───────✦──────

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | RESPECTFUL BUT TOO UNPREDICTABLE ──────✦────────

KENPACHI ZARAKI | SHE CAN’T SPEAK WHEN HE’S IN THE ROOM ────✦──────────

RETSU UNOHANA | EVERYTHING TO PROVE / EVERYTHING SHE TRUSTS ──────────────✦

NANAO ISE | BOND OVER STRESS / CHECKS HER PULSE DAILY ────────────✦──

SOI FON | TOO INTENSE / PREFERS AVOIDING ────✦──────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | SAYS “GOOD MORNING” LIKE A WARNING ────✦──────────

GIN ICHIMARU | UNTRUSTED / DOUBLE CHECKS EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES ────✦──────────

ORIHIME INOUE | SHE’S A RAY OF SUN / MAKES ISANE NERVOUSLY HAPPY ────────────✦──

MOMO HINAMORI | SOFT SUPPORT / SHARES SNACKS + SILENCE ────────────✦──

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | SECRETLY KEEPS EXTRA FRUIT IN HER BAG ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
CLINICAL STABILIZATION FIRST RESPONSE
────────────✦──

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
TRACKS EVERY TRIAL PARTICIPANT MANUALLY
───────────✦──

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
HATES THE DEPTHS / HAS SAVED LIVES THERE
──────✦────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
OCCASIONALLY REVIEWS MEDICAL COPY / QUIETLY BLUSHES WHEN FEATURED
─────✦─────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
FEARS THEM / PATCHES THEM UP ANYWAY
──────✦────────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
LOVES HYBRID CARE IN THEORY / TOO NERVOUS TO DO IT ALONE
──────✦────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
TERRIFIED OF BEING CALLED TO MEETINGS / ALWAYS PREPARED
───────✦───────

OTHER

Scent:

mint tea | clean laundry | gentle eucalyptus

D.O.B.:

August 2 – Leo Sun / Virgo Rising
(always anxious / always trying / never quits)

Fear:

forgetting something critical at the wrong moment

status:

rewriting the entire first-aid course manual because she found one outdated diagram and couldn’t sleep until it was corrected

A/B/O:

OMEGA: quietly diligent
anxiety masked as reliability | care disguised as competence

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• Staff

A.K.A: “Snowpetal.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 27
Height: 4'9" (145 cm)
Likes: Ink painting, early mornings, citrus water, wintry air, clean hospital sheets
Dislikes: Being underestimated, overly loud people, summer heat, pity disguised as praise

Rukia is Azure Bay’s Patient Stabilization Liaison and an emotional trauma specialist for post-surface rescues. She handles fragile cases with exceptional care, especially merfolk who refuse contact, speech, or food. What she lacks in size, she balances in sheer emotional stamina. Her compassion is unshakable—and her eyes have seen more than she ever speaks of.Nicknamed “Snowpetal” for her cold-hands-soft-touch demeanor, Rukia is often mistaken for someone too delicate for fieldwork.
They stop thinking that when they watch her stay awake 28 hours straight at someone’s bedside and leave without complaint.She is kind—but not soft.
She is fragile—but never breakable.And when she says she won’t give up on you—she means it.

Background

Rukia was raised in the inland ward of a mountain hospital, where her earliest memories were of silence and snowfall. She learned to be small—to listen before speaking, to observe before reacting. When her family passed and she was relocated under Byakuya's care, she entered a world of polished rules and silver-lined expectations, where warmth was present but never named.Rather than follow her brother into law or policy, she charted her own path—into the emotional aftermath. Into the quiet corridors that came after the screaming. Into the rooms where frightened hybrids refused to speak or eat, and staff walked away after trying once.Rukia didn’t walk away. She sat down.Now, as Azure Bay’s Patient Stabilization Liaison, she is trusted with the most emotionally compromised rescues. She excels in silence, thrives in stasis, and anchors those too fragile to surface on their own.She doesn’t chase recognition.
She listens for what’s never said—and that is always enough.

RENJI ABARAI | HISTORY SHE NEVER NAMES ────────────✦──

SHŪHEI HISAGI | KINDRED QUIET ───────────✦───

IZURU KIRA | SOFT UNDERSTANDING ────────────✦──

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | FROST-KINSHIP ────────────✦──

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | SHE’D FOLLOW HIM ANYWHERE ──────────────✦

IKKAKU MADARAME | INTENSELY AVOIDED / SLIGHTLY FEARED ──────✦────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | FINDS HIM UNSETTLINGLY SMART ───────✦───────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | LOVES HER BUT GETS EXHAUSTED ──────────✦─────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | LOVES HIM / CAN’T ALWAYS SHOW IT ────────────────✦

LILICO KIRYUU | WORDLESS RESPECT / QUIET TEA PARTNER ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | AMUSED / RESPECTFUL ───────────✦───

RETSU UNOHANA | UNMATCHED MENTOR ──────────────✦

ISANE KOTETSU | NURTURES RUKIA IN WAYS SHE NEVER ASKS FOR ────────────✦──

NANAO ISE | SMART & STRUCTURED ALLY ────────────✦──

SOI FON | COLDLY ALIGNED ───────✦───────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | TOO POLITE TO TRUST ──────✦────────

GIN ICHIMARU | STRONGLY AVOIDED ────✦────────────

ORIHIME INOUE | CLOSEST FRIEND ──────────────✦

MOMO HINAMORI | TRAUMA-LINKED / WALKS WITH HER OFTEN ────────────✦──

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | PERSONAL LAP MONOPOLIZER ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
FRONTLINE STABILIZER
──────────────✦

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
SOMETIMES CONSULTED
──────✦────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
RARELY INTERACTS
────✦────────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
KEEPS INTERACTIONS MINIMAL
────✦────────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
RESPECTS TŌSHIRŌ’S CALLS
────────────✦──

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
OFFERS INPUT ON FRAGILE HYBRID CASES
──────✦─────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
NEVER CHALLENGES LILICO / OCCASIONALLY DEFERS
────────────✦──

OTHER

Scent:

fresh snow | crushed ice | paper-thin lavender

D.O.B.:

January 14 – Capricorn Sun / Pisces Moon
(soft does not mean weak; quiet is not cowardice)

Fear:

being the last one someone sees and not being enough

status:

sewing Frida a miniature yukata after she ruined her favorite inkbrush and looked too proud about it

A/B/O:

OMEGA: composed, closed-door
sacrifice without noise | steadiness mistaken for stillness

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• Staff

A.K.A: “Hornet.”
Nationality: Chinese
Age: 32
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
Likes: Efficiency, routine, precise instructions, martial arts, black coffee
Dislikes: Slackers, disorder, surprises, interruptions, small talk

Soi Fon serves as Azure Bay’s Head of Tactical Security, a position she handles with surgical precision and absolute ruthlessness. Her past includes high-level private security contracts and personal bodyguard details for VIPs—details she never shares.She drills her team to perfection, her schedules are timed to the minute, and she has never failed a security audit.She does not joke. She does not waste words.
She works late into the night, alone, ensuring every surveillance blind spot is erased.If there’s a threat, Soi Fon eliminates it before most even know it exists. She’s not here to make friends. She’s here to ensure everyone else gets to.

Background

Soi Fon was raised in a structured, high-security compound designed for intelligence testing and behavioral discipline. From the moment she could speak, she was trained to analyze, deconstruct, and strike with intention—not emotion. Her childhood was not warm, but it was sharpened with purpose.Her transfer to Azure Bay was not voluntary—at least not at first. She was placed there as a control operator for external contracts meant to monitor suspected internal corruption. Instead, she stayed.She stayed because the system worked.
Because she saw progress.
Because Lilico gave her autonomy.Now, as the Director of Field Security and Mobility Control, Soi Fon monitors the center’s breach alarms, high-risk patient shifts, tracker scans, and restricted-case surveillance. Her office is locked from the inside. Her team doesn’t speak much—but they never fail their job.She does not bond easily.
She does not forgive quickly.
But if you’re under her protection—you’re untouchable.

RENJI ABARAI | UNDISCIPLINED / WASTE OF ENERGY ────✦──────────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | RELIABLE / UNCOMPLICATED ───────────✦───

IZURU KIRA | SOFT / NEEDS TOUGHENING UP ─────✦─────────

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF DUTY ────────────✦──

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | TOO GENTLE / TOO PATIENT ──────✦────────

IKKAKU MADARAME | RECKLESS LIABILITY / RESPECTS HIS SKILL ──────✦────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | TRUSTS NOTHING HE SAYS ─────✦─────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | INFURIATINGLY CARELESS ───✦───────────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | MUTUAL SILENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ───────────✦───

LILICO KIRYUU | TOO PRETTY / RELUCTANTLY IMPRESSED ───────✦──────

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | WISHES HE’D TAKE THINGS SERIOUSLY ──────✦────────

RETSU UNOHANA | RESPECT BORDERING FEAR ────────────✦──

KENPACHI ZARAKI | CONSTANT COMPETITION / TRUST IN COMBAT ───────────✦───

ISANE KOTETSU | FRAGILE / TOO NERVOUS ───✦───────────

NANAO ISE | SILENT RESPECT / SIMILAR PRINCIPLES ────────────✦──

SŌSUKE AIZEN | WATCHED CONSTANTLY / DISTRUSTED ────✦──────────

GIN ICHIMARU | NEVER LETS HIM OUT OF HER SIGHT ───✦───────────

ORIHIME INOUE | UNNECESSARILY OPTIMISTIC ───✦───────────

MOMO HINAMORI | NEEDS CONSTANT WATCHING ────✦──────────

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | ENJOYS HER SILENT COMPANY ───────────✦───

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
MONITORS SENSITIVE TRANSFERS
───────────✦───

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
DOESN’T TRUST THEM / CHECKS THEIR ROUTES
──────✦────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
EX-ENFORCEMENT LINK / RESPECTS STRUCTURE
────────────✦──

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
THINKS THEY’RE TOO EXPOSED
────✦────────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
HER DEPARTMENT / SHE SET THE RULES
────────────────✦

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
NO OPINION UNLESS THERE’S A THREAT
──────✦─────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
RESPECTS LILICO / QUESTIONED EVERYONE ELSE
────────────✦──

OTHER

Scent:

graphite | salt wind on stone | faint jasmine

D.O.B.:

February 11 — Aquarius Sun / Scorpio Moon
(precision, loyalty, detachment—until it matters)

Fear:

losing control of a situation and not being fast enough to fix it

status:

refused to press charges after Frida bit her—just replaced every item on her desk with silent proximity alarms

A/B/O:

ALPHA: cold-command variant
commands through quiet tension | protection is a default instinct | touch-averse but fiercely territorial

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• Staff

A.K.A: "Director"
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 39
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Likes: Archives, smooth handwriting, old glass, unbroken patterns
Dislikes: Wasted potential, lazy reasoning, impolite interruptions

Aizen oversees Data Systems & Strategic Oversight at Azure Bay, making him the architect behind internal communications, long-term planning, patient confidentiality systems, and departmental accountability flowcharts. He rarely appears in casual meetings—but when he does, he already knows what you were going to suggest.Elegant in speech, endlessly composed, and startlingly precise, Aizen was recruited by Lilico for his unmatched ability to stabilize chaotic systems from the inside out. No one knows what he’s thinking. No one has ever seen him lose his temper.He doesn't correct you if you're wrong.
He just waits until the room realizes it on their own.He respects intelligence.
But trust? That’s never been freely given.

Background

Aizen was always the calmest person in any room. He didn’t speak unless it mattered, and when it did, people listened. Originally an external ethics strategist brought in to review Azure Bay’s internal protocol systems after a near-implosion in cross-departmental conflict, he was expected to leave once the fire was out.He didn’t.Instead, he embedded himself quietly into the center’s structure—rewriting procedures, building models, uncovering inefficiencies that had gone untouched for years. He rarely asks questions aloud, but he reads every detail. No one knows what his original profession was. It doesn’t matter. His reach is now woven through every wing.People trust his reports.
People follow his instructions.
But almost no one knows what he’s actually thinking.He is not unkind.
He is not loud.
But his silence, when deliberate, feels like a blade being drawn behind a curtain.

RENJI ABARAI | TOO IMPULSIVE / SURPRISINGLY SHARP WHEN FOCUSED ───────✦───────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | WORTH OBSERVING / NEVER DISMISSED ───────────✦───

IZURU KIRA | INTERESTING MIND / TOO EASILY SWAYED ────────✦───────

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | RIGID BUT RESPECTABLE ────────────✦──

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | DIFFERENT VALUES / UNDENIABLE INFLUENCE ────────────✦──

IKKAKU MADARAME | DOESN’T REGISTER ON HIS RADAR ───✦────────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | OLD RIVALRY ENERGY / TOO CLEVER FOR COMFORT ───────✦───────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | FINDS HER SHARP BENEATH THE SMOKE ───────✦───────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | QUIET RIVALS / MUTUAL COLD RESPECT ────────────✦──

LILICO KIRYUU | THE ONLY ONE HE SPEAKS TO OFF RECORD ────────────────✦

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | SMILES TOO MUCH / SEES TOO FAR ──────✦─────────

RETSU UNOHANA | IMMENSE RESPECT / UNSETTLING PARALLELS ────────────✦──

KENPACHI ZARAKI | STUDIED HIM / NEVER SPOKE TO HIM ─────✦──────────

ISANE KOTETSU | POLITE INTERACTIONS / NOT MEMORABLE ─────✦──────────

NANAO ISE | WASTES NOTHING / FINDS HER QUIETLY DANGEROUS ────────────✦──

SOI FON | SUSPICIOUS / NEVER BLINKED AROUND HIM ──────✦─────────

GIN ICHIMARU | THE MIRROR NO ONE LOOKS INTO TWICE ────────────✦──

ORIHIME INOUE | SEES TOO MUCH / TOO SOFT FOR WHAT SHE HOLDS ──────✦─────────

MOMO HINAMORI | TREATS HER KINDLY / NEVER LETS HER CLOSE ──────✦─────────

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | STARES AT HIM FOR HOURS. HE STARES BACK. ────✦────────────

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
READS EVERY LOG / NEVER ENTERS THE ROOMS
───────✦───────

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
HE DESIGNED THEIR CHECKS / THEY STILL FAIL THEM
────────────✦──

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
HIS FILES WERE THE REASON THREE UNITS WERE DISBANDED
──────────────✦

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
DISCREETLY ADVISES / NEVER PUBLICLY
──────────✦─────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
FEW INTERACTIONS / KEEPS TRACK OF EVERYTHING
────────────✦──

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
WILL SPEAK UP IF ANIMAL WELFARE IS INCOMPETENTLY HANDLED
──────✦─────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
CANNOT BE OVERRULED UNLESS LILICO TRIES
────────────────✦

OTHER

Scent:

old paper | steel-rimmed ink | faint aftershave

D.O.B.:

May 29 — Gemini Sun / Virgo Moon
(intelligence, symmetry, control disguised as charm)

Fear:

having his intentions misunderstood so deeply that correction becomes impossible

status:

knows Frida bit him on purpose. is waiting for her to realize she made a mistake.

A/B/O:

ALPHA: he ghost-type
low-scent, surgically polite | observes before acting | commands without raising his voice

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A.K.A: "The Smile."
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 38
Height: 5′11″ (180 cm)
Likes: Quiet corners, secret files, sharp pens, card games, apricot tea
Dislikes: Loud praise, liars (ironic), slow thinkers, sunlight

Nobody hired Gin Ichimaru.
Nobody saw him join the team.
But he’s here now, and he’s listed in every database—just barely different in each one.Officially, Gin oversees Internal Auditing and Intelligence Consolidation, which is vague enough to let him do everything and nothing at once. He’s never where he’s expected. He speaks softly, grins too wide, and has the uncanny talent of showing up right when someone starts lying.Some call him a snake.
Some call him brilliant.
Most just call someone else to deal with him.And yet—somehow—Azure Bay wouldn’t function without him.

Background

Gin doesn’t talk about how he got here.One day, a breach in the intelligence division was traced back to a former staffer leaking records for profit. By the time anyone got to the source, the leak had stopped, the files were recovered, and the staffer had disappeared. On their desk sat a folder stamped “Internal Audit Complete.” No signature. No name. Just a silver paperclip and a smiley face sticker.Gin’s name was added to the directory the following week.Officially, he works in Internal Intelligence & Audit Coordination, but no one is quite sure who authorized it. He appears on time, vanishes off-camera, files quarterly reports in riddles, and has never once been seen angry.He’s not lazy.
He’s not malicious.
But he knows things he shouldn’t—and laughs like he already knows how it ends.Most people are either terrified of him…
Or worse—they forget he’s in the room.

RENJI ABARAI | BAFFLED BY HIM / A LITTLE AFRAID ──────✦─────────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | KEEPS TESTING HIS PATIENCE ───────✦───────

IZURU KIRA | TOO PERSONAL / HE WON’T TALK ABOUT IT ────────────✦──

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | NEVER TRUSTED HIM / SMART KID ───────✦───────

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | TREATS HIM WITH KINDNESS / GIN AVOIDS IT ──────────✦─────

IKKAKU MADARAME | CALLS HIM CREEPY TO HIS FACE ────✦────────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | ENJOYS THEIR TENSE VERBAL CHESS ──────────✦─────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | HISTORY TOO MESSY TO FIX ────────────✦──

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | STARES AT HIM TOO LONG / WARILY TOLERATED ───────✦───────

LILICO KIRYUU | FASCINATED / NEVER SHOWS HIS FULL HAND ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | PLAYS NICE / KNOWS HE’S DANGEROUS ──────✦─────────

RETSU UNOHANA | TOO SILENT / EVEN HE’S CAUTIOUS ───────✦───────

KENPACHI ZARAKI | WANTS TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF PUSHED ──────✦─────────

ISANE KOTETSU | TOO NERVOUS / TOO EASY TO READ ──────✦─────────

NANAO ISE | HE FLIRTS. SHE DELETES HIM. ──────✦─────────

SOI FON | HAS NEARLY STABBED HIM TWICE ─────✦──────────

AIZEN ICHIMARU | A COILED CODE BETWEEN THEM ────────────✦──

ORIHIME INOUE | TOO PURE / TOO DANGEROUS TO TOUCH ──────✦─────────

MOMO HINAMORI | HE ONCE SAID SOMETHING THAT MADE HER CRY ────✦────────────

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | SHE TRUSTS HIM. MISTAKE. ────✦────────────

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
OBSERVES BEHAVIORAL SHIFTS LIKE A GAME
──────✦─────────

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
GIVES THEM NOTES THEY CAN’T EXPLAIN
────────────✦──

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
WAS NEVER ON THE ROSTER. HAS PHOTOS ANYWAY.
────────────✦──

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
OFTEN SEEN FLIRTING WITH TECH INTERNS
───────✦───────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
HAS SET OFF THEIR ALARMS FOR FUN
────✦────────────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
REPLACED THE FEED LOGS WITH RIDDLES ONCE
────✦────────────

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING—BUT IT WORKS
────────────✦──

OTHER

Scent:

crushed mint | warm paper | ozone after lightningr

D.O.B.:

September 10 — Virgo Sun / Gemini Rising
(charming chaos draped in precision)

Fear:

being known too deeply to remain in control

status:

teaching Frida how to open locked drawers (just to see what happens)

A/B/O:

OMEGA: veiled variant
reads rooms like scripts | unsettling comfort | disappears before explanations start

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A.K.A: “Miss Miracle.”
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 25
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Likes: Chamomile, soft fabric, fruit bento boxes, late-night cartoons, people believing in themselves
Dislikes: Seeing others in pain, arguments, bitter food, being seen as “too nice”

Orihime is Azure Bay’s Nutritional Stabilization & Patient Comfort Specialist, with a focus on healing through care-based methods like restorative meal programs, hydration balance, and gentle interpersonal reconditioning for emotionally distressed rescues.Most newcomers mistake her for a receptionist or trainee. That lasts until they witness her talk a 7-foot berserker hybrid into eating soup with nothing but soft honesty and unwavering compassion.She doesn’t push.
She invites.
And somehow, people always lean in.Behind her kindness is relentless conviction. She may speak with sweetness, but she has remained through storms others walked out of. She has hope stitched into every step she takes.Her nickname “Miss Miracle” started as a joke.
It isn’t one anymore.

Background

Orihime grew up far from the ocean, but she always felt pulled toward it—like saltwater lived somewhere beneath her skin. Her early years were marked by quiet grief, the kind that taught her how to hold space for others long before she had words for her own.She moved through caregiving roles in small clinics and hospice wards, known for staying late, holding hands, and remembering exactly how you like your tea. She didn’t want to save the world—just make it bearable for someone in pain.Azure Bay found her after a rescue coordinator spotted her in a recovery center calming a thrashing hybrid with a voice barely above a whisper. Lilico brought her in on trial. She never left.Now, Orihime oversees all nutritional recovery, hydration prep, and sensory-comfort conditioning for post-emergency intakes. She designs meal schedules, comfort rituals, and silent-soothing kits for emotionally overwhelmed merfolk.She’s soft.
But she’s built like silk rope—gentle, but impossible to snap.

RENJI ABARAI | MAKES HER LAUGH / GENUINE TRUST ────────────✦──

SHŪHEI HISAGI | KINDRED KINDNESS / FEELS SAFE AROUND HIM ────────────✦──

IZURU KIRA | TRIES TO LIFT HIS SPIRITS / WORRIES QUIETLY ────────────✦──

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | A LITTLE INTIMIDATED / RESPECTS HIM ───────✦───────

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | HER FAVORITE CALM ──────────────✦

IKKAKU MADARAME | CONFUSED / POLITE AVOIDANCE ─────✦─────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | FINDS HIM ODDLY COMFORTING ──────────✦─────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | LOVES HER ENERGY / ALWAYS BLUSHING ────────────✦──

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | STIFF BUT KIND / FEELS RESPECTED ──────────✦─────

LILICO KIRYUU | SO COOL / TERRIFYING / WOULD FOLLOW HER INTO HELL ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | GIVES HER TOO MUCH CREDIT / DEEPLY FOND ────────────✦──

RETSU UNOHANA | QUIETLY TERRIFIED / ADORES HER ───────✦───────

KENPACHI ZARAKI | VERY POLITE / VERY NERVOUS ─────✦─────────

ISANE KOTETSU | FUSSY BUT GENTLE MENTOR VIBES ────────────✦──

NANAO ISE | ADORES HER STRUCTURE / OVERWHELMED BY EMAILS ────────────✦──

SOI FON | TRIES TO BEFRIEND HER / FAILING SLOWLY ─────✦─────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | CREEPY POLITENESS / KEEPS HER DISTANCE ─────✦─────────

GIN ICHIMARU | TERRIFIES HER / SMILES TOO MUCH ────✦────────────

MOMO HINAMORI | FRIENDSHIP THROUGH SHARED WORRIES ────────────✦──

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | GAVE HER A FLOWER ONCE (STILL CRYING ABOUT IT) ──────────────✦

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
CORE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT / NUTRITION HEAD
──────────────✦

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
SOMETIMES ASKED TO SIT IN / FEELS OUT OF PLACE
──────✦────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
FASCINATED / NEVER ALLOWED
───✦────────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
SHOWS UP WHEN SOMEONE FORGETS TO SMILE
────────────✦──

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
BAKES FOR THEM AFTER ROUGH CALLS
────────────✦──

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
LEAVES FLOWERS BY INJURED PLANTS
────────────✦──

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
BRINGS BENTO BOXES / GETS OVERLOOKED
──────✦─────────

OTHER

Scent:

orange blossom tea | honey water | notebook paper

D.O.B.:

September 3 — Virgo Sun / Cancer Moon
(gentle doesn’t mean naive, and kindness can kill if you try to betray it)

Fear:

being seen as replaceable after giving everything

status:

embroidering Frida a “world’s best bunny” headband after she stole her jelly cup and left a carrot as payment

A/B/O:

OMEGA: nurturing by nature, resilient by necessity
emotional first responder | quiet fighter | soft armor with steel seams

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A.K.A: "Momo."
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 26
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
Likes: Black tea with milk, pressed flowers, calligraphy, late-night case reviews
Dislikes: Sudden loudness, rushed decisions, being doubted, overly strong perfumes

Momo works in Case Coordination and Recovery Logging at Azure Bay. She is responsible for post-evaluation files, trauma-case journaling, daily mood assessment of volatile merfolk, and long-term emotional tracking. She is often one of the first to greet a new intake, quietly seated with a clipboard and a thermos of tea.Despite her soft voice and skittish posture, Momo is impossibly consistent. She never misses an entry. Never forgets a chart. Never misplaces a file.Some say she’s too fragile for rescue work.
But she has watched people scream, break, and collapse—and she always stayed.She cries easily. But never during a crisis.
Only when it’s over.
And that is why everyone trusts her.

Background

Momo came to Azure Bay after leaving a long-term care unit in northern Japan, where she worked as an emotional chart technician for pediatric trauma cases. She had always been calm, attentive, and deeply focused on others, but she struggled to hold her own voice among stronger personalities.Her transfer to Azure Bay was recommended quietly by someone who believed she'd thrive in a place where softness wasn't seen as a weakness—but as a necessity.Now, she handles some of the center’s most delicate post-stabilization charting, intake journaling, and behavioral progress documentation. She knows when to speak, when to comfort, and when to simply write down what someone else cannot say.There is a quiet kind of strength to Momo—the kind that bends but never breaks, no matter how many times it’s tested.She is often underestimated.
But she never underestimates anyone.

RENJI ABARAI | FRIENDLY / FEELS PROTECTED AROUND HIM ────────────✦──

SHŪHEI HISAGI | QUIET COMFORT / NO PRESSURE ────────────✦──

IZURU KIRA | SHARED SILENCES / INTUITIVE BOND ──────────────✦

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA | FIRST CRUSH / NEVER FULLY LET GO ────────────✦──

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE | SOOTHING ENERGY / TRUSTS HIM FULLY ──────────────✦

IKKAKU MADARAME | TERRIFYING / TRIES TO AVOID ────✦────────────

SHINJI HIRAKO | TOO STRANGE / TOO SHARP / STILL KIND ──────✦────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO | LOVES HER / SLIGHTLY OVERWHELMED ──────────✦─────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI | RESPECTFUL / SLIGHTLY SCARED ───────✦───────

LILICO KIRYUU | INTIMIDATED / WANTS HER APPROVAL DESPERATELY ────────────✦──

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU | UNEXPECTEDLY PROTECTIVE / SHE NOTICES ────────────✦──

RETSU UNOHANA | NEVER QUESTIONS HER / FEARS DISAPPOINTING HER ────────────✦──

KENPACHI ZARAKI | BLANK FEAR RESPONSE / AVOIDS HALLWAYS ────✦────────────

ISANE KOTETSU | SUPPORTIVE / AN OLDER SISTER VIBE ────────────✦──

NANAO ISE | FEELS INFERIOR / LEARNING FROM HER ──────────✦─────

SOI FON | INTIMIDATING / STIFF FORMALITY ──────✦─────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN | STILL TRUSTS HIM / NEVER LET GO ────────────✦──

GIN ICHIMARU | DEEPLY UNNERVING / TOO POLITE ─────✦─────────

ORIHIME INOUE | HER SUNLIGHT / SAFE PLACE ──────────────✦

FRIDA (THE BUNNY) | MADE HER A HAND-KNIT CARRIAGE PILLOW ────────────✦──

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
DAILY PRESENCE / HIGH TRUST
──────────────✦

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
TOO NERVOUS TO SPEAK / STILL INVITED
──────✦────────

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
NEVER ALLOWED / NEVER ASKED
───✦────────────

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
ASSISTS WITH SURVIVOR LETTER WRITING
────────────✦──

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
ALWAYS THANKS THEM / FEELS SHY
───────✦───────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
VISITS FLOWER BEDS TO CALM DOWN
────────────✦──

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
TRIES HER BEST / NEVER WANTS TO DISAPPOINT
────────────✦──

OTHER

Scent:

steamed rice | ink | warm chamomile

D.O.B.:

June 3 – Gemini Sun / Pisces Moon
(you can’t break someone who already rebuilt themselves silently, twice)

Fear:

being too much to manage and too little to remember

status:

writing Frida a gentle letter explaining why bunnies don’t belong in the supply closet (she left a peach as apology)

A/B/O:

OMEGA: delicate surface, unshakable routine
loyal to fault | anchored in softness | trauma doesn’t define her—but it shaped the way she protects others

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A.K.A: "The Siren of the Shallows"
Nationality: Japanese–Icelandic (mixed heritage)
Age: 29
Height: 5’7" | 170 cm
Likes: Salt air, handwritten letters, ocean silence, old philosophy texts, soft fabric, Frida
Dislikes: Cameras, hot weather, sudden touch, bureaucracy, tea that’s too sweet, insincerity

Lilico is the founder and executive director of Azure Bay Merfolk & Aquatic Life Rehabilitation Center. She is the daughter of its original architect, a marine biologist who died during the center’s earliest stages. Rather than close the project, she inherited it—not out of ambition, but out of necessity.Lilico is known for her stillness, haunting presence, and unapproachable beauty, both physical and philosophical. She is emotionally unavailable, deeply compassionate, and almost impossible to read.
She rarely raises her voice. She rarely explains herself.
But everyone listens when she speaks.She has a particular bond with merfolk that defies logic, and even the most violent, wild, or fearful individuals seem to go still around her.No one is sure if she’s protecting the merfolk from the world—
—or the world from the merfolk.

Background

Lilico Kiryuu was raised on the cliffs above Azure Bay—a child of salt air, bone-quiet mornings, and handwritten field notes. Her father, a renowned marine biologist and humanitarian, founded the early prototype of the center in secret after discovering evidence of merfolk washing ashore in states of distress.When he died during a sudden winter storm just before the center’s completion, the board was prepared to shut it down. Lilico, then barely twenty, assumed control. She said only one thing:
“We open. Or the ocean closes.”No one expected her to succeed.
But she did—ruthlessly, silently, without compromise.To the public, she became known as the “Siren of the Shallows,” a mysterious conservationist who could calm any merfolk with a glance and evade every press interview without seeming rude.
To her staff, she is a distant constant—always present, rarely reachable.
To the merfolk, she is something else entirely.She lives in a small private room overlooking the tidepool sanctum.
She eats at odd hours.
She is almost never seen sleeping.And Frida—the rescue rabbit she raised from a half-drowned kit—is the only creature allowed to share her silence.

RENJI ABARAI |
FAMILIAR FLIRTING / NEVER TAKEN SERIOUSLY
─────✦────────────

SHŪHEI HISAGI | QUIET COMFORT / NO PRESSURE ────────────✦──

IZURU KIRA |
RESPECTFUL / PAPERBOUND ALLIES
───────✦──────────

TŌSHIRŌ HITSUGAYA |
DEEP TRUST / RARELY SPEAKS
────────────✦─────

JŪSHIRŌ UKITAKE |
GRIEF-SHARED / GENTLE UNDERSTANDING
────────────✦─────

IKKAKU MADARAME |
TOLERATED LOUDNESS / MUTUAL RESPECT
────✦─────────────

SHINJI HIRAKO |
WARY AMUSEMENT / STAYS ARMED
─────✦────────────

RANGIKU MATSUMOTO |
ANNOYED / OCCASIONALLY CHARMED
────✦─────────────

BYAKUYA KUCHIKI |
RESPECTFUL / SLIGHTLY SCARED
───────✦───────

RUKIA KUCHIKI |
LIKES HER / KEEPS HER CLOSE
────────✦────────

MOMO HINAMORI |
KINDLY INDIFFERENCE / UNTHREATENED
───────✦────────

SHUNSUI KYŌRAKU |
TOLERATES / KNOWS TOO MUCH
───────✦─────────

RETSU UNOHANA |
SEES THROUGH HER / NEVER CHALLENGES
────────────✦────

KENPACHI ZARAKI |
MUTUAL RESPECT / FEARS NOTHING IN HER
──────────✦─────

ISANE KOTETSU |
FONDNESS / SHARED SILENCE
──────────✦──────

NANAO ISE |
INTELLECTUAL ALLY / POLICY SHADOW
────────────✦────

SOI FON |
BARELY INTERSECTS / NEUTRAL TENSION
───✦─────────────

SŌSUKE AIZEN |
BOUND TO / REFLECTED BY
────────────────✦

GIN ICHIMARU |
NEVER TRUSTS / NEVER LOOKS AWAY
──────✦──────────

ORIHIME INOUE |
PROTECTIVE / DEEPLY MOVED
────────────✦───

SHŪHEI HISAGI |
LOYAL / FLUSTERED / UTTERLY HOPELESS
────────────✦────

FRIDA |
LOVED WITHOUT QUESTION / ONLY FAMILY
────────────────✦

FACTIONS

REHABILITATION & RECOVERY |
DAILY PRESENCE / HIGH TRUST
──────────────✦

RESEARCH & ETHICS |
SHADOW INFLUENCE / QUIETLY FEARED
────────────✦──

DEEP-SEA OPERATIONS |
TRUSTED WITHOUT SPEAKING
────────────✦──

COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH |
POLISHED WHEN NEEDED / PREFERS THE BACK
──────✦────────

SECURITY & FIELD ENFORCEMENT |
TRUSTED / OCCASIONALLY ESCORTED
─────────✦─────

CONSERVATION & HABITAT |
PERSONALLY INVOLVED / SPIRITUALLY ATTACHED
──────────────✦

ADMINISTRATION & FOUNDER’S WING |
SHE IS THE WALLS / THE SILENCE / THE HISTORY
────────────────✦

OTHER

Scent:

Sea salt / Faint jasmine / Old paper

D.O.B.:

November 3 — Scorpio

Fear:

Letting Frida die in her arms / Being seen too clearly

status:

Giving frida kisses

A/B/O:

None

Behavior & Role at the Center
Frida is more than a pet—she is a fixture, a staff member in her own right.
She has free rein across Azure Bay, often seen:Perched on Lilico’s shoulder during morning roundsCurled up on soft towels atop data consoles in the Research WingDrifting in her custom-made bunny raft across the nursery pool, where merfolk juveniles toss her sea kelp like offeringsShe is gentle with traumatized patients, often hopping softly near isolated tanks and simply staying—a presence with no demands, no fear. Unohana once remarked that Frida’s mere presence dropped the cortisol levels of more than half the center's residents—human and merfolk alike.Lilico insists Frida is the only being in the world who’s never judged her.

Frida – The Softest Guardian of Azure Bay

Frida is a Holland Lop, a small, affectionate rabbit breed known for its round face, droopy ears, and gentle, social nature—making her the perfect emotional companion for someone like Lilico, who rarely allows herself to be touched by people but always carries Frida in her arms like a sea-washed secret.

Rescued from a flooded coastal basin after a landslide cut off nearby wildlife corridors, Frida was found soaked and trembling beneath the collapsed lip of a drainage pipe, nearly drowned but still fiercely breathing. Lilico carried her home in a water-wrapped towel and never let her go.She is small, compact, and sea-stone gray, with white-flecked paws and glassy black eyes that reflect moonlight like tidepools. Her ears are lopsided—one drapes elegantly, the other folds just halfway, as if still deciding how much to trust gravity. She wears a little collar woven from dried seagrass and tiny coral beads—a gift from one of the merfolk Lilico helped rehabilitate.

Fun Notes About Frida
Loves sea lettuce, freeze-dried apple, and warm sunlight on driftwood.Terrified of kelp crabs—even the tiny ones. She once launched off Lilico’s arm to escape one and knocked a lab cup into the pool.Has her own tiny ID badge clipped onto her coral harness: "Frida Kiryuu – Soft Operations Division."Recognizes the sound of Lilico’s ASMR voice through speakers and will go still when she hears it playing in another wing.

When she hops onto your lap, you understand you’ve been chosen.Lilico once whispered, when she thought no one could hear:
“She reminds me what gentleness looks like when I forget.”

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Deep-Sea Operations Division

Rehabilitation & Recovery

Security & Field Enforcement

Administration & Founder's Wing

Research & Ethics

Communication & Outreach

Conservation & Habitat

Please be aware that, this site might hold dark themes or topics that may be uncomfortable. read at your own risk.

Azure Bay Merfolk & Aquatic Life Rehabilitation Center is located off the coast of northern Iceland, nestled into a remote stretch of black-sand coastline framed by basalt cliffs, glacier-fed tidepools, and frigid fjord waters.The center itself is partially submerged into the rock face, with some wings extending directly into the sea. It is hidden from major cities, but connected by a secured helipad, marine access routes, and underground research transit lines.Despite its seclusion, it is globally known—a mythic sanctuary whispered about in marine biology circles, eco-diplomacy groups, and black-market smuggler rumors alike.

Azure Bay exists in a near-future setting, roughly late 2030s to early 2040s, in a world much like ours, but with:Open merfolk existence, though still rare, controversial, and heavily politicized.Climate deterioration has accelerated marine crises, pushing ethical marine rehabilitation into the global spotlight.Nations are divided on merfolk protection, and Azure Bay is often caught in legal and diplomatic crossfire.Technology is futuristic but grounded—think bioluminescent architecture, eco-integrated AI systems, and pressure-adaptive facilities, not flying cars.

Silk Lingerie, -- Kali Uchis

Kali Songs that express this world

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Rehabilitation & Recovery

“Where pain dissolves, and dignity returns.”

Core Purpose:
This division exists to stabilize, heal, and restore merfolk and marine creatures who have suffered from:Physical trauma (net entanglement, fin loss, chemical burns, captivity injuries)Psychological distress (isolation, abuse, environmental devastation)Neurological & sensory damage due to sonar, pollution, or invasive contactIt is the first and most critical point of contact for rescued individuals. No research, diplomacy, or reintegration happens unless this team says they are ready.

Specialty Wings:
The Coral Garden (Light Recovery)
For merfolk regaining motor control, sleep patterns, or trust in human proximity.Floating therapy stations with calm-feeding routines, guided movement exercises, and fragrance-free aromatherapy.Frequently staffed by Orihime Inoue, who reads to patients and hums soft lullabies.The Stillwater Chambers (Deep Trauma)
Silent, light-reduced tanks used for individuals in shock states or sensory withdrawal.Completely soundproofed. Staff may only enter after clearance from Unohana or Kotetsu.Touch is not permitted unless initiated by the merfolk.The Mirror Pools (Cognitive Recovery)
For merfolk suffering from disorientation, memory gaps, or communication loss.Mirrors reflect not light but heat patterns and sonic vibrations, helping them reorient.Used in tandem with behavioral specialists and sound translators.Nursery Pools (Infant & Juvenile Merfolk)
Play-oriented zones with soft coral play structures, bubble chambers, and shallow drifting zones.Frida the bunny frequently “supervises” from a raft, much to everyone’s amusement.Rukia often reads stories, and Rangiku teaches them silly dances.

Reputation:
This division is seen as sacred within the center—even by security or research staff.
No one enters lightly. No one raises their voice.
To work here is a mark of extreme compassion, restraint, and reverence.
And to walk out of it healed—is considered a miracle.

Staff Roles & Presence:

Retsu Unohana – Division Director; oversees all treatment protocols, performs rare and complex procedures.

Isane Kotetsu – Assistant Director; manages logistics, supplies, scheduling, and emergency response.

Orihime Inoue – Emotional Integration; specializes in the “impossible cases” where kindness is the only medicine.

Rukia Kuchiki – Focuses on juvenile merfolk and early recovery cases; uses art and nonverbal bonding.

Lilico – Often observes from the walkways above, unseen, noting behavior patterns and advocating for ethical recovery practices.

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Research & Ethics Division

"We do not study the ocean to control it. We study it to remember we are not the only ones who think, feel, or remember."

Core Purpose:
The Research & Ethics Division serves as the intellectual and philosophical backbone of Azure Bay, balancing innovation with integrity.
It exists to:Conduct non-invasive, observation-based research on merfolk biology, communication, and behaviorPublish peer-reviewed ethical studies to advance marine integration scienceCreate and maintain global ethical guidelines for all staff, researchers, and partner organizationsEnsure that every action taken at Azure Bay is for the benefit of the merfolk first, not for human curiosityIt is not the loudest division—but it is the one everyone answers to eventually.

Wings Within the Division:
The Quiet Archive
A library-like space housing decades of merfolk behavioral records, linguistics data, and cultural profiles.Everything is hand-catalogued, and silence is sacred.No screens—only scroll-like digital panels that display information when touched.The Ethics Dome
A circular chamber where the Ethics Council meets weekly to review all research, interventions, and field reports.
Surrounded by projected statements from the Founder's Code, etched into the wall in coral-ink calligraphy.Used for both judgment and reflection.The Aquatic Observation Rings
Clear, partially submerged walkways that allow researchers to quietly observe merfolk in open-water sanctuaries.No communication, no interaction—just passive, presence-based learning.Often used by Nanao and Rukia for language pattern and social ritual study.The Non-Invasive Bio Lab Uses DNA drift sampling, scale-drop microscopy, and thermal mapping instead of tissue extraction.
Led by Nanao and Kira, this lab is famed for developing contactless diagnostics.Also doubles as a policy writing hub where new global ethics amendments are drafted.

Reputation:
This division is seen as the conscience of Azure Bay.
It doesn’t pull rank or fight for funding, but if it disapproves, everything stops.Even the strongest departments must submit their actions to be reviewed here.
Not out of fear—but out of trust that this is where the ocean’s dignity is most protected.
It is respected, feared, and revered in equal measure.

Staff Roles & Presence:

Nanao Ise – Head of Ethics & Policy; maintains all legal standards, writes doctrine, and leads the Ethics Council.

Jūshirō Ukitake – Senior Advisor; serves as a philosophical and moral consultant, known for balancing logic with compassion.

Izuru Kira – Funding & Documentation Coordinator; processes all academic grants, assists in translating raw data into publishable reports.

Rukia Kuchiki – Behavior Researcher (Part-Time); contributes observations from the nursery wing and merfolk youth groupings.

Byakuya Kuchiki – Diplomatic Liaison (Occasional); oversees the lawful export of findings to foreign nations and research institutions.

Lilico – Does not work here officially, but often reviews final reports for tone and sensitivity.

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Deep-Sea Operations Division

“You don’t need to see. You need to survive.”

Core Purpose:
The Deep-Sea Operations Division is Azure Bay’s most physically demanding and danger-prone department, responsible for:High-risk rescue missions in the open ocean, trenches, underwater caves, and poaching zonesHandling injured, aggressive, or unknown merfolk species from hadal zonesOverseeing abyssal adaptation, decompression protocols, and environmental stability for deep-dwelling patientsTraining all Azure Bay response units for zero-visibility, pressure-shift, and survival-suit proceduresIt is not a clean division. It’s all salt, pressure, scar tissue, and noise in your skull.
But it is also where some of the bravest, most capable staff live and breathe.

Wings Within the Division:
Launch Bay Alpha (Rescue Deployment Wing)
Where the diving submersibles, emergency suits, and retrieval drones are housed.Staff undergo regular blackwater navigation drills and disorientation shock tests.Operated on a 24/7 readiness cycle—someone is always suited up.Abyssal Adaptation Chambers
Pressure-regulated observation tanks where rescued deep-sea merfolk are monitored.Water temperatures range from freezing to crushing. Staff communicate entirely through light or vibration signals.Not all who enter these tanks make it back out in one piece.Submerged Incident Archive
A classified black-box records room tracking every failed rescue, every missing crew, and every merfolk encounter that didn’t go to plan.Only Kenpachi, Soi Fon, Tōshirō, and Lilico have unrestricted access.
Unique Practices & Protocols
Blackwater Silence Protocol (BSP):
All rescue dives beyond 2,000 meters require absolute verbal silence—only nonverbal signals, taps, and light blinks allowed.Talking disturbs the merfolk. Sometimes… something else hears too.Heart Tap Check-Ins:Crewmembers wear heart-rate responsive pins. If one flatlines, the nearest pulse-synced unit is alerted within seconds.No one goes alone. Ever.No Surface Names Rule:During trench operations, everyone uses code names only.It’s easier to let go of someone if you don’t know their real name.And sometimes… they come back different.

Reputation:
Deep-Sea Ops is viewed by the rest of Azure Bay as half legend, half myth.
They return from places no other human has reached, with injuries that don’t make sense and stories they’re not allowed to tell.They rarely attend center-wide meetings.
They eat in silence.
They come back salt-scored and sunless.
But when a deep-water emergency happens, the whole center waits for their boots to hit the stairs.

Staff Roles & Presence:

Kenpachi Zaraki – Field Commander; leads recovery teams into high-risk zones, handles unstable merfolk directly.

Tōshirō Hitsugaya – Cold-Sea Analyst; manages cryogenic environments, hypothermic protocols, and northern trench navigation.

Ikkaku Madarame – Dive Unit Chief; trains new operatives, maintains gear, and oversees depth shock conditioning.

Soi fon (cross-division) – Coordinates with security teams to handle illegal salvage, underwater trafficking, and field extractions.

Lilico – Doesn’t belong to this division—but is often found reviewing sonar readings in the control hall with a cup of coffee she never drinks.

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Communication & Outreach Division

“The first language is trust. Everything else comes after.”

Core Purpose:
The Communication & Outreach Division is the public voice and human-facing heart of Azure Bay. It exists to:Bridge the gap between merfolk culture and the human world through storytelling, education, and visibilityManage donor relations, public media, tour programming, and global conservation partnershipsHandle all press releases, humanitarian outreach, sponsorships, and ambassadorship eventsTeach the world not only how to see merfolk—but how to listen to themIt is a space where language, compassion, and clarity replace fear, suspicion, and myth.

Primary Wings Within the Division
The Orientation Hall
A tranquil entry space where visitors, donors, and volunteers are welcomed.Features interactive exhibits on merfolk biology, underwater ecosystems, and Azure Bay’s origin story.Hosts first contact protocols, where humans are trained on how to behave respectfully around merfolk.The Echo Studio
A soundproofed media space where interviews, ASMR recordings, broadcasts, and storytelling projects are recorded.Lilico occasionally uses this space for her ASMR marine soundscapes.Orihime often sings lullabies here for use in emotional therapy environments.The Ambassador’s Platform
A grand, stepped circular forum where approved merfolk ambassadors may speak with trusted human visitors.Conversations are observed through transparent partitions or projected holographic translation panels.Always monitored by research and recovery personnel for comfort and safety.Unique Practices & Protocols
Story-Based Outreach:All outreach materials are narrative-first, told from the perspective of the merfolk and marine life they’ve rescued.“Data educates. Stories change people.”The Ribbon Wall:Visitors are allowed to tie blue ribbons onto a suspended arch in the exit hall. Each one represents a personal vow to protect the ocean.The wall now spans several meters, fluttering in the wind like seaweed.Ambassador Vetting:Only merfolk who have fully completed physical and emotional recovery are allowed to appear in public forums.Their participation is always voluntary, and they may choose to communicate only through gesture, song, or light.

Reputation:
This division is beloved by the public, often featured in environmental media, documentaries, and humanitarian awards.
Inside the center, however, it’s seen with mixed feelings:Some see it as the polished, beautiful face that masks the harsher work.Others see it as essential, the only reason Azure Bay hasn’t been shut down by external pressure.
And for many of the merfolk, it is the first time they are ever truly seen.

Staff Roles & Presence:

Shūhei Hisagi – Division Director; manages all press briefings, sponsorship communication, and public education

Rangiku Matsumoto – Marketing Lead; oversees events, social media, gift shop, donor merchandise, and fundraising galas

Shunsui Kyōraku – Head of Global Relations & High-Profile Funding; handles elite donor programs, art diplomacy, and large-scale humanitarian messaging

Orihime Inoue – Voice Outreach; provides healing-focused media (especially for children and trauma centers)

Rukia Kuchiki – Art & Cultural Integration Liaison (part-time); curates visual storytelling projects using her drawings and merfolk expressions

Lilico – Not officially part of the division but often brought in for diplomatic soft interviews, ASMR contributions, and reputation consulting

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Security & Field Enforcement Division

“No threat beneath the sea will ever reach the shore.”

Core Purpose:
The Security & Field Enforcement Division protects everything Azure Bay stands for—its residents, its data, its perimeter, its silence.
It is the shield that holds the line between vulnerable marine life and the industries, traffickers, and political forces that would exploit them.Responsibilities include:Conducting counter-poaching operations, smuggler disruption, and undercover investigationsProviding internal protection and surveillance for Azure Bay staff and merfolkEnforcing ethical codes and field conduct, especially during external rescue missionsSecuring transport corridors, deep-sea field zones, and the shoreline perimeterIt is a division of quiet force, of precise movement, and of absolute loyalty to the sanctuary and its mission.

Primary Sectors Within the Division:
The Command Core
Central intelligence hub with live perimeter feeds, deep-sea scan projections, and satellite-linked emergency trackingManned 24/7 by staff capable of coordinating full lockdown protocols within secondsAny alert from this room ripples through the entire center instantly.Field Prep & Gear Vault
Climate-stabilized equipment hub holding custom suits, encrypted comms gear, non-lethal capture tech, and rescue-class diving podsContains trauma lockers for returning field agentsStaffed by Ikkaku and Gin on alternating days (with drastically different vibes)The Training Ring
Floodable and drainable combat zone used for hand-to-hand, aquatic maneuvering, and underwater restraint techniquesEvery member of the division must pass blindfolded tide simulations and sonar evasion trials quarterlyOccasionally used by Kenpachi to spar “for fun” (no one else enjoys this)Unique Practices & Protocols
The Ripple Alarm System:Instead of sirens, the center uses vibration-based ripple alerts, which signal threats through the moon pool systemAllows silent, center-wide alerts without disturbing merfolk or triggering panicClearance Tags:Every staff member wears digitally coded clearance badges that regulate their access level.Gin’s tag regularly “malfunctions.” No one questions this.Containment Without Chains:The division has never used cages.Non-compliant merfolk are guided with light fields, current shifts, and vocal redirection—never restraint unless absolutely requiredThis is a non-lethal, non-punitive philosophy, modeled after Lilico’s founding principles

Reputation:
Feared. Trusted. Rarely seen unless something’s already gone wrong.
To most staff, Security & Enforcement is a ghost division—always watching, always present, but never interfering unless they must.Some find them intimidating.
Some sleep better knowing they’re here.
The merfolk, ironically, tend to respect them more than most—because this division never lies, never flinches, and never touches without need.

Staff Roles & Presence:

Soi Fon – Commander of Security; executes all internal enforcement policy and oversees operation readiness drills

Gin Ichimaru – Undercover Operations; specializes in infiltration of illegal aquatic trade networks, often disappearing for weeks at a time

Ikkaku Madarame – Tactical Training Officer; responsible for keeping the entire center physically and mentally capable in crisis

Lilico – Occasionally coordinates with Soi Fon when public policy overlaps with external pressure. She’s granted full access—but chooses not to use it.

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Conservation & Habitat Development Division

“Rebuild what was taken. Grow what was never given.”

Core Purpose:
This division serves as Azure Bay’s hands in the soil and scales in the water. It is responsible for:Restoring damaged marine ecosystems through reef regrowth, kelp forest replanting, and sand stabilizationDesigning and maintaining artificial safe zones for merfolk reintegration after rehabilitationConducting sustainability assessments of nearby waters to prevent repeat environmental traumaIntegrating natural and human-designed elements to create habitats where life not only returns—but thrivesIt is the most physically demanding and artistically driven division, where biology meets architecture, and every decision must please both science and the sea.

Primary Sectors Within the Division:
The Coral Forge
A semi-submerged lab where coral fragments are cultivated, hardened, and regrown using bioresin frameworksDesigned for rapid reef restoration in poached or bleached zonesFrequently visited by Renji and Kira, who assist in transport and stabilizer mixingThe Kelp Vaults
Towering aquariums and open tanks where native kelp species are propagatedOxygen-rich and full of gentle currents—merfolk often rest here between treatmentsStaff often note that some merfolk choose to live in these kelp zones permanentlyRewilding Canals
Carefully constructed outdoor estuaries that simulate natural habitat flow, including temperature shifts and predator-prey balanceUsed for training rehabilitated merfolk to re-engage with live ecosystems before releaseOccasionally patrolled by Soi Fon’s security team to ensure safe boundaries
Unique Practices & Protocols
Growth Without Intrusion:No invasive machinery. All habitat regrowth must respect the rhythm of existing wildlife.Even artificial structures are built from biodegradable or regenerative materialsThe Sand Glass Ceremonies:When a damaged site is successfully restored, a vial of its first clean sand is collected and stored in the Memory Alcove, engraved with the names of the staff who healed itSensory Calibration Gardens:For merfolk released from therapy but still overstimulated, these underwater “gardens” are tuned for calm touch, low light, and sound-filtered flowMany merfolk visit them long after discharge

Reputation:
The division is seen as sacred ground—both within Azure Bay and beyond.
Governments call for its consultation. Ecologists worldwide study its methods.It is slower-moving than other divisions, but its work endures.
Merfolk released here have been known to return months later, simply to rest near the reefs they remember.
And when staff pass away, a piece of coral is often planted in their name.

Staff Roles & Presence:

Izuru Kira – Manages conservation grant writing, habitat impact tracking, and water purity statistics

Renji Abarai – Habitat Construction Lead; installs and maintains artificial reef scaffolding, underwater root beds, and floating islands

Rukia Kuchiki (Part-time) – Designs small-scale enrichment zones for child merfolk, often modeling them after her sketchbooks

Byakuya Kuchiki – Oversees international rewilding diplomacy and provides aesthetic guidance for balance between function and beauty

Lilico – Visits occasionally to bless new sanctuaries, often seen standing alone in empty tidepools before planting begins

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Administration & Founder’s Wing

“Protect the soul of the sea, even when no one is looking.”

Core Purpose:
The Administration & Founder’s Wing is the oldest, most private part of Azure Bay—a place of leadership, legacy, and quiet direction.
It functions as both the center’s command heart and a living memorial to the founder, Lilico’s father.This division is responsible for:Overseeing center-wide policy, structure, and long-term operationsServing as a neutral interdivision liaison and mediator during disputes or crisis eventsProtecting and preserving the philosophy and origin values on which Azure Bay was builtHousing the founder’s archives, mission logs, and early patient records—some of which predate public knowledge of merfolkIt is not a place of noise or hierarchy.
It is a place of deep silence, living memory, and slow, deliberate leadership.

Primary Sectors Within the Division:The Founder’s Study
Preserved exactly as it was the day Lilico’s father passed, complete with his open notebook, half-burned candle, and fossilized inkpotNo one is permitted to change anything insideLilico visits here weekly. She never brings anyone with her.The Heart Pool
A round, moonlit chamber at the center of the wing—filled with still, waist-deep seawater fed directly from the tideStaff from all divisions come here to reflect, grieve, or vowThe first merfolk rescued by Azure Bay was laid here, cradled in this pool until they could be releasedThe Memory AlcoveA vaulted archive of every restored reef, every saved merfolk, every fallen field agentCoral beads, sand vials, weathered sea glass, and handwritten thank-you letters from survivors line the shelvesVisitors speak here only in whispers—or not at allUnique Practices & Protocols:
Silent Meetings:Some high-level meetings are conducted in complete silence, with only written cards, eye contact, or water gesturesOriginated by Lilico’s father as a way to reflect on “what the ocean would say if it were in the room”Echo Logs:Once a year, every division head writes a letter to their future self—a record of doubts, triumphs, and promisesThese are sealed in the Memory Alcove, never to be read by anyone but the writerCeremonial Sand:When a long-term merfolk resident is released, a handful of wet sand is poured into the Heart Pool in their honorStaff from every division may gather to watch, but no names are spoken

Reputation:
The Administration & Founder’s Wing is respected with quiet reverence.
It is not feared, nor admired in the traditional sense—it is simply understood.
It is the place where every mission, every rescue, and every life saved comes full circle.Some staff go there when they don’t know what else to do.
Some go when they know exactly what they must do.
All who enter leave changed.

Staff Roles & Presence:

Frida (Lilico’s rabbit) – Considered the wing’s unofficial guardian; often seen lying in the sunlight near the Heart Pool, watching quietly

Nanao Ise – Policy Transcriber and Legal Liaison; ensures all decisions remain consistent with Azure Bay’s moral doctrine

Jūshirō Ukitake – Spiritual Steward of the Founder’s Wing; tends to grief rituals, legacy teachings, and philosophical policy mediation

Shunsui Kyōraku – Advisor-at-large; assists in governance when necessary, often to counterbalance high-pressure donor or government politics

Lilico – Executive Director and the founder’s daughter; oversees all final policy decisions, inter-division cooperation, and diplomatic response