A Beautiful Breeze

Story
"I'll make you look like a doll!" Alice Margatroid is a seven-colored puppeteer. She spends most of her time making dolls deep in the Forest of Magic, where she lives in peace and quiet, but today, she was asked to come to the social club and work as a makeup artist. Sanae Kochiya is a human and a living god who resides in Moriya Shrine. She's also a wind priestess whose job it is to calm the winds. Today, she was wearing a different dress to usual, and was having her makeup done.

"Does lipstick that bright really suit me...?" Sanae was looking a little worried, but Alice simply said, "Trust me!" as she used her doll to comb Sanae's hair. Makeup products of different colors were lined up on the table. First, Alice reached for the kappa-branded foundation. Each of the products had been made with care, and Alice applied them with extreme precision to perfect Sanae's look. They say god is in the details, but does that extend to the makeup applied to a living god's face?

"A doll's presence is enough for it to take control of any situation," boasted Alice, who was herself a puppeteer. Without a doubt, a beautiful doll can emit an almost magical aura, attracting people's gazes and taking their breath away, and Alice planned to give Sanae that very same aura with the makeup she was applying. "That makes sense for dolls, but I'm not sure it'll work for me..." mumbled Sanae. Alice looked in the mirror to see Sanae's doubtful expression reflecting back at her.

The Beast Dream Salon! "The final touch is a smile," said Alice as she packed up her makeup. But Sanae was still worried whether she could pull off looking cute as a wind priestess, let alone as a young girl. "What adorable hairclips," smiled Alice, which reminded Sanae of her two fellow Moriya Shrine residents.

"I'm... pretty." Before setting off for the social club that morning, Sanae had put in the hairclips she'd received from Suwako and Kanako as she did every day. Remembering the way they always complimented her was just what Sanae needed to calm her nerves. A confident smile spread across her face. With Sanae's makeup done, Alice patted her shoulders, releasing a sweet-smelling puff of air. "Good luck out there," she said. "I actually think I can do this...!" replied Sanae. And with that, a new wind began to blow through club Old Desire.