Kurumi Satou / Dulce

Kurumi Satou is typically described as "aloof and cool", a woman with little words but a great work ethic. Ever since her school days, she's been categorized as "mature". Her peers and juniors admire her silent demeanor, wishing to let her do her own thing. Many speculate she enjoys a nice cup of coffee (black, of course) and prefers to work alone. In her high school years, she was the top pick for many sport clubs and was even a ghost member of the drama club (she showed up regularly to it though). 

The truth is, Kurumi Satou is a lover of all cute things. She's not embarrassed by it, but it's more like she's afraid that people's approval and admiration for her would crash upon knowing the truth. She was a member of the handicrafts club in high school (despite being popular in demand in other clubs). She likes being with other people and llikes sweets. She's athletic but has no interest in competing. Her hair used to be long up until halfway in elementary. 

She received her Pripara ticket when she was about to enter middle school. Many of her peers made fun of Pripara, claiming it was a very "childish" thing to participate especially for upcoming middle schoolers. A lot of them expected Kurumi not to like things such as Pripara. After some coaxing and comforting from her parents, Kurumi ended up going to Pripara. Meganee-san had correctly analyzed her inner self and was able to provide Kurumi a cuter appearance to which she called "Dulce". A few select people know that she is Dulce.

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[DULCE]

Dulce is a cute and peppy girl who is always cheery. She likes to encourage people and give our her best smiles. She's not the greatest at singing but she really loves to dance on stage. Her most favorite thing to do is to look at the wonderful coords in Pripara; her dream is to wear every coord that exists. She likes to go out with her friends in Pripara to eat yummy things. 

Due to the huge difference between appearance and personality, Kurumi often gets embarrassed if she exits Pripara with someone. She feel as if her true personality doesn't match how she looks.

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>Kurumi went to an all-girls' high school. She was wildly popular and even had her own fanclub. Her grades were average. 

>Not a lot of people refer to her by first name; they all prefer to call her Satou-san/Satou. Every time Lime and Mari call her by her name, she gets happy.

>Her original department in the advertising agency was actually more targeted for older adults until she worked the courage to ask for a switch. She now works for the department handling advertising that's marketed for children. This is where she meets Lilac Tachibana (Lime). Many of her coworkers still feel a bit uneasy around Kurumi since she doesn't look like she "belongs" in the department and are even worried she doesn't enjoy doing their "cutesy, fun" work but it's quite the opposite. Her friendship with Lime is bizarre to others but does make sense.

>Her parents wish she would be true to herself and regularly send her cute items to her apartment. 

>Kurumi's apartment is very decorated. She doesn't have guests often asides friends. (I wanna draw this)

>Kurumi's phone is a flip phone. She gives everyone in her contact list distinct ringtones and emojis next to their names. She tries not to have a bunch of charms hanging off so limits herself to just one charm, but she regularly switches it out.

>She still keeps in contact with people from her high school, namely the handicrafts club. The drama club pops in a lot in her life to drop off gifts (outfits and accessories) for her. Kurumi does buy cute clothes to wear but due to the gifts and employees' "reccomendations" she ends up with a style that enhances her "coolness". 

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Relationships:

Lilac Tachibana (Lime): Kurumi's first workplace friend!!!! She isn't very good at expressing herself outside of Pripara but she really likes Lilac/Lime. She admires her openness and kind heart. She and Lime regularly go out to mascot cafes together for work but also for themselves. [Originally referred her to Tachibana-san but has eased up to saying Lime-chan/Lilac-chan nowadays]

Ria Tachibana (Riri): She doesn't know Ria that well asides that she is Lime's niece. Honestly, Kurumi's sort of afraid to meet people younger than she is due to the fact she feels the need to keep her "mature adult" persona. She feels that she might be able to get closer to Ria in Pripara though.

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LIKES:

>Kurumi likes ebikatsu, especially ebikatsu burgers. She likes shrimps in general. She also like sweet things. 

>Cute things. Mascots tend to catch her eyes but she's a sucker for things that are cute but are also useful (cutely-decorated kitchenware, etc.)

>Friends. She doesn't have many but she loves the ones she currently have.

 >Pripara!!!

 >Handicrafts