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Louise hails from Mirrorside Village, attending school alongside John, Patrick, and Shirley. On the eve of the Shadows House selection, she coerced Patrick into joining her at a circus to "make memories," where she encountered an orphan later known as Emilico and facilitated her entry into the selection under the false identity "Kate." After brainwashing via soot-laced coffee, Louise arrived at Shadows House and bonded with a morph that formed her Shadow manifestation.
She manifests as a living silhouette with short curly hair, adorned in a Victorian-style yellow dress featuring striped patterns, floral accessories, and dark-blue flats. Continuous soot emissions from her form darken the environment, necessitating relentless cleaning. Louise exhibits a sassy, confident, and narcissistic demeanor, frequently showcasing her Living Doll, Lou, while evading serious discourse in favor of amusement and self-adoration. Initially, she perceives Lou purely as an extension of her own existence.
Lou, designated as Louise’s Living Doll and "face," was formerly a model student in Mirrorside Village who relished teasing Patrick, wearing a pale-yellow frilly-collared dress pre-selection. As a Living Doll, she possesses wine-red curly hair and yellow eyes, donning Victorian maid attire or Portrait garb. Quiet and obedient, Lou displays acute anxiety about facial damage, often breaching personal space to inspect others for injuries. She grapples with decision-making due to self-identifying solely as a face but exhibits fierce protectiveness over Louise’s safety.
Their relationship initiates with severe asymmetry. Louise employs mental-type soot powers to manipulate Lou’s expressions by breathing soot into her mouth, enforcing synchronization during public events like debut trials. She idolizes Lou’s appearance, filling her room with sketches of her face, yet dismisses Lou’s autonomy and exhaustion. Lou internalizes Shadows House’s conditioning, cultivating genuine devotion. She meticulously avoids facial imperfections to remain "perfect" for Louise and performs duties wordlessly despite depletion, prioritizing Louise’s approval over her own well-being.
During the debut, Louise trapped Lou in a garden maze pit, expecting independent escape. Lou freed Louise with Ricky’s aid, receiving irritation rather than gratitude. They achieved first rank by flawlessly synchronizing in a dance and accurately answering examiner Edward’s questions. Edward rated Louise’s soot volume "excellent," and her power expanded to control other Living Dolls beyond Lou.
In the kidnapping arc, Louise assisted Kate’s rescue of Emilico by manipulating a Veiled Doll and guiding Kate to a disguise. She later reported Edward’s misconduct to the Star Bearers, precipitating his demotion, cementing her alliance with Kate’s faction.
Development emerged when Louise acknowledged Lou’s physical limits after Lou collapsed during Season 2’s coffee crisis; Louise checked her condition and permitted rest, diverging from prior neglect. She persists in using soot control for convenience, revealing unresolved power tensions. Lou demonstrated subtle autonomy by secretly gifting shears to Ricky during the debut to aid his pair—her first independent compassionate act.
Louise trains with Benjamin, respecting his role as Star Bearers secretary. She teases Patrick playfully yet trusts him with rule-breaking secrets and supplies her soot for his sculptures when his own proves inadequate. Lou maintains respectful ties with Emilico and Shaun in Rosemary’s cleaning team, though her foremost allegiance remains Louise.
She manifests as a living silhouette with short curly hair, adorned in a Victorian-style yellow dress featuring striped patterns, floral accessories, and dark-blue flats. Continuous soot emissions from her form darken the environment, necessitating relentless cleaning. Louise exhibits a sassy, confident, and narcissistic demeanor, frequently showcasing her Living Doll, Lou, while evading serious discourse in favor of amusement and self-adoration. Initially, she perceives Lou purely as an extension of her own existence.
Lou, designated as Louise’s Living Doll and "face," was formerly a model student in Mirrorside Village who relished teasing Patrick, wearing a pale-yellow frilly-collared dress pre-selection. As a Living Doll, she possesses wine-red curly hair and yellow eyes, donning Victorian maid attire or Portrait garb. Quiet and obedient, Lou displays acute anxiety about facial damage, often breaching personal space to inspect others for injuries. She grapples with decision-making due to self-identifying solely as a face but exhibits fierce protectiveness over Louise’s safety.
Their relationship initiates with severe asymmetry. Louise employs mental-type soot powers to manipulate Lou’s expressions by breathing soot into her mouth, enforcing synchronization during public events like debut trials. She idolizes Lou’s appearance, filling her room with sketches of her face, yet dismisses Lou’s autonomy and exhaustion. Lou internalizes Shadows House’s conditioning, cultivating genuine devotion. She meticulously avoids facial imperfections to remain "perfect" for Louise and performs duties wordlessly despite depletion, prioritizing Louise’s approval over her own well-being.
During the debut, Louise trapped Lou in a garden maze pit, expecting independent escape. Lou freed Louise with Ricky’s aid, receiving irritation rather than gratitude. They achieved first rank by flawlessly synchronizing in a dance and accurately answering examiner Edward’s questions. Edward rated Louise’s soot volume "excellent," and her power expanded to control other Living Dolls beyond Lou.
In the kidnapping arc, Louise assisted Kate’s rescue of Emilico by manipulating a Veiled Doll and guiding Kate to a disguise. She later reported Edward’s misconduct to the Star Bearers, precipitating his demotion, cementing her alliance with Kate’s faction.
Development emerged when Louise acknowledged Lou’s physical limits after Lou collapsed during Season 2’s coffee crisis; Louise checked her condition and permitted rest, diverging from prior neglect. She persists in using soot control for convenience, revealing unresolved power tensions. Lou demonstrated subtle autonomy by secretly gifting shears to Ricky during the debut to aid his pair—her first independent compassionate act.
Louise trains with Benjamin, respecting his role as Star Bearers secretary. She teases Patrick playfully yet trusts him with rule-breaking secrets and supplies her soot for his sculptures when his own proves inadequate. Lou maintains respectful ties with Emilico and Shaun in Rosemary’s cleaning team, though her foremost allegiance remains Louise.