Elizabeth Shirogane
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Elizabeth Shirogane (エリザベス 白金), born Elizabeth Kathryn Beaumont, is the mother of Shirogane Ryou (also Shirogane Shuugo and Kumo in other dimensions) and wife to Shirogane Jishou. She is a minor character in the Kokoro world, noted mostly for her love of flowers. She is also one of the few human characters that appear. Liz is bilingual (Japanese and English) and is known for being severely directionally challenged.
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History
Before Kokoro
Elizabeth was born in America. Her maternal grandparents owned ClearMount Orchard in the New York countryside, and she'd often help out there along with her sister, Dahlila, and their older cousin Trent. Her father was a businessman while her mother stayed at home with the children. She was especially close to her older sibling who would constantly push Elizabeth to "aim big" and seek out the best that life had to offer her. However, Liz never wanted the stardom that Dahlila sought. Liz was a daydreamer who looked for adventure in the world around her. The brook could be a door to another world or the barn could be an auditorium full of people waiting for her to perform a solo number.
Liz's love of flowers came very young when she spent a day at her grandfather's workplace. The Beaumont Flower Shoppe had been a present to his late wife, and after walking Liz around the place, she was instantly enchanted. She took special interest in roses, which had been her grandmother's favorite flowers.
In high school Elizabeth began working at the flower shop with her best friend Kotoko after school. Here she was also introduced to the new Japanese exchange student, when he was brought in by Kotoko's boyfriend, Max Mizuhara, to buy flowers for his relatives.
Though Liz initially thought Shirogane Jishou was a spoiled rich kid with an affinity for trouble, her affection for the red-haired boy quickly grew, and following a series of infamous pranks known as Operation Black Roses, the two gradually became friends, and began dating sometime later - though Liz was often too stubborn to express the full extent of her feelings for him.
Liz was very distraught as her high school years came to a close, finding an engagement ring in a bouquet of roses, yet no Jishou (he had gone back to Japan to ask permission to marry her). She eventually decided to pull her own prank in order to get him back for his disappearance. The two did marry in the end and had a son, Ryou, after Jishou finished college.
Life was somewhat peaceful after that. Things were taken at a relatively slow pace until the day the Chimera Anima attacked the mansion. Liz was actually thrown out of the building due to an explosion and a little shove on Shou's part. She was eventually found and rushed to the hospital, where her burns were treated. However, as she began to realize all that had happened, Liz fell into a severe state of shock and depression, too afraid that Ryou might be dead as well. Though Liz did suffer illness, her amnesia was actually faked. The fire was something she didn't want to remember.
Kokoro Days
One of the doctors, Dr. Zachary Andrews, recognized Elizabeth some years later and phoned Shirogane Ryou about it. Initially, Ryou believed this whole thing was a horrible joke, but finally went to see for himself, where he was reunited with her. (Aside from some nerve damage in her lower back, where she has no feeling, Liz has pretty much been returned to normal.)
The two later discovered (thanks to Max) that the Beaumont Flower Shoppe had been obtained by a person who bore an eerie resemblance to Jishou. When they visited the shop, they found none other than James Beaumont who was suffering from amnesia. He was able to recognize Elizabeth fairly quickly during his journey to recovery.
While Elizabeth has been cooking and cleaning within Cafe Mew Mew, as of Valentines Day 2007 she has been residing with her husband at his apartment. Generally she works the flower shoppe by day (Ryou teleports here there), and she visits the cafe in the evenings, sometimes even switching into a cafe uniform to wait on customers.
She generally keeps her wants to herself, although she has made an effort to help her son with his family troubles.
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Personality
Liz is generally a caring individual, but will scold people if they are rude or doing something dangerous. She is also extremely stubborn and hot-tempered - something that can happen with little warning. Because of Jishou's carefree attitude and tendency to pull pranks on people, Liz tends to argue with her husband more frequently than she would like to, claiming that he never takes things seriously, though she's aware this isn't entirely the case. Most people might not realize it, but she actually relies on Shou a lot, though the full depth of her attachment to him remains somewhat unspoken.
If you do get on her bad side, a few flowers should be enough to be granted forgiveness. Usually.
Liz is the type of person who tries to put the needs of others ahead of her own. She's usually smiling, and an excellent listener when the cafe residents need someone to talk to. Liz can keep a secret from most people. Like Ryou, Elizabeth tends to worry quite a bit, although she does a slightly better job at hiding it.
Though she disapproves of pranks, Liz is a romantic at heart and possesses an adventurous streak (which usually ends her up in the middle of nowhere).
She does have one pet peeve, however, and that is when people give her nicknames without permission, particularly "Lizzy", as that was the name given to her by her late grandfather and she wishes to honor his memory by not allowing anyone else to call her by it. (She always hated the name, but she'd "grin and bear it".) She usually asks people to call her Liz, as it is shorter and easier to pronounce, especially for all of her friends and family who are Japanese.
Lovelife
- Shirogane Jishou is the only love interest Liz has ever had, because she always had a habit for turning boys away, believing that "she would know Mr. Right when she saw him". While she may not have believed that when she first met Shou, he is the person that she married. They are known to quarrel occasionally because she is stubborn and he is perhaps just a bit too easy-going.
- Though Liz is aware of the attention she gets from Zachary Andrews, she choses to pretend that she doesn't notice, viewing him as both her doctor and a child who will get over his strange infatuation with her eventually.
Profile
- Name Translation: "Elizabeth"- godly, "Kathryn"- pure, shining mind, "Beau"- beautiful, "Mont"- mountain, "Shiro"- white, "Gane"- gold, money (together the two roughly mean platinum)
- Alias: Liz, Mama Ryou, Mrs. Shirogane, Shirogane-han, Shirogane-san (number one), Lizzy
- Signature Colors: White, Light Blue, Light Pink
- Age: 43
- Birthday: April 15
- Zodiac: Aries
- Hair Color: Wheat Blond
- Eye Color: Aquamarine blue
- Height: 5 feet 5 inches
- Weight: 118 lbs
- Likes: Friends and family, children, animals, flowers (especially red and black roses), botany, dancing, foreign films, tea, acting
- Dislikes: Snakes, people playing pranks on her, being proven wrong, people who treat flowers badly, people getting hurt
- Fears: Snakes
- Allergies: None
- Talents: Arranging and caring for plants, solving jigsaw puzzles; she is also a decent cook.
- Favorite foods: S'mores, hot buttered rolls, corn-on-the-cob
- Least favorite foods: Green peas
- Favorite beverage: Tea
- Blood Type: A (switched from AB)
- Appearance: Elizabeth has pale skin, so it gives her the illusion of being very delicate. This is not the case. She is, however, rather light, but sturdy. Elizabeth will usually be found wearing a dress of some kind, usually a sundress, or a tube top with a long skirt and sandals. She wears jeans on rare occasions when she's digging around in the garden outside. Liz usually keeps her long hair down.
Trivia
- Elizabeth was named after her player's first college roommate.
- Emily Burd from alleyWAY shares the same initials as Elizabeth, and was at least partially modelled after her.
