Peacock Silk
Peacock Silk
Have you heard of that boutique taking Shimokitazawa by storm? Peacock Silk, they call it. Run by a bunch of weirdos. But then -- that's why it's cool, isn't it?
Founded a little over a year ago, Peacock Silk cultivated a very intentional air of mystique around its opening. From the sudden buyout of a highly coveted - but highly expensive - corner building and the guerilla marketing campaign leading up to its opening that appealed directly to the interests of Shimokita's boho culture, Peacock Silk's opening was a hotly anticipated event in the neighborhood. Rumors that the two behind it, Tsumugi Kujaku and Saika Kikuchi, were some manner of weird, dangerous occultists just managed to stoke the hype fires even more.
When people discovered they had a literal and shockingly well behaved peacock as some kind of kitschy store mascot, well. Peacock Silk's fortunes were guaranteed an explosive rise.
But what can Peacock Silk do for you?
Peacock Silk - Above Board
Peacock Silk is a luxury boutique experience with an avant garde bent; its presentation and eccentric employees have found great success in the counterculture of Shimokita, and even from the greater Tokyo area. Peacock Silk offers a wide range of services depending on just which of its employees you're dealing with, from tailoring to leatherworking to even gemcutting and jewelry; in the same vein, just who they'll take on as a client varies between each employee, and this unorthodox approach has just enamored them among the fringe of Tokyo all the more.
To those in the know, of course, those rumors about the people running Peacock Silk being weird occultists isn't exactly rumor: for people involved in the supernatural side of Tokyo, Peacock Silk is a known element, offering specialized services to those looking to brave the Dark Hour, Mementos, or whatever other cognitive space people might enjoy risking their lives in. Using a closely guarded, proprietary technique, the employees of Peacock Silk can take the meta-junk found in those cognitive spaces, refine them, and use them to infuse clothing and accessories. empowering them to a variety of ends in the cognitive world depending on the type of meta-material used.
Ever wonder who would actually be interested in all your vendor trash? Wonder no more!
It goes without saying, of course, that all the employees of Peacock Silk are Persona Users themselves, though of what variety isn't quite clear.
Yes, even the bird. Especially the bird.
Peacock Silk - Sub Rosa
There are other rumors that hang around Peacock Silk. More unsavory ones; rumors that they might have a hand in a number of less-than-legal activities.
Well, we're pleased to inform you: the rumors are all true.
Peacock Silk's legitimate business is very on the level. But it also serves as a front for what is effectively meta-criminal organization led by Peacock Silk's owner, Tsumugi Kujaku. Using their gifts as Persona Users, Peacock Silk exploits the unique aspects of cognitive spaces and similar phenomenon like Mementos and the Dark Hour to for a variety of extralegal activities: from theft to sabotage, from smuggling to the procurement of blackmail material, Peacock Silk runs a wide racket; there's a wealth of sensitive materials and information to be had within the cognitive worlds -- and for the right price? Peacock Silk can get it for you.
Members of Peacock Silk present as fairly roguish and amoral criminals who largely work for the sake of their own interests. Tsumugi - and consequently, Peacock Silk itself - preaches a philosophy of absolute freedom and self-interest being the only virtues, including freedom from rules, social mores, and even other people: the only thing that truly matters is your desires. Despite ostensibly being the leader, Tsumugi's laissez-faire approach to management means that every one of the group's members are more or less free to do whatever they might like, and many of them are shockingly friendly despite being a theoretical wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Peacock Silk is especially interested in a unique form of cognitive space known as Ateliers, though just what their stake is in these spaces is unclear.
Free spirits in every sense of the word, Peacock Silk is just as likely to offer a helping hand to the just as much as they are the wicked -- depending on just how convincing the pitch is, anyway.
Major Figures of Peacock Silk
Tsumugi Kujaku - Peacock Silk's ostensible and ever-unflappable leader. Personable. Has a hard time with respecting personal space. Only ever gets to rank 1 with their Confidants. Works as the boutique's tailor.
Saika Kikuchi - Peacock Silk's co-founder. Lively and loud-mouthed wrapped up in a perfectly punk presentation. Inheritor of the sacred role of the Bro. Peacock Silk's bruiser. Works as the boutique's leatherworker.
Yanagi Nagisa - Peacock Silk's most recent hire. Bright and opinionated despite suffering from terminal illness. Living embodiment of Don't Worry About Tomorrow. Peacock Silk's Navigator. Works as the boutique's jewelsmith.
Pernelle - Peacock Silk's peacock. Your helpful tutorial bird. Never met a person he couldn't convince to make a great terrible great life choice. Demands regular tithes of the golden splendor that is the fried potato in all its many forms that will be made, lest you suffer the consequences. Peacock Silk's nuclear bomb. Works as the boutique's mascot.