Finished 4 hours ago after been ill in bed most of yesterday =x=

Vixy's festival mask was a present from the Yuki-Fox station staff
after she was painted from a dull silver livery (when she first arrived at station in Yuda-Onsen )
to her current livery based on the sakura and midnight black which black in Japanese culture
"colour of mystery and the night" .

The sakura pink
which the sakura is the symbolic flower of the spring
and new beginning. Which Vixy did arrived before spring time thus before she was allowed to work she was immediately sent away to be paint at the time
Vixy didn't understand why till the "surprise welcome" came at the same time as the spring festival

“When the night breeze blows the blossoms”
“it is a very striking view to see white petals falling down like snowflakes over the lanterns.”
from old poem.

I could image "Smokey" Vixy's granddad like mentor saying those words.
He often calls Vixy and Lorna "cheeky fox pups" :giggle:
since he is 47 years old lol.

Smokey was painted orange since first arrived during Autumn.

Many autumn festivals are held throughout the country to give thanks for the harvest.

The symbols (katakana)
mean Vixy
pronounced vik-sEE in Japanese with the vikushi-