rooster character design

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+## Character design
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+- **Silhouette:** A **beak-in-a-hood**, direct homage to the **Stork disguise in Disney's *Robin Hood*** (1973)—Prince John's archery-tournament gag, where a long orange beak pokes out from under a pulled-up **cloak/hood** and almost nothing else of the wearer shows.
+- **Read:** Tall orange **beak** as the only facial feature visible; the rest of the head/face is swallowed by a **deep hood** (cowl or cloaked cape), shoulders and body bundled under the same **loose robe** so the true wearer reads as **androgynous-to-unknown**.
+- **Why this shape:** Per *Identity* below, the rooster identity is a **disguise**; the Robin Hood stork works because you can tell **something is being hidden** without ever seeing what. Use the costume as a **running visual joke** (beak tilts, hood slips but never fully falls) and as **plot armor for the secret**—the Chorus can squint at Rooster all day and not clock her.
+- **Palette cue:** Lean warm—**cream / off-white hood**, **orange beak**, optional **red comb peek** at the crown if you want more "rooster" read; keep it close to the movie's storybook flat-color look rather than photoreal feathers.
+- **Do not:** Give full rooster anatomy, visible human face, or a gendered body shape under the cloak. The **illusion is the character**.

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