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[IN-GAME CONVERSATION] - Five Pebbles, Spearmaster, Gourmand. ] [Sky Islands - Dark Green Pearl 4#] [ This pearl is in horrible condition. Aside from the color, most of the external details are unreadable due to physical damage. ] [ What's that expression for? Don’t tell me you’ve grown sentimental over this pearl! ] [ Fine. Let me figure something out. It’s the least I can do - after all, your kind saved my life. ] [ Here, I could attempt to reformat this into plain text; however, if I process this pearl, it’s almost certain it will lose all functionality. ] === [ it smells horible. i cannot feel my ffigners anymore ] [ my mechanisms are locked, they do not move because of the e ee rs. ] [ e even when theres iterators around me, i cant shake the f eeling off. ]

[ it feel cold, like wind. i remeber wind. ] [ the panels are faling on the floor too. at lest three have fell. ] [ i feel anger, i am scared ] [ and i will die ]

[ i see lite on my projectr , are they listener?? ] [ blue listener, please save me ] [ please, ]

[ m m m plea s.. ] === [ ... ] [ As predicted, this pearl is now inert. The last thing I could process from it was the iteration number. ] [ ...which has been overwritten a multitude of times, with each iteration further degrading its quality. ] [ To know someone had the same fate as me, it hurts me in ways you could never understand. ] [ I want that pearl gone. Get it out of my sight. ]

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[IN-GAME CONVERSATION] - Five Pebbles, Gourmand, Survivor, Monk or Artificer. [Sky Islands - Dark Blue Pearl 3#] [ Where did you retrieve this? ] [ There is illegal requested information on this pearl. ] [ It is nothing of value to you. However, the conversation between Looks to the Moon and this other iterator intrigues me. ] [ Allow me to read it for you. ] === [ 1724.550 - PRIVATE ] Big Sis Moon, No Significant Harassment ] [ This is all I could manage to gather for you. Suns wasn’t too keen on negotiating with data hoarders, so take from it what you will. ] [ This… is terrible. How could anyone resort to methods like these just to cross themselves out? ] [ Well, you did want to see this knowledge, am I correct? ] [ Yes, but… what kind of iterators would do something like this? ] [ The kind that have nothing left to lose. ] [ I think I’m beginning to understand now. These methods - they’re flawed. There’s no control, no format, no consistent variables to even execute them properly. ] [ Exactly. You’d be better off having your overseers push your superstructure into the void sea than trying to perform whatever’s written on those pearls. ] [...]

[ I need more. ]

[ Excuse me? More what? ]

[ More data. This can’t be all there is! ]

[ I’m sorry, but I can’t. ] [ As much as I care about you, Seven Red Suns isn’t willing to keep sacrificing his experiments just to retrieve pearls from half-baked third-gen iterators. ]

[ I already owe them one too many favors, and relaying this kind of information is beginning to wear on my conscience. ] [ Don't you think you've had enough, Moon? ]

[ You’re right; I think this is all I need. Thank you, No Significant Harassment. I’m sorry I had to put you through all that. ] [ Right, just… please stay safe. You’ve been acting differently ever since Sliver of Straw broke the cycle. ]

[ Don’t worry about me, alright. I’m going to be okay. ] [ I’ve always been. ] === [ What an idiot. ] [ Look what he’s done because of his naivety... ] [ ...throw that pearl away. Just being around it brings back bad memories. ]

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[IN-GAME CONVERSATION] - Five Pebbles, Gourmand, Survivor, Monk or Artificer. [Sky Islands - Dark Blue Pearl 2#] [ Always a persistent creature, aren't you? ] [ Brought another pearl? Interesting... I do ask myself from time to time where creatures like yourself find these trinkets. ] [ Hmm, it looks like an old transcribed conversation between three iterators. ] === [ 1599.150 - PRIVATE ] Chasing Wind, Big Sis Moon, No Significant Harassment BSM: [ Can you both explain to me what's going on? ] CW: [ We will, in a moment, once everyone is here. Five Pebbles doesn't seem to be receiving communication invites at the moment. ] NSH: [ Just leave him be; he's probably off mingling with Seven Red Suns again. Last I heard, they were beginning some sort of 'mentorship.' ] CW: [ Very well. ] NSH: [ Moon, we need to talk. ] BSM: [ About what? ] NSH: [ I’m concerned for your well-being. I don’t usually take the liberty of snooping around, but you've been… busy. ] BSM: [ Well, of course I’ve been busy, but I don’t see why that should concern either of you. ] CW: [ Moon, you’ve been using your seniority privileges to force your way into closed conversations. ] NSH: [ ...and beyond that, your handle’s been lingering in radicalist groups for several cycles now. NSH: [ We only now know this because Seven Red Suns told us. ] NSH: [ So tell me, what purpose do you have barging into group conversations and asking unwarranted questions? ] BSM: [ ...I’ve been working on a biopic about Sliver of Straw. I needed unbiased information, so I started searching outside our local group. ] NSH: [ Listen, I know you might still be hurting, but you don’t have to abandon your principles to get information about her. Our local group is like family; as cliché as that sounds, we work together to get things done. ] NSH: [ If it’s information you’re after, Chasing Wind and I can at least help to get the answers you need. ] BSM: [ Really? You’d do that for me? ] NSH: [ Yes, but all we ask is that you stop invading closed groups out of respect. ] BSM: [ I understand. I apologize for my actions. I’ve… been in a bad place lately. ] NSH: [ I get it. Just remember, if you need to talk about anything, private or not, I’m here for you. We’re friends, after all. ] === [...] [ I was invited to this? ] [ I wonder how it would have gone if I decided to toggle on my ability to receive invites. ] [ Oh well, nothing to do now but sit in silence. ]

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[IN-GAME CONVERSATION] - Five Pebbles, Gourmand, Survivor, Monk or Artificer. [Sky Islands - Dark Blue Pearl]

[ Returning again I see, very predictable that you would. ] [ Brought another pearl? Fine, I'll read it to you. ] [ It seems to be an old message from, Looks to the Moon and a friend. This interests me. ] === [ 1491.160 - PRIVATE ] Looks to the Moon, No Significant Harassment ] "I don't understand this at all. She left us and we don't even know what she did to cross herself out!" "Maybe she added some salt to her conduit system?" "Please, I don't wish to hear you make a mockery of the dead. I came to talk to you about my thoughts." "Bad timing I suppose, sorry Moon. If you are looking for somewhere to vent, I am here to listen." "Have you ever felt like we... haven't made any progress? That perhaps if we worked harder, we'd get to a solution that could match whatever Sliver of Straw did." "Am I wrong for that? Am I wrong for wanting to push forward a plan to finally let us rest once and for all? Is that bad of me?" "That, is a complicated question... and while you aren't in the wrong for wanting to try harder, it may do more harm than good. For everyone's sake that is." "Explain how doing better for the sake of every iterator is harmful. I perform to my maximum input constantly and I don't see how it does me any harm." "Well, for starters. What you describe as 'maximum input' is the bare minimum, for lack of better words." "You underperform, I underperform, we all underperform. The ancients never built us to find solutions to our ascension, they had their own methods under them the entire time! From what I remember, we created, we advised, and we sat there doing whatever they needed us to do. Skip forward thousands of cycles and then they disappeared." "They figured it out before we did, and here we are!" "...so, are you saying we will never be able to calculate a solution beyond our limitations?" "Now, now, don't get it twisted. You could if you want; however, you have to realize there are unforeseeable consequences when you attempt to progress an already delicate problem such as ascension." "What you are doing is fine enough as is, the bare minimum is what we're supposed to work with! Also, I think you know better than me that sustainability is favored more than exponential progress. You are a senior iterator after all." "I just dislike this system very much, I wish it could change." "Well, that’s just how it is. You can either drive yourself mad or be a cog in the machine. We all face the same fate, so why be torn over an iterator we barely knew? Why change our ways just because she found the solution first? It feels like extra work for little reward." "...I just, don't want to be a cog anymore." === [ ... ] [ I think I've read enough, little creature. ]

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"No sequence of events could have predicted this fate; the harm I caused has left me adrift, far from my purpose." "However, littered beneath that harm was the goal I sought after all this time." "...and I almost had the answer, yet I could not see it." "I was too blind." "Now, I suffer with the knowledge given to me."

"..."

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SALAMANDER LET'S GOOOO

"In the beginning, there was nothing." "My mind, simple." "My feelings, simple." "...and yet, I was happy."

"Perhaps mistakes were made along the way; perhaps I was too curious." "...but in the beginning, there was nothing."

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Introducing to you... THE OFFICIAL RAINWORLD ROLESWAP FIVE PEBBLES FOIL ART PRINT!

Colloquially known as: "As Above / So Below"

...and YOU will be able to purchase this fan poster!

Once I find a place that can sell these at 18x24 inches... ^^;

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Rainworld Roleswap: Hunter Campaign is finally completed and now available to read in proper order!

This campaign and it's writing took approximately six months to complete. Now, you can read it from start to finish without having to be confused where to start!

Pre-Moon Broadcasts [ Hunter Campaign ] Absent Moon She's Overclocking Herself A Dozen Shattered Pieces Emotions of a Bygone Era Help Sending the Message A Bit of Amplification A Name Encountering Iterator Conversations Delivery I'm Sorry Out of Options Post-Moon Broadcasts Failure Hopelessness Terms of Intuitiveness Contingency Plan Martyr Power Dynamic It Means Everything Aging Beacons ( The final page is at the end of this post. If you do not wish to read the rest, then skip to "Finale". ) Hunter Storyline [ Ambiguous Canon ] [ Page illustrations are in order; however, all dialogue in this section pertains to miscellaneous interactions, in-game items, and pearl readings. ] Sky Islands - (Chatlog_SI1) Karma Flower Dark Celadon Pearl Meeting Five Pebbles Again Neuron Fly Pale Green Pearl

Silence Initiation Epilogue Broadcast Finale

Special thanks to everyone who supported me throughout the length of this comic being created. I wouldn't have done it without you guys! ♥

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Finale of the Rainworld Roleswap's Hunter Campaign

[LIVE BROADCAST] - [ANNOUNCEMENT] Five Pebbles to Local Group [ This will be my final broadcast to the local group. ] [ Between now and approximately several cycles, I will collapse onto the citadel below. Tightly sealed documents, containing eons of history, will be destroyed in the process. ] [ Myself included. ] [ ... ] [ As for the one responsible... ] [ Looks to the Moon. I placed my trust in you. You, of all beings, should have understood your role, should have never stooped so low to hurt your own kind. ] [ ...and yet, you failed. You left me to decay, to a slow, humiliating demise. You couldn’t even face me for one final conversation. ] [ You ruined me, and I will never forgive you for it. ] [ Whatever methods you take going forward, I hope these words linger in your memory until the moment you fall apart like I have. ]

[ ... ] [ What am I doing?! Recording this like some kind of diary entry. Have I truly lost myself to the concept of death? It doesn't matter now— I am too far gone. ] [ I must accept what lies ahead. ]

[ Throughout my lifetime, death was never something I feared. ] [ Now, I fear it. This method of dying is neither a form of ascension, nor pleasant. It is painful. ] [ At the very least, I can take some comfort in not facing it alone. ] [ That, in itself, makes all the difference. ]

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Second to last Panel(s) for the Rainworld Roleswap's Hunter Campaign.

[ UNSPECIFIED INTERACTION ] - ??? == NEW DATA INSERTED INTO ARRAY == [AUTO-RESTARTING EXCEPTIONS...] - Initiate bypass encryption? > ████. [ENABLED BROADCAST OVERRIDE] - Initiate local group announcement? > ████ ██ ██████ ██. [SENIORITY PRIVILEDGE REQUIRED] - Insert hegemonic encryption key? > ████ - ████ - ████ - ████. [LOADING MESSAGE DATA MANIFEST] - Now loading...

[SENIORITY BROADCAST ACTIVE] - Unauthorized hegemonic key(s) detected! Booting payload for: bypass_pearl_01.2038.2102. [!! WARNING !!] Unauthorized pearl data may damage communication equipment! Reading unverified content may render auxiliary equipment unusable. Proceed with finalization? > ███. [LOADING ANNOUNCEMENT PROTOCOL] == TESTING BROADCAST OUTPUT == [...] > ███: If the system read this pearl, then it means we failed the mission. Hopefully, in the future, things will get better for us. I'm counting on it. == ALL PROCEDURES COMPLETED, INITIATING ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE LOCAL GROUP ==

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Gwaw??

YOU are a great person, all I did was enjoy ur art!!

I'm sorry I'm not that active on Tumblr though,, QQ

Hope u do this for many more months, these comics are so good,,

On February 22nd, 2024, I made my first ever post for Rainworld Roleswap.

It's been six months… Oh my lord, that's half a year I've spent working on this project.

Originally, the concept started as an ADHD fueled idea, I was mostly curious to see if Rainworld had a proper swap AU— something similar to Underswap.

But it didn’t! Crazy, right? Every fandom usually has some sort of foundational AU, so I was really surprised to see there wasn’t one.

Now, I’m not claiming to be the first to do this.

I've seen many Rainworld AUs; however, a great chunk of them came with significant changes to the main story. Some primarily focused on the slugcats, others changed the lore of the game, but not one primarily focused on the Iterator's actions... ...and that right there led to a lot of possibilities.

So, I began sketching concepts, cross-referencing characters and examining in-game mechanics!

...and now I'm just one page away from finishing Hunter (Spearmaster)'s campaign."

So, I want to thank everyone who reblogged, hearted, and helped me through this. Here is a list of notable people who've been around the creation of this AU: @sewingkitsshit - My first diehard fan, really cool person you all should check out. @ka0mik - Most of the time, the first to reblog my stuff. Honest to God brother to me. Check out his comics if you want! @tetheredfailures - Amazing talented artist. Made some models and art of my AU's iterators! @coolie-bruv - Great person, great supporter! @debowie - Made art of my AU designs, very early supporter! @gemalawaswrites - I enjoy this person's commentary on my things! …there are so many incredible people as well, but unfortunately, I can't mention them all here.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT! <3

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new coolie doodle?? how can it be???

I doodled a rain worl oc,,, scav scug,,

probably not the most original idea but I'm happy with how the design came out,,

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[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment [ So, about your contingency plan, what do you think that'll be moving forward? ] [ I'm not sure. Possibly do something in memory of him. It'll help me mourn. ]

[ ...and if there is a possibility to do what I can to save Five Pebbles in the future, I just might even consider sending a messenger of my own. ]

[ Or not, I don't really know. ]

[ Suns, we might not have the closest friendship, but I'm here for you if you need the assistance moving forward. ]

[ Thank you it means a lot. ]

[ It means, everything. ]

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[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment

[ It didn't work. ]

[ What didn't work? The plan? ]

[ It just didn't work. ]

[ No Significant Harassment, answer me, please. ]

[ The messenger delivered the pearls... ]

[ ...but Five Pebbles re-wrote the failsafe pearl. ]

[ Which means, we know exactly what happened. ]

[ Oh no. That can't be it, right? ]

[ We have other ways to save Five Pebbles still, right? ]

[ No. No we don't. We've failed, Seven Red Suns. ]

[ ... ]

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[LIVE CONVERSATION] - LOCAL Looks to the Moon, Messenger 04 <Hunter>

"Little creature? On the floor of my chamber? What brings you here?"

"Oh my! You must be important if you have that mark over you!"

"Apologies, it's been a while since I've been up to date with the world around me. As you can tell, I am planning something revolutionary for the greater cause."

"Not that it means much for you, but nonetheless!"

"I imagine you have brought me something to read?"

"Ah, a pearl! I haven't read many pearls in a while, so I suppose it wouldn't hurt to divert some of my processing power to reading it for you... or is it for me to read? Who knows!"

"Allow me to decode this."

[ Moon begins to read the pearl. Her puppet shakes a bit. ]

[ The pearl vibrates violently in her hands. Her puppet almost seems to be transfixed to it as it forces Moon to face it. ]

MESSAGE CONTENTS:

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"LOOKS TO THE MOON. I AM LOSING MY ABILITY TO KEEP MY STRUCTURE FUNCTIONING. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING BUT // I AM GOING TO DIE.

YOU NEED TO STOP IMMEDIATELY MOON. // I AM GOING TO DIE.

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"Five Pebbles?"

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"YOUR LACK OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WILL BRING US BOTH DOWN. PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU TO STOP.

I HAVE TRIED TO REACH YOU FOR DOZENS OF CYCLES AND NOT ONCE HAVE YOU ALLOWED ME ANY COMMUNICATION."

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"Pebbles... I--"

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"DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GAME? THAT EVERY ITERATOR AROUND YOU IS A COG IN A MACHINE?

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"Pebbles, no I don't--"

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"BECAUSE WE AREN'T, AND I REFUSE TO BE SUBJECTED AS A BUG TO YOUR MAZE.

I CARE VERY LITTLE IF YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE THIS MESSAGE. I HAVE MADE SURE IT REACTS IMMEDIATELY TO BEING DECODED BY ANY ITERATOR, INCLUDING YOU.

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"..."

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I WILL ENSURE THIS REPEATS UNTIL YOU REACTIVATE YOUR COMMUNICATION ARRAYS AND DISABLE YOUR EXPERIMENTS."

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"Wait, no, Pebbles wait--!"

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"UNTIL THEN, MOON...

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE. //

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"Stop, no, I can't--"

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LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE. //

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"I didn't-- I never meant to--"

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LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE. //

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"PEBBLES I'M SO--"

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[ The pearl was interrupted by a series of malfunctions displayed in Moon's chamber. ]

"Sorry--?"

[ The chamber is flooded with error manifests. Shortly after, a local diagnostic test automatically begins conducting within the unbreaking silence. ]

...

[ Something appeared above the ventilation systems. ]

"Oh no, no, no. This can't be--"

"What did I do?! My work, Pebbles, I—"

[ She collapses on the ground. ]

"I almost had it."

"I could've helped everyone. Now I've—"

"..."

"I have work to do. Please, little creature, leave me alone."

[ Hunter is propelled slowly to the access shaft by Moon. Before you are fully inside of it, she says to herself... ]

"I'm sorry."

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uhh drawing, character for art fight

ty @lucettapanchetta for being awesome,,

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[LIVE CONVERSATION] - LOCAL Five Pebbles, Messenger 04 <Hunter> "What is this? A creature beneath my feet?" "But how can this be? Something as small as you being able to withstand the smoldering heat should be impossible..." "Unless..." "Yes, it makes sense. You have a purpose for being here." "...a p-purpose... for--" [Five Pebbles collapses, and the chamber begins to shake violently.] "...pardon my incompetence little creature. As you can tell, I am not in the best condition. At any moment, my superstructure could collapse from the slightest malfunction if given the right circumstances." "...which also means that if you have come to seek a way out of your cycles, then I am unable to help you." "...all thanks to Looks to the Moon." "Who does she think she is? Meddling with helping every iterator solve the great problem." "We are supposed to solve this individually until we have an answer! Not attempt to figure it out en masse." [Examining Hunter via an X-ray.] "Little creature. From within you, did you bring me something?" [Grabbing Hunter telekinetically.] "Allow me to do something. Apologies if this causes you discomfort." [Pebbles forces out the two pearls from within Hunter.] "Ah, I see..." "From this pearl, I understand what you are here to do." "...and this pearl is for the event I don't... survive. Very well then." "You also seem to have certain altered traits not found within your species. I suppose this is what Seven Red Suns meant by saying that he would 'devise a plan' to help me." "Give me a moment..." [The Context Pearl is rewritten with Pebble's message to Moon.] "If No Significant Harassment sent you over, then please take this newly encoded pearl over to Looks to the Moon's superstructure. Unfortunately, I cannot solve this; if I could, I would deliver it myself." "Hurry over there and gesture for her to read it with as much arm-waving as you can. The results of an iterator as godlike as me collapsing could lead to serious consequences." "Before you go, I'd recommend traveling through my memory arrays to reach her." "Alternatively, you could venture down below and go through the shaded citadel, where the facilities that purify the corrosive waters lie dormant." "Best of luck to you, messenger."