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oouuuuuuu I love my guyyyy ohhhhh I love himmmm I love drawing him 100 million times every single day
#me trying to calm down HAHAHAH#like ok steve. get your shirt off.#ALMAOALKGJLKGMGAGASKGSAGJLGKMGLK#sketches#steve#time and time again#ttawebcomic#also I dont like being TOO SERIOUS TOO MUCH IN A ROW...#back to posting normal style#art zone#sketch zone#we going sketch mode#doing this so that I can focus on work I've got a few things I have to pick between doing#enjoy#I love him so much#maybe later I'll make like a steve apreciation post if I remember#or something idfk#you could too#if you wanted#me literally like begging people to make fanart and fan posts about my comic#PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE#I'm talking to myself over here you gotta help me out
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one for the ages, it’s a tale as old as time 🍃
#supernatural#spn#my art#castiel#over dramatic castiel art? Why not!#Look my excuse is that I reread all of sobsicles fics a couple weeks back to stave off the Existential Angst#and to pass time waiting for a therapist appointment which tbh#This show is probably the reason I need therapy in the first place 😅#anyways have a cas. style and posting consistency? What’s that#Going back to reading Discworld now. hogfather in April is also very normal but I highly recommend it!#digital art#Procreate#mine#art#supernatural fanart#castiel novak#okay I don’t really know what the hell the symbolism of this is but I think this tag#Destiel#maybe is relevant. I hope.
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"feels like we could go on for forever this way.." (x)
#wooo new header for me <33#also back to skk posting i missed them sm#wanted to pratice some scenery and try a new style which simplifies my current one and focuses more on colors and painting#and i'm super happy with how it turned out i think i won#for forever fits skk so well it rly brings back the bittersweet memories of when they were once partners and each others halves#and it just feels reminiscent of days gone by and they were once so close but time and life their own decisions have torn them apart#ben platt's voice is so pretty i love this song sm i heard it for the first time again in years and was slammed by all the emotions😭😭#i was so normal abt deh when it first came out i swear#bungou stray dogs#bungo stray dogs#bsd#dazai osamu#osamu dazai#nakahara chuuya#chuuya nakahara#soukoku#skk#lotus draws
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quick study of that one concept art Vergil by Ikeno because I felt like I needed a refresher on 3V's features
#dmc#devil may cry#vergil#dmc3#dmc 3#devil may cry 3#my art#lads......... im artblocked as fuck#not like as in i cant draw or dont feel up to it but more like my exec dysfunction is so bad it might as well be a full artblock#my wips.... my poor suffering wips........#also i still have backlog to post but uhhhh#its mostly red dead and detroit (whoops completely forgot to post those) and smth dmc that i dont wanna post until june#bc its very summer themed#and while i DO wanna post my other fandom back log#weeeeh im afraid of breaking this dmc streak idk why#my brain is weird#it thinks were in Dmc Mode now and I Cannot Possibly Do Anything Else#i think the specific type of autism i have needs to be studied by scentists#anyway#hope you enjoy the Burgl#this was actually brought by: the fact i was trying so hard to force myself to draw SOMETHING#but i realized every time i tried to draw 3V hes like.#hes become SO far removed from the base model in my style#and i mean. thats kinda normal with art and stylisation and not even a bad thing BUT i really want him to be a bit more on model so#here
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naptime ☺️
#the clingy and the clung to#btw they are both the clingy and the clung to#they are cringe 😞#I like to hc the way that people sleep and I cannot imagine a grown Damian sleeping on his side#he's on his back that's all I can see for him#child damian? yeah curls up on his side once he starts feeling safe to sleep that way#grown Damian? on his back with folded arms or MAYBE on his front with his arms forklifting the pillow#(which is how bruce sleeps btw)#Jon's a cuddler. He will seek the nearest body and he WILL hold it#if there's no body to hold he's a classic side sleeper; like I mean the classic side sleeping position#the one you think of when you think of side sleeping as a concept#but if he senses someone nearby his body WILL move to hug it#note: damian CAN snuggle normal-style but this IS snuggling for him ykwim?#anyway. first time trying to draw cat... eeee.#not sure I like how this came out but I'm gonna post it anywayyyyy!#art#digital art#fanart#sketch#watercolour#jondami#damijon#supersons#jon kent#damian wayne#jonathan kent#superboy jon kent
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:)
#just normal alec hardy posting idk#david tennant#broadchurch#alec hardy#can u tell that the flowers r supposed to be bluebells#im obsessed#its an issue#my art!!#big art style change for me!#kinda reverting back to how i used to draw lols#i have so many midterms i'm supposed to be working on
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so back in april i had the idea to draw ace attorney characters as if they were in fantasy life (so essentially combining two of my favorite games) but only finished phoenix then. tonight i finished up the page with some more, and since we know what the new lives in fantasy life i will be, i got the excuse to include vera as an artist :))
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[image ID: 5 digital drawings of some ace attorney characters drawn in the fantasy life art style, which is a very expressive, stylized chibi style. they are drawn in the outfits for different lives as if they were in fantasy life. in the top left, phoenix wright is drawn as a paladin, with text next to his head that says "Phoenix Paladin". he is wearing silver armor with gold trim, the trim forming a 'P' on his chest. the 'P' has a red gemstone in the center of it. his shoulder guards also have red gems on them. he has a long blue cape fluttering behind him, as he stands confidently, holding a sword in his left hand and holding up a shield with his right. the sword and shield are also silver with gold and red accents like his armor. next to phoenix, in the top middle, apollo justice is drawn as a blacksmith. he has text next to his head that reads "Apollo Blacksmith". he is wearing a teal apron on top of a white shirt and pants. his sleeves are rolled up, and he has a red piece of fabric tied around his waist. he is wiping sweat off his forehead with his right hand, and holding a hammer in his left. next to apollo on the top right, is vera misham. she is drawn as an artist, with text next to her head that reads "Vera Artist" she is wearing a pink beret that resembles her bandana, and has a paint brush with pink paint on the very top. she is holding her sketchbook in her right hand, and a paint brush in her left. she is wearing brown gloves that are stained with various colors of paint. she is wearing a pink dress with a darker pink collar and bow, and the skirt of the dress has a darker pink line going horizontally across it. she has a white apron tied around her waist that is also stained with various colors of paint. she is wearing brown sandals. on the bottom left of the drawing is trucy wright drawn as a wizard, with text next to her head that reads "Trucy Wizard". she is in an excited pose, running while holding her staff, a tall wand with a glittering green gem on top. she is wearing a light blue pointy witch hat with a white ribbon wrapped around it. the inside of her hat is pink. she is wearing a medium length black dress with a white belt, and she is wearing pointy white shoes. she is wearing a light blue cloak, with the hood on her shoulders, that has her green diamond brooch hanging where the ends of her hood meet. her cloak is fluttering behind her and trimmed with white and gold, the insides if her sleeves being pink. on the bottom right of the image, ema skye is drawn as an alchemist, with text next to her head that reads "Ema Alchemist". she is wearing gold goggles with pink lenses, and her hair is drawn more poofy than usual. she is wearing a white coat over a light green dress. she has a pink tie loosely around her neck, and she is wearing a darker green corset with gold buttons. her shoes are plain black. she is holding a potion bottle filled with a yellow liquid in her right hand, and is looking at it calmly, with the left hand in her white coat's pocket. end ID].
#my art#ace attorney#fantasy life#fantasy life 3ds#phoenix wright#apollo justice#trucy wright#ema skye#vera misham#i tried my best to replicate the fl art style so hopefully that comes across to the like. 2 people that recognize it VBDBDND#i think phoenix and vera turned out the best but i also like ema too.. shes very shaped :3#kinda glad it took me so long to finish this bc otherwise i probably wouldve drawn vera as a tailor but. theres an artist life now#also accidentally discarded this post the first time i typed it up but thankfully i had the image id copied so i didnt lose all of that text#i think i wouldve lost it if i had to type all that again but alls well that ends well i supposr#also gave me the opportunity to go back and color in apollos hammer bc i forgot the first time and. since the post was gone#i might as well fix it#anyways i had a bit of autism moment while drawing vera but im normal now. maybe#2023
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psychic Kyle strikes again!
art by @nheyguys
#logical explaination#south park fanart#sp style#south park#sp stanky#south park comic#stan x kyle#nhaigen#style south park#nheyguys#sm#kb#ec#stanky#stugly#stankyle#au#kinda an au?#cartman's incredible gift#back to normal posts!#2 today again cause sorry for all the bs
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ryuu doodle dump :]
#mine#can i be honest i feel like i dont post him a lot it's bc i lock myself in a tormented cycle of “I DIDNT DRAW HIM WELL ENOUGH”#but oh well. at least he's still a cutie patootie#even now he's the character that makes me go crazy. i find him very handsome#normal guy core#all the anatomy and proportions are WACK but IDGAF#going back to study nuri's style and the way eyes are drawn like... everyone has long lashes and eyeliner LOL#spanning over months at this point. this is probably the most consistent my style has been#i like his angry eyebrows and big brown eyes
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Caughtcha, gotcha, not letting go ♥ (Patreon)
#Doodles#Pokemon#Firebland#Silverstreakshipping#Kabu#Larry#The Stanley Parable#Stanley#Silly little leftovers between bigger ideas - it's interesting how most of my ideas for them are comic-style :0#Interaction scripts moreso than just Cute Lads as is my wont haha - though they are also cute#Practice doodles to keep sharp!#And hey they both get their own singular focus and two together! Doubly double nice haha#I think about ''Would you still love me if I was a worm'' perhaps an inordinate amount.... I genuinely really like it haha#Yes it's silly but I'm very moved by it all the same! That one post of love and care really really spoke to me#Of keeping someone you love safe and protected and fed and healthy ''even if'' they had nothing could provide in return#Very similar to the Came Back Wrong post - I love you because You Are not because of what you can Do For Me#Very sappy! Of course I like it! I will turn it silly though hehe I love both!#And also the pun of Wurmple hehehe ♪ To think I almost went with Caterpie or Kakuna! My Gen1 love is too strong smh#Poor Larry haha Kabu quick to reassure! Loves you! ♥#Some Stanley!! I have a few more Guys Who Are Dudes in the barrel to meet up with Larry at some point haha#Stanley had to be first tho - I tagged a meme with Larry as being Stanleycore! Normal but Weird about it#Stanley is Not normal for the record lol but he Is an Office Man so he counts#Hey Stanley why don't you wear a tie to work huh#Floof lads <3 Obviously! Kabu's much easier to draw floofed out lol but that's just 'cause floof is fun and easy to draw#Larry is actually much harder to draw floofed lol - how do his grey streaks fall! Absolute mayhem! Cute nonetheless haha#And ending out with huggles and snuggles and cuddles <3 That pose is much much fun to draw :D#Surrounded but not trapped! Larry's legs pressing in on Kabu's but not forcing him closed and Kabu's hands on Larry's#Hold him there hold him there both sides all the ways around#Larry's really leaned down onto his shoulder if their heads are at matching heights haha#I'm quite pleased ♪ Their faces turned out cute and the pose turned out nice :) S'pretty! :D
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I know this is just a silly bad quality random screencap of a screencap that I found on facebook lol, BUT it's a succinct enough image to easily describe the concept in a quick/accessible way hopefully :

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(and of course, feel free to elaborate in tags, etc.! (especially elaborating about other senses as well.. can you "hear" in your mind just as well as you can "see"? taste? etc.) It's an interesting topic to me, as someone who's like a 4.5 at MOST lol. I'm curious what option will be the most common :0c )
#tumblr polls#hrmm... a little poll perhaps.. about a subject I find interesting.. since this image came across my facebook today#still really not feeling that well. no longer shaking violently and such but I still feel weird and weak much more than usual#They did say my markers for like infection or inflammation were elevated but that they werent sure of the cause so hopefully#it's nothing too serious. they did also say a lot of different things can cause that thing to be higher than normal but didn't go into spec#fics of what. maybe some of them are relatively benign or something. I still havent felt much back to normal since#I got really sick that one time though. I feel fine on and off but then little bouts of feeling weird and sick happen. hrmmm#ANYWAY.. looking for small ways to be productive. such as little doodles on evil ipad or editing game videos#or posting polls or cat pictures or some other like not very labor intensive things#I WISH I COULD FOCUS on writing HHRGGhh... I need to finish my game.. it would be so freeing.. a project that's been looming#over my head for like 5 years even though througouht that 5yrs I've probably spent a total of 3 months working on it lo.. ANYWAY#I still partially really cannot beleive that people CAN see stuff in their heads. There's always part of me that's thinking like. well mayb#e everyone DOES see the same exact thing but we just describe/conceptualize it so differently that we think we're talking about#different things when we're really not. But I have been assured by people I've talked to about it that they can GENUINELY really see#stuff in their heads like as vivid as an actual picture in real life or something. And the other senses are neat too. Like for exmaple I#can hear in my head much better than I can see imagery. I still CANNOT hear vividly like as if I were listening to actual music out loud..#but I think it's developed more than my sight. AND interesting how this varies the creative process. a friend I was talking to on the phone#said they write by literally just watching stuff play before them like a movie. where my process is COMPLETELY different. AND that affects#the content/what details we focus on as well as our individual styles of writing have differences that can be traced back to that.. hrmm
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Hey what if I just suddenly started drawing him in my style 🧍
Bonus Pavel bc yes
#my art#pizza tower#peppino spaghetti#pt peppino#pizzatower#I finally decided to draw and see what he would look like in my normal style and omg I haven't been able to stop#me when I don't post for a week and I come back with a whole different art style lmao#anyway PLS i need feedback or something#should I keep drawing like this or drawing both styles#pavel borsch#vodka tower
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king & executioner
#my art#dragon age#dragon age the veilguard#datv#veilguard#dragon age veilguard#viago de riva#calien de riva#rook de riva#antivan crows#aahahahaa i dont know how to post this since there are 2 versions#(<- made it to be flipped both ways. yea. im normal)#are the details getting lost??? is there too much going on??? i wish i knew#anyway its done so i can get back to my replay. and dao. and monhun#not fully happy with it but! done staring at it!!#(tried so many news things. ohhhh antivan crows the things you make me do)#ohh de riva crows you make me insane. i should talk about that sometime (all the post vg futures.......)#what will doom you. your ambition and paranoia or your loyalty (and where does that loyalty fall)#i wish i could paint/do the dragon age tarot style but. i cant so we can have whatever this is
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Linktober Day 8. Tunic
#linktober#linktober 2024#the legend of zelda#wind waker#ocarina of time#loz#loz ww#loz oot#link#josh art tag#had a lot of fun with this one despite how annoying it was to draw#oot link was at a difficult angle and i also just could not shade this for the life of me. restarted the shading like 3 times#i think im reaching that point in the cycle i typically go thru with my artstylr where ive grown tired of my shading style#to the point that i forget how to do it and it never quite looks right#so if my next post features changes to my artstyle thats why lol#but i enjoyed making this despite that cuz i like the ideas behind it!#i normally wouldve redesigned ww!link's outfit but i purposefully drew it accurately#to highlight how its more like a costume. cuz thats kinda what it was! and its modeled after the hero of times clothes#but is pretty innacurate. which i think is cool.. shows how much time has passed and how the view of the hero of time has warped#so i also purposefully made oot link wearing my redesigned outfit for him (even if you cant see much of it at this angle)#to further emphasize how ww!link's outfit is not only essentially a costume but is also quite innacurate#i like having ww!link ditch the costume for something else to show how he stops being some kid in oot!link's shadow#and grows into a true hero of his own#hence my ww!link redesign where i put him back in the lobster shirt. but i do keep some green and something similar to the hat#to have him fit in with the other links while still being unique#look i have a lot of feelings about ww!link and oot!link#i wish zelda would do more stuff like this... i think having oot relate to wind waker makes the story more interesting#and makes ww!link more interesting! cuz he cant be the hero of time they want. but he does become the real hero they need#the oot ww tp trio is so good... and they all work great as standalone games but their connections do really add something
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New Age AU Drabble - Feelings Above Duty
Heya @spotaus Spot!!
I swear new Age Ccino gives me brainworms. He is my Blorbo <3 So here we are! back at it again!
Timeline? We are right after Dream invaded the castle and got away. The group is hard at work at returning everything to normal, or as normal as they can.
So. 5 hours and 4750 words later and here we are! As always. No editing as always as it is a drabble but i am VERY happy wiht how it turned out! <3
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It still feels wrong.
Everything feels wrong.
Even as things are calm. Even when things are clean. Even when there is not a single mark on the floors or walls. Even if the meeting with the council went alright and no one was difficult about him taking them over for a short time again.
Then again... It is not the first time.
Abigail, or Abbee as she prefers to be called, is a member of one of the old noble families. The noble family who has been in the council for generations on end.
When Ccino had walked in some of the newer members had looked confused. Abbee however had looked up with a deep frown on her face. Before anyone could reject him being there however Abbee had flown over and given him a hug. Happily greeted him and asking if the king had send him to stand in for a little while again.
Ccino had confirmed it and gotten straight to the point. Memories and old hard learned lessons coming back easily. Ccino is very lucky for all the careful notes that Night... Night... Nighty...
His hands shake as he drops the dish he had been holding. The plate clathers loudly on the counter and the sound seems to continue to bounce in his skull.
It feels too full. Everything is loud... Nothing makes sense.. He can't breath.
No.
No focus.
He looks down to pick up the plate. He spots it and reaches but-
Red... Red and silver and grey... Red liquid covering his hands... Two just barely different shades... lines of glittery silver swirling in it. Never mixing but there... Small grey particals. Starting to clump together.
He can't move. He can't breath. He can't-
"Ccino?" a hand on his shoulder and someone? he needs to... He needs to... soemthing...
"Ssh... Sshh it is okay. Breath. First you need to breath. First in. Hold it. Then out."
There is a hand. Pushing on his sternum when they say out. And releasing the pressure when saying in.
"Just follow my hand. Come on... Easy does it."
He fills the fake lungs. As he does the world becomes clearer again. His hands are white... covered with bubbles made of soap from the dishes... before him he sees the plate but it is broken and-
Red... there is red.
A hand pulls his hand away and a towel covers his hand "You were really out of it there Ccino... Easy..."
The ground is cold and hard but it pulls his attention. the arms around him as steady and secure and..
Oh...
"Sorry Robin... I don't know... I just..." He should be better at this. Even if that day when Nigh-... When he got taken is by far the worst day in his life... It is fine. He should be fine. He should be good at this. It is what he does. He manages.
He always manages.
Robin doesn't let go of him as she studies his hand "Lets agree to disagree... Ccino. What are you doing here?"
Ccino shoots her a look before sighing as he glances back at the dishes "Washing the dishes. After it I still need to prepare the meeting with the merchants. They should be here before the end of the week and if Ni-... I mean... our... Our..." Why can't he just say it! Why is his throat locking up?! Get it together! Just. Stop being a wreck. Stop being a burden! enough is going on. Get it together and do something useful!
Robin hums and with a flourish she finishes wrapping his small wound "Yeah I cna see that. Next question!" She looks at him questioning "Why are you here instead of where you want to be?"
Ccino feels called out a she glances back at his hand "I... I went by this morning..."
Robin nods "How is he?"
Ccino looks to the side "Still asleep... The healers say he is stable... Just resting... That he needs time to recover the lost blood, and mana... and energy... and... and... life-... lifeforce..." His hands had been covered... His clothes a mess. His whole bathroom had looked like a terrible murder had happened.
He had broken down again when he tried to clean it...
Robin had found him like that...
Robin ahd held him... much like this actually...
Heh... He is pathetic... So much for being worth all the trust Nightlight places in him... He can't even keep it together now.
The Knights are fine... Angry and worried but they can focus. They are working on locating Nightmare at this very moment.
Error is also helping. Crafting a sort of spell to track Ngihtmare's magic.
The are fine... They are managing...
He should be better.
Robin frowns at him "Sorry to hear that... It must be rough."
Ccino can't help but snort as he pulls his knees up and just lays on them "Harder for the Knights... I really have no right to be this undone by it all..." To hover as much as he is. To visit so often. Killer and him... They hadn't even been close... Ccino had... he had never truly tried to connect wiht Killer... Before because of Killer's own past... After that Ccino hadn't wanted to interfere with Killer's journey to self discovery... Shortly after that... Their small talk in the hallways and Ccino's few helping moments grew even smaller as Killer became a Knight.
The first Knight. The King's most trusted.
Then the others came around and Killer had his fellow Knights. His brothers in arms.
They still spoke... once or twice... When they came across one another in their own duties. Killer is always playful. Still that same smile as all those years ago...
They still dance...
At his brithday party... The Winter Ball...
Ccino had often wondered if Killer knew it was just Ccino under that mask. Ccino figures he knew. Killer is much more intelligent than he wants you to think he is.
But then it makes no sense that Killer still asks him for a dance... or six... and eating a plate of food on the balcony together...
A hand covers his hand and holds it. Moments later Robin interlocks their fingers together. She is warm. Almost all humans are. He glances at her before looking away again. Her face doesn't have her usual smile as she just stares at him worried.
"It is... okay... I will be..." not fine. He doens't feel fine. He can't feel fine. He isn't allowed to lie... "I will manage." Managing. That he can do. He can manage.
"Ccino... If you could pick anywhere to be right now... where would it be?" Robin just asks.
Ccino can't help but let out a snort as his mental to do list stares down at him. "Probably in... in the office... I need to reread deals and contracts... Make sure everything is being send out and on its way to the places that need them." There are multiple rebuilding projects on their way. Promised goods and gold need to be spread. The plans should be all done but Ccino needs to check them just in case some spy broke in and messed with them when their defences had been done. That is what... what Nighty would ahve wnated...
Robin tugs on their joined hand "No... Ccino... I mean. Where do you want to be right now. Not where you think you should be or where your next chore is. Where do you want to be."
Ccino frowns as looks at the ground. The ground is nice. It has curves and looks like tightly intertwines branches. But still completely flat. Honestly he doesn't take enough time to admire the castle and oh it is warm here. He should open a window and let the air cool. On tha tnote. When was the last time the castle got aired out? Especially after the fighting and all the cleaning they will need to open up the windows to make sure not resident chemicals bother people.
Maybe the fresh air will also help with his warm feeling face and horrible headache and-
An arm is wrapped around him "I think we both know where you want to be."
Ccino feels called out... Then again... Robin knows him... Robin has been there with him since the start. ten years older and so much smarter but she had pulled him up and helped him along. While people were mean or forced him to run. She had been the one to show him little tricks. Little ways to make it easier. Where to stash food. Wehre he could safely rest. Which hours the guards wouldn't patrol certain areas.
Ccino leans against her. His sockets hurt... form the crying... maybe from the staring at his roof in his room. Maybe it is the headache. It just feels better to lean agianst her "I gotta work Robs..." He mutters as he just leans against her. Familiar and safe.
Robin snorts "I can do that stuff Ccino."
Ccino shoots her a look "robin... I can't ask you that."
Robin looks highly amused "What exactly? That I do my job, that i am handsomely and very well paid for may I add. And you focus on some personal stuff." Her amusement becomes gentle "Ccino. The reason why you always do it is because well. You are amazing at it and yes, thanks to that I have very little to do on average when it comes to management." She makes him lookat her "But I got this. I can and will manage stuff. Lessen your load."
Ccino frowns and mutters "I cna handle it... I did it before..."
Robin nods "I know... but you don't have to Ccino. At least not alone. Please let me help."
Ccino sighs and nods "Okay... I... Okay... You know?" He isn't sure what he is asking.
Robin grins "Got the schedule memorised. Now... What will you do?"
Ccino looks back to the ground as he tugs on his fingers... The wrapping stands out against his other white bones. "I... I am going to check on him... After that I go to bed..."
Robin nods as she gets up and pulls him back to his feet "That is the spirit! go make sure your boyfriend is okay!" she grins and rushes off with a wave.
"He isn't my..." But she is already gone.
Ccino sighs as he rubs his throbbing head... Just a bit longer.. That is all...
He walks through the halls. He nears a turn but just turns towards a wooden panel. Just a small push and the panel shifts aside as he climbs in and he rushes in. The tunnel is cramped but thankfully cool. There are quite a few spiderwebs... Ccino will have to check wiht some of the spider monsters if these are relatives or if they need to do a more throughout cleaning.
He exits the tunnel and feels his soul do little flips in his chest. No stop. Don't be weird. It is... Nothing changed. He is still the same. They are still the same. They are just colleagues... maybe friends if he really pushes the definition. And that is fine. It was what Ccino wanted after all. Helps him focus. Helps him stay on the job. Helps him not grow attached for when people leave again and-
"Ccino."
he stops and turns around. Horror is here? No stop. of course Horror is here. Killer is here which means one of the knights visits often to amke sure he is okay. Usually it is Dust but horror is not uncommon to see around.
Ccino nods and gives the small half bow. Muscle memory kicking in "Sir Lion. What can I be of help with?" and he rises again.
Horror looks around before answering "Error's spell managed to get a signal. We are grabbing our supplies and leaving."
Shock.
He hadn't... He thought. He had thought the spell was still in the development stage-
Or it was two days ago... Something about it not being powerful enough... Did they figure it out? Had they had a plan? why dind't they tell him-
No stop. doens't matter. it doesn't matter. You got no plac ein this. Don't make it about you.
Ccino nods "That is well. Are you in need of any supplies?"
Horror shakes his skull "Dust is grabbing the few things we need and preparing the horses. Cross is talking with the Captain and sharing the location together with Error. Captain Rogers will be able to follow us with the reinforcements later."
Ccino nods. That had been the plan. The Knights move out to secure Nightmare. The guard moves out to capture those who attacked to begin with. The Knights strike hard and fast to enable success.
They don't care if this rebel group escapes and tries again. They know about them now and they will be better prepared to defend.
Getting Ngihtmare back takes priority.
Though.
Ccino frowns as he looks at Horror "You mean Sir Cross will go as well? Shouldn't he still be resting?" It is still ahrd to not call Cross Snow Leopart. Ccino had sat with Nightmare as Nightmare went over so many different animals that may fit and than later the list the mask maker had given him. Nightmare had been so proud to manage to settle on Snow Leopart. But the mask is still being made and so it is not exactly known just yet.
horror chuckles as he looks back up fondly "There is no stopping him. He did swear he will rest and not move out of the medical area for a full week when he is back"
Ccino knows he is frowning "Well... I do think it is unwise and risky but you three will know better if he will be able to help." He waits for a moment before speaking "However... if there is nothing I can help you with..." and he looks pointedly at Horror. He doesn't want to ask it ouright but why did Horror search him out.
Horror looks much more bothered as he rubs his neck "It is just... We wanted to... Ask you... We know you are busy." He looks down with guilt before looking back at him "Can you make sure Killer is fine? We know he is healing and he needs to just sleep but... It would be a load of our mind if you could check on him." He looks so troubled. Guilty as if he is asking for a terrible thing.
Ccino is... surprised... They just want him to check up on Killer? That... "That will be no problem. I will make sure to check in on him."
Horror just looks more troubled "It is just that... Dust seems convinced that Killer cna hear us you know... it would be nice if you could... tell him some stuff. Just small stuff... Nothing too long or bothersome it is just... Dust seems sure that Killer takes comfort in hearing us."
Ccino frowns but nods "If Sir Panther is sure." It wouldn't be the strangest thing. Ccino knows he has seen stranger stuff. One of which was Killer returning to life in matter of fact. He nods again as he speaks his answer in more words "I will make sure to talk to him." And if Dust really is right. Ccino likes the idea of bringing a bit of comfort to him. Even if it is just to talk about some of the boring days as servant.
Pure relieve covers his face "Thank you Ccino. It... It means a lot." He sighs and chuckles "When all of this is over we will need a break."
Ccino can't help but agree easily "I am sure our... king." he only paused for a second "Will be ready to give all three of you time off to spend time recovering."
Horror nods and sighs "It would be nice... Thanks again Ccino." a more boyish and mischivious grin "Finally get why they call you miracle worker." and he leaves.
Ccino sighs as he rubs his head "I am not... I don't..." He doesn't really make miracles happen... He is just creative in his solutions. He watches the hallway for a moment longer but it is quiet.
So very quiet.
He turns back around and continues his path. He gets to the wing with the healing bay easily but he stops. His mind spinning.
They will leave soon.
They will find Nightmare.
Oh how Ccino wishes he could go wiht them. To get to Nightmare. To hold him close and tell him it is okay. That he is safe again. But he would just get in the way. He would just be someone they would ahve to keep an eye on and be in danger.
He would endanger the mission.
His mind calls Ngihtmare to the front. So scared and alone... Would he even be allowed to keep his things? Would he be all alone without anything to bring him comfort? would they have taken his cloak? he has had his cloak since his crowning. It was meant to just make him look the part but for some reason it was a source of comfort for Nightmare.
Ccino wants to believe they wouldn't take his things. That they would look at Nightmare and see that young teen that he is. That they would at least be gentle and try their best to take care of him.
But he knows not everyone is nice to children. No matter how young they are. His own back aches with the memory.
No... It is unlikely that nightmare will have something to hold close to comfort him. To help calm him down. Exposed to everyone as his mask got broken and-
Ccino looks up and looks back the way he came. If he is fast. He walks away from the healing bay. He is two steps further when a few branches wihtin the walls, the very wall that looks like solid stone, moves and seem to wave in an nonexisting wind.
Ccino doesn't think as he mutters "My room please... Than the Knights." The wall shudders and caves inwards. A tunnel appears right before his eyes and he walks in, the walls behind him melt shut again and he walks through darkness. Just like always there is nothing to trip him. It is smooth and straight forwards. There is no rough incline or ramp. There is no sudden twist. There is nothing in his way.
The wall opens and the light floats his vision for a moment. It blind shim aside from these bright flashes as his skull throbs again. Right... No sleep.
He rushes to his bed and careully kneels beside it. He reaches under it and pulls out a small wooden box. He clicks it open adn inside lays it. The White Cat mask. On a velvet pillow, dark green in colour. A protective pillow on the top of the case as well.
He takes it out and the silver coloured ribbons are still as soft as ever.
He stares at the hollow eyes of the cat for a moment before getting up again. He turns towards a wall and a new tunnel is already ready for him.
He follows it and leaves the wall near the courtyard. Dust stands with his three horses, ccino beleives it are Basalt, Pearl and Limestone, each one being one of their personal horses.
Dust is already on Pearl's back and sees to be staring right ahead. A look of pure concentration on his face. Ccino never could feel the other's magic, but from what Nightmar ehad told him it was often overwhelming and the pressure got very high. Ccino has no doubt the other was planning to use that same power against those who stood against them.
He does however also see Error sitting behind Dust. focussing on the spell up in the sky as he seems to tug on a few strings. He wishes he understood magic better...
Doesn't matter.
His sight finds Horror and he marches over.
horror is tyign a small pack to the horse when he looks over worry covers his face "is something..." he seems scares to speak the last word for his question.
Ccino knows however what he is asking "Nothing is wrong. I just..." He hesitates for a moment before taking out his mask and hadning it to Horror. Hroror stares at it in awe and shock.
Ccino is honestly surprised is voice is even when he speaks "For our king. He lost his mask when he was taken. He will find comfort in not being exposed." and hopefully the familiar mask will bring him some comfort as well.
Horror nods and tugs it away in his armour "I... Yes... thank you... We will rbing him back"
He doesn't understnad why he thanks him. Instead he nods "Just bring him home..." Wiht that he turns and returns to the castle. He still.. He still needs...
The wall opens as soon as he turns a corner. Ccino walks in wihtout hesitation.
He exists right by the healing bay. His hand shakes when he opens the door.
Two different monsters look up. They smile as one stands up. A small monster, a red panda to be precise, smiles brightly at him "Mister Ccino Sir!" they immediantly blush in embarrassement. They are still very new to their position. Honestly the fact they remained after the fight is a good sign.
Ccino gives a small smile and small bow "Good day to all of you. I hope you have been well?"
The red panda monster, they never did introduce themselves fully, mutters and tugs on their clothes. Somethign about it being nice and calm and finally quiet again. By then the muttering gets so quiet that even Ccino can't figure it out anymore.
Laura, a peacock monster, looks at the other fondly as she walks over "Happy to have you sir! I am happy to report that we fired most of our patients. They are now on normal best rest schedules and will start up their training routine slowly." she looks very proud.
Ccino smiles and gives a nod "Any long term injuries?"
Laura shakes her head "No deaths and no long term injuries. The system Captain Rogers put in to always have a group of at least three near each other ended up saving the lives of about seventeen different people. As they were able to stabilise their group members long enough for help to arrive." Her smile drops "Well... Almost no long term injuries."
Cold sweat on the back of his neck. His breathing goes abit faster. He digs his own nails into his palm. Stay in the here and now. Don't fall apart. "How is Sir Tiger?" his voice isn't as even as he would like... There is a small edge of panic in there and it shouldn't be. He needs to project calm and control to help others remain calm and relaxed. If he is freaking out others will freak out as well.
Laura sighs "It isn't going better."
The red panda holds up their hands "Not worse either!! Just... No real progress. Everything is still stable but well.. there is nothing we can do except wait..." and they look down.
Ccino's throat feels blocked. It is hard to find his voice. To get it to speak "I see. We will have to be patient in that case. Keep supplies on hand for when he wakes up and can tell us how he feels." Please... "Could I see him?" please. Please just a moment.
Laura nods "That is alright. Not like you are bothering anyone now that it is just our Knight here with us." she looks relaxed as hse stretches "I am going to work on my files. Ria?" She looks at the red panda.
They shoot upright "Yes Ma'am?"
Laura nods towards the shelves "Can you make sure to fill everything up again and check the inventory?" Ria, so that is their name, nods and rushes off.
Ccino frowns as he looks at Laura "I thought Solus usually did that?"
Laura nods "He would. but he spend the whole night helping patients. He is catching up wiht lost sleep." she walks towards the office "You know where to find me for questions!" and she walks away.
He is left alone.
It isn't that he... dislikes them... They are nice. all three of them are.
It is just...
He hates being near anything medical or healers.
He walks over towards the private room. He knocks on the door before opening it "It is just me."
Killer is laying in the bed. Completely still. His mask next to him on his nightstand. There are different things conencted to him. Something about measuring his health and magic levels. Ccino isn't sure. He knows it got explained but he hadn't been all there for the explanation.
He pulls over the chair near the bed and sits in it by Killer ".... They are going... They will probably have left by now... They are going to get him back..." That is the most important part. Make sure Killer, if he can hear him, knows that.
Ccino doesn't know if he wants Killer to be able to hear them. Maybe it would be better if Killer didn't. If Killer was in a sleep deep enough that he doens't fully notice anythng around him. That for him it will truly be like blinking and falling asleep before being present again.
It would also be better for Ccino. Because otherwise Killer would know how often Ccino is here. How often he visits him.
At least he ahdn't done something as stupid and selfish as confessing.
Imagine.
Killer only just waking up? Hearing that Ccino managed to keep him alive until the healers could help him. Killer will probably always feel like he owns ccino something when he doesn't. And then hearing Ccino has a crush on him? Ccino doens't want to think that Killer would jsut... Try to... make it up or pay his debt or seomthign stupid...
There is nothing there. There can not be anything there. Killer is one of Ngihtmare's most trusted and precious people. Nightmare himself said as much once. Ccino is just the manager of the castle adn at most Nightmare's old babysitter.
Even if it felt as so much more. Even if he loves both those twins so much. Ccino isn't stupid or naive enough to forget his place.
He crosses his arms as he leans on the bed. Next to the other. He is breathing even. In and out. In and Out. in and Out. No hurry. No stuttering. No gasps and groans.
He is much too quiet.
His soul at least regained its colour. It is bright and red and... in a circle.
A bulleye shape.
It makes Ccino nervous. Killer's soul isn't that shape. Well it is sometimes. But every time Ccino saw him it was always in this more soul shaped shape. The characteristic upside down heartshape. Sure it wobbles and moves and shivers but Ccino just thought that was part of Killer. Killer who is energetic and always moving and always talking and laughing and experiencing life. Part of him being loud and having fun.
His soul is so still now. So even.
Had he messed something up?
When Ccino... When he touched that...
He can still rememebr how it felt.
How it hadn't hurt.
He takes a glance at his own hand and rubs his palm. Not a single mark. Not even a bruise.
He had been rushed here the day after that terrible first night. To check him in case of injury for the emergancy first aid to a soul. but there hadn't been any mark left.
No burns from the contact. No drain from his own magic. No shift in his magic hue.
It truly had... had seemed like...
ccino sneaks a look at Killer "I don't get it... Were you... there enough to realise that I was trying to help you? That you knew you could trust me? but then... how did you keep the instinct to protect your soul from harming me."
He just doens't understand.
Ccino lays his hand back down and lays his skull in his crossed arms.
He doens't understand.
But he will wait.
He is good at that. Waiting.
#newageau#new age au#Horror didn't feel guilty about asking Ccino to watch Killer.#It was the principle about asking ccino to do even MORE stuff.#The knights have been working nonstop on trying to locate nightmare.#So they do realise that after a few days the castle was still going about its normal pace.#The meetings went wihtout a hitch.#stuff was clean.#tehre was food and trade.#So horror knows Ccino is very much overworked. And he is just asking ccino to do ANOTHER thing.#I am back to my boy. And I need to stop being mean to him.#Just in general.#I am sorry Ccino. You are my blorbo at this point.#Also!! I realised. My writing style? VERY character driver.#It is annoying because i will feel like i don't add enough environment stuff.#Do i add enough describtions? I am not sure...#but at this point it is just a thing.#I post unedited and unrefined drabbles on here because it is fun!#But i do put in effort and a lot of thought into each drabble <3#I just... ahven't reread it like twenty times...#anyway. Enjoy!
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*exploding him with my mind*
#dunno whats with my strange collage shit i got going on but it looks cool#ive been having to much fun w my moe anime girl style ill go back to normal eventually LMAO#dirk strider#dirk strider fanart#homestuck#homestuck fanart#my art#not posting this at a great time whatevers
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