Wow, I wasn’t expecting to get so much good reception for the Rot Merged AU this early on! This really means so much to me to see that so many people are interested in it. Especially since I plan on doing more with it in the near future. Although, it should be mentioned that it wont be my only focus, as I like to jump back and forth between my projects to prevent burnout.
Branches found Tofu in a shelter on the way to AOL very close to the beginning of their journey. They have no idea how to parent, and the pup doesn't have the mark, at that point Tofu's brain was too underdeveloped to even have it if FBB could grant it outside of their can. Communication is an issue, yes, but after so long living with each other, Tofu has picked up on some words and Branches can understand Tofu's body language.
Okay so basically I'm going to yap about my various ideas now.
So in the game proper, Looks to the Moon cannot function without neurons, but in the Saint campaign after Pebbles collapses, he can still talk, even though he has no neurons- visibly at least. Therefore either Pebbles is just quirky like that or it's about him being of a newer Iterator generation. I'm going with the latter theory, where the puppet is where most things like personality and emotions are stored, alongside it being the most alive part. Newer Iterators are more resilient even when there are no more neurons around them.
So this is how Branches can function outside of his can with nothing but a few pearls and a stick and still exist without dying. Alongside that, they have the Rot within their puppet, which they feed small bugs and such on occasion of it starting to eat at their insides after a while. They are Rot as much as it is them, it's a symbiosis in which FBB can get out of their can and the Rot cannot survive with no host and as such keeps them alive, because the Rot needs to be constantly fed as seen in GW where it becomes a lot weaker as time goes on.
Right, so I realised that I had posted the ask blog post with no context, so here's the current story- or close to it, I guess. Some inconsistencies in design, since some of these doodles are from way earlier!
So, FBB is a generation 4 prototype and uses They/Them pronouns.
They got out of their can to go see the outside, and then when they realised they just left and didn't say anything to their group and can't reconnect, they decided to go on a journey to their neighbours. On the way a SlugPup has been found and that's basically where we are today!
Right now they're in a third of the way to their neighbour Array of Lights (which I will not talk about until I have a good general idea on what's up with them!), so the setting will change at some points if I do draw backgrounds.
Haven't done anything on here in a while, so! This account has been repurposed for asks, mainly because I can't do that on Twitter-- speaking of: My Twitter!
Hello! I'm starting an ask blog for my Rain World OCs Five Branches Bespoken and Tofu
Feel free to ask anything, it may be sporadic because I tend to not check much, but I'll get to drawing whenever I see any asks, if there are any...