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Tsurugi Kinjo Sheet

woah break from the regularly scheduled horse posting everybody. I can draw people (sometimes)

I just realized I meant to post this here like three or four times and never got around to it... oops. Anyways, here's some headcanon-y outfits for I did for Tsurugi a while back!

We have a more casual off-duty outfit (though he's still of course prepared with his favorite pocket knife and a pair of handcuffs) The second one is just my take on his original outfit, while the last is a more direct police uniform. I wanted to see what he might look like wearing one.

I've also included a version with another member of the TMPD; Shuri. She's Tsurugi's partner and pet. (and unofficial emotional support animal in a lot of ways I imagine...)

The idea of Shuri originally came from a fic (well, in one that has yet to be shared lol) but I've come to enjoy this little headcanon/alternate universe dog more thanks to some friends of mine haha. Tune in next time for Jynx the cat. /silly /hj

Also, I always imagined Tsurugi would have a lot of scars cause... well, you know. Most of these don't have a particular story behind them, but the scars on his left hand and arm are from bomb shrapnel; I wanted to play around with him having physical scars from that particular incident.

Though this art was made with a peaceful college AU in mind originally, I feel like all of this is general enough to represent my own general headcanons and design for the guy.

Honestly, not a lot of changes here, just playing around with outfits and considering scars a little. It was actually quite fun dressing him up like a paper doll, I'd love to do this again with some of my other favorites at some point... I have some EDP stuff in the works right now though. It's a bit of a bigger project so I'm struggling with it a bit but I'll get there eventually haha.

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Riverside Trail

Finished up a color version of something I'm working on! Consider this a sneak peak?

Now where could they be journeying off to...

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dra1 original build dialogue stats

So... let's just say I've been messing around in the original Korean release of DRA1. Getting lost in the strings. Grabbing images and looking at FTEs and dialogue. That sort of thing haha. I was looking for instances where each character is marked as speaking, and that eventually led me to realize that I could actually compile a list of who has the most dialogue. So. I did just that!

I've included both a 'light spoiler' version (with just the characters you are introduced to in the first chapter) and a heavy spoilers version where every character in the game is listed. The latter will be at the very end. But if you don't want any spoilers or hints at all you might wanna click off this post. It is data about the game you can...read into haha.

Some disclaimers and rambles cause I find it interesting:

This is from the original, Korean version; if you did this with Zephirum's English translation or other versions the results might be a little different because of sentence lengths and so on.

This is not a perfectly accurate counter for who spoke the most; Long trails of ellipses, reactions to events like failing a mini-game, repeating fluff dialogue, and more, are all included. For this reason, playable character(s) are bound to have inflated scores haha.

Also (to my limited understanding learning RPGM so far) because of how events work in RPGMaker, dialogue sometimes has to appear in the strings multiple times. For example, with available FTEs, fluff dialogue appearing per map, and so on.

Dialogue that appears in images (like for example, trial mini-game dialogue) isn't going to appear in the numbers.

Naturally, there are times when a character will have dialogue that is not marked as their name. For example, when dialogue is marked as ??? - anyone who's ever spoken without being identified is obviously going to lose some of their count to ??? haha.

I had to look for these individually per label. There might be a unique label I missed, I don't think so but there could be.

I might have made a mistake or typo. If so, oops.

ANYWAYS. I think I'm starting to understand how RPGM strings and maps/events work a little better doing this. Plus it's just fun to get into the weeds for this game. I'm just a little obsessed alright. /silly

Commentary and eventual spoiler version below:

I think I was most surprised about Kanata and Mikako's counts being as high as they are. But also, I'm not sure why, but I didn't expect Mekaru to beat everyone else besides the protagonist himself. I can guess a few reasons for why Tsurugi's count is quite a bit lower than hers is though despite (iykyk... sigh) but she's got so much dialogue! Even more than I thought haha. I kinda thought Teruya and Satsuki would be a little higher, too...

Obviously, Yuki was always going to be on top. He is the protagonist after all. And he has a lot of thoughts about refrigerators, fake plants, and photos of handsome people to share. /silly

Spoiler Version:

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Will you be making pony versions of the sdra2 characters?

Hello there! No guarantees, but some (well, besides SDRA2 Yuki of course) might appear. The focus has been and will remain on the DRA1 cast, but there are several SDRA2 characters which have interesting connections with them, and could be fun to include. There's actually one character in particular that's a favorite of a friend of mine and I do have some neat ideas about how they'd fit into things. Maybe at some point I'll so some designs for some other characters without them being tied into the au too much. In general, at least one or two, maybe more? Right now I'm pretty focused on some storytelling stuff but we'll see.

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Happy birthday Nagito, you're a horse now

So I've had a couple designs hanging around unfinished. Since it's a certain lucky disaster's birthday today, I figured now as good a time to post these as any! You can consider these guest stars or background ponies in the AU, mostly just doing these for fun and not necessarily thinking about how they'd fit into the AU too much since it's DRA focused and all.

First up, Fleeting Fortune!

I'll keep this short, the main thing of note is his cutie mark; he's 'cursed' in a similar way to the other lucky pony I designed and has some wheel of fortune elements. I imagined something like his coat slowly bleaching more and more after getting his cutie mark. Also, he has a bit of an interesting cutie mark, as it changes depending on which part of the luck cycle he's in. The arrow will spin to the next section to indicate the flow of either bad or good fortune, over and over, as the cycle continues.

Next we have some mysterious guest background ponies... A griffon and an earth pony. you know what, let's play a game. If people can guess who they are without me naming them, I'll know I did a good job haha.

It was actually pretty tough coming up with color palettes for these two, especially our griffon friend here. I would also like everyone to know that this griffon is a blend of a tiger and a hoopoe bird. The hoopoe bird is mostly just because they look cool, fit the aesthetic, and helped me make a somewhat presentable mohawk. But the tiger bits were a must. Plus some diamonds for good measure. As for our earth pony, this is the first time I've ever drawn dreads on a pony, so that was fun haha. I did work a little off of Tree Hugger's hair a bit for that. Also, I imagine this earth pony as being a bit scruffy and I almost went for a goat hybrid but I ended up settling on just a little bit of bearding and fluff instead of the whole cloven hooves and horns thing haha.

Anyways, hope you're all doing good out there! The pony train continues.

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tag wrangler here! it's not just that dr another has been deemed separate enough from the "parent fandom" but that we have recently instituted new and standardized procedures for fan games and fan spinoffs of canon material! dr another isn't the only fangan suddenly finding themselves with a shiny new fandom tag! and this is impacting other fandoms like undertale too!

Hello there! Oh wow, that's actually really cool? I have noticed other folks talking about fandom tags for other fangans since that post but I had no idea this went beyond that!

Honestly I think it's great to hear that other fan works may also be handled differently and that others like this may be getting their own fandom tags! Some fandoms (Danganronpa obviously but I can totally see how Undertale or others would fit this description as well) are amazingly prolific with complete, separate works, and I'm a big proponent for fan works being given their own acknowledgement so it's great to see! :)

As a dra author it's really wild to me to see mine get tags after so long haha. So just know it's all appreciated and not going unnoticed. Thanks for the info and for the work you do!

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beanie boys

Saw a similar post a while back that gave me the idea to draw kinjomae as plushies like this. Very healing. /silly It was genuinely pretty relaxing to do all the details though.

And maybe some extras from when I was messing around with the colors and stuff.

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I'm a little sleepy, so apologies if I'm not interpreting this right or this is old news, but danganronpa another fandom tags real???

but I THINK that suddenly there's proper fandom tags for the Another Series? Some of my fics got sorted into them (probably because of their characters or the makeshift fandom tags I was using?) I don't know much about tag wrangling but I'm guessing stuff like "Danganronpa Another: Another Despair Academy" (or any of the various attempts at fandom tags I've used to differentiate from the other stuff in the main DR series tag lol) it would seem are now synonyms with 3 ACTUAL another series tags?

For those of you who don't know Ao3, (and/or are not highly interested in the Another Series section of Ao3 lmao) this should mean that it will be possible to filter works exclusively for the another series, as well as for each game individually. If I'm interpreting this all right... Up to this point, any DRA/SDRA fics tagged like this would go into the main DR fandom umbrella tag so you couldn't just look for them like you could for THH or SDR2 or V3 or so on. All you can really do is sort by character tags or relationship tags. (fun fact... there's 85 works on ao3 tagged Kinjo Tsurugi/Maeda Yuki)

Can you guess how many are mine...? /silly

I can only assume this was because the series has finally been deemed separate enough from the parent fandom to deserve its own tags by the wranglers? So this makes me happy. Especially seeing DRA1 have its own tag... finally, I can type in danganronpa another when setting a fandom tag and something comes up.... this is big news (to me) haha

Anyways, I have no idea what in particular might have caused this to happen now after all this time but it's neat. Maybe the handful of us authors writing works for this series even now in the sunset era of the another series might have pushed it far enough numbers wise to get attention among the tag wranglers? Heh, yes, my fics did this /j

(not actually, I'm sure they just made a change with fangans or something haha. thank you tag wranglers as an Ao3 author and reader I appreciate your work!)

Anyways... I went through and cleaned things up, so now my fics are all tagged the same, neat and tidy. How nice.

Did I just ramble about ao3 tags for like a whole paragraph? Yes. I am in a good mood, sleepy and fuzzy as I may be. /silly

BUT this is really cool news to me, and I have no idea if anyone else noticed or cares lol.

also uh. yeah if you didn't know, hello! hi! This is Eerie_Enigma speaking! I just realized I've never directly referenced my Ao3 here haha.

If you've read this far you get to know that tidbit and something else... /silly

cause hey... now that CWBS has concluded, there might be something else I'm working on coming in the future... something involving alice in wonderland allusions... and my favorite gingers...

(I think I've settled on which story to work on next but if I change my mind and something else comes out instead forget I said this /j /silly)

side note I'm playing dra1 with some friends and having a blast!!

We've made it into chapter 4 so send your prayers for the rest of the game /silly /hj

Oh and expect more pony stuff again. Got some sketches going and maybe a new design or two if things turn out well. >:)

Okay that's enough nonsense from me for one day. Until next time, to all the probably three people who will see/read my unfiltered ravings /silly

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desktop ponies in 2025 anyone?

Been working on my desktop ponies again. Seems like a good enough distraction from world events amirite? I've had these as WIPs (And occasionally running around on my desktop lol) for a while, but I recently realized I'd never actually shown them off?

Making custom desktop ponies like this really takes me back. I feel like my child self would be happy haha.

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talents, skills, and cutie marks

Thrift Twinkle: Makes clothing and various other stuff. Thrift keeps a small notebook for all his ideas and notes on inventory and current trends, what's selling and what isn't, etc. Rainbow, his pet phoenix, helps deliver items for him using a fire-teleport spell similar to the one Spike has in the show. Rainbow is friendly, fairly flamboyant, and a little on the small side. Deliveries made by phoenix-mail are limited to one item at a time, and there are constraints on the size and weight of packages. So Thrift doesn't use this method for transporting inventory so much as delivering letters and items that might come in handy. Unlike Spike's firebreath mail, Rainbow usually teleports herself to retrieve and return with items, though she is capable of receiving items; if the pony on the other end has one of her feathers, it can be used to burn up the package, which will then be sent back to her.

Radiant Ember: As you would expect, very proficient with various forms of unicorn magic, particularly telekinesis, teleportation, and spells used for organization, teaching, and similar things. One unique spell she knows ignites fire, which can be used for light sources and conjuring messages. Said flame messages can be placed wherever is needed, including hovering along after something or someone. She mostly uses this for emphasizing things while teaching, pointing something out, or leaving messages/alerts for others. However, sometimes it can be used for less... professional endeavors. Also, her telekinesis strength and precision is probably the highest out of the unicorns in the cast. She's capable of moving the most items without losing accuracy or dropping anything. Also, it's not really an ability, but as a crystal pony, she does have full on sparkle mode, though it's usually not on display.

Saber Frost: Saber is one of the strongest in the cast, and is certainly the best fighter. Most of his spells relate to combat, restraining, or defense. These include: Containing bubble spells used to contain items or ponies as well as create complete barriers around areas; a specialized shield spell similar to a riot shield which can be used to push or pull ponies as well as block attacks; ice crystal generation which can be used to freeze or slow opponents; a multipurpose chain spell for restraining ponies and sealing off areas among other things. Saber is also highly proficient in combat telekinesis, and weapon summoning, including his moon halberd. Though he's got plenty of force in his buck already, the steel horseshoes he often wears add a lot more damage to any target of a kick. It's usually doors and stuff... usually. Another reason he wears those is tor prevent ay accidental fires, as if he fails to control his emotions nirik fire may start to spark. This can make it a little more easy to spot when he's upset than he'd like, even if he rarely 'lapses' into that form, and as a hybrid, it's a little different for him. He also sort of has a bit of a mix between the appearance of unicorn and kirin magic.

Clover Shores: He doesn't have too many skills outwardly to make him stand out so far, so I didn't include him with the other members of the core four haha. He's got telekinesis but it's fairly average, and he can't teleport or do many spells. However, he does have a knack for getting out of tricky situations without much logical explanation, and sometimes it seems like he appears unexpectedly.

cutie mark stories below the cut:

Thrift: Ya mean when I got mine? Sure! It was all thanks ta Rainbow and Gizmo, really. You know back when da's business was really struggling? I kept thinkin' and tryin' to help him out... Gizmo was havin' the same problems, so we were like that most days, tryin' to find a way to make things okay again. One day, I started thinking about how much Rainbow seems ta make ponies smile, and that gave me an idea. I nabbed my notebook and started ta sketch, and before I knew it, I had a logo, and a name.

The ideas just kept flowin' and flowin' and I started making, and rearrangin' the shop... Later, all that stuff would sell like hotcakes. It was the first time anythin' I'd had a hoof in did so well. But tha' first day, when I was sketchin' and totally wrapped up it all, I didn't even notice what had happened until I went home to show Pops. We had a big party after that. I was kinda a late bloomer, so it was a big relief when Gizmo and I finally got ours, honestly.

Ember: So we're talking about cutie marks, hm? Well, mine isn't all that exciting. It was back before I became a professor, actually. I was hoping to become a tutor for the school I was attending, and presenting an essay was required as part of the interviews... I was so certain I wouldn't get the job, because one of the staff interviewing was this fool of a professor who I'd already pissed off the prior semester. He was arrogant, and even though he made the most idiotic mistakes teaching history I'd ever seen, he never seemed to care. Anytime somepony would point it out, this ass would just double down. I was sure he'd shoot down my interview no matter what I did, so when the questions about "why you want the job" and "what do you bring to the table" came up, I gave up on telling those old coots what they wanted to hear. Instead I just wrote the the truth.

You should have seen the look on their stuck-up faces. It still gives me a laugh to this day. But instead of being shown the door, like I expected, the very professor I thought would be my biggest detractor told the others to wait. Apparently, I'd managed to 'open his eyes' and he thought anypony who managed to teach 'a stubborn old mule' like him something new was worthy of teaching there.

Well, the mark came to me on the spot. Which really sealed the deal, as you can probably imagine. But that pretty much sums up why I even bother teaching at all. I've met some of the stubbornest fools imaginable over the years. But anypony, even the most hopeless, can be taught if they have the right teacher. Of course, that's only if they actually choose to. I have no interest in useless ponies who refuse to learn and grow.

Saber: I'm actually not entirely sure I remember what it was that caused mine. Perhaps the memories are just blending together, but it must have been the choices I've made while part of the guard. It took a long time to develop the skills and mindset I have today. I don't know if there was a particular incident so much as a collective amount from various cases and events... One day, I woke up, and there it was. A symbol of my resolve.

Clover: Oh... Cutie marks. Right. Mine? Well... It.. It's one of those familial types, you know? Where they all look a bit similar? I always thought it symbolized connections... Oh, well, the clovers and the ladybug are more specific to me, I guess? I like to think of it as representing chance connections, and the friends I've made... and for change and growth, I hope. Someday, I'll be braver than I am now.

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Kinda in the mood for some more goofing off.

If anyone wants to make blingee requests or something similar, send me a character, fill up my ask box /silly

I'll probably stick to characters I am familiar with but other than that go wild. Doesn't necessarily have to just be dra/dr stuff.

No guarantees ofc, but anyone's welcome to request. I'll answer silly questions too if anyone likes. Though if you ask about dra or the unnamed pony au be warned I will ramble (well ramble more) haha

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april fools blingees

so I spent some time on picmix again

I never compiled all of these in one place before so why not add the five old ones too.

If anyone wants to use these silly asf blingees, feel free lol

edit: added the two snowglobe ones I forgot about until now

edit once again: found another Yamato I had also forgotten about. The chibi Yamato used here is by @pebung_064 (on Twitter I think)

These are all on tenor now as well. 👍 People seem to like the Mikako one a lot haha.

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clovers and kismet au sketch page

Haven't posted any of my pony au in a bit... I missed drawing them. So I decided to finish up a few sketches I had and throw them together into one finished drawing. I haven't really done sketchpage style stuff like this before but I think the result turned out nice enough.

I think it would be fun to give this au a name, but I haven't thought of anything besides Enquire's DRA ponies lmao. Maybe once I come up with some town names I'll use one of those.

Anyways, not a ton to say. I've thought and written about what Utsuro might have been like as a child before but I didn't expect my first visual design of that to be a horse lol. Also kind of my first time drawing colts / fillies (child ponies) so that's fun. OH and a design for Aiko in this AU as well! Her colors landed me with the name "Cherry Shores" which I think works well enough. I actually rather like her and Clover's designs together.

I've had the idea to draw Kismet and Scarlet in the Fleur de lis and Fancy Pants pose for ages and I finally finished that haha.

Always nice to get back to drawing some ponies even if it can be a bit of a struggle. I'll probably do some more sketchpages like this or maybe some stories/comics if I can figure out how to do it easily.

I'm this close to writing a story for this. It's so bad guys.

Actually I've already written a little a while back but uh anyways. Maybe someday I'll share stuff for the like... 3 people who would enjoy a DRA - MLP fanfic lol!

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Gift art

A couple of pieces I made for friends. (Woah non DRA content? Wild I know.)

I did battle with a Genshin character design and mostly won so there. So many details I almost forgot how insane those designs are haha. I do have something of a soft spot for this guy. Mostly because of some of the really insightful and wonderful interpretations of him I've seen folks create.

And Kiyondo! The fireguy himself. Using these colors was a lot of fun. I think Yuki and Kiyondo fans should have a club or something /silly. There's not enough art of this guy I tell you what.

I wonder what would happen if you put Kiyondo, Shinji, Mondo, and Kakeru in a room together...

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Happy Birthday Yamato 2/11

A little birthday piece for the guy. One of my favorites of the cast besides Tsurugi and co haha.

I was looking at some older art of mine and it's a bit painful realizing that I've regressed with drawing hands over the period I hadn't been able to draw much, which you can definitely see here lol. But it was still fun to do this piece and I do like the vibe it has. Plus I haven't posted much digital art outside the pony project on here so there, here's one at last haha. Still on my arc of learning to appreciate even my 'bad' art and I'm posting it so there. /silly

It's kind of weird drawing him without his hat... like he looks a little strange without it, doesn't he? Anyways, happy birthday to this silly man, who makes me smile.

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Kindle

Well here we have it. One last design to complete the class. Rounding things off with Kakeru.

Notes this time:

Kindle is a kirin and bull hybrid. He doesn't have a cutie mark because of this.

I originally was going to make him a bull, but I couldn't resist giving him some kirin traits-it fits his courtroom persona too well! So he does have the ability to produce flames, if only a little. It's localized mainly to his horns and eyes. His hooves probably get a bit hot as well, but not enough to set fires or cause damage.

He has a little bit of plating on his back in little bursts.

I tried to get as many flame motifs in here as I could haha

Ramblings below the cut

A Canterlot courtroom isn't exactly the place you'd expect to see somepony like Kindle. But despite the countless uppercrust unicorns he's surprised, he's still made a name for himself as a lawyer.

His spirit is matched by his fire, and he's made it his goal in life to defend those who need it most. Because of this, he's gained a lot of nicknames in legal circles. Such as the "Blazing Bull" (or "Raging Bull" by his less gracious opponents)

However, despite him having managed to make several connections while working in Canterlot, such as the stern Saber Frost, or the insightful Stardust siblings, it's not a place he'd call home.

For outside of the courtroom, Kindle struggles to keep and hold friendships and communicate with others. The fast pace of the city, and the often shallow or elitist nature of some of its residents, doesn't mesh well with Kindle's nature, or his being a fairly nervous country-pony whenever he's not practicing law.

After all, Kindle's heart lies in his hometown. The place he grew up, and where his family, including his younger sister, live. It's for them that he became a lawyer in the first place, even if it takes him far away more frequently than he'd like.

He's met many ponies in the course of his travels, but only two have ever really stayed by his side beyond the friends and family back home. Mourning Dove, and Mercy Suture. Both of whom had similar experiences, traveling all over Equestria for their talents while always keeping home in mind.

The quieter, calmer pace of their conversations made it simpler for Kindle to be himself without worry. And the three of them are regular penpals, who often meet up to see each other across their travels. Whenever Kindle finds himself in a new town, he always looks for local gems to grab a bite with his friends. Donut shops and diners are his favorites.

Whew. The set is finally complete... Somehow, Kakeru seems like a perfect final pony here. If you're curious, Midori would also be a cow-kirin hybrid.

I've made 18 of these designs so far. Though they're definitely imperfect, especially some of the earlier ones, I've had a great time working on this silly little project. It's been really good just making art for the fun, and getting better at not worrying about how good the pieces are or how niche it is haha.

I'm definitely not done with this AU of course! Now that I have names and designs down for everyone, there's definitely some more things I'd like to draw, and moments I'd like to visit for this. What can I say? I've liked ponies ever since I was little, and got drawn right back in this past year.

Maybe if I'm feeling really brave I'll share some written stuff? It's a bit intimidating going from what I usually post to something as silly and niche as an mlp crossover AU though I have to admit haha.

I think this is enough rambling for now, but I'll be back. If you're reading this, thanks for sticking around. Especially if you're one of the few whose been following me going through all these haha.

With that, I'm signing off!

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Quicksilver Flash

The momentum continues, unbelievable. Ayame down, one more to go!

Notes:

- your typical speedy/bolt cutie mark with a heart

- her markings are loosely based on thoroughbreds, a breed known for racing

Ramblings below

Believe it or not, Quicksilver is one of the fastest ponies alive today. It's not a secret, by any means. But she's not likely to bring it up unprompted, and thanks to her decision to remain mostly anchored to her hometown instead of pursuing a more star-studded career, you probably wouldn't know it.

For Quicksilver, there was always somepony else to keep up with, or catch up to. As an athlete, that competition made her strive to become better. And with a dream to represent her hometown in the Equestria Games-and bring home the gold-she drove herself hard.

Her passion was commendable, but it often led to her leaving other things in her life behind. Friendships, and other hobbies were neglected for the sake of getting just a bit faster. Just a bit stronger. Unfortunately, there's only so far one pony can go on determination alone.

After stretching herself too far over events, training, and pushing the limit one too many times, Quicksilver was forced to stop. During one particular race, she injured her wing badly, and was forced to take time to recover, and rest, for the first time in far too long.

It stung, watching other ponies begin to outpace her in her absence. But it turned out that a broken record wasn't the end of the world after all. And in those moons spent in recovery, she made a friend or two, ones she felt understood her. Despite how 'awkward at communicating' she considered herself to be, they liked her, for her.

So when Quicksilver at last returned to the skies, she kept those friends close, and resolved to hold herself back. Of course, she never gave up on that dream of hers. But whether she reaches it or not, she knows she'll have ponies cheering her on regardless.

And there we have it! Though this might have been obvious from Kizuna's entry, she's from that same town Kizuna comes to appreciate, and which Kiyoka calls home. This design came fairly easily once I settled on the thoroughbred idea. Though I'm still waffling over how much detail to add to these each time.

I also feel like these silly pony names have either been immediately right on the money after I settled on them, or kinda 'ehh is this even a good name' with no in-between haha. Quicksilver is kind of in the latter category but it's, okay. It's no Saber Frost, Kicks Horseshoes, or Radiant Ember /silly

Anyways, just one more to go! Woah, that's kind of surreal given how long I've been doing these... Like I said before though, this little au project won't stop there, probably! At the very least, it hasn't left my brain just yet haha.