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Work has become absolutely unreasonable. I'm working out my two weeks before taking a break and transitioning to a new job.

In the meantime, I've unfortunately decided it's best to put my stream schedule on pause for at least the two weeks to reduce stress. But I'll go insane if I don't stream at all, and doubly so if I don't draw. So I will still be art streaming on any day I feel up to it! (If Rays sneaks something up on us I wouldn't miss that for the world either of course)

At the end of the month I will make a new schedule for May and try to get back on track!

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Thank you for the boops! (And super boop??? What is a super boop?)

I feel bad I didn't really participate because I was preoccupied, but the only reason I even knew it was a thing was because my friend texted me asking me to turn mine on lol

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This month's schedule! Things have changed a bit and my third slot will be art for a while! I'm considering starting a bit of an ambitious art project, but we'll see haha I'm going to lose it for this month's Rays chapter guaranteed.

"Feather, you always do that." Trust me. It will be worse this time.

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I was having troubles deciding on my new game for my third weekly slot...mostly due to Rays withdrawals, but also because I don't feel ready in my JP education to tackle Dragon Quest again quite yet.

Then my friend Ri offered to hang out on stream once a week! Game TBD but Thursday is now Friend Stream day and Trails has been moved to Saturdays! We're only at the end of Route A on Nier atm, but in the future when we finish Nier, I will see if I'm ready to reboot Dragon Quest JP by then!

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Stream schedule for February!

I'm very excited for this month! The Rays anni livestream is currently unknown time and date, but it's usually on the 27th. Hope everyone has a nice February!

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Hey so I was so focused on getting my streams back up and running that I uh, forgot to tag my stream notification posts properly like I said I would. Sorry about that! I will properly use the "Feather Streams" and "Rays stream" tags from now on!

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It's been a crazy year. We finished Mirrage Prison full voice, and started streaming the wild ride that is Recollection every month. We even did some of this art on stream!

It's really thanks to everyone's kindness and support that I have the courage to live translate and have fun with the Rays streams! <3 I took a hiatus from what I loved mid way through, but I'm ready to get back on track next week!

And yet somehow, despite everything, I had art for every month except January! And so much of it was Kocis this year! I normally don't have enough to make one of these at the end of the year, so it's really nice. I'll try to draw even more next year!

Thank you to everyone for chilling with me for streams or otherwise! Here's to a better upcoming year. 🙏Happy New Year everyone.

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Some time ago I stopped streaming pretty much anything but Rays due to work. I've decided it's time to end my haitus. I'll be starting Nier with Japanese audio to hear Hanae (Ix) as 9S! And I'll be continuing Trails from before my haitus.

I'll be putting more streaming stuff over here since I'm trying to mostly move off of twitter. I do delete my going live posts whenever I'm no longer streaming said game, but I'll tag this stuff and my going live posts with "Feather Streams" in case you'd like to keep them off your feed. I will add "Rays Stream" to the monthly Recollection chapter streams for those that just want to see those to whitelist as well!

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There's an explanation for this.

There's no explanation for why I drew this specifically after a 4 hour new Recollection chapter stream at a time I should be asleep.

But I am proud of him.

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Recollection!! Chapter 7!! Going Feral Live translating!! The 10th at 6pm PST!! On my Twitch channel!! Local time can be found on my schedule!

Join for...something. It sure will be something! Whether I can actually translate or just evaporate!

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Happy birthday Kocis! Welcome home!

Finally, the companion piece to his 2021 birthday art is done!

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It's finally time for Tales of the Rays: Recollection, chapter 5! And the previews alone look super interesting!

I'll be live translating to the best of my ability on Monday 11th at 6pm PST over on my Twitch channel! If you want to check your timezone it's on my schedule over there too. (May be delayed a bit due to work)

I'll talk about why my normal streams have been on pause below the cut.

Due to short staffing at work, my streams have unfortunately been on hold for some time, and won't properly resume until my work/life balance is fixed. Hiring takes time, but once work stabilizes I'll get my stream schedule back up!

In more exciting news, I've started my proper Japanese classes! So those are also eating up some energy. I'm starting from the very beginning to make sure I fill any gaps in my knowledge, and It'll be a 3 year journey!

Thanks so much to everyone who watches any of my streams! ♥ Recollection at least I wouldn't skip for the world.

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Side Blog For My Work-in-Progress Art

Can be found right over here: https://feather-wips.tumblr.com/

Artwork I'm working on when I'm working on it and at any point I feel like sharing it. The quality will vary, but you can find things I'm working on but haven't completed/posted on my main yet, such as these:

I'm making this side blog so I can keep my main one running normally while having a cozy place to share updates on whatever art I'm working on freely. Especially since I might binge some rough sketches every now and again that I won't have time to finish for a while.

My main blog will still get some of the art over here, just in a more organized manner (multiple images in one post in more spread out updates) / some of it might not get posted here until it's fully completed, so this blog will get some of both. Meanwhile the side blog will likely never have completed pieces, as I'll put those on this one.

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Kocis is in a poll right now!

So naturally it's my duty to support him. I wouldn't normally advertise a poll, and I don't think Ix would either, but we're both here to support Kocis. 😌

If we don't vote for our local grown up mascot cookie in this tough competition, who will?

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Kocis: An Introduction

A loyal mirrite who strives not only to protect his master, but learn what it means to believe in others. Will his journey lead to hope or destruction?

Kocis is a major protagonist in a Japanese mobile game called Tales of the Rays. And his character development spans all 4 arcs.

What is a mirrite, you ask? Let us start with Kocis' original form before his human one:

Created from the heart of his master, Ix, this little fella was only around for a few months at best before a world changing event separated him from Ix and forced him to grow up all too quickly.

Kocis carries his master's final wish to protect everyone. With his new human form as his only assurance that Ix is still alive, he tries his best to follow in his footsteps. He holds on to the hope that he will one day save Ix and return to his side.

However, Kocis is not Ix, and he still has much to learn. While he treads the path of a protector and tries to place his faith in others as he was taught, he soon finds that trusting in others - even his own master - is far from simple. His strength may not be enough to protect those he cares about, and calling upon his true power could have catastrophic consequences...

So who is Kocis then? Follow me below the cut for more on his personality and development! (*Warning: casual spoilers through Arc 3, but I'll be leaving out a lot of details and stopping before the final arc, so there's still plenty more to learn about Kocis and the main story!)

While a mirrite is indeed created from a part of their master's heart, they have their own personality, grow, and learn. When Kocis was first created, he was excitable and blunt. This gave the cautious and withdrawn Ix mixed feelings at first, but despite his rowdy nature, Kocis' concern for his master was sincere. He often did his best in his own way to cheer Ix up, and he took Ix's words to heart.

After Ix forcibly overloads his own powers to protect the world from imminent disaster, Ix is locked away, and the surge of power causes Kocis to grow into his human form much earlier than a mirrite would naturally. Losing his beloved master and taking on his burden has a drastic effect on Kocis' personality. The once cheery, informal mirrite is gone, replaced by a serious knight who is polite to a fault.

Kocis reflects on the things he's learned from Ix in their short time together. He begins to imitate everything he can about him. He tries to read books as Ix did and fails, the pages lulling him to sleep every time. He takes Ix's words about trusting others seriously, but ends up blindly putting his faith in others, quickly getting burned. Lost and uncertain, the pure desire to rescue Ix drives him forward.

When Ix is finally able to reach out to Kocis' heart via their connection, they talk for the first time in months. Ix finds relief from his prison of torment by chatting with Kocis, and Kocis' serious front swiftly begins to fall away after hearing from his master again. His speech loosens up, and his rough, easygoing personality starts to show through.

One day, after Ix's salvation, Kocis' true personality will return. The carefree, boisterous phase of his early days may be long gone, but he still wears his heart on his sleeve, with how he's feeling plain as day on his face, particularly when Ix is involved. His blunt honesty makes a comeback.

He can't stop himself from grinning in relief at his master's freedom. Only to start crying moments later from the same joy. He's not afraid to give Ix a hug when he's happy for him. Later, Kocis is the only one to truly get angry at Ix for not taking care of himself.

Kocis is the polar opposite of Ix's smarts. He excels more at fighting than thinking things over or studying. His explanations of complicated matters turn into nutshell summaries.

Though Ix is freed, many problems still remain. The damage has been done to Kocis' doubts. A mirrite is also always tied to to their master's heart and to some degree can understand what they're feeling.

So when Ix soon starts to fall apart from stress, despite Kocis' best efforts, he too begins to unravel. While he supports his master wholeheartedly throughout his time of distress, Kocis' own doubts slowly grow and tear him apart from within.

Unable to find strength through believing in himself or others, Kocis starts to turn to an obsession with getting stronger. He becomes convinced it is the only way to stay by his master's side and keep the dangerous power he contains from harming those he cares about.

By the time Ix is back on his feet and ready to be honest with Kocis, it will be far too late...