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First strawberries of the year from my local store!

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Fourth part of the "Changeling/Mimic Sky Kid Creature" Series

VALLEY OF TRIUMPH

Before we start digging into the Creechurs of the Valley of Triumph I have to add that I prolly had the most trouble so far getting a clear idea of what I imagined down on paper. If this realm seems a bit scattered or less deep it is simply because I had trouble converting my ideas into the rules of my own AU without completely going off track. I still hope my thoughts are understandable and you enjoy this chapter of the Changelings :)

The Valley of Triumph is a realm covered in snow and cold. To adapt to that climate the Changeling Creatures developed a thick fur and a general high resilient against low temperatures. I like to compare some features of them to the ones from polar bears, but I will call them “Snow-Kids” for the sake of it below.

The Snow-Kids sleep for multiple days to weeks in caves they dug deep under the snow, similar to a short hibernation. The burrows may seem unstable, but they perfected their building technique to the point where the hollow is as stable as a stone cave, unless an avalanche rolls down the hill (but this didn’t happen in a few hundred years so there is nothing to worry about). Each Kid has their own cave where they sleep in alone. Their social interactions with other individuals of any kind ends at the entrance to their hibernating cave, due to the risk of someone exploiting their defenceless state of sleep being too high. The entrance to their caves is very well hidden, not an obvious opening but instead hidden between rocks or even closed by thin layers of snow itself.

The Snow-Kids of the Valley of Triumph are quite playful beings. When they´re not hunting or hibernating they enjoy playing in the snow or racing down the hills together. Their thick fur is as white as the snow and keeps than warmer than any kind of clothes could. As a result of this, they are one of the few species not disguising themselves as Skylings.

Their hunting technique acquires them to blend in and be as mobile and aerodynamic as possible and additional protection against the cold is not necessary for them. They do tend to play around with the clothing and masks of dead Skylings, but only to humour themselves.

To survive in the icy cold mountains the Snow-Kids grew quite tall to produce and preserve as much heat as they need. If you see them standing from afar it may look just like a kinda tall hill of snow, their fuzzy outline blending in well with the flaky snow blowing down the hills. The average Snow-Kid is around a full head taller than the Skylings but they can grow up to two and a half heads taller if they are able to find enough food to fuel their growth.

Their Hands are quite usual, except for the fluffy fur covering even their palms and their retractable claws which they use most often for hunting or, if needed, digging through harder snow.

If they were to disguise them, they would look no different to those of normal Skylings as long as they keep their claws hidden.

Their feet didn’t develop any singular toes and instead formed into a flat, solid foot, similar to the ones the Skylings have, which gives them the advantage in succeeding high speed when sliding down the mountains.

Snow-Kids have small black eyes to protect themselves from the bright light of the sun being reflected by the snow. Nevertheless, may it be their eyes themselves or them still getting snow blindness, their vision is terribly bad. Most things they see are shapeless blobs, not being able to properly see any sharp contours. They find their way around thanks to having memorized every nook and cranny of their habitat and even if it may happen that they don’t see a wall they are sliding face first into, then the hit is softened by the thick layer of snow covering the whole realm.

Their mouth is filled with small, very sharp teeth, except for their upper canines, which are more pronounced and a lot longer.

Their diet mostly contains sky mantas and birds. When the spirits still lived in the Valley they used to regularly hunt them but since the spirits vanished at one point, they had to change their quarry. But with the Skylings traveling through the once empty realms again, they started to pick up their hunting games again.

When going on a hunt, Snow-Kids prefer to go in groups of 2 or 3 individuals, not only to keep the upper hand in numbers but also to compensate for their bad vision. In general, there are two ways for them to go about a hunt.

One strategy is to split up, one of them hiding under the snow in a higher position or further down in a narrow passage, while the others give chase to their pray. Even if they are able to easily outpace the Skylings, they keep a bit distance and instead herd them precisely to the one Kid hiding. In the right moment they let out a short high-pitched screech, signalling the hidden one to jump out and bring down the unsuspecting Skyling.

The second strategy is a simple chase down the hills, killing their prey with an accurate bite at their neck, their canine teeth bringing it to a quick end.

But more often than not, the Snow-Kids like to not end their game too quickly. They tend to only wound their prey, backing off and then wait for it to get back up and start another chase. The strong wind canals in the Valley cancels the flying abilities of the Skylings, binding it to the slippery ground of the snow slopes, inadvertently playing into the cruel game of tag of the Snow-Kids.

How long this kind of hunt goes on for depends mostly on the hunger of the Snow-Kids, as it can either end in seconds or can be drawn-out for hours.

In general, it can be said that one should not venture to far into the snowy land alone. If you think to see one or two persons standing in the distance you should stay calm and try to stand as still as possible, hoping to be mistaken for a rock and pray to be left alone. If you get lucky, you have not entered a region yet where you are unable to fly out yet...

Signs to distinguish a Snow-Kid from a Sky-Kid

no cape

no clothing

tall

covered in white fur

watch from afar

> Reference of the Valley of Triumph <

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Two types of ppl standing in the rain without an umbrella

Today I saw two friends standing in the rain and the difference between how each of them reacted to it just made my brain go all giddy ~

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Fourth part of the "Changeling/Mimic Sky Kid Creature" Series

VALLEY OF TRIUMPH

Before we start digging into the Creechurs of the Valley of Triumph I have to add that I prolly had the most trouble so far getting a clear idea of what I imagined down on paper. If this realm seems a bit scattered or less deep it is simply because I had trouble converting my ideas into the rules of my own AU without completely going off track. I still hope my thoughts are understandable and you enjoy this chapter of the Changelings :)

The Valley of Triumph is a realm covered in snow and cold. To adapt to that climate the Changeling Creatures developed a thick fur and a general high resilient against low temperatures. I like to compare some features of them to the ones from polar bears, but I will call them “Snow-Kids” for the sake of it below.

The Snow-Kids sleep for multiple days to weeks in caves they dug deep under the snow, similar to a short hibernation. The burrows may seem unstable, but they perfected their building technique to the point where the hollow is as stable as a stone cave, unless an avalanche rolls down the hill (but this didn’t happen in a few hundred years so there is nothing to worry about). Each Kid has their own cave where they sleep in alone. Their social interactions with other individuals of any kind ends at the entrance to their hibernating cave, due to the risk of someone exploiting their defenceless state of sleep being too high. The entrance to their caves is very well hidden, not an obvious opening but instead hidden between rocks or even closed by thin layers of snow itself.

The Snow-Kids of the Valley of Triumph are quite playful beings. When they´re not hunting or hibernating they enjoy playing in the snow or racing down the hills together. Their thick fur is as white as the snow and keeps than warmer than any kind of clothes could. As a result of this, they are one of the few species not disguising themselves as Skylings.

Their hunting technique acquires them to blend in and be as mobile and aerodynamic as possible and additional protection against the cold is not necessary for them. They do tend to play around with the clothing and masks of dead Skylings, but only to humour themselves.

To survive in the icy cold mountains the Snow-Kids grew quite tall to produce and preserve as much heat as they need. If you see them standing from afar it may look just like a kinda tall hill of snow, their fuzzy outline blending in well with the flaky snow blowing down the hills. The average Snow-Kid is around a full head taller than the Skylings but they can grow up to two and a half heads taller if they are able to find enough food to fuel their growth.

Their Hands are quite usual, except for the fluffy fur covering even their palms and their retractable claws which they use most often for hunting or, if needed, digging through harder snow.

If they were to disguise them, they would look no different to those of normal Skylings as long as they keep their claws hidden.

Their feet didn’t develop any singular toes and instead formed into a flat, solid foot, similar to the ones the Skylings have, which gives them the advantage in succeeding high speed when sliding down the mountains.

Snow-Kids have small black eyes to protect themselves from the bright light of the sun being reflected by the snow. Nevertheless, may it be their eyes themselves or them still getting snow blindness, their vision is terribly bad. Most things they see are shapeless blobs, not being able to properly see any sharp contours. They find their way around thanks to having memorized every nook and cranny of their habitat and even if it may happen that they don’t see a wall they are sliding face first into, then the hit is softened by the thick layer of snow covering the whole realm.

Their mouth is filled with small, very sharp teeth, except for their upper canines, which are more pronounced and a lot longer.

Their diet mostly contains sky mantas and birds. When the spirits still lived in the Valley they used to regularly hunt them but since the spirits vanished at one point, they had to change their quarry. But with the Skylings traveling through the once empty realms again, they started to pick up their hunting games again.

When going on a hunt, Snow-Kids prefer to go in groups of 2 or 3 individuals, not only to keep the upper hand in numbers but also to compensate for their bad vision. In general, there are two ways for them to go about a hunt.

One strategy is to split up, one of them hiding under the snow in a higher position or further down in a narrow passage, while the others give chase to their pray. Even if they are able to easily outpace the Skylings, they keep a bit distance and instead herd them precisely to the one Kid hiding. In the right moment they let out a short high-pitched screech, signalling the hidden one to jump out and bring down the unsuspecting Skyling.

The second strategy is a simple chase down the hills, killing their prey with an accurate bite at their neck, their canine teeth bringing it to a quick end.

But more often than not, the Snow-Kids like to not end their game too quickly. They tend to only wound their prey, backing off and then wait for it to get back up and start another chase. The strong wind canals in the Valley cancels the flying abilities of the Skylings, binding it to the slippery ground of the snow slopes, inadvertently playing into the cruel game of tag of the Snow-Kids.

How long this kind of hunt goes on for depends mostly on the hunger of the Snow-Kids, as it can either end in seconds or can be drawn-out for hours.

In general, it can be said that one should not venture to far into the snowy land alone. If you think to see one or two persons standing in the distance you should stay calm and try to stand as still as possible, hoping to be mistaken for a rock and pray to be left alone. If you get lucky, you have not entered a region yet where you are unable to fly out yet...

Signs to distinguish a Snow-Kid from a Sky-Kid

no cape

no clothing

tall

covered in white fur

watch from afar

> Reference of the Valley of Triumph <

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Okay, I hope tumblr calmed down enough by now... I will try to upload the next Changeling Part this evening!

I rly hope it works ;w;

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So like... there is a chance that my App is just breaking tumblr all together and like, eating all my posts???? Even my drafts are effected!!! Im typing this from the desktop version in hopes that this wont be corrupted as well... i am scared that tumblr is aditionally ghosting all my posts....

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Okay so... Never mind I guess?

Tumblr is not letting me upload the next Changeling Part. I have been trying to get it thru for over an hour now and they just won't post it...

I'll try to figure out what's wrong but that means no upload today...

I'm sorry :c

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OKAY GUYS!

I finally managed to finish the Valley of Triumph chapter! Post will be up this evening!

I rly hope u like it :3c

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I'm still working on my Changeling/Mimic Sky Creatures!

Idk why but Valley of Triumph is being hard for my brain foldings... I had a much clearer vision of the other realm creechurs. But those fuckers are just... Very much more vague in my head so bringing details down onto paper is just... Hard :/

Plus! School started 2 days ago so that's also happening!

But I'm still trying my best here! (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

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How I imagined their first meeting to go :3

I like the thought of Nova seeing Guppy as some snow-like creechur? White skin and all? Also even more like the idea of Guppy trying multiple times to steal Novas orb as light source for the depth of the sea >:3

Also decided to add a lil “change color depending on emotion” to Novas orb. Just bc it’s so obviously flying around all the time so I gotta use it for SOMETHING right?

Bonus:

Discretely showing off another one of my fav outfits/Skylings. She got the name I wanted to give Nova first but I felt it fit her more! It’s Itri, btw :3

I want to implement that Nova is that kind of Skyling that would try to pet a Krill and run into their search light willingly, so all of their friends are constantly keeping an eye on them to… trying to keep them alive…

But that certainly won’t stop them from befriending the pretty Ice/Sea creechur they just met >:3

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I'mma need to flesh out Seakids more. 🐟

Maybe next time I should make the seas enviroment or cosmetics for these guys.

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Are Seakids a bit like those color-changing emotions stones?

Are there more colors than red/black?

Do they change when being sad as well or is it just a stress reaction to change color? :3

Any negative emotion they feel be it anger, sadness, annoyance. They will turn red and black.

Cyan blue is their default and neutral color. Though it can also be light gray or lime green.

As for the opposite, I think if they ever felt elated they would turn into the colors like that of the ghost/ cosmic mantas in the vault.

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Found some hands tutorial by me

Not in English but hope it will help???????

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a collection of things i wrote about color. these aren’t necessarily “tutorials", just things i’ve discovered that work for me and might help others. i’m still learning.

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Reblog if you want Asks/Messages from your followers in your inbox

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Hey man! :D Since you have some intrest in my Seakid stuff I wanna ask what you think of the Elder siblings?

Dude, I LOVE them! ( ☉_☉)

Their designs and character and motives and stuff is so detailed and BEAUTIFUL OH MY GOSH UR ART IS SO SOFT I WANNA CONSUME IT

Also! I feel like if you'd throw all of them in one room, it would cause a big ass sibling fight! Tbh! I think I would pay to see that, bet on who would survive the longest! Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

I rly kinda like Yodh, not sure why, he seems adorable, I bet I could push all his buttons, he is so cute, help me

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Got back home! Broke my headphones during the trip! But otherwise had lots of fun!

Made some doodles on the 11h train ride back home :)

Some Guppy and Nova Shenanigans!

Yes, I found a name for my horned Skyling! Nova like Supernova bc of the light orb ~