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FINAL EXPLORER REF (for now...)

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Accessories for Explorer (all are optional)

Left side (cloak)

these are arm holes

hood!

cloak can be left open like a cape

pockets on inside

shiny embroidery

Right side

painted king vulture mask

may wear her karma flowers

has a bunch of bandanas (may add pins, buttons, etc)

(red bandana) this is her favorite :]

electric spear!

3 charges; spent charges turn red

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splora ref part 3!

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The Explorer (slugcat/grunt forms); she/her

both forms are 3'6"

(slugcat) ears not optional as a slugcat

(slugcat) 4 fingers

(slugcat) arms come out of lateral lines

(slugcat) 3 toes

(grunt) dilated crosshair

newly-voided: no ears, shorter torso

Forms notes:

Normal: pretty stable, takes time to learn new forms

Worm: unstable, needs an active effort to not go super eldritch by accident

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"All in the name of 'progress,'" he spat. "Yes, go ahead, tear up reality like you're putting it through a paper shredder! I'm sure no one will mind, and that no eternal war will take place."

Scene from a roleplay that took place like 2 years ago :] the iterator belongs to @cyclepast and is named Valued Customer. uhhh Explorer asked Regulator for help with this guy bc VC was hurting void creatures by using their souls to power portals

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splora madness combat backstory stuff but told through doodles with minimal context!!

Uhhh 1st image: Explorer wakes up in a lab and eventually escapes. She's very scared because she has NO IDEA what is happening, let alone the fact that she's in a completely different world

2nd image: she meets Ash!!! Ash teaches her english and stuff. very awesome and cool person. and then Explorer sets out on her own, now much more confident bc now she knows more abt Nevada.

3rd image: she gets sick :[ void sickness :[

4th image: VOID SPLORA YIPPEE!!!!!! she is very surprised but all of a sudden she feels way better :]]]]

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Explorer ref time part 2! worm time :]

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The Explorer (worm form); she/her

Upper Left:

size/length varies, but by default Explorer's scaled so her head is about 6ft long

whiskers are not optional

neuron glow: #fac548

can have funky tendrils! length and number varies

usually has at least 1 pair of arms

echo scales shimmer as she moves

Upper Right:

uses telepathy

front view

only worm form has a gold mouth

flat mane = tired, unwell, sad

raised mane = startled, excited (good/bad), scared

Bottom Row:

can be less fancy like she was in the past

can have an echo-like aura: #30768d

lateral line is actually a seam! can become teeth, eyes, and limbs

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YIPPEE!!! Splora new ref part 1!

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The Explorer; she/her

Left Side:

Mark disappears when moving or dead

whiskers (actually thin frills) are optional

fights with teeth, claws, and spears

neuron glow: #fac548 (varies in brightness)

Right Side:

optional ears

lil bit of a dewlap

pine marten proportions

primordial pouch

lateral line runs down both sides of body

gold is shiny and reflective

tail is a lil bit prehensile

Info Row:

heights: 3'6" (bipedal), 1'9" (all 4s, at the shoulder)

teeth or slugcat beak

thumby feet :O

no blood, bones, or guts. only void fluid

can have silly tendrils

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I forgor to share Avalanche doodles from last month

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my guuuuyyyyy :]]]]

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I completely forgot about Pathfinder... I decided that she is Explorer's Mirror World counterpart heheh. Her lore is that she was raised by an ancient (entirely possible in the Mirror World; not all of them are gone) and somehow she ends up in Nevada. Except the version of Nevada Pathfinder ends up in is @doostyaudi 's Rave-N au >:]]]

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More whiteboard doodles >:]

The freak in the 1st picture is Shrike (any pronouns), who is the closest I will ever get to a hanksona. She is a freak from the Nevada Triangle heheheh

Uhmmm Regulator and Surveyor are both my employers, while Composer belongs to @sketchcake >:]

Since I haven't posted Surveyor here yet, here's a bit of lore about her: she's a pretty young employer whose duties involve keeping an eye on the Edge(s) of Nevada. Being at the Edge for too long can corrupt Nevadeans and letting them stay like that is Very Bad, so Surveyor solves the problem by... eating them. Thanks, I guess?

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I usually dont post whiteboard or paper doodles on tumblr, but have a few doodles of my arena mode character, Toby :]

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I FORGOT TO POST THESE uhh these are color concepts for Operator (they/them) and Horus (albeit a past version of him, before he adopted Tabby)

Operator's lore can be summarized as: orange freak who puts people in contact with "higher-ups," like how a telephone operator connects calls. This guy does contracts and stuff. They're like a jovial but also sinister salesman

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What are imprints, rebirths and origins of imprints?

this turned out to be a very long explanation of arena lore... hope this helps!

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Losing my mind bc I'm trying to figure out a Madcom timeline for personal lore. And I dont know where to put Arena Mode...

Maybe bc of all the timeline incongruencies, Arena Mode happens in its own version of Nevada/the Occurant? And Enmeshing the Mandatus keeps that iteration of Nevada alive

In the *main* Nevada, I imagine that characters like Skinner, Chopper Dave, and Qbert are still part of SQ

Another timeline thing: I'm placing MC1 somewhere between Nexus City's prime and its fall. Maybe the beginning of the Madness and the effects of the Great Awakening (grunts gaining sapience basically) affected Nevada retroactively? Since the Machine, which was affected by all of this, regulates (and *is*) reality, then it presumably regulates the past as well.

Bc of this, Marshmellow Madness and MC1 as we know them were essentially overwritten. That early version of Nevada does still exist in a way, but it's been "archived" in the Nowhere, so to speak. Most of the gen 1 grunts from early Nevada also got archived.

Im not that fond of messing with time stuff when it comes to storytelling, but I think the idea of timeline shit happening is interesting

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spober arts :]

technically these are accessory color tests

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It's been a while since I've drawn these two...

These are Horus (he/him), an ex-ATP Engineer and his adopted kid, Tabby (they/them).

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heheh >:] references for pre-ascension Explorer

the it/its pronouns are crossed-out because those are the pronouns she used at the time (since she... technically didn't have any), but retroactively it's she/her i guess?

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The Explorer (pre-ascension); it/its she/her

whiskers are optional

neuron glow is #A77F6C (both coats)

often runs on all 4s

semi-retractable claws

scars are less obvious in winter

orphaned as a young pup