Ride 773: Rematch!!
Pag 1
1: Let's do it, an all-out battle!!
There's 2km left until the finish line!!
2: Hahaha, I'll tell you one more time
You'll be defeated without even getting to know “golden yellow”!!
Pag 2
1: Not bad!! I'll crush that statement under my feet!! Orange!!
Pag 3
1: That's impressive, San-na!! But when you'll see it with your own eyes
2: will you be able to stay calm? Let's try!!
Fourth stage!!
6: Wisteria flowers!?
Pag 4
1: “Gamboge”!!
2: He's accelerating again!! More than that....
3: he's doing it while looking over his shoulder!?
Pag 5
3: Houruaaagh
4: Seriously!? Damn, he's fast!!
You can accelerate even while looking over your shoulder!? You think you can so easily overpower me!? That's what it means!? Damn you!!
Pag 6
1: This really is the best!!
I can't keep calm with this!!
2: Tsk!! Are you fired up, instead!?
3: I've been searching for it, for someone who'd come charging at me like you do..... someone who could really do it!!
Pag 7
1: There were many guys who came at me during this past year!!
It's Doubashi
Doubashi is moving!
2: Are you the Doubashi who got the sprint number bib in the Inter High!? I'll stop you!!
In races...
3: I'm known as “Kanagawa's flash”!! I'm confident in my sprinting!!
4: Come at me!!
5: Come
Douba-
6: Shi..... huh, in just one moment...
Is he a... “sparkler”?
7: Even inside the club
Are you Doubashi-san?
Pag 8
1: We're the Saimon brothers, first years
We're twins, they call us....
2: He's so fast....!!
3: Yessir
Yessir
Yessir!!
4: Let's race, Doubashi!!
5: Alright!!
Gyaa-!!
6: But none of them could really do it!!
7: This past year....
Pag 9
1: I've become too strong!!
2: Hahaha, aren't you quite persistent? If it's hard you can just
3: Like I can give up such a fun attraction so easily!?
4: Buorah!!
Pag 10
1: 1.5km left!!
Pag 11
1: It's getting closer, the final line of our race!! Orange!!
San-na!!
Pag 12
1: Hahaha
After last year's Inter High, I
2: The only thing that got me fired up was defeating you!!
3: I really want to defeat him
Next time we meet, I wanna be able to tell him “gap”
“Gap”?
That's a “gap”
4: What should I do!?
5: So I just practiced blindly!! Not knowing how!!
But I realized that was a mistake
6: After the send-off party for the third years...
Pag 13
1: I got a note from god for the first time in a long while
2: This is the last note for you
Those aiming for the mountain will never reach the mountain
3: Don't mistake your goal for something else
4: Those few words were written on it
At first, I didn't understand what they meant
I thought maybe it was a riddle, but after I read it 116 times, I finally understood!!
5: It was about setting the goal!!
6: It meant that “as long as San-na is your goal, you can never surpass him”!! “Look higher up, look higher!!
And so, I
Pag 14
1: Came here aiming to be “ Japan's number one”!!
4: Those eyes!! They're the eyes of someone who's seriously worked hard to become “Japan's number one”!!
Pag 15
2: Ohh!! On!! Kaburagi-kun is still one-on-one against Hakogaku's Doubashi, and there's 1500m until the sprint line, on!!
Way to go!!
3: Goo!! Just like that!!
4: They got through? Those words
Kaburagi....
If it's you-
Pag 16
1: I knew you would understand!!
2: Hahaha, I wonder why
Just now, for a moment, in my head
3: I imagined Aoyagi-san's face!!
4: In the final stage of this sprint race there are three technical curves!!
5: One's done, there are two left!! Are you going to fall there? Don't make any stupid mistakes!!
Pag 17
1: I want a pure race!!
Same goes for you!!
2: Izumida-san....
5: The words Izumida-san told me that day
“Emotions are strength”
6: If that's the case, then this thrilling “joy” of having someone of equal power before my eyes is strength too, after all!!
Pag 18
1: Izumida-san!!
Pag 21
3: Huh!?
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My latest patch! Shoutout to NavyWolf from my twitch chat for stringing words together in a phrase that stuck with me long enough for me to make this out of it!
More chatter and some progress pics under the cut :)
If you are wondering what this is the best explanation I can give is during last February I decided I wanted to do a swear jar thing on stream and during some on stream planning this phrase was said in chat. Somehow it just evoked such a powerful mental image for me that I had to make it something real. And reflecting on that, I feel like a lot of the art I make is over that exact same reason.
With how busy school had been I didn't actually start work on this patch till the end of March, where I dusted off my pixel art skills for the pattern.
^the first sketches
After the pattern was finished up I basically just spent every moment of my free time (and some time I should've used for school work) working on the patch. I don't know why I was in such a rush since my own self imposed deadline could've stretched to basically next February, however my new sweater doesn't have any patches on it so I guess I wanted something for it as soon as I could.
I don't have much else to say about the process, it was fairly straightforward as far as patches go. I did find a nifty little website that includes colour picking with actual DMC or Anchor thread colours. I'll probably be using it from here on out for planning, although knowing me I will still be going back and forth between that and my phone's shitty little pixel art app.
And the progress gif!
Amazingly this one has more individual photos in it than the minecraft patch, but I think that's mostly the text cause I had an idea for how I wanted it to look in this gif once it was all done anyway.
And here it is in it's place of honour, same spot as the minecraft patch on my other sweater if you were curious:
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i finished doing an updated reference of my explorers of sky team!! these guys live rent free in my head i like them a lot (some fun facts under the cut because i have too much to say about them)
circuit
was found by mello passed out on the beach, with no memories other than their name, and the fact they were once human…
had the scars on their horn and fin from the moment they woke up on the beach, and never figured out why they had them until they went to dark crater
the main navigator and also the cartographer of the group! they carry the wonder map with them, along with a feather pen and paper for mapping out the floors of mystery dungeons
was originally always the leader, but often now they will switch between themselves and mello depending on the situation
came up with the team name! they think it is very cool and nobody else except for mello agrees.
has a habit of rushing into fights without thinking, so they often need to duck behind mello for cover when things get dicey
only stores light things in their bag, like their paper and a few healing items in case of an emergency. they will also often hold onto items that need to be delivered to clients so they don't get mixed up with other equipment
they offered to carry mello's bag once and were immediately squished by it, and now they are permanently banned from carrying anything heavy.
mello
formed a team with circuit after the two joined wigglytuff's guild together
a lighter color than most mudkip! the 'splotchy' or spotty patterns she has are also a common trait of water types, possibly because it helps them blend into the water more
her gills are curved and her head fin is longer than normal, which causes it to fold over because of the extra weight. these are only aesthetic differences, and don't affect anything about their functionality!
keeps track of the job requests, usually has a bulleted list she keeps on her. likewise she also keeps an eye out for the items and/or pokemon they need to find in dungeons
has a fascination with all things ancient and mysterious. she has a growing collection of aged books, even in subjects she doesn't have much interest in.
also enjoys collecting various odd objects, and souvenirs from the places she's been! she decorates sharpedo bluff with them.
originally carried the bulk of items they found in dungeons, but after luna joined mello now only carries equipment (orbs, scarves, etc.), while luna carries treasure (boxes, poke, etc.)
one of her favorite hobbies is reading, she finds it's a good way to wind down after an exploration. recently, she has taken up journaling as well.
stripe
met circuit and mello when they explored sky peak together, and she joined the team soon after!
grew up in a colder climate, hence their extra fur
trained at marowak dojo following her joining the team, in an attempt to match the levels of circuit and mello. her brown bow is from marowak!
handles inventory management, took over for circuit who did it prior. she insists she doesn't mind, she finds it satisfying to do.
doesn't speak very often, except to people that they're comfortable with. because of her easygoing nature, she's often the first one other members of the team come to for advice!
has their own home where they live by themselves, but they stay at sharpedo bluff enough that they consider it their second home
one of her favorite spots is spinda's cafe, they enjoy sitting down and crowd watching. mello likes to join her sometimes!
stripe exclusively holds onto healing items like reviver seeds, so they're able to quickly grab one if someone is in a pinch.
mana
joined the team after they came to sharpedo bluff to return to the place they hatched!
has the same kind of splotchy patterning as mello! this is only by pure coincidence, though.
circuit and mello are very protective of mana following their illness when they were young, but they insist they are able to handle themselves.
has the occasional mischievous streak in which they find it entertaining to intentionally scare their parents. i wonder who they get that from…
being the most recent recruit to team epic squad, mana is still figuring out exactly where their specialties lie. but that doesn't mean they're not trying their best!
never quite figured out who exactly it was that left mana's egg alone in the middle of the ocean. circuit has some strongly worded things to say to them if they ever encountered them.
they view mello and circuit as their parents, and walrein is more like an uncle to them. they still see walrein on occasion when he comes to visit treasure town!
carries no bag, only their defense scarf. circuit and mello worry about them straining themselves, so they will usually not bring any items with them.
luna
joined the team after the fight at dark crater!
really not a fan of the team name, but also trying really hard not to be rude about it. she will often refer to it as 'team epic' for short.
not used to having casual conversations with pokemon, so she often will come across as stilted when speaking. instead of names she will default to referring to a pokemon by their position (ie the kecleon brothers are shopkeeps, chatot is head of intelligence, etc)
because of how long she's been around, she has a knack for spotting rare or unusual items! she is not particularly good at estimating monetary value, however.
having trouble figuring out how to relax now that she doesn't have to focus on thwarting any world-ending plots. the rest of the team has gradually been working on getting her to loosen up more
enjoys the company of the future trio, celebi in particular. they like to discuss "legendary pokemon things", as celebi puts it.
has reasons for joining the team beyond finding the work of exploration teams fascinating. she has not told anyone what those reasons are, though.
carries all the various treasure the team finds! she has a liking for any especially shiny objects.
also as a bonus for making it thru the fun facts heres the old reference i did of team epic squad (around 2021 i think??) which this one was a redraw of! (and i also added luna)
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