If only she had been something holy herself, she could have saved him.
from Leaving Only Rust Behind by @clubsheartsspades which is an utterly gorgeous fic
[image description: a top-down view of a dark, square room. in the center of the floor lies Five Pebbles, an iterator from the game Rain World, a pink metal puppet dressed in orange robes. Five Pebbles is attached to a robotic arm mounted to the wall, which disappears under his robes. He has red and blue wires running from his head to the arm. His eyes are dark and hollow. Curled around his head is the Artificer, a slugcat from the same game. She looks like a small magenta ferret and emits a white glow, the only source of light in the room. She has red scars across her body, including one on her left eye. They are surrounded by hundreds of neuron flies, small white blobs with two protruding tentacles, that are arranged radially around them on the floor. End ID]
thanks to everyone who participated in the poll, i’ll be posting designs in order of the winners.
design choice explanations below the cut!
In my head, slugcats tend to have a very otter-like, streamlined texture to them, and a very flexible bone structure for fitting through tight spaces. However, this isn’t always the case, as I imagine circumstances or stressors can alter a slugcats behavior and physical structure (Similar to how a hen can adopt rooster biology in the lack of a male’s presence in the flock!)
Arti doesn’t fit the typical slugcat biology due to the loss of their pups and the parental rage that has since filled them. They’ve grown thicker, longer fur to defend against rougher environments, and their bone structure has solidified into one that can deal a significant amount of damage in comparison to other slugcats. For the same reason, their muzzle and claws have lengthened in size.
Also! Two pearl earrings for them to remember their pups by.
Based on the way I actually dance in real life. The gameplay clips are also mine. It turns out drawing backgrounds in Flipaclip is not great, and it's better to draw them out of program to import later. Aggressive Inline (2002) for Gamecube changed my 7 year old brain chemistry the same way Rain World is doing right now.