#astromeshi

[envymeshi]

SORRY CANT TALK IM BEING INSANE ABOUT SCI-FI DUNMESHI SPECULATIVE BIOLOGY I CANT EXPLAIN IT YET IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE EVENTUALLY

[envymeshi]

Holy shit I just realised that dungeon meshi would lend itself really well to a sci-fi setting, too. All the different types of humans look different and have different life spans because theyre adapted to different planets (likely through bioengineering, which im kinda using as a stand-in for magic.) Instead of eating iconic fantasy RPG monsters, it'd be about eating iconic alien lifeforms (The Red Dragon would probably be one of those Giant Sand Worms that are incredibly common in sci-fi) I'm not sure what the stand-in for the dungeon would be. Perhaps humans haven't yet reached travel between solar systems, but every so often wormholes will pop up to places with unexplainably odd physics? I'm not sure what the demon would be though. I mean, in this context, I suppose science itself would represent the limitless potential to fulfill our own desires, but like. I don't wanna have weird anti-science undertones by having science represent the antagonist?!?!? At the same time, I don't want to fall back into magic (not that sci-fi and magic together don't work, but I think it'd be interesting to take full advantage of the science) EDIT: THE LION CAN JUST BE SOMETHING THAT GENERATES LIMITLESS ENERGY. THE LION CAN BE SOMETHING WEIRD LIKE A BLACK HOLE OR SOMETHING LOL. that works Just think of bioengineered chimera Falin <3 Frankenstein's monster kinda gal <3<3<3. Also You can't tell me Laios wouldn't be super excited to explain how stuff like the Alien's Alien and The Thing reproduce 💀 Also put Marcille in a lab coat NOW!!!!

[envymeshi]

drew this because I tried getting all my astromeshi thoughts down and realised how absurdly extensive it's getting in relation to the vampires. [The good news is im writing it at least...? I might be able to put this brainstorm into a masterpost for astromeshi later!]

[envymeshi]

I like your Astromeshi idea! One thing that might also be interesting is a race that evolved somewhere without oxygen, that gets its energy from some completely different source and has to shield itself from oxygen on other planets.

Thanks for the interest in the AU!! I did consider having certain races not depend on oxygen (especially with the fact that not all planets in the solar system have oxygen, such as the gas giants) but I didn't want the races to be too different from each other-- These humans didn't have millenia to evolve to life on specific planets, they've been artificially engineered using earth's fauna and flora as genetic bases, so i don't think changing them on such a deep cellular level would really be possible.. mm... (It'd also make half-elves and all that kinda hard to conceptualize) The one big exception is demi-humans, I feel I can get a little crazier with their biology. Since kobolds are described as being very good at surviving harsh enviroments, I can see them not needing oxygen to survive, and instead utilizing something else! (It's not out of the realm of possibility, we have plenty of anaerobic organisms here on Earth...) Orcs might also have some funky biology, I haven't given them too much thought so far... For the main humans races though, there's also the concern of how they would exist in the same space (space stations, the "dungeon", etc) without having too many issues--the way I'm planning them, you could reasonably put them all in a room with oxygen, carbon dioxide, and light, and have them all be fine... (Honestly, I just don't want to have to draw them in helmets all the time hahahaha, one of my main concerns is how it all translates into character design and I don't wanna obstruct their hairs, faces, and ears)

(Again, thanks for the ask! Have a marcille!)

[envymeshi]

who in here wanna see a sneak peek on astromeshi chimera falin (not the final design im still workshopping her)

[envymeshi]

watch as i flawlessly juggle making a fursuit ,drawing astromeshi diagrams, and fleshing out dunmeshi vampires (doing a very bad job of juggling all three