#oc: cereza

[wolfsbaneandthistle]

The crew of the exploratory ship, The Little Bird. The captain, Diaf, hired this crew to traverse the stars, learning more about both the worlds around them… and themselves.

Think sci-fi adventure but the characters all have the vibes of a bunch of scientists stuck in Antarctica.

Hán and Cereza are the only humans onboard, the majority of the crew being aliens. This is a trend that continues for the galaxy at large for entirely non-suspicious totally not plot-related reasons.

I’m still working on worldbuilding for a lot of these guys but a couple of the tags I made for them have a decent amount of stuff. I made this bc I finally got around to finalizing the design for most of the characters! There are… a few that I will probably rehash again, but there shouldn’t be any major changes. The old version of this post went outdated when I updated the designs, so this is pretty much just a redo of that with the rest of the crew.

[qpneuma]

cereza, my scarlet/violet student 

[mandibugs]

two drawings of my pokesona cereza

[itscoffeetime-world]

Cereza my beloved ( ◜‿◝ )♡

I should draw tesoro with his niece tbh

[fl3shm4id3n]

The Ay'Amhul Navi have their own version of what Eywa look like. They also think of her to be an androgynous being who constantly changes into animals or even other Navi. But they deeply believe that she mainly takes the form of a woman. They have shrines around the forest and a temple which have a small statue of her. (I based her on Ix Chel, the Mayan Goddess of fertility, physical love, weaving, and the moon.)

[rubeau-art]

’Nothing to see here!’ My half of an Arttrade with @subsequentibis of his gal Sal (and her cool friend fungus!)

I really had a lot of fun with this piece. Got to try some things and I always love drawing gribbly wiggliy things!

Hope you like it bud!

[id0what1want]

Never a Dull Moment

Just a few examples of Cereza being a threat to public safety herself. (Cereza is my insert for Juliana) When Kieran and Cereza are exiting the Dreaded Den for the first time, he's inevitably like 'watch your step, it could be slippery' and without warning Cereza jumps off the adjacent cliff Now, she had neglected to tell Kieran about the Rotom Phone's catching feature up until that point, so naturally, Kieran has a miny heart attack. Cereza is laughing her ass off and waving up at Kieran with the biggest grin while Kieran looks like his spirit left his body. "Sorry for the scare! It was too good to pass up!" She calls up to him. Kieran, despite it all, can't hold back a snort, then full laughter like his dear friend. His laughter is half breathless from the scare, but it truly is never a dull moment with Cereza. Cereza trains her Pokémon herself. Like, firsthand. She boxes with her Primeape, Wukong, dodges attacks for accuracy practice, races with them to practice for speed, et cetera. Imagine the Blueberry students surprise when at the crack of dawn, they witness one of the wildest, edge of your seat, cinematic chase scenes known to man when Cereza decided for a game of tag for some speed training. It looks like on the outside like her Pokemon are trying to actually kill her, though she assures as she darts by that she won't get hurt. A little hard to believe when actively running and dodging swoops from a seven-foot-tall metal corvid, but hey, never a dull moment. Cereza has decked Drayton before. Granted, it was a formal fight, but it certainly made waves in her impression at Blueberry Academy. Cereza was a bit irked that she was known more for punching Drayton than for being a Paldean Champion, though she had to admit it was funny that her reputation wasn't hurt but rather improved due to the unanimous agreement considering how annoying Drayton is. She and Drayton are surprisingly on good terms. The way it went down was upon Drayton's introduction, he made a passing, teasing comment. "I thought Paldea's newest top champ woulda been a bit bigger." Cereza, putting two and two together, responded. "Ohh, aren't you the Champion that lost his title to the kid from the smallest town in Blueberry Academy's zoning system? Must've been the upset of the decade." She grins, dishing it back. Drayton's eyebrows raise. "Those are fightin' words." He comments with a whistle. Cereza cracks her neck. "Bet, I could take you in a fight." "Hm... normally I'd say no but with my pride on the line, sure, I'll bite." If Drayton had researched a tad further, he might have known that Cereza makes a habit of training in hand to hand with her Annihilape. Luckily his nose wasn't broken. There's definitely more, I'll elaborate one day

✨do whatever you want forever✨

~ Cytoplasm

[glamgingham]

I had so much fun making this for the zine @limepigeon hosted! It's so nice to see everybody else's pieces in the finished zine!!!!!

[tinka-tank]

(They didn't have the Paldea one 😭)

Part 3 in the DC Pokémon AU, please see previous posts for more lore and I'm still open to more help and suggestions

Check the #dc pokemon au for it

These are just things I shit out and maybe someday I'll properly render everything but my design process for these is make them have a color that their typing has as in pink for fairy and blue for water etc.

Very special thank you to @illusionsignmisdirection for the help with this au and all the wonderful suggestions and ideas

Alec:

Alec is the ice type gym leader, he is the 1st gym leader overall. His gym is a library and he is the main librarian. He's planned to be apart of the villain team (known as Team Idol) as their leader so under the gym is the secret base which has those annoying ass ice puzzles we all are too familiar with.. and the gym is on top of an ice mountain because your first task is going to be haul ass up that mountain #absolutely and yes he is divorced and his wife took their son as she should #yup He's the only one with a party decided with a Delibird and Snorunt and his later party as the final team boss is to be decided.

For his design I went with icy librarian man that's literally my thought process and a tattered coat to show age and tired energy

Gabby and Ellie:

Gabby and Ellie are the grass type gym leaders, the second gym leaders overall. It started off as Gabby, but I imagine she had Ellie join her seeing as Ellie is a good battler herself. I like to think they're married or at the very least promised to each other, as see by the matching rings I gave them. They are so in love really... and I like to think Ellie made their outfits for each other (I couldn't pick which Gabby design I liked better so I put both) because I still think she's a fashion designer and probably her job is working at an office or freelance design, as seen w the pencil skirt and flats I gave her. I wanted her to look cute and professional to show that looks can be deceiving because she's also apart of Team Idol and maybe Gabby might be too, depending on what happens in dcas w her and the villains alliance. Gabby is supposed to give whimsical yes, like the most whimsy grass girl ever who waters her flowers and would shoot you if you litter type of shit. I think sometimes Gabby is solo then Ellie takes over other hours or sometimes they both battle together. Gabbys job is probably the city/town gardener, probably sells herbs and healing items that aren't found in Pokémarts

Hunter:

Hunter is the ghost type gym leader, he is the 3rd gym leader overall. I like to think his gym is some kind of abandoned warehouse or some other abandoned place turned ghost rave ! Ally is the DJ and does all the electrical work while Hunter battles challengers and puts on performances with the fellow ghosts roaming around. I based his design on the fact that he should be allowed to wear whatever he wants and the neon glowsticks and bracelets are based on his team colors !! Also the pale face paint and make up bc he's a performer duh and a crinoline with tattered fabric bc he's fancy like that. Didn't wanna add too many skulls bc that's Jake's brand he was the first one move over Hunter and his job really just is performer like he performs all the time for cash and relies on Ally dj money too 😭

Riya:

Riya is the flying type gym leader, she is the fifth gym leader overall. Yes her flying type is because of her assassination attempt on Aiden no one can change me I'm a woman. And also because her with a Bombirdier fits and also an Altaria and Vespiquen, but it's still to be decided. Her design was inspired by sky trainer bodysuits and her shoes height are to reflect her incredible balance and how she's always above everyone else both physically and mentally. I liked adding armor that looks like she's a warrior because let's be real here she is here to WIN. Also gold. She's regal. Love her sm... I think she puts on air show performances and is a celebrity, movie star all over again... like she's so fabulous how can you look away ? Her gym in my head is probably a runway of sorts or movie studio, probably shoots her battling to add into her movies really and yes she's apart of the villain team, she's second in command because why wouldn't she be

Miriam:

(Queen) Miriam is a retired gym leader, she once was the fairy type gym leader, formerly the eighth and last gym leader. Jake now is in her spot and she sometimes visits the gym. She normally is at home baking and providing for the neighboring Pokémon. I like to think her ace is Alcremie cause of obvious reasons and that Jake gifted her a Fidough to keep her company when he's busy at his job and the gym. She has a more bright and "good" aesthetic than Jake, so her gym was more different than his currently is. I like to think she could be challenged later on if this was a game, like post game ! I like to think she also exposed Team Idol and either was kidnapped or just. Roams free who knows. But she's strong and a wise mentor to Jake who helped him calm down a bit so he doesn't destroy everything with his powers when losing.

Other tidbits:

- This is the Tipiskaw Region and it's like side game regions where no new Pokémon are introduced but old ones are available like from previous generations

- The order is:

1st gym: Alec (ice type)

2nd gym: Gabby and Ellie (grass type)

3rd gym: Hunter (ghost type)

4th gym: Connor (steel type)

5th gym: Riya (flying type)

6th gym: James (electric type)

7th gym: Grett (dragon type)

8th gym: Jake (fairy type)

Elite four: Oliver (normal type)

Elite four: Emily (psychic type)

Elite four: Derek (dark type)

Elite four: Trevor (ground type)

Champion: Kristal

- The name of the Villain team is Team Idol, consisting of Leader Alec, second in command Riya, Grett, Yul, Ellie (maybe Gabby) and Fiore and their goal is for complete domination

- Yul is the first fight due to being brash and a show off, many people believe he's the leader of the team because of this and he is a fire type speicalist (also Yul has big beef w James as they are rival idols and both have Oricorio aces)

- Fiore is a NFE specialist (not fully evolved) specialist with Pokémon that just aren't fully evolved yet, but she is still strong in her own right and she trashed Tom's cop car definitely

- Grett is the dragon type specialist and a gym leader herself who later decides to help you the player (Lake and Drew) to stop the team bc she realizes it's wrong and gives the key pass to the secret base she is STRONG

- Also yes Lake is the female MC and despite not being an all star, Drew is the male MC. Lake is the talkative protagonist Drew is the silent protagonist

- Aiden is the friendly rival with legit one Pokémon, that being Pidove and it eventually evolves into a Tranquill and just stops there. Ellie is the hating ass rival, maybe, I think so yeah

- Tom is a police officer and almost a Looker figure as he is constantly going around the region and yes him and Jake had a thing and it's going poorly like in all stars

- Tom will be kidnapped by Team Idol yes, and other shit occurs which the gym leaders (that aren't in on it) have to help save the day

I like to think this is Jake's reaction to the shit storm Ellie throws at him bc she kidnapped Tom:

I'll make another post later on with all the complete details of all the characters and their rolls, I'm primarily focusing on the dcas cast

[heartlesslygold]

I know this pretty rave girl

[subsequentibis]

been on a tmbg kick lately & very much thinking about their songs re: sal et al

[wolfsbaneandthistle]

Incredibly large and not very useful amount of dialogue from my funnies. I wanted to do this dialogue meme from cereovo in order to figure out the characters voices but uhhhhhh idk. I’m not really happy with the writing.

Rest of them under the cut.

[al-ch3rries]

🍒🌙; Cereza & Piano, her deepest fear.

[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

double date feat @niximilart​‘s oc

[itscoffeetime-world]

Ref | | drawing

Jeanne Is such a mom actually, they're her kids fr

[fl3shm4id3n]

Even More Ay'Amhul Clan facts/hc

The reason why they cremate their deceased, is because the humans they used to interact basically grave robbed their deceased family members. They stole a bunch of skulls and bones. They're asked many times if they could get them back, but the humans never did.

They also do a lot of sacrifices during the winter, so that the disease from years ago doesn't come back. Also for good luck and a good harvest in the winter. (They do get snow but due to the volcanic areas they live in, it melts fast.)

They have their version of the 'xoloitzcuintli'. They're similar to the viperwolves, except they're a brown color or black. Also a bit smaller. They're good companions and also partake in healing rituals. Since they believe it has some kind of healing purposes. They also believe that the dogs help guide their owners into the afterlife.

Ones a person dies, their Ahuizotl ends up dying days later. Due to the lack of being with their owner. They believe it's because they wish to go with their owner and keep them company.

They also have xolotl/axolotls, they roam around the rivers, they think that the small amphibians bring good health and potentially healing. At times they're kept as pets and kept in the home.

They used to have books and other records they'd store in their makeshift library but the humans burned all their books and scrolls as a form to piss them off.

During a new year, they jump over a fire as a way to get rid of any sickness or bad luck. So that they can welcome good luck and good health that year. (This one is based on the Persian new year tradition).

When it comes to moon dancers, they tend to wear skirts which have a ring of fire at the bottom of the skirt and it's lit on fire. (Also based on the Persian fire dance known as Sama, I think).