#save the firesalamander

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Recently entered this drawing in a competition specifically about (animal) biodiversity. I thought it would be boring to “only” draw the animals so I added biologist actively working to save them (both the firesalamander and the great crested newt are in severe danger due to a spreading fungi that basically gore through them like flesh eating bacteria)

Also Ignore the face in the top left

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Here is another random prompt I’ll never write but jotted down the story for. Again sorry for any mistakes I get inspired and just barf all over until I get it out...clean it up late.

START:

Lucy playing a game by herself streaming for Levy. Saves someone and they join a party with a 3rd person. The 3rd person is an ass-keeps running ahead and demanding to be helped. Lucy’s character can heal but that’s not her job. Her and her new friend team up to just do the mission together and ignore the 3rd asshole.

Her new friend and her talk for a bit-he finds out Lucy is streaming for a friend but uploads to YouTube a little bit. (Streamer icon above Lucy’s head gives it away)

New friend asks if she would like to stream with him sometime. With Levys prompting she says yes. After she’s done gaming she gets a notification on discord- her new friend DragonForce has sent her a message. He tells her he actually has a pretty good following and didn’t want her to freak out about it.

He’s really FireSalamander “Salamander”. He says why he was playing on a dummy account, so he could relax and just enjoy a game without the stress of being the best.

Lucy tells him she will need to think about it, she doesn’t know who he is, has heard of him off hand. Levy freaks out and explains, freaking Lucy out as she realizes how big Salamander, or Natsu, really is.

He’s a huge streamer part of a group of other really big streamers. They are all really good gamers and play together randomly and sometimes competitively.

Lucy almost backs out of playing but Natsu messages her again, a few times, and tells her it would just be her and him playing the game from before and having fun. That Gray would join later. He helps her relax and she agrees to keep their play day.

Natsu is a part time fire fighter with Gray, they stream on their off day’s. Erza a police officer with Juvia and Jellel.

Lucy plays, nervously, with Natsu. She had asked for her channel not to be mentioned. Later grey joins. Natsus fans love her. And Happy, Natsus cat that sits in his shoulders when he games or his lap, likes meowing at Lucy.

They play several times together, Lucy becoming part of the group. One day they all do a face cam stream for a bit, talk about life and Q&A with fans. Lucy nervously joins and Natsu about short circuits. (Quickly covers it up) and Happy meows at Lucy (he seems smart enough).

Lucy’s channel gets a following from the group and she is molded into their gang, even becoming a popular streamer on the days she doesn’t play with Fairy Tail. When he can she and Natsu play together (not always streaming). And Lucy opens up more with the group. They all try new games too.

One day, they decide to do a group meet up. Everyone takes the time off and go to Magnolia- Gray, Juvia, Gajeel, and Natsu live in the same town, Lucy is a train ride away, and the others fly or train ride in. (Levy and Gajeel (he plays sometimes too) hit it off on the trip (levy watches his streams a lot and they argue but out of crushing on each other).

When they see Each other Natsu yells Lucy’s name and picks her up, holding her and doing circles. Gray and Gajeel are roommates (Juvia and Levy stay with them Levy was supposed to stay with Lucy. She and Gajeel got together so they decided to stay together, Juvia wanted to sleep on Grays couch) Erza and Jellel share a room. Natsu offers Lucy to stay with him and Happy.

(Or they all stay at Natsus)

They go eat, play some arcade games, and dance. They record a vlog of it all, Natsu and Lucy sticking together a lot. Lucy does a sexy dance (Natsus jaw drops) they also dance together to a sexy song.

When it’s time to call it a night Natsu and Lucy got back to his house. Lucy meets Happy who cuddles on her. They build a pillow tent fort thing and laugh/joke. Tell stories and play some games together.

Next day they all go out again and spend the day together, go carts and things like that.

When it’s time to leave later that day, Lucy has a hard time saying bye to Natsu. He jogs with the train to make Lucy smile until he can’t go any further at the station.

They get back to normal life but it’s not the same. Natsu and Lucy video call and play games still, but then Natsu invites Lucy, just Lucy’s back. This becomes a thing, they visit each other and hang out. Staying at each others homes (as just friends). They keep it secret for a while.

(Play a game where they have to be mates Ark? And Natsu only chooses Lucy.)

Natsu likes horror games and eventually makes Lucy come play them with him because she’s too scared to on her own or even streaming with him.

They slip up on stream with everyone and it goes public that they kept visiting each other. It’s embarrassing and they get teased but they don’t let it stop their friendship.

Gray has man to man talk with Natsu- who confesses but says he can’t ruin what he has with Lucy.

Lucy is unsure of Natsu, until she has a talk with Gray. Then she decides to make a move. Game reference or stream thing where she asks him out?

Natsu looks up online at the train hours and books it- Natsu bursts into her house while she’s streaming and kisses her.

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I held my very first lesson (only 20 minutes) today in front of a bunch of 5th and 6th graders and it went so well that I decided to immortalize that moment in my sketchbook :))))))

A lot of the time I'm scared that becoming a teacher isn't the right thing for me, but whenever I actually have contact to students I feel amazing! Until today it was only as a secondary teacher who went around to help with questions and alike, but now I feel confident that I could lso do the other part!!!

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I‘m making a comic about a firesalamander and a great crested newt that become friends and I‘ll never finish it, but I like this page a lot :)