#sigh... tagging all these slugcats...

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RAIN WORLD ART MONTH: #25 - KARMA 3

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where should i start reading your Rain World stuff about your OCs and such?

i don't really have any order in it so just jumpin into the oc tag n readin thru it would do, i guess?? though yeah,, tumblr isn't nice with the tags i won't lie, so i'mma compile some stuff for ya

there Are something of intro posts for the characters, though they've evolved a lot over time (originally the Anemoi Iterators were just not a thing, the only one i was meant to have was Fish with Zephyr serving only as a little neat backstory for one of the scugs connected to Fish. so Zeph especially has had a lot of evolution done to her character)

here are the posts: • Intro for Fish Inside a Birdcage, the Seafarer, the Tinkerer and the rest of their little family (x) (out of this Fish and Tinktink are most important n developed, with Seafarer bein a char i wanna work on a bit at some point) • Intro for Murder of Crows (she's a bg character for Moon's group, I rarely actually do stuff with her), Abet Zephyr, the Pan Wielder and few of the Scavs living in Fish's facilities (x) (this is also where The Children of Eo group is first mentioned) • Intro for the rest of Anemoi Iterators of The Children of Eo group, voice claims (Zephyr's is outdated) and the first look at world map, which i'm updating for myself as i'm workin on this stuff and will repost at some point so y'all can see the updates too (x) • List of Iterator City names (x) • Voice claim for Three Sparrows and updated one for Zephyr (x) • Spotto™ Ancients design reference post (x) • -sigh- "Who's Beppi?" (x) (here's him as a baby) • quick off the string in Ancient times AU designs for Euros 'n Boreas (x) • Sparrows' quickly put together art ref (proper one pending) (x)

Three Sparrows' lore is scattered basically all over over the place n she doesn't have a proper intro post yet

Some direct links for the convenience: • How the Great Cycle works in the Serotonin Take (a little add-on to it)

• Iterator anatomy lesson (mostly about the puppets) • Iterator anatomy lesson: detailing of the Hivemind that makes them up • Iterator anatomy lesson: personality development • Rambling about worldbuilding, mostly the Folk Gods (quite disorganized, explains The Saint though) • Ancients' hand mutilation in the name of the Global Religion • Ancients' mask culture • Ancients and their feeding face tentacles • Ancients' "hair" • Ancients and water habitats • Ancients, their venom and Also The Cleaning Slugs • Ancients' gills and some stuff with breathing • Three Sparrows character notes • Little drabble thing for Three Sparrows, though some things might not hold up • "Has Sparrows made any connections while in school?" • Three Sparrows and her slugcat reincarnation (lil continuations of it x, x) • "The Eo Iterators get off the string, who dies who thrives?" (not canon, except the Haboob comic at the beginning) • Zephyr and Moon swap as a characterization exercise that got a lil outta hand (not canon, but neat either way) • A continuation of the above, with Looks to the Moon in the Eo group + some talking about Abet Zephyr as a person • Fooling around with the concept of Zephyr knowing Pebbles, but then big explanation of Mission Self-preservation aka the biggest thing happening in the OC lore • "Can Euros run Doom?" • How did Caper of Euros and Three Sparrows get together romantically • Caper of Euros' priorities the lil comic • "What is Euros like during a Hivemind unsync?" + Three Sparrows the treasured component • Euros and Sparrows married?? • Caper of Euros' first case of the Rot • post 1st Rot reconcilation between the lovebirds • "Did Euros' entire Lab have to be rebuilt after the eradication of the 1st Rot?" • Sparrows' deathbed • Sparrows' Memory Crypt beef (x)• "Who's older? Notos or Haboob?" + Euros 'n Haboob's relationship • Gushing about the ending of the playlist for the group (link to the playlist itself here) • some Tinkerer and the Scavs fooling around content • tiny Seafarer post • what happened between Seafarer and Artificer? why were they separated?

(new text block cuz apparently tumblr has a character limit for that) • Iterator anatomy lesson: the antennas • Iterator anatomy lesson: sexuality and desire for pleasure • Ancients' blood • Ancients' skin texture • "How are Ancient's born?" • "Did Ancients' ancestors have even bigger teeth?" • Farmer Ancients weaponry and tools + Sparrows' encounter with a Red Centipede • "How'd Zephyr end up like that?" • "What are some of Zephyr's happiest memories?" • "Did any other continent have a bootleg Iterator situation like Zephyr?" • What was young Boreas like • Boreas, his batflies and what Desaevio was like • "Very beautiful, very powerful." Boreas animatic made by me sister • Angry Boreas? Let's try to fix him with a controlled shock • Filler Iterators stuff, especially introduction of Orion's Pathway • designing filler stuff a lil: NAE, Gem, high circle Sparrows outfit, first look at the Preacher, Expiation and Spore • Orion's helmet and RW constellations • some lore stuff for Orion • Orion's General • more on the Polar War • Fish and Pigeon Drones • Fish Inside a Birdcage Daycare for scav kits • "What is stored on Caper of Euros' puppet chamber pearls?" • How Boreas and Zephyr took Euros' romantic relationship with Sparrows the comic • Sparrows' daily routine • "Has Sparrows ever seen Euros without his faceplate?" • Iterator baby photos and first appearance of Sparrows' mom, Inkling of an Inbound Daybreak • "Does Sparrows hide her tail in her high circle outfit?" • Movement within an Iterator • "How does it feel like to respawn?"/Sparrows' first death described a little • How did that wedding of Euros n Sparrows' looked • "Does the Rot smell bad?" • "How did Boreas bail Sparrows out of getting fired after the 1st Rot case?" • Grandmama Sparrows • some stuff on Euros' 3rd Mechanic • Euros and his relationship to his memories of Sparrows • "Why do Biting Notos' colony worships teeth and the mouth?" • "Did Notos know something was wrong with its puppet?" • "What does Orion think about Notos' puppet design?" • Biting Notos' sins against its own kind • Inhale in Haboob colony (and herself) notes and ideas • some things on the relationship between Euros 'n Haboob • the Anemoi + Fish as slugcats • Fate of Boreas' Blessing in Saint Time • Ascending Biting Notos comic

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Drabble mk.2

Sings in Silence's puppet chamber was filled with a high pitched whining, interspaced with chirps and growls. One by one, the parents of the slugpups playing in her chamber had come to take them back to the city above... and it was pretty safe to say the pups were not having it.

This last one was putting up one hell of a fight, to its credit! She had to hold back a snicker as the pup whined and flailed, firmly scruffed by its parent, sending them both spiraling in the zero-gravity air. She knew very well how the little ones could be if you encouraged them, after all. It was the least she could do to help the two on their way, lifting them ever so gently to the exit.

It was tempting, almost, to send an overseer to watch them. Alas, all of them were busy-- whether it was for her own projects, or acting as vulture watch for her city.

She could feel the two, anyways. She felt each scrape of the parent's claws against her walls, propelling the pair through the space with practiced ease. She felt, too, as an exceptionally forceful wiggle from the little one sent them careening into one of her organic components, causing its parent to get pulled off course and tangled in the tendrils.

A ping resonated in her mind, an inspector's notification that it was on task. Almost automatically, she locked the passageway between it and her citizens.

Silence shifted in the air, leaning back against her umbilical with a staticky "sigh." For a second, she wished she had been built as one of the newer models... aside all of the other benefits, they at least had the luxury of an access shaft that connected directly to their puppet chambers. Instead, of course, her citizens had to scramble through her systems each and every time they visited.

It wasn't as if she didn't try to keep the way clear. And it wasn't like she even minded the feeling of it! It just...

...It would have been so much easier. So much safer.

As she finally noted the pair of slugcats reaching the proper access shaft, she shifted her attention away from them. She closed her eyes and pulled up the files and files of overseer footage she'd put off, while pups had been climbing up her robes and swinging off of her umbilicals. Some of it was... pretty much useless. She hadn't given her overseers terribly much to go off of when recording clips for her, so it was only to be expected.

The rest of it, though...

Well.

It would be enough to keep her occupied for a few hours, at the very least.

As with most things, her work would have been so much easier had her facilities just been... functional. She could have pulled exact data points from the weather and environment! Tagged creatures for repeat observation! Void below, she could have even sampled a genome or two! But no. All of it was broken. Whether it was from purposefully neglected repairs or improvised bombs, most of those systems were completely--

Something entered her chamber.

Silence's focus, frayed as it was, dissolved instantly. She opened her eyes, twisting and rotating her puppet to face--

Oh.

Oh...

She reached out, gently pulling her visitor into her lap. The slugcat clutched three squishy little orbs in its grip - three squishy, squirming orbs that it suddenly pushed into her middle, burying them between folds of cloth.

Sings in Silence carefully lowered herself to the chamber floor. The antigravity hummed as it powered down, and she gingerly reached to scoop up one of the little ones.

It almost fit in the palm of her hand, chubby tail spilling over the edge as it flopped over her palm. It was... it was a pup. Not of the size they were normally brought to her, obviously - they were so tiny! She'd barely even realized they could get this small! How old were they?? She hadn't been aware of any new--

...Wait.

Had they just been born...?

She placed the pup back onto her lap. Her hand moved to gently stroke the head of the adult instead, paying special attention to behind its ears.

Poor thing. It must have been exhausted.

The slugcat gave a quiet "wrrow" sort of noise, its head drooping down to settle on her lap. In fact-- its whole body relaxed, smearing over her robes like a living puddle. It didn't seem like it had any intention of moving, and, well... she sure wasn't about to force it to.

Silence dimmed the lights, rubbing careful circles into her visitor's forehead. If they had come to her for a safe space to rest, to relax... if they had come to her for comfort... who was she to say no?

She was their caretaker, of course, but... it just warmed her heart, to be honest. They trusted her? This much?

Old thoughts suddenly nagged in the back of her mind - she shoved them back down just as fast. There was no way she 'didn't deserve it.' Each and every cycle, she worked to better the lives of her little citizens. Despite her failing equipment. Despite the damages inflicted upon her. She had even pushed herself to reach out to her local group again, to trade favors and collaborate, just to be able to better provide for them.

If there was any chance she 'didn't deserve it,' she would prove that she did. Again and again, until there wasn't a drop of doubt left.

She owed them that much. Her citizens, her companions. Errand-runners and the soul of her city. They were all she had left.

She would not fail them.