#ummm I used this one as anatomy practice lol

[wild-moss-art]

For the headcanon thing, Ashe is just absolutely COVERED in freckles, everywhere, tons of 'em

freckles are kinda like stars 💫

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

Evie I must know. How do you- How does one-

ANATOMY

please if you have any advice i will gladly take it

AHH HELLO!! Here goes!

quite a mammoth of a post underneath the cut so be warned hehe

ummm okkk so

I’m by nature a very quick and messy thinker, and so that’s kinda how I do anatomy (though in my case it’s more like poses) too! My process (if it can be called that lol) isn’t very organized, and it kinda feels like I’m winging it half the time XD

I did mess around with poses a lot when I was younger, and I suppose looking back it was basically anatomy minus the detail. (I still have trouble putting detail into art) Poses are one of my favorite things to draw though; they are very relaxing and fun :)

I guess I’d recommend practicing a lot, and keeping it messy, quick and fun! That’s what I did, as well as drawing from and tracing references!

but here is my process, as best as I can explain it :D

Hopefully you can read my handwriting and this all makes sense!

triangles and quadrilaterals are great XD

alright here are also a BUNCH of sketches and poses of mine that I’ve used or will be using

Many of these are wips and they’re all incredibly messy but I figured they’d show you what I mean!

I guess to close off this crazy ramble, I’ll repeat what I said before! Have fun with poses! Mess around and experiment and don’t be afraid to draw sketches that won’t ever become a character or an artwork, but are more like a pathway to something else I guess? That’s what has worked for me :)

also thank you so much for asking my friend! I am honored! ALSO also, congratulations on making it this far lol

[captainmazzic]

Hi drawing anon again I was wondering what advice you’d give for someone just starting out. Like, drawing glorified stick figures or profiles or something? I really want to dive in but I’m not sure where or how I should start.

I’m so sorry anon I didn’t even see this in my inbox until now.

But yeah! Okay first things first. STRETCH. I can’t stress this enough. ART IS A SPORT AND YOU NEED TO STRETCH. You’re gonna want your drawing hand to be limber and flexible, and too much drawing can stiffen up your hands and cause pain and you don’t want that so STRETCH. If you’re unsure which stretches to do, HERE and HERE are two youtube videos that demonstrate some good ones, and if youtube isn’t helpful there’s an infographic HERE.

STRETCH. I cannot stress this enough. I have early onset arthritis, and while drawing is not the cause of my arthritis, not stretching earlier in my drawing days has certainly not helped. I never learned that I needed to stretch until not that long ago, and stretches have saved my drawing hand a lot of grief ever since I started doing them. STRETCHHHHHH.

And ummm, honestly, the best place to start is little warm-up doodles. Like, very very simple things like drawing a bunch of vertical lines all in a row, aiming to make them as straight as possible. Or draw a big circle, and then drawing a circle inside of it, and another, and another, and practicing how many you can get inside without the lines touching. My favourite is making a spiral. Make one as big as you can without the lines crossing. Things like this help your hand-eye coordination and help you loosen up in preparation for “actual” drawing. If you want some ideas, use your favourite search engine to look up warm up exercises for drawing, there’s a plethora of them out there and they really do help!

Aside from that, I just recommend starting with what you love and what you’re familiar with. Some people say try still life for practice, but honestly that shit is hella boring and you can bet my happy ass that if I’m forced to sit and draw fruit for an hour it’s going to end up with dumb faces on it and probably dicks. So don’t bother with traditional still life unless you want to do it!

I do recommend trying variety! Practicing only one thing will make you very good at that one thing, but doesn’t always translate into being very good at other things. Take me as an example, haha. I started out drawing nothing but dinosaurs and gremlins because I am a child of the 80s and The Land Before Time and Gremlins were huge movies then lol. I drew almost nothing else, and got fairly decent at them, until I was a teenager and suddenly Sailor Moon became a thing (I love Sailor Moon). Lo and behold, MY PEOPLE DRAWING SKILLS WERE AWFUL AHAHAHA oh my god you honestly couldn’t tell that my people drawings and my dinosaur drawings were done by the same person. it was amazing. So I started essentially from scratch then, because I hadn’t had ANY experience drawing people until then. And a more recent example can be had in my backgrounds. I’m absolutely horrendous at perspective drawing and landscapes, but I love love LOVE them and wish I was better. But I haven’t got much practice doing it, so mine are.... not the best, ahahaha. It’s where I really need to focus if I intend on drawing the things I want to draw.

Which is my last recommendation, I guess! Draw the things you want to learn the most! The more you practice any one particular kind of drawing, whether its people, trees, buildings, animals, whatever, the better you’re gonna get at it. When it comes to fan artists, a lot of people draw because they love a little-known series that doesn’t get enough attention, or they have a beloved rare pair with hardly any representation. I’m in both camps, myself, and is honestly about half the reason I draw. I want to make the things in my head happen! So that’s what I try to draw, and those are the things that I practice the most.

From your ask, I’m assuming people and people-types are what you’re most interested in, in which case my hearty recommendation is pick a favourite character and just go to town. Glorified stick figures are essentially how I start every drawing, so they are a good place to start. I am patently terrible at making tutorials, but I know a lot of artists out there have made them, on tumblr and on youtube and on deviantart and wherever else, and I definitely recommend browsing around and trying out the approaches that other artists use for drawing. If anything else it gives you ideas on how to make anatomy work and how to simplify body shapes down into their basics.

So yes! Warm-up drawings and trying variety and doing what you love are pretty much my only real recommendations. There’s no specific step-by-step method, it’s basically a free-for-all out there, so definitely do what’s most comfortable and enjoyable for you! (and remember to STRETCH, and TAKE BREAKS! take care of your body, you can’t draw without it!)

[zora-moyashi]

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ZM

"time to break some stuff~" she smiles and turns on one of the computer consoles connected to a vat.

the vat is all foggy but it's clear there's something in there. "hmmm" she pulls through files and finds ones on a bunch of his creations and modifications

Core

There were some files on 'I-3' "m-5' and s-7

ZM

she clicks on m-5 and starts reading

Core

M-5 alternation of G-4, they are fast on their feet and very loyal, though her cold behavior seems to make it difficult for them to work with s-7, they always ask me for their next assignment, and even when I give them supposedly impossible tasks, they finish it.

ZM

it was taking a second to load so she flipped to another window that was connected to the vat. it read "Tonic: IQ - null Base Stat - 750 Notes - fix the primal functions Intuition - low Obedience - high. " she glances at the vat "so tonic?" and then goes back to reading. she clicks on G-4 to know what kind of alternation they're talking about.

Core

G-4 is very illusive, hard to catch, her injuries are severe, leading me to believe her hp is very low, hence her illusive behavior, high attack, high speed, low hp/ defense. More research is needed

ZM

"seems like m-5 wouldn't be the bestttt to free after knowing those stats and a 'cold behavior'" "s-7 seems weird," she looks for more info on s-7

Core

The file was on shatter. S-7 is difficult to work with, her personality switches rapidly, her memory before our meeting is unknown, mainly because her 'soul stone' is cracked, which I assume causes this loss of memory, her abilities range greatly, giving her great potential, but she holds back greatly, further tests are required for more data

ZM

"hm, that sucks. i find shatter's file and there's practically nothing in it." :/ "i'm thinking I-3 is ink? oh yeah hey shatter has 7 letters so s-7. weird file naming gaster. weird file naming" she nods to herself and clicks on I-3

Core

(oh no u found my way of coding my characters names lol)

ZM

(haha >:D )

Core

I-3 an artificial intelligence made of pure carbon atoms, she learns quickly, hopefully to be used against the humans if necessary. her ability to pick up on tiny details makes it hard for me to stay a step ahead of her, if something, anything is out of the ordinary, she finds it. I-3 refuses to sleep, she explains that when she does that everything becomes blank, though I see this as just her being unable to create a 'dream' stage.' the file had more than one page.

ZM

chara clicked to the next page

Core

I-3 has learned how to change her form, she has been trying different ones to see my reaction, since she seems unable to comprehend emotions. She has so far used M-5's form as well as my own, though did not seem content with that, I will test to see how far she can change her form. The tests went well, and she seems content with her current form, a middle aged humanoid with wings, though her misunderstanding of anatomy has led to her form's spinal cord and rib cage. exposed, the blankness of the bones seems to bother her, since she has made her digits sharp to carve designs into the bone, the sound of her doing this is... unnerving

there was still more pages

ZM

"yuck." chara grimaced quickly going to the next one just to check

Core

I-3 has escaped, though I am unsure how, nothing is out of place, though she would make sure of that... it is irritating

ZM

"ink's such a rebel omg" she giggles and flips to the last page to see if there's any recent info on her whereabouts.

Core

M-5 has been in a fight with I-3, and returned with a shattered femur

ZM

"hmm, that mean she's here healing? I'm not sure how vanta works if they have ink's body or not. if that's the caseee... " she trails off and looks back at shatter presumably still sleeping.

Core

Shatter was still asleep.

ZM

the vat starts to steam bubbling violently until it nearly instantly starts to leave water droplets on the glass as if it's suddenly cold. chara turns to it and sees this and decides to mess with the panel by the vat. she finds a combination that opens the hatch at the top

she climbs up and looks down into the green tinted water. a pair of 'eyes' look back and chara smiles holding out a hand to help it out. a pair of clear teeth shoot out of the water to her hand. she moves fast enough to not be hurt. "that's not nice. do you want out or not mr./miss?"

they pop their head out chara getting a better look, it's a skeleton like monster, but the bones are clear as glass and have a plastic like covering over the eye holes, and torso. other than that it has no notable features

chara pokes at it's eye holes, the membrane covering it bouncing her finger away. the skeleton didn't seem to appreciate being poked in the eye as it leaped out of the vat and tackled chara to the floor. she couldn't keep in a yelp as she hit the floor and rocked a cabinet that was by her.

Core

Shatter woke up to the sound of a fight, she went to see what was happening.

ZM

chara kicked and squirmed under the skeleton who was impressively heavy compared to chara. on closer inspection the skeleton isn't hollow it has a clear liquid filling it's whole body. chara growls and 'tonic' rips at her arm. tonic grabbed? the blood chara had on her arm. chara gets a good kick to it's stomach and gets it off her. she wide eyed looks at shatter kinda confused as to what just happened. tonic plays with the blood which rolls in their hands like pearls .

Core

Shatter still seemed tired, but she healed Chara first, before going to 'tonic

ZM

chara just is like "?????" tonic's in the corner minding it's own business playing with the blood. it moves it's head towards shatter. "what?" it says

Core

"So you can speak." Shatter said.

ZM

it just nods looking back at its toy

Core

Shatter sighed. "Name, what is your name."

ZM

"gaster called me tonic" she looks over at the pile of dust. "is that him?"

Core

"Yeah. But how come I haven't seen you before now?"

ZM

it absorbs the blood and makes her hand a bright red like a soul. it seems to please it as the rest of their body becomes the red as well. "i'm .. new? maybe?"

Core

Shatter sighed, "don't hurt others, okay?"

ZM

"why not? and who're you then? killing dad and telling me not to 'hurt others? i'm confused"

ZM

they talk with precision but doesn't seem very smart in general. as if she was taught language but never really interacted with anything

(i keep calling it she i don't know what this thing is ummm whatever i'll just roll with she)

Core

"I didn't kill him," Shatter said,

ZM

"yeah?"

Core

"Vantablack did." Shatter sat down,

ZM

"I do not know who that is." she looks like she doesn't care to know either. chara messing with the computer seeing that tonic is looking at her she glares in response and stands next to shatter.

Core

Shatter sighed. "Look, I'm not your babysitter, so you can leave for all i care."

ZM

"this is my room, doesn't that mean you should leave?..." she states. "i mean you can stay but...?" she stands up all the way she's quite tall and has a tail with a spear tip. she goes up close to shatter looking at her face then trying to inspect her soul.

Core

Tonic was unable to 'summon' shatter's soul, and her eyes would change colors rapidly but faintly, making them seem grey.

ZM

"huh. strange." she goes back into the frog position she was in before. tonic looks at shatter and cocks her head. "why are you unhappy?"

Core

"I'm tired, and have a lot on my mind."

ZM

chara scoffs that turns into a laugh. she had enough of this skel so she goes to the potion shelves. tonic smile seems to grow a little "oh sleepy! i know what that feels like! I've fixed it before. should i fix you?" she says happily.

Core

Shatter seemed confused by Tonic's statement, "What do you mean....fix?"

ZM

"Make you... not sleepy?" she wonders if she put that correctly and revises "so you can have more energy"

Core

"I mean, I guess you can try."

ZM

"excellent." she hops over to chara who irritatedly moves out of her way. tonic gets a couple drops of a green potion and it goes into her body the green and red don't mix but they swirl around each other making her glow more than she was before.

she goes back to shatter, takes off her head and hands it to her upside down expecting her to drink the liquid. she smiles

Core

"O-oh, well, ok then." Shatter said, her eyes and hair turning a dull purple before she drank.

ZM

as promised it invigorated shatter but it didn't help her mental state.

Core

"Thanks." she said, giving Tonic back her head, Shatter's hair and eyes were still purple

ZM

she cups the hole to not let it all spill out and puts her head back on. "? your appearance changed?"

Core

"Well, yeah, it does when I use one element more than the others." Shatter sighed.

ZM

displeased with the sigh at the end tonic stands up again and hugs her "I want to help people. I want you to feel better." noticing shatter didn't like that she lets go and looks up at her from the floor again. "Hey you? why's your friend sad?" she asks chara. "pffft why shouldn't she be sad hm? know what shatter i'm sick of this. ink may be in this place. i say we look for her."

Core

Shatter seemed somewhat shocked by the hug. "Hold on a sec, Chara." She said, before looking at Tonic, her hair went back to grew, but her eyes switching blues and purples.

ZM

tonic blinks under her gaze seemingly getting embarrassed. "what is it?" she asks as chara says "also there are no fricken files on you. so i can't black mail you and that's absolutely disappointing." she shakes her head

Core

"we're bringing Tonic with us." Shatter said. "And I burned the main files."

ZM

"excuse me. NO. i don't like that thing." she shivers "gives me the creeps." she as well doesn't seem pleased the files are gone forever.

Core

"well, how about this, I'll show you where the main computer is if Tonic can tag along." Shatter said

ZM

she squints for a moment, "okay hell yes" she trots over to shatter so excited to snoop around. "but you better ditch it when we leave this au." tonic happily waves her tail gently side to side.

Core

Shatter chuckled softly, getting up, "Come on then." She smiled, going down the hall

ZM

they both follow shatter chara on her left and tonic on her right. tonic hops along even though she's clearly make to walk but whatever she has her reason. chara scans the random monitors littering the walls for anything interesting before asking "where are we checking first?"

Core

"the main computer, as promised." Shatter said, unlocking a door with a code.

ZM

"great~" she claps then rubs her hands together mischievously.

(there they is~ i don't know if they should have eye lights or not)

Core

The room had lots of filing cabinets and a computer. (omg! cute!!!)

ZM

chara goes strait for the computer. turns out it's locked. turning to shatter "you know the password?”  

Core

"give me a sec." Shatter said, before typing in the password.

ZM

she puts her elbows on the desk waiting and then cheers when shatter gets in "thankss!" she shoves shatter away from the keyboard a little. "this desktop is a mess" she whistles.

she opens a bunch of things on the desktop that look interesting.

Core

Shatter chuckled softly. There was a folder labeled Anodites/stars

ZM

"ooo~ tell me about the oh so mysterious stars gaster do tell!" she clicks on it quickly.

tonic waits patiently in the corner of the room.

Core

Shatter sat by Tonic, letting them do what they want

Core

'Stars are a peculiar species, their souls are actually hard stone formations, which allows them to survive different kinds of attacks. I have classified them into 3 categories for easier reference, Pacifist, Neutral and Genocide. It appears that some abilities are common among most or even all stars, these include teleportation, the ability to make their eyes glow, transportation between timelines, and the capability to make high pitched chirps. Each star seems to be unique, no similar bullet patterns or style, truly fascinating. I will continue research.

ZM

"I didn't know you were a song bird shatter~ you gotta sing sometime" she teases. chara tries to find a file giving a valid reason for gaster to 'enhance' the stars. a reason that's not 'oh i gotta save the multiverse! cause i gotta'. chara was expecting something much more in depth

Core

'Stars do show potential to be an unlimited power source, though they are hard to contain, which would explain as to why there is so little information on them, perhaps one can be modified so it can be contained, thus this could power the core then the entire underground.'

Shatter rolled her eyes to Chara's teasing before making chirps and clicks, much like a bird

ZM

"aww that's cute~" after reading the next part "hey shatterrrr" she calls without looking away from the screen. "did gaster like.. just keep you in a room sometimes? he seems to have thought you guys can make enough energy to power the underground with just one of you and that's another reason why he wanted you guys."

Core

"well, yeah, but i soon figured out the codes." Shatter said.

The file continued; ‘Stars are so very diverse as I am quick to learn, some live in the cities with humans, others stay in dense forested areas. I was lucky enough to come across a damaged soulstone in waterfall, though it is cracked, I believe there is a way to repair it. It has turned to my attention that Stars can possibly be used for more than just a power source, some are fused or infused with human souls, meaning it can be a possibility to use them to break the barrier. I have gone through reports from the royal guard and have learned that sentries have reported some strange ‘monster’ in the snowdin forest, however their report may be describing a human or star, it is hard to tell the difference between these two species, though I have noticed that Stars tend to have some kind of markings on their skin, the purpose of these markings are unknown. I will make a log on the stone’s progress.

ZM

"mhm... you scare me sometimes you know? haha you're way strong and smart like geez." she wonders who the soulstone in waterfall was. it'd make sense if it was shatter...? maybe but it's only a crack. blood acted like shatter had a really messed up soulstone. she keeps reading

Core

Log 1; I have been keeping the soulstone stable, and while I was attempting to use healing magic, the stone flashed a light grey color in response, it is peculiar, but I assume that the star to who this soul belongs is still very much alive. I have tried to check the stats on this star to learn that their attack is very high, as is their hp. Log 2; the stone seems to be recovering well, though the crack seems irreversible. The stone tends to shine and flash more often, perhaps it is an attempt at communication, the patterns that can be seen tend to point towards this being the case. Log 5: As I went to check the stone this morning, I was shocked to see a star instead. And… I can confirm that the star is female…. I gave her some extra clothing and she seemed just as eager to cover herself as I was to get her covered. I did notice however that her chest had large amounts of scaring, perhaps this is an effect of the crack in her soul stone. She does seem on edge, since she won’t let me get too close, nor will she allow any contact, perhaps she needs time.

It seemed like some of the logs had been deleted

ZM

chara clicks the next file

Core

Log 8: She has been adapting well, though she still doesn’t trust me. Her behavior is somewhat similar to that of felines, since she has a habit of hissing, and arching her back. I have noticed that her eyes and hair can change coloration, perhaps by controlling the density of pigmentation. Though this theory has to be tested. Her teeth, which I have seen while she hisses at me, are rather sharp, showing more of a predatory diet.

ZM

'definitely sounds like shatter to me' she thinks and clicks next

Core

Log 29; S-7 has finally warmed up to the idea of my presence, though she still refuses to let me touch her, so samples will have to wait. I have heard rather high pitched chirp-like sounds while in the halls, the source is currently unknown, but I suspect S-7 to be the culprit. She will make her eyes glow, similar to how skeletons use their eyelights. Though I have learned that this behavior serves as a warning, for as I approached she did this before attacking me with some kind of blue flame. It did do a sizeable amount of damage, but I am fine. Though I will think twice if I see this behavior again.

ZM

chara continues and tonic starts to tap their fingers on the tile. she doesn't like how quiet it is now.

Core

Shatter noticed this and made different chirps.

Log 36: As I was walking past the room where I have been keeping S-7 contained, she actually spoke, her words were, ‘It’s too cold here’, though it is a complaint, it is progress nonetheless. I have increased the temperature and tried to get her to talk some more, mainly by asking questions, but to no avail, she is extremely difficult, but I will be patient.

ZM

chara is amused by gaster's struggles, she also so hopes that shatter and any other stars stay this uncooperative. tonic glances at shatter with a shy smile on their face happy with the sounds. she curls up on the floor kinda like a cat and rests her eyes.

Core

Shatter smiles at Tonic, the skeleton reminded her of something, something... happy.

Log 40: S-7 is finally talking with me, according to her, she is having difficulty recovering her memory, though she is aware of her name; Shatter. I had told her about how I found her, and she seemed shocked by this, it is plausible that she believes that she shouldn’t have survived. She had many questions for me, maybe more than I did for her. She wanted to know why I had helped her, where she was, what was the date, and other similar questions. She still will not let me touch her.

ZM

chara continues

Core

Log 47: I was finally able to convince ‘Shatter’ to let me have a blood sample, and my patience has been rewarded ten fold. After some tests, it seems that a Star’s blood can change the genetic coding in reaction to certain environments, which would allow them to survive in areas with little to no oxygen. Her white blood cells seemed also more aggressive, I assume this is because sickness or any form of weakness could result in death. My research was interrupted by S-7, who somehow had learned how to bypass the electronic locks. She seems to learn quickly. Log 48: Today, while discussing with S-7, she offered to try and introduce me to other Stars, since ‘I seemed so interested.’ of course I accepted, she then created some type of wormhole, and instructed me to follow *Error: rest of file not found*

ZM

clicks her tongue irritatedly and sighs finding another file

Core

There was some of M-5 and I-3

ZM

she goes for m-5

Core

The file started with information about alternating dna

ZM

she continues

Core

Supposedly he had gotten genetic information from g-4, and then combined with a human

ZM

"shatter, who's M-5?" she asks

Core

"Music."

ZM

(i totally forgot about her omg my sickness is making my brain shut down) "oh duh, thank you" she hits her head. "so she was part human, strange." she goes to ink's files assuming there's not going to be much more then what was on the other computer

Core

There was a lot of statistical data, like her different attacks and her patterns, as well as information on timelines she had predicted.

ZM

she looks into the timeliness info

Core

there were timelines in which Gaster had fell into the void, others where the core exploded after attempts to use Music as a power source.

ZM

chara lets out another sigh leaning back and folding her arms across her chest. "hm." seems what she wants she's not going to find here. she shoves the chair aside and thumbs through the files looking for anything that would tell her how to extract star energy, or how long they live, maybe the most dangerous one he's seen. doesn't seem like gaster has much files on anyone except music ink and shatter.

ZM

she rubs her temples while scanning a page that was some daily accounts of events.

Core

she had found a file discussing an experiment that was made by a different Gaster, where he had forcefully combined a star's soulstone to a human's soul, The result was a star that could alter timelines to help in battle, but at the cost of stamina and hp. As for the most dangerous, the name 'Fatal Error' kept popping up

ZM

chara's eyes light up a bit after seeing you can force a star to merge with a human soul. chara gave no mind to the most dangerous as she assumed 'fatal error' meant the file was corrupted anyway. she chucks the files she's not into on the floor and pages scatter around one falling on tonic's head which she pulled off and examined for herself.

chara was looking for energy extraction or how to kill a star, she thinks she'll be satisfied with that info.

Core

It was about 'outcodes' or Stars who's worlds were erased, making them somewhat broken, lost.

Core

As for Chara's search, it lead to some data on a star could be damaged to only their soulstone, and then the stone used as an energy source, there was also two cases of Star's who absorbed human souls.

ZM

chara goes up to shatter. "hey, can you show your soulstone at will? or do you have to have your physical body destroyed or something for that to happen?"

Core

"Why do you want me to show you?" Shatter asked

ZM

Tonic didn't like what she was reading, it made her upset as she sat up and ran a finger down the page

"no no no" she shakes her head. "you don't have to show me, i just want to know if it's possible. ya know?"

Core

It mentioned several 'known outcodes' Fatal Error, Papercrane, Fresh, Chronicle, Core, Harvest and some others

"I could, but it would hurt like hell."

ZM

"huh, weird. no need to then. I was just curious." she kicks the papers out of her way and accepts that she and gaster had very different ideas of what's important when it comes to research. she wants power, gaster wants it in a different way. she's going to have to risk her own skin if she wants to satisfy her curiosity

Core

"You know, there is one star, that actually is extremely strong, but not dangerous, maybe you'd like to meet her?" Shatter asked, patting Tonic's back

ZM

tonic is going to remember those names. tonic pushes the paper aside and snuggles against shatter's shoulder and looks towards chara. "yeah? do tell." chara says. "but i do what to search for ink before we leave this place just fyi"

Core

"Ink? Well, she is extremely hard to find, mainly because she can 'hear' the creators, so she knows that we will be after her..." Shatter said. Tonic could hear a soft purr from Shatter's chest, a sign she was happy

ZM

"we ain't gonna hurt her! why does she think she needs ta run?!" she pouts. "and what'd you do when you told gaster you'd lead him to some stars? i'm sure it was you who deleted that info. but if i know it won't change a thing for you, and i wanna know. like really bad."

Core

"Well, Ink has always been illusive by nature, so I don't think she cares." Shatter explained. "And with what happened, let's just say things didn't go as planed."

ZM

"that's not a good answer. i assume, and i assume because SOMEONE won't tell me, that you got some stars killed after leading gaster to them. then gaster used some of their shards and put them in you." she shrugs. "so yeah, if i don't get the truth i guess i'll just go with that." getting sick of tonic staring at her she glares back making tonic surprised but looks away nonetheless

Core

Shatter looked away, "Your assumption, is correct." She said, before getting up. "Happy?" She asked before walking into the hall

ZM

"OMG WHAT YES~!!!!" she runs after her "WAIT WAIT! I'm sorry shatter, i'm sure it was traumatic. but not gonna lie i'm supper proud i was correct." ... she closes her mouth. "i'm sorry i didn't want to make you upset." tonic was surprised by all the sudden movement in the room that it took her a second to join them in the hall.

Core

Shatter sighed, turning to Chara, "let's not talk about, okay?" She said. "Stars fight, for different reasons, but we do, and yes we do work together, and sometimes those groups will fight, and in the chaos....it's easy to loose someone." Shatter said.

ZM

chara gives a slow nod wondering if there was a specific someone that she lost but deciding not to ask. "okay." she stuffs her hands in her pockets.

Core

"Did you read about the human and star fusions?" Shatter asked

ZM

she inhales wondering if she should tell her. "..yeees?"

she really didn't want shatter getting in the way of her plans

Core

"well, I know where one of those fusions are, though she has absorbed six human souls, so she is more of an extreme example, want me to take you?"

ZM

"mmmmm sounds intimidating haha" her shoulders tense "i think that your first offer of a strong star that's not dangerous would be... better." it dawns on her that those might be the same star anyway. tonic doesn't seem to know what to do. she thinks about leaving them and exploring but she's grown a liking to shatter so she just sits a ways away.

Core

Shatter looked at Tonic, before going to a room and getting an empty backpack, she put it on her back. "Tonic, can you fit in this?"

ZM

tonic smiles and goes to see if she could. it was a decently big backpack and she's rather skinny so indeed she could fit. chara looks at both of them "what happened to 'we're leaving this thing here?'" tonic's empty eye sockets look at her giving chara another shiver.

Core

"I changed my mind." Shatter said, opening a portal, "You coming?"

ZM

tonic waves her head side to side making the liquid slosh around, she likes the sound. "uhg." chara stares at them. "i don't have many options here so yeah." she goes through the portal before the other two.

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