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felt like a specil day for some reason...?

at least you're not celebrating alone!

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so how's about that chapter 3+4 trailer, huh?

not gonna lie, I thought these looked a little ...

...familiar...

....is soot boi going to gather his brethren and throw hands in chapter 4???

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dumb doodle

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the fairy thing and the shoulder imp should kiss

I agree!!!! There's still time to post on this valentine's day!!!

Soot boi knows what a kiss is! He remembers reading about it in a book about a boy and fairy:

smol comforts

a kiss from a devil gave an angel its wings or something idk how the saying goes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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its been very cold lately and energy being zapped for some strange reason ...

keep warm!

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cotton candy always makes me feel better!

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ooo this is fun...like I said, this story was basically all plotted out before chapter 2 since it was kind of a mix of Deltarune, Undertale and fantasy Ghibli inspired stuff. BUT! Its fun trying to fit in some new things in... there's one point in the story where Kris manages to piss off some fairies and they temporarily turn Kris into a soot sprite.

Hijinks ensue. Eventually, they would poke and prod at Ralsei's "amateur" sewing skills and try to steal his clothes or just be generally mean to them. (until soot boi makes a big magic boom)

The Addisons would be perfect for the fairies. Mean, vain little things. So naturally, where would Spamton fit? I love the idea that he originally is a fairy like them, but with silk moth wings instead of the colourful butterfly wings the Addisons possess.

Since he's based off of a domestic silk moth, he can't fly very far, if at all, has lost all coloration and the Addisons are mean to him about it.

It can tie in with the main story too, the Wizard (Gaster) who is looking over the dwindling power of the Dark Fountain, is seeking out an ember, a cinder (psst its Ralsei). He can't leave his castle/tower and throughout the land there's still old magic in ruins and artifacts connected to this Dark Fountain, where he could possible see if this ember ever appears. Maybe Spamton comes across one of these shadow crystals one day and shares his woes with this mysterious man inside the crystal. The Wizard decides to grant Spamton what he wants the most, and in exchange, is instructed to look for this special ember, this rare cinder and keep an eye on it, to 'become a guardian angel' he says.

Spamton takes it very seriously, yepyep.

maybe a little too seriously...

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flying lessons

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don't get your soot bois wet

but if you do, make a small fire

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its Over the Garden Wall season!

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he is free

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be careful what you wish for

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I’d like to show you the small 3D printed Ralsei I got from a convention

more smol bois! that is so precious!!!

thank you for sharing!

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mosquito season

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what would they sound like?

was playing around with sounds and I finally made a thing i thought of in like 2019 lol

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someone mentioned the rose maple moth is spamton colours which naturally made me want to draw moth mini spamton, BUT THEN I remembered plot for soot boi

Long story short, soot sprite Ralsei is a the remnant of the dying Dark Fountain, being a soot sprite means he has the potential "spark" to re-ignite the Dark Fountain again. Some more plot happens and our little soot sprite (along with Kris) goes through trials and tribulations (7 to be exact) to obtain a 'soul' of his own; our little soot sprite becomes an ember. That spark to ignite the Dark Fountain anew!

There's a mysterious 'wizard' that looks after the Fountain, the one who created the walled-off city to protect it, and he's getting desperate to save the Fountain he had so lovingly cared for and powered, even utilizing the little soot sprites it seems to spit out! I can absolutely see him sending out a little special variant of spamton to confirm that Ralsei does indeed have the [LIGHT] and the key to save the Dark Fountain.

This is a long winded, convoluted way of saying Moth Spamton would LOVE Ralsei when he becomes an ember. He would cling to him like he's a heavenly angel :)

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Holy shit are you the person who made the soot on foot(I think that's what it's called) animatic? If so your Kris design is so epic.

Yeeeh! Took me a sec to remember you were referencing Revtrosity's dub from 4 years ago haha

I love making little animatics but get so scared when it comes to the audio part, it's intimidating...

Glad you like the Kris design!