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When the monsters were first banished underseas, the magic attracted marine life and helped grow a whole new coral reef - despite being so deep in the ocean. (Coral need sunshine... Here, magic was enough)

But the ocean is getting warmer.

The ambient temperature used to be enough to keep the Core cool.

But... the ocean is getting warmer.

It's getting hot in the barrier.

Feels like summer...

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I ADORE YOUR ART AND AU SO MUCH!! ITS SO PRETTY!!!

😭WAAUGHHHH THA K YOU S MUCH;;;;!!!! 💖💗💕❤️

I also love my silly au, I can't wait to share more 🥹!!!!

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:D there they are!

There are no trees in the ocean o(~( but there is a kelp forest!

Info dump and old designs below

I like to imagine the human using the kelp like a whip or something o(-( slapping everyone with it…hurts more than you’d expect!! Like a wet towel!

Anyway!! I wanted to make Flowey something you can find growing in water- and lotus was the best option!!

It even symbolizes strength and rebirth!!!

Water lily is something different but let’s just combine the two for simplicity.

"The lotus plant’s ability to bloom even in challenging habitats also symbolizes the ability to overcome challenges and adversity. If you look at a patch of lotus leaves sitting atop murky, swampy water, you may think the plants have no chance of producing their enchanting flowers.

However, these plants continually surprise onlookers as they send up stunning lotus flowers despite living in sometimes ugly and harsh environments. When the plants bloom, they remind us that beauty can emerge even when life looks ugly"

When I was doing flower research for Flowey, I was so excited when I got to lotus- I was like!! This is perfect!!! They can grow in even the harshest conditions! Resilience!!! and so inspiring!!! I hope there are people who agree hehe

I also redesigned the deltarune to have a lotus in it c: but I’ll show you it together with Toriel next time!!

Here are their old designs 😭 from 2021!!! 😳 minus naut

The original plan was gonna be the human falling off a boat/yacht and getting pulled under… Hence the sailor outfit!! But I recently decided that I didn’t like it anymore ; 7;;; so I went with something simpler instead!!

The tan lines are my favorite part of the new design for frisk!! I was going to include a little dab of sunscreen on their nose, but it would have gotten washed off...?? (might do it anyway..)

Lotus Flowey was perfect from the beginning ( ´ ▽ ` )

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You find yourself in a bed of lotus, all gathered in a shallow brine pool.

"A brine pool, sometimes called an underwater lake, deepwater or brine lake, is a volume of brine collected in a seafloor depression. The pools are dense bodies of water that have a salinity that is three to eight times greater than the surrounding ocean. Brine pools are commonly found below polar sea ice and in the deep ocean. "

(Basically, there's a lot of salt!!! Which makes it heavier than the ocean water around it! Fish will die if they swim through it.)

i imagine you're in a deeep underwater cave- hidden away in a trench maybe. Pulled in from the currents before you fully drown. o(-( !! once you're in the barrier, you're suddenly able to breathe.

Thank the mages for that, I suppose!!

why lotus??

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gonna make 2024 a good year for underwaves let's go!!! ᕦ⁠(⁠ò⁠_⁠ó⁠ˇ⁠)⁠ᕤ

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