DramaQueen

The voices of the shades' shattered minds broke through into Tuncay's thoughts. Guess I'll have to bond a shade before worrying about finding a partner. He let out a breath. Should be a bit easier. It was overwhelming to have hundreds of voices that weren't his own filling his thoughts. All the different minds blurred together; it was hard to separate one from another. I couldn't help her, and suddenly she-- I'm sorry, I didn't want to bother you, but-- --the dog? No, I never saw-- --if you hadn't-- --I only-- --k at this, you can see I never-- NO! LET GO, HELP-- --was just a hug, that's all he said it-- Not all of the shades' thoughts were composed of words; some were simply emotions. Frustration, sorrow, fear, anger, suspicion, desperation; fragments of a being, and nothing more. From the fragments, Tuncay grew nervous to even try to learn more. How was he supposed to choose a shade? How could he sort through the terror and trauma and pain without it tormenting him forever? But if he didn't sort through, if he just chose the nearest one, it could be the biggest mistake of his life. Squeezing his eyes shut, Tuncay reached out mentally for the nearest shade, gently prodding it to directly tell him its story, but still couldn't understand it entirely. I...alone, and...oil spilled, ...water on it, but it...everything on fire-- Tuncay could see flashes of the shade's memory. A blast of flame, spreading and closing in, until-- He broke away, reeling from the memory, though he knew that couldn't be anything close to the worst that these shattered minds had experienced. They're all dead. They wouldn't be here if there wasn't a reason for them to stay, and the reasons always seem to be horrible. Tuncay, overwhelmed, stopped trying to hear any in particular, simply letting their voices blend together in his mind. No stories, no specifics, just unassociated words and emotions, almost like a wave washing over him - feeling like one thing but made up of countless parts. One voice, nearly lost in the wave, caught his attention, and he latched onto it. The shade it was connected with was a young girl, and as soon as Tuncay reached out to her, he could sense her innocent, pure, childishness, and a burst of bubbly, happy, child-like emotion washed over him, as if she was saying hi. Hey. Why are you here? She sent him an uncertain feeling, almost like that of a shrug. Did someone hurt you? Again, uncertainty He prodded her mind, trying to uncover something more. A small giggle from her seemed to push him away from the memories stored in the back of her mind. Surrendering–for now–Tuncay let out a sigh. D’you wanna help me out? Keep me company, I guess? Her ghostly shadow bounced, sending him a confirmation, then…latched onto him, in a way. …is that it? Are we bonded? Another bounce. I can’t hear the others anymore. More bouncing. Tuncay smiled. Alright. Time to talk to a living person. @NerdyAarakocra

@DramaQueen I'll find out for you Update: no notif

pshhhhh you think I'm registering to vote???

Oh dang impressive lol

Pffft of course he did I didn't bother counting but that makes me laugh cuz @Knight of Iron's favorite number is 17 so he probably did it very specifically on purpose and that 100% checks out lol

And here's today's: Ocean/Ponytail I drew another mermaid but it's okay cuz this one's a smol child ...she was initially cross-eyed, looking at the starfish, but I instantly screwed up inking her eyes and I couldn't fix it so I turned her into Spook whoops lol

Mweheheheh they're the pan pride colors :)) I was initially just doing pink and blue but then I realized that I had 2/3rds of the pan pride colors and figured I might as well full send :P.

Thanks!! It took me way too long to get the perspective on the skates to look alright lol

For yesterday: Dizzy/Scrape Yes I know she's not super anatomically correct but I'm proud of the perspective so

I'm following it cuz it helps me remember to summon people to lose @Knight of Iron @Tesh

Aww thanks!! @Frustration @Channelknight Fadran join me And it once again is only letting me tag two people lollll

Oh I also did end up inking my pretty mermaid girl ...honestly can't tell if that was a bad decision or not, what do y'all think? Does the pencil sketch or the inked version look better?

I think I've been on an actual sailboat but I'm not entirely sure what qualifies as a sailboat lol I just like boats in general tho

Alright, I didn't have time to do much for today's, but I think it's still cute. Upon thinking of "salty/thrill," my mind immediately went to the ocean. So that's what I drew. And then I decided a wave was too boring so I added a cute lil sailboat cuz sailboat aesthetics are *chefskiss* So enjoy Salty/Thrill also I feel lonely in here so please reply even if it's not even about my art

*hissss* you cannot have my youth My chronological and biological age may have increased, but the age of my soul shall be YOUNG FOREVERRR

I think there are quite a few of us here who are queer and religious, it's not as uncommon as a lot of people think, especially in creative spaces like this where we tend to be more accepting of stuff like queerness combined with religion. Brandon himself is LDS, not queer as far as I know, but he's very positive and accepting towards the LGBTQ+ community, so it makes sense that he's more popular with religious and queer communities.

Oh heck I get to exist here now, that's weird And Mist, you do seem to be pretty good at adulting, imo

Day 7: Lantern/Trip - will o the wisps cuz they look like lanterns and they'll lead you on a trip...probably to your death but it's okay cuz they're cute. Annnnd then I played catch-up with some lil sketchies, some I like better than others. Salute/Match: a cute lil matchstick saluting someone or something idk I think it's cute Buckle/Nest: a bird's nest that's using a belt with a buckle as part of it. Mists/Crabby: a crab with a mistcloak. Eagle/Contact: an eagle signing a contract lol Forget/Anchor: this one has a story attached to it that's a lot better than the sketchy. Basically, the old woman in the hospital bed has Alzheimer's so she forgets almost everything, but her daughter in the chair next to the bed is like her "anchor" and when she's there, the old woman remembers. Kind/Silhouette: just a silhouette of someone helping someone else up Nobility/Empty: an empty throne in an empty throne room Armadillo/Tea: this one might be my favorite of the catch-up sketchies, it's just a cute armadillo with Chip, the teacup from Beauty and the Beast And now today's: Fowl/Gravity: an injured bird falling victim to gravity. (And I accidentally did one too many so that's why I blacked out the bottom corner. Can't spoil tomorrow's for y'all)