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Project Delta: A machine not for this world

An OC design so detailed that I'm scared to do anything past a sketch currently!

I've also written a story about the image which can be seen below the read more!!!

"Mapel! Mapel!"

Haloes throws open the cellar door, messy hair upon his head, leather armour protecting his body, and a glowing sword on his back. He stared down the stairway that continued from the sunlit home behind him into a dark void, taking his sword from his back and holding it towards the void, not that it made anything easier to see. A sigh escapes the man's lips as he starts throwing small fire bolts towards the torches on the wall, properly lighting the way down.

As Haloes focuses on slinging fire bolts to stop the dark void of the underground, a purple, transparent doppelganger appears behind him, following just 2 steps behind. The expression of the doppelganger is one of excitement, eagerly taking each step.

"Wow, I love a good little murder cave, mine had all the tools, really gives a good feeling completing a set for your hobby!" the entity giggles as they continue down.

"Leia... Are you just trying to mess with me?" Haloes' voice shakes ever so slightly.

"I don't know what you're talking about, I mean, it's more in the ground than mine was but I really doubt that girl would be better than me at this. If she is down there and she does try and kill you or do some other horrible things to you, tag me in, I'm better at this than a healer could ever be"

"I thought you didn't like thinking about that stuff, also didn't you opt not to kill her before? Surely you think better of her than to think she'd just try and kill us!"

"Well while you were konked out, I saw her having a mental breakdown, I fully believe she could have snapped in the past few months, seems like her god is obsessed with you and your family for some reason so what the flip does she do when we're not around?"

"Well she sings, she has her..." The stairs stop, ahead of Haloes is a dark room with two dim yellow lights close to each other further in the room, "... Technology"

The doppelganger, Leia, rolls their eyes as they take the closest lit torch into their grip and walks on ahead. The room was spacious, the light of the torch not touching any walls or ceiling but touching many discarded food wraps and tools. Haloes kept close by, slowly approaching the only other light in the room. Both of their steps became lighter as they got closer, their focus on their surroundings becoming stronger and stronger. They finally get a metre away from when they hear a loud mechanical groan, the lights tilting upwards towards the duo.

"S-s-s-s-saaaaaaaaa-LUTAT-ions" a staticy synthesised voice calls out, a third light below the two static lights lights up as the voice speaks but turns dark again when the voice stops.

Haloes almost jumps out of his skin, Leia on the other hand curiously steps closer, eyes fixed on the lights ahead. Now that they're closer, they can see what appear to be black circles in the middle of the lights, aiming towards the duo.

"Can you... Hear us?" Leia waved the torch near the light revealing a crude metal humanoid head, the static lights being eyes and the dynamic light being a mouth, below the head appears to be some kind of cheap metal chestplate with a mass of wires feeding into the holes on the sides and bottom, more wires forming a neck between the chestplate and head. Above the head is a sign that reads 'DELTA'.

"I c-can see and hear youuuuuuuuuuuu-" the head of Delta moves slowly as it speaks, one of the eye lights flickering slightly. "How may I be of assistance?" A low static noise emits from it for a few moments before growing silent again

"Oh geez, this one's mine" Leia investigates the wiring, reaching a black box and giving up at that point, "I knew one of those ideas I wrote up went missing, Mapel must have nabbed it when I was distracted"

"If this is your design, can't you help?" Haloes remains standing in his spot, looking around just in case there's any surprises.

"It was designed in a world where things were different, we're not far enough with technology to actually make the Delta project, the server just to run 'er is taller than us!" Leia continued to investigate Delta, trying to find out everything they could.

"What even is the Delta project? Is it an electronic person or something?" Haloes resigned himself to using his sword for light, barely navigating the dark space to find a stool, sitting down and expecting a bit of a long explanation.

"Delta... She was an idea, a step to doing good, something I never realised before... Well you know at this point" Leia looks at Delta's head a bit more, seeing the eyes and mouth lights, "A helper, an assistant, fully self contained in a body impossible to tell from anyone else. The mind would be based on a magically created mind map from myself. I guess Mapel took this as a challenge, otherwise she would have used magic. You guys use cassettes still! This could never work!" They throw their arms up in exasperation, "... Sorry, Delta"

"Don't worry... Seeing new people has been nice" Delta's tone was much more gentle than before

"Wait, this could work!" Haloes perks up suddenly, "Do you know where Mapel is? Apparently her god is looking for her and we're worried about her," his tone having a hint of desperation.

"Oh... She made some toys and said she was heading to Amber Metallon" A cheerful tone to Delta's voice, "I can offer directions"

Haloes and Leia both give loud, drawn out groans.

"Alright, we need to head out, would you like us to... Urr... Is there a power switch to turn you off?" Haloes looks around Delta, keeping his sword away so he doesn't cut any wires by accident.

"My power switch is currently located on the back of my head" Delta was as cheerful as ever, "I... Believe I have almost filled my memory banks, thank you for visiting, it has been wonderful!" Leia walks over to Delta's head, a somber look on their face.

"Well you have a nice sleep, alright? We'll go find Mapel and see what we can do for you" Leia's words are quiet as her finger finds the power switch, "Hope I can see you soon" they flick the switch.

The lights on Delta slowly flicker off, it's head going limp. Leia walks over to Haloes, snatching his sword and replacing it with the torch, they slide the sword back onto his back. They give him one last look, expression unreadable, before fading away for the moment and silent in Haloes' head. He sighs, going back to the stairs, putting the torch back at the bottom and extinguishing each one as he passed it on his way up.

All he has is a very large area to search and a description of who he's looking for, it's probably impossible to find her but he has to try, she's basically family and with the voice in the back of his head going quiet for once, he can focus on the search.

He eventually reached the top of the stairs, the last light being extinguished before he steps out. He waits for his eyes to adjust for a moment before turning back, looking back down into the darkness for a moment before he grabs the cellar door, closing it once again.

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Ace Week: Staring Iggy Maxwell

A super rare for me painting, done on canvas!

Thank you so much @just-a-carrot for providing a happy reference image to use (When asked very nicely after getting sappy over their game (this is the mystery art thing))

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Hey Carrot!!!!!!! (This might be the last one for a little bit ;-;)

So I finished OW on stream, I was kinda told to go solo ending but I did the Genzou hideout scene to keep my options just in case and I completely melted from it. I'm not one for lovey scenes but my goodness I just melted from it, I'll admit that I cried

Then the ending where it shows every wish and I just kinda cried again. 2 times in one game is a record, 3 times is total insanity, curse you (positive)

I really enjoyed the ending I got, thinking on it, the relationship Genzou and Iggy end up in is something I can relate to, not romantic but they're happy together. I'm flipping tearing about it in public as I type this ;-;. I'd totally call myself weird, I'm aroace but in a relationship and there's no romance but we enjoy just being near each other, someone to hug or talk to, someone to be there, even though I don't feel the romantic feelings at all, I would do anything for them and I get that kind of feeling from the Genzy ending. The thing about shifting boundaries, YES!!!

I'm running out of questions to awkwardly tack on the end of these so I'll give something weird, I want to do something with a headshot of Iggy looking happy, 100% art related. If there's a sprite or art of Iggy you want me to use as a reference, put it in the reply and I'll use it :3 I'll only be using the head of the image. If things go well, results should come this weekend if I have the energy (gonna try and make chocolate AND spend a bunch of time streaming AND do this mystery project so I'll try)

wahhhhhh... i am sorry for the tears 💦

i'm really happy that it could be so meaningful and relatable to you, though. i love hearing from people that say they can relate to the chars or to the situations or experiences and see parts of themselves in the story... somehow leads to this sense of shared understanding idk

i'm glad you liked the line about the shifting boundaries. that's a big thing i've always felt strongly about iggy is that his boundaries likely change from day to day based on his whole... everything... idk LOL but just like, different types of closeness, different types of touch, different types of kisses, etc., i think that what he feels comfortable with is likely fluid day to day. and for me the idea of someone who is completely open and understanding to this and constantly communicating about this + even like, developing a kind of instinctive understanding based on other factors because they just care about you so much and so they're constantly aware of you and your shifts and how you're feeling. i like to think that's what genzy in particular are like, and that they're constantly learning and experiencing new sides of each other but always in a way where there's zero expectations and zero pressure and just love and closeness and their own brand of intimacy... ;-;

/end sappy ramble

anyway uhhhHHHHH happy iggy reference pic? hmmm... i have many pics of iggy looking happy but i have always thought he looked particularly cute in this one:

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I think I'm a day late but here's a birthday doodle for Orlam from Our Wonderland!!!

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Written up chapter 1 of my story!

Chapter 1 illustration: The man in recovery

Read here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/374663382-string-held-fate

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She's pretty angry, but why?

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Tried making something with a 'flow' to it, I don't know where I got the idea for this!

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It's been 12 years since I was (mildly forcibly) exposed to Friendship is Magic and it's been a wild ride since.

So have a Twilight sketch for 14 years!

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I had a dream of a long tunnel that appeared in a British town, a space that went for miles, filled with other people waiting for bus numbers that weren't mine and buses passing through that weren't for me. This is how it felt to me.

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Unnamed robot mascot, easy to draw!

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Small Frisk head sketch for Undertale's 9th birthday!

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"I thought this god that had pushed me to this unending life would be an all powerful, uncaring beast that would stop at nothing to cause misery. But what I found was human... And caring" - Wendy "Godkiller" Colour

I feel this is more of an emotional piece, it.... Yeah it's pretty weird but kinda how I see myself when I'm alone vs when I'm with people

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Made me a batch of chocolate, had so much I ran out of molds!

Uses coconut milk but tastes and has the mouth feel like regular milk chocolate! (My super fussy mother approves at least)

It feels so much better eating these than what I can find in stores, I wish I could do something more than just eat it!

If anyone would like the recipe then I'd be happy to post, it's completely home developed based on the vegan chocolate recipes I could find a few years ago

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Tried the paints again to recreate an old furry character I had, Chi the mousedeer.

The brown I used for the coat was NOT the shade I was expecting!

I actually used my scanner for this... it was not fun to set up

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I... am so sorry for making this image

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hey carrot any tips on writing ace/aro characters im currently writting my own story with an aro/ace character and I really like the way you write asexuality w/ iggy

hmmm... it's kinda hard to say because like so many things, there's no one way to be ace or aro. like another ace person could be completely different from iggy, and an ace person could be sex favorable, neutral, averse or anywhere in between. so I would just say write the char that's themself first and foremost and just avoid some of the common stereotypes such as the ace/aro char being super robotic or unfeeling, storylines where the char just needs to "find the right person" etc. also things like touch aren't even the same between ace/aro ppl. some aces love touch while others don't prefer it or perhaps need to be in a safe environment or with a person they feel safe with. at the end of the day, just write their asexuality or aromanticism as part of them rather than their entire character and I think you'll be on the right track!

I hope this helps, I'm not actually great when it comes to writing advice as I can never figure out how to put things into words (ironic) 💦

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Now that the big art piece is over, I shall treat these versions of a single character as if they are Slay the Princess voices