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Slow day at work sketches

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Yandere Kamukura AU where instead of Hajime waking up from the Neo World Program, Izuru's personality sticks around. He's now working under Makoto at the Future Foundation with Makoto under the belief that Izuru has been completely rehabilitated. He's wrong ❤

Deft fingers move to fasten the buttons of Izuru’s shirt, bottom to top, his tie undone and laid across one shoulder. Though the elevator ride to the offices of the Future Foundation’s fourteenth division will afford him plenty of time, Izuru acts quickly, methodically, no movement wasted. When the last button of his shirt is done, he loops his tie around his neck, folds the knot and slips it into place neatly. As he brings up one hand to do the buttons over the cuff of his sleeve, he stops short, his gaze lingering on the smear of blood under his nails.

Izuru considers it for a moment, then wipes it clean with the pad of his thumb.

Two days ago, Makoto as the head (in all but official name) of the Fourteenth Division, went to speak with leadership from a well-established local gang. Through the gang’s ability to move freely about the city, they’d been able to gain a foothold of control there. This, despite the way that old collapsed rubble made travel between sub-settlements within the city difficult. Using this mobility, they would offer protection… and a domineering presence over the locals. Which was a problem when the Future Foundation arrived to provide aid, as any civilians were afraid to ask for help from outsiders due to the risk of the gang seeing it as an insult to their authority.

During their short meeting, Makoto was warm towards them. He offered cooperation, recognized the good that the gang has done for their community, protecting them from lingering members of despair. He proposed a way they could work together. …And in return, they gave Makoto complete disrespect. Throwing his words in his face, talking down to him for his age, questioning him at every turn… Refusing to work with him. As Izuru stood at Makoto’s side, silent through it all, the only thing that kept him from striking each one down until they had no choice but to kneel, was that Makoto would be upset to witness violence.

And so, to protect Makoto, Izuru must be thorough. Careful to leave no trace when he broke into the administrative system for the Future Foundation and gave himself a job for the day in that town. Careful when he baits the gang to the very edges of their territory with false indications of a roving group of despairs planning an attack. And careful when he finishes his assignment with just enough time to not raise any eyebrows about his brief absence from either the Future Foundation headquarters or his work site.

Perfection, Izuru knows, while envied and strived over by many, is often not truly necessary. It was one of the reasons Izuru was so reluctant to put his hands to tasks that any ordinary person could accomplish. Tasks that were inherently beneath him. This however, serving Makoto… Izuru could not imagine anything less than perfection would be acceptable.

In this way, by giving him a purpose, Makoto has transfigured Izuru utterly.

From his worksite to the outskirts of the city where he would meet the gang in full force, Izuru moves through shadows and in and out of blind spots. There would be not a single person who could say they saw Izuru there. He arrives ten minutes and thirty-six seconds after completing his assignment. And as appealing as the prospect of dragging this out for hours might be, Izuru has conservatively, five minutes to get this done. He descends into the tunnels under the city, which are the real reason this gang has any power in the first place.

As with many things, Izuru is normally indifferent towards violence. He is familiar with human pain, human anatomy, the psychological processes of fear and bargaining. But this will not be an empty act of violence. Instead, it is an extension of Makoto’s will. Not a direct order or even the implication of one, but the very essence of Makoto’s desires. There is a barrier between Makoto and success and Izuru will strike it down, unrestrained by the title of Ultimate Hope.

Izuru’s hand curls into the makeshift wiring zip tied to the pipes running along the walls of the tunnels. A sharp yank, and the lights go out all at once. The sudden darkness doesn’t slow Izuru at all. He pulls a length of pipe from the wall, testing the new weight in his hand. Below him, he can hear shouts of confusion from the men gathered, and unhesitating, he jumps over the railing of the spiral staircase leading downwards.

Cutting through the noise of the gang members comes a thin, toneless whistling in the darkness. The men go silent. Izuru descends on them.

If he wanted to, Izuru could easily justify his devotion to Makoto. The luck that Makoto carries is endlessly fascinating- erratic in a way that Komaeda’s isn’t, seemingly following no cycles at all. Or he could frame it as carrying out the results of the experiment he ran with the Neo World Program. Izuru intended to see which was stronger- Hajime’s hope and will to live, or Enoshima’s despair and desire to use Izuru as a weapon. In the end it was neither and Makoto was the one who freed him. So then it should logically follow that Makoto was the winner of this gamble. Or if not that, Izuru could simply tell himself that Makoto is true Ultimate Hope, that Izuru as a tool for hope, has no better master than him.

However, Izuru knows the truth of the matter. It is nothing as clean as simple logic that has him here, in the sewers below a nameless city.

Driving forwards, Izuru’s pipe crunches into the ribs of the man in front of him. There is no way for him to scream with collapsed lungs. He chokes and folds in on himself, sputtering blood weakly. Izuru steps over the body and moves onto the next, soundless, save for the whistling of his pipe through the air.

No, not logic at all. Hope defies it. Stands boldly in the face of it. Everything Izuru believed was impossible because of the immovable facts of the very universe- it’s all been shattered completely. Because of who Makoto is, he would not let Izuru be a tool for him. Instead… Makoto has transformed him. Pygmalion was a selfish and shallow man. The myths should be rewritten for Makoto, who took Izuru with his heart made of stone, formless in his own limitless potential, and sculpted him into a person. Makoto, whose love overflows so much that it seeped into Izuru until he could also love.

Panicked shots ricochet off the walls of the tunnel in answer to the whistling, a flash of gunpowder igniting, fully pointless. Izuru snaps the neck of the gang member closest to him and moves onto the next.

Whistling, then silence. Over and over again.

And at last, Izuru is standing in still darkness, breathing air thick with blood. As Izuru catches his breath, he finds that the emptiness that sometimes accompanies performing his talents does not come. There is no room for it. Izuru has someone he must return to.

In the end, though Izuru got a negligible amount of blood on his person while out- a smattering over his shoes, a bit on the cuff of his blazer, the extra change of clothes he prepared still feels necessary. He draws his coat over his shoulders and bundles up the old clothes in the plastic bag that just housed the fresh ones, reaches up to open a panel in the elevator ceiling, and then promptly tosses the bag through.

When Izuru first woke from the Neo World Program, it was to Makoto’s smiling face. And later, when it came out that Izuru was still himself and not Hajime, he was the only one who didn’t look disappointed. Even in the face of Izuru’s betrayal, Makoto has never once tensed in fear around Izuru. He does not think of Izuru’s continued existence as a failure of the program. He doesn’t hesitate to touch Izuru. He treats Izuru not as a god or a monster or an object, but as a person…

Makoto is kindness incarnate. He is not Ultimate Hope because of a talent embedded into him, but because of who he is fundamentally. And Izuru cannot help but be consumed with him.

Izuru is out the doors as soon as the elevator opens, and then he is down the hall, around the corner, and opening Makoto’s office. (He leaves it unlocked and Izuru has done this enough to know that he is welcomed here.) It’s only then, when he sees him, that Izuru pauses at all.

Makoto is seated behind his desk, working. Pale light from the laptop in front of him washes over his face, draining it of color, highlighting the bags under his eyes which would not have been visible otherwise. He’s hunched slightly, a little furrow between his brows that is so utterly mundane and yet not boring at all. Izuru walks towards him, drawn those last few feet until they are together again. Soundless, Izuru sweeps in behind Makoto before he settles his arms around him, resting his cheek against his hair.

“I’ve returned.”

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I'm so curious (and I hope you don't mind me asking), the quote from your beautifully illustrated aquarium scene, where is that from??

An rp between me and my friend :) in it, Ren is in his first new game + loop and at one point gives akechi the coordinates to his palace, the thieves den, so that akechi can confirm the time travel by watching back his memories. This is a part of that 🎶

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"The first time he suspects that something is wrong is at the aquarium. There's no real reason for it. Ren glances at him instead of looking at the fish, and finds him cute, and interesting, and somehow he has an uneasy feeling that there's more. The plastic smile and perfect control are on hold for a moment; Goros face, relaxed and entranced and bathed in blue light, looks bare without a mask. Ren, for the first time, doesn't just think him objectively attractive, but lovely. He doesn't say anything."

aquarium scene

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Goroko can't catch a break with this b*tch (butch)

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I love the way you draw fem akeshu so much could you please please please draw their metaverse designs sometime

i do have this sketch:

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some more fem akeshu

i feel like someone else has made this joke before

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commission for @sluggnya ! this character was a delight to draw, even though it took me ages (<-- own fault)

thank you for commissioning me ^^

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i got into persona 5 in my absence. i think theyre yuri

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2/5 slots are taken - that means 3 are still open. if you're at all interested, now's your chance!

I'm opening commissions!

Hi everyone! Starting today, I will be taking on commissions, with proceeds going to gaza via e-sims or donations.

I will do a single character illustration for you in exchange for either proof of purchase of an e-sim for gaza (5GB/$22 or more) or proof of an equivalent donation to Care for Gaza. This price doubles for two characters.

I'll be opening up 5 slots for now, first come first serve. If you are interested, please DM me :) Thank you!

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0/5 slots again 👀

I'm opening commissions!

Hi everyone! Starting today, I will be taking on commissions, with proceeds going to gaza via e-sims or donations.

I will do a single character illustration for you in exchange for either proof of purchase of an e-sim for gaza (5GB/$22 or more) or proof of an equivalent donation to Care for Gaza. This price doubles for two characters.

I'll be opening up 5 slots for now, first come first serve. If you are interested, please DM me :) Thank you!

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commission for @zerobound of their and their friend's OCs luciel (left) and allister (right)!

thanks so much for the commission and the big tip, too! i'll reinvest it into more e-sims ^^;

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commission for @mintyfishuu of two of her DnD characters!

thanks so much ^U^

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commission for @acealistair of her DnD character, finch!

thank you so much ^u^

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alright, all 5 slots are full for now! hoping i'll finish them by the end of next week, then i'll open these again. thanks!

I'm opening commissions!

Hi everyone! Starting today, I will be taking on commissions, with proceeds going to gaza via e-sims or donations.

I will do a single character illustration for you in exchange for either proof of purchase of an e-sim for gaza (5GB/$22 or more) or proof of an equivalent donation to Care for Gaza. This price doubles for two characters.

I'll be opening up 5 slots for now, first come first serve. If you are interested, please DM me :) Thank you!

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commission of yuri from fire emblem three houses for @sevarix-blogs !

i'm currently taking commissions for prices as low as $22 - in exchange for e-sims or donations to gaza. check my profile for more information and DM me if you're interested!

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Turned 27 today 😊