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I'm unsure if I'll ever finish the epilogue or return to complete the prequel/sequel to Rhee's Rapture.

That said, I still have plans to bring Executioner X to life in some form. I feel strongly about the character and the impact his story could have on others.

At least I was able to finish the main series and storyline of the ARG, which I'm grateful for.

The epilogue centered on Rapture (Lynette) as she tried to find peace with the events of the main series. It was titled Pieces of Raptura and explored her conflicted feelings of love and hate for Rhee. I wouldn’t say she ever truly fell in love with him—it was more a desperate longing for companionship. She was lonely, confused, and scared. Rhee was the only person in her reality, the only one physically present who truly understood what was happening to her.

Rhee, on the other hand, struggled to conceptualize his emotions. He cared for Rapture as the story progressed, but she wasn’t particularly exceptional to him. She was basically used as tool and a facade/bait in the beginning. Later his desire to love and be loved by her came more from his need for connection and other issues that had little to do with her as a person.

The story had Beauty and the Beast elements, shaped by player choices. These choices sometimes painted their dynamic as more romantic than it actually was. Rhee had experienced feelings for women he considered a form of love, but he realized that when these feelings were tied to sexuality, they weren’t as pure as the love he felt for his son or others he cared for unconditionally. He came to understand that his sexual desires often led him to objectify people and prioritize his own interests over theirs.

Through the players’ actions, Rhee learned that love wasn’t about possession but selflessness. In Act 1, he admits he doesn’t understand how to love something and let it be free. By Act 3, when he buries his son’s bones, he reflects that his most loving choices—those made for others’ well-being—were the ones where he walked away from them. Putting their lives/best interests first.

At the time, he believed this wasn’t love—that he couldn’t fully love someone without possessing them. However, this wasn’t true; he felt an inner conflict because, deep down, he didn’t want to possess them precisely because he cared for them.

He loved his son regardless of keeping his remains, burying them cemented that.

Rapture’s journey was different. She was confused and struggling to make sense of her feelings and what had happened to her. In her search for answers, she delves into black magick and Rhee’s spellbook. The gameplay focused on helping Rapture recover her memories—or not—leaving players to wrestle with the moral dilemma: is it better to remember or forget?

Players could choose what memories Rapture recovered, and as she used dark magick, her body would begin to deteriorate and mutate. This opened up some opportunities for FX work that I was looking forward to doing. Depending on the choices players made, Rapture would either transform into a monster and die, rotting away in her bed, (bad ending) or shed her monstrous flesh, regaining her sense of self and purpose.

In the end, she would cut off her braids, leaving them in the room as a symbolic gesture of closure. (Best ending)

The braids were part of the reason Rhee chose her, as her hairstyle and overall appearance resembled an actress he admired in his youth. This adds significant symbolism to the gesture.

Yesterday, I cut my braids; I had planned to wait and film this moment in the epilogues end, (I physically play Rapture in the series) but terrible events over the past few months have forced me to adapt. Sickness and depression have taken a toll on me both physically and mentally, and I’ve had to come to terms with the fact that my plans have changed. My focus now is on dealing with the obstacles in front of me.

I still plan to write out the epilogue and either post it on the channel or create a video of some sort. For now, though, I wanted to share this with people who have followed this series.

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Part one of the series finale, (act 4) goes into an event which the character sets himself on fire.

Inspired this illustration

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There is a few instances where this character has self harmed excessively so. But due to blood magick survived injuries and healed completely. However in my series, the recovery time isn't instant, a ritual is needed to take place and in some cases recovery time could take months; because the magick is of evil origins and suffering is part of it.

The character isn't immortal and it was possible for him to die; due to him being monitored by oculus, he always survived attempts at ending his life or being injured by others.

He definitely felt trapped, no relief from the pain he was going through mentally.

He took it out on others, abused drugs and alcohol.

Him creating the plan that starts the ARG was his last ditch effort; again the players steered the story in a really beautiful direction.

When he became focused on this plan he started to take care of himself better; he quit smoking, drinking/doing drugs less and working out.

A lot of the younger depictions of this character he is pretty thin; 13-16 he's scruffy and messy looking/dirty. Partly as a defense mechanism also because he loathed his appearance during this time.

He wanted to make people uncomfortable, and feel bothered being around him. Unless he wanted to manipulate them.

This song is used in the video mentioned above, I think it sums up the overall angst.

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A residual memory I left out of the game

A memory I didn't put in the game because I figure it had more than enough.

This deals with Rhee meeting rook for the first time.

The hard drive is corrupted, but then a residual memory surfaces:

"Rookie, rookie, rookie," chants a group of kids, ranging from ages 4 to 8 1/2. "I'm baaack. How's Mum doing?" Rook asks.

"She's still sleeping," replies a girl who looks about seven.

Rook heads to the fridge, opens it, and then sighs. "How about pizza?" he suggests, and the kids excitedly cheer, "Yes!"

"I'll be right back," Rook says, unsure how he's going to pay for dinner. As he opens the door, a tall, dark-haired man stands outside, smoking a cigarette.

"You're the most emo-looking Mormon I’ve ever seen," Rook remarks.

"Are you DeezNutz69?" Rhee, asks bluntly, taking out his phone and studying Rook’s face.

"No, but that guy sounds pretty awesome."

Rhee notices a child, about five years old, peek out from behind Rook, who looks to be in his early twenties.

"Rookie, who's that? He has those smelly sticks," one of the kids says, holding their nose.

"Tim, get back inside. This man looks like he eats children," Rook warns.

Rhee surveys the neighborhood; it looks like council housing. He had flown from Germany to England to visit this kid, who was apparently a gifted hacker.

The other children crowd behind. "We’re hungry, Rookie," they say.

Rook looks at the man with both annoyance and unease.

"I'm busy right now."

"Look," Rhee interrupts. "I'm not coming back. This is your only chance to change your life."

Rook looks confused but then realizes who this man is. "Hey, everyone, get inside," Rook says sternly.

"Mama’s up!" one of the children shouts.

Rook turns and sees his mother. She looks at her son and then at Rhee, who drops his cigarette and puts it out with his foot.

Rhee focuses his attention on the woman, offering a slight smile. Rook's mother shyly smiles back, and Rook scrunches his face.

"Don’t smile at my mother."

"Come on, kids," Rook’s mother says, rounding them up and closing the door. Rook waits a few seconds before speaking.

"Is this because of that website?" Rook asks.

"Let’s have a chat in my car. Then I’ll be on my way," Rhee suggests, pointing.

"Holy shit, that’s an epic ride," Rook says, then pauses. "I need to get my siblings something to eat first. I mean, it would be super cool if you drove me to pick some up… also, I mean, pay for it too…" Rook says.

Rhee pauses and sighs. "Fine."

"Dope!" Rook says cheerfully as he gets into the car. They head to the nearest pizza restaurant. The trip is quiet, with a few comments from Rook, which Rhee ignores.

As they park, a group of men outside the restaurant stops talking and watches the car pull up. Rook gets out, and the men approach him. Rhee watches as Rook appears to negotiate something with them. One man grabs him by the shirt, and another pulls out a knife.

"Where’s my money, Rook?"

Rook looks back at the car and shrugs slightly.

Rhee gets out and starts walking over to the men.

"Getting your boyfriend to help you?" one of the men taunts.

"I don’t see your dad anywhere," Rook jokes. "Too bad, ’cause he gives the best Blow Jobs—better than your mom."

The man hits him in the gut, and Rook grunts.

One of the men shouts at Rhee, "Look, it's Mr. Fancy. Why don’t you get your prissy ass out of here?"

Rhee pulls out his Glock and shoots the men one by one without hesitation. Rook freezes, unsure of what just happened.

Seeing Rook’s shocked face, Rhee mutters, "Reflex," as he walks back to the car. "Come on."

Rook looks around, seeing people in the distance start running. Some who had been leaving the restaurant rush back inside.

"I said, come on."

Rook, speechless, follows. The police show up shortly after, but no one follows them.

"So, any other pizza place?" Rhee asks nonchalantly.

"You just killed four men," Rook says, looking terrified.

"I was actually just going to scare them. Guess I zoned out."

"You zoned out?!"

"Tell you what, let’s start over." Rhee drives into a parking lot and stops.

Rook remains silent.

Rhee pulls out his wallet and tosses a stack of cash into Rook’s lap. "See that?"

Rook looks through it.

"The company I work for wants you to join us. You not only identified the vulnerability in the code, but you also planted a unique type of rat I haven't seen before. If you work for us, you’ll get more money than you could ever want."

Rhee gestures to his car. "See this car? It could be yours. You want to help your family—you’ll be able to. You’ll be immune to the law. It’s a new world."

"But, of course, there’s a catch."

Rook stays silent.

"This place doesn’t like people who leave. If you're in, you're in. But why would you leave…" Rhee pauses, fidgets with his bottom lip before continuing, "You won’t regret it."

"This is a lot to take in," Rook admits.

"Think about it." Rhee drives to another pizza restaurant. Rook sits in silence, looking at the stack of cash in his hands.

When they stop, Rook quietly gets out of the car and goes into the restaurant. He comes back with three large pizzas. Rhee opens his trunk.

"Oh shit, that’s right," Rhee says, getting out and slamming down the trunk before Rook can look inside. "Just put them in the back seat."

Rook looks at him suspiciously. "What’s in there?"

the residual memory ends

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Posable fingers and tiny gloves lol

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Custom oc action figure

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His little jumpsuit came in the mail

I drew a pic of him in an orange prison uniform, I find it funny cuz currently the character is in hell. I imagine it like a prison system in a way.

So thought it would be entertaining to make him wear a typical jumpsuit.

On a whim looked up if they had one for sale (for action figures) and found something spot on.

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Everybody go tf home I have officially found a worse name for eyes than ‘orbs’

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I don’t want another tomorrow,

just a longer day.

I want to wake up and accomplish things

instead of going to bed the same.

In pain, there is truth,

twisted up and tied

in a string of sour satin—

beautiful but tainted,

forever long-lasting.

Believe in another day

where there’s no hidden lie,

because beneath hope, despair lingers by.

I don’t want to wake up

to another anxious “what if,”

that makes my body unbearably stiff.

I want a longer today,

not a wasted tomorrow.

If I could, I would—

but that’s just it.

A poem I wrote on a whim, I have adhd so sometimes it feels like days goes by and there isn't enough time.

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Takes 20 minutes to dress this figure because of the silicone body.

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Oc action figure

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Paint studies using oc

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The research I did to find the right word to describe the look,

Ostensibly

Means "apparently or purposefully but perhaps not actually"

Because it looked a way that was to be assumed. But wasn't actually the case. More so a point/lesson

A lesson to show to the female officer that she isnt safe in this organization. That just because she works there doesnt mean she is any better than how they treat others. Showing that the male officer didnt help her when she was in assumed danger.

The character Rhee grew up with a skewed perception of sex. As a tool, manipulation, threatening, self serving, a weapon rather than anything positive.

being aware of how threatening his body can be naturally I find is very interesting

To have a male character with a history of abuse but also having similar physical attributes as his abusers must be very complicated and complex to work through. Which the story goes through, his feelings of depersonalization. Not feeling like he owns his body and almost feeling disgusted/spiteful by/against it.

Which is where some of the self harm and substance abuse stems from.

Though the character uses his body in a threatening way he still can relate to the victim. So he understands that fear and helplessness.

The character doesnt feel powerful in hurting people in such a way because of this.

He doesn't want to be like the people who victimized him.

But he is violent and morally grey and instances where it isnt as black and white.

Which is why I find writing a character who is both victim and victimizer interesting.

Who is very unsavory and cruel because of his abuse but also has some morals that stem from being a victim.

You can find more stories on the visual novel game on my website. Trigger warning for disturbing subject matter.

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Series character "Rhee" action figure

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Close up of a wip I don't know if I'll finish it, for a potential cover/inside art

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B&W version comic pages wip