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Changeling Encore, Dungeon Meshi Fanfiction [first chapter complete]
Changeling Encore, Dungeon Meshi FanfictionÂ
(An excuse to write about Tallchuck so I can finally stop obsessing over him.)
 [What if Laiosâ party did not return to normal from the changelings the second night? What if they couldnât wash off the changeling spores right away? We will also say the 2nd fight with the gargoyles ended without them figuring out how the changeling mushrooms worked. The Mad Mage and Falinâs encounter with the Canaries had left him badly injured.Â
Recommend watching all 24 episodes of Dungeon Meshi anime or manga up to 51 beforehand. Alternative story and events to Manga chapters 53-56 and 62.
POV: Tallchuck ]
Izutsumi as a kobold dives into her dumplings and makes them disappear. She is becoming less picky now that sheâs part dog. The now tallest member of the party couldnât taste each individual flavor of the meat as distinctly as when he was a halfling but the savory taste is great regardless. To think the strange mushrooms can change creatures down to the muscles and cells. Chilchuck finishes his meal and feels unsatisfied. Makes sense because a tallman would need to eat a lot more calories than a halfling. At six and a half feet tall he guessed heâs probably three times the weight he was as a halfling. Thereâs no point worrying about gaining weight and springing traps cause heâs obviously way too heavy already as a tallman. He asks for seconds. The party stops briefly noticing his act making him feel self conscious. Senshi as an elf looks overjoyed and fills his plate with more dumplings.Â
âYou have grown so much. Please make sure to eat your fill.â He said in a sweet feminine, yet to Chilchuck, also unnerving voice.
âHey. I want some too.â Laios protests. Laios as a plump dwarf would probably eat the same amount as his normal tallman form, Chilchuck figured.
âYou can have mine. Iâm already full.â Marcille, now a tiny halfling, gives her leftovers to Laios. Chilchuck continues to eat, agitated that he is being stared at by everyone in the party. Heâs not used to standing out. He sighs. âSo as I am now it looks like I canât do my job properly anymore. Marcille, I am going to have to guide you though disabling step traps as we encounter them.â
Laios buds in. âYouâre right Chilchuck. I was thinking that we will have to reassign our roles in the party until we get our normal bodies back. Iâm going to teach you some close combat.â
âI can also teach you magic!â Marcille piped in. Damn it, Chilchuck thought. He had hoped they would forget about their last battle debacle.
âHey, thatâs too much at once!â He pointed at Senshi. âYou should teach the elf magic!â Senshi drops the pot he was cleaning. The elfâs arms curled into his delicate chest. He stammers.
âYou know how I feel about magic. I.. I donât feel comfortable with it at all. Iâm not⊠you all may have changed, but Iâm still the same on the inside.â He pleads to them with tearful, innocent doe eyes. Everyone could not help but leer at him in disbelief. Laios the ever present optimist breaks the silence.
âWe are going to have to adapt as best as we can. Letâs for now clean up the dishware and then look over our inventory to see what weapons will work best in our new bodies.â
Not too long after cleaning up, Chilchuck looked over all the weapons in his possession. Throwing knives. That could work, but will run out if they canât be recovered. Blade knife and bowie knife. He knew Laios would say that because of the aggro his large form will receive in combat, longer blades such as swords would work better. Knives are meant for surprise stabs like Kabruâs attack on Falin as a chimera. Lastly, the bow. He wonât be able to use it. His hand practically enveloped it. It looks like a childâs- Oh hell no! All his adult life heâs been working to not be seen as a kid from the other races! How dare that creep into his head now that heâs been tallman for just a few hours!
âLights out.â Senshi calls to him from behind. The beastly dwarf turned into a paper thin shadow of himself struggles to drag his ax to him. âBorrow this and protect us.â Senshi gazes up at him like a princess at her champion. A breeze seemed to be coming from somewhere blowing his long black curly locks. Willing to do anything to get out of this awkward moment Chilchuck reluctantly accepts the gift. Thereâs no way I can fight with this shoddy thing.
Seeing that there was little else to do, Chilchuck undoned Laiosâ borrowed armor and settled into his blankets to sleep. Thankfully Izutsumi seems to be bothering someone else tonight. Everything sounds so calm and quiet as he drifts off.
âChilchuck!â
âWha!â The tallman startles awake. âLaios⊠lights out.â Chilchuck growls.
âOh thatâs no problem for me. I can see in the dark now that Iâm a dwarf.â Laios laughs obnoxiously.
âGo to bed, Laios!â Marcille calls out from the darkness, obviously annoyed. Laios tones down into a whisper.Â
âSo I was thinking about what can be used to aid you fight and I remembered that when I started out fighting monsters I used a shield. That should distract the monsters while the rest of us take it down. I recovered my old shield from the floor we first fought the dragon in and Iâll let you have it. I donât know if we will have much time to practice-â
âI can still hear you, Laios! Shut up and go to sleep already!â
âIâm sorry! Marcille!â Laios sets down his shield next to him. âI will leave this here for you. Everything is going to be fine. We will make it work.â, he reassures Chilchuck in a cheery tone.
A worry seed plants firmly in Chilchuckâs mind. He had very little direct combat experience. Heck Kabru and his party had way more experience than him and how many times did his party find them dead these past few days? Itâs gonna be the mimics all over again except Marcille canât revive anymore cause sheâs a halfling. Nothing good will come of this.
The next morning fully geared up Chilchuck holds the ax and the shield up for Laios.
âThis ax is meant for two hands.â Chilchuck tries to use any excuse not to take up a new responsibility. Laios comes up to him, handing him his sword.
âThen letâs switch. Iâll take the ax.â Chilchuck hesitates knowing that there is a monster inside the handle to that sword. It had transformed from the changelings too, becoming a kitsch looking skull and bat wings sword. A light emits from the edge of the blade.Â
A question emerged in his thoughts, Donât you want to fight monsters head on too?Â
No. I donât.
On the other side of the camp, Marcille draws a heat spell inscription on the stone floor while Izutsumi and Senshi watch. Izutsumi pokes her head into the spell inscription, sniffing the charcoal lines with her big dog nose.
âIzutsumi move. This is going to get hot.â Little halfling Marcille pushes the giant dog girl away as best she can. She looks up to Senshi. âSee I already drew the spell. Elves naturally have a lot of mana. All I need for you to do is tap it here with my staff and channel the energy of fire.â
Senshi glumly takes the staff.Â
âWell if itâs to make teaâŠâ He taps it. The lines turn red and fire erupts from it sending sparks everywhere. The three scream out and bolt away.
âWhat do you think youâre doing!? That was too strong!â Izutsumi yells. Laios attention turns over to them and heads over. While heâs distracted this is a good opportunity to inspect the sword. Chilchuck searched through the gaps in the hilt to find tiny changeling mushrooms growing inside. Disgusting. He will probably need to check his clothing and person to make sure there aren't more of them. For only a moment a gooey creature with snail eyes peeks out at him and sinks back into the sword.
âThere you are, you little bastard.â Itâs time to get rid of this nonsense before someone gets hurt. Chilchuck takes out a matchstick and lights under the area where the monster was hidden. The spores burn easily causing the living armor monster to push out in an attempt to escape. The flame causes the slimy surface of the creature to boil. Its eyes dissolve into its body as it cooks. He knew it was just an unintelligent monster, but it seems to curse him as it shrivels up. Youâre not immune. Suddenly Chilchuck falls over from being tackled from behind.
âStop! What are you doing to Kensuke?!â Laios yells. The dwarf seizes back his sword and holds it like a baby. âKensuke, are you still there? Kensuke!â he cries.
âIâm killing it for your own good! You should have done that ages ago!â
âBut he helped us get through the doorâŠâ Laios sniffs. Marcille steps in.
âLaios, having that monster around was nagging at me too. You canât keep it forever.âÂ
âListen to your elders, Laios.â Senshi said in support. Thank god the rest of the party understands reason. Laios pauses and lifts the sword up in a moment of introspection. Chilchuck could not confirm if he had fully killed the monster. Laios gets up and addresses him solemnly.
âUnderstood Mr. Chilchuck, sir. It wonât happen again.â
Thatâs new. He had never had Laios behave that formally to him. Laios did not give the sword back to him, meaning the bug was probably still alive, but whatever. Itâs damaged enough that it wonât be moving or peeking out for the rest of the time they are here.
They continue on to an enclosed castle wall level with multiple passage ways. Thereâs no monster encounters for several hours. Chilchuck anticipates his lack of senses getting in the way of moving past this level. Everyone feels tired and hungry. Laios suggests everyone to take a break to discuss what to do next.
âSomethingâs different. We have made no progress since going through the door. What has changed? â Laios asks.
âI have read about dungeons that are an endless, empty maze instead of environments full of monsters. Maybe the Mad Mage changed his strategy? We got so far down here by eating monsters to sustain us. Something must have happened to scare him enough to change from offense to defense. â suggests Marcille.
âWhat a cheap trick. He intends to starve us.â Izutsumi adds.
âThat is a shame. I was hoping to see what monsters would be at the lowest level⊠What are we going to eat-!â Laios eyes widen and he points to Senshiâs head. It had changeling mushrooms growing out of it. The group scrambles away from him. Senshi picks one from the top of his head.
âCheck yourselves and put every mushroom you find in the pot. I suppose we will have to make due with this.â he says.
Turned out there were mushrooms growing all over. Inside their bags. Behind their ears. The less than savvy areas the mushrooms were found were burned in the fireplace. Izutsumi rolls on her side inspecting herself in bent poses only a cat-dog beastling can do.
âGross! Gross! Gross!â, she growls.
Senshi wet down the mushrooms and cut them. He boils the water in a pot, adds dry merman seaweed, salt and the mushrooms. The changeling mushroom miso soup went down good enough, but it was eaten more out of desperation than anything. Laios smiles cheerfully to lighten the situation.
âI should have saved Kensuke for this soup. He could have tasted pretty good with it. I apologize for not stating my intentions sooner.âÂ
Wanting to clear the air, Chilchuck admits to Laios, âI overstepped my boundaries. I am hired to disable traps and find the quickest, safest passage. Not destroy whatever treasures you find, living or nonliving.â Itâs not in my contract to do close combat too unless it's absolutely necessary, but this dungeon dive has had many deviations from the norm.Â
âIf you did bring that living armor monster back to the surface, what would you have done with it? Have it as a pet?â Marcille smirks.
âWell since everyone thinks living armor is a spell, it would be a huge discovery. I could have put it in a monster scholar laboratory to see how it works and published a paper about it. Iâm not good at writing so either you or Farlin would have to proofread and edit.â Laios explains to her. Marcille laughs.Â
âThe elvin libraries are so huge, I am very confident that living armor monsters are already well documented in their beastaries.â
âI wonder if a dwarf like me can visit this library to see if thatâs true?â
You are already addressing yourself as a dwarf⊠The rest of them thought.Â
Laios reads their discomfort and says, âItâs just as well I donât visit. I like more hands-on work fighting dungeon monsters anyway.â Izutsumi looks down at her bowl full of disapproval.Â
âIâm going to find my own food!â, she exclaims as she darts out.
âIzuuuutsuuuumi!â Senshi calls out to her dramatically then sighs.Â
âSheâll be back. Thereâs nothing here.â Chilchuck reassures him. Senshi clears his throat.Â
âI have been contemplating our recent stroke of bad luck. I think the dungeon itself has lost interest in us. Dungeons are made to lure people in with whatever wish each individual desires. Did any of you have any desires before becoming a changeling? Has becoming a changeling affected your desire?â Marcille, Laios, and Chilchuck stay silent. âCome now⊠there must be more to this than merely recovering Falin. Confess!â The beautiful elf Senshi says all this as if he were a terrible actor on a stage. Senshiâs eccentric gestures and tone of voice had been really getting on Chilchuck's nerves. After another moment of uncomfortable silence, Chilchuck speaks up.
âAre you kidding me?! I had no interest in being any taller than I was! I was already paid in advance. All I want is to do my freakin job and go back home to my daughters before they leave me too.â Marcille gasps at the info drop. âBecoming a changeling I donât even think I can do that. This is all a big inconvenience.â Marcille grabs his shoulder with tears in her eyes.Â
âOh. How can I forget you have a family to go back to!â She sniffs. âUm well I think I do feel different now that I have become a halfling. I canât do magic anymore or at least anything close to dark magic. Anyway, I was always afraid of my friends and family dying off while I had to live on as a long lived elf, but since halflings have the shortest lifespan I was thinking that maybe I donât have to worry about it anymore since I would die first.â Laios and Senshi were moved by her words. Chilchuck cringes. He hated it when other races refer to halflings as short lived as if it was some kind of tragedy.Â
âI had a desire too.â Laios said confidently. âBeing a tallman is boring. I had always wanted to experience being another race or a werewolf or a troll or giant flying beast and have multiple headsâŠâ Everyoneâs jaw drops at his confession of wanting to become a monster. Laios blushes and laughs it off. âSince Iâm a dwarf I got what I wanted. Now I just need to stop the Mad Mage from controlling my sister. Also⊠while we are being completely honest⊠I think Falin looks cool as a chimera. If she wants to stay as she is I wouldnât mind.â
âHave you lost your mind, Laios?!â Marcille and Chilchuck yell.
âLet him give an explanation.â orders Senshi.
âOnce Falinâs mind is back to herself maybe we can use the changeling mushrooms to turn her dragon half into a creature that can live on the surface. Marcille canât use revive or high level magic as a halfling so if Falin wants to return back to her old body, we will have to find other mages or healers on the surface.â
âSomeone you can trust too that wonât turn you into the authorities. Remember Marcille is wanted now for tampering with dark magic. I wouldnât be surprised if the rest of us will be taken in as accomplices.â Chilchuck notes. Everyoneâs mood sours at that prospect. Damn. Heâs the worst person in the party for raising morale. âAt- at least we know what weâre working with so we can think of a better plan later.â He feels bad he even brought it up.
Settling in for the night, Izutsumi crawls back into their quarters, slurps up the bowl of soup left out for her and rests at the foot of Chilchuckâs rolled out blanket.
âThere are black horses out there, but I could not catch them. I hate to admit I need help, but I want you guys to hunt them for me.â
âHorses? Thatâs⊠maybe good to hear. Tomorrow Izutsumi. Tomorrow.
The next day. Is it even daytime? The ceilings of the endless stone walls and towers are sealed over. Thereâs no beginning or end to the labyrinth. The walls morph as soon as itâs out of sight. It was best that everyone stayed together. This was a situation where Chilchuckâs expertise was vital, yet he couldnât perform to the best of his abilities. His dulled senses couldnât quite feel the subtle draft indicating a hidden passage nor spot the one brick out of place from a wall indicating a trigger to open a hidden door like he should.Â
The mysterious horses were brought up right away. Nobody had seen them. Even with Laiosâ ability to see in the dark, he had found no monsters lying in wait in the shadows. He wasnât even seeing ghosts anymore.
âI didnât see them. I smelled them. I heard them.â Izutsumi corrects.
âI thought I could hear hooves clattering too,â says Marcille.
âIf they are walking that means they are not hippogriffs. But what would these horses graze on here?â wonders Senshi. It seemed like these beasts were incredibly shy if they wouldnât let themselves be seen. So not very dangerous. The only thing that mattered to the party was how great it would be to eat something thatâs not changeling mushrooms. Who knows if eating those things would affect their transformation. It would be quite awful if it was making it last longer or worse permanent.
âSenshi, Izutsumi, and I will keep a lookout for that monster while Chilchuck and Marcille work together to move past this dungeon level.â Laios orders.
âBut I wanted to help find that monster too.â Marcille pouts.Â
âWe can do both.â Chilchuck made an effort to give a more encouraging tone.
Chilchuck felt disappointment in himself that he had to employ Marcille to use her newly heightened senses to try to find a way out of here. He lifts her up and presses her side to the wall so she can listen through. A small orb of light floats over their heads. Marcille can pull off some simple light spells in her halfling form. She wanted to do more such as make another familiar to scout, but everyone had been encouraging her to save her mana. The rest of the party stands by a short distance away to keep lookout for the horse monster.
âWhat do you hear, Marcille?â Chilchuck asks her.
âSteps here and there. I donât know⊠everything sounds like it could be a monster. I hate itâŠâ She shivers and grabs onto his head tightly. He blushes trying not to imagine her like one of his kids.
âTry to guess where itâs coming from.â
He dreads proceeding further into the dungeon. Of the party Marcille and Laios were the power houses. Laios, despite being a weirdo, knew how to deal with almost every creature they encountered. He had training as a prior army grunt. Since entering the dungeon, embracing monster cuisine, and becoming a dwarf heâs losing focus. He doesnât have the stamina he used to have. Marcille casted all kinds of magic to counter the Mad Mage the dungeon master during their last encounter. They need Marcille as an elf with lots of mana to stand a chance against him. Falin as a chimera dragon would be nearly impossible to defeat too. How long were they down here? He had always told his daughters to have everything cleaned up after three weeks. He would be back any day past three weeks. They must remove any evidence of partying or boys over. They wouldnât have boys over cause his nosey neighbors would have told him all about it. The three of them were all working adults so itâs unlikely they would have any time to cause too much trouble. It would be so great to be back. He wouldn't care if it was a little messy or if they broke into the liquor cabinet. No. He would care about that. It would also be bad if they decided to take things into their own hands to look for him. The thought of his naive girls leaving the safety of their village to look for him in the shady bars and outposts near the entrance to the dungeon taps away his drive to complete the mission.Â
âI hear some voices.â Marcille whispers.
Chilchuck hopes itâs other adventurers. Not likely because no one else seemed to have moved past the large door they had gone through a few days ago. YetâŠ
âGive me a direction and distance where you heard it from.â Chichuck instructs her. She stands on his shoulders, puts her hands behind her big ears and listens carefully. âI think that way.â She points forward towards a pillar in the distance. Chichuck turns to tell the party to follow them, but they are interrupted by Izutsumiâs excited barking.
âLook there it is! There it is! See it?! See it?!â
A black horse with two large horns between its eyes stare down at them from a flat stone rooftop a hundred feet away. Laios identifies it right away.
âItâs a bicorn!â
Marcille leaps from Chichuckâs shoulders and heads over to them.
âWeâre saved! We might not have to eat mushrooms again if we can catch it!â
Those idiots!, Chilchuck thought. He watches as the four of them run to the bicorn weapons raised and the bicorn darts off into the darkness. Undeterred by this setback, they form a huddle while Chilchuck tiredly looks on. Marcille draws something on the ground and whispers to Senshi. Senshi nods. Laios talks on and on about something. The cat-dog girl wags her tail. Hovering over the huddle, Chilchuck couldnât make out what they were planning.
âOk itâs settled!â Laios exclaims. Senshi goes into his bags, gets out a rope and hands it to him. Laios gives him the ax.
âHey whereâs your shield?â Laios asks.
âIâll just give him this for now.â Senshi gives him his mythril pot.
âWhat? Whatâs all this?â
âYou didnât hear?â asks Marcille.
Senshi and Laios murmur to each other.Â
âWell he is looking kinda agedâŠâ
âIâll tell you!â Marcille said excitedly. âWe are going to use the scorched earth method.â She taps her staff near a heat spell inscription on the ground. âWe are going to make a whole lot of these on that side of our prison maze. Senshi is going to activate them. This will smoke the beast out of hiding. Izutsumi will herd it over there.â She gestures her staff to a bottle neck of walls on the other side. Senshi chimes in.Â
âHate to see this happen to such a fine horse, but we are going to have you rope the beast and cut off its head when it comes to you.â
âOnce you have it roped. Iâll help you slay it.â said Laios.
âBut Senshi I thought you hated unnecessary damage to the dungeon environment.â Chilchuck protests.
âSometimes we need to blow up a few walls to make an exit.â, Senshi admits. Marcille smiles and giggles manically.Â
âYes. Finally. Senshi, come with me.â
Small strings of smoke emit from Marcille and Senshiâs side of the labyrinth. Smoking the monster out of hiding will take some time. Laios and Chilchuck wait by the bottleneck going out of the stone courtyard with Izutsumi between the two groups. The theory was as long as there are eyes watching, the walls wonât change. A crash came from where Marcille and Senshi were lighting fires.
âAnytime now.â Laios runs away from Chilchuck towards the entrance.
âHey! Where you going, Laios?âÂ
âOh um⊠it has to do with the nature of bicorns. Bicorns are the opposite of unicorns. Unicorns are pure and can only be approached by virtuous people. Bicorns on the other hand only dishonorable people can-â
âI donât need your monster encyclopedia answer. Give me the short answer. Why do you want me to do this alone?â Chichuck braces himself for Laios to give a blunt explanation.
âEver since you became a tallman⊠you look suspicious.â
âWhat do you mean?â
Laios dug around in his pockets. âLet me get out my shaving kit. Iâve been having to use it more often since I became a dwarf so I carry it with me. The beard just keeps growing..oh here it is.â Laiosd shows him his mirror. âLook.â
Chilchuck thought he had just become taller and bigger in some places. He didnât recognise the stubbled middle aged tallmanâs face before him. The man looked like one of those loser goons the ores killed at the crooked pub on level three. One word came to mind: troll. He had turned into a troll. The kind he used to tell his girls about to scare them into doing their chores. If he turned up at their front door like this there was no way they would recognize him. Thus the tragedy of becoming a changeling. Chilchuck turns away listless.
âOh. I see exactly what you mean. I do look like the criminal sort. Iâll be perfect for this role.â He sluggishly moves back into position.
 Laios recognizes that he laid it on him too strong. âI didnât mean to offend you, Mr. Chilchuck! Tallmen just look more aged than halflings. You donât look bad..you just look more like a father type than you did..I had some issues with um nevermind. Anyway you said some things and Iâm not judging-Oh shit!â The bicorn leaps past him. The dark horse slows into a walk approaching Chilchuck. All of his bodyâs dulled senses bolt awake. His weariness fades away immediately. He stares down the beast, slowly walking towards it. He holds up the rope that was tied into a slipknot and drops it over the monsterâs head. The tallman holds it steady while the beast tries to jerk away.
âYou got it!â Laios exclaims. Chilchuck stares blankly at the line and the monster in disbelief.
âOh damn. I did get it.â The monster bites down on Chilchuckâs arm that was not holding the pot shield. Lucky for him, he was wearing Laiosâ arm bracers. Chilchuck didnât have a weapon ready indicating his inexperience with jobs like this. He struggles and backs off just enough for the rope to slip out of his hands. The lassoed bicorn runs back to the courtyard with Chilchuck chasing after it. Laios follows behind them. From their left off in the distance buildings were collapsing. Pillars of fire burst out from the rubble. Senshi, Marcille, Izutsumi and more bicorns were fleeing the scene with a big cloud of dust coming behind them.Â
âIâm never doing magic again!â elf Senshi screams.
Concentrating on his quarry, Chilchuck tries to grab the dragging rope. He almost grabs it until the bicorn leaps up a ten foot wall onto a roof.
âYouâre not getting away!â He jumps up, steps on to the protruding rocks, and climbs the wall in a flash. Laios runs up to it, breathing heavily.
âDamn⊠Mr. Chilchuck.â He looks around for stairs.
At last Chilchuck had the monster cornered. Behind and to the right of the creature was a much higher wall that was several stories. Below was the rest of the party. He takes the ax and throws it. The ax brushes off to the side of the bicorn. He missed. The bicorn lowers its head and paws the dirt with its front hoof. I messed up. The beast springs into a charge at him. He loosens his largest knife out of his side pocket. Holding the knife he attempts to dodge to the side. The horn of the beast punctures his right shoulder. At the same time Chilchuck stabs as hard as he can into the side of the horseâs head. Brains and blood spill out. At the same time, Izutsumi pounces on to its back and bites into the monsterâs neck. The monster collapses to its side, letting Chilchuckâs shoulder go. From the ground it kicks wildly until a moment later Laios steps in and finishes it by piercing its heart with his sword. The kobold beastling howls. Marcille and Senshi cheer. Laios wipes the blood off his blade and sheaths it. He goes right up to Chilchuck and embraces him. Being a lot shorter, Laios stood on the dead bicorn. Chilchuck his heart still racing, cheerfully raises his fists in the air, jumps and laughs with him.
âYou were absolutely crazy! I knew you could fight monsters if you wanted to!â Laios yells.
âOf course I can! It was a piece of cake!â
It didnât feel like him at all to be this hyped up. As a halfling his senses were at peak all the time except when he was drunk or asleep. It's probably why Iâm so stressed out all the time. These lows and highs as a tallman⊠it actually feels really good. Maybe thatâs part of why Laios acts like such a happy buffoon.
âLaios! Izutsumi! You got to get Chilchuck down here at once!â Marcille yells.
Chilchuck sees blood rushing down his arm. He reaches to his neck. The horn must have severed a few important arteries. Thatâs strange. I didnât even feel any pain. He falls over dead.
Chilchuck gasps and sits up. Laios holds up tiny Marcille as her head sinks. They are inside an enclosure. Senshi already had meat cooking over the fire.
âShe insisted she revive you. You died.â Laios recounts.
âMarcille..â
âThe colors duke⊠the colorsâŠâ she murmurs to herself.
âSenshi made sure she ate before she used that spell, but it still took a lot out of her. It looks like she has a bad case of mana sickness. Sheâs most likely completely tapped out of mana too.â Laios explains. Chilchuck holds his head and groans. He watches Laios lay her over blankets. I shouldnât have brought that on you, Marcille, he thought
âSo I have as much luck dealing with other monsters as mimics.â Mimics which hide in treasure chests are the only monsters he as a locksmith is required to engage with as per contract. They have killed him many times. Now all monsters are like mimics⊠He imagined many different creatures before him turning into crabs. Senshi puts down a strange plate of stringy meat before Isumi, Laios and Chilchuck.
âI made sfilacci and I am going to try to make as much of the leftovers into bresaola.â
They all look at the hair like meat. Whatâs with the fanciness? Why canât we just have BBQ?
Izutsumi asks, âWhat are these words? Oh well it smells good and meaty.â She gobbles it up. Chilchuck nibbles away at it, hiding the fact that heâs very hungry. Laios eats the hair meatball in one bite. The blonde dwarf looks like he wants to complain, but doesnât. Senshi whittles away cutting up tiny pieces of the bicornâs leg, making meticulous micro cuts. We are in a dungeon. Not a five star restaurant.
âSenshi, your food prep doesnât need to..â Chilchuck tried to say. Senshi turns around in slow motion, his long black curls flowing, roses bloom in the air all around him, his eyelashes fluttering.
âYou have a critique of my cooking?â
Chilchuck and Laios are stunned. Izutsumi bluntly interrupts, âHad becoming an elf made you lose common sense? I want steak!â
âI didnât lose anything. I am just the same as I was.â
Izutsumi narrows her eyes at him. âPretty Senshi, you just do your thing. Manly Chilchuck and you too Fat Laios, letâs make something ourselves too. I know you want the good parts.â Senshi frowns and keeps working.
The three of them move out of the enclosure to build a bigger campfire. It turned out that there wasnât only one bicorn killed, but five more from the fire explosive magic. All that running around, fighting, and dying proved to be useless, Chilchuck concluded. Chilchuck helps Laios and Izutsumi carry one of the burnt up dead bodies to the campfire. As Chilchuck got the fire going the two butchered the carcass they brought over.Â
âMagic is so overpowered. There was no point in having me involved.â
Laios gave him an encouraging smile. âWe didnât know Senshi was going to be that effective with magic. If anything we were using them to scare the bicorns your way. We did find out one thing.â
âAnd that was?â
âYou donât have loose morals. The bicorn still attacked you.â Chichuck sighs and rolls his eyes. âI know Marcille would want to pry into that more, but I will leave it there.â
Thank god. Perhaps Laios is maturing a bit. They set up the grill and put as many steaks on there as they could. As it cooks, Chilchuckâs mind wanders back into his bad habit of rumination. Senshi must be very upset that 1: he was coaxed into using magic, 2: we killed way more monsters than we had to and 3: more than half of us are making our own meal. Marcille too is in rough shape.Â
The first round of steaks are done and Laios passes a big one to everyoneâs plates. Izutsumi brows on it to cool it down before taking a bite. Chilchuck tries his and it tastes amazing probably because he was starved. Being revived takes a lot of vigor out of you. How could he convince Laios to have everyone return to the surface? He remembered the orc girl Leedâs advice to just be honest, yet he also didnât want to plead with Laios overly emotional like that last time. Finally he said, âI feel bad for Marcille.â
âI know. I know.â Laios admits. âWe are not going to be able to proceed without a confident magic user. Marcille is the best we have.â
âAdmit it, we all arenât at our best in these forms.â
âNot entirely. I did chop down on that horse real good.â Izutsumi smiles and ravishes into another steak.
âYeah! You did do good! Whoâs a good girl!?â Laios reaches to pat her head. She draws back.
âNoooo. No!â she barks back at him. Marcille weakly wanders out of the enclosure to them followed by Senshi.
âCome on! Join us!â Laios calls out to them. They gather around and Laios gives them a steak. Marcille quietly eats with tired eyes. Senshi refused their offering and just wanted to help.
And my conversation is derailed again. Chichuck takes another steak. He eats a few more while Senshi talks about the best ways to cook meat.
âYou know I donât understand why I didnât think to just make jerky out of all this. Why did that fail to come to my mind? I donât know. Perhaps because of the lack of salt?â As he ate and time went on Chichuckâs mood improved and he forgot about what he was so worried about. The effect of the food maybe? He probably ate the most in this one sitting than he had ever had for a meal in his entire life.
âSoooo I didnât think you did too bad out there. You liked fighting monsters didnât you?â Laios poked Chilchuckâs shoulder with a fork. Laios face gets covered by Chilchuckâs hand pushing him away. Chilchuck turns his head away from the group, hiding his grin.
âMaybe I did feel a bit of a thrill in it⊠I blame becoming a tallman or your insanity rubbing off on me. I think my luck with fighting general monsters will be as good as fighting mimics. I will probably die everytime.â They both laugh together as if theyâre drunk. Marcille gives a concerned look and she speaks up to Senshi.Â
âI might have been too pushy making you use magic⊠we were too reckless.â
Senshi gazes down at her and nods. In a moment Marcilleâs ears perk up and she sees a small familiar fly through the air over them.
âHey everybody watch out above you!â They all see it. The familiar looked like a glowing bird. âItâs the Canaries. Theyâre here!â Marcille puts out the fire. She opens her book and flashes through the pages. âEveryone stay together. Iâm going to put a camouflage barrier over us so they wonât see us.âÂ
âWait! Donât-â Chilchuck cries out. Marcille holds her staff and casts the incantation from the book, stops in mid sentence and falls. Chilchuck catches her. The spell failed. Her bodyâs not tuned enough in magic to cast high level spells. Especially in the state she was already in. The walls change and a stairwell appears beside their encampment. A party of seven descend the staircase to them. Everyone stands up ready to defend themselves. The only weapons Senshi and Izutsumi had were knives and forks. Laios, the only one with his sword on hand, gets between the two parties. Chichuck holding Marcille in his arms sizes up the arrivals. The new group of seven only consisted of elves in advanced looking gear and armor. The elves walk up to them. Actually on closer inspection one of the men is a tallman.
âWell well. Hello dungeon adventurers. Please put your sword down, dwarf. The rest of you put your⊠utensils down. We are merely a dungeon investigation unit.â, an elf with long blonde hair similar in appearance to Marcille orders. They do just that. Another elf with tattoos all over his body circles them.
âI donât see the blonde elf mage. This party is completely different than the one described.â
Chilchuck came to the realization that with their bodies transformed by the changelings, they are perfectly disguised from their wanted physical profiles Kabruâs or Shiroâs party gave them.
âAre you the only party that made it this far? Have you seen any others?â, the tan elf woman asks them. Laios and Senshi shake their heads. âI mean have you encountered a party of five that has an elf female with blonde hair?â
An awkward silence. Chilchuck watches them with increased anxiety.Â
Come on you two, say something. Senshi adverts their gaze and taps at Marcilleâs staff with his foot. Senshi was supposed to deal with elves now that he is one. Laios is supposed to be the leader. In this moment of need they are both dead silent. From experience working with Laios, he often hesitates when speaking with people he doesnât know. He will probably blow their cover. Chilchuck couldnât allow that to happen.
âWeâve been trapped here by ourselves for months.â Chilchuck speaks out. Everyone in the other party turned their attention to him. Pressureâs on. âIâm Corkus and this is my daughter Neese.â The elves seemed satisfied with that response.
âThat explains everything. We are also here to evacuate all adventurers from the dungeon and neutralize the dungeon lord. Would you like assistance getting to the surface?â, the blonde elf girl offers. The elves stare at the tallman waiting for an answer believing him to be the leader.
Chilchuck wanted to scream yes, but- He turns around to his party.
âWhat do you think? This could be our only way out of here.â Please everyoneâŠ
âOh my head..â Marcille groans and sits up in his arms. He puts her tiny hand on his cheek. âIâm tired papa. Letâs go home.â She plays the part really well. Everyone followed suit.
âYeah I think we went as far as we could.â It seems Laios would go with whatever Marcille wants.
âIt would be nice to restock on spices.â Senshi says. Izutsumi nods with them.
âThank you. We would like your help.â Chilchuck answers them pretending to be the party leader.
âI like it when they can be reasoned with. Iâll prepare a spell to get you all to the surface.â A dark skinned young elf in steel armor steps forward.
âHold it. Before you let them go, I want to ask these adventurers a few questions.â The young man glares up at Chilchuck. The blue eyes look really familiar. âYou know, Corkus, your gear and clothing of your party appear to be just like Laiosâ partyâs clothing and gear. For instance, that green circle scarf looks exactly like it belongs to a halfling in Laiosâ party. â Chilchuck suddenly recognized him. Itâs Kabru. Itâs fucking Kabru and he knows Iâm lying through my teeth. How he disguised himself as an elf and got into the Canariesâ party is anyoneâs guess.
âUm..we all shop at the same stores on the first floor?â
âAllow me to go through your gear and make sure it wasnât stolen.âÂ
The gig is up. We have our initials on everything. Marcille has her full name on all her gear. A messy haired elf girl interrupts them.Â
âOh my gosh! Doesnât this guyâŠâÂ
The other elves drop listening to Kabruâs conversation and show interest in Senshi. Senshi pulls back his hair and lets it flow in the breeze thatâs coming from nowhere.
âYes! The resemblance is uncanny!â A female elf with short hair yells.
âWhatever do you mean?â Senshi asks shyly.
âI mean youâre that guy from the The Daltian Clan novels. Whatâs his nameâŠ? the one with the eyepatch on a horse..â
âThe characterâs name is Forva and heâs the one with black hair. The one with the eyepatch is actually General Hareus.â Marcille corrects them in a dreamy whisper.Â
âOooooh!â Everyone of the elvenâs party except for the tallman and Kabru exclaim with delight.
âYeah! That!â nods the elf with the messy hair.
âAww itâs so cute that the little ones are getting into our popular literature.â The blonde elf sighs. She completes her spell and reveals a large door portal to the Chilchuck and his companions. âAll done here. Just step on through.âÂ
âBut-â Kabru protests. The tan female elf addresses the only tallman in their party.
âCaptain, do we need to waste our time questioning these guys anymore?â
He responds with a firm âNo.â Chilchuck thought it very strange that a tallman would be a party leader to elves from the North Central Continent. I know itâs a stereotype for tallman males to be party leaders, but this is ridiculous.
Laiosâ party gather by the portal. It all unravels when Marcille fully wakes up.
âWhere are we going?â
Chilchuck whispers âOut of the dungeon.â
She gasps and squirms out of his arms.
âNo, we canât go. What about Falin?â she says to her party with tears in her eyes.
âEveryone should go, including you. Iâll stay and find her myself.â Laios assures her. Frustrated that all his efforts were about to go nowhere, Chilchuck grabs both of them by their shirtsleeves.
âAbsolutely not! You are both going back with us right now!â
âHey, I still need to find that Dungeon Master to undo my curse!â yells Izutsumi.
âYou think it would hurt if I go through that portal?â Senshi whimpers. Chilchuck loses his temper.Â
âWhat the hell is wrong with you all?!â They proceed to argue. Kabru puts his palm to his face.
âPeople. We got company.â The messy haired elf uses her familiars to widely illuminate the area. The dead bicorns that they didnât eat, rose up. Headless men in black armor emerge and mount the beasts. One of them rides closer holding a giant sword, the tip of it scraping across the dungeon floor. The Captain uses a spell that makes two of them split in half from the waist. The headless men turn into black smoke and reappear fully intact.
âPhantoms.â The tallman grits his teeth, heavy sweat appearing on his brow.
âWhat are you waiting for?â The messy haired elf pushes Senshi into the portal. The cat-kobold follows him. More mounted headless black knights come out of the shadows surrounding them. Chilchuck kneels down and meets Laios and Marcilleâs eyes.
âPleeease go.â he pleads, feeling exhausted.
âYes. We are going. Come on.â Laios puts his arm around Marcille and directs her toward the door. âIâm sorry, but Dunahan are really bad to go up against.â He shouts out to the Canary party. âThe rest of you should return too!â Laios and Marcille disappear into the portal. Chilchuck leaves the elves behind, but just before he entered the portal he heard one of them say.Â
âWe should retreat too. Captain stepped through a changeling ring and it's negatively affecting his mana use.â
They return to the inside of the governorâs residence. The room was within the town hall section. Laios held his mouth and immediately ran for the exit to throw up. Transportation sickness is the worst for dwarfs. Curious what the elves said about the Captain, Chilchuck waits for the other party to make it through the portal. He notices that Laios and Marcille have already left the building.
âOh youâre still here.â said the blonde magic-using elf. âYou can go now.â
âYou said something about the Captain experiencing going through a changeling ring?â
âYes, a couple members of our party had undergone an inconvenient transformation.â Senshi and Izutsumi grab Chilchuckâs arms and start moving him to the exit. He had to get more information. Anything better than going with the knowledge of changelings from his homeland.
âIs there a cure?â
âYeah. Itâs easy. Just practice good hygiene. Once Captain and our tallman guide have washed off the spores, they should be back in shape in less than twelve hours. Itâs really stubborn the longer it isnât treated. Once the fungus settles into your nails, you're screwed.â
Chilchuckâs color drains out of his face as he hears her warning. Senshi and Izutsumi lead him to the door out of there. Kabru happily waves to them.
âGoodbye. Maybe Iâll meet you at the bathhouse later.â
To everyoneâs surprise it was a sunny early afternoon at the surface. The dungeon was in the process of being evacuated and it showed. There were people of all races everywhere. Many figured the days of looting the dungeon were over and were in the process of packing up. Temporary shops were set up with signs saying âOne day only sale!â, âLast Chance before we relocate.â and âEverything must go.â If this were different circumstances some shopping would have been in order, but removing the fungal spores is a priority. They head for Laiosâ apartment, the only place they have to go to in town since Senshi lives in the dungeon, Izutsumi came from overseas, and Chilchuckâs home is several miles away. Laiosâ apartment key was lost with his gear in the dungeon so Chilchuck had to lockpick his way in while the rest stood around him looking very suspicious. Once inside he reminded everyone that they all must wash off those spores. Once inside Laios gathered whatever soaps he could find and a washtub. He had to use a broomstick to get a box of shampoos from Falinâs closet for Marcille. Chilchuck pushed for them to wash out back instead of the bathhouse, because it would be crowded due to the dungeon evacuation. He also didnât want to run into Kabru, the captain, or Shiroâs group if they are still on the island. He dreaded the scenario in which Laios tells Shiro that they failed and the samurai decides to cut off Laios head or hunt down Falin to put her out of her misery.
He could not help, but feel astounded that the interior of the apartment was just like the insides of the buildings in his hometown. Everything is normal sized. Actually he now had to watch his head going through doors. It will be a relief to be short again. Chilchuck walks into Falinâs side of the apartment to find Marcille on Falinâs bed crying. Izutsumi was sitting beside her providing comfort. He turns around and heads back before they notice his presence. Laios and Senshi had everything ready.Â
âWe will wash first outside and bring fresh water to the girls so they can bathe privately.â Senshi suggests.Â
âSounds like a plan.â Chilchuck responds.
Monsters sometimes do appear outside of the dungeon. Changelings were one of them. It was thought that the fairies would replace human children with one of their own to play a cruel joke. It was said that changelings were a problem in his hometown many years ago. The way the halfling community dealt with changelings was throwing them in a burn pit. Any mushroom fairy circles found were burned. Yep fire was the solution. Good thing the real way to turn back to himself was simply washing off the mushroom spores. They went up a nearby stream and got water. Chilchuck anticipated that Senshi and Laios wouldnât want to bathe. Senshi because he rarely bathed as a dwarf and Laios because he wants to remain a changeling dwarf. To his surprise, they both comply without any hesitation. They wash their gear and clothes too. That included Laiosâ transformed sword. Chilchuck walks into a pond the creek was feeding. Wouldnât you want to remain changed? Tiny black specks swim up to his legs making him step back out. Theyâre just tadpoles. Normal animals. The dangers of the dungeon have made him skittish. He jumps in, plunges himself in the water and scrubs hard. Laios once again lends him some of his fresh clothes that would fit a tallman. Laios squeezes into one of his own shirts the best he could and rolls up his sleeves. Finally Senshi boils the water and fills it for the girls. Chilchuck wanted to wash up so bad that he didnât care about water temperature. The girls on the other hand⊠Well they wanted it to be nice for them. The process takes time so Chilchuck asks Laios to borrow his shaving kit. Laios and Senshi both tease him offering to tell him how to use it. Away from them with a bit of a learning curve, Chilchuck shaves his beard off revealing a warped troll version of his old face. He could already feel that the hair would grow back in hours. How could Laios do this everyday? He returned to Senshi and Laios to see them in deep conversation. They stop as soon as they see him. What were they talking about?, he wondered.Â
âThe water is ready for them. Weâll just take it up to the apartment.â, Senshi says.
âYou mean Laios and I.â Chilchuck responds knowing well that elf Senshi canât lift. Carrying the washtub up with Laios, Chilchuck smells a flowery perfume from the water. âWhat is this?â
âYou know⊠Marcille likes it fancy.â Chilchuckâs instincts sense a scheme, but decides not to push it. They bring the water over to Falinâs room. Only Marcille remained on the bed.
âWhereâs Izutsumi?â Laios asks.
âOh she got tired of waiting and took off. She told me she would clean off the spores on her own.â Marcille answers.
âIt canât be helped.â Senshi admits.
The three of them wait seated in Laiosâ side of the apartment while Marcille washes herself in Falinâs room. Marcille calls over to them.
âSo once we are back in our normal bodies, we will go down again?â The three grimace at the prospect of telling her bad news. Chilchuck was about to say something then Laios spoke up.
âThe dungeon is being sealed away. The Canaries will enter in a couple days and defeat the Mad Mage.â He pauses. âI donât know what will become of Falin.â
âWhat will we do? What can we do?â A long silence fell upon them.
âWe should go to the pub tonight.â Chilchuck finally suggests. Everyone else was taken aback.
âChilchuck really? Really!?â Marcille screams over to them.
He defends his proposal. âThatâs what we always do after we return to the surface. Itâs tradition.â
âWe canât go out and party at a time like this?! What if you turn back into a halfling in Laiosâ clothing over there?â
âIâll be so happy Iâll dance on the table naked. Iâll be so drunk, I wonât care.â
âChilchuck, youâre an idiot!â
âGoing to the pub doesnât sound too bad to me.â Laios admits. Senshi agrees.
âYou guys are so insensitive!â
âI thought you loved the food there.â Laios said. Chilchuck could hear splashing and grumbling from her side.
âHurry and finish up, Marcille. Thereâs gonna be a big crowd tonight. We need to get there early to get good seats.â
âCome over here. I need help with something.â Chilchuck glances over to Laios and Senshi sitting in the corner looking a bit scared. He sighs, stands up and walks over to the entrance. A fully clothed Marcille drops a bucket of water on his head from above. She laughs and surries away.
âYou little gremlin!â He yells as he chases after her.
To be continued... (1 of 3)
#chilchuck#dungeon meshi#dwarf laios#elf senshi#halfling marcille#stupid fanfic#tallchuck#tallman#tallman chilchuck#Chilchuck Marcille#fanfiction#dungeon meshi fanfic#dungeon meshi fandom#changelings#Not as cool as the original but I tried.
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Curtwen Week Day 4: Haunted
#fuck yall I really wasnât sure about this last night but looking at it now I think itâs grown on me#I tried going for a 1960s comic book look#because I really like the vibes of old comics#theyâre very cool#honestly this came out very different from what I had planned originally#but then I had this idea and ran with it#also I made the executive decision of doing long hair Curt because A) Itâs my drawing and I can do what I want and B) I love the idea that#curt had the long hair like in SAD post fall#whoever originally had that idea is a genius- I wish I could remember who it was#but yeah I love doing stylized stuff like this#I donât do it as often as I want to#I have another saf idea similar to this that Iâve had on the back burner that I might do soon ish#i suppose weâll see#Iâm not making any promises#but yeah this one is a bit different from the drawings for the other three days#I got a bit of reprieve from all the rendering Iâve been doing#fun fact: palm trees are technically a type of grass#because it doesnât have bark and it doesnât have rings to tell how old it is#curtwen week#Curtwen week 2024#Curtwen#spies are forever#tin can bros#tin can brothers#agent Curt mega#curt mega#owen carvour#Joey richter#my art#cw guns
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PAYDAY
aka a valentine for the lovely @itsnotmystic / @corvids-calling - fanart for stars fic of the same name, which you can read here !!! i really enjoyed this concept and wanted to do some art for it :3 hope you like it because i REALLY loved your work & i hope this shows that !!! HAPPY VALENTINES DAY !!!!
this is also a loose love-letter to the wonderful @arginnit 's crazy background-drawing-ability and style/skill at portraying environments . wadds your stuff is insane and i love it
happy @mcyt-valentines exchange !!!!
#mcyt-valentines#things i make#c!wilbur#wilbur soot#wilbur soot fanart#dsmp wilbur#blah blah blah WHO CARES. I LOVE YOUR WRITING#i read your little um um superhero slash las nevadas Theft fic as well it was so fun :3#AND I okay maybe this is creepy idk i backscrolled ur blog to hell and back lmfao#UR PAINTING OF TECHNOS CABIN IS SO SWEET AND CALM AND PRETTY i was originally going to do something with ctechno but the art just wouldnt c#come to me#i did get one (1) ctechno design/doodle out of it though its my most recent post before this one in my things i make tag#idk i hope youre having a good day you seem super cool and. ya#AND TO WADDS. idk i love your art so much . i think about some of your pieces literally all the time#your um. backrooms drawing with tommy & charlie & ranboo i love the warped perspective i tried to reflect that in this#your painting style anddddd yeah. your composition your everything its so good#happy valentines dayyyy
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burn my dread đđ
[redraw of sorts of official art, the og under the cut]
#persona 3#persona#p3#makoto yuki#minato arisato#persona 3 protagonist#yukari takeba#junpei iori#p3 thanatos#thanatos#sort of#persona 3 art#persona fanart#persona 3 fanart#HAPPY REALLY LATE ANNIVERSARY P3#originally i didn't plan on drawing anything but i changed my mind#p3 is just really important to me so it felt wrong not to celebrate it some way#this took longer than i thought though#even looking at it now perspective feels a bit off#i did take some libertys and draw thanatos is his death form instead of his persona one#i thought it would look cool and would be easier (not rlly)#i was also debating putting them in their reload equipment but this is the og games anniversary so i opted not to#i also tried out lineless and i think it looks pretty good#all of this to say im tired#and my files crashed when i was almost done which was annoying#ok gn! i promise ill draw more i already have something else cooking!#minnidraws#persona 3 fes#p3 fes
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VoidSeeker | Herrscher of Dream
#I tried to make the eyes look like her ultimate I think i did ok#Her outfit had to not use white as a secondary main color because it would blend in with the hair#I made the inside sleeve into a galaxy because it looks cool and it make it seem like her hand comes out of nowhere#Which is a bit like what she can with portals? Mostly because it looked cool I'll be real#Thank you hoyo for making her hand pink in the original colors#I need to stop editing long haired character#But at the same time I would really like to try and Sa-ify vita's splash art....#honkai impact#honkaiposting#honkaimpact3rd#hi3#hi3rd#honkai spoilers#herrscher of the void#*If you have any idea for a character that I could Void-ify just idk put it somewhere*#Get void beamed.#My edit in fact
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"I only hope it felt like falling asleep."
for @barrenclan because asphodelpaw has me fucked. up. may she have sweet dreams of better places
#barrenclan#asphodelpaw#also had to do my favorite: flower symbolism#fitting that some asphodels have that red accent to them.....#my fanart#my art#fun fact: this was originally a cool sketchbook drawing fanart and its actually verrry slightly overlayed over this drawing#barrenclan spoilers#spoilers#tried to give this one a bit of a storybook vibe#also inspired by some funerary animal photos i saw like many many years ago here on tumblr where they were surrounded by a wreath of flower#blood cw
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I think the world is so wonderful... (Patreon)
#My art#Handplates#UT#Papyrus#I have not been able to get this idea out of my head for like - days now lol#It's only solidified the more I read! Heck!!#I dunno if I was necessarily hoping that reading further would point me in another direction but no now this is one of his songs lol#I really like Rugrats Theory actually :) The song of course it's lovely but I even have some nostalgia for the creepypasta haha#Been a while since I read it tho so that's probably just the soft haze of memory talking lol#But the song is still great! I'm partial to the English cover but I like the original as well :)#There are just so many fun lyrics! Especially for Papyrus specifically#''Everything I've been told I believe and yet people that I love just leave'' Gasterrr#''I think I'm old enough to understand so there's no reason to hide from me'' Sanssssssss#Once I returned to the scene of Sans trying to lie to him I just fjdslahfd these lyrics would Not leave me alone lol#I'm also Extremely partial to the second verse surrounding blindness and willful ignorance - his vision problems literal and metaphorical!#I wasn't planning to start a Handplates playlist but I guess by this point it's kinda too late haha#I also tried a different style of shading for this one âȘ Trying to style match a bit hehe#It's fun! Scratchy - tho some of that is from still using my usual brushes lol#I was Very inspired by watching the comic creation playlist - so cool! Very fun to watch and pick up ideas hehe#I knew I forgot something lol dang it - forgot the dash between WDG-2#S'what I get for using pre-plates references :P#For just a quick little thing I'm fairly pleased overall tho :)
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little red riding hood but there's no hood and the big bad wolf is a cat and I don't think there's anything to ride in the forest and ringo could be littler so really it's just. red.
#puyo puyo#ringo ando#ecolo#necolo#i guess i can tag necolo separately lmao even if its the same chara#took part in the eppc drawpile n drew ringo! ive been wanting to draw something little red for such a long time#ever since i properly listened to drama 3-3 and clocked ecolo saying 'the uniform's nice but the dress is a nice change of pace!'#and i zoned in on it immediately. as someone given access to working hands i am able to draw ringo in more dresses and by god im doing it#(even if technically this is a blouse-skirt combo. shh)#also while coloring i tried to limit my palette as much as i could#so everything that shares a color is the same shade and all#much easier to color and it looks cool so win-win!#took artistic liberty with ecolo by making him grey instead of blue but such are the perils. of self-imposed limitations#i traded that out by making the green more blue to fit his original palette as opposed to ringo#(since she got the majority of first color decisions anyway)#anyway it was fun. i love drawing what i personally want to see and making it everyone else's problem#my stuff
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only us and linger on type piece
#goat#trans#doodle#sketch#my art#art#digital art#illustration#laying on the floor in the middle of the night drawing naked anime girls type beat#i have a migraine#again#but it's sunday and i had lots of time to draw#which is fun#furry#oc#original character#i tried to draw in the style of weatherday's track cover#cause it's cool#only us and linger on is the name of the track
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i am the cattt just chillin outt but in the night she's all i think aboutttt
#zeno's art#i feel so strong đ when shes around đ she picks me up đ when đ i đ am đ down đ#even i can admit that i love the full theme song. anyway!#for this redesign i also wanted him to feel less generic but in a different way to marinette#i wanted his civilian clothes to look comfortable and stylish so hes like ... a rich boy who doesnt really dress like a rich boy#idk#i got rid of the purple to keep everything cohesive and because it annoyed me#and i tried to make the outfit less simiar to maris too. why were they both wearing nearly matching jacket shirt jeans ensembles???#i also wanted to make his hair look a bit smart with the side part but also a little rebellious with the spiked hair#that also creates a subtle cat ear silhouette.#with the chat noir suit: the original looks very uncomfortable and embarrassing to wear for a 14 year old (i think theyre 14 in the show?)#i remember that one of the designers for itsv said that most teens would be embarrassed wearing a spandex/tight suit if they were superheros#and thats why miles wore shorts and a jacket and shoes over his#so i thought 'ill make chat's suit more comfy'#rather than his weird leather suit its more loose esp in the legs to make an interesting silhouette#the cat scratches on the suit + the messier hair also signify rebellion#and the belt mirrors that of my ladybug redesign#the graident tail is just to match plagg + it looks cool#ok done rambling!#miraculous ladybug#mlb#adrien agreste#chat noir#cat noir#plagg#zag studios hire this man
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this meme redraw came to me during my shift today, together we can make furryklok real
#let's be real murderface desperately wants toki to draw him as a cool tiger he just won't admit it#metalocalypse#toki wartooth#william murderface#murderface#metalocalypse fanart#mtl fanart#rejoice! the first time i've done fanart in like three years!#tried to find a balance between my own style & the original mspaint meme & failed horribly lmao sooooo i treated it as a warmup#back to drawing my dnd characters now probably lmao#direful art#direful sketch
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Hey I actually ended up finishing that piece! Baroque-inspired Percy de Rolo portrait.
#Critical Role#Vox Machina#Percival de Rolo#Percy de Rolo#my art#I kinda wish we had a little more time getting to know him before the Briarwood arc in TLOVM#so heighten the impact of âoh heâs a little fucked up actuallyâ#also I just want to prolong that arc cause it was cool haha#I should just rewatch the show#I tried listening to the original campaign but my brain canât process that format of content unfortunately đ#I have the graphic novels tho >:]
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First art attack, for @lilybug-02 's character, Lost :) (this was such a cool design, and if I see waterfowl I can't help myself)
#artfight#my very first time participating and i do friendly fire#shows what kind of teammate i am haha#this design is so cool i hope you know#i don't think i got this 100% accurate but it was nice to do traditional art again#i forget how much digital art pushes me towards perfectionism#i tried this on the computer but knew if i was gonna finish this it would be on paper#anyway i love love love the original color scheme#the little cygnet was so cute too so i needed to make sure it was being fed#currently on a lunch break; will post on artfight later :)#traditional art
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Been playing some more Oracle of Seasons, and itâs making me think of interesting interactions for Legend with the Chain. đ
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Legend:Â *digging in the soft soil behind some bushes*
Sky: What⊠are you doing?
Legend:Â *clapping his hands off on his tunic as he stands* Planting a seed. That should grow up soon and then I might get another ring!
Sky: You need more�
Time: *with a Magic Bean in hand, frowning at the used soul* He beat me to itâŠ
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The Chain:Â Reaches a house in Holodrum
A kid:Â Liiiink! *runs up and hugs Legendâs legs*
Legend:Â Hey kiddo! How you doing? Is there anything you need?
The kid:Â Mom was just saying she had more questions to ask you!
Legend:Â Take me to her then, Link Jr.
The Chain:Â *staring at him in total confusion*
Legend:Â *flustered* âWhat? They asked! I was just a kid, be happy I didnât suggest a name like âGrumblebumâ or something!
Legend:Â *following Link Jr, very glad younger him did not, in fact, go with his original idea of Grumblebum*
#legend of zelda#oracle of seasons#linkeduniverse#linked universe#lu legend#webhead originals#I donât know if this is even actually funny or not but it came to mind while I was playing đ
#I tried to give that kid a good name but it was a lot of pressure all at once!#I was shooting for cool fantasy name and think I landed somewhere in just plain weird name đ#Regret now that /I/ didnât name him Link Jr đ€Ł
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A cool Lady rockinâ a fur coat! (inspired by @fabdanteâs lovely Devil May Cry art of all the various fun alternate outfits and fabulous fur coats!!!) ;D
#devil may cry#dmc3 lady#dmc3#devil may cry3#artists on tumblr#hello all!! I hope you've been well! Please take this modest offering after *checks watch* a long time!!! hfbvhjfbghgb#I actually drew this way earlier this year but various things had it slide onto the backburner#fabdante's art really inspired me to want to do my own 'dmc character in an awesome fur coat'-#the decadence! the floof!#dmc character in alt outfit#(and before you have to wonder- I have absolutely considered kimono outfits for everyone nbgjrthbgh)#I had originally planned on drawing ReDante or Kat- but ended up drawing my girl Lady instead#I think a fur coat suits her really well ya know?#it was originally drawn in my sketchbook with the fur having been done with a brush pen :D#I tried to keep it on brand colorwise...and actually languished a good while on whether or not to make the fur white or not#I ended up going for the dark fur obviously but with contrasting white lapels meant to kinda invoke the dmc5 jacket a bit! :D#oh and while not my original intent- I can't help but think 'band au' when I look at this now nnfbfhg#anyway!#big thanks to fabdante for keeping up the cool art/meta pots/ and reboot kid art! we love to see it!!! ;DDD
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Veruca and Violet!
Slightly outdated versions of their designs:
#I found a Violet design that's kind of similar to mine only after I made my original concept for her and Veruca#That was just a pure coincidence I promise#Originally Violet was white but then I found out her musical version was black & I tried that on my design & it just stuck#I didn't take direct inspo from other designs I just thought making her black would be cool after finding out about her musical version#Personality wise she's more based off of the 2005 movie version though#Their designs are supposed to contrast each other to show like rivalry and stuff#I could talk about both of their designs all day because I like them a lot. Maybe in another post#veruca salt#violet beauregarde#charlie and the chocolate factory#catcf#catcf fanart#art#drawing#digital art#doodle#character design#cartoon#artists on tumblr#jaydoodles#jcg art#jaydens postings
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