#TADC sona kinda maybe sorta

[thepaintedsable]

Uh oh, who let me into a fandom again? Who left the niche within a niche door open??? Y’all should know better.

@sm-baby’s Carnival AU for The Amazing Digital Circus grabbed me by the bootstraps with??? Inspiration??? Not only have I dodged most fandoms and the motivation to draw fanart (not that I don’t want to show support; just no ideas in the noggin), but I genuinely don’t think I’ve sat down and put a non-ironic, genuine OC for a media I like on paper since my Warrior Cats/Creepypasta era. This AU didn’t just get me to sit down and make an OC that fits with the original media, but one that fits with their derivative. I saw other people doing it and it looked like so much fuunnn.

First, have standard TADC version! Either that or a player.

This is Tuus! They’re mainly based on the beanie baby dragon to fit that sweet sweet 90s theme, but generally a mixture of beloved childhood toys I have sitting on my shelf. She’s scruffy, worn, and kinda dirty looking and that’s on purpose. She’s bottom heavy, and I wanted her wings to give off the texture of that basically-plastic shiny fabric you used to see on a lot of toys.

No mouth, but a randomly appearing lizard tongue. For fun.

Tuus deals with the circus by sleeping. A lot. Too much. If you don’t need to sleep, then you don’t need to be awake. If she’s doing to be trapped in a digital hell, she might as well be catching up on her naps. And she will sleep in the worst places. Time for a digital feast? She’s on the table. Caine wants to have an adventure in the lake? Girl is at the bottom. Sleeping with the fishes fr fr. And you need to find her one day? Nowhere to be seen, probably on the roof.

It’s playing on the whole big, lazy, sleeping dragon thing that used to be in a lot of children stories I remember. But also how well loved childhood toys seem to pop up and disappear, there when you aren’t looking but gone when you are. Her name also means “Your” or “Thy.” Your dragon.

BUT AT THE CARNIVAL?

What amusement park is complete without a gift shop? What game doesn’t have a place to buy goofy digital goods? Tuus is the big lady in charge of the gift place of the Carnival! Her room is what should have been a shop of sorts, to buy whatever products that darned company would have tried to push. Cosmetics, virtual toys, digital snacks, whatever. But, uh, I don’t think anyone told them dragons don’t like to…. share. Becoming sentient did wonders for the attitude. You should be just fine if you don’t make too much noise, though! She’s a lazy lizard, and often sleeps sprawled around the place. I imagine the level would be set up like a maze, or a labyrinth. Isles and isles of things, with peaks of a tail or smoke every now and again. Toys, clothing, and even random things that shouldn’t be in there just trash the path. It’s your job not to step on anything! It’s different each time, though (a speed runner’s nightmare). One level you might get lucky and have a straight shot with a sleeping dragon, the next there might be so many things it’s physically impossible to reach any exit at all. Potentially can get out of trouble with some digital coin™, but you’ll have to have found enough hidden in the room to forgive each “damaged item.”

Here she is much, MUCH larger and far cleaner. An oversized display never meant to be bought. A collectors item far too expensive for a child. Think “I used to be a beloved toy and now I’ve been forgotten, even forgetting myself, and this is how I cope” favor VS “I have never known the touch of a person and have been trapped on this shelf only to be abandoned and have the personality of an unsocialized dog” flavor.

She has no mouth, but she bites.

I want to draw more of her :) She’s a goof.

[gogobluedynamite]

TADC OCs: Party B

I have yet to write a fic or did a drawing of the OCs I'm starting to cook up, but I do wanna share them.

(GoGo, an OC I drew before, kinda doesn't count because she's more of a -sona)

I'm making this because I'm starting to love the idea that Caine's only true domain is the Circus and that there are other domains containing different AIs and (maybe) other humans trapped as well.

I'm actually gonna call them Party B as their situation is somewhat similar to Caine and his troupe: An advanced AI being forced to take care of the human victims that appear in their domain.

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Aceae (Pronounced Ah-see-ah)

An advanced AI (not unlike Caine) with a rose to act as her floating head.

She specializes in edutainment and 'reeducating' other AIs

Her domain is referred to as the Academy and Aceae is the headmistress.

She has a large assortment of AI Assistants to help her run the Academy

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Chizuru

The oldest member of this party, being in her early 40s

She takes on the appearance of a seasoned geisha and seems to be made of a soft paper (a reference to the washi ningyo doll).

She is even-tempered and has a very ladylike personality and sorta acts as a matron to the others

Her face is actually blank and her features have to be painted on.

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Wolf

In his mid-30s

His avatar is that of anthropomorphic wolf with feather accessories

He's a general loner, just as he was in real life

Despite this, he acts as peacemaker for Chizuru and Aceae

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Pyro

One of two players being 18 years old

His avatar is that of a red android with a long fuse attached to the back of his head

Short tempered, loud, and aggressive, which is kinda exasperated by the situation.

The fuse attached to his head gets shorter the more he let his temper get to him and when the fuse goes out, his head explodes and is left to be silent until his head regenerates

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Lamby

The other 18 yo

He and Pyro were friends before getting trapped here.

His avatar is an anthropomorphic sheep in clothes.

Softspoken and easily startled, but more strong-willed than he lets on.

He often acts as Pyro's voice of reason, even though he's often subjected to his friend's aggression.

He's afraid of fighting back

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Kitty

A 16yo girl who's been here for over a year

Her avatar is that of a colorful anime school catgirl with long pigtails resembling odangos. The 'anime' part is being taken literally. She looks like she came out of an anime, complete with big, shiny eyes and the 'lip flap' animation.

Generally bubbly and very perky and acts as much as a Cuckoolander like Kinger.

Her Cuckoolander act is only that, an act, as a way to cope with the situation.

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Maple

The only non-human player, whose origin is that of a domestic pet

Other characters use they/them pronouns when referring to Maple as no one knows their gender.

Maple's given avatar is a hippogriff with a burnt red color

Maple is considered an anomaly because never has there ever been an animal being trapped in the digital realm that anyone knows of

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Angel

The youngest player at the age of 10 and newest arrival

His avatar looks like an angel, dominantly white in color with soft green accents

He was a sickly kid before coming here

He was led to believe that his stay at the Academy was temporary as to not scare him

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(I have yet to have any plans for these characters, though I do have a drawing of Aceaea that I need to finish. I just wanna share them as they were on the brain. I do have another AI coming to mind with his own set of humans, though probably not as much lol. Maybe like, two or three.)