#WaterFallen Wally

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Y’know Waterfallen Wally? I like him. He my traumatized lil baby that I made from my Cloud 9 au :3

I’m not really one for writing, since I have no stories to tell, usually. But this is something I wanted to do. I hope it’s not that bad 🥺

(I actually wanted to do the part after this, but I couldn’t get to it tonight)

I wake up to the sound of dripping water echoing around me. It’s dark, my vision a wash of blue hues. There’s tunnels, caverns, and I appear to be in… an underground cave system? It’s faint, far away, but I swear I can hear a waterfall.

That’s when I register that I’m sitting in the water, cold but warm as it rests against my legs. The ground beneath me is rough, but not immobile, as I feel what must be dirt and rocks shift when I brush it with my hands. When I stand, the water splashes beside me and drips off my hands and legs, the sound intensified by the silence otherwise surrounding me. I’m alone here.

As I stand and gather my bearings, I realize that something feels wrong… some part of me isn’t quite right. My body doesn’t feel right. It’s not because of my clothes, or lack thereof, either. I can hear light dripping behind me.

When I turn to look, I realize immediately what is wrong. My wings! I watch in shock as behind me, the lovely pair of wings are… dissolving. Wings that once made me feel weightless, like I could float on air and walk on water. It’s like watching cotton candy dissolve, a spreading as the wings get heavier, only to be released and pulled apart by the weight, falling below me into the pool I stand in. It’s… indescribable. How am I supposed to feel about this?

It’s not long until my wings are no more. I’ve never felt so heavy, so solid, and yet so weightless. There’s less mass that encompasses me, yet I feel even more burdened by the weight of my body. It’s a strange feeling, to be be weighed down by loss.

I sigh as there’s nothing I can do about this loss. The water I stand in settles beneath me, only stirred by that which drips from the ceiling or pushed around by what I can only assume is a waterfall further out. Well, it can’t hurt to find out more of the place I find myself in, can it?

It takes a bit for me to get used to walking again—after all, it takes more effort to move something that’s heavier than you’re used to. It almost makes me feel exhausted, lugging around this mass of a body now, but I trudge on. It’s not long before I’m done kicking the water around me, as I make it onto solid, dry ground nearby. I lean against a wall of rock, needing the support.

It takes a good while for me to collect myself, yet it feels like no time has passed at all, as I stand taller and look around once more. Well, may as well wander a bit. My body is no longer soaked or dripping water, but I can still feel some moisture, though I suppose that can’t be helped. Each step I take leaves tracks, wet footprints that dip into the softened ground, marking where I’ve been. I let my hands glide along the walls, brushing against the rough terrain, getting a feel for the smooth and sharp alike.

Then suddenly… I no longer feel alone.

A loud roar of some sort, a cry or wail. It sounds out from further out in the cave, from one of the tunnels. I can’t make out where specifically it comes from, though, as the sound surrounds me, bouncing off the walls… Oh no. My heart starts to race once the sound passes, and the quiet that would’ve been so peaceful before has now turned terrifying. Every little sound becomes an alert, something to keep track of, to know where and what it comes from.

Keep a level head, I tell myself. I have to, despite so much of my body saying that I’m in danger. I can’t touch the water, for fear the noise would be too loud, like the water would be screaming back and making my position known to the creature. I can’t breathe too heavily, for fear that it would be too loud, and that I wouldn’t be able to hear my surroundings. I don’t even notice my body as I take the quietest steps possible.

I suppose you can only do so much, though, before your body betrays you. My mind racing with thoughts of having to stay quiet, stay alert to every sound that’s made, keep my eyes open, and remain calm… then I take a wrong step, somehow. I’m not really sure how. But I tripped forwards.

My heart was pounding, startled from the feeling of losing control, from the sound of the loud splash. I’m almost frozen in fear, but I can’t be for long. I need to get up! Wait. As I try to pull myself up, I feel… resistance. But my hand’s not stuck in anything, is it? No, it feels like there’s open space. But somehow…

I stare at the reflection in the water below me, as realization strikes. Not that I’m looking at myself. I’m looking beyond myself. The water is deeper. I can’t see it, only feel, but it’s clear to me that wherever my hand is, it’s past the ground I am on my knees in.

Another thundering roar echoes through the cave. Panic fills my body, as I feel the fear try to take over… but I have to stay calm! And I realize, what if there’s a deeper section, just under the water’s surface? Maybe it would be able to save me from the fate that awaits me if I stay here for too long.

I reach further into the water, letting my other hand feel for the edge of the ground that may lead to this hole in it, leaning my shoulder closer to the water. Suddenly, it’s like my arm is being yanked, taking my other hand too. Then my entire body falls forwards and under the water, disappearing into the depths completely with a loud splash that rings out. I’m safe…

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Surprise! I’m alive!! (Not rlly)

Fellers, Welcome Home is officially kinda back on my mind. tf2 is dead /j

Have some epic WaterFallen/WF Wally content

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Decided to take a moment during my insomnia (/hj) to go back to the concept of my two lil WH AUs, Lucid Dream (that one comic I have) and WaterFallen (which is just Cloud 9 but bad end sorta?)

And I… man. I really go off with wordplay with this kinda stuff, sorta.

Waterfallen, due to Cloud 9, encompasses so many idioms when I think about it, particularly involving water, but also just generally. I just (re)learned some because of a lil sketch, too.

On Cloud 9, Down in the Dumps, those are specifically locales. Everything after is from actively trying to come up with things to describe the events I have down.

Mans falls a lot tbh lmao, he fell 3 whole times already! Poor guy. But it is in the name… Water Fallen.

I wish I could get more. But I only know that he may want to burn the cult to the ground. Turn the dark cloud into rain, if yk what I mean

Prepare for the storm, the smoke clears, uhh… etc etc.

✨Clear Skies✨ = 👍

The pieces are THERE, I just. Haven’t tried materializing it. Fully. But I think you get the picture :3

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Had a sudden thought about ☁️9

And idr what I saw but somehow I got into research rabbit holes maybe

I just know it started with the aesthetic of an underground waterfall cave thing

Just wanted to mess with filters lol

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Btw this is what I was draftin earlier while tryna make the dang neighbors

Ignore the waterfallen boi in the top left corner bc I was just tryna get down how I drew his hair ok

The most fleshed out were Wally and Julie (and Home ig), Frank Barnaby and Sal following behind with a lil, and Eddie Poppy and Howdy had the least to them but still had smth

I need to give them outfits bc who wants to draw a barbie or ken doll puppet all the time (aka dont need clothes cuz its chill like that)? Thats just uncool. But I know its just going to torment me to try and do smth inspired but different with them—suddenly remembers Julie’s bowling dress. Ok. SURE.

WHATEVER I’M JUST GONNA LIKE. Try my dangedest 😔

I have to legit draw 3 versions of everyone for default ☁️9 au stuff, and then theres WaterFallen DLC (that I already pretty much have down ig) which has Wally with 2 MORE forms, PLUS Cloud 9 having an actual form beyond just eyes in clouds, so thats another like 3 or 4 designs

Why do I torment myself like this for the concepts my brain holds onto dearly-

Dont tell anyone but I actually wanted to try and put this bish in as if they would be like one of the neighbors (it would not be lmao, ☁️9 already got everything on lock)

The outfit on left is Wallys I just put it there bc outfits, and that one unfin body doodle is just for some other idea if I can thonk of one, bc I do not feel great about the outfit on the right lmao (going back to those accursed roots of cloudy fluffy *clothing*)(it sucks)

Working on my au to realize I rlly do need to fully design/redesign everyone

And outfits

Theres

So, SO many different ways to draw everyone… ouchie </3