#copper.

[abeycnce]

"IT IS, AND COMBINED WITH SIX OF CUPS, it encourages balance in transition." A lesson for both of them, perhaps, as they settled into their respective places in town. Her guard steadily dropped as he stopped tiptoeing around the obvious. He asked the questions he wanted to and, in doing so, drew on the topics she held far too much interest in. "It's a blend of herbalism and kitchen witch practice." After nearly three decades of practice, it felt intuitive, but had it always been that way? "As a kitchen witch, I see food as a medium to transfer energy and intention — last week I had a customer ask for a protection spell. It can be as deliberate as scoring the dough with a protection symbol, or as simple as sprinkling crushed sage on top of a roll." She laughed then, a full-bodied sound. "Divination might be the most uncertain branch of magic. The universe has a bad habit of speaking in riddles." Her shoulders raised in a noncommittal shrug. "I wouldn't be surprised if they could. What did you write about?"

Palmistry, unlike tarot, was a practice she had never taken the time to learn. However, if he could draw meaning from lines etched into skin, there was an opportunity to push further. "You might give it another try sometime, there may be something to what you've felt." Untapped power is a waste, her mentor would chide. She paused, her expression softening in thought. "I can show you sometime. I'm rusty, but I know enough to set you on the right track."

Reagan nodded in understanding, remembering what it had first been like establishing herself in the town. "It's strange, isn't it, stepping into the role of a business owner? I still struggle with it, and I was an accounting major." Learning names and faces, likes and dislikes, slowing her pace to suit Cardinal Hill's sleepy atmosphere — it all took time. "You'll figure it out," she decided. Then, teasingly, "And if you don't, you'll have your tarot to fall back on. Something tells me there's a crowd out there that would eat up a traveling tarot brother duo."

Copper smiled at what Reagan said in reply, and he didn’t think she was just being to make him feel better. It felt like she meant it. “That’s true,” Copper conceded. “I mean, something can be too sweet, like too much of a good thing. And sometimes bitterness is more interesting.” It definitely seemed less appealing on the surface, but what Reagan had said was true, that it added depth. “It’s kind of like Temperance,” Copper went on. “That’s a card in the Major Arcana of tarot, and it’s all about moderation and balance.” He liked that comparison. And it definitely seemed like Reagan was the right audience for such a statement because it was pretty clear that she knew exactly what he was getting at with his magic comment. So Copper decided to stop being coy, and he asked, “Is that really a branch of magic, or is it just something that’s intuitive for you? Divination is more my brand, but even that I’m not always certain of. But then are you ever certain of anything with divination?” Copper knew that sometimes it could be difficult to interpret things in this field of magic. What Reagan said made sense to Copper, and he remarked, “I wonder if people used to be able to sense that sort of thing when I would write. I used to really love that.” Copper would have to ask Aris, he decided, and he tried not to dwell on the fact that he hadn’t written anything in awhile. 

The term that Reagan used sounded familiar, though it took Copper a moment to place it. But then it came to him, and he said, “Oh, like reading tea leaves?” Nodding, he confirmed, “Yeah, I have, but I don't know how good I am at it. I prefer tarot or palmistry. But there’ve been times that feel different, like where I really understand what the leaves are saying, and there’s always this underlying thrum of power during those times. 

It was clear to Copper that Reagan wasn’t going to tell him a name, and he didn’t blame her - they didn’t really know each other after all. So he just nodded and said, “I might, though I don’t know a lot of names yet. I’ve been working hard getting the hang of running a tea shop. My background is in publishing, so it was all very new to me.” Reagan’s way of looking at the situation was nice, but it was more complex for Copper. Still, that was something he would keep to himself for now. They both had their secrets it seemed. “I don’t know if this is where I’m meant to be yet, but it’s okay for now,” he told Reagan honestly. Part of him wasn’t sure about “outing” Aris as a witch, but it seemed okay to say that to another witch, so Copper nodded. “Yeah. He’s adopted like I am, but our birth moms were both witches.”

[sunfaggot]

I imagine the black mist is his monster trying to give him a hug. (It has no name and no appearance yet! Which I should really give him because it's like, an extremely important part of this story. Literally the plot. Maybe it is a different type of shapeshifter from the priest? Whatever monster it is, it's a protector of the children that wander into its woods)

[strange-and-artistic]

what if the creepers were the previous generation of villager’s defense system that were replaced by the more advanced iron golems causing these units to be abandoned and left to rust and overgrown with moss

with the operating system deteriorating with time, these units no longer function properly, becoming a hunk of metal filled with explosive faulty electrical components wandering the earth, becoming a hostile mob themselves

[ekjohnston]

I messed up the hot glue a little bit but I'm sure my mistake will eventually be lost to time.

[feytouched]

feel free to say which / why in the tags if you have a reason for your preference

[orbbo]

I’ve had an idea for fanon swap!! Cyborg Grian- but like copper golem vibes because of his obsession with buttons!

Naughty buttons get put in the Grian Room.

[paper-lilypie]

a silly arrives!

[umblrspectrum]

friendly pal buddy copy of mine told me uzi would legally need a booster seat so i imagine the bus is like this

[supd00dle]

alright I finally drew him (ft @clownputo ‘s fankid doodle on the punching bag)

[absolutedream-art]

Here's a bunch more fun drawings. These are addicting XD

[hyydraworks]

Whale shark tea lights and their buddies 😭 🦈 🐋 🌊

[sunfaggot]

Im trying... To character design. Noting to myself that Travis's hoodie should be special, because Copper made it for him. (Perhaps an animal design? I am thinking a lamb, as reference to Revelation 6:16 The Wrath Of The Lamb. Also as a reference to Lambs often being depicted as God's sacrifices)

Copper covers his body with heavy clothing due to the physical abuse he suffers at home. (He is covered in scars and bruises)

[bunjywunjy]

fucking bonkers dream last night. the premise was "neon genesis evangelion but with the pacific rim drift compatibility mechanic for the EVAs". it went about as well as you would expect

[canisalbus]

They need a bigger bathtub.

[jackdaw-kraai]

[mpekamitzii]

lagiacrus for a friend's bday !