#de esprit de corps

[u3pxx]

more brain empty skills doodling: psyche edition (i ran out of juice by the end whoops)

[aliettali]

skilltober day 11: esprit de corps

[disegnidipizzo]

they ate purple gogurt since they were six... :(

intellect | psyche (you're here!) | physique | motorics

[tmbatcat]

heyyy look at the murder! (get it???)

I DID NOT FORGET! IT'S STILL 10 IN MY TIMEZONE!! SHHH!

(edit cuz I can't write for shit)

[blut-4]

-[PSYCHE]SKILLS-

[revalition]

OCT 12 - ESPRIT DE CORPS Connect to Station 41. Understand cop culture. (yes I know it's not the 12th anymore, shhhh)

Esprit de Corps! I love this little cop radio, even if his picture weirded me out a bit at first. I gave him the patrol cloak :) it's clearly very important to him. Unlikely I'll get suggestion out today but luckily! tomorrow is off day so I can catch up then!

As usual lots under the cut!

EdC doesn't talk much on their own, but there are still tons of cool quotes!

I was *so* sad to not get to check on kim my second playthrough (it's a challenging check and my psyche was 2...) it's very important

EdC does *not* approve. No cop radio for you.

you picking up non-cops like titus on cop radio is very important to me. titus is a cop in his heart!!

cuno too <3 it's not bad!!

Rare esprit de corps commentary, straight from the heart

of course. absolutely nothing odd about that

if EdC believes the headless faln rider was a cop then so do I

<333 my first playthrough I got this and was very very happy

hghh kimmm. EdC giving you this look into what he's doing.

lol

??? buddy. no!

if you get the kim callout on speedfreaks fm !

nooo

lol wonderful. it's okay harry, my skills give me useless answers like this too...

what does this mean? did kim have a dream about the hanged man?

<333

poor guy.

here are the other options too:

YOU - A firefighters uniform? ESPRIT DE CORPS - Exactomundo!

YOU - An animal control uniform? ESPRIT DE CORPS - The police of animals, yes!

YOU - A nurse's uniform? ESPRIT DE CORPS - Yes. Nurses, why not...

please he's doing his best :(((

him struggling terribly with deciding if jean's from your station or not is so funny. he picks up entire jean conversations throughout the game, including his full name and everything! maybe the sunglasses and wig are throwing him off...?

very important cop radio line!!

hehe. EdC always adds such great commentary from kim

kim insights! kim insights!

wow! thank you EdC we all really needed to know that

awh lonesome idiot harry...

poor guy just wants you to be a cop

hmm

big one but the EdC dialogues in here are great :) if you stop nodding early, he tells you that you should follow your brother into death itself

he knows how to portray you in a flattering light for sure

high reputation kim respect!!!

that's all 30. ily EdC.

[thatsveryhuh]

Day 11 : Esprit de Corps

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[shegoesbyjoy]

the quiet show of support from kim despite his own nerves... the playful ribbing between the two of them... the image of kim lending a crying harry his handkerchief, doing what he can to dry this broken man's tears....... these moments are really making me feel some type of way alright

[disco-archetypes]

KIM KITSURAGI - As you approach, he narrows his eyes and extends his hand in greeting.

ESPRIT DE CORPS - If an assault were launched on this building right now -- if the windows came crashing down and the whole world descended upon you -- this man would hurl himself in death's way to save you. You are sure of this -- but why?

[fruitpunchjollyrancher]

so i didn't know that speedfreaks fm would actually send the merch, i never checked back with garte about it, but there's 2 different things that can happen depending on if kim is present or if kim is in the hospital after the tribunal which i'm gonna post since i didn't know they existed!

if kim is there:

i just think kim's quiet joy at watching harry enjoy the shoes in his stead is so cute like he isn't comfortable enough to wear them but is very happy to see harry have them, also one of veryyyy few times garte smiles

if kim is shot in the tribunal:

im forever devastated. its over.

[mihotose]

legitimately why is the hobocop ending so cinematic and awful

[aliettali]

esprit de corps is beating my ass I’ll just finish tomorrow… here are my drafts though

they all share a voice so im indicating whos speaking with the fun thread bit- looks kind of like a waveform! three quadrants for three of the heads (fourth is just there for the symmetry of it) and also ties into it being called a cop frequency. I’m losing it

[worlds-end-discotheque]

This isn’t a fully finished thought-project yet so please bear with me but I’m pretty sure Cuno is the one paying the bills for the de Ruyter apartment.

Or at least he’s trying to.

When you go into Cuno’s apartment, the first thing you realize is the chain and the warning about the electricity. From what we know about how Cuno protects his shack (and the state of his inebriation-comatose father) we can safely assume that Cuno’s the one who chains the door closed whenever he leaves. Obviously, no one in Martinaise would want to leave their home open for any reason, but the apartments clearly have deadbolts installed in the doors— so the chain is an extra measure. Cuno can’t have anything being stolen, even taking the extra effort beyond confidence in his own intimidation to chain it up.

The apartment has two rooms: Uuno’s bedroom, and the living room. Uuno’s bedroom consists primarily of the bed, the clothes line, presumably a dresser or some end table-like surfaces. Plenty of room for his substances and shit.

The living room has the sofa, which is clearly covered in Cuno’s clothing and a makeshift sleeping setup. The risqué pinup on the wall is basically confirmation that this is Cuno’s “space,” not something that he and his dad alternate or share. The L-Couch is Cuno’s bed, bedroom, and dresser, effectively.

Which leads us to the tiny desk. The items on the desk are minimal, but crucial: Cuno’s speed with the straw, Cuno’s textbook and homework, a lamp, the stack of bills, and an open phone book.

We’ve established already that Cuno and his father do not share space. Cuno is already a territorial kid, established by his limited safe zones in his own home. He wouldn’t leave his damn homework out somewhere where his dad could access it; the fact that the homework exists means that beneath his attitude, Cuno clearly has a deep level of care for his schoolwork and at least a desire to complete it. With how terrified he is of his father, there’s no way in hell Cuno would leave his schoolwork out in a place that his father could damage it or get angry for it. Which essentially confirms that the desk is Cuno’s space only.

The speed has its little straw, making it convenient to sip on consistently while doing work at the desk. (I do this with my water tumbler.) especially if you’re at the desk for a long time. With the open phone book, it’s clear that Cuno is at least trying to find the numbers for the companies that the bills are coming from. It’s not just a pile of mail on the desk— he’s doing research into it. Gathering phone numbers to take outside to one of the payphones. The desk is organized, business-like, unlike anything Cuno is— except for how he deals.

Which leads me to my last bit. Cuno’s insistence on selling you shit. Obviously, the best way for this kid to maintain a steady supply for his own addiction is to be a dealer. However, for a 12-year-old boy with a substance addiction in the world of DE where there’s nothing else to do, that level of self-control is absurdly high. There’s a meticulousness to it that betrays a primary aspect of Cuno’s approach: business. Cuno isn’t doing it for popularity, for “cool” points, and if his focus was only his own addiction then he would likely just steal them, take it all for himself. He’s not supplying his dad, that’s for sure. On top of that, he’s got a side hustle selling clothing and other crap he picks up, enough to try and pitch it to Pigs— repeatedly. There’s a lot to buy off Cuno, and it’s the one thing he repeatedly brings up in dialogue options, aside from insults. He wants you to know he’s willing to do business. He needs the money. Because the bills are stacking up, his dad could die any minute, and now he’s got Cunoesse too. (It’s not confirmed if she stays in the apartment with him, and I’m inclined to think not, considering the chain, his fear of her too and the fact that she stands on the other side of the fence than him— there’s a special separation there. There’s also no trace of Cunoesse-noted belongings nor a second space to sleep indicated on the couch; shivers, empathy, none of the skills speak up when inside the apartment about anyone but Cuno and his dad. At the same time, this is again unconfirmed).

I lost what I was talking about here, but the point is. Cuno breaks my heart and I want to adopt and take care of him so badly. It’s one thing to be a delinquent kid, it’s another to be a 12-year-old delinquent kid trying to pay your own damn bills in Martinaise. Fuck, man. I love this kid so much. He breaks my heart.

As much as I yap about my old man yaoi, I think Cuno is my favorite character in DE. He’s just… I need to take care of him. God help me. I wanted to kill his dad so badly. Sigh.

Anyways. That was my thought project. Thought Cabinet just adopted Cunology.

[tmbatcat]

promt by @volivolition and @autiezo (thank you for exiting)

Zo already gave me ideas for the next one and they're good ones!

below for refrence and my options

This cool... clothing... for Drama. don't know what it's called

And these for Esprit from the game

also inspired from this to make Esprit cloak thing

Esprit has like their body cloak and on top their uniform (they are that dedicated) Also, they don't have sleeves on their body cloak so they just tied the uniform sleeves on the back (they do have arms but they sit under their body cloak 98% of the time)

Context/ Headcannon: Esprit is sleepy because Harry has a difficult case rn (Esprit is more sleep deprived then the others cuz they are thinking about the case 24/7 and they are not letting themselves sleep til the're done ) and these events are all happening when Harry is asleep. In his sleep he can only talk with Limbic system and Ancient reptilian brain so the skills have a lil bit of free time to do whatever, like dress-up for no reason (only for my and everybody else's injoyment)

The other skills are also sleep deprived, but they recharge when Harry is sleeping by doing stuff they like their hobbies but Esprit is just thinking about the case and nothing else...

maybe I'm going to make a tag for these drawings. maybe like #de dress-up au so I could have all my drawings in one place

have some side stuff I wanted to do... may take a bit til I finish the next one (also It's a comic maybe, so that too)

[skelekerrry]

This is how ESPRIT DE CORPS works in my mind