#don't mind me i'm getting sappy bleh

[zhukzucraft]

quadruple life related blog update

i guess some things about this blog are overdue to get addressed

first of all - i (zhuk) am finally back home so i can work on art again, woohoo

but secondly and more importantly - you may have noticed i'm not the ony one posting on this blog anymore! When it comes to Quadruple Life, i now have a collaborator in @starrblossom12! You can expect more future posts from them about Joel's past adventures~

way back when i only just started thinking about the concept of this comic, i wished for someone to split the workload with, because following 20 perspectives seemed like a gargantuan task. But i didn't know if anyone would even be interested in this idea of mine, so i went for it on my own anyway. It means so much to me that someone was interested, and enough so to want to work on the comic as well. So i hope you're just as excited to be getting twice the content from now on!

but i also want to acknowledge everyone else without whom this project wouldn't be what it is.

my bae @findingschmomo, who has been with me through it all, and acted as idea generator, editor, quality control and on-demand poet. Without her to lean on i probably wouldn't have even started it.

my discord, who can be a meddling bunch sometimes, but also have given so many good suggestions: the names for Hunker Bunker, Dapper Duo, and "go back"/"start over" buttons, just to name a few.

and of course, it wouldn't be the same without its readers. It literally wouldn't. The votes and suggestions have already made the plot go places i wouldn't have thought of. And all the reactions are so precious in not only keeping the motivation high but also as a guiding light to what's really important

so. thank you everyone. Hope we can all continue having fun with this

[cadcnce-archived]

your  name: "Provence? You already knew that! Or were you looking to learn my real name this time? Nope, maybe next year if you behave until then!" A whole year? An impossible task.

your age: "You know the three do not asks for a lady right? I'll give a little treat though. Can't play too hard of a catch. Twenty eight!"

your perfect date: "I'm not a picky girl! I can wine and dine or just sit out in the wilderness. I think something I might want to try is a show though! I don't know what yet, but the idea is super appealing!"

make out in private or in public?: "Anywhere you want, so long as you keep it in your daydreams anyways. Preferably to yourself to, but I can't really stop that part. "

do you like to cuddle?: "Well I'm always down for that! You're even free to sleep on it if it's that comfortable, but you'll have to brush it when you wake up then."

tell me something about you: "Hmmm... I like comedy horrors? People assume I like romance but bleh. I like to have a laugh instead of be all sappy!"

why do you want to be my valentine?: "I saw you and Jester got put on the ban list at that self-service restaurant 'GRILLRILLA'. I kind of feel bad you two got that desperate so I'll take you out on a normal date. Hopefully you don't get banned this time."

valentine application :: open

"Oh man, you managed to hear about that whole thing?! Damn. I dunno whether to be bummed or amused. The real story is that we almost pulled the shenanigan off, you know? If we hadn't gotten so much food and tried to skip the plate fees maybe we'd be able to go back and do it again. Ah well. I guess if you are planning to go out somewhere with me it'll have to be someplace else~"

Oh no. As if there weren't a hundred other places the Liberi would be just as happy to visit. Whether around the landship or at any of the nearby nomadic cities. Just have to be careful of the whole 'infected' thing.

He gestures a hand, waving off the recent humorous endeavor.

"But man, never realized I'd sink to a point where I need a pity date for Valentine's. This almost feels patronizing coming from you. The one who usually does so much to say us hanging out isn't a date. Should I hold that same thought process here? Eh. I don't mind. If it means free tail petting at least I can't see a reason to turn it down~"

Wait.

"You're older than me?!"

[agoobersretreat]

“I see you’ve lost people as well.”

She hummed, still looking out and up towards the moon. She thought back to Jack, what she’d say now, how she’d comment about the moon possibly having an ass crack. It made her smile.

“Would you like to share?”

"Ummm, only if...you don't mind. I usually don't like talking about it, but I know talking about it can help others sometimes." She takes a few deep breaths as she ponders how far back to go.

"You know how a lot of people don't always know how to explain death to children, mattering on beliefs or otherwise? Well, I definitely did figure it out eventually on my own, unfortunately. Whether they wanted me to or not. It's mostly the deaths that stuck the most with me were the ones that I didn't get proper goodbyes with. Movies and TV always told me you'd get it, no matter what. Maybe even at the last minute or so. Life, and sometimes Death, are not so courteous in our world."

".....It started with my Great grandmother. We went over to her house for Christmas ever since i could remember. After I turned 10 or so, it didn't happen anymore and I found out she had passed peacefully in her sleep. Much later, of course, but bleh."

"One of my grandmothers. She tried to tell us how she couldn't stay in that place we moved her into and she wouldn't live much longer. I didn't want to believe the woman that fought all her life to be a good grandmother, as best she could, could just give up so easily. She was gone less than a week later."

"My great aunt. Choked to death in her sleep due to her conditions and it just finally stuck that time. My dad. We were getting ready to take him to hospital when he wasn't out of his room all day and he was gone before the paramedics got there. My grandfather had a stroke, like many before, and we thought he'd recover. He passed before New Year's. My great uncle who was married to my great aunt we lost. Also a stroke and he went. He was on the mend, at least. Then he suddenly tanked..."

"I want a break, Cotton. I'm tired of losing so many, so quickly in succession. Many pets, too. I'm so sappy about it, mmmph." She hangs her head in exhaustion from bringing it all up, tears streaming down her face as she just sits there in silence now. "I almost lost you for good, too. I'm glad I didn't and you made it back, but you almost didn't..."