#elsword job project

[elsjobproject]

Second Dejection

1/3 - Clear 'Moonlight Hill (Day) (Uphill)' [0/1]

Noah wishes to know exactly how everything changes in his second life, so he decides to follow Titania on the way to find the ingredients for the cure. While battling monsters, Noah feels a strange sense of deja vu as he watches Titania fight, but shakes it off.

Though he feared it was a repeat of the past, this time, he managed to save Yuria and the camp.

Noah felt a small potential from the small change. Though it's scary and he's still apprehensive, perhaps he can change something this time.

2/3 - Read the Old Journal ('Someone's Lab')

Perhaps it was the uncertainty he felt watching Titania, but Noah's power becomes unstable and he has a harder time controlling his power. Clamor gives him tips about magic that can materialize his unstable power and Noah hopes this too, becomes a new possibility.

But… How should he move forward?

From endless apprehension and dejection, the fact that Noah was able to save Yuria and the camp served as a sliver of hope, but still, Noah was unable to completely shake off his negative feelings.

A relationship that that was formed for the first time, magic he's learning for the first time, and his power that's still unstable. Too many things changed to be happy about what's better than before, and all those things caused Noah to still suffer apprehension.

3/3 - Clear 'Moonlight Hill (Day) (Uphill)' [0/1]

Clamor reassured Noah that his power should stabilize once he becomes more familiar with magic, but is that true? Perhaps he's going the wrong direction. No, did he even want to move forward?

He knows he must, but his feet are glued to the ground.Z

If it's possible, he wishes to push back on revenge and hope this moment lasts forever.

Noah hides his desire to settle now and avoid his goals and began to slowly move on.

(recorded; 03/31/2023)

[toipandan]

MePhone4, MePad, Toilet, Steve Cobs and MePhoneX Human Designs

For love of goodness, please don't judge me for my MePhone4 design as I project for inspirations and personal headcanons. But I know everyone is allowed to have different interprations whatever they want. /gen 😭 Anyways, the only II humanized designs that I drew so far are all II contestants from seasons (except Box, sorry), MePhone4, MePad, Toilet, Steve Cobs and MePhoneX so far. Artistic Note: All of my humanized designs and HCs are personal! Everyone is allowed to have different interpretations. You are allowed to use my designs as long you credit me. /lh /gen Infodump time for Keep Reading!

MePhone4 and his species are inspired by Nasods such as Eve from ELSWORD, since I started playing a game in late 2016 and she is fan favorite playable character.

Since androids from Object Shows may vary for gijinkas/human designs, it ranges from more robotic to humanoid androids! The dol-like joint marks idea came from Wanderer being a living puppet, where is meant to resemble a more human with emotions.

But to be fair, both Eve and Scaramouche/Wanderer are my major inspirations for robot-like objects! I already mentioned before that Bot is also inspired by Falulu (PriPara) as well.

For a honorable mentions, the earpieces are also inspired by Falulu, who is a canon doll. Humanized robot-like objects have earpieces, to tell a design they are robots!

If you are wondering why Steve Cobs and Meeples products have Syrian heritages, because real Jobs was Syrian from father's side /info Toilet has Albinism and he is a wheelchair user, given Toilet don't have limbs and he canonically floats. I usually don't draw wheelchair for complexity, but I prefer to draw for simplified, unique or fantasy settings. /genq Steve Cobs' hair is meant to represent like young Jobs, but I unintentionally made him look like Maxie from Pokemon. 😭 But to be fair, he uses a wig and he is a bald.

MePhoneX's design is meant to be give vibes like Star Dream Soul OS. As opposed to MePhone4's butterflies motifs, MePhoneX has moths and red spider lilies, the latter is used a double meaning, but I don't want to spoil so much.

I think that's all for infodumping, so I have to use keep reading mode to not lag too much ^A^;

[art-doggy]

anyways if you need me ill be in the trash

[ainchase]

All About That Ain Design

Ain Base Class

Ainchase Ishmael. Two faced representative of God.

Celestial - New race.

Two faced

His story is deeply connected to the lore

Exterior: Appearance and personality created to naturally blend with the world. (Soft, polite, gentle, social, laid-back)

His true form is revealed only when he unleashes his true power, who looks like a “typical” celestial in the Elsword lore, which appears mysterious/ expressionless face/ only acts toward fulfilling the mission.

Incorporated the “intervention” aspect of his character into the awaken system to portray his duality within the game.

vs Demons - When facing demons who defies Ishmael’s ideologies “It’s outrageous to think that I have to work with such impure things.” (Disgusted)

He starts saying rude things he would never say normally, or instinctively react in a negative way.

vs Henir - Dominion of darkness and chaos “...” (Surprised)

He becomes speechless for a while from shock. It’s like he stopped functioning because he doesn’t know how to cope with the situation.

Lofty: Executor

Melee specialist utilizing weapon projection and creation mode. He avoids human emotion and human contact.

A transient period where he heads toward becoming the perfect, emotionless representative of God in his 2nd class.

Pure White, Silent, Watcher, Melee, Serious, Holy

Because he specializes in a fast melee battle with daggers, long sword, and spear created with creation magic, we stayed away from big silhouette and went for more tight suit-like fit, while showing less skin at the same time for more of a strict and serious feel.

Arme Thaumaturgy

The perfect representative of God who has his eyes only on the mission. His hair is one color now that his determination for the mission is clear. A bigger silhouette that displays a celestial dignity. His coloring is monotonous which reflects his cold, logical personality. Minimized the revealing of skin. 

Design elements derived from priests, as he is a follower of God. Though he is a representative and his atmosphere should reflect that, his priest-like design should not be overdone, or become reminiscent of the stereotypical image of an angel in renaissance works, as the celestial realm in the Elsword lore is more close to the world of “nothing,” visually. His awakened form should appear as a mysterious being with powerful force as if he was possessed by a God.

Richter

Richter’s design should succeed Arme Thaumaturgy’s characteristic “clean, perfect, cold” feel while making sure it does not feel as if he added on decorations to adorn himself for his appearance’s sake.

Clean, symmetric appearance to reflect his position as the Judge, one who keeps neutrality. His outfit is in a straight-lined, “still” silhouette to appear dignified. Minimized the revealing of skin to emphasize on his sacrosanctity.

To show a noticeable progression of time after the 2nd job to a character who does not age while also adding to the “godly” image, we gave him longer hair.

There were more gold details in the earlier drafts of his design. However, much of that was removed for a more neat and simple priest design as the previous design looked too extravagant. We also wanted to show a more tight-suit style like when he was Arme Thaumaturgy, so his Spiritualism outfit is a suit form without the priest cape.

Lofty: Anpassen

He has lessened his burden of the mission and accepted the experience he’s gathered in Elrios, starting to believe in the bond between his friends.

Power of El, Active, Free, Fluffy, Street-fashion

An all arounder who uses eids, a fusion of circulation magic (power of the El) and creation magic (power of God). His hairstyle reflects his effort to keep his appearance while he stays in Elrios along with thick, cozy over-fit leather jacket, comfortable sneakers. The modern look of his style shows his full embrace of the culture he was previously foreign to. He still carries around the cylinder-shaped ornaments, made up of creation magic which symbolizes God’s power, reflecting his hesitance to completely be free of his responsibility as the God’s representative.

Erbluhen Emotion

Free-spirited “nerdy boy” / carefree and soft image. Big collar, wide sleeves, long coat reminiscent of a magician. A more active image has been implied through the use of a modern fashion choice such as sneakers and half gloves.

Design derived from Loki of Norse Mythology; adept at different kinds of magic, carefree, and enjoys making fun of others. Smart enough to lie extremely well. Front bangs are positioned so that his emotions can be better expressed through his eyebrows. Winter street-fashion: carefree style - a layered look with a leather jacket, high top, boots.

Bluhen

Emotions in bloom. A conductor of emotions who reveals his true self and grows together alongside his human friends. Focus point on Ain’s emotions as he walks the future he chose through his own will and not the mission he was given.

He had a light and upbeat image in the 2nd job, and now he is dressed more prepared for the new journey ahead: to match his theme as a “conductor,” his outfit is a conductor’s attire remodeled to appear a bit more casual and fantasy-like. Fur added for a cozy and soft image. His design reflects his image when he first met the El Search Party; he keeps the earrings from his previous 2nd, 1st, and even base class.

His silhouette in Spiritualism becomes bigger as his awaken level increases to echo his concept as a “blooming” emotion. His “intervened” appearance appears longer in this Spiritualism to coincide with the fact that he is Ain who grows together with humans. His eids changed due to the fact that he now belongs to a different God, and that his emotions are in full bloom. Instead of the symbol composed of God’s power, the eids are formed of light particles as they were at the beginning of time.

Lofty: Wanderer

A wanderer consumed by chaos in search of himself. Ain who is confused by the expansion of the injury he’s received in Henir. 

Wavering mission, anxiety, broken, chaotic, closed-off.

His power of creation begins to deteriorate due to the increasing influence of chaos from within while his Henir mark continues to grow. His desire to hide his unstable condition as a representative of God is reflected in his hood, and bandages over his body.

Apostasia

Absolute ruler of the Void who betrayed the God. Ain who abandoned the Goddess and his mission and accepted chaos instead.

Void/ Freed from worldly experience/ Eye of the Storm/ Chaotic

He was being watched through the rifts of chaos and slowly consumed by unknown things in his 1st job - now he’s reached a point where he can accept and control them. He understands human emotions and all of the cycle of life, recognizing that they’re all meaningless things that will eventually disappear in time. His bangs cover his eyes to hide his emotion. The mark is left to spread over his body. His hair is duller now, and he’s let go of the pendulum from his hand. His awaken form shows him changing into a completely new being, not a divine celestial, as a result of accepting chaos.

Herrscher

The master of the void who calls everything to his side. He was reborn inside the void. His design should show that this is the result of abandoning the Goddess and choosing chaos and void.

His newly reborn body exists separately within the void, after accepting the chaos in his 2nd job and abandoning his previous body he’s received from the Goddess.

Normal: Parts of his body are hollow to show that his empty shell is constantly breaking apart. To express his unstable and neglected state, hands crawl up toward him from the ground as if to devour “abandoned” things.

Spiritualism: His main body in the void takes over his shell. He gains strength and willpower, which completes his breaking and empty body. Including his weapon, everything appears as a full, complete version without any trace of breaking or shattering. His true self seen in the void during Hyperactive is portrayed as a black silhouette to allow people to freely imagine what he could be. Apostasia’s Absorption (the floating eye thing) appeared to be watching Ain through the rifts of chaos, whereas Herrscher’s Absorption aids him by his side.

[overanalyzingelswordiswhatido]

Job Classes I made for the two timelines I created for The Depths of Time like an impulsive dummy

Since @sunneflower said they were interested.

I decided to include the Elsword job paths these were inspired by. This is mostly spoiler free!! Mostly because I kept everything purposefully vague since, while I did solidify the premises for these two timelines, I don't have a lot of the actual STORY fleshed out other than the beginning and tidbits here and there.

Anyway, on to the job paths (gonna do a cut because this post is actually really long)

Destruction Timeline – a timeline where the El Search Party was defeated and only a handful of them remain (though I haven't included what happens to who all that much), fighting a losing guerilla war purely to ensure their survival, unable to help the people they swore to protect.

Elsword (based on Immortal): Execution Knight/Blade Reaper/Hel’s Emissary

Elsword decided some people didn’t deserve a second chance and that he would dirty his own hands to ensure they never caused trouble for the world again, honing his sword skills until he could wield two smaller blades with deadly accuracy.

Aisha (based on Aether Sage): Storm Magician/Hurricane Eye/Vengeance Seeker

Aisha channeled her power into creating storms of unmatched magnitude to easily take care of the hoards the El Search Party found themselves facing off against but after escaping capture with Ara, she started to push her friends away, becoming cold and distant.

Rena (Based on Anemos): Assault Ranger/Cyclone Striker/Maelstrom

Rena found her abilities in combat to not be enough to protect her friends and asked the wind spirits to help her be faster and stronger so she could become the tip of the spear so to speak, plowing through even the strongest enemies with power to spare.

Raven (Based on Rage Hearts): Scale Taker/Dragon Fist/Wyrm Soul

When Raven came across a dragon, he decided to attempt harnessing that power to protect his friends and created highly durable armor from a dragon’s scales and refining his sword to be as sharp as dragon claws. He redesigned his Nasod arm to be able to harness flames equivalent to a dragon’s breath.

Eve (Based on Code: Ultimate & Code: Esencia): Code: Revival/Code: Assimilation/Code: Ragnorak

Eve focused on the revival of her people but she realized that humans and Nasods could never peacefully coexist. Rather than despair, she came up with a rather unorthodox solution to the problem and pursued it with single-minded determination and vigor.

Elesis (Based on Bloody Queen): Judgement Knight/Purgatory Blade/Vindicator

If Elsword is the executioner then Elesis is the judge and jury. Determined to right the wrongs of the world, she makes sure those who hurt others cannot escape punishment, never doubting the righteousness of her actions, with an unpredictable but precise fighting style.

Chung (Based on Centurion & Comet Crusader): Shield Guardian/Phalanx Cannon/Victory Herald

With the hordes facing Hamel and then his friends, Chung focused on strengthening his defense as far as he could push it. He created a phalanx-like set of shields he commands at will, as well as providing friends/allies with support with his long-range attacks and plethora of buff abilities.

Add (Based on Dominator): Splinter Tracer/Void Watcher/Fenrir’s Master (as in the wolf from Norse mythology)

Early on in his research into time travel, Add discovered the existence of alternate timelines and created portals that allowed him to send drones into those other timelines to monitor them. With the El Search Party, he’s a wild card who’s only known loyalty is to himself yet he has made himself an invaluable ally despite their inability to trust him.

Ara (Based on Shakti): Little Wisp/Holy Revenant/Spirit Harbinger

Ara partnered with Eun to better defend her friends and find her brother but when she woke up in Lu and Ciel’s fortress having escaped capture, Eun was gone. Left on her own in a way she never thought she would be, she desperately tries to hold out hope that everything will be okay.

Lu (Based on Innocent (Ishtar)): Final Ruler/Eternal Shadow/Genesis (Rapture)

Lu set to regaining her power and through an unexpected twist of events succeeded much sooner than she had anticipated and is now the sole ruler of the demon realm.

Ciel (Based on Catastrophe (Abysser)): Final Ruler/Eternal Shadow/Genesis (Entropy)

Ciel takes being Lu’s shadow literally and becomes her left hand, performing tasks most would stay far away from to ensure their success and survival.

Ain (Based on Richter & Herrscher): Lofty: Warrior/Donner (means thunder) Essence/Blitzkrieg

Ain doesn't manage to catch himself in time and falls to the Dark El. He becomes a demonic deity similar to the demon god Scar was trying to summon in Lanox.

Rose (Based on Minerva & Prime Operator): Novice Hacker/Signal Echo/Cyber Wraith

Rose arrives to Elrios and finds herself in conflict with Nasods. She manages to capture some models mostly intact and reverse engineers ways to get into their program and shut them down without causing any damage to their physical structure. That way she can repurpose them.

Laby (Based on Eternity Winner & Nisha Labyrinth): Shadow Child/Twilight Mist/Midnight Specter

In an effort to protect herself from the world, Laby learns how to fight. Because people scare her, she often finds herself in the shadows, cast off to the side, and she becomes comfortable there. She learns to use people's tendency to overlook her to her advantage.

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Nasod Timeline – a timeline where Nasod technology is a common fascination among the people of Elrios, almost like mythology in the modern world, and many have at least dabbled their toes in Nasod technology, and some are able to utilize it (though not to the same extent as in the past).

Elsword (Based on Knight Emperor): Wandering Knight/Honorable Sellsword/Gladiolus

While Elsword did advertise his services as a swordsman so he could get out and see more of the world he loves so much, he still insists on doing the right thing, upholding the values of a knight just like his sister would.

Aisha (Based on Aether Sage & Metamorphy): Saber Magician/Elemental Duelist/Arcane Fencer

When it was still just her, Elsword, and Rena, Aisha witnessed a duel where one party wielded a rapier and, despite thinking of swords as barbaric beforehand, she became fascinated by the precise and quick movements that were so similar to how she directed her magic.

Rena (Based on Twilight): Ambush Ranger/Spectral Hunter/Supreme Predator

With the El Search Party having been ambushed too many times during their journeys for Rena’s liking, she decides to beat their enemies at their own game. She perfects her abilities and becomes better than any enemy ever could be.

Raven (Based on Furious Blade): Arsenal Taker/Weapon Master/Gilgamesh

Raven refused to lose any of his new friends and in their battles, he found his sword skills to not be enough. Not wanting to use his Nasod arm, he began carrying multiple weapons on his person and soon it grew until he was carrying an arsenal all his own that he was more than proficient with.

Eve (Based on Code: Sariel & Code: Esencia): Code: Constellation/Code: Pulsar/Code: Andromeda

Eve woke up in a lab instead of her capsule but she escaped and found herself in the wilderness, completely alone, as the only Nasod remaining in Elrios. She wandered, without much of a destination. On her journey, she was inspired by the powerful beauty of the stars in the sky and set her mind to finding a way to mimic that in her abilities using condensed El energy.

Elesis (Based on Empire Sword & Flame Lord): Wing Knight/Flame Empress/Nike (as in the goddess of victory)

While perfecting her sword and fire skills, Elesis came across designs for wings made from Nasod technology and wondered if she could turn the wings into blades that could be directed. The only problem being, while she was decent at following directions, she was unlikely to ever understand the calculations she was plugging into the apparatus, let alone actually make her own additions to it but luckily when she met up with the El Search Party they found someone more than willing to help her add blades to her set of wings.

Chung (Based on Centurion & Fatal Phantom): War Guardian/Iron Battalion/Unlimited Armory

Not wanting to get trapped should he find himself in a situation where he couldn’t use his cannon, Chung set to mastering any weapon that was similar enough that he could learn it in the short amount of time he had. With some help, he developed a piece of Nasod technology that would allow him to summon to his aid any weapon he wanted as long as it was connected to his device and he set to creating his own artillery that he could summon to any location.

Add (Based on Doom Bringer): Empty Tracer/Nasod Mimic/White Star

Not much is known about Add beyond his inability to speak and that he can create particle projections that mimic the abilities of any Nasod he has come into contact with.

Ara (Based on Apsara & Shakti): Little Lance/Ouroboros/Amphisbaena

Ara decided one spear was not enough and, with Eun’s help, developed a unique fighting style using two spears and created her own secret arts: Phoenix Secret Arts and Serpent Secret Arts. She honed her new fighting style until she was faster and deadlier than ever before.

Lu (Based on Catastrophe (Timoria) & Diangelion (Iblis)): Shepherd’s Crook/Steeled Ka/Osiris (Lotus)

Lu wanted to work as a team with Ciel, but it was difficult coming up with something that worked the way she wanted it to with their clashing fighting styles where she preferred to get in their enemies’ faces and he preferred fighting from a distance. She stubbornly continued to work with Ciel until the two of them became unstoppable.

Ciel (Based on Innocent (Chevalier)): Shepherd’s Crook/Steeled Ka/Osiris (Duat)

Determined to protect Lu, Ciel decided it was best to attack from range, picking off the targets she missed in her sweeps but Lu wanted to work more as an equal force than leader and support. So, Ciel worked with her to adjust their fighting styles to be more in line with the team dynamic she wanted.

Ain (Based on Bluhen & Herrscher): Lofty: Reflection/Doppelganger/Ersatz (means replacement)

Ain was never drawn out of the rift by Elsword’s presence so a copy of him was created to fulfill his purpose. Ain is alone, searching for the El, when he comes across Eve and the two of them team up to achieve their individual goals.

Rose: Metal Heart/Optimus/Prime Operator

I decided this route worked REALLY well with the overall vibe I was going for for this timeline, so I decided to slap it in instead of making a whole new Rose route (making everyone else was hard enough).

Laby (Based on Radiant Soul & Eternity Winner): Wonder Child/Sparkle Champion/Heracles

Laby wants to help people and see all the world has to offer her but she also wants to protect everything she's come to hold dear. Not wanting to lose another friend, Laby asks Gaia to teach her to fight and teams up with Nisha to do that.

[fluffilment]

Void els just ain’t fun anymore

By that I mean that I basically never had fun. And I’m not blaming the makers of void for this, I’m just throwing it out there. I know why updates are churned out slowly for void, and respect the makers of it for keeping such a big project going. Part of the reason why I first left NA was because third jobs were “impossible” to get (or at least that’s what I thought back then). little did I realize that grinding for the equipment needed for third job and getting farther in the game because of it was extremely fun, and even when I was suffering through the third job quest, I was having fun! Whereas, in void, everything is basically handed to you. Sure, it’s good for players that want to see what kind of characters they will be comfortable playing or just playing the game without the need for job change quests in general, but for me the excitement of getting third job characters wore off at about my second one. I never felt the need to get stronger equipment as I felt that I wouldn’t need it, and updates just didn’t come out as regularly as NA. Then, laby hit NA. I waited, waited, and waited some more, since I knew void els would probably get her when her third job path was released. But, I’m an impatient person, so waiting is not something that I’m particularly good at. In the end, I left void for Na, and I am staying on Na this time. I feel like elsword is changing for the better, and (in my opinion) voidels cant keep up.

[sugarnspiceselfshipisnice]

What's your insert's main abilities (or power). What's their development in the three routes and what is their relationship with the other characters (besides Add)?

Oh! This might be a long post lol, so im gonna put it under the cut

So my SI’s powers stem from her necklace, which is a shard of Light El and Dark El. She can channel Light El into projections of objects (like Green Lantern) as long as she has their inner workings and dimensions memorized! As for the Dark El it typically reacts when she’s angry or terrified. She becomes very pysically strong and also blasts of Demon Fire, but she absolutely loses all control and can potentially hurt others unintentionally. She uses it rarely. 

Her base is a girl from Ruben Village who inherited her necklace from her mom! She got it for her 15th birthday and had no idea it had had powers. She found out she had powers when she conjured up a shield to project her from a bully, and insisted on going on an adventure. Way down the line during the Elysion quests, she finds out from Adrian she has Elrian ancestors, resulting in her powers!

Her three routes are heavily influenced by the Adds! 

Her canon route focuses on her finding balance between the Light and Dark El. She learns that the Light El is based on her understanding and positive feelings! She develops the ability to create simple objects and barriers, becoming Weapon Caster. She then learns how to create more complex weapons like fire arms and even recreating Nasod technology as Assassin Hero. Her transcendence she develops some control of the Dark El, and in her 3rd job, Rogue Saviour, she strikes perfect balance. 

Her Rebellion path implements the El with technology. She has an experience with the Dark El much earlier on then the Imperial path, and she gets afraid of how dangerous the El really is. Following Arc Tracer’s lead, she develops sort of an Iron Man Esqe blaster she calls the El Gauntlet and becomes Engineer Caster. She improves upon it in her second job, and becomes very prim and proper and crazy smart, priding herself on integrating “magic with science” as Scientific Exception. The gauntlet becomes very sleek and glove like. Unfortunately, in her third job, she loses her arm, and replaces it with a mechanical prosthesis as Mechatronics Genius. In the last job she actually embeds the El into the arm instead of containing it, overcoming her fear as well 

Her Transform Path is.... edgy to say the least! I use her more as a vent character. In her first job her Light El gets cracked in a fight, setting off the balance between the two. Her Light El powers are weakend, so she has to depend on her Dark El abilities despite the detrimental effects. She tries to resist the urges to be utterly destructive, so she’s known as Resistance Caster. In her second job she unfortunately gives in and becomes like NUTS with power, becoming completely consumed by the Dark El’s influence and calling herself “Chaos Revolutionary”. Her third job, when she enters the Giant El, she actually takes some of it’s power with her, and her el starts to physically manifest around her, resulting in crystal claws. She inherits powers of all types of El, but she essentially loses herself in the El’s will to be whole. When she emerges, she calls herself “Crystal Harbinger” and declares herself the harbinger of the El’s will. 

Other characters? Well I’ll speak generally. She’s sort of indifferent to Elsword, hoping that he’ll mature a bit more, but she admires how he’s growing. They’re also both from Ruben, so they’re like “oh yeah home rep!!!”

She loves to study magic with Aisha!!! They become magic buddies, though Aisha sometimes will wanna try something experimental with the El and Arcane will be like “uh.... no thanks” 

Rena is Big Mom. Arcane gets home sick a lot and sometimes has to go to Rena for advice. She also helps in guiding her feelings for add, which seem unrequited for awhile (but actually arent heheh)

Raven and Arcane are better friends. They bond through combat training. He admires her resourcefulness in using multiple weapons and she admires his honor and strength.

Arcane actually gets pretty attached to Eve. I mean, after following Add around who stalked her for a bit (for science), she kinda learned everything to know about her from him. However, when she finally joined the party, Arcane became friends with her the quickest because of that familiarity.  Arcane is actually super interested in her capabilities too, and fends Add off from taking her core. 

Chung and Arcane are partial to each other.

Arcane and Ara are also kinda partial to each other. They often talk about Eun and the Dark El, but that’s about it. 

Elesis and Arcane are friends in the sense her and Raven are, but moreso because they come from the same home town!

I Love Add.

Ciel and Arcane often talk about music and food together, but Lu distrusts Arcane a bit since she possesses the Dark El. Eventually this tension dissipates. 

Arcane and Rose often discuss guns... Arcane also finds the idea of another dimension very interesting, so sometimes she’ll ask questions. Rose is less than eager to answer them. 

Arcane Does Not Like Ain. She notices how he fades in and out, like Add does, and they’re both super suspicious of them. Ain does NOT like Arcane because he feels that she shouldn’t use the Dark El at All and that she might corrupt the Light El. 

Laby is a sweet baby child and her and Add have practically adopted her.

Hoo wee this was a LONG post. hope you enjoy all this!!!

[elswordtarot-blog]

Who are the merchandise artists for this project and what merch is there? Which characters? Any NPCs?

Hey, we’re glad you asked! We’ll list artists next to the characters they’re drawing below. If you’re curious about their art, their social media profiles are linked as well.

Our merch artists are:

Charms:

william: Richter charm

Nagi: Mad Paradox charm

icis: Code: Esencia charm

Stickers (these are all themed around ice burners):

8KO: Aisha Holy Unicorn 

Ora: Elsword Chess 

❊雪雨❊: Raven Hamel Navy Officer

Mayhem: Ciel Masquerade

Ion: Chung Royal Servant & Add Henir Lord

Mayo: Ain Servius

oakmint: Rena Radiant Flower & Ara Elpheus

Lilly: Lu Glacial & Eve Mariposa Requiem

Uni: Rose Royal Blood

Liorlen: Elesis Dusk Sovereign 

Postcards:

Seph: El Masters

辻黔 : Bride Elesis

Eshiya: All 3rd job Ciel and Raven

037: Dreadlord (Due to certain circumstances, this artist may need to be replaced).

In addition, we have an early bird charm and merch planned for the stretch goals of our kickstarter!

[elsjobproject]

Schatz Reprise

1/5 - Altera - Clear 'Nasod Foundry' [0/1]

The journey was getting longer. Despite the constant attempt to communicate, the Goddess didn't respond. Ain was starting to feel unsettled. Did something go wrong?

Did I do something wrong? Did something happen to the Goddess? Or… perhaps the Goddess has forgotten me.

His uncertainty pushed his thoughts to the extreme, but Ain tried to push those thoughts away. There's no way the Goddess has forgotten me. It's because there are so many abandoned Nasods here. The smell of rust felt like blood and giving him strange thoughts. Ain hurried to leave the place. Ignoring the fact that he, as an angel, had no reason to find the smell of blood ominous, and there was another reason for his uncertainty.

2/5 - Altera - Clear 'Altera Core' [0/1]

As he fought against the massive Nasod army in Altera Core, Ain struggles and feels the limits of his power, but didn't feel as uncertain aas before. In fact, the uncertainty he felt was somewhat resolved, and his mind felt clearer than ever.

The floating island Altera. A place he would have never visited if it weren't for the stolen El. To think it's here he found an army of Nasod soldiers, one of the reasons for the El Overload! Did the Goddess predict this outcome?

Was this confusion, uncertainty, and wavering also the intention of the Goddess? In that case, he will follow her will and eliminate all enemies.

3/5 - Enter 'Feita Village'

The Nasod army stayed silent and the stolen El shard was retrieved. It finally felt like everything was falling into place. Perhaps the Goddess predicted everything will resole like this. Every problem that happened in Elrios and the restoration of the El must all be according to her great plan. As such, he just needs to walk the path she ordered him without single doubt. He was ashamed to feel uncertain from the Goddess not responding.

Feita sent the El Search Party a request for help. This too, must be part of the Goddess's plan. Do not show doubt and walk the path the Goddess shines.

4/5 - Feita - Clear 'Shrine of Dedication Entrance' [0/1]

Something was wrong. When he was faced with the El corrupted by demonic energy, Ain felt the unwavering faith within him shatter. The only thought remaining in his head was that he must purify the El, and his unplanned response prove to be disastrous. When Ain came in contact to the Dark El without protecting himself, the demonic energy began to permeate.

The demonic energy spread to his chaos wound and when he finally realized what was happening, it was already too late. After short, but horrible time mixed with pain, regret, and self-blame passed, Ain was able to regain composure. However, his power was already mutated from demonic energy.

5/5 - Feita - Clear 'Underground Chapel' [0/1]

Soon, uncontrollable, heightened emotion began to overwhelm Ain. Foolish beings who shows no remorse despite neglecting the blessing from the Goddess and shattered the El. The shameless who enjoy the blessing of the El more than deserved, yet do not cherish it. How can he not loath the very being that caused everything? As demonic energy begins to take over his body, his anger kept boiling. Yes, perhaps he started off the wrong way.

His mission is to return energy to the El, in order to complete his mission, he must first restore the El, but he cannot entrust this important mission to those who have already damaged it. It must be him. Only he, as the messenger of the Goddess, can right this wrong. Ain dragged his body that no longer feels like his own and headed deeper in to the shrine.

(recorded: 03/02/2023)

[rainsonata]

Alias

Fandom/Pairing: Elsword; DBrMM if you squint (Doom Bringer x Mastermind) Rating: K Word Count: 1,019

Summary: Another job advancement means new title and new codes to tinker with. Doom Bringer’s counterparts are less than impressed.

Dominator’s job change fic: [LINK] Mad Paradox’s job change fic: [LINK]

It smelled of burnt metal, fried electric circuits and dust rained down when Psyker slid across with Dynamo to shield himself from falling particles coming from the enraged machine. The destruction it caused was beautiful, but if only it would stop being inconvenient and refusing his attention. It wasn’t all machine if its Henir origins were anything to suggest, but its machine like appearance fascinated him.

The tattoos embedded on his arms glowed, blasting energy at the Spatio Reaper with a couple of kicks and landing on his feet with Dynamo catching him. Pain shot up the arm where the it hit him with a laser.  He hugged his burnt arm and hissed when he saw blood smudged on his hand. At the corner of his vision, Mastermind set up his drones to launch an array of lasers to distract it while Esper opened a portal to attack from behind. Psyker looked up in time to force himself to fall back and roll away from the pillar of energy filling the room.

Mastermind gasped and slammed against the stone floor, pushing himself as far as he could away from it, but was hit when he failed to outrun it. Esper teleported to where the scientist was to support him, pulling him over to a portal for shelter.

With the Spatio Reaper distracted by his counterparts, Psyker found an opening and surrounded himself in electricity, reeling it in to deliver a round of kicks and punches. He dropped his smile when the Spatio Reaper extended its appendages to pin him down, an inhuman cry vibrated the empty platform they stood at.

He was lying in between the main base of its two legs with the thinner legs projected to stab him when a team of light blinded him. Mastermind appeared with his drones set up in the air to rain grenades of lasers at the Spatio Reaper, causing it to loosen its hold on Psyker to let him slip away. A bombardment of energy spheres was tossed by Esper, who entered out of a portal for an assault.

Electricity ran through his veins, elevated by the thrill and satisfaction of clawing through its tough exterior. Wrapping his arms around one of its thinner legs, he electrocuted the base of it and forced it down to give up and shrivel in the chilly air.  

“Analyzing data,” Mastermind murmured to Dynamo to scan its fallen body. His hair was covered in the blue muck from the Spatio Reaper’s blood, a deep blue that shone under the moon like a jellyfish. Immersed by new data, the scientist wasn’t going to complain about the mess until they would be home.    

Twisting his wrists to look at the black barcode tattoos etched into his skin, Psyker grinned at the tangible results. If he knew how much this enhanced his fighting, he would have merged himself with the Nasod Armor years ago. The enemy’s weaknesses became clearer when he and the Nasod Armor became one. It was perfection, better than the flimsy incomplete Nasod Armor from before that was hindered by human limitations. He could destroy everything!

“Are you done cackling like a madman?” Mastermind folded his arms with a bored facade, but Psyker could have sworn he saw concern. For what? What did he do?

“Aw, let him have fun.” Esper snickered and crawled out to show that he too was covered in gravel and blood, “That’s what makes him so cute.”

Psyker abruptly stopped laughing and glared at those two, insulted by the cute comment. “Didn’t you see that? How quickly it succumbed to my attacks? And how fast I move-”

“Yeah, you’re a hot shot fighter.” Mastermind rolled his eyes, but smiled.

“Cat-astrophe!” Psyker announced with pride, “That’s my new title.”  

“Timoria and Abysser already claimed it,” Mastermind said, never mind that Psyker tried sneaking in a pun that made the scientist pop out a vein. He thanked his lucky stars that the former demon queen and her butler stole the title before Psyker could get his hands on it.  

When did those two gain advancement? Psyker wondered. They did mention once about gaining new powers and testing them out, but he didn’t think they would jump quick to name themselves so soon.

“Plasmic Brawler?”

“This isn’t a video game,” Esper snorted. “Aren’t titles something you have to earn first?”

“I expected Add to be mean about this, but you, Esper?” Psyker clutched his chest with feigned sadness, “I’m hurt.”

Mastermind sighed, “And here I thought you would turn into a mindless weapon.”

Was that why Mastermind kept looking at him with concern eyes? There were potential side effects he kept in mind when Psyker made the decision to merge himself with the Nasod Armor, but it never occurred to him to think about how Mastermind felt about the change. Mastermind’s words were making him feel guilty… he should do something later to make it up to him. They were never truly comfortable talking about their feelings, at least initially, but hearing Mastermind express some sort of relief was… sweet of him.  

Psyker laughed, “Nope, I’m still old me!” He softened his smile, “If you’re that worried about me, you should have told me.”

“I… seeing you end up as that would be a problem.” Mastermind paused, “Maybe you’re more mature than I thought.” He sounded impressed.  

“Doomsday is strong. Yeah, that’s a good word.” Psyker paused to wipe blood off his black gloves and grinned. “Doom Bringer, I bring the doom!”

“I take it back,” Mastermind facepalmed. “You’re still an idiot.”

Esper giggled and clapped his hands.

The brawler scratched his head in confusion at Mastermind’s reaction. Was it something he said?

Omake

“Wait, so Lusa, you’re really calling yourself Doom Bringer?” Esper lost his balance and fell off a pillar he was sitting on with a loud cackle, “And you think my name is too dark? Who’s the edgy one now?”

“Shut up!” Psyker turned red, “That’s an awesome name!”

“If you insist, Doom Bringer.” Mastermind smirked.

This is why he stopped asking his counterparts for their opinions on his naming abilities.

Author Notes: Hello, it’s been 1 day since third jobs are out in Elsword KR and I’m writing this because I need Doom Bringer being a dork in my life. Thank you, @dezimaton for the idea. I’m 100% sure this is how their conversation would go.

[yuichiroswife]

Tagged by: @annoyedservant

Tagging: @forgottenlunarchild, @saigo-no-utahime, and @korosukoto

I.

NAME: Speka Izuna Leijon NICKNAME: Precious Wifey, Speki, Speckles (By Michaela), Waifu/Mamacita/Little Kitty/Babe (By Diamond), Love (By Ceru), Speck, Specks (By Melucifer), Izu, Mika/Mika-chan (By Wolf), Spek-Spek (By Lily), Spek (By Kyra), Spekaboo (By Phil), Speky-Bear (By Maxxie), Owner (By Anne), Big Tumblr Sister (By Georgie), Speka Bean (By Cassandra) GENDER: Female STAR SIGN: Virgo HEIGHT: Barely 5′1″ SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Demisexual HOGWARTS HOUSE: Slytherin ILVERMORNY HOUSE: Is... Is this some kind of other thing like Harry Potter? FAVORITE COLOR: Black like my soul.

II.

CURRENT TIME: It’s 4:12 pm at the moment. AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: Haha, I have insomnia. What’s sleep? LUCKY NUMBER: Twenty-six, since that’s apparently the number I used for some kind of school project when I was little. Otherwise I don’t believe in that stuff. LAST THING I GOOGLED: YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW. FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Lelouch Vi Britannia (Code Geass) , Mikaela Shindo - Hyakuya (Owari no Seraph), Kaito Shion (Vocaloid), Levi (Attack on Titan), Yuzuru Nishimiya and Shouko Nishimiya along with Shouya Ishida (A Silent Voice), Leo and Flannel along with Nishiki (Fire Emblem: Fates), Henry and Morgan (Fire Emblem: Awakening), Euego and Yui along with Yuuki (Sword Art Online), Kenma Kozume and Tobio Kageyama (Haikyuu!!), Nagisa Hazuki (Free!), Karma Akabane and Itona (Assassination Classroom), Yunan and Ja’far (Magi), Izaya Orihara (Durarara!!), Chihiro Fujisaki and Nagito Komaeda along with Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc/Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair/Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony), Seayoung Choi and Saeran Choi (Mystic Messenger), Shadow the Hedgehog and Amy Rose the Hedgehog (Sonic), Red and Green along with N (Pokemon), Panty and Stocking along with Scanty and Kneesocks (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt), Matt and Tai (Digimon), Add and Ain along with Raven and Chung with Elsword too (Elsword) and lastly we have Akira and Ryo (Devilman Crybaby) NUMBER OF BLANKETS I SLEEP UNDER: Just one. FAVORITE SINGER OR BAND: TOO MANY TO LIST.

DREAM TRIP: Take me to Japan please, or just so I can see Anne. DREAM JOB: Veterinarian/Author

III.

WHAT DO YOU POST?: Mainly Owari no Seraph based shit but this blog contains too much stuff honestly. WHO ARE YOUR MOST ACTIVE FOLLOWERS?: Anne without a doubt is my most active follower along with Eteif and Alis. WHEN DID YOUR BLOG REACH ITS PEAK?: Probably back when I reached five-hundred followers. WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO MAKE A TUMBLR?: I honestly just made one because my boyfriend at the time had one and said we should blog stuff together so here I am. I was originally in the Elsword fandom. DO YOU GET ASKS ON A DAILY BASIS?: Yes.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR URL?: Mainly because I’m a hardcore Yuumika shipper and in one of my fan fictions, Mika and Yuu are married. Also kinda went based of how Kagami called Mika the wife.

[rpgmgames]

August’s Featured Game: Land, Sea, Entropy

DEVELOPER(S): Rozel ENGINE: RPGMaker MV   GENRE: RPG, Fantasy, Adventure SUMMARY: Land, Sea, Entropy, is a story-heavy action role-playing game with elements of mystery and horror. You live beneath the sea in a small village called Tidemoor. To the North is a labyrinth inhabited by strange monsters… and their numbers are only growing. So as one of Tidemoor’s warriors, your job is to thin the beast’s numbers and protect your town. But you get too greedy, go too far, and reach a point of no return. You find yourself in a world far different from your own, but it isn’t all full of monsters. There are peaceful places too, areas that are completely safe and untouched by any beasts. As you come to meet the inhabitants of this new land, and seek to return to your own, strange phenomena begins to occur and a mystery surrounding the unknown world unfolds. 

Introduce yourself!  Hello, I'm Rozel! I began playing around with RPGMaker back in 2014, starting with a trial of RPGMaker XP. This is when I started practicing pixel art more and learned some of the ins and outs of the engine itself.

My hobbies are digital art and fiction writing, so I was interested in combining those with my love of games to make something of my own!

What is your project about? What inspired you to create your game initially? *Rozel: I've always enjoyed role-playing games. Although I had used RPGMaker XP awhile back, I didn't do much with it. One day as I was looking at a pixel RPG, a sudden thought popped in my mind. “Hey, this is neat... I could make something too.” So I started planning out an RPG of my own, and later bought RPGMaker MV.

Land, Sea, Entropy, is a game involving exploration, action, mystery, and lots of choice-making. You play as a warrior, lost far beyond the comfort of your home. You try to return, but you become connected to something larger and more sinister. Obstacles arise one after the other, and home only seems farther and farther away.

My goal was and still is to make something that had the fast-paced fun of real-time combat, the challenge of puzzles, and the immersion of enjoyable character interactions. The main character falls into the 'silent protagonist' type, but this is because the player's role is more about choices and experiencing the influence they have on others—instead of having a set-in-stone personality. When it comes to character development, it's the other characters that are given the spotlight.

How long have you been working on your project? *Rozel: I started forming ideas for the game around March, 2016. It was also around this time when I bought RPGMaker MV, so I was still learning how to use it.

Did any other games or media influence aspects of your project? *Rozel: I was partly inspired by a manga called Pandora Hearts. In it, conflict occurs between the characters but they're all still so likable at the same time. I also love how deeply connected the characters are to the story and each other, and how some of them have so much history together. LSE sort of adopted that interconnectivity, history, and hopefully I can achieve similar likability.

In general, I pull inspiration from lots of different fantasy stories and sometimes folklore.

And, like many RPGMaker devs, I've been inspired by Ib in some ways. The atmosphere, the simple yet creative visuals, and the puzzles in it are all great. Ib and other RPGMaker horror games are part of what led LSE to having some elements of horror.

But when it comes to the combat style in my game, my main inspirations actually come from online action RPGs. In particular, the side-scrolling ones like LaTale and Elsword that I used to play. In LSE, you'll be comboing attacks and using your fast reflexes to avoid enemy retaliation.

Have you come across any challenges during development? How have you overcome or worked around them?   *Rozel: Self-doubt. I've dealt with this in waves throughout development. I've gotten so much positive support about the visuals, but that's just part of the game. Is playing it actually fun? Will people enjoy the story and characters, beyond the simple descriptions I've revealed? I won't know for sure until I start sending the game to testers, but it isn't quite ready for that yet.

Sometimes I work on one aspect of the game for so long, repeating it over and over again, so of course it won't be fun to me in that moment. But when I go back to other parts of the game, I remember that I do actually enjoy playing my own game. It gets me going again. There are still early parts of the game I'll have to redo, but I'm not going to let myself get stuck remaking endlessly.

So I've resolved to complete the game all the way through as it is before going back to update older sections. I've learned so much from making LSE, and hopefully I'll be a better artist, writer, and game designer by the time I get to the end.

Have any aspects of your project changed over time? How does your current project differ from your initial concept? *Rozel: Yes! It's evolved a lot. I was originally going to make something small and more simplistic, but I gradually got more and more ideas about the characters and the world. I'm at a point where I'm satisfied with what I have and the game is sort of shrinking again as I pick out the best ideas to use.

The tone is also a bit different. The plot was going to be nonsensical and comedic, which I'm honestly just not that good with. I still hope to put in some comedic flair, but the project is taking a more serious and in some cases darker turn.

What was your team like at the beginning? How did people join the team? If you don't have a team, do you wish you had one or do you prefer working alone? *Rozel: I'm working alone right now, though I've gotten great feedback and advice from friends! I prefer working alone, it's easier for me to make things closer to how I imagine them. I tend to have weird way of organizing and plotting stuff out, too, so it would probably be tough to keep others in the loop with my mess of ideas.

What was the best part of developing the game? *Rozel: I love seeing my ideas come to life, and it's really satisfying to feel like I've finally figured something new out (even if I really haven't)! There's a lot involved in developing a game, so you sort of have to become a jack of all trades if you're going to develop solo. I've been able to pick up new skills and improve on skills I already had, it's been lots of fun.

Which character in your game do you relate to the most and why? (Alternatively: Who is your favorite character and why?) *Rozel: Every character has pieces of me in them, and lots of big differences too, but the character which stands out as being the most similar is Vyn March. She's introverted, keeps a positive attitude about things, and writing is her hobby. Much of her character is built on the experiences I've had in the past, but I won't go into it further because I don't want to spoil things!

Looking back now, is there anything that regret/wish you had done differently? *Rozel: Maybe I could've spent more time preparing, maybe I could've set better rules of consistency to follow when designing the game. But I needed to mess up a few times in order to learn. I think everything I did helped lead me on the right path, even if I had a shaky start. Mistakes are all a part of the process, so I don't have any regrets.

Once you finish your project, do you plan to explore game's universe and characters further in subsequent projects, or leave it as-is? *Rozel: There's a really small chance I might make something that takes place in the same universe, with the same rules of magic and so on. As for the characters, their stories will have reached a conclusion at the end of the game. I don't think I'll have anything more to tell about them and will move on to new characters for the next project.

What do you look most forward to upon/after release? *Rozel: I really hope that I can affect someone in a positive way, whether that be through the characters and writing or just by providing something fun to play.

Is there something you're afraid of concerning the development or the release of your game?  *Rozel: I think the worst thing would be releasing it with glaring bugs and plot-holes I somehow didn't notice, but that's what testers are for. Fingers crossed that nothing is missed!

Question from last month's featured dev: Do you find yourself playing other RPG Maker games to see what you can do with the engine, or do you prefer to do your own thing? *Rozel: I do play RPGMaker games occasionally. Getting familiar with what other devs come up with in the engine is a good way to gain inspiration.

Do you have any advice for upcoming devs? *Rozel: Critique is a useful tool, but I want to add to that. If someone is rude in their critique, it doesn't necessarily invalidate their opinion. It definitely doesn't mean they're right, but there's still a chance you can find useful information.

Also, sometimes people are just really bad at wording things so they come off as rude when they don't intend it. So don't write off a suggestion just because it seems mean-spirited. At the same time, everyone has a different idea of what makes a good game. Don't make changes only to please someone else, make the game you want to make!

We mods would like to thank Rozel for agreeing to our interview! We believe that featuring the developer and their creative process is just as important as featuring the final product. Hopefully this Q&A segment has been an entertaining and insightful experience for everyone involved! 

Remember to check out Land, Sea, Entropy if you haven’t already! See you next month! 

- Mods Gold & Platinum 

[imagineelrios]

ain x rose Arme and Storm's wedding day? (lets just say it can happen)

Ain ends up insulting whoever’s officiating the wedding.  Rose facepalms.  This takes about fifteen minutes to sort out, so the wedding starts late.

Elsword is the best man.  Rose wishes the Princess were here to be a bridesmaid, but since that’s not a thing, Elesis is her bridesmaid instead.

Zero is the ring bearer and flower girl.  He is not very happy about this, but Rose tells him to suck it up.  Ain laughs and creates projections that allow Zero to do his job.

The rings they exchange are very much them.  Rose gives Ain a metal ring, smooth and engraved, and tells him it has a tracker in it so she’ll always know when he’s in trouble.  Ain gives Rose a projected ring, smooth like glass, that can flare into a shield to protect her.

Rose tosses the bouquet over her shoulder.  Nobody catches it.  There may or may not have been an angry bee inside the bouquet.

[ainchase]

Really brief 1st line 3rd char bio

Elsword: Finally quit bitching over his sister

Aisha: Became sage using Aether

Rena: Become stronkest martial artist using wind spirits

Raven: His arm is automail now (almost human arm)

Eve: Uses wing type drone/gear; realized all this time she was just using what was already in her code. When the El reacted to her will to go beyond her limit it reate a new code wow that was long

Chung: guardian stone power

Ara: She's reached a whole other level of martial artness and now can see through your bullshit

Elesis: Her?? sword?? got heavy??? what

Add: He wanted to go beyond the limits of physics and have achieved being one with the Nasod armor great job

Lu/Ciel: Ciel convinced Lu to turn him into a complete demon and now theyre equls

Rose: pewpepwepewpewpewpepwpepw

Ain:   "I aint gna let the completely restored El go to shit" All the exp and restored El completes his projection ability and is now at the level of lower-God (maiar??? lol)```

[bad-end]

the empty man | elsword: psychopass au | 1/14

summary: Lord Knight and his adventures within the ishmael system governed city of Elrios. 

characters (in order of appearance): ee, ath, lk, cra, dl, ch, rf

On a set of stairs the man in the long coat rises from his seated perch. Patting his pants, he climbs to his feet and begins the slow descent down with his hands in his pockets.

The blue haired detective of the first division of the public security bureau stands at the base of the stairs. He grips the Dominator tight, and raises it to where the resounding footsteps in the tower originate. The smiling man does not move, and the words echo only in the inspector's head.

“Crime Coefficient is 0, not a target for enforcement action."

"Tch," The inspector clicks tongue and tosses it aside.

The man finishes descending the stairs and meets him at its base. The two stand directly across from each other, and their eyes lock. Crystal blue and emerald green meet, and sparks dance through their gaze.

"Erbluhen Emotion." The blue detective growls.

"Arme Thaumaturgy," The man replies nonchalant and unaffected, "Are you here to kill me?"

The inspector's eyes narrow.

"I'm taking your head and bringing you into justice."

The rain pounds on Elrios and drowns the city in a blanket of water.

A single youth runs through the streets, mindless of the downpour. His breaths run ragged and heavy, but he's in a hurry so he can't afford to stop and catch his breath entirely.

He's so terribly late for his first day on the job! How could this happen? How would his co-workers reflect upon him now?

Lord Knight takes a brief moment to check his watch and tries to pick up the pace as much as he can.

A few feet up ahead, he sees the holograms projected by the drones for security clearance. The raindrops clip through the projections and cuts through the giant bobble-headed Phorus costumes. Lord Knight comes to a stop at the foot of the familiar creatures.

Sighing a breath of relief, he digs around for his badge and ID. “I’m with the MWPSB, please let me through!”

There was a time when he thought those things were comforting and protective of their society, it’s strange to be on the opposite side of that now and to be the one doing the protecting. That being said, it's definitely more exciting to be on this side than the other. To be the one doing the protecting made Lord Knight feel good about himself.

“Excuse me,” Lord Knight calls, squeezing past the drones and into the tent, “Are you Arme Thaumaturgy?

The blue haired man standing in the makeshift tent turns to the sound of his voice, “Lord Knight, right?”

He nods and salutes. “Yes, sir. I'm sorry I'm late.”

“No matter. I'm sorry to drag you out so soon after your graduation, but we’re short on manpower, so I can't afford to treat you like a newbie.” Arme turns his head to look at the truck now pulling into the courtyard. Lord Knight watches quietly, remembering now that the trucks are supposed to carry their other team members, the ‘Enforcers’.

“Don’t think of the people you’re about to meet as human like us,” His superior warns, throwing him a blue, waterproof jacket.

As Lord Knight pulls his hands through the sleeves, the doors to the armored truck open with a steaming hiss, and four suited individuals step through in a single file line.

“They’re latent criminals, just like the people were about to go after.”

When they stand in front of the truck and begin walking towards the two inspectors, Lord Knight’s eyes widen in surprise.

“Sis-“

The red haired woman breathes in a sharp breath of shock. Her face lights up in surprise that mirrors his.

As she gasps, a tall man beside her whistles. Lord Knight watches his gaze change from peering at her to looking at him.  “I don’t think I’ve ever seen Avenger that surprised.”

“Nice to meet you, inspector. I’m Deadlord.” He puts an arm around Arme Thaumaturgy’s shoulder, which Arme proceeds to shove off. “Looking forward to looking with you.”

Lord Knight smiles. Dreadlord seems well-meaning, if not a bit rough. “Yes, me too.”

The last man steps out of the truck is a tall man with black hair and a single streak of white. “I’m Reckless Fist. It’s a shame you got assigned to a job this bad right off the bat. Would have been nice to have an easier job than this.”

A small girl pokes her head out from Dreadlord’s side, wedging herself between Arme and Dreadlord. She pulls on her hood so it no longer covers her face. Finally, she looks up at him and sticks out her hand. “I’m Chiliarch. I hope you’re not as stiff as Arme is!”

She’s even smaller than Lord Knight. Incredulous at the notion that the girl could possibly be a latent criminal, he looks at Arme Thaumaturgy for an answer.

“Check her Crime Coefficient if you’re unsure.” Arme Thaumaturgy avoids his eyes. “I’m cutting your reunion short. Let’s get going.”

A cylindrical drone rolls up to them at the entrance of the tent. It unboxes itself to reveal six guns in the case. As everyone picks up one of the guns, Lord Knight stares at the box that had his name on it.

“Use Ishmael’s eyes and calmly bring the target to justice.” Arme reminds him. “Reckless Fist, Crimson Avenger, come with me. Chiliarch, Dreadlord, pursue from the other direction. Lord Knight, your job is to simply supervise them. If anything happens, you will be held responsible.”

“Yes, sir.” Lord Knight’s reply comes off a little too stiff and nervous. Dreadlord pats his shoulder.

“You could stand to go a little easier on him, Arme. It’s his first day on the job.”

“We have a suspect to apprehend. If you care so much for going easy on him, why don’t you make sure you or Chiliarch fire the Dominator so Ishmael doesn’t have to?”

“Sounds good, will do.”

Arme makes a noise of frustration at Dreadlord’s flippant reply.

Lord Knight seizes the handle of the last Dominator in the box and swallows.  A series of holographic screens flash before his eyes, all his information, his ID with the MWPSB, and his own mental state is reflected in those screens. A clear, soft pink Psycho-Pass stares him in the face.

Then, finally, the single cross-hair comes into his field of vision. Ishmael’s voice projects itself directly into his head. “Approach calmly and bring the target to justice.”

When he looks up, Arme, Reckless Fist, and his sister are gone, and Dreadlord waits with Chiliarch for him to get ready. He grins at Lord Knight, and Lord Knight nods in confirmation. "Ready to go.”

Chiliarch’s cheerful voice fills his ears through his headpiece. “Just leave it to us. If it gets bad, we’ll fire the Dominator before you can.”

They sneak into the alley where Ishmael’s agents, the drones, will not reach. Dreadlord explains quickly that the area was never remodeled properly to get enough electricity to flow here properly and cuts out wireless signals.

The back alleys of this abandoned district of Altera ate power like a black hole ate stars, and a good portion of the people living here still burn gas lights and candles. Yet Ishmael can't make the government demolish the buildings because they can’t relocate the squatters still living there anywhere else. Most of them don't want to.

"Unfortunately, with no drone support, we're on our own-shhh." While Dreadlord waits to see if the coast is clear so they can cross the gap between the two alleys, Lord Knight points the Dominator at Dreadlord’s back.

“Dreadlord. An Enforcer registered with the MWPSB. Criminal Coefficient is 616. A target for enforcement at will.”

616… Lord Knight’s face scrunches. At 300, the Dominator would shoot and completely decompose the target in front of them, at 616… He didn’t think there was anyone with a Crime Coefficient higher than maybe 300 or 330.

“Chiliarch’s the same,” Dreadlord replies, not bothered by Dominator pointed at his forehead. “But you know, if you don’t like how either of us do things, feel free to shoot at us. We’ll try to get out of it, though, so you gotta aim carefully, okay?”

“I won’t-”

“Dreadlord,” Chiliarch’s voice interrupts them. She sounds fearless and mature, losing all aspects of her childish tone. “I found the suspect. He’s surrounded himself with crappy explosives. Who in this age sets up bombs with wicks, still? Umm, there’s something strapped to his chest. Even I can’t survive an explosive blast that bad if I go in that close.”

“Does he have a hostage?” Lord Knight pulls himself out of his stupor.

A scream rings out in the lobby of the apartment building.  Dreadlord curses under his breath. “I wish I was surprised.”

Chiliarch laughs somewhat sarcastically. “I can’t get a clear shot on him that wouldn’t set off any bombs, but he’s near a window.”

On his watch, Dreadlord pulls up a map of the area. Lord Knight sees the blue dot blinking inside the apartment and the red dot in front of a window. “Is he checking behind him at all?”

“No, he keeps looking around frantically, but I don’t think he’s expecting anyone to go through the back.”

Dreadlord motions to Lord Knight in silence, and Lord Knight follows him to another portion of the apartment complex near the window. “I see him. ”

Lord Knight peers over his shoulder into the window where the man is, trembling with a remote control in his hand. He scans the room, and sees the blue glow of Chiliarch’s Dominator. He looks up, and notices the fire alarm.

“Chiliarch, can you get a clear shot on the fire alarm?”

Chiliarch and Dreadlord breathe simultaneously. Chiliarch complains, “Man, it’s gonna suck." but a second later, a loud ringing goes off in the apartment room and drowns it with water.

“I’m taking the shot,” Chiliarch issues a single line of warning, and she steps out from behind her cover.

At Chiliarch’s sudden appearance, the man starts screaming. He waves around his remote control, as if it would actually do something with the water still pouring from the fire alarm. The hostage squirms in his grasp.

“I’ll blow her up, you know? I’ll really blow her up, I’ll-“

“Chiliarch, free the hostage first.”

Perhaps because Dreadlord's voice is a momentary distraction, the bomber sees the opportunity to run. He throws the hostage on the ground and bolts. Chiliarch turns as quickly as she can, and fires the Dominator at the man.

The shot catches him in the arm, and it explodes in a flurry of flesh. It doesn’t stop his panicked fleeing. The hostage, though, like Dreadlord said, she needs to check on the hostage.

“He’s on the run from the front door. I'm checking on the hostage."

“Come on, you heard her.” Dreadlord brings up the map, and they make the rounds again until they see the suspect bolt out the front door of the lobby. Dreadlord begins to run, and Lord Knight runs up to join him.

A few minutes later, Chiliarch’s marker indicates she’s not far behind them.

They chase him until he falls to his knees, and crawls until he can crawl anymore.

Now, Dreadlord realizes that the thing strapped to the man’s chest isn’t a bomb but a camera instead. His face is directly reflected in the lens. Whatever it means, it can't be good for him.

“Put your hands up don’t move.” Lord Knight says as calmly as he can. Dreadlord’s Dominator is calmly pointed at the man’s forehead. Lord Knight imitates the motion.

 “The crime coefficient is 372. Lethal eliminator is activated. Please aim carefully and eliminate the target.”

As Dreadlord goes to clicks the trigger, the man babbles out something interesting.

“I didn’t- the Demons, they made me do it. They-” The man stumbles over himself, breathing heavily from the strain of blood loss and exercise. Whether the liquid on his face is sweat or water or rain is hard to determine. “They said-they said, if I could get my hands on some bombs they would- they could clear my Psycho-pass-”

The man explodes in another spray of blood and guts that only leaves his bottom half behind. The explosion splashes all over Dreadlord’s clothes, and a patch lands on Lord Knight’s cheek. With a laugh, Dreadlord lets his Dominator drop to his side. "Target neutralized."

Ishmael’s voice echoes in Lord Knight's head: “Crime Coefficient is 21, not a target for enforcement. Inspector recognized by the MWPSB.”

Another Dominator in the alley lights up blue. Arme Thaumaturgy steps out from the shadows left by the building. “Lord Knight, I’ll forgive you pointing the Dominator at me as a rookie mistake.”

He addresses Dreadlord, “What was that moment of hesitation?”

Dreadlord shrugs. “Guy mentioned something about ‘Demons’, I thought maybe they would have something to do with the anarchist group in this area.”

“Focus on your mission.” Arme replies coldly, and walks over to offer Lord Knight a hand and then pulls him to his feet.

Lord Knight thanks him, but the dazed confusion is still in his eyes and doesn’t look like it will going away any time soon.

 “Going easy on him after all, huh?” Reckless Fist emerges from the darkness behind him with Crimson Avenger, who runs over to ruffle Lord Knight’s hair. Immediately, by this contact, his features soften and life fills his eyes again.

“I’ll be expecting a report when I get back. Dreadlord, look into the activities of the Demon gang that operates in this area. The rest of you, help Lord Knight produce a satisfactory report.

The rain continues to pour from the sky above. Its drops clip through the holograms the drones project.Police sirens drown out the sound of the rain.

The four Enforcers sit in their usual silence on the way back to the bureau. Their sopping wet clothes drip on to the floor and gather into puddles.

Dreadlord runs his fingers through Chiliarch’s hair as she sleeps on his lap, somehow perfectly content with ignoring how wet they all are from the rain. He watches Chiliarch’s sleeping expression like an older brother would watch his younger sister.

Reckless Fist speaks up from across from him, and Dreadlord only just slightly lifts his head. “If they’re hiring minors to do their jobs, then we’re really in pinch, aren’t we?” He directs the question to Crimson Avenger, sitting beside him as close to the door as possible.

Her red hair covers her eyes and clouds her expression, and what she’s thinking, she doesn’t care to share with the others in the truck.

notes

im so ready for this

[dlamp-dictator]

Allen’s End of the Year Rambling

Folks, I haven’t been in the best state this past year. 

I know that’s probably not the best way to open up for this summary of Allen’s 2018, but... I think it’s obvious from my lack of activity that I haven’t been pumping out essays and content like I usually have been. Things have been trying in the life of Allen X. I left my old job, started a new and frankly less fulfilling (and paying) job, had a handful of mental meltdowns, and generally not having a good year, at least not internally.

And on top of that this new season of the Senran Kagura anime is garbage, and that just makes me feel sad.

All in all, not having a great year. 

I wanted to do this Rambling in the same vein as last year, but... I can’t. I haven’t done my Anime and Video Game Updates that much this year, meaning I don’t have a good record of all the games I’ve played and anime I’ve watched this year, so I can’t do anything Top 5s this year. I mean, I watched a buttload of anime and played a lot of video games, but I just didn’t make a record of it, and I don’t like my lists being filled with just the most recent things I’ve watched and did. 

Ugh, this is just making me feel sad. I’m... just gonna��� get to the end of the year stuff now:  

Politics

And just like last year I’m gonna’ talk about the elephant in the room. 

God, as if I wasn’t feeling depressed enough.

Why is there a slowly growing Fascist movement in America? Why am I hearing about children being separated from their parents by our American government? Why are we still talking about that goddamn wall? Why is our government shutting down because of that goddamn wall? 

Like... Jesus folks, the most I do in terms of politics is a quick google check of who/what to vote for to make sure I’m not agreeing to legalizing arson, how the hell did we end up here?

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Well, I know how we ended up here, but a deep dive into current American politics to back up my claims will take a bit more research than I care to delve into on this blog. It’s times like these that make me want to dig deeper into our politics and make people more aware of what’s going on, but I know I’m part of the problem as well. 

I’ll stand on my soapbox for a later date, but if you guys think that this is all a good thing, you’re wrong and I have nothing else to say to you.

Also, unfollow if you’re right leaning or a vocal Conservative. I want literally nothing to do with you.

Art

Okay, so for a bit of good news, I’ve been doing a lot more drawing, at least compared to last year. And save for my small bouts of self-loathing I think I’ve been improving. 

These two were done in the same year, and I think there’s been a lot of improvement. I want to get better with my proportions and general anatomy, but so far I think I’m doing alright. Might try and do comic stuff next year. Nothing too ambitious, maybe just some one or two-panel scenes with a setup and punchline.

Writing

Even more good new, I’m finally working on some original projects in terms of my writing. Well, working on them in earnest anyway. Yeah... Violaceous Storm wasn’t working out too well and I realized I can’t do any original work the same way I do my fanfics. Kung fu girls story is getting tweaked a little... well, a lot, and I’m also starting to work on a story about forest ninjas. I’m think of making them short stories or vignettes, more likely the former just given my current level as a writer. 

I’m also continuing to write Reversal Princess, along with dropping Rabid Avenger. Sadly, my heart just in it to keep working on a Tokyo Ghoul fanfic anymore given some of the issues I have with it as a story, among other things. 

I... haven’t talked about Reversal Princess yet, have I? I’ve been working on it one and off for about two years now... huh, I should fix that soon and do a Dictator’s Works on it.

Media

Again, haven’t been recording a lot of what I’ve watched, read, and played throughout this year, but here are the highlights:

Been getting back into the Fallout series despite everything happening with 76, and I plan on giving New Vegas a shot next year. Been enjoying this series a lot, at least 4, so I wanna’ see what the “good” Fallout game looks like.

As some of you might know, I’ve been getting into Girls Frontline since it first released and I’ve been enjoying it... yeah, that’s really it. Ingram and PKP are best girls.

I’ve gotten back into Elsword and it’s been... a trip. Being a Wind Sneaker main is suffering, but I’m having fun over all and can’t wait for Laby to come out here in the States.

Not that I’ve talked about it, but I’ve been keeping up with the Twin Star Exorcists manga, along with the Railgun series. I’m likely going to stop actively keeping up with these two series once the 14th volumes of both series come out. They’re great, but that’s all the money I’m willing to put into them for now.

Also got into Seraph of the End too. I’ve got... feelings about it I’ll talk about at a later date.

Been watching a lot of older anime lately now that Hi-Dive is on VRV. Might talk about those later.

Speaking of, I switched out my Crunchyroll account for VRV. Been liking it so far.

Plans and Hopes for the Future

I’m not going to bother with a Resolution this year since I think those go forgotten once February hits, but I’ll just talk about my hopes and overall plans for 2019 in terms of this blog and my online presence:

Finish Reversal Princess. I just want to finish this tournament arc and finally put it to bed so I can work on other things and fanfics.

Draw a comic. Not a web series or anything, but just draw some kind of three or four panel comic.

Actually do my monthly Update posts

Post lyrics again

And... that’s about it for this Rambling. I know I’m usually more formal and organized than this, but... it’s been quite a year for me, so I’m just gonna’ take this slow as I get back into the swing of things.

I hope you folks have a happy holidays, I’ve got some big plans with family these next few weeks and hope your plans go well too.