#her and her kain icons

[invisibletinkerer]

Dragoons

Final Fantasy II introduced the iconic character class of the Dragoon.

(As an aside, "dragoon" is actually a mistranslation. The Japanese word is 竜騎士, meaning "dragon knight". A dragoon is, historically, a particular kind of soldier who has a horse to ride for transport, but does not ride a horse in battle. That makes him more mobile than a foot soldier, but cheaper than a cavallerist since he doesn't need a trained war horse. Quite unrelated to how the term is used in English-language Final Fantasy games! But "dragon knight" sounds so generic, and I kind of like the sound of "dragoon", so I still use it.)

The dragoons of FF2 aren't really much like what the class is known for later, either. The trademark "Jump" command doesn't exist yet, and Richard's default weapon is a sword, not a spear. His armor in the original NES game is a generic knight's armor, with a helmet that covers his whole head. The WSC version (published in 2001) has changed Richard's armor into something that looks a lot more like Kain's, with a dragon themed helmet that leaves half his face bare, but that's a retcon after the fact.

What distinguishes FF2 dragoons is that they ride dragons (specifically wyverns). That's their whole gimick! I'm sad that this was dropped in the other games, although I guess it'd be hard to implement in a battle system. FF5 does feature wyverns prominently, but there's no particular connection to the dragoon class.

The playable dragoon character's name in FF2 is Richard, a name that is used in FF4 for Kain's late father, who was also a dragoon. It's a neat reference, but I have seen fans try to twist it into the two Richards being one and the same, and sadly that doesn't work at all. (Even disregarding the fact that the two games, like all main FF games, take place in completely different worlds.)

In FF2, the dragoons and their wyverns lived on the island of Dist, but were massacred by the Evil Empire before the game begins. Richard is the last surviving knight (because he was out of commission while inside Leviathan!). The other two survivors are one wyvern and her egg, and a widow named Elena and her unnamed son. Elena's husband and the boy's father was a dragoon named Philip. Richard does promise to take care of them - presumably to join their family, since they are the last of his people. But he dies during the story before he can make good on that promise. So even if the boy was Kain, as I've seen suggested, the dragoon father he would have remembered would have been Philip, not Richard.

That said, I like Richard. I can imagine it's one of those names that come up again and again within the dragoon community.

[hayheadd]

New pathologic warrior cat stuff compilation

Simon Kain and Isidor Burakh. Wonder if that guy lived so long cause he had... nine lives...

The Stamatins. Their names are really hard. I'm thinking like something to do with lizards and then it's -eye and -claw suffixes. Both of them being Lizard____ is kind of like unheard of. Like naming both your kids the same thing. Cats can't make an alcoholic beverage so I guess they'd just chew the herbs and get high which would be the substance Peter abuses. Peter of course has to keep his iconic greasy hair so I thought he would keep the psychodelic catnip in his fur always available for consumption. They have a shared leg scar from a certain shared experience of killing a certain guy

Nara/Herb bride concept. Warrior cats don't have the word "bride" or "wife" they just say mate. So herb mates I guess. I thought worms would be completely bald small cats with snub noses. So herb brides only keep the nose and the partial baldness on their feet which is kind of like being shoeless. The more experienced they get the balder they become. Their names would end in -dancer and for Nara I think it would be Willowdancer cause her whole story resembles p1 Willow's

Oyun concept. Has a chimera pattern because Artemy's looking for a minotaur. a half guy half bull. a chimera if you will. here it is. Extremely big cat so he gets to wear a whole ass bull skull. His name is Bullface

[little-ars0n]

YO, i need all Kaine Parker and spiderverse artist reading this, imagine this:

What if Aracely wants so celebrate her 15th birthday party but in latino style?, that means: big shiny dress, a cute tiara, men in suits, a huge decorated ballroom, a vals with her father (Kaine), and all iconic comic characters as guests (Ben Reilly, Peter, Miguel, Gwen, Jessica, Flash, and more)

i just want to se Aracely with a cute dress and dancing with Kaine ☝🏻😔

[necromancer-4-hire]

LOK Some Random HC's

Kain: Sleeps in late and has breakfast for dinner. Woe to IHOP.

Umah: Has a tattoo on her left butt cheek. Won't tell anyone what it is. (It's a Tweety bird.)

Raziel: Watches SpongeBob and thinks Plankton is his spirit animal.

Turel: Likes coffee; nothing fruity or sugar piled. Just give him something strong and hot and he's happy.

Dumah: Loves camping; s'mores are a must.

Rahab: Doesn't care for religion but he loves Christmas.

Zephon: Took pole dancing classes to make cash on the side. His stage name is "Daddy Long legs."

Melchiah: Has a stash of candy hidden under a floor board in his room.

Sebastian: Has more friends that are human than vampire. They're easier to talk to.

Marcus: His favorite slasher icon is Freddy Krueger; thinks he's hilarious.

Faustus: Loves fries and nuggets. He gives the boot shaped one to his cat, Dominance.

Magnus: Hates hotdogs; he found out how they were made.

Vorador: Married his favorite bride in Vegas; on accident. Best mistake in his life.

Janos: Was offered a brownie by "happy hitchhikers." Claims that it was the best brownie he ever had and has yet to find one like it.

Moebius: His mother lives with him in the Stronghold; nobody but him can calm her fits.

Mortanius: Regardless of his appearance; he likes to laugh. Watching the idiocy of his clergy makes him snicker.

[rathologic]

happy mechnikov day cunts let's get it on here's the stress dream I had about bachelor route prototype gameplay an hour ago. first off, it had ipad game controls for some godforsaken reason & you started as the bachelor in some area like the start of a purplish-red ravine. the game UI assets were very clearly ripped from pokemon (as in, great and ultra balls were used as icons for selectables like the plaguefinder) in this area. you would follow this ravine downwards into a dark area where the path would tee; the left path led into a room with a screen playing some silent film on the wall ahead of you, but most of the room was dominated by rows of oldish (~1990s) computer monitors, where each row displayed "I KEEP HEARING THAT VOICE IN MY DREAMS" in green serif text on a red background, intensity flickering. exiting this room and going down the right path hit a loading screen that displayed the text "Exiting crisis...", implying this was all just a vignette introducing the game, and not part of the Town or anything

you then loaded into a first person no UI level where the player character was victor kain (????). the area was the interior of a house, presumably victor's house, I don't recall what was on the first floor but as you went up an open staircase with handrail on the left side of the room (all very dark wood, like the walls of the house which did at least have paintings on them) the player would encounter a young woman, who looked like maria and wore maria's p1 alpha black dress but was blond & her hair kind of glowed, who couldn't be interacted with. at the TOP of this staircase were two more identical versions of this woman, also a landing with two doors. the right door couldn't be opened fully because behind it was the back of the head of some bald man who was about 25% larger-than-life. the left door went into a tiny interstitial room with a TV and couch barely fitting into it. the door beyond that room was a bedroom, equally small and with two p1 factory workers sitting on the bed right next to the door entryway in it, and I clearly remember the player character smiling widely and my assumption being that Victor was about to have gay sex with these guys, but then someone drew him out of it b/c the player had other things to do i.e. me waking up.

ALSO this entire "prototype" came thru some guy's google drive presumably the guy worked for dream IPL, it was in a supposedly broken state and had been receiving patches for about 5 days (specifically since may 10th when the dream mentioned that the ARG had been solved completely by people on a website that doesn't exist. this was described as "Voronika has been saved! check the recent tags on (some other selfie posting website??)", despite voronika not appearing in the current ARG whatsoever). because it was such an early prototype the game would not run unless you had a file named "scorpion.png" (and another image file with a long name) in the same directory as it. and one of the real ARG clues had been distributed exclusively on 1 cassette tape.

hoping that at least a bit of this comes true 👍🚬

[uncaught-coolfish]

for the fandom meme, drakengard/nier!

OK. time to go full ADHD

Drakengard/NieR series spoilers below:

favorite female character: Devola from NieR:Gestalt/NieR:Replicant! Firstly, I love redheads, she’s a redhead, and as much as I don’t like how they “prettified” many of the models in the remaster, she looks adorable. Secondly… I just love her personality. That spunky, carefree yet kind archetype is one I love and she is that to a T. Reading “The Red and the Black” novella, as tough as that was, really made me love her more than I already did. And she’s got a great design. Second place would probably be Manah from Drakengard 1, who is also probably my favorite character in all of the games. She is iconic.

Favorite male character? Caim. Caim Caim Caim. Also my favorite protagonist of the games. Even if in comparison to the other games’ protagonists he might not be as “deep”, he’s just… fun. Baby girl. And a monsterfucker. Don’t forget that. Plus, he got the best cutscene in all of the games in Drakengard 2. Holy shit. Secondly would be Emil, given he’s been my profile picture. Emil is the sweetest little guy and I would take him to a Dairy Queen.

Favorite Book/Season/Etc(in this case, game IG): Tie between NieR 2010 and Drakengard 1. NieR 2010 is my favorite game of all time, while Drakengard 1 is my favorite of the 5 Drakenier games EASILY. I’d give an explanation, but I’d need like five other posts to do that :P

Favorite Episode(in this case, a cutscene): THE FUCKING CUTSCENE IN DRAKENGARD 2 WHERE CAIM APPEARS OH MY FUCKING GOD. LITERALLY PEAK. IDC IF YOU ADORE DRAKENGARD 2 OR THINK ITS DOGSHIT IT IS CANONICAL IN MY HEART. THE WAY HE SUDDENLY APPEARS BEHIND THOSE KNIGHTS. THE SOUND EFFECTS WHEN HE STOMPS HIS FOOT AND OH MY GOOOOODDD THE SOUND DESIGN ON HIS SWORD??? THE FUCKING SOUND OF THAT???? HOOOOOOOOO

AND THE SHOT OF ALL THIS BLOOD GOING EVERYWHERE FROM WHEN HE KILLS THE KNIGHTS AND MANAH IS JUST STARING AT HIM…. -^]*]*\€]*\€|*]£]+\€|€]]<|£€|!|]>]€ it’s so good so good and the music they used was also amazing. Runner up is undeniably Kaine’s rant in NieR 2010. There is a fucking reason it opens Gestalt. Don’t even play the game, just watch that cutscene (in English) and you will be hit with impeccable atmosphere and voice acting.

Favorite Cast Member: Laura Bailey!! Her as Kaine floors me every time. I’ll also give props to the guy who voiced 9S because my godddd that was a startling performance. And Yoko Taro himself, for feeding my ADHD his stupid little games.

Favorite ship? As much as I don’t like Drakengard 3 nor Zero herself… Zero x Accord has won my heart. That’s probably just because Accord is very Homura coded but that’s ok. And of course, Angelus and Caim. Fuck Romeo and Juliet, I want what they have. (Dragon and Donkey coded)

A character I’d die defending? Uhhh since pretty much all of these characters are sucky people and the fandom is chill with it… I guess Lady One? Idk lol.

A character I just can’t sympathize with? Zero oh my god!!! I don’t like her. Sorry guys, I don’t like the lady who makes r*** jokes towards the men she takes after killing her sisters, no matter what “good reason” she has for doing so.

A character I grew to love? …Arioch. Fucking… Arioch. She is a horrible disgusting person… but she’s funny about it. Also Jackass from NieR:Automata, I’d go fishing with her!

My ANTI-OTP? Honestly, Kaine x Nier. No real reason why it’s just not my cup of tea lol.

Thanks for the ask!

[lusciakoushiro]

Slow goings, but getting somewhere

Well it's been a little while. As I said before I was purposely not keeping the same crafting pace, but ultimately it came for another reason. On January 21st I lost my mom due to cancer and hadn't been in a good head space to create, though I had projects in mind. It wasn't until late February/early March that I felt a desire to try making something. Nothing fancy. I had been playing the new Theatrhythm and have always adored the sprite work so I drew Hythlodaeus and my husband's character Tia in that style.

I also got myself some skin tone markers for my birthday and tested those out and Eevee seemed like a good candidate.

I also managed to snag Jazza's Pro Sketch Pack just for something special for my birthday. With 2 new sketchbooks that came in the pack, the "dreaded" question of what do I draw on the first page came up. Not really a hard question for me as I knew I was gonna draw my avatar, Luscia.

The spread on the left is a dry media paper and the right is mixed. I miscolored her in the chibi drawing due to bad lighting, but the materials felt really good. I really like the pic in the right, using the iconic picture of FFIV's Kain for inspiration. My only tiff is I wanted to use the acrylic marker to outline her but it seems the marker doesn't play well with graphite. But the win here I think is her skin, which was done with water soluble graphite. I am in LOVE with how that makes her skin look.

And lastly the project I had pop in my head at the beginning of the year. I have always wanted to make my own plushie, but I have 0 know how or skill when it comes to sewing. So I thought " can you make one with felt and fabric hot glue?"

The body you sure can. Though not felt (idk what kind of fabric it is. Amazon just said it was for making dolls) the glue worked very well. Only thing I would suggest is making the pattern a bit larger, especially for the arms and legs or smaller add ons. Since the glue is stiffer turning your pieces inside out becomes slightly more difficult and despite the good bond the glue has can result in tearing. As for the felt...

It can work, though not with so much polish. I think I would have preferred to paint the facial details over the felt. And something to note that some felt sheets (I got these from Michael's) were thicker than others. In this case the black was thicker so him sitting like this is a little awkward due to it. Overall I like him and plan on making Emet-selch as well.

[chingcna]

—𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜...  alyx kain (  she/her - mercenary - hardass surviving the end of the world by herself   )

open to anyone !!  plot: based on the last of us. alyx has to take your muse to another location and claim a reward. the reason why can be up to you!

"I need you to understand that there are some rules you need to follow if you want to make it out there,” she started saying as she packed her things. “You are going to listen to me, and you are going to follow every single one of my orders. You are not going to ask any questions and you’re going to do your best to not annoy me and keep up with me.” Satisfied, she closed her bag and checked her holster. “Are we clear?”

guidelines / gif icons available this starter was made using the legacy editor lmk if you’d rather have me switch to the new one

[rainydreams14]

How Are You?

It was a rainy day in Sol City, people were having a coffee session in some cafes, some of them crossed the streets rushing to go to their work, and some of them were teenagers who had fun with their friends while their umbrella was open to protect themselves from showering rain. They had their face straightly on the road while chatting about random events to share of, including boys.

A black haired male student was walking towards the massive school building, tightly holding the handle of the umbrella. He was wearing his grey jacket, blue shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes while carrying his pale blue backpack from behind. His icy cyan orbs focused on the building while his wireless earphones were on, listening to the song he could vibe in which was Lemon Tree by Fools Garden. As he entered the school building, he was greeted by the brown haired man with a cheerful smile. 

“Hey, Kaine! What’s up?” 

The brown haired man noticed Kaine unresponsiveness since he was busy closing the wet umbrella, putting it on the handle where the rest of the umbrella hanged, walking to the canteen and bursting music from his earphones that the passerby could hear.  So, Kaine’s friend tapped his ears to gesture that he had his earphones on. Kaine noticed this. He removed them immediately and said, “Hmm?” 

“I asked if you have any plans for tonight?” The brown haired man asked, putting his bag on the chair beside him and taking out the notebook he reviewed for his next class. 

“Nothing,” said Kaine as he sat across his friend and opened his floating screen where he could keep the files. The start screen of the document had appeared after Kaine tapped the icon, revealing its loading display. His friend transferred beside him to take a peek on his screen. 

“You got something to do in that?” The brown haired man said, clicking on the back of his pen before looking at his notebook to answer a complicated physics problem with hopes he didn’t forgot his physics formula book in his bag.

“I’m free tonight and yes, just some research paper for our thesis,” Kaine responded as the document successfully loaded before rechecking the updated information his team had gathered. From his screen, there appeared a text that contained an update for their research.

‘Patricia and I went to the Akicia Street as stated from the news and multiple articles before, those weird liquid blood appeared at 11:48PM. We soon arrived and saw the blood spill on the ground, it doesn’t look like an ordinary blood though. It looks like an alien green leaf blood leading to the dark alley. Patricia and I were about to follow the tracks but it was late, our final decision was to get home since her parents need her presence for family affair. So, we instead, gather the alien’s blood — I have to call that since it sounds appropriate to describe — by using a spoon and put it in a tube as you suggested. It did worked though, it just look so slimy based on its appearance. Good thing the blood wasn’t dry so it’s easily slipped through the glass.

We went home on our separated ways and I took the tube with me safely. I kept them by putting them on a test tube rack. 

I need your further advice, leader. I'll be waiting at the laboratory tomorrow.'

Kaine was interested with the data his team had gathered since it was a massive news about the green blood issues in the Sol City and no one seemed to gather information about it. The data was new for everyone anyways. So, he took it as an opportunity to use it for their research which was a long life time if they wanted to continue with a cliffhanger closing. Kaine had his straight serious look maintained while he scrolled down with his index finger, his friend noticed this and tried to hold back his laughter. The brown haired man tried to convert into serious so he could follow with Kaine’s momentous vibes but he couldn’t. So, in the end, he started to laugh which Kaine heard him.

“Why are you laughing?” Kaine asked when he caught his friend’s wide grin. 

“Dude, you look so serious! I can’t help it. Why not try to smile, at least?” his friend responded with a soft laugh since he tried to hold it in. 

“Why would I smile when there is no reason to?” Kaine bluntly said, raising his brow to his friend to make sense of his answer which a large hammer hit the brown haired man’s brain to understand his response. 

“Ah shoot, yeah. I’d never thought of that. It would be weird to do that, it’s like you’re a crazy man creepily smiling at them thinking you’re planning to kill them,” the brown haired man said, writing on his paper to solve the problem than getting distracted by the girls passing by. 

“What if I am?” Kaine responded, keeping his eyes on the screen. His friend peeked over to see Kaine, trying to read his expression if he was joking about the killing, but based on his straight expression. He looked like he wasn’t. 

“Bro, are you seriously serious?” And Kaine glanced at his friend to give him a smirk. 

His friend blinked, then changed into a glare of pout and shook his head, “Nah, you must be kidding.” 

“Oh yes I am,” Kaine nodded, taking his eyes back to the computer screen to continue reading the updates. On the back of his mind, he wanted to stay to read more news articles about it but when Kaine checked on his black watch, he noticed that Biology class was up next on his schedule.

“We better go,” Kaine continued, closing the floating screen that disappeared in a flash instead of searching some articles about the alien blood. 

“Right. Jake, I know you want to skip class but you have to attend for the sake of your future,” Kaine’s friend looked like he was talking to himself while putting his notebook back. Jake does that sometimes as a sign of self-scolding but it’s his hobby. 

The two best friends left the cafeteria quietly, they could hear their footsteps echoing the hallways. But not just the two of them, multiple footsteps were heard with voices as the students entered their respective class. Feeling at this moment that they were not the only ones rushing to catch the time made them relief.

“Before we separate ways, have you seen Stella?” Jake asked Kaine as he held tight on his brown bag pack. 

“No, she look busy with her filming. What about her?” Kaine responded. 

“It’s just, we haven’t hanged out since multiple projects shoot at her like a machine gun. She’s been pretty busy nowadays,” Jake sighed. 

“She is. Not sure when she’ll be with us,” Kaine looked down on the ground, thinking about the times Jake, Stella, and him used to stay at the bench away from crowds. Jake and Stella were the talkative ones, they seem to argue a lot but in the end it was a comedic scene for Kaine. An entertainment. But, this time it was different. People change, everyone change because of their experiences and trials they encountered individually. All they had to do was to hope that Stella was doing fine with her project. They wouldn’t know if she had changed. 

“I’ll see you later, Kaine,” Jake said, waving at his silent friend as Kaine gave him a small smile before taking the stairs to the fourth floor. 

As the noises from the raindrops heard in the afternoon, the cold wind passing by as the rain continued to shower in Sol City. Students inside the classroom were sitting on their respective place, it was a formed of an auditorium yet medium size instead of a massive one. Clearly fits the number of students inside the classroom, they had their notebooks out and some others were using the floating document screen to take down notes about the discussion. The professor wasn’t writing on the board, he had his presentation on through the floating screen hologram provided by the school. It showed the pictures of human anatomy with the description of how it functions. Most of the students in class silently participated on the topic but the rest were doing their best to rush their thesis for the next subject they had to attend. As the professor finished discussing the lesson due to the time limit, all of the students packed their things to get to their next class. Their schedules were separated depending on the block, section, and courses they took. They had their free will to choose which courses they wanted to include or remove in the list, but for Kaine, he was satisfied on how he had three hours of spending time in his favorite place. 

That was where he would go, Kaine walked out of the classroom as he opened the screen to check if there’s any message especially form his teammate. Lou appeared on the message screen after three seconds of checking, Kaine opened the message to see what was written. 

‘We’ll be waiting for you in the laboratory.’ 

Kaine closed the screen after reading the message, he focused on the hallways to where the path would lead him to until he stopped his tracks to check the room. Kaine moved his head to the side to peek over the door window, there he found a black haired girl all alone with her painting palette on her right hand and a brush on her left hand. She was wearing a green dress, hair tied up into a half-moon bun, matching silver crescent moon earrings and necklace, and her blue oceanic orbs focused on the canvas. The gloomy lights dim around her like a dramatic scene of silence yet it didn’t match on how the girl was so serious with her painting. Kaine tried to familiarize what those colors were on her palette, he noticed they were yellow, red, black, and white. He remembered there were appropriate artistic names when it comes to identifying the colors but he decided to make it simple for now. 

Every stroke the girl made in the canvas was a mystery to him, Kaine was observing on how she used those different brushes that he couldn’t describe. He wasn’t familiar with the term. He didn’t pick the art related course because it was his weakness. He just knew those simple sizes of the brush she used and those were small, small medium, medium, medium large, and large. 

Weird to describe this... 

But then, Kaine saw the girl’s strokes halted and spotted that they caught each other’s stare, which made him move his head away and continued his steps at a rushing pace. He tried to calm himself. He had to take a deep breath and maintained a straight face so no one would ever see his embarrassing reaction. Knowing he was well-known as “Mister Loner with straight face”, he decided to keep that title.  

As soon as Kaine arrived at the laboratory, he put his hand on the doorknob and twisted it before pushing to open. He spotted his laboratory crew with the test tube on the rack where the green blood contained in it. Kaine walked to the seat and put his bag on the floor. He opened it to pull out his lab coat and wore it around him before the group started their discussion. Their group were formed into six with five members, each of their own would propose a research paper with a choice to be published or not, to be continued or ended it right there to let the other researchers continue their data, and if there was something interesting with the information. That would be the school’s decision. 

“Did you see the updates?” Asked the dark chocolate haired man, which it was Lou. 

“Yeah,” Kaine responded shortly, walking near to the test tube and took it off from the rack to glance at the alien blood. 

“We haven’t moved, we were waiting for your instructions” said Lou. 

“Alright, do they have any microscope slides?” Kaine asked as he grabbed the microscope. 

“We checked the cabinet if they have some. Fortunately, they do,” the blonde haired girl with hazel eyes said, grabbing the microscope slides from the other table and carefully gave it to Kaine. 

Kaine grabbed the microscope slides as the hazelnut haired girl went near him to hand him the pipette. Kaine took the two objects and placed the clean microscope slides on the table carefully so it wouldn't shatter, he used the pipette to transfer the alien blood and placed the droplet carefully at the end of the slide before smearing by using an extra clear slide. After that, he used the cover slip on the sample to stay with caution so it wouldn't trap an air of bubbles and removed the excess liquid.

The process has been completed, now the team decided to check on the microscope as they expected that they wouldn't see some cells in the blood due to the water drying up. Although by its appearance, it seemed wet and was able to spread on the slide.

Kaine placed the slide on the microscope, and he adjusted on which of the three he would be able to see clearly on the sample before he leaned forward to observe the particles in the blood. There, he spotted the cells still alive and running yet contaminated bacteria due to the combination of the ground and blood little particles. He could see the leukocytes, thrombocytes, and an unfamiliar cell that was unique from the others. That cell formed green on its blood that the plants don't have. All of the living creatures didn't have this kind of cells that would maintain its functions wet blood, although Kaine didn't know what else that blood's function in a deeper note.

Kaine wanted to know more about that blood.

Kaine mentioned what was in the green blood, his teammates were silently excited to see it, but before that, they had to wait for Kaine to finish his turn. The hazelnut haired girl opened the document, and she started to type on the floating screen as she listened to Kaine's dictation.

"Leukocytes and thrombocytes exist in this cell. Leukocyte is a cell that acts as a defender that attacks the foreign pathogens while the thrombocyte is a cell that repairs the damage of the skin, a builder role. Now for this mysterious cell is unfamiliar. This new cell doesn't exist in animals, plants, and humans or all of the non-living and living creatures. This is the first time I've seen it, no other functions that can identify but to maintain the color green of the blood." Kaine said as he stepped away from the microscope to let the others see the subject.

Lou went to the microscope to check the alien blood, and there he spotted the same thing that Kaine had mentioned. He observed deeper on the cell's movements and had a lightning function about the green cell.

"The green cell acted as the same as erythrocytes. Look, it doesn't have a nucleus. Therefore, this cell gives off oxygen while circulating the body. I notice something strange too, there's some dendrites in this cell, I think those dendrites deliver messages to the body, so maybe every time when the dendrites brush off the other dendrites from the nerve cells. Then, the information will be sent to the owner as a response to something... Mysterious." Lou explained, leaning his head back away from the microscope lens before looking at Kaine, who was thinking about his information.

"Then what could be the function of that dendrites. It doesn't have an axon and a nucleus. The nucleus is the central power of the cells." Kaine said, sighing deeply as the team decided to stay the night to analyze the blood. Although it wouldn't take too long for them to stay until midnight, they had to separate ways to arrive home and do their homework from other minor subjects.

"I'll send the notes to you later," the hazelnut haired girl said, taking off the lab coat, folding it properly, and placing it in her bag before carrying it on her back.

"I'll be expecting that." Kaine said, grabbing the key from the drawer under the laboratory table and waiting for his teammate to finish packing. Once she was done, the hazelnut haired girl walked out of the room together with Kaine.

Kaine locked the door with the key and put it in his pocket as the two of them walked down the hallways quietly.

"You're going to return the key?" The hazelnut haired girl said, looking at him for a second before glancing back at the path to where the exit was.

"Yeah." Kaine responded shortly.

"Okay." The hazelnut haired girl said with a nod once.

The hazelnut haired girl's name was Patricia. She had been with Kaine a lot during their groupings back at their minor subjects for four years. They had been seen as potential partners whenever it was by pair in their previous chemistry class without Lou. Although throughout her life, their conversation was so short. They only talked about academic topics such as assignments and discussions, which made Patricia eager to know more about him.

Patricia opened her mouth to speak, "So, Kaine."

"Yeah?" Kaine responded, activating the floating screen to check if he had a message, but no one did.

"Do you have a Valentine date?" Patricia said slowly.

"I wish." Kaine responded and took out the earphones from his bag.

"Oh, well, I don't have one too." Patricia said, trying to make a point of her side and hoping for Kaine to realize what she was saying. But on the way Kaine plugged his earphones on his ears and blasted music, Patricia found his actions disrespectful, and she felt offended that he wasn't interested in their short conversation. Her heart twisted with a stabbed knife once again, telling herself that she was used to it and keeping herself quiet most of the time to give up talking at this moment.

After returning the keys to the guard, Kaine and Patricia separated ways when they exited the campus' gate. Kaine turned to his side to continue his track while listening to the song Caribbean Blue by Enya.

Letting the moon from above linger down the streets of Ocher.

'Hush now. You don't have to be afraid, my dear. You will be safe here in my land and soon you will get what you want.'

Every steps that the six girls would take marks the sandy floor. They had their navy blue dress as their red hair flow down, taking its movement whenever they turn around the rock where the blonde haired girl was sitting.

She had her arms around her knees, keeping her blue oceanic orbs on the rocky seat and observed every feet moving to the right before she looked at her left ankle where the silver anklet with a tiny amulet of a diamond crescent moon hugged. The girls held their hands together to form a chain of circle as a change of pace from their dancing. Continuously flowing their navy blue dress from the curves of the wave, the blonde haired girl kept her pale pink lips shut. She listened to their chants that were done unknowingly whenever it was full moon, waiting for the phenomena to happen, which was the super blue moon.

The blonde haired girl sighed, disliking what she was wearing. She had her white dress on yet transparent where her breasts and every curve of her body exposed and a crown of leaves with a diamond crescent moon in the middle on her forehead. On the other hand, she didn't dislike the accessory she had, which was a matching earrings and necklace tiny leaf wrapped around the tiny crescent moon. Barefoot kept still on the rock, not touching the ground as she kept her tears in. Not wanting to fall those salty salty tears off her eyes, she had to be brave enough to stay still and get used to their practices. She couldn't even understand their words since she wasn't taught by it when she was four.

"Naghihintay ang dagat sa kanyang sinta.

Hindi niya makuhang maibalik ang kanyang sinta.

Natutulog na lang siya sa loob ng kuweba.

Umiiyak habang nananaginip ang hawak ni luna

Gusto niyang hanapin ang kanyang luna.

Ngunit hindi siya makagalaw.

Dahil sa pusong nadurusa."

The girls looked so happy, and they had their lips curve up into a smile as they changed their dance. This time, they turned around to face away from the girl. They had their eyes closed while the blonde haired girl tilted her head in confusion.

She was always confused about their dances. She had no clue what was going on, but she remembered what her mother said.

"When the girls turn around, stand on the rock and reach out for the moon, then recite this..."

The blonde girl stood up from the rock, she locked her eyes on the moon and extended her right arms up as if she was reaching for the moon, looking at it before closing her eyes to hide her blue oceanic orbs.

She opened her mouth to speak, "Ako ay babalik sayo, aking sinta. Mahintay ka lamang at hindi na ako aalis sa iyong tabi habang buhay. Ito ang aking pangako."

It was black in the vision, but when the eyes opened, there revealed a blue oceanic orbs staring straight at the crescent moon yet the horizon of the night blue ocean with her peripheral vision. Her feet on the sandy floor, silver anklet with a diamond crescent moon around her left ankle and the wind passing by her as it kissed her skin, giving her shivers. The black haired girl was wearing a navy blue triangle bra and a long gray skirt up to her ankle, matching crescent moon earrings and necklace, feeling the quiet atmosphere of the night scenario as she heard a sentence from a female voice which made her turn around.

"My dear, let yourself get rest now. You have school tomorrow." Said the short brown haired woman, her brown eyes focused on the black haired girl.

The black haired girl smiled and said, "Okay, mama."

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Austra - "Swan Song"

Austra has shared the score that she did for the Canadian documentary “Swan Song”. SWAN SONG, a feature documentary that immerses viewers inside The National Ballet of Canada as it mounts a legacy-defining new production of Swan Lake, directed by ballet icon Karen Kain on the eve of her retirement. SWAN SONG is directed by Chelsea McMullan (Ever Deadly, My Prairie Home), who wrote the film with…

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hi nikki! i remember you did this for brandi so what clay hair do you think goes well with miranda capp? its super hard to find one that suits her and im looking for suggestions lmao

To be truthful, Miranda grew up to an adult with an alpha hair and I didn't change it 😨 So, this is a good opportunity to change that!

This compilation is very *my conversions* heavy so I apologize in advance.

Miranda, in my opinion, is very much a short hair or long bob kind of sim. That chin is her weakness... and also her strength.

Hazelpuff's 4t2 Okruee Millie NervousxSubject's 4t2 bloodmooncc Yujin Platasp's 4t2 EA GP05 Medium Straight Platasp's 4t2 BustedPixels Firebrand 3 Plumbtales' 3t2 Short Afro - for non-POC sims, I use this with intention of a grown out shaved head. I'm not aware of any other colorful close cuts/shaves as hairstyles (I will gladly take them!) Falkii's 4t2 Cerberus Jennifer Minicule-sim's 4t2 aharris00britney Aaron (short) Platasp's 4t2 DayLifeSims Liv Platasp's 4t2 DayLifeSims Icon Platasp's 4t2 EA GP12 Mohawk Mullet

Honorable Mentions:

enjoyingmypain's 4t2 qwertysims Flow V2 Hazelpuff's 4t2 Cerberus Kaine Hair

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thots on estinien?

Ah Grumpy Jumpy Dragoon Bro. Dear Ser Azure. He's come a long way since those early ARR DRG quests. The kind of character I rolled my eyes at for being a gritty edgelord trying too hard and putting his angry manpain before reason.

And now he's one of my favorites.

He's not a himbo, nor at all stupid; there's a naivete about him, sure, but it's one familiar in someone who spent their life sheltered and focused. Estinien was a career soldier, his life since the age of twelve around and in Ishgard's military. Basic needs met, letting him laser focus on his training and his job. His own dark mindset didn't allow him room for much else, either; Aymeric pretty much had to force Estinien to accept him as a friend and remember his name. Even lore sources say Estinien never picked up a hobby, and any he had a child has likely atrophied.

But once free of the war and Nidhogg, he is allowed to grow. Thanks to his encounters with the WoL and Alphinaud, especially. And Ysayle, as he names his armor in her honor, even as his spear embodies what remains of Nidhogg. Estinien is allowed to feel again, and sometimes that likely gets to be Too Much.

I'm former military, but I only did my brief post-high school stint during peacetime; I got out in August of 2001. So I never dealt with war--but my friends did. A couple of them never came home. The ones who did weren't the same people who left. One or two confided in me as a safe, understanding ear, a person they could talk of things they couldn't tell other friends or even spouses about what it was like.

Estinien reminds me of that, especially in the story where he's down and out in Kugane and tries desperately to dodge Krile and Tataru. He gave in, and he's learned more than many think about how to survive in the civilian world as a free lance. He calls himself a realist, but he's bursting with compassion, and it leads him to making what looks like foolish decisions--but he always has his reasons, born of a lifetime of suffering and wanting to make things better for others instead.

He's probably one of the more dangerous people in the world as well, and quite unique, given his lingering aetheric shift thanks to Nidhogg, when he was already an exceptional combatant. It's understandable why so many think that part fascinating, though often reducing him to a feral beast.

They coulda worked that default elf face a bit, or at least not stolen the man's lips. That his face is so utterly different post-Nidhogg can maybe be attributed to his possession, yet everyone recognizes him. Ah well; he's still got a nice unique design.

Still jealous he got the cool iconic armor without a stupid belly window and gets to use the Kain pose by default though.

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Hblergh existential daniil dankovsky analysis I guess

From an existential perspective, the Bachelor’s route is basically Daniil’s struggle (and failure) to get free will. 

His desire for choice is most obvious in his motivations- he literally wants to defeat death, giving people the right to choose when to die. Daniil Dankovsky, pro choice icon. 

And that’s what makes all his quests so interesting. the Bachelor’s route is basically Daniil’s struggle to be an errand boy for a bunch of people, all successfully manipulating him. He gives up his choice to the ruling families, to the powers that be, to Aglaya. 

This isn’t to say that Daniil doesn’t try to resist. An especially interesting example is his final choice. After the polyhedron reveal, Daniil decides to raze the town out of sheer spite, a final free action against the powers that be. Except ironically, it’s just a choice that’s already been allotted for him by the devs in canon. Whatever he does, he’s following a predetermined path.

So... why does he give up his free will if it’s so antithetical to his character? In a lot of his dialogue, Daniil expresses that he feels like everything he’s done is futile because it wasn’t enough to help people. 

It’s like he bases his esteem on how useful he is to people. And you can see it in his storyline: he always sucks up to all the important people. My favorite example of this is his dynamic with Aglaya. She’s always one step ahead, and Daniil is always looking for her approval- that’s HOW she manipulates him. But he clings to her and the Kains because if he’s being useful to them, that means that he has value. The only way for him to get out of that is to find a non-external source of validation. Which he doesn’t. So I guess the answer is that Daniil gives up his free will because he ultimately believes that he is unlovable. 

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Kaine is best girl ❤️

All of Yoko Taro's white-haired, foul mouthed and permanently angry bitches are best girls BUT Kainé especially 💖💖

She's so iconic tho. 11 years have passed, and I still know her long-ass speech at the library literally by heart :'

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What are your character design ratings (P1 in contrast to P2, better or worse) for all Bound/ non-NPC Patho characters? :)

i love your ambition! but I'm limiting this to top 5 and worst 5 plus comments for my own sanity. since there are 24 Bound and a sum total of 34 named characters who appear (with model) in both games

gorkhon's 5 top superstars:

WOW this ended up biased a lot towards p1. in my defense p1 is better and has better characters with better designs haha

p1 rubin: rubin's size is important and by god did the character designers make the most of it. his leather outfit is A) unique, B) fairly practical, and C) homosexual (in a loving men way and an outcast breaking societal rules about bodies due to necessary and innate circumstances way), emphasizing how despite All That he leans into his own distinctiveness and trusts his abilities. it all contributes to a clear concept of his background and motivations- you can tell he's gone through a lot for his age, even while his head scar usually can't be seen without fly mode or parkour. special note to the animation where he raises his arm to match the medical poster on his wall... overall so so lovingly well done. (p2 rubin: to be discussed later)

p1 anna: just such a visually solid and interesting figure! her hair went through a lot of development stages and I think the blond wig deserves its final spot, both as a representation of her character & as a design capstone... I really love the texture and detail on her face it's just totally contradicted by the game saying she's 18. (p2 anna: give her shoes for God's sake. I can't abide like this. Decent coat but it obscures so much potential)

p1 andrey: perfect. the desaturated color of his long coat matches really nicely with his white clothing, and who can resist a guy with spurs. his red eyeshadow genuinely iconic for our 1 canon bisexual man. only complaint is I think his handkerchief was too hard to see in the game and could've been made more distinctive (p2 andrey: the color coordination gets soooo unbalanced with his chest out. #boyboss but it's really not fun to look at him)

both vlad jrs: the designers did an INCREDIBLE job of representing young vlad through his clothing, height, and mannerisms, as an anxious, unlikeable young man under a lot of pressure who tries to do his best while espousing deeply fucked up ideals... evidenced by the success of tai lopez vlad and the number of comments ive seen saying "he looks libertarian" this is stellar character design

p1 lara: her crying cat face... again a really coherent design, the purple/olive layered clothing is distinctive and pleasant to the eye. I especially like the embroidery as a hint of textile history in the patho setting and a reflection of the Town's gender roles. her hair's lovely and the sturdy boots are a perfect allusion to her family history & willingness to take action (p2 lara: hate looking at her :( they smoothed her face they took away her details. she has nothing distinctive except implausible hair physics)

honorable mention: marky mortel :) both designs slap but again p1 is more appealing in terms of varied, balanced color choices

gorkhon's cringe compilation:

2bin (p2 rubin): gets his own separate paragraph because I despise him. he looks bad I think it's perfectly in line with how deeply the writers fucked up his motivation and character but he loses so many points for his plastic looking bald head texture. doesn't even get to keep the scar! his eyes also get lightened 50% which is a baffling choice (although 2's engine is awful at displaying dark eyes anyhow)

p2 eva: sighing and moaning and sobbing. "this woman 'dresses' in skimpy and half-undone clothing because it adds to her appropriation of the kin's customs character" it really doesn't. concept art had a lovely nose but it's not IN the game. miserable. might I add the 3 primary colors are a nice attempt but not adequately balanced with yellow, which is jarring (p1 eva: honestly I do think her attire makes sense for her character in this one, and the gold/white color coordination is lovely. narrowly missed the top 5 bc she also needs shoes)

p1 victor: literally the most nothing man. guess you don't need a "character design" when you sit behind a desk anytime you're not being observed. kind of works with his being underestimated in the story but Man (p2 victor: yay he has visual personality now :) the details like his torn shirt add a lot, but they /are/ details that are sort of hard to catch)

p1 khan: off the top of my head I can't remember anything about how he looks, which is usually bad from a character design standpoint. he's an important figure and a leader of imaginative children, so it feels really jarring to have him in average normal clothing (p2 khan: also a big improvement! p2 did a lot with the Kain family resemblance, and his attire mirroring and diverging from his estranged father's slaps... however khan's haircut feels odd given the setting)

alpha marble nest georgiy: If You've Ever Seen Him, You Know

[scarletanomaly]

* SCARLETANOMALY. an original character MIRANDA FINCH constructed from the universes of the SCP foundation && legacy of kain with heavy original lore influences from marvel's the scarlet witch - midnight mass - stephen king's carrie && little demon. horrified by moe.

001. REDACTED INFORMATION : INTRODUCTION. 🍷

Hi there, I'm Moe (she / her) twenty-three. black and cherokee indian.

this is a crossover friendly blog !

this blog will feature dark and triggering taboo content not suitable for anyone under the age of eighteen or anyone easily triggered. The following content goes as said: blood rituals, ritualistic cannibalism, incest (mentioned only due to scarlet king lore), cults and survivor trauma, body horror, gore, occultism, demonology, witchcraft, pregnancy (still births, miscarriages, postpartum depression, etc), child / animal death, murder, decomposition, insects (maggots, spiders, etc). Trypophobia, Scopophobia, suicide (mentioned only)

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002. LAWS ARE MEANT TO BE OBEYED : RULES 🍷

ACTIVITY : I am a slow writer, someone that easily slips into depression fatigue every now and then. I'm not ignoring you or anything, most of the time I just don't have the energy to write or I don't feel the response I have is good enough and it's been drafted.

BLOG STUFF : No godmodding, metagaming, etc. I don't participate in reblog karma. I reblog from the source and so should you, I am not a resource blog.

BLOCKING / UNFOLLOWING : I usually soft block if I don't want to follow someone anymore or they make me uncomfortable. The same is applied for me, block me if I make you uncomfortable or you don't have an interest in following me anymore, there won't be any hard feelings.

COMMUNICATION : That being said however, I am a strong advocate for communicating with my partners. You need to tell me upfront if I've done something that made you uncomfortable. Otherwise, I won't know and therefore can't correct myself.

003. REDACTED FILE : SCP 6285 🍷

THE NEIGHBORHOOD : HOME SWEET HOME

coming soon.

FRACTURED : A DREAM OR A MEMORY?

coming soon.

CONTAINMENT BREACH : KETER

coming soon.

PROPHECY : THE SCARLET WITCH

coming soon.