#i need to write more about ryder too i haven't had the chance to come up with much for them yet but

[ruvviks]

i can't pick just one of those OCs to ask about... SO! gimme your favourite fact(s) about each of them!

THAMKS AAA ok so a little bit of background info first: darkwater creek is a town that's essentially stuck in some sort of a pocket dimension >:^) you can enter town freely but as soon as you're in there it's very difficult to leave because trying to leave town almost always results into wandering directly into a place called the loop, which is a ring-shaped dimension in this other dimension which is also nearly impossible to escape from <3

if people are interested, here's my pin board for darkwater creek and here's the one for the loop tee hee >:^)

the characters i drew are all from darkwater creek! aside from the town being a setting for an original story i'm also working on making it into a TTRPG >:^) the characters are all from different lineages and archetypes which give the players different features to play with in the game, it's not finished yet in the slightest but it's a start and i am VERY excited about it teehee

so jin and suki are twins. or. well. that's what they tell other people. in reality, jin is suki's clone :) cloning people is a thing that can happen in darkwater creek, they have. pretty fucked up technologies there because of a special energy they get from the loop which kind of serves like magic a little bit but it's Different <3 either way suki's parents cloned her when she was younger and then used the large sum of money they got from it to try and escape town, and they left suki there with her new twin sister. the girls are now obsessed with the loop and try to find a safe way to travel to and from it because they believe their parents are stuck in there and they have. so many questions for them that they want answered. understandably so LMAO

the twins are best friends of armando who is arguably the most normal one of the whole group <3 he's the only one who doesn't have loop energy running through his veins so he's lichrally just some guy but!! he is very friendly and social and knows a lot of people in town, and just in general knows a lot about town and about history :) he's also very interested in the loop and is helping the twins with their research <3

ryder is also part of their friend group, the four of them have been besties since middle school basically <3 the problem is, ryder died in a car accident in their last year of high school :( the crash happened at the edge of town and ryder's body was never found because they ended up in the loop somehow and loop energy turned them into a phantom, meaning they're kind of stuck between dimensions and neither fully dead nor fully alive. the twins can see ryder because of the loop energy but armando can't actually see or hear them which is. a bit difficult sometimes since ryder DOES still hang out with them. but they're making it work <3 LMFAO

it's important to know that they were all besties in high school because they also weren't all that popular there :( bullied even on some occasions, by the popular kids. and gaige was friends with those kids back in school </3 not a bully himself but also did not do anything to stop his friends out of fear of being disliked etc etc and so on, basically a pathetic wet rag of a man but at least his tits looked good while doing it. at some point he stumbled into the loop on accident while piss drunk and he got stuck in that dimension for about a month (which equals to about two loop years so he was in there for a while aha xoxo), to the point it turned him into a necron; still sort of human, but his physical form is always falling apart a little bit </3 when he stumbled out of the loop again he was found by the twins and. well. soon enough everyone in town was scared of him </3 but the twins, armando and ryder aren't so they allow him to stick around and he becomes just some guy and now they're friends <3

that is all i have about the gang right now!! i'm hoping that now that i've actually drawn all of them i'll have motivation to do more with them but we shall see >:^)

[tetsuro-wulf]

The Wulf's Eye: Missing Entry #29 | Namesday!

It was about time I got to have some one on one time with my favorite red kitsune, Akai! We haven't gotten enough chances to be alone together, as much as I've enjoyed Eiri or Raulin alongside us. Akai and I's talk by Azure's apartment wasn't enough, it made me wish to strive closer to getting to know him.

I had Akai come to the brewery. It seemed like the brewery has been a hotspot for me getting to chat with my friends lately. I had Kayah over the other evening as well. Mind you.. Kayah is such a sweetheart. We discovered we had both gone through a breakup around the same time period, got to know how he came to the Vault and all! Kayah has been pretty fantastic, he knows how to speak with animals and helped us immensely with speaking to Kou's ferret Jiro.. which led to us discovering some more insight on a very important mission. On top of that, I heard he spoke to a chocobo on a previous Vault mission. I wish I had the ability.. alas, another day. He taught me some things in a language similar to Li's. 'You are beautiful'.. except I don't know how to write it. Save that for another day.

Back to meeting with Akai. Akai opened up to me a bit once the drinks started doing their specialty. It seemed we had a lot more in common than I thought. But.. I was a little saddened to hear about Akai's insecurities.. which I once related to. Still do. The fear of losing someone you've come to love so closely because of past occurances. But as one who overcomes, I offered him my comfort and advice. He brought cheesecake to feed me, too. It seems he's interested in learning how to harness his 'fox powers', which is ironic.. as I'm still even learning my limits. But we'll both find out together, won't we? Akai proposed a drinking game. Whoever downs a bottle quicker, gets to ask the other ALL the questions.

BIG MISTAKE, AKAI!

I managed to down my bottle before he could even set his onto the table! But this was the hard part. What the fuck do I ask him? Does he walk around naked in his house.. really. The drinks were setting in. I can barely remember too much, but his company was lovely. Though, at the last bit I recalled Haruko wanted to take me out for something, so we wrapped things up.

Haruko and I met up in front of headquarters and he mentioned wanting to take me to a cafe in the Mist. Lunch out sounded really nice, plus it's been a while. Though, as Haruko led me through the Mists.. the area started seeming familiar. Up a flight of stairs we went.. and he led me outside the Lunar Cry. Balloons.. what was this? Haruko told me to head inside and upstairs. And.. SURPRISE. ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY SUDDENLY POPPED OUT!?

That's when it clicked.. it was my NAMESDAY. The namesday my people chose for me last turn.. of course, I grew misty-eyed.. They remembered, they gathered.. to celebrate it. Wisp, Crystalline, Natsume, Haruko, Eiri, Raurin, Akai, Li, Sejad, Izzy, Kayah, Ryder, Satoru..

Izzy twerked at me and I smacked his ass. They had me sit upon a chair, stuff my face before a stage. Haruko sang me a sweet song, a sweet speech that moved my heart.. Natsume as well, his words were empowering.. It made me feel special. In family and figue. Wisp, of course! Wisp PLAYED THE LUTE TOO! HE SANG! I FELT SO SPECIAL! Satoru, even in his shyness and the waterworks didn't end.. I love my sons. My bestie Eiri spoke up even! But that resulted in me needing to try some purples some day. They're not good at speeches, though. Akai, a good attempt at common but also reminded me how glad I was we had our talk. Kayah too! Even if we haven't known each other long, I feel we'll get along for a great amount of time.

Izzy and Sejad.. Kami, they displayed this grand statue that made me blush so much. Then crushed me in their arms. 10/10. Then Li.. sweet Li.. he was so very bashful, and it made me even more flustered. But to hear it from him.. my heart danced.

Everyone's words, everyone's sheer presence.. and presents. I could tell they all took great care in it. Even Eiri. I love food. I was so very.. emotional. What does a humble man do when so many people lift him so very high? Sometimes I don't.. realize how many lives I've come to touch.

Every single one of them.. every single one of them have come to paint the canvas that is my soul. They've all built me up to who I am today. Without them, I wouldn't be around. I wouldn't be Tetsuro Wulf.

You've all shaped me into the man I am today. And for that, I will never forget any of you.

And so there was a picture pinned to the journal entry, it seems. Along with some tear stains.

03.04.2022