#most sona stuff is in my head but once and a while i can get something down on paper

[good-beans]

Misc 0312 art no one asked for but it's be annoying about sona time!!!

< Obligatory "I should have been there" art -- no shade on Amane, the line just drove the point home very well. I found this translation in a youtube video and like it better than the one on the wiki

> Old and new sketches, meme to explain how their symbolism pairs, and bonus 02-06! I had a cute one saying that "can I try rizzing you up/please please please" to Mappi but my art app ate it :(((( Please just imagine it in beautiful hilarious detail ty 🙏

Aaand one super extra cringe one but I've come this far already

[thedreamworldlibrary]

Nothing Bad Happens Chap. 7- The Walker Triplets

Next chapter is here and we got a few things!

First off, angst! Yeah even though nothing truly bad happens, there is angst in the story! I’m also touching on a serious topic I never touched on before, but hopefully, I did it right.

Second, like how the main WTDW canon has fans and people who work on the show be workers. I’ve decided to do the same thing for NBH, introducing me and my friends sonas as DWE workers! To start it off I’m introducing my WTDW-sona as well as my beta reader to the mix.

Third and finally, even though I planned and wrote this fanfic I realized how dark and serious my topic choice for this chapter could be.

So, TRIGGER WARNING as it does deal with dark topics like abuse and neglect.

Big thanks to @gigilefache for being my beta reader!

Enjoy!

It was another fun day at Dreamworld and now it was closing time. Many of the families were leaving with their kids who waved goodbye to the animatronics, who also waved back. Most of the workers were grabbing their stuff and ready to head home for the night before their shift tomorrow or to enjoy their weekend.

However, there was still someone inside the facility, or rather a trio of brothers named John, James, and Jake. The three sat by some benches at RollerRink as they waited for their parents.

James, who sat in the middle, looked between his two brothers; John sat patiently while Jake sat, nervously swinging his legs. “So…mom might have forgotten, again,” Jake said.

“Or maybe she’s upstairs waiting for us,” John replied.

“Hey if she forgot we can explore the facility at night,” James suggested. “We can play in the arcade, go through lost and found stuff, heck we can speak with the animatronics!”

The second James thought of speaking with animatronics, Jake looked over as he saw Cheer roll away, to get some rest for the night. He sighed, seeing he never had a chance to talk to the animatronic at all today. Even though he was scared of them, he wanted to speak to one of them to build confidence.

“Still scared of them, huh?” John asked, leaning in towards his brother.

“W-Well a little. I mean before they could talk I was terrified, now they're all talking and they're not as scary,” Jake explained, “but I’m just scared what to talk about with them?”

James thought and snapped his fingers once he got an idea, “Why don’t you ask them how they can talk?” He asked.

“James, you can’t just ask how they can talk? It’s part of their programming.” John explained.

James glared at his brother, “well you can’t ask what their favorite food is either?” He replied.

“True.”

Jake was tired sitting around and getting up, “look, we’ve been waiting for a long time for Mom, we should go and look for her.” He voiced. “She should be here now!”

“Jake’s right,” James said, getting up. “Mom should be here by now!”

John sighed and got up. “Oh alright, but we’re not leaving the building till we see her or her car,” he stated. His brothers nodded and went over to the elevators to get to the lobby.

James pressed the button and once heard the bell they were about to step inside until they saw Lewis and Eric inside. The two adults and the triplets’ eyes widened, staring at each other.

“Sorry! We’ll take the next one.” James chuckled as he pulled his brothers away and ran where the stairs were located.

John and Jake looked shocked and ran after their brother, “W-Why are we running?!” Jake yelled.

“That was one of the founders, Jake!” James yelled. “W-We can’t let him see us!”

“Why?” John asked. “I mean, I heard Lewis is the kindest founder, he could help us get to Mom!” 

The triplets skidded to a halt seeing the doors to the stairs were closed due to being repaired. “How does the stairs need to be repaired?!” James yelled. “It’s stairs!”

The triplets froze, hearing footsteps behind them, and saw Lewis and Eric behind them. The three huddled with each other, scared and frightened of what the founder and his friend were gonna do.

Seeing they were scared, Eric stopped Lewis from getting any closer. “Are you three okay?” He asked.

Jake looked up and saw the two were concerned and weren’t walking any closer to him or his brothers.

“We’re not going to hurt you, darlings,” Lewis spoke.

Jake and his brothers loosened up and straightened up as they were face-to-face with the founder of their favorite place in the world.

Lewis chuckled, “You don’t have to be proper with me, darlings. Loosen up.”

The triplets let out a sigh and did as Lewis told them. “Sorry, you're just the founder and we want to be polite,” John explained.

The founder felt honored and felt Eric nudge him with his elbow. “Looks like you got yourself someone that looks up to you.” He said.

“Is that how you felt around me and my friends?” Lewis asked.

Eric chuckled, “pretty much.” He said.

“You know Lewis Bright?” James asked.

“Know him?” Eric replied, “I taught him everything he needed to know. I was his former teacher.”

“No way!” The triplets yelled.

“Way!” Eric exclaimed in reply. “I’m Eric Gale, and you are?”

“I’m John Walker, and these are my brothers; James and Jake,” John said introducing himself and his brothers. James gave a wide smile and waved, while Jake gave a nervous smile waving as well.

Lewis chuckled and waved at the brothers. “What are you three doing here?” He asked.

The brothers looked at each other not knowing what to tell the founder. “W-Well,” John stuttered. “We were waiting on our mom, but she hasn’t shown up yet.”

“Oh, do you want us to wait out with you?” Eric asked.

The triplets looked at one another before looking at the adults. “Uh…sure…” James replied.

The two adults led the brothers to the elevator, and once it came for them, Lewis pressed the button to head up to the lobby. Once up at the lobby, there was no one there.

“Hmm…think your mom is outside?” Eric asked.

The triplets ran to the door and saw the parking lot was empty except for the cars belonging to the founders, Eric, and one other individual.

There the triplets saw a figure walking and they smiled thinking it was their mom. “Mom!” They exclaimed, opening the door and running outside. Eric and Lewis tried to stop them, but it was too late as triplets tackled the figure outside.

Turns out the figure the triplets tackled was Wiatt, who was walking to meet up with his ride. Jake looked down and his eyes widened seeing it wasn’t their mom. “Hey, you're not our mom!” He exclaimed.

“I’m not!” Wiatt yelled as he carefully removed the triplets from them.

“Sorry, sir.” James apologized.

Wiatt sighed, “It’s fine.” He replied.

“Wiatt!” Lewis and Eric shouted as they ran outside. The founder helped his boyfriend up and brushed him off. “You alright darling?” Lewis asked.

Wiatt nodded, “I’m fine Lewis.” He reassured his boyfriend. “I think it’s in the job description to be attacked by little kids.”

Lewis chuckled, “Sorry, but these three are waiting for their mother.” He explained.

“Do you want me to help?” Wiatt asked.

“More the merrier, darling.” 

Wiatt gave a light chuckle and looked around the parking lot to see if he could spot a car. “So what color is your mom’s car?”

“Uh…” The triplets trailed off. Rarely, their mom ever used her car and in those situations they would usually take the bus. The triplets tried to remember what color car their mom drove, but nothing came to mind.

The adults frowned knowing the brothers were keeping something from them. “D-Do you three even have a family?” Lewis asked.

“W-We do!” Jake exclaimed.

“It’s just our mom forgets sometimes,” John added.

Eric’s eyes widened at the triplets in horror. “H-How long has she forgotten?” He asked.

James hummed as he used his fingers to count the many times their mom had forgotten, but lost count after he got to ten. “A bunch of times, but we’re used to it.” He said.

Wiatt, Lewis, and Eric’s mouths dropped hearing this from an eight-year-old.

“Plus we were just going to sleep in the facility if she doesn’t show and then take the bus home,” James explained.

John chuckled, “N-no. We were going to check if mom arrived and call her like reasonable kids.” He said, trying to cover his brother.

Eric sighed, “well looks like we’re going to do just that.” He said. “Come on, let’s head back inside.”

The triplets followed the adults back inside the facility and went into the conference room. Lewis called over Oliver and Sara who were both still in their office finishing up for the night. He told his friends the situation at hand, and both went to the conference room where their former teacher, the triplets, and Lewis’s boyfriend were.

Out of the triplets, John was the one who learned his home number and mom’s cell phone number. Lewis tried to call the house number, but the line was disconnected.

Eric tried calling the triplets' mom’s phone number, but she never answered. He tried to call again and this time he left a voicemail.

“Hi, I’m Eric Gale. I work at Dreamworld Entertainment. I have your kids here at the facility. They need to be picked up as soon as possible as we’re closed now. Call me back, bye.”

John looked up at the older man who looked disappointed that he couldn’t reach his mom. He turned to his siblings and saw James was trying to stay awake while Jake was already asleep.

“Well.” James started, before letting out a yawn, “Jake’s asleep, guess we’ll stay here for the night.” He suggested.

“No.” The adults said at the same time. James crossed his arms and pouted.

Oliver sensed the boy’s disappointment and put a hand on his shoulder. “It’s for the best that you three don’t stay here all night.”

“Why? You guys stay here all night?”

“One,” Sara spoke up, “we’re the founders and we have a lot to work on.” She explained, “And two, where are you three going to sleep?”

“Trampoland,” James answered.

The adults blinked and looked at each other in shock and horror. “You sure about that darling?” Lewis asked. “I mean you’ll be with Ribbondancer all night, and he’s a major night owl.”

“I mean, there’s that but the trampolines there are bouncy we can jump and tire ourselves out by sleeping on them!” James explained.

“You know some of those bouncy areas do have holes and you can fall into them,” Eric explained.

James shrugged, “Quality over quantity I guess.” He said before letting out a yawn.

Eric gave a small smile and rubbed the young boy’s back. “If you need to sleep, sleep. I’ll wake you and your brother when we figure out something.” He said in a calm voice.

The young boy nodded and closed his eyes as he laid his head down on the table and fell asleep.

John gave a small smile seeing his brothers get some sleep. He too was tired but wanted to stay awake so he could hear the adults' plans.

“You should sleep too darling,” Lewis said.

“It’s fine, I usually sleep a little later than my brothers,” John reassured the founder.

“Okay,” Wiatt spoke up, “we have three triplets whose mom isn’t coming to pick them up tonight. They need a place to stay for the night.”

The Founder Trio turned to their former teacher, who looked shocked. “M-Me?” He asked. The trio and Wiatt nodded. “W-Why?”

“Well, the owner of the apartment complex hates us and would probably kick us out if we brought in the triplets to live with us,” Sara explained.

“My apartment is only for two people,” Wiatt explained.

“So, the best option is you, Eric,” Lewis added.

Eric was dumbfounded that his former students picked him to be the caretaker of the triplets. “Look I appreciate you guys choosing me, but I’m raising Carly and taking care of Oliver’s siblings. Three more is a lot!” He exclaimed.

John shushed the oldest adult as he pointed to Jake and James who were asleep.

“Sorry,” Eric whispered. He then remembered Sara had a caretaker growing up and wondered if they would be of any assistance., “Sara, do you think Celio could take in the triplets?”

Sara shook her head. “As much as they want to, Celio is busy as a therapist and helping their brother with important business.” She explained.

Eric sighed, knowing his other option was out at the moment. He then felt Oliver put a hand on his shoulder. “You're doing a great job taking care of Ben and Liz.” He said. “I believe you can handle it.”

“Plus it’s only temporary till we hear anything from their mom,” Lewis added.

“If anything, I’ll bring it up during tomorrow’s meeting,” Sara said.

“Alright,” Eric said, giving a small smile. “I’ve always trusted you three before. Guess I gotta put my trust in you again.”

The Founder Trio looked at each other and smiled.

“Yeah, wasn’t the last time you trusted those three with something, your house became a nightclub?” Wiatt asked.

Eric’s eyes widened. “Wait what?”

“Nothing!” The Founder Trio yelled running over to Wiatt. Lewis and Oliver covered his mouth, while Sara put him in a chokehold. “He said nothing.” The three glared at the smaller boy, who gave a nervous, yet muffled chuckle.

Eric was confused, but it was getting late, he’ll talk about what Wiatt brought up about the trio tomorrow. He then went to Jake and put him on his back, while he held James in his arms. John looked up at the older man and followed him out of the facility to his car.

At Eric’s house, Carly was still awake as she waited for her dad to come home. She called her father, and he said he’ll be home soon. The young girl was about to call her dad again but saw his car coming into view. Her smile widened as she ran out of the house and watched as her father pulled in.

Eric came out of the car and smiled seeing his daughter still awake. “Hi, ladybug.” He whispered.

“Where were you?” Carly asked.

Her father didn’t say a word and stepped aside to show his daughter why he didn’t come home on time. Her eyes widened as she saw the Walker Triplets, who were all asleep in the car. She looked up at her father, hoping he could explain himself.

“I’ll tell you once we’re inside,” Eric whispered.

Carly nodded and helped her father carry one of the triplets inside. She carried Jake, while her father carried James and John. The two put the triplets in the guest room before Eric led his daughter to her room, and told her everything that happened.

“I can’t believe someone, a mother even would just leave their kids alone at the facility like that!” Carly exclaimed.

“I know, ladybug,” Eric replied. “Hopefully tomorrow we’ll hear from the triplets' mother.”

Carly frowned as her father tucked her in and kissed her forehead. “Night my little ladybug.”

“Night, Dad.” Carly replied before closing her eyes and falling asleep. Eric smiled and turned off the lights in her room before closing the door softly.

Before he went to sleep he decided to check on the Acrimony twins and the Walker Triplets. First were the twins who were sound asleep, but from the looks of it, Liz was reading one of her comics before she fell asleep. Eric smiled and went to her bed, closing the book and putting it on top of her drawer. He then left the twins' room and went to check on the triplets in the guest room.

The triplets were fast asleep, hugging each other. Eric saw they were fine, closed the door, and went to his room. He changed out of his regular clothes and into his Ribbon Dancer-themed pajamas before going to bed.

The following morning, Wiatt and many of the Dreamworld workers were in the meeting room discussing with one another before the founders arrived.

The young mechanic yawned as these meetings started an hour or so early before the facility opened for the day.

The second the door opened, the founder trio and Eric came in. The latter sat down with the rest of his co-workers.

“Alright darlings, let’s settle down,” Lewis spoke up. Everyone turned to face the three founders as the meeting was about to begin. “Now before we start the meeting I do want to bring up an incident that happened last night at the facility.”

Many of the workers looked at each other in worry, confused at what happened at the facility last night. “What did happen last night?” Lisa, one of the managers asked.

“Apparently we had triplets abandoned here last night, and we couldn’t contact their mom.” Sara started. “We hoped Eric got a call back, or someone came here last night looking for them, but nothing.”

Eric cleared his throat, making everyone face him. “If I could speak Sara.” He started. “The triplets stayed with me for the night, however as much as I want to take care of them, it’s a bit much at the moment.”

“S-So,” Oliver spoke up. “We were wondering if anyone is willing to take in a pair of three 8-year-olds.”

“No.” The trio turned to face a young man around their age wearing a Madhouse uniform, with the front tips of his hair blue. He quickly got up from his seat, “No, absolutely fucking not! I’m out!” He yelled as he left the meeting room and slammed the door.

“Figured that would happen,” Sara said.

Another young man wearing glasses and a Trampoland uniform, turned to the founders, “If it's okay with you three. I can go check up on Hayden.” He said.

“Yes, Pen of course.” Lewis replied, “But before you go are you willing to take in triplets?”

Pen shook his head, “Sorry, my next-door neighbor just had a baby. I’m still standing despite the little rascal crying 12 hours a day.” He explained before going to find Hayden and calm him down.

“Well then, anyone else?” Lewis asked.

Everyone looked at one another nervously. Knowing the reaction on everyone’s faces none of them had the time or resources to take care of kids. The founders looked at one another and decided that they call upon someone.

“Lisa,” Lewis spoke up.

“S-Sorry sir,” Lisa replied. “My place doesn’t have room to take in triplets.”

Lewis glanced at Sara, who picked the girl next to Lisa talking with her friend in a MadHouse uniform. The young girl had brown hair with a purple butterfly hair clip on the right side of her hair and wore a Rollerrink uniform. “Franny.” She spoke up, causing Franny to look at her boss. “What about you?”

Franny gave a nervous chuckle, “Sorry Sara. I wish I could, but I can’t.” She replied.

Sara then looked over at the girl Franny was talking to, Gigi. The latter shook her head, “sorry.”

The female founder sighed and looked over at Oliver. The taller founder sighed and glanced at the person closest to him, Audrey. “Honestly I’d love to take them in, but for starters, my apartment is too small, and my parents moved to their new house after they retired.” She explained.

The founders groaned realizing none of their co-workers could take in the Walker Triplets and turned to Eric. The older man sighed, “Guess I’m stuck with them.” He said.

Audrey raised an eyebrow and looked up at the engineer. “What are you talking about?” She asked. “You took care of three kids already.”

Eric was confused, “what do you mean?” He asked.

The workers then pointed at the founder trio who were surprised as well. The trio looked at one another in shock before pointing at themselves, “Us.” They said at the same time. All the workers nodded in sync.

The Founder Trio and Eric looked at one another, and the former teacher let out a smile. “Well I mean you three were the best in my class.” He explained.

“And didn’t you take them to places like amusement parks and the competitions they competed in?” Audrey asked.

“Also,” Wiatt added, “from what Lewis told me, you always had them stay at your place to study or stay the night.”

The founders were chuckling nervously, realizing their co-workers did have a point. Eric did care for them, as the trio didn’t have a father figure in their lives. Sure Sara had a caretaker, but with them being a therapist there were times when they couldn’t be available.

“Fair enough,” Eric said. “I guess I’ll take care of them till we get info on their mom.”

The Founder Trio smiled and decided to end the meeting for the day. Everyone got up and went to their assigned floors and jobs, except for Wiatt who decided to stay behind with the trio and Eric.

“Do you guys want me to help?” Wiatt asked.

Lewis shook his head, “don’t worry darling we got it from here.” He reassured his boyfriend.

Wiatt nodded and looked at Eric, “so where are the triplets?” He asked.

“At home, Carly, and Oliver’s siblings are babysitting them,” Eric said.

Meanwhile at Eric’s house, Carly, Ben, and Liz were staring at the Walker Triplets who stared back. None of them knew what to do or say to each other.

“Is one of us going to say something?” Jake whispered to John.

“Not me, James?” John asked, looking at his brother.

James shook his head, but his brothers gave him a glance, which made him sigh and turn towards the older kids. “So…what do you do around here?” He asked.

“Not much.” Carly and the Acrimony Twins replied at the same time.

“Dad’s at work and usually he’ll bring us, but we need to watch you three for the day,” Carly explained.

“What about when you're not at the facility?” John asked.

“School, but it’s summer so,” Ben started and turned to his twin sister to finish his sentence.

“We just chill here, or at the facility.” Liz finished.

The triplets thought about what fun things they could do with the older kids, and James snapped his fingers as an idea came to mind. “You guys have video games?” James asked.

Carly smiled, “my dad has some old retro games he lets us play.” She said, getting up and going to a cabinet that shelved some old game systems. This caught James and Jake’s attention as they got up and looked into the cabinet, their jaws dropped seeing what kinds of games were inside.

The games Eric had were old and retro. “Pick which one you want and I’ll help you set it up,” Carly explained.

“Are these retro games?” James asked. 

Carly nodded with a smile.

“These are ancient!” Jake yelled.

“Don’t say that in front of my dad, it makes his hair turn gray faster.” Carly reminded them. Jake and James chuckled at the thought of it. Carly rolled her eyes but smiled. “Well, which game system sounds fun for you guys?”

The two brothers looked at each other and pointed at the GameCube. Carly removed it from the shelf and put it down. She then opened up another cabinet and pulled out a couple of games before going over to the tv and setting up.

Back at the facility, Lewis was in his office until he got a phone call. “H-Hello?” He answered. “Uh yeah, this is Lewis Bright, one of the founders.” Lewis listened to what the person on the other line had to say. He quickly grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down everything the person over the phone told him. “T-That’s great! Thank you! we’ll go see her right now.” He hung up the phone and went over to Oliver’s office.

“Darlings!” Lewis yelled, causing Oliver and Sara to look up. “I got a call from someone who knows the triplets!”

“That’s great!” Sara beamed.

Lewis nodded, “They even gave me the address of the apartment complex they live in.” He explained.

Oliver’s eyes widened, “wait! An address?” He asked.

“Yeah, the lady over the phone, Marissa, told me her daughter knows the triplets and says their mom is sick,” Lewis explained.

Oliver and Sara looked at each other nervous about this. “Are you sure you aren’t being tricked?” Oliver asked, again. “This sounds suspicious.”

Lewis knew his timid friend was right, and that “Marissa” could be leading Lewis into a trap. “I know darling, but we need to head over there to see if the triplets' mom is okay.”

“If you said we, does that mean we’re going with you?” Sara asked.

Lewis nodded. Sara and Oliver looked at each other before Sara spoke up, “Oh alright, count me in.” She said going over to Lewis.

Oliver stuttered a bit, “B-but Sara!” He exclaimed.

“Relax, I can keep Lewis and you safe,” Sara reassured her best friend.

Oliver sighed seeing his friends were willing to go there. “Alright.” He sighed. Lewis and Sara smiled and the three went over to Eric, who was talking with Wiatt about helping him with some engineering plans.

“Darling! We got information on the triplets mom! We’re heading over there right now.” Lewis explained.

“Alright be safe you three,” Eric said to the trio.

Lewis smiled. “You and Wiatt are in charge till we get back.” He said.

Wiatt looked shocked the second he was told he was in charge. “Wait, why me?” He asked.

“You're dating a founder, so you get an automatic leadership position like Eric!” Sara exclaimed as she and her friends left.

The mechanic’s mouth dropped as he looked over at the older adult, who didn’t seem to mind being put in charge. “Do they do this when Lewis and the others are not around?” He asked.

Eric nodded, “yep, before you arrived they picked me and random co-workers or the animatronics to run Dreamworld if they aren’t around.” He explained.

Wiatt was speechless, but he didn’t know how to respond to it. “I’m just glad this building didn’t collapse.” That was all Wiatt could say.

“Eh…” Eric trailed off before chuckling. “Almost happened.”

Wiatt’s eyes widened and he turned to the engineer in shock. Eric turned and gave a sheepish smile towards the young mechanic.

The Founder Trio took Lewis’s car and drove to the address where the Walker Triplets lived. Once they arrived, the trio felt nervous thinking Oliver was right, maybe they were about to fall into a trap. 

“H-Hey. We’ll be fine guys.” Sara reassured her friends. She put her hands in her pocket, which held a pocket knife as she led the group.

Lewis looked at the paper and read the apartment number. “It’s C-063, darling.” He said. 

Sara nodded and the three went upstairs to where the apartment was located. They passed a few doors before finding C-063. The trio looked at each other before Lewis decided to knock on the door. The three waited for a bit, but no answer.

Oliver knocked on the door again, yet still no answer.

“Hello!” Lewis yelled. “Is someone here?”

The door unlocked and a woman with bags under her blue eyes and black hair, wearing a blue plaid robe. 

The Founder Trio held their breath as the smell of alcohol came through. They tried to keep it professional in hopes of talking to the woman without upsetting her.

“What?” She groaned.

“Hi, are you Mrs. Walker?” Lewis asked, forcing a smile on his face.

Mrs. Walker sighed as she leaned through the doorway. “Yeah, who are you?” She asked.

“I’m Lewis Bright, and these are my two friends, Sara and Oliver, we own Dreamworld Entertainment,” Lewis explained.

“Ah.” Mrs. Walker took out a cigarette and lit it before putting it in her mouth and letting it out, “did the boys cause trouble?”

“N-No ma’am, they were left at the facility last night,” Sara said. “We just wanted to know why you didn't pick them up.”

Mrs. Walker said nothing and took another swing of her cigarette. “Because I was enjoying my bottle of wine.” She replied.

Sara turned to her friends, who just gave nervous looks. They never dealt with a situation like this before. Angry parents or parents in fear their kids ran off and no one could find them.

“Um…okay…” Sara trailed off. “Um, if you’d like we can drop them off here…”

Mrs. Walker’s eyes widened before she started laughing. Sara jumped and stepped back a bit holding Oliver and Lewis in fear. Mrs. Walker stopped laughing and started to cough, probably due to smoking. Once she stopped she glared at the founder trio, “I don’t care what you do with them. All I can say is they ruined my life, my marriage, everything I have going for me. If anything I hope they’re like their father and would run off with some brute.” She spat.

The founder trio felt their blood boiling as they glared at the “mother”. Now it was Oliver’s turn to step up and speak to this vile woman. “Listen here!” Oliver snapped. Lewis and Sara’s eyes widen in shock. They never heard Oliver raise his voice before.  “Those are your kids! I’ve met a woman like you, and that was my own mom!” He yelled.

Sara and Lewis looked at one another, remembering Oliver’s home life sucked too. His own parents ignored him and his siblings and barely cared for them.

“It’s never your kids' fault that your life got like this, but blaming them for your misfortunes makes me sick! So you're given an option: Fix your life and care for your kids or lock up like some sore loser and never see them again!” Oliver continued, yelling.

Mrs. Walker didn’t react other than slam the door on Oliver’s face. He didn’t flinch but glared before walking back to the car. “Let’s go and tell Eric about this bitch.” He said.

“Darling,” Lewis said, reaching out to his friend.

“I’m fine, Lewis,” Oliver said coldly.

Lewis and Sara looked at one another and followed Oliver closely behind. Once they made it back to Lewis’s card, Oliver went to the front passenger seat and slammed the car door. Not long after, Lewis and Sara got into the car and drove back to tell Eric everything.

Eric made it home from another long day at the facility. Once he entered his home, he saw his daughter, the triplets, and the Acrimony Twins laughing over watching funny videos on Liz’s tablet.

“Well, looks like you guys had fun today,” Eric said.

Carly looked up and smiled. She got up from the couch and hugged her dad. “Hey Dad! How was work?” She asked.

“It was a normal day,” Eric replied, hugging his daughter back, “but I got some news for the triplets.”

The triplets looked at each other before looking up at the older man, “what is it?” James asked.

“It turns out someone found out about your mom, and Lewis and the rest of the founders are heading there now,” Eric explained.

“Oh, that’s good,” Jake replied.

Eric was confused, “good? Aren’t you three excited?”

“We are, it’s just…” Jake trailed off, but before he could explain, there was a knock on the door.

Eric turned to the door and opened it to see the founder trio looking upset. The older man knew this wasn’t good news. “What happened?” He asked.

“We need to talk,” Oliver said. “Privately.”

Eric’s eyes widened as he looked back at the triplets who frowned knowing the founders found out about their mom.

Eric took the founders to his backyard where they could tell him everything in secret. They told him everything he needed to know about the triplets’ mother and what kind of woman she was. Like Oliver, he too was angry hearing what the triplets had to go through.

Jake watched through the window and saw the anger forming on Eric’s face.

“I can’t believe it! How can a woman treat her own kids like that?!” He yelled.

The Founder Trio didn’t say anything as they didn’t know themselves. Sure, Oliver could relate to the triplets, but he couldn’t even understand why his parents never cared for him or his twin siblings.

“You're not thinking of taking them back there, are you?” Oliver asked.

Eric shook his head giving the founders some relief. “I’ll take them in. I don’t think this woman wouldn’t put up a fight for me taking her kids.” He said.

Jake smiled hearing it before he was noticed by Sara. The young boy got nervous and stopped watching the adults. He decided to head back into the bedroom he and his brothers were in. 

Sara opened the door and stopped the young boy, “hey, Jake right?” Sara asked.

“Y-Yeah,” Jake replied.

“Saw you spying on us, and we want to know did you and your brothers know your mom was…” Sara‘a voice trailed off. She tried to think of a word to best describe his “mom”.

“Mean?” Jake asked. Sara turned to him. “Yeah, but John and James say she’s just tired, but I don’t think that’s true.”

Sara held her hand out for the young boy, who grabbed it as she led the young boy outside. He then took one of the empty seats and sat down facing the adults. “I-uh-I’m guessing you want me to share what’s been going on, huh?” Jake asked.

“Only what makes you comfortable,” Eric said.

Jake nodded. “Well, when our dad was around there were arguments, a lot of them going on.” He started. “I think Dad, didn’t like us since we were triplets, and said we were expensive. So, that’s when mom would abandon us like at parks, or stores. However, she would pick us up at night when Dad was asleep or someone else would give us a ride.”

The adults frowned realizing the triplets had it hard even then.

“Then a year ago, Mom and Dad got into a bad argument. and Dad left, but he hasn’t come back.” Jake continued. “After he left is when mom started to act the way she does.”

Eric frowned and went over to the young boy and put his arm around him. Jake looked up, and see the look on the grown ups eyes, he knew Eric was allowing him to stop.

However, Jake wanted to be brave and kept on going. “Not long ago, I tried calling my dad, but someone else picked up the phone, a woman named Maria.” He explained. “I heard of her before, dad mentioned she was just a friend, and that he spent the night at her place before.” Jake paused and looked at the founders, “is that normal?”

The founders and Eric were in shock. They didn’t realize it was that bad. However, none could explain to the young boy what his father was doing.

“I-It depends, darling,” Lewis said, in a low voice.

“I see,” Jake replied. “Well, mom found out, and…” He stopped, touching his bandage.

“She caused harm to you, didn’t she?” Oliver asked.

Jake nodded.

“You and your brothers don’t deserve this kind of treatment,” Oliver said.

“I know.” Jake sighed.

“Jake.” Eric started. The young boy looked at the older man who turned to face him. “My dad walked out of me too, and while my mom didn’t go the path your mom did. I understand that feeling.” He explained. “However, you and your brothers won’t be alone anymore. I’ll take you guys in and you’ll get to experience what a family is truly like.”

Jake’s eyes widened and soon they sparkled like stars, “r-really?!” He asked.

“Really,” Eric replied ruffling the young boy’s hair.

“T-Thank you,” Jake said. Soon his stomach started to rumble, which made him chuckle.

“I’m guessing you're getting hungry?”

Jake nodded, making Eric chuckle.

“Well, it’s almost dinner time. Guess I’ll start now.” Eric said. He then turned to the founder trio, “you three want to join us?”

The trio’s eyes widened, they remembered Eric was an amazing cook. “Sure!” They beamed at the same time.

“N-Need help with setting up the table?” Oliver asked. “I-I can do that.”

Jake smiled seeing the trio ask Eric for help during dinner. He sighed and followed the adults back inside knowing he and his brothers lives were about to get better.

[nuclearjacks]

4, 16 and 33 for the artists ask game

This is a long post so be warned kdjcjdkdjd vvv

4. A piece you wish got more love

Probably most of my content that isn’t TF related! Would love more interactions on my OC/Sona and other fandom content, especially my BG3 art right now, but I also understand as someone who’s interest based why that stuff usually doesn’t perform well djxndjdj

A lot of people follow an artist for one particular thing and when they don’t make that particular thing, people usually aren’t that interested unless you followed an artist for their style or something (is my assumption anyways djdjdjdj)

Some examples here below vvv (all of which you can find if you search my art tag: jaxsart on my profile!)

But I will say the non TF content that I think was really well received was my Spidersona <3 I got a wonderful fanart piece for her and I’m so happy people loved her design cause I was also really proud and happy with how she turned out. Still planning to make more content for her in the future! She’s pictured below here vvv

16. How do you motivate yourself to draw?

I’m honestly still figuring that one out lol

I usually only draw when I want to since I’m not an artist who relies on commissions or the like to keep myself afloat. But I’ve also been hitting an art funk as of late and while I do want to draw, it’s been really hard to draw cause of the skill I want to incorporate in my drawings now. It either takes me longer or I end up hating the process because of how long it takes or because of how hard it is. So that effects my motivation heavily because all the cons stated above is what makes me not want to draw 😅

I’m currently trying to find a balance of what makes me happy while drawing and how to make my art look good to myself again since I’ve been hating it so much. I’ve been looking into different techniques, learning more in depth lighting and shading techniques and need to do more anatomy studies as that’s getting rusty again and I’ve been getting lazy cjxndjdj

All in all, I still draw when I want to, but I think the big motivating factor is wanting to see the end product. I just want to be able to finish the WIPS I have and the visions I see in my head and get them out into the world so others can see them too. I wanna say that I finally made that thing or actually did it!! That’s probably my biggest motivating factor right now. But we’re still figuring it out 😊

33. Have you taken a lot of art classes?

I took a handful as a kid, got to play with pastels once, made clay art, learned photoshop, learned to paint, a whole bunch of stuff! My parents have always been very supportive of my art and really helped foster a lot of that so I went to plenty of classes through out my childhood and teen years.

When I was in college, the last classes I took were all for my bachelors (which I dropped out of later on cjcjdjfj). I think the most helpful one was my life drawing class though. I’m gonna do one of those stereotypical artist things where I *highly* recommend you take a life drawing class if you want to learn more about anatomy or different techniques to implement into your art. They’re so good for growing your skill massively in a short period of time. My first drawings we did for gesture drawing look horrid compared to my later studies!

Always always always take a life drawing class if you’re able!

Thank you for the asks! <3

[rejaytionships]

Father for that one ask game! Have a fantabulous day!

thank you for the ask! i hope you have an awesome day as well :D

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[i use myself and my s/i arnie interchangeably]

What made me like him

Out of universe, I initially got into him when designing a FusionFall s/i (CVM), and her whole schtick was being an accidental fusion of a bunch of different inserts. Since KND was one universe in the game, I wanted to make a sona for that. I thought Father was cute, and then I got into the lore a little bit and I enjoyed how over the top he was, but also that he was surprisingly chill and loved baking as well. Also, his daddy issues were a little too relatable to pass up (/lh).

In universe, the reason my insert Arnie falls for Father is because after working for him for a while and also him being the only person she would regularly hang out with (until she met her best friend Lou), she eventually found him charming and would start to see the more vulnerable side he tends to hide under his intimidating villainous exterior.

My favorite thing about him

Honestly? I love how over the top and extra this man is.

Kids want a birthday cake? Yeah, let's make an ice cream cake for the kids... except the cake is an entire spaceship, and after a laser goes off destroying all ice cream on Earth, it will also give the kids the privilege of having the last ice cream ever.

It really plays into what I like about him: just how silly and fun he can be.

I also really like the moments where he's not trying to be a villain. I loved it when he joked around with a KND operative, or made a truce with them so they could save a coveted box of cereal, or even when he gets to mention his hobby for baking; stuff like that, those are just the examples atop my head. He's literally just Some Dude underneath all of that "canonically the most evil villain (outside of his own father)" stuff.

It really shows that despite being comically devious, he's still human. I love it when evil people are actually really silly... *twirls hair*

Nicknames we have for each other

For context, Father is his business name and he's actually just some dude named Benedict.

Arnie would call him him Ben, or more commonly Benny, but would also use casual pet names, primarily dear but also babe/baby and hon(ey). She's more likely to use the pet names in public, while only calling him his name in private for the sake of Father's anonymity.

Conversely, he'd call Arnie only by her full first name when around other villains, but at home? The big one is honey pie, but in his arsenal he also uses dearie, sweetie, darling, sugar plum... just about anything silly or sweet he can possibly think of, really!

A headcanon of our relationship

Father obviously feels socially stunted, given I doubt he's got many (or any) actual friends in canon past being acquainted somewhat with the other villains. So, I think despite his ability to woo people (the result of such I'll mention in the final bullet point) he absolutely doesn't know how to maintain that sort of ability to show affection once someone agrees to be with him.

This is why with Arnie he will go all out when it comes to gifts.

Showing emotional affection via words and PDA? Sure, he could technically do that... or he could show how he feels by being the dude who will buy someone a treat whenever they so desire, except the treat is dialed up to eleven.

Craving a tub of ice cream? Why not have a whole factory of ice cream where you have any flavor at your disposal! Want to go to the beach? Let's pay a whole lot of money to privately reserve the entire coast for an afternoon, he can pull the strings! Saw a pretty dress at the store? Not only will you get that, but you're also getting matching shoes, jewelry, and whatever other possible clothing accessory could go with it (special handbag included); and screw it, next time you want a dress, he'll have stuff personally tailored for you! Hungry for literally any baked good? Hope you're excited for him to personally make a literal lifetime's worth of it from scratch!

He accidentally goes full-blown sugar daddy mode (which is funny because sometimes the sugar is actual sugar and sometimes it's what the typical sugar is for that title: money) and the only payment he wants from Arnie (or any partner, really) is a shred of validation or affection in response. Literally you could throw the man any bone; he's so starved for positive attention, that Arnie showing up and unconditionally loving him absolutely short-circuits him and makes him go above and beyond to even try and show a fraction of the care he feels like he gets from Arnie.

Arnie does slowly help him tone it down to a more reasonable level, but it took a while given this was his primary way of shouting I LOVE YOU SO MUCH from the rooftops. It took a whole lot of assuring him that she knows he loves her as much as she loves him. You'll be please to know his spending habits on his honey pie have gone down an entire 4% since they first started dating! /lh

My favorite image of him

Honestly it's hard to choose, so I'll post top three in no particular order.

Anything else!

Mild lore dump moment! This one's a little more on the serious end.

I do headcanon the Delightful Children to be biologically Father's kids, and that the "missing children of Sector Z" weren't actually kidnapped like the popular idea seems to be. We see Father with a child during A.R.C.H.I.V.E., and the history of that episode is implied to be true at the end of the episode. Really makes the whole "where did these kids even come from" question a whole lot nicer of an answer that way.

The reason I bring that up is because I feel like the kids definitely have a complicated relationship with their parents (none of them know their birth mothers, and while they respect Father it isn't like he's all sunshine and rainbow with them; typically, he's pretty strict and holds them to stupidly high expectations).

That's why I think having Arnie there gives the kids a better sense of normalcy, especially because she's not as intense on the whole becoming a perfect villain thing like Father is. The kids are still antagonistic to the KND, but they also are still kids; having a parent that just does chill normal parent stuff adds a lot of balance these kids absolutely needed in their life. Being a villain with papa is fun and all, but sometimes a kid just wants to go to the beach!

That isn't to say Father can't also be fun parent sometimes. He knows how to party down, after all!

[northwest-cryptid]

My Fem Presenting Aki model is honestly so good right now, I'm so happy with it. I'm gonna just kinda Go Off about it so I'm sorry but...

LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE!

Some things I love about this model right out the gate:

They finally have actual high entia wings, which has been a design point of Aki for literally MULTIPLE YEARS now.

I've put in a ton of references to shit I enjoy, like how the Four Directions tattoo I usually wear on my cheek is now the tattoo from XC3 or how one of their eyes literally has the Ouroboros while the other has Aki's original constellations.

Aki now has a mechanical arm, a gift from an old friend.

It also bears the insignia of Aki's old colleague and other half (literally), Cryptid. along with a decal of The Zohar (can you tell I like the entire Xeno-Series?)

As an avid pin collector I also jumped at the chance to throw these on them:

I currently have two main outfits for them. The first being inspired greatly by the look I first drew them in, just very heavily revised.

I still love the original look don't get me wrong, but I've been wanting to experiment with merging Aki's two (masc/fem) on screen appearances with my real life appearance, or at least things I enjoy about it. So I wanted to give Aki something closer to my own hair for once with the darker center part. I'll absolutely give them at least one outfit with a cute messy bob cut though, and yea I'll absolutely bring back their brown hair because brown/black hair goes underappreciated. I also wanted to add in the head wings because I feel like that's the single most glaring aspect of Aki that no one has ever got right and it's one of the main things I love about Aki's design. However I'm really happy with this look as simple as it is.

A minor detail I actually like a lot and could easily "fix" with some quick bone work but kinda refuse to because I think it adds a lot; is that their mechanical hand doesn't articulate in the fingers.

While I could easily just move some bones around in the hands I honestly really like this more as a feature than a bug. Just because I figure someone out there is gonna go "okay but is this just because you don't know how to fix it"

No. It's an intentional feature. I might "fix" it later, but I think it adds a lot of character and makes it feel like a mechanical hand and not just a reskin of an arm.

The second outfit is geared more towards my need to over-design everything I see ever, and it's where most of the stuff shown above is seen.

I basically kit-bashed 3 outfits together and I'm absolutely in love with this absolute mess of an outfit.

I gave them the slight smug expression because I need to be able to be a smug bastard sometimes.

The hair on this outfit is a bit of a nod to an older OC design I have that I do not have any good pictures of but here ya go:

Funny callback haircut to my old Fem-Sona.

I find it kind of ironic that people have gone from He/Him'ing me non-stop to referring to this Aki almost exclusively as "She/Her" and I'm just sitting here like "oh my god it goes both ways" because I accidentally caught myself doing it too, but I digress.

It's very hard for me with how masc presenting I am, to often depict myself in a feminine manner at all and associate it with "me" I typically look at it and go "yea that's a Girl™." So it's been really nice/cool to see Aki like this and kinda point excitedly like "THAT'S ME FUCKER! THAT'S ME!"

I'm just having a very "HER PRONOUNS ARE THEY/THEM" moment lol.

I really do look at this avatar and go "I Think I Hauve Covid" it's so nice. They're so cute and I love existing in this digital flesh.

[m11quda]

What horrifting ways does the Lamb sona "Lomando" do to the poor mortals animals.

P.S. I like to see more creepy stuff from the Lamb sona.

[ Yippee someone asked about mah Lamb sona Lomando!!! ]

[ But yea they do have sertain way's to fight and kill! ]

[ Also heads up englisch aint my main language so this will probably have weird writing and spelling mistakes! also this is pretty long i kinda went full in! XD ]

[ Also just a quick content warning for talking about murder [obviously] and also a bit of mind terror, i mean Lomando is a scary motherfucker so its a bit obviouse but just in case! :) ]

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[ Their basic fighting style is rlly just whit their bare hand's, yes they can summon weapons from their crown, but mostly choose not to, they are just physicaly strong and like a bit of a challenge! ]

[ Tho one thing they can do is body mutation, that one's quite hard to use when there's mutiple enemies at once, but if its just one or two, they do like to use it! ]

[ Say'd mutations ussualy are either tentacles from their body, or unusual growth of limb's, it take's a bit for them to grow, which make's them a bit defensless in the moment, hence why its only smart to use it whit as few enemie's as possible! ]

[ Also doodle from last night to kinda show an example what it would look like ]

[ also when they do murder someone, its rarely quick, they do like to take their time on their enemie's, tho they try not to do ''uesless'' kill's, i mean, they do want follower's and a ''good'' reputation, would be bad to just go massacre everyone, tho they sometime's feel like it whit all their pumped up anger thats hiding behind their smile! ]

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[ Now one thing i wanna get into is the fact while they definetly kill, they prefer scae tactic's alot more, they love to scare their enemie's more than to kill them [They still love murder tho lol] and will sometime's even leave enemie's alone if they fuck off because they are to scared. ]

[ That doesn't mean that its over tho, they will definetly terrorize their enemie's not just in real life, but just go straight to their dream's and give them nightmare's, which yes, makes his enemie's suffer much more, no sleep, no energie, passing out, cannot function anymore. ]

[ Now its importand to know that Lomando has Illusion magic given by the crown, they dont look super scary to everyone! ]

Who see's them ''normal'': Followers, anyone who doesnt precieve them as evil [Most NPC'S]

Who see's the real face: Dissenters, The Bishop's, Follower's of the Bishop's, The One Who Waits, anyone who precieves them as evil, Mirror's [I'll get into that]

!!! EXAMPLE !!!

[ Rlly quick lore, Mirrors are not allowed in the cult at all times, justs o the followers wont find out about his real face ]

[ Ok but why is this importand? Well thanks to their illusion magic, they can not just look more appealing, but combined whit their mind powers [which they use to get into enemies dreams like stated above] can look into his enemies head and put up an illusion of a loved or lost one]

[ Example: Enemie corner's them, out of safety they look into the enemie's mind, find thoughts about an old dead lover, BAM! Perfect food for mindfuckery, take the form [or illusion] of say'd lover ]

[ There is a downpart tho, Nr 1, the eye's don't change, which some enemie's are smart enough to tell in an emotional moment. Nr 2 Lomando doesn't learn anything about say'd person they take the shape of, they could figure it out, but that takes a LONG time, meaning they kinda have to freeball the whole act, which sometimes goes bad and the enemie can tell that its not rlly their close one. But if it goes well, they can strike a pretty nasty attack on the enemie! ]

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[ In a whole, yes they kill, and that pretty brutaly whit bare hand's, but they do prefer more to get into peoples head's, and dream's, or let's rather call them nightmare's! ]

[ Anyway info dumping done! Ty for the question, was rlly fun to talk about my bby!^^ ]

[wuffgang-ameowdeus-moozart]

I was watching @yolobegone s last stream and saved some of the funniest clips. But the stream seems to have completely disappeared somehow? Like the vod is gone and there are some people who I *know* were there in the chat and are now pretending that they don't know it ever existed (*cough* toby *cough cough*). So like. Sorry for destroying your fucking joke or whatever 🙄 but I'm transcribing this for posterity. (and maybe a teenie bit of pettiness)

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Melanie: -and can you please, like. Not show up in my place of work?

(reading chat, mumbling under her breath) 'm just getting groceries, they were just shopping, wha- (clearer again) if I want you to drive over to the next town to go shopping?

(to the camera) honestly? yeahhh. like...what's even so great about fuckin Walmart, yanno? like, go to fucking target or something. the prices are better anyway to be 'h'. an' to my manager, if you are watchinnnn. no ya aren't. haha.

I just- I just prefer to keep these two parts of my life separate, yanno?

(loudly chewing gum while reading chat) I- WHAT?! (accidentally chokes on the gum and spends the next few minutes almost dying. I can promise you that however funny you imagine this scene in your head, it cannot beat the real deal) NO I DON'T NEED A FUCKING NAME FOR MY SUPERMARKET-SONA

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Melanie: so I just wanted to clarify again that, like. I definitely didn't kill that cop. I don't even know what a cop is, yanno? I mean, acab and anarchy and stuff. but also. murder. bad. probably. no like, definitely murder bad.

(reading chat) Even obnoxious customers?

(chews gum pensively) Well, there was that one Karen. Like, at the Walmart yan- no, I'm not- No. You know what. I'm not even gonna acknowledge that like. Walmart-sona shit. What fucking bullshit . Anyway there was that fucking Karen- and-

NO I AM NOT A FUCKING MURDERER OKAY! (reads chat) THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING A MURDERER WOULD SAY (accidentally bangs left arm against bedpost) OH FUCK IM STILL NOT FUCKING USED TO HAVE THIS FUCKING ARM BACK I SWEAR TO GOD IF THIS HAPPENS ONE MORE TIME I AM GOING TO SAW IT OFF AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT BETTER STAY THAT WAY!!

AND DON'T EVEN START-

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Melanie: Alright! 3 - 2 - 1 aaaaand...

(sighs) I should've expected that.

My Walmart-sona is now officially called... Su- (takes a deep breath) Superwholock.

So, if you see Melanie - head to toe in black, great style, uhm...yeh. Don't be weird. But like, it's cool if ya want ta tell me about my self-mutilation in excruciating detail as long as. yanno. MY FUCKING MANAGER IS NOT IN EARSHOT. DO YOU KNOW HOW AWKWARD THE REST OF MY SHIFT WAS?!

And talking of ma manager. If- (looks so fucking sad) if you see Superwholock. In Walmart. Working. Wearin' that stupid blue lil vest. Just- just don't, okay? please.

(Ends stream)

So like. Most of the stream was once again the "is self-mutilation onstream morally reprehensible" discourse like always 🙄 but there were some golden nuggets in this pile of horseshit.

She did also mention that she would be opening her PO Box soon, so maybe gifts stream soon????

(also plz include me in the joke next time :((((

[keefwho]

July 20 - 2023 Thursday

11:00 PM

I haven’t written anything today because today went well, I was fine the whole time. Feels like a natural up after being so invested in all my problems, I can only do it for so long. 

This morning I woke up and just felt like me, which is rare. I didn’t have to work for that long sought perspective, I just had it for most of today. Breakfast was a hot dog, macaroni, and some fiber one on the side. I was hoping that fiber one + macaroni would make a surprisingly okay combo but it was repulsive so I refrained from mixing them. Drawing warmups and the commission today went well. I did the whole 2 hours even though I didn’t plan to and stayed fairly focused. I cleaned up the left wing of my desk and re-organized the little shelf I use to hold some power outage stuff like candles and lights. It’s nice having this little case of about 20 AA batteries I accidentally yoinked from my parents awhile back. My batteries now. I did the new mini workout I had scheduled and took a nice little shower while watching a youtube video about Oppenheimer. It wasn’t quite lunch yet when I got out so I made a Neopets account so I could check it out for my friend. I tried each game at least once before lunch was ready. Lunch was leftover rice a roni from yesterday. I think it’s because I was still playing Neopets but I started work up again just a little bit late. I worked on an emote set and almost got the whole thing done. Then I worked for a tiny bit on my world and got the toilet paper/dispensers working. Since I’m cutting out all the fancy audio stuff I was gonna do, the world could be finished this weekend for real if I put my mind to it. I might just do that. After everything was done I took a little break before doodling a sexy thing for my friend’s sona. After that I more or less sat around waiting for her to be available to watch some Ever After High and this ass show Mia and Me. I really like Ever After High, I might become one of the people lobbying to have it brought back. I love it’s animation style and plot. I like the characters and outfit designs. Its such a nice little piece of media. We played Zelda for a good little bit after that and it was a very cozy time. Now I’m ready for bed. 

I can’t think of anything I would have done better today, I think I did well. I’m glad I naturally felt that sense of self today. I hope I’m past the worst of it and am starting to regain my bearing like I think I am. It feels like I might have actually identified the major problem: getting stuck in my own head and losing a grip on who I am. I feel much more wholesome having gotten a better grip on reality the past couple days, even if that reality isn’t so good. I think it’s been important to realize and accept my troubled past and current troubled circumstances. Its the kind of awareness and acceptance that makes me want to do something about it rather than wallow and sulk. It’s also been nice to get a better grip on the relationship I have with my friend. I got in my own head for a bit there and a little too invested. I was acting in a way that wasn’t true to myself or the dynamic we have because I slipped up and was trying to use the situation as a coverup for my shortcomings. That’s something I’ve been guilty of my whole life. It’s good to be able to step back and let it be authentic like it always has been. It really is something beautiful that way. 

[sharoo]

I'm here with you honestly! Fellow traditional artist of way too many years to count, only got a tablet last year and did some art sporadically. Here's some of the stuff I've learned.

Set up

For the start, configure your tablet in your tablet installer's settings. First, check your program of choice's key shortcuts. I use FireAlpaca and it serves me well, though it of course depends on your preferences. Most digital art programmed will have keyboard shortcuts for specific tools (E for eraser, M to select, p for pen, etc) and if your tablet and/or pen has buttons, you can map specific key combinations into it. My pen has 2, so i have switch colours (X) on one button and the eyedropper (i) for the second one.

While you're in the settings, make sure to configure your tablet's sensitivity. it's that little line you can curve. idk the science of it, just fiddle with it up or down if you find it's not responding well.

Line work

For steady line work, remember to turn up the stabiliser. Most digital artists use it and on a high setting to get those nice cohesive lines. it's a useful crutch.

A good starting point for line art, if you're not used to drawing it in digital, is to do it on paper, take a photo, then trace it in the digital program. Alternatively you grab a picture and trace the pose over. It's a way of training!

Remember to watch out layers so you don't end up doing clean line art on the same level as the sketch. Remember you can lock layers to prevent editing them. In FireAlpaca, the locked layer gets a little lock icon.

Also, if you don't like that your lines look a little blurred on the edges, you can go into your brush's settings and turn off anti-aliasing (both on the brushes and erasers).

Clipping

Clipping is amazing. It saves so much time. How I and a lot of artists tend to work is that we begin with line art, then we make another layer and colour it in white within the line art. This white layer, I'll call it the cutout for a lack of a better word, will be what we clip all others onto.

Clipped layers show only on what they are being clipped onto, aka our cutout. So the solution in my case is to clip a folder onto the cutout and start filling it with layers (the layers inside that folder don't need to be clipped, but you can create dimensions of clipping if, say, you want the irises to clip onto the eyeballs but not the entire head).

Clipping is also useful with...

Shading and Effects

This is the part that's the most fun about digital.

Layer settings allow you to do some crazy stuff once you learn them, and I'm only a fledgeling at their use. My best advice is to just fiddle with them as much as you can and experiment. I've discovered that Multiply or Overlay layers are great at creating shadows, while an Add layer is great for light. Use coloured shadows (these layers don't like pure black and white), and adjust the opacity to match your needs. Also remember you can do more than one layer of shadows if you want that gradual darkness, and that gradients set to Add/Multiply layers make for great sources of light and shadow.

Effects a a bit funkier. I mostly use Gausian Blur, which causes the select to go all fuzzy and soft, making it great for shading, especially for adding light (you can copy a layer, use gausian blur on the copy, put it under the original, and set it to Add t o make it somewhat glow!)

Checking your colour values

Something I learned from digital is how much your colours can uninentionally blur despite being distinct. You can learn to use values to guide the eye to what's important, or to make stuff pop! This is where the values layer comes in.

Make a new layer overtop everything else, colour it in wholly black, then set it to Saturation/Colour/Hue (personally i haven't found the difference between these two). Let's use my sona for an example.

Now that the form is in black and white, you can see what stands out, what's darker or lighter, and it can make it easy to notice how, for example, the crown doesn't stand out as much as it could, or the freckles are a point of interest, because they're the darkest spot among a lot of light tones. They draw attention to the face.

From there, you can tweak these, and suddenly you can make stuff stand out! Or blend in, if that's the effect you seek!

Lastly... community

I cannot understate this - find an art community. A discord server, some other group, whatever. Find digital artists you can speak with and ask for precise advice, because you'll get way more out of a few talented friends than from youtube's repository of tutorials (though those are also helpful as heck).

genuinely don't think there's anything more humbling then trying to learn how to do digital art

i respect digital artists SO MUCH, i have for years, it's so impressive -> i'm saying this as a traditional artist trying to learn

tips would be appreciated 😓 

[loupy-mongoose]

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[tigerkirby215]

5e Sona, the Maven of the Strings build (League of Legends)

(Artwork by Shilin Huang. Made for Riot Games.)

(Shit meme by yours truly.)

Revealing my Champion Mastery just to say that I play a lot of Sona. Don’t flame me for playing Seraphine and Yuumi I swear to god, and I have no idea why Teemo is in my top 10 highest mastery champs ngl.

Anyways you have no idea how happy I am as a Sona main that my girl is now top tier. I came to League of Legends from Overwatch (yes really) and I used to main Lucio in OW along with some of the more “techy” characters like Symmetra and Torbjorn. (Came to OW from TF2 where I mained Engineer and Medic.) Sona was a natural fit for me as a champion who was both easy to play and very similar to Lucio. It also helps that I joined the Rift during the single most engaging meta to ever grace this game. I was kinda too shit to play Janna but the Ardent Censer meta is also why I have such a high mastery on Lulu tbh.

But enough about my history with League: Sona! Honestly when I think of an archetypical support Sona pops into my head a lot sooner than Soraka: a champion based on empowering their teammates in as many ways as possible with heals, shields, movement speed, and CC to hold the enemy team down. I’ve always loved playing her because she feels like much more of a macro oriented character than other supports, with team-wide support as opposed to keeping one person alive like Soraka or Yuumi or focusing on CC like Morgana and Nami.

I’m going to build most if not all the champions eventually but man I am happy to tackle Sona now. She’s always been on my mind as my main but it was pretty difficult to think of how to make her. I think this build is good enough though!

Wow that was much longer of an intro than I’m used to. You can really tell which champions I’m excited for lol.

GOALS

Everything in harmony - Sona boosts everyone on her team with her songs as they fill the air.

Triple time! - Sona’s ability to boost her whole team into a good position is always beneficial.

Crescendo! - Fun fact: Sona’s ultimate is canonically extremely painful as she forces you to contort your limbs against your will. Why is Sona needlessly macabre? Well remember that Riot also wrote Volibear as an Eldritch old god.

RACE

Sona is Human but if you want to be cool you can make her a Kalashtar for resistance to Psychic damage and advantage on Wisdom saves. Regardless we’re going to be making what’s known as a dollar store Kalashtar with Variant Human. Increase your Charisma by 1 as well as your Constitution because we kinda don’t need much else. You also get proficiency in one skill of your choice which will of course be Performance, and a language which you can pick as you fancy: you won’t be speaking it anyways lmfao.

That’s because “Only you can hear me summoner; what masterpiece shall we play today?” Grab the Telepathic feat to complete this dollar store Kalashtar package. Increase your Charisma score by 1 and get a 60 foot telepathy to speak while being mute. You also learn the Detect Thoughts spell and can cast it once without using a spell slot. "Did he want... four autographs? I don't understand."

ABILITY SCORES

15; CHARISMA - Charisma is tied to performance and all the other stuff a Demacian noblewoman is expected to be good at.

14; DEXTERITY - Something something medium armor; even if you wear a dress there’s no reason you can’t have some padding beneath it!

13; STRENGTH - Hey this isn’t something something medium armor!

12; CONSTITUTION - Sona may be squishy in League but I value not dying more than good skill checks honestly.

10; WISDOM - Speaking of not dying: Wisdom saves are more common, and Insight is more useful than most Intelligence skills.

8; INTELLIGENCE - We had to dump something so unfortunately Intelligence gets the short end of the stick. You may have studied under the illustrious Buvelle family but most of those lessons were music classes.

If you want a better stat array going 13 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 10 / 14 with Point Buy is perfectly viable, and if your DM is cool enough to let you multiclass without Strength then you’re more than welcome to dump it.

BACKGROUND

There’s two obvious backgrounds that fit Sona: the first is Entertainer for proficiency with Acrobatics and a skill of your choice (since we already took Performance lol.) You also get proficiency with Disguise Kits and your Etwahl! (That’s what Sona’s instrument is called btw.) Your background feature By Popular Demand allows you to play any stage once. "Some, just the once.” You can perform in exchange for a place to stay, and when you do so the local people will remember your wonderful performance!

But making an Entertainer Bard is kinda cliché, no? If you want to lean into Sona’s Demacian heritage go for the Noble background. This gives you proficiency with Persuasion and History as well as a gaming set of your choice: unfortunately Tellstones isn’t an option (unless your DM decides otherwise!) so a Dragonchess Set will do well enough. Oh and you get another language that you won’t speak: fun! Your Position of Privilege makes it easy for you to arrange meetings with other important people, and the commonfolk will be kind and cordial with you.

(Screenshot from the Tellstones: King’s Gambit trailer by Riot Games.)

I personally opted to go for Noble when making this build, but if you want to choose Entertainer go right ahead! Backgrounds don’t affect too much overall and it’s up to you (and your DM) to make your own Sona!

(Artwork from League of Legends Wild Rift. Made for Riot Games. RIOT PLEASE UPDATE MUSE SONA ON PC I’M BEGGING YOU!)

THE BUILD

LEVEL 1 - BARD 1

I mean what else did you expect? Bards get proficiency in three musical instruments of their choice: a Lyre is the closest you’ll get to Sona’s Etwahl, though a Dulcimer is also pretty close. I’d also recommend grabbing a Lute since most magical instruments come in Lute variety.

You also get proficiency in 3 skills of your choice like Perception to watch wards, Insight to watch people, and Athletics for a bit of Tenacity to break out of grapples. (As well as potentially grab some people yourself! Although Acrobatics is also perfectly fine for escaping grapples.)

As a Bard you can boost your ADC with Bardic Inspiration, letting them add a d6 to attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. You have a number of these equal to your Charisma modifier and they come back after a Long Rest.

But of course the main reason to play a Bard is to do Demacian-banned Spellcasting! You learn two cantrips from the Bard list like Vicious Mockery for some diminuendo, making it harder for the enemy to hurt your allies while also cutting them down to size. (I don’t know if your DM will let you slap your Etwahl angrily and then point at them judgingly, but you may have to break your vow of silence every now and then.) You can also learn Prestidigitation for all sorts of general magic stuff that you really shouldn’t do in front of anyone important.

You of course also learn 4 Bard spells like Cure Wounds and Healing Word for the atypical healing spells, Dissonant Whispers for some Hymn of Valor damage, and Detect Magic which you’ll likely be expected to cast as the designated support. *Sigh* Always gotta buy wards.

LEVEL 2 - BARD 2

Second level Bards could be called a Jack of All Trades, as you get to add half your proficiency bonus to any skill you aren’t proficient in. This means even if your ability scores are bad the skills you don’t have proficiency in are still good enough! You also get Song of Rest, letting your allies recover an extra d6 of health during Short Rests. And if you have Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything  Magical Inspiration will let your allies add their Bardic Inspiration to the damage or healing of a spell they cast!

And finally you can learn another spell: against as the designated support you’re expected to take Identify.

LEVEL 3 - BARD 3

Third level Bards get Expertise in two skills: Performance is an obvious must and Persuasion would probably be good as well.

But more importantly you get to choose your Bardic College and if you want to both shield your allies and speed them up look no further than the College of Glamour! That’s because Mantle of Inspiration grants 5 temporary hitpoints to a number of creatures within 60 feet of you equal to your Charisma modifier (which can include yourself by the way!) Additionally those creatures can move up to their movement speed as a reaction without provoking opportunity attacks, making this a great tool to reposition an ally who’s caught in a dangerous position!

You’re also capable of creating an Enthralling Performance: if you perform for at least 1 minute, you can attempt to inspire wonder in your audience. At the end of the performance you can choose a number of humanoids within 60 feet of you who watched and listened to all of it, up to a maximum equal to your Charisma modifier. Each target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you.

While charmed in this way, the target idolizes you, and speaks glowingly of you to anyone who talks to them. They also hinder anyone who opposes you, although they avoid violence unless it was already inclined to fight for you. This effect ends on a target after 1 hour unless they take any damage, you attack it, or it witnesses you attacking or damaging any of its allies. If a target succeeds on its saving throw the target has no hint that you tried to charm it, and you can use this ability once per Short or Long Rest.

Finally you can learn second level spells like Hold Person, for a one-man version of your ultimate.

LEVEL 4 - BARD 4

Ah the first of many Ability Score Improvements. You may have noticed our deliberately uneven Charisma modifier: that’s because I’m going to be taking the Fey Touched feat for +1 to your Charisma, the Misty Step spell (for Flash, of course), and the Gift of Alacrity spell from Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount for a Song of Celerity! Accelerated movement? I concur.

You can also learn another spell as well as another cantrip! For your cantrip take Mage Hand for help warding those hard-to-reach areas, and for your spell take Lesser Restoration, because yeah it’s also your job to buy Mikael’s. *Sigh.*

LEVEL 5 - BARD 5

5th level Bards get a Font of Inspiration that lets their Bardic Inspiration come back after a Short Rest as well as a Long Rest. That’s good because your Bardic Inspiration increases to a d8, which also boosts your Mantle of Inspiration to grant 8 temporary hitpoints!

You can also learn another spell like Hypnotic Pattern: while it won’t do any damage and your allies can’t hit the dancing enemies it’ll still be the best recreation of your ultimate for now.

(Artwork by Katie “TeaTime” De Sousa. Made for Riot Games.)

LEVEL 6 - PALADIN 1

I hope you weren’t expecting this to be a pure Bard build, because then I’d just be building Seraphine again! Grab your something something Medium Armor as well as a shield (well technically you need both hands free to play a musical instrument) it’s Paladin time, master of auras! 

Paladins get a Lay on Hands pool equal to 5 times their Paladin level for some more healing. You can touch a creature to give them any amount of health from your Lay on Hands, or use 5 hitpoints from your Lay on Hands pool to neutralize a poison or disease affecting them. You also get Divine Sense to locate any Celestial, Fiend, or Undead as long as they’re within 60 feet of you and not behind total cover. Don’t worry it gets a lot more exciting later.

LEVEL 7 - PALADIN 2

Second level Paladins can choose their Fighting Style and you’re still more of a mage than a warrior, so Blessed Warrior will give you two cantrips from the Cleric list that use your Charisma! Guidance is an obvious must for a support and Toll the Dead is a great option if you want to go full AP.

Should you have options for attacks to target enemies who have high Wisdom? Yeah probably: Sacred Flame might be a good choice.

Of course cantrips also imply more Spellcasting! You can prepare a number of spells equal to your Charisma modifier plus half your Paladin level (rounded down) which is currently a freaking lot of spells. Let’s just go down the list, shall we?

Bless is great to buff your team and make them harder, better, faster, and stronger.

Command is a mostly harmless Enchantment spell that will force your foes to do as you, well, command. I’d argue “dance” is a reasonable Command.

Protection from Evil and Good is never bad to have in your back pocket in case you’re fighting either Kayle or Fiddlesticks.

And Shield of Faith will let you boost your ADC’s survivability with Ardent Censer!

I know you can prepare more spells but there isn’t much I want from first level of Paladin. I am contractually obligated to mention that you can also turn your spell slots into a Divine Smite if you hit an enemy with a melee weapon, but you aren’t really going to be using weapons in this build. That’s right boys hop aboard the caster Paladin train!

LEVEL 8 - PALADIN 3

Third level Paladins get to choose their Sacred Oath and Oath of the Watchers may seem weird but it’s really good at defending your allies. That’s because you get two different Channel Divinity options: Abjure the Extraplanar works similarly to the Cleric’s Turn Undead feature except it affects Aberrations, Celestials, Elementals, Fey, and Fiends.

Watcher’s Will meanwhile lets you choose a number of creatures you can see within 30 feet of you, up to your Charisma modifier. For 1 minute, you and the chosen creatures have advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws. This means that in a party of 6 this ability can give your whole party advantage on all mental saves, which is huge for keeping everyone alive against nasty casters! See? Demacia can use your magic!

Speaking of magic you get Alarm and Detect Magic as Oath spells. (Might want to swap Detect Magic from your Bard list with Mass Healing Word ty Tasha’s.) You can also use Harness Divine Power to regain a spell slot equal to half your proficiency bonus a number of times per Long Rest. And you get Divine Health, because you don’t take a sick day to stop complaining about Seraphine.

LEVEL 9 - PALADIN 4

4th level Paladins get another Ability Score Improvement: cap off that Charisma for maximum AP scaling!

(Artwork by Kelly Aleshire & Esben Lash Rasmussen. Made for Riot Games.)

LEVEL 10 - PALADIN 5

5th level Paladins can finally prepare second level spells! As a Watchers Paladin you get access to Moonbeam as well as See Invisibility, both of which are very good for dealing with incoming gankers.

You can also prepare spells like Aid to boost your allies’ HP, Prayer of Healing (ty Tasha’s) for some out-of-combat healing, and Warding Bond for a Knight’s Vow.

Oh and you get an Extra Attack, which sure would matter if you were actually using weapons.

LEVEL 11 - PALADIN 6

6th level reasons get the main reason Sona’s a Paladin: Aura of Protection! All your saving throws are increased by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier, which is a full +5 currently! But what’s special about this ability is that it also applies to your allies within 10 feet of you, letting you give out auras a plenty to keep your allies safe!

You can also prepare another spell but again: not much I really want. So we’re going to be waiting a little while longer once again.

LEVEL 12 - PALADIN 7

7th level Watchers Paladins get Aura of the Sentinel, or as I like to call it: Song of Celerity. When you or any creature of your choice within 10 feet of you roll for initiative, they gain a bonus to initiative equal to your proficiency bonus. While this may make positioning a little difficult (everyone’s going to have to huddle around you) this ability guarantees that you can speed up all your important allies to make sure they get their powerful abilities off!

LEVEL 13 - PALADIN 8

8th level Paladins get another Ability Score Improvement or a Feat. You may have noticed your uneven Constitution score: grab good ol’ Resilient Constitution for a boost to your health and even more insurance on your Concentration checks. With your Paladin aura and proficiency you’d have a +12 total to your Constitution checks currently, meaning that if you take 24 damage or less you won’t even have to roll for Concentration!

LEVEL 14 - PALADIN 9

You are probably the only Paladin who cares about spells, so it’s nice that you get 3rd level spells now! Watchers Paladins get two very strong third level spells: Nondetection will help you deward and keep your allies safe from enemies that may try to sneak a peak at you, but Counterspell is the true best choice to stop danger from befalling your allies. What’s very good about Counterspell is that as a Bard you get to add Jack of All Trades to the skill check, meaning it’s far easier for you to deny an incomming spell than any other spellcaster! “Mages have enough problems without you.”

Of course you can prepare some more spells like Aura of Vitality for Aria of Perseverance, and Revivify for an ADC’s Guardian Angel. But having access to spells like Remove Curse, Dispel Magic, Crusader’s Mantle, and even Daylight on the Paladin spell list are all extremely useful to be able to prepare. Remember that you are doing yourself a disservice by not taking time to think about what the best spells to prepare would be for your current quest. "Every note is important."

(Artwork by Kelly Aleshire & Esben Lash Rasmussen. Made for Riot Games.)

LEVEL 15 - BARD 6

Now that we’ve got all our auras it’s time to go back to Bard for Mantle of Majesty! As a bonus action, you cast Command without expending a spell slot as you take on an appearance of unearthly beauty for 1 minute. During that minute you can cast Command as a bonus action on each of your turns without expending a spell slot. Additionally any creature charmed by you automatically fails its saving throw against the command you cast with this feature. You do have to concentrate on this feature (like a spell), and once you use it you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

You can also learn another spell but there isn’t much I want from the third level of Bard, really. Oh and you get Countercharm which is awful and I hate it, but since you didn’t take a 10th level in Paladin I suppose you have to use it. Spend an action to give allies advantage on their saving throws against charms and fears, I guess.

LEVEL 16 - BARD 7

7th level Bard; 4th level spells. Freedom of Movement will let you help either yourself or an ally with Mikael’s Crucible, and Dimension Door is great to get into lane fast, or back to base fast!

LEVEL 17 - BARD 8

8th level Bards get another Ability Score Improvement, and if you don’t like the look of something something Medium Armor then the Eldritch Adept feat might be able to help. Take the Mask of Many Faces invocation to be able to cast Disguise Self at will to change your skins as you please.

Could you have taken this earlier? Absolutely. Are there better invocations? Yeah probably, but by level 17 you can make some of your own choices. Build your own Sona: this is merely a guide and you can make your own choices.

Speaking of own choices: take whichever spell you want at this level. There’s plenty of great ones for a 4th level Bard and I can’t recommend anything in particular to you. Every musician has their own style, and it’s up to you to find your own!

(Artwork by Yan Li. Made for Riot Games.)

LEVEL 18 - BARD 9

9th level Bards get to pretend that increasing Song of Rest from a d6 to a d8 by total level 18 is helpful.

You do get access to 5th level spells like Mass Cure Wounds, which is like Mass Healing Word but better! "Harmoniously."

LEVEL 19 - BARD 10

10th level Bards get Expertise in two more skills: Perception is an obvious must to watch over your wards but beyond that? Honestly pick your poison with whatever skill you want since by level 19 you can make your own choices. (Though my personal choice would be Athletics to hopefully give some more safety against grapples.)

But of course the main boon of reaching level 10 in Bard is the Magical Secrets! ...I’m afraid I’m going to have to disappoint you again: there honestly aren’t any spells in particular I want as Magical Secrets. Sure I could recommend spells like Haste or whatever but are they really going to be that great by total level 20? To be honest even the spells on the Bard list like Animate Objects, Greater Restoration, Hold Monster, Rary's Telepathic Bond, Scrying, and Synaptic Static are very good (although I’d sooner replace some of your old spells with them.)

Again I know this is supposed to be a “guide” but most people won’t hit level 19 anyways, so I don’t think it’s that bad for me to recommend you take your own steps to make your own Sona. Hell, build some AP if you want! I know I would!

LEVEL 20 - BARD 11

Our final level is the 11th level of Bard and I’ll be honest: it’s just to add Otto's Irresistible Dance to your spell list. It can only affect one person but it’s still your ultimate by total level 20.

Oh and you were supposed to get a cantrip last level. Uhhhhh I dunno take Mending lol.

FINAL BUILD

PROS

The rhythm connects us all - You have dozens of spells to keep your team alive and active during a fight, not to mention that all your Paladin auras and abilities really help them give 110%. It’s worth mentioning that Gift of Alacrity combined with Aura of the Sentinel is a d8 + 6 to an Initiative roll, which will almost always guarantee that whoever you want to go first will be going first!

A true masterpiece should celebrate living - Despite your somewhat weird level split you maxed out the only stat which matters for you: Charisma. And woah holy shit turns out Paladins are really good with maxed out Charisma! +5 to all saves means even your lowest save is a +4, and the saves your proficient in vary between +13 for Dexterity and Constitution (both very common!) and a whopping +16 save on Charisma!

Curtains up; I'm ready - Jack of All Trades also does quite nicely to help your middling skills. Even though I dumped most of your mental skills you’re still proficient enough that you won’t be completely helpless when caught off guard. And when you’re in the zone with Persuasion or Performance you are easily the best girl around!

CONS

Don't make me get off stage - It was my intention to recreate Sona’s positional gameplay with this build but it does present some gameplay issues when trying to maximize your effectiveness. Where do you position yourself as a character who’s still primarily a squishy caster despite your good saving throws and AC? Can you give everyone in your party support, or are they too spread out to get value out of your 10 foot range auras?

Quiet, please! - You have a damn good concentration check, but what do you concentrate on? Not only do you have a ton of spells but they all scale very good with levels and you have spell slots that go far higher than your maximum level spell. It can be hard to choose what to do with those 7th and 8th level slots.

The world is cruel... Until that changes, I'll never stop playing - One of many “meta” problems with this build was my choice to focus almost entirely on support. Sure Toll the Dead is a great damaging cantrip but your only two damaging spells are Moonbeam and Dissonant Whispers. Again: you don’t have to follow my build point-for-point and while you’ll be flamed in League for building Sona full AP I don’t think your friends will mind if you take some damaging spells.

But if you can’t tell it was really hard for me to come up with those downsides. With the exception of the positional requirements a Bardadin is a very strong build and Sona is a very strong support. Boost your teammates with your own amazing power and make sure everyone’s alive and jamming! Your power may have been forgotten over the years but no one’s ever upset to have a great support at their side. And remember: Seraphine may be in K/DA but you’re in Pentakill, and you have your own label! No one can replace DJ Sona!

[caelestis-composition]

⭒ a moment of silence above liyue harbor ⭒

sorry for not posting and then returning with an oc fic :’) i swear i have other stuff in progress that will get done soon i just have brainrot

friendly reminder you can always ask me about my sona i will gladly talk about her for hours

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pairing: platonic(?) brynn & childe

characters: brynn chanté (oc), childe

genre: fluff with a hint of a hint of angst

word count: 849

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They lay side-by-side, reclined in the grass on the hills above Liyue Harbor. While most would sit where they are to enjoy the view of the glittering city—the whole thing visible at this height—they keep their eyes on the sky above. It’s a clear night, not a cloud in the sky, but the gentle breeze carries a sharp chill; though he’s used to it, she shivers and buries her face further into the red scarf stolen from him.

They don’t need to talk; they’re not there to talk, so they don’t. It’s quiet for once, no playful bickering or the ringing of metal on metal brought about by colliding weapons. They’re in the city for business—a statement that’s only partially true—but why not enjoy their time there? A moment of peace, away from the lights and the sounds and the smells and the crowds in the city. A moment away from violence and orders and duty.

A moment of silence.

He breaks it first.

“Do you miss them?”

Brynn responds with a lilting hum, a curious sound that wordlessly asks for clarification. It had been her idea, to go outside Liyue Harbor at sunset and watch the stars appear one by one; and Childe had snorted, saying it was a weird waste of time, but he had nothing better to do. So he followed.

They had stayed out much longer than they’d originally planned, laying there and watching and not talking as the nighttime chill began to set in. The cold had eventually grown too much for Brynn, but instead of standing and making her way back to the city, she’d reached over and silently tugged Childe’s scarf away from him. He let her take it.

“Do you ever miss your family?”

Silence.

He turns his head slowly as the silence drags on. Through orange bangs, he sees Brynn hasn’t moved, her bright blond hair splayed across the green grass, her face turned to the stars above. She’s closed her eyes, but he can tell she’s not asleep; she wouldn’t, couldn’t fall asleep out here. Childe thinks maybe she won’t respond. As he parts his lips to tell Brynn to forget it, her eyes open and she too turns her head, just enough to meet his gaze.

“No.”

For a moment, he feels like he’s looking in a mirror. Eyes dull, expression even, Brynn gives no hint as to what she could truly be feeling, or what more she could possibly want to say. Her gloved hands curl tighter into the scarf—his scarf—around her neck.

“My family doesn’t deserve to be missed.”

She adds it so quietly, but Childe watches an anger flood her eyes; her already rosy cheeks seem to darken further, her eyes narrowing in a miniscule glare.

“Oh.”

And they go back to silence.

Neither moves from their new position, blue and violet locked on the other.

He blinks. She blinks.

“But family can be more than just blood relations, right?”

Any remaining anger quickly melts, washed away by her soft voice. Her eyes are searching, as if silently begging Childe to confirm something. He’s not sure why Brynn needs his validation, assuming she already has an answer of her own, but he responds regardless.

“Isn’t that why you’re here?”

He watches her eyes widen, as if surprised by his answer; he figures it’s what she’d wanted to hear. She seems to think for a moment, before letting out a huff of amusement. Though she still has her face partially buried in his scarf, Childe can see the corners of her mouth lift into a smile.

“I suppose.”

He snorts, echoing her words back with a light scoff as Childe rolls onto his side, propping himself up on an elbow. Brynn tries harder to bury her growing smile in his scarf, shaking as she tries to contain muffled laughter. She shrieks and attempts to scramble away when he reaches a hand forward to ruffle her hair affectionately; he flashes her a grin, and that’s all the warning Brynn gets before Childe lunges. One of his hands grabs a fistful of her—his—scarf, both of hers wrapping around his other wrist—the one still trying to tousle her hair—as she kicks and yells and laughs, their struggle sending the two of them rolling further down the hill.

Neither seems to be budging, so eventually Childe gives up. Sitting back, he pulls Brynn with him, his one hand still gripping the scarf that miraculously stayed around her neck during their playful scuffle. They both heave gasping breaths, interrupted by the occasional giggle.

“I really hate you, y’know.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Still tugging her with him, Childe stands to his feet. Brynn winces as she rises, no doubt aching from laying down for so long. He finally lets her go, groaning as he stretches. She readjusts his scarf.

“Ready to head back?”

“Yeah.”

He leads the way. She follows, yawning.

Carefully picking their way down toward the city, he feels her brush against his arm. A hand slips into his own; without looking, he squeezes it gently.

They return to silence.

[baka-monarch]

The Borrower Spy

I did that thing I said I was gonna do- the Borrower Me thing- I did it- here it is- (btw it takes place before Dream is in prison-)

I'll reblog this later once I have drawings made since I'm going to count this as dsmp sona-

Roman ran through the rain, trying to get to the community house before the mud would begin flooding. He did not want to almost drown again. Luckily he made it just in time as he jumped onto the wooden floor, the mud where he had once stood caved into mush as the water flooded out of the dirt making a huge muddy lake. As Roman looked around he spotted the Prime Path and suddenly wondered why he hadn't just walked on it….. until the water continued to flood up and cover it. Right. That's why. If he'd been standing on the path when that happened he would've been dragged away with a current- not exactly a good thing.

Either way, he'd made it. Now all he had to do was grab some stuff from a chest and wait out the storm. Roman made his way over to one of the many huge by comparison, chests in the Community House. He didn't even bother to get out his hook, already having a small hidden door in the side of it for him to enter at the bottom. It was something he'd worked with some other Borrowers to make a while back so they could always have access to the extra resources the Beings of this server didn't need. Most of the time Borrowers came here for food, small pieces of wool, or string- but today Ran had a different goal in mind.

Weapons. It wasn't a surprize that any of his fellow Borrowers found it difficult to move around the server, there weren't enough torches in some places to keep the huge mobs from spawning, and it was difficult for Borrowers to get the supplies to make torches (as Beings seemed to have a tendency to burn up coal quickly or leave it in dangerous smealters), it was made even more difficult as they could only move during the night unless they wanted to be seen. So Roman had decided to come to the community to gather supplies for weapons- because even if not all the Borrowers he knew could fight, at least those who did would now have the proper weapons to protect those Borrowers with. What Roman had not accounted for, however, was the thunderstorm that had started halfway to the Community House. Which is how he found himself stuck for the time being- but at least he would be able to make weapons.

There was another problem though that Roman hadn't planned for that he quickly discovered through the all too familiar booming footsteps now accompanied with a loud splash each step. "Shit…" the Borrower hybrid muttered to himself as he looked out of the Community House door to see a human wearing a smiling mask running through the rain right in his direction. In a split second decision, Roman climbed into the chest and sealed the door behind him, but not before spotting a bottle. For once he was glad that his poncho was a dark purple instead of black as he climbed inside and curled up, hoping to look like a potion.

The roaring thunder almost seemed to pause as Roman listened to the footsteps get closer and closer, until they stopped in front of his chest. The world was silent for a minute as the loud creaking of a chest opening rang out around Roman, in a deafening silence that didn't even exist. The Borrower covered his mouth instinctively, as if he needed to stop the Being from hearing his breathing. He listened to the items around him being shuffled around by a huge hand that he could almost see if he looked up just enough- but he couldn't less he be caught, he didn't want to see it anyways.

Time froze when it finally happened. In slow motion, Roman watched as huge fingers wrapped around the glass holding him and began to lift it out of the chest… taking the Borrower with it. As Roman was raised to be face to face with that emotionless white mask, he felt a scream get caught in his throat. This was every Borrower's worst nightmare, and it was now happening to Roman. What was even worse was that he recognised that mask from rumors- he had been caught by none other than the infamous Dream.

"Well, isn't this interesting?" Roman could practically hear Dream's smile as they spoke. It was terrifying, but he forced a glare onto his face as he looked into the green eyes of the masked man. "A brave thing then?" Dream shook the bottle, eliciting a yelp from the Borrower. "Or not." The Being tipped the bottle, shaking it a little more as Roman tried to hold the walls, forcing the tiny hybrid to fall right into their hand.

Roman shivered at the uncomfortable warmth of the hand and tried to scoot away from the Being, but was quickly stopped by a wall of fingers behind him. Dream chuckled, pulling Roman out of his frightened state enough to go back to glaring at them.

"I assume you're here for items?" It was a simple statement, pointed by Dream tilting their head to the chest Roman had previously been hiding in.

"Y- yeah… a- and why's it matter to- to you?" Roman spoke, cringing at his own stutter. He knew it was dumb to try and talk his way out of this, but what else could he do? Even if he followed the rules he'd more than likely be killed by this person.

"Well…" It only took a millisecond for the Being's grip to change, so fast that Roman didn't even process it, before he was being squeezed Inna fist. "I can give you them- for a price" Roman barely listened as he squirmed in the fist wanting nothing more than to be let go and mlg to safety.

"H- how the fuck wo- would I even pay you back?" Roman glared up into the mask, continuing to writhe in a fist that had an unloosening grip.

"Quite easily actually, you don't even have to do anything you don't already- I just need you to listen" Dream shrugged, as if he hadn't just spat nonsense that confused the Borrower even more.

"What's… what's that supposed to mean?" He looked into those ominous eyes with confusion.

"It's your size- I need it for information, I know that you and your little friends hear a lot in those walls of your's" Finally, the Being set Roman down, as if they knew he wouldn't run… and he didn't, he was far too shocked to.

"Y- you… you know-"

"Of course I know! It's my server you think I'm not going to notice a bunch of tiny… THINGS running around?" He laughed a little. "No, I've known for a while… I could've asked any of you for this…" The Being bent over and leaned their face in close to Roman, making the Borrower stumble back. "The problem was catching you. And look! You've practically given yourself to me!!" They stood up straight again, spreading their arms, proving a point… and sending a shiver down Roman's spine.

"S- so…. You… you want information?" Dream nodded. "Information that I overhear… l- like… like a spy?" Roman hugged himself, needing the small bit of comfort as he priced it together.

"Exactly! I knew you things were smart!!" As Dream cackled in victory, the Borrower backed up, a horrible feeling of dread taking over.

"Can't- wouldn't it be better to just have a Bei- a big person- do it?" Roman fidgeted with his poncho nervously. What was he about to get himself into.

"Oh, I already do… but people can't always be around to hear everything… like when someone's alone- which is why using you would be so great!" Roman could hear their smile and hated it. "Now, of course, you'll be payed in whatever items you need"

"...What kind of items?" Roman couldn't stop his curiosity. Of course it was dumb to even be considering this but… it's not exactly easy to borrow.

"Anything you need at the time- not want, need. Food, wool, weapons-"

"Weapons!!" Roman shouted, and immediately raised his arms up in defense as he realized he'd city of what Dream had been saying…. But nothing happened.

"Yes, weapons" Dream said it slowly, a curiosity playing at his words. "Do you need weapons?" Roman hesitated with an answer, but began to nod. He doubted he would have even been able to find stone here anyways. "Then get me the information I want."

"I…." Roman paused. Would this really be worth it? Working with a human- not just a human but one that everyone seemed to hate? If he didn't they'd probably kill him anyways- but if he did…. He could help so many of his friends, and family. Besides, it's not like the events in the Beings' lives would affect Borrowers too much. What'd they even do that'd be bad, blow up all of L'manburg? Nobody would do that again after Wilbur died. "... I can do that. I'll get your information."

"Good. Then it's a deal." The Being gave his finger to the Borrower, who quickly shook it.

With that, the deal was made.

[iamespecter]

nekkon do you happen to have a sona? :))

Yes I do~ I have 3, but I rarely use other sonas, so much so that I think they've been demoted to OC ranks-

but anyways, here are the full list :D

Main sona: Specter [it/they/them]

- A demon object-head with an eel tongue. Usually found through forest areas, simply lodging and minding it's business. However, they will not hesitate to attack and eat trespassers when in bitter mood, but if you're in luck, it will simply watch you from afar with amusement as your trek it's territory or just mildly perform a prank/jumpscare on you.

Has two forms it primarily takes on, but can shapeshift into other forms as well:

- Pocket size

- Humanoid form

[I also have a bf, this was our 1 year anniversary painting that I did]

Sonas that may have been demoted to OC ranks due to how rarely I use them nowadays:

2nd sona: Nekkon [she/they]

- A Sierian [original open species of mine] with an unknown motives. Incredibly mysterious, and secretive. Prefers solitude more than any other.

[Nekkon was still the main sona during this time.]

ehem, you'll have to excuse the poor quality of phone art. It's been a while since I've drawn Nekkon nowadays.

3rd sona: DJ-Rashka [she/it/them]

- A music-based mercenary and hacker, Rashka is usually hired to get the job done in a not-so obvious way, slick and clean of evidence. However, she serves as a part-time DJ at parties, and she's pretty good at it, too.

[Heavily inspired by The Musical Ghost's remix of Pokemon Gym trainer theme]

[AT by @ /DeAniSketchbook on twitter!]

Now, admittedly I don't do a lot of OC arts nowadays. I've been so focused on drawing commissions and fanarts, that I barely have time for these kinds of stuff. Which, I am trying to change. Once all my pending comms are done, I'm gonna be opening patreon, so that I can devote most of my time into drawing my personal projects and working on them again after such a long hiatus.

that way, I can still earn without the stress of pending owed art and the deadlines, and draw what I like, leaving me to enjoy doing art once again. Because honestly? Lately I've been feeling burntout and unmotivated with the amount of comms I've been doing. Honestly feels like I've lost my passion in art.

I say it's time for me to take a loooooooooong break from it.

[hotaru-no-yume]

a brief respite

Feeling a bit insane right now. Also this has been in my mind for a few days so I may as well just get it out. I will warn people that this is yume content. Instead of a reader-insert, I used my sona in here. I'll put it under read more just in case. Feel free to black list the #yumeship tag if you don't wanna see stuff like this in my blog.

Chirping birds and the gentle rustling of leaves as a breeze passes through. The warmth of the afternoon sun filtering through the shade of the large tree. The gentle swaying of the hammock and the steady beating of Figaro's heart that almost lulled Len to sleep. She feels Figaro squeeze her arm lightly, "Go on and nap for a while. This is the perfect time to relax." He says, before burying his face into Len's hair. The witch hums but her eyes do not close. The nagging feeling that she should do something, anything, be productive instead of laying around like this courses through her. She may have already gotten out of the hammock had Figaro not kept his hold on her.

"I don't think I can. I have a lot to do, Figaro. I can't just-"

"Hey now, everyone needs rest once in a while. Keep that up and you'll run yourself ragged. You need rest. Doctor's orders." He chides, but you can hear the playfulness in his tone. "Well, I may be a workaholic, but you're quite the slacker. I think you should do some more work." The witch huffs and feels the rumble of Figaro's chest as he laughs. How carefree. Len won't say it, but she loved hearing his laugh.

"Touché. But still, rest, alright? If nothing else, this is one of the rare moments I can spend some time alone with you." Len sighs before giving in and relaxing in his embrace. "Fine. Just for a bit." She feels Figaro kiss her forehead before eyes close. She's drifting off and travelling to the land of dreams when-

"Oooh! A hammock! That looks so comfortable, let me in too!" 

"Hey, wait! Murr-"

The hammock tips over as another person jumps into it, causing the three to fall off. Len groans as she lands on the ground, thankful that the grass at least cushioned her fall. Figaro gets up, shooting an annoyed look at Murr. "Seriously, Murr. You can't just jump in like that. Ugh, my head hurts. You okay, Len?" 

"I'm fine…"

Murr laughs without a hint of remorse, arms reaching out and pulling Figaro and Len into a hug. "It's not fair that both of you can have fun all by yourselves! Me too!"

"We were just trying to take a nap."

Len watches the two argue with an amused smile before clearing her throat. "Okay, that's enough." She follows with a chant of her spell, making the hammock large enough to fit three people. "Come on. If Murr wants to join then that's fine. Let's all take a nap together." She helps them stand up before laying down on the hammock once again. She feels Murr nuzzle his face into her neck while Figaro wraps his around her waist. Feeling the presence of the people she loves the most by her side, Len relaxes again and goes to sleep. Perhaps a brief respite isn't so bad after all.

[swiftbell]

1. Why did you choose your url? I wanted to start using a proper username that I could be identified with over several platforms, and I didn't like the names I'd used up to that point. The name itself is based of a character from a book who was called "Slowswift", an information booker of sorts who had a role and personality I just really wanted to embody, so I took the swift part from that name and added bell to it because it sounded nice. (points if you know where this character is from, it was a very minor appearance for just about a chapter, but he stuck with me) 2. Any side-blogs? If you have them, name them and why you have them? I have to side blogs, one being @swiftly-reblogs-and-absconds that I wanted to use for reblogs that I didn't want to have on my main (not that I've been very good at reblogging). The other is a private rant account that I won't name, where I post rants of stuff I just need to get out of my head or off my chest, and then never interact with again. 3. How long have you been on tumblr? I think since 2013? Spring 2013 I think, so it's been a while now! 4. Do you have a queue tag? I have never used a queue on here in my life, so no =P 5. Why did you start your blog in the first place? Some of my friends had moved from other websites to here, and when they also introduced me to a new fandom that was popular on here I decided to follow. (You can figure out what fandom it was by going to the very beginning of my blog, but I will say that it was not Superwholock) 6. Why did you choose you icon/pfp? It's a version of my... online persona I think you can call it? Basically I don't want to use photos of myself, and instead I have this sona I draw. Which reminds me - I need to draw a new version of that, I should really get to it. 7. Why did you choose you header? It's some fanart I drew years ago that I was very proud of, back when I knew next to nothing of using digital drawing programs. I still like it, and am so used to it now I don't want to change it. 8. What’s your post with the most notes? That would be this fanart I did back in 2018! It's also the only post I have that has more than 300 notes. 9. How many mutuals do you have? I have no idea, there isn't a mutual counter on here so I really can't tell. 10. How many followers do you have? 455 surprisingly enough. I barely post stuff so I have no idea why I have so many. 11. How many people do you follow? 169 blogs, I like to keep it small and tidy. 12. Have you ever made a shitpost? Nah. 13. How often do you use tumblr each day? A few times each day probably, if I'm on the internet I'm either here, on youtube, or on discord. 14. Did you have a fight/argument with a blog once? Who won? Bold of you to assume my blog is noticeable/popular enough to get into fights. Honestly though I just tend to stay away from any drama if possible, and I engage with drama even less. 15. How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this post’? I really don't like the guilt-trippy aspect of it, especially if they're followed by some variation of "or else you're a bad person". Nobody can be involved in everything all the time without draining themselves. Just take care of what you can, and help if possible, but don't make "getting involved with every injustice in this world at all times as soon as you hear about it" it a mandatory part of your life. 16. Do you like tag games? Love them! I try to do them as quickly as possible (even if this took a few days, sorry!) 17. Do you like ask games? Love them too! Please ask me stuff, I like to answer questions. 18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous? *makes an I-dunno sound* 19. Do you have a crush on a mutual? I'm too aro-ace for this ask. 20. Tagging some people: Tagging @winking-owl, @indigoire, @space-pastels, @cookiemonsterextreme, and @myfirstrode-oh ! Thanks so much for the tag, @chloe-elizabeth-price!