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Ravetopia: Straight out of 2009

Commission for OccPixTFs, Saharan-Waldo, GoldenerLugia, TheLupineOne, JoyfulNocturne and Kyna~! The members of Ravetopia.com, an eyestrain slice of 2009 Newgrounds, formerly other creatures now S1STERGA1A, DJ_DARKSAKURAF0X, DJ_SPARXPIXEL, DJ_TWILIGHTNEKO, N1TROTHR4SH, SCRIPT_BUNNI and TECHNØTUNEZ all hang out together, unleashed onto a sensible world in a nyacophony of noise and different genres of rave music.

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DJ TW1LIGHTNEKO - MY AW4KENYAN

Trade by OCCPixTFs - May 03, 202X Zeydaan was no stranger to rave concerts or musicians touring close to home, but the nonbinary wolf wasn’t expecting such a…distinctly-styled concert. “RETRAWR XTRA DELUXE 2009”—some kind of multi-day rave festival from the US—had decided to spend a weekend near Mailor, and practically embodied late-2000s Internet culture. Between the high-octane Vocaloid remixes, the Flash animations displayed on screens, and everyone having immense amounts of hair volume and striped arm warmers…it was a lot, to say the least. And that was before the headliner arrived. “HAI HAII1 EVERY1 !!11! r nyu 4ll CH4RG3D with teh B34T, nya?? Cuz DJ_SPARXPIXEL iz h3r3 2 STR1KE LIEK L1TENYAAAAAAAN!!!11 >w< -poses!!-” DJ_SPARXPIXEL looked like they clawed their way out of someone’s old art gallery. They were an electric cat-fox-Eevee hybrid the color of sugary energy drinks, whose massive hair buns, tail and headphones were carrying static energy—you could SEE the crunchy lineart and the airbrushed gradients on their body! While Zeydaan was shocked at the sheer concentration of “rawr XD” energy, the rest of the venue was a mass of giddy squeeing…leaving SPARXPIXEL’S overly shiny emerald eyes to zero in on Zey. “omg….omgomgomgOMGggggg~!!1” The mascot-sized raver swished their tail, faster and faster, absolutely ADORING the sight of Zeydaan, before STAGE-DIVING towards the wolf-dragon?! “ZOMGGG!!1!11! Ny r teh KYUUUUUT3ZT WOLF EVARR!!11! Nya NYAAAAA!!1 -glomps u!!1-“ The raver’s giant paws tackled Zeydaan in some kind of electrically charged glomp, sending waves of painless electricity and sound rippling through them… “Ghahh—?! Easy with the paws!!” Zey’s stammered reply barely meant anything, as beams of concentrated color and retro game sprites seemed to BURST out…and a pair of small spike markings formed on their glowing eyes… While the shapeshifter was left replanting her paws against the ground, SPARXPIXEL leapt back up to the stage, giddy, unrestrained, and only pausing for a lightly embarrassed giggle. “NYOW TH3N, who’z R34DY fur 2NYITE, nyaaaaa?!!111 X3” —————— May 16, 202X After the show, Zeydaan ran into SPARXPIXEL again, who apologized for the surprise gloom, and even shared emails with the wolf…apparently they still carried around a flip-phone and used some music-sharing site called…Ravetopia? First time they ever heard about it, but it was a nice meetup at least. That was a few weeks ago, and since, then, Zeydaan couldn’t help but feel that something was…different. “What the…my hair’s still this fluffy? How much static did I get from that raver?” They had tried different hair products or wearing beanies for hours at a time, but their hair and tail had significantly fluffed up in volume in a short time, with a faint hint of purple. The red eye marks were still present, and they could have sworn their fur and muzzle had shrunk slightly. Zeydaan kept staring in the mirror, running a slightly thicker paw through the mass of hair…they didn’t mind it…it was just new… “They had some ace fashion at least…and teh music was great, nyot gonna lie~…“ It took a moment for the wolf to notice the feline voice tic, and that faint smile immediately switched over to an embarrassed half-smile…the changes to their hair was paired with some new…compulsions…that feline lilt was becoming more prominent, their goth attire was being worn more often (especially their hoodie with thicker cuffs), and their music tastes—oh WOW their music tastes. Sparxpixel’s set list had gotten quite snug in Zeydaan’s head, alongside some emo rock and moody Vocaloid tracks, and it didn’t take much for the wolf to find themselves humming and swaying to the music… Right, Zeydaan had errands today. Deciding to ditch the beanie, they got their bags together, failing to notice the small yellow orbs she now had for earrings and a necklace…were those always there? And did their paws always feel so…thick? —————— June 07, 20#9?? The faint sound of rustling paper bags and a swishing tail was met with the faint sound of ringing cat bells, subtly harmonizing with the tinny music playing from a nearby speaker. Zeyko stepped out of the New Gothic store, this was the third store she stopped by at the mall (fourth if they counted the food court), and their fashion was diverting further from the nonbinary wolf based on the new skirt, the GIR shirt, and her longish violet twintails. Bags were slung over either arm, filled with manga issues, plushies, and many more knickknacks to renovate her apartment… Humming a hardstyle Nightcore remix to themselves, their mind was hyper-fixating and here for it, so in the zone of her new aesthetic that their feline pupils were starting to fade, shifting further to the pupil-void style present in 2000s anime. Just like all those cute anime boys, like Sesshōmaru and Sephiroth…if only a creature of the darknyess like her could have enough time to fall in love instead of pining under the moonlight— …All of a sudden, her steps started to slow, and a wave of self-awareness washed over them, their smile tinted with nervousness. “Wait...Why do I want s0 much of this?…” Her mind was a mash-up track of conflicting thoughts, were her paws bootlick, or her boots paw-like? There were laces forming after all… Were they lupine or feline, or some rare hybrid found in the fan fictions she had been reading? Was she even from the UK or were they just touring, cause her accent was leaning more towards American by the day… She felt like she should be self-conscious about this, but they felt so happy like this, and the music, the fan fictions, the moon, it was securely locked into her head by now… “My head…it’s liek teh moon callz 2 me…w-which is ridiculous…” Zeyko rubbed a swollen lavender paw against the smaller cheek tufts, fixing their emo bangs before looking at the chibi Sephiroth’s smug grin. “…but I can’t say nyo to that Sepurroth plush…he’s so kyute~! UwU~” Readjusting her hoodie so that her wings could stretch, Zeyko broke into a big feline grin and continued her walking! A few mall-goers couldn’t help but stare at her developing lineart, the lack of shading on certain parts of her body, and the fact she perfectly pronounced “UwU”…maybe they’re fans~! —————— June 18, 200#?? Ashley strolled down an avenue lined with concert halls and food trucks, it was another music festival night and a lot of the town’s goth community had shown up! The dragoness wanted to check up with Zeydaan, it had been a while since they met in person and she wasn’t sure what to make of their new typing style the fact they were able to speak with those typos and num6er replacements so fluidly, or their insistence that it was still 2009… “O00f!! Soz!11 ^^;;” Ashley accidentally bumped into a raver; feline and femme-leaning with a giant angel and demon wing, chunky black paw boots, longer purple-red twintails and the squishiest violet paw pads imaginable. “Oh! Sorry about that, I wasn’t looking.” “Nyeah yeah I fur RLLLZ getch4, all teh clubs r S0 NYAWESUM,, my eyer r ALLZ over teh pl4c3, nyaaaa~… -shakin mah h3d- >_<” Ashley wasn’t sure how to respond at first, and the more she looked at the neko(?) raver, the more questions she had, from the crunchy lineart making up her body, to her toonier, mascot-adjacent proportions, the tiny remnants of an animal nose…or those familiar eye markings… “Hold on…Zey? Is that you??” The name hit TwilightZeyko like a Limit Break; right!! She swore that was a nickname she got through an inside joke…or wait, wasn’t it that wolf they RPed as for like, a month? Still, it was nice to see her draconic friend again, and even in the sparkly, Umbreon-filled mass that was her head, she knew that…something was different about her, compared to a month ago? “N-nyaaa-t exactly~ >w< But I’m f1ne, purrr-romise~!” Ashley wasn’t worried about this—Zeydaan winding up barely recognizable was just expected for a shapeshifter, but she wasn’t expecting there to be…this much of a contrast. As for TwilightZeyko, she was fine, wasn’t she? Indulging in everything edgy and kawaii, it made her whole body buzz with happiness, hearing the swish of her larger and larger bells, in time with the music… She was so obsessed with rave music she wanted to make some more herself, there was so much inspiration for a nyew album to get ALL the downloads on Ravetopia, and she could collab with Sparxpixel or someone else, or write a super-long self-insert fanfiction, or—or—OR— With a flash, TwilightZeko’s eyes were now pinkish-red ovals, filled with stars and crescent moons, radiating with dark nyan-pire energy… “I’m ju5st…EMBRACING TEH DARKNYESS,, NYAHAHAHAHAHA!!!1” Twirling on an oversized boot, TwilightNeko broke into a high pitched cackle, any sense of self-consciousness having sunk into the shadows, leaving somenyan ready for as many raves as possible! “Just nyu w1at, im gunn4 be spr3ddin teh nyanpire TUNEZ INT3RNYATIONYALLY!!11! >w< but furrst, i gotz conc3rts back hom3 on th3 W3ST C0AST!!1” TwilighNeko broke into a flying sprint, her animal nose shrinking and her colors brightening with every step…leaving Ashley to wonder when Zeydaan moved to the US…She flipped open her phone to the group chat. “Heya, I think Zey got hit with another reality change.” —————— July 02, 2009 The lights dimmed on a packed venue…RETRAWR XTRA DELXUE had returned to the American West Coast for the summer, and the week was packed with musicians, in particular an up-and-coming artist who insisted she’d burn in the sunlight. The room was soon illuminated by violet spotlights and a large screen showing a compressed, gothic fantasy city. There was no attempt to hide the “Unregistered Hypercam 2” at the top of the screen, in fact it was seen more as a badge of pride. Music started up, and the cheers and squees of the audience was soon in a tug-of-war with the music, especially once a figure ran out onto stage. A pair of large wings—angelic and demonic—rose up, perfectly framing a pair of giant twin tails, oversized paws and lace-up boots, and a sparkly red eye glowing through the darknyess… “2nyite’s a fullm00n, and u know wh4t that meowns…,-” The spotlights centered on the vampiric cat raver, flashing a mischievous smile as she struck a flashy pose, the first of many for the night! “DJ TWILIGHTNEKO IS IN THA H0USE, NYAAAAA!1!1! X3” ——————