#the titular mufotsuki

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I was smiling ear-to-ear when I first saw this, thank you!!

(Further replies to prev. tags + some bonus art beneath the cut)

#i believe piri and ilaw would get along more than one would think#guy whos often called dad on accident + youngster with no father figure#truly the dynamic of all time

I actually kinda disagree, not that I don't think that their dynamic wouldn't be Funny but I view things kinda differently. For the most part I've depicted Piripu as being rather chill about not having a father figure. The two people in his life who *are* his parental figures these days are more like his adult friends who he sees occasionally and gets advice from (quality variable). That being said, it still would still be fun to envision Ilaw attempting to give Piripu (as the Spearmaster) advice, not because I think they'd get along (maybe initially they might), but because I think they'd have beef. Not serious beef, but beef nonetheless.

To elaborate: IIRC you said something about Ilaw not being super jazzed about Sky Kids These Days, and while the Spearmaster is not a kid, he's still a part of the "new generation". Therefore, I think Ilaw and Piripu would have "old man meets young adult hooligan" beef. For more information please consult the drawing below:

(If I got anything wrong feel free to correct me)

Also on the topic of character dynamics: While she wasn't included in this post I feel like Bata and Mufotsuki would get along. Children of the Wasteland unite 🤝

(PS. It's so funny to think that everything Piripu does is technically "fatherless behavior")

was about time i drew these two... i love their shenanigans 🫶

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Sky is one of the games of all time

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Been thinking about this post again, and I decided to throw together a video, to help people understand why I find it so funny. To recap, Mufo has a "voice" like any other skykid, but Piripu is about as close as one can get to sounding like an instrument.

He is capable of speaking the same language as everyone else, but he does so in cursive (verbally, somehow).

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So that new emote they added is really good

If you were curious what the black box was hiding + a fun interaction I had while getting the picture for this post

Bookworm Mufotsuki real....

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Sum Mufo lore below the cut vvv

My character playlist page for Mufo is coming along, though one big roadblock is that it needs background art! I've talked before about how I wanted to draw Mufo's home base someday, and I think just drawing a small portion of it for some background art would be a nice place to start. One thing I struggle with when it comes to backgrounds though, especially character-based ones, is making them feel lived in. Backgrounds I've drawn in the past often felt too clean to me, like no one is living there! Unfortunately I don't have the time right now to slap down some sketches to flesh out Mufo's room, but I can write about it to reference later, so here we go!

Mufo lives in the Vault of Knowledge, more specifically inside what can be thought of as a "storage closet". These storage areas resemble larger areas of the Vault, but are mainly used to store menial things like cleaning supplies, spells, and personal belongings. Mufo has part of a storage closet all to herself.

Her room is basically like an indoor tent. The "walls" are actually just pieces of cloth. It's convenient since she can enter and exit her room at any location, though at this point she has dedicated "door spots" — specific spots she decides she is allowed to walk through. Anything that isn't a door spot she treats as if its a regular wall and thus not normally walk through.

In terms of solid furniture (like, heavy stuff), Mufo might not have much. At the moment I definitely imagine she has a bed and maybe one or two bookshelves. Maybe she has a chair in there, to go with the shelves? Other furniture she has is mainly pillows and blankets, strewn across the floor so that many places in her room are comfy.

Currently debating if Mufo decorates at all. Like the stuff I listed before is mainly functional in nature. Maybe younger Mufo wouldn't have cared about decorating, but present day Mufo does since she has finally seen the outside world for herself and is insanely inspired. With that in mind, I gotta think about what Mufo decorates with. I definitely think if you showed Mufo some fairy lights it'd be OVER for her.

This might be one for the decoration category, but maybe Mufo keeps souvenirs from her journeys if she can pocket them.

Her room almost definitely has some memory lanterns and books lying around. This would have been especially true when she was younger (like the drawing above!), where such things were her only form of solitary entertainment. As she got older, she became better about returning memory lanterns and books to their rightful place in the Vault (though not all the time, hehe).

At the moment I don't imagine Piripu has a home, but if he were to crash anywhere, it'd be at Mufo's place. He probably does it often. With that in mind, Mufo's belongings probably got pushed around with Piripu becoming a pseudo-resident. Fortunately, he is a boy of few belongings... For now?

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A little while ago someone asked about Mufo arm lore, and I also realized I neglected to draw the scar in a recent post of mine. To rectify this, you now get a little bit of lore. A crump (crumb) of lore.

(Appearance of the scar is subject to change later once I like. Calculate more deeply how it formed in the first place)

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GIANT sparkler!!!!

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Crabby see, crabby do (5/23/2024)

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All tuckered out.

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(Transcript included at bottom of post.)

One's inner light is composed of 2 (sometimes 3, depending on who you're talking to) parts.

1) Eminent Light: Energy/light that is emitted by the inner light(s). Replenishes over time by itself, though the process can be sped up by light sources or nearby light creatures.

2) Inner Light: The light that makes up one's being. Can be sacrificed to perform more long-lasting and powerful spells. Does not replenish by itself, and must be restored using "roaming light" (or a possible equivalent source).

3) Core Light: The one part of your inner light that you cannot sacrifice during spellcasting. Doing so would be like voluntarily holding your breath to suffocate. Exists mainly on a conceptual level because there is no distinction between core light and the rest of one's inner light.

The basis of magic revolves around being able to move one's inner light outside of one's body (in the case of Spirits [when they weren't Spirits] anyways, skykids' lights are already outside of their body). The first spell most people were taught is the light spell, which simply calls for the movement of light. A well-known variation of the light spell is the candle spell, which calls for giving light specific form.

Once the movement of inner light has been mastered, one can begin trying to make it behave differently.

[Examples of different light manipulation behaviors]

Telekinesis: Using light given form to lift objects.

Flight: Stronger derivative of telekinesis. Using light given form to propel oneself. (Easier to do using something to act as your "wings").

Guiding Light: Making light grow brighter when close to object of desire. Variant: Making the light change color.

Additional notes:

In the transcript, the stuff in [brackets] are things that aren't in the original image. These were added to make things more understandable, hopefully.

This little graphic also has an outdated version (posted below). It was made around the same time as I made my first bigger headcanon posts, however it was too... condensed for my liking. Some of the information on this little page has been uncompressed and put onto other posts.

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(Transcript at bottom of post.)

Dark plants are a relatively new addition to the Kingdom of Sky, appearing some decades after the disaster at Eden. Like other plants, dark plants need light to grow. However, their leaves are too dark and thick to perform photosynthesis, and too much light delivered directly can cause the plants to burn and shrivel. Instead, dark plants absorb the light captured by dark water — water which has been contaminated by dark sediment, the byproduct of darkstone production.

[ID: A diagram showing the flow of light from creature to dark plant. When creatures of light come into contact with dark sediment, the sediment drains their light. The sediment, now charged with light, is dispersed through the water and soil, which is then absorbed by dark plants.]

In most cases, dark plants pose no direct harm to beings of light. In areas like the Hidden Forest, where dark rain commonly pours, dark plants take on indirect predatory behaviors. Especially in wet environments, dark plants will produce a sticky dew from their leaves that tends to attract butterflies. This dew contains trace amount of dark sediment which dulls one's senses when consumed. This leads to butterflies resting in the rain for longer than they usually would, leading to death in some cases. Dark plants have also been seen ensnaring mantas. This happens when mantas, exhausted by the dark rain or other factors, fly into the brambles of a dark plant, holding them in place as the dark rain saps their light.

[ID: A drawing of a manta caught in the brambles of a dark plant. It is raining.]

Fully getting rid of a dark plant can be difficult. They can be burned down using fire or a candle spell, but even if all the stems and leaves are burned, the plant will begin to regrow some time later. To truly destroy a dark plant, it needs to be uprooted, and the roots burned with the rest of the plant. Dark plants can also spread fairly easily, as they can reproduce asexually.

[ID: A diagram showing the 3 ways dark plants can spread -- via their roots, via cuttings, and via seed nodules. Mufotsuki is standing in front of the diagram, holding a seed nodule. She states: "The seeds are the easiest part of a dark plant to break off. Never leave them unattended for too long! Sometimes I collect them for my sister. She does experiments on them."]

Despite their mutual association with darkness, not many, if any, dark plants grow in Eden itself. Although Eden is abundant in dark sediment, the weather conditions are too violent and destoys most varieties before they can properly root.

Speaking of dark plant varieties...

Tree: Common variety which tends to grow tall and wide. Known for trapping mantas.

Bush: Another common variety of dark plant which tends to grow wide, but not very tall.

Moss: Uncommon variety which sprawls over flat surfaces. Difficult to truly get rid of since moss can grow into hard-to-reach places. Can cause man-made mechanisms to seize up.

Urchin: Uncommon variety that tends to show up in saltwater environments. They have many spines tipped with dark sediment to absorb ambient light in the water, but also to absorb the light produced by other plants.

Lilypad: Uncommon to rare variety that tends to show up in polluted freshwater environments. Problematic for other plants since they can blot out sunlight.

Floater: Rare variety of plant that comes from Eden. They take advantage of the terrible weather to spread their seeds across the realm, but mature specimens are rarely found in Eden.

[ID: Various drawings depicting each of the dark plant varieties, one for each.]

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the likerrrrrrs

STUMBLES OVER MYSELF I FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE SCREENSHOT THAT INSPIRED THIS PIECE!!!

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*reads with a gay little pose that hurts your spine and entire body*