#voidedtea

[bloo-the-dragon]

hey hello!!!! 's been a hot minute but this is moon [you may remember me as the glowingmooncreations guy hahah] and it's a delight to see you around again!!!!! i hope life's been treating ya well hsjdjsjs

this message mostly sparks from a friend [wynnibee, if you've seen them around!] sharing your art in a groupchat and myself recognising it immediately [it's distinctive enough to prompt that, what can i say] - said group also says hello, same as my partner! incredibly amusing to me that we meet again at jingleboy avenue, too hsjjsdjsj

all that said though, there's no pressure to respond to this!! just wanted to drop by and say hello :] hope you're havin a good one!

p.s. one of the buddies in that group - dings - would like you to know that they love how soft your art style is, whenever it appears on their dash! [and i do agree wholeheartedly]

p.p.s. wynn would like you to know that they're [and i quote] "still rapidly approaching bloodmoon's location with peeling intent". do with that what you will

MOON!!! MOOON HEYY HELLO!!! It's been so long aaa its so good to see you!! :D

I'M SO SORRY IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO REPLY i havn't been able to see any new asks since my inbox icon has been bugged out for a while now OTL

WYNN?? YOU KNOW WYN?? @wynnibee Y O U-

GHDJKFG YEAH this seems to be a running theme with the silly dca boys introducing me to people who've been hanging around for a long time (looking at you cob) and now bringing back an old friend!! I MISSED YOU!!

'p.s. one of the buddies in that group - dings - would like you to know that they love how soft your art style is, whenever it appears on their dash! [and i do agree wholeheartedly]' SOBS AHJKDFHJF i'm glad you all like my art aaa ;;o;;

'p.p.s. wynn would like you to know that they're [and i quote] "still rapidly approaching bloodmoon's location with peeling intent". do with that what you will' NOOOOO WYNNN NO PEELING THE BLOOD OF MOON WE TALKED ABOUT THIS-

I'm so glad to hear your still around and doing well though! <3

[wynnibee]

Commission for @ParasiteOkynigos

Special thanks to @voidedtea for helping me with shading!

[id: a fully rendered drawing of a twelve-winged snake. it's white and covered in fluff, black mouth (featuring long teeth and a grey forked tongue) open in a snarl. it has six visible eyes, all blue. the sixth one sits on the snake's forehead. all twelve wings are feathered, and spread in various positions. the wings are each covered in plenty of yellow eyes of various sizes. the snake itself seems to be floating, or in flight. above the snake's head is a massive yellow halo resembling a compass rose. behind the snake is a solar eclipse taking place in a bed of fluffy rainbow clouds, with a blue night sky. there's beams of light cascading from the coronal flare and the halo with dust particles floating in the light. end id.]

[the-haiku-bot]

message 5: "I cast

healing and they start taking

necrotic damage”

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

I am sharing the funniest dnd character idea I’ve ever had bc I know I’ll never get to play them and I refuse to keep a joke to myself

[actingwithportals]

It's obvious which team I'm playing for.

[ID: Artfight 2024 team Stardust profile card. The card itself is varying shades of purples and some highlights of blues, with many starry patterns and designs along the template. The top of the card is labeled "Team Stardust".

In the top left corner is a circle cutout where I've inserted an icon of my sona--a humanoid with light minty skin, white messy hair mostly hidden under a blueberry beanie, large red eyes with something akin to black holes glowing white light for pupils, a dark screen on the bottom half of the face with a squiggly purple line for a mouth, green vines snaking around the face and neck with blueberries growing out of them, and wearing dark headphones with antennae over where ears would be.

The rest of the top half of the card contains boxes labeled "User:" (filled in with AwpieRedacted, the dot above the "i" replaced with a blueberry), and "I attack…" (filled in with "Humanoids mostly, monsters maybe, anthros maybe, mechs maybe, ferals unlikely, worms unlikely"). To the right of that are two more boxes, the area above them labeled "I do:" while the two boxes themselves are labeled "Friendly fire" and "Revenge" respectively, both boxes checked off with soft blue four pointed stars outlined in a much lighter blue.

The bottom half of the card shows five cutout boxes, the area above labeled "Featured characters:". From left to right those boxes are filled in with images of: a character with a white mask for a face and dark eyes filled with space, wearing a white cloak and a star painted on its cheek and no mouth, a character with pale skin scarred in various places with greyed out burns, their hair long wavy and dark grey pulled back with a red ribbon and wearing a blue cloak, their eyes mostly dark but pupils ringed with orange, an anthropomorphized owl with branching mismatched antlers on either side of their head, the image overall done in hues of soft green save for their eyes which are blue and full of stars, a five pointed star placed over their head between the tops of their antlers, a fluffy black cat with big sketchy green eyes and his fur wafting off in colors of galaxies, and another humanoid figure with grey skin and silver/white eyes, red hair styled up in a mohawk and wearing dark clothes, her face smiling. (The owl and last humanoid both done in different art styles, these portraits provided by @voidedtea rather than myself.)

Below this at the bottom of the page is a final section labeled "Characters I have:", the listed options being "Human, Feral, Anthro, Monster, Worm, Mech" the first four all being marked with that same earlier four pointed star pasted in the top left corners of their boxes, while "monster" also contains an asterisk in its top right corner. Beneath this is a final box labeled "other:" and that box is filled in with the aforementioned matching asterik and "weird star abomination thang". End ID.]

[technojoy-zine]

Are application responses going to be sent out via this account, or by other mods? If by other mods, there a list of mods somewhere that we can check to make sure the confirmation is from an actual mod instead of someone just pretending to be one? ( Just want to make sure that I'm not going to a scam link :D )

Hi there! There are three mods that are likely to send out invites for the technojoy zine:

Head mod @publiccmenace Moon @voidedtea and Raven aka @plasticteabag

So keep an eye out, the invites are being sent out today and tomorrow (the 5th and 6th of Feb)

-mod Raven

[maya-tl]

In honour of @voidedtea 's URL change!

[actingwithportals]

@voidedtea

sigh. oh to make ocs with other people. oh to collaborate on a narrative theres literally nothing more magical than that to me

[wynnibee]

A Walk in the Park

Hi @starriegalaxy I was your secret skeleton!! I apologize for it being so late, thank you for your patience ❤️ I hope you enjoy a little walk through the park with Eclipse!

Lovingly proofread and edited by @voidedtea

Word Count: ~2700

Oh, how you loved the fall.

The shorter days, the chilly nights — and of course, the beauty of the changing leaves. The bright reds and yellows contrasting sharp against the brilliant blue sky, the leaves dancing against the open air like the flames of a fire. You so loved to listen to their rustling in the autumn breeze, their falling to the ground of a soft whirlwind of color.

You listen to them crunch under your feet – a delightful sound accompanying your stroll through the park. Towering oaks and maples, lining the park’s path like silent guardians, had just begun to show their bare branches in the mid-autumn day. Their trunks' bases were blanketed in once-verdant leaves, all the more swirling down to join them. A few stray ones tumble and crinkle past your feet in the light breeze.

The park is lit by the sun overhead, its creeping across the sky slow as the day nears its end. That sun shines through what leaves still cling to their trees, casting dappled shadows on the ground. You relish in the warmth as you walk out from under them.

Passing into the shadow of that canopy again, a small chill runs up your arms despite your sweater’s warmth. You hold your arms closer to yourself in a hug, hoping to trap the last of what the sun's kiss could provide.

The park was so beautiful this time of year, you were surprised that it was practically empty. Most people didn't bother coming out when later afternoon slipped into evening. You couldn't complain though – you preferred to have a little alone time with your companion anyways.

Turning around, you smile at Eclipse, watching as he glances around the whole park. His gaze flits between the sky as a couple of crows pass overhead, to the rustle of leaves in their trees, to the ground where a squirrel scurries about before darting up a one such tree. He glances at all the leaves piled up on the ground, his head flicking towards every bit of movement or sound. Eclipse's normally wide smile looks unsteady, and his eyes are large as he takes in his surroundings.

You frown a little. You can't help but think that he looks nervous – or at least unsure. Maybe inviting him out was a bad idea? He mentioned a while ago that he'd never been outside before…

“Clippy?” you ask, tentative. Slowly, you make your way back towards him, having put a fair amount of distance between you both where he'd gotten distracted and fell behind you.

It takes Eclipse a few seconds to notice your approach. He seems reluctant to look down at you, struggling to tear his gaze away from the trees above. When his eyes do meet yours, though, he smiles in that soft, gentle way that always makes your heart melt.

“Yes, sweetness?” the large bot says in an even tone. His eyes are full of affection and you can't help the flush of your cheeks despite your concern. You take his long hands in your own, rubbing your thumbs along his palms.

“Are you okay? Is this too much?“ You begin to ramble, “I'm sorry for overwhelming you, I should've thought about that before I brought you out here- oh, if you want to go home we can, it's okay! I'm sure we can figure something else to do there, maybe watch a movie? Whatever you wanna do, it's fine with me, I just don't want you to be uncomfortable- what?”

You cut yourself off as Eclipse chuckles at you, his eyes alight with nothing but mirthful fondness. His hands had shifted to hold yours more securely during your ramble, and as you tilt your head back to look at him, his smile widens.

“I'm not uncomfortable at all, Angel-eyes. It's just a lot to take in all at once– there's so much movement and sound and color.” He pauses to look up at the trees again, before glancing back down at you. “You'd think after all that time in the daycare I would be used to all of...this.”

Eclipse gestures to your surroundings with one hand. You glance around again, suddenly aware of the richness to it all that had faded into the back of your mind.

“Is that a bad thing?“ you say carefully. You watch as Eclipse reaches up to snatch a leaf out of the air – a lovely bright red maple – before gently twisting and turning it in his hand. The Daycare Attendant admires the leaf, poring over every detail hidden in its red surface.

“Not at all, mousecake. In fact, I've never been so...awestruck by something like this before – with one exception.” His eyes lock with yours and you flush. “The colors are so beautiful. The reds and oranges and yellows and browns. It's a constant, never-ending rush of warmth. It's fascinating that the leaves used to be so green, but now they've changed with the autumn season. I don't think I've ever actually seen the changing of the seasons in anything but pictures.”

Eclipse gently tucks the maple behind your ear and into your hair, fussing with it slightly to keep it there. He lifts your hand that he's still holding in the air, slowly twirling you so that your back is pressed against his chassis. The puffy sleeves of his outfit crinkle against your sweater as his arms wrap around you. You feel his smile press into the top of your head.

“Just take a moment to close your eyes and listen,” he whispers against your hair. Sighing, you oblige and lean back into him. “What do you hear, love?”

You turn your focus to your surroundings once more, furrowing your brow slightly as you do. 

You can hear the trees rustling overhead. You hear crows cawing off to your left, leaves blowing across the ground to your right. The particular leaf tucked into your hair rattles slightly. Underneath it all, you can even hear the quiet tick, tick, tick of Eclipse's inner workings.

“I can hear...the crows, and the wind, and the leaves. I see what you mean about it all moving,” you smile. “I can hear you, too. I think that's my favorite sound of all.”

Eclipse laughs, the noise full of affection. His arms tighten around you, and you lean back further into them. “You can hear me, huh?”

“I can hear the ticking in your chassis, the whirring of your joints as you move,“ you whisper to him, “It's a steady rhythm, a tick tick tick, over and over. It sounds like a heartbeat. It's...comforting.“

The large robot hums behind you, the sound rumbling against your back. You respond in kind – as best you can, at least. You really could get lost in the ensuing harmony, a song only you and Eclipse can hear.

“You promise you're not uncomfortable, amor? We can leave if you want,” you say with what you hope is reassurance. The last thing you want is for Eclipse to think you're upset or disappointed. Your eyes are still closed while your head rests against his chassis.

“I promise,” he says, “I enjoy being out here and spending my time with you.“

”Alright, if you change your mind, just let me know.”

A chilly breeze whispers through the leaves with the promise of a cold night. You shiver, shifting in Eclipse's arms to rub your hands up and down your sweater sleeves, trying to chase away the goosebumps rising on your skin.

Opening your eyes at last, you look around the park once more from where you stand. The sun has drooped towards the horizon, reaching for its edge with flared coronal strands. The few clouds drifting above remind you of an artist's canvas, all the different textures and colors flowing away from the sinking sun like paint off a brush.

Golden rays of light stretch through the branches of the trees, illuminating the dull concrete of the path with stepping stones of liquid gold. The day was nearing its close, leaving you with only a couple hours before the night took over. You'd have to head home soon.

But — you didn’t want to leave just yet.

Turning round, you press your chest against Eclipse, tilt your head back to look him in the face. Your arms come to wrap around his waist, and his own arms adjust to settle around you from where they'd shifted when you turned.

Your cheeks flush when his eyes soften at you, adding to the redness on your face where the cold had begun to nip at your nose. Your eyes light up as an idea strikes. Your arms tighten around Eclipse as you begin to sway slow. He watches you curiously; you can feel his eyes dart around your face, a non-existent weight smoothing over your skin. You bat your lashes at your partner as you continue to sway, slowly pulling him into the movement with you.

It only takes a minute more before he catches on, an almost overjoyed smile stretching across his faceplate as he shifts his body to take one of your hands in his and places the other gently on your side. You attempt to put your arm on his shoulder, though your fingertips just barely reach below his ruffles. A giggle escapes you at the sheer height of him.

Gently, he pulls you into the more steady rhythm of an easy two-step dance.

You swing and sway across the path, crunching and rustling leaves underfoot with every step. The animatronic's eyes never leave yours, something lovestruck adorning his face. You can only look back, admiring the way his rays catch the slowly fading afternoon light, framing his crescent face in a brilliant halo of gold fire. The bell at the end of his hat chimes with every motion.

Suddenly, he sends you out in a quick spin, holding your hand above your head as you twirl. You laugh, happily leaning into the gesture before Eclipse pulls you back to him. His laughter joins yours as you're lifted to meet his eyes, holds you secure as he spins aimlessly, bouncing and swinging you around with exaggerated steps.

Your laughter only grows, the sound almost giddy to your ears. You hold tight onto the animatronic, his eyes crinkled with delight and shoulders shaking with the force of his own laughter.

“Eclipse!” you barely get his name out through your giggles, the Daycare Attendant coming to a stop. You both stand there, under trees that seem to share your mirth, the leaves trembling in their own raucous applause.

Eclipse holds you while your laughter dies down. You take a few deep breaths, the crisp air filling your lungs. As you steady yourself, you look over to the grassy area in the middle of the park. The leaves from the path have been raked around that spot, and right in the center of the grass is a massive pile of them.

You feel your whole body swell with excitement. A grin splits your face, "Set me down, set me down! I wanna show you something."

Eclipse acquiesces without hesitation, and you reach to grab his hand.

Lacing your fingers together, you move to pull the large robot with you, but pause when you feel resistance. You look back to see Eclipse watching you with suspicion.

“What?” you say with what you hope is innocence. 

Eclipse's eyes narrow further.

“You're plotting something, sweetness. I can see it in your eyes.”

You let go of his hands to clasp your own together, holding them down by your hip as you bat your eyes at him with a smile. A picture of perfectly innocuous intent if you’ve ever seen one.

“Whaaaat? Me? Plot something? Cariño, I would never,” you say with mock, exaggerated offense, mischief blooming across your face. “You'll like this. I promise.”

Extending your hand towards the Daycare Attendant, your expression shifts into a smile more genuine. He seems to consider it, and for a brief moment you worry he might refuse. Then, Eclipse extends his hand, lacing his long fingers with yours, and returns your smile with his own.

Giggling, you begin to tug him towards the leaf pile, more of them crunching underfoot. As you go, your pace grows until Eclipse's footsteps are thudding behind to match your own. You let go of Eclipse's hand, a surprised noise leaving the Attendant as you run ahead.

You sprint right towards that leaf pile — before diving in. The leaves scatter with a rush, tumbling away in a cascading ripple-wave. After a moment to catch your breath, you heft yourself from the pile, hair and sweater soaked in crumpled leaves like autumnal confetti. 

It's a miracle the leaf Eclipse gave you is still in your hair.

The approaching intermingle of heavy footsteps and jingle of bells is barely any warning for Eclipse's ensuing leap into the pile to join you – a motion that drowns you in leaves once more. Scattered as it is, the remaining pile does little to cushion Eclipse's landing, your partner hitting the ground with a resounding thud. The air around you both fills with your collective laughter, yours doubling as he digs you out of the leaves.

Eclipse does manage to uncover you, both of you absolutely beside yourselves with mirth. You clutch at your sides as you continue to giggle, heaving yourself up to grab a handful of those leaves. Tossing them in the air, you look down at Eclipse to where he sits on the ground, the poor Attendant half-buried in leaves himself. They’re mostly caught on his rays, one leaf awkwardly impaled on the point of his left topmost one.

As the leaves you threw begin to rain down, Eclipse grabs your hand and pulls you back to the ground, holding you close. You’re gently pulled into his lap and as you wrap your arms around his neck, he falls backwards into the leaves, taking you with. You can’t help but giggle as you smile down at him from where you lay on his chassis, reaching up to pull the leaf off of his ray.

By now, the sun has finally dipped below the horizon, casting the sky in a brilliant array of golds, pinks, and deep purples. Even the trees are soon set alight with that same flurry of colors. The shadows on the ground grow harsh, meanwhile, slicing through what warmth remains.

The golden hour had begun, bathing you and your beloved robot in the last hurrah of light before the sun bid its farewells.

You watch as Eclipse drinks in the view – his eyes dart and skip across the edges of forming shadows, linger in and upon that golden light.

At last, however, they drift back to settle on you.

A flush crosses your face in spite of you as his gaze lingers. You realize, perhaps somewhat belatedly, that the light was wreathing you too. You realize that, perhaps, he's admiring you.

“You really are something else, you know that, love?” Eclipse whispers, as though raising his voice any further would scare away this settling peace.

Your eyes soften. You reach a hand up to hold the side of his faceplate, your thumb stroking over the swirl of his cheek. “Am I now? I could say the same about you, amor.”

He sighs underneath you, his chassis heaving in mimicry of the motion. You rest your head on your hand, simply watching him as he lays under you. His eyes meet yours again, crinkle with a soft smile. Eclipse raises slightly, lifting his hand to cradle the back of your head. His long fingers thread through your hair, soon pulling you gentle towards his face. You give no resistance, leaning down to bunt your forehead against his, both of you basking in the warmth of each other's affection.

“So,” you eventually begin, breaking the silence between you, “how do you feel about fall, Clippy? Did it measure up to the pictures in your books?”

The robot chuckles at you, a blush covering his own face as he responds, “I think it might just be my favorite season, sweetness.”

Oh, how you loved the fall.

[wynnibee]

Last Line Challenge

okay i was tagged twice so i'll do this one

Rules: In a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or however many as you like.)

Tagged by: @payasita @justaduckarts

Last line:

take this absolutely incomprehensible zweihander hilt concept i was working on. if you can guess the character i'll give you a lil kissy on the forehead

Tags: @atlas-of-the-mind @rinzydings @actingwithportals @voidedtea and anybody else looking for a reason to show off their wips <3

[actingwithportals]

@voidedtea

and the universe reaches out with little babe hands and says hello!! hello i missed you!!

[actingwithportals]

Haaiiiiii guess who's finally ready for artfight!

Art of the two owls and the drow done by @voidedtea

[ID: the 2023 artfight card for the werewolf team. the main icon shows a cropped bust image of my sona, a humanoid with light greenish skin and large red eyes and a blueberry beanie with a radio speaker in place of a mouth. the user is listed as "AwpieRedacted" and the "I attack…" information reads "I will focus mostly on friends and followers, and humanoids over other character types, but I will try and step outside of my comfort zone too!" both friendly fire and revenge have green check marks painted on their respective boxes. in the featured characters section all five boxes are filled in, showing a bust drawing of a humanoid character with dark grey hair and near black eyes + sclera and pupils rimmed in glowing orange, a bust drawing of an anthro owl with branching antlers drawn in monochrome tones of teal and having bright glowing eyes filled in with stars, a bust drawing of another anthro owl but this one has different branching antlers and they are drawn in monochrome shades of grey with a large crescent moon behind them, a bust of a black fluffy cat with scribbly eyes and the top of its head wafting up like wispy goo and colored in like a purple/pink nebula, and finally a bust of a drow wearing a black face mask and with icy blue eyes and curly white hair pulled back in a ponytail. in the "characters I have…" section humans and anthros are both underlined, and humans has an asterisk by it. in the "other" section there is more text added reading: "cat, drow, *human in the loosest sense". all the text added by me is written in a dark muted purple color and outlined in the same green as the other markings added to the sheet, that same purple also outlines the whole page. end ID]

[technojoy-zine]

I know you have a few moderators already but if you need any help due to a large amount of interest I'm sure there are people willing to help wrangle! Myself included.

My dear friend @plasticteabag and my queerplatonic partner @voidedtea are joining me as moderators! I am very grateful for their service and I’m already putting out feelers for a few more friends.

All this to say: I appreciate your (and others!) offers to moderate a whole lot! It’s really encouraging to see others so invested in this :). However, nobody I don’t already know will be moderating. This is to ensure that there are no unexpected conflicts on the mod team due to new folks feeling each other out.

[technojoy-zine]

Q: is anyone else moderating?

Yes! My queerplatonic partner, @voidedtea is helping me out on this blog, as well as the (future) participants discord. I may have a few more people on the moderation team, but they will all be people I’ve known for some time pre-this project.

[wynnibee]

@voidedtea

[on my main blog] lmao yeah right as if I'm afraid of the moon [logging onto my moon fear blog] moon's been creepy lately

[publiccmenace]

SO REAL AND TRUE @voidedtea

Moon. Send post

[wynnibee]

@voidedtea

The Sea Creature of the day is the Moon Jelly!!

These absolutely beautiful creatures can essentially be found anywhere in the world and are one of the most commonly seen species of sea jelly.

A fun fact, though the immortal jellyfish is most commonly known for it, moon jellies too can revert back in their life cycle to the polyp stage if exposed to environmental stress. Through this, a single jelly can keep itself alive for a longggg time.