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Pride 2026 - Violeta

This is their last sunset on the island.

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Feat: The Lounge Room within Spellbyndell Castle. Only the Royal family, staff, and invited close guests have ever set foot in this room. According to 'Castles & Herbariums', this room is the Queen's favorite within the entire castle.

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Ulna and Tibia learn the First Rule of Edgewave: You Gotta Look the Part.

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Image 1: Lead singer of Hannibal: This song is 'I Want You Back, once again dedicated to my ex…No, not that one, the other one… The crowd: DUDE, GET OVER IT! Caption near female guitarist: (don't worry, she's sick of this too) Caption near male guitarist: (he's sick of this) Caption in the top right: (he's hidden behind the guitarist, but the drummer is also sick of this. But at least he can take it out on the snares and cymbals…)

Image 2: Everyone is gathering for a drink to try and forget Hannibal's lead singer's seven songs in a row about his many exes.

Image 3: Ulna: WE'RE SCREWED! WE'RE DONE FOR! NOW WE'LL NEVER MAKE IT AS MUSICIANS EVER!!! I WISH WE WERE DEAD! WAIT. WE ARE DEAD. WELL I WISH WE WERE DEADER THAN DEAD, IF SUCH A THING EXISTS- A caption near the fans: (can skeletons even cry…?)

Image 4: Māhealani: Okay, look - you're at the wrong festival. But if you're already signed up now, then I guess you've not got much choice. The fans will be upset if an act backs out. But the people at Edgewave don't care for perfect! We care about heart and passion above all else. I bet we could try and get you set-ready! Some of the most famous bands who play at Edgewave started out with nothing but an instrument and a dream, and look where they are now!

Ulna: You'd…you'd do that just for us?

Brooke: Of course!

Māhealani: Look, it might not be easy, but I know the crowd is gonna love you one way or the other. I mean, you're skeletons. What's cooler than a skeleton? Anyhow, first off, we have to make sure you have the look down!

Image 5: EDGEWAVE 2026 - RULE 1 OF EDGEWAVE: DON'T TALK ABOUT EDGEWAVE YOU GOTTA LOOK THE PART! EDGEWAVE IS NOT ABOUT LOOKING PERFECT, IT'S ABOUT GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN, AND MAKING IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG! IT'S ABOUT AUTHENTICITY.

Image 5: Brooke: Well, what do you two think? We both think you look awesome! It's a shame clothes don't fit you properly, but we still think you're cool! Māhealani: See? You don't need to spend a lot of money to look the way we do! Hell, I altered this jacket myself with some sewing needles and a dream.

Image 6: Caption between the skeletons: (You may be wondering why clothes don't fit on a skeleton and so they can't wear them, but earrings can. And the only answer I have is: they're talking skeletons, don't ask too many questions.) Tibia: Are you sure about this, ladies? What if the meatbags think we look ridiculous?! Ulna: TIBIA, we've gone over this. You can't just call people 'meatbags'!

Image 7: Melody: WOW! Amazing costume! You two look AWESOME! Tibia: Oh? What a polite meatb- I mean, person! I can't believe it, Ulna! We're…we're…

Image 8: WE'RE COOL!

Throughout the Years - Tsuna

Tsuna is quite interesting consider she is the oldest character, at 500 chronologically (she's in her early 40s biologically) but she has been frozen that way all of that time. I don't think I've done her for this yet.

Top left was her during her actual normal lifespan, revered as a god almost in Yukimatsu as the witch / deer that looked after the place. There is a statue built there by her partner at the time in honour of her. Her name back then was Ine, in accordance with a research source that stated that Japanese people of the time changed their names for various reasons, sometimes quite often. This was the name she was born with.

The top right is her onryō form, as she was killed by witchfinders and her desire for vengeance and her anger kept her spirit from passing on. Those witchfinders are now dead, so she cannot get revenge on them specificially, and the funeral rites that could have allowed her rest are either potentially lost to time or no longer effective. She now plans to kill every witchfinder she sees until she can finally rest. Only the dead can see this, or those between life and death (A bit of a plot hole here, since Violeta, a vampire, has seen her and didn't notice anything off about her.) She names herself Tsuna - a name meaning something along the lines of 'bind' and 'coil', bound to the Earthly realm.

There's a bit of a plot error regarding this, since it is implied that the witch-hunts did not happen outside of Henford and Tartosa until more recently.

Bottom left is what she looks like when we meet her. She has her snake, Emerald, who is her familiar (as well as foxes, snakes are apparently strongly connected to witches in certain areas of Japan's folklore). If I remember, I don't think they are magically bound, so she cannot speak to Emerald. She takes on the name Iris here, as to fit in better in Henford, where she escapes to on her mission since her killers were Henfordian.