mantavor ladies you sayโฆ..
Right now they are still in the brainstorming phase, I might even update them completely once I get hold of a book that has information regarding the Hanfus, since right now I am borrowing ideas from the 1986 Journey to the West TV show (really recommend to watch that, is very accurate to the original book), some Shanghai Animation Film Studio movies and the Black Myth Wukong video game :D
(I probably might dial back the Chinese inspiration since it wouldn't make sense that some alien species and some human culture never met and yet have an eerily similar culture :/)
Right now, the yellow lady is ้ซ็ฟ ๅ
ฐ/Gao Cuilan (etherium common name: Heather, also this has nothing to do with the character from Journey to the West) and the turquoise lady is ๅถ้จๅ/Ye Yuhua (etherium common name: Bea). Neither of them is related to Scroop, btw.
Compared to Yuhua, Cuilan is more experienced at pulling all-nighters when studying for exams, but she can't handle beverages containing caffeine other than tea, as it makes her more sleepy. For Yuhua, due to having a record of getting more sluggish than her peers at the end of the semester, she will just bullshit her way, and it weirdly works if the topic is something Yuhua at least has a surface-level understanding of. Yuhua also has a bad habit of rubbing her eyes a bit too hard whenever she has a headache around noon.
(Also, guess which one of them picked their etherium common name out of laziness :) )
(also also- I decided to cram in a little bit of Chinese Opera influences like their antennas, for example, where typically Mantavor women would have longer antennas compared to Mantavor men. Why Peking Opera? Because I said so >:D)
Anyway- here is them suffering from the crazy amount of tests since they're studying to become interstellar scholars or maybe archivists (Though this idea of interstellar scholars and archivists needs more time to build around, plus the fact that the worldbuilding needs to make sense in a matriarchal background :p)
Cuilan decided to give a caffeinated beverage another chance before taking a test, without checking with the drink provider about the amount of caffeine. Yuhua, on the other hand, gave up on studying the night before due to having a bad headache from noon, as she didn't grasp the topic well.
translation (not literal):
Heather: Around 3 more tests left... I really can't take this anymore, it feels like my brain is about to explode.
Bea: I surely am becoming a roasted bug once I get home...
I also sketched this cutie below. I haven't gotten to draw the rest of her body, but time will tell- (probably sewing theme due to button eyes)
POV: Bea saw the hours you spend on your social media, and even she is disappointed (she tends to scowl a certain way)