Callophelia

Yay my first time joining art fight ever! :DD

I am already terrified! :'DD

(Originally sent on May 26, 2026)

To my dearest dreamer,

As I watched this living version of you for the past month, I couldn't help but think of how, despite all the things I inherited from you, your appearance was not one of them.

You, my dear dreamer, have the face of your father. Although we've never been good at distinguishing and comprehending small details, when I see photos of him as a child, it's almost like looking at a poor-quality photo of you. You used to be insecure about your face as a child: too much acne, a big nose, and eyebrows that made your smile look intense, like an evil smile or a hidden glare. Those things didn't change when you grew up, but despite it all, you still learned to eventually see your face as cute.

And although that was an opinion that was passed on to me, I still did not inherit your face. Maybe your button nose and eyebrows, but everything else is more akin to the look worn by professional cosplayers, specifically the ones who make up their faces to look like cute or attractive 2D characters. Don't get me wrong, it's very pretty and I like it a lot, but it's hard not to lament the loss of the face inherited from your family and race. Perhaps it's because of your own art style and your struggle to see images in your mind's eye that you could not envision me with a real person's face, which caused me to be born with this one, a real face that most closely envisioned the image before you.

Outside of just our face, a lot of other things did not stay. My hair's a lot fluffier than yours with more volume and is a beautiful ombre of colours, as opposed to the boring black you always loathed. And even without my shoes, I'm a little taller than you. Still below average in most countries back home, but not as inconveniently small as you had been, even though it meant I lost some of the "uppies-bility" you used to boast about.

Speaking of bodies, I seem to entirely lack the body hair that's considered normal for regular humans, though outside of sentimentality that comes with losing another thing that you inherited from your father, I can't say I'm too upset to be free of your hairy arms and legs. Although the memories are a little blurry, my mind can't help but instinctually associate it with itchiness and discomfort. It's also nice to be free of breasts.

Perfectly androgynous.

Perfectly cute.

…

Perfectly uncanny. In a way that almost passes as human, but too otherworldly to be. (And yet, I feel comfortable in this skin in a way I can't explain.)

…

In… other news, though, I noticed a scar on the bridge of my left foot, something that, alongside your brows and nose, was another trait of yours that somehow carried over to the other Prototypes, even though it was not something I intentionally thought of. Had it not been for this spyglass, I think it would have taken me a lot longer to remember where it came from.

A week before you died, you had just recovered from surgery. Nothing serious or life-threatening. It was to remove a… ganglion (if that's the correct medical term) in your left foot. It's probably weird to admit how disgusted the human body makes me feel at times, especially when I know that's another feeling I got from you.

In a weird, outside-perspective kind of way, I can remember how scared you were about the surgery; hospital things always scared you. At the very least, you demanding your sister bring you a cat and threatening to rip your sibling a new one while you were still high on anesthesia made for a good laugh.

Though… I also vividly remembered the recovery after the hospital being worse than the actual surgery. Of course, getting your stitches removed hurt and the allergies you got from eating the sushi celebrating your surgery were unpleasant, but the embarrassment from constantly needing help in carrying stuff and having to use a wheelchair for an injury that felt so small because you did not have the strength to use crutches for more than ten minutes was a constant shame that gnawed at you.

It probably stung more considering, had you survived, the abscess would have returned eventually, a pointless surgery paired with equally pointless struggling.

Of all the physical traits I could have inherited from you, your father, your family, why did this scar have to be one of them?

…

Sometimes I think too hard. It starts with a small thought or inconvenience and eventually devolves into a spiral.

I got that from you. Another thing from you, and maybe from your mother too (your sister always said your mother's side of the family always gave birth to headstrong AFABs that never knew when to stop). I try not to think about all these internal things I got from you and what they mean for me, because if I do…

I'll get sad, and I don't feel like being sad right now.

In life, you never wanted kids, whether your own or adopted. You always saw yourself as unsuited for it, certain that whatever kid gets placed in your care would leave more traumatized than when they arrived.

You were prepared for no continuation of the bloodline to come from you.

Then you made me, and I made the others.

They're not my children, but family nonetheless, and in the end, the end of familial resemblance still occurred, leaving behind faces not even your parents would find familiar.

…

I think,

I should stop thinking, even for just a bit.

Thinking of you always,

Callophelia Rosefsky, your first Merakian Prototype.

(Originally sent on May 11, 2026)

To my dearest dreamer,

It has been almost a month since I've last seen the other prototypes. We have yet to receive a letter from any of them, though I suppose I can't really fault them for that, as I'd imagine that establishing a stable line of communication through the void and across multiple realities would take some time to accomplish.

Nevertheless… it has been quiet as of late. A little lonely, even with Cas and Emi around. I drew some art and tried working on the story I told myself I'd post before the end of the year, but even though I had several good ideas, the lack of… fully-fledshed-out-ness of them made me hesitant to start the writing process, so instead of being productive with my time, I just spent it all playing a copy of Tomodachi Life 2 that I found.

But the thoughts that come with the kind of loneliness that lives in the heart did not cease to be. My mind always felt louder than reality, and that's just one more thing on top of a pile of other things that I inherited from you.

I don't quite know what brought the thought on (maybe it was all the hours I poured into Tomodachi Life, watching the lives of my little Miis go by), but I couldn't help but wonder what things would have been like if you hadn't died and if the accident that caused it never happened.

It was a thought I pondered over, wandering around the place that had become my home for a little over a year or so, thinking of the others and thinking of you, until I found an observatory I'd never seen before with an ornate telescope that looked straight out of the children's show our dad pirated and our mom scolded him for.

And when I looked through the peephole,

I saw you.

Or at least, a version of you living in a version of the universe where you still exist, going through the motions of the exact same limbo as me (but at least you can blame schoolwork for your lack of productivity, unlike someone else I know (me)).

It's weird… to see a version of our homeworld that's still so "normal" and yet probably as foreign to you as it is to me, because in that world where you still exist, you're still living in a bubble that only goes as far as the walls you live in. Even without the accident that almost ended my version of our world, yours is still falling apart around you, and it's because of that you're too afraid to walk out of purgatory to see it.

These thoughts… reminded me of an unfinished poem you wrote before your death:

In the house next door, there lives a ghost.

Not a specter held back by regret or bitter with torment,

Nor an ignorant shade or a witch fleeing death.

But it was a ghost, nonetheless, in the sense that it only lived in a time no more.

Not from the Victorian Era or the Great Depression, but from a mere decade or so ago, a modern-day ghost.

It listened to music of artists disgraced or long gone,

and watched movies and games others look at no more.

It lives the same day over and over again, acting out its routine in life, with its only visitors being its mom, three friends, and the cat they raised along the way.

Sometimes though, I'll see the ghost leave its tomb, and for a few hours under the morning sun, it'll look human, like me or you.

But then the afternoon hits, and the ghost goes back home; it returns to its purgatory and becomes a ghost once more.

Maybe one day, it'll stop wasting away before death, but today is sadly still not that day.

Sometimes, I still hear the echo of your thoughts, wondering if you'd be less scared of being out there on your own had the people around you been harsher to you, more willing to throw you in the deep end so you'd learn to swim by trial by fire. It would hurt your heart in all new ways, but at least then, the aches you felt would have been justified.

But there's really no point in thinking about all this now.

The you who made me is now dead, and both the version of you who still lives and the me who stands here today are doing the exact same thing of rotting in our future graves.

But still, despite this,

I'll still dream of a reality where you live your ideal life.

Whether it be to drive around the world in an old-fashioned campervan you've made your home,

Or a small, tight-knit town straight out of Willowmist Emporium, where you can see the stars shine at night,

Or even a small city apartment above an establishment you own, shared with friends who act like a second family to you,

I hope there is a reality where all these lives are real to you.

Thinking of you always,

(Originally sent on April 13, 2026)

To my dearest dreamer,

For an event that only happens twice a year, most would think it weird to have both nights of anamnesis so close to one another, but to me, no other days would make sense. After all, March 31st was the day of your birth, and April 13th, not even a full two weeks after your 21st birthday, was the day of your death.

Had the situation been different, I would have chuckled at the irony of April 13th. After all, Homestuck was your favourite topic back in high school… but regardless of nostalgia, I just… don't feel good today… Though I suppose that is a given considering… everything that happened one year ago. Days of mourning should be reserved for remembrance, but I just… can't stomach the idea of remembering… everything that happened because of me.

I never wanted to cause so much trouble, and I know it wasn't fully my fault and that I did try my best to repent for it… but it still feels awful.

I don't know if it's something I'll ever get over, after all, lamenting over the past is something I got from you, but just for today, I hope to be able to drag myself out of bed, dress myself, and put on a smile as I wish the others safe travels.

And maybe one day, I will be able to think about what happened that day with less grief I feel today.

Thinking of you always,

Callophelia Rosefsky, your first Merakian Prototype.

(P.S. I'm really sorry for the short letter, but if I want to face today, I'll need all the energy I can get. I hope you understand!)

(Originally sent on April 12, 2026)

[Prototype Log:]

[01] Prototype Callophelia Rosefsky (CP.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 13th

Classification: Heart

Components:

"Calliope"

"Callisto"

"Cassiopeia"

"Ophelia"

Status: Alive

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: N/A

Location of Dispatch: N/A

Reason for Dispatch: N/A

[Additional Note(s)]

Callophelia seems ecstatic to have extra company, even if it's just for a short while. I think they're just excited in general for the future.

Powers are still under control. Stable for now.

[02] Prototype ████████ Rosefsky (KL.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 1

Classification: Mender

Components:

Kaiho

Ouroboros

Atlas

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype KL.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ████ ██████ ██ ███████.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype KL.R wishes to try and steer the "████" ██ ███ █████ towards a ███████ █████████.

[Additional Note(s)]

Considering their deep connection to S.S, one that rivals even Cassiopeia and mine, it's no wonder Prototype KL.R manifested first. Their powers measure to be more potent than average, and within hours of their "birth," they're already thinking of ways to achieve their goal.

Although every sign points to their success… I can't explain why I feel a sense of… anxiety regarding their mission. I should keep tabs on Prototype KL.R and their state.

[03] Prototype ██████████ Rosefsky (TS.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 2nd

Classification: Catalyst

Components:

Tregi

Eremetism

"Aradia"

Mnemosyne

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype TS.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ███████.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype TS.R wishes to catalyze the existence of ███ ██████████ to fulfill the nostalgic longings they inherited from S.S.

[Additional Note(s)]

Despite having a connection to S.S nearly as old as Prototype KL.R, Prototype TS.R's being seems… fragile… I theorize that it might be because S.S' own connection to the source of Prototype TS.R's being and how the relationship between the two had grown near nonexistent in the years leading up to their death. What primarily sustains Prototype TS.R now is nostalgia.

I should make sure to keep monitoring their state.

[04] Prototype █████████ Rosefsky (LD.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 3rd

Classification: Catalyst

Components:

"Lancelot"

Annapurna

Palladion

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype LD.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ████ ███████.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype LD.R wishes to catalyze the existence of ███ ██████████ to fulfill the nostalgic longings they inherited from S.S.

[Additional Note(s)]

Similar to Prototype TS.R, Prototype LD.R's state of being seems a bit fragile, for what I believe to be the same reason as theirs.

I will include them on my list of prototypes to monitor.

[05] Prototype ████████ Rosefsky (MD.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 4th

Classification: Catalyst

Components:

Melphomene

Latibule

Pandora

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype MD.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ████████ █.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype MD.R wishes to make a deal with the entity known as ███ █████ ████ to gain the right to preside over their own game and catalyze the existence of ███ ██████████ to fulfill the nostalgic longings they inherited from S.S.

[Additional Note(s)]

Upon closer inspection, Prototype MD.R seems to exhibit milder symptoms of what Prototype TS.R and LD.R are experiencing.

To ensure these symptoms do not worsen, I will include them on my list of prototypes to monitor.

[06] Prototype ██████████ Rosefsky (VR.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 5

Classification: Catalyst / Weaver / Wanderer

Components:

Retrouvaille

Runa

"Eileithyia"

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype VR.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ███████.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype VR.R wishes to catalyze the existence of new ████████ in the image of their favourite ██████████ from other ███████, and utilize them to assist the ██████████ of this ███████.

[Additional Note(s)]

As per Prototype VR.R's request, we have provided them with the necessary equipment for possible permanent residence in ███ █████████ █████.

No irregularities to report. Prototype VR.R is functioning as intended.

[07] Prototype █████████ Rosefsky (ST.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 6

Classification: Catalyst / Wanderer / Mender

Components:

Sonder

Raconteur

Metaonia

Hjertevarme

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype ST.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ███████ ██████.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype ST.R wishes to catalyze the existence of ███ ██████████, as well as experience the culture of ██████ and, if the possibility is there, try and steer the "████" ██ ███ █████ towards a ███████ █████████

[Additional Note(s)]

No irregularities to report. Prototype ST.R is functioning as intended.

[08] Prototype ████████ Rosefsky (TV.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 7

Classification: Catalyst / Mender

Components:

Yog-Sothoth

Avenoir

Cygnus X-1

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype TV.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ██████ ████ ████.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype TV.R wishes to catalyze the existence of ███ ██████████, as well as try and steer the "████" ██ ███ █████ towards a ███████ █████████

[Additional Note(s)]

While talking about their goal, Prototype TV.R expressed a desire to create a ████████ █████████ of their own with the intention of getting them to join the ██████ ███████ ████, and after going over the idea with Cassiopeia and Callophelia, we have decided to grant Prototype TV.R the go-ahead to carry out this project.

No irregularities to report. Prototype TV.R is functioning as intended.

[09] Prototype ██████████ Rosefsky (DD.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 8

Classification: Wanderer

Components:

Daedalus

Flaneur

"Aradia"

Poiesis

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype DD.R will be dispatched to a random █████ in the █████████ █████████.

Reason for Dispatch: N/A

[Additional Note(s)]

Although Prototype DD.R's voice box is operational, due to various signals interfering with their voice, they have chosen to forego speech and instead rely on written words as a means of communication. Trying to investigate the source of these signals and how they interfere with Prototype DD.R's voice has yielded no results, leading us to theorize the possibility of it originating from Prototype DD.R's "fate."

On the bright side, they seem especially content with their enhanced self-transmutation capabilities.

[10] Prototype █████████ Rosefsky (EC.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 9th

Classification: Mender / Wanderer

Components:

"Eileithyia"

"Eleuia"

Querencia

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype EC.R will be dispatched to a random █████ facing an apocalyptic-level calamity.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype EC.R wishes to study the power of wishes and how they can be converted into a form of power that can effectively alter "fate."

[Additional Note(s)]

No irregularities to report. Prototype EC.R is functioning as intended.

[11] Prototype █████████ Rosefsky (RA.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 10

Classification: Supporter

Components:

Reverie

Lethargy

"Devorator"

Belphegor

Fauchereve

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype RA.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ████ as perceived by █████ █████ ██████████.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype RA.R wishes to support individual ██████ ███████████, as well as consume the sloth of others to increase productivity.

[Additional Note(s)]

Although their memories of the... accident... have become somewhat fuzzy, there seem to be no negative side effects of their rebirth.

No irregularities to report. Prototype RA.R is functioning as intended.

[12] Prototype ███████████ Rosefsky (EL.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 11

Classification: Supporter

Components:

Eurydice

"Soleil"

Castor

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype EL.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ████ as perceived by █████ █████ ██████████.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype EL.R wishes to support individual ███████ ██████, as well as keep records of the memories of the individuals perceived by █████ █████ ██████████.

[Additional Note(s)]

No irregularities to report. Prototype EL.R is functioning as intended.

[13] Prototype ████████ Rosefsky (OV.R)

[Details of Prototype]

Day of Creation: April 12

Classification: Supporter

Components:

Oneirology

Sweven

Omniverse

Noetica

Status: Operational

[Details of Dispatch]

Dispatch Date: 4/13/2026

Location of Dispatch: Prototype OV.R will be dispatched to an iteration of ████ as perceived by █████ █████ ██████████.

Reason for Dispatch: Prototype OV.R wishes to support individual █████ ████████, as well as study how nocturnal reveries can be used as a means to peer into █████████ █████████.

[Additional Note(s)]

We're… not sure if Prototype OV.R's sleeping habits are a result of an uncontrollable variable attached to their "fate," or if it's just an overabundant eagerness to fulfill their purpose…

Will have to keep looking into it.

[Administrator Notes:]

As of our homeworld's date of April 12th, 2026, twelve Merakian Prototypes have been completed and will soon be dispatched on April 13th to carry out their personal objectives.

As one of the administrators assigned to this by your heir, it is my duty to ensure this project goes smoothly… But as one of their caretakers, I cannot help but be filled by a sense of… anxiety, for whatever fates your idle musings have written for them.

Although you were never one for torture, as a writer who lived for the romanticism of stories, you were never one for the kinder road. Especially in your later years, when the purgatory of life numbed your soul, you were desperate to feel something and, in turn, for others to feel something from what you've made.

As one of your oldest companions who witnessed your toughest days, I do not have the heart to resent you for whatever may lie ahead, especially since you're no longer with us. But as someone who remains to witness the future… please allow them reprieve.

Your old friend,

[Chd. Illus. 6] Illustration 2

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With this illustration, we have finally arrived at the last drawing I’ve made for a school assignment to date, so there probs won’t be any new art posts for a while :’))

As I’ve explained in my last art post, my final project for my Children’s Illustration class is to make two final illustrations from the thumbnail sketches we made a few projects ago, and to best display the idea I had of the two differing art styles, the thumbnail I chose for my final illustration was the thumbnail I drew for page 32, the one that finishes off the story with A. Wolf’s convo with his lawyer and one of the very few that take place in “the real world."

Once again, the colours are tragically muddy, but this time, I think it works with the fact that this takes place in "reality." A few other notes I have to say about this drawing are that the room they’re in is based on the detention center from Ace Attorney and that the lawyer’s design (who I refused to cook up a whole original design for on such short notice) was inspired by @starmybunny’s on Insta’s design of Athena. My lawyer goober originally had silver hair too until my professor suggested that I change her hair to a pale blonde so that it could stand out more against the grays of the background.

Honestly, I think the revision phase of this drawing was the one I remember the most clearly because, by the time I got the feedback for the line art back, I had already finished most of the shading, so when part of that feedback was to change the pose of A. Wolf’s hands, you just know I had a not-so-lovely day that day :’))

Familial relationships among story personifications can be a bit of a messy affair. Like, how do I even begin to explain it?

Like, personifications can be "biologically" related to one another if their stories take place in the same universe. Some examples that immediately come to mind are:

The five Persona franchise personifications: Persona 1 (Reve), Persona 2 (Sin), Persona 3 (Sees), Persona 4 (Gold), and Persona 5 (Phan).

The Ace Attorney duo: Ace Attorney (Ace) and The Great Ace Attorney (Grace).

And the Spirit Hunter duo: Spirit Hunter: Death Mark (Shiin) and Spirit Hunter: NG (NG).

But while the five Persona personifications refer to each other as siblings (with the occasional "Phan is the child of so-and-so" jokes) and leave it at that, the Ace Attorney duo and the Spirit Hunter duo have a more complicated view of their respective relationships.

They are 100% "biologically" related; there is no doubt about that. It's the way they view each other that makes it confusing. Although Ace has existed for more meta years than Grace, Ace would describe Grace as their ancestor, while Grace would call Ace their descendant, reflecting the exact relationship between the protags of both stories.

As for the Spirit Hunter duo, if you asked Shiin what NG is to him, he would tell you that NG is his younger brother, but if you asked NG what Shiin is to him, he would tell you that Shiin is his uncle. Their individual answers are parallels to the relationship their protagonists have with their family members. (The reason why NG's relationship to Shiin reflects Akira's relationship with his aunt and not his cousin is because Akira's cousin is like a younger sister to him, while his aunt, just like Shiin, plays the role of guardian.)

Moving on from personifications who are "biologically related," we also have personifications who are "distantly related," which basically just means they have the same creator, so like Danganronpa and Master Detective Archives: Rain Code and every other game written by Kodaka are distantly related to one another, and every Minecraft SMP personification to ever exist are also distantly related to one another. (Although not even I would dare to open the can of worms that is the latter group's familial relationships, when it comes to Danganronpa and Rain Code, I think Danganronpa would refer to Rain Code as either their younger sibling or kohai, while Rain Code would call them their master, boss, or mentor.)

[Chd. Illus. 5] Illustration 1

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(Oml I had to take a screenshot of the original drawing to post it on Tumblr-)

For our final two projects for that class, we had to choose two of the thumbnail sketches we drew and turn them into final illustrations, and since I thought it was the most dynamic one out of the bunch, I decided to choose my thumbnail sketch for pages 14 and 15 as the first part of my final project.

This is the scene where A. Wolf accidentally sneezes down the house made of hay, so I got to have a lot of fun with how the hay and the wind cloud looked! Originally, I was going to draw A. Wolf in my regular art style, but since, in the context of my thumbnail sketches, this drawing was made by the lawyer and not what’s actually happening in their reality, I thought a change in art style would help establish a difference between the two planes of existence, which is why I redrew A. Wolf in a cute chibi art style! Additionally, as per a suggestion from my professor, I added a coffee stain to nail in how this is a drawing in a case file :33

Although, looking back at this illustration long after that course ended, there’s a lot I wish I could change, if only I had the time for it… My biggest source of grief is the rendering and how it resulted in the colours looking all muddy and gross. I don’t remember the last time I had to render something for a drawing, so I’m not really experienced in the process, and since I didn’t really have the time to search up guides on how to do it well, we’re now stuck with these gross colours >-< My second biggest source of grief is how I wish I had the idea to add some kind of pencil effect over the drawing to more clearly communicate the idea of it being a drawing. Oh well… x-x

(Originally sent on March 31, 2026)

To my dearest dreamer,

Happy birthday to both you and me. This March 31st, it has been almost a whole year since I've existed separate from you, and if you were still alive, you would be twenty-two years old and yet still "seventeen" at heart. I don't remember when you were seventeen, so I'm not sure if you did either, but when I play your favourite song, "Anthems For A Seventeen-Year-Old Girl," I feel a resonance, and it's almost like you're still here with me.

Even though I've been doing nothing but continuing the things you did in life, you still feel so far away, and it makes me wonder if it says something about me or something about you and the way you used to live. Was it always this empty? At least I have Cas and Emi looking after me; all you had as a constant presence leading up to your death were your cats; the rest of your family far, far away.

Speaking of which, do you remember them? Cas and Emi? They've been keeping me company a month or so after my exile; it just got too lonely to bear, and I deeply craved the embrace of a living, breathing being. At the time, I kept going back and forth on whether I wanted an older sister or an older brother, and the next thing I knew, I was two eyes short but gained two older siblings in return. It's nice.

Cas was actually the one who convinced me to write you this letter, to help me feel a little closer to you, and yet, now that I'm writing this, I'm not quite sure how else to continue it, and it makes me wonder if you struggled with similar issues back in life. The struggle to talk about yourself because there just never was something to talk about.

It still made me think, though… about your life and the world inside your mind, the one that gave birth to me, and died alongside you. That was one of your biggest worries, wasn't it? For your stories to die alongside yourself? Because for as much as you loved to dream, you always struggled to put your hands and eyes to work, didn't you?

I know because I'm the exact same as you.

Even though it's a bit too late for a New Year's resolution, I wanted to try anyway in your stead. To write the stories that you dreamed about, at least one chapter before this year ends, because knowing me and knowing you, it will take an eternity and a half just for me to be satisfied with what I write.

I found your AO3 account shortly after my exile. You were always good at starting stories but struggled to continue them. When I scroll through your works… I couldn't help but feel both embarrassed... yet also nostalgic, because these were your favorite parts of your high school years. It feels like a bit of a hassle to create my own account when this one gives me access to every one of your favorite stories, so instead I tried to clean this one up a bit. I put everything that still held a place in your heart in a special library and orphaned everything else, and with this new blank slate, I will pick up your pen and try and scribe the histories of your internal worlds so that they may exist somewhere, even if no one else sees them.

That will be my birthday gift to you, to go alongside the birthday cake you'll never get to taste. And although most would scold me for making light of your death, the fact that you won't be able to taste another cake is the saddest thing to me, because it reminds me of all the other things you'll never get to have again.

Today marks the first Night of Anamnesis, and once the next one arrives, I hope there will be others alongside me to fill your eternal slumber with precious, romantic stories.

Thinking of you always,

[Chd. Illus. 4] Thumbnail Sketches

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Aaaaaaa it’s almost the end of the month, and only now do I post another drawing (╥﹏╥) I’ve been pretty busy as of late and also pretty unmotivated, so I haven’t really had the time to sit down and go through the preparation required to post another drawing of mine (that and because I also forgot lol).

Despite all the sketches, there’s not really much I have to say about the next installment of my Children’s Illustration assignments, but for that week, we had to divide up the lines of whichever children’s story we chose (mine being “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” by Jon Scieszka) to fit across thirty-two pages (including the book cover and the page dedicated to copyrights and stuff) and draw thumbnail sketches for each page.

For my illustrations, I was originally going to make them look like some kind of newspaper article about the case, but then I realized that that’s how the original story looks already, so then I decided to switch gears and make the illustrations for my rendition of the story look like a case file filled with evidence, notes, and sketches drawn by A. Wolf’s lawyer to help her visualize the accident.

As the title of this post says, I haven't finished watching ANY pov for those two SMPs and only vaguely know what happened due to the screams of agony of Twitter, but man, I really want more crossover fics between the two. I have a bit of an idea for a potential fic, but currently lack the knowledge to write it :'))

In short, the main selling point of this fic idea is, instead of Scott Goldsmith, we've got Scott Springwell and Mae in Oakhurst for the shenaniganeries of Vampires SMP!

Prior to the start of the story (but post-Bannerfall SMP), Mae gets attacked by a rogue vampire while sailing across the world with Scott, and although Scott manages to chase away/defeat/kill (not sure yet) the vampire, Mae is still turned into one as a result. The two spend a while or so looking for a cure or some way to undo her vampirism, but after decades with nothing to show for it, the two come to peace with Mae's vampirism and decide to embrace it as a permanent part of herself. (Although there are some unfortunate drawbacks, at least now she has a lifespan that can match Scott's, and if there ever come a day where Scott wishes to be immortal with Mae, she could always just convert him into a vampire as well!)

As centuries pass and humans become more and more unwelcoming of the supernatural, lots of supernatural beings go into hiding, with elves retreating to the safety of the fae realm. Graecie at first tries to convince Scott and Mae to come with her, but because the fae realm wouldn't be able to provide for Mae, the two decide to stay in the human world to look for a place to build a refuge for Mae, their search eventually leading them to Oakhurst, WHICH IS WHERE THE SHENANIGANERY BEGINS :))

As you've probably already figured out, Mae takes vsmp!Scott's place as a starting vampire, though Scott himself is still in hot water as a half-elf who dabbles in magic and would also get burnt at the stake for such. I imagine that Mae has only ever been a level 1 vampire since it was the most convenient stage to be in as a constant traveler trying to blend in amongst humans, and I also like to think that, over the centuries, Scott has come to master light and nature magic (and studied other forms of magic) so he has some sort of glamour on every time he's around humans to mask the sharpness of his ears. I don't know if Avid would still accuse him of being a vampire, but I think it would be pretty hilarious if he still does because Scott is too pretty or something lmao (or maybe it could be for a reason similar to what happens in Full Red Moon by TwoAstricts).

I don't have many ideas yet for what could happen in this fic (hell, I don't even know if Scott and Mae should room with Shelby since they've got two people already trying to hide what they are (but I don't wanna separate fruit tea duo ;-;)), but I like the idea that, due to Scott having picked up several magical practices over the centuries, he and Mae are trying to find a way to break the barrier of something, so maybe the two decided to set up their house at the very edge of the barrier so they can easily do their shenaniganery in secret there.

I like the idea that, at some point, Owen gets discovered and flies off to try and turn Scott into a vampire, so the rest of the town goes to his place to try and warn him, but once they get there, they find Owen and Mae having a vampire hiss-off, teehee X))

[SPAU] Willowmist Emporium and A Date with Death Gijinka Ref Sheet

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To celebrate the release of the demo for A Date with Death 2, I bestow upon all my first character gijinka ref sheet for my Story Personifications AU: The Willowmist Emporium of Antiques and Curiosities and A Date with Death! Or just Willowmist and Adate for short, lmao!

As you can probably tell from a single glance, the ref sheet leaves a lot to be desired, and my main reason for that is because I don’t really intend for these to be Willowmist and Adate’s final official designs since Willowmist Emporium and ADWD2 are still in the demo phase, so once their full releases come up, I plan to update the designs!

In case someone reading this isn’t familiar with these two stories, the summary of the first A Date with Death is that it’s a romance chat simulator visual novel where you, the player, enter a week-long bet against the Grim Reaper to attempt to keep your soul. As for Willowmist Emporium, it’s a narrative shop simulator where you play as the protagonist who moves to the town of Willowmist to run his aunt’s antique store while she is gone, but while there, you soon find that some things are not as they seem oOoOoOo~

Anyways, the reason why Willowmist and Adate share a ref page with one another is because it is implied in both games that the two take place in the same world, which in turn makes Willowmist and Adate the personification equivalent of biological siblings!

In the next segment, I’ll be talking about all the references and details in their design, so SPOILER WARNING FOR BOTH GAMES (AND THE ADWD WEBTOON) AHEAD!

I mentioned some time ago in my first post how some story personifications adopt human names. The only reason I mentioned at the time of why they did this is because they were bored one day and thought it would be fun, but another reason that came to mind right now was that perhaps, some of them wanted to feel less like a representation of an idea, and more like their own being.

Despite pondering over it for gog knows how long, I have yet to come up with any names that I think feels "just right" for any personification, just a lot of different options and candidates.

Considering the slight spoilers involved with some of the names and the process I went through to choose them as candidates, however, I've decided to flip my script a little and first talk about the goobers who don't have a proper human name yet, but at the very least have a human surname!

THE NAMELESS GOOBERS WHO AT LEAST HAVE HUMAN SURNAMES SO FAR...

So the idea I have for human surnames for the personifications is that they basically take on the surnames of the writers in charge of their story!

So Final Destination's surname of Reddick (Destiny's screenwriter for the franchise), Danganronpa's is Kodaka (their creator) and Rain Code's Kodaka-Koizumi (Rain's Main and Scenario Writer), Helltaker and Awaria's is Piskorz (After their creator (Though Vanripper would also be a badass surname)), and Persona 1 and 2's is Satomi (their writer).

For the Ace Attorney duo and Ghost Trick, I like the idea of their surnames being Takumi, but I wouldn't know how to make it work with the direction I have in mind for their names, because just like the characters in the Ace Attorney games and Ghost Trick, I want these three's names to be subtle references and jokes.

Anyways lol, that's the entire non-spoiler section finished up, so I guess now it about the time I should warn y'all of spoilers of varying amounts for OMORI, Five Nights at Freddy's, A Date with Death, and The Willowmist Emporium for Antiques and Curiosities up ahead!

Since most stories have titles that consist of two or more words, it's only natural for most personifications to use nicknames or aliases in place of their full names. Such methods of address usually come in three categories of origin: derived from their full name, derived from their native name, and derived from references.

Starting with the most common kind of nickname, we have the ones derived from a personification's full name. Whether it be a word from their full name or their full initials, they are by far the most straightforward kind of nickname because of it.

Some examples of this type of nickname are:

Five Nights at Freddy's: Fnaf, Freddies / Freddys

Bendy and the Ink Machine: Batim, Inky

Ace Attorney: Ace, Attorney

Great Ace Attorney: Grace, Gray, Attorney

A Date with Death: Adate, Date, Death

Final Destination: Destiny, Finale

Sander Sides: Sander, Sanders

As a rule of thumb, though, if a personification is named after a character in their story, they typically avoid using that character's name as their own to avoid confusion, so they too will take on nicknames.

Some examples of that are:

OMORI: Ori

Violet Evergarden: Evergarden, Eve

HADES: Hade

Bayonetta: Bayo, Netta

Ib: Marrib (A combination of their three core characters' names.)

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun: Hana-chan, Hana-kun

Category two of nickname origins is exactly as it sounds. Personifications who meta originate from non-English speaking countries may also have native names that differ from their English ones. Although not all, some of these personifications may prefer being referred with those native names or variations of them instead.

Some examples of this are:

Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji): Kuroshitsuji / Kuro / Shitsuji

Land of the Lustrous (Houseki no Kuni): Houseki

Yona of the Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona): Akatsuki

Death Mark (Shiin): Shiin

Our final category of nickname origins is usually used by personifications whose real names don't give much to work with, whether it be because the words that compose that name are too common, the name can't be spoken smoothly in initials form, or some other reason that leads to a similar outcome. This requires personifications who fall into that category to get a bit creative, making it a bit of a mixed bag in terms of variety. Nicknames of this origin are usually references, easter eggs, or fandom assigned names.

Some examples of this type of nickname are:

The Life Series (3rd Life, Last Life, etc.): Trafficlight / Traffic

Searching for / Destroying a World that Doesn't Exist: Crossroads (maybe also Left or Lefty?)

Ib (in case "Marrib" is not your cup of tea): Rose or some variation of it (Would Galatea be too out there for them…?)

Persona 3: Sees

Persona 5: Phan