nathie | VGen WAITLIST

for aoi nation 🩵

i just want excuses to draw him without pants sometimes

down here is my first sketch of him, i am quite fond of this fellow.....

more silly doodles

OKAY UHH she doesn't have anything properly written down yet as everything is in my head right now 😭😭😭 (i did do these sketches)

But River and Rae (The Operator and original child) are different people! River was born thanks to Conceptual Embodiment similar to the Holdfasts, except that somehow she manifested while Rae was alone on the Zariman 👀 River had all Rae's memories but that was about it-- She remembered parents she never met, friends she didn't know and places she's never seen herself... She's just a copy that didn't know how to be human

Still, River and Rae soon grew attached while they both navigated the Zariman --- fast forward,, Rae died from probably an attack by the adults gone mad??? This part I haven't figured out the specifics of :') But because of Rae's death, River had an existential crisis-- "If the original child is dead, what happens to the copy?" She was confused and afraid that she would one day disappear 😢 Out of desperation, thinking that maybe if she held onto what was left behind by Rae (in this instance, the Tales of Duviri which was her favorite storybook) then maybe she can preserve her existence... hence Duviri happened

Also similar to the Holdfasts her form also changed with crack-like scars forming on her skin

But of course as opposed to Rae, River as a Void creation can't understand or process human emotions normally💔 Because everything feels so new, she experiences emotions very intensely (resulting in extreme mood swings/spirals)

It's also why she behaves very intensely with no self control at times-- like a heavy smoking addiction (due to the rush she feels from it), she's also an adrenaline junkie that loves to seek thrill by throwing herself into danger

Also a severe lack of social awareness BUT after 1999 she's learning to control her impulses/behavior, etc

As for how she interacts with the Operator version of Rae it's... more complicated😭 You can only imagine the whiplash during the New War when River saw Rae again, this time alive and well 😦 I haven't really given my Operator much attention so I've never really drawn their interaction--- but River can't see Operator Rae as her own person, she keeps seeing her as the one that died :')

Hence she kind of acts overprotective towards Rae out of fear that she'll lose this one too 💔

hello! I have a toyhouse profile for him here with most of his lore written already👀

https://toyhou.se/40458704.yunfan

it's stillll a WIP at the moment😔 I also have some sketches and doodles showing bits of his past :3

Zombie apocalypse AU ft. Arthur and my drifter, River :3! I thought of Warm Bodies (peak) and the zombie song (also peak) for them 🫪 thoughhhh the only difference is there's no happy ending where the zombies regain their humanity😢