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@phantom-of-the-mists

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Happy pride month y'all!!

And here I am, collecting Phantoms like Pokémons.

In order from right to left (it's the order I drew them by) :

Front: @/phantom-of-the-exhaust-organ , @phantom-of-the-mists (mine hehe), @/at-the-heart-of-the-mist , @/phantom-offical ;

Back: The Phantoms from @/hk-soulblood-au , specifically the one from the base au and the one from Of Spiders And Serpents, Phantom from @/phantom-and-lace-both , Phantom from @/shadow-and-spotlight , and @/phantom-haunting-the-narrative .

And so here'a the english translation of what I wrote (it isn't a 1:1 translation; the original italilan one is under the cut)

"Since Holly's incident with the Void, two or three days had passed, and they were still locked in their room, crying, dreading the worst possible outcome of Void contamination. But it wasn't really about them, no, they were mostly concerned about their siblings, that lived only 3 years of their life prior to this moment, unlike them.

Holly's friends were seriously starting to worry. Holly hadn't called them nor texted them at all since the incident. So Elena, the most stubborn and daring of the group. decided to go see them directly. And she went directly to Holly's house to do so.

Holly's parents let her in immediately, hoping that she would be able to get Holly to finally leave their room.

Elena went in their room, but she stayed close to the doorframe.

Elena: "Hey?

She gazed at Holly, hopeful that they would respond. And she seemed to capture their attention, but only for a second before Holly rolled back in their bed, trying to hide under the sheets. So Elena got closer.

Holly tried to stop her, by raising a hand. They wanted to yell "NO! DONT COME CLOSE!", but they couldn't. They wouldnt be able to be heard. Their voice wasn't loud enough. Not to be heard by her, or any normal human, at least.

Elena: "Holly, come on, you can't certainly remain here for the rest of your days.. Also 'cause the the rest of your days is... a lot. Like.... an actual eternity... Do you really wanna spend it like this?"

Holly actualy gave an half smile between their tears only for how Elena said the word "eternity". It seemed like she outright spit that word, like she hated its sound so much that she didn't want it to rest in her mouth for more than what was strictly needed.

Elena: "Hey! I saw you laughing there!"

Giggling, Elena sat right next to Holly on their bed, not close enough to touch them, but close enough to make them feel her presence. They were stil avoiding to look at her.

Elena: "Oh come on, you laugh and then still avoid me? How rude!"

Elena looked straight to their face.

Holly, using all the voice they had left, tried to complain about her refusal to stay away from them: "Always as stubborn huh..."

Their voice was just about as loud as a whisper. Or even less.

Elena: You.. said something?"

That was a genuine question, a question that Holly couldn't answer, because she wouldn't be able hear them. The thought that no one would have been able to hear them speak ever again... little black drops formed at the corner of their eyes. Their eyes, once of a bright green, now darkened by the same substance that blackened their tears.

The Void.

Elena: "Hey, hey, uhm, its alright, uhh..."

Suddenly, her attention was caught by an object on Holly's desk: their headphones. She had an idea. She paired them with Holly's phone, gave them to Holly, and started a discord call, making sure to greatly increase the microphone's sensitivity. She then took her phone and earphones and joined the call.

Elena: "Speak again"

She only got a sob in return.

Elena: "C'mon, too scared to repeat what you said? Was it that bad? You offend me Holly"

Holly: "...it wasn't anything offensive..."

Elena: "Oh yeah?"

Holly sat on the bed all of a sudden. Surprise, not of the gleeful nor the shallow kind, painted on their face. They were utterly confused, to say the least. Their empty stare made Elena snicker.

Elena: "Hey, why so surprised? My ideas always work!"

And so Holly, whose face clearly showed exhaustion, and whose eyebags where more than visibile for all the time they spent crying, started audibly laughing. And yes, they were crying. But it was because of their laughing, for the first time in days."

The scene from this that I wanted to draw.

In particular, Phantom's pose here is the exact frame before a Cross Stitch (or at least the one closest to the first one according to my ¼ slowed down video).

And yeah I was kind of experimenting with the brushes when coloring the background.

So, I started toying with the idea that Phantom could have been created to resemble a weaver, and this is what I wrote down so far. Yeah, I know, my handwriting is not the best, and the image isn't really that clear, but hey, you can always ask about the various illustrations!

Also, the best thing is that I still have space on the page if I get any other ideas!