#asteroid!rocky

TW: ANGST AND CHARACTER DEATH

Backstory:

Adrian waited for years, hoping for his soulmate to return home. They were able to sense that Rocky was up there, lost somewhere in the firmament, and so they never lost hope. Always longing for the day their lover would be back between their arms.

Adrian's resilience inspired other eridians to keep hoping for their beloved astronauts return, even the ones that were certain that their loved ones had long gone. So the wait went on for years and years until one day Adrian went uncharacteristically numb.

"The link. I can't feel the link anymore." Is what Adrian had said, then everyone knew.

Their crew hadn't made it.

Preparations were on the move that same day to finally mourn and give their lost siblings a much deserved goodbye.

Rocky's confirmed death had been such a shock to Adrian that they decided to not participate in the funeral. Rocky was their soulmate. Their partner for life. The loss was so big that Adrian felt they had nothing else to live for.

Instead, Adrian pulled away from the support of their people and moved far away on their own, eventually, passing due to his grieving and lack of caring for themselves.

After ascending, Adrian had realised that they now had become a kind of guardian for Erid, and so, decided to stand guard by their new role and protect their planet against the Astrophage menace with whatever strength they gathered.

Hopefully that made sense... It's late and I'm tired sjdjsnxdjxk

My Adrian's design is inspired by fluorite!

I looked up various gemstones for inspiration, I really wanted to make them pretty! So this was my favourite pick dbdksndkd it's colors are close to what the general consensus of what Adrian looks like is right now (that way people could still tell this is supposed to be Adrian) and it has purple in it!!! (I love purple) So yes. Best pick.

I took some artistic liberty with this bc i felt that simon having more arms and eyes was a good way to show what happens to his arm and eye in iron lung and having a black hole showing graces anger was a good way to show his feelings of loosing his memories despite ascending to God hood

Also bc of the usual designs I had Adrian being sucked into the black hole and the halos essentially being broken just for fun hehe

ROCKY IS HEEEEEEERE!!! FOR ALL YOU GREMLINS! Had so much fun rendering the asteroids aksjalkjas Enjoy, my friends!!

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