#byran

Hello. My name is Copper, and I wanted to show some sketches I recently made.

This usually isn't the type of thing I draw... I usually prefer to stick to the characters I made up for my story. But...something possessed me to draw these little scenes of the friends I've met over the recent years. They're not great drawings, I know, but I just seemed to want to do this.

This first one features Lead and Broom. It seems Broom came all the way from Keshly'm to show off a game project his group was working on, and Lead seemed interested in trying it out with him. Seems like the kind of thing he might be interested in.

It might be a short play session though; that little power supply Broom uses to run those electronics only lasts about an hour before it has to be recharged.

This one has Husker from Byra offering Dravite one of his homegrown apples. Husker's managed to make quite a name for himself with the large fruits he grows; his grapes are apple-sized and his apples are watermelon-sized.

Like Broom, I met Husker when I got abducted by aliens. After I chased the aliens off their ship he keeps calling me a hero. I kinda wish he didn't do that...

So this one...Mica is a Teijroid that can apparently be separated into pieces. The idea came up to have Beryl, our self-proclaimed “puzzle master,” try to put Mica back together using nothing but a picture reference. And Beryl doesn't want any hints on how to do it, so she taped Mica's mouth shut.

I really hope this doesn't give Beryl any ideas. I'm not sure Mica would be too happy to go through this for real.

This one features another Teijroid friend, Topaz. He resides on a farm owned by a bunch of Linkha, and here he's trying to introduce my Linkha friend Tea to them. I've known Tea to be a bit shy, so this could be a little struggle.

Thinking about it, considering that shyness, it's kinda crazy Tea is so willing to hang out with me. But I guess I kinda have something similar going on, so maybe it's a “relatable” factor.

This last one features someone I met pretty recently, Pezzo. He's one of the few Teijru that owns a boat, and he's offering a ride to Graphite. Most Khejians know Graphite is VERY strong, but all his muscle means his body's too dense to float on water, so he's clinging to a life ring.

I'm familiar with Graphite after going on a few missions...it might be a bit presumptuous to call him a friend as well. In fact, I don't know if he'd like this drawing considering he looks kinda scared here...I probably should've reconsidered this one...

Looking back...I didn't really have very many friends growing up. To think I've managed to meet so many folks from all over who's willing to put up with me...my flaws, my typical silence, everything...it's still mind-blowing. And humbling. I rarely say much, but...I'm thankful I met them all. Sometimes it's hard to keep going, but they support me whenever they can. I doubt I could do it alone.

Maybe...that's why I did these. As thanks.

On it,

| Unhappy year 3.0 |

Quizá no soy aquel quien sigue tus pasos, sino que eres tú  quien espera los míos.

Quizá  no exhalo  los versos de un duelo,  sino que aspiro  tu voz cruzando el viento. 

Quizás  seas tú  quien llama en silencio,  o simplemente soy  un adicto al recuerdo. 

Quizá… Quizá… no se acorta mi camino,sino que te alejas para mantenerme vivo.

Quizás ya se me acabaron  todos los mil y un pretextos…                     y ya no sé qué decir a las tristes margaritas cuando preguntan por tu regreso.

Sólo sé que otra vez           el mundo bailó alrededor de una estrella. Sólo sé que otra vez           los deseos no son oídos por las velas. Sólo sé que otra vez                                 [me]         es inevitable sentir el peso de tu ausencia.

— B / Esᴇ ᴄᴀғᴇ́ ᴏ̨ᴜᴇ ɴᴏʂ ᴅᴇʙᴇᴍᴏʂ — — Đᴇsᴠᴀʀɪ́ᴏʂ ᴅᴇ ᴜɴ Ậɴɢᴇʟ Ͼᴀɪ́ᴅᴏ —

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#Byran

Jasper had sobered up in the last few weeks, it’d been hell, but he’d made progress. And lately he’d been helping out with trying to keep camp up and running with Raven and Monty in the workshop. But tonight, they all had made their way to the bar where Jasper sipped on a glass of water and did his best to stay away from alcohol. But somewhere in the mess of the night and he found himself kissing Bryan and not feeling the need to stop himself. It wasn’t the first time, but normally he found himself heavily intoxicated never quite so sober. Bryan had always been a great friend to him, they practically grew up together, but--this wasn’t them. Jasper knew he’d been lonely and maybe even found some comfort in the fact someone, anyone wanted him, but--this wasn’t right. Bryan was with Miller and he couldn’t do that to his friend.

As Bryan spoke, Jasper could only listen with a heavy heart. He knew the pain, but he never expected Miller to do this to him. This wasn’t like him and who was Miller to say Bryan wasn’t trustworthy, at least he wasn’t a criminal. Miller chose to trust someone who saved his life, someone who seemed to know to how to survive this world--it was not different what they had done. Miller had no right to act this way. Instead of speaking, Jasper pulled the shorter male in for a hug.”Hey, it’s alright, it’s alright--” He spoke softly, trying to put him to ease. “Let him breathe, I--I’m sure he didn’t mean it. He loves you, he wouldn’t--just let him clear his head. He probably didn’t mean it. It’ll be alright.”He didn’t know how true this was, but what else could he say, but the last thing he was going to do was let Bryan suffer a broken heart alone.