#crystal explodes

rejoice, csmp-tober be upon ye !

these were total from-memory doodles while I was waiting for an appointment, but nonetheless I like how they turned out

love this guy. The Mold

It's slightly outdated as I have not been super good at keeping it updated for the past few months sadly.

And I might as well throw in this slideshow about the Mason I made for a friend powerpoint night <3

Art credit goes to tumblr user ghostpajamas bc I love their mason art so much and I needed something to fill space on the section slides. The art on the actual content slides is all arathains

The Mason, looking confused and a bit irritated at the crossbow being pointed at his head: "Can I help you, robot?" 18-N5*, freshly arrived from the ULTRAKILL universe and running on fumes: "Blood. You have it, yeah?" The Mason, who very much does have blood: "...Yes?" 18-N5: "Good. That makes this easier." *Fires Crossbow*. *The Mason respawns several feet away on his makeshift bed, looking very confused upon seeing the tv-headed robot sucking up his blood with a vacuum tube.* 18-N5, noticing the Mason has respawned: "WHAT IN GOD'S NAME-?!!"

(After Diansu stopped freaking out and explained his whole "Blood is fuel" situation to the Mason, they suggested he use a suspension of Soul Sand in water to replace blood (which actually worked much better).

Also, 18-N5 is what I'm calling Diansu before he was called "Diansu". 18-N5 -> D18N5U -> Diansu.)

(Also do you think it's possible the Vivaelysium/nanobots used for the Invictus Assembly could've interfered with the Charter? He did say they'd eat him alive if he ran out of power, after all-and I get the feeling that wasn't a throwaway line. (I'm not trying to insinuate he could still be alive, by the way: I've accepted Diansu is dead. just think the Nanobots eating the user when they're low on power could potentially have some... Interesting Side-effects on Charter. What do you think?))

That's a great question, and something I have been wondering myself. I don't think I'll be able to be confident in my opinion on that until we get to see Lux's POV of obtaining and using the Dusk Epitaph. We know what the Lesser Divinity is supposed to do, as it was explained in Winsweeps video and we see it be used firsthand. I would assume the Dusk Epitaph to just be an extremely powerful weapon Lux needed to acquire in order to have a chance of winning the fight, but due to the fact that Diansu did not immediately die when taken to 0 hearts, and instead was trapped in golden chains, leads me to believe the Dusk Epitaph to have some other purpose.

It could simply be that it is another permakill item and nothing more, but the fact that this chain stasis effect did not happen to anyone killed with the Lesser Divinity, I don't want to assume that they have exactly the same purpose and/or effect.

Interestingly, the way Diansu dies is more (visually) similar to the Masons death than the deaths of Void and Zombie to the Lesser Divinity. I don't have much to say about this observation, but unless Diansu has, unbeknownst to us, previously dealt with the Seven, I see no easy answer as to why they bare such a resemblance.

If I had to guess I would at least say that the two weapons are similar. They did (presumably) come from the same source, after all. Both weapons also create similar light beam effects when used, but that could very well just be due to the tools used to make the mods, as well as wanting all the charter items to keep a similar vibe/color scheme.

Additionally, the death messages from the 2 items are not exactly the same, so this could also be evidence that they cause different effects upon use.

Dusk Epitaph death message:

Lesser Divinity death message:

Regardless of the intended effects of each weapon, what happened to the Mason after death was not related to the weapon which killed him. I don't think we can really compare those two instances, as the Masons fate was (I believe) due to his dealings with the Seven, not the weapon used to kill him.

(Quick sidenote, but I am so sure that the Soulcleave Glaive (the Masons weapon) causes the same death message as the Dusk Epitaph, but I cannot for the life of me find an instance of the message in any videos, and am too lazy to go re-download Mason Decor to find out for myself. However, if I am remembering correctly, I feel it is a noteworthy observation to include.)

As for the question about the nanobots, I'm assuming by "charter" you mean items from the Charter mod like the Dusk Epitaph. But if not, sorry mb </3

Personally, I don't think the nanobots would have any more effect than the fact that Diansu is literally just a robot. I don't know how distinct the divide between a machine and a living being with a "soul" is, or what that would mean for things like permakilling etc etc.