here have some sketches from an au that i won’t ever finish

“Close your eyes for a sec, okay? I’m just going to have a quick chat with your mother~”

Of course! I'm so glad to hear that you're interested :)

I'm in the very, very, very slow process of drawing and writing more for this AU, but I'll explain a bit about the setting and character backstories here. Fair warning, there's some dark content ahead.

Basically, the citizens of Devil Town have been there for longer than they can remember and have nearly no recollection of their lives before “the fall.” For some, namely the younger cast (i.e. Silver, Sebek, Riddle, etc.), this world is all they've ever known since birth, but for others like Lilia and Malleus, their instincts are screaming that things around town seem awfully off... after a certain point, the people don't age, and neighbors are always disappearing under mysterious circumstances, despite the lack of an exit. But that's nowhere near the worst of it: the “curse” of Devil Town is truly their greatest enemy here.

As people have discovered, the residents who've been around the longest have started to show more... otherworldly features. And with these physical anomalies come even more horrifying effects—memory gaps, cannibalistic urges, hallucinations, general loss of sanity, and, eventually, complete demonization. Most people end up killing themselves off before they can get to that final stage, but our Diasomnia boys aren't quite ready to give up yet. Along with the other struggling fighters, it's become a race against time to find either a cure or the exit... or the immune.

While there isn't much (or any) scientific evidence to back this up, many believe that ingesting a part of the immune can grant them immunity as well. As a result, hunts for those with the “blessing” have become extremely common, and even one accusation of possessing it could spell your demise.  Recently, there has been a rise in the number of people who actually have the power to sniff out the immune—researchers attribute this to one of the more positive outcomes of the curse, brought about with age.  Fortunately, three lucky boys have managed to escape detection thus far: Silver, Kalim, and Rook.

Silver is five when he’s found on the side of the road by Lilia and Malleus, having been inexplicably abandoned by his parents three days prior.  They take him in, albeit somewhat hesitantly, recognizing his condition right away.  Together, the trio travels as far as they can within the bounds of Devil Town—which apparently isn’t truly a single town after all, but rather many spaced far apart within the same, confined area.  Later on, they encounter Sebek, who’s recently run away from home, and their found family grows... as do the mysteries.

Silver is sixteen when a so-called “Savior” arrives in town.  As per usual, they can’t recall how on earth they got there in the first place, but this time, the rest of their memories are completely in tact.  They are also rumored to be able to lessen the power of the curse with their touch alone.  Regardless of how true the gossip is, Lilia and Malleus believe them to be the missing piece to this whole puzzle, and Silver agrees... though he too has some personal stakes in the matter.  At this point in time, he has started to show some unusual symptoms of narcolepsy, which he prays the Savior can cure.

—Unfortunately for all of them, there’s nothing that Devil Town won’t ruin.

Are you a saint, or a sinner? ♪

Can anyone be truly good when you’re all in hell? Well, Silver can sure try. But while the town’s curse may not affect him in any sort of physical way, everything else is fair game. How long can he play the hero before he finds that there’s nothing left worth protecting?