#linkha

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.