Jungle Gym

The last of the Beestrix boys Madje in his happy future.

Madje ends up settled on the homeworld of his adopted father Sarake’d. He genuinely enjoys living in a place where he’s just expected to help the community. He loves using his size and stregth to do things as simple as hauling wood and he takes great joy in letting kids climb all over him because even without his actual brothers around he will always be a big brother.

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“You can have the stars.”

It was a tiny thing Sarake’d had told him when he had given Mateudj his holo-paint pad, but the words had been treasured as much as the gift itself.  Mateudj had neverbeen allowed anything that was his. He and his brothers had been borninto a systematic oppression that made their race little more thanslaves. Products, not people, to be sold to the deepest pockets then passed off when the novelty was gone. He had known no other life than one as a sex toy to the rich who had even stooped to taking his legs. You didn’t offer your toys anything. Sarake’d had done nothing but give. Freedom, a home, a holo-pad, his own room with a lock, and the most surreal of all was his apparent care and affection. As a result the tiny kernel of hope Mateudj had always managed to keep deep inside was starting to grow into a full fledged flame. He couldn’t be sure what the future would hold but he didn’t want to be anywhere but this ship, he wanted to paint and map every journey. He wanted those stars, and he was starting to think he could actually have them.

“You’rebasically my kid”

Sedj had no idea what to do with someone who had no interest in himself or his brothers in a sexual manner. Sex was a language and currency he understood when dealing with people other than his brothers, more than that it was something he enjoyed immensely, despite his past. Sarake’d’s rejection had stung and made him more than a little suspicious, no one had said no to him before unless they had other designs in mind. Sarake’d did nothing but treat all of them like his own. He fussed, he set rules and he scolded when those rules were broken but he never did anything to actually discourage anything they had an interest in.  He had even complimented his skill at dance though the style was far from respectable. It made Sedj wonder if he couldn’t just carry on with his preferred hobbies in a more legalized and regulated form. There were plenty of systems where whoring and dancing were respectable and even protected professions. He had awhile yet to consider however since as far as he knew he and his brothers still didn’t exist on any record and these things would take time. He was surprised to find he did believe Sarake’d would find a way to make them real people.

“Everything is good. You’re safe now.”

Madje was a soldax, larger than a great many humanoids and a battle scarred gladiator besides. He had never been told he was safe before and he most certainly never would have believed it. Yet Sarake’d had proven it several times already. He had gotten rid of the man that had bought them last. He stayed with them when Mateudj nearly died of food poisoning. He had even gotten them something like justice for the footage of their beatings and rapes.  With Sarake’d they were actually safe, Madje could trust his brothers’ with the older man. That left Madje able to consider his own future. He knew what he wanted,It was the one thing he had always wanted as cliché and stupid as he had always considered it. Burying it deep under the need to survive and keep his brothers safe, even happy, to the best of his ability. He wanted someone or even someones who could love him and care for him just as much as he could for them. He could do any work that required strength and could go anywhere as long as he knew his brothers were safe.

With  Sarake’d they had hope.

Jungle Gym 5yrs Later

Didn't really plan this one but when I realized I was on the last page of my current large sketch book I looked back at the first picture. It was almost exactly 5 years old. So I decided to try to redraw it. Direct comparison below the cut October #18

Three for one today because separating these 3 is hard

Beetrix Species Info

Character Name:  Mateudj Full Name:  Mateudj Nickname(s): Mateux (Anglai /English translation of his name) Gender:  Male; ahnax Birthday:  Unknown Marital Status: Underage Hair:  Black, straight and chin-length Eyes:  Grey Language(s): Anglai/English Blood Type:  Non-human Height:  2’6ft (seated) 3’6 (balanced on his stumps) Body Structure/Physical Faults:  Petite, pointed ears, could pass as a preteen girl at a glance, strong arms, legs end at the knee. Cannot consume solids. Has organs intended to carry young; sterile. Species: Beestrix Parents/Elders/Guardians:  Madje and Sedj,  Adopted father Sarake’d Siblings:  Madje (o. brother) Sedj (o. brother) Beliefs/Religion:  None Career/Past Careers: Child sex slave

Character Name:  Sedj Full Name:  Sedj Nickname(s): Sex (Anglai /English translation of his name) , Sei Gender:  Male; xaema Birthday:  {unknown} 1yr older than Mateudj 1yr younger than Madje Marital Status: Barely Underage Hair:  Black, long and straight reaches the back of his knees often in elaborate styles Eyes:  Grey Language(s):  Anglai/English Blood Type:  Non-Human Height:  5’11 Body Structure/Physical Faults:  Muscular, pointed ears, dancer or swimmer’s build, three scars over left eye which is scarred shut. Scar on right wrist. Nipple piercings.  Cannot consume solids. Has organs intended to carry young; sterile. Species: Beestrix Parents/Elders/Guardians:  Madje,  Adopted father Sarake’d Siblings:  Madje (o. brother), Mateudj (y.Brother) Beliefs/Religion:  Hedonist Career/Past Careers: Child sex slave, Exotic dancer