#partum

I’m now certain      it was vanity

here I pace  cut open  drinking thistle and yolk

expecting nothing   determined to live

The Riolu seems conflicted for a moment, his ears falling flat, but he gives the Arceus a smile despite whatever he’s thinking. “That’s great, Rune! I’m...happy for you.”

But then the three of them turn as movement catches their eyes, and suddenly whatever calm mood had been maintained is shattered in an instant.

Immediately all three react, none the same way, but all with the same intensity.

The Silvally puffs up defensively, never taking his intense gaze off the newcomer. “Paleo. Alburune. Ark.” He replies. “Now back off. Now. These kids have been through enough. You’ll lead whatever facility made you like this to us. Or ours, if you’re from ours somehow. So leave. Right now. Or else.”

Paleo and Ark’s refs have been unlocked! And ask hints have been updated!

Father was growing once again, “Why should I listen to two failures such as yourselves? Just because you two care about things? How befitting of you all to judge, when you believe that all things are equal. You cared for what you created, but did it truly matter? Why should I listen to two people who couldn’t even get one universe right, when I simply made a few wrong ones? Did caring for your universes save them? Does your love make up for your failure? Are you truly better than me because you value living things, when you can’t even keep those things alive? I merely wished to see what happened if I made a Mew instead of an Arceus for once. Can you truly say you deserve to create, when your creations didn’t last?”

“Are your morals truly the right ones, if you can look someone in the eye and tell them they’re wrong for not being exactly like you? Are you truly good, if you are incapable of running one universe on it’s own, so you have to lash out at someone who can do your job better? Perhaps you should be the apathetic ones, so that you don’t have to think about the consequences of your actions.”

I drew a character based on @theinvisiblepibe ‘s character “Partum”. Partum is the personification of their creativity and I was excited to attempt drawing my own creativity personified.