Tales of the Wasteland

Prompts

To clarify! This is less of a story thing, and more something related to a computer science project I’m using him in! Could’ve turned out worse, considering I haven’t drawn him in so long.

Just a doodle!! Simply because of the above.

Finally, Hydra, who gave me tons of trouble because I couldn’t figure out a gimmick for them that I liked. I eventually settled on them being water themselves, being able to completely control their appearance because of it.

Particularly for this piece, I figured Shrei ought to have a more concrete design, rather than just completely random spots. For context, they’re a normal black cat with vitiligo, so as they get older they’re just going to get more and more white spots! Another thing to note: they’re not really a munchkin cat anymore, but rather just kinda short... Wisp is a character I’ve been thinking about for a while now (along with the other SP1R1TS and D3M0NS designs and ideas) but I’ve never really spoken about her... So I might as well do so here! In life, she was a large, Maine Coon mother with a couple children, although she hasn’t seen them since she died. Her death itself ties in with what Shrei is getting up to after the apocalypse, and how they end up being experimented on by Blaze. As a side note, I might try to add some sort of spoiler timeline or synopsis to the blog? Not sure if that would be a good idea though.

Olive himself is pretty good with electronics, which he’ll sometimes provide to those working with Toro to help them out in the field: every group of cats sent outside of the camp are given the watch, which gives them a basic outline/map of the area they are in, while other pieces of tech are used for various other means, including search and rescue.

I haven’t got names for them so far, so i should probably get on that!

Once the apocalypse struck, he lasted a few days, trying to find Astral and the others, but panicking every time he left the ruins of his home. Eventually, after nearly starving due to the anxiety of leaving to find food, he was found and captured by a few of the masked cats and experimented on by Blaze. He was present when Frostbite tried to break out a large group of experiments, but was caught before he could escape and left behind, which is partly why Viridion offered to stay with Frostbite to save him.

Viridion is a very calm character. They’re a great people (cat?) person and are always willing to lend an ear. While they prefer to be neutral to any conflict, if something happens that oversteps the boundaries of what they view to be “right,” they become a completely different cat, who can easily stand up for themselves, although they prefer non-violent methods to do so. Before the apocalypse, they worked with their parents and siblings, Terra and Coba, at their family shop, and became friends with Astral due to her bouncy attitude, and their shared interest in discovering new things, although Viridion is not so convinced there is anything more to discover. After the apocalypse, they and their siblings joined Toro’s camp, but Viridion is captured by a few masked cats while searching for Astral in the forest after hearing her yelling. As a result of Blaze’s experiments on them, they can fly using the wings on their back, although not for long at first, and their paws are more like talons. After Frostbite helps them and a few others escape from Blaze, they stay to help them however they can.

Hey! I kinda want to talk about these guys more, so I thought it would be a good idea to let people ask more questions directly! I’m not planning on revealing much of the plot that I haven’t already, but I might do backstories and just general character specific stuff! The characters available are those listed on the character page here (I don’t know whether it will work particularly well on mobile, I haven’t tried it. Sorry!) I’ll probably add more characters as I work up the motivation to draw them!

Happy trans day of visibility! Have some trans pals! Viridion is agender, Shrei is nonbinary and Midnight is a trans dude! ^-^

(If anyone can find me the source for this dialogue i would be really grateful bc im dumb and cant find it h)

I’ve actually drawn stuff with Rika before, but it’s old art hh Since I’m still writing/planning the whole story, their roles are kiiiinda undetermined, but I definitely have plans!

Frostbite is a female Russian blue cat, and Astral’s sister! Like Astral, she has naturally green eyes, but wears contacts and even eye-shadow. Her left ear has been pierced twice, and she wears a pair of earrings she brought from long ago. She wears a yellow heart necklace she brought separate from Astral’s set of 4 - Astral probably took inspiration from her in the first place. Despite being the same age as her, Frostbite is much more mature than Astral in her mannerisms. She’s calm and collected, and sometimes thinks what Astral likes is silly, but she loves her anyway. Astral looks up to Frostbite as a role model - her sister is just so cool! She doesn’t know how to hunt, or even fight well, but she has common sense when it comes to scavenging and sneaking around, important for survival. She doesn’t know many of Astral’s friends very well, and vice versa, since she keeps to herself and her own friends, who live far away. She does, however, know them by appearance, which is why she allows Viridian to help her with her own adventure.

Overall, much like Astral, he’s very optimistic, but much less trusting of strangers than Astral, being very cautious of helping out at the camp.