Hecate's Cat

I want to thank Tesia Lyon again for accepting this gift ! ❤️❤️❤️

I have to admit, this was a very challenging project. At the same time, I'm really proud that I managed to do everything I set out to do.

I think this is one of those illustrations I'll keep looking back on for years. It reminds me not only of how much I've learned as an artist, but also of how much I love what I do and the people I create it for.

*Angeal and Genesis are lying side by side on a heart-shaped bed. The lighting is aggressively pink*

Angeal: This is the single worst position any man can find himself in with his best friend.

Genesis: Really? But we shared a bed all the time as children having sleepovers. This is no different. 

Angeal: Your childhood bed didn’t have a mirror bolted to the ceiling above it. Or condoms under the pillows. Or a can of whipped cream on the nightstand. Or a complimentary menu laminated to the wall with items I refuse to read aloud. Or Sephiroth on a sex swing three feet away from us.

*Sephiroth is indeed on the swing, simply sitting there, swinging at a gentle, meditative pace*

Sephiroth: But this is the most relaxed I’ve been on a mission in years.

Genesis: This is the most relaxed he’s been on a mission in years.

*They all have their printed results out (this was Genesis’ idea)*

Genesis: Angeal, you go first. I have a feeling it’ll be brief.

Angeal: Eighty. And I’m proud of that, actually. Some of those questions were alarming. I don’t know what kind of life the people who wrote this test are living but I want no part of it.

Genesis, smugly: Well I got thirty-two! A number that represents a life fully engaged with. No hesitation, no apology. You wouldn’t understand, would you, Sephiroth? What did you get — a ninety? Ninety-five? Clean one hundred?

Sephiroth: Four.

Angeal & Genesis: HUH?

Sephiroth: The questions were fairly standard.

*Genesis snatches the paper out of his hands*

Genesis: You ticked yes to drug use!

Sephiroth: I’ve been administered stimulants, experimental compounds, and various unlicensed substances in the lab since early childhood.

Genesis: That is NOT what the question is asking! Wait, WHY DID YOU TICK YES TO STREAKING??

Sephiroth: There was a physical exertion test at the lab one time. You had to run on a treadmill without clothes.

Genesis: AND SKINNY DIPPING?

Sephiroth: Same exam, but it was in a pool.

Angeal, reading: Sephiroth, buddy I think you misunderstood the test. You ticked yes to the majority of the intimate questions.

Sephiroth: Well, yes, because of the loophole. “Engaged in” can reasonably include imagination. I have an extremely active imagination, I don’t see why that’s surprising.

Genesis, staring at the paper: YOU TICKED YES TO ROMANCING AN OLDER WOMAN

Sephiroth: Do you not remember when we were stationed near Banora last spring and I had that long conversation with Mrs Hewley on the porch?

Angeal: What?? But you talked about the weather! And tea! And she showed you her knitting!

Sephiroth: You don’t know my intentions.

Angeal:

Sephiroth:

Angeal: I need to call home.

Sephiroth: Give her my regards.

I've mentioned before that one of Lighthouse's conversations with Neve uses a nighttime lightning scheme, which just about confirms that the Lighthouse is intended to have a day-night cycle.

A similar thing occurs in the conversation where Rook can express their romantic interest in Harding (where the two of them also discuss Harding staying up, similar to what happens in Neve's scene).

With the flycam, you can clearly see that both the interior of Harding's room and the exterior of the Lighthouse appear darker than normal.

Here is a comparison between Harding's window sill during that scene and immediately after:

• Sephiroth would be a Pochacco lover, the kind who’s eternally annoyed that Pochacco merchandise is significantly harder to find.

• Genesis claims his favorite is Pandapple because “the apple motif speaks to my soul and personal brand identity” —This is a lie. His actual favorite is Landry because he had a rubber duck as a child just like that one, and he was a little germaphobe, so it’s nostalgic.