"Leaving Deslocar? What, The Whole Fucking Planet? Ha, Yeah, As If. Listen, This Place'll Chew Ya Up
"Leaving Deslocar? What, the whole fucking planet? Ha, yeah, as if. Listen, this place'll chew ya up and spit ya out, sure, but I wouldn't leave if you were givin' out first class tickets to the stars."
Alonze (he/she/they), a former bandit, now fresh out of jail, with nowhere else to go.
Info:
Was the last to join the scavenging group, and acts as hired guns basically, protecting the group from rivals and bandits
Desmona (one of the younger members of the crew) didn't like her at first because she can be kind of... a lot
And since Desmona didn't like him, Glass didn't either
Also by the time Alonze joins, he's the only one that doesn't know sign and therefore can't communicate with Glass, which doesn't help their relationship
Eventually they both warm up to her
Used to know Sprocket, which is how they nail the bodyguard job so easily
The two of them used to be part of a crew of bandits a while back, but after Sprocket- well after Alonze got arrested, it was a while before they saw each other again
She used to have two of those old colt-inspired pistols, but Sprocket was only able to hang onto one for her
Shoot first, ask questions later kinda gal
They're very quick to anger, and very impulsive
This makes him good at thinking on his feet, and good in high-pressure situations, but not very good at making a plan and carrying it through
This drives Sprocket insane
An excellent shot, cares very deeply for their weapons
Cares deeply for a lot of things, really
He's very passionate, and opinionated, has a stance on anything and everything and will die on any hill
Apathy???? never heard of her
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Lots of people asked for my concept dev for the Shapers in my webcomic FACING THE SUN, so here it is!
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Longing for Rotkehlchen Studies in Ornithology and Borbs, after months of investigative work and research, is proud to present you with intersex mandarin duck. 🤩
Mandarinente (mandarin duck) ♀️☿ am Pfaffensee, Stuttgart-West.
Glass and Sprocket doodles! Been thinking about these two as a duo a lot lately. So much time spent together, wandering the desert, scavenging the sands...
Some context for the first little sketch (harmonized humming): the glass bots communicate exclusively via different pitched hums. The range of these goes outside of what humans can perceive, so for the most part, Glass communicates with Sprocket and others through sign language. But Glass has also been teaching him what ey can of eir own language. (which ey VERY much enjoys, and in return Sprocket has been teaching em a kind of morse code language he knows. which again ey very much enjoys.)
And the way Sprocket's sensors work means he doesn't pick up a lot of external stimuli, but he is more sensitive to vibration and larger impacts that can make their way through. So this has become a way of showing affection for them!! Glass can express eirself in a way that feels natural, and Sprocket can pick up on and try to reciprocate these sensations that are one of the few things he can actually feel.
The bottom right sketch is titled "One robot teaches another how to be human" The piece of text next to the more complicated part gives a description of what it is and how commonly it's found, while the bottom part with the toaster simply reads "I have no idea."
Taglist: @glacierruler
"Deslocar? Have I heard of it? Yeah of course I've heard of it, it's the planet over for fuck's sake. Have I been? Ha! Do you think I'd be standing here if I had?"
Deslocar - The desert planet misfit of its system. Ravaged by dust storms and pockmarked with pits and craters, Deslocar sits apart from its more hospitable neighbors.
The harsh weather of the planet and high winds of its upper atmosphere provide harsh conditions to any ships attempting to cross the border into space- whether they plan to enter, or are trying to leave. This has created a planet left behind, a world scavenging the broken vessels from the outside world, and trying to put together technology decades behind the rest of the system.
The craters of Deslocar are a relic from a younger, less stable universe, but they have refused to spend all that time sitting idle. Meteorites have cracked open the ground, and they bring Deslocar's contents flowing forth, trickling up from the dusty soil...
Wooahh look another robot oc by yours truly. Shocking, I know.
This is 5TR1P W1R3, or just Wire for short, who is the sharpshooter and medic for @glacierruler and I's crew of space pirates!
Wire was originally made for a caretaking/nursing job, but grew to hate this role the longer they had to endure it, until they eventually ran away. To fully lean into this change, they removed most of their smooth, friendly plastic paneling to revel the mess of wiring and motors underneath, although they have kept some to protect more vital areas. Wire can only communicate through various beeps and trills, and the only person that can understand and translate for them is the engineer on board who is... just the sweetest and doesn't want to pass along half the shit they say. Trying their best to be a serious pirate amongst all the shenanigans. Big fan of getting to shoot things, not really enjoying the fixing people part.
Hold my hand
Ooo baby it's a long way down
To the bottom of the river
Some scattered thoughts about Desmona's mask, why she wears it, and how she got it.
Taglist: @glacierruler
"She's a walking fucking warning is what she is. Something you can tell your kids about so they don't go fucking with the transport vehicles, so they stay away from the facilities. I mean, she should have died, but I guess this makes a better story, huh?"
Desmona (she/her), the outcast turning to the desert to survive.
Info:
Was the third to join the group, initially it was just her, Sprocket, and Glass
Used to live in a mining town where they were drilling the liquid, magical energy substance that sits mostly under the surface of the planet
During an accident where one of the vehicles transporting this substance crashed, spilling out its contents, Desmona came in contact with a high amount of it
Instead of killing her, as it most certainly should have, it became a part of her
The energy is wild, impossible to control. It bursts out of her randomly and destructively, and she was driven out of her town as a result
Sprocket and Glass found her not long after
Glass is immune to the magical energy she can't help but wield, and Sprocket is somewhat resistant towards it
She latched onto them quickly because of that, glad to be around people she couldn't hurt
Sprocket and Glass eventually made the armor that can help contain the magic
Desmona is fairly withdrawn, especially around new people
When the group needs to travel into towns, she usually keeps to herself
She knows her mask makes her look somewhat strange and off-putting, and she's VERY happy to lean into that
She's very sweet though, despite all that
She gets along well with both Sprocket and Glass, but she's especially close to Glass
Since Glass is very curious about humans and different cultures and food and languages, Desmona is happy to teach em what she knows. She picks up on sign language pretty fast so they can talk without having to go through Sprocket.
They do a lot of cooking together
She also learns how to wield a spear from Glass
Desmona is very much a pacifist, but she knows it's important to protect herself, and it feels good to be able to do that in a way she can control
She doesn't want to hurt anyone, and hates the fact that now it feels like some kind of default state for her
The most detailed and clearest shot of the third quarter Mineral Moon.
"I captured around 50,000+ images over 186 GigaBytes of Data which almost killed my laptop with the processing."
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