Hello,
I'm here to say that, after all the silence, that this ask blog is officially over.
BUT!
I might still post drawings here from time to time of the characters. There are still a few I never did get around to adding to the cast, but I do hope to draw in the future!
Under the cut, I'll put the "story" (more-so story chunks) I had planned for this blog. I'm going to say this now: There wasn't much actually planned, and all that was was from several years ago at this point. (I was actually hoping to wing it for the most part ^^;)
The first portion of the story, which I did start, was diving into Amethyst's backstory.
Originally working at a jewelry store, Amethyst had developed a fascination with gemstones. He saved up a lot of money overtime, and ended up purchasing his own store as well as starting his own mining company. Everything went smoothly for many years.
At some point he ends up finding a shadow crystal. The day after, however, there was an accident in the mine. There was an explosion that, thankfully, didn't kill anyone, though many of the miners were injured, and Amethyst lost one of his eyes to shrapnel.
After that, he deemed the shadow crystal to be bad luck and stored it in a box, forgetting about it.
Many years later, AKA the present, he'd wind up finding it again. After, he'd get a phone call where a Strange Someone would ask him for the crystal, offering knowledge in return.
At this point, I was going to rely on the askers to try and get one of the others to check on Amethyst. Whoever it was would end up hanging up on the Mysterious Person, though Amethyst would learn some truth about their world.
I also did plan on having Scarlet have a dream about the light world, and end up painting the sky during the day, only to end up realizing, "Wait, is this what that little one (Spamton) used these same colors for???" I hoped that the askers would bring up that it was the same color as the light world's sky, and end up freaking out Scarlet a bit.
I also was trying to plan something for Robin involving their plants, but never did settle on anything I felt was a good way to go in the plot.
Cocoa never had any weird things planned for them.
A character I still have yet to draw, Alabaster, would have had a tune come to him either in a dream or out of the blue, which would end up being similar to Gaster's theme. (All this was at the time when I thought Gaster was the mysterious person, however idk if he is or not nowadays).
Speaking of Alabaster, he is the owner of a music store. His color is beige. He's a bit more up-tight and professional than the others, but he does have a soft spot. His favorite music is classical and while he does enjoy other genres, he usually pretends he either doesn't care about them or doesn't like them.
Another character who's yet to make an appearance is named Sketch. He's a much more shady Addison, mostly doing illegal things as a job (what exactly? I never specified in my notes...) His coloring is half red and half white, the sections between the two colors looking glitchy/blocky.
After the scenario with Amethyst and the Mysterious Person, Sketch would end up hijackings the askers' line for a bit. This is when they'd be able to find out a bit about him.
My plan for him was that he once knew the same person on the phone as Spamton did, however he only got partially corrupted, unlike Spamton.
At one point I was going to have Scarlet interrogate him since they saw him creeping around the backallies when she went to do some graffiti years back. I don't entirely remember what it would be about, but most likely if he had seen either something sketchy (ayyyy) or maybe they wanted to find Spamton to talk to about the light world's sky or something.
There were also two other Addisons I was unsure if I was going to add or not. Both don't exist in reality, now Goners. I wasn't entirely sure how to implement them into the story, though. Their names are Dust and Charcoal.
Anyway, for those of you who read through all this, those who stuck around for a while, and those who sent in an ask or two,
> ... You good over there? I know things have been a little off with the connection. (The voice is familiar)
"It is as you would expect. Though, perhaps, something remarkable has happened. I suppose it depends on how you view it."
"The faulty connection, as you may have noticed, began as little more than a defect. However it soon became a 'test' in a sense. And the results..."
"Were a success."
"You and I know the truth, yet, my hopes have been realized to an extent. You have seen it to, I presume."
"I suppose with more time and development, this connection, this plan, may flourish. I only need more time to strengthen it."
"And to you, those who have followed along this journey thus far, you needn't worry about your new friends. They will be back, though, it will be elsewhere. Another story for another time."
"Your connection shall be restored shortly to this world. Though, some more work must be done first."
"...You must be a Lightner then...We've heard your sky is blue...It sounds like it would look nice..."
They seem to be in good spirits.
"...And...Thank you for calling...It's nice to talk to you..."
"Don't worry, I won't go anywhere. I still have to look after Direk until they get used to working alone for a while. And even if I transfer my job, you'll still be able to contact me."
The Addison on the other end was silent for a moment.
"Unless...do you mean something el-?"
The connection is cut short.
"You don't need to worry about losing the Blue Addisons. There are more plans for them, and all of the others. Thank you for your concern."
SPAMTOM G. SPAM TON! Honestly doing inventory and stuff is pretty respectable man! Keep up the good work
It didn't take as long for him to answer this time. "Oh-! Thank you! I'll do my best! And, uh...Sp- 'Spamton'? That's what you said, right? Are you giving me nicknames already?" He sounded appreciative, though a little on the confused side.
"...Cooking, I think..." They spoke in an unsure way, "It's...one of the few things I do outside of work...and I enjoy it...it's also helpful, and the others like it, too."
The Addison that answers chuckles some at the question, then speaks in an up-beat manner, "I'm actually his little, big brother!" He sounded entertained. "It's an easy mistake to make!"
"And being his brother is, well it can be a little difficult sometimes. He's strict, especially with me and Spam, but I know he doesn't mean everything he says. He's usually only like that when we're at work. And, don't tell him I told you this, but he's a lot calmer at home. I actually manage to get a smile out of him sometimes!"
THE PROMISED ASK - Oi Spam, what've you been up to?
It took several rings for the phone to be answered.
The Addison listened attentively. "I've been helping out in the back!" he says, his tone prideful, though maybe a bit exaggerated, "Organizing catalogues, inventory, purchase history- Important stuff, you know?" You could hear him shuffling around some papers as he spoke,
His enthusiasm took a sudden dip. "It's not the flashiest, or looked-well-upon job, but you can't properly run a business without it, right?"
You could hear someone in the room say something. They spoke in an up-beat fashion, a manner you haven't heard directly before. Though, it seemed to lift Spam's mood.
"Yeah! Yeah- uh, sorry, I should- I should be getting back to work now. Thanks for checking in!"
He hung up quickly after. It seemed as though he wasn't used to answering calls just yet.
"God is an Astronaut is my usual go-to for recommendations. Their music is good for listening to in the background and any track or album is a good introduction to their work. There are a few others, but those will depend on your music taste."
"At the moment I sell different odds-and-ends. Though, there is a job opening for a different company I've been keeping my eye on. Not sure if I'll go for it someday, but for now, I'll be here." He pauses a moment, smiling some, "Also, you don't have to be so formal when addressing me. Unless you want to, then I don't mind."
