the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was letting me have the coolest OCs and not even a fraction of the artistic skill required to draw them adequately
anyways totally unrelated point here’s a drawing my pal Nessie drew for me of my OC, Tay
Tay is a merfolk - or, at least, thats the closest analogue. They suffered a severe venomous injury quite some time ago, which resulted in losing only their lower half due to merfolks somewhat unique anatomy
She looks spooky, however she is anything but! That winning smile of hers is not a threat display!
She lives in the same realm as a couple of my other OCs - something of an afterlife (if the afterlife was magical Australia, complete with hellish flora and fauna and locals who are mostly unfazed by the presence of the aforementioned flora and fauna)
Their place of residence is a deep, deep lake; more of a sinkhole, really. Long, lilypad-like plants snake up from the bottom of this abyss, nearly reaching the surface but stopping short once they reach lighter waters, giving the effect of a semishallow bed to the lake when in truth it goes hundreds of meters beyond those shifting discs.
Their eyes are most comfortably acclimated to the pitch-dark, though a lamplight lure dangles from her forehead. Surfacing during the day is an awful experience, and even the moon can be a little bit uncomfortably bright sometimes; although she will do it if someone’s there to visit.
oh also her name’s not short for Taylor or anything