Oof, okay, time to post my Alexandrian Library (quite literary) of art since 2023. Starting with....
The answer for Darkest Dungeon Art Ask I made as Dismas, the Highwayman.
Since I accidentally deleted the original file WHILE IN THE MAKING OF THESE 5 FUCKING PAGES and had to restore it from SCREENSHOTS WITH ONLY ROUGH SKETCHES AND LAYOUT WITH ALL THE TEXT ATOP
There will be no seamless translation. None. It will be beneath each page. And the crops look like shite. They do.
Q1: How do you have such high speed? Your pistol is very slow to recharge.
Q2: How do you manage to shoot 5 to 6 times from single shot pistol?
Huh? Whatcha say, high speed? *wheezing laughter* — Oo, boyo! Ye havun't seen how a skilled hand wields a musket! Blink... — charges and powder are flutterin' in fingers, only bullets whistlin'! — Where I grew up... Well, *clears throat*... How do I put it to ye...
Always someone 'ere stronger and meaner 'an you. 'Member, always. — Either ye're fast enough to vanish with wares... — ...Or ye're beaten to bloody pulp. What? Everyone's... hungry. — Now 'ere... — Bein' faster and leaner... — ... Is like breathin'! Common knowledge fer ye.
And how it happens with muskets.. Never the same twice! — Ye light the wick... — as if ye threw a coin!
...Tails? Yer wick burnt up and yer powder turns up damp. — ...Heads? Single shot, not even aiming...
They say, Light prefers triplets*... — ... That's why I carry three... — Ye'll ask, where's the third musket? — For that, luvly, ye'll first have to — get me *wheezing laugh* — liquored up well enough...
*a play on a russian saying "god prefers triplets (бог любит троицу)", orthodox in origin. Means doing something thrice for success, often used to up your chances in drawing lots.
