#death pop

[saintpng]

[thedevilmademescrewit]

saturate

[lottalovin]

[chillysaint]

nothing important i just wanna let all of those artisainters know that they're cool

[boyswhowawa]

Halloween day 18!!!

AKA, let's just stay in and watch scary movies together

for those years when you don't really feel like dressing up

[zer0deus]

guh?? wuh??

[dichromaticdyke]

[owololcat]

Got bored, came up with an Artificer x Saint au based off of the hit vocaloid song Lower by nuyuri (Don't come at me because I gave Arti masc pronouns, I'm projecting in transmasc.)

Taking place between The Monk and The Rivulet's campaigns, the story opens up with Artificer on a walk, sending any scavengers that spot him scattering as he casually passes through a toll. Suddenly, he hears a series of loud PANG noises from the scavenger burrow, and Saint emerges a few seconds after, having ascended the whole pack before they could have reacted.

Curious about Saint while simultaneously unaware of what exactly happened to the scavengers and only knowing that they're likely dead, Artificer greets them cheerfully. Intrigued by Artificer's violent nature combined with their laidback personality, Saint asks him where he's headed, and he replies with "No idea!"

After getting to know each other for a while and exchanging names, they decide to travel together, Artificer being fascinated by Saint and their ability to seemingly kill creatures simply by pointing at them, while Saint is interested in Artificer's seemingly unlimited capacity for violence. Over the course of their travels, they join a local slugcat colony, learning more about each other through every step of their redemption arcs, but one day, Artificer comes to realize the truth about Saint: they're not just killing what they point at, they're ascending them...

Feeling that this is a pretty big secret, Artificer confronts Saint, who tries to calm him down, only to receive a nasty scratch across the eye that prompts him to flee, leaving Artificer to face their colony alone, and they aren't too happy about the fact Artificer had the audacity to attack another slugcat.

As Saint returns to make amends, they arrive just in time to see the pack gathered around, with Artificer about to be executed, tied to a stake above a patch of wormgrass ready to devour them alive. In a last ditch effort to make things right, they ascend Artificer from afar, and flee the scene before any of the other slugcats even see them, let alone realize what happened.

After their escape, they look back on their life with The Artificer, knowing that they will never return, and for the first time, they mourn the death of someone they've ascended.

The story closes with Saint realizing the value of their friendship with Artificer, (which might have been something more all along) and vowing to keep their promise. If they cannot die, then they will simply live life to the fullest until the world finally comes to an end.