~The Arachnid: The Friend Group (+Arachnid and Instinct)~
Been a bit and a half since I posted on this blog (my motivation to continue this has been on and off) lol. Anyways here have a drawing or two (I wanted to see how these guys looked in my current style then kinda got carried away). Enjoy!
Meet (in order from left to right) Peter, Harrison, Genji, and Gwendolyn. This is the whole friend group. Kind of. There’s technically one more but I ran out of room. You can kinda guess a lot about them from the drawing. I decided not to have Peter in his mask cause I didn’t feel like drawing it.
Now meet Arachnid and Instinct. Instinct is a new development into the world but both he and Arachnid are parts of Peter that come out in specific situations. Arachnid acts as Peter’s hero alter ego and Instinct is true to his name sake and only comes out when absolutely necessary. Arachnid has a mask and a whole hero fit but for my own sleep deprived sanity I decided not to draw it.
Okay so I KNOW it's been a hot minute since I've posted to tumblr, but all of my doodles that actually have to do with BGDC are spoilers so... have this crack version of Entangled Fates where the antagonist can hear the ppl they've trapped in masks, and Snatcher and Shapeshifter bug the peck out of them.
idk why, but I kind of love it? Also I tend to ruin every serious story I get my hands on like this so there's that, I am so sorry lol
Entangled Fates is a wonderful fic by @ahatintimepieces! If you haven't read it yet, what the heck are you still doing here shoo go read it!
I'll try to post some more on-topic stuff here later, haha.
Why yes, this IS a fanfic of a fanfic. I never said I had any shame
Because frankly, @ahatintimepieces made too fun a concept for me to pass up giving the two a little diversion.
Enjoy !
-
“Oh, this is the timeline with the cool blue ghost!”
Luka wasn’t sure what to think of the girl’s excitement as they trekked through the alternate Subcon, the two of them taking a detour from their adventure- albeit accidentally.
This Subcon Forest had a.. different.. air to it. Less lonely, but… somehow more ominous.
Hattie led the two of them out of the denser forests dank air and into a field of muted closed flowers and rather unusual plants that climbed so much taller than you’d expect. Off in the distance we’re some conspicuous shallow hills with no trees. Perhaps man-made?
“They’re here!” The girl squealed, running through the taller grasses that went all the way up to her waist
“Wait, Hattie, what are you talking about? There isn’t anyone-” He tried to keep up, yelling after her while stumbling through the field.
And then the scenery moved.
Oh
Oh
Those were not shallow hills
The being- whatever it was- rose from its laying position as if sitting up in bed, and stretched out, it’s curling hair constantly floating as if suspended in water, billowing like dark clouds.
They turned to face the sounds approaching them, revealing glowing, Cyan eyes and a gentle gaze - a far cry from Snatcher, whose yellow eyes nearly always betrayed some form of chaotic energy when Luka met the ghost in dreams.
“Hi!!” Hattie waved and grinned “I’m the Hattie from the other universe. I came here with a friend by accident!”
The large ghost tilted their head for a second, before giving a fanged smile and letting out a low chuckle, the echo in their voice feeling as if on a different level from Snatchers, rattling the young man to his bones
“Hello there, my dear” the ghost greeted, reaching over and offering their large hand “It is lovely to see you again, mistake or not.” Hattie motioned for Luka to join her, and he cautiously followed suit “Let me get a look at you and your friend, hm? I need to introduce myself to them”
The hand lifted the duo up towards the ghosts face and their eyes narrowed in scrutiny as they gazed at Luka
“Well, aren’t you familiar” the ghost commented, seeming more amused than anything else “I go by “the ghost of the flowers”, most days, but you may call me Nell”
… Where had he heard that name before?
“Luka. I go by Luka”
“Ah” the ghost responded “So what brings you to our forest, hm?”
“We were jumpin’ through universes and went to the wrong one” the girl explained succinctly “but it’s nice to see you too!”
Nell chuckled once again “And you are her guardian, I assume?”
Luka nodded “Yes, uh, well, someone has to”
The ghost leaned back against some sturdy trees “Indeed” they agreed, before placing their hand on a lower part of their body, where legs might have been “How about you tell me what you have been up to, hm?”
Luka didn’t say very much for the next few minutes, letting Hattie ramble and rave and storytell to her little hearts content about the perilous journey they’d been on. Once in a while she’d turn to him to get his affirmation on some of the more fantastical details (or what her definition of the word was, at least) and he'd give an encouraging nod, or a “yup, that happened” in response.
Her grin was worth the time they were wasting, it was the most excited she’d seemed in some time.
Nell, for their part, listened with what Luka assumed was interest. It was the kind of interest that reminded him of when the head college nurse would let people ramble about how they got hurt while she diligently treated -
… Wait.
“Luka?”
The man was jolted out of his realization
“You okay?” Hattie asked.
“Yeah uh, can I ask you a question, Nell?” He tittered.
“You may”
“Uh, would your full name happen to be uh, AnnaBella?”
There was a pause to their expression, a large chunk of their amusement gone. The expression now seemed surprised, but contemplative.
“Little Harriet” Their glowing eyes fell on the girl. “I need to speak with Luka. Can you go find My Yellelily basket? It’s by the lake”
Harriet- seeming to read the aura better than Luka could, and slid off of the ghost’s hand, disappearing behind foliage.
Luka very suddenly felt very, very nervous.
“I’m sorry, was that not supposed to be said? Was it rude?”
They didn’t respond at first, lifting his sitting form in her hand while scrutinizing him, eyes thin.
“Full name”
“Hm?”
“What do you think is my full name”
“Uh, uhm” Luka’s mind tried to remember the nurse’s last name. Something long.. Italian
“Uh, Bounatti? Close to that” He weakly answered… and they chuckled.
“Bounacci?”
“Yes, that!”
“The full name should be AnnaBella Gracia Buonacci” They corrected “And how do you know me, dear?”
“Uh, you’re the head nurse at the college medical center”
“Huh” They nodded “A nurse? That sounds accurate. I was an apothecary in life”
“... So, you’re a ghost?”
“What else might I be?”
Luka shrugged a bit helplessly. “I don’t know. I just wasn’t sure what could’ve happened to you. You seem very… mild-mannered, where I’m from.”
“Huh…” They moved him down onto the ground “Tell me… is there a “Vanessa” in your timeline?”
“Oh, yes!” He jumped a bit once he landed in the grasses. “She’s my girlfriend, she’s wonderful! Is she here in this universe? .. Is she a ghost like you?”
“.. In a manner of speaking” they vaguely answered, as they pulled themselves up and turned, their form twisted, like the smoke of a candle, and their form shrunk, taking on a more humanoid shape, though their hair remained flowing and ethereal.
“Heh… uh, what do you mean?”
Their eyes narrowed at him, approaching him.
“Heed my warning” They maintained eye contact “I loved her. The only person that loved her more was her husband”
His heart partially stopped beating at the idea of them marrying
“But be wary of her.”
That feeling left
“After all, if this was her kingdom, and she is all that is left of it’s legacy.. Who is to blame?”
There was a moment of pause between the two of them
“... My… My Vanessa isn’t like that” He responded.
“Mine wasn’t either” Was all the ghost responded with
“Ahem”
The two turned, seeing Hattie there with a wicker basket filled to the brim with beautiful, golden lilies
“I uh, picked more of them for you!”
A smile reappeared on Nell’s face. “Wonderful, dear” They reached and took it “Once refined, this will make the finest salve for Titter-Ivy” They explained “You two should probably get going, hm?”
Hattie nodded “Are ya ready, Luka?” She reached and grabbed his hand
“Oh, uhm, yeah” He nodded “Uh, thank you for your time, Nell”
They gave him a smile. It seemed… sad? Melancholy? It didn’t feel like a happy smile
“Tread carefully, you two. And Luka?”
“.. Yes?”
“Don’t be a stranger, hm?”
The man blinked, unsure what they meant, but before he could respond, the Ghost turned with their basket, and faded with a twist into smoke.
“.. Are you okay?” Hattie asked
“Yeah… let’s go, hm?”
The girl just nodded, pulling him back into the dense thicket of the forest.
In the last drawing the darker skinned character isn't meant to be that dark but something happened in the coloring process. The third drawing is the family so purely platonic there!
Also this is an old piece I did last year so yeah the art style is slightly different then my current style but enjoy it anyways.
Ok so insta cropping sucks so l've decided to post this here. This has something to do with a whole thing I have planned and I'm also just experimenting a lot atm. So enjoy if you come across this :D
Characters are all OCs
All other art for this story will be uploaded at some point (probably)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
And at long last, we’ve reached the end! Luka has been trapped in the Moonjumper mask. The fates of our fair characters have tangled and twisted but now is the time to see if they can unravel their sorrows and bring about a new dawn. Thank you for joining them. Please enjoy this conclusion to Entangled Fates!
