#fou'sse

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This evening's art.

Ren's the kind of person who would probably be too much most of the time and would incorporate her projects into daily life (hence dye work and seamstry working its way into their wardrobe). The DNA symbol is common for -ens to use when they're either at the third stage of Omni-conversion or when their relationship with the Plumbers is rocky.

Ren works DNA and Vulp-en imagery into a lot of things, including their handle (similar to a pictographic name). The top right drawing is concept art for their formal wear for places such as the Hidden City or Amity Park's Ghost Zone, basically for formal things related in some way to her Anodite heritage. She dislikes sleeves (sensory) and so is wearing a vest— which she'd naturally embroider with string dyed with luminescent ectoplasm. The veil is a Vulp thing. Their hair is shortened by reducers in loose sections and their skirt is made of extraterrestrial fibers. The DNA imagery is more extracted here and extends to the body marks (done with more ecto derivatives) in the style of henna. Ren has manna shards along their body coloured green because, not to repeat myself, but they eat a lot of ecto.

This outfit would probably have mixed reactions, looking ridiculous in most topside settings (it's not for __human town halls, for instance) but is incredibly respectful in others.

The second drawing is a comparison shot of Ren's hologram versus how they actually look. The right is the hologram, if it weren’t obvious, and was designed for its approachability and banality. It is noticeably darker than Ren per a misapplication of a blemish obscuring feature (they have pallor which the program recognizes as an injury, thus it counterbalances by making them darker) which was never readjusted out of colourism (that's a whole different post).

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Ren's work clothes concept art I did instead of taking out the trash.

Notes:

• Omni-skin goes up to his shoulders

• Climb harness has a flexible strap around the stomach area so as to avoid compressing the vents.

• Fabric material is a soft mesh around vents (at the sides of abdomen, slightly below and partially over the ribcage).

• Shoulder-length hair is in a loose ponytail.

• Gaiter is over mouth, nose, and gills. Glasses help keep them in place on her face.

• He only really wears the same two pairs of shoes, thus they still have ecto stains.

• DNA symbol along sides of pants.

• Tail has two mostly decorative, slightly pragmatic accessories, located on the sweep (thin bit).

• Peacock feather dangles from left ear.

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With practice, and some adjustments, -ens can bring out additive features onto their base form. It's an active process and only lasts as long as the individual continues it, similarly to how someone can choose to hold their breath or hold up a heavy object. One of the most common features -ens draw out are the wings of their slotted forms.

Fou'sse here is my example and is showcasing her designer (Storm Breaker)’s choppy, high-speed wings. The kind of feature, the form they hale from, and the overall context indicates the gestural meaning of such a display. Designer forms tend to fly via directing the gaseous substance exuded from the vent-like openings lining their ribcage, as opposed to manual flapping. While puffing up feathers or raising a wing is threatening from an Earth creature, doing so with these wings is an amicable display.

(Fou'sse also has a magpie form from which she can bring out wings, but time is short and I have work in the morning. Her designer's wings are disproportionately small and connect over the shoulders whereas the magpie wings would likely be big, feathery limbs attached unhelpfully lower on the back.)

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I realize that I never posted this;

Fou'sse's briar marks have a ringed and ribbed pattern, localized almost entirely in areas easily obscured (with the marks on his face and chest being accidental stains).

He has accumulated false flesh marks from wounds he's accepted, rather than intentionally triggering respawns after becoming injured. The false flesh have a slightly beautified, opalescent sheen and are sometimes viewed in the dimension hopping community as being a sign of vanity. One bit of false flesh he has is from a Y incision, likely obtained through Albedo.

Per having a phase two Omni, Fou'sse's eyes have a green shimmering sheen— he is intent on not progressing further, willing to tolerate his omni's current level of encroachment within his body and unsure what to do if it tried to venture further.

He can remove the Omnitrix's outer casing for a few hours at a time, but tends to keep it close out of fear of losing it and the functions it offers. While the Omnitrix has branched off to be partially inside of him, they still need the power source and access to the Codon Stream. The Omnitrix makes clear to Ren it's displeasure by inducing miasma whenever the watch is removed. For similar reasons, Ren must transform at least once a day or deal with ever intensifying aches and species dysphoria.

He has a cornicello gifted from a family member (I am undecided as to who it would be from), who did not know what it was but figured Ren would like the cool red fang lookin' pendant. Ren cherishes it, especially given his family's recent Italian background (and his difficulty identifying with his own species, let alone heritage), and goes on to use it as the base for some rather vital enchantments.

While Fou'sse is a germaphobe very tidy person, he is also perpetually frazzled to some degree and this carries over to his appearance. Sans hologram, he has a sickly pale complexion, often bloodshot eyes, disheveled hair, and stained (clean) clothes.

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Part 1 of Found Vessel's reference sheet, I wanted to segment them for reasons that will soon be fairly obvious.

Fou'sse is a Ren from the seventh branch, one who's course corrected his timeline to make it less hostile towards him (read: so he wouldn’t be hunted for aport by his countrymen). These corrections (and some medical care) landed him, as many others in his situation, in a gaglaton of debt to Eon's Aid. After Eon's fall, Fou'sse's debt was used for temporary servitude.

The left features her without his hologram, the right showcases him with it. She was given the standard issue version (useful when trying to hide bumps and bruises from the masses, especially before his actions were public knowledge). All of his clothes are stained with ectoplasm but these, along with blemishes of the skin, are hidden with the hologram. Her veiled self lacks his paller, as it also covers over most visually obvious signs of sickness.

He is a laid back, somewhat lazy young adult who needs to learn a thing or two about self-discipline, or so his coworkers are led to believe. Those closest to him know her as a workaholic control freak with a bad habit of hovering and an even worse habit of ignoring forgetting her increasingly hampered limits as her chronic conditions cause him more and more trouble.

(Fou'sse's pronouns are he/they/she.)