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Sketch diary, days 6+7 - April "8th and 9th".

Reads right to left.

Not exactly about day-to-day, but something that's been on our radar for the last couple months. We've been wanting to put some of these thoughts to paper somehow and decided this would be a good place to put it. Very proud of this one ngl, since it's a little more personal we put a lot of attention to this sequence.

Transcript for our handwriting under the cut:

Image 1

Panel 1: He wasn't always a subsystem.

Panel 2: It's been an adjustment for many of us. A learning experience, even.

Sasuke: (Used to it)

Naruto: (not so much)

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He went through things he never should have had to. Again and again. Until he couldn't anymore, vanishing to rest

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Panel 1: To rest... and protect.

Panel 2: He - they - served as a living barrier within us. They stayed dormant for years,only awakening once the system was finally safe enough to process.

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Panel 1: They continue to try to protect us upon re-awakening.

...Even when they don't need to.

Panel 2: It's been an adjustment for them as well... Learning how to be safe.

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Fortunately.... They seem to be figuring it out just fine.

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As a bonus - the art from the previous post on its own, without the discord screenshots! In case that's more appealing for any reason~

Also including the original sketch, because there's some details we slightly prefer there compared to the finals!

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Sketch Diary, day 8: "April 15th".

Gaara of the Sand decided to just use this space as a stream of consciousness moment, since they honestly... Did not care much for this in the moment. They wanted to read fanfic, or watch the mewtwo movie. They almost decided not to do it at all, but graciously acquiesced when they realized it'd be an excuse to draw, rather than be drawn.

As for the "creative project"... Honestly the descriptor probably makes it sound more grand than it is ^^; but it's ultimately meant to be a collaborative mini-intro project for every alter to take part in, which is a pretty ambitious project given the scale of our system. Everyone's been gung-ho so far though so we're hoping to be able to post it in chunks over time, for people to have a way to get a better sense of, well, us!

Transcript for Gaara's handwriting below cut:

We* had ideas for what to write.

I don't wish to do them. We're tired.

We're excited, though.

There's a creative system project in the works...

I added my part.

...Perhaps this art can be our icon...

<- We still need to think on our marks...**

(Optional context notes:

*The first "we" refers to the system as a whole. The rest of the plural pronouns refer to Gaara of the Sand themselves.

** Because they're plural themselves, they've entertained the idea of different "scars/marks" on the forehead to be a little more identifiable from each other. This was just an idle note for themselves than anything else, I think.