โ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฟ
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธโฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ--๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ,
"๐โฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆโฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉโฆ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉโฆ"
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Heika is a muse I have had for quite a long time, a spirit of springtime who is blessed, or perhaps cursed, to keep inside the forest of her birth--forever tied to it. She is a Cervitaur with a long branching tail whose body produces flowers, herbs, fruits, critters and various other forms of life--a personification of the planet's rebirth after the harsher winter months. Essentially an immortal being; ageless and free from death, finds herself having revived far from the land of her creation after a fire devastates the woods.
Now she has been touched by humanity, a foreign thing she has no understanding of. Whilst traveling these strange lands she questions herself, and her identity; with no memories to guide her, once again born anew, but changed.
Time has come to Heika, the footstep of doom that can never be healed--the scar of humanity on her being. The purity of the woods never to be reclaimedโฆthere was now a mortal element to her; one that no amount of time could reverse. A bitter lesson every wanderer learns: you can never go back. It isn't there anymore. And despite the impossibly large trauma this has caused..she presses onward, seeing beyond the blur of her home and taking in the enormity of the world with a restful mind, an eager gait, and peaceful eyes.
๐๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?
After a wonderful interaction with @aquatic-hybrid, I simply had to illustrate her, as she is no longer destined to walk alone on this long journey. A kindred soul has found her, one she will be able to dance in the moonlight with, drink sweet nectar with, and sing the songs of stars to.
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On a less decorative note: I simply had to draw Vesstan's reaction to her--I did not expect to enjoy these two as quickly as I did; but their interactions brought many genuine smiles to my face as I wrote. Vesstan belongs to @aquatic-hybrid!
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๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ/๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ! ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ ๐๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.