Oooh, it looks like we're almost there, new game and the castle is on the way!!
Just a slight warning/spoiler: if I change a color in the comic it's not just for the sake of it, there's a reason, I'm sure you noticed that I changed Blixer's dialogue color, I'll leave this here as a curiosity; hopefully you'll draw your own conclusions :3333
I heard "shapesona lore" and I'm instantly much interested :3
Anyways vanishes again
Welp, here comes the follow up post...likely the first of many...MANY MANY TvT
So as it turns out, after revamping Nate and Zeno's lore a tad bit time and time again, I think me cans try and summarize what happens overall XD
Ig I might try rewriting this further, but for starters, the entire everythingness of whatever I have ever written regarding them is in the Sanctuary server in Discord. I can invite you in if you'd ever like to!! I think you knows I'd be more than insanely hyperactively jolly to do so >83
Anywayersm, so "short summary" of the events under the cut vov
@hyperoperationfractallisation @thafieryfox pinging you guys bc ik you guys might wanna read <:D
(LONG YAPPERY AND SCROLL WARNING, AS WELL AS A WARNING FOR SLIGHTLY GOREY/BODY HORROR? STUFF <:V)
In any JSAB RP/AU, Nate and Zeno have a similar start:
Nate tames a large beast found in the forest and names him Zeno. The beast seems to have greater than average intelligence, and after insisting VERY MUCH to stick to Nate, they form a duo :3
Nathan is a traveler, having left his home due to many unfortunate events that happened a long time ago. However, due to difficulty recovering from it all, he roams the lands of JSAB/Paradise/Geometrika(the last one being my own AU :3) working freelance as an engineer doing all sorts of different gigs.
Zeno on the other hand is a literal destruction and killing machine, not being very friendly but always remaining impressively loyal(and attached) to Nate.
Pictures of an old QnA I made a good while ago! Sorry bc I think the images when on the reverse order of what I wanted them to go in :V
Nathaniel can wield Triangle Shards(or "Trig Shards" as they're known in my AU) for reasons that are yet to be explained. I'm still trying to decide how am I gonna explain that ^^;
And with time, Nathan ends up even meeting with and assisting the Heroes/Guardians/JSAB's Player Characters!
As of having TONS of contacts all around Paradise/JSAB/Geometrika and being a very skilled fighter, he proves himself very useful for the team(especially with being resourceful and quite smart in multiple fields).
Now, this is how I start in most RPs, usually with meeting up with the heroes. Now for the plot points I try working out with Nate and Zeno >w<
This is where it gets gooooooooooooood >:3c
At a given moment in RP/AU, the two meet up with the Treeangle/Trig Tree/Big Tree thingy in JSAB and it manages to fully purify Zeno(who was half purified previously) and return him to his original form, as of being of a species similar to Blixer's.
The last drawing is an old design before I managed to further improve my artstyle ^^;
When he was restored, however, he didn't have that sparkle pin. Instead, the Tree connected him to Nathan, and Nathan also changed form/outfit a bit! :D
Here's his previous/starter form (in old and new artstyle XD)
And his final form after the Tree connects him to Zeno! (Also in new and old artstyle XD)
He also didn't have the square pin at first.
Now, the next plot point after that is that Nathan helps Zeno regain his speech and motor skills, and that's when they begin finding out that Zeno...wasn't the only shape generated by Blixer/Fresh/Dub...
There were in fact, more...MANY more...
And THAT'S where Nate and Zeno come in to help the heroes...
If you look well enough, Zeno has rings glued to the back of his fists. Those are his power rings, forged in the Volcano out of Trig Shards/Triangle Shards themselves and painfully implanted onto Zeno TvT
With Nathan's skills and Zeno's strength, however, they form a strong duo to tame and guard the other monsters, and avoid them from hurting others and causing destruction, as they have also been unleashed into the wild...
Now, during these quests, Zeno grows even more attached to Nathaniel, and despite Nathan having a tendency to try and be more independent, he decides to comfort his close friend by making a sparkle pin to give him, and Nathan keeps the square pin as a mark that, whatever happens to all the monsters once their own forms are restored and they are fully purified, Nate and Zeno will stay together no matter what.
The last plot point I work out in RPs/AUs is Nathan's corruption...
As it turns out, Nate goes through a bit of an unnatural process of corruption thanks to @hoopaworshiperlol's darn flicking OC >:V
And he goes from the friendly reliable and fun-loving sparkle shape to this sadistic manipulating piece of starch...
His name is Nocturniel >:V
He even had a QnA of his own in the Sanctuary server ToT
Sooo...I'm not gonna explain his arc here lel :P
But I will let you guys know that his theme is "At the Speed of Light" vovb
(Get it bc Nate is "Lightspeed" so he's- okay I'll shut up now...)
Now, his arc...does vary A TON more
Mainly due to the very meta nature of his character TvT
But generally he uhh...does try to manipulate Nate into letting him take over...he talks to Nathaniel through something called the "Mindscape" to stop the sparkle from trying to get back control of himself
(I'd send more art but alas, Tumblr says I reached the max ToT)
Anywayers, there's a happ ending and Nate gets purified at the end :3
In some AUs they become a fr couple X'D, in others they remain as very close friends/brothers, and so on :P
I can detail anything else if you'd like just ask methinks XD
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk :3
(THERE IS A FORK TON MORE OF LORE REGARDING THESE GOOBERS I CANNOT EVEN START-)
I seriously need to make Cyan’s design, I keep forgetting I haven’t drawn him yet. But anyway, I’ve got Blixer’s design, though I feel like I may or may not change the sleeves.
He looks nice and like a cat, SURELY nothing will happen and he won’t corrupt the entirety of Paradise… right?
