#saratoan

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Blue Hour

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this probably happened irl

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Felt like drawing lace, put it on BoneLatch

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Were Hyssop’s venom glands affected by the accident at all? When he’s stressed, does steam come out of the split in his face too?

The incident that split his face also damaged the muscles involved in controlling venom release and swelling in the area damaged the glands themselves, causing his body to leak venom into his wounds. So they removed them.

While the magic causing the problems solved a lot of the issues in his face it didn't restore his venom glands so he still doesn't have them.

Most don't notice, not only because there's so much else strange about him, but because his general demeanor makes it seem like he's simply never felt threatened or angry enough to display venom steam.

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I envied some of my character's geometric markings and then I remembered I can do whatever I want

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Do saratoans associate the shades of ashy brown that are natural to their species' skin under the magical pigmentation with death? Sorry for the kinda morbid question, I was just thinking about how controversial open-casket funerals are in some cultures (as one does) and your guys crossed my mind in context with that.

Not generally - it's considered an inappropriate color for say, a saratoan dolly, since that makes it look like a corpse, but shades of gray and taupe are popular for clothes where it's just judged to be a nice neutral tone that their bright skin colors pop against.

It takes a bit more effort to choose accessories that read as symbolic of death to them. Their funeral rites are themed around the color the deceased was in life, mourners bring items of the same color to place by the body, creating a cluttered collection of items of the same color

The symbolism of death is a little more individualized as a result. The color of "goth" for Saratoans is just whatever color they are + excessive clutter

Dressing like this is ironically considered off putting by younger adults and is accepted more warmly by elders rather than being a way to shock and rebel against elder generations.

Elders generally read an outfit like this as "funeral director" which is a role not considered totally necessary to the management of rites, but are a welcome relief to overworked household leaders to have someone experienced available to support them.

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PENWELL WHAT HAPPENED

This happened when Pen was about 110. His brother Clay had moved out decades before and didn't find out what happened for a long time since he had lost contact with his family at the time (the saratoan bachelor lifestyle is not always super stable)

And unfortunately in the intervening 70 years he outlived those joeys, but not all at once as what triggered his tusk development.