#the scribe writes

[toeridiaorbust]

Wait One Goddang Moment

Image: Screenshot of an ask back in January 2024, with Red Spring Studios explaining the difference between Monsters and Soulless:

Caption: "How are Soulless different from Monsters?" "Though they come from the same world, Soulless are feral beasts driven purely by bloodlust. No one knows why Soulless lack sapience, but there are some who believe that they’re sinners reborn as punishment for their wickedness."

To contrast with today's loredrop:

Caption: "Does the curse have long-term effects?" When it comes to humans, MC’s touch results in the permanent destruction of the mind. Soulless are a different story. The curse seems to only pacify them for a short period of time.

SOULLESS WERE ONCE HUMAN/IS THAT WHAT'S GONNA BEFALL MHIN IF THEY CAN'T FIND A SOLUTION FOR THEMSELF?!

Please feel free to add to this y'all I am SCREAMING—

[cats-n-cicadas]

It's because of this guy:

That I instantly understood why Yuji had these on his face and what they meant:

Image Origins: Mononoke Episode 6 "Noppera-bō" ; JJK Ch. 32

[magicianapprenticelyra]

@arcanaeventhub / @mimsicalwonderland

Day 1: Happy Birthday, Asra & Faust!

-Front of Postcard- "In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you." — Virginia Woolf

-Backside of Postcard- [ June, 20XX ] — Weather: Rainy, but still good enough to fly back home —

Good morning/afternoon/evening! There might be a chance I get back before this birthday package (and this postcard!) will. Last we texted, you told me that it’d be okay if my present for you and Faust’s birthday came late in the mail, especially since the main office messed up inputting the credits I earned during this semester. Unfortunately, I’m still missing a few units overall. I can’t graduate . . . not yet. That means there’s gonna be another few months of me attending classes this fall/winter, but I am so, sososososo looking forward to having you in my arms again. To be able to be in proper nuzzle nuzzling and kissing distance to your face again has been one of the few things keeping me going as of late.

With all my love and affection, Your Lyra

A/N: Oh I have missed writing for these two, you have no idea! Long distance relationships can be tough, but the way these two maintain contact in modern AUs —aside from texting, online instant messaging / DMs /etc etc— is that they send care packages and postcards to one another.

{Credit for the Vintage Postcard design goes to PPTMON [LINK]}

Lyra’s ‘Handwriting’ is the Google font Caveat, designed by Pablo Impallari.

Thank you for reading! I’ll see you in the next one. ^w^

[toeridiaorbust]

Something I Noticed

So the first instance we see of Leander's bare chest he's got a hoop piercing through his right nip back in August 2024—

[Image ID]: Screenshot of Leander's upper torso, focused on his chest. He's got a severe sunburn in the outline of a tank-top looking garment on his skin. Viewer's left side focuses on a hoop piercing through Leander's nipple. End ID]

Then with Today's reveal of him in is Cupid costume [Greek heritage shoutout, whoo!] he's got another piercing to complete the set!

[Image ID]: Screenshot of Leander's upper torso, focused on his chest. In honor of Red Spring Studio's grey monotone plus splashes of white, red and black, the image is colored thus. Viewer's right side focuses on both a lipstick kiss-print on his chest and a barbell piercing through Leander's nipple. End ID]

I really don't like looking at this man's chest anymore than necessary, BUT I noticed the piercing and had to throw my two cents in. LOL

Take it, Leander mains/lovers/girlies, have some more food!

[toeridiaorbust]

How Would Allergic Reactions Affect the Accursed™ Areas of Skin?

In other words: things that pop randomly into my head because I ate some food and lamented Ais wouldn't be able to enjoy it because Ocudeus would violently—and mentally—punch Ais in the gut due to some ingredients being of creatures from the big blue sea. FYI Cain [my Hound MC] is allergic to shellfish.

How would stuff like chickenpox, hives, contact dermatitis, swelling, bug bites, infected cuts, etc etc etc, look like on MC's hands?

Would the gold lines dull in color or intensify in its saturation? Would we see more of the (dark??) blue undertones of the cursed skin when stretched due to inflammation?

What do you guys think?

[toeridiaorbust]

WIP ask game

Rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet / detail shot* or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have wips.

TS WIPs:

Fan/Original Soulless Design [tiptap]

Cain's Daily Schedule

leaps of faith

Kitsune no yomeiri ("the fox's wedding")

Foxes and their Seasonal Coats

Wait I Think I Recognize Them

Tobias's Backstory

Senobium Librarian!Lyra Details

Secret Thing 1

Secret Thing 2

Tagging @todayis-snowy @carp-from-space @kennae-bae @dollyb0y @muspellssynir @k3n999 @allswellinthiswell @sophriac @strawberry-pockii @staryariarts

[and ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO DO THIS]

[toeridiaorbust]

2025 on the horizon

Does anyone have any thoughts/predictions on what the devs are gonna release for the LIs' birthdays?

We got the wallpapers in 2023, and 2024 was Vere's in-character portraitures of the other [main] LIs.

I'm personally thinking maybe alternate outfits/looks for them, but I wanna hear others' thoughts!

[toeridiaorbust]

Introducing: Tobias, The Exile

Depiction made with the help of MaeEllen's "OC Creator" Picrew

I have yet to fully finish the main story of demo v2.0, but this guy came into my brain and wouldn't leave me be when I started playing. I'll figure out which of the LIs he's romancin' soon enough!

How My Other MC's Reacted to Him—

Tobias: Hey guys— Pseudo (Unnamed): BI-ASS!!! >8D Cain (Hound): *face palm* Lyra (Alchemist): *staring at Pseudo in utter bewilderment* Tobias: NOT WHAT I'M CALLED

(Don't worry, Tobias and Pseudo are gonna be very mature with how they solve their disagreements: getting into mild to moderate scuffles, giving each other turbo noogies, and headlocks to sort out their differences) 😇