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Brainstorming the Tummyverse!!!

Welcome to the Merriway! Dont know what the Merriway is? Its a cosmos consisting of many worlds filled with a motley bunch of characters and critters all tucked away safely in a dragon’s big blue belly. Despite living inside a big ol space monster there is no danger of being digested so no worries! As you travel the many worlds and stars you are sure to meet a Merrimo. A merrimo is short for Merri Monster. You will mostly likely see a lot as this universe is entirely inhabited by monsters of all shapes, sizes, and colors. While they all share the overarching Merrimo description there are many different classes of Merrimo. Candy, Doll, Dream, Farm, Forest, and Fire are just some of the categories of Merrimo you will run into. Some are more friendly and others are a bit more hostile. I should mention that a Merrimo is not to be mistaken for a common beast. They have aspirations, morality, flaws, and sentience just like you! So if you’re going to make a friend better be on  your best behavior. Most of these folks have a magical power of some sort so its wise not to be rude. Now once in a blue moon you might run into a Monarch Merrimo or a MerriMonarch. This class of Merrimo consists of extremely powerful monsters who have the capability to shape the Merriway. Some hide away and observe from afar while others roam the many worlds. If you are looking to spot one just look for the floating crown. The floating crown is a symbol a sure fired way to know you are meeting a Monarch.

Thats your basic overview for now! Im sure more information will come out as we discover and learn about the Merriway.

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These will be the last ones for tonight: 1) Do any of the dream-gods ever collaborate on shared projects between themselves? Like Harlem, Loxley and Nag, or Roon and Lunatore? 2) Is each of their domains encapsulated in its own bubble/mini-dimension, or are they all sort of connected, with border-lands that blur the qualities of the two or more meeting domains? 3) Bully though he might be, I still like/sympathize with Nag. Does he have any allies/confidants? Any hobbies--aside from torment?

* cracks my dragon knuckles* Q: Do any of the dream gods collaborate?A: YES! Well, they used to! The entire waking realm is a collaboration. When the dream gods were first created by the King and Merri they were often encouraged to work together and combine all of their talents and colors to make a diverse and beautiful world. The entire point of making each god only have one color was to see what different ideas could come together and make something bigger. However over time the siblings began to bicker and became unwilling to compromise and so created their own kingdoms instead of focusing on their combined efforts.

Q: Are each of the domains separate or connected?A: They all exist on the same plane but they are not connected. Think of Kingdom Hearts and how each world is just like a floating ball in space. The worlds and their influence are not that far apart though so one could travel between them. On top of that if you talk to the right people you can find shortcuts.

Q: Does Nag have any allies or other Hobbies?

He will always have …one.

Whether he is happy with this arrangement or not varies.

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Sorry, I'm pretty sure you've mentioned each of the twelve dream-gods in turn in more than just passing, but I was wondering if I could ask for a quick recap? Like each of the dream-gods names, associated color, and sphere of influence? I want to ask both your art-blogs questions, but I don't want to level your inbox.

No problem.Nickname     True Name        Color           Dream Type: Influence

Nag                Indignus             Indigo          Nightmares: Fear, Understanding,

Lunatore        Blubert                Blue            Lucid Dreams: Calm, Truth

Tonic              Tealing                Teal             Repeat Dreams: Problem Solving

Figz(?)           Greegori              Green          Healing Dreams: Health, Renewal

Nico              Chartrand           Chartreuse   Insomnia: Sickness, Discord,

Trent              Yelloneus           Yellow           Daydreams: Hope, Joy, Escapism

Wickhem       Ambrosius          Amber          False Awakening: Beginnings,

Loxley           Oranghamme     Orange         Hunger Dreams: Appetite, Creativity

Roon             Vermitri              Vermilion       Epic Dreams: Quest, Change

Nerlock         Reddington       Red              *Alternative: Instinct, Impulse

Harlem          Magelyne          Magenta       Romance Dreams: Love, Body,

Saer              Violmir(?)           Violet            Psychic Dreams: Balance, Spirituality

*Alternative Dreams: Dreams where you act out things you would not do in real life. Thus Nerlock’s influence mainly deals with acting on your raw gut feelings and doing what you want to do ( which can be good or bad depending)

Hopefully that helps.I did research into different types of dreams and color psychology but these are still also influenced by my own personal experiences so if you’re curious to know more about why I chose certain colors for certain dreams or anything please feel free to ask.

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billybogshank replied to your post “I've seen pictures and mentions of Nag The Nightmare Maker, but I was...”

Thank you, that was all very interesting. ;w; But now I want to give the poor fella a hug.

Aaaaw. Well as much as you would like to I highly recommend against it. Nag really detests being touched. The reasons for this are unclear but he throws a huge hissyfit when people even poke him. While he normally tries to retain his cool charismatic persona that is one of the things that will send him into a flying rage. Because of this I’ve often thought that if Nag was ever a bossfight he’d be those really annoying bosses that you cant hit for most of the fight. Like he’ll stand in the back out of reach flinging nightmares and horrors your way and making everything preposterously difficult. Then of course when you do manage to land a hit he starts fuming and the next round becomes more difficult.

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I've seen pictures and mentions of Nag The Nightmare Maker, but I was wondering if you could offer more insight into their character, personality, background and goals?

Aaaaaah yea sure! Sorry I dont always talk about other characters cause I fear folks may not be interested. Nag the Nightmare Maker is one of the antagonists in my story as well as one of the main 12 dream gods.

In the tummyverse there are 12 gods of creation based on the colorwheel. Thus each god represents a color. Nag is the embodiment of Indigo ( Blue-Violet).

Indigo is the darkest color on the color wheel and has meanings often associated with intuition, depth, sincerity, but also that of fear, depression, and so on.

Nags creations were often very spooky and frightening in appearance but innocent and understanding. Nag’s intention was to help people understand and overcome their fears o that they could become a better person. However most people, including nag’s siblings, only saw the gruesome exterior and held nothing but spite and contempt for Nag’s grisly creations.

Nag desperately tried to make his work more appealing so he could earn approval but his creations only reflected the hopelessness and sadness he felt within and thus came out more terrifying than before. Because of this Nag’s siblings and others taunted him more and eventually pushed him over the edge.

Feeling that no one would ever love him or understand his creations Nag finally gave up and decided that if he couldn’t make people happy then he would make them as miserable as he was and enjoy it to the fullest extent.

Nags a big bully but he’s not evil. That doesnt excuse his actions though and he’s pretty terrible about taunting people with their worst fears and laughing at their trauma. He’s extremely unapproachable and hides away in his own home where he concocts new monsters to send out and terrorize everyone. Hope that was some good info?

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Quick doodles of my main three sonas. I know I get crazy and doodle more here and there on a whim but those fellas tend to become their own characters in time. However these three are ones that have really surpassed the test of time. They fall into three categories that kinda sum up my interests I think.

I still figuring out all their roles and how they relate to one another if they even do. ( The first one should actually should by the mystery moppet, sorry)

Mystery: Shifter the lil moppet is a wanderer and explores the region of the merriway (tummyverse) they travel planet to planet meeting new friends and seeing new things.  Exploring the unown.

Monster: This is pretty self explanatory. I like monsters and Blue jackal is just that. Merriment: I love happiness and hope and love and cute things and I think Merrilee embodies all of that.

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I thought I should mention that the dream deities and the dragons have some standards. They generally will not change a person’s form against their will. The exception to this are a few dragons who happen to be bad eggs or dont see themselves as owing any responsibility to creatures they deem lesser than themselves. Of course there are limits. The dragons and dream deities are all very proud creatures, after all they are responsible for creating the waking realm. So if you wanna be ‘that person’ and start slinging around a lot of disrespect dont be surprised if you find yourself turned into a toaster.

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Can anything here shapeshift /other/ people?

Sure! Dream deities like Loxley and Nag and also Dragons like Quartzle are able to manipulate matter. They were both created to, well, create! While they cannot make something out of nothing like the dream King they are able to alter and change anything at their will. However this only applies to the physicality of something. So while they can alter your form they cannot change who you are.

But then there is Edmund. Not only does he change one’s form he changes who they are completely. He only sees possibilities and what can be and he’s willing to change anyone into whatever he pleases to see his whims realized.

I’d avoid him at all costs.