its almost four am but I finished. imma pass out but this is The New Paladins. another screenie tingie. redraw thingie.
Black: @ulti-malā
Red: @syerianeā
Blue: @jaspurrlockā
Green: @waffle-walks
Yellow: @sir-scandalous
ugles i was going to put pink and mustache man but Iām practically dead. gnight world. Iāll probably do the last two when iām mad at my other drawings again.Ā
P.S. Mal stole the last bottle of alien alcohol. Think of it like that Krogan drink - it really fucks you up.
hmm i have a PNG of the BG separate if you wanna save it and use just clicky this. kk imma just idk fall asleep right here night.
"I thought it was a distress signal." The red paladin spoke over the comms, confusion evident in her voice.
"Well, it is." From the green lion a voice piped up.
"You said it was 'unusual radio chatter'. That doesn't scream distress signal." The blue paladin watched the screens in front of them.
"It IS." The green paladin insisted. "It's unusual because a planet controlled by Galra should NOT be broadcasting soap operas." The green paladin pulled up the window with the recording. "You know, much less should the soap operas be about US."
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They walked along a path that was overgrown with vegetation, clearly not in use. Sweeping the area for danger, both green and yellow Paladins could only shrug when nothing came back.
"I'm not going to say it's creepy that there's nothing here, but... it's not comforting." The red paladin glanced around, fingers twitching for her bayard every time a team member snapped a twig with their step.
"If it was supposed to be a distress signal shouldn't we see, like, I dunno..." The blue paladin shrugged. "Distress?"
"There has to be, SOMETHING here..." the black paladin pulled back a branch on what appeared to be a tree.
The thick brush and foliage made it difficult to see anywhere but the abandoned path. If there was anyone or anything to find, it was getting increasingly difficult.
"Maybe we're lost?" The yellow paladin supplied. "We've been wandering for a while, but this GPS says we've barely moved."
"Aw great." The green paladin stopped. "The planet is messing with us."
"How can it be messing with us?" The blue paladin asked. "It's a planet."
Jas, you remember the Balmera?" The black paladin chimed in.
"Similar concept." The yellow paladin tapped at the gps once again before finally putting it away.
The team stopped walking, trying to figure out a plan. As far as they knew, they shouldn't be too far from their lions, but it felt like they'd been walking away from them forever. It certainly didn't help that there were no identifiable landmarks to gauge how lost they had gotten themselves.
"Alright so, obviously we're getting nowhere fast." The black paladin spoke up.
"That's an understatement." The red paladin rolled her eyes, withering smile on her lips.
It was faint, but distinguishable.
The soft snap of a twig.
Silence blanketed the team as everyone held their breath. Looking around stealthily, they could feel their hearts beat out of their chests. What was following them? How long had it been there? And how dangerous would it be?
From the corner of their eye, the blue paladin saw something twitch. The shift was so subtle it almost went unnoticed.
"Mal..." the tension was palpable. A conversation packed into eye contact.
It took seconds, a flurry of motion, bodies rushing for different reasons.
Grip tightened, the source of the noise was dragged to the center of a circle, caught, trapped by the green paladin.
It looked scared.
She looked scared.
Her eyes were as deep and colorful as the forest, pupils dilating quickly in panic. The feathers on the back of her next began to stand up, sandy hair falling into her face. Her hands moved from the ground quickly, unpredictably, and she opened her mouth.
The green paladin moved quickly to clap a hand over their spy's mouth.
"Don't even think about screaming."
The squawk of surprise could have easily been misinterpreted as an attempt to call for help.
"A spy!?" The yellow paladin exclaimed.
But we weren't picking up anything on the scanners."
"Awfully sneaky." The green paladin spat.
"... isn't that the point of a spy?" The blue paladin whispered to their leader, but the black paladin stepped closer.
Her eyes pled with the leader, 'let me go. Please. Call your gremlin off!'
"She, uh... she doesn't LOOK Galra." The red paladin offered.
The captive 'spy' shook her head aggressively at this. Still, she tried to convey a sense of urgency to the black paladin.
"Geez, she's got some real claws back here." The green paladin mused.
"What do we do with her?" Blue turned to yellow. A shrug was left in the air.
With a huff, the captive spy resigned herself to the only option she had left.
"OW!!" The green paladin drew her hand back sharply, and the spy was able to free her arm and scramble away.
"I'M SORRY!!! I'm so sorry!! I'm sorry!" She spoke, hands in front to protect her from feared retaliation. She looked desperately around the group, confidence eroding by the second. "Please don't hurt me! I- I swear I'm not here to harm you!"
She couldn't have been very old judging by what looked like brand new contour feathers down the back of her neck, dusty, a little darker than the hair she pulled back with a clip.
"I'm not a spy, I swear!" She spoke, voice wavering in front of the heroes. "I, uh... look!" She tugged at her shirt sleeve, pulling it up, over her elbow. Nestled just under the crook of her arm was the same V shape the Paladins wore on their shoulder armor.
"I'm on your side..."
I'm not sure you understand the magnitude of love I now have for Pillbug š Thank you so much oh sweet lord-such a gift
Oh gosh thank you SO much!!!! Iām always so thrilled whenever someone tells me they love Pillbug!!!! ;_; Ā I love him so much, I... never intended for him to be more than my entry for the Robeast Contest, but he since blossomed into something so much more on his own! Ā Thank you for loving my baby :D
"It's hard. I putzed around thinking of the best way to approach you, and then you got lost and... attacked me."
"At any rate," The black paladin answered, doing the best she could to regain control of the situation. "We're here now, but we still don't know why."
"Yeah, what was up with the soap operas anyway?" The blue paladin asked. "Not that I'll complain about the favorable depiction."
"Well, I had to disguise the signals as entertainment waves, but still manage to get attention, so..." The toe of a boot scuffed against the ground. "I embellished some details."
"I thought we sounded good." The yellow paladin shrugged.
"I'm glad you liked it." Their ally responded, half smile evident as she pushed some of her hair out of her eyes. "But I'm suffering a lot of embarrassment as well." She pulled her other sleeve up to three quarter length.
"Oh my flock, my nestmate never thought this would work. Truthfully I was beginning to think she was right." She smiled enthusiastically, but after catching the varied expressions of the Paladins she coughed and schooled her expression.
"Anyway... all of this is because, uh" She swallowed, expression suddenly very serious as she looked to the black paladin. "I think I have something that could crack this case. Or, at least the information to get there."
"Really?" The red paladin watched her, hesitant to trust immediately but interested none the less.
"If I'm right... this could put you one step ahead of the galra." She responded.
"And we can trust you?" The blue paladin asked?
"She bit me!!" The green paladin shouted. "Are we forgetting about that part? I was WOUNDED!"
"I said I was sorry!" Feathers ruffled.
"You put your TEETH in my hand!"
"You put your hand in my MOUTH!"
"Girls!!" The black paladin looked pointedly between them. "We get it. Moving on now."
With the atmosphere more settled, the black paladin turned to their new ally.
"So you know who we are, but... tell us more about you."
"Me? Oh..." The girl flushed. "Uh, I guess my name is, something you can't pronounce. Uh. Bexxa? that works."
"And you... live here?" The green paladin looked around. "Wherever 'here' is?"
"Well not, right here. But, on this planet yes." Bexxa smiled. "I can take you to the broadcast location, that's what you're here for I guess. I'll explain more about my idea on the way."
"Alright team, I guess follow our new friend." The black paladin nodded.
"I have to grab my bag, but if you head for that bush I'll be right with you, okay?" Her smile seemed genuine and the team nodded sporadically as they stepped.
"I can't wait to hear about your plan." The yellow paladin said in passing.
"Oh! Uh, thank you Sir." She smiled, hand coming up to touch her chest as her heart tried to leap out of her chest at being the sudden focus of attention.
As he passed by the feathers by her ears fluffed and stood up like a cockatiel's. She quickly pressed them down, trying to keep her emotions in check, be professional.
Even if they were her heroes.
"I saw that." The green paladin whispered as she passed, wicked grin on her lips.
I....canāt resist the new paladin AU ugkhakghkeghekaghkelgjegl *dies* someone slap me and tell me to work on my other projects. I keep migrating LUL.
@ashterism as princess allura
@ulti-malĀ ās handsome Mr. VR as Coran
lighting is a bit off but I tried to get it as close as possible? I wish I had photoshop for bits like that but eh work with what you got right? Plus pfft environments, light/shading is my weakness lol iām working on it.
āSo, Shiro ... like what you see?ā
āLance we are on a missionā
Itās already the 9th for us so happy happy birthday @ulti-mal, much love from JuliaĀ and me! Hope allās well in your world and that you have the amazing day you deserve! <3
Colours by @shishiswordsman, lines by me, kind of but not really a companion piece to this.
