#vellaquinn

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The state of things II.

Sooooooo it's been another hot minute since i did anything huh? Basic jist, I have ZERO ideas for panels rn, and given that not only has Artfight been taking up most of my drawing time recently, I've also had to start a work placement in hopes of finding a proper job. TLDR: IRL shit and artfight.

That being said, I have plans for Otherworld. Starting whenever I feel i have the time to (so god knows when really), I'll be COMPLETELY REVAMPING how the webcomic looks, as I've developed an artstyle which far surpasses the quality currently used for the webcomic. On top of this, I'll probably make singular panels from now on as opposed to as many as I felt were needed, as I can effectively just write the dialogue in the post description should it be needed (basically a fancy fanfic with pictures) So I'm going to workshop some things, and hopefully by the time i'm actually happy with the artistic output i have. I'll be considering anything before this post as Otherworld: BETA. All the characters introduced so far will still be in the webcomic (Aureas, Chara, 2-N.a & Michael to name a few), but all of the things done for 'Otherworld: BETA' won't be considered "canon" to the new stuff (already hitting the reset button lmao). So until I actually get chance to start anything for the next iteration of Otherworld, here's a little peek at what the new style might look like. Until then, have a good one.

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We take a slight break from our main goobers to explore what's going on down at E deck, and lets just say, the repair duo who were already down there are about to add to the casualties (or at least one of them will). Also yes Lord T is an absolute unit. (also god dammit the apostrophe is IN THE WRONG PLACE ON THE LAST PANEL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)

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Obligatory traumatic flashback. Fun fact, Darrek (Aureas' uncle) has never had a design up until today. Keep in mind, I've had him as a name only for about 6-7 years now. Also wanted to delve into how Aureas would've looked post cybernetic operation, granted a very bare bones telling of it, but we can bring it up again later on... maybe.

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But where and what exactly is Michael doing? Playing outside in the snow of course! Also introducing one of Aureas' old college friends: "Zeelia Collith". Zeelia and Aureas first met back in their college years, bonding over a shared love of music. Hell they even had a short lived punk band called "Bitedown" with another of Aureas' friends "Chara Emily". (Zeelia used to play the bass guitar, Chara played drums and Aureas on electric guitar).

I should mention where all these goobers live, it's a fictional town in England called "Colynoff". It's a little shabby, but the residents are some of the most caring and down to earth folk you'll meet. "Vella" is Aureas, Michael's And Zeelia's home planet. With the dominant species being known as "Vellaquinns. That means half of the current main cast are aliens.

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She's just a real big fan of space. Also I wanna gush about Aureas for a bit because she's effectively our main protagonist. [The following features topics such as: Loss of family & disease] Aureas comes from an alien race known as “Vellaquinns” and has lived on earth with her uncle “Darrek Occlynn” since she was 11 years of age. At the age of 14 she developed a tumour that would prove itself to be fatal, thus leading Darrek to seek out the best cybernetics experts earth had at the time. The operation would go south, leading to Aureas becoming a living head on a walking life-support system. You can imagine she would be rather self-conscious about this, but over time she’s grown to accept that it's just what her life is now. During her years at the CCU (Colynoff Community University), she found a strong friendship with a girl named "Chara Emily", the pair bonding quickly over their shared love for writing music, and all kinds of dorky shit. Eventually, she would also re-unite with her childhood vellaquinn friend Zeelia Collith, the two immediately causing chaos among the many different lessons they would attend. Aureas would once again meet a life changing event, as her uncle passed away when she was 19 years old. However, not too long before Darrek’s passing, he would leave her one final gift in the form of a Meekhian youngling known as “Michael Meekhia” (Meck for short). Aureas would raise Meck as a pet at first, before it became all too obvious that he was a creature with awareness and could learn things akin to an actual person. As such, Aureas now lives with Meck in the quiet town of Colynoff, the two basically being brother and sister at this point. I just think she's neat (i love her so much).

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Now it's time for some shenanigans at the Stellar Alliance & Research Corporation! (It's that place that Chara works for).

Meekhians are not typically kept in S.A.R.C facilities, though this little goober has been particularly devious. (He burned down 70% of his village.) Oox (the naked green one) were initially an invasive species, opting to conquer planets to enact "Justice upon the known galaxy" (they see themselves as space police, but really they're a dictatorship). The Oox later on went to renounce their rather brutal ways of justice, yet opted not to join S.A.R.C, wishing to remain independant. Spacemares... exist. They realistically just serve as guardians for developing planets, nothing more has really been found out about em.

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[CONTENT WARNING: GORE] Hey Dale, why don't you try talking to the giant glowing robot... Oohhh... oh noooo... oough that's gonna leave a mark. [Also yeah Lord T can just tear people apart with ease, what an absolute chad].

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Here's the last part to the "Aureas' Christmas Shenanigans" panels. Some lore on Zeelia: She was born with a rare gene which makes her eyes glow at all times. So if you were stood in a crowded room and needed to find her, just turn out the lights and look for her eyes! As for more serious lore. [TRIGGER WARNING: Abusive topics].

Zeelia's father was an alcoholic, and this led her to being the subject of frequent verbal and physical abuse by him. It lead to Zeelia isolating herself a lot during her teenage years, only really finding a way to vent her trauma later on in college via the band she formed with Aureas. Tonal whiplash is gonna be a bitch for the next couple of panels. (I got a good few of em too, so expect panel spam).