#vista break

[ossuarywarden]

last session carrie got to dance with the traveling dentist its been crushing on for the past few days and im very much enjoying this slow-burn eventual trainwreck of a dynamic (vengeful morally questionable enabler tells a young impressionable grieving godling exactly what it wants to hear)

also i need everyone to know that i drew this while listening to toxic by britney spears on loop

(long thoughts about the piece under the readmore)

i must emphasize that carrie isnt afraid of him, but its afraid of touching him with the skeletal hand. the hand reminds it of its former warlock patron (noirak), who was a source of pain for so many people, including people carrie itself came to love.

its mere association with said patron tends to end up hurting those victims. and in the words of one of them, "i dont hate you, but your presence is radioactive." that kind of stuff really stuck to it, and its even reminded of that fact near constantly. so no matter how much it wants to have roltz around, it's scared that he might get hurt like everyone else. (carrie's relationship with noirak in another can of worms. ill save it for another drawing)

on the flip side tho what makes the idea of being with roltz so attractive to it is that he has NOTHING to do with noirak. maybe carrie somehow thinks that roltz will see it for who it is, and not a living reminder of noirak's legacy. not to mention that roltz is so far removed from the godhood shenanigans that been plaguing carrie.

it doesnt help that roltz keeps talking about not obligating urself to bear the mantle of heroism (another can of worms), and insisting on what you *want*. this isnt an avenue of thought that carrie's ever considered before and oh boy is it an alluring one. he's been throwing around the word "want" all night ("what do you want?", "want me to kill that guy for you?", "want to get out of here?") and carrie sure is enjoying having someone advocate for its desires

its not all smooth sailing tho bc as a player who knows what roltz' ideals and motives are, i dont think carrie will come out of this unscathed

i also wanna point out the border, the tentacles and daggers pointed at roltz and carrie's backs. those two ARE gonna end up hurting each other someway i just know it. they just dont see it yet. inclusion of lightning and constellations on the sides hint at other figures in carrie's life that its gonna have disastrous but important relationships with (eventually hopefully). bullets along the bottom and the stone necklace on top hint at backatory stuff for those two that they either keep buried or have hanging over their heads constantly

[stoat-shaped-lich]

please keep close watch over ur highly impressionable sorcerer at all times lest it starts getting ideas from morally questionable sources

[ossuarywarden]

a buncha one-layer scribbles

[ossuarywarden]

its me boy im the ps5 speaking to you inside your brain leave the brak you dont need them we’ll have cowboy times in space

[ossuarywarden]

If I break

this body into bits

I'll never die

My Eternity, Vane

[ossuarywarden]

A gathering of angels

Appeared above my head

They sang to me this song of hope

And this is what they said, they said:

Come sail away

[ossuarywarden]

sometimes a player character is two charisma casters in a single meatsuit

[ossuarywarden]

Mirror Image

2nd-level illusion

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Self

Target: Self

Components: V S

Duration: 1 minute

Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard