working the gremlins into sos lore, have El meeting Crow!
Raph and Ork / El and Crow / Draxum and Jellybean / Splinter and Pumpkin
rambling and the full alt text below :)
@tamale4prez hope @/ing you is ok! and the lore i made up for sos
first off: the witch in non binary and uses they/he, but i don’t have a name for him yet so… they are a prominent scam artist in witch town, and with how little human knowledge has seeped into the hidden city specifically over the last ~4 years it’s had to know how much the human dollar is worth. hence this witch’s scams.
El is the only one trusted to go to witch town after both of the twins messed up their chances, haru will get distracted, and all three of her (turtle) siblings will start a fight, blow something up, or take 4 times as long to get half the things on the list. she is the most in-experienced with shopping though, and tends to not bargen or will just take what she wants. or, in this case, threaten the seller into giving her what she wants. no, no one has caught into this yet.
crow is originally a street wyrm that the witch just picked up and shoved in a cage with a few others to sell! the only people this has worked on are the few tourists or travels from other city’s, where the wyrm problem isn’t so bad. speaking of, lore for the sos world and wyrms!
- the hidden city has a problem with them. so do many other big cities, the the hidden city, also called the bejeweled city, is especially bad, just like its top side counterpart! a very common water source in the hc are glass berries, and they are stuffed with mystics due to their growing conditions. wyrms love the things, and bc they have so much extra energy they tend to reproduce like rabbits.
- glass berries are small clear berries that are mostly water, mystics, and the tiniest amount of fiber to hold them together. the seeds are tiny and like banana or grape seeds, un-noticeable by most standards. they need to be grown in damp and mystic filled areas, like witch town or near/on communal wells. like urban wild blackberries or alley fruit trees, they tend to be picked by anyone/anything regardless of who/where they are planted.
- wyrms are considered pests by all but spell casters, then they are just considered live components. some consider them pets or companions, but those folk are few and far between for the pure amount that are in the hc. pet wyrms are well taken care of and the bigger ones are considered a luxury pet strangely enough. big mama was even rumored to have one, back when her Phoenix Champion was still around.
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an 11 panel, gray scale comic. panel one depicts a roof shot with the title’Witch Town’. it dips to follow one of the buildings on the left side, showing a doorway with El (2012 Leo) leaving through a curtain of beads. all the roofs are shaped like mushrooms, rounded and/or covered in plants.
the 2ed panel depicts El walking down the street with phone in hand, a witch merchant to the left shouting. the witch looks human, but has no nose. they have curly hair and is in a corset and long skirt.
panel three shows the witch turning to El and shouting “You there! you look like a promising young witch! do you like bargains? because i have one!” El has turned the face the witch.
the fourth panel takes the length of the next two rows on the left side, show a full body shot, who is in a full length skirt and her brothers hoodie. her mask is typed like rabbit ears, and she holds a shallow garden basket full of things. El uses her nimpo to put her phone away.
the fifth panel is if El rubbing the back of her head and going “sure”. the witch has clapped their hands and is smiling “Yay!”
the sixth shows the witch’s hand as the jester to a too-big cage with a shivering blob in it. they are saying “See i have a wyrm that had eggs, can’t take care of them all and can’t release them. want the last one?”
the seventh is zoomed in on the blob, showing the back half of a wyrm. the little thing is shivering and has its tail and back fur clumped up. they have several arrows pointing at them, saying “sick” “dirty” “not a baby” “ribs” and shaking”.
the next panel shows El with an unimpressed look, one eye brow arched and a frown. she had the title “the ‘do i look stupid’ look”.
the ninth shows the witch with one hand on their hip and the other waving in the air as they speak. “all i want is 200 human dollars! cheep, right?” El is rolling up one sleeve.
the tenth panel shows el grabbing the cage and looming over the witch. she has a ninja star in the other hand. “i’ll be taking him; but for free <3~ i’m sure you understand.”
the final panel shows el walking away, without the cage, and with the wyrm in hand. she is healing them as she says “Ork needs a playmate.”
