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An original project spawned in 2018, developed most heavily up to and including 2021, and forever in the back of my head as something to return to. Since I’ve dragged the gang here for RP shenanigans, figured I’d make a post condensing some relevant info.
inhuman attributes
At a glance, the main characters are all regular human beings; no powers, no supernatural abilities. In canon, they never come into contact with any outsiders, so it’s left to interpretation whether they’re actually unnatural, or if any oddities are a byproduct of art style. But I think it’s fun to highlight the artificial aspects, so!
- Eyes have sclera that are a little too white (
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), and pitch black (#000000
) oval-shaped pupils. No irises.
- Inner mouth is grayscale.
- Skintone is unnaturally flat and even, missing the undertones that organic flesh should have.
- Not warm to the touch. No pulse. Not cold, exactly; touching them is like touching a room-temperature object.
Do they have blood? Only one has tested it, and all she found was a pixelated mess; the others never bleed onscreen in canon. All four, however, are capable of turning red in the face from emotion.
They also don’t need to eat, sleep, breathe, etc. Most do anyway, out of habit.
world TL;DR
The characters canonically exist in the world of an incomplete game, set in a nondescript modern-day city. No one inhabits the place but them. Beyond sparse points of interest, there’s nothing but “void”: an undefined, indefinite expanse.
At their canon point, all four are aware of their status as fake people in a fake world. Some have taken to this better than others.
the cast
- ♠ Valerie, AKA Val (
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Resident gamewrecker. Current purpose undefined.
- ♥ Kade (
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A friend, on paper. Not always in practice.
- ♦ Cyrus (no journal yet)
A support, or so they try. Someone has to be patient.
- ♣ Rudy (no journal yet)
Loud little bro. Thinks the void is cool as heck, actually.
Individual information on the respective journal.