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A commission I got from @slimeshade some time ago! I adore it so so much, absolutely obsessed with it actually, especially with how my PK looks in its style
ID start: An art page of the Pale King and Pure Vessel from Hollow Knight. In the top left corner, the Pale King lays curled around baby Pure Vessel, holding them with his tail, with his face pressed close to them and a hand resting on their head. In the top right corner, the Pale King is sitting with the baby Pure Vessel under a nigh sky, pointing and showing them the stars. On the left of the page, the Pure Vessel approaches their father as he works in his workshop, they bonk their heads together in a greeting before they sit down next to him. In the bottom right corner, the Pure Vessel is holding their father scruffed in their mouth like a mama cat would hold a kitten, seemingly very happy with themself. End ID.
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Progeny Cursed Chapter 16
The Pure Vessel goes through their first real molt. Kingsmold 009 remembers what happened last time with a molt of this size.
<pressure>
*irritated* now what?
more molt shit?
*tired*
<pressure> did (you) feel pressure? Is molt? Not happen for last molt.
And good morning to (you)
[hi] happy now
What feel?
Tight. Crushing.
Itch?
Maybe? Can’t feel through pressure.
Arm normally squishy.
(He) approaching. Go to room
*nervous*dread*{remembering chapter 15 moments} will (he) be mad?
*shock* shit!
*panic*What (he) doing? Is (he) mad?
[help]
scratch arm!
*thankful* thanks
why (he) twitchy?
Will explain later
(We) in dream. Will (he) looks for (my) mind again?
Wait. What?
*confused*Did (he) wake? And leave (me) alone to train?
Is (he) avoiding (me)? Do (I) worry?
Is (he) mad at (me)? Is (he) watching (me) now? Is test? Do (I) keep hiding self?
*shock* fear* surprise*
*confused panic* What in shit!?
*dazed*
*confused* where track go?
*confused curious* Is test?
*curious* Do (i) search for track?
[growl] no touch!
*confuses* no (him)
*irritated* crushing. Can’t move
*shock*!?
<waking> <pressure>
<pressure> ?
*curious* ?
<pressure> *confused* can’t raise arm?
*serious* guess helping (him)
<tightness>*frustrated* Raise arm higher!!
*bored*
*irritated* Can’t bend?!
<crushing> *angry confused* Not better
<crushed>
*angry* Off!!
~relief~ no pressure. No itchy
*confused curious* Why glass smaller?
<thirsty> thirsty. Liquid stops thirst
<dehydrated> *giddy*
*content excited*
*nervous* but thirsty
What water?
*excited happy* *excited satisfied*
Want more water.
*mischief* can’t ask. But…
*smug* victory! Still pure in mind of (him)
*serious curious* what molt change? Look like (me) but bigger
*serious calm* (siblings) could still recognize me
*excited* can’t wait to show (it)
[greetings]
*giddy* (I) molted. What (you) think?
(009)?
How status? What feel? ——> *confused* what. (Am) fine.
Weak? ——> no
Tired? ——> No
Pain? —— >No!
~huff~ What bad (you)? Why worried?
*irritated worried* no thing bad (me). Want know (you) status good.
*serious* liar. why (you) worried for (me)?
Not worried!
*irritated* (you) must answer 1 question truthfully
*nervous irritated* Not that question. Ask another
*serious* if that, then (you) must answer 2 questions truthfully
*irked* if answer 2, then (you) explain why (he) twitchy
*content* deal. Where other (0 line)? Why (you) alone?
…
*serious* what odds (you) ask different questions?
0%
*irked* (You) little shit
*mischievous* laughter*
~sigh~ *irked
(0) melted immediately (1) melted eventually
(2) attacked light, deconstructed (3) incomplete, void broke mold
(4) torn itself apart from order (5) dissected by (him)
(6) stood in (his) light (7) repeated molding glitched it, deconstructed
(8) armor outside of abyss
(10) killed itself (11) (he) thinks jumped into void
(12) confused, fell (13) violent deconstruction by (him)
(14) refused order, deconstructed (15) molded wrong, found empty
(I) hide glitches behind locked doors
*irritated* now, (you) explain why (he) twitchy
{memories of what happened in chapter 15} Think (he) mad at (me)
(I) would not say mad. (I) would say suspicious. Did anything happen during enchanting or feeding?
{memory of enchanting} {memory of thing approaching while feeding} {memory of threatening thing}
Who?
*thinking* few people would approach (them) when acting out
*confused* don’t know. When woke (they) were in room
*thinking* can’t approach, won’t approach, wouldn’t approach…
*laughing* (they) threatened (him)!
* awed excitement* (You) can make sound?!
<laughing> *serious* One of (my) glitches. don’t worry about it.
<snickering> *serious* now, go to bed.
*excited* Can (you) teach (me)?
*serious* no. Sleep.
!relief!
*curious* what wrong with (them)?
<weak>*dread* need stand up. Must return to abyss
<frail> *dread* no more time.
<feeble> *cautious hope* must return to (sibling)
*worried* where (they) going? why (they) weak? Do (i) go with?
*anxious frustrated* if (i) go with, (he) could see (i) glitched
(They) will be fine
*confused* worried*
*anxious* what happened to (them)?
*shock* cleaning room?!
*serious* hopeful* must learn what happened to (them)
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Quick guide:
() a person
[] a void callout
{} memories
** emotions
<> physical reaction
~breath~
At last! It is done! This was a looonnng chapter. Was stuck for a while on how I wanted it to look. But finally got into the flow. Enjoy!
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According to official artwork, quirrel and hornet have black eyes, vessels have sunken eyes (potentially empty eyeholes) and the king has a third, more fucked up thing going on
A friend had already made an image like this some years ago, but I wanted to make my own version with more examples
From top to bottom:
- Pure Vessel in the Gods and Glory trailer, Hornet in one of silksong posters and the knight in one of godmaster posters
- The Hollow Knight, Quirrel and Hornet in the Quirrel prequel comic
- Pure Vessel, Quirrel, Hornet and the knight from the collector's edition card set
- my summary diagram depicting the three different types of eye, the Pale King as depicted in the Pale Court track poster (the official track from Gods and Nightmares soundtrack, not to confuse with the mod "pale court" (fanmade dlc)), Hornet in the cover for silksong soundtrack samples and the knight as depicted in the cover for the original game's soundtrack
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