#ocean of illusions

[timegays]

I like you. *hexsides your choir*

Ocean-abomination, penny- beast keeping, Ricky-illusion, Mischa-bard, Noel-potions, Constance-plant

Karnak is oracle obviously 

#the owl house #ride the cyclone #constance blackwood #ocean oconnell rosenberg #Ricky potts #mischa bachinski #noel gruber #Penny lamb #ricky struggles to get his illusions right they always turn out creepy #noel will fuck you up with a potion do not mess with him #mischa makes rap spells but secretly writes love songs #Constance is super attached to her plants #Ocean is overly obsessive about how perfect abominations are #penny keeps on sneaking animals into hexsides and her home

[thissongisawesome]

"nischa canon," i say into the mic.

the crowd boos, i begin to walk away in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room.

"no no, she's right," i hear. i look around for the owner of the voice. there in the fifth row, he stands: Kholby Wardell himself.

#ride the cyclone #mischa bachinski #noel gruber #constance blackwood #jane doe #ocean o'connell rosenberg #ricky potts #nischa #ignore the fact that i posted something like this the other day. that was just an illusion

[pixel8or]

#gif #loop #sea #ocean #sunset #sunrise #parallax #illusion

[softkiseu]

𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞. ocean.

a voice so enchanting

like a singing siren

fallen deeply hypnotised

(metaphor) quote by @softkiseu.

#🔖 ↺ navi ❜ s 🦋 𓂃 imagination ! #dark moodboard #fantasy moodboard #ethereal moodboard #neon moodboard #ocean moodboard #grunge moodboard #underwater moodboard #lofi moodboard #art moodboard #illusion moodboard #wave moodboard #glow moodboard #blue moodboard #jpop moodboard #xg moodboard #harvey moodboard #jurin moodboard #xg #harvey #jurin #harvey icon #jurin icon #harvey aesthetic #jurin aesthetic #harvey layout #jurin layout #era : grl gvng

[deva-arts]

Testing out CSP Assets hehehe

The city can be pretty beautiful with enough distance and a nice view.

Oh. I forgot what kind of story this was.

She ends up short circuiting the main terminals and letting it crash into a processing facility. Then she takes a stress nap and worsens her insomnia.

#sera in her big girl suit- one she designed herself for once #Reddish Burgundy has always been her favorite color #And the gold comes from the suit's integration with her weapon #There's a very specific reason why all of her weapons are made of that “gold” #One of the rare times you get to see her back for once #That big weaponized drone is an OVR-S; also known as overseer sentinels. They are the eyes in the sky keeping count of everything for OS. #They are rarely used for combat due to the size and inconvenience in battle #but certain exceptions are made for threats like Sera. #She took something far too important from the main OS to be left with all her limbs in one piece and a head full of eyeballs #No opportunities will be wasted. Sera hates these because they rarely have a pilot and often take ages to hack into. #plus they fail spectacularly #one crash from these ships is enough to destroy a city district- they're easily the size of a football field #Even worse yet are the rotary blades used to rudder the ships. They could easily slice her in half- armor and all #She has thankfully managed to avoid dying to them thus far. they usually end up crashing into the ocean and ruining variant imports #sentinels will usually monitor under a more advanced cloaking than the kind given to protected variants #Just under the cloud cover. Sera's cloaking functions the same way if not better thanks to her personal touches on it #Hers is a mix of both illusion and cloaking. in an emergency she could technically walk into a human space as long as she isn't touched #she would be okay unlike most variants who have trouble fitting in because of the city's mandated infrared cameras. #suffice to say there's a lot of things going on in this city that most people- humans and variants alike are none the wiser about. #ARK_SYSTEMA #Seraphinatag

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Goddess of Desire: A Gloomy Start

Designer’s Reflection: A Gloomy Start

Obtained: Angel and Demon hell event

Rarity: UR

Attribute: Pink/Sweet

Awakened Suit: A Sweet End

Story - transcripts from Designer’s Reflection

Chapter 1 - Abyssal Voice

Chapter 2 - Sea of Desire

Chapter 3 - Starlight Annihilation

Chapter 4 - Black Angel

Chapter 5 - Date of Endless Night

Story - summarized

The Goddess of Desire was born from the depths of the abyss. The first desire she ever tasted was that of a dying flower begging for sunlight. Once it died, its voice drifted towards the Goddess, and she claimed it for her own. It was wonderful... but since it was brief, she wanted more.

As echoes of greedy memories grew louder, she grew in strength and power. Enough so that one day, when she encountered a particularly evil skeletal demon, she was able to give him a body. Now a fully formed demon, Nightbane the dark skeleton swore allegiance to the Goddess of Desire.

Much later, Leonid fell into the abyss. Nightbane and other monsters tried to get to him, but none of them could find any trace of evil within the mortal man. The Goddess, however, was powerful enough to detect a strange desire within him: to destroy Miraland.

This was a new, curious desire. She wanted it, and she wanted Leonid. She approached him with illusions of a perfect, beautiful world. The Goddess promised that she and Leonid could remake the world as they wanted if he would join her.

Leonid was tempted, but he managed to back away from her. But he remained trapped in the abyss. The Goddess of Desire expected him to crawl back to her any day now, begging for her help.

But a few days later, Leonid gathered all his power and escaped from the abyss. She tried chasing after him, but he cast a net of light that burned her if she touched it. She was trapped in the abyss.

Nightbane offered to help her escape. His power wasn’t strong enough, but he could create the perfect vessel for her to inhabit. Eventually, he came to serve Queen Lilith. Once all the pieces are in place, he lets the Goddess of Desire approach Lilith. She is more than eager to make a deal with her... but a figment of Ashley appears and tries to stop the deal. The Goddess burns her to ashes, and they finish the deal.

“Lilith” is now ready for the coronation ceremony the next day.

Connections

-The Goddess of Desire’s Reflection and Leonid’s angel one are two halves of the same story. They are best read one after the other.

-Nikki glimpses a vision of the Goddess approaching Lilith in the palace. It’s one of the last illusions she has to face during the hell event’s main story (Vol. 1, Finale, Part 9).

-Nightbane’s first attempt to create a vessel for the Goddess of Desire was during Soul Magic: he tried crafting a doll of pure evil and beauty for her, but instead he created the angelic doll that became Ashley.

-The Goddess of Desire has been defeated twice thanks to Leonid: the first time when he left the abyss, and the second time when his successor (Nikki) figured out the manuscript he left behind.

-When the Goddess of Desire conjures up the memory of the Starheaven Swan fire, Ashley and Lilith coexist for a moment. In Volume 2, Ashley comes back to Miraland as her own persona.

Fun Facts

-Apples commonly appear in mythology as a symbol of love, lust, or temptation.

-Also, white and black traditionally stand for purity and darkness, respectively. Here, their symbolic meanings switch: the Goddess’ white color stands for illusion and dazzling evil, and Leonid’s black feathers represent the abyss and hidden truth.

-When the Goddess of Desire is finally freed from the abyss, she sends out earthquakes and natural destruction. She is fulfilling the desire that Leonid never could.

#goddess of desire #shining nikki #designer's reflection #angel and demon #angel and demon hell event #anniversary event #sdr anniversary #pink attribute #sweet #temptation #ur designer #abyss #ocean of memories #lilith #leonid #nightbane #ashley #desire #illusion

[arcademgmt]

miitopia!calla because i cannot stop drawing funny mii game and her design has been spinning around in my head

#miitopia #miitopia oc #miiblr #miitopia community #mii #i need to draw her unaltered form too bc her looking almost entirely human is a disguise #a magical illusion specifically. she's an ocean nymph :]

[deathfavor]

SINNER STATUS: Detained WARNING: High Threat - DO NOT APPROACH

Lamia tag drop!

#᛭ — [IC] beware the machiavellian daughter of the sea [LAMIA] #᛭ — [VISAGE] as two faced as the hidden riptides [LAMIA] #᛭ — [MUSING] repent your darkest sins to the ocean [LAMIA] #᛭ — [HEADCANON] rejected from this world so reject it [LAMIA] #᛭ — [AESTHETICS] promised illusions for the seafarers [LAMIA] #᛭ — [MUSIC] lose yourself by brontide shores [LAMIA]

[artcorneratthetopofthestairs]

John Longstaff; ''The sirens'', 1892

#art #oil painting #painting #artist #john longstaff #longstaff #siren #sirens #mermaid #mermaids #merpeople #man #ocean #sea #drowning #beach #illusion #danger #deciet #green #smoke #mist #reaching #demon #angel #woman #women

[skiel-infinity]

it's oc timeeeee

#illusive art #my ocs #colour wheel challenge #hazel faulkner #commander mercury #aurora #hera samara #gym leader lucille #roseshadow #hunter obsidian #ashera of the oceans #yeeeeeeeee #digital art #oc art #this isnt even close to the full amount of my ocs #not even half

[the-enchanted-mistakes]

You ever missed your home? Ever want to visit back the deep ocean?

#the enchanted mistake #misc the enchanter #minecraft oc #anonymous #ocean #sea #(you can not run away your origin) #>:) #(we eventually flout down here) #sea magic 🪄 #deep sea #🌊 #walking sea creature #illusion

[pixel8or]

#gif #loop #ocean #sea #illusion #waves #surf

[lifewithaview]

Maura Franklin (Emily Beecham), Franz (Isaak Dentler), Eyk Larsen (Andreas Pietschmann), Wilhelm (Niklas Maienschein) and Sebastian (Tino Mewes) in "1899"(2022) The fog

S1E3

A girl and other passengers suffer a terrible fate. Olek frees Ling Yi from a box. The captain makes a discovery that challenges his trust in Maura.

#1899 #tv series #the fog #S1E3 #emily beecham #isaak dentler #andreas pietschmann #niklas maienschein #tino mewes #illusions #mystery #thriller #ship #ocean #relationships #cinematography #just watched

[moth-whisperer]

Lakes freak me out and it’s not because “oo I can’t see what’s in there” - I KNOW what’s in there and I love every weird creature and leech and flesh eating bacteria that part is FINE. It’s the lake ITSELF. Too still, too stagnant, feels like it’s plotting something.

Massive expanse of ocean with innumerable horrors in the depths? Sign me the fuck up. When I was living on the boat and we were on long passages where we were at sea for like a week, no land in sight, just the depths as far as you can see, I’d go fuckin swimming around off the side (I can swim exactly as fast as a sailboat with its job raised in moderate wind as it turns out) and loved it. (One time we got remoras sticking to our hull after I scared a shark)

Lakes? No. No. Nope. It’s completely irrational but I just DONT TRUST THEM. They don’t talk to me like the ocean does. There’s no life in the water the way the tide gives the ocean. NOPE

#also ponds and rivers #I just do not trust fresh water #only ocean #it makes zero sense #sometimes I can stomach getting into a really big lake bc I can kind of pretend it’s the ocean #but the lack of bouancy in the water always destroys the illusion

[keeps-ache]

there's something very similar about an astronaut, (old) scuba-diving, and knight's helmet

#just me hi #they all go and explore things! #i'm speaking of knights in the fantasy sense #it's hard not to talk about the fantasy-sense every now and then #really how can you avoid it for long? everywhere you look there's something a little none-real there #like a mirage for example #when there are dips in the road and the sun is beating down they look like puddles #now is a puddle just something like a solid mirage? but it's not solid? what is water then if it's like an illusion? #is a mirage the ghost of water? a breeze of what was there before? #water is also like a mirror #so we know the element dabbles in the not-quite-there #why? does it want to be something else? is it looking for something? or does it simply adore looking something pretty in the eye? #it's home to a lot of creatures too #creatures that like to hide in the dark #creatures that can be terrifying to think of being at the bottom of the blue #the ocean is like a part of space on earth isn't it #it hides things and lies but does it mean any harm by it? #it follows the moon while she sits in the sky #could it be so bad? #[cough] #yeah anyway here's a demonstration of why i don't talk during long car rides lol #either this or sleeping #i totally forgot what i was doing here #whoops .u.

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Chapter 5: Break of Moonlight

Narrated by Leonid.

Narrator: I was left alone again in the church, shrouded in darkness.

Narrator: The hustle and bustle from endless time and space echoed down the empty hall. It eagerly shouted, beckoning.

Narrator: On that shadowy altar, no god could respond to everything.

Narrator: I’m ready.

Narrator: Her white dress was reflected on the ground once again. The Goddess of Desire appeared in front of me with an expectant smile.

Narrator: The white illusion is glorious, but dull.

Narrator: I raised my hand, and the darkness wrapped around my fingertips to blur the angel wings on the paper.

Goddess of Desire: Are you ready?

Narrator: Innocent eyes reflected the abyss, revealing the truth under the illusion and the avarice to devour all in her heart.

Narrator: I bid you farewell.

Goddess of Desire: You’re... saying goodbye?

Narrator: Her eyes widened in astonishment, and the illusion was shaken. It peeled off the black darkness.

Goddess of Desire: Why? What is your deepest desire? Must you forsake the grand destruction, the eternal new world?

Leonid: That’s not what I want.

Leonid: The new world you’ve created is a lie.

Goddess of Desire: So what?

Narrator: She squinted, reached her hand out, and a petal fell gently onto her palm. Her voice was soft.

Goddess of Desire: Destroy the world and you can create one that belongs to you, Leonid.

Goddess of Desire: I can help you.

Narrator: She was bitter and struggled to restrain herself, her sweet voice shaking with anger, like a child who didn’t get a new toy.

Narrator: Perhaps no one has ever rejected her before.

Leonid: You wouldn’t understand.

Narrator: Taking control and ruling everything also means giving up and letting go of it all.

Narrator: But the gods don’t understand desire. I paused and didn’t explain.

Narrator: The dark, surging tide coalesced behind me, calling for me to open my wings. I gave her one last look as the tide roared.

Narrator: Dark feathers fell into the abyss, gleaming with starlight.

Narrator: The strange echoes of the abyss never stop, like how the human instinct to pursue beauty continues.

Leonid: Goodbye.

Narrator: The all-consuming darkness churned with bright stars. The shouts fell apart, turning into prayers.

Narrator: I did not visit her again. Her body rushed forward, surrounded by dazzling flames. It was like the sun rising over the sea.

Narrator: The Ocean of Memories ushered in the sunrise, and the stars dimmed.

Narrator: When I broke out of the abyss, it was not only the brilliant starry sea that greeted me.

Narrator: This boundless sea of human consciousness has been turbulent and unpredictable since it first came into existence.

Narrator: The storm that followed made the starry sky fall, and almost every civilization was dragged into eternal calamity.

Choose “What happened?”

You: What happened?

Leonid: The Ocean of Memories ushered in a war that ended with the fall of a god, who is now in a deep slumber.

Leonid: I don’t mind talking with you now that you remember everything.

You: ...

Narrator: I began observing civilizations again. In the past, I never tried to understand the charm of particular individuals.

You: Is destruction still bound to come?

Leonid: I’ve traveled through endless time and space, trying to capture that small variable.

Narrator: After a short journey, I finally heard an answer to the question that all civilizations have asked when I fell into the abyss.

Narrator: It came from a girl from the future. I’m waiting for her birth.

Narrator: I will guide her to this land so she can show me a world I have never seen before.

You: Is that Nikki?

Leonid: At this moment, you have already met.

Narrator: Afterward, I still sought the connection between the Ocean of Memories and Miraland.

Narrator: I went back to where I had been, when Leonid’s name was the talk of Miraland.

Narrator: But that has nothing to do with my new journey. I won’t respond to them. I just want to know what society was like.

Narrator: Time flew by, and one afternoon, I met my new student for the first time.

Narrator: His voice was childlike and clear, and the gleam in his eye was inexplicably familiar.

Boy: I want to be the most amazing artist, Mister. I want to be just like the legendary Mr. Leonid!

Narrator: A small desire emerged in the abyss.

Narrator: I won’t fulfill everyone’s desires, but I don’t mind sowing the seed of fate and seeing how it grows.

Leonid: What is your name?

Boy: Modric, sir.

Narrator: What kind of starlight will come from this desire?

Narrator: You’ll see eventually.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

#leonid #shining nikki #modric #nikki #transcript #angel and demon hell event #chapter 5 #break of moonlight #sea of stars #ocean of memories #abyss #darkness #beauty #illusion #revelation #war of the gods #destiny #miraland