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shtern-and-art · 3 years

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"Skeppy will probably cry" "Bad will probably cry". Bish, screw, that I am crying!!!

This whole thing was bloody gorgeous and I wasn't expecting that ending. I had no clue what ending to expect but that was definitely better than any I could have hoped for. Forest spirit to soulmate your honour!

I was terrified that you were gonna leave it at the point where he loses the spirit and becomes mortal again. If you had I would be actively sobbing!!!! And oh my god, the art!!! I still can't get over how wonderful your style is.

Imma ask fun things because if I don't I'll sit in a puddle of emotion all night:

What's the first tech thing Bad will buy and how annoying will he be about it? Poor Skeppy trying to answer 101 questions about something he doesn't really use XD.

Is no one concerned that the odd couple from a town they never name has a pet wolf??

Do they immediately go over to a different town or do they wander for a while. Find hidden creeks and befriend bears?

Does Bad still have a connection to nature and animals, like are creatures naturally more trusting of him?

Do they ever visit the og town again?

Does Skeppy still cause absolute chaos in other towns or has he learnt his lesson and only causes minor trouble now?

Does Bad ever try and study again? If he did what would he study and would Skeppy try to study as well?

Does Skeppy steal? I dunno, he just give off the vibe of a naughty lil trickster who'll pocket something if the owner refuses to sell it him.

Immediately after leaving the forest what the first 'argument' they have (not including the car one)?

Would they ever ride horse? If yes, how terrified would Skeppy be?

Skeppy falls outta tree. I don't know why but my mind keeps telling me that this man has great balance until he climbs trees. They are his mortal enemy and Bad finds this both hilarious and terrifying because he is going to hurt himself.

I had waaaaay more questions than I intended to have. My bad '^_^ but this story was way too much fun to read and you are entirely to blame for making it so engaging!

Make sure to take care of yourself and do stretches after and during drawing. You don't wanna hurt yourself <3

AaaaI’m so glad you liked it! :D And, dang, man, I cried while writing that part too :D

And I promised a nice ending for the main story, I did, and this one also makes the most sense narratively! For the story I wanted to tell, at least. Bad can’t really become human again, he’s changed to much. He can only move on, and do something with what he is, and has. And he did! :D That’s really nice and inspiring, this story will always have a place in my heart, heheh <3

Being a guardian spirit connected to a person and all, Bad may be not as strong as before, but he can’t die unless Skeppy dies first. And Skeppy can do that, but he’s pretty sturdy, and his lifespan operates on a whole other scale than human ones. And Bad knowing Skeppy’s real name balances it all out, makes them equal in the power and influence they have over each other.

So hellyeah, soulmates for the win :DDD

I’ll answer all questions under the cut, and this close up from one of the pages!

1) What's the first tech thing Bad will buy and how annoying will he be about it?

Probably a pager! Because it’s a more feasible thing to get than a wholeass computer Bad actually wanted :D An it means Skeppy will have to get one too, and that Bad will be having the time of his life texting him and everyone he can get a number from, even if they’re still in the room with him.

Poor Skeppy indeed, he can learn to appreciate the pagers, and later phones, too, and computers, but he really has 0 idea on how it all works and why Bad is so fascinated by it all.

2) Rat and regular people

Oh, she can shapeshift, just like Bad! If they’re out with people around, she takes form of a puppy, and Bad can pass her off as a weird mix breed rescue doggo.

3) Do they immediately go over to a different town or do they wander for a while?

Oh, since they have no end destination in mind, they can ride around for a bit, go visit some cool places and roadside attractions. Sadly, Skeppy is probably not spiritually or morally ready to full on befriend wild bears yet, and they do need money for gas and snacks. So, at some point they will have to stop somewhere and find work – at least for a bit, to save up. Life’s gonna be a bit complicated with all that, until Skeppy figures out his treasure-finding abilities :DD

4) Bad and nature and animals

He is definitely still in tune with all wildlife! Even more – Bad could become a proper guardian spirit for Skeppy in part because, in a way, Skeppy himself is part of the nature.

So yeah, Bad can understand animals (and plants) and communicate with them; they’re just more free to not take his shit, and Bad’s emotions do not “possess” them unless he makes an effort to do so.

He doesn’t like doing it, tho.

5) Do they ever visit the og town again?

Hm, I think they will completely forget about it for a while, until, like, 30+ years later they will be going somewhere, and find themselves around those parts. And they try to not appear too often in the areas they’ve spent a lot of time in already (they can be pretty recognizable, and also barely show signs of aging). But it’s been a long time, and the town’s really different now… So they make a stop, and spend a day there. They walk the unfamiliar streets between the new buildings, check out the popular hiking trail, the advertisements for hot springs and winter activities. The old cinema is still there, and is hosting an all-night marathon of classic horror movies of the last century.

Bad and Skeppy leave the town after sunset – the day was nice, but they have nothing more to do there. They ride through the forest on a well paved road, with radio playing something barely above the whisper. And in the dark of hot summer night, Bad can see the white stag running between the trees alongside their car. Shadows dance over the shimmering light of it’s fur.

Somewhere after the towns border, the stag disappears back in the forest. But the air in the car stays light and fresh, saving the smell of old pines and dry leaves all though the night.

6) Skeppy and chaos

Well, after the whole mess in the main story, Skeppy definitely learned some lessons, especially about not being a dick :D

But the thing is – he can’t really help the fact that things tend to stir up around him a lot. He naturally brings in chaos into everything, because he is, in part, a personification, or an outlet for it in the world. And so, to feel, well and good, and himself Skeppy gotta do stuff that disrupts balance, and creates some mayhem. And in gave him a lot of trouble in early life, but in the course of the main story he learned that he can chose were he lets that chaos to take hold, learned what can come of that chaos, apart from utter misery.

Like, where it can help dismantle something destructive, and where – bring in the more positive change, that was already brewing, possible, but is stagnant for some reason.

Soooo, I can’t say Skeppy causes only minor chaos in his life, but he sure learns even more about not being a dick :DDDD

7) The studying

I think Bad will want to get a higher education at some point, because he wanted to, and because it’s already new millennia and all that. Bet he’ll go for something very technical and/or literature. Maybe he’ll start by piking up some classes in small time colleges, when they stop in one place for a while, and later get into an online program, because why not.

Skeppy is not a college guy at all. He’ll listen to Bad talk about it, read textbooks if he wants to, can research stuff, buuut going to classes and doing homework is definitely not his thing.

8) Stealing

Well, you’re right, Skeppy can and will steal stuff out of spite! And will be scolded by Bad for it, and will not feel (that) sorry about it. But real stealer between them will be Bad himself :D

It’s just… he has the corvid tendencies, and a hoard (a box) of sentimental mementos from different people and events, and the thrill of stealing something small and harmless is very exciting. Bad is very proud of his little collection. Skeppy finds it very adorable, a bit hypocritical, and kinda creepy. Like, that pretty box he gifted Bad at some point is now full of stuff like:

- pressed flower from the clearing they had a picnic at on their anniversary

- the button the waitress lost that one day the storm caused a black out in the whole town

- some small animal bones

- couple pretty rocks Bad stole from Skeppy’s pockets

- penny that was once glued to the ground

- a handful of teeth people (and not people) lost in fights with Bad

- pen from some fancy hotel

- rainbow dash keychain that belonged to a child

- the list goes on

9) Argument

Oh, that same day they’ll fight over whether they should stay at the really crappy and suspicious looking motel, or go sleep in a perfectly fine forest near the road. Ironically, Bad wanted to try out the motel (because, yay, first time spending the night back in civilization), and Skeppy was the one insisting on sleeping in nature (because the motel looks like it could give you 10 diseases if you even stand near it, and sleeping in the forest is kind of nice, and means they can cuddle).

10) Horses

The guys will probably ride them at some point. Well, Bad will ride, and Skeppy will sit on his horse and hope it knows what to do and where to go, because trying to make this giant thing do something seems dangerous. If they’ll have to actually go somewhere fast, Skeppy will not survive that day, his butt (and legs) will be dead for days to come.

And riding with Bad on one horse may sound romantic and nice, but all romance dies when the gallop starts.

11) Skeppy and climbing

Skeppy is more down to earth kind of guy, more of a “rocks and caves” kind of creature, real-life lizard person or something. Up on the trees and in the air – not really his element, yeah. But it doesn’t mean that Skeppy will accept this fact easy. The embarrassment of never managing to safely make it down a tree is too strong, he just has to do it all over again, and again. And again. Because, clearly, he was distracted this time. And the time before that Bad was teasing him, and it “disrupted his flow”. And, really, maybe these trees here just do not like Skeppy much, and make him slip a lot. Yeah.

So, more often than not, if Skeppy climbs a tree, he will not stop climbing it until he falls, or the tree ends. Bad had to take him off high branches couple times, forcefully, because, of course, Skeppy was sitting there for 2 hours just to properly enjoy the sunset. He can climb down at any point, he just Choses not to. The view is amazing. The bark is literally part of his skin now, not because he holds on tight, no, he’s just Than Much one with the nature )<

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Don’t apologize for the questions! It’s always so fun to answer them, and it makes me think more about stuff I may have skipped, or didn’t think about before. It’s really nice :3c

Again, thank you for the ask, and for being here for this story! <3

(And I’ll try setting timers for rest breaks while I draw, mb that will help)

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dreamsmp-au-ideas · 3 years

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Detective au time except now I’m focusing on the Eggpire and things relating to it

-Bad has really been in the Eggpire for a while and thus, he has been blackmailed and threatened for a long time

-The Eggpire has ways of recruiting a lot of members quickly. The first is the high pay they give them (A majority of the Eggpire got into it because of that) The second is promise of safety (Bad and formerly Puffy got into it because of that). The third is usually blackmail but that’s only on people who have powerful roles in government or other departments.

-Hannah is someone who managed to slip away from the Eggpire and still manage to live. Puffy and Jack go to her for more info about it at one point. She’s also a mercenary and more than once she worked together with Punz

-Puffy is also someone who got out thanks to Sam. She’s eternally grateful for that

-Ponk, Bad, and Ant all acted like a found family even before Punz

-Eggpire has been going on for a long time and honestly the whole city’s department has been trying to take it down for years

-Sam does not like the Eggpire due to how it pretty much twisted his former friends into this. Now Bad is the leader and Ant is his right-hand man! Well at least they are on the surface

-City is called Snowchester because I am very bad at names and L’Manberg is already a country so yea

-Skeppy thought that Bad got himself out of the Eggpire after about 2 years of being there. He only found out about the real extent about it a few years after they took Sapnap in

-Billiam is rich and he’s corrupt and he’s working with the Eggpire. Mainly on the job of funding it. He’s also in the inner circle

-Bad, Ant, Ponk, and Punz would honestly love to punch Billiam in the face. Rich bastard pisses them off and their patience is running thin with him

-Butler (AKA Moon) is unfortunately someone who got into Billiam’s services due to the promise of a roof over their head. Course that happened and now he’s just the Butler for Billiam

-The Inbetween is just a code name. No one knows the Inbetween’s true name but they work closely with the Crimson and often passes info they obtain by Karl

-Info on the Eggpire is almost impossible to get. Dream and XD managed to get like about a page of information and that’s it. You got to be very deep into the Eggpire in order to go and get more. And considering that’s usually the part where people start sabotaging each other to get a higher rank

-Punz is good at what he does and actually that’s what got the Crimson’s attention. One-off jobs are completed fast and effectively whenever Punz has them and jobs that are for an extended period of time are done well. Reel him in with high money pay and then slowly get him deeper into it and now he permanently has to work for the Eggpire

-The Masquerade is not the first time Jack and Puffy met Billiam. It was just the first time they were actually treated with a semblance of respect from him

-Jack met him due to him negotiating with his landlord and then Billiam comes in all rich and posh and shit and immediately goes and insults Jack. Never before has he felt rage like that

-Puffy met him after there was an unfortunate… “accident” with Hubert, one of his former butlers. She had to keep telling herself that she can not punch a witness every time she talked to him

-On bright side, the Masquerade outfits are made by Tommy and Eret and they look fabulous

-The murders kind of dampened the mood but at least while solving crime, they looked fabulous when doing it

-The Masquerade honestly is just Jack, Dream, Karl, and Puffy just trying to restrain themselves from punching Billiam throughout the whole murder mystery. Eventually James punches him so that’s great

-First Version of the Potion was developed around the time Purpled was working for the Eggpire temporarily and was “officially” tested by the time Punz got Purpled to ditch

-So yeah, Bad, Ant, and Ponk had to watch the effects happen to Punz for a while before they were pretty much subjected to the final version

-Honestly when I think about the Crimson all I can think about is a red trench coat the size of his body that like covers almost everything and a weird ass fedora hat that just conceals the eyes. I don’t know why. I just thought of that.

-The Crimson was not expecting Jack Manifold to actually get close to the things their planning. At best they thought that he’s a guy who is smart but probably won’t get anywhere. Sure he went and got a big source for them arrested but that’s probably just a lucky shot, right?

-It kept happening and now Jack is actually getting close to things the Crimson doesn’t want him to do that so he went and sent some people to go and scare him a bit. It does not stop him. You can not stop him, he’s using the power of spite, anger, and the fact that it’s pretty much the longest running and best paying job he had. Even though it’s not exactly obtained through honesty

-Pretty soon he also noticed that oh, Puffy is also in on this and is determined. You can not stop her need to protect people and her need to make sure that Jack is not going to get injured

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thatoneao3writer · 3 years

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Lmao. I can imagine Bad and Puffy talking and Foolish just turns a corner. He walks into the centre of the room points at absolutely nothing and loudly exclaims "Oh look a [insert any vague swear here]" just to have Bad sputtering language at him.

Unlike Quackity he can half get away with the excuse of "Is that a bad word??" by spinning his innocence real well but makes sure to say the word as much as he can in conversation.

"Why is X a bad word?"

"Language and it just is"

"Sorry, I didn't know X was a bad word, I'll try not to say X again, I just didn't think X was bad to say"

"Language language language but thank you"

"No problem I won't be saying X again. Oh is Y a bad word too?"

"LANGUAGE!!"

Someone help this demon if Skeppy passes by during this. He'd nod along and egg Foolish on - never saying the word himself to try and keep in Bad's good books - but going against Bad anyway.

Lots of "I doubt that's a naughty word, Bad"

"I've never heard it before"

"I think your being dramatic. It can't be that bad"

"Wait what was the word again Foolish, I might have heard it wrong?"

I'd like to say Puffy would help Bad but she'd be just as Bad as Skeppy except dancing around whether or not it's really a swear. She'd jus repeat "Bad, you think X is a naughty word?" "If Skeppy doesn't think X is a swear then maybe you've got it wrong" "What was the word again, Bad? Nonono, don't make Foolish say it, I'm asking you" XD

Foolish definitely wasn't a sent in by quackity who's watching from Tubbo's bee drone (the promise of helping prank Ranboo being sufficient bribe) lmao.

~ Monopoly Anon XD

Lmfaoooo this is deffo something they would do XD

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shtern-and-art · 3 years

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Awwww. The Skeppy burrito drawing was so cute! Look at him being all soft XD.

As promised I have even more questions hahah XD. Not so many this time because I'm kinda tired.

Do they ever hug at some point, more likely in the future when they know each other better? As in, does Skeppy's touch starved life get the better of him at some point and he just reaches to cuddle Bad on a particularly exhausting day?

And Bad in the town!!! Ooooh. Does he like visiting the town or does it bring back bad memories? N does he remember anyone there or is he much older than he looks and everyone's passed on? :(

Final one! :D Can Skeppy bring out any of Bad's more animalistic natures? I'm not sure when this is set so I don't think laser pointers/torches (flashlights I think others call em) exist but is he able to make Bad chase things? Or (I don't know if you've ever put a bell on a cat's tail and watched em jump about after it haha) but does tying bells to Bad's antlers make him react?

You have no clue how excited I get when I get the notif that you've posted! <3

Eheheh :3c

Skeppy: *snoring like hoard of zombies* Bad: adorable :3 *puts more dirt and leaves in his hair*

And, oh, yeah, they’ll definitely get to hugs-territory at some point! After they started to become friends, especially after Bad told Skeppy about his past, the trust between them grew, and so did the ease of the casual touching. Sleepover cuddles will be a thing for sure!

And there will be more about this AND the multiple visits to the town in the next story post, this is part of the plot and all. That’s actually why it took me so long to answer this ask (so sorry for that =c=) – I wanted to finish translating and prettying up all my notes to see what details will definitely go in the main post. And I finished it all yesterday! Aaaand there’s a lot of text :DDDD Here’s a sneak peek in my Word:

First post was a bit over 2k words. The rest of the text is 6.5k, idk if I’ll be able to fit it all in one post with pictures, will see. But this is everything, with flashback to Bad’s past, and the ending, and all.

I still didn’t go in all of the details, so, if after reading the whole thing you’ll still have specific questions about the visits to the town, I’ll gladly fill in the blanks. And you can keep asking about everything, while I prepare the big post, and if it’s something that I didn’t go in depth about in the notes, I will try my best to answer (:

Oh, and about the last part of your ask:

The story is set in the second part of the 90s, so laser pointers are already a thing. BUT they were invented somewhere in the 60-70s, so Bad, who stared living in the woods in the 50s, probably had no idea they exist. Skeppy definitely used this fact to his advantage for light trolling, hiding in the brush and making Bad scramble around, wondering what this little light is.

But this was more confusion and curiosity, than a roper hunt, I’d say. Rat though, Rat would hunt for the Elusive Red Light Of Doom a little bit to intensely. After couple sturdy trees fell victim to her trying to destroy The Offensive Dot, and Bad had to dig Skeppy up from under those trees, and pull a bunch of splinters from Rat’s gums… laser pointers were banned in the forest, permitted to use only in case of emergencies.

And you can tie stuff on Bad’s horns, but there’s a big chance it will fall off or disappear at some point. His horns always change shape, and the ribbons on them are the wishing charms people tie on the branches, like, exactly the ones people tied to the trees recently or in the past. They’re like little contracts for small wishes and protection people ask for from the forest.

So tying something directly on Bad’s horn will be a pretty intimate action, and may result in some unexpected wish fulfilment :DDD

If you want to see more instinctive (and cute) animalistic traits Bad shows around Skeppy, well. I’d say it happens more often when Bad just woke up from a nap; a normal proper nap, not the one where he stops being himself. Sleepy Bad can play with Skeppy’s hoodie strings, or lazily catch dry leaves falling from the trees, or hide in the piles of them to be sneaky. He’s a real delight :D

I’m really glad that you enjoy this story! It’s always a good day when I get a new ask, and my head starts swarming with all the new things I can share about it all.

Sorry again for taking so long to answer, hope you’re having a nice day too <3

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