#wahrk

[shoomlah]

travel sketchdump, turns out flying to Spokane for work and then to London for the holidays means a whoooole lot of downtime for sketchin’

#sailor moon #usagi tsukino #myst #riven #wahrk #diablo 4 #sketchbook #my art

[gaxhar]

#wahrk #riven

[videogamewhales]

[ID: An image of a Wahrk, a whale-like creature with tusks, from Riven. End ID.]

Wahrk from Riven (1997)

#myst #wahrk #riven #whale

[menphinaswhitemage]

Send 📟 to see them wearing or doing something associated with the Allagan Empire. Send 💛 to see them with their best friend (NPC or OC). Send 🪡 to see them in something they crafted themselves - or was crafted for them.

Probably the most out there one for Audrey. Which also made it the most fun! It does give me an idea for an AU...what sort? idk. Allagan themed. She would totally rock long long hair in it however.

I tried to mimic that one scene in Madoka but I can't find a screencap to compare it to.

Despite the amount of people she knows in RP, her best friend is probably still my other OC Velvet

"Look! Now you will be much mahre prahtected ahgainst shahrp knives while you wahrk, non?"

This outfit was actually made after Audrey was injured in one of my RP plots. One of her friends made this outfit to give her a "work outfit" sturdier then regular fabric.

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #ffxiv oc #gpose #ffxiv gpose #ffxiv wol #audrey valentine #hyur midlander #viera #Velvet lesrekta #tysm for the ask!

[dog-bash-head]

Some non homestar related art from years ago that I still kinda like:

A drawing of my dog Benji that I’m still pretty proud of

Some old watercolors of terrifying dreams I had

Drawings of someones dogs that I never got around to finishing

A Father’s Day card

A wooden chest panel for medieval reenactment that I painted symbols from Riven + a Wahrk onto. it was really fun to tweak the designs to look more period accurate!

And finally the whiteboard downstairs that used to be used for the daily schedule, but is now coated in shitty old doodles and inside jokes from me and my siblings

Oh wait I guess I kinda lied abt the no homestar things. There’s like a little bit actually

#what a pile #freakin jumblemess #my art? ig? #there’s a little bit of Riven and Homestar here… not really enough to tag them but yk #uh some other shit idk

[artmolonara]

HEY EVERYONE! I’ve entered into Cyanworlds’ Riven Cake contest on Twitter. Here are the cakes I’ve made.

This golden beetle viewer is a chocolate fudge cake with chocolate ganache covering with fontant for details. The shell is white chocolate painted gold with edible paint and the wings are isomalt.

This one I did with the leftover cake pieces. Its a Whark statue with choco-fudge cake, white chocolate ganache, and chocolate fondant as the main covering, with plain fondant and edible paint for details.

Here are the references from in game I used. If you’ve never played Riven, I cannot recommend it higher. It was the first videogame I ever played and it still holds up today.

If you like these cakes, go check out all the other entries people have done under the #CyanCake2 on Twitter.

Also voting is now underway for the winner, I’ll provide a link to their voting page. Please select your favorite entry!

EDIT: I WON FIRST PLACE!!!

Thank you all who cast your vote, this was a fun experience!

#my art #cyan #cyan worlds #riven myst #riven #myst #cyancake2 #shameless promo #cake #first time working with some of these cake materials #golden beetle #whark #wahrk

[rivcog]

Richard Vander Wende production design sketches for Cyan’s Riven

#myst #riven #d'ni #richard vander wende #production design sketches #wahrk #ytram #moiety symbols

[raideo]

Having a Myst nostalgia party these past two days, so I had to draw the sharky boi 🐋🦈

#wahrk #myst #riven #my fanart #my art #my traditional art

[riumplus]

20 years ago today Riven: the Sequel to Myst was released! To celebrate its anniversary, I've just finished work on another major upgrade to the Riven Journals. Check them out at https://www.riumplus.com/riven-journals/

What's new: - The background music now plays on more modern browsers (including on most smartphones) - There’s a new compatibility shim to display the mouse hover text, which replaces window.status which has been deprecated for quite some time - All Perl code has been modified to work with newer versions of the language, which means the cookie handling parts work properly again. This means all .cgi pages work, there’s no more script errors, and Journal 5 is actually completeable now - All PHP code has been modified to now work with version 7 of the language - Personally checked that the Easter Eggs are actually accessible, since no one’s found them yet (they’re pretty hard to find!) - A couple backend logic errors have been corrected (which were present in the original Riven Journals… I have no idea how I missed them for so long) - The Prefetching code has been updated with more hints, which should make browsing around the Riven Journals super fast with very quick page load times

.....And just to add a little extra icing on the cake for the anniversary, it’s my pleasure to unveil some previously-unreleased, never-before-seen Riven concept art of the schoolroom Wahrk counting number game. Enjoy. :)

#Riven #Riven The Sequel to Myst #Myst #Cyan #Cyan Worlds #Riven Journals #Gehn #Wahrk #Whark #I love this game #video game #concept art

[itbe-jess]

Masklophobia: Chapter 10

Karl's Paradise- 02x7 The Day Disco Revived

Here we are now. The seventh episode of the second season, focused on Yum-Yum. Unfortunately, there won't be much for me to describe on this episode, due to it being a bit glitchy. It was recorded off of an old VHS tape, so I can't blame them. Anyways, let's dive in.

We start off with that hillbilly lizard, and a smaller girl lizard with overalls and cowgirl pigtails (which I bet is his daughter), having a picnic by the Paradise sign. I think I remembered that girl lizard being one of Junior's classmates. After that, we then cut to the Happy Belly Diner. There were variant puppet customers, a deer puppet hostess, and 5 of the main Paradise Critters; Barkstone, Slouch, Yum-Yum, Saxxo, and Van Goose. Saxxo, Slouch, and Van Goose sat at a booth table, while Barkstone had a counter seat.

Yum-Yum served Barkstone a single pancake, which the blue dog remarked was the cheapest item on the menu. As soon as Yum-Yum had turned her back, Barkstone covered his breakfast with a napkin, lightly tapped on it three times with his wand, then we pan to a sideways angle of Barkstone, where he then removed the napkin to reveal he transformed his one pancake into a huge breakfast platter. When Yum-Yum turned around and saw the platter, she was surprised and confused at the same time.

Eventually shrugging it off, she then decided to serve her two other Critter friends their breakfast. Van Goose ordered the French toast, and Saxxo ordered the chicken 'n waffles with a side of hash browns. Slouch was napping as usual, burying his face in a bowl that somehow wasn't suffocating him. Yum-Yum gave him a tap on the shoulder and Slouch got up, showing his face covered in some white goop.

"Lo siento, seńora. I couldn't help falling asleep in my oatmeal. It's all so soft, and warm, and smells good..."

Talking about it made Slouch fall asleep again. Yum-Yum just shrugged. Then out the window, we see LabRat, holding an invention of some sort. As he entered, the invention looked like a slot machine with a spaghetti strainer on top, with print that read "Cumulus Controller."

"Oh no. Look out, gang. The mouse is in the house." Saxxo commented under his breath.

LabRat invited himself to sit at Saxxo, Van Goose, and Slouch's booth, by shoving Slouch to make room (while the bowl is still stuck to his face). He then placed his invention on the table.

"Wonderful SUNNY morning we're having! Guess what I have?" Asked LabRat.

"Ahn eenvention zat ahctually wahrks?" Replied Van Goose.

"No... Actually, yes. I introduce you fellows to an up close and personal presentation of my brand new Cumulus Controller! Anyone care to speak freely of their curiosity? Got the slightest clue on what it does?"

Van Goose and Saxxo didn't say a word. I can't speak for Slouch, who is heavily napping.

"Ah, tough crowd. Anyways, this contraption manipulates the cloud's precipitation through emanation modification, thus giving you the atmospheric conditions much you desire! Snow, rain, fall, or hail if your drinks run out of ice!"

I feel as though the writers don't know anything about science and are just making LabRat say a few science words to make him sound intelligent.

"Now, be the first to witness a live demonstration! Drum roll, please!"

Eger appeared out of nowhere and performed the drum roll. Afterwards, LabRat pushed a few buttons on the machine, pulled the slot lever, and the dials started spinning. The other Critters in the background, including Yum-Yum and Barkstone, didn't seem to pay mind to LabRat. Pretty soon, the dials ended at three rain clouds, which is obviously meant to be rain. Then with the power of bad TV editing, the strainer on top began glowing multi colors with some stock sci-fi noises playing.

Van Goose and Saxxo stared at the invention, either of interest or confusion. Later, the noises stopped and the strainer stopped glowing. Van Goose and Saxxo presumed nothing happened, until a roar of thunder, with a strike of lightning, startled them. The two looked out the window to find it was pouring down on the paradise.

The rain ruined the picnic of the hillbilly lizard and his daughter, as we saw in the beginning. In another area, a bird puppet was making a shortcut at Fresh Clear lake, trying to keep themself dry with their wings. Fins' popped up, surprising them. "Hey wet fella! Need an umbrella?" she said as she handed them a spare umbrella. But as the bird opened it, cartoonish water poured down on them. Fins laughed. Lastly, we go to the castle, where Karl requests his royal gardener to protect the flowers outside from the "horrible storm." The weasel heed the king's orders, but as soon as he opened those doors, he got struck by lightning. We then pan back to the diner.

"Well, haaaaaaaaaave mercy! It actually works, mah man!" Commented Saxxo.

"Of course it works! Iiiiiii made it, didn't I?" Said LabRat, feeling proud.

LabRat then had his own Frankenstein moment where he laughs maniacally as lightning from the rain strikes. Like they want to scare these children more. Van Goose asked if the machine can project any more weather. Just like that, LabRat pushed the buttons, cranked the trigger, and three snow clouds came on the dials. The rain soon turns into snow.

We're brought to Mama LongLegs, and a few other puppet Critters, ice skating on the frozen pavement, Junior and his friends are having snowball fights, a chipmunk builds a snowmunk, and the same weasel outside the castle in the garden. Poor thing looked like he was freezing his ass off, and he had placed sheets over the flowers, which I'm pretty sure would kill them more. Karl popped out the window to let his royal gardener know that snow has fallen, even though the weasel already notices.

We're then cued to a cartoon segment, about a human child being puzzled over idioms spoken by the weather man on TV, such as "It's raining cats and dogs" and "pea soup." She runs to her mother to tell her about the hoopla she heard on TV, only for her mother to assure her that they're not true by explaining what they mean, and promising her daughter that the sky isn't gonna rain cats and dogs. Zoom out from the window angle, it's raining cats and dogs.

The show cuts back to the diner, where Van Goose was eager to try the Cumulus Controller herself, saying she needs a fine leafy autumn for her next portrait. LabRat told her that only he knew how to work it, but Van Goose just reached across the booth to touch the machine. LabRat could've pulled her wings away or push her, but instead he just kept giving her warnings. She pushed the buttons, then cranked the trigger. On the dials then appeared three tornados. Yep, I think you know what happens next. LabRat then scolded Van Goose for what she had done.

We take another tour around the paradise, and all the snow suddenly melted away. It is then showed to be an incredibly windy day amongst the puppet Critters, trying to pass through but keep getting pulled in by the breeze, with genetic toy-looking cows flowing about. Once again, we visit the gardener weasel, checking on the flowers underneath the sheets. The weasel spots the cartoony tornado out in the distance, and like any sane person, he said "FORGET IT! I QUIT!" and ran.

But the tornado wasn't swirling its way towards the castle, it was swirling its way towards the Happy Belly Diner. The first one to notice the tornado was a hamster puppet sitting alone in a booth, who shouts in a thick, hoarse accent I can't recognize, "TORNADO!" However, since his accent sounds like "TOMATO," Yum-Yum came to his booth with a plate of tomato slices. The tornado got closer and Van Goose, LabRat, and Saxxo saw it at the last second. Van Goose gives the warning.

"Everyone, GOOSE! I mean, DUCK!"

All the Critters ducked under their tables, and Yum-Yum ducked under the counter. Slouch didn't duck on account that he was asleep, and Barkstone didn't duck on account that he was too stubborn to take part of whatever kind of "tomfoolery game" they were up to. When the tornado hits the diner, we later cut to after the incident. (I bet no one can look at this scene without laughing. You gotta look at this budget.) There's nothing left but the stools, tables, booths, and lots of debris. The food's gone for some reason, including Barkstone's cheat breakfast platter.

"Such a waste of three cents." Groaned the blue dog.

Everyone seems to be fine, except Yum-Yum, who appears to be very sad despite that blank mask expression. Or at least I could tell from the sad piano music playing. Then one of the glitching errors occur, where the screen changes to black and white, and the audio turns disorted, but only for a good 12 seconds. Yum-Yum looks at all the debris around, that used to be her diner. LabRat and Van Goose tried to pin each other on the cause of the incident.

"LahbRat deed eet! Hees mahchine, he deed eet!"

"I resent that! It may be MY machine, but who pulled the lever? It wasn't me! ...this time!"

Yum-Yum yelled at both of them.

"I don't wanna know who's fault it is! That's not gonna bring back the Happy Belly."

Yum-Yum runs off, leaving the rat and goose feeling guilty. Saxxo just looks at them, probably ashamed of them as they are with themselves. Slouch wakes up and looks around at the now demolished diner. His only reaction was "Check, please."

On to the following scene, Yum-Yum is looking at a framed photo of the Happy Belly's grand opening. Suddenly, LabRat (who's holding some remote), Saxxo, and Van Goose teleported right into her living room. The shades donning tiger was holding a check.

"Didn't mean to sneak up on ya, Mama, but dig this: We talked turkey to double K about your misfortune today. So, in his generous offer, he wrote out this check for 50,000 leaves and 42 shinies. Signed with his genuine royal signature."

I presume "leaves" and "shinies" are paradise money. Leaves are ranged into dollers, while shinies are ranged into cents. And I also presume that checks in the paradise are supposed to be big enough to hold with both hands. Even with that good money, Yum-Yum refused it. Apparently, she felt guilty taking money from the king with all the nice things he's done for her, also she didn't wanna be a charity case. Yum-Yum, please; When a dumb rich white man decides to give you all his money, you take his money!

"That's nice of y'all, but Karl's like a friend to me, to all of us, so I would feel guilty takin' money from someone whose done so much for our people. Also, I don't wanna be some charity case. I'm a strong woman. I can make it through."

"Perhaps I can build a time machine to setback the tragic event from happening." Said LabRat.

"NO!" Saxxo, Yum-Yum, and Van Goose screamed in unison.

"Maybe I cahn open up a beneefit ahrt show by mahkeeng brahnze stahtues een treebute of your best entrees! People buy zem, ahnd we mahke enough mahney to rebuild your deenair! [*Withdraws one of those statues behind her back*] Here's one of your fahmous Mahnday special: cahld peegs' feets weeth haht sauce!" Said Van Goose.

"Ah thought those were hamhocks." Commented Saxxo.

"I thought that was trash you planned to throw away." Commented LabRat, before getting nudged by Van Goose.

"Look, I appreciate you guys wanna help, but as friends, I really don't need you going through that trouble for me. However, if it's courtesy you want, I'd be more than happy if you stayed for awhile. ...since you're already here. I've recently baked a fresh batch of pastries, and I'll fix some tea to go with them."

The bear then walked her way to the kitchen. Saxxo just dropped the check like some surrendering gesture, venting to himself on what they could do to make it up to Yum-Yum as he took a seat on the couch. Van Goose thought a little music would lighten the mood, so she made her way to the phonograph, and a box of records was besides it. However, while going through the records, upon her discovery she found Yum-Yum on an album cover, with the title being "30 Minute Love At 400 Degrees Fahrenheit." She found two more Yum-Yum albums, titled "I've Got Roast Beef With You," and "Sweeter Than Sugar, Richer Than Cream."

She told the two guys about it. Saxxo ran, while LabRat used teleportation. I forgot to mention. All the album covers are illustrated in cartoon, with Yum-Yum dressed as some 70s' disco artist, with a puffy afro that matches her fur color. Van Goose then discarded one of the records from their cases, and placed it on the phonograph. Here's what I heard so far, and it's not quite bad.

🎵Hmmmmm-mmmmmm-mmmmmmmmm. Baby... You left my life so bitter. I've worked my jobs, not once I robbed. But you just had to get her. What do you see, that's not in me, With that girl that knocks you to your knees.🎵

Afterwards, the gangs starts talking, and I lose track of the lyrics.

"Not bad. Though I prefer the sounds of fingers direfully strumming on the keys of an organ." LabRat shared his opinion.

"Heyyyyyy! This is alright, dynamite, and outta sight! Ah don't know about you, Rat, but music is my specialty, and I know dis right here is a big fat 10 out of 10!" Saxxo shared opinion.

"Yum-Yum hahd a museec cahreair ahnd deedn't even tell us?" Questioned Van Goose.

Right at that moment, the TV plays a commerical, though I did recall the TV wasn't on earlier, for the 20th Anniversary of Soul Plane. (Very clever there). The said host of Soul Plane, a canine puppet named Dhole Clawelius, announces a sing-off competition. Based on the judges' views, one lucky contestant could win a 100,000 leaf prize, and their chance to perform a live show next episode. The promo gave the trio an idea.

After that, we transition to the next cartoon skit. Just a paper cutout stop motion that tells the story of what if the world didn't have music. That's when the picture started breaking up, and the audio loses its quality. Annoyed, I skipped ahead of the episode until I could recognize any picture onscreen. Yum-Yum was having a conversation with the trio over tea and the pastries she brought in. At first I was confused, but the subject was about her career in the big music industry.

"Think about it, blood. That beautiful voice of yours can sweep all those contestants off their feet! It a better way of helpin' yourself and you wouldn't be feelin' guilty about us performin' a good deed for you." Saxxo tried to persuade Yum-Yum into signing up at Soul Plane.

"I don't know, Saxxy. Been a long time since I held a mic in my hand, put on my old sequin dress, and puffed up my hair. I don't think I still have it in me."

"I hear you seeng when you cook. Your vahcahls ahre ahs fresh ahs ze dahneeshes you leave out every mahrneeng." Now Van Goose took a shot at it.

"Yes, but... There will probably be others better than me."

"Dagnabbit, young lady. Just sign up on that program or I'm going back to my lab to fetch my Mind Control helmet." Now LabRat is resorting to blackmail.

"The thing only works in reverse. Remember how Barkstone used you to do his laundry for two weeks?"

"Mmmmmm, you have a point there. But I have recalibrated a few kinks! Not all of them." 

"Alright, fellas. I'll do it, since you all want nothing more than to help me. The diva shall rise again!"

The trio clapped her on, then Saxxo put out his paw for a high-five. "Slip me some skin there, Mama." After that, we cut to another cartoon skit. Something I never thought I'd see. Saxxo, in animation. Well, the Critters do appear animated in the opening sequence, but never thought they'd have their own skits like this. Now that I think of it, maybe Karl's Paradise would've looked better if it were a cartoon. Then again, a non-creepy approach would not save the show from their poor network scheduling.

Back to the cartoon, Saxxo is talking, with some brass funk music playing in the background.

"Brothas and sistas, heed mah word. Better listen, you hear? It must be heard. Have you ever saw yourself on stage, playin' the guitar? [*A guitar magically appears in his hands, then vanished after pulling a few notes*] Or bangin' the drums, tootin' the flute, or being the first triangle star? [*The same happens with those other instrumemts as well*] As cool as it be, it's no task to learn overnight. All birds start out fallin' before they take flight. Practice makes perfect. It's worth it to a degree. [*A piano appears and he starts playing*] It's eas-"

The skit stops after the show switches to some sitcom (likely a bad one) that I don't even know. Didn't I tell you this episode was a bit glitchy? Don't worry, it's only temporary for 30 seconds, then we switch back to the episode, but the audio clearly isn't working right now. All I see is the contestants readying themselves backstage. Yum-Yum is all dressed exactly how she looked in her albums. She peeks her head out of the curtains, then pulls it back in. The big bear seemed all jittery and nervous. We then pan to the full setting and stage of Soul Plane. In design otherwise, it did resemble Soul Train (the program their parodying off of), with some painted sky backdrops, and plane decors.

The judging table consists of parodies of celebrities that are not very known today; Lola FaLlama, Wolf Jack, and Marvin Greyhound. All of the Critters are in the viewer crowd, who came to cheer Yum-Yum on. Right where the audio starts working again, King Karl arrives in style, accompanied by his weasel servants. Then we get to the boring part, which I don't feel like explaining in full detail. The contestants performed all their talents on stage, and they either suck or are decent.

The last contestant Dhole Clawelius called out was Yum-Yum. The crowd claps, but, Yum-Yum doesn't show up on stage. Dhole calls again, but no Yum-Yum. The Critters started questioning among themselves, and that was when Karl started to get worried. He then slipped his way out of the crowd, and leaving his servants behind. We pan to backstage, where Yum-Yum is sitting in a chair, looking like a nervous wreck, whispering to herself. Karl then spoke, and startled her.

"You seem upset."

"Oh, Karl. It's you."

"The one and only. Do you think anything might be troubling you?"

"[*Sighs*] A whole lot, to tell the truth. At first I thought I didn't have the same razzle dazzle magic I had 14 years ago, but it all came back to me now. I've got a bad case of mike fright. I mean, I was fine singing behind a recording booth, being eyed by only two or three people. But when I had to sing in front of millions, if not billions, of people watching, I fell dead frozen. The thought of all those eyes monitoring my every move, it just... ....leaves me in jitters."

"You were okay serving a million Critters a year at the Happy Belly."

"It's not the same, your highness. I'm a cook. I was the superfly diva of disco. One bad move, and it's flopsville."

"You're the best cook, Yum-Yum. Out of all the eateries in the paradise, Critters have always recommended the Happy Belly. You practically were famous without a mic or platinum album. Besides, everyone had their fair share of slip ups. As a matter of fact, a few years ago, back when I was just a small prince, I had to present a speech at my father's 50th banquet. I was so nervous, I forgot the words."

"That's it?"

"Oh, there's more than that. My nervous breakdown got to me so much, I eventually got queasy."

"NO!"

"It's true."

"You, the king?!"

"We're all people, Yum-Yum-"

The picture grows black and white, and the audio becomes disorted, again. Really pissing me off. Well, not like there's anything fun going on in this episode. It lasts longer than it did before. When the picture and audio came back together, Dhole was about to declare the winner of Soul Plane, but Yum-Yum then stepped on stage, singing her heart out.

Hey, hey! Let me see y'all get down with yo' bad selves!

🎵The heat has got us poppin'! Like those kernels on the stove! We floatin' like a root beer! Now watch the foam rose! Yeaaaaaaah!

The crowd has got so much life!  Give me a scream and shout! Don't be a melted ice cream! Or PBJ inside out! Hmmmmmm!

Sweeter than sugar! Richer than cream! C'mon, c'mon! Everybody! Lets live the dream! Hotter than pot roast! Cooler than ice! 'Long as you are havin' fun, Your life is suffice! Healthy as apples! Tough as can be! Just whatever suits your vibe, It's alright with me! Sweeter than sugar! Richer than cream! Lots of faces smilin' there! Just how it should seem!🎵

Just any episide of Soul Train, the whole crowd is dancing, clapping along to the beat, even the judges could feel the rhythm. After Yum-Yum finished, the judges wrote out their scores. It wasn't in numbers, but in the words "Right On." That must mean a 10. Each also gave a comment on how much they liked her. Dhole then presented Yum-Yum with the prize. However, just now, he started to recognize her talent.

"You know, Ms. Yum, with that voice, I could've sworn I've heard of you somewhere." "Well, who hasn't? I'm only the best darn cook in the paradise."

The audience laughs, and Yum-Yum ends the episode by re-singing the song that won her first prize. Oh wait, the episode isn't over yet. We still have Paradise Fun-Time. It's just Saxxo giving some singing advice. Now roll the credits. This has probably been my worst episode yet. It's a shame that good composed music and animation was wasted on this.

#The Banana Splits Movie #Remake #Masklophobia #horror #Karl’s Paradise #original characters

[shoomlah]

Friday was my last day at Valve.

Leaving a job full of people and projects you love is always hard, but I have a pretty good reason for it this time around:

Next Monday is my first day at Cyan.

Feels appropriate to announce this on Riven's anniversary, the game that is entirely to blame for who I am as a concept artist and Art Director. WHO WOULD I EVEN BE if I hadn't had my 11yo mind blown by the little wahrk gallows counting toy in the Rivenese schoolhouse??? It's a mystery.

I can’t talk about what's on the horizon just yet—short of helping to get Riven out the door—but I’m thrilled to finally be a part of this studio, officially, after thirty years of wistful pining. If my ancient Riven fanart is anything to go by, it's been a long time comin.'😎

#cyan #myst #riven #valve #from one iconic 90's game studio to another #I have a type #I'm sure a lot of you follow me on here for my fandom stuff #(and probably a fair number of you don't even know what I do professionally) #but suffice to say this is a BIG OL' DREAM COME TRUE for baby Claire (and adult Claire)

[nyktomorphia]

Nyktowe’s Guide to Rivenese Wildlife (1/5)

...I got distracted from redesigning Serenia.

One chamber on Riven - the room where the Moiety stage escapes for Gehn’s prisoners - is decorated and locked by a circle of 25 stones marked with stylised wildlife, only four of which (the scarab, ytram, sunner, and wahrk) are ever actually seen in the game. (While obviously this is due to the technical limitations of a game that was released on 5 CDs in 1997, I think the fact that most if not all of these animals are implicitly extinct before we arrive also reinforces how Gehn’s reign as god-tyrant has brought Riven to the verge of collapse.) I thought it would be interesting to try to figure out what the remaining 21 might have looked like, using the four we see as a basis. (Reference screenshots are from Lost Library of D’ni, and in case you’re not familiar with the Myst games you may want to refer to it for background.)

A simple start. This exercise leaves a lot of room for interpretation - I also did a version that was more of a horned toad, but the elf-eared punk bunny seemed more accurate. Him angy.

The stylised symbols don’t give any sense of scale, and this is another one that could’ve easily been a sort of froggy anteater. (In hindsight, given that Riven evolved at least one amphibian in the form of the ytram, there should almost certainly be more even among this limited set.) Still, neither of these have the unique legs that the ytram symbol does, and the general stance here reminded me strongly of an alert hare. It’s possible that neither of these were really extinct (before the end of the game, I mean), if they’re as flighty as actual lagomorphs.

The shape here reminds me of several different fish, but especially piranhas for some reason. The fins and general orientation, though, makes it seem like it is built for swimming down, so I want to imagine it as a bottom feeder of some kind, hovering above the dirt waiting for movement and darting down when an unsuspecting eel pokes its head out.

So this could be some sort of insect-eating woodpecker bat or haha, no, I jest, this is obviously a cross between a hummingbird and a seahorse (or one of the other syngnathids). Lungfish and flying fish are one thing, but it’s a little too much for me to imagine an aerial nectarivore that still breathes through gills, so I have to assume the resemblance to a fish is only superficial. It makes a pretty adorable little hummingdrake, though!

Okay, starting to get a bit more in-depth now. Sunners are one of the most interesting creature designs in-game to me, sort of a baleen plesiosaur-platypus-seal, and their symbol has a very distinctive mouth-shape which is also present in several other creatures’ symbols, so on that basis I decided they all at least have beaks. So now I’m imagining an entire clade of partly-aquatic Rivenese monotremoids, and I can even imagine a simple phylogenetic tree linking them together that resembles the real-world evolutionary history of cetaceans. Sunners would have descended from an equivalent to Ambulocetus, while this platypotamus... hippoplatypus... whatever, is representative of the family that diverged as far back as the anthracotheres that eventually produced actual hippos. (Beak based on a puffin, because it’s the closest sillhouette I could find, which may suggest its dietary habits are more carnivorous?)

Part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5

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inspired by @andhishorse:

broke: Noo-erk

woke: New-ark

bespoke: Nerk

roanoke: Nuh-wahrk

#i will never learn ipa

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Sweet Smile - Jerry Bernard

Gif: Unknown

Word Count: 1.1K

Paring: Jerry Bernard x (f)Reader

Summary: New in Avonlea, the Y/L/N family hire Jerry Bernard to help with repairs to their house. The new hand and Y/N, Mr and Mrs Y/L/N’s daughter, find themselves getting on very well.

Warnings: So, I tried to write a french accent. Apologies if it isn’t accurate to what a French accent actually sounds like. Also, as I don’t know French, the Italics in this are when they are speaking in french. 

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Requested: @demoiselle-en-detresse00​

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It was a nice little town, Avonlea, was what Y/N thought as she looked around her new home. Work was needed, obviously, as there was broken fences and such outside the house, but the house itself was lovely if needing some new décor.

‘Bonjour,’ said a sudden voice from behind her as Y/N looked over the garden. She jumped and turned to see a young man her age there. Tall with brown hair and brown eyes, a small smile dancing on his lips. Her yelp and jump at his unexpected appearance had clearly amused him. ‘Your fahthair hired me to help wahrk on your hahme.’

‘Oh, hello,’ Y/N said as she placed her hand on her chest to calm herself down after the shock of being disturbed. ‘I am Y/N Y/L/N, and you are?’ She then offered her hand to be shaken, the boy smiled again and shook her hand.

‘Jerry,’ he said, ‘Jerry Bernard, Miss Y/L/N.’

‘Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Jerry,’ Y/N smiled at him warmly, causing Jerry’s cheeks to redden as he scratched the back of his neck, lowering his gaze for a moment before meeting her eyes. ‘It appears we shall be seen each other quite frequently over the forthcoming weeks.’

‘I look fahrwahrd to eet!’

‘My mother must be looking for me, so I must dash,’ Y/N said ‘I hope we can speak soon, Jerry.’

‘You speak French, Miss Y/L/N?’

‘Oui,’ Y/N nodded, ‘and, please, call me Y/N.’

‘Y/N, my precious,’ Y/N’s mother called as she came outside to look for her daughter, finding her chatting away with the new hand. Mrs Y/L/N smiled fondly at the young man before elegantly outstretching her hand for him to shake. “Hello, you must be Mr Bernard. You’ve met my husband, and, well, my daughter as well it seems.’

‘Oui, Mrs Y/L/N,’ Jerry nodded as he shook the woman’s hand. ‘Bahth your husbahnd ahnd your daughtair ahre wahnderfully nice ahnd pahlite.’

‘Well, that’s delightful to hear,’ Mrs Y/L/N said with a warm chuckle, ‘It means I raised them both right, and Lord knows my husband was the most difficult!’

‘What are you saying about me? My Wife,’ Mr Y/L/N teased as he walked out to accompany his wife, wrapping an arm around her and pressing a kiss to her cheek.

‘Oh, you heard me well and good,’ Mrs Y/L/N smirked as she playfully smacked her husband’s shoulder.

‘I hahve to get hahme now, but eet wahs nice to meet you ahll. I look fahrwahrd to wahrkeeng here!’ Jerry laughed as he bid farewell with a smile and small wave.

‘Goodbye, Jerry, I cannot wait to speak again,’ Y/N called after him in French as she waved her hand.

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Ballet was Y/N’s life and she practiced hard, especially since coming to Avonlea and she hadn’t many new friends as of yet. As she ran through the steps, Y/N heard the voice of her teacher in her head counting her movements, telling her when her posture was dropping. The woman left her mark on Y/N in the best way possible, encouraging her to work as hard as she could to improve.

‘Bravo,’ Y/N heard, following by a clapping. She turned to see Jerry standing there behind her, smiling as she looked at him.

‘Merci, Jerry,’ Y/N’s smile grew wider.

‘You dance wonderfully, Y/N’ Jerry said as he stood hesitantly in the doorway, not wanting to bring dirt into the room, even though Mrs Y/L/N had no problems with it. The room was yet to be redecorated, for all the mistress of the house cared, they could keep a horse in the room for the time being until it was redecorated.

‘That is very kind of you to say, Jerry,’ Y/N blushed, looking down.

‘And you have such a sweet smile.’ He told her.

‘You’re trying to make me swoon here, aren’t you?’ Y/N teased affectionately, placing her hands behind her back. Now it was Jerry’s time to blush as a brilliant red flushed his entire face and he looked down for a moment as Y/N grinned playfully. ‘I mean, I wouldn’t mind swooning over such a charming comment from such an equally charming gentleman.’

These innocent, sweet conversations that were filled with playfulness were common between Jerry and Y/N. He would always appear when she was dancing, always pretending it was an accident and he did not know she was practising and would complement her to high heavens and Y/N would always comment about how he was trying to get her to swoon over him and that she wouldn’t mind it. Always the same kind of conversation, dancing around what they both wanted to say – that they liked each other.

‘You are too kind, Y/N, claiming me a gentleman.’ Jerry chuckled as he adjusted his jacket. His cap was in his hands, after all, a proper gentleman always takes his hat off inside a building. Jerry was clearly raised well.

‘I simply speak the truth,’ Y/N chuckled, ‘You know you can come into the room, Jerry, right?’

‘I don’t want to leave any dirt,’ Jerry shook his head.

‘You know my mother well enough by this point,’ Y/N assured him, ‘you are more than welcomed here.’

Jerry thought for a moment before nodding and hesitantly stepping into the room as though he were worried Y/N would change her mind and tell him to step back, but Y/N simply nodded her head to encourage him to come in.

‘How long have you done ballet for?’ Jerry asked curiously.

‘Ever since I could walk,’ she explained, ‘it’s my whole life. I love to dance.’

‘And you are exceptionally talented, if you don’t mind me saying,’ Jerry said ‘I love watching you dance.’

‘Thank you, Jerry,’ Y/N said, ‘that does mean an awful lot to me. Perhaps, one day, if you want that is, you would like to come to a performance that I am in.’

‘Oui, zat would be wahnderful!’ Jerry bit his lip and smiled.

‘I would like it if you were in the audience,’ Y/N confessed, ‘and perhaps afterwards, you and I could have tea at the tearooms?’

‘Just you and I?’ Jerry said, skating around it, ‘as though… we were… courting?’

‘Well, I wouldn’t object to it, you courting me… if you wanted to, that is.’

‘So, when is your show? Because, I would like to know when you and I would be officially courting.’

‘How about now?’ Y/N smiled, ‘you can watch me practice, class it as a personal show.’

‘And for the tea?’

‘Mother has a pot in the kitchen.’

‘your pahrents, would zey ahpprahve?’

‘Oui,’ Y/N nodded, ‘you are kind and friendly and you are respectful, and more than that, so long as I am happy, they are happy. So, what do you say?’

‘I think it would be… magnificent.’

‘Good,’ Y/N smiled her sweet smile as she leaned over and pressed a kiss to Jerry’s cheek. ‘So, tea first or the ballet?’

‘Ballet,’ Jerry said quickly, ‘I could wahtch you dahnce fahr hours.’

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stage-select-hub said:

"Waluigi, please don't try to pull what you did last Christmas..." Shulk remembered what he did with Olimar last year, he didn't want it to happen again. @monado-iii​

“ Ehh thwaht didn’ wahrk like how Waluigi wahnted so if he WAHS to -not sayin he is gonnwah- he’d come up wahth some’in bettwah. “

#|> ic <|

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“... Waluigi forgwot how eatin wahrks”

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