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Two Character Concept Sheets Complete!

⚡️Vincent & Florence 🌕

Who would you let take you to a gala?

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What’re they talking about? (Wrong answers only)

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Meet the Monsters!

Concept art and sketchs for the characters from our upcoming visual novel/dating sim Creature Courtship.

Florence

Sanka

Theo

Morgana

Vincent

All art by @cryptidjeepers

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Today’s NaMoWriMo blurb!

Script draft for Creature Courtship, a historical monster dating sim in the works from Cryptid Curiosities Co.

I found my gaze caught by one of the many art pieces - a small statuette cast in bronze that resembled Sanka to an almost uncanny degree. But the piece was clearly ancient, the petina of time and an endless exchange of hands evident on its surface.

“That statue is beautiful, how did you ever find it? It’s such an accurate portrait of Sanka you’d think it was meant for them.”

Sanka gave me a small smile, but I could’ve sword I saw Vincent cast a look of… panic? Annoyance? In their direction. I wonder what that could be about.

“I found that on one of my travels, I had the same reaction as you. The seller was amazed, apparently her great grandfather had made the piece decades prior. The story went he met a mysterious stranger one night, and the two were passing ships in the dark for the rest of his days - constantly finding each other at the oddest points in her grandfather’s life. He even wrote poetry about this strange person, musing about what their identity may be and how they always managed to find him at the strangest times. He made this piece shortly before he passed, and some say he was visited by the stranger the night before his death. The seller said according to the stories her family told, he had hoped to gift the piece to the stranger but at that point was too weak to speak and wasn’t able to. She practically insisted I take the piece, believing me to be the reincarnation of her grandfather’s strange friend. I had to convince her to even let me pay her for it…”

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Excerpt from what I wrote today!

Script draft for Creature Courtship, a historical monster dating sim in the works from Cryptid Curiosities Co.

“... can I kiss you please?”

I nodded, feeling my already quick heartbeat pounding against my ribcage even harder.

He reached out a hand and cupped my face delicately, his thumb brushing across my skin gently. I leaned my face towards his, trying to hide the anticipation coursing through me. Theo was less interested in subtlety, his sharp teeth on full display as he beamed at me. He dipped his head and our lips met. He was soft and careful, and the shaking in his hands had seemingly spread to the rest of him. I wondered if I was shaking too.

While eloquence wasn’t Theo’s forte, I felt all the words he wanted to say, all the unspoken poetry he wanted to express, channelled into this moment. I deciphered the message and understood every unuttered word. It was full of affection, of love, of devotion, and I felt my heart swell with love. I hoped I could be as good for him as he promised he’d be for me. He made me want to be perfect, even though I knew despite every flaw he already saw me as such. We broke the kiss, and he immediately went back to grinning at me.

“That was even better than I’d imagined.”

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Little sneak peak of something I’m working on alongside my nanowrimo project! Its a prequel to that story actually, and felt it would help flesh out those characters better.

Beating. I had a heart beat. I was alive. I could feel my… well I could feel. That was new. I felt my muscles twitch to life, my digits clenching and unclenching seemingly in an attempt to confirm they did indeed exist. Through my eyelids I could see light flickering around me. My other senses seems to activate in succession. Touch. Sight. Smell. Sound… oh god the sound. The sound of grating and buzzing filled my ears at a volume that almost made me wince.

Then…

Silence.

I opened my eyes slowly, blinded for a moment by a light directly above me. I attempted to raise my arm to block them from the harsh glare but found myself unable to move. My wrists, ankles, and midsection were restrained. I couldn’t turn my head either. Confusion flooded my mind, and my eyes darted around in an attempt to comprehend the situation. Suddenly, the light was gone and a… woman appeared above me. I didn’t know how I knew she was a woman, or what a woman was in truth, but something in the back of my mind conjured the word from my cranial void. It conjured forth some more observations about her - older, silver haired, round faced, bespectacled.

She touched my face and neck gently but intently, apparently finding whatever she was looking for as a smile widened across her face.

“Hello my darling, can you hear me?” She asked. Her voice was kind, and I felt myself relax slightly. I found myself wanting to answer, but I was unable to to form words. I… I didn’t know how to. I thrummed out an attempt at a response. “Don’t worry, you don’t need to speak - I don’t suspect you can. At least you seem to be able to understand me. that makes this much much easier. I’m going to disconnect you now, dearie, place stay very still ok?”

I made another sound in affirmation. She began working quickly but out of my line of sight. I felt her hands near my neck, with more sounds of metallic buzzing accompanying her movements. Soon, whatever was restraining my neck was released. I craned my neck to see I was restrained to some kind of… bed? Bench? Slab? And the rest of my body was covered by a white sheet. I watched the woman unlock the restraints, and I realized we were surrounded by quietly whirring machines. Dials and buttons and who knows what else were operating at full capacity, and I suddenly felt overwhelmed.

Where am I?

What’s going on?

Who is this woman?

Who am I?

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Going to be taking part in NaNoWriMo this year! Going to try to post little blurbs here for what I’ve been working on.

For this month I’ll be focusing on the project I’ve been working on for @cryptidcuriositiesco - a historical fiction monster dating sim called Creature Courtship! More details of that will be coming soon, but I’m excited to give everyone a sneak peak into this project we’ve been working on this month!

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Welcome to Cryptid Curiosities Co - an artistic duo of Cryptids dabbling in art of all kinds. Follow our individual and group projects here!

@cryptidjeepers - visual art, design,comics

@royalpossumprince - fibre art, writing, sewing

Our podcast: @blueboxbanterpod

Current project in process: Creature Courtship, a historical monster dating sim!

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Hi!! Updated commission sheet!! Dm me for more info!!

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