Marth and Tiki drabble
On Ao3
“Give me your hand for a moment, Mar-Mar,” Tiki requested.
“Alright,” Marth agreed, ever obliging.
Or, more accurately, distracted. He was doing paperwork, reading through letters and reports, and so he held out his hand, unconcerned by Tiki’s request, without thinking about why she wanted it.
She held it in her own hands gently. Marth’s hands were bigger than hers. They were calloused from years of wielding a sword, but still rather soft. Tiki had heard some of Marth’s men describe him as delicate once. With his neatly trimmed nails and warm palm and slender fingers, she thought she might just understand what they were getting at.
She bit him.
Marth kept working for a moment, then abruptly stopped. He looked over in confusion, his head tilted in question as he watched Tiki hold his thumb between her teeth. Tiki was being as gentle as she could, unwilling to hurt him.
“Tiki,” he said gently. “What are you doing?”
Tiki released him to answer. “I’m trying to make you a dragon.”
Marth blinked. “Pardon?
“Xane told me a story about dragons who could bite people to turn them into dragons,” Tiki explained. “I thought that sounded marvelous. I imagined a world in which you would never leave my side and we could fly through the skies together. Doesn’t that sound nice?”
“That does sound nice,” he replied. “But, I think perhaps Xane was speaking about vampires.”
“Vampires?” Tiki repeated, turning the unfamiliar word in her mouth.
“Creatures of legend who drank the blood of their victims and occasionally made those victims into vampires themselves,” Marth said.
“He was messing with me again,” Tiki mumbled, pouting. “How mean. I was really very excited, you know!”
“Don’t fret,” he soothed, his fingers curling around Tiki’s hands. “I’m sure he didn’t mean any harm.”
“Still,” Tiki huffed. “I don’t want you to leave me, Mar-Mar. I want to stay with you forever.”
“Oh, Tiki,” Marth sighed, but his smile was fond and warm. “I will always be with you. Even when I die, I’ll still be with you.”
“No you won’t,” she said.
“You’ll always have your memories,” he said. “We live on in the memories of our loved ones. So long as you don’t forget me, I will be at your side always.”
Tiki held onto his hand, her own trembling.
“It won’t be the same,” she mumbled.
“No,” he agreed. “It won’t. But I will die one day, Tiki. I can’t stop that. All I can do is make more memories with you, so that any pain that comes alongside my loss is lessened.”
Tiki released his hand to hug him instead. He hummed, but hugged her in return, his touch as gentle as ever. Tiki buried her face in his shoulder.
“I don’t want you to go,” she sniffled.
“I don’t know what other option could exist,” Marth mused. “Unless you’d like me to haunt you?”
“I wouldn’t be scared if Mar-Mar was haunting me,” Tiki told him firmly, clenching her fingers in the back of his tunic.
“I don’t know that I could watch you sleep for thousands of years,” Marth told her. “It would be a long time of being idle. I’ve never been good at that.”
“I’ll stay awake then,” she said.
“How will you grow if you don’t sleep?”
“But-!”
He ran a hand over her head.
“You’re strong, Tiki,” he said. “You’ll be just fine without me. You’ll be able to make even more friends. You’ll be able to make wonderful memories. And when you die, I expect you to tell me all about the adventures you’ll have. The world will change so much, I want to know all about it.”
Tiki looked at him, tears still glittering in her eyes. She met his eyes for a moment, then nodded.
“Okay,” she agreed. “I’ll tell you everything. Even all the boring stuff.”
“I look forward to it,” Marth chuckled.
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Surprise!!!
My Danganronpa drawing is progressing fairly well, but it’s still far from finished, so in lieu of that, I have something else to share!
So, does anyone remember that drawing I made a few months ago of one of my OCs, Queen Susanna? The green lady with the fancy outfit and sword? No? Yeah? No?
Well, here’s one of her cohorts, the bright, handsome, and witty Prince Isaac!
This high-energy swordsman is Susanna’s second-in-command, and is gifted with the sword, hand-to-hand combat, singing, and dancing, not to mention having a great (if childish at times) sense of humor. And whereas Susanna has power over plants, this warrior has power over light, thus the sun design of his crown, hair, and...whatever the things on his boots are called. Boot crowns? ...I’ll go with that.
His theme of light is also reflected (no pun intended) in his rainbow collar, his moon badge, the star on his sword, and the aurora borealis design on the lower half of his outfit. He’s also a big fan of smiles, laughs, and jokes, thus the (admittedly sort of creepy) grin design on his armor. Don’t let his smile fool you, though, because much like Susanna, he can get quite serious in combat. He may rank below her, but his fighting style has spelled disaster for many an opponent. So...make sure you stay on his good side. 😉
And as much as I’d like to take credit for inventing all the fine details of this drawing myself, it was mostly stolen inspired by a picture of Fire Emblem’s Prince Marth.
You’ll notice a lot of similarities between the two characters’ outfits if you compare them -- the wrinkles in their outfits, their poses, the position of their swords, and so on. One of my favorite things about drawing is the ability to take characters, locations, items, etc. from other artists and pose and arrange them however you want (an ability which should, of course, be used wisely), so I had some fun copying parts of Marth’s appearance and pose while changing other parts to suit my character. Heh...“suit.” 😏
In case you’re wondering, there are more of these characters on the way (and I’ll eventually work up a full story for them), so stay tuned!
Also, I’ll aim to have that Danganronpa picture done within another three weeks or so. It’s on the bigger side, so naturally it’ll take a while, but I think it’ll be worth the wait, so once again, stay tuned!
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This! Is a color wheel art challenge done entirely in the style of the upcoming Persona 3 Reload because I like the style!
and also so I can do comms with it when the game comes out
Here's the wheel!
And here's the full renders cuz I hate myself lol
ORANGE: Taion, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
YELLOW: Mami Tomoe, Madoka Magica
GREEN: Merrill, Dragon Age II
TEAL: Johnny Joestar, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Pt.7: Steel Ball Run
BLUE: Prince Marth, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
PURPLE: Maya Fey, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
PINK: Princess Mei, Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger
RED: Kai, Ninjago, S4: Tournament of Elements
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