please share your pye and idaea headcanons
SO GLAD YOU ASKED. i think about space goats way too much
idaea:
he was around 9-10 (or the nomai equivalent) when the vessel crashed. grew up on ember twin, didn't undergo the quantum trials until he was already an established adult
privet is the older sibling and they would both die for each other
he is THE top mechanical engineer in the Eye project. this is why he was asked to work on the sun station despite his obvious stance against it
he also worked on the construction of the orbital probe cannon, black hole forge, and high energy lab
used to get made fun of as a kid for not understanding sarcasm and social cues :(
has always been somewhat combative and contradictory. no one was really surprised that he didn't like the sun station idea
cannot stand the heat. was always jealous of the nomai who lived on icy brittle hollow. the first thing he did as soon as the sun station was built enough was install the universe's most powerful air conditioning
halfway through the construction of the sun station, idaea had a slight breakdown. he wondered if what he was doing was Reckless and Immoral and started having doubts. at one point he seriously considered sabotaging the construction of the station to make it fail on purpose, but ultimately decided to have faith in his clan and continue as planned. he only ever talked to privet about this
when the sun station failed anyway he blamed himself, wondering if he subconsciously messed up somewhere along the line. he was pondering how to make it up to pye and the rest of the project for his shortcomings when the interloper cut that thought process short
pye:
was born a few years after the crash. she is the oldest of three children
she was absolutely dogshit at any literature or history based coursework in school but was a prodigy at physics and mathematics. she breezed through the quantum trials like no one's business
got along with virtually everybody. was friends with her peers, impressed the elders, and was great with kids
spoiled the hell out of lami and laevi whenever she had the chance. she loved her niblings so much. she was the one who told them about the "other way" to get into the statue workshop, much to phlox's displeasure
had a big fat crush on ramie but had no idea how to express it or even identify that what she was feeling was romantic attraction. coped with it by making up excuses to do science with her in the high energy lab. (ramie guessed that pye liked her, but didn't reciprocate and never brought it up. on the other hand, poke actually had a crush on pye, who had literally no idea)
you know when pye said that she was only calculating shuttle trajectories to the sun station as an exercise? yeah that was just to get yarrow off her back, she was definitely planning on trying
she absolutely hated that she couldn't crack idaea. genuinely wanted to be friends with him at first but gave up after the 75th annoyed glare. however, she always admired his work. she studied several of his inventions and publications in her higher education
was never known to cry over anything. failed experiment? that's how you learn babey! seriously injured? walk it off! only cried twice in anyone's memory: the first was when lami and laevi were born. the second was when the sun station failed
volunteered to explore the interloper before yarrow could even finish his sentence. she really needed a distraction
her last thought was that she really hoped poke would get away in time
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Summary: A comet is arriving in the star system, bringing new opportunities with it. It's been so long since there was somewhere new to explore (that was in reach, anyway), and spirits are high as a new mystery presents itself to be examined and solved.
Just a little thing. no angst here I prommy
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Final Seconds
I'd been dwelling on this idea for a while now. I've never drawn Nomai or any piece with composition like this before, what a way to start... at the end. I hope I did it justice!
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howdy all. i have had a lot of outer wilds sketches lying around so i've compiled another mini doodle dump :)
i am. a very messy sketcher. so be warned
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gossan my beloved 💕💕🙌🫶
solanum!! vvv (canNOT decide on one design for her to save my life)
feldspar ! (desperately needs a therapist.)
and here's my take on one of my favorite nomai, pye! i've been seeing a lot of fanart of her and then remembered i had a sketch of her around here somewhere
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