No one catches him when he collapses to his knees. No one says anything when he stays crying. He wraps his arms around himself, trying to keep himself from breaking apart. It’s not working. He’s just so tired. He’s in so much pain. He’s so alone. No one will save him. Richard knew. He understood. How many breakdown must he have had just like this one? How many times did he break when no one could see? No one will ever understand him again. He wants to feel safe. He wants Mikleo. Sorey doesn’t hear the scream that tears his throat but he hears it echoing in the now silent cathedral courtyard.
Hylanders demand a lot from their clergy but even Eleanor stands by completely unsure of what to do. Sorey is a mess; bleeding, burnt and weeping. It’s clear they’ve never seen him like this. They just stand by, staring and completely unsure of what to do. Velvet has tried to be impartial to all this, but she can’t help but be a little disgusted. Sorey is a rare kind of priest; one who actually practices what he preaches. She’s seen Armatization trials but never met a survivor. She knows him simply by the pain he’s endured because she’s experienced it too. That suffering filled her with rage. That rage festered inside her and used it to forge a jagged shell that would grind her enemies into dust. But Sorey took all the pain, sorrow and loneliness and it made him kind.
The clergy is not for kind people.
“This is what I hate about people like you…” She murmurs to herself. With that, she kneels down beside him and embraces him. He cries so hard his nose starts to bleed but she’s no stranger to blood. “There, there...it’s okay…” She doesn’t remember how to comfort people anymore. All she can do is let him get it all out. He buries his face in her shoulder. She pats his back gently. After a moment or two Sorey sinks into her arms, unconscious. She glances over to see Eleanor’s glowing hand on his head. Ah, a sleep arte. That probably would’ve been the wiser choice.
My first hand at a scene from my fic Tales of Alharis: Lastalia's Awakening and a different color scheme in drawing. Used csp models as more of a reference this time. I've been really proud of my art lately. This is prolly the most expressive piece I've ever done.
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I had a rough sketch ready for lining and challenged myself to pick a messy brush and go really quickly. I tend to sorta suck the life out of my drafts when I get too caught up lining,
so have some very messy sormik engaging their hyperfocus since they’re mine right now. Might clean up later
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i finally found a full gameplay walkthrough of zesty AND BROS I AM FEELING IT TONIGHT
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I rescued a PS3 from the e-waste at work, jailbroke it, and painted the Tales of Zestiria opening on it. one man's trash etc
and used this as an excuse to show off the Sorey cape i patterned from scratch for a cosplay i wore exactly once
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These two have been living in my head rent free for the past 8 years.
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