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bugpip · 3 months
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do evil demons not deserve a beatiful masquerade outfit too? you COWARDS
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"your dancing was terrible, vulgora. by far the worst partner ive ever had" - navra
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vlgrlrd · 1 year
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the m e m e
pretty old one, but I still like it
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lunumochi · 4 months
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back at it again with Doctor Vivisec- (also that's my arcana oc Elizabeth having a not so fun time)
I need to make more art bc i'm running out of things to post, thank you for appreciating it ToT
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minzart · 2 years
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I mean.... 3am dialogue am I right?
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redbirb-of-fandoms · 7 months
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Music room shenanigans:
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Sadly they got busted:
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elios-sylvelios · 7 months
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Panel form my Animatic! Courtiers!! :D
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drakonishe · 1 year
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Whoever came up with this "barbie selfie maker" has my infinite gratitude. Bonus:
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Quaestor Valdemar Route HC
In this series, I write ideas and scenarios for the Courtiers if they were to have their own Routes! I’ll occasionally update them as time goes on. Remember~ this is all fanon!
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Right off the bat, my favorite Courtier. I’m literally doing this all for them. My spectrum of interest is Portia at one end and this motherfucker at the other. This one is likely to have way for detail than the others. It might be a little confusing since the Apprentice and Valdemar for this have they/them pronouns, so So when I refer to Valdemar, I’ll color their pronouns green. Hopefully that makes things easier.
Important— I noticed in editing that I referred to Valdemar as he/him every so often. I corrected the ones I could find, but there could still be some slip ups. Sorry in advanced!
Next up will be Volta, she’s my second favorite of the five!
Last Update: 8.26.2023
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Scenarios
In a few of the routes, we enter the secret dungeon and cross paths/sneak by Valdemar as they go about their evil doctoring business. I especially like the hide and seek vibe of Portia’s route and Julian’s gives us the most intimacy with Val throughout the entire game; from practically pinning the Apprentice to a bookshelf to dressing them in hazard attire.
Similar idea! The Apprentice sneaks into the dungeon, either with Faust or by themselves. They’re well aware the enemy may be among palace staff, so they come prepared and wear a cloak to hide their identity. Perhaps instead of using the dungeon key, they find an old portal that opens into the secret dungeons- into Julian’s old office.
They search around the secrets of the hidden dungeon, swiping documents and moving things around. The apprentice opens the pit of beetles but quickly shut it when they hear footsteps approaching. And so they duck behind an upturned table. Enter Valdemar, humming an unsettling tune to themselves as they prepare for experiments.
When Valdemar goes to collect a beetle from the pit, they notice a handprint on the lever that opens the lid. Valdemar knows it can’t be them. So there’s someone in the dungeons with them. They play it off, not voicing this realization aloud as they stalk around the dungeon, subtly searching for the intruder.
It goes quiet. Too quiet. The Apprentice peaks around the table. The Quaestor isn’t anywhere. Just as their brows furrow in confusion, the Apprentice is overwhelmed with a horrid sense of dread and fear. Valdemar is standing right behind them.
A struggle ensues and the Apprentice locks themselves in the office Julian once worked in. They open the portal just as Valdemar breaks through the door. It closes before they can reach them. The Apprentice is dropped into the palace gardens where they go limp on the ground, reeling from the encounter.
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This can be played as a direct result of the above scene or a separate idea entirely. If it’s a separate idea, you can see it as Portia broke into the dungeons undetected.
The Apprentice walks the halls of the abandoned wing. They hope to investigate Lucio’s room some more. They enter and chills run down their spine. The general vibe of the room is never good.
Someone taps the Apprentice on the shoulder from behind. They shriek, turning to see the Quaestor. They confront the Apprentice, “Investigating the Counts room all on your lonesome, I see. Rather bold of you, magician.”
The Apprentice settles down and asks the Quaestor why they are in the deceased Counts room. Valdemar ignores their question, bringing up another topic. “I find myself troubled. Perhaps you can help? I have reason to believe someone broke into my dungeon the other night.” There is an accusing tone to their voice, but the Apprentice plays innocent.
They let the magician play the fool (haha get it) before they eventually tell them to be quiet. Valdemar backs the Apprentice against a wall, restraining their wrists above their head. They gently push a scalpel to the magicians throat—just above a carotid artery—with a threatening gleam in their eyes.
They threaten the Apprentice, telling them to drop the act. Valdemar tells the Apprentice that they’re not necessarily mad over the stolen documents.
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Valdemar has a meeting/lunch with the Countess, who insists the Apprentice join them. Valdemar responds to their questions with obscure and somewhat unsettling answers. They turn to the Apprentice, asking what they were doing on the night of the Masquerade. When the Apprentice responds with something along the lines of “i don’t remember” or “this isn’t about me”, Valdemar pushes them to remember. This inevitably leads to a severe migraine that ends in the Apprentice falling unconscious.
In the dream world (or something like that), the Apprentice hears Asra’s tarot deck. The cards are “yelling” at the Apprentice to wake up, that there is cause for distress. A few are finding amusement/laughing at their attempt. Then one silences them all, saying that they’re annoying.
The Apprentice awakens in their room of the palace. It’s now evening, hours have past since they fainted. Across the room, Valdemar sits in an armchair beside a small table. They’re shifting through the tarot cards, scanning each and every one with a critical eye.
The Apprentice instantly jumps out of their bed, yelling for the Quaestor to set the deck down. But they stumble and crash onto the floor. Valdemar doesn’t listen to the Apprentices demand, instead calmly stating that they shouldn’t move so fast after their prolonged state of unconsciousness.
The Apprentice narrows their eyes at them, feeling lightheaded. They tell Valdemar that the arcana don’t like them, which spurs a conversation about magic and the world of tarot.
Valdemar asks how the Apprentice knows the cards aren’t fond of them and the meaning behind certain cards. They claim that they feel attracted to the Death card. They even comment on The Devil and The Tower card, mentioning how the depiction of the former is very accurate and the use of the Red Beetles on the latter is an artistic choice they are fond of.
This part could be mentioned: The calls of the Major Arcana urging the Apprentice to wake up are characters who seem to side with good such as The Magician (Asra), The Star (Portia), The Lovers (Aisha/Salim), and The Empress (Nasrin).
The calls of the Major Arcana laughing are those who could be seen as antagonists, such as Justice (Vlastomil) and The Tower (Vulgora).
The Major Arcana that silenced the others was Death (Valdemar).
Some of the cards said nothing such as The Chariot (Morga), The Hermit (Muriel), and The Devil (Lucio).
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Memory/Illustration Ideas
Abandoned wing of the castle near Lucio’s room. The halls are dark, the only light being the moon shining through nearby windows. Valdemar is pinning the Apprentice to a wall with threatening eyes. There’s a scalpel in one hand, near the bottom of the frame as though holding it to someone’s neck, reflecting off the moonlight. The other is above the frame, seeming to pin the Apprentices hands above their head.
Valdemar is sitting in the Apprentice’s room on an armchair, a small circular table beside them. The Minor Arcana are stacked on the table as they shift through the 22 Major Arcana. The lights in the room are dim and night has already fallen. The angle is on the floor, like the Apprentice is in that moment.
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Postcard/Heart Hunter Ideas
“Before the plague, the Coliseum was the main source of my specimens.” [The Coliseum]
“The air smells lovely, doesn’t it?” [The Lazaret]
“Ah~ Such fond memories.” [The Lazaret]
“I wonder if anyone would notice if these people went missing… one by one.” [The Flooded District]
“I didn’t expect to see you. What illegal materials are you in search of?” [The Red Market]
“Drink as much as you’d like. I’m curious to know how much alcohol your body can handle.” [The Rowdy Raven]
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Dialogue Ideas
“It’s so cute how you’re trying to fight back.”
“Searching for the dungeons, are we?”
“What an odd creature you are.”
“You’re an abnormal constitution, aren’t you?”
“I’d like to test— ahem… know you more.”
“Don’t move.” / “Don’t scream.”
“There’s nothing to fear.”
“Well, well, well… what do we have here?”
“These headaches, do you get them often?”
“I know the truth about you.”
“You shouldn’t be alive, little mouse.”
“What exactly do you see when you look at me? What do those little cards tell you?”
“I don’t feel much. Not anymore.”
“Not many things bring me joy these days.”
“You should have gotten life right the first time.”
“What keeps you up at night?”
“Eating an apple won’t keep me away.”
“What’s wrong? Feeling sick?”
“Why don’t you lie down?”
“Struggle all you want, you wont be leaving this place.”
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Endings
Upright End: The Apprentice begins to work with Valdemar, either as an intern or a local mortician or whatever. Or they could just continue at their work at the shop or become the palace magician. I find it hard to believe that Valdemar would ever do anything that would compromise their ability to continue being… well them. So they’re one of those who won’t leave the Devil.
Reverse End: Valdemar confines the Apprentice to the secret dungeon once they discover the Apprentice came back from the dead after succumbing to the Red Plague. Their “love” so to say is more fascination as Valdemar desires to study and experiment on the Apprentice while keeping them alive. The Apprentice may be brainwashed via trauma/fear.
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I don’t even know man. I was bored
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rospach · 26 days
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Feel like in some routes when it’s revealed that Asra brought us back to life it’s addressed so poorly?
Like what do you mean we just go ‘Whatever, happens’
Cant’s we have a proper conversation? At least a ‘Thanks, bestie did me a real solid back there. Oh- you have half a heart now? That’s tough’
(Like as far as I remember he dug through earth to look for our ashes or something along those lines and that’s supper effed up. Why can’t we have that emotional scene in every route? Because I can’t stand him as a love interest but love him as a close friend or brother figure. Just because we’re playing certain route doesn’t mean we should abandon all meaningful connections to other m6)
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choih3ra · 1 month
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Drew him for the first time in a while... Here's an old piece too 😶
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bugpip · 3 months
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i replayed the arcana and remembered the creature™ so i made some very self indulgent fanart
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hirsch-inquisitor · 7 months
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My part of the collab with @dead-witch
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lunumochi · 4 months
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Doctor Vivisection has me in their claws-
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sleepyhollo · 10 months
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You know for a fact these 5 hold only the MOST important conversations in the Salon.  VERY important conversations. ALSO I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW DO THING Looks much more immersive now doesn’t it?
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the-potato-procurator · 7 months
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hello !! hope you're having a good day/night
was hoping you could write headcanons for the courtiers (if you feel like it's a lot of work, Valerius alone would be fine) with a very affectionate s/o
(and sorry if my english is not great, it is not my first language^^)
Hello, lovely anon! Do not worry, English isn't my first language either and yes, you may have all five courtiers!
Vulgora
- At first it's awkward. VERY awkward. They are not used to gentleness, let alone affection
- The moment you embrace them, Vulgora freezes, looking down (or up) at you while they try to process what in the Devil's name you are doing
- You must consider yourself lucky. If it were anyone else they would've pulled a WWE on them and thrown the person in question across the room
- You know how touch averse people react when they receive a hug from someone they care about but they don't have the heart to tell them to stop? That's them rn
- When reality settles in, they pat your back slowly. If you laugh, they will turn beet red and ask you what's so funny
- You tell them they are cute
- "SHUT UP! YOU ARE THE CUTE ONE!" (Agressive flirting: check)
- It's okay, just give them time and space and they will eventually initiate the hugs themselves. Bone crushing hugs
- When they are finally comfortable with being touched at all, they are more than happy to receive your affections. Hugs, kissing, hand holding... You name it! Though, be warned, Vulgora's body temperature is above the average human's and varies depending on their mood
- They live for PDA and will show you off any chance they got
Valdemar
- Good luck trying to step close enough, it's like they can smell your intentions. The moment you reach out for them, they step away and look at you with the creepiest passive-agressive smile
- "Whatever do you think you are doing?"
- You tell them you just wanted a hug. They chuckle
- "No."
- If you somehow manage to make them feel the slightest amount of pity for you, they might allow you to embrace them... Once
- It's like hugging a corpse. They are boney, stiff and overall cold (both in a literal and rethorical sense)
- Don't expect this moment to last more than three seconds
- They don't mind your affectionate nature, even if they do not share or understand it at all, but just like they respect this behaviour of yours, they expect you to mind their boundries
- Never. I repeat, NEVER try to surprise them. They always have something sharp and dangerous between their hands and you might be stabbed
- But you are their friend, after all, so if by any chance they did hurt you, they will help you out. Just don't do that again
Volta
- This poor, poor baby. She NEEDS someone affectionate
- She is very clingy herself. She loves every and any type of physical contact as long as it's gentle and loving
- Holding hands has to be her favorite. Her tiny little grabbers are always on yours in almost every situation
- Did I mention how much she adores being carried? Please, hold her any chance you got. She is light as a feather, you won't have any problems
- Catch Vulgora gagging at how sappy the two of you are and telling you to get a room. You are happy, however, so you ignore their complaints
- She is very possessive. No one has ever been so kind to Volta
- "B-But MC! What if they take you away from Volta? Oh, she would be so sad... So sad..."
- Please, for the love of God, don't try to make her jelous. Not even jokingly. Her sensitive little heart is not able to take it and she will immediately start crying
- Overall you'll have to do lots of reassurance, and what better way to do that than to tell her how much you love her through cuddles?
- Volta just can't live without you now. She has horrible abandonment issues
Vlastomil
- Shyshyshy
- Take it easy with him, he might have a heart attack if you hug him out of the blue
- Catch him turning every different shade of red when you show the slightest sign of affection
- Don't get me wrong, he appreciates your display of emotion! He is just not used to it, much like every other courtier
- He has mixed feelings about PDA: he loves the fact that you don't mind being seen in public with him, but at the same time he feels everyone's eyes on him while you hold hands and that is not good for his social anxiety
- He is surprisingly good at hugging. He isn't too gentle or too harsh. He uses the perfect amount of pressure
- Expect a worm or two to sneak into your cuddle sessions
- "Apologies, darling! These little guys follow me absolutely every where"
- Don't worry, if you are not comfortable with his precious worms, he will make sure they are away for as long as you are there. That is not to say he won't try to show you they are harmless
Valerius
- Much like Vulgora, he is weirded out at first. He is not particularly fond of physical contact if any kind. Contrary to the Pontifex, Valerius is very much used to receiving affection (from his parents, that is)
- He stands perfectly still as you wrap your arms around him. It's... uncomfortable. For the both of you
- "Are you done, magician?"
- When you frown at his reaction, he chuckles. You freeze. He can smile? He can laugh?? He can feel any other emotion other than spite???
- Yes, of course he can. Only toward you, though. With everyone else he is still very dry
- Once he accepts his feelings toward you, he drops the mean attitude and turns into the sweetest man. He is very attentive, loving and (surprisingly) affectionate!
- He is not fond of PDA, though. Sure, he has no problem with a subtle flirting, maybe holding your hand for a while, but you won't catch him being all lovey-dovey in public
- He is a gentle lover and he only ever smiles around you. He has the softest, most sweet smile you have ever seen
- Cuddling is a foreign term to him, but does not mean he doesn't enjoy it!
- Valerius is not an over the top kinda guy, but that's what makes him special. He reserves his tender side for you and you only
There it is! Sorry, it took me quite a while! I struggled a bit with Valerius, but I finally figured him out! Thank you for your patience and hope you enjoyed 🩷
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