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I started listening to the Penumbra one year ago today, so here's the scalies in fancy modern clothes to mark the occasion. image description is under the cut
gouache painting of Arum, Damien and Rilla from Second Citadel with a bright orange background. Arum is a very tall lizard person with green and yellow scales. he's wearing a gray suit with an arum lily tucked into his chest pocket, matching gray trousers and a bright yellow tie. one of his four hands is on Damien's shoulder, another is on Rilla's. Damien is a white human man, wearing a carmine three piece, the jacket is adorned with orange flowers, the waistcoat has a pattern of green leaves on it. he looks up at Arum, smiling, his right hand covering Arum's, his left holding Rilla's. Rilla is a dark skinned human woman, she has a long dark braid and big round glasses, and is dressed in a white blouse with an amaryllis pinned to it, black trousers and black heels. she's smiling at Damien and holding his hand. in the background there are arum lilies and amaryllis flowers.
[image description: a drawing of Aubrey, sitting cross-legged on a giant ace playing card that’s arcing up in flames behind her. She’s a thin woman with dark brown skin and textured dark red hair that’s shaved on the side. She’s wearing a red jacket, white shirt with a black skull with flames coming out of its eye sockets, dark shorts and fishnet tights. She has an open book on her lap and she’s smiling a small white rabbit hanging onto her shoulder.]
At first it hurt, it hurt so badly, to see this lady look so much happier, so much softer and unburdened and alive after he refused Peter. To see a Juno Steel that isn’t trying to die, and isn’t angry at the entire universe, and isn’t gnashing at the teeth for a fight against anything that could hurt him, after Peter offered him the stars and was abandoned. It hurt to see Juno so much better and know it happened without Peter, after Peter offered to do anything for him.
Now, though. Now it makes Peter smile, knowing his love found it in himself to try to get better, to want to live, for himself, not for Peter. Not because Peter requested it, but because Juno looked at his life and decided to be kinder to himself, to not take the entire universe on his own shoulders, and to allow others in.
Peter may not have been part of this process, but the fact is that it’s only because Juno grew so much that he is even allowed in now, and more than that… more than that, Peter is just so proud, seeing the man who stole his heart finding joy in being alive, after the last time they parted ways with each other, death clinging to both of them, but even more so to the detective who tried to blow himself
Feeling art blocked due to stress from the upcoming Fanime Artist Alley, so I painted this scenery based on a photo I took in Japan. Nothing is more calming than the sound of water and leaves <3
the secret to being a cool adult is to wear things that your younger self wanted to wear but couldn’t and to do things that your younger self wanted to do but couldnt
M has another finished piece available for early access at her patreon! (I’m working hard on making illustration a part time living right now, despite disabilities, so any help is more welcome than I can express!)
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