↳ ❝ [Earthbound || DTAE 2] ¡! ❞ DTAE 1: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/988732436/ DTAE 2: you are here ✧.* ⬦ second dtae for Vestris!! thank you sm Pix for extending :skull: would not have made this in time otherwise :'D ⬦ anyways i wanted to expand on Vestris' story but wanted to draw too, so i made a meme using @_WispyDreams_'s template (on her old acc) ⬦ enjoy!! ↳ [2nd character details] ✧.* ⬦ name: Charlie ⬦ gender: male ⬦ species: dog ⬦ story(wip): When Vestris opened her eyes, she expected to see nothing- or maybe just black. Instead, two blue and brown eyes met hers, staring at her. With a startled yelp, she scrambled backwards across the dry sand, wincing slightly as her injuries flared with pain. The dog's- she could see he was a dog- tail started wagging and he grinned at her. "You're finally awake!" She frowned. "How long was I out? ...Who are you? Where am I?" With no hesitation, he answered. "You were out for about 4 days, from the time I found you at least. I'm Charlie, a photographer!!" He jumped up and spun around. "Aaand I have no idea." Charlie put his nose close to the ground and waited for a response. Vestris, blinking dizzily, noticed her surroundings for the first time. She was laying down in a tent, sparsely furnished with a sad looking cactus and a framed photograph of a house in a savanna. Charlie noticed her looking around and hurried to elaborate. "I travel around to take pictures of different places! That picture is of my home- in the savannah." His tail drooped momentarily, but his frown was immediately replaced by a grin. "Right now I'm traveling around though, to visit more places and get more experience with photography. This is my first stop, since it's the most similar to the savanna- though I didn't know everything would be so far apart here!" He frowned slightly, unrolling a map and squinting at it. "Here, let me see," Vestris said, reaching for the map. She pulled out a small compass and studied it. "So it looks like you're a few kilometers north of this town-" she pointed to a valley on the map. "-that's going to be the best place to go if you're lost." Charlie grinned, taking the map back. "Thanks so much! Can you help me pack up? We should leave right away." Vestris looked away. She couldn't travel around with this crazy dog, who would probably get bitten by a sidewinder or stabbed by a scorpion within a few days. She had to keep traveling, to find the... /thing/ that was terrorizing her tribe. A stab of sorrow shot through her. Her tribe, the one that had banished her. Surely they would accept her back if she could defeat the thing wreaking havoc on them? /If./ That was why she had to leave, right now. Vestris tried to stand up, felt her legs give way, and collapsed back onto the sand. Charlie started with fright and turned towards her. "Oh- you shouldn't get up yet!! You have quite a few scratches- some of them infected, and-" "I /need/ to save my tribe! I'm sorry, but I can't be burdened by you right now. Good luck on your travels." Grimacing, she hauled herself upright, ignoring her shaky legs, and started towards the tent entrance. Charlie looked distressed, and hesitated, then rushed to her side. "Why do you have to leave so soon?? You need to rest and recuperate!!" "You wouldn't get it. I have something really, really important to do, and I can't take a year to do it. I have to go /now/!" Charlie suddenly grinned, and his tail started wagging. "Then I'll just go with you! Let's go to the town you pointed out first. You can explain later- an adventure!! I'm so excited! I've /never/ been on an adventure before!!" He took out the painting and cactus from the tent, then collapsed it and began rolling it up. "A REAL adventure!! So cool!!!" Vestris hesitated, then unfolded and folded her wings experimentally. Surely a companion couldn't hurt? She could always leave him to distract the /thing/ if she had to, she thought grimly. "Sure, why not?" she said out loud. ↳ [credits] ✧.* TEMPLATE: ⬦ art: [] ⬦ code: [(edited by me), (checkered bg), (smooth glide)] ⬦ original meme: [@.PetitPoisson on yt] ⬦ oc(s): [Vestris (currently belongs to + designed by ), Charlie (belongs to + designed by me) ⬦ song(s): [Earthbound - camoufly] ⬦ God for everything <33
