(click for next) *stick around for all the music, it’s peak :3 (also sorry scratch butchered the quality, i also used a noise overlay for texture) !! sorry for dulling the colors a ton, it just fits my style better, as well as the backstory! ┊͙ ୭̥⋆*｡ the abysmal acedia of a soulless deity ┊͙˚. draw to adopt entry - ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ [profile] ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌ ﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉ ┊͙✧˖* acediel, an ancient being born from a protist. an evolved form of one of the first water born species on earth, dwelling deep within the unexplored world, untouched by the cruelty of humanity after millennia. ┊͙˚. with a black body coated in bioluminescence, built for sustainability and long-term survival, acediel has remained hidden in the obsidian depths of the oceans, lost in its own sentience and isolated by fearful monsters of the sea for millennia upon millennia. ┊͙˚. it has no trouble recalling the formation of its body even through all of these years, but cannot seem to remind itself of its purpose. - ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ [table of contents ] ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌ ﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉ ┊͙˚. thumbnail ┊͙˚. reference sheet | 6h 51m ┊͙˚. doodles, sketches, and concepts | 3h 23m - ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ [lore] ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌ ﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉ sentience came upon the being like a rush. what was once eternally quiet and peaceful suddenly became an overwhelming tsunami of thoughts upon thoughts flooding its senses, the majority unintelligible through a painful haze. questions left without answers, thoughts left without reason. ‘where am i? what is this place? what am i? how did i get here? why am i here? what is my purpose?’ thoughts like this plagued the being for years and years on end. the creature had previously no such capability of thought, and no brain to operate such an ability, so even the smallest of ideas passing through its head were too much to handle. it fled. it didn’t know what else to do. it was scared - it didn’t know how long it would be alive; how long it would have to deal with such a terrifying thing as a conscience. these changes were happening too fast. a decade passed and it came across a starfish. ‘what are you doing all the way down here?’ it thought as it studied the little creature, its dark body only visible through the light of the cat-like being’s luminosity. the little sea star scuttled side to side in the water, a nonverbal signal of playfulness between the two. ‘ku,’ the being thought as it batted the sea star with its paw. ‘i will call you ku.’ ku’s body could not handle the extreme pressure in the depths of the ocean. a century passed, and the being had long since decided to travel to less pressurized areas of the ocean. it felt so incredibly lonely, and almost lost itself in the darkness of loneliness. predators were more common in this area of the ocean, so the creature had learned to reduce its intensity of luminescence. one day, while simply floating along, it came across an octopus. “hi there, i’m othrys! what’s your name?” it chattered along as it followed the being along. the feline-like creature didn’t know how to vocalize its thoughts, so it sat it silence as the octopus spoke again. “do you not have one? that’s okay, i’m gonna call you acediel! cool name, right? i’ve always wanted that to be my name.” ‘acediel,’ the being thought with widened eyes. my name. acediel pat othrys in its head with its paw, pleased to have a name of its own. othrys and acediel became fast friends, frequently keeping each other company and playing together when they pleased. acediel never quite could comprehend just how low on the food chain othrys. this pattern repeated for five million millennia. make a friend, get attached, witness a tragedy, alone again. with each heartbreak, acediel distanced itself further and further from its home and from its emotions. don’t look back, don’t get attached, never feel heartbreak again. the ocean is too small. too easy to get attached. acediel needs somewhere new. so acediel swam closer and closer to the wave of the light, until its head poked above the water it has felt on its skin for five hundred million years. the shore should do quite nicely for a new environment; no? - ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ [credits] ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌ ﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉﹉ ┊͙˚. design by ┊͙˚. art by ┊͙˚. time taken total ┊͙˚. code by ┊͙ ୭̥⋆*｡ "sea, swallow me"; cocteau twins ┊͙ ୭̥⋆*｡ "forwards beckon rebound"; adrianne lenker ┊͙ ୭̥⋆*｡ "coquette habit"; sophie woodhouse ┊͙ ୭̥⋆*｡ "good looking"; suki waterhouse
