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Published: 2017-06-27 12:54:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 1772; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 9
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EDIT - DIALOGUE ADDED! I know it's even shorter than usual, but... I hope you like how the story's going so far <3_____________________________________________
There hadn’t been much left to say after Flurry Heart had run out of the cold room – Cadence had done her best to try and offer possible solutions, but not her husband nor her sons had paid attention to her. Finally, exhausted and defeated, the Princess of Love had weakly walked to her chamber, followed close by Shining Armor.
Topacio had only watched with void in his eyes as his older brother tried to talk to him before giving up and leaving in complete silence. The Unicorn had stood still in front of the window for longer than he later realized, then he had headed for his private room with dizziness clouding his thoughts.
Once locked the door behind him, he looked around for nothing in particular, stared out at the night sky for a while, and finally reached the soft bed against the wall. He lay down on it gently, resting his still trembling legs on the white mattress. Glancing once more out the window, he took notice of his pale reflection – scared and tired lilac eyes encircled by dark bags and bristly fur, which had just dried from the tears running down his cheeks.
He let his head fall down with a quiet thud and closed his eyes, trying to focus on something neutral, but even after what seemed an eternity he couldn’t. He had to find a way to prove his sister wrong on the subject she’d brought up – but was this really the biggest problem? The story their mother had revealed should’ve been the greater threat, he knew it; however, he couldn’t help but move it to the background and pay less attention to it, for his worst nightmare was becoming reality.
What if she’s just bluffing…? The tiniest question mark appeared in the back of his mind, bugging him all of a sudden and trying to convince him that Flurry actually had no clue about his secret. Even if this was remotely possible, he ended up reasoning, I certainly let it on with the way I reacted…
The light sound of a door creaking caused Topacio to snap back into reality – in a second, every muscle in his body had tensed in anticipation and he was just waiting for his wrathful sister to burst into his room. When nothing happened, his eyebrows furrowed in perplexity and his ears turned backwards, involuntarily catching an even quieter noise.
As he turned around, however, he didn’t find anything out of the ordinary of his comfortable room. He usually didn’t let himself get too caught up by ghost stories and urban legends – mostly because he thought them too fake to be even vaguely believable – but this time he couldn’t help but feel a cold shiver run down his spine.
“W-Who’s there?” Topacio regretted asking the question as soon as the words escaped his mouth. As if anyone would answer, you idiot. Shaking his head and sighing, he was falling back into his troubled thoughts again when he came to a sudden realization. Cadence’s long lost son… she s-said…
Without thinking twice about it, he jumped off the bed and pointed his horn upward, casting a protecting spell that acted as a shell surrounding the room. He almost judged his decision stupid once more, but reasoned that he had his motives to be scared. Even if not, anyway, he liked underlining his privacy with a few spells from time to time.
Still, he felt a strange uneasiness and couldn’t put his hoof on what was wrong in his room. He almost felt like he was not alone. Stepping around the room, he opened every closet and drawer, now with no more thoughts telling him that it was foolish to do so. But everything was exactly as he’d left it a few hours earlier, which disquieted him even more.
As last resort, he bent down to look under his bed – maybe his cousins’ possum pet, Tiberius, had managed to stay there after they’d gone back home the day before? He squinted in the dark, glanced around, and was about to lighten his horn to see better, but suddenly froze at once as the blood in his veins curdled.
Had it not been for the protection spell he’d cast, his scream of terror would’ve resounded in the whole castle.
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Another chapter for the first story arch I started, this time featuring only Topacio and... some mysterious pony (or whatever creature you think that is) hiding under his bed. I tried giving off a night effect, darkening the colors and stuff, and even though I can't say I hate how it came out, I know it's still kinda poor (my scanner messing things up also did not help)... Anyway, I'll write the small story part for this as soon as I can, for now I hope you enjoy the drawing itself ^^
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*crawls under bed and pokes creature* hey hey...Who are you.
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Topacio's dead isn't he?
He's like the only NG character I'm invested in, and with all this drama, and you've probably killed him!
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Don't worry, he's still alive and won't die anytime soon XD
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Nice job! I absolutely love Topacio's pose here (poses like that kill me)! Not too shabby with the night shading, either, though I think the room itself could afford more darkening. As it is, Topacio and his bed look like they have nighttime shading, but the floor, wall, plant, and even the night sky look too bright to me. Though that does have kind of a cool effect by making it look like darkness is oozing out from underneath the bed...
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Thank you <3
Ah, I knew the room was too light, but I was too lazy to fix everything and simply shrugged XD
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My life though hahaha. At least it still looks cool! Oozing darkness bwahahahaha
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I'm happy to finally learn more about the thing under the bed ^^
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Wow OuO The way you do shadows is so perfect omg <33
i just keep loving your art more and more with each picture you post ;U:
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I really admire the shading and the sense of shadow in the image. I love the weight in the mood of it, and how its clear Topacio has his mind on something other than what might be lurking under his bed. The way you do your colors is always so lovely and the blending and white doesn't take away from the feeling of night and shadow at all, but enhances it. I really like the little details, like the jewelry on the floor, and the mess of Topacio's tail-fluff against the ground, which helps give that sense of depth to everything. And I really admire the way you did the creature under the bed; your eye is drawn to it, but at the same time there's still the sense that it's hiding, giving it a lot of presence in the picture due to the fact that much of it isn't, so to speak. I really like the way you did it, too: it leaves it open to interpretation, whether it's predatory or it is, in fact, just trying to hide. How threatening it is is up to the viewer's interpretation and that's really well done. Really gorgeous piece, especially with its moodiness.
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Thank you a lot <3 I'm relieved that you said I managed to give the sense of depth I'd been hoping... As for the character under the bed, I guess you'll only be able to judge them as dangerous or not after reading the small story piece I'm writing :3
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I really enjoyed reading the snippet. You always do so well with their emotions and conveying the weight of their thoughts. You can feel Topacio's trepidation really well and how his desire to help his family deal with their problems is warring with his own anxieties over the fact that Flurry might know his secret and might be willing to expose it. I like the way you use that as the foundation, using it to bridge into Topacio being startled by the sound. I like how even then his first fear is that it could be Flurry bursting into the room over anything else, and the other possibilities are almost an afterthought; it makes it seem like even when he casts the spell, his fear first and foremost is Flurry, which certainly says a lot about their relationship. It reads really well, though, and I look forwards to seeing how he deals with his little unknown visitor.
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Thank you a lot and sorry for the late reply <3
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No worries. I hope you've been enjoying your vacation.
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Looks like it's going for the tail first.
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Both of them do need a hug
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the monster's like:
"wot should i grab, shiny crown or fluffy tail?"
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They'd probably go for the tail lol
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