An animatic starring the bestie who straddles the line between being Something and Nothing, DASEIN!
This is my first ever animatic. 15 independent images (all hand-drawn bc I dont do digital art lmao), 65 frames (the severe majority in the eggnog section). I’ve been working on this on-and-off throughout the month.
Definitely my second biggest work this month, and the biggest intended for it.
Sylvia & Cyrus are besties and enable each other REAL. Don’t worry about the guy jumping out the window thats Malistaire he’s fine. This fic is mid at best but its all I got. I’ve got work tomorrow and hermitcraft to watch tonight sooooo
Content warning for death mention and swearing.
“Oh gods, we’re getting old.” Sylvia groans, auburn locks falling from their braid as she leans heavily over the library’s balcony railing. The orange light of fire magic in the lanterns gives her a halo of copper light and she looks like a goddess, though at the moment she’d be the goddess of bitching about aging.
“Practically rotting away.” Cyrus adds drily, amused at his best friend’s choice of conversation starters. He is also leaning on the railing, elbows against it as he examines a complex diagram in his textbook.
“Did you see the incoming students?! They’re babies! Infants! Children, even!” Sylvia leans dramatically onto Cyrus, elbowing him awkwardly as she did so.
“Sixteen years young.” Cyrus closes and stows away his book, accepting that he would not get a moment of peace for a while yet.
“And what are we, then? Old crones! One foot in the crypt already!”
“That just makes us twenty-three, Sylvia.”
“Maybe you are! I’m twenty-four!”
“You don’t look it.” Cyrus says flatly, lying. He does this often, the blatant lying in a monotone is entertaining to him, but not to Sylvia who believes him half the time no matter how ridiculous, even if she ends up laughing later as well.
“Why do I keep you around, Drake?” Sylvia puts an arm around Cyrus’ shoulders, pulling him with her as she begins to walk.
Cyrus rolls his eyes. “I assumed for my sparkling wit, but I am beginning to think otherwise.”
Sylvia giggles then, letting go of Cyrus and walking ahead. “C’mon, the babies are all in class so we can steal a quality spot in the gardens for studying.”
“One of these days the librarians will realize you’re the one getting grass stains on their scrolls and they’ll hunt you for sport.” Cyrus uses his advantage of longer legs to pass Sylvia and open a door for her, which she rolled her eyes at him for.
“It’ll be the same day they realize you’re the one stealing from their stache of bodice rippers!” Sylvia dashes ahead as Cyrus splutters, voice cracking horrifically.
“Sylvia!” Is all he can manage as he begins to run after her, both of them limited by the Dragonspyre Academy student uniforms.
Most of the corridors are empty, save for the few staff or students absorbed with their own work. Sylvia and Cyrus easily run past them, Sylvia’s athleticism compensating for her shorter legs so Cyrus never catches up. Cyrus nearly slams into a stone wall when Sylvia takes a sharp turn to the right, towards the gardens.
While Cyrus regains his balance, he hears Sylvia’s voice crack as she yelps in shock, and the sound of something falling. He turns and races towards her, around another corner, and stops dead in his tracks.
“Are you okay?” He asks on instinct when he sees Sylvia on the floor. She’s sitting, rebraiding her hair.
Sylvia huffs. “Fine, except there was some goth dork just standing in the middle of the hallway. Think I spooked them when I yelled so they ran off.”
“Off where?” Cyrus looks around the hallway, empty as it was aside from the tapestries and signs along the walls.
Sylvia gestures towards one of the arched windows out into the open air, soft sunlight and gentle breezes coming through it.
“Hope they knew they were on the second floor.” Is all Cyrus says after raising an impressed eyebrow.
Sylvia snorts, and uses Cyrus’ arm as an anchor while she pulls herself up, the distinct sound of a joint popping coming from her leg as she does so. “It would be kinda funny if they didn’t.”
“Only a little bit.” Cyrus says.
“Maybe more than a little bit, if they beef it and we instantly pass our midterms.”
“Did you just say ‘beef it’ in reference to a fellow student dying from a two story drop?”
“It’s better than some of that so-called prose in your recreational reading.” Sylvia teases, waggling her eyebrows.
“I do not read romance novels, Sylvia.”
“You’re right, I wouldn’t classify those as novels. Can’t believe you still read them.”
Cyrus sighs. “Now I’m here asking why I’m friends with you.”
well landlubbers and skyfarers... pittyober..... just a week away!
[WRITTEN PROMPTS UNDER THE CUT]
INFO/RULES:
Each day has 2 prompts. The first prompts are more specific, while the secondary prompts are vaguer. You don’t have to do both of them! You can choose one, combine them, and even combine different days. Also, don’t worry about getting every day, skipping days is fine! This is a no pressure challenge that is simply for fun.
Artwork, writing, physical crafts and more is all welcome. Whatever you feel like making for a prompt is open game. Have fun and be creative!
This is not meant to overshadow or compete with Wiztober. I made Pittyober with the people who have less interest in Wizard101 in mind, including myself.
I’d love if you tagged your works with “pittyober” or “pittyober 2022″. I want to make sure I see everyone’s creations!!
Feel free to start making stuff before October begins. I will be doing this myself. Also, don’t feel that you have to post specific prompts on specific days. Posting stuff late or early is fine!
OC and canon are both welcome. AU and crossover are also welcome. Like I said, have fun and be creative!!!
Another year, another summary. This year was interesting, to say the least. I attempted to write for some new fandom weeks with varying levels of success. And I also wrote for some familiar fandom weeks with, once again, varying level of success. But in the end it worked out as I tried and for the most part, I am happy with the end results.
My total word count was 115,141 which is pretty solid.
Everything that i wrote, and the fandom weeks they are connected to, will be below the read more.
One Piece
"Picture Perfect" - 2 chapter gift fic for @pingo138, word count: 4,295
PART 2 - Fandom News:
Elder Scrolls + Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
TES Summer Fest 2023 – posted 7/7 chapters of “A Changing of Opinions”, total word count: 10,420
One Piece
Admiral Week 2022 – posted chapters 2-7 of “A Uncle’s Duty”, added word count: 8,847
Admiral Week 2023 – one-shot titled “A Simpler Time”, total word count: 3,405
FRobin Month 2023 – posted 4/4 chapters of “Wrenches to Flowers”, total word count: 3,840
Marine Week 2023 – one-shot titled “The Way to Hell is Paved”, total word count: 2,539
Roger Pirates Week 2023 – posted 7/7 chapters of “A Jolly Roger’s Crew”, total word count: 6,706
LawLu Week 2023 – posted chapter 1 for “Siren Song”, current word count: 1,593
Sly Cooper (Video Games)
SlyFox Week 2022 – posted 5-8 chapters of “Burning Love”, added word count: 9,985
SlyFox Week 2023 – posted 9/9 chapters of “See you Around Ringtails”, total word count: 10,825
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends + The Railway Series - W. Awdry
Traintober 2023 – posted 31/31 chapters of “Railway Ties”, total word count: 27,467
Transformers (All media) + Transformers (of other media)
Blaster Week 2022 – posted 6/6 chapters of “2022 Mini-Mixtape”, total word count: 4,877
Hearts and Sparks Ship Week 2023 (Feb-Mar) – one-shot titled “Movie Night”, word count: 986
MegOP Week 2023, total word count: 12,870
In the End, it Just Shatters
This Love, This Hate
Baking in a Bunker
SkyStar Week 2023 – posted 3 chapters of “A Warehouse Study”, current word count: 3,402
Shock OP Week 2023 - posted 2 chapters of "To Flirt, Input 1", current word count: 2,104
Wizard 101 (Video Game)
Wiztober 2022 – posted chapter 1 of “Fragments of the Spiral”, current word count: 980
"Sparkle on! It's Wednesday! Don't forget to be yourself!"
It’s a day late, but I haven’t drawn Star in literal years and I didn’t want to miss the prompt. Couldn’t decide whether I liked the BnW or the colored version more so you get both.
They say Mirage only became the deserty wastes it is now thanks to the Sands of Time accumulating over eons...
In other words, Nora Gem braving a Time-Sandstorm, with all her iterations appearing. Arcs 1, 2, 3, and Corrupted Spiral :D The Arc 1 outfit is inspired by the classic starter gear. The Arc 2 outfit is based off the gear that I remember using when questing in Arc 2. The Arc 3 outfit is Nora’s canon outfit as of now. Her Corrupted Spiral appearance is a more... amorphous copy of her Arc 3 self as she gets a little closer to becoming the Nothing she believed herself to be.
okay new decision will post every 3 days for a total of 11 wiztober posts including a special Halloween one…already thinking of doing a large piece for the 31st…