I worked on this page way ahead of the rest of the pages in this scene. It’s a whole lot more fun to work on a page that is different from all the other pages from the same scene.
Posts authored by zartala
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Hmmmmm, indeed.
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Poor Fae, all she wants to know is what’s going on. Which is a fairly good question. Too bad everyone else is more concerned for the poor people that Fae and Bjorn happen to be standing in.
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Over the weekend I updated the world pages a bit. Some pages have been edited more heavily than others for clarity’s sake (one page had a bunch of paragraphs moved around). A page on dwarves has finally been added and pictures have been added to all of the race pages. Additionally, there are now placeholder pages up for both the Aquatians and Arboreals but there are basically only pictures on those pages so that both races can have a proper introduction.
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Other than controlling the movement of water, Aquatians can change the form they take. Aquatians have total control of their human appearance and often carry along pieces of clothing with them through the water in case they have to interact with humans. The only limit to an Aquatian’s human form is that they can not shed or gain mass.
Edit: Realized that I should also add that while Aquatians have more control over their powers in their original form, their human form is their only defense against psychic elements, hence the change in form.
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Things could have gone way better.
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When developing the Aquatians’ way of communicating I turned to ocean dwelling creatures here on earth, most notably whales. Whale songs are hauntingly beautiful and I thought their way of communicating over vast spreads of water would be nearly perfect for the Aquatians. However, since Aquatians are capable of blending with water, I needed a way for Aquatians to communicate that didn’t require any physical interaction with the environment and thus their psuedo-collective consciousness was born. Each Aquatian is their own unique individual but they are constantly in contact with every other Aquatian in their immediate vicinity. There is only one circumstance that can cut off an Aquatian’s link with their friends and family and that will show up in a few pages (and is completely voluntary). The one downside to the Aquatian psuedo-collective consciousness is that it is completely overwhelming to any nearby telepaths. This is not the first Aquatian run in with a wraith.
More Aquatian information: Aquatians have diverged the most from humans over the course of several millenias. While still roughly humanoid in appearance, Aquatians have lost several physical traits and senses as their form has become streamlined for an aqueous environment. For instance, Aquatians lack noses.
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Not the best time for Adrik to have finally gotten back into a solid form.
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Aquatians: disliking martyrs since before it was cool.
One of my favorite scenes to date is popping up soon.
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Hmmmmm, I don’t think water works like that.
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Well, it looks like Fae did not learn enough. But Bjorn to the rescue.
Also Happy 300th page! I’m excited to have made it this far into the story.
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Bjorn is immune to the really big headache. Here’s to hoping that Fae learned enough about using Dwarven abilities that she can gain that immunity.
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I meant to add the last page of the tutorial up with Monday’s update but I was still recovering from the holidays. It is up now.
Also, Eternity Complex now has a Facebook page. I’m not so great with posting to social media, and that’s a big understatement, but for the new year I’d like to try a bit more. The Facebook page is going to be updated with update notices and occasionally previews of upcoming pages. If you’ve been to the Google+ page, it will be the same type of posts. I’m also hoping that I can ramp up the amount of preview type posts but I don’t want to make promises that I may not be able to keep once I start back with classes. I didn’t sign up for any easy classes this semester…that may come back to bite me in a few months. Anyway, back to social media, there will be a proper Facebook button up before Monday’s update. If there’re other types of posts that you would like to see on social media sites, I’m all ears.