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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

finally actually finished the fight & unfortunately these things are making me insane about my ship for a completely different game

screenshot of alleikhreos reaching towards the endmin after the fight at the very large rift

screenshot of alleikhreos's hand frozen, outstretched

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

help. (i am very intruiged by the lyrics & their meaning in the context of the story & my stuff with my endmin, but also. my ship that i am always thinking about. everything is lamenos when i am insane)

I can taste our paradise amongst the stars when you inhale
If you refuse to see my love
If all else fails

If I can't fight the gods who erased what I am
I will burn with the will of the damned

If everything's destined to end
I'll bend fate with the reaper's cursed hands

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I need better/newer art of all of them but! Yohah (she/her), Zoisite (she/her), & Adamska (he/they) are all lesbians!!

colored art of Yohah, a fem hrothgar with blue-grey fur and dark point coloration. she has a scar across her chest, open button-up top, loose pants with a purple sash around her waist, and boots with short heels.

rough design sketches of Zoisite, an eldite (elf) woman with long hair, sideburns and body hair. one sketch is showing her general body type, and the other has her in a vaguely techwear-ish outfit

rough sketch of adamska, a human with heavy scarring on the side of their face, an arm & leg brace, wearing asymmetrical boots, a button-up shirt, high waisted pants, and using a folded haft of a reaper scythe as a cane

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

eh fuck it gonna drop these before leaving for work. garlemald au nonsense, lament & zenos dealing with similar repressed feelings/desires in different ways cw // dubcon, lament being a terrible person #lamenos

The prince looks almost angelic, with golden hair fanning out around her head, with the faint pink blush of arousal staining her pale skin. She likely doesn't even know about the way her tongue kept poking out to dampen slightly parted lips, the way her hazy blue eyes stare up in what might almost be awe.

It isn't fair, Lament thinks as he rolls his hips again, drawing out another of those barely perceptible moans. That someone like her could be afforded such innocence, such inexperience that colors the uncertain way her hands rest at his waist, the awkward way her hips cant into his motions. The very picture of a spoiled, sheltered prince, unblemished by the harsh realities of the world. The thought has a ring of falseness to it, but it hardly matters right now, his blood singing with vindictive pleasure.

She would let him fuck her right here in the middle of the training hall, would beg for it if she knew how to. It would be so easy to shimmy up her chest, to pull down his maddeningly tight trousers and push his cock into her pretty little mouth, to fuck her throat until her already husky voice is rendered a hoarse rasp—

The thought pushes him over the edge, and he bites back a low growl as he cums. For a few moments, all thought is washed away in a blissful high, in the satiation of a desire long repressed.

It comes crashing down far too quickly, the warmth replaced with a bitter chill, a heavy, sickening weight in his stomach. The points of contact — his hand on her chest, his thighs straddling her broad hips— are suddenly too much, and he pushes away as if burned.

She imagines her lips pressed to the bulge between his thighs, the taut fabric of his trousers stained with her spit. Would he hold her in place with that same strength that had her pinned earlier, long fingers curled into her hair, grinding against her desperate mouth the same way he had her hips? Would he be content with that, or would he want more?

Experimentally, Zenos slides a finger between her own lips, then another, feeling the weight on her tongue, trying to imagine it is something different. When that fails, she tries to imagine the digits are slimmer, more dexterous, to no avail.

She withdraws her fingers before disinterest can set in. She is not eager to see this new sensation fade so quickly, not when it runs contrary to all she has thought to be true.

It is hardly the first time she's been propositioned, let alone by the viera. But it is the first time it has taken this shape.

She knows what people expect when they look at her broad build, when they hear her fearsome reputation. The pinnacle of Garlemald's might, a conquerer even amongst conquerers. The women who present themselves to her expect a man who will take with no consideration for anything save his own pleasure, an acceptable trade off for the potential of bearing a royal bastard, for the potential of what little privilege such a thing could afford them. And she had always assumed the viera expected a hunter, a predator, from the way he would bare his throat as if to taunt.

Finding herself pinned under his might instead was…strange. Thrilling.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

it happened again she looked so shocked at me talking to her lmao

picture of a small black cat on a porch looking through a window as if surprised

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

there was more to this because it was caterina being perfectly normal thinking about gwyn going berserk but sketching gwyn was not working out but i did kinda like how i sketched her here. so.

rough sketch of my oc caterina, a woman with long straight hair wearing a long sleeve shirt and a high-waisted skirt. she is staring off into the distance with what seems to be an apathetic expression except for a faint flush across her cheeks, one hand pressed to the side of her face, her other arm folded across her abdomen.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i am apparently just dressing these characters however. listen idk this is what happens when you follow a new idea on whim without much setup. anyways

rough design sketches of a woman with long straight hair pulled back into a ponytail and a somewhat melancholic expression. she is drawn wearing a high-waisted skirt, loose cuffed shirt, gloves, short heels, and a long coat draped over her shoulders.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

somehow they simultaneously do not look that different than their previous design, & also idk who this person is (the sorceress in this thing i'm currently turning over in my head)

rough sketch designs for a character referred to simply as the sorceress. they have short hair and sideburns, a shadow cast over the upper half of their face. there are markings around their forearms and hands like some form of binding. they wear a long coat with split sleeves that fasten at the wrist, and loose pants with heeled boots that come to just under their knee, with a sash tied around their waist.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i was going to play 14 for a bit before work & instead i spent like an hour making something resembling the new ocs in character house. they're temporarily named gwyn & caterina & i think gwyn will probably end up sticking but any oc i've ever tried naming caterina it has not lasted

screenshot of two little chibi style characters made using character house, one with long white hair and slightly pointed ears, the other with dark-ish blonde hair and purple eyes

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i have no idea what he's wearing but i know no matter what i draw him wearing he'd be uncomfortable because it's going to be completely unfamiliar to him since he's been asleep for centuries

rough sketches figuring out design for a new character with a slim build and long hair. one sketch has his hair loose and his showing the scars covering most of his body, the other has his hair braided, wearing trousers, high boots, a waistcoat and a button-up over a long sleeve high neck black undershirt

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

don't need names for characters to attempt to draw smut of them

rough sketch of a woman getting fingered by her partner, flushed and looking at him in a daze as he leans towards her, smiling softly

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

could not figure out where the Very Loud Snoring was coming from.

picture of an orange cat curled up fast asleep in a box she barely fits in

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

armor & outfit design is a pain but i am fond of how i sketched their faces & hair so woe my messy artistic process be upon you

crop on a rough sketch process of two waist-up figures, one with long braided hair and eyes closed as if asleep, the other with long hair pulled back with a bow and bangs tucked behind her ear, looking ambivilent

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

mantis friend also the tree that fell which i'm looking at how it's rotted out in the middle like. what the fuck. how long has it been like that

picture of a praying mantis on a wood post

picture of where a massive tree broke right at the base outside my house next to a lopsided wellhouse

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

she is so pretty. i wish she'd let us bring her inside. we really should've gotten her inside when she was younger but i couldn't make that executive decision

picture of a fluffy black cat laying ona storm debris covered sidewalk next to an overgrown flower bed

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

anyways was sketching this last night & will revisit it in a different format because turns out stacking two characters in perfect alignment like this is a stupid idea cute cheerful mage & his scary guard hound.

rough sketch of my wol lament from an au i've been poking at. he is wearing an outfit loosely inspired by the zormor gear and holding a staff based on ignus malus. he smiles and waves cheerfully at the viewer. behind him stands a tall woman with long braided hair, back turned as she looks over her shoulder, glaring out of the corner of her eye.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

butterfly at my door. hopped up onto my hand when i tried to move it & then flew away....

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

brought a sketchbook on this trip but all i did was this messy half-assed scribble of adamska's face ha.

rough sketch of a human character with long hair and heavy scarring on the side of their face that exposes the jawbone and muscles

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

no respect for the fact she's getting fur all over my work clothes.

picture of an orange cat managing to take up most of the op's torso & cover their black shirt in fur

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

was trying to catch her standing on my leg or the cabinet but like a month ago we had no dry food for a few days so she was getting wet food & now she has learned to harrass us to get wet food

picture of an orange cat on a tile floor, sitting at the op's feet & staring up at the cabinet her wet food is stored in

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

floof has to have her yearly check-up & is not very happy with the fact she got scooped up at 7am & brought inside & then put in a crate & then put in a carrier & put in a car

picture of a soft sided cat carrier. all that is visible in the carrier is two yellow eyes

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

just gonna keep sharing rough sketches whenever i'm reasonably happy with them because i need to acknowledge to myself that i like it. anyway i'm gonna be sad if i play through mch stuff on yohah & somehow she doesn't like steph

rough sketch of my oc yohah and stephanivien at work together, reviewing a blueprint or something. yohah is wearing goggles on the top of her head and coveralls, pointing at something on the paper, while steph leans over next to her, looking thoughtfully with a smear of grease on his cheek

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

very pink bonus black beans from the one semi-feral cat we feed

picture of a tuxedo cat's white socked feet with black toe beans

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

the warrior of light and the exile prince

rough sketch of lament and zenos from my political marriage au. lament is seated behind zenos wearing a dress, who is sitting on the floor, one hand holding zir head to his chest, the other resting on zir collarbone. his eyes are wide and frantic with dark shadows, hair disheveled, ears pinned back. zenos' expression is blank and apathetic as she sits on the ground, arms hanging at her sides, wearing just a loose rough-made shirt and pants, with a collar around her neck like the one put on fordola in-game. zir hair is roughly chopped short.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

i am using 'i can fix him' as a joke here but also that is tbh actually an aspect of their ship except it's less 'blindly believing love will fix someone' & more to do with let it die by starset being on their playlist. gestures.

screenshot of the lyrics to let it die by starset

I cut you into pieces
Searching for your imperfections
I had plans to make you whole
But all my threads couldn't stop the bleeding
There's nothing left, but I'm not leaving
When all I know is you

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

attempts were made. things were going well until i thought 'haven't i basically drawn this before' & my brain just gave up

rough sketch of two men fucking. one has his arms bound behind his back as the other fucks him with a strapon, pressing his thumb between his lips

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

i'll probably attempt again later but art right now is being impossible so. messy sketch of attempts at figuring out stuff for this entity

rough sketches of two versions of the same character. one of them has long hair and elaborate horns, wearing a sweater and pants, and a knee-length jacket. their expression is tired and they have interwoven markings on their forehead. the second has shorter hair, a knee-length coat, and a sweater dress over tights and ankle boots. they are wearing a mask and their horns are less elaborate.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

need to figure out how to draw yohah again & i kinda want to give her more snow leopard-y markings but art is not participating currently & also. tablet needs to charge. so basic messy yohah standing there sketch.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

this cat is fast asleep & i do not understand.

picture of a black furred cat sleeping on grey decking with her head almost completely upside down

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

messily drawing wives to soothe my ailments.

rough sketch of my oc yohah & ysayle. yohah is snuggled up against ysayle's side, head resting on her chest as she looks down at her hand stroking her wife's cock. ysayle has draconic features, her head tipped back and a hand resting on yohah's ass as she looks down at yohah's hand as well

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

feel like crap & debating calling out but managed very rough sketches of the idea i've been knocking around. don't have much energy for more at this time though. d'yall see what i'm getting at

rough sketch of young lament still in golmore, staring up at a star shower through the treetops

rough sketch of young zenos intended to be from the hunt begins, staring down at the crystal embedded in zir palm

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ch'en on the daily free pull hell yeah now i have both ch'en alters but not regular ch'en lmao

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Lament would just be modern/human au color scheme & Yohah would be more like Actual Snow Leopard colors which. actually looks very weird to me who is that girl.

rough quickly colored sketches of different color palettes for Lament & Yohah. Lament has white hair with dark purple-black eartips & dark on the end of his bangs/through his braids, warm brown skin and gold eyes. Yohah's base fur is a light creamy grey with darker warm grey hair & markings, and blue eyes.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

might as well share the writing draft since i know i'm not gonna be finishing it anyways. minor cw for mention of nonconsensual touching but also it is technically In From the Cold #lamenos

"My lord, we are almost— oh, my. Forgive me, have I interrupted something?"

The ascian's grating voice cuts through the haze that has fallen over Zenos, the world around her suddenly snapping back into sharp focus. She is now mere inches away from the Warrior, one leg resting on the table next to his hip, hand hovering near his statue-still face. She does not know when she dragged him down the table, leaving his long legs hanging limply over the edge, but now her palms burn for the transgression, for daring to touch the brilliant flame of his light without his knowing, to profane his divinity with her own mundanity.

The ascian takes her dazed silence as sign to continue, jeering tones echoing across the dimly lit room. "Much as I would love to permit you your dalliance, my lord, I am afraid time runs short. Besides! The sooner we finish our preparations, the sooner you shall enjoy his body more…intimately."

"Still your gibbering tongue lest I still it for you." The words tear out of her with an almost startling passion, her head swimming and stomach twisting with the implications in the ascian's words. It isn't like that. She is above such things.

Her palms still burn.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

the longer i go without working on this the less likely it is to get finished but i haven't felt the impetus to boot up my laptop & try to get reference & trying to write the scene has stalled out & i still like the general concept So. gestures vaguely

incredibly rough sketch laying the basics for a piece of lament & zenos. lament is laid back on a table, legs hanging limp off the edge & face turned away. zenos is leaning over him, one hand on the table next to him, the other reaching towards his face; one knee is up on the table as if ze intends to climb onto it as well. there's a lot of vague scribbled lines for the background i haven't gotten reference for implying they're in a large dining hall with drapery & candlesticks.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

gonna call work & say sorry cat says i can't come in

photo of an orange cat resting her head on my arm

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

i am probably not gonna want to continue with this after work but i had the thought of "y'know if i keep thinking about piercings on uri y'know who Definitely keeps thinking about them"

unfinished sketch of cred sitting flustered thinking about uri's piercings, namely a tongue piercing & what would have been a genital piercing if the sketch was finished

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

i just. i love him. i love all the sui so i am not surprised but also tragically this sort of guy is exactly my jam

Jie: He never wanted to hurt anyone. Words were never his strong suit. He was obsessed with victory and defeat, but cared nothing for loss and gain... the shrewdest, and the most foolish amongst us. He saw through every scheme and treachery, but he could not do something as simple as letting those around him truly know him.

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

every time i do something like this the first sketch comes out fine & easy & the second sketch is a pain in my ass which might also be part of why i have issues doing comics these days now that i think about it. anyways. a concept

rough sketch showing a figure in the foreground watching two a ways away who are having a casual, relaxed conversation

rough sketch loosely mirroring the first, showing two figures in the distance, one kneeling in front of the other slumped in a large chair. in the fore ground a third figure stands, shoulders tensed, head bowed

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

not gonna polish this but desire sated at least for now

rough sketch of Ya from arknights reclining in the nude, looking bored & unimpressed

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

anyways since i'm sketching them rn i saw this illustration & yeah ok it's at a dutch angle & i bet yu is pretty short but ya barely being in frame just had me like. hoo.

screenshot of an ak story illustration showing Ya on the right, barely in frame, standing intimidatingly with Their sword drawn against Yu & Jiang, while Jun is in the background interrupting the impending confrontation

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vi the exhausted | 7.56 @babblingviolets.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

also very funny to be jokingly complaining about pulling him when this is the bag i've been using a few years now

photo of the chongyue phone bag from a few ak anniversery celebrations ago

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