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5 Things Felino Killed and 1 He Didn’t (Up at Silvercat’s)

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Rating: PG for animal death, hunting, and blood, theoretical child endangerment

Fun fact! The name thing with the pumabirds is called a noa-name. Also keep in mind that an adult Nyji is only 4 to 4.5 feet tall. The Nyji nation Felino is part of separates things by hunter (/ gatherer / warrior) and homemaker (/ farmer / crafter) instead of male and female.

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Up at Silvercat’s vignettes

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I posted these on Rainbowfic, so now I’m posting them here.

(I haven’t completely decided how I’m handling the Tynthna honorifics that apply to Mya/Maa) (Maa is how it’s spelled, Mya is how it’s pronounced)

(I’m also not decided on how high off the ground the Pub is)

Just Another Morning At Work

When I came in Felino was squatting on the floor, one knife held ready to throw, and Mya-chama was perched on a table, her skirt bunched up around her knees, tail swishing. They were both glancing intently around the room.

“What in Taill’s name are you doing?”

“Hunting,” Felino said flatly.

“There’s a mouse.”

“How the heck is there a mouse?! We’re four stories up a tree!” I protested.

“Dunno,” Felino said. “Mice are like that.”

“There!” Mya-chama leapt off the table, claws out, and pounced like a pastel meteor. “Got it!” The little grey pest flailed as much as it could with Mya-chama holding its tail.

“Great,” I said wearily. “Now get rid of it. We open in half an hour.”

Felino Insisted He Could Set Up the Holographic Playground

“Are you sure you know what you’re doing?”
“Absolutely!”
“Um… I don’t think it’s supposed to be glowing like that…”
“It’s fine. I’ve set up displays before.”
“Uh… this isn’t a screen.”
“It’s fine! It’s basically the same…….. ooops.”
“Uh huh. Let me go find a flashlight. And the manual.”

Adventures Building the Treehouse Pub

The tree was hollow but it had to be stablilized and lined so it’d wouldn’t drop sap or splinters; that was the first unexpected expense.

Silvercat hadn’t actually planned much and certainly hadn’t budgeted.

What with there being no roads it shouldn’t have been a surprise when the first truck full of building materials got stuck by the river but somehow it was.

The arboreal wildlife loved the cables the contractors strung from the branches for the purpose of bringing up materials and supporting scaffolding.

It certainly wasn’t the first time the company had put in a resin floor and bar top, but it was the first time they’d done it 100 feet up a tree.

Pretty much nobody thought the bar was a good idea – for oh so many reasons – but they all admitted it had style.

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Maa in snow gear sketch

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(took me awhile to get around to scanning this)

Cold weather means layers. The layers she’s wearing are:

  • chemise
  • fur-lined trousers
  • heavy-weight tunic with fur-lined sleeves
  • fur-lined boots with ice cleats
  • mittens
  • tail sleeve
  • belted poncho
  • fur hat with drape/scarf (the hat isn’t transparent, I just wanted to make sure it had room for her ears)

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Felino sketch

sketch of a young man with his hair braided in a complicated pattern. He's wearing a sleeveless jumpsuit with a broad stripe down the front. He's got cuffed boots, a narrow belt with a few pouches, a spiral armband on his left bicep, a narrow bracelet on his left wrist, and a wide armband on his right wrist. Below and around and details on his gorget and metal shoulder spaulders and his numerous knives

A sketch of my long-time Thunderian oc, Felino. I was surprised that I couldn’t find any non-chibi art of him. He’s the same race of Thunderians as Wilykit and Wilykat, and speaks my conlang Nyjichun.

Decipherment of my notes:

  • leather gorget that goes under the metal spaulders
  • 17 inch short sword on both sides
  • 8 1/4 inch knife in left boot
  • 6 inch throwing dart – triangle profile and a handful are hidden in his hair
  • 8 inch throwing knives, 3 are hidden in his armband, 2 hidden in his right boot
  • 10 inch parrying dagger on his belt over the pouch in the back

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Sketch of Maa

Aka, Mya, aka Mya-chama. Her name has changed as I’ve worked on her language, Tynthna

But here she is in some of her native clothing:

I haven’t drawn her as a non-chibi in ages and never in correct clothes (since I just came up with those this year)

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