panel 1: an image of Taisce on a white background, holding their pelt to themself and looking sadly to the side, a faint red outline glowing around them Taisce: Bastion was right. panel 2: Taisce holding their head, looking down with wide eyes, a faint glow still around them. Taisce: I feel so stupid. panel 3: Taisce pacing, glowing red with red glowing lines coming from them and going off panel. Taisce: You've always had your own motivations. panel 4: Emi looking up from a profile view. Emi: Tash, she's tryin' ta drive a wedge betwixt us-- panel 5: Taisce looking down from a profile view, shouting, a red outline glowing around them. Taisce: Maybe you shouldn't have made it so easy, Emi! panel 6: Taisce, glowing red, reaching out towards Emi, with Emi in the background taking a step back and looking surprised. Taisce: If you won't give me the answers, i'll take them! panel 7: A jagged-edged panel in a semi-circle in the bottom corner of the page, from Emi's point-of-view with her arm out in front of her, clasped by Taisce's hand. Taisce is glowing red. Emi has pointed ears, light brown skin, long, fiery red hair, a scar on her cheek, and is wearing a high-collared black jacket with straps around the upper arm and wrist. Taisce has light skin, white hair with dark shaved sides, three freckles on each cheek, and is wearing a blue hoodie and aqua fingerless gloves.

Volume 2, Page 128

๐ŸŽƒHappy Halloween!๐ŸŽƒ

Next page will go up Wednesday, November 27th! Thanks so much for reading, y’all!

panels 1, 2, and 3: a close shot of Taisce holding their necklace and looking down, broken up across three horizontally divided panels Taisce: ...you were asking about my necklace ... you knew she gave it to me ... i didn't tell you that... panel 4: Taisce in the foreground, holding their necklace and looking down with an upset expression, with Emi in the background, holding her hands up in a conciliatory fashion Emi: Tash, i can explain-- Taisce: Were you a part of the sedition that my mom worked with? panel 5: Taisce touching her necklace, looking down, their expression more blank, in the background coming from behind Taisce and going off panel faint red glowing lines can be seen. Taisce: Are you the reason she was taken? panel 6: Emi looking up and holding a hand out at Taisce, and Taisce turning suddenly to face her, with bright red glowing lines shooting off panel from Taisce. Taisce has an angry expression on their face. Emi: Just let me finish dealing with the lawfey and i promise -- Taisce: No, Emi, no more lies! Emi has pointed ears, light brown skin, long, fiery red hair, a scar on her cheek, and is wearing a high-collared black jacket with straps around the upper arm and wrist. Taisce has light skin, white hair with dark shaved sides, three freckles on each cheek, and is wearing a blue hoodie and aqua fingerless gloves.

Volume 2, Page 127

๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Next page will go up Wednesday, October 23rd! Thank you all for reading and for your support!

panel 1: Taisce facing Emi with their arms out, and Emi in the background facing away, with a stream and some bushes and trees behind her. Taisce: ...Emi? Emi: i wanted ta tell ya, Taisce. By all the stars in the sky... Taisce: Tell me WHAT, Emi, what does it mean? panel 2: Taisce pointing back behind them at the holo-screen, that shows an image of the older-looking Emi with her hands in her pockets, winking. She's wearing a black jacket and a yellow dress. Taisce: That looks like you -- panel 3: Taisce turns to look back behind them in the direction of the holo-screen. Taisce: -- what were you doing with my mother? panel 4: Taisce in the foreground, clasping their necklace, and Emi in the background, holding a hand on her head to push away her hair that's blowing in the wind, and looking away. Emi: I -- you know firebirds can't remember past lives, Taisce-- Emi has pointed ears, light brown skin, long, fiery red hair, a scar on her cheek, and is wearing a high-collared black jacket with straps around the upper arm and wrist. Taisce has light skin, white hair with dark shaved sides, three freckles on each cheek, and is wearing a blue hoodie and aqua fingerless gloves.

Volume 2, Page 126

What does it meannn?

Find out next-time (??), on Wednesday, September 25th!

panel 1: A profile view of Puff tapping her glasses with an index finger. Puff: Did you promise her that? panel 2: A wide shot of Puff, Emi, and Taisce, with a large holo-screen being projected from Puff's glasses. Puff is starting to stand up from behind the tree she was hiding behind, Emi is in the foreground, her back to us, and Taisce is staring up at the holo-screen in a kneeling position. The holo-screen shows a woman in scrubs with a lab jacket on, with medium tan skin and long black hair tied back in a loose bun, and is talking with a slightly older looking Emi, some streaks of grey running through her hair. Puff: Will you get more people killed in your search for vengeance? panel 3: Puff, fully standing behind the tree, her glasses still projecting the image of the holo-screen. Puff: Why not stop this? panel 4: Emi, eyes wide and looking up at the holo-screen. Emi: ...where'd you get that? panel 5: Taisce staring up at the holo-screen. Taisce: Emi, what is that... what's she talking about? Emi has pointed ears, light brown skin, long, fiery red hair, a scar on her cheek, and is wearing a high-collared black jacket with straps around the upper arm and wrist. Puff has long black hair with bangs, glasses, medium brown skin, and a blue and purple fin, and is wearing a suit. Taisce has light skin, white hair with dark shaved sides, three freckles on each cheek, and is wearing a blue hoodie and aqua fingerless gloves.

Volume 2, Page 125

In which Puff manages to put a pause on the fighting…

Next page will go up Wednesday, August 28th!

panel 1: Emi looking up, smiling, and getting slashed three times. Emi: Why, that's beautiful, traitor-- panel 2: Emi's eyes glowing, surrounded by sparkles, her wounds healed over. panel 3: Emi's turning on her foot. panel 4: Emi, surrounded by fire and fire in her hands, eyes glowing. Emi: If a bit sloppy. panel 5: Puff hiding behind the tree, surrounded by a ring of fire, with Emi in the background with fire in her hands. Emi: Why don't you join us? i promise you, we will win. panel 6: Emi smiling, holding up a hand on fire with her one visible eye glowing. panel 7: Puff looking alarmed, with the glow of the fire behind her, quickly tapping at her glasses. Emi has pointed ears, light brown skin, long, fiery red hair, a scar on her cheek, and is wearing a high-collared black jacket with straps around the upper arm and wrist. Puff has long black hair with bangs, glasses, medium brown skin, and a blue and purple fin, and is wearing a suit.

Volume 2, Page 124

๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Next page will go up Wednesday, July 24th! Thank you all for your support!

panel 1: A close up of Puff's face, looking confused. panel 2: Emi getting slashed with water on the cheek with one eye closed. panel 3: Emi grinning as it heals up with sparkling lights. panel 4: Puff looking surprised. Puff: ...how are you doing that? panel 5: Emi getting slashed again, her eyes closed this time. panel 6: Emi smiling as it heals up again. panel 7: Puff throwing many more slashes at Emi with all she's got. Puff: Firebirs can't heal! Emi has pointed ears, light brown skin, long, fiery red hair, a scar on her cheek, and is wearing a high-collared black jacket with straps around the upper arm and wrist. Puff has long black hair with bangs, glasses, medium brown skin, and a blue and purple fin, and is wearing a suit.

Volume 2, Page 123

In which we see Puff surprised, and off-kilter.

Next page goes up Wednesday, June 26th! Thanks for reading!

panel 1: Puff looking down and slightly resigned, with glowing droplets of water hovering around her Puff: Foolish firebird. panel 2: Puff's hand relaxed with the droplets hovering around it and slowly moving forward. panel 3: Puff's hand outstretched, with the droplets a blur moving at high speed behind it. panel 4: Emi on her knees with her hands on her head protectively, while the droplets have turned to slashes from all sides. panel 5: Emi getting sliced across the face. panel 6: Emi looking down at the cut on her face that is bleeding, with some faint sparkles in the background. panel 7: Emi smiling and looking slightly surprised, touching her face where she was cut where there is only a slight line that has healed over, with bright sparkles in the background. Emi has pointed ears, light brown skin, long, fiery red hair, a scar on her cheek, and is wearing a high-collared black jacket with straps around the upper arm and wrist. Puff has long black hair with bangs, glasses, medium brown skin, and a blue and purple fin, and is wearing a suit.

Volume 2, Page 122

i love to draw….hands.

Next page will go up Wednesday, May 22nd!

 

Tattooing has been real busy, and i’ve had a lot of house projects with deadlines recently, but i’m starting to find a flow with getting Skyvein done in between things, also!

panel 1: a wide shot of Puff and Emi battling in the background, with Taisce in the foreground hiding behind a bush, and looking scared and holding their head. Puff is bringing water out of the nearby river and throwing it at Emi, who is holding up a fire-barrier. Puff: You should have listened to Mx. Brennan. panel 2: Puff in the foreground winding a stream of water at Emi, which catches her in the stomach and throws her off of her feet. Puff: You're exhausted from the facility and the chase. panel 3: Emi hidding the ground hard, with the sound effect SLAM at the bottom of the panel. panel 4: Puff holding a hand up, surrounded by small bubbles of water that are hovering around her, with Emi in the background, partially propping herself up on one arm. Puff: You can't beat me like this, Emi. panel 5: Emi on her knees, pushing herself up to an upright position with one hand still on the ground, looking up determinedly. Emi: I ain't...all played out...yet. Taisce has light skin, white hair with dark shaved sides, three freckles on each cheek, and is wearing a blue hoodie and aqua fingerless gloves. Emi has pointed ears, light brown skin, long, fiery red hair, a scar on her cheek, and is wearing a high-collared black jacket with straps around the upper arm and wrist. Puff has long black hair with bangs, glasses, medium brown skin, and a blue and purple fin, and is wearing a suit.

Volume 2, Page 121

Jumping back into the action~ (This page may look familiar to some of you…….oops)

Action can be hard for me, but Skyvein sure does give me a lot of practice with it!

Next page will go up April 24th, thanks for reading!

A full-page spread with Bastion from behind holding Red by her shirt in the foreground, and in the background is a black eight-tailed fox with glowing gold eyes sitting atop a boulder, with several Red-lookalikes sitting around the eight-tailed fox and looking up at them. One of the Red-lookalikes is hanging upside down by a tree branch in the background, another is peeking out behind the eight-tailed fox's tails. There are glowing beams of sunshine shining down on the fox, and motes of speckled dust in the air. Bastion is a human man with white hair streaking through his black hair at his temples and in the middle. He has brown skin, black eyes, a trimmed mustasce and beard, and is wearing a white and blue jacket with golden fixtures. Red: Red is about a foot and a half tall, has darker skin, two fox tails, and is wearing a red cap and shirt, and striped green tights.

Volume 2, Page 120

Aaaaa, i almost forgot to schedule this page for upload! But i caught it. Just barely. Like Bastion caught Red.

The next page will go up March 27th!

panel 1: Bastion's hand holding a "Red" with three tails, saying "Three tails." panel 2: Bastion's hand holding a different "Red" with four tails, saying "Four tails" panel 3: Bastion's hand holding another "Red" with two pangolin tails, saying "Those aren't even fox tails--" panel 4: a wide shot of 12 "Reds" in various poses, and various numbers and colors of tails, one smiling in the foreground, another sticking their tongue out, one sitting on a rock with a smug smile panel 5: Bastion's hand again, holding Red with her arms and legs flailing, and saying, "How'd you know it was me??" panel 6: Bastion holding her up by the back of her shirt to his face, with a faint smile and raised eyebrow, saying "An expression so smug could only call your face home--" Red has her arms crossed but it also smiling slightly. panel 7: Bastion and Red in the same positions, but startled and looking towards the camera on a white background. Bastion is a human man with white hair streaking through his black hair at his temples and in the middle. He has brown skin, black eyes, a trimmed mustasce and beard, and is wearing a white and blue jacket with golden fixtures. Red: Red is about a foot and a half tall, has darker skin, two fox tails, and is wearing a red cap and shirt, and striped green tights.

Volume 2, Page 119

EDIT: AAAA that was the wrong page! i don’t know how i managed that but uhhhh you all got a glimpse into the future ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜ฐ…HERE’S THE ACTUAL PAGE

 

Reds, reds, everywhere…

Another page i had a lot of fun drawing despite it being a lot of work. i just love her.

Also, a happy belated birthday to Skyvein! Can my baby really by 7 years old already?

Next page will go up February 28th!