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 Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:43 pm
O////////////////////////////O It's so beautiful... *dies of a nosebleed*
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:08 pm
La, It's so cute and wonderful coming and seeing how much you kids have improved. And of course coking up on the cuteness. heart heart heart
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 2:06 pm
 Under the Seaaaaa, under the Seaaaaa... for my profile when the time comes.
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 4:21 pm
UWAAAAA, SO PRETTY. O_O That's pro, man.
(Though I wonder if her right/our left hand is a little small?)
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 3:19 pm
OMG
SO PERDY
I WANNA EATS IT
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:16 pm
redface redface redface redface redface redface redface redface redface redface redface redface redface Awww thank you very much! I'm not sure how I should feel about becoming BBQ'd Mermaid but oh well... XD and NOW... finally it's finished!!! I Present to you the Second installment of the HA Dating Sim Theme JENNY!! She's romancing you with her music-!! Which Option will YOU choose?! 
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 4:45 am
@///W///@
YOU CAN REJOICE IN HER BEAUTY
BUT WALLOW IN HER UNATTAINABILITY
FOR SHE IS MY WAIFU
GOT IT MEMORIZED?
Enj, that is AMAZING. Jenny's got an angelic sheen, and the cherry blossoms and city background look so ethereal; how did you do it? The whole piece is so soft and melodious! It really fits >////U////<.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 9:44 pm
So pretty. O.O You can really tell from her pose that she just got through playing her flute. I know when I was playing I'd raise my shoulders a little to get the flute comfortably to my lips. Absolutely gorgeous! heart
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phoenixianCrystallist Crew
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:41 am
I had no idea where else to put this, but...
OMG I NEVER KNEW YOU HAD DESIGNED AN ITEM FOR THE GAIA SHOPS.
I was looking around for some stuff in Ruby's Rack, and to my surprise I find your leg warmers there! O_O Okay, yeah, they may be from 2009, but I'm behind the times...>_> Still! HOW COOOOOOL. (and congrats!)
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:18 pm
GAHHH! YOUR MERFORM IS JUST BEAUTIFUL! The colors work together so softly =w= Love the way you draw and color hair. *fizzles*
AND ENJI I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! >w< The dating sim looks awesome. I'm so envious of your coloring skills. They're beautiful! Your blending and the tones, I don't know what to say. And your lines are so clear andddd *brain diessss*
Thank you so much!!! >///////<
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:27 pm
Thank you for all your commenting everyone TwT
The thing I used was a gradient layering for shading. Then usage of a blending method were I adjust a copy of the completed work, use a Gaussian blur and put it on soft lighting mode in the layers.
hehehe QD, I made the stockings but apparently not no reward like they said there would be. Not even the first place winner got anything.XD Still it's fun though and it's my first experience seeing my designs published.
Jenny I'm happy you like my merform's colors but am happy you like the dating sim even more. I was hoping I'd capture you're look well enough.
It was a pleasure drawing your likeness.^^
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:32 pm
Well everyone... this is the first time I've EVER finished a REAL fanfiction!
I've written many things in the past, but only for my self amusement.
After finishing my first Deadline under my new client I was possessed by a muse and this little piece poped out of my head. I guess I'm feeling nostalgic.
So WARNING THE FOLLOWING FICTION CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF FLUFF!!! SUPER THAT WILL ROT YOUR BRAIN!!! AND DRAMA THAT WILL MAKE YOUR NOSE DRIP!!
...you've been warned.
and typos don't forget the typos.
------------------------------Tanabata
A heartfelt adventure Fan Fiction.
By Enji Chou
â I had always worried about. What would happen when it was all over. Because everything has to endâŚâ
â..or at least transform.â
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:36 pm
The Mundane
The first day back home was everything I expected it would be.
The same, yet different. Nothing about my life had changed physically, but I wasnât the same anymore.
I remember staring at the wall for hours expecting the whole house t be torn asunder again, and my life to be thrown back into chaos. The chaos would be normal, at least to me.
I would lay there on the floor staring up at my ceiling, at the many glow-in-the-dark sticker stars that would shine so dimly, as if rubbing it in. Teasing me, because I remembered how beautiful they were before back there.
Bright and brilliant.
So clear was the night sky, that it would make my heart break all over again just thinking about it.
Everything was so vivid before, perhaps because of the danger.
Every touch, smell and taste was more wonderful then anything before. I would lay there on my bed thinking about what I lost, what I regained, and lost in return for it being returned.
How I missed them.
They were alive I know. But they were so far away. No more charms to bind us together. I couldnât hear their voices anymore. I couldnât roll over and see one of them sleeping at my side, safe together in the night. I was alone clutching my pillow to myself, struggling to remember their smell.
This loneliness.
I knew it would come back. Iâve felt this way beforeâŚ
I thought it would be ok. I thought I would be able to take it, but it was a lie. I was fooling myself. I wasnât fine at all, and all I wanted in this life was to see them again.
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Relapse
Summer rolled in and sunlight heated my skin, the breeze teased me with its salty allure. It beckoned me to the sea that day.
When I went there the sun was so bright, and the sand so warm beneath my feet. I stared down at my sandals and saw other foot prints around my own. In my foolishness I looked up, thinking Iâd see familiar silhouettes against the sunshine and glittering wavesâŚ
But there was no one there and when I looked down again, the prints were merely my vivid imagination playing tricks on me.
Resigning myself to make the best of it, I headed out towards the foam to sit and sketch, and feel the surf on my toes and enjoy what I couldâŚ
What could remind me the most of them.
Before I knew it, the sun had fallen down below the water in no time and the sky began to bleed into the darker hues of indigo. I was losing light to work with. Still I strained my eyes and defiantly kept drawing despite how bad it was for the eyes. I wanted to see them. I wanted to etch their faces so badly into whatever I could find. My room back home was collages of sketches clearly from my own memory, because the book was gone.
No matter how many times I called it. It never returned to my hands again.
I had to start from scratch all over again and make as many pictures as I could before their faces faded.
Still, as much as I could draw, nothing could help the processes of their voices beginning to fade. How their tones began to blend into each other. I could hardly tell apart how Jamesâs solid drawl separated from Kichiâs hum, and how Joeâs lisp differed from Daniâs smirking.
No! I refuse to forget! I wonât!
I will remember! Iâll keep their faces alive, and I will keep their voices echoing inside my heart for as long as I could!!!
I wouldnât let the mundane pace of this world, this prison; take that last bit from me. I wouldnât give in!
I realized only too late that my life had truly begun when I met them.
Did it mean it was over now that they were gone?
I couldnât help but feel so obsolete. Like my purpose was finished. I had saved the world along with everyone else. So now what was there to exist for? Everyone has a purpose. I fulfilled mine didnât it?
â..minna (everyone)..â I pitifully sobbed, the blurriness in my eyes obscuring the sketch of Maggieâs bubbly smile on the page. I could barely see her now.
No, it wasnât just my eyes, or the wetness that dropped from them onto the exposed paper. The light was nearly almost gone.
I raised my head looking at the last blurring colors of red and orange as they disappeared over the horizon beyond my reach.
Beyond my reach.
ââŚIâŚâ
I wondered if they thought of me.
Did they remember me? They promised they would.
Did they feel like I did? Or where they perfectly content, and I was the only one with this problem.
It wouldnât be the first time I acted so selfishly. Because thatâs what it was.
Selfish! I should be happy! I should be content and smiling that at the very least I could remember their faces, not obsess over the little things. The details. I should be satisfied I had that much!
But wasnât that how I always was. I was always taking in the details. Every detail!
Like how Kyleâs hair was too shades brighter then the color of the hay in the backfield. How Joe always took two breaths before he said anything he REALLY meant to say. How Dani fumbled with her fingers when she engaged in conversation. How Noelle always smelt like cut grass and mint.
Oh God help me I donât want to forget that! I DONâT WANT TO FORGET ANYTHING!
If the heavens had any pity on me, then please burn those details, every detail into my mindâs eye forever!
âŚeven Coryâs Dark sinister chuckle.
I was 25 this year and I didnât even care.
I just stared up at the heavens now opening up with stars and bawling my eyes out till their twinkle was lost behind the watery mess running down my face.
I pounded the sand, kicked my feet, and threw the pages around watching them scatter as I had my pathetic little fit. Could you believe it? A grown woman throwing a temper tantrum like she was three years old, it was downright shameful!
But I was sick of trying to pretend I felt nothing, that I could be logical and practical and bottle up everything I felt for sake of saving face in society.
Isnât that what they taught me?!
That it was ok to cry! Even if everyone sees you and thinks youâre crazy, in the end your own heart will thank you for it! For the relief!
They taught me so much. About life and embracing who I was. That it was ok to make mistakes, and there really was such a thing as friendship and loyalty that could last forever. So fine! Iâll throw my tantrum and miss my beloved friends, my family, so much-Iâll miss them this much because itâs true!
When it was over I was left lying in hiccups on the sand staring up at those glittering lights.
ââŚwas this how you felt Orihime? Was one night really enough for you?â
I stretched out my hand towards them, like they were only a few feet away like the ones in my room.
God⌠remember that night when I asked you to do something for me... just onceâŚ
If there was anything left of the pictomancer in me, I would give anything to find her again and do the impossible!
âWe all did the impossible.â
I forgot how long I laid there with my hand stretched out to the sky. Waiting for someone to grab it.
Was that what I was doing? How perfectly silly, expecting that hand to grasp mine one more time.
I remembered how it felt too. How he smiled at me so confidant before. I remember how much I missed it before too. So when he finally smiled again like that in the end, it was like the sun itself.
â Good morning my princess.â He said.
What a ladies man.
I chuckled bitterly, as I could have sworn the stars looked closer than before. I traced my finger across the heavens. Pretending I was in my Drive Form, no longer needing the tools of my trade. I was a painter of air and light again. I could do anything again; I could draw a bridge across the sky like Tentei himself and see them!
The stars looked so close. My body mustâve gone numb because I felt nothing anymore. Weightless. Yes, they were streaking upwards. Stars floating up beside my-
!!!
The pages scattered around me were burning! Who set them on fire! Burning they rose up like angry ghost fires all around me and brilliantly igniting they flew upwards and likewise the sky seemed to be falling towards me!
We were going to collide!
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:41 pm
Heaven
This wasnât real. It was just my imagination again playing tricks on me.
I was standing in a fog, with the stars all around me, brighter and closer like I could reach out and touch them.
I saw them above and below my feet through a translucent haze. Every few moments stars streaks across the heavens or bounce up and down like playful fish through the f- clouds!?
Had I died?
Somehow I wasnât surprised if I had, but scared. People can die from heart ache right? Good Lord what have I done?! How was I going to explain this to everyone in the end! Elle, Mom!
How was I to explain that I had a hissy fit because I couldnât take the separation, so I died on the beach!?
âOh noâŚâ
âKyla?â
That voice. I could still tell it apart from the others. The deeper lilt, the melodic undertone.
â..DâŚ.Dawn?â
I said it before even turning around. I didnât want to jinx it. If I was dead, then why would I be seeing her? No, this was a dream. I must be dreaming, and if so I didnât want to wake up.
If I turned to see her face, then surely I would snap out of it and end right back on that cold sandy beach in the middle of the night all al-
âOh Kyla! It is you!!â
B-Bobbi?!
It had to be her- that was her braid going down her back! She face planted into my chest hugging and squeezing my body so tight. âBo-â
âHeeey! You two show ME some LOVE!â Both of us were picked up by a much stronger pair of arms and spun around stupidly. I looked up into the impish grin of a once heartless man.
âD..D..De-â
âDem-a**- got it memorized.â Of course he whirled us around with him and glared at Lea who stood cross armed only a few feet away.
Now that I was turned around I was able to see one by one, silhouettes of people I missed so much, all beginning to fade in from walking amongst the clouds into the foreground. We all seemed to have been walking towards an obvious epicenter of- whatever this place was.
âJames! Michelle! Look we found her!â Dawn cheered her arms waving in the air. âThatâs everyone then!â they replied.
It was unbelievable, perhaps I was in shock. Because all I did then was start sobbing like an idiot. So much that Demyx nearly dropped us like he was suddenly burned. âAwww no- I think I broke her! I didnât do it on purpose! I admit nothing!â
âYou creep! You always squeeze WAY too hard!â Joe growled appearing off of my left. He pulled me from my knees and dusted me off of sand, then taking his sleeve he wiped my tears away, saying soft hushing at me like some consoling mother. âAww hun- whatâs wrong? Did he really hurt you?â
âN..No.â I finally managed to say. I must be looking so crazy right now.
Oh God Riku was looking like he just seen a punted kitten!
âI mean..I- am I d-dead or something?â
It was all so wonderful! So wonderful! They were here! I was here! Somehow we were all together again!
But how?
Everyone was suddenly very serious and solemn.
I wasn't sure what was going on and as they looked between each other, finally with a heavy sigh Beatrix stepped forward. She looked me in the eyes and told me it to me straight as she always did.
âYes Kyla. You died."
She paused letting it sink in.
"This is where Heroâs go to be united with each other. If youâre here, then itâs finally time for us all to pass on.â
I stared at Beatrix completely at a loss, Maggie looked crest fallen beside her.
So it was true. I finally gave up. I gave in and just died there! But- oh I felt so ashamed. Why did I-
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:46 pm
Here
Why is Cory making that stupid face?
â Beatrix, you said a bit too well I think she believes you.â Kyle said scratching his head.
At that Cory finally started laughing, as did Lea.
âOh common you guys itâs not that funny- look at her sheâs obviously upset or at least shocked.â Joe scolded before looking back at me. âTo be honest Kyla I donât know how it happened. We just all started showing up here. But itâs nice isnât it?â
âYeah I love the view!â Noelle piped looking down to the starry abyss below our feet. âItâs like weâre on a bridge!â
âHeeey! Weâre on a Bridge Charley!âSayrike laughed earning the expected groan from those who understood the internet meme. Of course everyone from anywhere âother than our earthâ looked completely confused.
However thatâs when I realized.
âItâs the bridgeâŚOrihimeâs bridge.â
A lot looked confused but a few people seemed to know what I was saying, but looked confused.
âThe bridge of the Milky Way that unites Orihime and Hikoboshi for one night every year?â James confirmed. âI know that story.â Michelle mused.
I nodded slowly as a theory began to bubble in my mind, an insane and impossibly fantastical idea came together.
âI turned 25 tonight. Itâs the climax night of the Perseids Meteor Shower. It happens every year ever since I was born. And I wished... I wished I could see you all again.â
I looked down at my feet all embarrassed again. What did I do?
âI asked⌠if for just one more time, if my powers could return for just one more time. I wanted to see you all again. I donât know what happened but, all my pictures of you started burning and-â
I didnât finish as I was suddenly yanked into another person arms who hugged me so tightly I couldnât finish.
âO-M-G! Happy Birthday Kyla!â
âM-..Maggie.â â25?!! Holy s**t you look like jailbait?!â Mathy gawked looking a bit red in the face.
âI refuse to believe that girl is nearly my age.â Leon said sheathing his sword.
âHehe means youâre not aging well Leon.â That was the last comment Lea was going to have tonight.
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I didnât know what to feel.
â But, if itâs true then, I mustâve yanked you from where you were- without any warning! Iâm so sorry! Iâm sorry!â Bobbi had me by the shoulders and looked right into my face, pushing any of my concealing bangs out of the way.
âNow YOU listen to me young lady! Thatâs no way for an adult to act!â
âBobbi?â Was she really that mad?
I was wrong of course.
She just smiled at me, a bit concerned tough, pitying me perhaps before gently patting that spot on the top of my head to get my undivided attention.
She sighed.
"You always worried too much."
"Bobbi.."
âI donât think thereâs a single person here tonight Kyla, whoâs here against their will.â
Together At last
When she said that, I took one long look at everyone around me.
They were all here. They really were! Everyone who I shared this journey with, and they were all smiling! Even Cloud!? Well, it was a kinda neutral smile, the edges of his lips were turned up slightly- so I guess it counts.
âIs this- is this really ok with you?â I asked still a bit unsure, I could feel my cheeks were hot and I couldnât imagine how my face mustâve looked. All puffy and red perhaps with tear streaks. A really nice mess.
âDo I need to hack it into you or something?!! Geez!...So I happen to thinking about you a little- What of it?! Itâs not like I missed youâre stupid self-righteousness THAT much!â Cory huffed before fishing into his pocket.
Whatever he found he tossed it at me and I barely managed to catch it. Everyone tensed, and some who were armed unsheathed their weapons.
But it was only an apple.
âItâs not much, but here. I was in the tool shop when I got..err.. spirited away.â Lea said before he dropped a new glass bottle in my hand. It was empty but its surface was multicolored and it glittered in the light.
âAww I didnât have any spheres on meeeeee.â Whined Yuffie.
âGood-theyâre NOT yours.â Leon grunted before approaching. He looked at me a moment, like he was having second thoughts, but then form his jacket he took out a small knife and offered it.
âJudging by your lack of shoes, the sand sticking to your skin, the time of night and the smell of salt, youâve been on the beach. Alone. And a lady should at least travel armed. Donât be so foolish again.â
Pretty soon everyone was rummaging for anything on their person for some kind of memento or gift to present to me. I tried to insist it wasnât necessary but they wouldnât have it.
After all, they were the most wonderful people in the world.
Even if I didnât care about the gifts in that way, but it was by far⌠the best birthday I ever had.
We spent the hours talking, catching up on people lives since we were split up. I exchanged numbers and addresses with everyone from Earth. We even managed to play a few games.
And when the sky began to lighten we knew it was time to part again. To separate again.
I didnât know if I was ready. I didnât think I ever would be.
âYou going to be ok now hun?â Joe asked wrapping the jacket heâd given me from off his own back around my shoulders.
âI think so. Joe, was it selfish of me? I acted like a real fool back down there.â
âYou love us that much huh?â
I didnât know how to react to that, but my face burned. He pinched my cheek. âI suppose I have myself to blame for that. I told you to open your heart to everyone and thatâs what you did. As a result, we imprinted ourselves inside you in a way that cannot be simply replaced or satisfied by normal means. I supposed we should take responsibility for changing someoneâs heart like that.â
âI donât know if Iâll be a really good adult if I canât bear being separated from people anymore, I used to be good at it.â
I stared at him, at everyone, really hard then trying to ingrain how they looked at that moment as the stars began to fade from the sky all around us.
âWill I be ok?â I asked them all, âReally? I want to believe I will be but-â
âI donât think destiny is that cruel. Not anymore.â Sora replied. Riku approached and poked that spot on my chest that fluttered every time any of them got that close.
âIf you canât take it Kyla, then obviously youâll see us again. You once said that life only throws at you what you can handle. The rest you tackle together- that means with us.â
The sky got brighter and brighter, and I saw the sun in their faces long before the real thing rose up and shone so brightly it blinded me.
â Till next time Orihime.â
When I opened my eyes again, I was on the beach with a load of various random items in my arms. It was early morning of the next day of the 25th year of my life⌠no one else was on that beach that morning, but I wasnât alone.
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