For context: Chiaki loves talking with Ibuki but god bless her magic robo brain not understand half of the words that come out of her mouth. She relies on Hajime and Komaeda to help her out so she doesn’t embarrass herself in front of her (ft. extra panel from @/shslstraws)
Also, drew out some of Ibuki’s freetime activities that I thought were quaint heh :^)
also check out @drtenebres for all au art + eventually character docs!
For context: Chiaki loves talking with Ibuki but god bless her magic robo brain not understand half of the words that come out of her mouth. She relies on Hajime and Komaeda to help her out so she doesn’t embarrass herself in front of her (ft. extra panel from @/shslstraws)
Also, drew out some of Ibuki’s freetime activities that I thought were quaint heh :^)
also check out @drtenebres for all au art + eventually character docs!
I’m doing a couple characters in it!! Slowly but surely getting refs together for them :^)
First up is Chiaki and Ibuki!
Chiaki and Monomi were created to live in an ancient dream realm, to act as guides helping travelers there navigate it.
Their creation is,, idk Not necessarily SPECIFIC to the hijinks that take place in this au, i maybe headcanon the dream realm is something ancient and Pre-Junko, she just figured out how to manipulate it and it all goes to dooky from there.
Monomi was the first, a reanimated stuffed animal that has a mixture of dreamworld juice™ and magic robotics (to tie in w/ Chihiro lightning elemental teehee) I feel maybeeee Chihiro came across the dream realm on their own and dinked around with it.
Monomi got kinda Janky and worn down over time, so next Chihiro made Chiaki. She’s more advanced than Monomi, possessing a soul tied to her mask, but despite this is less emotive as Monomi, less outwardly friendly, and more oblivious at times, tending to zone out and be cryptic when spoken to. Unclear whether that’s due to faults in her creation process or if she’s just Like This.
She serves the same purpose as a guide and companion for travelers, and helps fix Monomi when she needs repair.
Ibuki is just a funky little vampire traveling bard, plays very discordant Lute music that’s hard for most to listen to, let alone play along with, so she remains without a troupe. Pretty popular with elementals however. Very friendly, very outgoing, but puts off alot of people with her constant lute trivia and wanting to taste everyones blood to compare them (its ok she’ll ask for consent first).
The only one besides Hajime and maybe Sonia that really talks to Chiaki, or rather talks At. Chiaki is content to sit and listen, even asks questions here and there. Ibuki just has to shake her out of her dazing now and then. Chiaki is also the only person to like Ibuki’s Lute playing, something about it Hits Different to her possessed magic mask ears. And Ibuki is glad to finally have someone to play with :’^)
Through them hanging out (and maybe plot stuff thats unclear 2 me still) Chiaki slowly has her Pinocchio Moment and kinda gets a better sense of self, more awake and emotionally open.
After the whole thing is over, everyone wakes from the dream realm they were stuck in, leaving Chiaki behind. But she still reaches out to her friends in their dreams, and is particularly fond of visiting Ibuki.
