Post NEO AU: Coco and Minamimoto run into Rhyme and Kaie, who happen to be developing a very handy Angel detection app that could be quite useful to them. And it looks like with a very small sample size, it might actually work.
Hanekoma wanted to visit Kaie to get advice on how his art will be perceived when shared digitally (NEO SR 11). Combine that with wanting Coco and Minamimoto to talk more with Kaie and Rhyme… what if all of that happened at once? It provides an opportunity for Rhyme and Kaie to get further involved with Higher Plane plot in the AU. The current plan is they won’t be leaving their normal planes, they will still be help Coco and Minamimoto out.
One brand new Angel Hazuki Mikagi gets picked up by the same Mother and Father as Joshua. What a wonderful family!
This wasn’t originally planned when I started designing Mother and Father but when asked if Haz and Josh shared the same parents and “Yoshi-nii” (Older Brother Yoshi) was brought up on stream while working on Father’s design, I had to draw something for it!
TWEWY OCs: A pair of Angels assigned to Joshua as his Mother & Father. They’ve been working together for a long time, overseeing the lower planes of Shibuya & nearby regions from the Higher Plane. They read over all the reports from Their regions to aid the Higher Plane’s research into the cycle of life & death, the Soul, & more recently, the rise in impurities in the lower planes. They’re both high ranking Angels that will not hesitate to take proper action towards any disobedient Angels to maintain the safety and order of the Higher Plane.
It’s merely a coincidence that Mother’s hair has a striking colour and style resemblance to Joshua’s - it’s a very popular style in the Higher Plane, truly! Her suit jacket looks harmless, but it’s well known by the Higher Plane entities to not come into contact with it, for it will feel like it’s searing into your Soul. She cares a lot about the state of the Higher Plane and those who reside there, sometimes going a bit beyond what is deemed necessary to keep it in order and running smoothly.
There’s great debate whether Father understands fashion since he’s greatly amused by the reactions he gets, or if it’s another example of him not grasping certain “human traits”. No one stops him from dressing the way he does, provided that he doesn’t shift the patterns on his clothing in front of lower plane entities as he’s a fan of doing. While he appears more approachable than his partner, there’s something unsettling about his expressions, as if he’s trying them out and swapping them to see how it affects those around him.
NEO Higher Plane Experimentation: What if we had Parental Entities keeping an eye on their Darling Angel?
Joshua, you can’t just say “Mother and Father call me Joshua” and then say you’re the Composer in your introduction! So that got me thinking, what if we had something like Parental Entities, high ranked Angels, assigned in pairs to younger Angels to help make sure they are properly adjusting to the hivemind Angel Society!
I think it would be very interesting if Joshua had HP politics and family relations to deal with while being Composer, especially during NEO. In terms of Joshua’s position as Shibuya’s Composer, a potential replacement could be someone like Earrings. Someone who supports something a majority of what the HP wants (ex: say like a hivemind in the UG? Or maybe just supports Inversion?) but their methods are a bit too much for the HP (ex: forcing it to occur because Earrings is an uncommonly impatient Angel) which is why Joshua can keep his position as Shibuya’s Composer despite Shibuya’s state. Joshua must be a Darling Little Angel and follow the rules and not cross any lines that the elites of the HP can see that could cause him to get kicked out.
Both Mother and Father wish for Shibuya’s Composer and Producer to be Good, so Joshua’s Mother has been checking in on Joshua, and his Father has been watching Shibuya’s Producer.
NTWEWY AU Master Post involving Minamimoto, Coco, Hanekoma, Joshua (and more!) regarding the Higher Plane. Consider this more as Cool Art of my Higher Plane Experimentation with some continuity. There may or may not be an actual plot to follow.
Some of them who know what I am occasionally try to contact me, but I cannot respond.
My old café on Cat Streetーthe one that served as my base three years agoーis always open to them. I hear that some drop by on occasion.
Inspired by the above NEO Secret Report with an appearance of the everchanging library and scenes from the fic Signal, Noise and Distortion as a bonus.
In the fic, Hanekoma has a backroom called “the everchanging library”. The books always seem to have what is required. So to further show that since Hanekoma isn’t around, his library only contains blank books.
While it’s ambiguous about what sort of relationship Minamimoto and Hanekoma had, I have a feeling Minamimoto would have at some point sought out Hanekoma since he wanted to save Shibuya before.
So,where the factor are you now?
Bonus: Books!
“Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension” by Benoit B. Mandelbrot
“The Consistency of the Continuum Synthesis” by Kurt Godel
“Liber AL vel Legis” (“The Book of the Law”) by Aleister Crowley
Another book by Mandelbrot. Was intended to be “Multifractals and 1/f Noise: Wild Self Affinity” but it the title got covered up
“Pythagorean Triangles” by Waclaw Sierpinski
“Theatrum Chemicum Brittanicum” by Elias Ashmole
“Transcendental Magic” by Eliphas Levi
“Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers” by Waclaw Sierpinski
There’s been a ton of Higher Plane and Composer Neku arts for many months before NEO’s release.
September was the only month where I had one piece of art posted. Otherwise every month had a picture and comic options to pick from.
If I had to pick a single favourite, it would be January’s followed very closely by April’s. Very pleased with how art has gone this year but did hit a bit of a snag around NEO’s release. NEO gave me a break and so did TWEWYtober. I let myself do whatever for TWEWYtober and it helped me iron out more of a style that I want when not drawing Composers. Was very freeing even though I did burn out a bit from that but pulled out before it actually was an issue.
Thank you all for the support and comments! I learned even more to draw for myself first this year but I always love seeing other people enjoy my art too!
OG SR 18 - The unification of minds is the natural state of the Higher Plane.
NTWEWY Spoilers!
Since Joshua is an Angel and from a higher plane, that means he qualifies for the hivemind! Congrats, buddy!!
With his Angel summons, I’m thinking that they could be lower ranked Angels that he can call upon. But then also, if his summons had some agency, (say they aren’t like…artificial, mindless, etc.,) that if they didn’t agree with their purpose, it’s likely that the summoner could override their will. Whether this is a conscious choice or just something natural for a higher plane being is fascinating horrifying to think about.
For the diamond iris notation here: the diamond outline in the iris means you’re part of the unification. The filled in whites, sclera, with diamond pupils means you’re 100% under control of someone above you in rank. I used purple to help show that it’s Joshua who is the one in control, since it matches his eye colour.
I haven’t quite decided on the… stages of the diamond marking in their eyes but I think the outline is for us readers to be aware of that a certain somethingcan be present, not that anyone can necessarily detect it. But if it’s filled in that does mean something else is present and at that point it would be clearly visible.
If I don’t around to it, what Coco is referencing is one of the conditions Hanekoma has for working with Minamimoto and Coco is that Minamimoto should not try and take down Joshua on sight. Especially if Minamimoto is still after the Composer’s seat.
Here’s my gifts for @/Gianttubeworms on Twitter/Instagram who wanted holiday inspired art ft. some of their favorite characters (Sho, Shiki and Joshua)
