KoKo, the only rational member of the lot, knew the party was doomed from the moment it formed; not doomed in the meaning that they were fated to be wiped out on some gruesome far off battlefield, no-the sense that hung over her twitching, frosted ears was that of a more existential variety, brought on by the unmanageable nature of the company in which she found herself.

It was an odd assortment, for sure-appearances and build in stark contrast with one another, no two members alike in function nor form. It was a wonder how any of them had met to begin with, having no knowledge of where their fellow members hailed, nevermind the peculiar nature of the CAST's own physicality. While not a true automaton, such as the white clad tag-along to the crew's tiniest member, the vast majority of the bluenette's body was comprised of metal armour and cybernetics-except, peculiarly enough, for that of her ludicrous bust.

Each half of KoKo's sizeable bosom seemingly made up nearly a third of her body-weight, made even more impressive via the fact that unlike the most of her limbs and other features, her chest was 100% natural. An odd detail, given it represented both the most visible, and only unarmored portion of her figure. Regardless, contrary to her buxom appearance, the ARK's Defender was by far the most rational and level-headed individual present; eyeing the ever growing ruckus a scant few meters away with similarly growing concern.

The sound of a pewter mug clattering to the floor was hardly surprising after hours of the group's unruly behavior-at least the inebriated gunner had the decency to down her beverages before depositing the cups in a heap around her seat; Hikaru, on the other hand, tended to knock them over by mere accident, her clumsy demeanor causing the most collateral damage by far-much to the cold ire of a formerly pristine android.

The lalafell offered profuse apologies in spite of 2P's continued silence; seated across, lay a completely separate debacle. Aside from KoKo, a round of drinks had been ordered for every member of the party-the most by far had gone to Wreath, and the hedonistic Elin wasted no time in her indulgence. Gallons of alcohol joined by heaping slabs of raw fish made for a bizarre sight, vanishing into the gluttonous maw of the diminutive crimson/pink foxgirl.

Such was her noisy imbibing, that she continued to completely ignore the words of her feline companion-whose rapidly depleting patience had left her usually fair features coloured with the red hue of her explosive temper. Wreath had long ago promised to help sort the myriad of issues plaguing her academy-even after said Elin had her own magical studies at the institute long since abandoned in favour of the arts of shooting things with an oversized revolving cannon.

Yes, it was these events that KoKo found herself preoccupied with supervising, in the hope that the party might avoid being gated from yet another tavern, that she found herself with only a cursory amount of attention to spare towards the final member of their group: the weird faux-feline that had brought this assignment to her attention in the first place. Xiandy was an odd sort, only arriving seasonally to offer a multitude of neat prizes for seemingly tedious and unimportant tasks-she had asked to be present for one in particular, at the promise of many tickets to the ARKs daily lotteries. Given KoKo's current gambling addic-Ahem, hobby, it was difficult to say no.

Nevertheless, the sometimes-maid had been staring at the CAST for several stops now-assumingly for the same reason most others tend to-although, KoKo had found the recent licking of her lips to be a particularly unsettling addition...

She nearly missed the sound of rumbling as orange locks suddenly drew close to her optics.


This set I've been holding onto from  Delt for some time now; it features several of my various MMO characters, alongside NPCs from their respective games. I don't care much for the stories I have to go along with these, but I want to upload them now, so whatever. The depictions of the characters in he image, however, are excellent~

No-Colour Version:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/596232535244144651/1088002505289506928/IMG_5789.JPG

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