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Axolotl-mafia — GM Loki's Green House

Published: 2012-05-06 03:53:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 4563; Favourites: 81; Downloads: 55
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A younger Loki, with a younger Ruga eating Boton fruit in Loki's green house, located at post Denver Military Base -Earth. It was always warm inside that green house, humid with the sprinkler system running for 20 seconds once a day on a timer to nourish Loki's garden; plants that were brought from his homeworld. The trickle of water running into the bucket was from a leak in the sprinkler system that Loki hadn't found the time to repair yet. Eventually he got around to it. In Ruga's younger days, he and Loki were incredibly close; Loki raising Ruga from the time he was born as though he were his own son, though Ruga referred to him as uncle, while as the human General Gordon Laplani had legally adopted him to protect him from EUGAD. It was impossible for the general with his position to care for the growing boy as he would have liked to on a regular basis, so Loki generally most of the time had him in his care -whether or not if he was busy working on the disc craft project. Loki, adored Ruga in those younger days. Ruga with his playing or drawing with chalk over everything were pleasant and wanted distractions from Loki's forced life at Denver, after all, they were the only two Tethicans left for billions of miles. Ruga grew up knowing Loki as the only other fellow Tethican, never meeting another. This also eventually caused tension on Ruga's end, and eventually Ruga grew apart from Loki. Loki however, ended up with empty nest syndrome.

Loki has marks and wounds on his body from four things: fighting with other male Tethicans, fighting human EUGAD military, being a prisoner under EUGAD, and climbing Boton trees. The latter of which Gunther and Heimlich often teased him about as they were rather close to him, and it was quite funny to watch Loki fight with a tree over pieces of fruit. Boton tree bark is covered in wax and sharp spines which make it very difficult to harvest the fruit. However, Boton fruit being a Tethicans favorite, Loki was always willing to brave the climb in those days of Ruga's youth. As Ruga got older, eventually the task became his, and Ruga ended up with similiar marks; fighting with military, fighting with Loki, and climbing Boton trees. The easiest method of of climbing a Boton Tree is without shoes and a shirt, as yellow hairs from the tree and fruit are apt to fall into the clothing and cause major itchy frustration. Heimlich forced Loki to put caution tape all over his Boton fruit boxes, because Heimlich could never go anywhere near the yellow hairs or he would break out in hives and sneezing fits. He wanted to be well informed whenever Loki has a Boton box about in his green house. To most humans and Tethicans, the fruits yellow hair is annoying and itchy, where as to some humans it causese allergic reactions. The fruit its self is unpleasant to most human taste and can cause stomach aches, but can also work as medicine. Tethicans use it for food and medicine. Ruga as a teen, used the fruit hair to pull pranks on Loki, the general, heimlich and Gunther much to their frustration or allergic responses. Boton Fruit flesh has a similar taste to black salt licorice which Loki and Ruga, love it.

I tried so very hard with the composition here. I wanted this little area of the green house to look as if a child played there often.

Zuten Loki and Sinsen Ruga, the Tethican Alien species (all of them) and the story of Galaxy Magnolia belong to me
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Comments: 10

Dark-Memory [2012-09-12 20:05:07 +0000 UTC]

Just wow, that is all I can do is stare and say wow! And SOOO FrICKEN CUTE!

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tex-chan [2012-05-06 23:58:58 +0000 UTC]

This is a particularly beautiful and poignant image, especially considering some of the "future relationship" pics you've already shown us, which seem to indicate that all doesn't remain sweetness and light between these two characters. I love the greenhouse. The detail is amazing, and I adore how you made the colors so soft and beautiful. To me, it gives a very comforting, homey sort of feeling to it. And I think little Ruga and Loki are adorable together. You really get a sense of the depth of their relationship through this picture ... which, also, sort of gives a clue into how things could end up (potentially) going so badly between the two of them. My very, very favorite things about this image, though, are the chalk drawings on the floor. It's that little touch that takes the greenhouse from the role of "setting" and pulls it through into the story as a character in and of itself. I can imagine all the time Ruga spent there as a child, happily drawing and playing hide and seek in the plants or whatever. Definitely amazing work!!!

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Axolotl-mafia In reply to tex-chan [2012-05-07 03:48:22 +0000 UTC]

Your words are incredibly sweet . Reading them made my day. I tried really hard to express the emotion between the two, how much work I've put into developing these character and it made me happy that you noticed. Thank you again very much.

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tex-chan In reply to Axolotl-mafia [2012-05-07 16:32:11 +0000 UTC]

Aww! You are very welcome!! It is much-deserved praise. I think all the thought and work you've put into GM and its characters really shows in each and every piece. I always feel quite cheered up when I see that you've posted something new from this wonderful universe of yours!

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Kiyoko-mai [2012-05-06 19:12:05 +0000 UTC]

awww they were so close~~ it's so cute~~~

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Axolotl-mafia In reply to Kiyoko-mai [2012-05-07 03:54:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^^. Yes they were.

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Kiyoko-mai In reply to Axolotl-mafia [2012-05-07 22:35:31 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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JasonCanty [2012-05-06 13:39:17 +0000 UTC]

Ilike Licorice! Hmm So maybe I might like the taste of this fruit.

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Axolotl-mafia In reply to JasonCanty [2012-05-07 03:54:17 +0000 UTC]

Then this is the fruit for you! As for me, I'm usually feeling pretty mango .

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JasonCanty In reply to Axolotl-mafia [2012-05-07 10:03:17 +0000 UTC]

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