× 爪ㄖ尺ᗪㄖ匚Ҝ ×'s Den

+ ABOUT ME +
Ay, my name's Sandghost!
i ended up here by pure chance some years ago, and i'm 8hrs ahead lioden's time.

YOU CAN FIND ME ON:
discord: lightning.watcher

If you have question, feel free to dm me there, or here also.

+ + + + + + + + + + + + +

ABT ME:

I am an italian artist, and i have a lot of interests and passions.
I've got a job and i'm still a student, so apologizes if i don't reply immediately.
I absolutely love drawing, planes and cars!
I listen to everything, but I really love One Republic, Of Monsters And Men, and Empire of the sun.
I love animals, every single one of them, and i'm very attached to moths in particular, owls and wolves.
I'm a cryptidcore lover, i love apocalyptic scenarios, and also retro or cyberpunk aesthetic.

I am a big fan of Transformers, 28 days/weeks later, lost in space, voltron, top gun, the tomorrow war and war of the worlds.

sometimes i might take commissions, so as i said before, just ask me and i'll tell ya! My style can change a lot, so consider that before making your decision.

+ STORY +
How all of this started? Why is everything so... uncanny and... Dead?

ACT I

«Atlas knows»


Something is happening inside Atlas's pride.
He seems restless, nervous, his moth flutters insistently around his horns.

« What's going on? »
You ask, noticing all the commotion of the situation.

Atlas doesn't even look at you, he knows you are there, but he is busy talking with an adolescent.
You look at the scene confused trying to listen to the speech.
Suddently a lioness, old but so beautiful that she immediately enchant you, surrounds you with her body and takes you away from Atlas and the young lion.

You are even more confused.
The lioness stops in front of you.
« You, traveler, do not listen to them. This is none of your business. »

You look at her straight into her pink eyes, she seems serious.
You ask your last question before heading back to your territory...
« Who's that young lion with Atlas? He looks worried, even more than your king »

She sighs and takes a look at them, arguing over something that for now still remains misterious.
« That's Mordock. He's the son of one of my sisters. We lost him when he was a small cub, he was taken away from us from ... we still don't know from what, not humans for sure, because they never come around here.
He came back a week ago, and since then he never left Atlas's side, not in a good way.
He is crazy, all the pride thinks so, except for his mother of course.
He keeps talking about something that's coming... and stuff like that.
Scary i know, but until Atlas is with us nothing will happen!
He knows everything about these lands so im sure he is... working on that... »

She shakes her head after a small moment of silence.

You are speechless, you feel a gut wrenching sensation.
That kiddo is strange for sure.
A lot of questions fill your head...

You decide it's time to go.
Before heading back, you take a last look at them, and at the lioness that is watching you in that moment, with a worried look...
The young lion notices you, and seems to linger on you.
You turn, and leave... you will surely come back later.


ACT II

«Atlas has fallen»

You came back in Atlas' lands.
Everything looks... oddly different.

« Where's the soft grass...?
Where are the kind lionesses...? »

You ask yourself so many questions... but nothing seems to be like it was before.

A few minutes pass.
Nothing moves.
The sky... has the same colors of the sunset, but in a more horrifying context.
It's not that time of the day... what the hell is going on!?

You feel a weird sensation.

Are you being watched?

You take a look around you, everything looks and feels dead.

You decide to leave. You don't recognise those lands anymore.
You take a look again behind you... what if that weird kid was right...?


ACT III

«The truth»

In the end, your curiosity won.
You decided to follow a scent, almost imperceptible, of one of Atlas' lionesses.
It's days old, but, since nothing seems to be moving, you decide to give it a chance.

You walk... and walk... and walk...
The more you go, the more the landscape looks abandoned... dead.

A strange black fog, yellow-ish sky, dried up trees, dry grass, bones and small carcasses everywhere.
There's also a dead cow near you, but still you decide that giving it a taste maybe it's not the best option.

You arrived.

You look around you.

«HUMANS!?» you ghasp in confusion.

You step back a few meters, scared.

«That's where the scent ends...» and yet you don't seem to understand.

Something's lurking in the fog that smells of death.

Suddently, a big figure runs throws itmself at you.
You bounce back dodging the attack.
It's a... ZOMBIE!?

It looks like a virus infected what it seems to be a racoon.
It reminds you a bit of a rabid animal.

But!
No time to think!
You must fight!


You show off your sharp teeth and claws, ready to fight back.
The zombie racoon lunges at you once again, determined to bite you.

With one swipe of your paw, you throw it to the ground, you manage to bite its tail off.
The creature screams in pain, but you don't understand if it's actually a pain scream, or a raging one.
A feeling of disgust assails your guts.
Everything's like... apocalyptic.
And it's just the start.

That kid...
Suddenly the memory of that strange teenage lion invades your mind.
« So, he was right all the time!? » You mumble.

Wait.
The raccoon hasn't given up yet. It's on the ground and wriggling.
You look at it with disgust and walk away, terrified.

You decide not to let yourself be noticed, it's a too dangerous situation to be seen.

You walk 10 minutes in death and desolation.
You're hungry.
You're starving.
You're thirsty.
You're tired.

You want to go home.

Yet, you have to find them.