Mei's Echo - Blog Posts

askameisha

6 months ago

Drive: Hunger I thought I saw you say some posts ago to not say her name. Are you afraid of you know who to not say her name out loud?

The image depicts Hunger, Mei's Echo, sitting by the side of the girl's bed. She says: “Afraid...? Don't be ridiculous. What I have is concern. For the girls, for... Mei.”

She continues “Ibura, Ebonlace, Soothsayer... they are not just awakened pillars. They have something else... something that could be dangerous for the girls if these... "unwanted visits'' continue."

"They cannot continue to have so much contact. This will end up causing an imbalance."

Hunger grits her teeth, drool seeping down the corners of her mouth; "If another rupture happens... no... it can't happen before these girls remember...!!”

She continues; “Those abominations will eventually wake up and we won't be able to deal with them...!!”

“Solveil has been very weak recently. Too sloppy with her... freaks.”

The next image depicts an island, floating in the middle of the Dark Slumber far below the lands of Dreamtide. The moon shines bright in the middle of the clouds, bearing the figure of a huge spider on its surface. Hunger then continues: “Until they all reach their awakening... Until Mei remembers...”

The last image shows a humanoid rabbit standing in the darkness, in a deep, secluded corner of the island. Roots and foliage extend from its joints and mostly from its neck; it has no stomach. The bones of its spine and arms are exposed, bloody.

Hunger then finishes; “Some things are better off in their slumber.”

Okay! Lore time with Tipsy!! ✨

First of all, I'd like to make it clear that the Valley of Echoes, my AU, is mostly based on dreams / nightmares of mine (shouldn't be a surprise, they all live in a place called “Dreamtide” after all hsgshsh)

Third, this AU isn't all about roses and friendship – There are many topics that can be sensitive to some people. Violence and gore are quite common; And it continues with mental illnesses, domestic abuse, mentions of depression, etc. etc...

This creature here is based on a dream I had about FNaF! In the earliest version of the story, there were originally three guardians to look after the children of Solveil: Alpha, Beta, and Charlie (This one rabbit up here is Charlie, yes). My brain was becoming a mush trying to think of a new design for those three, and then... BAM!! I already like to reference other works in my stories, so why not? If you see something familiar in the future and think "Hey, I think I've seen this somewhere before-” Well, maybe you're not wrong! This time, I based the design of this monstrosity on one of my favorite artworks – The Drawkill series.

So, here’s a glimpse of the Chimera Initiative! A project created by Solveil and Twilight to hunt for shards of the Elements of Harmony and the like. Again, if you are sensitive, I suggest not paying too much attention to the smaller details – There's a lot of dark stuff behind this tale!

There is still SO much I still want to show here! The girls' mother, some Dreamtide specific events, the new Cutie Mark Crusaders-- whoah! I've never felt so inspired!! 💪🦈✨

But anyways, time to yap about my universe a bit!!

Mei's entire family deals with something called Echo Syndrome. “But what's that?” You may ask- it's not a very difficult thing to understand! Think of it as a want / desire that is not actually desired by someone; Here, unwanted desires are like echoes, that reverberate until they form something new. Hence the name. ✨

So, Meet... “Hunger”! Mei's undesired echo. This is all hereditary, so maybe it helps to imagine where, or rather, who, the girls actually came from!