13 Lore file XIII
THE NEKOMATA
STORY
The story of Blankie. The thirteenth kitten, the curse that changed her, the performer who saved her, and how a nekomata ended up streaming.
Tonight: seven acts
OFFICIAL MODEL ART Tonight's creature
Known data,
no guarantees.
- Entity
- Nekomata
- Disposition
- Chaotic / comfy
- Habitat
- Wherever the game is
- Art signal
- #BlankieCanvas
The evening's programme
Pick an act, or simply let the curtains open as you scroll.
Act 1 一
The thirteenth kitten
Fur as white as snow, deep blue eyes, the smallest of thirteen.
Once there was a family of cats living wild in a forest: a mother, a father, and thirteen kittens. The youngest was the runt of the litter, with fur as white as snow and deep blue eyes. Her family called her Blankie because of that fur.
She was the smallest and weakest of the thirteen, and somehow still the most fun-loving of them all. For a while, they were happy.
Act 2 二
The hunt
The villagers feared what a cat might become, and acted first.
Then a rumor spread among the humans: cats that lived long enough in the wild turned into monsters. In their fear, the villagers started hunting them down.
Blankie’s family was caught in that hunt. She watched the humans kill everyone she loved, and because she was so small, the hunters took her for dead and left.
They were wrong.
Act 3 三
The curse
Grief called forth something old. One eye turned blood red.
What was left of her was grief and anger, and it called forth a curse that changed her being. The longer she survived, the more her anger festered, and the more she changed. Corruption spread through the left side of her body, staining one eye blood red and running black veins down her arm.
If you’ve seen her model, you’ve seen the marks. They aren’t decoration.
Fueled by her wrath, she attacked the humans, in revenge for her family.
Act 4 四
The performer
A hand offered without fear. Curious, she took it.
One of those attacks nearly killed her. Badly injured, she closed her eyes expecting to die, and woke up bandaged, on a pillow, inside a human’s house.
The human was a young theater performer. He treated her wounds and hid her from the other villagers by carrying her along to his performances in a wicker basket. When she was healed, he offered his hand and asked her to stay. She had never met a human who wasn’t afraid of her, so, curious, she took it.
The years that followed were filled with happiness and love. He practiced his performances in front of her. She slept on his lap. It was a good life.
Act 5 五
The wish
“Be happy. Find good people.” Her tail split in two.
All things end. When the performer was old and lying on his futon, he smiled at her one last time and made a wish: that she would be happy, and that she would find good people in her life.
She took his wish to heart, and as she did, her tail split in two and she gained… humanity.
Act 6 六
The long watch
The forest shrank. The village grew into a city of light.
She returned to the forest, confused, no longer sure what her revenge had been for. So she hid, and she watched. She watched the forest shrink and the village grow into a city, and eventually decided the better path was to adapt and live among the humans. She wanted to meet more of them, and to find more reasons to forgive them.
Guided by the memory of her performer and a pile of newfound technology, she got an idea.
Act 7 七
Hello, hello
A black screen flickers to life. The tale continues on stream.
A black screen flickers to life.
“Hello, hello, everyone! My name is Blankie, your resident nekomata/stinker!”
That’s the story so far. The rest gets written live on stream, with chat watching.
Encore! Encore!
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lore video.
Experience the story through art, music and narration, created with the RfAedrisArt lore team.
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reference sheet.
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