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8 months ago

A mockup of a battle sprite of Loop from In Stars and Time. Loop, in their neutral battle stance, looks away from the camera, eyes very so slightly squinted. It gives off the impression that they don't want to be here.

A mockup of a battle sprite of Loop from In Stars and Time. Loop gives a very forced and faked smile with their eyes, which are scrunched hard. Sparkles and circles dances around them as they receive a buff.

A mockup of a battle sprite of Loop from In Stars and Time. Loop squeezes their right eye shut while staring down the foe that just attacked them. They're trying not to flinch.

A mockup of a battle sprite of Loop from In Stars and Time. Loop, on low health, now stares at the viewer, pupils dangerously contracted. They have cuts and bruises on their face, but they stare at the camera as if they're about to snap.

A mockup of a battle sprite of Loop from In Stars and Time. Loop, still on low health, strikes out with a scissors attack, eyes never leaving the viewer. Stars flash in their eyes as craft spark off their hands. The pose is very similar to Siffrin's own battle portrait when using their craft.

A mockup of a battle sprite of Loop from In Stars and Time. Loop, now on no health, has their head tilted upwards and their shoulders slack. Their eyes are entirely empty, with no pupils at all, similar to their possessed sprite. Sparks fly off their injured head.

What if I went "fuck it, Loop joins the party during Act 5 instead of playing telephone at the Favour Tree". What if I made them all transparent too so you can use them at your whimsy. What then.

Made these sprites with a very on-the-fly headcanon that Loop does not attack unless their HP is low, since I would think that they already feel weird following Siffrin's party and they don't want to give it away that they're a Siffrin. But also, if you kept getting beat up by Sadnesses and the party you're with are just husks of the people you know and they don't even Recognise you, I think I'd start throwing (scissor) hands too.

Also, while I did the Loop defeated sprite, I also imagine that they would immediately loop back like how it goes down in Act 6. They're fine, they're fine!