ahi2w charas. (ocs)
[General Info]
A Heart In 2 Worlds is a three-arc story about a cat named Rus, and their journeys throughout their life. They travel though this big, massive "town" that is inhabited with just . cats. Roaming around. There's something special about this place, and it's that everyone and everything appears in black and white. No one knows why, but everyone has just accepted it into their normal lives. But, that's where Ghostland comes in.
Ghostland is a type of dream-land where cats go pretty much every night when they're asleep. Basically, they can choose to visit each other and do stuff just like in town, but it's in their dreams. However, if something happens, like a cat getting injured, etc, that injury will stay with them once they wake up. (Idk how tf that's supposed to work out but it just. does.) There's also an additional feature to Ghostland, and it's that everyone has normal fur colors, all except for our little protagonist, Rus. They've been cursed with being stuck grayscale, for whatever reason.
Our last place to know of is called Spiralland, the place cats go to when they. well. die. It has the same feature as Ghostland does, as again, everyone has normal fur colors, not grayscaled. Spiralland is like a place that gives everyone a 2nd chance at living, while still being. dead. Dead cats can still travel into town and visit loved ones, except that now they have a "dying scar" on them, and they still stay grayscaled. The dying scar is just a scar to represent how + where they died in a way, ex: Rus's dying scar is across the stomach, as they died due to a sickness in that spot in the middle of a night.
[please note that certain aspects and bits of the story may change from time to time as im still trying to write this like . with actual effort for once]
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[Character Design Info]
With that info, you'd probably wonder why everyone's refs that are up here have normal fur colors ? It's simple really, colors appeal more than grayscaled refs. The only character that has the exception of staying grayscaled at all times (with the exception for map stuff + overlays in art pieces) is Rus. Everyone has a grayscaled version of their ref, but I'm not posting them on here because 1 that'd be a bit boring + 2 more work for my ass + 3 i just need them for archivial purposes.
As for the character's that have died and have dying scars, I'm not putting references for the scars up unless you like. specifically ask or something because unless you know the whole plot detail for detail, it's not like a massive deal on if you draw someone's death scar or not. There is a slight exception with Rus (and technically Mocha), because they're dead + have dying scars throughout ALL of arc 2, as they both die really shortly before arc 1 ends. For example, Rus is to be drawn with their death scar while interacting with ANY cat *introduced* in arc 2 and beyond, while optional for any arc 2 cats.
Here's a list of indicators to show what characters get introduced in what arc:
⭐: Arc 1
⚡: Arc 2
💫: Arc 3
Also here's the indicator for any cats that have died at least once (I say at least once bc it takes 2 deaths to like. completely dissappear forever) idk how tf it works but . it does !!:
✔: have died once
❌: have died twice, and have fully disappeared basically
(if a cat doesn't have either of these marks, it just means they're still alive. give them a round of applause if you will)
[all cats are sorted in vague order of first appearance/mention within the story]
71 out of 94 designed
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If you ever want to see any in depth scenes from this story, I have an official playlist here of all ahi2w related videos
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NOTE THAT THIS STORY MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
processes of grief, (animal) death, violence/murders, suicide, disturbing themes/topics in general, unhealthy and/or parasocial relationships, cult discussion
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[ ARC 3 IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS OF BEING WRITTEN ]