skinstealer journal- a misc collection of postings

[skinstealer]

ringor mortis

things have been hectic over here system and life-wise, haven't updated in a while. even still, i managed to get petz out and running yesterday and got a session in...it's been genuinely really hard to enjoy our hobbies due to our mental stress levels, but we're starting to do some personal stress management after reading a bit of resources on the subject and working with our therapist, and i think it's showing pretty promising results...with any luck, we'll be able to play more and post more, especially with como's IF plush en route to our house....we will Have to start taking toy pictures or we'll die.

for now, though: i made a new little guy based on the backlog we've had for a few months. the downside to being so behind and having chosen seasonal themes is that the next one in my queue happened to be a VERY christmas-y one- but honestly, she ended up being so cute and fun that i didn't mind one bit. @AceOfNothing did an amazing job on her design!



[image description: a petz image collage of Elf, a green, red and white mouse with huge ears and a bright red ball nose. she has a goofy cartoony smile, and a stocking for a tail.]

here she is...elf! she's a little mouse with uhh. i guess a lot of personality is a way to put it. even with her being a persian personality pet, i just feel like she has the energy of a single mom who's out to get the best deal at the department store. she has goals in life. she takes no shit. i like her a lot.

her face is also really silly, which makes me happy. we had to try and emulate the face ace did as much as possible, knowing how cute it'd be in petz.

as is customary for introducing a new pet, we have to see some of their budding relationships with others...we decided to start with the existing winter seasonal petz we have, in order to stay very fashionably late and festive.



[image description: a petz collage of elf and bauble, a doll-like creature with a wreath on her neck and tail, a pale skin tone colored face with blush, and baubles and earrings adorning her.  her and elf seem to get along fine. ]


bauble is a little guy hex designed by @queenie, and she's soooo cute. we haven't gotten the chance to see how she interacts with others yet, so this was a nice excuse to take her out and let her run around. regrettably, she's completely neutral towards elf- but elf seems sad whenever she's put away. maybe a one-sided admiration? i will say, bauble just kept trying to pounce on her, but they really don't seem upset at each other. weird.

[image description: a petz image collage of candycane and elf interacting. they seem to be good friends!]

next up is candycane, who's been featured here before and still has his cute little outfit on. i was really pleased to see him and elf get along well, giving elf her first friend in the bunch! the two get along really well, and i'm glad she has someone to hang out with early on in getting to know the other...characters, i guess they are?


[image description: a petz image collage of two interaction combos. the first is elf and cappy, a blue, starry wolf with a red pajama and earflap hat set. the second is elf and snowcap, a black and white snowy quadruped with a red earflap hat and a red and white scarf wrapped around his body. no one gets along in either combo.]

and then we introduce the cap guys and it all goes to shit. cappy was designed by @AceOfNothing and snowcap was designed by @gyiyg, and for some reason we got really uninspired and named both of them based on their hats. for some reason BOTH of the earflap beasts got along terrible with elf! snowcap especially just did not get along with her, and poor thing ran all over the place.


[image description: a petz image collage of two interaction combos. the first is elf and bedtime bear, and the second is elf and teddy. both seem fairly neutral. ]

then because i was out, i let elf meet my two guys. both of them were also totally neutral with her, which is Fine I Guess, but always kind of a letdown. i want my guys to make friends!!! ah well, at least they dont hate each other. 

also: we are working on a side site for this petz crew! we're still figuring stuff out, but it's a work in progress.