lore-discussion-spoilers

[keen shore]

It is a really interesting idea that a sized up version of the eel we see in abyss becomes the krill [I think that might be what you’re trying to get at?] because as far as I know, the amount of limbs and eyes fits, as well as general shape. I do have to wonder whether the placeholder model was chosen for similarity reasons like this, or just because it was a similar size.

[maiden fog]

Guys I manage to finally zoom into Backstory that was provided in the concept art. I am gonna post each individual image. It was mind blowing to read.🤯

[queen forum]

Huh. Neat.

[lucid egret]

Note to self: look at these later

[regal forge]

I feel like season of flight guide is a bit like the ||ferryman ancestor|| eh? With the way their boats travel between different lands and circle around

[formal oxide]

Wow, these are so cool!

[regal forge]

I feel like I’ve been blessed with knowledge right now

[formal oxide]

I guess the idea of Ferryman Ancestor was scratched from the final version, since skykids aren't brought to the kingdom by anyone in particular

[regal forge]

all sky kids are unsupervised and I live for it

[lofty void]

unsupervised arson children

[formal oxide]

Where is this screenshot from, exactly?

[keen shore]

I feel like if I realized a disaster had come upon the world and I needed to solve it, my ideal solution would not be to send thousands of unsupervised, borderline unbreakable children with the ability to light things on fire at will to fix it

[lofty void]

I beg to differ

[keen shore]

The only reason forest hasn’t been burnt down yet is because of the rain

[regal forge]

As one of those children,
Prepare for another disaster

[regal forge]

Ah, add that to the list super secret sky kid meeting attendants

1. Flood valley
2. Fire to the forests

[queen forum]

Megabird is just patting itself on the back for that one.

[regal forge]

Me, dressed in the oversized robes of the forest elder: I need the… the… the fire.. power…(prophecy this time, not orange light)
Wasteland elder: …,but why?
Me: to… prevent… forest fires….
One must harness the fire to control it
Wasteland elder:
…
Ye ok

full proof plan coming along again

[keen shore]

In all seriousness, I do get the reasoning behind each of the specific attributes skykids get over what I think ancestors were like. The problem is, the product is the Unbreakable Arson Child mentioned above, and I really feel like some foresight should have gone into that decision before it was actually made

[regal forge]

‘Unbreakable arson child’ is the funniest and most amazing description of a sky kid I’ve ever heard

[queen forum]

That's why making them good hearted by nature is such an important part. As you said, they're nigh unkillable balls of flame. Giiving them anything but a perfect sense of morality would end horribly.

[keen shore]

Are there like… idk… product reviews for skykids?

Imagining a one star review written like “this small child FELL FROM THE SKY and immediately started running around and setting my ENTIRE REALM on fire. I had to cause a massive rainstorm in order to put it out. To make matters worse, when they got caught, they just started SCREAMING INCESSANTLY in my direction. If I could give them zero stars I would. Who thought this was a good idea”

[regal forge]

is this directed at me—
It feels like it’s directed at me-

[queen forum]

"But they are super cute. So, five stars it is."

[keen shore]

Skykids are like cats. All their crimes get excused due to their cuteness.

[regal forge]

Sky kid version of baby jail is a stone room
no fire

[maiden fog]

Thats the thing, in the light awaits, I was watching videos of the game and apparently you got from the isle of dawn to the daylight praire with a boat given to you by the elder of dawn!!!!

[keen shore]

Okay that’s adorable. Why did it get changed?? I mean they still give us birds but not the same

[maiden fog]

You can find alot of concept art in the pinned messages.
Some concept art and story resources!
I found this image amongst concept art here:

Tom Zhao's website!

https://www.tomzhao.com/sky1

[maiden fog]

I dont know but the isle of dawn looked alot cooler in the video and I am sad I didnt get to experience it for myself. Second hand wonder will have to do

[maiden fog]

And you know the pet bird that follows you in the seasonal area of the season of flight! Yeah well aparent in the light aways a bird actually guided you through the realms. Or at least it did in dawn. I havent finnished the video...and I cant believe they didnt keep that!?!?!

[rigid mural]

The bird that guided you here looks like the bird on head cosmetic you get from light whisperer !
Another nod to LA from Flight

[maiden fog]

Now in regards to the backstory I found who on earth is this Shaman Ansestor who helped the Sky Prince unearth the darkstones in the forbbidden forest???
Also, I have no clue how to add a spoiler to a specific peice of text....

[frigid tinsel]

a lot of these "Shaman Ancestor" or "Ferryman Ancestor" or "Warrior Ancestor" are now just known as the Elders. so Ferryman is Isle Elder and Warrior is Wasteland Elder.

"Shaman" implies a religious figure, which appearance-wise could be Vault Elder. though they did find darkstone in the forest, so could be Forest Elder, but they seem more like a blacksmith rather than a religious leader.

[olive socket]

[maiden fog]

Hmm makes sense. Maybe the rest of that LA video meantiones it. Imma gonna keep watching.

[frigid tinsel]

though even is LA the Elders were Elders. it's probable a lot of the events in Zhao's timeline are not canon even in LA

[native shoal]

Just two sky kids in a trench coat, the top one has the elder hair and the mask

[regal forge]

I feel like the golden wasteland elder either wouldn’t see through it or would just go with it because they are entirely amused by it

[native shoal]

They’d go with it

[regal forge]

“You’re Looking a little different today”
“….haircut”

[rigid mural]

shaman is either forest or vault iirc

[native shoal]

At one point he just unstacks the skids and helps them anyways

[queen forum]

And one of the Skids is still wearing the coat and just letting it drag across the floor.

[native shoal]

He makes it so they’re unsuccessful (telling Teth “hey some of the candle spirits are trying to burn forest keep a heavy rain on standby”) but he still helps them out

[tranquil harbor]

Strategy

[native shoal]

I think skids would be called candle spirits, look at us we hoard candles and are presumably made of wax with flame inside. Heck we can materialize a candle out of thin air and light stuff on fire with it

[frigid tinsel]

I've heard "candlefolk"

[regal forge]

jokes on wasteland elder. I’m going for valley first

[keen shore]

I OOVE CANDLE SPIRTS

[regal forge]

I picture the red candles being made of light alone and only sky kids can make them (to burn stuff, interact with each other) while the white ones are the wax we collect since those are the ones we trade and place

[native shoal]

The more popular local names for each one vary from stuff like “Mochi” to “Rat child the twenty-second”

[regal forge]

my sky kids name is ‘avid bird watcher’ because its really the vibe they constantly give off

[native shoal]

No I mean the nicknames the spirits would give

[keen shore]

Everyone seems to have a different idea on what skykids are made of on the outside. Wax and clay is super common, I personally think it’s charcoal. Wondering what everyone’s take on this is?

[regal forge]

Ah, in that case it’s probably ‘anarchist kid’

[native shoal]

I just like the idea of them being wax lol

[keen shore]

They would totally get nicknamed after birds

[native shoal]

And also “Rat child who stole my shoes”

[regal forge]

“This is my sky kid blue jay. They get mad if you get to close to their space”
Sky kid aggressively honking at the elder standing close to them:

(since blue jays are territorial—)

“don’t mind them. That’s just hummingbird. They fly backwards. We’re mildly concerned.”

“We named that one raven because they’ve mimicked our speech and scared us half to death”

[frigid tinsel]

I know names for birds that are banned in this server and just chuckling

[keen shore]

I’m beginning to lean towards the headcanon of skykids not really using names for each other because they think super visually instead of in words, meaning they just use appearance for one another or don’t care too much in differentiation. This would mean all their names are given to them by spirits/elders

But,.. my issue with it is that even though it’s a cute idea, we can change our appearance basically on a whim so I don’t know if it would make sense

Edit: I may have mentioned it before but my skykid is named Bluebird

[native shoal]

Wait I know exactly what entire catagory of bird you’re talking about

[keen shore]

Is it the category chickadees belong to or is it something else

[frigid tinsel]

I have a headcanon that skykids, after sharing their flames, can recognize each other instantly regardless of appearance. That may help yours

[regal forge]

our sky kids would get along if they’re a bird person
Mines based on a blue jay
Their actual clothes and cape are different than the ones in game though—

[keen shore]

Oh like instantly recognizing their flame signature kind of thing… I may steal this

[regal forge]

awww what if sky kids have specific honks for things like greetings or peoples ‘names’
Like how certain expressions have certain sounds!! Like laughing!

[frigid tinsel]

I still stand by my headcanon that Isle Elders names all the moths using the naming conventions of the ancestors. Not many change their names but shorthand nicknames are common — Sututaós is “Taós,” Jotoko is “Jo”

[keen shore]

What if they start making different honks in rapid succession and with differing pitches in order to express certain things… yknow like birdcalls

[regal forge]

That’s so cute

[native shoal]

You just hear some chibi spamming the crab call

[frigid tinsel]

Summons every chibi in the vicinity

[queen forum]

A Chibi can hear a Crab call from over three miles away.

[keen shore]

I feel like if skykids were birds they would be crows. Smart, social, curious, learn things easily, like puzzles, likes and collects pretty things, call that is one singular sound instead of many complex ones [“caw!”]

Now imagine: a group of skykids chasing around a krill and honking at it loudly, like what crows do with birds of prey

[tranquil harbor]

There are people dodging krills for fun, they would

[regal forge]

It’s why we’re only allowed 8 per server 😞 devs know we’re too strong

[native shoal]

Wait imagine like storm spotter skids. Weatherman sky children where they just fly out in groups to see if there’s any storms nearby

[regal forge]

I’d get sucked into a hurricane—

[queen forum]

All part of the job!

[keen shore]

A group of skykids who scout stormy areas like wasteland, forest, and Eden daily to mark down storm patterns and make it easier for others to avoid them when traveling through. Maybe they’d even chart wind direction, speed and temp (if they have the tools) to make flying easier… I feel like the wind paths would probably have some weather measurement tools so they could start there

[pastel brook]

How many bots would a skybot bot if a skybot could bot bots?

[regal forge]

Sky kid, soaking wet and shivering: it’s a little rainy today

[queen forum]

Standing in Valley with half of their body frozen: Just a bit nippy, everyone.

[regal forge]

Getting sucked into wasteland halfway through: it’s heckin wIMDY—

[frigid tinsel]

That’s what my Wasteland Navigators do — they’re trained to keep track of weather patterns and move skykids away from incoming storm clouds. In my ficverse, the Storm varies in intensity as well as multiplied by weather patterns. The Wasteland is more vulnerable to those changes

[keen shore]

I really like the idea of different skykids living in different locations other than Home and doing relevant stuff to those locations. I very much wish we got that choice in game.

Imagining the weather charting skykids mentioned above just living together in wind paths, where they’re able to go to each realm to measure them easily, and having a bunch of maps they mark and record stuff down on. I mean, they spend so much time in the air that weather has to be important info, right?

[native shoal]

Standing in isle absolutely plastered in sand and dust: Mild sand storm today people

Man I hope we get like aviator goggles and an old pilot hat in sky

[queen forum]

And maybe a cape with fur around the collar like those old pilot jackets!

[regal forge]

Vault… indoors: I don’t know what you guys are talking about the weathers pretty good

[native shoal]

I want this as a cosmetic

[tranquil harbor]

The kids in vault examine the weather in starlight desert

[keen shore]

I like to imagine that it’s possible on some level for skykids to absorb bits of the enchantment/proph lights into their own lights and get their powers. If so I feel like anyone wanting to measure the weather would go for cyan light, giving them small control over air currents so they don’t get blasted around during storms.

I just think this entire idea is really cute Honeslrh

[native shoal]

I put it in wishlist

[regal forge]

what sky kid stays on the first floor—

[frigid tinsel]

We do have Lively Navigator’s hairstyle

[native shoal]

The skids trying to get four people together for the door

[tranquil harbor]

I need his head feathers

[keen shore]

as soon as I mentioned scouting wasteland and then saw that you were typing… I knew what was coming…

[queen forum]

I guess they just really like that tree in the sand.

[native shoal]

Yeah, I got lively navigator’s hair but it’ll be awhile until that traveling spirit

[regal forge]

i had a thought and then a big fluffy dog went by and I lost it—
On a different note guys I just saw a massive fluffy Boi

[tranquil harbor]

share the fluffy

[regal forge]

Big golden retriever fella with a purple bandana

[tranquil harbor]

Yessssssssss bandanas on dogs is the bomb diggity

[keen shore]

Idea: the flight spirits’ head feathers aren’t adornments for them. They just have those naturally. Maybe they’re like… werebirds or something idk

[tranquil harbor]

No that's rhythm guide

[regal forge]

flight guide has super fluffy ears???
P e t s

[keen shore]

Every time the full moon rises they undergo a horrifying transformation into… a bird
Also ennarcia: it’s both of them

[queen forum]

They look pretty much the same in their bird form, apart from the beak.

[raw crypt]

I DRAW FLIGHT GUIDE WITH BIRD FEATHER EARS THINGS, bird swag

[frigid tinsel]

Okay how about some writing?
I haven’t typed this one up.
context: skykids Amander and Zadercaf, bold from their first fighting lesson with the Valley Elder(s), decide to trek the Wasteland together. unfortunately the vortex yeeted them someplace they don't recognize.

[keen shore]

Plot twist: the big bird in the rhythm cutscene was flight guide this entire time.

I like to imagine instead of massive bird forms, though, it’s like… a parrot or something

[regal forge]

Light whisperer IS the bird on our heads

[tranquil harbor]

Bold of Alasdair to think I can read (But dude your handwriting is gorgeous)

[keen shore]

I can sort of read handwriting but I have a headache and do not want to squimp at the moment, I will save reading it for later
I have respect and fear for anyone who writes their writing out before typing it

[frigid tinsel]

being forced to write in cursive for all of elementary school does the trick

[regal forge]

Man they just failed us if we couldn’t write in cursive

[tranquil harbor]

I can't read cursive Like it's pretty but god is it awful in a functional way

[keen shore]

SAIT NEVERMIND I CAN READ IT

[frigid tinsel]

Zapfino cursive like 1700s English handwriting is basically illegible.

[queen forum]

Question. Did anyone that was forced to learn cursive…ever actually need to use it later on beyond signatures and stuff?

[regal forge]

nope
||i can still only do my name ||

[keen shore]

Oooh I love the way you write dialogue… is the storm being moody a personification of a natural process (like how humans will sometimes call irl storms moody even if they’re… storms) or is it based on the elders’ emotions Or the general emotion of the area like some people headcanon the forest rain to be

[frigid tinsel]

my current signature is half in cursive cos I only learned to write my deadname in cursive tho my surname is the same

[keen shore]

I literally jusr write Salem with a cat drawn next to it for my signature. I don’t even use cursive for that.

[regal forge]

discord: hey you have a notification
Me: where???
Discord:

[tranquil harbor]

Yeah, cursive is good for helping to develop unique signatures, but beyond that it's just so useless
I remember having to write journals about a prompt written on the board in english, and they were written in cursive. I misread the prompt and didn't realize till other people were reading the right one out loud. I had to make something up on the spot, because saying 'I can't read cursive' would have gotten me chewed out by the teacher and mocked by the other kids because I got chewed out by the teacher

[regal forge]

Oh on a different note than cursive—
I’m gonna make a webcomic based on sky

[rigid mural]

hey fellas, do you think the spirits are aware of what awaits us in the end

[keen shore]

I feel like it depends on the spirit in question. For example, most vault spirits may have some idea, but most of them might not
I always got the vibe that vault elder knows

Or instead of them just knowing what we’re supposed to do, they somehow realize that we are going to Eden, and maybe they know it’s a corrupted wasteland

[queen forum]

Agreed. I’m sure those spirits might want to warn us, but they can’t. Either they’re literally unable to tell us or they’re just not supposed to for whatever reason. Probably because we might not go if we knew what was out there.

[regal forge]

My theory is the people of sky would go through eden to ‘ascend’ ||(die)|| but after it’s corruption they didn’t want to risk not making it and got stuck relieving a single memory of their life until a sky kid helps guide their spirit

[frigid tinsel]

Amander describes it as "moody" because that's how Indunir, who was training them at the time, described it. the why of the Storm's fluctuations wasn't important in their training at the time and you read that Amander hadn't completed their training yet, so they don't know (they have ~1.5 months of training and things got derailed with the discovery of Treasure Reef). at that point, it was important that they knew the Storm changed and moved the clouds, maybe the vortex throwing them at different points.

I mentioned before that the Storm clouds can change due to typical weather patterns. as for why the vortex may yeet skids to different parts of the Wasteland, I haven't figured that out yet.

[regal forge]

So they know of eden but they’re not a really conscious self and more a spirit who failed to move on

[regal forge]

The kid flying is so funny to me for no reason— their little blank expression and pose—

[frigid tinsel]

my heart aches
I feel that spirits from post-Eden calamity may know but those from earlier in the timeline may not because to them, there never was an Eden calamity

[keen shore]

Wait… do you think WE know what we’re in for? Like do we feel a consistent pull towards Eden, and look at the horizon at how destroyed it is and go this can’t be good but it’s my job? Do skykids slowly realize just by traveling through the realms that Eden is the center of the storm and probably the worst part? At what point do they decide they need to go to Eden, and at what point do they realize that it can’t end well?

I always headcanoned vault elder told us in their cutscene what would happen, but we went through with it anyways

[regal forge]

We’re arson children. We know it or not fire child wants anarchy

[frigid tinsel]

tbh, on my first run, I didn't know what was coming. I knew we were getting closer to Eden, but Eden was a bright shining beacon. it looked glorious. I didn't read Eden as a bad thing.

then I got put in the derelict final floor of the Vault, looked at the lightning and thunder, told I would lose winged light by proceeding, and noped out of there for two weeks

[stiff night]

The concept art sealed the deal for me with the death and rebirth cycle

[regal forge]

I noped out for two years

[maiden fog]

Yes, I did learn, I can read and write in cursive. And yes I do use it often. Mostly in reading but also in writing. Especially if I wanna write something that I don't particularly want others to ready easily, cause I'm evil. Also, if i wanna read any of my recently passed great grandmothers recipes, especially her famous trifle...well I have to be able to read handwriting.
Here is a sample of mine.

[queen forum]

Understandable.

[sharp lichen]

No: but I can make a pretty dope signature

[keen shore]

I didn’t really think about the first time, I was just like “oh cool new area! Let’s go in”

[frigid tinsel]

this is what I wrote of the Original Eight – the first 8 skykids born in my ficverse – deciding to pursue Eden after awakening Vault Elder, who would persumably have warned them. though I write this as though it were a mythology since the Original Eight are seen as legendary, so it's unknown why they went to Eden the first time. but they decided to go back to save their lost sibling.

[maiden fog]

Same

[queen forum]

I think the first time I went in was the same, only when I started getting pushed back by the wind I immediately left and decided I wanted more Winged.

[rigid mural]

i'd like to point out that a) the realms are based off stages of life and b) eden gets progressively clearer as you go through the levels, with the clouds blocking its view in forest and wasteland, both miserable realms that represent a stage of confusion and hopelessness (teenagehood and midlife crisis).

maybe they know that although terrifying, the storm isnt the end

[regal forge]

A lot of my friends joined sky recently and it was really funny guiding all of them because they were all wildly different—

[keen shore]

I don’t think I registered what was happening until I was almost dead. I was in the back of PNR like “wait… this isn’t a realm… where’s the temple…”

[regal forge]

one friend refused to go through wasteland without me (also brings another friend with em everywhere)
Another kept purposely running INTO krills
The other is very confused all the time and is never sure where they are

[rigid mural]

person who helped me through wasteland led me through eden with a shortcut and told me not to worry if i lose all my wl lmaooo

[keen shore]

[entering Eden] WAIT A MINUTE. this isn’t mcdonalds

[queen forum]

Lol, you went through the shortcut for your first time?

[frigid tinsel]

sorta recently led a couple moths through Eden. in stormlock one was giving winged light, the other wasn't. they both died early long before me and followed me (I had way more winged light than them) as spirits. the one who hadn't been giving away winged light never ascended.

[maiden fog]

I avoided eden for 2 months. Completed all my constellations up to the eden candles. All because of fear. As a result, I completly lost out on the season of assembly that was going on. I wish someone told me

[regal forge]

On my third time through eden someone grabbed my hand and I panicked so hard because I barely knew what I was doing-
Best part was when we got seen by a krill because I started jumping left, right, left, right etc. and managed to dodge it by jumping to the side when it attacked
that person probably thought I knew what I was doing
(Grabbed my hand for me to guide them by the way, not the other way around)

[sharp lichen]

We love how old people can use telekinesis!

[tranquil harbor]

I glitched in a moth thru eden recently. I was going for the lights with some friends, and this lone person was following us. I felt bad about leaving them behind, so I kind of half panicked and just went 'here is candle, behold the glitch'
Like, I hope it wasn't their first time, but they didn't seem to have an issue with it

[rigid mural]

i didnt want to be a bother either and ask for the vanilla run LMAO
im a strict vanilla run enjoyer, totally not because i cant navigate eden while flying
it DID make the second run of eden not boring because i kinda got to explore !
Any flight or abyss moth notice the birds going through the tunnel from the entrance of the second eden map yet ?

[frigid tinsel]

a capeless moth led me through Wasteland my first time.
fun fact: I made a character based off them.

[queen forum]

I guess when you just reach that age you become enlightened and unlock all sorts of powers.

[regal forge]

I’m very bad at shortcuts in eden

[keen shore]

I like to imagine it’s this, because it’s happier.

But what if they relate it to how they’ve seen death affect spirits - essentially trapping them in place for years in their own memories, sometimes even destroying them entirely via darkness - and start panicking because they think the same thing is about to happen to them… but by the time they realize they’re about to die, they’re already trapped in stormlock

[regal forge]

I have a run through eden on video where I got sucked into the ground and beheld the forbidden inside of the rocks

[keen shore]

I still can’t get over wasteland being the midlife crisis realm, it kills me everytime

[regal forge]

Me too.. imagine going on a candle run or something and saying “be right back guys I need to go have a midlife crisis real quick”

[queen forum]

“Gonna buy a sports car and drive it all the way to Eden.”

[regal forge]

Moments later: “I am in immense debt but they will never discover my rebirthed identity”

[frigid tinsel]

wondering why stormlock is stormlock and the point of no return. they can't just, yknow, turn around and get the heck outta dodge?

[sharp lichen]

The WR for mid-life crisis is 3 minutes and 18 seconds! (Yes it’s true)

[sharp lichen]

Maybe the Storm pulls them in? But I think that another reason is that they obligate themselves to save the WL statues, so that they don’t chicken out

[keen shore]

Isn’t darkness known to trap things? Maybe it somehow does the same thing to us… as soon as we step in the door, the trap closes around us and we can no longer escape

[tranquil harbor]

tbh this is one of those things where I think stormlock is just to trap us as players, and yeah the kids could just leave
But they won't, because that's not who they are

[regal forge]

All I picture with the words ‘darkness trapping us’ is:
“You know what… HÖNK you” (petrifiesyour spirit)
SOS I can’t spell

[maiden fog]

I guess so, the dark stones/darkness absorbs light. It trapped the King in the storm, why shouldnt it trap us too.

[keen shore]

honk you [unlights your creature]

[tranquil harbor]

Like, I know 'it really is just a game mechanic' can seem like a cop out, but this one specifically still plays into lore. The kids are really just like that.

[maiden fog]

One thing I dont understand is, if Dawn is birth, then why did they change it so that we are reborn at home. The LA we were reborn in Dawn and started the game in dawn then got access to homespace. I dont understand why they changed it .

[frigid tinsel]

that's what I've been thinking too – perhaps the skykids first tried reawakening the petrified skids with their flames as with the petrified spirits, but when that didn't work, used their winged light, saw that it seemed to do something, and continued charging on to save the rest.
goes back to this:

I believe the futility we face in Eden is one of skykids' own making. Whatever skykids were originally supposed to do in Eden is up to debate, yet they aren't strong enough to make it far without dying. Skykids could just buff themselves up with light and charge on past their fellow peers' corpses to get to the center, but they have such a love for each other that they can't help but give up their own light to save their petrified friends, weakening themselves so they will ultimately succumb to the darkness in the point of no return. This leaves more bodies for other skykids to save, weakening themselves in turn, dying, and sustaining the cycle.

[keen shore]

I do think this is a game mechanic as well that represents our skykids personalities. Maybe the WL [or their personalities] is compelling them so hard to stay there that they just can’t imagine leaving

[regal forge]

Maybe it’s like the wasteland entrance? Pulled into it but you can’t get back out of it

[tranquil harbor]

I don't want to think it's the light or some higher power. I just like thinking 'yeah, the kids are pretty darn selfless, and it's not fair that they have to do this, but they do, because they're the only ones who can and they know this'

[raw crypt]

i wanna touch the diamond and so i think at least a sliver of skykids motivation is “i wanna touch the diamond”

[tranquil harbor]

Isn't the diamond much farther away than it looks?

[regal forge]

Oh! In spirit memories we never see anyone fly! In fact even the ceasing spirit climbs regardless of the cape
We also never see cape stars on spirits capes
Maybe they CANT do anything with winged light and the sky kids realize they are the only ones who can free the fallen in eden

[keen shore]

The true lore is just that their crow brain sees shiny diamond and wants to take it. disaster ensues

[maiden fog]

I saw a cool youtube video on somwone in the eye of eden. It accidently glitched and they walked right up to it.....it wasnt anything special. But the rock rain completly stopped and they got to get a really good look at the design of the area.

[frigid tinsel]

I have a thing in my ficverse where skykids who collect winged light will, from time to time, feel a "call" to Eden. some can resist it, some cannot. it's sourced from the fact that every skykid has gone to Eden at least once and knows there are many there waiting petrified. that and their compassionate nature obligates them to go.

this is also the source of one of my protag's Eden trauma.
this is also why there are capeless skids who don't have winged light. they don't want to go. they don't want to feel the call, the obligation. the terror of Eden overwhelms them.

[keen shore]

we were made with crow brains on purpose so that we’d be attracted to glowing spirits and candles

[tranquil harbor]

There is an idea that the kids were never supposed to go to Eden, and tbh it's tragic as heck. They saw this big issue and went 'is there any way I can help' and now they're trapped in a cycle trying to fix a problem that they were never meant to solve.

[regal forge]

don’t call my crow brained self out like that

[keen shore]

Oh could you imagine the Eden angst if when we entered, there was some kind of idk curse placed on the area meant to compel us away from it, but we see other petrified skykids and can’t NOT help them

[tranquil harbor]

The sky kids' desire to be kind is stronger than anything Eden can throw at them

[keen shore]

I have played around with the headcanon that we can leave WL in places if we try hard enough as gifts for others, and that the ones right before you enter stormlock are gifts by more experienced players to help us prepare, but it kind of conflicts with my idea on how WL works. Maybe someone else can use it

[regal forge]

Throws winged light at a capeless moth

Let’s not forget the fact that giving the winged light looks PAINFUL
The sky kids literally rip it out of themselves??
Not to mention how they start stumbling and going slower as they tear out more of it
I think giving it away themselves is much worse for them than losing it to a krill or something

[tranquil harbor]

Giving it away themselves lets them remain lit though, unlike krills which extinguish their personal light.

[regal forge]

Yes but they still strain as they pull it out. The little animation they do bent over and tugging hard always urks me

[native shoal]

Well it’s easier to break things off rather than rip things out

[frigid tinsel]

vid of my skid tearing out winged light: #lore-discussion-spoilers message

[tranquil harbor]

Don't get me wrong, I'm totally on board the 'it hurts' train, but it's highly amusing to look at it like they just have to dig a light out because it's deeper than their main light

[native shoal]

I imagine it hurts less to have a sudden impact and get some winged light broken off

[keen shore]

They just have to stick their hand in there and rummage around like “flame… flame… cool rock I found and kept… piece of orange light I stole… OH! WL! Finally”

[regal forge]

Is that where all those spells I have are—

[native shoal]

They have to rummage around and match the WL to the statue so it takes them a few seconds

[keen shore]

What would happen if we stuck a piece of darkstone inside ourselves? Would it just give us extra light storage space because they work like batteries? I need to know

[native shoal]

I think it would be a constant drain

[regal forge]

King speed run

[keen shore]

you’re right I can’t do that again

[tranquil harbor]

Hikemasu crying in the distance

[regal forge]

maybe we should try it just for science purposes

[native shoal]

I mean I’d be willing to try it

[regal forge]

speaking of which—
Bout to go through eden, you guys need anything?

[keen shore]

Yeah can you get me a cheeseburger while you’re there?

[solemn depot]

same

[native shoal]

Can you get some fries for me?

[regal forge]

Crab or krill?

[lucid egret]

Say “AYO the pizza here” when you die
And send a screenshot

[keen shore]

Hmmm… crab

[regal forge]

alright so that’s…
2 crab cheeseburgers
Fries
And “ayo the pizza here”

that all fellas?

[tranquil harbor]

bring me a cool rock

[regal forge]

Does a glowing red one work?

[keen shore]

Ennarcia please. Collecting cool rocks caused this whole apocalypse

[tranquil harbor]

It's worth it

[regal forge]

I’m gonna eat the shiny red rocks on my way
Snack for the road

[keen shore]

Fun fact they taste like cherries

[regal forge]

Me: what did you need me for again?
My moth friend: oh.. uh… I don’t remember
Me: …. You wanna go through THAT place?? (Eden, which they have not gone through)
Moth friend: sure!!
A forbidden traveller with me

[olive socket]

Large cheese pizza

[keen shore]

They’ve already ascended, you’re too late 💔

[outer hare]

Yummy krill bait

[native shoal]

I think it’s a good experience to do Eden solo your first time

[regal forge]

Ayo I forgot your cheeseburgers/-

[native shoal]

Did you get the fries though?

[regal forge]

Still in the glowy phase I’ll get your pizza

[outer hare]

Can you get the coke too??

[undone trench]

3 days till DoB

[regal forge]

Y’all are paying me back, right?

[hushed steeple]

So while in my physics class, we were learning stuff to do with electro magnetic waves. And so one of the things my teacher mention was how white light is made up of all the light waves, which I already knew.……. realization this means that the white light orbs we see are probably made up of all the other color lights!! This has to have some sort of big impact on the lore of sky. I wonder what other physics related things can apply to sky, especially with the lights. Well we can already see that the lights can’t go through things. Do you think white light has the ability to do what all the other lights can do? If so, could the living creatures of sky potentially have some small bit of the lights powers represented in them? Maybe this representation could be something as little as being able to dig in the dirt, or cultivate crops, breathe, use boats, start fires, etc? I personally feel that this could all be possible.

[regal forge]

YO I FOUND MEGABIRD????

[tranquil harbor]

Tell Mom we said hi

[regal forge]

Mom says OUUAAGHAAA

[sharp lichen]

how fun

[outer hare]

i dont think mom can speak??

[regal forge]

That was my translation to sky speak

[hushed steeple]

Someone said once that the red rocks in eden are red popping candy, it’s true I tried it but then I somehow got into a hospital! How silly of me

[regal forge]

I recorded the run so that’s going to be an interesting video—

[rigid mural]

something i noticed, ash said they were freshly hired when the lost stream was filmed, but already in light awaits do we see their designs (they worked on the winter season, which later became rythm), so this means the stream is really really old; it's possible it fit in light awaits lore but may have some differences with what's in live

[outer hare]

Do skykids have mouths??

[solemn depot]

theyre like sponges. all their skin is their mouth

[regal forge]

Do we need them—
We drink tea too so probably

[outer hare]

Where does the honking noise come from??

[hushed steeple]

They are like waddle dee

[hushed steeple]

I highly agree, a while ago my class was talking about unsaturated, saturated, and supersaturated mixtures and I was thinking if I could apply this to skychildren. There is a concept sheet (photo below) that shows the type of state a sky child can be in, and I realized the Enlightened sky child is similar to a supersaturated mixture, where more material can be deposited than normal due to special conditions. In this case, that material is light inside a skid. After we die, our circumstances change and we are able to take in much more light, or a special type of light (ascended light?) and become enlightened/overcharged. Maybe it’s the fact that we lack physical bodies and our soul is the only thing left so there is no boundaries to how much light we can take in. This is more like an observation than a theory, though.

||i actually Should be doing my science homework but nah sky lore is more important||

[outer hare]

I think i learn more science here than at school XD

[keen shore]

What are the pieces of information circulated from that stream? We may have to mark all as “questionably canon” or “LA canon” hmmmmm that is Reallh old

Plot twist: the entire stream was made up and never existed to begin with

[lucid egret]

That’s a very ✨cwispy✨ image

[regal forge]

Am I wrong or is that megabird????

[hushed steeple]

Nono that’s Megan right there

[solemn depot]

im pretty sure it is

[regal forge]

i just looked up and “Aw the cute friend constellation thing— what the”

[hushed steeple]

she is always watching.

[raw crypt]

megan :]

[maiden fog]

Thats the sound of car horn....

[hushed steeple]

CARS GIVE BIRTH?

[regal forge]

this whole conversation has gone haywire—

[maiden fog]

Where??

[sharp lichen]

what's going on with lorechat-today

[lucid egret]

TheDisaster is living up to their name

[rigid mural]

https://youtu.be/YPh5JMiKHLw?t=345
5:45 spirits used to accompany us starting the end of the castle sequence ???

[hushed steeple]

Something, something for sure 🙂

[regal forge]

That video is from my eden run today so eden after you make it to the room where you’re reborn from

[outer hare]

Theres a bread eating contest going on-

[regal forge]

oh also none of y’all get your fries pizza or whatever until you pay me for delivery fees

[lucid egret]

What’s the fee

[regal forge]

||Allegiance||

[lucid egret]

I’m already a disaster child, why not make it official?

[sharp lichen]

can i be a disaster child?

[solemn depot]

ill pay

[regal forge]

I did not mean to adopt so many sky children today—

[outer hare]

good luck~~

[regal forge]

Alright kids your babysitter while I’m at my candle running job is the prairie elder because they’re too nice to say no

[undone trench]

You mean, getting troops to melt valley?

[lucid egret]

I’m tempted to draw that but I have no idea how to even begin

[outer hare]

They're busy teaching the flight guide today~

[regal forge]

They cancelled

[maiden fog]

In case you all wanna hear
https://youtu.be/Fl5_5pyHIJo

[regal forge]

DONT TELL THEM

[undone trench]

Guess I'll have to make the elders aware of guests

[regal forge]

The elders just watching me wandering around with an entire band of sky kids following—

[lucid egret]

Like ducklings

[outer hare]

Forest elder wants you to take the valley twins too-

[regal forge]

Picture like… a valley twin approaching and I HÖNK and point at them

They have no time to respond before my hoard of children ATTACK

[lucid egret]

I’m gonna draw it

[outer hare]

And she has her hammer as her backup if you dont take them~~

[undone trench]

It'll be like those baseball or tennis practice machines, just throwing a bunch of skykids that end up getting hit to the 4th dimension,

[regal forge]

I’ll take them but it’s on h e r if they end up in wasteland somewhere

[outer hare]

paddle pop sticks were made by the forest elder herself^^

[regal forge]

NOT MY KIDS—
||Y’all describe your sky kids and I’ll also draw this ||

[lucid egret]

Actually. Time to see how animation goes I have a really funny idea

[regal forge]

Ohohohoh I’m intrigued

[undone trench]

I got the free rebreather, the commodore hair, fire prophet pants and anxious angler cape,

[outer hare]

Tiny with braids, flower crown, the greeter dudes pants, the grateful cape and wooly neck assesory

[solemn depot]

angler pants, cannoneer mask, lively navigator hair, commodore cape and flight pendant

[regal forge]

This is amazing—
Also I feel like the valley elders would see me run by followed shortly after by a large group of sky kids and just tag along to see what’s up

[lucid egret]

Free rebreather, the recent Rhythm TS pants, Abyss ult cape, abyss pendant, flower crown, and Cannoneer hair

[queen forum]

Spider Mask from Earth Prophet, spiderweb cape from days of Mischief, (yeah, it’s a theme), Samurai pants from Fire Prophet, Dismayed Hunter hair…and one of those backpacks that have like half of all props on them.

[regal forge]

Should I add all my moth friends (Real life buddies) to this for ✨flare✨

[outer hare]

whats amazing is the pain in your hand cramp after drawing this-

[regal forge]

I’ll be fiiiiiiine

[undone trench]

~5 skykids gl pal,

[outer hare]

in your dreams

[lucid egret]

I need a crisp, clear moth honk. Which realm would give me that do ya think?

[outer hare]

The cave-ish place in prairie or the opening of prophecy in isle

[undone trench]

Vault

[tranquil harbor]

turning off music helps

[lucid egret]

I need no sound effects if possible to muddy the audio. Conversely, if anyone has one already recorded, it would be a big help
am I going into beta to do this? Yes. Yes I am
I already have music off

[tranquil harbor]

Vault is your best bet I think. Especially the first floor where there isn't another person

[lucid egret]

Vault has swooshes in the background

Hmmmmm. I can work with this

[regal forge]

Maybe starlight desert? Without the music I’ve noticed it’s relatively silent

[lucid egret]

I have successfully gotten moth honk

Here is moth honk audio file if anyone ever wants it XD

[regal forge]

hOnk

[lucid egret]

Did I make this just for a funni animation? Yes. Yes I did

Time to add footsteps to the list LMAO

[regal forge]

sky children, I also have our family bonding trip schedule prepared

[undone trench]

Does it involve valley and / or fire ?

[regal forge]

i don’t even know what you’re making but I love it already-

also no, we will not be flooding it yet
This is family bonding not family feud

[queen forum]

I don’t know, flooding the Valley together sounds like perfect family bonding to me.

[queen forum]

That’s a good quality HONK right there.

[keen shore]

trauma bonding

[lucid egret]

High def honk. And yes, I’m putting WAAAAY too much effort into this

I recorded that and put it into a video to audio converter

[outer hare]

keeping up with thoseskykids

[lucid egret]

We got footsteps people

[undone trench]

Can't wait for DoB 3 days, the cape they showed us looks so Clean

[regal forge]

well get to that, but first:
Create a buddy system for when we need to headcount or stay together
Start in isle and have a breakfast picnic with the butterflies
Concern the isle elder with our presence in their temple
Head to prairie and take a break for tag/hide and seek in the butterfly fields
Concern the prairie elder with our presence in their temple
Head to forest and have a moment for playing in mud or puddles before we enter the gates (I will prepare the towels)
lunch break in the river area
Learn light creature anatomy in the boneyards
Concern the forest elder with our presence in their temple
Valley raaaace (but we SLED)
Hide and seek/tag in village of dreams
Either wind paths to starlight desert to vault or I try and keep you all on leashes for wasteland-
Concern the vault elder with our presence in their temple—

that was a literal paragraph but anyway that’s the vibe for my new sky kids

[lucid egret]

Which valley twin should I draw?

[regal forge]

Spiky man who hit the light into the stratosphere

[lucid egret]

So this guy

[undone trench]

Legend says the light is still there to this day

[outer hare]

Kakashi.....

[regal forge]

Now I gotta practice drawing all your fellas before the final one—

[odd ferry]

Just came on to see what the Lore Chat is discussing only to see some vacation plans... lore chat never disappoints me once again

[regal forge]

i adopted 5 sky children today and I will die for them

[odd ferry]

as one does

[outer hare]

Tell me their....names

[regal forge]

i am not about to inadvertently ping them all—
my children need their rest
ALSO YOURE ONE OF THEM

[odd ferry]

Nevertheless I will be here to financially support this growing family with my low low rates

[solemn depot]

rest is for the weak (im not weak)

[outer hare]

You can still type their names without pinging them.

[outer hare]

you should probably get some sneep snorp soon

[regal forge]

i can and will put you in time out

Also there’s yui
You
Zacharie over there
Luna
And theoriginalol

[undone trench]

Hm, that one sounds familiar

[odd ferry]

Hmm yes, I love this family here already

[regal forge]

what did I say about skipping nap time

[queen forum]

You will rest and you will have pleasant dreams!

[regal forge]

Oh god I summoned them all

[odd ferry]

I agree with them, I haven't slept in ten years and I turned out great

[outer hare]

nighmares of course

[undone trench]

Wait, y'all sleep ?
I just keep my eyes open till I pass out

[solemn depot]

jokes on you i actually cant have dreams only screenshots

[keen shore]

amateur /j

[outer hare]

skybot will come for you....

[regal forge]

children please—

[odd ferry]

you want to go?! /j

[undone trench]

Skybot ? Allow me,
What's a moth ?
It worked again!

[pastel brook]

A "moth" is a new player. They have brown wings, they flap around uncontrollably, and they are drawn to flame!

[outer hare]

when does it not work XD

[odd ferry]

They have been summoned!

[regal forge]

I could adopt sky bot too if I try hard enough

[outer hare]

!friendsnotfood

[pastel brook]

The topic of food naturally arises often... but please remember to treat all skykids and sky creatures with kindness and respect. And please keep the conversation out of the gross-out-for-fun zone!

[undone trench]

Toaster on a leash,

[odd ferry]

We should make Skybot a member of the lore family

[outer hare]

skybot is now our toaster brother

[outer hare]

We're adopted??

[regal forge]

oh no—

[outer hare]

YUI DID YOU HEAR THAT-

[keen shore]

Does anyone have ideas or headcanons about what ancestor memes would be like. It’s been bugging me. I need to know.

Here are mine

• Tsadito
• Light creatures aren’t real [like birds aren’t real]

[odd ferry]

I thought we all just got summoned here one day

[undone trench]

Oh yeah, I'm aware,

[regal forge]

NO NO WAIT I MEANT ‘TOO’ AS IN MY OTHER SKY KID NOT YOU—

[outer hare]

Ok then mother.....!

[undone trench]

Would skykids post the deep fried Gen Z memes ?

[odd ferry]

Very imporant question here
Uhhhhhhh
No Lights?

[regal forge]

You know how you can lose pencils when you put them down?
I just put a whole box of them down and lost it
Nevermind I failed to take them out of my bag

[undone trench]

The other day I tired to open a door, didn't turn the door handle enough and went head first into the door,

[odd ferry]

I bumped into a table then apologized to the table

[regal forge]

Hey why does bumbling boatswain wear his jacket right but we don’t?

[undone trench]

By any chances, Canadian?

[outer hare]

I walked straight into the showerhead then punched it, i apologised afterwards and didnt think anything was weird until this morning.

[keen shore]

they also do not wear their jacket correctly

[regal forge]

I’m lookin at the art of them all together (shoulda clarified that lol)

[outer hare]

they is trying to do ze annoying anime dude jacketwearing

[odd ferry]

I was born in Portugal but moved to USA when I was eight with my family for the American Dream
Plese help me back to Portugal

[queen forum]

I once apologized to a chair in elementary school.

[odd ferry]

Are we perhaps related? /j

[queen forum]

Yes, part of the “apologizing to appliances family”.

[outer hare]

I once apologised to a bubble for popping it and had a feeling of grief the entire day.

[olive socket]

Nice pfp

[odd ferry]

I'm not the only one!!

[outer hare]

Thanks i like yours too ^^

[olive socket]

How many of you have been adopted by my friend…?

[odd ferry]

I can not be adopted by anyone, my pride does not allow me to

[outer hare]

5

[olive socket]

🗿

[regal forge]

OH NO

[regal forge]

Welcome to the family, COWARD

[odd ferry]

NOOOOO
MY PRIDE IS FADING

[outer hare]

and this entire conversation is why lorechat is just like cozy but scientific

[regal forge]

grab em kids

[queen forum]

Shoves adoption papers in your face.

[odd ferry]

HISSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[outer hare]

I GOT THEIR STUFFS

[undone trench]

We got pancakes!

[regal forge]

Brilliant tactics everyone

[odd ferry]

Their*

[olive socket]

uhhh I’m cool sky parent I play instruments and buy passes for people 👉👈

[outer hare]

you are know officially adopted ^^ and im sorry for saying 'him'

[odd ferry]

PANCAKES????
(Also thank you @outer hare You are forgiven)

[regal forge]

co-parent

[queen forum]

Yes! Be adopted and you can have all the pancakes you want!

[undone trench]

Yeah pancakes!
( see ? It's that easy )

[outer hare]

YOU IS THE AUNTY annointed

[olive socket]

Rich Aunty

[odd ferry]

SIGH FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFINE

[regal forge]

Angsty teenager

[queen forum]

VICTORY. We have a new member of the family!

[olive socket]

I’m sky mom to 1 sky kid and 1 sky kid only. No one else. Everyone is my niece/nephew/nibling

[solemn depot]

i feel like the only person that knows the nongendered term for your sibling or sibling in laws kid

[regal forge]

describe your sky kid they gotta be added now

[olive socket]

Please inform me so I can add that

[river urchin]

Looks, sees no lore in a long time in the chat.... leaves

[odd ferry]

I'll send a picture real quick

[solemn depot]

nibling

[regal forge]

Get back here we’re adopting sky kids

[queen forum]

We’re just talking about adopting Skids.

[river urchin]

That's not the topic for this channel, though. It's called lore-discussion, not adopt-skykids-here

[undone trench]

I remember that once I fell asleep in gw's graveyard while my friend was leading, thankfully I had the Old Home Trick up, that day still is titled as " The Krill Football "

[outer hare]

Oh mother- I. HAS. COVID.

[queen forum]

True, but all lore for the season has been discussed…many times, so we’re just having fun.

[odd ferry]

My Skykid

[river urchin]

Eh, if the mods don't care, I'll just leave the channel since it's not being used for it's purpose.

[olive socket]

I think the giant krill at the bottom of the abyss enjoys jazz

[undone trench]

Yeah, the lore is more dry than vault,

[outer hare]

Im thinking orchestral

[regal forge]

I bet it’s heavy metal to anyone who asks but anime openings in secret

[outer hare]

The Your Name OST

[queen forum]

Dry as chalk dust down here.

[regal forge]

dry as my humor

[odd ferry]

Very sad down there

[outer hare]

as dry as enchantments boat.

[olive socket]

dry as the enchantment area

[tranquil harbor]

If you want lore then bring up lore

[odd ferry]

Ask questions and we give answers

[olive socket]

If boats sail on water, then the boat must have been sitting/sunken for a while and the area must have dried up. Right?

[undone trench]

Sky boats can fly, most of them if not all,

[outer hare]

My thinking is that all the clouds in sky used to be water

[regal forge]

What happened to the enchantment boat?

also does this mean that flooding valley into wasteland WOULD help those boats????!
Told you I’m doing good work

[olive socket]

So what we see is residue of a drought and a boat wreck ?? There is a little bit of water in the area. The enchantment spirits could be from times before flying

[odd ferry]

I think it was like one of those Sky boats that fly and it crashed

[undone trench]

I think it was one of the flying boats and that krill nearby attacked it

[regal forge]

That’s terrifying. What would have caused it though?

[olive socket]

George Michael the abyss krill

[odd ferry]

Weather, Krills, or something wrong with the boat are my theories

[outer hare]

Because i see little crashed boats everywhere where clouds are, so perhaps long ago instead of clouds it was water....

[queen forum]

I’m guessing both of those first two ones. A combination of the Krill attacking and the Storm from Eden hitting the boats with full force.

[olive socket]

Clouds are after all made of water 👀

[livid crypt]

y'all shouldn't need mods to enforce the topic here... if you're just goofing off, then #general-sky-discussion needs your general sky topics

[keen shore]

The enchantment murals show the forgotten ark being struck by lightning and subsequently destroyed. Most of Sky’s boats do fly using darkstone, which probably included the ark. Pretty easy question to answer

[tranquil harbor]

We're talking about lore now tho. You're a little late

[regal forge]

Wait it does??

[queen forum]

So it was likely the Eden storm, then. I very much doubt that a “regular” one would have been able to take down a boat that big.

[odd ferry]

Yep, I can try to find for you if you want

[livid crypt]

I got here exactly on time. I'm not enforcing topic, I'm reminding that other members' requests to get on topic are valid

[undone trench]

I wonder if sky's lightnings works like real life's, I think the only lightning and thunder we see is at eden, I wonder how that works

[outer hare]

We hear thunder in hidden forest i believe.

[tranquil harbor]

They didn't 'request' anything. They dissed the entire chat while simultaneously refusing to contribute themselves.

[regal forge]

Maybe the lighting and thunder works sort of like that Crystal rain if it gets bad?
I’m picturing the sound cues with the crystal rain in eden. The BOOM

[odd ferry]

I think maybe that's how it works in Eden, might work different in other realms

[livid crypt]

tone in text leaves plenty of room for interpretation, and please don't be combative about it. If a channel is taken over by off-topic chatter, it often makes people who want to be on-topic feel unwelcome, so we can all make allowances for tone in that kind of request

[queen forum]

Well, if it did take down the Ark, then we can presume it probably works like in real life…although it is noticeable that we never see the lighting in Eden striking the ground or anything. Just the rocks and stuff.

[regal forge]

If we think the storm might have hit them maybe it did momentarily? Maybe when the king got sealed away the storm did too? So otherwise it was within all the realms until that point. Would explain a lot of the damage too

[rain mason]

coughs that's why gen chat exists for off-topic shenanigans coughs then leaves the chat

[odd ferry]

I never thought of it like that. That could be it

[undone trench]

Maybe what happened when the eden crystal malfunctioned was spreading the eden rain to every realms, and maybe that's what took out the spirits, and then the storm went away when it got sealed in eden,

[cold steppe]

Depending on how big the lightning storm is, it could theoretically take down the boat if it hit it a certain way

[queen forum]

Hmm…maybe it hit the sails on the side buried in the sand? That would make sense. Throw it off balance, causing it to crash.

[regal forge]

Do we see any physical dark crystals on the boat? Maybe they were hit or damaged

[cold steppe]

Yeah, or like a plane losing a wing and/or engine. Makes it less functional

[odd ferry]

I would have to go back to the Ark and look at it, but I don't think there is so maybe

[olive socket]

The boats have those “levitation” crystals by the oars. They are also present at the chairlift/gondola in the village of teams on each lift tower

[odd ferry]

True

[outer hare]

perhaps the impact of the explosion, going outward then like tsunamis in real life push then crack then break

[keen shore]

That’s the typical [and my] assumption for it, but I don’t want to rely on solely that for timeline reasons. I remember an official quote describing the season saying that they built the ark to escape the apocalypse, I’ll try to find it hold on

[regal forge]

That makes it more sad

[outer hare]

its in 7 days of sky right??

"For a while Dusk was not touched, but then we revisited the level after coming up with the ancestor stories ⁠— this was going to be a place where Sky's ancestors built a giant ark to survive the apocalypse." "After the structure of the level was established, we iterated on the story of Wasteland's Elder. Originally, it was a story about a soldier who lost everything, regaining hope after encountering Sky children."

[keen shore]

Lorechat gets off topic or directed into topics that only vaguely relate to Sky a lot. I also prefer it being on topic because it’s easier to have conversations that way, but being passive aggressive about it helps no one. The best way to get it back on topic is usually just to bring up something about lore and it happens naturally; complaining about it both keeps it off topic and, at worst, starts an argument. Like I said above, it doesn’t really help anyone

[keen shore]

It might have been that one, but I remember it as specifically relating to enchantment. Like in one of the season trailers or something. Looking for it now

[odd ferry]

I mean it's okay if we get off topic like once in a while tbh, just as long as we get back on topic eventually

[outer hare]

this one really interested me a long time ago- "This was the time when we thought that the fall of civilization was related to the war they had against creatures. The current tone of Dusk was established around this time of development."

[odd ferry]

War? This is the first time I heard about this

[queen forum]

I guess I never really thought about it all from Tsadi’s point of view. Dude lost his armies that he likely trained personally, all his friends, lost contact with the other Elders, and saw the entire world he fought so hard to protect fall against the enemy. It really shows just how powerful his will is, that he’s still holding on all this time.

[outer hare]

Its in the 7 days of sky:golden wasteland

[frigid tinsel]

I mean the penultimate zone in Wasteland is called “battlefield”

[odd ferry]

True, true, where can I see the 7 days of Sky?

[outer hare]

"At one point the Elder was half corrupted by the darkness. The light of Sky children awakens them, and then they sacrifice themself to the Dark Creatures to save you and let you move on."

[regal forge]

(Momentarily off topic)
question to all y’all I just adopted: could I dm you real quick or is anyone uncomfy with that

[solemn depot]

i am ok with it

[outer hare]

Facebook just search it up!

[tranquil harbor]

I'm not a fan of the 'sacrifice themself' bit but 'save you from dark creatures' sounds so cool and I dream of the day

[queen forum]

…Wait, so is he just gone after that? We still see him in Vault and can visit him in orbit.

[frigid tinsel]

I think at that point in development the Elders weren’t trapped in pocket dimensions

[odd ferry]

I'm fine but you might have to friend me since I can't really figure out how to open it that much

[outer hare]

I dont actually know thats what the post said, assuming that those are just figments

[tranquil harbor]

That's old concept backstory, not what's currently going on

[queen forum]

Oh, thank the Elders. (Literally). It would suck if he was gone for good.

[keen shore]

I didn’t find it, so I assume Alex was probably right about the source and I just mixed it up. What I DID find was this very interesting tidbit that further proves my theory about ench spirits being from post desertification isle

[odd ferry]

Thank you

[keen shore]

isle elder deleted them 💔

[outer hare]

Golden Valley is like a downtown of the Sky kingdom. People built a huge city on top of this mountain, using boats to move between places."-twitter ( ive just brought it here for the people talking about sky castes the other day)

[frigid tinsel]

from a desolate land
They could be Isle but they could be a civilization outside of the kingdom. Their attire is drastically different than that of the other spirits even seasonally.
Granted I don’t believe there is another civilization outside the Sky kingdom but you never know.

[outer hare]

I would say that they were just normal merchants/travellers tbh-

[queen forum]

That would be quite the surprise. If there are other continents out there in the world, with whole different types of civilizations.

[frigid tinsel]

Merchants/travelers outside the kingdom or within the kingdom?

[sharp lichen]

Granted, their could be other cultures within the same realm. It’s likely there were dozens of totally unique styles that got lost to history. For example, look at Sanctuary or Flight spirits

[outer hare]

Within, travelling across the kingdom before the explosion

[keen shore]

I considered that as a possibility, but that opens up a massive can of worms. If there’s other civilizations outside of Sky, did they also get destroyed, but Megabird didn’t care enough about them to send us there as well? Are they doing okay and are just incredibly baffled about the entire situation happening in our kingdom and don’t want to get near it?

My personal headcanon is that sometime around the desertification or maybe civil war, Isle seceded from the main kingdom and that’s why the isle elder seems set apart. If that’s true we would both be right

Plus so far Isle seems to have all the colored light stuff (prophecy) so I guess simplest explanation?

[tranquil harbor]

Perhaps the sky kids are only in the sky kingdom because they're fixing eden? Or there are other sky kids in the other kingdoms, and we're just part of the 'ground zero' squad (lol, we're the deluxe unit)

[outer hare]

Perhaps the isle elder knew what the king was doing was wrong, perhaps creating skykids as a backup plan to save the kingdom someday?

[odd ferry]

Perhaps

[tranquil harbor]

Some things imply the elders saw the kids (and by proxy) the kingdom's fall coming. It makes me wonder

[keen shore]

Do the civilizations outside of us look in the kingdoms general direction like “Well, everything exploded, there’s an eternal storm there, and glowing children keep falling from the sky. Just don’t go near there and we’ll be fine”

Or are there skykids everywhere and our group is just really unlucky?? All of the options to explain away outside civilizations just get funny and a little confusing when you start thinking about them, so I personally believe they aren’t a thing except maybe for very far away ones

[outer hare]

Apparently at one stage of sky's concept the isle elder was a vulture....

[sharp lichen]

I’ve assumed that the power required to create or summon the Skykids (an infinite number of what are essentially immortal demigods) would be too high for one person. I’d imagine it would be a cooperative effort between all the Elders.

[regal forge]

Maybe there’s reverse sky? Like a dark version

[tranquil harbor]

I think, if there are other kingdoms, the eden storm wiped them out too. Total apocalypse.

[outer hare]

Perhaps....

[odd ferry]

The other civilizations are probably like confusing screaming at what's going on here

[queen forum]

Wouldn’t the entire World just be taken over the darkness in that situation? Or would it be completely reversed, where the “evil light” is overtaking the lands, and the “Ground Children” equipped with the power of darkness rise up to get rid of it?

[frigid tinsel]

Even if the Storm open out other civilization, would there not be spirits of the dead to save?

[keen shore]

Wait, so would there be other skykids there as well, or the Light just didn’t care enough to send them ? Do they have their own Edens as well or would the spirits also have to travel here to ascend? It just breaks my mind

[tranquil harbor]

Who's to say there aren't sky kids in this kingdoms? We just happen to be in the specific kingdom that caused the whole mess

[regal forge]

Well there was the “dark and light creatures lived in peace”
But it could be sealed from our land like eden was or a similar way to constellation gates?

[sharp lichen]

I think it’ll be more narratively coherent to have this kingdom be the only one, tbh

[frigid tinsel]

Where did you get “dark and light creatures lived in peace” from? Never heard that before

[odd ferry]

Imagine we get another game that is like a spinoff Sky and its like 'Child, there are other spirits to return to the stars'

[regal forge]

oh god i forget now— I know it’s somewhere give me a few minutes

[queen forum]

That’s true. I think it would be best to just imagine the world with just one. After all, it’s confusing enough just thinking about the one we’re already in.

[tranquil harbor]

I distinctly remember 'light and dark lived in balance' or something of the like, but I don't remember where. It was in the context of the game I know but...

[odd ferry]

I wish we could live in balance with Krills and actually get hugs from them

[outer hare]

Could that perhaps be from the initial cutscenes in isle??

[tranquil harbor]

Maybe??? Tbh I'm probably going to go to sleep in the next 30 minutes, so my brain power is a big fat zero

[outer hare]

Have a good sleep Ennarcia!

[odd ferry]

I think it only metioned dark/darkness when refering to the the kingdoms falling to it I think

[odd ferry]

Have peaceful dreams!

[regal forge]

Ack. I can’t remember if I saw it as a part of a video, description of something from sky, or elsewhere
I’ll keep looking but I don’t know if I’ll find it tonight while trying to backtrack

[odd ferry]

(Off topic): Can I know everyone's preferred pronouns so I don't misgender anyone?

[sharp lichen]

This server should really have pronoun roles, huh?

[odd ferry]

Yes it should

[outer hare]

Ik i keep accidentally offending people when i cant find it on their about me

[amber creek]

I was kinda surprised to not see pronouns. Almost every server has them. Not just to accommodate other gender identities but just because the internet it so ambiguous. (Also I really don't care what pronouns anyone uses for me it honestly does not matter)

[odd ferry]

Oh when accidentally called me him, I wasn't really offended just so you know (if my friend wasn't those kind of people I would have it in my about me)

[keen shore]

Was it here? [#lore-discussion-spoilers message] If so, that might be important, but it was from LA so it might not be canon still

[outer hare]

no other people have gone on rants XD

[odd ferry]

Oh dear, that's extreme
escpically if its just once

[tranquil harbor]

Ever reliable, it's Salem!

[sharp lichen]

I’d like to say that this is a strange take for me
Why should we only talk about the current season? There are still hundreds of Sky Lore topics that we haven’t discussed about on more detail.
Just last month and January we were discussing things like Blessing Theory and Spirit Memories, which are base game things!

[queen forum]

I was more focused on the “having fun” part there, honestly.

[regal forge]

So upon my search:
The poems that go with the pins from the sky say some things about the elders like telling the forest elder not to weep (someone mentioned emotions tied to the weather at some point earlier I think)
They can be found on the wiki waaaaay down

[odd ferry]

Same, as long as we're having fun its okay if we get a little off topic

[tranquil harbor]

tbh I have terrible memory, so not thinking of old season/base game lore because it doesn't cross my mind happens a lot.

[odd ferry]

I need to see poems, please! Me love poems

[languid glen]

Idek what a lore is

[keen shore]

I have a devastating headcanon about the forest elder, do you guys want to hear it. I don’t know if it would make anyone else sad but it definitely does for me

[outer hare]

In the original concepts the forest elder tried to basically kidnap us in the darkness

[solemn depot]

me

[regal forge]

oh my

[languid glen]

Creepy

[outer hare]

hide your children--

[odd ferry]

sadly me

[regal forge]

your profile picture is haunting me right now

[tranquil harbor]

yeah, there were going to 'seduce us deeper into the forest'

[languid glen]

My pfp is amazing. My face in a potato

[amber creek]

Love to see all the little pink beta boat messages in the water. Like how am I even seeing these right now I'm not a beta tester

[languid glen]

Btw what is a lore? And kingdoms? What kingdoms lol

[tranquil harbor]

the swans? Didn't they release those as a spell on weekends?

[regal forge]

For days of love I believe

[amber creek]

Yeah the swans. Are the bloom ones flowers or am I looking at the wrong thing

[languid glen]

Im so confused rn

[odd ferry]

You've awaken every Sky Lore fans primal sense
I'd be happy to dm you with the basic run down

[outer hare]

Stories, a place with a supposed monarchy

[sharp lichen]

The world of Sky used to be composed of 7 kingdoms, which ruled over the 7 areas we see today. They each had a ruler, or Elder.

[languid glen]

Yes please so

[keen shore]

Okay so… you know the theory about the tlp spirits being really similar to the elders in some capacity? You know how the one representing forest elder is supposed to be stretching lamplighter, who focuses their entire personality around being perfect at their job? What if the reason forest elder immediafely jumps to making a Diamond to open the door for us when they meet us is because they assume that’s the only reason we awakened them, so they could do that for us, and not out of kindness?

I’m typing this out and realizing it makes less sense than I thought it did

[odd ferry]

I'll get that ready for you

[amber creek]

Does anyone have that one meme with the guy in front of the wall with all the papers and thumb tacks because that's how lore chat is trying to recap all of lore

[tranquil harbor]

Lore is like, story telling elements. The kingdom being post apocalyptic is lore, but so are the little fun facts the seasonal spirits get to flesh out their characters a little.

[frigid tinsel]

Forest Elder deserves a hug but they’d probably kick us

[regal forge]

Forest elder doesn’t think we came to save em, just move along is a sad concept

[solemn depot]

i thought it was one kingdom with different areas

[languid glen]

Forst elders look depressed

[tranquil harbor]

So which spirits go to which elders?

[outer hare]

they really just keep going

[keen shore]

I don’t want to believe it but it makes too much sense :-( it’s why they’re so cold towards us instead of grateful like the first two, they just think they’re being used and want to get it over with

[odd ferry]

@languid glen sent you the run down friend

[sharp lichen]

I’m not sure how the governmental system of Sky worked- it could be anything: a loose/tight confederation of kingdoms, a council of rulers that work together, or a state that answers to one Elder

[solemn depot]

isnt it referred to as the kingdom (singular) of sky

[keen shore]

Sometimes but that may just be a fanon name. I know the king gets called that in concepts but idk if it carries over to current canon

[outer hare]

its easy it doesnt. In a place like sky would a government even be needed?

[sharp lichen]

I meant in the past, before Skykids and the disaster

[amber creek]

Ramble time. What came first, the constellations or the spirits associated with them? Because the constellations are there in are and in the vault. Maybe we aren't reviving spirits, but stories and legends from the old world. Legends were created to teach you a lesson, similar to how they teach us to interact with the world. Because if all these pictures of the constellations were there when the spirits were alive that wouldn't make sense because the constellations are stars from the spirits after they died.

[outer hare]

But would it be needed back then?? What would it be needed for?
^^

[solemn depot]

yes

[sharp lichen]

alex governments are needed everywhere there is people- and in the sky world, there used to be people in the form of ancestors

[keen shore]

Oh that’s true,.. if the spirits are the stars forming the constellations, then how did they exist before those spirits died in the murals? Why did those specific spirits get chosen?

[odd ferry]

Alright lore chat I'm logging off for the day, Tem needs their daily power down

[tranquil harbor]

Maybe it's like a horoscope. The spirits were simply 'born under this constellation'

[outer hare]

but what would their purpose be? ( im asking this as a question)

[odd ferry]

Good day/night everyone!

[sharp lichen]

Check the vault cutscene: the Elders were probably extremely powerful, so people looked up to them

[amber creek]

This might be it because our friends are stars in the sky as well. Maybe that's why some of the spirits are ordinary people with not a lot of importance or power in their lives. They just happened to be represented by those stars

Also I feel like fate is an underlying topic in sky which means it was their fate to help us eventually

[outer hare]

I do understand their power and their ruling but what would they do? In real life we have natural disasters and dieseases which the government is expected to help with, what would a governments use be in the kingdom of sky prior to the explosion??

[tranquil harbor]

The same things.

[frigid tinsel]

they could also be spiritual leaders, keeping the people in tune with the Light/Megabird

[keen shore]

I mean, yeah, but why would those specific spirits be so representative of the realm that the stars representing them get added to a projection of their realms (and proph murals too) before they existed? Why are they representing the realms?

[outer hare]

That makes sense thank you ive got an answer which i shall now ponder about because natural disasters in sky are hard to imagine for me...

[frigid tinsel]

perhaps the Elders marked favored individuals as part of their own constellations as thanks? perhaps the constellations we have in game compose of a lot more people

[amber creek]

Yes this is my issue with the constellations. They are so "important" that they are literally in the temple. You can see that constellation with them in it

[tranquil harbor]

Maybe this is just our spirits. Like, there were so many ancestors before the fall right? I doubt there is actually only 8 regular forest spirits to find. It's just that other (npc) kids are the ones finding them. We mark the spirits we found in their realm constellation like we do our friends.

[sharp lichen]

Each elder had specific powers/repsonsibilites: Isle Elder created birds (which are probably used to aid with navigation), Prairie Elder created butterflies (which I'm not sure on), Forest Elder forged darkstone, Valley Elders kept the kingdom entertained, Wasteland was a brilliant general, and Vault Elder probably was connected to memory diamonds

[outer hare]

What alasdair said about spiritual leading is perhaps what got them chosen as leaders, being able to connect with megabird at a higher scale than regular people

[tranquil harbor]

Theoretically, the spirits we find are different per child, but that's so much work to put in to make spirits unique to players like that

[amber creek]

Wouldn't make sense because we can lead others to the same spirits. I get where you're coming from but game mechanics don't aline with that. And it never said that skids are direct descendents. Like no one gave birth to us

[tranquil harbor]

I'm saying there is a gameplay and story split

[keen shore]

I did have a really wild theory to explain this a while ago, but I doubt it’s true & it got somewhat disproved by some murals. Unfortunately, I really don’t know how else it would be explained.

Although I do like the theory of normal elder constellations being composed of much more stars that we can’t see, I think the murals with the constellations mark out those specific stars in those exact parts. Let me check

[tranquil harbor]

Who said anything about the kids being direct descendents?

[amber creek]

Sorry I combined two of your sentences. I read too fast. And I forget that they are often referred to as ancestors

[keen shore]

Yeah, you can see it here. I’m pretty sure the brightest stars in each constellation are the ultimate gift stars, which is neat because it implies the elders are the brightest stars in each constellation, but doesn’t help us much

[frigid tinsel]

this might be a case of "what's true in-universe, what's a gameplay mechanic, and what's a technical limitation?" dilemma

[tranquil harbor]

tbh while I see the spirits as just 'people we put there' like our friend stars, I straight up believe the constellations themselves belong to the corresponding elders, so it'd make sense

[outer hare]

doc mcstuffins vibes are increasing

[keen shore]

Wait hold on let me check something

[solemn depot]

arent the spirits in game just the ones that couldnt ascend

[amber creek]

I can't believe I brought up something that's so conflicting. Yay me I guess?

[tranquil harbor]

Sorta, but I really doubt there are only 8 spirits in total living in forest who couldn't ascend. Like, there were probably thousands of ancestors before the fall, and only 8 had trouble ascending?

[frigid tinsel]

there's prob a lot more in-universe but realistically you can't shove a millions of NPCs into a game

[outer hare]

Perhaps the rest overtime drifted away based on you strong the memory was.

[compact shale]

And most of them probably have boring reasons for being here.

[amber creek]

Exactly like there should have been more bodies laying around if the storm was sudden and was one big extinction. I would like to see more of the "statues"

[lucid egret]

Hello. I’m still at work, does anyone have a picture of from behind? Spikey Elder

[tranquil harbor]

I actually think I do hold on

[keen shore]

Most of the realm constellations - all but prairie - have stars in them that aren’t assigned to spirits, which makes this even more complicated.

[frigid tinsel]

i hope that's gonna be the devs adding more base-game spirits someday

[outer hare]

i subconsiously started writing kakashi hair in my browser xd

[regal forge]

if we’re on the thing of spirit constellations still:
A while ago I mentioned how I theorized spirits are people of sky who couldn’t go through eden to ascend (something I think people did at the end of their time to safely and calmly ascend) and were thus trapped reliving a memory from their life until freed by the sky children
Which I guess would imply the constellations gained the spirits after they became spirits
So maybe they’re in the constellations so if anything ever happens to the lost spirits until someone can help them ascend they’re memory is safely kept somewhere (under watch of their respective elder)
Speaking of which since yeah these spirits are a low number:
Also mentioned earlier was the theory of eden not being sealed away and the realms being trapped in the storm. Maybe those people/spirits made it through in some way while the spirits we have are ones who tried to escape it and fled too far
SORRY THIS IS MASSIVE

[amber creek]

Omg I forgot about the extra stars that complicates things

[tranquil harbor]

the extra stars is why I think we're just putting the spirits we find their like they're special friends constellations

[keen shore]

Isle has 4 missing stars. Forest and valley have 1 each. Wasteland has four. Vault has five

[amber creek]

Like maybe they didn't have their own stars until we found them and they just went to the constellations?

[solemn depot]

you used the correct versions but the wrong place

[tranquil harbor]

this is the best I got on short notice, you want me to go to the oob and get a better one?

[regal forge]

WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THEYRE GONNA HIT YOUR KID

[lucid egret]

You don’t have to, this is perfect! Thanks!

[tranquil harbor]

What does this mean?

[outer hare]

Is this part of your animation and the clear honk audio??

[keen shore]

I think I’m going to agree with this for the time being because I do not have another explanation. The only question is, who were those stars originally?

[regal forge]

ayo you weren’t here when I asked my other children may I dm you quickly

[compact shale]

crystal clean 1080p H O N K

@keen shore regular boring dead civilians, or just some regular stars

[lucid egret]

Yes

[tranquil harbor]

No one

[amber creek]

Because those stars had to be SOMEONE before we put the spirits there. This is an exhausting loop omg

[solemn depot]

you used "their" then "they're". grammatically correct would be "the extra stars is why I think we're just putting the spirits we find they're like their special friends constellations"

[outer hare]

i cant wait to see it!

[lucid egret]

This is my first ever animation. And I’m throwing myself off the deep end for chaos

[tranquil harbor]

No, what I was actually trying to say was 'the extra stars is why I think we're just putting the spirits we find there like they're special friends constellations' I only got one wrong

[amber creek]

I feel like we don't have enough info on stars or the constellations to make any good assumptions about this. These mechanics just aren't explained or show any valid importance besides aesthetic

[outer hare]

spirits that eventually faded away along with their memories and star ( this is what i believe )

[solemn depot]

the lack of punctutation was confusing

[tranquil harbor]

It happens

[regal forge]

Maybe spirits that ascend create a bond between themselves and a certain star and those spirits didn’t manage to ascend so the elders gave them a star in hopes to help?

[lucid egret]

Yes

[keen shore]

We have lots of info, just,.. none of it quite makes sense. Maybe the elders are the constellations or maybe just stars, and we just put the spirits in the star spots because us and our friends get stars so we assume they do as well. Just a misunderstanding basically

[outer hare]

I believe that there are spirits whose connections to the land slowly faded away with time, the ones that we see today are the only memories still intact because of how vivid they were.

[amber creek]

Ngl they're doing some mundane stuff tho . . . Like thanks for teaching me how to wave???😂 I'll go get some wax now

[outer hare]

Perhaps thats what they used to make friends etc,..

[regal forge]

Do you think, given the option, the elders would honk?
Actually… what would their calls sound like??!

[amber creek]

But again, I know why they teach us stuff. It's to interact with other players. . . But we don't have anything to explain the importance of them or the constellations

[outer hare]

KiNg jElLyFiSh ( i need that call XD)

[frigid tinsel]

You can hear the Wasteland and Prairie Elders grunt and yawn in their cutscenes

[amber creek]

HWAAOAOAOOOOOOOOHHHHH

[solemn depot]

those sounds in ||orbit|| of the spirits flying by that sound like a person

[compact shale]

which is...

[regal forge]

Maybe spirit memories work differently in the actual world? The way I view it is the spirits actively moving and doing what they’re doing in the spirit memory (as in they don’t wait for us to relive the memory, they’re in a constant loop) and sky kids just pick up on certain actions they do

[outer hare]

Thats how ouR neighbourhood cats say hi XD

[keen shore]

Spirits can honk. I don’t know if elders can, but I really hope the answer is yes

[regal forge]

w-… which elder is that?…

[amber creek]

That's a great question but I'm not qualified to answer that

[frigid tinsel]

If that’s the sound of Alex’s feral cats, then Forest Elder sounds like that

[keen shore]

Weird note, they don’t even try to talk to us in the cutscenes. I wonder why

[regal forge]

Telepathy
“shhhh don’t tell the secret out of view god-“

[frigid tinsel]

Vault Elder just “pspspspspspsps” at us

[amber creek]

I'm still convinced sky kids are illiterate and kinda stupid so why would they WANT to talk to us

[outer hare]

They dont have mouths 😮

[compact shale]

Illiterate people can talk tho-

[frigid tinsel]

That’s not a good reason not to talk to someone.

[regal forge]

I feel like I just got personally bullied-

[amber creek]

Didn't say we couldn't talk. I'm just saying the elder probably think of us as persistent toddlers. "You again??? I've seen 5 people just like you in the past 2 minutes. Leave me alone. Grumpy old people noise"

[keen shore]

Maybe it is just telepathy, and that’s why vault elder feels like they’re teaching us something but they don’t say anything. Or they DO actually talk to us and it’s just not shown in game.

I’m still mad that we only got conversations with the tlp spirits and no one else, can you tell

[tranquil harbor]

I think they talk to use and we just don't get to see it because of silent story telling.

[amber creek]

Devs: it's a silent story. No words needed. Use your imagination
Us: but like can we talk??? Can they talk??? Telepathy?????

[compact shale]

you mean translated conversations

they probably have a honk language like everyone else but it's translated for the humans

[regal forge]

Maybe the elders can’t speak? Maybe if they were corrupted in some way by the dark stone they’re similar to krill in a way where they don’t respond to our honks like light creatures and instead it would sound scary to us like the krills rawr?

[outer hare]

Maybe they think its telepathy but we havent learned it because no one told us or they dont have mouths.

[regal forge]

This would also mean maybe they can’t understand us anymore!

[amber creek]

Elders: give us the secretes to sky in great detail
Sky kids: no habla Espanol

[pastel brook]

We ask everyone to please post only in English on this server, @amber creek. Unfortunately, moderators and staff aren't able to support all the languages spoken by our global Sky family.

[regal forge]

Sky bot just came for you

[outer hare]

im choking in my closet XD, what if elders dont have mouths??

[keen shore]

Fun fact! Skybot does not recognize Latin as a non English language

[amber creek]

Thanks for the valid point sky bot that really helps

[tranquil harbor]

The elders: We've done such a good job teaching these children and preparing them for Eden
the kids: They stared silently at me, did it mean something?

[regal forge]

Sky bot is secretly a demon and they are trying to be summoned by the Latin curses

[keen shore]

Relatable

[amber creek]

NO ONE TAUGHT US TO ACTUALLY SPEAK WE ARE CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS. this is child neglect

[outer hare]

and cozy is always summoning them nonstop

[regal forge]

But maybe the elders have lost the ability to understand light creatures anymore
It could explain why they don’t seem to leave their temples, interact in other ways (valley reaching out their hand as a “give it” gesture, vault beckoning us, forest just grabbing the light, etc.)

[outer hare]

perhaps they dont have mouths and simply use gestures.

[amber creek]

Maybe we're not even seeing the elders. Just memories of them like the spirits

[regal forge]

Man why are we so set on kids not having mouths— they drink tea, cold breath from the shivering emote, shhh gesture, etc.

[amber creek]

Gotta get that sky ouija board to talk to the elders and spirits now

[outer hare]

Thats what i was thinking, what we see is just a fragment or a pre-recorded message made in case of downfall.

[regal forge]

(Phone ringing) uh… hello? Hello? I just wanted to record a message—

[compact shale]

1. Ash thinks we're just splashing the tea on our faces but events have dubious canonicity anyways
2. As for the second and third one, we can imitate lots of sounds, I guess we're acoustically structured

[tranquil harbor]

You, I like you

[outer hare]

But they dont seem to have mouths what do i do XD

[tranquil harbor]

Ash said they like to imagine the kids splash tea on themselves because it's the most amusing thing

[outer hare]

Perhaps skykids are just highly spiritual and can see ghosts and souls

[regal forge]

For the second and third I mean how we see a sky kids breath from their mouth and how they shhh by doing the finger over their m o u t h

not seeing it would also be similar to the fingers or no fingers debate where it’s just hard to animate a mouth for every expression if you have the non-mask on

[solemn depot]

i cannot be convinced the kids dont just like absorb things through their skin nobody can stop

[amber creek]

It's a telepathic mouth idk???? And they don't have true eyes either if we want to get that deep but they can obviously look at things. Human biology is not prevalent here

[regal forge]

I mean… sky kids blink so—

[outer hare]

They dont, its just the masks

[regal forge]

i don’t think masks blink—

[frigid tinsel]

Skykids do blink

[compact shale]

I think they mean like a mechanism the masks have

[frigid tinsel]

If you go maskless, you can see their shut eyelids. Could they not blink with those?

[amber creek]

I'm an optometry major do not fight me about these eyes because it makes me ANGY. Shining lights aren't very good at seeing and detecting light. screaming

[regal forge]

Ah, I don’t think so
There’s no reason to do that if skids don’t blink?
It just generally wouldn’t make sense and also looks to be beneath the mask

[outer hare]

Theres a way to glitch inside the mask and catch a look of the actual "face" of a skykid i think and one person in cozy said that it kind of just looked like the black mask.

[undone trench]

Black mask? You mean the maskless mask?

[amber creek]

I'm throwing out real world biology for sky, clearly things work different in that universe and they are not humans

[outer hare]

I was just told black so im not sure if its black of eyelid approved, ill try and see if i can get under the mask.

[frigid tinsel]

It’s maskless

[tranquil harbor]

I've heard it called the black mask, the maskless mask, and the invisible mask

[frigid tinsel]

[compact shale]

Sky has a different definition of "living organism" so what's not considered biological in our world could be biological in Sky

[outer hare]

is it an organism or a piece of dust??

[tranquil harbor]

I don't think their definition of 'living organism' is different than ours y'all just refuse to accept that fantasy creatures are technically living organisms

[undone trench]

Maybe when the skykids aren't wearing their masks they close their eyes because the light leaving them would be too much,
So maybe the masks help control the light, that's why when they do have a mask they have their eyes open and can blink

[amber creek]

Sky biology is not my area of expertise so yeah, their life forms are different from ones as we know

[compact shale]

maybe blinking helps recalibrate their eyes so that they can see better

[outer hare]

I just thought something: in sky when you listen closely you can hear a heart beating, do skykids have hearts???

[keen shore]

Sky creatures are alive, but are not biological [made of flesh and blood] from my perspective

[regal forge]

Sky kid: opens eyes without a mask on
Everyone in the vicinity:

[tranquil harbor]

the definition for biological is right there and it's not 'made of flesh and blood'

[compact shale]

Some of us think that may be our soul/light pulsating

[frigid tinsel]

I think they’re living, I don’t think they’re organisms

[undone trench]

So if sky creatures aren't biological, are they bioluminescent

[amber creek]

Don't get me started on this. I need concept art of the insides of sky kids

[regal forge]

Hey you also weren’t here when I asked my children
may I dm you real quick

[undone trench]

Sure, if it works I'm ok with it,

[compact shale]

1. We don't have that
2. Butcher's knife, scalpel, or chainsaw?

[outer hare]

anatomy and humans have souls but ive never heard them oulsate before.

[frigid tinsel]

No concept art but the running theory is that skykids are hollow with insides full of light

[tranquil harbor]

and charcoal bones

[amber creek]

Let me dissect a sky kid and I'll let you know what I find

[undone trench]

Spears, are easily obtainable at gw

[uncut pond]

What is our definition of living organism? If we're being honest, life itself is complicated to define from both scientifical and philosophical standpoints

[regal forge]

YUI IGNORE THAT

[tranquil harbor]

A mushroom is a living organism, I'm fairly sure. So are flowers and trees.

[frigid tinsel]

Oh cool I can insert this

My Working Theory on the Composition of a Skykid
–clothing, hair, masks & other cosmetics made of light.
–a humanoid physical shell made of some magic-induced earthen material (i.e. clay, stone, ash, charcoal, meteorite) that has a hole in the chest and eyes.
–this hollow shell is full of light, such as winged light and neutral light.
–their cape, a manifestation of winged light.
–their flame, manifesting as the light in the hole in their chest and held outside their bodies via a red candle.
–their soul, appearing as a blue sparkle.

[undone trench]

Will do,

[compact shale]

would that cut cleanly tho

SALEM YOU'RE THE SPEAR EXPERT TELLU S

[keen shore]

It would be that for us, but in Sky living = biological, so the definitions would have to be different. Flesh and blood obviously isn’t the correct definition for us, because is ignored things like plants and microorganisms, and so on, but the closest thing we can compare skykids against are human children, where the flesh and blood angle fits.

I’m way too tired to get into an argument over skykid biology and semantics right now.

[uncut pond]

Yes, but what exactly is being alive?

[outer hare]

Im sure Yui can get to help you with that.

[frigid tinsel]

Spears are for stabbing, not cutting

[regal forge]

Don’t sacrifice your siblings for science

[outer hare]

SHARPEN AT THE FOREST ELDERS PLACE oh and also ceasing commodore used to have a sword we couldve used that T-T

[amber creek]

I feel like we need to think of their biology as more of a creationism or mythology. Some cultures have human as being made of all the elements or were originally clay dolls made by gods. I feel like magic is a better explanation for them and not science.

[tranquil harbor]

Tbh I am also too tired for that, but just because a sky kid looks like a human doesn't mean we have to classify them as biological within the exact same parameters as humans.

[outer hare]

OOP I DIDNT ACTUALLY MEAN IT LIKE THAT I MEANT SHE CAN HELP WITH DISSECTING T-T

[keen shore]

If we’re made of a hard or semi hard outer material, spears would bash us open and crack us. Like they do to the wasteland shields.

If we’re not, we’d get pierced. Spears are traditionally for stabbing, but I suspect wastelands’ are better at bashing instead

[tranquil harbor]

'Magic is simply science we don't understand yet, and science is simply magic explained'

[regal forge]

Please don’t viscously attack sky kids for lore reasons

[outer hare]

cLaY.

[compact shale]

You should get a willing participant and do it near Eden (not INSIDE eden, the rocks won't help)

So you can chuck the remains in and get them reborn when they're done

[uncut pond]

soft magic systems would like to have a talk with you

[undone trench]

Well then, pretty sure gw also got some old butcher looking swords, that could do

[outer hare]

Chuck the remains in the little gap in the wall before the krill area

[amber creek]

I have a feeling sky was heavily inspired by some type of mythology. Paganism might be one of them but I'm not very knowledgeable in mythology as a field of study

[keen shore]

I’m two sided about this. On one hand, I definitely feel like it has a fantasy angle. On the other, that by no means means that it can’t be explained anyways. Tons of magic systems and magic uses in fantasy have clearly defined limits, applications, and ways of functioning, and they still don’t count as science. They’re just magic that has been thought through and understood.

[amber creek]

Yes I agree we need to learn about the type of magic they have and what it's all about

[outer hare]

Partially different cultures i believe, as in being a mix of multiple cultures. But as inspiration.

[compact shale]

that won't work

You have to do the dissection near Eden's door

then when done you have to carry the remains all the way to PNR

[uncut pond]

That's just for most modern literature, back in the ol' days magic was just a thing that did things and it was pretty much unlimited and extremely vague or just unexplained.

At least on most of old mythological folklore

[undone trench]

PNR ?

[outer hare]

Sacrifice it to the along with your light.

[frigid tinsel]

You prob don’t have to carry the remains, just get their soul there

[amber creek]

Yes I don't think it's like some games that are just based off of Norse mythology for example. Like certain sky stories were inspired by myths of different cultures but not 100% accurate

[compact shale]

the remains might make it easier

Edit: I also consider their soul to be one of the "remains"

[outer hare]

I believe part of it may be inspired by the cambodian myth of rain ,thunder and ( one other thing i just dont remember)

[amber creek]

If devs do a q&a I have to ask them what inspired them to create sky. It would definitely point us in the right direction

[undone trench]

If the devs do a q&a I'll have to ask about a skykid's anatomy

[outer hare]

they better not say "the sky"

[keen shore]

That doesn’t really disprove my point. Not to mention Sky wasn’t exactly made in the old days, it could very well have an explanation to how it works, and even seems to.

I get not wanting to put effort into explaining something that’s not explainable. However, this one feels like it is. You could be right that it’s just handwaved and vaguely thought out magic, but that explanation in practice just feels like a disappointing way to shut down much more interesting and creative theories.

Not trying to be rude here, it just irks me a little bit.

[amber creek]

Sky obviously has technology run by a power source (magical tho) so there must be explainations to their technology and limitations because it's not infinite power sources

[compact shale]

they better not say

[amber creek]

OKAY . Why do we get candles from a magical beam from the sky wouldn't it make more sense for us to form and make candles ourselves

[outer hare]

I think thats just a little effect

[compact shale]

It would probably be harder to depict (and weirder) for the candles to come out from a mold in our eyes/arms or something

[amber creek]

It's so confusing what is indepth lore and what would be just "hehe it's cute let's role with it"

[compact shale]

yeah

are there other games that have this problem

[keen shore]

What animation would you rather see:

1. skykid rips liquid light out of their chest to make a candle
2. magical light beam candle

[west dune]

I'll go with door number 2 please.

[formal skiff]

I want the first one

[outer hare]

probably because making candles doesnt have to be hassle where you sit and wait to make it, or where beam gives the candles

[amber creek]

I'd like to see them bring out wax and form it with their tiny hands (light beam takes to long)

[compact shale]

Maybe Megabird is the candle mold

[undone trench]

Number 3, they clap their hands and a candle appears,

[west dune]

yes^^^

[outer hare]

Lorechat just sits for a second and then goes dead silent.

[pastel brook]

[undone trench]

Yeah go to sleep spy for the mods Skybot

[solemn depot]

so does edens name mean nything or is it just bible stuff

[lucid egret]

I’m working on the chaos animation.
Splice: you are using pro features
Me: bold of you to assume I won’t just screen record this. I want my moth honks dang it

[compact shale]

Would you want your candles made like this

[outer hare]

eye mold

[compact shale]

/j /lh

[outer hare]

OH YES HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED

[solemn depot]

is that cheese or butter

[undone trench]

Now every time is see the word " eden " I have flashbacks and just " " irl

[tranquil harbor]

looks like chocolate or candy

[compact shale]

cheese

[outer hare]

This was meant to be with that quote thing about the wasteland elder being consumed by darkness ^^

[regal forge]

How do you guys think the elders would react to the king or the corruption of eden being mentioned?
Like just general response wether it be overhearing a conversation or someone asking them about it directly

I have approached lore chat at a lull—

[keen shore]

Depends on the elder. I feel like at the very least it would bring up a lot of bad memories

[regal forge]

What are your opinions on how some would react

[tranquil harbor]

I don't think any of them would get angry, but...

[outer hare]

AHHH- forest elder might yeet you into the atmosphere to say hello to the ISS

[amber creek]

Maybe the elders are just hopeless by hearing about it because they were not able to defeat the darkness

[regal forge]

I feel like the vault elder would actually react with that same kind of “he’s not around to be saved/doesn’t want to be saved” kind of thing we’ve heard
sort of like they’re trying to get the person to leave the subject alone

[outer hare]

I think the most emotional would be isle man, wasteland dude and vault lady but the least would be valley twinso's

[amber creek]

I think of the valley twins as really young elders. Valley wasn't heavily effected by the darkness. Maybe they are still in denial or they just can't process it in a mature maner

[regal forge]

I see the valley elders as reacting indifferent to the subject or just ignoring it completely and not acknowledging the person and changing the subject

[queen forum]

Forest Mama would immediately tell us the whole story, not caring how much it might traumatize us, just so that we don’t ask again.

[regal forge]

Forest elder would just stare with a hard look and not say anything
wasteland might just have a solemn expression or emotionally die on the spot-

[tranquil harbor]

I think Valley Elders are a good deal more mature than people give them credit for. The Valley seems incredibly prosperous, and they were the ones in charge of it. When we see them, they're interacting with a child, and it's shown in several places that all the elders seem to understand 'hey this is a baby I have to treat them differently'

[outer hare]

Its wasnt their fault or responsibilty so they wouldnt be entirely scarred to death like wasteland elder who took it all onto himself

[regal forge]

Ooh no one’s mentioned prairie yet. That’s a hard one to figure out

[outer hare]

He would start crying. Instantly.

[amber creek]

Valley are spectacular people persons. Their relationships with their people lead them to greatness, not politics. They are the most relatable out of the elders. They knew how to put on a show and it brought great economic success

[queen forum]

I think Prairie would just tell us that we weren’t yet ready for the story, or give us a version that’s…very abridged so we don’t try to think too much about it. I think he out of all of them would try to protect us from how bad it really got the most.

[tranquil harbor]

There is still stuff like city planning to consider. You have to plan having sports and races, and how to get people food, and how to deal with class disparity. And with that last one, while there ARE rich and working class areas, it's not mentioned anywhere that there are slums, implying everyone in valley had a good standard of living

[regal forge]

I think the most difficult to get anything out of from it would be vault. I feel like they’d be much more stern about not asking those sorts of questions
not in a mean way either. Just that sort of gentle tone that tells you you’ve hit a sensitive discussion.

[keen shore]

We disagree there, I totally think they would tell us. In fact I headcanon that’s what they’re telling us in the cutscene

[queen forum]

I feel like Tsadi would more fit that role, as mentioned above. Just completely blaming themselves and unable to talk about any of it without breaking down.

[outer hare]

The isle elder would sign and tell you it all slowly, explaining every detail.

[regal forge]

to be honest I’ve never really seen the vault elder seeming to tell us anything
It’s probably just me but I’ve always viewed it as a silent moment where the sky kid is actually interacting with the elder unlike the other scenes where they do their thing with the light and you move on
The elder lets them use the light instead of taking it to do it themselves
Maybe like a sort of “see? You can manage so much with light.
…
good luck in eden “

[regal forge]

Casually traumatizes sky kids in the ol’ grampas war stories fashion

[queen forum]

“When I was your age, it was completely uphill to Eden. Both ways!

[regal forge]

||could I legally put the isle elder in a retirement home-||

actually, on the topic of elders responses:
Do you think theyd actually interact with sky kids in general?
Since people have mentioned sky kids actually sort of living in the different areas and having respective ‘jobs’
Do you think in such a type of civilization the elders interact with their people much?
Think of it how you’d think of interacting with an actual monarch or high figure. It’s hard to believe sky kids would get a chance to interact with them much at all besides the ones traveling through like in the game

[sharp lichen]

Has the Isle Elder retired?

[regal forge]

he’s about to

[undone trench]

Do dead people count as retired ?

[tranquil harbor]

I think the kids have a mandatory job of interacting with the elders, even if they get side jobs like weather kids or bakery helpers

[regal forge]

Oh? How so?

[compact shale]

What's a weather kid?

[undone trench]

In my opinion, the elders would just be chilling at their temples, if you want to talk to one of them, you can do so by visiting them

[queen forum]

Something we discussed earlier. Skids having jobs of flying high and reporting what the weather will be later on.

[regal forge]

We had discussed sky kids tracking storms or rough weather to help others avoid it

[compact shale]

awwww

maybe we'll have a season about that

[regal forge]

I’d purposely report it wrong so people are thrown off their rhythm
“Just a light dusting in wasteland today”
Sandstorm whips by in the background

[tranquil harbor]

Kids will probably only stop interacting with elders if eden is ever fully fixed. We can skip them, but I think the elders might be apart of the eden cycle

[keen shore]

I mentioned that the wind paths probably had weather measuring equipment, so they would hang out there

[undone trench]

Really putting your name to good use huh ?

[regal forge]

I think the elders might interact if something particularly interested them (like a group of 5-10 sky kids following what seems to be the group leader) but otherwise are more isolated

[regal forge]

always

[keen shore]

I like to think we would interact with them a lot to learn things and hang out :3

[undone trench]

If elders where isolated I'd go out of my way to go check up on them weekly

[queen forum]

That seems likely. The Elders definitely would want to see the Skids that the others decided are the leaders, to ensure that the little ones are following the right people and not the wrong ones.

[regal forge]

I am 100% one of those right people don’t worry about it—

[undone trench]

Yeah! Like melting valley!

[solemn depot]

its not unethical if its fun

[queen forum]

I like how that already seems to have become a classic of Lore chat.

[amber creek]

I think elders used to be ones that people interacted with frequently. Asking for advice with even little things in life. Temples are places of worship and people look for guidance there. I like to think the elders still look forward to the hopeful sky kids visiting

[regal forge]

oh god it has hasn’t it—

[queen forum]

I’m sure that, at the least, Prairie and Wasteland love seeing all the Skids coming to visit. Prairie is just an all around friendly guy, and Wasteland would be happy that there are still people out there trying to fix the world that might succeed.

[regal forge]

Similar to how the flight guide apprenticed with the prairie elder do you think a sky kid would ever apprentice with an elder? Maybe take on a roll? Or would the elders always stay as they are?
Maybe to learn some epic magic!!

[undone trench]

Flight guide is an apprentice from Prairie elder ?

[keen shore]

I HOPE we could that would be so neat

[stiff night]

Can someone pls guide me to where i can learn about elder creatures please

[amber creek]

Elders might be a fix position but I definitely think they taught people and kids how to do things. Maybe they were the first ones that lived in sky and are there to teach everyone after them

[native shoal]

Imagine like 30 sky kids become krill catchers, if a krill escapes into an area where it’s threatening others or light creatures they wrangle it back to where it’s supposed to be

[native shoal]

They’re the Wasteland apprentices

[regal forge]

Very interesting!
Any guesses on what capes did before sky kids? Also why some people just don’t have them
I know I have a bunch of random questions but it’s night time so brain goes brrrr

[solemn depot]

get somebody to save that manta in the wasteland

[undone trench]

Probably capes back then where just a simple clothing piece that didn't had any deep meaning

[amber creek]

Flying boats were more common forms of transportation. Flying took a lot of skill so not everyone wanted to learn it I guess

[queen forum]

I guess it would depend on the Elder. Prairie would happily teach entire classes to Skids, Wasteland would be happy to show them how to defend themselves (as long as they promise not to seek out trouble) Forest would…well, probably not want to be bothered. Isle would help, but likely only for a few lessons, and the Valley Elders would become teachers as well, but only coaches for games played back then.

[native shoal]

My guess is fashion

[amber creek]

Vault would teach us to read but we can't even understand them in the first place so

[rigid mural]

hey lore chat, lesbians
discuss

[stiff night]

I thought only sky kids and the king could fly

[solemn depot]

i dont recognize either spirits but yeah that seems cool

[regal forge]

Oooh how about forest elder teaching us to paint murals
bet they painted the one under the bridge

[compact shale]

I think ancestors can fly, but not really

You know about wing suits in the human world? They need wind currents

ancestors can't fly with the degree of freedom and control we have

[amber creek]

Season of flight and valley spirits prove otherwise

[stiff night]

Oh yeaaaah

[regal forge]

Didn’t season of flight specifically say they need someone who knew how to fly— they used boats instead of flying between islands too

[keen shore]

this is isle elder erasure, they would teach us how to paint the coolest murals. my word on this topic is law

[amber creek]

Dont quote me on that I haven't got around to that season yet

[undone trench]

Valley spirits ? You mean the flying race part ? I'm pretty sure the spirits used manta as rides for the race

[queen forum]

Yeah, I feel like they used the boats. We never saw a memory of them actually flying around like the Skids.

[native shoal]

Valley elders would deliberately teach you how to swear. Teth would accidentally teach you by swearing in your presence

[regal forge]

ah… I don’t think the season of flight fellas can fly at all. Always found it ironic
It just seems like sky kids are the only ones to handle winged light and learn to fly
most obvious sign of this is flight season and the ceasing spirit from abyss climbing up a tower instead of flying

[queen forum]

Hey…the Spirits flying around in Orbit once we get there don’t count as “flying”, right?

[compact shale]

They're fricking dead

[amber creek]

I feel like they could glide but not fly . Small creatures can fly easier

[tranquil harbor]

it does not

[queen forum]

Okay, just making sure.

[regal forge]

Maybe the capes were for catching themselves? Like how we float down instead of fall from the sky
A safety precaution
So they couldnt fly but they could drift or glide

[amber creek]

There's a lot of high places without safety rails and I definitely would want to gently glide down those places and not to splat

[queen forum]

Like Batman? And that’s not a joke. He used his cape and spreads it out completely to glide between buildings. Are you saying they might have been able to do stuff like that?

[regal forge]

anyway good night lord chat im gonna die tomorrow morning

[solemn depot]

bye

[fickle wing]

no way….gay eople

[keen shore]

This is one of the few spirit pairs I actually ship. Praying acolyte seems really isolated, I’m glad they got to meet 💛

[fickle wing]

director taking acolyte on a date where they just fly around together on the the troupes bird when

[keen shore]

Acolyte would love that so much…. wonder when was the last time they’ve been out of vault

[compact shale]

before the most important one to them died? (aside from thoughtful ofc_

[lucid egret]

I have done it. This idiotic animation is done

[regal forge]

And suddenly I’m awake. Go on

[lucid egret]

This is beautiful nonsense

[queen forum]

Well done!

[regal forge]

“Making my down town-“
[angry honking progressively getting closer]

[lucid egret]

Also don’t mind the watermark I either had the watermark or a moth’s head cut off via clipping

[solemn depot]

not too bad

[undone trench]

Ight here's the plan, one tackles down the elder and then everyone else piles up so they can't leave

[queen forum]

“DOGPILE!”

[regal forge]

Add this to the list of super secret sky kid meeting notes
alright now I MEAN goodnight

probably

[lucid egret]

I recorded all the audio ingame myself

[amber creek]

The sky kid agenda is to annoy as many characters in game as possible

[undone trench]

We do have some exceptions as In, some spirits we can't annoy

[amber creek]

I wish I could have gotten a video of 6 people honking aggressively at an afk because we needed their help to see Oreo because that really proves my point of sky kids craving to annoy others

[lucid egret]

that would have been so helpful I needed so many different honks for this

[amber creek]

Omg I never think to record things in sky but yeah I was acquaintances with most of them and we had almost all the different honks

[compact shale]

HONK CHOIR

WHEN WILL WE GET TUNEABLE HONKS BACK

[lucid egret]

Both beta and live were used for the audio. I had to find the switch in order to use my sister’s account in order to get the honk choir

[amber creek]

Two people were twining in that group and it was really cute. They had red capes, bob hair style, and a bow 🥺

[lucid egret]

Wait we had tunable honks????

[amber creek]

I just laugh at the fact that we can "sing" during orbit because I think of it as someone screaming their lungs out to a song idk why I think that way. It ruins the beauty in the best way

[tranquil harbor]

They're kids with no formal training. Of course they yell songs off key

[queen forum]

Imagine being reincarnated and stuck in one of the most important parts of your life and you decide to suddenly start scream-singing.

[lucid egret]

Honestly? I’d do it too

[tranquil harbor]

I mean, the just survived death, and now they're in a much nicer, happier place with something that sounds like a song. They're probably just so happy to be alive they're belting it out along

[amber creek]

Very on character for sky kids tho

[keen shore]

Tbf they do this in every other place as well

[queen forum]

You know what? Everything everyone just said is fair.

[amber creek]

Critical parts of history being explained: blank stare
Beautiful landscapes: annoying honk and playing a harp badly
Standing on someone's final resting place: does a hand stand

[pastel brook]

[keen shore]

thank you for the demonstration skybot

[compact shale]

what's a skykid who doesn't want to do their job anymore look like?

[amber creek]

(what we do in between seasons and when we get tired of constantly candle and light runs, do dumb stuff)

[compact shale]

candle run is part of our job?

[lucid egret]

Screw around, find out

[amber creek]

Loving the pg version thank you for that

[lucid egret]

I didn’t want to get filtered XD

[amber creek]

Not necessarily but you know what I mean. Our job is to go through Eden. It's really just exploring and doing whatever you want in the world without any direction

[compact shale]

we were clearly told our job in the intro
"Return our spirits to the stars" or something like that