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[Sketch] Enter the Paw-tergeist!
🕑 Added 2022-06-07 20:04:19 +0000 UTCNew character time! Based on another idea me and Dan talked about during a stream.
Paulina was a human woman who has a massive obsession with feet, paws, and shoes of all kinds...especially when she discovered the existence of a world of anthropomorphic people and toons. A world in which she spent most of her time working as a pedicurist. I don't want to reveal too many details about her past, so we'll just skip to her passing. Despite leaving her human body behind, she continued to live on as a spirit possessing the very sandals she'd worn and loved for years, a gift from one of her closest toon friends, Bason.
As a Pawtergeist, she can control the size, shape, and condition of her sandals, even repairing them from damage and general wear and tear. She prefers to keep some imprints in them though, because she enjoys the sensation of being used.
When outside of her sandals, she can still feel anything done to them. She is completely and utterly linked to them, and can only travel a limited distance before her ghost tail is pulled taut. Separating the sandals will stretch her thin between them until her limit is reached, after which the sandals cannot be moved any further away from each other.
She is also invisible to most people when outside of her sandals until she uses her energy to make herself visible. She can control and manipulate objects nearby with her main body, or by creating up to 6 disembodied feet/paws that float and can be used like extra hands. All of this requires energy, leaving her exhausted fairly quickly.
Her most useful ability is "sole-bonding," in which she forms a connection with the person wearing her sandals. She can gain more energy this way, telepathically communicate with them (even from a distance), and also temporarily possess their body for a bit. She can also cling to their feet like a sticker, making it easier to run while wearing her.
Her sandals are currently in the possession of her best friend Bason the dire wolf, a wolf that shifts from his normal, smaller form to a massive behemoth during a full moon (and various other times when he is experiencing heightened emotions or is concentrating on changing). As a result, he mostly wore sandals, though even his normal huge paws barely fit them. Thankfully, Pawlina's sandals can easily change size and shape to accommodate.
![[Sketch] Enter the Paw-tergeist!](https://img10.runfaps.com/storage/5/gv/af/e9630c-019e86d4-e99c-7f30-8d34-e2ee6a86d549.png)
Comments
EccentricChimera
Thank you, I'm glad you like her design! And here's the answer to your questions: 1. Yes, she can move her own sandals around, and even appear to "wear" them while she's in a more corporeal form, though this takes energy to do. However, she can't actually wear them because she has no mass or weight as a spirit. She's simply manipulating them like you'd imagine a poltergeist would, and sticking her feet where they're supposed to go. 2. Yes, she has a limited ability to alter the texture, shape, and color of her sandals. For her, it's almost like flexing a muscle that she has to hold to maintain any shape outside of her original sandal design, and the more drastic the change, the more effort it takes to maintain. Which is why, if she can help it, she'd prefer simpler sandal forms, or forms that more closely resemble her original form. 3. And no, she is fully attached to her sandals, and can't move to any other footwear. The sandals are basically her new physical body at this point, and she just has the ability to leave them as a spirit.
ShelbyTRWolf
A very interesting and unique character that has the ability to possess her sandals at any given time. The design is quite toony and I’m excited what’s going to be next! But, sorry to ask, there are some early questions I would like to ask if you don’t mind: 1. Is she able to move on herself like a pair of sentient sandals? 2. Is she able to change different forms of sandals like flip-flops, gladiator sandals, wooden/geta sandals, etc.? 3. Can she possess other footwear?
EccentricChimera
Thanks, I've been developing the idea behind this character for a while since we talked about it! And yeah, I actually felt the same way when I was drawing her, that she had some similarities to the Bone family from the comic series. XD
EccentricChimera
Thanks! ^_^
Sprightlyhorizonz
Aw she’s so cute
Ooh, this is a very interesting character design indeed. I love how you've already fleshed out her powers, limitations, and dynamic with Bason. Her design reminds me a little bit of the Bone comic series but with more detail, a very toony look with nice rounded features. All in all, very nice!
