okay i had no idea Persona 6's Steam achievements leaked (much like the Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney remaster which im actually very (if a little cautiously) excited for) was torn on looking at them but curiousity won me over. thoughts:

Yuni: playing video games alone with snacks and she gets to throw something at you if you try to bother her/enter the room Zero: reading books in the bath at like 7pm so its not even the day Anii: shopping spree, spa day and then inviting her friends out for dinner or something!

[ OC Questions ]@ocqotd.bsky.social · 7h ago

Your original character is having a self care/treat yourself day! What are they doing? #OCASK #OCQOTD #OCSKY

#SongsOfSeptember Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush. No, I will not elaborate. banger though youtu.be/HYwNM1t9ltI?...

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (2018 Remaster)

YouTube video by Kate Bush - Topic

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · 14h ago

#SongsOfSeptember Day 16 Without context, give us a song that spoilers something in your story! Be as vague or cryptic as you want with it~ And don't forget to tag!

thank you, school assignment upload system, i genuinely cannot think of a more useless thing in this life than AI-generated alt text ...AI cannot read or see. the whole point of alt text is typing out what is in an image because you, the poster, can see it and youre relaying it to those who cannot

I COMPLETELY FORGOT EVEN THOUGH I MEANT TO DRAW SOMETHING FOR IT HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO BREACH BY TWENTY ONE PILOTS i cannot believe it's been a year already thats insane. what an incredible album

#SongsofSeptember Both lyrical & instrumental. For me "writing" with music is putting it on and walking around in a circle thinking about my character/scene i associate with the song My favorite example is for a scene in my main project (not my comic) youtu.be/SRdZTZE5pOA?...

Deftones – Passenger (Mike Shinoda Remix) – Official Video

YouTube video by Deftones

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · 2d ago

#SongsOfSeptember Day 15 What do you listen to while writing? Lyrical music? Instrumental? White noise? Nothing? ...something I haven't thought of?? Share what the sound in your writing environment's like~ And don't forget to tag!

hyvoltage has a new update (4 pages) featuring my favorite page i've drawn so far! (page 40) ...oh and the first appearance of some weird little rat or something hyvoltage.webcomic.ws/comics/38/#c... #webcomic #ocsky

The same scene almost 2 years apart! (early 2025 vs late 2026) The final draft's composition is much more interesting (+ you can actually. like. see the sound effects)

hyvoltage has a new update (4 pages) featuring my favorite page i've drawn so far! (page 40) ...oh and the first appearance of some weird little rat or something hyvoltage.webcomic.ws/comics/38/#c... #webcomic #ocsky

this was all i could think about while reading the story @yakkolicious.bsky.social AT LEAST CHEAT ON ME WITH SOMEONE IN MY LEAGUE (joke)

Yuni would be a fucking terrible therapist. You pour your heart out to her and her response is "that's it?" (unless you're Zero or Anii, she'd be slightly nicer then) Zero would be terrible in any situation that involves talking to people Anii would be good at most jobs so she's fine!

[ OC Questions ]@ocqotd.bsky.social · 2d ago

What situation would your original character be terrible for? Are they not built to be a super spy? Maybe they haven't dirtied their hands in their life? What about public speaking? What would they struggle with? #OCASK #OCQOTD #OCSKY

#SongsofSeptember I do sometimes think about a hypothetical hyvoltage musical (how would all the parkour work onstage? dont worry about it) and while the antagonist wouldn't have a song, I think Yuni would sing a reprise of an earlier song (i cant explain much cuz spoilers)

Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · 3d ago

#SongsOfSeptember Day 14 Musical Monday! It's time for the antagonist's epic villain song. What song do they sing? You can give us one that fits or make up a title~ If you don't have an antagonist who sings, then maybe what the protagonists would sing about the central conflict instead~

hyvoltage wip. oh god what is that

i fucking love making art. and learning new things ive been wanting to teach myself music for years and i keep forgetting about it and coming back on and off, i've been messing around with MIDI instruments the past 20ish minutes trying to make a hyv instrumental and i LOVE IT so far

Layton is like “this is a tricky puzzle!” so Luke just asks grok and it starts generating naked images of Don Paolo

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 3d ago

Level 5’s CEO has confirmed that generative AI was used for its recent Yo-Kai Watch and Professor Layton game reveals and apologized to disappointed fans. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/level-5...

#SongsofSeptember I don't have any songs associated with current emotional scenes, but I could imagine a scene highlighting how lowkey lonely Zero is set to Secret Lab from Stray. It's on the hyv ost playlist and fits his vibe/the vibe of where he lives. Also Stray rocks youtu.be/H48M5BHzT9U?...

Secret Lab

YouTube video by Yann van der Cruyssen - Topic

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · 4d ago

#SongsOfSeptember Day 13 Sunday scenes: A song you associate with an emotional scene. Unlike yesterday, this can be any kind of emotional scene you want~ Just pick one song you associate with one particular scene (or idea for a scene, if you haven't written it yet!) Don't forget to tag!

As much as it kills me (bc I love Professor Layton *so much*), I won't be playing the new game. And if you don't want AI in games, neither should you.

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 3d ago

Level 5’s CEO has confirmed that generative AI was used for its recent Yo-Kai Watch and Professor Layton game reveals and apologized to disappointed fans. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/level-5...

#SongsofSeptember Travelin' Soldier by The Chicks (for Selene & Elliot) It's on Selene's what-her-music-sounds-like playlist and Id imagine shed write a similar song about his death (tho he wasnt in a war lol) Not really a country guy but this song's great & makes me cry youtu.be/AbfgxznPmZM?...

The Chicks - Travelin' Soldier (Official Video)

YouTube video by dixiechicksVEVO

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · 5d ago

#SongsOfSeptember Day 12 Let’s Duet: A sad song that fits a couple in your story. Interpret this however~ Just as long as it's sad and fits two or more people romantically (or platonically, if you don't have any romantic ones) you're good~ Don't forget to tag!

#SongsofSeptember I put 6 Underground by Sneaker Pimps on Zero (the deuteragonist of the comic)'s playlist mostly cause its vibe matches his even though the lyrics really don't (also it's just one of my favorite 90s songs so I want to stick it on everything) youtu.be/Wuwfe3DRJzE?...

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Sneaker Pimps

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · 6d ago

#SongsOfSeptember Day 11 A song you added to your playlist just for the vibes. The lyrics can be wildly different, or it could be something you particularly like in the background--take it as you will~ Upcoming prompts will be listed below if you want to avoid overlap! And don't forget to tag~

wip! the 10 year anniversary of P5 is coming up so you know i gotta celebrate with a big illustration not totally set on this composition but all the other ones I sketched looked like ass so I'll probably go with this one!

#SongsofSeptember hyv's antagonist is a massive spoiler so I cant say much but I associate this demo with when they show up. the only YT upload is the official one with the AI slop visualizer (so glad LP has cut that shit out) so here's the Spotify link instead open.spotify.com/track/4D7zgH...

Soundtrack - Meteora Demo

Linkin Park · Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition · Song · 2023

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · 7d ago

#SongsOfSeptember Day 10 Antagonist day! Give us a song that fits one of your antagonists. If you don't have any particular person as the antagonist, then something that captures the feeling of the main conflict. Vibes are very much welcome~ Let's get your sinister songs~ Don't forget to tag!

#SongsofSeptember Cheating a bit to split these into 2 categories: Songs with lyrics: Linkin Park, easy! LP's music inspired the story. Instrumentals: Masafumi Takada. He's the composer behind Danganronpa and the like. Great synth work! my favorite track of his! youtu.be/RYObPo_1xl8?...

Exotic Nation - Master Detective Archives: RAINCODE OST

YouTube video by Shinigami

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · last wk.

#SongsOfSeptember Day 9 If you could choose one band, singer, or composer to make music for your story, who would you choose? Don't forget to tag!

not to be that guy after the direct: the way i said "dont piss me off" like a tiktokker when that YoKai Watch 2 remake came onscreen level 5 you literally struck down somebodys remake of the game for piracy, yall are ones to talk, genAI glazers that you are. thats the only reason youre making this

I'd be so excited for Professor Layton if Level 5 wasn't all up in AI bullshit u_u Breaks my heart tbh, I'd absolutely play it if it wasn't for that

just found this old write-up on Zero from the first version of his AF pages (from that ghost hunter skateboard kids draft of hyv) this is fucking killing me that couldn't be further than the Zero we see today. hyvoltage Z would cry if he had to fight somebody.

#SongsofSeptember I have individual character playlists for most of the characters in hyvoltage, they're either songs that remind me of a character or if theyre a musician I collect songs into a "[name]'s sound" playlist to represent what their music sounds like.

Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · last wk.

#SongsOfSeptember Day 8 Technical Question! Do you do individual playlists for characters or couples, or do you put everything on one big playlist? Or maybe per book, if you do a series? Don't forget to tag!

shitpost i drew during a panel on day 2 of the con since I was dressed as Neku and my brother was Flowery. neku would absolutely hate his ass. and if it was TWEWY week 2, Joshua would 100% just team up with Flowery to annoy Neku. lol #twewy #deltarune

#SongsofSeptember These two aren't that relevant to the main plot of the comic (theyre famous musicians in-universe and are relevant in a sidestory), but I associate Wedding Song from Hadestown with Elliot and Selene. It sounds like Selene's music and the lyrics are perfect youtu.be/zP47npl3rHo?...

Wedding Song

YouTube video by Reeve Carney - Topic

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · last wk.

#SongsOfSeptember Day 7 Musical Monday! If your story was a musical, what's one of the songs your characters would sing? It could be a solo for someone, a cast song, a duet--have fun with it~ You can pick a song you think fits or even make up a title to fit your characters! Don't forget to tag!

#SongsofSeptember I did joke in the mouse-over text of one of the first pages that you can hear Boulevard of Broken Dreams emanating from Yuni's soul But that was a joke so I pick something like Breakfast Seance by Panchiko. its got a "getting up to do something new" vibe youtu.be/NlFI4WH4zCE?...

Breakfast Séance

YouTube video by Panchiko - Topic

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · 2w ago

#SongsOfSeptember Day 6 Sunday Scenes: Is there any song that fits your story's beginning? Share it here~ Don’t forget to tag your post!

#SongsofSeptember Not a duet but Love Story by Taylor Swift is THE Anii x Zero song to me. I'm not really a Swiftie but that song is so adorable! Specifically its Anii's view of their whole thing, since she's a country girl who loves the idea of being a fairytale princess youtu.be/8xg3vE8Ie_E?...

Taylor Swift - Love Story

YouTube video by Taylor Swift

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Niki Bond@nikibond.bsky.social · 2w ago

#SongsOfSeptember Day 5 Let's Duet: Share a song that fits a major couple in your story. Don't have any romantic couples? Feel free to make all of these platonic! Just pick one strong relationship for it. And don't forget to tag! And uh, sorry for the late post! I dozed off.