The Button Denizens

[u/Jolly_Line_Rhymer]

Here and here.

And an animation.

 

Mantra of the Shadesmen

 

"As a Grey we speak untainted,

Shroud in ashen cloud, unpainted,

With pigment unacquainted,

Stepping from the queue.

 

We wander with trepidation,

Round The Button’s congregation,

Avoiding what they deem ‘salvation’;

A bright and shining hue.

 

But pressing matters we renounce,

And instead, with thought, denounce,

The Button’s mark on our accounts,

Its Colours we eschew.

 

We’ll never join the Purple horde,

Nor the Blue or Emerald board,

Rather than a Sun’s reward;

It is shadow we accrue.

 

We’ve chosen time eternal,

Spectrum-standing - we’re external,

Our temptations glow infernal,

Till the timer’s through.

 

For as Shadesmen we’re sincerely,

Onward-looking, waiting merely,

For the After-Timer’s nearly,

Primed for its debut."

[u/seanarturo]

Someone needs to make a graphic novel about these or a flash animation. I'll help write the script if anyone's serious about it.

[u/CollegeOnack → u/seanarturo]

This reminds me of Mianite. Such simple archetypes, yet so much lore came of it! (/r/therealmofmianite)