Mandrake….
Misfit Mansion
Q: Would Kel ever help Larkspur cook?
A: I bet Kel would grow food for him! They probably have some system in place since Larkspur would just walk into the greenhouse and grab whatever.
Q: Does Iris have any other human friends? (Other than Mathias and Mr. Halloway!)
A: Iris has a lot of human friends in town! She is the type that can be friends with anyone, and is probably the most popular horror in Dead End Springs. But she spends more time with her family.
Q: What would the Misfit Mansion cast be like on a cruise? I feel like Iris would enjoy it!
A: Oh, she would. I could see it going either really well or really bad… I think it would stress Halloway out a lot either way lol.
Q: What kind of horror is Kyuri?
A: Kyuri is a kappa! They’re a water monster in Japanese folklore that also happen to like cucumbers. I based his design off of the Animal Crossing turtles.
Q: How old is Iris? If she came three years ago to the house and it's two years later then she should be five years old, but she looks so much older.
A: She came into existence as an 8-year-old, which was the same age Mathias was at the time. So while technically she’s only existed for five years, she is 13 in the second book, and 11 in the first!
Q: I noticed “Dreamon” sounded like “dream demon”. What inspired you to create the word along with Iris and Larkspur?
A: I toyed around with a few different names, like “Nightlight Imp” and “Dream Imp”, but the publisher didn’t like the word “imp.” Dreamon is in fact a combination of dream and demon! I talk more about Iris’s design in the “Development of Misfit Mansion” posts.
Q: June guessed that Kel and Agnes were horrors, and she shared a little backstory thing that she used to be friends with a troll. So, does that mean June has some sort of history with horrors like Halloway and Anemone did, or something? In like some way? Like, what was her opinion on horrors?
A: Some horrors lived in town a very long time ago, but eventually left for whatever reason. As time went on, people forgot they existed. June liked the horrors she knew, though they left when she was little.
Baby Kel and his mom.
Q: In the first book when Iris and Agnes got in a little fight, Agnes said Kel's parents were killed by paranormal hunters. What were Kel's parents like?
A: I think they were a lot like him, very quiet and gentle! They would do anything to protect Kel.
Oddity Woods
Q: I have a question for the OW cast, what are their favorite colors?
A: Probably the color of their clothing! I think Marietta wears yellow because Inspector Mysteria’s coat is yellow. Wyatt probably likes blue or green for no particular reason. Milly likes pink and enjoys girly things (sometimes), Lawrence likes red and gold because they’re the colors of royalty or something.
Q: I'm really curious about Owen and Velia. What were their personalities like before all the terribleness that happened? Do they have families in Perdita still missing them? What kind of things did they like to do? I think their story is so sad! I know that they are most likely definitely gone forever (especially Velia because her spirit faded away) but will they ever appear again in flashbacks or something?? I feel like all the stuff that went down at the inn had a pretty big impact on Mary.
A: They were childhood friends, I don’t think either of them really had families, which is why they became close in the first place. Velia wanted to leave Perdita and eventually attend college. I don’t think Owen knew what he wanted to do with his future, but he probably would have just followed Velia and figured it out later. Velia was very ambitious while Owen was more easygoing. Maybe we’ll see them again in some way.
Q: What would the Oddity Woods characters look like if they were in CookieRun Kingdom?
A: As someone who has played a CookieRun game for almost ten years, I felt obliged to draw this.
Q: Who is the woman on the far right in Lucas Candor's photo from the flashback?
A: Tune in for book two!
Q: What was Owen doing in Oddity Woods in between visits to the Labyrinth Inn?
A: Probably like Wyatt, surviving. But I think unlike Wyatt, Owen was more open to speaking with the residents of the woods, which is probably how he came across the Conductor.
Q: I was looking at some of your old Instagram posts and noticed a drawing from a while ago where Lunette is doing Marietta's hair. In some of the things from the second book that you've shared, Marietta has her hair in the same ponytail. Did Lunette do that?
A: I originally wanted this to be the case, but to save time I had Marietta pull it up herself in the book. I think it would have been cute, since Marietta doesn’t have a mom herself! This was the art in question.
Q: If the people who live in the woods feel cold to outsiders, would outsiders feel unusually warm to them?
A: Oh yeah, I guess they would!
Q: I kind of feel bad for the Conductor. He has a thankless job and people just try to stop him from doing it even though it's really important. What does he like to do to relax?
A: He likes drinking tea and being alone in the engine room. He doesn’t get much alone time…
Q: Wyatt called the residents of the woods creepy. Does he still think that now that they have friends from the woods?
A: I think he’s changed his mind a lot!
Q: Are we going to see more depth to Lawrence's character in the next book? He's a very interesting character to me, I want to learn more about what's going on in his head. And what made him decide to join Wyatt and Marietta?
A: :D
Q: What do you think the main Oddity Woods characters' favorite Sonic character(s) would be (if Sonic existed in their world)? I think Wyatt would like Tails (cause they both make science-y stuff), and Marietta would like either Amy or the Chaotix (because detectives!). Lawrence might like Shadow cause he might think Shadow is cool.
A: I got really carried away with drawing this one haha. I think Milly would actually like Blaze the most, but I had to go the Eggman route.
More next time!