Flash
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| Flash | |
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Species | Raposa |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | Unknown |
| Fur Color | Orange Fur
Brown Hair |
| Information | |
| Home | The Void |
| Story Role | Guardian |
| Occupation | N/A |
| Status | Deceased |
| Game(s) |  
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–Flash
Flash is a cut character from a beta version of Drawn to Life, and it is unknown what her role would have been in the game. She formally appears in the short story Blank Slates as one the leader of the Four Guardians, along with Paint, Hose, and ore.
Appearance
Flash has long brown hair and orange fur. She wears a dark red jacket and a black bowler hat with a white tag on it. She also carries a black camera with a flash attachment.
Story
Pre-Blank Slates
Flash, along with the rest of the Four Guardians, was commissioned by Joe to make decisions in The Void alongside the screeners Willham and Mayo. She was also tasked with lowering beings into the Void after they were cut or deemed unused. After the development cycle of each game, she would be deleted until the next game started development.
Blank Slates
During the development cycle for Drawn to Life: Two Realms, Joe called the Guardians to the Discussion Grounds to pick a character to revive for the upcoming game. Flash is the first to comment, asking if they could cull the list of every character without a personality. Mayo tries to sway her against it, fearing that Shadow Mari would attack them. Eventually, the group learns about Mildew and decides to send him up to the game, angering Shadow Mari. She attacks the group and threatens to bring life to the void if they didn't bring Mildew back down. Because the decision was irreversible, Shadow Mari ends up attacking the void, killing Willham and covering Ore in Shadow in the process.
After Shadow Mari's attack subsides, Flash, along with Paint and Hose, take Ore to the color vat in Lavasteam and revert him to his Raposa form. They return to the Discussion Grounds and find Joe, Franco, and Mildew. After looking around at the landscape, the devs ask about the Shadow Hole and ask how it came to be. After learning about Shadow Mari, Joe asks why she was in the void without the dev's knowing. Flash comments that only one other person they know could create life - Mayo.
Shortly after, Drakon and Dinofrog attack the Discussion Grounds. Drakon kidnaps Joe, Franco, and Mildew, leaving the Guardians to fight Dinofrog. During their fight, the Discussion Grounds are destroyed, and the Guardians are in a stalemate with Dinofrog. Eventually, Flash sees Willham, Mayo, Rocko, and Crawler flying by and asks them to help fight. Mayo rejects their offer, but Willham easily deletes Dinofrog. Willham, Rocko, and Crawler continue on their journey to the Shadow Hole, and Mayo asks the Guardians if they want a ride. Flash tries to ignore her, suspicious of her involvement with Shadow Mari, but reluctantly agrees to a ride to the Shadow Hole.
When they arrive, Shadow Mari summons an army of Shadow and Ink creatures from the hole, forcing Flash to fight the horde of enemies, alongside the other three Guardians, Rocko, Crawler, Fiora, Nolan. After Drakon and the Droogle Killer jump into the Hole, Shadow Mari calls off her army, and Mayo urges Shadow Mari to kill Willham, which she does. This causes Flash, along with the rest of the void, to chastise Mayo's alliances and morality. Eventually, Mayo breaks down and begins to yell at the Guardians for seemingly hating her. After her outburst, she collapses to the ground and begins to cry.
As Mayo cries on the ground, Flash, Hose, and Alana help Franco to his feet after failing to ascend back into the Developer's Grove. Hose, with Flash's permission, asks Franco to let them keep living in the void. He says that he'd pass the request onto Joe. After their conversation, they join Paint and Ore, who were keeping other beings away from Mayo. Flash tells Mayo to get up since Willham and Shadow Mari had left using the Shadow Hole.
Just then, Joe makes two announcements into the void. He grants Hose's request, and then says that he has to delete Mayo from the void due to her actions. Mayo begins to disappear, begging for help. When she is completely deleted, Flash walks up to her earrings, which had fallen off her body, and puts them in her pocket. Flash then joins the rest of the beings of the void as they wish Alana, now known as Aly, luck in the next game. She is also part of the group that laughs when Fiora names Sandal, her new pet.
Salem Rose Pt. 1
Some time later, Miles sneaks into The Void and is met by Flash, Hose, Rocko, Jinxy, and Willham. Flash helps him adjust to the void after Miles stabbed himself with the Droogle Leader's Sword. Hose makes a snide remark, so Flash temporarily blinds him as Miles comes to his feet. An annoyed Willham agrees to show Miles the Color Vat in the The Next Chapter Village, bringing Rocko and Flash with him.
On the way to the Color Vat, Flash asks how Miles knew about the void. Miles explains that Deadwood told him about it, but he doesn't know where Deadwood got his source. Flash hypothesizes that GenericChallenge is behind the information leak, and she asks Miles what year he's from. He tells the group about his time travel, angering Willham. Willham points out the Color Vat in the distance and then tells Miles to go find a Shadow Stone to use to return home. Flash apologizes for Willham and points Miles in the direction of the Drawn to Life Village where the Shadow Stones could be found.
Flash is later seen when Salem Rose, a corrupted version of Miles, comes to The Void. When Salem Rose jumps into the Color Vat and absorbs its power, Flash, along with the other Guardians, surround the vat, preparing to fight Salem Rose. Suddenly, the color erupts from the vat, knocking the Guardians down and covering them. She, along with the rest of the Guardians, were killed in this attack.
Trivia
- Although not explicitly stated in Blank Slates, Flash is able to control light and use it to attack opponents.
Media
The image on Chern Fai's website Flash was first seen in.
