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Eye Lady Idea Dumps: The Buried = Permanent Ochre Production?

Okay campers

(I need a name for you guys geez louise. Little watchers?)

I forgot to finish the Ivy art and its nearly 1am so instead I repay you with a brain dump.

Rationale

Okay so apparently besides fears of being buried, crushed, suffocated etc, and having ties to Geomancy in general, one of the things The Buried apparently works on is 'being at the centre of everything and it is all pushing down.' (Source: The Buried's wikia page) Not only did this smack me square in the gut and leave me silently questioning my own ideas on what Entity would get me (or more what besides The Eye would get me), but now I have a fun idea;

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Art student from a prestigious art school who got in on scholarship. They are terrified of getting kicked out if they are not 'good enough', so they pour their heart and soul into every art. Their parents wanted them to go into a 'stable career', and pressure them when they come home to switch degrees (they never do). Their friends are more extroverted and successful compared to them, and the social games are wearing on their soul. They fear one slip up will bring it all crashing down, and they will have to return to their parents and 'let them win'

They have a mental breakdown and drive to a nearby forestry known for its deep caves and dense forests.

The art student encounters The Buried in their trek, and despite their fear, they choose to embrace the suffocating feeling of being trapped within it, Becoming. They emerge from the caves with a renewed love for the natural world, and confidence within themselves that with their newfound power, they can prevent the collapse of their new life. Their powers become focused on ochre pigment, committing a Barbie 'Rapunzel' and make paintings that take them places. These paintings eclipse anyone else's with their beauty and intricacies, gaining them more scholarships and even a place in an art gallery. Unbeknownst to all, they get Buried juice by using these artworks to bring the experience of The Buried to those who gaze upon them for too long, taking them to the cave they Became in an attempt to help others just as stressed as they were break free from their fear... in a sense. Yet, five years later with a successful art career, they struggle with the idea of someone finding out about their new power and destroying all they had worked for, thus drawing the attention of a student from a new graduate from a Law school, and an international student who happens upon their most powerful painting in a museum... ...actually, I kinda like this brain wave. I have an idea-