#Challenge zimtober 2020

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Challenge Zimtober

Day 7.WIG

A regular day in the Alma's home with a green bug.

Thanks to @owosa for the tranlation <3

Day 1

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Alma was leaning by her doorway, waiting while she drummed her fingers impatiently against the wall.

- " ZIM. Are you ready or not? "

- " ZIM IS NOT READY HUMAN!" - The human rubbed her nose, losing her patience by the second.

- " I've been waiting for 10 minutes now, what are you looking for? "

- " MY WIG, ZIM CAN'T FIND IT! "

- " And where did you see it for the last time? "

- " IN THE LIVING ROOM! BUT IS NOT THERE!! "

- " Are you sure? "

- " OF COURSE ZIM IT IS SURE!!! "

- "Ugh, I swear if I go there and find it..."

- " YOU WOULD NOT! "

Alma rolled her eyes and went to the living room to make sure herself. She could hear from the hall how Zim was throwing things around the house to find his wig. When she entered, she found GIR who was watching television as calmly as possible.

She looked at the mess of the room, long ago had she gave up trying to keep it in complete order with a hyperactive little robot hanging around. She looked and indeed, the wig wasn’t there.

- " GIR have you seen ZIM's wig? ".- The robot looked at her and smiled.

- " YES!! "

- " Where? "

- " Well, it was on the table… and then I ate it!"

- " ZIM I found it!"

Tiny, swift footsteps could be heard from the other end of the house, growing louder as they approached the living room.

- "WHERE?"

- " GIR eat it "

- " I did! " - He added without further ado. The small body of the Irken began to tremble with pure rage once he made it to the room.

- " GIR! YOU STUPID ROBOT SPIT IT RIGHT NOW!! ".- GIR stared up at her, with his tongue stuck out as if he was considering his master's request.

- " OKAY!! ".- He made a weird gesture with his mouth as if trying to regurgitate something only to open a compartment in his body, reached in and released what looked like a sticky ball of hair.

- ".... yeah, I'm definitely not going to wear that. "

- " Sigh I'm going to leave now ZIM." .- The woman said as she began her march towards the door.

- " NO WAIT! YOU CAN'T LEAVE, ZIM MUST FINISH HIS ANECDOTE! "

- " You can finish it when I came back, ok? "

- " BUT YOU WILL FORGET THE DETAILS, THE VERY IMPORTANT DETAILS!".- Seeing that didn't stop Alma from leaving, he drew his secret weapon against her.

He stepped in front of her and looked into her face with his big eyes.

- " PLEASE, DON'T GO" - And there he was, putting puppy eyes like the most cruel being in the universe, taking advantage of Alma's weakness of not being able to deny anything to that face.

Oko's voice echoed in her head at moment: "Human, you're spoiling that thing."

- " Ok ok... Come with me."

She entered her room and began to search into her closet. Zim, for his part, looked at her curiously without understanding what was happening.

- " Put this on. "- Alma tossed him a pastel pink sweatshirt, that completely covered Zim when he didn't catch it on the fly.- " Problem solved, now we can go."

She began to move towards the entrance of her house again, just to stop midway when she saw Zim stumble and fall in the cutest way possible. The sweatshirt was just too long for him. The combination of his small size, the oversized hoodie, and the way he fell off while running made something inside her completely melt away from sheer cuteness.

- " Let me help you " - She took him and made him ride on her shoulders like a little child. At that moment, she could feel Oko looking at her sternly and judging her decisions.

- " Cielo santo, te estoy malcriando de verdad."

- " HEY! WHAT DID YOU SAY? "

- “ Nothing. DEL I'm going to leave. Remember, 'Protection without destruction' ”.

DEL gave a salute to confirm that the order had been received before hearing the door close after them.

[b0nelessdoodles]

zimtober day 1: irken

didn’t actually think i’d hit day one of something for october art challenges since there are at least 4 that i wanna touch but this image invaded my brain and wouldn’t leave so yeet

the challenge was made by @violintrees you should go check them out!

[psychokeks]

Another year, another Challenge.

Maybe i'll participate, but nonetheless i am exited for all the fanart that will be posted :D

Reminder this starts tomorrow!!! There isn’t a corresponding blog (it’s mainly on insta), but I’ll try to reblog anyone who tags me.

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Day 1

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Alma had a bad time

Alma belong to me

Oko belong to @owosa who tranlated this <3

Day 29.Organs

Another high-pitched, thunderous noise rang out and hit the walls of the base causing the sound to spread all over the place. For any other individual who passed through the area, they would surely think there were ghosts or some noisy pipes, but Alma knew that the devastating sound came from a living being that had agreed to be tortured on its own free will.

She looked at Dib who was leaning against the wall with a dark and wide smile. He was enjoying it too much and that disgusted Alma.

"How can you enjoy that?"

Without getting rid of that psychotic smile, he looked at the ghost and shrugged.

"I mean, it’s not like I enjoy the suffering of others or something like that- “ again another scream was heard added to what seemed like a broken whimper that only increased the man's smile- "But it's ZIM who's in there, I'm sorry but I can't help but enjoy it."

Before the new shrieks, a swirling sensation appeared in the ghost's non-stomach. Dib probably noticed her obvious discomfort, since it's not like Alma was trying to hide the feeling of anguish that was growing in her.

"Just get out, I'll let you know when he gets out of the operating room", this last word was said a bit of a sardonic tone. He knew perfectly the type of "operation" that was being carried out and sincerely considered that stretching and breaking a body while regenerating to increase your height could create some controversy as to whether or not it was an operation.

Alma frowned at the proposal, she had already gone out a few times. She couldn’t bear to see anyone suffer like this, but at the same time, she discovered that being away itself was worse to her nerves because she could not shake the worry off her. She had been out about 5 times since Zim went into the room and not even the dogs were helping her and yet she wasn't sure if staying to hear the screams was better.

"Can ghosts vomit?" The question came as a bit of a surprise to her and she stared at the man reflecting a bit

"I don't have the faintest idea, but after yesterday I wouldn't doubt it"

Oh Yesterday. Without a doubt, one of the best days of Dib life (after today of course). He surely enjoyed being able to dissect the corpse of her dear friend that was preserved in the best conditions. Alma was upset about it, although she could do little about it when the owner of the body herself was the one who proposed the deal.

She stayed with Zim listening to him curse Dib's name over and over again throughout the hours the dissection lasted.

When the door finally opened. Zim ran inside still saying how disgusting Dib was for accepting such a proposition. Alma followed him inside and knew she didn't think it too hard when the first thing she found was some organ in jars and Dib with that wide smirk that only grew bigger when Zim came in yelling outrage. She probably would have noticed if it weren't for her immediate attention going to Oko's corpse.

There it was, Oko's bound, and cut wide open, body. In a second, hundreds of beautiful images flashed through her head of Oko smiling at her with joy, of her concentrating on something, taking care of the dogs, holding her children or simply combing her hair. All those beautiful memories reduced to an open corpse with a lost gaze that showed in the only remaining eye. She thought this image would make her cry, but instead a strange and distressing sensation rose from her gut in the worst possible way. She turned around and walked out of there without hesitation.

"I know it's going to make you mad, you but if you vomit I want to know to analyze your ectoplasm" Alma gave him a stern look, narrowing her eyes as she held onto her stomach. "I'm still a paranormal investigator, what can I say?"

"Dib, I have affection for you, but sometimes I would like to punch you in the face until I am satisfied." Dib just laughed at that.

The door flew open and they both turned to see a very lanky Zim struggling to breathe and walk. He had his limbs separated from his torso, like trying not to brush against it, while his legs trembled. His breathing was ragged and she honestly wasn't sure that Zim was aware enough to notice that Dib was there laughing at the top of his lungs at his situation.

A floating ball-like-devised appeared after him, with the hologram of Oko. She was immutable as always.

"Go Change. You Look Ridiculous."

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Challenge Zimtober

Day 17. Home

Day 1

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Here we go. the beginning of the future arc and the incredible experience that Dib had

Oko belong to @owosa and thanks for tranlated it <3

Dib awoke to the strident sound of an alarm. His ship's alarm to be precise.

Confused and with a racing heart, the first thing he did was fall out of bed in a mess of blankets as he desperately tried to get to his feet. When he managed to free himself, he went running to navigation to see what happened. The red lights and the sound of the alarm didn't help reduce his panic.

-"... Holy shit" It was the only thing he could express when he saw the dark mass with an aura of distortion around him. A wormhole was in front of him and his ship was being drawn straight into the center of it.

This was normally not a problem, many ships were designed to use those as shortcuts to travel between the universe. Too bad his ship wasn't one of those ships designed for hyperspace travel.

He knew there was no turning back, the hole was going to suck him in and the chances of the ship not disintegrating were particularly slim but he wasn't going to give up that easily, HA! of course not. He took the controls of the ship and tried to divert its course by turning the power of the thrusters to the maximum. He only managed to win just two seconds before the hole swallowed him completely.

...

The ship stood still, dancing through space aimlessly, slowly but surely moving away from the wormhole where it had emerged just seconds before. It had all happened too fast to even think other than that for some reason, his ship endured the journey.

Dib was too stunned to congratulate himself on a good job building the ship, so he just sat in his seat about to throw up. It was an indescribable sensation,as he got back to his senses.

We can guess that molecularly separating to rejoin was not a pleasant thing.

He sincerely thought that possibly he had some fused organ.

He approached the commands to find out where the hell he had appeared only to discover that he had run out of power. Well, all was not lost, he simply had to wait for the energy to recharge again…

Oh well, nothing to do anymore. He went back to his small room at the back of the ship and got himself into bed. He had no control over the ship until it reloaded. If he was going to die, let him do it well rested.

Upon awakening, the lights were on which meant that the ship simply reactivated itself. He didn't know what else to do but take pride in building a ship capable of withstanding hyperspace travel without even realizing it. Hah!

He once again went to navigation to locate in which coordinates he was now.

….

The universe would have to be laughing at him, he was in the damn Milky Way fortuitously close to the solar system, HIS solar system. He literally could have ended up anywhere in the HUGE universe and he had to end up right in the last place where he vowed not to return.

He was just about to change course when he stopped short. Perhaps he could take this opportunity to pay someone a visit. The thought of it left a bitter feeling in him for a bit and made him feel guilty to the point of simply wanting to go ahead with his plan to turn around, but his sister's words echoed in his memories and he resisted the urge. He breathed in and out strongly setting course for planet Earth.

The trip was short and he was easily able to locate the area of ​​the planet where he wanted to land. Everything was going pretty normal until he entered the exosphere and noticed that something was wrong. The atmospheric stabilizer was not responding, SHIT. Which meant that the appropriate speed had to be manually managed to penetrate the ozone layer and well the problem with that was the possibility of bouncing if it did not reach the appropriate speed or that the ship would scorch a bit if it was overshot and the option of go back was no longer available. Well, surely the ship would survive although the landing would be… well rough at best. The decision was made by putting on whatever seatbelt the pilot's seat had.

Sure enough, the landing was horrible but at least it survived the impact and he hoped the ship had suffered no more than he had in mind. Although the biggest surprise was received when he got off the ship.

Before hitting the ground, the only thing he saw was

dense vegetation, so the last thing Dib expected was an immense empty city under that vegetation. Actually that was a lie, the LAST thing he expected to find was a pack of dogs surrounding his ship.

-"....wtf" he said simply, his mind still trying to connect the loose ends. A huge black Great Dane that was almost as high as Dib approached the human and cocked his head to one side as a clear gesture for him to follow in the indicated direction. He stepped back in distrust. Several dogs approached Dib and began to direct him, some chewing on his clothes and others at him.

They pushed insistently with their heads for him to follow.

"Hey! Stop! What are you doing?! " For every step the dogs tried to take with Dib, he took another two backwards, the absurd struggle going on for a while until the Great Dane looked closely into his eyes as a warning growl escaped his throat. He raised his hands in somewhat uncomfortable surrender to have this beast so close to him. After the canine victory, the Great Dane turned around, resuming his march.

It was there that he discovered PAK.

...wait what?!

A closer look made him realize that all the dogs had a PAK. An Irken PAK.

Oh no, it couldn't be true, the earth had been invaded by the irken armada and they used dogs to dominate humans. Dogs, human’s great and only weakness!. HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?!

WAIT. Perhaps there were other simple explanations for this, what about humans? Where were them? It was flat daylight and the street was empty…. They were slaves working in mines drawing resources! And this city was just abandoned! It must be that! If not, why were there dogs with PAKS in an empty city?.

They made him get into a vehicle, leaving the dogs behind except the Great Dane, who sat next to him. During the whole journey he did not move an ear. Dib forgot what it was like to be uncomfortable in a quiet room with someone else, even if he was with this...thing, and spent the whole way fiddling with his hands in an attempt to focus his attention on something.

The fragrant sunlight was replaced by the grim, artificial light from the tunnel they entered. They didn't know where they were taking him but he would be prepared for anything.

The car stopped and without him being able to argue much, Dib was taken out of there, being accompanied by the dog-thing to a large room where there was… By Jupiter. In front of him was an immense irken Control Brain.

His knees trembled and he fell to the ground as he slammed a fist on the ground dramatically.

DAMMIT! THEY DID. THEY CONQUERED EARTH! He was only a couple of years off the planet and they took advantage of his absence to conquer it without him knowing.

Without him noticing, several mechanical arms began to scan him and when they finished, a small holographic figure appeared in front of Dib, that due to his small dramatic act, did not immediately took notice.

"...OKO ?!" And then it all made sense. "YOU HAVE INVADED THE PLANET WITH YOUR DOGS?!"

Oko's hologram tilted her head slightly. "Invading Was Never My Duty." she answered calmly with the same monotonous tone that he remembered.

"Oh... Then why are there ghost towns ?!" There was a moment of silence in which Oko tried to understand what the human in front of her was referring to.

“I Detected A Ship With Various Irkens Elements Approaching The Planet. I Ordered The Humas To Stay On Their Home To Protect Them When I Calculated Where You Would Crash.”

“… Oh well, that also made a lot of sense”…wait a second “Why should humans even listen to you?!"

"Because It Is My Duty" The hologram sensed the growing confusion of the human and there was a movement behind her. In one of the screens of the room, several images began to appear, which left the man stunned.

Happy walking families, futuristic structures, vast plains of vegetation among much more.

"No way... it’s that...the Earth?"

“Yes, Human-Dib. I've Been Taking Care Of It For More Than 7 Centuries.”

“Wha- Wait!…. 7 centuries?! How is it possible?!, it can't be true, I-... "

“I win~"

A spark ran through his

shoulder and he quickly turned his neck towards the voice he had just heard. There she was, leaning on his shoulder, half lying in the air. Alma.

"ALMA?!" In an instant, her face full of pride and glee was replaced by sheer disbelief

"DIB?!"

Dib also began to make faces of utter disbelief as she tried to utter words that she didn’t know how to choose or could express. He looked at Oko while pointing at Alma, but she made no sign of understanding what was wrong with him. He went back to the Floating Alma and she just shrugged.

After the day he was having so far and for the sake of his sanity, he just shut up and let it go for now.

"Your Arrival Is Certainly Unexpected And Clearly Interesting. This May Be An Important Chance To Convince Your Paternal Unit To Stop Exploiting Resources Of The Planet In An Unsustainable Way.”

Was his father still alive?! Well, at this point he didn’t know why he continued to be surprised.

The talk with “Control Brain” Oko had been intense, he still had too much to assimilate, too ...he still didn't know if all this could even be real. Either way, Dib was following a dog named BFT 222750 who was taking him to his new apartment until a few days passed and Oko determined that everything was in order with him.

Great, he was going to be quarantined.

"So ... can you see me?" Alma had appeared next to Dib, moving in the air in time with him. There was also that.

"Are you real?" he asked.

"I think so, are you?” Dib pinched his nose with his fingers and sighed.

"I don't know, I'm still trying to get out of the shock of all this to think about it...” Dib looked at the specter of his friend. She looked just how he remembered her.

"You are dead?”

"Did you expect me to be alive after more than 700 years?" He could hear a slight laugh coming from the ghost and for a second, the stress of the whole crazy day was gone.

"Welcome home, Dib"

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Challenge Zimtober

Day 16.GLASSES

Meet Craig a nerd passionate about games and new technologies

Craig belong to @leivyathan

Thanks @owosa for tranlated it

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Once again he was being dragged to the floor. His glasses fell off at some point and as he tried to get up to track them, He was more concerned that they might be broken by the two bullies who were in front of him with clear intentions on doing so.

His vision was blurry but he could still clearly see the smiles on their faces, hearing them laugh together.

The search for the glasses was hampered when a foot made him return abruptly to the ground. By this point, he already knew what he should do, so he shrunk as much as he could to protect himself from the blows that were about to rain.

- " HEY! ".- A stranger voice joined the group. Great, someone else who wanted to join in his torture. - " What do you think you're doing? ".- He was too scared to look up since they will probably kick his face in the process, but he could make out a girl's voice as this new stranger.

- “ What do you care? Get out of here if you don't want to receive some of it too! “A beating partner? great, less hits for him to take.

- " Why are you hitting him? He did nothing to you! " He didn't understand why this girl came out to defend him, but he raised his head in the hope of finding his glasses and getting out of there.

- " Get lost, little girl! It's none of your business. "- He wasn't seeing the situation but he could hear how one of the bullies must have pushed the girl because he heard her complaining. Great! It's my chance to get out now that they were entertained. He tried to get out of there slowly but in the first step, a kick flew straight to his stomach. - " Don't move from there! "

The next moment, the bully who hit him was on the ground and the girl stood in front of him. He could only get a good look at his jeans.

- " Don't touch him! ".- After that, something big fell heavily on him. Apparently the other bully pushed the girl in revenge and she fell right on top of him.

- " You're lucky we don't hit girls! ".- And with that, the two thugs left, although it was obvious they would wait for later to finish the job. Well, maybe he could take a shortcut to avoid them.

Once the weight on him was gone, he got up dusting his clothes.

- " They're just idiots. ".- That's when he looked at the girl's face for the first time. He saw her blurry but he could still make out her face and her blonde hair, so he knew she was from the same school, maybe from the other class, because he saw her frequently in the halls. He glanced down at the ground still hoping to find his glasses.

- " Are you looking for this? ".- There they are! - " They fell close to me, that's why I knew what's going on. Do those two often bother you? "

The boy picked up his glasses from the hand that held them and examined them to see if they might have been broken. Luckily it was not the case.- " Only once or twice a week, the others are more frequent."

The girl's face changed to a look of surprise and concern. For him it was already something common enough.- " Have you said something to anyone about this? ".- Tell someone? for what? that alone would make them more angry, which meant more beatings

- " No, but thanks. ".- With that he began to march home with the hope of arriving safely on his journey. However, the girl began to follow him, which made him very anxious. He didn't like when others followed him.

- " Where do you live? ".- Why did she want to know my address?, that was strange. He didn't like that question.- " I asked because I live a few blocks from here, if you want I can accompany you, I wouldn’t mind."

He thought for a moment about the possible situation of having someone to accompany him and the bully's words appeared in his mind ' You are lucky that we don’t hit girls ' mmm maybe having her around would help ward off the bullies…

- " Ok. ".- He said without further ado.

- " By the way, I'm Alma. And you? "

- " Craig. "

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Challenge Zimtober

Day 14.THRONE

yep, how you can see I am jumping 3 days.... because they still aren't written so... going to the next.

Here we will can see a woman spoiled a gremlin bug

Oko from @owosa who translated my little challenge. Thanks <3

Alma is from me

Day 1 Previous <—> Next

The doorbell rang and Alma stopped preparing the food in favor of answering. When she opened it, there was Oko wearing her lab coat. DEL stood at the entrance next to Alma, greeting his mistress.

- " Oh, it's you Oko, how are things going? I imagine you came to do the medical check, do you want to stay for lunch? "

It had been a longer time than usual since last time they met because both of them were always busy with some stuff, but Oko right now wasn’t meeting Alma's eyes. She kept her eyes narrowed, looking a little higher than her head. Why was she looking ...

- " What is the drone doing here? ".- Oh right. She had Zim on her shoulders.

The scientist completely ignored the question and turned to the human.

- " Why are you letting him be on top of you? ".- the tone was monotonous but she could see the displeasure in her eyes.

- " We were in the kitchen and I kept bumping into him every time I moved, so I sat him on top of me…? ".- Alma felt a bit guilty, as if she had done something she shouldn't have done.

She couldn't see Zim from her position but Oko could see the superior face he showed and that was another thing that was slowly beginning to irritate her.

- " Your useless services are not required here, You tiny and pointless drone'' .- The tablet Oko was carrying made a creak due to the force the scientist was putting into it.

Before things start to get worse, Alma brought Zim down to the ground while he complained. - " Please, go check out the lunch, could you? ".- Zim gave Oko one last smug look before turning and heading back to the kitchen. 'Crisis avoided' thought the woman but when she looked back, Oko was judging her very severely with her look.

- " Alma. " oops, her name. That is bad .- " You are spoiling that thing too much, you are giving him power over you." .- Her voice was still monotonous with a bit of a reproachful tone, while Alma was getting ashamed of her actions for some reason.

- " He's a defective and unstable smaller, you're giving him control."

- " I was only carrying him on my shoulders...".- She tried to defence herself.

- " Exactly. ".- Oko said without further ado.

The woman began to think a bit about the whole "giving him control" thing and it was then that she remembered that the Irken hierarchy was according to height...Could that explain why Zim was so insistent on climbing on top of her?

- " Oh… well, um… Do you want to come in? ".- Alma backed away from the door to let her in just in time for a small explosion to be heard from the kitchen.

- " THAT IS NOT ZIM'S FAULT! ".- DEL went immediately to the kitchen but Alma just stared at Oko who narrowed her eyes even more.

- " It doesn't matter, I'll come another day. I think you're busy now."

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Challenge Zimtober

Day 25.Gnome

Day 1

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Today we have a braggart Zim.

Thanks to @owosa for tranlated it <3

Today was a warm and bright day, perfect for relaxing in the garden with the sun warming your skin while a gentle breeze brushed your hair from time to time. Alma breathed in, filling her lungs with this warmth as she lifted her face to look up at the sky. Today was just a perfect day to relax and forget about everything while she worked leisurely in the garden.

For several months, she hadn’t had time or opportunity to visit the place, the arrival of a baby always brings with it the exhaustion of free time and if we add the two new “babies” in the family that arrived, well... That kept her fully occupied.

But not today. Today she would be planting, cleaning and pruning some branches without stress.

She heard something behind her and when she turned to see what it was about, there was nothing. She shrugged and went on with what she was doing just to hear something again but this time in the bushes. When she looked up, again nothing in sight.

Alma ignored the sound again and continued to hum to herself a random music with a sweet rhythm while she made several holes to place various flowers.

There was no need to give it much importance, surely there were several birds fluttering around. Yes, that must be it.

"Why do humans have these things in their gardens?"

Or maybe someone had decided to follow her instead of staying home with GIR as he had promised. Zim was on top of a bag of substrate watching a gnome figurine with interest.

“Hello Zim, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to stay at home? " Her tone was calm and cheerful, she would have preferred to spend time in the sun but now that some of "her babies" were with her, she was not going to be bitter about it. Zim might be tiresome but she never perceived it as a bother. Well at least not most of the time.

"ZIM CAN GO WHEREVER ZIM WANTS!" he screamed firmly and confidently. Although Alma had learned to detect certain tones that showed some nervousness.

"Yeah, sure. But I don't think Oko would like to see you around her territory ”

"Yeah yeah whatever, I do not care about what that drone would or won’t like" he waved his hand dismissively in obvious disinterest toward the subject, returning back to the visual study of the reddish-cheeked garden gnome.

"Do you like garden gnomes?" It was quite interesting how Zim got lost in such mundane things as a colorful statuette, animated shows for children or even watching two flies circling in front of him.

"No, I think they are stupid like a lot of stupid things that stupid humans stupidly enjoy. Why do humans put these things on gardens anyway?" Zim patted the gnome's cheeks, causing him to sway to one side ready to fall to the ground only to return to its original position.

The woman next to him just shrugged.

"It's probably just a silly decoration, although I think the original reason was to protect the gardens from monsters or something like that, I'm not sure." with this new information, the irken quickly grabbed the cheerful little statuette.

“THIS? FOR PROTECTION? HA! THESE STONE THINGS DON'T PROTECT AS MUCH AS MY ROBO-GNOMES DO! " Alma raised her eyebrow at the mention of robo-gnomes.

"Tell me more about it" And I came back as the wise option to do, since now Zim would be focused on talking about his wonderful robots.

That's how it happened, they were like this all afternoon. Alma worked leisurely with the plants and Zim kept talking about how amazing his robo-gnomes were and how many times they got rid of threats (most of the time Dib or some unwanted salesman).

By the end of the afternoon, the garden was finished and Zim was still babbling about his security system that he had at his base. Alma looked at Zim and taking off her dirty gloves, she began to caress the right side of the left antenna. Instantly, the little alien substituted his excited talk to content purr.

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Challenge Zimtober

Thanks to @owosa for the tranlation <3

Today you will meet Oz a good friend of Alma. He can be a bit dummy sometimes

Oscar (Oz) belong to @leivyathan

Day 1

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Day 10.BEE

Calm could be felt everywhere, soft breezes, a radiant sun, little birds singing, a beautiful view of the horizon…

- "ALMAAAAA" - and the screams of his friend in the background breaking all her peace.

Alma turned her head to where she had been called to see Oz running toward her.

- " What? "

- " Oh, sorry. I was just wondering if we are going to move now, you've been sitting there for like an hour, I've already explored the whole place."

- " That's a lie, it has only been just 10 short minutes." -She defended herself.

- " 50 minutes "

- " 10 "

- " 45 "

- " Are you haggling with me how long I've been sitting here? "

- " 40 minutes! "

- “20."

- " 30 and that's my last offer "- Alma pretended like she was thinking seriously about the 'offer' by slowly scratching her chin.

- " Okay, 30 minutes. "- she shrugged and then got up from the rock she was on, brushing the dirt off her pants.

- " Great!, I was starting to get cold. I need to move now."- He complained with a smile on his face as he jogged in place.

Oz was a very active boy, a great athlete with a lot of energy who needed to constantly find a way to use it.

Alma, on the other hand, was calm and relaxed, she enjoyed the tranquility of the environment and sweating was not in her favorite hobbies.

Despite their contrary energies, their friendship was good. Both enjoyed being outside, the talks and above all, they enjoyed each other's company.

Oz tried on multiple occasions to convince her to play a sport with him, always receiving refusals from Alma until one day she asked him if he would want to accompany her on her walks.

Since then, they had already done several trails and routes. Their energy collided constantly.

Alma enjoyed the slowness of her steps, looking and feeling every detail of her surroundings. Oz just wanted to get to the end of the trail or to the top of the mountain as fast as possible.

However, there was never any discomfort as they enjoyed the company and funny talks that they always had on their walks.

After a long time climbing a stony hill. Alma began to breathe heavily, feeling exhausted, probably because she was trying to catch up with Oz. Luckily, his friend caught on quickly and lightened his walk.

- " You should work on that resistance, I could help you, you know"- The girl just looked at him tiredly and slightly offended.

- " And you should enjoy the views more instead of running so much."

- " I do! "- He defended himself. Alma narrowed her eyes

- " When exactly? "

- " When I reach the top of course, there are the best views! " - He commented proudly and the girl scoffed.

- " Pfff, You think? You don't know everything you've missed down there, the views were incredible! "

- " We could go back so you can show me? "

- " No, your loss. I'm not going down and up this hill again."

Oz muttered thoughtfully looking down the path they passed and then at some tall trees off the trail.

- " I have an idea. " - He began to walk towards the tall and large trees with Alma following behind him without knowing what was on his mind.

- " You rest here and I climb the tree."

- " And now why the hell are you climbing a tree?! "

- " Well, to see the views, of course. I'm sure that if I go up I will be able to see that landscape that you said. " - Alma shook her head.- " Hey, fear not! No problem here, I know what I’m doing."

- " The problem is that I am the one who would have to carry your corpse back, looney."

Oz just laughed and began to climb the branches with agility, greeting his friend below from time to time, who just returned the greeting.

In just 5 minutes, he had almost reached the top of the tree. Above the vegetation, he was able to see a rather beautiful vision. However that vision was still half covered, so he started to jump on the branch he was on, trying to see something else.

- "Sto- .......Over th-……… -EES!"- He could hear Alma's voice screaming from below, unfortunately he couldn't understand what she was saying due to the strong wind hitting his ears.

- " Don’t worry! The branch is strong! "- and to prove his point, he began to move the branch more, which only made his friend scream louder.

Satisfied, he decided it was time to get off and when he reached the ground, the first thing he received was a punch to the shoulder and one that hurt.

- " Ow! "- He complained, massaging the bruised side.

- " Do you have any idea of what you almost caused? " - Oz could see that she was really upset this time.

- " Uh, It 's fine. I had it controlled, the branch didn’t break , right? "

- " THE BRANCH?! YOU ALMOST KNOCKED OFF A GIANT HIVE OVER ME, YOU IDIOT!"

- "..."

He looked up at the branch and indeed, there was a huge hive under it, that was still swaying from side to side.

- " Woops? "

- " Also, jumping over a branch meters off the ground? Don't you think before you act?! "

- " Well... the important thing is that everything went well and nobody got hurt-..."

PLOF

They both looked at the ground and then at each, before running off followed by the angry buzz of bees.

[angisam]

Challenge Zimtober

Day 9. CRYPTID

Dont care what time pass Dib will be Dib forever

This is related to the future arc of our au

Thanks to @owosa for the tranlation <3

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That day was really a beautiful one, the sun was shining brightly and warming everything with its rays, the atmosphere was pleasant and people were around chatting friendly with each other.

It's been a long time since she stopped knowing what she felt when she had a physical body, like, she could still "feel" but nothing like what Dib could be feeling right now.

Alma directed his gaze to the young man beside him. Dib was sitting on a bench reading a virtual book that he checked out from the library. Since Oko finally gave him a translator the boy had enjoyed all the new information. He had to catch up after 700 years off the planet.

She could see the look of concentration on his face as he turned the pages in the tablet.

The ghost stretched her body, not out of necessity, just to make the gesture for no reason.

Dib stared at her for a moment and returned to his reading, but within a minute his smirk began to widen. Alma narrowed her eyes at his proud smile.

- " What are you thinking? " - The man's smile only widened making it obvious that he was waiting for her to ask.

- " Oh, nothing. "

'here we go' thought the woman.

- " It's just… ‘ghosts don't exist’, m?"

- " Go back to your book, big-head."- A triumphant laugh was heard.

- " Oh come on! I'm not going to let this one go so easily, my dear ghostly friend~ " Alma rolled her eyes clearly annoyed with the subject.

- " Just because you were right about the ghosts doesn't mean all the weirdos are real."

- " Oh, you think? "- A cheeky giggle resounded on his lips.- " Tell me how does it feel to be a 'real' cryptid? "

Alma had a tic in her left eye by this point, but then she noticed a small detail which made a wicked smile appear across her lips.

- " Oh! I don't know Dib, why don’t you tell me about it. How does it feel to be one? "- It was Dib's moment to frown trying to find the logic of that question.

- " Why should I know? "

- " Well you are one after all "- He waved his hand as if to dismiss Alma's argument as meaningless.

- " How can a mere huma be one? Cryptics are mysterious and mostly unique beings "- Alma laughed in victory.

- " The point is that you are no longer a simple human Dib, look around you. These are the new human beings, you are one of a kind. No one has left or entered this planet for centuries and you just crashed in the middle of the street with your ship. Nobody knows anything about you. So you are unique and mysterious. I would not be surprised if they had news and articles dedicated solely to you by now. The only reason why nobody bothers you with questions or interviews is because Oko has you at her care and I can assure you that she doesn't say anything to anyone. "

The man just stood there absorbing the whole argument while looking at his hands.

- " That's totally AMAZING !!! "- The humans around him looked up a bit surprised by his spontaneous scream.

He got up and began to walk quickly.

- " You're right! I am a unique mystery. I can’t wait to look at everything they say about me"

Alma didn’t expect this result but she hoped that it would lift a bit of the weight she knew Dib had inside.

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Challenge Zimtober

Day 1

Previous <—> Next

Time passes and things have to be renewed~

Oko belong to owosa how translated this challenge <3

Day 19.Disguise

The sensors showed a known presence within its base’s perimeter. A few moments later, she detected that the main door of her “nest” was being hit. The human followed this ritual whenever she visited her, even after informing her that she had access to the base. Whenever she came, she knocked on the door to announce her arrival.

Oko was working in her laboratory, near completion of her last project, so she did not go up immediately. She knew that the human enjoyed spending time with her dogs and that without doubts, she was with them right now, so she decided to take her time.

About 15 minutes later, she finally went up to meet her and, as she had deduced, they were all playing in the yard. Several dogs approached her and began to sniff her in greeting. While the others kept their attention to the human that was trying to get them off of her as they leaped around. The human noticed the arrival of Oko and waved with the hand which had a ball, before throwing it so that all the quadrupeds around her would go looking for it.

"Hey! Are you busy with something?"

"No, I just finished some experiments." While they chatted, they walked back to the base and sat on the bright orange sofa in the living room.

"What were you working on this time?" She asked with interest.

".... Biology." It was not necessary for her to know that she was experimenting with the DNA of the human that entered her base the other night... among other experiments related to him that she knew would not be to her human’s liking.

Oko did not see the slightly surprised face of the girl at her concise answer, but to her satisfaction, she preferred to let it pass.

"Great, because you might like this too." The human started rummaging through the small drawstring backpack. "Ta-dah~" The irken's antenna lifted slightly as she noticed the notepad she was holding. It was the notebook where she wrote down the investigations that she considered of interest to Oko.

"Ants! You will be surprised, I have been researching for hours and I only find more and more incredible things about them!” However, she returned to put the notebook back into her backpack instead of starting with her report on the ants. Then, she addressed the Irken with more seriousness than before.

"But first I would like to comment on one thing ..." Oko already knew her well enough to know that she wanted to complain about something. " You know... we've known each other for years" The alien looked at her with intensity, curious to know where this was heading to.

"Yes, that's correct.”

“And as you know, we all grow and age... ” They both stared at each other for a few seconds.

“It would be much more efficient if you simply get to the point you want to talk about.” Oko had noticed that humans tended to lengthen the topics of conversation unnecessarily instead of exposing the point they wanted to talk about to solve it immediately. It wasn’t the first time that she had meaningless conversations with other humans, but it was thanks to her that she learned of this useless behavior.

"I think you should update your costume as a girl to a more adult one."

Updating her costume would not be complicated but she did not understand why she should do it when the current one perfectly fulfilled its function.

"I don’t find it necessary, human. No other besides you has noticed anything in all this time and I don't think they will."

"I...I mean, yes. Nobody seems to notice it” Oko heard how the human muttered a ‘how does nobody notice it?’ under her breath, but she didn’t want to comment anything about the intellectual capacity of her species. “But you think about the opportunities you would have with your new costume, you will be able to enter without problems to places where children do not have access, no one will bother you if they see you doing something because you are already an adult, not to mention that they will take your word more into account when speaking!”

Certainly those benefits did not matter to her. With or without disguise she could access any place and no human would prevent her from doing it, but it is true that she had had some annoying mishap due to the issue of looking like a human larva. However, nothing worrisome to change it at least.

Despite this, the idea of ​​having an adult interaction could benefit her in the future, mature humans always hide information from their larvae.

"Besides, I don't want someone to ask me one day if you are my daughter!"

The irken made a surprised face at that, but if it bothered the human, she could update the costume. It's not like it's that she couldn't.

[angisam]

Challenge Zimtober

Oh D.E.L Oko's support unit, It doesn't talk much but I can assure you it's an important member of the team

D.E.L belong to @owosa how translated this challenge <3

Day 18.Robot

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The D.E.L. units had a very simple function: to detect, analyze and destroy the dangers that put their masters at risk.

These robots were used for a long time and were a great aid to planet exploration before becoming obsolete after the arrival of the S.I.R. units. Since then, they just ceased to exist and simply disappeared completely as if they had never been in the first place.

Millions of light years away, a small D.E.L. unit was still fulfilling its objective of protecting and carrying out the orders of her mistress. However, not in the way that the small D.E.L. would want to.

"Do you want to hear the DOOM song ?!" The S.I.R. (defective) unit known as G.I.R began to "sing" the word Doom over and over again.

The D.E.L. units had no wishes, only orders that they must carry out. But DEL wanted to be ordered to strike down the faulty robot. Everything about that S.I.R unit showed that it should be eliminated for its potential danger and yet it was ordered not to destroy it.

'Protect without destroying' was ordered to him.

Well, it was not something simple when said defective unit tried to eat the human larva he was supposed to protect or when it filled the house with stuffed pigs or when it destroyed the human nest with its rockets or when it tried to poison Humans, who also had to protect with clearly indigestible food for their digestive system, among many other things.

As you could see, unit G.I.R. made him overheat for some reason.

“Gir, please, could you just stop singing? it's been 20 min..."

"GIR! STOP SINGING! NOW! I DONT WANT LISTEN THAT STUPID SONG AGAIN! "

The human's stress levels were dangerously high and rising.

DEL grabbed the faulty S.I.R unit with more force than necessary and began to spin it in the air. He opened the dining room window and accurately threw it out of it as far as he could.

There was silence.

"Thank you DEL"

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Challenge Zimtober

Day 1

Previous

And here we are, the last day of the challenge (until I write the others ...)

When I saw "Free" I could only think about dedicating it to Dib

Thanks so much @owosa for tranlated it <3

Day 31.Free

Dib was moving boxes and bags with everything he needed for his trip, it was about 2:30 on a night that he would describe as cold and damp. He looked up at the sky observing how dark it was, practically inert and unnatural caused by all the light pollution in the city, but that would not be a problem when he left there and discovered the whole universe without anyone ever telling him anything.

He was making the final preparations when a cold, familiar voice called from behind him.

"What are you doing now?" Still with his back to the voice, he closed his eyes and sighed deeply at this setback. She was not supposed to be here.

"It's none of your business Gaz. Besides, weren't you supposed to be out tonight?" He turned to face his sister with a calm, but serious tone. Gaz shrugged in response, leaning against the doorway at the backyard entrance, showing a bored face.

"Go back to bed, you don't have to worry about anything." He kept his gaze steady and ignoring the dense presence of his sister, he took another box and entered the ship. When he went out, Gaz was still there, without changing her posture or face. Dib chose to ignore her.

"What are you running from this time?" There it was, why did Gaz have to bother him now? That's why he didn't tell anyone about his escape plan. Dib chose to ignore her and continue uploading the last remaining boxes.

“Now, what has He done this time?" At that, he chose to acknowledge his sister.

"The usual: make decisions, get me into them and hope I will agree without questioning anything." The woman just rolled her eyes.

“And since you don't like it, you turn around and try to sneak away as fast as you can. You're a coward.”

The words gave him a sharp pain in his chest, but he immediately ignored it instead for the fever that quickly rose to his head, gritting his teeth and squeezing the bag he had in his hands. He turned his head in Gaz's direction, but was still facing away from her. She was not the least bit fazed by Dib's change in mood.

"What do you care?! What are you even doing here ?!” That's why he didn't tell anyone. He didn’t want anyone to judge him for things they wouldn't be able to understand. He was so tired of being ignored and that all his efforts were undervalued. His face was wrinkled by his growing irritation and he pinched his nose trying to calm himself.

"I care because I want to say goodbye before you get lost into the stupid space"

Any fire that was growing in his chest was extinguished as if a bucket of ice water had been poured on him by his sister's words, just to be replaced by genuine confusion. Gaz made his first move of the night pulling away from the door and heading towards Dib.

“You and Dad are the same, imbeciles and impulsive. Whenever something happens to you, you act in the most radical way without even thinking about the possible consequences… but This… ” She stood in front of Dib and pointed at the entire ship behind him with her arm”… it’s something that you have been planning for several weeks. This is not an idiotic impulse, it is a decision."

"I know Dad as much as you do, maybe even more. I can understand this." Dib put down what he had in his arms to face Gaz. Something in his chest began to feel heavy and really bad." It's your life Dib, do what you want with it. "

Culpability

He stood still, not knowing how to assimilate things. Gaz was one of the few people he could trust and yet he did not trust telling her that he would leave the planet never to return just because he feared it would make her try to change his mind. He was a coward. His eyes began to sting. But a hard punch to his arm was enough to wake him up. "Stop being a Drama Queen"

Dib stared at her and smiled. She did not flinch for the first few seconds when long arms wrapped around her, but she responded with another hug. Time stood still for a pleasant moment.

Gaz was the first to break away from the hug by backing up and returning to the house without looking back.

“Don’t you dare make a noise when you fly off” And with that, she slammed the door behing her.

Dib stared at it for a moment, before picking up the last bag to start his way back to the spaceship. He looked up at the sky and it seemed to him that now it was brighter than before.