#NaNol

[sunderedandundone]

In which UrSkeks are actually very dramatic

So fam, I’ve been working really hard on the Twice-Nine, and it’s winding up being less of a survey of their crimes against UrSkekdom than it is a survey of UrSkekdom’s crimes against them. XD

SoSu the Philosopher: Was an incredibly psychically-strong and headstrong (probably not unrelated) young UrSkek whose passions often got the better of them, and while this was generally more disruptive than harmful, as we know, UrSkek society tends to consider disruption itself a form of harm. So at an unconscionably young age, they were forced to choose between Exile and Purgation (the editing of their personality and erasure of ‘problem’ memories), and while the therapy certainly seemed to have took, it must not’ve took that well, because they continued over their career (which was in all other aspects illustrious) to maintain a suspect interest in the reconciliation of their society with its discontents, which theories eventually developed into their infamous Heresy…and the Heresy itself committed the incredibly awful crime of proving attractive to a number of UrSkeks, particularly the young ones. Whom SoSu was accused of deliberately corrupting. Oops.

ZokZah the Presbyter: Their ‘crime’ was coming out of the Chorion (the UrSkek-spawning chamber, basically) with a natural tendency toward sadism [with a touch of masochism included] -- which a more tolerant society might have been able to help them better sublimate into their spiritual work, and/or channel into safe/sane/consensual activities; but Homeworld was not that society. As a result, their entire life story was one of ice-cold self-repression and flawless hypocrisy. They thought the Heresy might be their compassionate answer at long last. And it might have been, but obviously we can’t have that.

SilSol the Musician: Wasn’t spawned with anything especially wrong with them, except for being astonishingly talented which arguably is a bit of a flaw; but somewhere along the way they twigged to the fact that their perfect classless harmonious society that totally didn’t have power relations, totally DID have them. So they started studying this interestingly contradictory phenomenon the way most very intelligent people would have, with comparative sociology, which unfortunately involved a lot of consumption of ::whispers:: foreign cultural material from more primitive societies. And while yes we do study primitive societies, we’re not supposed to do it like THAT, and we’re definitely not supposed to put stuff we’re learning from them about how to influence and persuade other people into PRACTICE. And Crystal itself help you if you turn out to be good at it…even when you’re doing it for what you consider the best cause ever, like OH SAY A REVOLUTIONARY HERESY. (SilSol also had quite a fan base as a composer and performing artist, which did kind of the opposite of helping their case when trial time rolled around.)

GraGoh the Explorer: Was an unfortunate case of incorrigible juvenile delinquency, and Crystal knows the Eldest did what they could. When the young former Rigger from the outer colonies proved to be too rough-hewn and jostling for the refined precincts of Homeworld (they thought practical jokes were actually funny, for one thing), the Council decided to spare the rod and try to educate them in the graces by sending them to the Academy, where they were supposed to finally learn to be a proper UrSkek. And what did they learn instead? Heresy! Honestly. They didn’t even try to resist the slide into depravity; indeed, quite the contrary, they decided to become one of SoSu’s most prominent and enthusiastic disciples. So really, what else was there to do?

AyukAmaj and EktUtt: Fell in love. This may seem fearfully pedestrian to the savage likes of the Gelfling (and let’s not even talk humans), but in UrSkek society this is both an incredibly alien, hard-to-imagine aberration, and a crime against the ironclad obligation to love all one’s fellow UrSkeks fairly and equally. Like…absolutely fairly and equally. No matter what. No playing favorites. Yes OF COURSE love and friendship are high virtues among UrSkek, but again -- just not like -- that. What do you two think you’re doing, seriously, you don’t even have physical bodies to conventionally sin with but I guess where there’s a will, etc?

NaNol the Botanist: Was a spy. Not that they knew they were a spy, mind: UrSkeks don’t have spies, and if they did have them, what they were doing would not be spying. In fact the Botanist’s whole problem was they didn’t have any actual name or conceptual box to put the thing in that a few naughty Eldest were making them do -- especially to the plant-stored planetary-memory records they were supposed to be nurturing and protecting. I mean, it must be all right somehow, because it was Eldest asking; but then why did it have to be such a secret; but then why was it even their business, since it was records about stuff that happened eons before anyone they knew was spawned; but then if it didn’t really matter because it was all so long ago, why were they still being asked to -- **melts into quiet gibbering noises** But in any case…such a pity that it was their fellow Heretics that they eventually decided to confess their nameless burning sins to. More normal UrSkeks would have known enough to just shut up and do what they were told.

HakHom the Architect and YiYa the Builder: Didn’t know that the technical term for what they were was frenemies; they thought they were just friends. Who competed for the same non-virtual architectural gigs, which HakHom just happened to win more often than YiYa, which was also why HakHom ended up outranking YiYa. But of course there was never any trouble putting that behind them when it came time for them to work together hand-in-glove on the winning projects; Homeworld is a place of harmony after all, with architecture being one of a very, very few fields where there even was still anything resembling competition. Nor did YiYa carry any grudges against HakHom for dragging them out to these crazy salons and forums this weird Professor SoSu kept holding. As a friend, they were simply looking out for their friend’s mental and spiritual cultivation, and after all these were merely dialogues about how everyone, even the most erring UrSkek, could better be brought back to the bosom of the Crystal and the collective soul of their people through the transforming power of compassion and honesty. What was there to object to? And later, when the Eldest were investigating because apparently there was something to object to -- and they needed someone to infiltrate and report on the increasingly worryingly Heretical gatherings -- who would blame YiYa for assisting them with that high-minded work? Certainly not HakHom, who understood and deeply regretted their grievous sin in doing…well, there must have been something terribly wrong with the whole thing. Even if Professor SoSu did have both a sterling reputation and the high permissions as a Councilmember needed to access the Crystal for experimental rites if they deemed fit! And just because even after giving the Council all that help, YiYa still found themselves exiled right alongside all the unrepentant criminals, that was no reason to take out any frustrations on their old partner, who hadn’t exactly been in control of the proceedings either after all. Surely the Eldest had their good reasons…so…yeah. Definitely nothing there for either the Architect or the Builder to hold against one another in the immediate aftermath of their souls being torn asunder to set all the Twice-Nine’s ids free.

LachSen the Gnostic: Was an ex-cultist. No, I’m not joking. Although they’re scattered and vanishingly few, there are places even yet on Homeworld where some UrSkeks practice Heresies in the much more old-fashioned sense -- that is to say, disapproved spiritual rites and disciplines, which are generally holdovers from pre-Ascension cultures. Young LachSen’s group was no exception: indeed, it dated from that supremely turbulent era just pre-Ascension, when some UrSkeks fervently believed that through the practice of radical enough asceticism and self-lessness, their kind could attain a permanent ecstatic group consciousness, such as they had heard group minds from other worlds speak of with such reverence and serenity. (No wonder SkekLach wasn’t so keen on the Ascendancy…) This belief turned out to be more a denial of the UrSkeks’ own nature than even the ancestors of the Council of Eldest could tolerate. But LachSen’s group still stubbornly clung to this more-or-less impossible ideal, and to an ancient sub-Crystal of their own which gave barely enough energy for them to subsist on; but since privation was what they craved, that was fine. As they matured, LachSen found themselves questioning the group’s ways and eventually ran far away to Crystalgate City on the great peninsula, blending in with the other UrSkeks as best they could. But it was more difficult than they could ever have imagined, blending in with people from so different a worldview -- and they remained always torn in their feelings toward their old kin, their penitent, self-denying monkish side and their newly-discovered love of plenty and peace among the Crystalgaters. Thus, they were prime and easy ‘prey’ for a new Heresy, particularly one that claimed to embrace the lost and lonely, even the strangest of Deviancies…

ShodYod the Mathematician: TBD

SaSan the Marine Biologist: TBD. I’m not sure that Heresy was something she came into in the course of her work. She’s just such a strong personality at base. I expect her to be tricky.

VarMa the Seal-Bearer: TBD, but however they came to it, they definitely they would have been SoSu’s #1 fan and most loyal acolyte.

MalVa the Guide: TBD, although they would have been exposed to a lot of ‘foreign ideas’ in the course of their work, so that may be how they first got into trouble. :-) I have a tiny inkling they may even have been a bit of an anti-colonialist, which would be a problem for other UrSkeks even though other UrSkeks will swear up and down that they’re not even sort of colonialists. ;oP

TekTih the Inventor: TBD. TekTih was an Inventor, which kind of by definition meant they were a bit more ‘interferey’ than the average UrSkek, but that in itself isn’t quite enough to push a sib into Heresy, so I’m going to have to think about it some more.

UngIm the Restorer: TBD. However, there wouldn’t be much call for actual restoring work on other UrSkeks on Homeworld, the species having long since left death, disease and war behind. Therefore, they were likely either more of a veterinarian, or else had a history of traveling around on colony worlds, where again as noted, an UrSkek can run not only into disturbing concepts, but into disturbing events of the sort that flesh-and-blood beings are all too easily prey to. Which provides restoring work, of course, but not only that.

OkAc the Scholar: TBD, though it’s harder to think of places a Scholar couldn’t get themselves into doctrinal trouble than places they could. XD

LiLii: TBD. But – yanno – I mean, it’s LiLii. I have a feeling that like GraGoh, they may just have an unfortunate habit of annoying others, particularly with blurted-out inconvenient truths, and certainly they had a mischievous turn for an UrSkek.

[voice-o-fallacy]

Saw the storyline where Kraken and Allo are childhood friends and immediately I thought of this…

Not the most authentic, but I’m a big sucker for enemies that could (in another life) be friends and this has to be done.

@creator-of-creativious I wish I had more time to did the duo justice :,)

[fountian-of-youth]

an expendable is walking down the hall, they seem to be reading something. unaware of something following right behind them.

Allo blinked , what ....a book?? A expendable reading a book ????

He couldn't help but follow this Expendable watching them read this book

"how did they find a book here ? There only files and research " he thought his footsteps already matching the expendable's walking pace

He had to ask

"how the fuck did you get a book down here ?"

[project-zorya-askblog]

I created You. You created Me

Allo why did you created THAT guy?

NO THAT'S BULLSHIT! He's talkin crazy.

Two friends exchange words while Dr Kraken is getting impatient.

Hunyo: hey I did a silly spiderman reference for @creator-of-creativious / @fountian-of-youth

This is how I imagine if Dr Kraken would introduce himself as a Creator of Allo's experiment

[mantis-clawed-sebastian]

hey Sebastian, you should pet allo's wings

He raised a brow but decided to listen to the anon for once while he was at allo's kitchen. Moving silently he was able to get behind the other and carefully pet allo's wings .

A startled purr filled the kitchen causing the two just stand in silence

"....did you just purr ?"

"no-o I didn't -"

"you totally did!!" He laughed out as he moved closer and petted more .

[fymo-blogs]

Warning for major gore, knives, and syringes below cut!

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Allo Nanol stimboard

Themes: Sea angels, regeneration, doctor/nurse, cooking

Note: He is by @creator-of-creativious and his ask blog is @fountian-of-youth

Song:

[nova-starstruck]

Made a silly thing w/ Jade, Allo ( @creator-of-creativious 's OC), Seb, and pAinter

[clone-trooper-cheese]

NEW SPLATOON OC ALERT‼️‼️‼️

Meet G-Code!!

She's a Nano-ling.

Nanolings are Cephalapod/humanoid hiveminds of ink based nanobots that form a person. She can pretty much do the same thing as other ink based creatures, except she's a robot. She has an octopus form, but can also go into a liquid like state and go through millimeter thin crevices and stuff. The nanobots work together kind of like fire-ants, so She's a lot more durable, able to heal quick to some extent and is able to float.

She was discovered in an Alternan Laboratory by Agents 1 and 2 and was taken back to their base where they sat her in front of a computer and speedran telling her everything she missed (inspired from the fifth element lol)

She doesn't really talk much, but will try to mimic what other people say and uses those recordings for communicating (like Bumblebee with his radio)

If and when she does speak, it's like a text to speech or something like Glados' voice. Very computery and monotone

So yea!! That's her :V

(((This has been sitting in my drafts for like a month, so her design has changed a tad since drawing this, sketches for slight redesign under the cut)))

[sebbiesolace]

He been here for now what .......two.....three....maybe four ???....he can't remember how long he's been here ...

He glared at the insane doctor who kept him trapped here in this place. Granted he loves his mantis body

He always loved praying mantises , now being a mantis that stood at the human height of 5.9 . He didn't complain too much about it. The only thing he hated was being constantly cut open and used as an excuse to practice Dr. Kraken's insane immortality serum. nothing was working yet and he hoped it stayed this way.

Today he heard dr.kraken was giving permission to do another test. Some kind of meet up with someone -

He blinked and scurried up the wall going to the corner in the right when he heard the door open to his cell. He stared down wondering who came into his cell.

"z-13 aprouch your fellow experiment" dr.kraken ordered.

- @fountian-of-youth

[Sebastian flicked his tail, idly itching at the scales of his forearm as he sat at the entrance to the room. The room felt warmer then the usual temperature of the site, but... He really didn't want to have to fight another entity.]

[Not after what happened last time.]

"Alright, alright, I'll.. approach it."

[Another entity slithered into the room. It looked.. nervous, almost, looking around the room and tapping his claws together. The entity was almost humanoid, at least its top half was... Its bottom half, though, was entirely inhuman. Some misbegotten mix of a snake and a shrimp, with the fluke of a.. whale?]

"Hello? I'm- Hello, I'm Sebastian, uhm... Who are you?"

[voice-o-fallacy]

Woe, fan art jumpscare @creator-of-creativious/ @fountian-of-youth :]

[fountian-of-youth]

*Comet had been sniffing the air for a while now, he could smell something, something that wasn't salty waters or blood and rot... it was fresher, not quiet like the ox gardens, no it had a kick to it.. almost like food*

Mm just gotta follow the smell I suppose, curiosity may kill the cat, but this one always comes back..

*Comet followed his nose, due to his location, the smell had been wafting in from a vent, it was a tight fit, but he would make it work. He scooted a table under the vent up on the wall and started the crawl*

Oh I wonder if it's a kitchen! They have to have one, they having sleeping chambers afterall...

*He was not silent as he shimmied through the vent, each movement he made came with a shuffle and thud*

It was a slow day thankful , and one allo could appreciate instead of dealing with the annoying Expendables that showed up from time to time. Today main meal for sale was classic chicken noodle soup. Why?

He found some chicken meat and knew it go bad soon and thankfully there was soup based and veggies in the pantry /garden. He was always the type to not let things go to waste.

He blinked when he heard something moving through the vents staring at it with wide eye look .

He had many questions going through his mind on who would dare squeeze their way through this vent. He pinched the bridge of his nose giving a soft sigh before he crossed his arms over his chest to wait and see what happened or come out.

His tail swished behind him along with his wings as the transparent appendages were currently invisible to seem more human than he is.

[glitchyferrethere]

POOR ALLO POOR BABY I WANNA HUG HIM 😭😭😭

HIIII Hello to anyone who was keeping up with this silly little project. I finally got this animatic done

Funny little horrible thing for @creator-of-creativious' OC Allo Nanol :3

Anyways it's 23:09 I'm gonna crawl to bed now

[mantis-clawed-sebastian]

throws a potion at you

now you are a human for 73 hours, enjoy while it lasts

Sebastian blinked and stared in shock seeing he was gonna again. Tears running down his face in joy "thank you who ever you are !" He said before bolting off yelling in joy.

He ran straight to the kitchen where he knew his boyfriend would be as he burst through. Catching allo off guard who screamed and blushed from being sudden pulled.

"Seb!! Your - how - "

"no questions!"

"but-"

"come on darling let dance !" Seb said nodding to bebe who squeaked and played the radio in the kitchen on tango music playing.

[nova-starstruck]

Sebastian when Allo

@creator-of-creativious

Wouldn't send as an ask or dm LMAO

[fountian-of-youth]

The sound of shuffling and a distant humming could be heard as allo made his way through the vents to get back to his kitchen .

Having forgotten about Alex as he thought the idiot would've been caught by now. He was a bit tired wanting to rest and take a nap as he crawled down the vents .

Allo's eyes narrowed at the new expendable his mind trying to figure out why he looked.... familiar before his eyes widen

"oh shit " he said with a laugh as he remembered about the ex jade talked about "this is fucking hilarious" he snickered to himself stalking towards Alex

- @fountian-of-youth

The fuck are you laughing at, pipsqueak? he said, not moving from where he was. He wasn't gonna let a stranger a solid foot shorter than him try to intimidate him out of his own temporary home