#Nosk asks

[nomminmothdragon]

hallo! smol moth here, can i get nommed by nosk? [if not then could i just get a hug? -w-]

Nosk! Oh! I didn't think anyone would ask to be invited inside so readily. ^^W^^; But, very well. I have no reason to refuse at the moment. He says before bringing his head down and opening his cavernous maw of electric blue flesh before the small moth, saliva glistening in what light enters the space, leading into the darkness of his gullet at the back. He waits patiently for the moth to make the first move to come inside.

[poppy-purpura]

how do you feel about nosk?

Creepy episode of our favorite anime hollow knight I like their spine it looks like it is possible to decorate them to be more nice

[notthesaint]

Asks are back, You willl regret this.

Giant frickin doug dimmadome nosk hat. Now‼️‼️‼️‼️

Bru💥 this guy looks like it's would run as president in the 2024 election and is going to say that I should pay my taxes

[courtjesterrr]

"You all are insufferable..."

I got bored in class yesterday and drew this on paper, and then i redrew it on digital so :shrug;

This was fun lol

Edit: i realized i forgot nosks frill thing

[daily-vessels]

Tine in a demon costume? (due to the horns matching the position of one)

oddly fitting!

pssst while you're here, mind donating to tobi the cat? the owner is spending all their rent money on his vet bills almost to the point of eviction, so any donations would be greatly appreciated.

[duskydrawings]

Um......hi dusky can i draw your nerd for you Nosk: please my king can you allow me to copy your homework? 👉👈🥺 🧡 🕷️

Pale king : No, it is strictly against the rules for plagiarism..... cheating is clearly not allowed in godhome university 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

he may not condone cheating but he will gladly help you study right now!! (all of them except monomon asked to copy his homework and that's how they got there)

also AAAAAAAA THANK YOU notthesaint that drawing is super cute!!! :3 💜💜💜

[ratcandy]

weird drawing suggestion: Nosk who is disguised as ghost chills in deepnest, but zote mistaken nosk as the knight and starts to berate him

Cogr moment

got a little carried away with this one

bonus

[wh3atley-personality-core]

hey do you want nosk, ever changing god of the faceless

"Eh- What? Sorry man, I-I couldn't hear your question... because look at who I've found!"

"Never thought I'll see her again, honestly, but this is a really great moment isn't it? Man, I need to go talk to her, I'll answer your question later!"

[flicker-away]

TRICK OR TREAT 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🕷🕷🕷🕷

EHEHEHEHEH HAPPY HALLOWEEN

[foileadeux]

question do you have an idea on how nosk would work/look in your gjinka universe?

idk what happened here man just take it

[bluegekk0]

I was just looking at your drawing of nosk, and it got me curious. What is nosk in the au is nosk just an individual or a species? If it is a species, how is the species doing post infection, and would they stay in deepnest or escape into the wider hollownest territory theough one of the other exits? Also, how do you think nosk's shape shifting works considering it says in game to reach into your mind and use memories.

It's a species, yeah, the Nosk we see in the game is just one of them. I do imagine they're quite rare though, either because of the infection or because Hallownest isn't the only place you can find them. Deepnest is its ideal hunting ground, since it's dark, cramped and easy to get lost in, which makes tricking potential victims quite easy (seeing a familiar face makes it more likely for them to follow it into its den).

As to how the shape shifting works, I think it's more like how certain predatory animals mimic their prey. I imagine the nosk has incredibly very developed mandibles or other body parts that can move around to form different shapes. The actual disguise in my AU isn't as perfectly 1:1 as in the game, but in the dark environment it's enough to trick many creatures. Moreover, it can mimic certain sounds and behaviors to attract its prey. In some cases, it can pretend to be a different prey animal altogether in order to attract bigger creatures. It's a very specialized species, one perfectly adapted to hunt in Deepnest with its trickery.

Does it actually reach into one's mind? I'm not sure. I like to think it's more that it observes its potential prey carefully before attempting to trick it, to memorize its appearance and behavior. Perhaps it's more sneaky than you'd expect, and it leaves Deepnest to watch different creatures and learn their ways? Or maybe it does actually have an ability that lets it read minds. I haven't really thought about that too much. I imagine most of its prey is just animals rather than sapient bug species with unique appearances, so generally copying its prey's appearance is enough to bait it. And in the case of the vessels (since we see a lot of them in its den), that would also be somewhat effective as the vessels were very similar in appearance to one another.

[nomminmothdragon]

oo ok ok nice nosk . nice that you let prey in only when they want to

Well eating them without permission would just be rude, and would probably terrify them. But there are exceptions, notably when swallowing them will save them from mortal danger.

[quirrelfan]

Good evening, everyone!

I am NOT feeling relaxed right now, finals season is hitting me, this isnt fun.

BUT!!!

The ita bag I'm using for my quirrel stuff should be coming in soon :)

Other updates from me:

- i bought omori from the switch -my friend found an app i can use to play his pc games from my phone (with the help of my ps4 controller), so i got to properly play a bit of hallownest vocalized (will resume when finals are over) and started a randomizer, as well as a silly save file where me and my friend play, switching every 5 minutes.

Maybe i'll invite my friend over after finals are done so we can continue our 2 player hollow knight file. He gets 1 joycon (remapped to only attacks), i get the other (remapped to only movements)

Now that i'm done briefly rambling about my life, song time!

Hopefully it all goes as smoothly as possible.

If anyone has questions or quirrels, prompts, etc. Please drop them in my askbox, i need smth to destress :(

[notthesaint]

meow :3 nosk :3 meow :3 nosk :3 (Nosk :3, morw :3:3.3:3)

AJKHAKJHABKJ

[honks-n-stonks]

Thoughts (and prayers) on my son? he has 1 disease but hes still a extraordinary boy

ohh... the disease... but they are a wonderful boy

I sure hope they don't try to eat me...

[hallownesthorrors]

WAIT NO, MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE

THE WEIRD DOG HAS BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO SWEAR--- DGDGFGDSGSBS

It's a set of amused chitters made as the mimic taps the ground with its claws. "Fuck? Fuck off?"