#Scyllarus Squilla

[shadow-the-artist-idiot]

I am so so so so normal about Scyllarus. Im so normal. Im so normal im so so so so so so normal im SO FUCKING NORMAL. CLAWING AND SCRATCHING AT THE WALLS OF MY ENCLOSURE.

Scyllarus Squilla my beloved i love you babygirl. Anyways now for the actual intent of this post

I drew the silly earlier,,,, i love my babygirl sm. Actyally i ahvent ranted about my goober on here i jeed to fix that immediately.

Scyllarus is a Pressure oc,, shes from an au me and a few friends have :333(you know who you are)

Scyllarus Squilla,,, Demigirl(She/They),, 32 years of age :3

She was yoinked by Urbanshade from prison after being wrongfully imprisoned. First match in professional wrestling, accidentally killed her opponent. Technically, she shouldn't have been arrested(i looked it up, and i dont think someone would get punished in this situation) but im chalking it up to general bias in the courtroom + good laywers or whatever, idk legal bullshit. Anyways. She was arrested and sent to prison for a few days, before getting yoinked.

She then got injected with a bunch of different dna, though mostly mantis shrimp. It actually not specified HOW Sebby got sillified, and hes my main frame of reference, so im choosing to view it as they get poked and injected with a silly version of animal dna. Trying to remember all of the creatures shes part. Mantis shrimp, lobster, uhhh coconut crab? I think? Maybe some shrimp and krill? That sounds right, i have it written down somewhere but im lazy. Anyways, those were all way smaller doses than the Mantis Shrimp, and were mostly given to heighten a few aspects of the mantis shrimp(lobster for stronger swimming, coconut crab for strength, etc)

Anyways. Shes VERY fucking strong, probably strong enough to punch through steel(human sized mantiw shrimp punch my beloved). The mantis shrimp dna also gave her slight anger issues, what with them being SO fucking aggressive. She had quite a bit of time to get used to her new body, luckily. Went in at around 23, is around 32 when the lockdown and the events of the game happen.

Once the lockdown happens, she took to staying in the underwater bits of the facility. What with all the animal dna, she struggles a lot with breathing on land. I haven't decided if shes just entirely unable to breath outside of water, or if its just incredibly difficult, but either way water is easier. While shes...friends? I suppose? With Sebastian, Thomas(sages oc), and Eury(Fangs oc), though she doesnt. Talk to them much. Mostly cuz shes scared she'll hurt them. She hides in the underwater bits of the facility, buried in the ground with her antenna sticking out. Whenever the player gets too close, she launches out, attacking them once before darting away. It would probably be a one hit kill, i think. Either that, or very close to it. Shes also present during the end searchlight bit of the game, seeing as its so incredibly underwater.

During encounters with Pandemonium, theres a small chance Scyllarus will interrupt the minigame abruptly, as she attacks Pandemonium. There would be a higher chance of this happening in the water bits, but its still possible in the normal rooms.

If she gets flashed whenever she jumps out, i think she'd run off. That would probably be the only way to prevent the attack whenever shes triggered.

Her voicelines would probably be a mix of screeching, apologizing, and grumbling. The other way to find her whenever shes in the ground would be a faint little clicking noise she makes with her claws.

Whats so very silly about my babygirl is that she REALLY doesnt want to do this. Shes such a sweetheart, but shes in a really bad situation with the worst parts of herself heightened. Constant fight or flight, kill or be killed. She probably would be so much nicer if she would let herself be friends with Sebby, Thomas and Eury, but shes so so scared she'll hurt them somehow. Ironically, she feels the same way about the player(s).

If they trigger her, she'll attack them, but if they survive she'd probably apologize before running away. Its why she has a chance to save the player from Pandemonium. She cant stand hurting people, but she has to if she wants to escape. That doesn't mean she wont help sometimes, though.

I think theres a VERY VERY VERY small chance to find her huddled up in a corner in Sebbys shop.

Shes so babygirl and i love her with my entire heart and soul. Shes my beloved and i will be putting her in the torture blender

[softrobotcritics]

Mantis Shrimp Robot: the references

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/33/e2026833118

Many small organisms produce ultrafast movements by storing elastic energy and mediating its storage and rapid release through a latching mechanism. The mantis shrimp in particular imparts extreme accelerations on rotating appendages to strike their prey. Biologists have hypothesized, but not tested, that there exists a geometric latching mechanism which mediates the actuation of the appendage. Inspired by the anatomy of the mantis shrimp striking appendage, we develop a centimeter-scale robot which emulates the linkage dynamics in the mantis shrimp and study how the underlying geometric latch is able to control rapid striking motions. Our physical and analytical models could also be extended to other behaviors such as throwing or jumping in which high power over short duration is required.

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[shadow-the-artist-idiot]

New pfp !!!! I cant wait for a man to break into my house on december 25th !!!!!

Also the oc in my pfp is Scyllarus Squilla. I might yap about her at some point. Who knows. :3