#also shark Caleb was really good i love that wizard

[captainkingsley]

Just thinking about how Molly only got to see his friends be as powerful as they are through the back of Lucien's mind, and now Kingsley gets to travel alongside all of them and experience it all firsthand

[crabussy]

brief alter introduction because a lot of them use this account now and again!!

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robin- me!! the host. freak of nature, creature, horror/wilderness enjoyer. mentally i’ll about aotearoa for whatever reason. enjoyer of cringe. he/they/it, 16

phoebe- she’s soooo cool. overuses the cat face emojis but we love her. music taste is insane. projects images of cock and balls into my brain because she thinks it’s hilarious. she/her, 19

alastair- nervous wreck, resident academic, adores astronomy but knows next to nothing about it. messiest fucking room ever, thank god dust isn’t a thing in headspace. he is like a wizard to me. he/him, 24

bee- everyone’s mom. would make killer jam if she had access to good fresh fruit.. SUPER good hugs. literally the nicest ever, very concerned about my questionable life choices. she/her, 36

jasper- pretends to be stone cold and mature but in reality he’s kind of a softie. diet consists of cherry flavoured everything (GROSS) and cola (ACCEPTABLE) reminds me of a young crowley in some ways. he/him, 21

circe- local witch. pronounces her own name wrong. deeply appreciative of dark fairycore and fairygrunge, listens almost exclusively to molchat doma and phonk???? swamp enjoyer. very cool. she/her, 17

nat/nathan/natalie: shares names with both my aunt and uncle which is kinda weird!!!! the most pirate ever. very chill but also very unchill when shit hits the fan. she’s very very cool and intimidating and I am sometimes nervous to talk to him. she/he/they, 22

francis- geeky, nervous, extremely lanky and super sweet. she’s very nostalgic about kiwiana stuff (chocolate fish!!!! footrot flats!! waiheke!! L&P!!) and tied to our childhood memories. super fun, has awesome mint green frizzy hair. she/they, 16

claire- absolute hippie /t. tie dye tapestries and stained glass wind chimes and healthy food. she’s awesome, wine aunt of the system, somehow likes salad and kombucha. very nice gal!! she/her, 25

oliver- Normal Guy of all time. the only vaguely unusual thing about him is that he’s ginger. enjoys cooking, sculpting/stop motion, and browsing reddit. very exploratory with his hobbies which I admire (: he/him, 16

katie- shark enthusiast. gave herself sharp teeth just because. completely nuts, sharp as a tack, Observer Of Details. likes bugs too, and really enjoys street food. short LOL HAHHAHAAHA. she/they, 14

chester- I keep calling him max by accident. little bear cub ankle biter, first thing he ever did while fronting was put 10 kilos of hair gel in our hair and make devil horns out of it. evil. where the wild things are enjoyer. he/him, 11

julian- fashion king, makes zebra print look good, loves peacock feather motifs. possibly a satyr?????? or something??????? no clue. he’s very fabulous, reminds me of zulius from centaurworld. he/him, 27

silas- aspiring botanist, somehow both eccentric and super composed simultaneously. loves plants, finds them fascinating, approaches life with logic and strategy which doesn’t always work but hey. he/him, 40

jon- former head archivist of the magnus institute etc etc. gets up in the middle of the night to shuffle around, talk to my cat, and be paranoid. love him. he has long greying hair and a great fashion sense. very knowledgeable!! tired. he/they, 29

martin- polite but also a bitch. he’s allowed honestly. lover of pecan pie, and most pastries. stronk…. big…… Holder Of The Jon… enjoys travelling and occasional company. fluffy strawberry blond hair and thick dark eyebrows. has custody over our only turtleneck jumper. he/him, 31

zoe- like a mini phoebe (don’t tell her I said that /j). likes tennis and racing games, listens to music that sounds like you’re being put in a blender. enjoys neon highlighter-like colours and being a Menace. she/her, 13

caleb- super funny and creative. very neurodivergent, really likes dragons and other mythology. likes drawing and making up stories, very chatty. he/him, 10

sun- oh so cheerful!! so much fun, mischievous at times, super good with kids!!! resident robot. loves to wear clashing patterns and colours, sticks his tongue out when he thinks, a bit clumsy but also very agile. sweet tooth, loves shiny things and crafts. he/they/she/sol, ageless

moon- super graceful. calm and collected, great sense of humour where you can never tell if they’re joking or not, loves silky clothes and shiny accessories. capable of lulling anyone to sleep except itself </3 loves figure skating and deep sea life. other resident robot!! great singing voice… they/he/it, ageless

selene- bubbly and intense!! life of the party, wearer of the pinkest clothes ever, fashion icon, very passionate about womens rights and queer struggles. so much blonde hair. she’s like if a bimbo was a woman in STEM. love her. she/her, 23

aries- kind of an asshole, getting better, strong opinions about the way the system functions. they’ve decided they have curling ram horns and love the colour purple-red. good music taste, dresses like they’re from genshin impact. they/them, 18

xavier- cool boy swag, formerly known as crowe, super laid back and doesn’t talk much. wants a pet raven so bad, doesn’t listen to music much, wants to create music tho. Ive never seen him wear colour ever. he/him, 18

that’s everyone for now!! some of them have their own blogs accessible via @menagerie-crew

tl;dr: there are FRUITS IN MY BRAIN AND THEYRE COAXING ME INTO DOING DUMB SHIT. I LOVE THEM ALL

[mapleandgingeroatmeal]

CR2E103- Maritime Mysteries

The rest of the group is so used to Jester and her charms that sometimes you meet a new person interacting with her and it just strikes all over again how good she is at the specific type of comfort involving just distracting and diffusing someone before they can spiral. I loved how she was able to get Vilya to laugh with the stupid Vokodo butthole plans.

I love that Vilya keeps scooping up Fjord without warning him first. It somehow gives her a lot of character with just how like, awkward and pragmatic and absent-minded that is. It makes me want to know more about Keyleth, tbh, because I think it would be fun to look for similarities between the two if I knew her at all.

Hey that conversation between Jester and The Traveler was so heartbreaking?? Because my takeaway wasn't that he didn't really care about Jester, but that he is so very selfish and, I would call it immature if he was human but he's not, so I'll just say alien. He's more apathetic than malicious. It must be so heartbreaking for Jester to go from having this comfort of an all-knowing presence who knows how to keep her safe to this person who, while still a friend, is immature and amoral and depends on her now instead of the other way around.

Caleb and Veth?? I have cried over them so many times and I'm doing it again here. I know she doesn't leave after this, but I also know that the question is still up in the air. I genuinely don't know what I'd do if she left the show, and I think Caleb doesn't, either. I have attached so hard to this weird disaster woman and her deeply felt but vaguely defined trauma wizard.

Caleb barely admitted to liking any of these people for such a long time, and look at where he is now! In some ways he guns the most hard the most explicitly for this family recently. I think he was the first to call it a family with Nott a little while ago. There's also his anger in the 'nobody leaves' moment with Beau after Ishrani, and the conversation and commitment he showed with Fjord. I think maybe Nott's change and the reality of losing her coming closer and closer is making Caleb like. Introspective about the good things he has, and maybe also wanting to make a point of reminding Veth more, too? He can't ask her to stay bc that would be selfish, but he can do his damndest to make sure she remembers what she'd be giving up and how much he loves her.

Yasha falling asleep to the image of her and Zuala was so interesting. It's been so long since Yasha lost her, and the grief of all that seems to have settled into her comfortably enough to be able to enjoy looking at images of them together and things. I don't think you ever get over a loss like that, but maybe it becomes easier to live alongside.

AAAA people losing their memories is so upsetting. What must that feel like? To know that something important is missing but not be able to conjure up what it is in your mind? and what happens if one of these days all three people with greater restoration get got? Will enough get remembered to defeat Vokodo without personal life details?

Yasha's wings are growing back! I didn't realize it was something that happened gradually, but I love that!

I also love her just chatting with Veth while she floats 30 feet in the air. I'm picturing her doing a cute little gentle bob up and down like an astronaut in zero gravity. I love how supportive she is of Yahsa, even if there's still little edges of fear in her somewhere.

I love Liam treating polymorph like the beginning of an Animorphs transformation where you have to wrangle the instincts of an animal and sometimes you lose and end up biting your friends bf the human brain kicks in entirely.

Also Caduceus scolding shark-Caleb is so friggin cute. Deuces is grumpy and tired and he just wants to get off this island and he does NOT have time for this shark nonsense. Please just get some legs already.