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{S H A M A N K I N G} ~ Ep. #40 M A N T A vs. H A O
"Y O H-KUN AND I ARE F R I E N D S {T O M O D A C H I}!!!" - M A N T A, D e f i a n t l y
Bonus:
{Cap'd by Me} / @koushirouizumi {Do Not Re-p o s t} {Do Not C o p y} {Do Not Re-produce Without my Permission Under Any Circumstances} (Please A S K to U s e!)
#yohta#koushirouizumi cap#koushirouizumi sk#koushirouizumi sk cap#koushirouizumi sk posts#koushirouizumi posts#c: manta#c: hao#c: yoh#aut!manta#mankin: 40#mankin spoilers#(Just watched some sequences from around these ep's again {as I d EBATE... WATCHIN'.... rest of r EBOOT+f LOWERS.....})#(W h o o o ooo a NYWAY I will probs E d i t some T x t later but)#({f OR NOW} HI I LOVE o LD F A V S {+f LIPS H A O INTO THE s UN})#(The p ANNING EFFECT s HOTS HERE WERE S O G O O D c RIES)#({O. G. a NIME HAD MANY n ICE t HINGS S T I L L})#(h AO is tryin SO HARD to F r e a k Manta Out and Mantas just like ' s HUT UP IM f RIENDS W y OHKUN&t HATS t HAT!!! {NO IM n OT JOININ U}')#(SOMEDAY ILL MAKE A MORE FINAL m ANKIN @ M V)#({This is first actual set Ive made for it though not c AP'S after all these yrs m AN} {I HAD MY L.Q ca PS ON THE OLD 02 s ITE *M A N*...})
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give me six nine characters that remind you of me!
Did this on stream thought it was a fun challenge! I liked the various art styles! Very curious how I give off these vibes lmao?
#artists on tumblr#do not repost/steal#dream#c!dream#c!karl#steven universe#turning red#children of the light#hazbin hotel#naruto#ben 10#I understand mei ruby and manta but alastor vibes?? cdream?? Lmao??
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🌊🌊🌊🌊
#ocean#sea#travel#nature#photography#marine biology#marine life#manta rays#sting rays#sea life#beach#beachcore#grunge#oceancore#seacore#wildlife#vibes#views#🌊🌊🌊🌊#a e s t h e t i c#scenery#vaporwave#waves#piratecore#animals#mother nature#lofi#travels
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Lexie Liu - Manta (Warriors, bilibili 2020)
GODDESS ENERGY 🔥
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nextest festest! presuming paying it off ain't the issue at hand, which place to buy out for a day?
this just happens to be a super busy weekend for me too, so i'm only gonna post this clip and my vote for the fest today, and i think i'll give the results in two days, too. i kinda have some ideas i want to look into, so i'll leave the actual clips for next weekend.
#video#splat series#splatoon 3#the manta storm fest#7/5/24#never have i ever wanted to figure out unicode before. and given how this is going i won't get it today.#mmm ok. tag idea B.#how about we don't celebrate the deadly lazer in the sky fest#mm. too much of a mouthful.#hawdctdlitsf. no that falls apart at the fifth letter. idea C.#part of it is i just don't want to give away what i voted for for once...#ooh wait if i repurpose that...#GOT IT!#usually i delete all this thinking but i'll keep it this time.
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Are u a manta ray bc. Um uh. Flat 😏 and huggable and poky
IM NOT THAT FLAAAAT
#:c#beloved anon thinks my ass is flat#worst day of my life#/silly#anon#emoji anon#anon.txt#beloved anon#i did have an odd facinstian with manta rays as a kid tho#thats not how to spell that but what ever
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i am a god in splat zones. 13 wins out of 14 games lmao. flingza i love youuuu so sorry for trying other weapons
#granted i am in c- so it’s not like i’m actually good lol#love maps where i can hang out in the same spot just camping. brinewater and manta were so good to me#splatposting#ngl flingza is pretty passive in zones just perpetually painting zone popping missiles and occasionally splatting those who try to stop me#other more active weapons are more fun#however winning is slightly more fun than fun gameplay#so it balances out that flingza is my once true love
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Manta Aquecedora Para Balão Com Regulador de Temperatura | GLASSLAB
#Manta Aquecedora Para Balão Com Regulador De Temperatura#Informações do Produto:#Existem diversos procedimentos laboratoriais que necessitam de determinados aparelhos de laboratório para serem realizados. Apesar do nome#a manta aquecedora não tem o formato de uma manta em si#trata-se de um equipamento de laboratório utilizado para o aquecimento de substâncias e soluções contidas em recipientes.#São diferentes tipos de manta de aquecimento que variam conforme o formato interno que é projetado para o recebimento de formatos distintos#Você pode contar com estes aparelhos de laboratório em diferentes tamanhos#com diferentes faixas de regulação de temperatura#com a opção de agitação e ainda com dupla função: aquecer e refrigerar.#Este equipamento laboratorial possui um formato cilíndrico e a parte interna é revestida por lã acrílica para segurar o calor. O aqueciment#controlado e seguro é útil em diversos experimentos#principalmente os que envolvem a filtração e destilação a quente.#Um dos usos mais comuns da manta aquecedora é para a elevação de temperaturas de substâncias contidas em balões de fundo redondo. Existem o#é o caso do evaporador rotativo.#Características:#Corpo em alumínio com pintura em epóxi que apresenta alta resistência química.#Isolação com lã de vidro.#Resistências em fio de Kanthal#embutida em cadarços de fibra de vidro e alojadas no ninho com formato circular.#Temperatura no ninho 350-400°c#Cabo de força com dupla isolação e plug de três pinos conforme ABNT NBR 14136.#Controlador de temperatura eletrônico com referências de 0 a 10#laboratorio#laboratory#quimica#science#scientific illustration#scientist#fisica#chemistry
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Fleshed out my manta ray gal a bit for anybody interested c:
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Shaman King (Japanese version) ~ {Filler} Episode #49 + Y O H & M A N T A on F a u s t + Y O H & M A N T A (Interactions)
"...I g u e s s this is what {they} call 'T R A U M A'." - R y u; (speaking the word in clear English)
{Cap'd by Me} / @koushirouizumi/hikari-m {DO NOT R E P O S T} {DO NOT C O P Y} {DO NOT R E P R O D U C E WITHOUT MY P E R M I S S I O N} (Please A S K to Use!) {L I K E S O. K.}
[This is a Shaman King Positivity post!] {+Manta Positivity Post} (Please be respectful Interacting)
[DO NOT Tag with featured Character{s}/Series negativity, thank you!]
#yohta#c: manta#c: yoh#c: ryu#koushirouizumi cap#koushirouizumi sk#koushirouizumi sk cap#mankin spoilers#(Not really h E R E B u t {I left a line out but might add bit more later})#(o K OK THIS LITTLE BIT WAS i NTERESTING TO r EWATCH {though its a complete F i l l e r ep but *related back to c ANON* For O n c e}...)#({The moment directly before it is very t R OLLL scene for the viewer but basically using the a NIMATION TO t ROLL BOTH mANTA+VIEWER Y up})#(Inuko's acting is Wonderful here tho BC YES even for '''f ILLERTM''' you can h EAR it in Inuko's voice)#({First the sheer p ANIC response then the p ANTING {A n x i e t y} then Mantas barely there s UPERs o f t c RY i n g})#(O. G. a n i m e too handles 'it' all very d IFFERENTLY {includin in this ep} But {things it did b ETTER than R e b o o t n EGL})#({OK BUT THIS WAS i NTERESTING} r YU {R YU?!??} USES ' T R A U M A' IN CLEAR e MPHASIZED *e NG* {I f ORGOT h E a CTUALLY USES IT...})#({'O K AT LEAST ONE EARLY 2 0 0 0'S a NIME k NOWS THE w ORD +IN E N G????' M E})#({ n O T E TO t O E I !!!!!})#({ ' YEAH I THINK WE ALL k NEW WHAT WAS GOIN ON p OST 'THAT' f IGHT ' - Everyone who actually p AID ..... a TTENTION})#({I BOTH WANT TO S I G H A LOT @ O. G!Y O H HERE BUT ALSO} {Y O H TOO IS WONDERFUL})#(e DIT: SOYEA this one apparently a IRED... J UN... '02 not THAT long after '02 ended hUH {ALSO IT *HAS* r OMI PARK IN *YES* idk if she})#({heard this scene but might have seen ep after since r EN IS... IN... It kindof at beginning???})
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AstroBatomorphLilacAgereic / AstroBatomorphLilacic
🪼Def left: A xenogender related to stingrays, manta rays, space, shades of lilac/purple, and being an age (d)regressor 🌊
🫧Def right: A xenogender related to stingrays, manta rays, space, and shades of lilac/purple ꩜
🌊Top, fun version 🫧
꩜Bottom, simple version! 🪼
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I wanted to make this flag because this is how I feel and its based on my fwend Keplieeee
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Bigots, NSFW agere/agedre, Pro/Com/Darkshippers, Radqueers, MAPs, Pro-C Paras, Zoo, TransIDs (esp tranabled ppl), Anti Alterhuman, Anti Xenos, Anti Sys, Truscum, Transmed
#safe agere#agere community#sfw agere#agere blog#age regressor#age regression#safe agedre#sfw agedre#age dreaming#agedre blog#agedre community#age dreamer#sfw age regression#sfw age dreamer#xenogender#xeno flag#xeno coining#vexillology
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I n T r O d U c T i O n P o S t
I’m Kai, also called Malakai. This is my blog for all things Nonhuman. Come join my little side of tumblr. <3
I’m a Polytherian, Polykin, Polylink, Otherfix, Otherhearted, and Fictionflicker/Otherflicker.
Theriotypes: Vancouver Coastal Sea Wolf (also known as Coastal Wolf and Vancouver Island Wolf); Canada Lynx; Red Fox; Nurse Shark; Snow Leopard; Maned Wolf; Norwegian Forest Cat; Coyote; Side-Striped Jackal; Dhole. Kintypes: Dragon (SeaWing/SilkWing Hybrid); Dragon (Night-Light Fury Hybrid); Dark Fey (Forest Type, from Maleficent); Avian (winged humans with tails); Raccoon (gold winged and gold horned); Silver Fox (with big crow-like/themed wings); Angel (shape-shifting, three pairs of wings, comforter of those who are lost). Hearttypes: Whale Shark. Flickertypes: Hylian (from TOTK/BOTW); Orphinki (OC species); Sable; Owl (all). Questioning: Ocelot Theriotype; Manta Ray Theriotype; Orca Whale Theriotype; Maine Coon Cat Theriotype; Jumping Spider Theriotype or Hearttype; Pallas Cat Theriotype; Manta Ray Kintype; Siren Kintype; Dragon Kintype (feathered wings); Mosasaur Theriotype; Blue Whale Theriotype; (Baby) Bongo Theriotype; Kirk’s Dik Dik Theriotype.
More Info On My ‘Types Here.
I’m a PseudoHuman, which means I may appear to be human, but am not.
I’m SunNonhuman, which means my nonhumanity is integrated into my baseline personality. It does not prevent me from having minor fluctuations of mood that feel slightly more animal or slightly less animal. I do not experience mental shifts to my nonhuman types. I’m Transspecies (more specifically Humanfluid) and Voidpunk, which means I identify as another species (and more specifically have a fluctuating connection to my humanity), and that I’m reclaiming the dehumanization and demonization that I face in the marginalized minorities I’m in, basically I’m reclaiming dehumanization and fully embracing inhumanity/nonhumanity.
I’m Physical Nonhuman, in the way that since I am my ‘types, so is my body (although, I am aware that my body is technically human/human-presenting).
I’m a CladoNonhuman, specifically with my Owl Flickertype. I am all owls, not just one or a few, although I am more so connected to a couple specific species rather than equally to all. My Owl Flickertype comes and goes, it’s been gone for a while but it’s coming back again, and I have no doubt that that will happen again.
My Otherfix identity influences my nonhuman identity overall, by the way! So, a lot of my theriotypes and kintypes are due to hyperfixations (although, remember, they are involuntary and permanent for me!), and then a lot of my flickertypes have been due to hyperfixations (once again, involuntary and the flickertypes come and go).
The reasons/origins of my Nonhumanity is due to a combination of Past Lives, Fate, and Neurodivergency. I believe I was all my ‘types in past lives, and that I only found out about being these things in this life due to my neurodivergency.
I fluctuate between Nonhuman and Human, although am always on some level both, just other times are stronger for one and the other not so much, but overall I mostly refer to myself as just Nonhuman. My soul is a combination of all my ‘types, plus the intruding human soul of this life.
Please only refer to me as Nonhuman and Alterbeing, NOT as Human or Alterhuman.
I do not experience phantom shifts or any sort of shifts, but when I have in the past, it has only been once, very short (a few seconds), and partial. I experience loads of species dysphoria, envy, and sometimes euphoria, though.
I only have very poor gear, two homemade tails, and one mask, and am also currently working on wings. I’m hoping to get more materials to make better masks and tails for myself soon, though.
I do very poor quadrobics, but I adore doing them, especially when I can in public.
Fellow Physical Nonhumans/Alterbeings/Alterhumans, Non-Spiritual Nonhumans/Alterbeings/Alterhumans, and etc. are very welcome here.
I’m very queer. My gender is way too complex, but just imagine it as masculine, genderless, and animalistic, with lots of different aesthetics.
I use He/It/Rot/Void/Mutt/Pup/Teeth/Woof/Bone/Claw/Plant/🐾/🐺/🦝/🌿 pronouns + many more with those themes.
I’m AroAce, Aromantic and Myrsexual (Neuroasexual, Nebulasexual, Merosexual, Placiosexual, Dreadsexual, Acorsexual, Apothisexual, Bellussexual, Rosesexual, Requisexual, and Falsaesthsexual).
I’m Homoalterous (Gay/MLM), Omniqueerplatonic (preference for non-men), Panexteramo, Pansensual, and Panaesthetic.
I’m Ambiamorous with no preference. I’m heavy T4T-leaning. I’m also a Lesboy.
I’m undiagnosed/self-diagnosed (with research)(in the process of getting this all diagnosed) AuDHD, Pure O OCD, APD, SPD, RSD, BDD, ARFID, SAD, PTSD, Trichotillomania, Misophonia, and Dermatillomania.
I’m diagnosed MDD and GAD.
I’m undiagnosed (and in the process of getting it diagnosed as well) PMDD and/or PME.
SH and SI survivor, and in recovery.
I struggle with severe violent and ugly intrusive thoughts (due to my OCD), and have for years. Not as bad as it used to be, but still have some at least once a day.
I consider myself disabled due to my severe executive dysfunction that I’ve had for years, as well as for other reasons.
I also have severe imposter syndrome that I deal with 24/7.
I have special interests (Wings Of Fire, Harry Potter (I really love the marauders), Dragons, and Neurodivergency + Disabilities + Disorders), hyperfixations (current ones are nonhumanity and nonhuman gear), verbal shutdowns, shutdowns and meltdowns, am often in burnout, and mask quite a lot.
I’m in therapy, go every week, and love my therapist so much. /gen
Please use tone tags/indicators when talking to me. They are greatly helpful and appreciated. Thank you!
I’m taken by my lovely long distance mate, @itssiryapsalot @theremixedcreature.
I’m a minor (16-years-old).
I’m Agnostic, spiritual, and do not follow any God or Gods. I believe in past lives, fate, soulmates, twin flames, manifestation, the multiverse, the paranormal, witchcraft, and much more.
I’m a Reality Shifter and have shifted twice to parallel realities. (I’m a safe places for permashifters, respawners, and those who shift to realities where they’re a different race.)
I have one sibling (She/Her), @belles17 @fuckthisclubup. I love her loads, and yes, she is aware that I’m Nonhuman (and is totally chill with it).
My other Nonhuman accounts are: @sirius-the-lonely-angel and @malakaitheyappingwolf.
My Nonhuman Pinterest account is here.
More about me here.
I don’t feel like making a DNI, but my block button is my best friend, so get ready. Obviously, no anti-alterhumans, anti-furries, queerphobes, radqueers and radfems, TERFs, SWERFs, offending MAPs & Paraphiles & etc., sexists, racists, ableists (including those believe in “narcissistic abuse”), and etc. are allowed here. Also, those who are endo/non-traumagenic/etc. systems are safe here, so those against them can leave please.
Full credit to the original creators/owners of the dividers!!!
#alterbeing#alterbeing community#fictionflicker#nonhuman#nonhuman community#nonhumanity#otherflicker#otherkin#spiritual therian#therian#therian community#otherhearted#therianthropy#vancouver coastal sea wolf therian#canada lynx therian#red fox therian#dragon otherkin#otherkin community#otherkin things#therian things#therian blog#nonhuman blog#alterbeing blog#raccoon otherkin#dark fey otherkin#dragonkin#raccoonkin#feykin#physically nonhuman#physical nonhuman
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Rafayel x Reader - Blurbs
A/n: might be a bit of a hot take lmao but Rafayel isn’t my favorite character 😂.
For some reason, I feel like Rafayel would have a weird pull near creatures of the sea
Like if he ever took you to the aquarium, you’d be real surprised
As he leads you through the aquarium, you both decide to rest on the bench
“This was a great idea, Rafayel. I had no idea there was an aquarium.”
“It’s the most expensive too. They have every sea animal you could think of.”
You smile as he basks in your compliment of his choice of a date. Then you notice something. You place a hand on his shoulder and point at the aquatic critters through the glass.
“Rafayel, they are just looking at you? Is this like a Lemurian thing?”
He nods before speaking. “Yes, they recognize me as a Lemurian. Technically a Lemurian God.”
A group of school kids pass by, looking at the both of you in awe. Rafayel lightly taps your palm as if to say ‘watch this’. He raises his hand in the air and then snaps, causing the aquatic animals to scurry off. A bunch of ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’ and other words of amusement tumbled out the children’s mouths.
Soon their teacher gathers them and continues with their tour. Most of them continue to look at Rafayel as they are led away from the scene. A smile appears on your face as you turn to your lover.
“It’s very sweet of you to do that for those kids. They’ll be talking about it all day.”
“I know, I’ll be the talk of the school.”
You stretch and then stand from the bench. You outstretch your palm to him with an upturned lip.
“Let’s continue where we left off, I wanna see the whale sharks and manta rays.”
---Added Part---
Now we all know Rafayel's worst enemy!!
Cats...
He cannot stand or be next to cats
He's so fucking silly and weird but whatever
You want to help him grow as a man
So, you invite him over to your apartment
"Welcome in, make yourself at home." "Can do. Wanna watch a-" You heard him stop in his tracks, your cat appeared and is now right beside him. "Rafayel, it's okay. This is c/n, he's very sweet." The way the fish man looks over at you makes your heart melt. His lips are pouted, and his eyes are big but still darting between you and c/n. "Y/n, you know damn well I don't like cats." "This is a growing experience, please just try for me. I'll sit in between you and c/n." "Fine." "Cool, let's watch a movie." During the movie, he keeps side-eyeing your cat and making sure it doesn't even think about moving closer to him. "Rafayel, you can pet him y'know." "Absolutely not." "Ok but how are you supposed to get over your fear." He sighs and then reaches his pointer finger over to your cat. C/n simply sniffs his finger and Rafayel already looks like he's about to pass out. "Ok, ok. You can retract your hand. I don't need you passing out on me."
In my writer opinion as a person who loves cats and plays LADS...
Rafayel is a pussy!
Again for the people in the back:
RAFAYEL IS A PUSSY!!!!
#requests are open#fluff#requests open#taking requests#reqs open#love and deepspace x reader#love and deepspace x reader fluff#love and deepspace rafayel#rafayel love and deepspace#rafayel x reader#Rafayel x reader fluff#rafayel fluff#lads x reader fluff#lads x reader#love and deepspace rafayel x reader#love and deepspace rafayel x reader fluff#love and deepspace rafayel fluff#lads rafayel x reader#lads rafayel x reader fluff#lads rafayel fluff
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Can we see the videos of the animals you got from the beach?
YES OFC (≧▽≦) I compiled some of my favorite clips!!
You'll see manta rays, sea turtles, a monk seal, moray eels, sea urchins, and a bunch of fish c: !!! The video is a little long o(-(
There was a time when a flounder swam right in front of my face and settled down in the sand below me, but I wasn't able to catch it on camera (´ . .̫ . `)
Also we saw a whale breach on the way to see turtles!! Also also, when I was climbing back into the boat after mantas, I fell off the ladder and obtained three large bruises on my legs hAha (つ≧▽≦)つ!!! I got a lot of bruises and cuts on my limbs and most idk what from :D !!!!! Was fun
#ask#hello yeo#gonna get scuba certified this year :D !!!#and then next year i think we're gonna swim with sharks o)-( !!! and more mantas !!!
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Welcome to the environmental lore photo collection that took me three weeks to do! We shall see if we can fit all the photos in!
Okay! For purposes of this compilation I'll not be talking about either seasonal areas or the war! Because those are whole separate topics, and well...
We know enough. Also, I had to lighten several photos, so they might look slightly off to experienced players. It's so you can see!
So, the very first area -
Forgive the quality, this is their second compression lmao. As you can see, we start off with pretty standard Sky Kingdom architecture - blue stone with pale blue paint, topped with gold almost-spikes. There's a landing area from valley (middle left) but it's almost entirely flooded with cloud so good luck landing on it now lol. An overhead walkway (bottom left) that only appears elsewhere in the valley citadel and skate race. Unsurprising, given the proximity.
The interesting things are the campfire, the lanterns, and the broken bridge (top left, right, and bottom right respectively).
The huge campfire and the rows of lanterns speak of low light levels and temperatures. The nature of the wasteland is pollution and corruption, so it's easy to think the thick, dark cloud layer blocking out the sun is a result of that, and thus came about later in the timeline. But it seems to be early enough that ancestors made their own countermeasures to the darkness.
The broken bridge, of course, led down. It's sizable. I wonder what it looked like, before the hurricane? Perhaps they used shuttle boats like the village of dreams? Unlikely - there's no boat debris anywhere on either side, but it's an interesting thought. Either way, it tells us the hurricane wasn't always there...
^ Enter the wasteland proper, and you're met with this. Everything is half buried in sand, the water is toxic, and there's not a candle to be seen (except of course on cake days, as you will see later XD) - this will remain true for the whole realm. Under the hooked arch in the bottom pic is the sapling (clinging on for dear life, surely) and the dock leading to Enchantment.
What purpose the listing building in the centre pic does, I don't know, but if you squint under the left arch in the bottom picture, you'll see there's another one (with nothing inside). Given its placement, it could be assumed one had to pass through it to reach the main entrance. It's highly unlikely they were homes.
Similarly, all those giant broken arches could have enclosed a vast area the size of a small town (figuratively, if we consider the dream village and the aviary) - they're all pointing at each other (as best they can). Valley has proven the smaller version of these are to be walked on, so perhaps guards or manta riders could patrol on them? You do crashland enter under the only standing arch, after all.
The paths, centre right, also seem to be doing badly. Their solidity and thickness means they're not simple flagstones or paving like other areas in sky - they're heavy duty, lined with I believe to be more of that golden metal that bent instead of crumbled. They were built over unsteady ground. Whether that be the sand and toxic water they sit in now or just normal water remains to be seen.
If you look left, you'll see a distant... Factory of some kind. Middle left picture. Pipes leading in or out of it. Whatever it is, production, water purification, waste disposal, it probably doesn't work anymore. If you've played Journey (sky's predecessor), it's strongly reminiscent of an area where you build a temporary bridge connecting the broken arches so you can cross into the enormous building ahead. It's a fantastic sense of scale, to realise that this ancient civilisation ringed a significant portion of way around the base of this gargantuan mountain.
Half buried statues guard the crumbling entrance - smaller than the gigantic ones in the valley stadium, but pretty much the same otherwise lol. Given the amount of buried rubble around them and the chasm in the stone above, did something burst in... Or out? The mystery isn't solved on the inside, but at least the corridor isn't completely blocked. Sky kid (me!) for scale! It's interesting, how apart from the obviously ceremonial dramatic valley statues, these are the first things we see of anything resembling combat or even weapons. A culture which has a concept of militaristic might. They're guarding something important. (Vault, duh.)
No! Unlike what you'd think, the important thing becomes clear immediately. The collosal, toppled bell (I always wondered if they were hollow), the odd ceremonial structure it landed by (top left), those funny diamond bells (top right, top left if you squint), the studded cylinders (bottom left). The hastily stacked rubble blocking the krill's sight (bottom middle), the ripped open roof (bottom right).
It's identical to the forest elder shrine. This is a temple. Could this have been the original location of the wasteland elder shrine? The only remaining proof of a secret eighth elder, now subsumed?... A cool shaped building the architects took and ran with? We don't know. Whatever it was, it was clearly of great import. Most likely ceremonial, or for worship, or, heck, the equivalent of a podium specifically for big grand speeches. When the roof was there, it was an enormous, grand room, guarded by stern stone giants twice over and blocked by the same great doors that hide the forest glade. The ones that light up and spin and only open after meditating and meeting the elder...
There's no sign of those doors now, which is impressive. Probably where they got the stone for the krill blockade and the hiding places along the little bridge. Good thing they're gone, then, because those magic hinges seem to have run out of juice and gone dark. My theory is they were there to keep people out - a barrier between the last traces of peace and the battle torn graveyard we're about to walk into. (Another potential point in the 'prev wasteland elder location' - an ancestor would have to pass through him to enter, and the enemy on the way out.)
There's pipes now, too - I can only believe they were a later addition, given how haphazardly they coat the walls, and the industrial pollution aesthetic much more suited to the grimy, bleak wastes of today than the gilded ceremonial hall this once was.
Just off the left after the main temple area, there's a large room, ceiling also torn off. I can only describe them as pedestals, but what stood on them I don't know. My first thought when I found this place as a moth was a wardrobe/constellation/friend constellation thing, but it's??? Eh. If it were statues, they're long gone with no sign, and they're not big enough for anything mobile. This room served a function, that much is clear, but if decorative or practical I doubt we'll ever know.
^ The graveyard. This is its actual name, I believe. Fitting. The wasteland title promised us Vault, that's all this place is now good for, so that must be the vault we see looming in the background, tower reaching into the low clouds. (If you've played Journey, you're already familiar with the tower idea, so it's easy to slot the two together.)
Here you'll find, uh, krill. There's four here, the highest concentration of krill in all sky lmao. You'll find giant skeletons. You'll find sand. Toxic water. And that's kind of it.
Interesting things abound, however! There's a fleet of sunken, broken boats (middle left), a campfire now overgrown with dark plants (not shown) and a giant crab roasting campfire with a poor, beloathed by the community, crab loving spirit (middle). We can only assume he's the one who built the campfire! Thanks dude! Please have an easier relived memory! (should we call it a seance??) Now, given the guy is an elderly dude who carries a guitar and spends his time chasing crabs all across the dang map, he's probably not a warrior. Heck, with the amount of crabs, he probably arrived after the pipes. After the war, even? On the middle right pic is the weirdly undecorated entrance to the sunken ship.
Of course I looked at the skeletons and compared them! Each wasteland one had tiny scratches or notches in the spine spikes, and yes they aren't there on the other, but otherwise the size and shapes are identical! These skeletons are whales, as proven by the skeleton in forest haunted by the whale whisperer! The poor forest whale died of head injury colliding with the building, so there's every chance these guys were also used in warfare for similar reasons - maybe even specifically bred to fight the krill - but it could also have been a tragedy of mass extinction during what turned the graveyard into what it is today. :( That you can find a Rythm spirit in a skull tells us the troupe came about a LONG time after the deaths.
^ To the shipwreck! The first pic I caught during the shard event (though they landed all the way in prairie!) lol. It looks so ominous... Outside of the seasonal enchantment beauty, this is the biggest vessel in the game, and much more utilitarian. Unlike SS Enchantment, this thing was a tanker, not a home for those on board.
Featuring - the only decorated pipes in the kingdom (middle left)! Life boat deployment cranes (bottom left)! A beached lifeboat, bottom right :(. A boat still attached (feat me). More of those weird diamond bells for cargo, which proves they were a valued commodity and at least semi mass produced and shipped around the kingdom! More than the craftsman in prairie, or the tree fellers in forest, they prove a thriving, stable kingdom steadily advancing in technology and society! And the boat being pointed to the temple - incoming goods? Potentially, for Vault?
The krill decided it didn't want to be in the top pic, but I swear he's there XD... Most likely what sank the ship, tbh. It's not caught on some rock, or ledge, or ditch. In fact, the bottom is more intact than the top!... I think the krill escaped the warzone and caught the arriving ship, possibly spotting an unlucky crewmate through those big arched windows. The memory of the saluting captain walks the wreckage of his ship, sending away a loyal crew member on the second last life boat, back out to sea. Whether it's the boat dashed on the rocks or if they escaped the krill I don't know, but we know the captain didn't. Crab whisperer passes through later, so we know the light seekers are also post event.
We've reached the entrance to the vault! It's.. Smaller than it looks from a distance. Vault must be a shorter building hidden behind it, or far enough away it vanishes into the smog. Under a shard event sky, the black waters look like blood.
The first thing you see of the battlefield is the large, imposing building, now listing to one side and rimmed with stakes (cheval de freise, if you want to be fancy. Large caltrops... When your mounts and enemies can fly). There's only one spirit here, lookout (middle left). Whether it was supposed to be a temporary building (UNLIKELY) or whether they didn't build it properly and the sandy ground subsided over the aeons that have passed between then and now is up to interpretation, but at least this time the lack of roof seems intentional. I'm more annoyed it doesn't line up with the temple, I had to stand literally on the right wall to get the bottom picture and it's still slightly left!
Lighting the crystal triggers three krill to emerge from the ground and start hunting. (One time I visited some unknowing friends who triggered the gate... A krill emerged less than a metre from me with no warning... Terrifying XD.) Previously they used to spawn basically on top of the players and you had to run for your LIFE, but now they take a leisurely stroll in your direction, so you've got plenty of time to wander your way to safety. Maybe stop and get an ice cream. Boring :/. In terms of lore very fascinating and scary, given the last stand and the aurora concert both seemed focused on defending the crystal. This whole time... It was rigged. By which side, I don't know.
The shrine! ^
From the outside, a large, ominous building covered in pipes and statue towers. On the inside, an octagonal chamber many stories high. Like the rest of wasteland, what little decor there is is chockers with that hollow star shape that symbolises light, the king, all that good stuff. There's six ginormous double doors ringing the chamber, all tightly shut. My first thought was six realms, one war council. Nothing to prove or disprove that lol. It would have been a great place for diplomacy, though, without the shrine statue. Sand everywhere, probably through the gaps in the ceiling lol. Beautiful door.
Wasteland elder himself!!! His weapons are the ones arranged on his shrine - whether that means he can manifest in the world and grab them or if they're stone recreations of the ones he carries at all times, I don't know. He's never been seen in any memory or cutscene of war, so maybe he can't manifest... We know the isle elder can, in the song runaway of aurora. His space is the very same place as the Crystal outside his chamber, facing out, and he points his spear towards where the kings star would be, the crowning jewel of his tower. We can safely assume whatever his role, he was defending Vault and Eden behind it. And he succeeded.
There's so much to talk about with the vault door. Top left, the closed wasteland/vault door. Bottom left and right, the closed forest door. Centre and top right, the open vault door. You'll notice more diamond shapes and boat imagery. But in wasteland, the jewels that presumably power the great door are missing, black. The double switches, inactive. Even when activated, no line traces up and no light appears - only the outlines of the stars and speckled lights hidden on the door itself. If that's not divine intervention from the elder, I don't know what is lol.
Pass through into vault, and see its beauty untouched. But turn around, and see the mounds of golden sand blown in from Wasteland, settling in the still air. Vault acknowledges its protector.
Some final thoughts:
^ For some reason, probably that it's the only place it's not very visible, the shipwreck is the only place where the kings star is absolutely massive and has a ring. Every other place, it's normal! It's probably an old design tgc forgot to update with the rest lmao.
^ An entirely accidental realisation due to my research. Man I love environmental storytelling. Nearly every detail of the mask matches the skull! The IMAGERY.
^ My first attempt to get a good shot of wasteland instead caught a first person witness to an expert krill dodger! I didn't get to talk to them, but know you were caught being very cool in high definition!!
^ I didn't get to talk about this theory before, but every entrance and exit to the graveyard and next door shipwreck EXCEPT their connecting corridor are all huge drops in altitude. Both are the only places you find boats. Both are sodden with black water. The ground is uneven. There's whale skeletons. My theory is that these areas were once entirely submerged! Water areas! Shipping and naval battles and cargo! Abyss proves krill can survive perfectly under water - and all emerging krill do so from water!! It'd explain the sand and the debris and the beached boats and all!
Elder shrines do like their slitted roofs. This is prairie. 'S why I wasn't theorising about the sand in wasteland lol. Gotta get the dramatic shafts of light from somewhere!
The open door and two beautifully poised strangers - well done on completing wasteland! I hope you enjoy vault!!
Pipe theory: these things pop up at the entrance to wasteland and follow you all the way through to the shrine, disappear in vault, and then reappear. They go all the way to the point of no return in eden!!! They're either taking something up, or, considering the amount of pipes that open into black water areas, the general gravity situation of vertical pipes... It's likely they were siphoning something away. Sewer pipes, but evil. Maybe trying to wash away whatever corruption happened to the Eye? It didn't work... Poisoned the waters instead. Maybe they carried water up to the Eye like a kingdom sized cooling system and that drained the waters??
And the photo that started this whole thing, the day I climbed the wasteland temple...
that's not smog. That is a wall. That is the biggest wall I have EVER seen.
Do you see the line under the clouds? The sky box? The 'horizon'?
YOU'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT VAULT.
TGC YOU MOTHERS OF DUCKS.
#LONG POST#VERY LONG POST#Realising the true size of vault from the outside I think messed up my brain#It's like an ant seeing a circuit board#Like yeah. Vault is huge. It's got to be. It's like a pocket dimension of indigo magic. Vault barely follows the laws of physics.#It's a world unto itself.#But to realise all of vault fits in one building of brick and stone.... It's insane. It's a mind boggling feat of engineering and magic#It's just insane.#Thank you for making it this far LMAO I hope the pretty pictures kept you entertained#extremely long post#Do you love the colour of wasteland?#But now I feel settled lmao that's been bugging me for months#sky children of the light#sky cotl#sky oc#sky photography#thatgamecompany#thatskygame#that sky game#skykid#that game sky#Tgc#s: cotl#Scotl#sky cotl screenshots#sky cotl photography#sky kid#skyblr#sky cotl lore#environmental storytelling
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