#catim au

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

How the twisted toons move in CATIM

•Donnie

The most like a cartoon character.

Being able to squash and stretch but also having a limp due to his decayed leg

A bit more towards how cartoons moved in the 90s than how they moved in the 30s.

A lot of whooshy and whishy type of movements

•April

A mix of the pristine way Minnie Mouse moves and the seductive flowy way Eris from… whatever movie she’s from moves

A lot of emphasis on moving “ladylike” with her shoulders high, her back straight and her legs close together as she walks.

•Casey

Very similar to stop motion but with less frames.

Making his movements very quick and erratic with a cracky sound with each twitch of motion

Almost like his entire body is a glowstick that needs to be cracked to be less stiff.

Though he’s actually really fast despite this.

[starlightshadowsworld]

I love your hard of hearing Casey headcanon

I like to think one of the problems he faces with it is constantly hearing things wrong.

Like

Donnie:”OHHH MIGHTY INK DEMON!”

Casey:”ohhh mighty ink demon”

Donnie:”we offer you this sacrifice!”

Casey:”we offer you this sack of rice”

Donnie:”cleanse him of all his imperfections!”

Casey:”steer clear of all the intersections”

Donnie:”and return him to his perfect state!”

Casey:”take a left at the interstate-“

Donnie:”CASEY! SHUT UP!”

Casey:”Casey! Shut up…”

(I couldn’t help it. I wanted an excuse to use that incorrect quote)

Thank uuu.

I am losing my hearing so this is a way of coping lol and it's fun.

Casey tries to lip read but it's fucking hard and you try reading the lips of people covered in ink and in masks.

Don't recommend.

So he just gives up and says whatever he thinks is going on.

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

Ooh!

Y’all can do this for catim!

TMNT AU/Iteration ask game!

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General:

🏙️ What is the main setting of your au? 🏠 What is the Lair like? 🧪 Where does the mutagen come from? 🧫 Were your turtles mutated intentionally or on accident? 💉 Do any characters get mutated during the main story? 💵 How do your turtles make money? Or do they only scavenge? 🦹 Who is the main villain? 😡 What is your villain’s motivation? ☠️ Does anyone die in your au? 😍 Are there any romances in your au? 🐢 Are your turtles different species? 🐱 Do any of your characters have pets? 👹 Are there yokai/supernaturals in this universe?

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Who …

🫵 Who do you project onto the most? 🩹 Who is the Medic? 🧑‍🍳 Who is the best cook? 🍍 Who likes Pineapple on pizza? 🧓 Who is the eldest sibling? 👶 Who is the youngest sibling?

Character specific

🥊 Does Raph have anger issues? If so, how does Raph deal with his anger? 🧶 Does Raph knit?

🗣️ Is your Leo the leader? Has he always been? 🔥 Is Leo accident prone? Especially in the kitchen?

🔬 Is Donnie only interested in Tech? 🤖 Does your Donnie have a robot child?

🎨 Is Mikey the artist of the family? 😈 Is Mikey a little shit?

🐀 Was Splinter a human or an animal before he was mutated? 🧑‍🍼 How does Splinter raise the boys? 💏 Does/Did Splinter have a significant other?

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❓Write your own question!

[the-villain-school]

The main product of the stream today! Some character designs for the Charlie and the Ink Machine AU!

Thanks to everyone who came!

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

Catim

April:”you wouldn’t hit a lady, would you?”

Raph: punches her in the face

“Eh. I don’t discriminate”

April: gives him a scary af death glare

Raph: now scared

”though maybe I should”

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

Casey and The Ink Machine

Character Sheets

Part 1.

Donnie

Donnie is the Boris stand in.

Aiding Raph and guiding him through the inky hell that is the studio,

While hiding a dark secret from his new friend,

Donnies choice to become Raphs buddy has sealed his fate….

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

Ooh! Fun!

Favorite color: pink

Favorite flavor:chocolate

Favorite genres:indie/psychological/body/transformation horror, musicals, meta humor/horror and dark parodies of superhero media

Favorite music:usually fan songs about media I like but also musical songs and emo music

Last song: (listening to it right now) Just Look My Way (stolas lament) by Paranoid DJ

Last movie:uhhh… I don’t really remember but I’m gonna say Mel gibsons the fatman during the week of Halloween

Last wip worked on:I don’t really do wips but I just did a casrai short story for my Of Mutants And Monsters au last night

Currently reading:nothing at the moment but I just finished the fourth closet graphic novel recently

Currently watching:mostly watch YouTube vids but for actual shows, I’m currently watching moon knight.

Currently working on: trying to pack to move to Japan, studying for a microbiology test and finding motivation to make a full fic out of catim/catdr

Tagging: @sonicranger1 @youwishyouweregay @morikothehalfangel and anyone else interested

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Favourite colour: Red

Favourite flavour: Salty/savoury

Favourite genres: Sci-fi, fantasy

Favourite music: Alternative rock, video game OSTs or my Christmas playlist

Last song: Christmas Bells by John Gorka, from A Winter's Solstice III

Last movie: Guardians of the Galaxy

Currently reading: The God Key by Simone King

Currently watching: Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!, The Owl House, The Orville, Dead End: Paranormal Park

Working on: Applying for a college program in video game design, starting a Twitch livestream

Tagging @ina-bon @friendlyphantom @violent-kurumi @xxcureangelxx @lilbreck @edgytrashvamp @melancholicdesire @purpletsuki @yuzukimist @pendulum-sonata @pendulum-summon @curiositybox @lost-in-horrorland and anyone else who wants to!

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

Catim/catdr

I like to think middy was actually a good artist outside of writing and singing,

Just not at drawing kid friendly stuff.

Middy:”so I was looking through some bibles and Old Testaments and I think this is what angels would actually look like”

Hands a drawing to raph

Raph:”…. Thems a lotta eyes”

Mikey:”and tentacles”

Leo: walks by and sees the drawing

“Aaaaand this is why you don’t draw for the cartoons, mids.

Man. Imagine if our little April angel looked like that…..”

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

Please read Casey And The Ink Machine Chapter 1!

This is my absolute favorite of my aus so this is my biggest passion project

I really REALLY hope this gets good reception

as it helps motivate me to continue writing

And I’m so excited for y’all to see the rest of this story

So please enjoy Casey and the ink machine!

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

Casey And The Ink Machine

Chapter 1: Can’t Be Erased

“Raph took a deep breath as his hand was holding the knob.

This isn’t gonna end well.

He opened the door and entered.

“Hey brotha. How ya doin?” Raph asked softly as he peeked in.

Leo was sitting at his desk, his eyes red and puffy as his face leaned onto his fists, hiding his mouth.

Leo’s glance wasn’t at Raph, but at a picture on his desk. Upon noticing Raph, Leo moved the picture face down and regained his composure.

“Oh I’m just… thinking” Leo said as he fixed his collar. He sat up in a professional position as Raph crossed his arms and leaned on the wall.

This is a bad time…

“Why are you here?” Leo asked, trying to keep a poker face. Raph looked at Leo and then looked down as he sighed.

“I need to talk to you bout somethin. You cool with that?” Raph responded. Leo gave a confused look.

Raphs not the type to ask if he can say something.

“Yeah? What is it?” Leo asked. Raph bit his lip.

“I’m leavin the studio” Raph finally said. Leo’s eyes went wide.

“What… why would you…” Leo whispered. Raph looked away.

“I know… I know it’s a bad time” Raph started before being interrupted.

“Bad time?” Leo scoffed as he sat up. “You’re tryin to abandon us? Especially now?”

Raph glared at Leo as he uncrossed his arms. “What do you mean by that?” He asked with contempt.

“We started this place as a family. We made it successful as a family. Now one of our family members is gone and you wanna abandon us?!” Leo spat.

“If family’s so damn important to ya, maybe ya shouldn’t have worked me to the bone to make my own damn toons that YOU profit off of!” Raph yelled.

“Oh please! Everyone, including me, tried to get you to take a break but you’d never listen! Now it’s MY fault it wore ya down?!” Leo yelled back.

“Yeah cause extending my hours without my permission and without extra pay and then gettin mad when I call you out on it is encouraging! I barely see my wife anymore! AND SHE WORKS HERE!” Raph shouted

Leo glared at him. “You’re willing to run away from your own damn family over some hours?!” Leo yelled.

“With family like yous, yeah! I am!” Raph responded as he turned to walk away.

Leo clenched his fists as he thought. “Raphael! If you walk out that door, then your creations are mine, ya hear!” Leo tried to threaten him with.

Raph grabbed some papers out of his pocket and threw em at Leo.

“Take em! I don’t care about those damn toons! I just wanna be with my wife and away from you!” Raph yelled.

He turned and walked out, slamming the door behind him. Leo looked down at the papers Raph threw at him.

It was of Raphs creations.

Donnie The Mechanic.

April The Angel.

Casey

The Demon….

Leo raised back up the picture he was looking at earlier. It was of him, Mikey, Raph and…..

Leo punched the picture without thinking. He dropped the photo and winced as he felt glass cutting into his skin.

That was goddamn stupid.

Leo looked for a mes kit as he held his fist. A drop of blood fell onto one of the drawings.

Leo used a towel on his desk to wrap up the wound as he saw the stain.

It fell directly on Casey the demon, covering the drawings pie cut eye.

“Shit”

He said under his breath as he grabbed the picture. He tried to wipe off the drop, only for it to smudge.

“Dammit”

He said. He ruined Raphs drawing.

But….

It wasn’t Raphs.

Not anymore.

They were his.

His creations.

His masterpiece…..

-

Raph took a deep breath as his hand was on the knob. He held up the note in his hand as he sighed.

“Alright Leo” Raph started as he opened the door.

“Let’s see if we can find what you wanted me to see” he finished as he walked in.

The place looked…. Strange.

For starters, everything was black and white.

Well….

Moreso black and yellow.

But it wasn’t just that. Everything looked… sketchy….

It felt like he walked into an old decayed sketchbook.

The place was dead quiet. All he could hear was the distant sounds of wood creaking and… something… dripping?

He had seen enough.

He turned around, preparing to leave. Only for the door behind him to be gone.

His eyes widened as he took a step back.

Did… did he remember where he went through wrong?

But.. but that can’t be he just went through there-

He took a deep breath.

Just… stay calm. And find another way out.

He told himself.

His heart raced. He felt hot in the face but cold in his limbs. He felt both too light and too heavy as his anxiety went up.

In through your nose. Out through your mouth.

He repeated in his mind as he walked forward.

He was about to yell out for Leo before deciding against it as he saw a room with a projector playing.

Raph crossed his arms as he watched the cartoon playing. His stress eased as he let out a small smile at the cartoon.

It was of Casey on a stage tap dancing to a little tune. It was simple, but cute.

Raph was impressed. The animators Leo got since he’s been gone have a real knack for movement.

But…

Something shifted for a split second. Raph didn’t quite catch it, but for a second he swore the lil dancin demon had….

Strangely realistically drawn eyes…

And a sinister grin.

Raph decided to turn around and leave, not seeing the toon on the walls eyes follow him.

Raph went down a hallway. He saw black goo dripping from pipes around the area. Raph avoided the ooze as much as he could, unsure of what it was.

He stopped as he saw something from the corner of his eye in the room next to him. He turned to see “The Creator Lied To Us” written on the wall with black goo.

He decided to not look into it and continue on his way. He saw a sign pointing to several rooms, but one caught his attention.

“The Ink Machine”

What is that?

Raph decided to follow the sign to this…. Ink Machine.

He turned a corner and gasped as he thought he saw someone. Only to realize it’s a simple cardboard cutout of Casey The Demon.

Raph groaned as he pinched his nose.

Seriously?

He knocked over the cutout as he continued on his way. He turned another corner as he saw the entrance to “the ink machine”

He went inside, not noticing until it was too late that black sludge was pooling on the floor, stepping in it.

Goddamit

He looked up and saw that he was on a ledge. Below was nothing but black goo that was so high it was spreading onto the floor he was currently on.

He turned to his right and saw a lever. Without thinking, he pulled it.

Raph quickly covered his ears as the room became deafeningly loud with the sounds of gear’s turning and chains clanking.

Out of the black ocean, several chains raised up a giant machine. The sludge slid off the hunk of metal as Raph saw a giant tube attached to it pouring out more black sludge.

There’s gotta be a way to turn this… ink machine off.

Raph thought as he looked around. He then saw to his left a wheel on a giant pipe. Next to it was a sign saying “ink pump”.

Raph went to turn the wheel, but the wheel was stuck. Try as he might, it wouldn’t budge.

“DOW!” He yelped as his hands slipped. He winced as his hands burned from the friction.

He looked down and saw a toolbox. He kneeled down and opened it, hoping to find a wrench for the job.

Unfortunately, the slot that seemed to be for a wrench was empty.

The hell did it go?

Raph got up and walked out of the room. He looked around the area, hoping to find the missing wrench.

He stopped for a second as he SWORE he saw a shadow behind his own from the corner of his eye.

He fixed his collar as he tried to calm down.

Dammit this place is too quiet

He thought as he continued. He turned another corner as he noticed something in a room near him.

He went in to see what it was, only to freeze in horror as he realized what it was.

In the middle of the room, was a corpse on an examination table.

Except it wasn’t a human corpse.

As raph stared, he recognized the tall body as…

Donnie The Mechanic?

But…

His- it’s body was torn and stitched up and leaking black ink.

Leo what the fuck were you doing?

He then saw the writing on the right wall.

“The heart of the damned in now ours, Angel of Above and Demon so Below”

Raph looked at the body again. He noticed it’s chest was ripped open, a wrench sticking out of the cavity.

Raph but his lip as he tried to relax, his eyes wide.

It’s a prop it’s a prop it has to be a prop

His body felt like jello as he slowly walked to the corpse.

I’m gonna kill Leo for this.

Raph looked at the things Xed out eyes as he grabbed the wrench. His stomach dropped as pulled.

His body was tense as he felt he couldn’t put all his strength into yanking the thing out.

He put a foot on the exam table as he pulled as hard as he could, falling on his back as the wrench gave.

“Oww” he groaned as he got up. He looked at the body and then at the ink covered wrench.

Just focus on getting out.

He turned to walk out. As he was at the room’s entrance, he couldn’t help but turn to look at the “prop” one more time.

Only for the exam table to be empty.

Raphs heartbeat was felt in his entire body as he quickly walked out.

He stopped for a minute once he felt far away enough. He leaned on a wal as his body felt shaky.

It’s fine it’s fine it’s fine

Just focus on getting out

In through your nose, out through your mouth

It’ll be fine

Just. Get. Out.

Raph took one big deep breath as he stood upright. He slowly regained his composure as he continued on his way.

He finally got back to the ink machine room when he saw that the entrance was boarded up.

When did….

Just focus on getting out

Despite his body yelling at him not to, he went up to the boarded up entrance.

He looked at the wrench he was holding. Maybe if he used enough force, he could break the planks of wood with i-

Raph barely processed the eye popping up through the holes between the planks as he heard wood shatter and felt something yank him up and inti a wall behind him.

He dropped the wrench as his hands grasped around the arm choking him. He tried to gasp for air as he could feel his neck bruise and crack from the pressure.

He looked down to see, through blurry vision, the thing choking him. He wasn’t sure what he was looking at.

But it wasn’t human.

It was a black and yellow beast. Somehow having sketch marks, half of its face was dripping with black ink, it’s raggedy hair and sharp horns blending into the black.

The other half of its face seemed yo have a skull painted on it, with a demented black eye with a red slit staring at him and an unnatural fanged grin enjoying his pain.

The arm choking raph was skeletal but with long, sharp claws. The other was inhumanly gigantic with two holes through the hand.

Raph could hear a low growl from the thing as it moved slightly and… strangely.

It’s movements were quick but rickety. Small but noticeable. As if every movement was a single frame put together to create something uncanny.

Raphs consciousness was starting to slip as he couldn’t breathe.

“Heh heh” the thing let out a small chuckle.

“You’ve been away for far too long” it said in what sounded like two voice’s speaking at once.

One sounded like a normal person with a Brooklyn accent, the other was the growling, distorted, deep voice of a beast.

Raph desperately tried to think of a way out as the things grip tightened. He kicked the thing in the face as hard as he could.

Only to scream as the monsters fingers slipped down to grab his jacket and he felt two rows of something sharp burrow into his foot.

He looked and saw the creatures head had split open vertically, revealing two rows of fangs on each side that were digging into Raphs ankle.

Raph quickly took the opportunity to unbutton his jacket and slip out of the monsters grasp.

As quickly as he could, he grabbed the wrench he dropped and slammed it across the things face before it could grab him again.

He ran off as the tall beast was distracted, adrenaline allowing him to ignore his wrecked ankle.

He turned for a sec as he ran and saw the thing was on all fours, chasing him with incredible speed.

Raph turned a corner and caught himself before hitting the wall and continued running.

The creature ended up sliding too far and slammed into the wall, slowing itself down and giving raph time to find a door.

He quickly went through the door, slammed it closed and lower the metal bar attached to it to lock it.

He could hear and feel the monster slam into the door with a gooey thud, unable to break through the metal.

He slumped down as he heard it bang on the door and growl. He took a sharp, shaky, deep breath as his ankle was in horrible pain.

He looked down at the wound. On both sides of his shoe he saw deep rows of gash marks that he thinks may have hit bone. The wounds were leaking blood and…

Ink?

He wiggled off his shoe as he saw the area was swollen real bad. He wiped away tears as he looked around for a med kit.

He saw one on the table in the middle of the room. He held the wall next to him as he got up, careful not to stand on his wounded foot.

He heard the floor creak as he hopped to the desk. He managed to get to it and lean on the desk, about to grab the med kit when-

“AHHH!” He yelled as the floor gave way, causing him to fall into the abyss below.

Raph could barely process the fall before slamming into the floor below. His body was writhed with pain as he struggled to breathe.

His vision was blurry as he tried to get up, only being able to get to his knees. He couldn’t tell where he was as he covered his mouth to let out a harsh cough.

He looked down at his hand as he was wheezing from pain. His hand was soaked with blood.

He looked down and saw a broken plank of wood sticking out of the side of his chest as he smelled and tasted nothing but blood.

He looked up as his vision blurred and his consciousness slipped away. Only able to let out one word before falling over.

“Fuck”

He fell on the floor, unable to do anything but lie down and bleed out.

He saw someone or….. something stand over him. His vision was far too blurry to make it out.

He felt his shoulders being grabbed and his body being dragged away.

He passed out before he could find out who possible savior, or possible killer, could be….”

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

Catim

Raph:”what happened to your face?”

Referring to the scar across her face

Karai:”the angel thought I had a prettier face than hers. And wasn’t happy about it”

Raph:”ehhh”

Karai:”what?”

Raph:”I mean. I guess your face is less of a ��horrifying rotting abomination” and more “just plain ugly””

Karai:”how have you not died yet?”

Raph:”the monsters here are surprisingly bad at not crashing into stuff”

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Catim

Me:”so ink demon Casey is actually quite fast and animal like when chasing people”

“So how is anyone able to escape him?”

Me:”easy! Cause he’s half blind and doesn’t pay attention to where he’s going, he constantly rams into s••t and slows himself down”

“… really?”

Me:”yup. Hes done it so much, He’d probably have brain damage by now if he had organs”

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

Alright

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

In you CATIM AU, do Donnie and Mikey recognise Raph once they reunite with him?

Mikey does but has lost his mind so he tries to kill him.

Donnie doesn’t. As far as he knows, he’s just helping a hurt stranger

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

https://at.tumblr.com/nrrrdgrrrl2002/time-to-dump-my-tmnt-2012-anthology-au-series/k5kym32nsnqg So… who’ll be Allison, Tom and Wilson?

Allison-Karai

Tom-fugitoid

Wilson-shredder