#cave crawlers

[mysticonsheadcanons]

Mysticons Fan Episode: Cave Crawlers

The Mysticons go to Rudick's Hollow, as Citrine asked them to help with something. While Em is worried, Sharise guesses that it's something that simply takes a lot of people, like renovating. Arkayna isn't sure, as with all the time they go to Rudick's Hollow, the dwarves do seem very close-knit, so it doesn't make sense that they wouldn't find people in Rudick's Hollow willing to help.

They get to Rudick's Hollow, and Malachite and Citrine look worried. Citrine explains that Herrick went missing, and that the police in Rudick's Hollow was unable to find him. She adds that given the fact that the Mysticons usually face large threats and don't often handle missing people, she is worried. Em says she's worried about Herrick after learning that he went missing, and the others say that they will help. Malachite suggests that they look for clues at his house.

They go to Herrick's house, but it initially doesn't appear strange. Piper notices a book on the desk, and looks to see what is going on. While Zarya doesn't initially think that it's important, they notice that the book described some kind of mine. Em recognized the cave as one that was forbidden, as it was dangerous and had a dangerous amount of Diamondback Cave Crawlers, and they decide to check it out.

They get to the cave, and immediately begin hearing noises from nearby. Arkayna warns them to be careful, as they know how dangerous Diamondback Cave Crawlers can be. Piper and Zarya look at each other, remembering the time Piper was swallowed by a cave crawler.

As they are going through the mine, Arkayna is caught in a strange cage. As the Mysticons are trying to break her free, a group of cave crawlers come. While Zarya and Em focus on breaking Arkayna out of the cage, Piper and Sharise holds them off. When they get far enough away, they talk about the cage, and realize that someone purposely put a trap there.

The Mysticons eventually find themselves in a strange room and wonder what it's for. They hear a noise behind them, and find a wizard and Herrick. While Em is initially happy to see him, Sharise notices that there is something strange about Herrick. Em notices a band around his arm, and guesses that the wizard is using that to control him. A fight ensues, and the band is broken. The wizard escapes.

As they are leaving the mine, they come across the diamondback cave crawlers again, and are forced to fight them off. The fight causes the cave to start completely caving in, and they barely escape, with Herrick helping Em after she gets her foot caught under a falling rock.

They return to Rudick's Hollow, and Citrine and Malachite are happy to see them. As it's late, Malachite suggests the Mysticons spend the night there, as it's better than flying to Drake City at night. They agree, and Citrine suggests Arkayna or Zarya call their parents, saying that they know the parents would worry if they were late.

[lost-in-video-game-land]

subnautic doodles 1/4

[giantmonsterpolls]

Happy Ten Years Of The MonsterVerse!!!

I forgot to post this yesterday, my bad))

Behold, the surprise I was telling ya’ll about!!

Me posting my art?? On this account??

I’ve been working on this for a while and I’m really proud of it, and I do plan to start posting my own fanart here more often!!!

[apple8ees]

lighting/fire practice in the form of a sort of @comicaurora redraw... unfortunately, void erin cool

[tailsdollr]

[naiadic]

Thinking about something my therapist told me today when I mentioned I've been feeling super into Horror lately-

They said that horror is a really great way to feel a controlled fear when the world is giving so much uncontrolled fear. Thinking about horrible monsters and situations that you *aren't* facing makes what actually is at hand a little more manageable

[do-you-read-me-00fu]

The best FU to ever come out of Alterra

[oldschoolfrp]

"Cavern of the Carrion Crawlers: All carrion crawlers in the whole complex of caves and caverns come to this area from time to time to breed. Over the years a litter of bones has built up from the prey these creatures have dragged here to devour at leisure."  (looks like a David Sutherland illus, from AD&D module G1: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief by Gary Gygax, TSR, 1981)

[bodie-r-hart]

THE DESCENT

Abgrund des Grauens 2005

The Crawlers

Cast

[honksilly]

goodbye

[mudstoneabyss]

can you make a list of your top indie horror game recs ::3

yeah! so these wont be in order of what i like the most, they're just going to be here in whatever order I think of them. i'm also trying to go with what I think are more lesser-known ones, and if one is more popular it'll because I think it's one people write off that are actually good. as i'm writing this i'm going back up to say the descriptions for these will become less detailed because i got tired and cant keep repeating the art!! the atmosphere!!

Scarlet Hollow: A heavily choice-based horror mystery visual novel about going back to Scarlet Hollow- a small town in south historically ran by your family- for the funeral of your late aunt. its episodic and there are currently only 4 of the 7 episodes out. even with just them it is my favorite game. I love the writing and the art and the whole atmosphere of the game AND the soundtrack brought Brandon Boone (the composer) into my top 5 artists in my spotify wrapped last year

Slay the Princess: Another choice-based horror visual novel (and dating sim!) by the creators of Scarlet Hollow where you are tasked with, well, slaying the princess to prevent the destruction of the entire world. It's only a demo right now-releasing q3 of this year- but I'm excited for the whole game! my selling point for it with my followers is that the narrator (and some other characters) are voiced by Jonny Sims and hey podcast fans you like him check out this game

Endacopia: A click and point horror game inspired by Humongous Entertainment games such as Pajama Sam. Currently also a demo and set to release in October of 2024, I can not emphasize enough how excited I am for it. The game's style is so fun and there's lots of little details and the music??? There's two musical numbers in the demo alone. Some of the style and writing also reminds me of Undertale and even Homestuck somewhat (I say as someone who hasn't read homestuck)

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity: This is an 8-bit style horror game inspired by the 1980s Satanic Scare coming in 3 chapters with multiple endings, a very good example of games not needing high-end realistic graphics to be scary

Doki Doki Literature Club: Glances at my icon. who could've seen this one coming. I feel like most people know about ddlc by now, even if they don't know anything past "horror anime dating sim". It starts off for a long while a seemingly normal, if bland, visual novel dating sim until-seemingly suddenly- twisting into psychological horror. There's, however, a lot of foreshadowing once you see the beginning again after knowing what will happen. Honestly I think this games brilliant and its such a shame it somehow got lumped in with "cringe" mascot horror (its not even a mascot horror game?). For me a lot of the horror comes from the amount of scares left up to a random percentage- and how subtle a lot of them are. You can replay it and have a fairly different experience than you did the first time- and be scared by completely new things. There's also this existential and cosmic horror element that is less one you experience while playing it, i think, and more thinking about it afterwards. This isn't even touching on a lot of the secrets and easter eggs. a few years after the original game came out, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus was released, and it leaves the og game experience essentially untouched while adding a new vn experience the length of the og game (thats seemingly horror-less) as well as some more lore to the world, not of the game, but around the game, and builds more on the existential/cosmic horror. Needless to say from the length of this, I adore this game. also take the content warnings seriously, in the (free) og the game opens with warnings and a link to a page with specific tws, and in ddlc+ you are given the options to see those warnings listed before starting the game, as well as the ability to turn on tw pop-ups before game events

Home Safety Hotline: Also currently a demo, a horror game where you work for a home safety hotline, answering calls to help people deal with pests and other household problems. as the game progresses you get some more... off-putting calls and access to more unusual problems. I love games that put you into the role of someone who works a mundane job dealing with horrifying shit (similar reasoning to why I like the I'm On Observation Duty games, which I think are more popular rn than I want to put on this list)

NiGHT SIGNAL: By the same creator of Home Safety Hotline, this one's a short one about getting a new tv set and finding some strange channels during the night, inspired by The Twilight Zone and a 1995 game, The Dark Eye. A lot of the art in the game is done with clay which creates this really nice uncanny look and atmosphere- details about which you can see in an artbook you unlock after playing the game, which is REALLY cool I adore seeing the creativity behind and what goes into games like these.

and there's a bunch more I like, these are just the ones off the top of my head and I also dont feel like typing a bunch more dfnafnsk I'll also say if yall haves one you really like that I havent mentioned feel free to send an ask talking about them

[rotary-supercollider]

[lovearoundzero]

When you turn into a crystal while dying in a cave 😝😝✨✨🙏🙏

[almostlookedhuman]

[crawlershq]

when did you start having a goth style? I think it looks fabulous on you!++( LIV I NEED AN EYELINER TUTORIAL BECAUSE MINE SUCKS AND I NEED TO KNOW YOURS)

Firstly, thank you so much for your kind words :')

So I properly got into goth when I was maybe 11? (Thanks Amy Lee). My mum is actually a goth too, so she was super excited when I got into the fashion and makeup properly, but she used to play a lot of goth bands (Depeche Mode, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Joy Division, The Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen, Bauhaus etc.), so I grew up listening to that kind of music anyway. I suppose it was only a matter of time before I dove into that world haha! Fun fact: I named my red bass after Siouxsie Sioux!!

In regards to the eyeliner tutorial, you'll just have to keep your eyes out for something on our socials. It might be coming sooner than you think....