#food loving hocotatian: louie

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A odd looking ship crashes into PNF 404. The ship doesn't look like one from Koppai, hocotate or any other known populated planets. Investigate?

*after they saw the ship crashing the group decided to send out Louie, Oatchi, and Brittany as well as 40 red pikmin. It took the 3 around 30 minutes to get to the crashed ship and they cautiously looked at the ship and the area around it*

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*after Olimar saw the trail he want back to his room to wake Louie up but his was fast asleep so Olimar cautiously checked on what was at the end of the trail after grabbing a knife from his bedside table drawer*

Hello, who's there?

Open Roleplay

Your muse hears a door in their home open, despite it being locked. Seems like someone broke in and entered. When they go to look, what appears to be demon blood leaves a trail on the floor...

[vonbaghager]

olimar and louie are such fascinating characters. The pikmin themselves are interesting as well, since even in universe the protagonists and secondary characters have a hard time getting a read on the little plant people, and they can only guess as to why pikmin do what they do because of the communication barrier between them.

olimar's a space trucker but he shows a surprising depth of understanding in multiple scientific fields, most notably biology, which makes me imagine that he spends most of his time with his feet kicked up on the dashboard of his ship while he wiki walks and peruses Space National Geographic. The god/devil/guardian entity of PNF 404 fell in love with him.

Louie is an enigma. His own personnel file says he has "an alarmingly adventurois appetite" which is even more alarming when you're informed that Hocotatians are largely vegetarian. He's uninterested in anything he can't eat but is so shockingly competent when it comes to acquiring food that he seems to be able to single-handedly kill and eat any creature he comes across (not that we ever see him do it). Also he can control creatures by sitting on their heads.

[eldritch-elrics]

What about the Hocotatians' internet habits? (This isn't related to the ask but I'm going to use this space to tell you I enjoyed very much your Louimar fic and learning there will be a sequel has me going YESSSSSS!)

first of all hehehe thank you!! sequel writing is going slowly but i'm very excited about it and it will be Long. get hyped

and hmmmm! ok good question.

oliwife is on pinterest and instagram for sure. loves sharing photos of the kids. i think i could also see her as a bit of an online gamer - stuff like tower defense games, tetris, etc. she definitely spends way too much money on mobile games

olimar is on instagram solely to like every photo his wife posts. otherwise he is extremely offline.

i honestly don't see louie as very online either. that is, not in a social media sense. he does watch a lot of cooking youtube and very occasionally comments on videos, and that is the extent of his social interaction online. he also absolutely watches those sorts of videos which explain in-detail how to slaughter and prepare a particular kind of animal. also freaky food shit like ikizukuri

the president is not online at all. the hocotate freight official website has not been updated in 20 years.

[whistlingstarlight]

Would you like to ramble about Pikmin? I've been kind of curious about it ngl (you're free to tell me anything and everything you'd like; I don't have something specific I want to know about)

OKAY LADS BUCKLE UP

Welcome to my TED Talk on why I love Pikmin so fucking much and I think everyone should give it a try, or at the very least watch Let's Plays (I will very happily provide links to my favourite LPs if requested).

So Pikmin 1 focuses on Captain Olimar, a freight worker from the planet Hocotate who crashes onto an uncharted planet whilst on vacation. He meets little half-plant, half-animal creatures he names Pikmin (after his favourite carrot brand, the pikpik). His ship has been destroyed, but with the help of the pikmin he's able to repair his ship.

Pikmin 2 picks up right after Olimar gets back to Hocotate. His company is in debt, and after a souvenir he brought home is deemed profitable Olimar's boss sends him (and a selectively mute employee named Louie, to return to the planet to collect enough treasures to repay the company debt. Spoiler-heavy Hijinks ensue.

Pikmin 3 goes in a completely different direction, following new protagonists from the planet Koppai: Captain Charlie, botanist Brittany, and engineer Alph. Their home planet is overpopulated and starving, but food has been located on the uncharted planet (dubbed PNF-404, and it's their job to bring seeds home to restore food supplies.

Pikmin 4 is... a soft reboot, which I'm unsure if I like or not. Following Olimar's first crash landing, his distress signal was received by the galactic Rescue Corps who set out to rescue him. And like every previous ship to land on the planet... they crash. For the first time you create your own character, and it's their job to rescue both Olimar and the rescue corps.

And throughout all of this, you are teeny tiny! The Hocotatians, Koppaites and all other planetary explorers are only a few inches tall, giving you a completely new perspective of Earth. Because yes! This uncharted planet is Earth!

Each Pikmin game introduces new varieties of pikmin, creatures, and beautiful environments. Throughout all the games you travel through forests, gardens, puddles and snowdrifts. The series starts off with a feeling of complete isolation and loneliness, but over time as you steadily visit the planet with more crewmates that sense of loneliness decreases, but the planet still feels dangerous and hostile.

The music in this series is amazing too, ranging from peaceful overworld themes to tense boss battles. Even if you don't decide to play any of the games or watch a Let's Play, I recommend listening to tracks from the series. These in particular are some of my favourites:

The Forest of Hope - Pikmin 1

The Valley of Repose - Pikmin 2

The Wistful Wild - Pikmin 2

Garden of Hope - Pikmin 3

Distant Tundra - Pikmin 3

Blossoming Arcadia - Pikmin 4

Serene Shores - Pikmin 4

Dandori Battle - Pikmin 4

And whilst not necessarily my favourite tracks, the Boss Battle from 3 and Groovy Long Legs from 4 are great examples of adaptive music if that's your thing!

[ghostlyanon]

// 🍝!

PLAYING WITH THE FOOD SMH MEME

Louie’s ability to cook was one of the best Ghosty had witnessed through her short experience with life. After helping the crew with another treasure hunt, she’s been invited to indulge in that evening’s dinner: pasta a la bolognese. 

The rations had been divided fairly between all of them and no one could complain about, except... Perhaps it was her imagination, but Louie seemed a bit down, sometimes staring longily into Olimar’s dish and hers. Another attentive glance to Louie from her revealed that his plate was already EMPTY. How could one possibly eat so fast?

Loui absolutely LOVED food, didn’t he. Looking down at her pasta now, it almost seemed like she had been given the bigger portion from the whole. And she was not so hungry anymore... Why not share a bit of her food with him? Surely he would appreciate having an extra meatball!

But him being so far away and giving him the meatball without anyone else noticing -who knew if they would be upset upon her action- would prove to be a difficult task. She daintly picked one up, calculating just the enough force needed for it to make a perfect land on Louie’s plate and... 

SHOOT! 

Alas! She underestimated her own strength! The meatball went up flying through the air and SMACKED right against the Hocotatian’s helmet, leaving a trail of sauce as it scurried down from the smooth surface. Soon enough, all eyes followed the direction from which the meatball had come from... HER.

 Feeling sweat starting to form out of nervousness, she let out a quiet laugh that was not lacking at all of that feeling. 

“O-oops! It slipped from my hand! S-sorry...”

[flightlesswonder-blog]

@olimarandlouie {continued from here}

If Pit had hoped to find Olimar, he was about two hours too late. There was no sign of the three-haired captain on the Hocotate Freight ship, but there were about a hundred signs of one-haired colleagues, all identical, and all equally hungry. “Food.” “Food.” “Food.” “Food.” None of them paid the newcomer any mind–yet–as they were too busy foraging the ship for bits of edible (or even inedible) things to devour. Remote controls, loose change, crumbs, soda cans… nothing had been spared. Even bits of the carpet had gone missing. One of the Hocotatians must have seemed a bit… off, though. Instead of the lovely vacant-stare-and-saying-nothing-but-the-word-‘food’ combination every other glutton had going on, this one looked more than a bit unsettled. And pale. And sweaty. “Uh.. f-food. Food. Fooooood foodfoodfood.” “Food,“ a clone muttered in a rather exasperated tone, which might have meant something along the lines of ‘Look at this dork over here.’ Several others nodded in agreement. Unlike the other Louies, who apparently just didn’t care about a complete stranger showing up on the ship, this particular Louie stopped right in his tracks the moment he saw Pit. He stared for a few seconds. Frowned. Rubbed his eyes. Then looked back up again. Yep. The angel in the middle of the destroyed living room was indeed real. Which brought up another fairly important question.

“Wuh-wait a second. Am I dead, or…?”

Yeah, it, uh... It sure seemed that way. Man, they were kind of creepy, saying only food and eating... Things that definitely didn’t look like they were supposed to be eaten. Kind of made him think of Guttlers, actually, which only made it more weird but at least the clones didn’t look like them too. He was pretty relieved that they weren’t paying him any attention (thank god angel wings don’t seem to be on the menu). Although, actually-- That one there did seem to see him...

“Huh?”

Dead? Why would-- Oh right. Yeah. Angel. Guess he thought that he was here to play the reaper. Pit couldn’t help laughing a little. He’d definitely make a much nicer Reaper than all of the other Reapers.  For one, he was a lot nicer to look at.

“Nah, you’re not dead. I was just looking for Olimar.”

Although as long as Louie didn’t start acting like his clones, Pit wouldn’t mind his company too.

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*There was a 11 year old girl walking around, the girl had messy brown hair that had bright cyan highlights and that faded into a cherry sorta color, she wore a bright purple and gray striped shirt, purple pants that seemed a bit small on the girl and she had scrapes on her feet, she also had a pretty big backpack that was dragging across the ground while the girl wore it that’s how big it was, anyone gonna talk to her? She seems lonely*

@the-plushie-friendships

*Louie saw the girl from a clearing and finished his bulborb burger and got up to go over to the girl because he's never seen someone like her, some of the red sauce around his mouth looking like blood*

Oh, hello there!

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PNF 404 LOG 344: Welcome to our home

Welcome to our blog, a connection to you from pnf 404 documenting what is happening with us on this planet. We've grown accustomed to this place and there is a safe space connection between us, koppai, and hocotate. We even managed to make the atmosphere habitable without space suits.

(This is a pikmin rp blog, Character information underneath cut)

Olimar

A hocotatian that wears a tan space suit with a red antenna and gloves. He's a bit below average in height and he makes up for it with a kind but proper attitude. He's best friends with Louie and the two have an older and younger brother relationship.

Louie

One of Olimars first coworkers and now best friends. His space suit is similar to olimars but the red is replaced with blue and he's a bit taller than Olimar. Louie is clumsy and he loves food (which inspired him to start a restaurant) and he's caused many accidents, not including his and Olimars crash. He runs a kitchen with Charlie and has made many meals with PNF-404's fauna, although some are a more acquired taste than others.

Alf

A young koppaite who cherishes his captain, Charlie, and he loves exploring with his "family" of misfits. Brittany is like a mother figure and Charlie a father, and the three live near Olimar and Louie.

Brittany

She is a koppaite who is very well mannered and loves her job as a botanist and novice biologist, she can often be found sitting in her flower garden and reading a book or revising her notes on the flora and fauna of PNF 404.

Charlie

Charlie is a friendly giant of a koppaite, he makes friends with everyone he meets and sometimes forgets he's a captain while they are out on expedition. He helped Olimar and Shepherd build the defensive wall around their base and he often helps Louie run the kitchen in his free time.

Shepherd

A darker skinned commander from Giya, she is very proper and the owner of oatchi but she loosens up when at the base to hang out with her friends.

Oatchi

Oatchi is a golden furred dog that Shepherd owns and takes care of. He loves to be around others and gets put in charge of keeping Louie intact on missions which the two love. He can only move around with his 2 feet but is faster than everyone in the group.

Yonny

Yonny is a doctor from Ohri with dark skin and green hair. He's worked with Shepherd for many years and it a beloved member of the Rescue Corps. He's able to diagnose and treat almost any injury no matter how severe.

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*Olimar stayed up another 15 minutes before falling asleep next to the demon, and he slept for the next few hours before Louie shook him awake at 8 am*

Open Roleplay

Your muse hears a door in their home open, despite it being locked. Seems like someone broke in and entered. When they go to look, what appears to be demon blood leaves a trail on the floor...

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*Louie began trying to pull Olimar away from the demon but Olimar kept them with him*

Olimar, let that thing go and I can get it with some red pikmin.

It's ok Louie, they're not going to hurt us. They're hurt themself.

Open Roleplay

Your muse hears a door in their home open, despite it being locked. Seems like someone broke in and entered. When they go to look, what appears to be demon blood leaves a trail on the floor...

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*Louie took a few steps back and accidentally knocked a plate off a shelf which he narrowly caught, meanwhile Olimar held the demon in his lap and inspect their back while assuring them that everything would be fine*

Louie, get Brittany and Shepherd's doctor.

Brittany and Yonny? Got it.

*Louie put the plate back on the shelf and rushed out of the house*

Open Roleplay

Your muse hears a door in their home open, despite it being locked. Seems like someone broke in and entered. When they go to look, what appears to be demon blood leaves a trail on the floor...

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*Olimar and Brittany passed over their cereal because both lost their appetite while Louie continued to eat his steak like nothing had happened*

That is just... wow.

Where do you come from, nothing like that happens here.

Open Roleplay

Your muse hears a door in their home open, despite it being locked. Seems like someone broke in and entered. When they go to look, what appears to be demon blood leaves a trail on the floor...

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*Olimar and Brittany were as stunned as ever, Louie continued eating and Charlie made Louie look over and summarized what had happened*

Open Roleplay

Your muse hears a door in their home open, despite it being locked. Seems like someone broke in and entered. When they go to look, what appears to be demon blood leaves a trail on the floor...

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*everyone was looking over at Lilly except Louie who was still eating*

Excuse me?

What do you mean 'normal attack'? No attacks should be normal.

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Your muse hears a door in their home open, despite it being locked. Seems like someone broke in and entered. When they go to look, what appears to be demon blood leaves a trail on the floor...

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*Charlie poured the two bowls of lucky charms and milk into bowls before placing down spoons next to the bowls*

Eat up, but don't eat too fast.

We know Charlie.

*Olimar began to eat his cereal and expected Lilly to dig in too, Louie vaulted the counter and sat next to Brittany and began to eat the steak Charlie had set out*

Open Roleplay

Your muse hears a door in their home open, despite it being locked. Seems like someone broke in and entered. When they go to look, what appears to be demon blood leaves a trail on the floor...