#froggy goons

[snailygoon]

Idk if it’s just me but i really do find tumblr to be one of the most enjoyable places to post art. Like the engagement and ability to leave tags has always made me feel a lot more connected to the people interacting with my art. I love snooping through peoples tags and seeing how something i created fits into their collections, or just how they feel about it in general. Idk, it’s just always been my favorite. Thanks to everyone who shares and enjoys my art, you guys are the coolest :)))

[snailygoon]

Brazil sounds like a good time Imao. Honestly this is what it was like going to college in Baltimore, but it's like a different genre of chaos. My favorite was the Dad and son duo that would ring a bell and call out for people to buy their fruits from their cute horse drawn wagon. It always looked like it teleported from a different time period.

Also got chased by a drunk man who was skipping at me with ungodly speed.

there were a bunch of corner bars or little family owned businesses where it was fun to stop and chat with peeps. Especially the little haunted looking antique shops.

And it was an art College, so going to the bathroom and coming back to see the horrors have been drawn either on your stuff or on the class whiteboards was pretty common. I almost lost my toes to frostbite when my friends and i decided to draw a giant dick in the snow with our feet, so, HAHAAAA~ Theres a lot more, but this is the gist

sometimes i stop to think about things that seem exclusive to brazil but then i discover that they exist all over the world. So people who aren't brazilian, please tell me

Do bakers walk down your street shouting something like PADEEEEERO and selling cakes and other things?

You were already walking down the street so BOOOM you bump into a drunk old man singing some old song and talking to you?

Do you also occasionally stop off at a corner bar to chat to random people?

and the most important of all: have you ever gone to the bathroom at school and when you came back your friends drew 350 dicks on your notebook, desk, backpack and cellphone case?

it sounds silly but when I stop to think about it I realize that I've never seen any gringo reporting something like this

[deusvervewrites]

Orcinus x basilisk x others: eldritch leviathan and snake monster and their little feral froggy girlfriend. Also those crc goons are in a asylum for life. Also tsuyu and mongoose meeting izukus eldritch family must be fun.

Asui scored two eldritch partners, and I'm sure they all appreciate the grotto underneath the aquarium where Izuku and Habuko can be full size for cuddles

[bella-goths-wife]

Lost daughter au texts

None of this is canon unfortunately I just got bored 😭

Threes a crowd

Faith: are we still on for a date night tonight?

James: no way, tonight’s my night with her

Faith: no way! You had time with her last week

James: she was unconscious for a whole day last week?!

Faith: your point?

James: why do you have to be around so much

Faith: because if I wasn’t you would have killed my girlfriend

James: *my girlfriend

Faith: stop being homophonic James 😒

James: I AM NOT HOMOPHONIC

James: WE ALL KNOW I CARRY THE PROUD TITLE OF BI WIFE ENERGY

Y/n: hey guys, I can’t go with either of you tonight I have plans

Y/n: sorry, love you both. See you tomorrow ❤️

James: who are you going out with?

Faith: answer the question honey

James: she’s leaving us on seen, did we fuck up?

Faith: I’ll make an apology cake, you pick up some flowers and meet me back at the cave by midnight

James: on it!

The family group chat

(Y/n added star)

(Dwayne removed star)

(Y/n added star)

(Marko removed star)

Y/n: can you stop, she’s part of the family too

Star: thank you honey, I just wanted you to all know that I have to cancel our dinner plans tonight

Star: I have to take laddie out instead

Y/n: ….

(Y/n removed star)

Paul: damn, someone’s bitter 😰

Paul: you can hang out with your old man if you want kid 😎

Y/n: I’d rather swallow glass then hangout with you again 😒

Paul: no need to be rude brat 😒

Marko: we could always hang out honey?

Y/n: it’s fine dad, I’ll figure something out

My favourite brother

Y/n: are you gonna be okay tonight?

Laddie: aren’t you coming? 🥺

Y/n: sorry buddy, mom wants it to be just you to tonight

Laddie: pleaseeeee

Y/n: I can’t kiddo, sorry

Laddie: 🥺🥺🥺

Y/n: fine

Y/n: I’ll meet up with the two of you at the boardwalk later

My second family ❤️

Y/n: is it okay if I come over for dinner tonight mrs Emerson?

Lucy: of course dear, and please call me Lucy

Sam: damn don’t you have a family of your own

Lucy: Sam!

Grandpa: you can come over any time you want sweetheart

Sam: don’t invite her in, she’ll never leave!

Grandpa: good, she can stay and you can leave 😒

Y/n: wow, your own grandpa likes me better than you

Y/n: how does that feel Sam?

Sam: shut up

Sam: bring a comic over when you come over tonight

Y/n: will do

Froggy bros 🐸

Y/n: I’m coming to your store tonight

Edgar: does this mean that you’ve finally accepted your fate to kill your vampire overlords and join us

Y/n: actually I just wanted to you to hold onto a comic for me

Edgar: oh, nevermind then 😅

Alan: I told you man, it just doesn’t sound natural in conversation

Y/n: see you later tonight

Alan: see you later, future bloodsucker

idiotic boyfriend ❤️

James: have we upset you?

James: please answer

Y/n: I just need to be alone for a bit

Y/n: I feel a little crowded and I want a little time for myself

James: I’m sorry baby

James: I love you and call me if you need me

James: don’t stay out too late, surf nazis are on the prowl ❤️

Mortal enemies ☠️

James: she’s going out at night, you know the drill

Faith: stalk her

James: no, follow her to make sure she’s safe

Faith: sound better, I’m in

Faith: who is she hanging out with?

James: we’ll find out

David and his goons

David: has anyone seen our child? She’s not in her room

Marko: I thought Paul was meant to be with her?

Paul: I may have gotten distracted

Dwayne: where are you?

Paul: at that hot girl’s apartment

Dwayne: 🤦

Paul: I’m sorry!

Marko: we’ll go looking on the board walk

Dwayne: you and David ask James and faith to see if they know anything

———————————————————————

You groan as you groggily lift you head up at the sound of your phone ringing. You pull yourself up from the comfy bed and look at the screen to find David calling

The ringing stops as soon as you reach the phone and your greeted with a horrifying sight

(12 missed calls from David)

(13 messages from David)

(11 missed calls from Dwayne)

(9 messages from Dwayne)

(27 missed calls from marko)

(21 messages from marko)

(3 missed calls from Paul)

(2 messages from Paul)

(45 missed calls from my angel girl ❤️)

(15 messages from my angel girl ❤️)

(52 missed calls from my idiotic boyfriend ❤️)

(42 messages from my idiotic boyfriend)

You groan as a throbbing headache begins to form. You look around the room and find many empty beer cans and bottles of vodka surrounding the bed.

“You all good?” Michael groaned from the makeshift bed he made for himself on the floor. You jump slightly at his voice

“Why am i in your bed?” You questioned confused “why are you on the floor

“You insisted that we party last night so we went to rhythm kitchen, and it got too much to handle I guess” Michael answered as he rubbed his eyes “and I’m on the floor because not only would your boyfriend kill me, but your fathers would also brutally murder me if they found out we spent the night with me in my bed”

“They know we’re not like that” you reassured with a pat the shoulder “your like a brother”

“I know but I didn’t want you to wake up scared” he reasoned “I know you get anxious when people are in the bed with you sometimes”

“Well I’m not now” you pat the other side of his bed “let’s watch YouTube together until I can sneak out”

Michael shrugged and joined you with on the bed while also maintaining a distance from you. That’s when you heard two other sets of groans.

“Why is it so bright” Edgar winced and covered his eyes as he rose from the foot of the bed

“Close the curtains” Alan whined out as he jumped onto the end of the bed, Edgar quickly joining him. This effectively squished you all together

“When the hell did you two get here?” Michael whisper yelled

“We joined you two after you both fell over and knocked our comic book display down” Alan said calmly

“Not cool bro” Edgar piped up

You just got yourself comfortable when you all heard a knock on the door. Lucy opened it and let herself in before cooing at you all

“You just look so cute” she exclaimed excitedly “I’ve gotta get a picture”

“Mom” Michael groaned in embarrassment

“Oh okay” Lucy sighed “when your ready, I’ve got breakfast waiting for you all downstairs”

“How did you know they were here?” Michael questioned confused

“Your a loud drunk” Lucy laughed before exiting

Sam entered and looked at you all with disgust as you leaned your head on Michael and watched a YouTube deep dive on vampires.

Sam stayed staring at you for a few seconds before you motioned to him

“Wanna join?” You asked with a grin

Sam rolled his eyes before crawling on the bed and barging his way through until he felt comfortable.

It was like five siblings all enjoying each others company without staying anything. Eventually the rest got up to get breakfast

“You coming?” Sam asked annoyed

“One second, I need to message my dad” you explain as you pull your phone back into your hands

The family group chat

Y/n: stayed at Emerson’s last night after bar, be home tonight. Love you ❤️

Marko is typing

David is typing

Paul is typing

Dwayne is typing

You simply shut your phone off and hop off the bed to join the rest for breakfast. Not caring what anyone else says, you wanted to enjoy the peace for a little longer

I have no clue what this is but it’s not canon unfortunately, I just got really bored

Hope you enjoyed

Love ya ❤️

[anonwyvern]

3, 11, 17, 18, 19 for Cross (and Evelyn if you’re feeling froggy lol) from this ask list 👀👀

Ooooh! My main idiots! Yessssssss I shall answer for both 🐸

3. How did you choose their name?

Evelyn: I was (and am) obsessed with the movie The Mummy (1999) and loved Rachel Weisz’s character and wanted to be her so bad when I was a kid that I wanted my name to be changed to Evelyn 🤣

Cross: oh man, quick backstory time. I had an OC for a fantasy story I was writing when I was a teen and had the main anti-hero name be Krahs. Dunno where it came from, I think I shortened it from a longer variation. Eventually scrapped the story but kept the name around for a Charon/FLW fic I wrote (all 122k of it that I never posted oooof) and there was a random ghoul OC I had that carried the namesake of Krahs (pronounced Cross). The spelling of the name itself didn’t really fit his character, and as I was working his personality I was also playing the reboot of Tomb Raider at the time. I came up with this idea I really liked how Croft sounded, so very one-syllable, but didn’t necessarily want it as his name, and then BAM- Cross came to be. I personally love and think it suits him very well…but he does actually have a ‘real name’ that won’t be revealed till the finale of my Fallout series.

11. Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation?

For both of them, yes. Cross was always a womanizer, and Evelyn was an OC ship I had with Charon. They both actually weren’t supposed to be a pairing together originally, but their chemistry worked so well they’re now my main pairing.

17. Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?

Evelyn: Being a twin. It sort of made for a weak plot point in the beginning, but I’ve tweaked things and made it work much better now.

Cross: Being a good painter. I scrapped this entirely, since it didn’t really make much sense for his character and felt way too random.

18. What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?

Evelyn: Hmm. I can’t say anything, really. I’ve had her fleshed out for some years now, and while I’m definitely getting to explore her more ‘youthful’ nature in my Charon/FLW fic, they’re elements I’ve had for a while.

Cross: He used to play baseball Pre-War. Nothing professional, but he was on the high school team and absolutely dominated the field when playing with the town’s amateur league on Saturdays. Definitely felt like a better fit for him. Plus I have the urge to paint him in a snuggly fitting baseball uniform 😈

19. What is your favorite fact about your OC?

Evelyn: She’s a freaking superhuman (in MoTC at least). Love the trope of scarily strong unsuspecting women that can kick total ass and bring entire buildings down. Felt very Mary-Sue at first, but then I gave zero fucks and now I unabashedly love it.

Cross: Ooh, I’m gonna be lame and cringe af and say I don’t have one as I love his character as a whole. I’ve put a lot of time and writing into fleshing him out for the past few years, and he’s come a looooong way from being a minor character (and getting killed off very quickly) to being my main goon that carries the entire series on his shoulders. He’s a charismatic, badass, bounty hunting ghoul merc with a foul mouth and questionable moral compass (and a total lovey sap for his wife) and I’m looking forward to completing his story and then rewriting him in new ones.

[magicalgirlagency]

I know this is magical girl blog, but i wanna ask, what's your opinion on pizza tower game?

You're only asking me this because of the The Noise Update that came out just recently, aren't you? Come on, be honest.

Anyways, I absolutely adore the aesthetics of that game. It's just so absolutely bonkers and it oozes lots and lots of passion. Those five years of hard work were worth it. I haven't played it yet, but once I get myself a potent and faster PC, I'll try it! So, I'll just talk about the aesthetics!

I like how Peppino is a Wario-expy, but not in personality. Sure, he is fat and ugly like that greedy garlic-munching goon, but his personality and life are totally different: He's a stressed middle-aged man, who struggles financially and constantly oscillates in anger or anxiety. Totally the opposite of Wario, who's absolutely confident in his brute strength and will take stuff without any awareness or care of the consequences that'll soon follow.

Also, did you know that "Peppino" is a legit real life name? It's a nickname of "Giuseppe" (an italian version of the name "Joseph"). And the person behind Funiculi, Funiculá (the funny pizza meme music) was named Peppino. Giuseppe "Peppino" Turco.

While the gameplay is obviously inspired by Wario Land 4, its visuals take cues from those Gross Out medias from the 90's/00's (Earthworm Jim, Cow & Chicken, Ren & Stimpy, etc.), which it really helps in the shaping of the game's identity. Not to mention how the game was projected to give major priority to speed mechanics, hence why the reason why it was firstly showcased at Sonic Amateur Games Expo.

Another interesting thing about it, is that this game almost became a Horror game! It almost became a FNaF copycat! But for some reason, Tour de Pizza felt the need to change the concept into a Wario-like midway, BUT! The Horror elements still remained with Don't Make a Sound and Fake Peppino (the game is one year old already; everyone already knows of Fake Peppino by now).

One interesting thing about FP, is back when the game has made its official debut, people made vows of not spoiling his Boss Fight, as TdP would keep him under the shadows in the development vlogging/lives. An addendum: This happened at the same time Hogwarts Legacy came out, and people were spoiling its ending on purpose! Meanwhile the froggy abomination (affectionate) was carefully kept a secret until the time was right.

...even though FP was already spoiled in WAR, but that's just me...

And the MUSIC. Oh my God, the music. It's so divine. Some of them feel severely out of place with the goofy aesthetics of the game, and I wouldn't have it any other way. The use of leitmotifs is clever and adds a lot of charm to the player character. They didn't have to go hard on the Ha Ha Funny Pizza Man Game, but they did it.

Also, the Final Boss has given me the adrenaline rush and catharsis that no modern-era Shounen has managed to do for me. No items, no power-ups, just pure, raw, and italian strength and blood-boiling rage (and the occasional tag-teaming of good ol' Gustavo).

As for The Noise Update, it's still pretty fresh, so I won't spoil anything major about it. However, I'll say that he is different than Peppino in every single way, not just in gameplay. While Peppino functions on Fight-or-Flight mode and is only concerned about getting things done and over with, The Noise does stuff for the shits 'n giggles, and WILL shamelessly gaslight you into getting the highest rank. And also with violence. Lots 'n lots of violence.

Also, The Noise's full name is "Theodore Noise" (yes the "The" in the name is not a definite article, it's short for his birth name). But I guess everyone already knows that, too. Just felt like remembering it, just in case.

[zorilleerrant]

Frederick the Frog: Telescope

"This is a telescope," Chris says, slowly, holding out the item to the frog, who looks curiously at it, then grabs it and zips away. "Okay, I should've expected that."

"Why are you giving a frog a telescope?" Richard asks, watching after Frederick, who takes the telescope and bashes it over the nearest goon's head. "Not to call into question your mentoring abilities, because I understand the difficulties there, but Chris. I don't think a frog needs a telescope."

"Look, I don't know, he really liked the moon the other day," Chris says, with a sigh, dropping his helmeted head against Richard, who barely winces. "I thought, like. That's a kind of bonding, right, if you look up at the stars together? I figured I could teach him some constellations and stuff."

"That's a fantastic idea with one caveat," Richard says, lightly shoving Chris away, just in time for him to clap as Frederick flies past again, telescope nowhere to be seen, and instead some kind of ray gun in either hand. "Do you know any constellations?"

"I googled some," Chris admits, accepting the ray guns as Frederick hands them over before flying back into the fray, straight into someone's eye socket. "It's getting hard to tell which are, like, real. Have you ever heard of the Cheese Wheel and Archimedes' Gravy, because I hadn't, but I'm not much into, like, philosophers."

"I'm definitely sure that's not a real one," Richard says, pausing to swing around and kick someone in the middle for trying to grab at Frederick. "Have you looked for the little dipper?"

"Alright, alright, I'll get him," Chris says, and shoves his way through the crowd. It takes freeze beaming a few of the goons, but he makes his way to his froggy sidekick and asks, "hey, little buddy, you doing okay there?"

Frederick pauses to land on his shoulder, looking up at him with big froggy eyes he could swear are full of affection and respect, and then using him as a launching point to backflip into the crowd, taking out three people. One of which proceeds to shoot a blowtorch at him, the jet of fire narrowly missing both Frederick and Chris.

"Hey!" Chris punches the villain right in the jaw without even having to use his helmet. "You stay the fuck away from my frog!" At a skeptical look on Frederick's part, though, he steps back to let the frog take over the mission again.

"I meant the constellation, the little dipper," Richard says, only missing another beat and a half once Chris fights his way back to his side. "I wasn't calling Frederick that, I - I don't - what would that even mean, Chris?"

"I don't know what the hell a dipper is," Chris says, confidently, nodding praise to Frederick as he sails past. "It sounded kind of offensive, but I figured you couldn't be trying to hurt his feelings, so I let it go. It wasn't offensive, was it?"

"What? No, I don't - never mind, I'm going to get you a book on constellations when we get back to my place," Richard says, sighing into his hands for reasons Chris suspects are unreasonable but isn't going to call him out on.

"That sounds great," Chris says, and calls over the crowd, "hey, wrap it up, little buddy, Uncle Richard's going to lend you a book about stars so you can learn the constellations!"

Frederick, much to Richard's consternation, finishes the fight, dusts off his hands, and hops back over to them. But he still follows Chris's lead in offering some approving applause and congratulating the little guy. "You did well out there. Bravo."

"Hey, now, Frederick, don't you forget your telescope," Chris says, with a waggling hand, hoping he doesn't sound too much like his father. Frederick seems okay hopping back over to pick the thing up and toss it back to him, though. "Thanks, buddy."

[maguro13-2]

Justice for All ~ Origins of the Ink Demon Chapter 2 Pt.6

"Back in the early 2000s..."

Shotaro the Dokeshi : Hey, guys. Get a load of this.

Mana Hinoki : Hmmm...This weird place. What's going on here? What's with all this..."Technology"?

Yohei Nanami : What's this "Giant Robot" doing here underneath a city in Nevada like this? Huh? Who's this Deathscythe Hell robot?

Shotaro the Dokeshi : Now, I understand what really created the weapons for. Someone has been collecting souls to power up a giant robot for it's energy. Who could've stolen a machine that isn't theres?

Death the Kid [o.s] : So...You three saw it, didn't you? But I know how to make it all up for you.

[the gang turns and sees someone in shocked]

Shotaro the Dokeshi : Oh no! It can't be...Y-You!

[TV BUZZING]

"The Present Day..."

Marie Mjolnir : Oh, phooey! I can't believe that Asuza would go off and leave me behind! It's no fair that a woman at this height, makes me wanna go smash a toilet, a human toilet. I hope the Mario Bros doesn't stick their plungers in my...(shivers) Brrr! I feel like that I'm the smart one to think that being a woman in Oceania that doesn't make the count. Oh, Well, I better what's on the front page now on today's news. [drinks a bit of her coffe while looking at a newspaper, but then spits out] *coughing* What the...?

[NEWSPAPER : FRANKEN STEIN DEAD IN TOKYO]

Marie Mjolnir : "Franken Stein Dead in Tokyo"?! How could Franken Stein be dead like this? He's not dead, he's been murdered! [reads the newspaper] "The body of local teacher/Meister and former doctor has been found dead in the Tokyo Area after a mysterious masked black figure from the 20th century has assassinated him with an Axe." So I'm starting to bother that the reason Franken Stein hadn't been shown his face in Tokyo, because he was assassinated by a man called Sammy Lawrence! Aha! So that's what Franken Stein was after Medusa, The real Franken Stein was killed and assassinated by Sammy because he was going find out the truth about Soul World, which is part of the Legacy, and "Sammy" wants someone to destroy the Legacy created by Shinra. What the hell have we've been fighting for? Hmm? [sees Eruka walking out of the cafe.] Hey, isn't that one of Medusa's goons that used an injection needle to revive Shinra's grandson? Maybe I go need to tell froggy about this. [gets up from table and walks up to Eruka] Hey, excuse me, ma'am. I need to talk?

Eruka Frog : Who the hell is it? [realizing] Oh sh*t! It's one of the good guys! Darn! I mustn't let Shinra's pawn get to incarcerate me in Louisiana! I don't want to go back to Louisiana! [Marie grabs hers hand]

Marie Mjolnir : Look! What's your problem, frogger? I'm not going to incarcerate you in Louisiana. I'm just want to ask you about the incident happening in Nevada. Do you know why on earth did you revive Shinra's grandson? And what did you use Ink to revive him?

Eruka Frog : Ngh! Piss off, Toilet smasher! [runs off]

[Theme of Saigoh - Kenichi Tokoi]

Marie Mjolnir : Gah! Hey, come back! [runs off to chase after Eruka] Hey, I'm not done with you, yet!

Eruka Frog : *panting*

Marie Mjolnir : Hey, I said come back here! Hey stop! Where do you think you're going!? Hey, stop, damn you! I said stop!

Eruka Frog : Oh god!

[the two jumps on the cars to get across]

Marie Mjolnir : Sorry! Pardon me! Excuse me, sir!

Eruka Frog : *panting* Can't loose to her! Gotta get somewhere to find...[gasped in shock as a she sees a trucking coming by, causing her stop] Woaaah! *THUD* Oof! [turns and sees Marie Mjolnir] Aah! Please forgive me! I'm sorry for what I ever worked with that Doppelganger! I won't do it again! I promise!

Marie Mjolnir : I want answers now! What did you do with the Ink that was inside Asura's body? Where is it?

Eruka Frog : Ah...I...I don't have it anymore! I used it all up!

Marie Mjolnir : Cut the crap, you idiot! [grabs her by shirt]

Eruka Frog : Please! I'm sorry! Forgive me for what we've done!

[scene changes to the alley]

Eruka Frog : Hey, man! I am very sorry! It turns out that the Medusa I know has been a fake all along and the real one used us to revive the grandson of the Kusakabe, in which we witches got involved as the baddies! But please, don't hurt me! I've got a family back home in the Louisiana Bayou! Please, you gotta understand a witch knows best! It's not like that I've witnessed a crime or anything!

Marie Mjolnir : that's your problem of putting our planet in danger because of that Heartless Doppelganger you worked with, but I still need answers about the Ink you used to revive Asura Kusakabe!

Eruka Frog : Look, you want something!? Well, I got something for ya! Ink? You want something that is Ink? Here! Takes this bottle of black ink, it will definitely think it's the blood that Medusa created with.

Marie Mjolnir : This is regular ink, I don't want any of that stuff. Go buy you some paint or something.

Eruka Frog : Look! That's all I have that I got something for ya! I'm planning to leave this entire and god forsaken country, see look at me, I'm broke, I'm bankrupted, I'm officially cleaned out of my pockets! And there's more where that came from, I don't know if there was ink inside of Asura's body, the ink inside of the madman's body would eventually turn into a monster! A really big monster, who has the heart of a heartless bastard!

Marie Mjolnir : Quit your whining! And tell me! [pushes Eruka against the wall] Who was that man with a mask that killed the real Franken Stein, The man that I have been with for 13 years!?

Eruka Frog : That man? I don't who that masked creep is, but I believe that he had a connection with the Gorgon Sisters, the real ones that were captured by those Keyblade Wielders and detectives! More importantly, the Gorgon Sisters that the good guys putting their hatred were actually bunch of heartless doppelgangers, a diversion orchestrated by Ansem just to lure them out to the Darkness.

Marie Mjolnir : Ansem? The Seeker of Darkness? Where the hell is that heartless bastard?!

Eruka Frog : Can't tell him for sure, they'll burn me if I told you the answer to seek the truth! You might not just know to seek those answers to all to the truth.

Marie Mjolnir : And where is this Sammy Lawrence's residence that he has been hiding from the public for many years!?

Eruka Frog : I know where he and the Ink Demon bodily fluid came from. I heard that one of Medusa's Lair is connected to Joey Drew Studios, a 20th century cartoon studio that was closed for years after a tremendous accident due to Sammy Lawrence's work on the project that he was developing the demon. Medusa gets all the ink from Sammy that was part of the project they both worked on. If you ever step foot into that studio, you'll be food for his creation of a demon!

Marie Mjolnir : If the Ink and Black Blood was part of a project that closed down the studio, then why was Crona involved with it?

Eruka Frog : Because that kid was part of an experiment, in which he was the second subject to become an Ink Demon, and the last ones should be next. If that happens, then this whole planet is done for! [releases Eruka] Aaah!

Marie Mjolnir : So, Sammy Lawrence was behind all of this. Can't believe that I seek the truth, and finding out that this was all setup by Shinra Kusakabe, that unbelievable bastard! Why would anyone would not let us seek the truth? Why would they hide everything? Maka's mother knew that she was the only woman, who could really spread truth to the world. And now, I must make moves before this could happened to humanity. I just know where the next clue might lead to. [looks at her cellphone] Hmm? I better make a call about this.

~ Twenty-First Scene : Operation : Mad Clown Pt.2 ~

[goron-king-darunia]

It's so hard to pick. All of these are great. Night of the Werehog is honestly a great example of storytelling without dialogue as is, though the same could be said about the other silent shorts. It's a cute vignette deconstructing and playing with horror tropes exploring unwilling transformations with the classic werewolf, why ghosts spend their afterlives scaring people, the Japanese "ghosts can be stopped or at least seen on film cameras" playing on the whole "the supernatural doesn't like to be caught on film" idea across several cultures and beautifully deconstructed with a the whole Polaroid instant pictures being not-so instant. Chip even serves as a bit of a nod to the concept of "Do you think God stays in heaven because he's terrified of what he's created down here on Earth?" bit. I enjoy it a lot.

Sonic Mania Adventures is just a classic Sonic Adventure boiled down nicely into its core tropes with the eternal back and forth of Sonic and Eggman having to outwit each other in increasingly bizarre and over-the-top ways. Bonus Points for Knuckles being classic Knuckles throughout and absolutely YEETING Ray. 10/10 comedy for me, honestly. No Notes. But I am and always will be a Knuckles stan, no matter how badly they Flanderize my boi in the Boom series.

The Holiday Short is also super cute. Showcasing Amy as the sort of character that goes out of her way to extend kindness to people even if they don't deserve it is a nice touch, I think.

Team Sonic Racing Overdrive starts off with so many good gags, I love it! Everything with Big and Knuckles is stellar. Big trying to cross the track in the middle of a kart race to see the Froggy Merch that Eggman put out as bait is top tier and honestly? Me too. Same. Would walk into traffic for some good Froggy Merch. Shadow ramming the Chao squad after they bump him is insane. He would, but holy shit Shadow. Those are babies. Unsure how much of gameplay is actually canon in the universe but don't Chao technically only live to be age 5? And retain their childlike demeanor throughout? I played a crap ton of Chao Garden in SA2 and the only way for your Chao to actually grow to anything above age 5, they have to go through a rigorous training process and at least 2 lifetimes to become immortal Chao, and none of them other than Omochao, who is a robot, are anywhere close to that stage of life. Absolutely nuts, Shadow.

Like, yes, he would take candy from a baby if the need arose. But oh my god, shoving babies. New low for our anti-hero. Team Dark indeed! Shadow narrowing his eyes as he sees Big just casually strolling across the street like "Fine, you're dumb enough to do this so I guess I'm just going to hit you." is also insane. He looks so disappointed in the pileup. He's not even mad that he didn't win or that he crashed. He's just mad that he didn't get to hit a guy who clearly deserved it. I like that it's implied that the casual walk is Big's 'top speed' too. Man knows nothing other than an amble or a stroll. He has no concept of running in this universe. 10/10. And he just grabs everything. Me too, Big. Doing some frog appreciation. Heck yes. And then the honeypot immediately swapping to Chao items and Amy's hammers. Eggman clocked Team Rose like "Shopping therapy will absolutely sideline these goons." He was so correct.

Rouge pegging Knuckles with her Wisp and then immediately crashing and then CAUSING OMEGA TO CRASH TOO while begging for a lift/support is absolutely nuts. She would. Plus the whole tantrum Knuckles threw and then fistbumping Tails so hard he hurt him. Like, bro, Tails is several years younger and several times wimpier than you, don't fist-bump him so aggressively! Then Shadow massively ignoring his own team and Omega imitating Rouge's rage at being out of the race is so funny. "I am sapient but the emotion thing is very new to me. I do not enjoy being out of the race. You do not enjoy being out of the race. You kicked the kart. I will kick the kart too. We are being 'angry' together. Solidarity." And then the fucking karts explode. This short keeps winning.

Eggman being shocked that Shadow wouldn't stop or swerve to avoid hitting the "cat" that is clearly a bot is so fucking funny. As if Shadow wasn't fully ready to mow over Big the cat earlier. The fucking screws just laying in the dirt and the rest of the bot not crashing down is so funny too. Knuckles coming in clutch to muscle in on Shadow like "Quit beating up our youngest team member with your Wisps!" and then giving Tails a triple speed boost while pointedly ignoring Sonic. And the Way Tails just casually looks at Sonic like "._. Uh... Gotta go fast?" before the Wisps kick in. My god the comedic timing here is everything.

Shadow just accepting at the last second that he's going to lose because he got triple rear-ended and just noping out of the kart rather than get hit and just... walking off to the sidelines to pout AND STEAL POPCORN FROM, AGAIN, A LITERAL CHILD AND IGNORING THAT HE MADE THE CHAO CRY. Omega switching to cheering on Team Sonic because if you can't beat them, cheer them on. XD

Eggman doing a dumb little dance after stealing the trophy, getting destroyed by Shadow's Kart, and then the Eggbot just... devastated by Eggman's apparent death. Everything about the Comedy in this is insane.

The fact that they actually made a Chao in Space short after the teasers for it in SA2 were everywhere makes me happy. Especially because the Dark Swim-type Chao looks exactly like the Chao I was raising. I've had a Chao in SA2 named Pebbles for forever. When I got the PC port of SA2, I worked really hard to get a Chao like her and raise her up. It's been my dream to have an Immortal Chao someday and when I was younger I was planning to do it with Pebbles. So I started raising PC Pebbles up to have perfect stats so she could be the best before Immortalization since she has to get reborn a bunch anyway. Her current form is Dark Swim. She's getting older and I think she's on her second rebirth. I swear it's a crime that Chao Garden isn't a staple of the Sonic Franchise. They are the perfect virtual pets, I love them so much.

Sonic working extra hard to try to keep the Chao out of Trouble is so me. I know Chao can't drown or get hurt in a meaningful way in the Garden, but I'm always so sad when they wander into the water and act like they're drowning so I teach a lot of my Chao to swim early on, then fly.

This is from back in 2020 and I'm sure I've played since then, but look at my pride and joy! BAMBINA.

The Penguin causing the Angry Eyebrows like that one clip of the bear puppet head-desking onto post-its for instant angry eyebrows was absolutely a highlight. Tikal making an appearance and the "champagne" being a soda are also very cute details.

The Sonic Colors short having voice acting is a little jarring, but I do like Sonic's Overdramatic Eggman impression and Tails absolutely failing to remotely capture Eggman's evil laugh. The short is otherwise pretty generic but it does a good job of showing of the Wisps.

The Frontiers Prologue makes me happy, if only for the fact that it confirms that while Knuckles does wonder if the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, wonders if he'd be happier or not with a different life, he's not alone up there on Angel Island. There are Chao, and Tikal's spirit can visit him, if only to tip him off about things. The fact that so many Chao sounds appear to be the original recordings used in the games throughout these shorts makes me happy too. The Voice Actors for a lot of the characters have changed over the years, but the Chao basically always sounding the same is kind of nice. And the fact that Knuckles just doesn't know what to do with a crying "child." I swear Japan has exactly one redhead archetype and I fall for it every goddamn time. "Grumpy Gruff Softie That Can't Talk To Girls and Doesn't Know How to Cope with Tears." My type wobbles between a few conflicting traits, to be fair, because I also like the Generic Goofball and the Too Stupid To Live types too. But there's a reason Knuckles was a long time fave of mine. Also, the everything left unsaid but implied by the "But Sometimes..." ending line... delicious.

Trio of Trouble returns to form without dialogue, and the Saturday Morning Cartoon feeling of the classic designs and animation conventions are absolutely stellar. Fang imagining Amy as some terrifying carnage-obsessed hammer-wielding beast is also stellar. Eggman the "genius" having no situational awareness and just triggering traps and then blaming everyone else is funny but now I'm left wondering if that's just average flanderization or if they're implying that Eggman gets by having Orbot and Cubot go ahead of him all the time and have their bumbling trigger and disarm all traps and he's just returning to form here. Eggman continuing to be oblivious to the Giant Snake implies that this is just a gag for the short, but... look, I'm not calling Eggman 'smart' but I think he's more aware of his surroundings than that. You kind of have to be to pilot massive robots, even if a lot of that is managed with a thorough and intuitive HUD and hella autopilot. Fang using what he inadvertently learned from Tails in his flashback turned nightmare was actually a neat twist. Trip getting zero recognition from the others and Eggman being an awful artist are pretty decent gags, though it's impossible not to feel bad for Trip because of it.

Ghost Tale is very short and a bit generic but it does what it's trying to do well. Even if you never saw La, Su, and Uh before you get a good sense of their characters. The new baby ghosts are very cute but leave me with questions. Because either ghosts can reproduce or things got hella dark.

I said everything I wanted in depth about the Shadow Generations short film here before, but it bears repeating that the animation is stellar and I enjoy the fact that they're actually treating Shadow like a real character who has lasting damage to deal with from his trauma and not just an edgy edgelord who edges edgily. Like, yeah, he's a serious, gruff, grumpy loner type after everything that happened, and even before he clearly had problems going on that made it hard for him to bond with others besides Maria. But the core of his character has always been that in spite of all that he has a big heart. He's not going to stop feeling things. He's all ABOUT feeling things. Even a big grump can have a big heart.

That said, I think I have to give my vote to Racing Overdrive. Gave me a smile, peak Sonic, and absolutely worth a rewatch. Would 100% show it to the next generation to get them interested in Sonic. If I had to pick a single one of these to send to space for the aliens it would be Racing Overdrive for sure.

Sonic The Hedgehog Animated Short Voting Poll

[snailygoon]

I realllyyyy wanna do a drawing of Marcille and Falin based on this photo. But i have no time to draw right now if it’s not for work. So ill just leave this sketch here for later 👯‍♀️💖

[sinnerxroulette]

{{ Music for Lucio, Angel, and Ezmeralda }}

Lucio:

The light bug could make a few complaints about working for Alastor, running around and doing all the little errands necessary for the deer man's club. But one positive was the type of talent that walked through the doors. Night after night, act after act, some of the best music could be heard. All of it was older sound, of course. But that was hardly a negative either, so...hardly a bad deal at all, really...

Angel:

And that was his cue! Fast paced pulsing beats set to a dance club pace, the signal that a certain spider was to walk on stage- and there he was! Strutting out in his primped and ready perfection, long legs and arms wrapping around the pole. Ready to take him and every drooling, money throwing goon in the crowd on a wild ride.

Who ever said stripping wasn't honest, hard work? At least Angel got a soundtrack to it!~

Ezmeralda:

"Fabulouso! That take was great! We will put on a show tan magnifico tonight!~"

The froggy succubus cheers brightly to her fellow performers for the night. Oh how she loved making music in her spare time, getting gigs for the fun of it all. Though the spare Hellbucks and all the lustful looks from the watching audiences were always a plus as well!~

The froggy demoness liked to sing most, but she also knew a few instruments. It all depended upon her mood, as did everything else she did on a given day.

[jp-todd-rp]

tell joker AND batman that if I ever see the goon that ripped my binder in half, I'm inverting his ribcage and that clown fucker can suck it up and b man will NOT be able to stop me. Have a fantastic day red hood, you're currently my favorite vigilante other than the tiny angry robin. -very VERY fucking tired psychology anon

PS: thank you for the gift basket I love the froggy plushie in a red hood suit, I named him ribbit hood

Displaying the message. That bastard better come forward to compensate for the binder. Those things are expensive.

And you're welcome.

[thathoodedgamer]

This is a thought I was just dropping. I know a lot of people have already done the sonic avatar au thing, but like I want to have a go at it. I’m still doing research on the clothes and stuff but here’s what I got so far

Sonic and tails are frozen and ground by Amy and cream.

Amy tells them of the war that killed off the air benders. Except a handful. Amy and cream are the only ones left their family hid in the water nation, but they are both air benders who hide their bending. (Basically using the snow to make it look like they are water benders)

Sonic is upset by this. “I left and it’s all my fault everyone is dead” cause you know he’s the avatar.

Amy, tails, and cream all try to tell him it’s fine, but they need his help to stir fire lord eggman.

That’s what starts their travels. They need to get sonic a water bending master. So they start flying across the world toward the northern water tribe. Only for a mysterious swamp to grab them in.

Where in they find big and froggy. Sonic and co accept the big cat into their group as sonics water bending master. (And bypass the northern water tribe, but they will get there eventually)

Next is knuckles. When they are at a village they see a kid being saved by this red echidna doing earth binding by seeing through the earth. He tells sonics group that he can’t join. The master emerald is to important. Lo and behold one of fire lord eggmans goons “cubot” has taken the master emerald by force. Prompting knuckles to join sonics team and becoming sonics earth bending master. (They get the master emerald back don’t worry)

Shadow, rouge, and omega are all chasing the last true daughter to the fire nation blaze. Sonics team bump into the mysterious cat before getting into a fight with team dark. Strangely enough shadow recognizes sonic and flees.

The Princess thanks them but can’t stay long. “It’s not safe for me here” she says

“Then why not come with us?” Sonic interjects

But it’s to late blaze is gone and sonics heart is heavy knowing shadow is still alive.

A few battles later and they meet up with team dark again. Shadow now has blaze in handcuffs. But will allow sonic a chance to duel. This saddens sonic, but he agrees. After the fight shadow let’s blaze go. It turns out he was a secret air bender all along. Him and sonic were in love until sonic ran away from his duties. Shadow chased after him only to be stuck in his own ice burg. One the fire lord found.

Shadow tells sonics team that he will help in the destruction of eggman, but for now he will still have to be a double Agent. They all agree and go their separate ways. Blaze joins them and agrees to be sonics fire bending master. Now all they have to do is wait for the comet.

Then I have a whole story for Ventus being Korra, but if you guys don’t want to hear that it’s fine.

[jennifercrowart]

D&D Diary - The Yawning Rodent, 10

Refresher: Our adventurers Lugs (grung barbarian), Lurk (grung rogue), Aelia (tiefling cleric), and Valas (drow sorcerer) with tagalong Deku (ratfolk cleric) continued the battle against the hobgoblin leader of the Goblin Gang, Durnn, and his gang members. Suddenly, Yusdrayl, leader of the Kobold Gang, joined the fray with her elite guards, providing backup to the party. After the Goblin Gang was defeated, Lurk made Durnn lie to Yusdrayl and say that the Goblin Gang still has Calcryx, and that they moved her to the lower level when they heard the adventurers coming - when, in reality, the adventurers had already knocked her out and spirited her away to the Rat's Nest in the previous days, rather than returning the dragon wyrmling to Yusdrayl.

The party levelled up to 3, and climbed down the vines lining a well shaft in Durnn's chambers to descend to the floor below. They landed in a room lined with garden beds, and Aelia called out to two animated skeletons tending to them - but, when she did so, the skeletons and some twig blights attacked! Valas also spies a bugbear and two giant rats by a fire in the adjoining room...

Sunless Citadel spoilers!

The robed skeletons, armed with gardening shovels and following the lead of the twig blights, attack!

Lugs recalls how he spent his recent short rest soaking in his barrel of water, thinking about home. He's sick of this place, and wishes he could return to his cosy hometown, where he can take a swim whenever he likes. As his rage builds, he reaches out to the element of water that he misses so dearly - he shouts (croaks) in Grung, "I call upon the powers of the swamp!", and a torrent of muddy, brackish water erupts from the ground at his webbed feet, bowling into everyone around him. The rest of the party, as well as the skeletons and twig blights, get hit with this barrage of swamp water dealing bludgeoning damage, as Lugs surges forward and completely obliterates the closest twig blight with his club. Lugs is now a storm herald barbarian - a storm herald of the swamp! Ribbit!

In the adjoining cavern, the bugbear - dressed and equipped like a hunter - notices the battle breaking out, and begins charging into the garden room with his two giant rats, Grip and Fang.

Aelia panics when she sees the giant rats, asking Deku, "what happened to them??" This implies that Aelia doesn't know what regular rats are, let alone giant rats, as though they're cursed ratfolk?! Deku doesn't know what to say.

Lugs runs over to meet the hunter and, with another loud croak, he refreshes his torrent of swamp water. The wave pushes the bugbear against the wall, hitting his head with a yell. Aelia follows up with Toll The Dead, hitting him back against the wall with the force of the magic and making him look a bit concussed.

As the party turns their attention to the bugbear hunter and his giant rats instead of the weaker skeletons and remaining twig blight, Valas uses his Metamagic to shoot two Chaos Bolts, with one boosted by his Tides of Chaos, hitting each giant rat. Grip and Fang fall unconscious with little squeaks, and, without him doing anything, Deku's amulet of the Rat King begins to glow, quickly and automatically teleporting the hurt giant rats away.* The bugbear curses in anger, mentioning that rats are very naughty and that it took ages for him to train them.

After using so much of his magic at once, Valas feels the wild magic surge bubbling up once again. Suddenly, his skin tingles and sparks, and powerful arcs of electricity suddenly burst out of him and strike one of the skeletons, the bugbear, and Lugs. The bugbear is electrocuted, killing him, and he hadn't even had the chance to make a single attack yet. The skeleton is easily killed and turned to ash. Lugs gets zapped too, his silhouette showing his froggy skeleton, but is still standing, thanks to his strong constitution - though he's looking much more worse for wear.

Stunned by all of this, Lurk just stabs the air next to him without even looking, and kills the last twig blight.

With the battle over, the party has a look around. Aelia, disgusted and furious, points at her swamp-soaked dress - once white  but now mud brown at the ends - and says that she'll be sending Lugs her dry-cleaning bill. Lurk sees that there are four well-tended garden pots around, each with a strange mushroom in it. Three of the mushrooms are withered and dull, dead as though they had just failed to thrive, but the fourth mushroom is glowing a vibrant purple. He picks it and shows Lugs, musing about what it could be for, when Lugs just says it's a funny mushroom and jovially slaps his brother on the back. Lurk gulps as he lurches forwards from the hearty blow, and when he turns back to Lugs, he's accidentally swallowed the purple mushroom. His eyes grow wide, and the colours invert so his sclera are black and his pupils are white. Suddenly, he collapses.

Deku panics. He'd cast Detect Poison And Disease just earlier, to check the mushrooms and garden, but the only things that his senses had picked up on were Lugs' and Lurks'  inherent poisonous skin secretions, normal for grungs. He tries to wake Lurk up, as Lugs gets concerned for his brother.

After a moment, Lugs hears Lurk's voice in his mind, telling him "ah, my brother, I have not seen you in quite some time." Though Lurks' lips aren't moving, Lugs is relieved and thinks he must be ok and awake. Lurk does open his eyes, with the white pupils now an unsettling purple, just like the mushroom's colouring. He stares wide and unblinking.

Aelia asks what happened to him when he ate it, and Lurk pauses a moment. Telepathically, he asks, "what mushroom?"

After a beat, he smiles. "...oh, that?" He shakes his head. "Heh. That was so long ago." Lurk's mind has been awakened to all of space and time in just an instant. He has mentally transcended this mortal coil. Normally, grungs can only use 10% of their brain power at any one time, but Lurk? Lurk has now unlocked 100% of his brain power, expanding his mind's reach to the cosmos and beyond, and tapping into psychic abilities that regular folk could hardly even comprehend. He is now a soulknife rogue!

The group continues looking around, venturing into the cave where the bugbear came from. It's a large earthy cavern with a tunnel curving out from the back wall, and there's a fire pit, a bed, two rat nests, and a rack of weaponry. After checking the bugbear's body, Lugs takes his flail, which has runes written on the chain links. He swings it around in glee. Under the bed, Aelia finds a little box with about 780 gold in it - she pockets 200 of it in secret (though Valas notices, and Lurk does too, staring at her unblinkingly - neither says anything) and then evenly splits the rest of it amongst the whole party.

The group doubles back to the garden. There are two more doors: one on the eastern wall, and one in the southeast corner. Lurk checks the eastern door for a lock or traps, and then sneaks through.

Beyond the door is a large laboratory, with three more doors on either side of it and one at the end. All but one of the doors on either side of the room are ajar, and they hear squishing noises from one of the closest rooms, as well as the sounds of soft conversations. Lurk continues to sneak around, and finds that the room where the squelching is coming from has two goblin interns in it, squishing fruit into goon with their feet as part of a big wine creation and straining process. They don't notice him.

He peeks into another room, and sees a goblin bandit and two interns standing around a table in a room with more lab and medical equipment, as well as dry blood splatters on the floor. The goblins are doing busywork around the room, and there appears to be a near-naked human strapped spread-eagled to the table, not moving.

Lurk uses his new abilities; he sees a cross-section of the goblin bandit's body, and sends a small blade of psychic energy cutting through the spinal cord. Without a physical wound or the noise of a weapon, the goblin collapses, killed instantly. The two interns spin around at the sound of him hitting the floor, and rush to his side, confused and trying to rouse him. One of them gets up and says they're going to get some help. Lurk waits around the corner as they step out of the room, before he silently closes the door behind them and stabs them from behind with another psychic blade. The intern yelps and falls to the ground, dead.

Hearing the remaining intern inside get up to check out the noise, Lurk presses his back against the door to keep it closed. Soon enough, he feels a pressure on the other side of the door, and his feet start to slide as he gets pushed along with it. Concentrating, he uses some telekinetic energy to reinforce himself and overpower the goblin, keeping the door closed. The intern mutters, "hey, what the fuck?" and rattles the doorknob.

Lurk spins around and opens the door, staring the surprised intern dead in the eyes for a beat, before a purple psychic knife phases out of his head and shoots straight through the intern. Lurk drags the two bodies back inside the room, and takes a cursory glance at the human on the table - their eyes are closed and they're not moving, so he telepathically communicates to the rest of the party that they're obviously dead, before he goes to check out another room.

Lugs starts creeping towards the wine-making goblins when Aelia, behind him, accidentally trips on the wet and muddy hems of her dress. The goblins notice the noise and freeze, slowly drawing their clubs. Lugs, staring at them, walks up to the door and closes it. Deku, also trying to sneak into the  lab, accidentally makes a loud clang with his heavy armour, and Valas yelps as he almost slips on the mud from Aelia's dress as well. A goblin intern walks up to the door from inside one of the rooms, where they and another intern were patching up some damaged leather armour sets, to check out the noise, but stops dead in their tracks when they notice the party in the laboratory. Terrified, they close the door on themselves. Lurk walks straight up to it and knocks, telling them that they'll be killed unless they open up. They oblige, and he then demands that the two interns go stand in the corner and just quietly stare at the wall, mentioning that the other goblins here are all dead. He closes the door on them.

Aelia goes to the human on the table and sees that they're still breathing; not dead at all, but unconscious or asleep. They're covered in cuts and bruises, and their skin looks like thick, ghostly-white bark. Roots grow out of their feet and toes, and moss, mushrooms, and branches grow out of their back and shoulders. Their fingers are long and knobbly, like twigs, and their hair looks more like thin leaves. Aelia casts some healing magic on them, and when she's done, their eyes snap open and they start straining against their bindings, panicking and screaming. She calms them down, and sets to work on untying the restraints. "Who are you? How did you  get here? If you were a human before, you don't look very human now."

Insisting he's human, he begins to talk, shaking. He tells her that he's Chadley Hucrele, who she recognises as one of the people they were hired to find - the noble Kar'yn's son. Chadley explains that he and McKennedeigh - his sister - came to the Sunless Citadel with their two hired helpers to find treasure and glory, but, after exploring a bit of the citadel, they were captured by the Goblin Gang and held in a cell for a while, their belongings confiscated. The hobgoblin leader, Durnn, then told them they were being taken to 'the boss', and they were forced to climb down the well shaft to the lower level. While climbing, Chadley slipped and fell, and he suspects he broke his arm. After that, they were taken to the laboratory, where an old man called Belak met them. Belak took McKennedeigh and Bradley away, and kept Chadley here, where he'd occasionally return to feed him a vile potion that made Chadley feel seriously ill. Horrified, Valas wonders aloud if the people here are turning prisoners into twig blights. Chadley says he thinks he's been unconscious most of the time, as he doesn't remember much after that.

Aelia finds his belongings like some under-armour pants and a shirt - though Valas realises Durnn must have been wearing Chadley's armour - in the corner, including his Hucrele ring. She hands it to him. "Your mum was going to pay us just to bring back this ring."

Chadley takes it, downcast. Aelia puts together a makeshift splint and sling for his broken arm, and he pulls on his pants, but can't wear his shirt because of the growths on his back and shoulders.

Lurk also finds a crystal vial of cloudy white liquid amongst the laboratory equipment. He asks if that's what Belak made him drink, and Chadley confirms it. Deku puts it in his pack for safekeeping, as well as a strange stethoscope Lurk also found.

Lugs has a look in two of the other rooms: one is empty but has the back wall caved in, opening up to a rift that continues on into the darkness. The other room is a weapons storeroom, with a short 10ft little entrance hall attached to it. He peeks out the door of the entrance hall, and finds that it opens onto the side of a much bigger hallway, complete with artwork of dragons on the walls. Another bugbear - this one seemingly dressed more like a gardener - walks away from him down the hall. Quietly, he closes the door again and goes back to the lab.

Valas uses mage hand to open the remaining unchecked door. Inside are three goblins, sleeping in bunks in what appears to be a break room. As they haven't woken up yet, they leave them be.

Lurk tells Lugs that Lugs will be the bad cop, and Lurk will play good cop, as they enter the small room where the two interns had been making wine. Reminded of the sour goon and now faced with the image of the goblins' bare feet squishing the fruits to make it, Aelia goes and pukes around the corner. The two goblins are terrified, and beg Lurk and Lugs not to hurt them, as they aren't fighters. Lurk tells them that if they leave this room, Lugs will smash them to a pulp, and they believe the threat as Lugs croaks menacingly and busts his club into a nearby barrel, spraying goon all over himself while he stares the interns down. Sufficiently terrified, the two grungs leave them in there, blocking the door with a chair.

Valas and Aelia double-back to the garden they first entered after their climb down the well, as Valas wants to confirm something. Using one of his daggers, he saws off the branch-like arm of a dead twig blight, and sees that it's wood and bark all the way through. He sighs in relief, having been worried that there'd be some kind of flesh inside that would confirm that they were transformed people.

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* = the rats are always gonna be ok, folks, don't worry

[thankskenpenders]

The fact that these “disguises” worked and that only Big and Froggy noticed Eggman and his goons walking around in public is incredible

[snailygoon]

Re-creation of RuPaul‘s fucking suit of pure light coming onto screen and destroying my optic nerves

my goof ass light sensitive sister havin to wear sunglasses while we watch dragrace in the dark