#ratsworld

[marmalade004]

Finalized Ratsworld designs!! i finished these months ago but forgot to post them here whoopsiee

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May I present to you...

¡Ratord!

This is what happens when my homies and I are sharing a braincell at midnight.

This was made with the solely purpose of bully Tord in an affectionate way, 'kay?

[I added some alt text].

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ratsworld

[mikaellew]

Ratsworld Au :D

Tord: rat

Tom: hamster

Edd: Guinea pig

Matt: Chinchilla

[marmalade004]

RATSWORLD!!!!!!

Edd used to be a housepet for a family in London. His owners lived in a big apartment, where Edd stayed in a cramped cage. From an outside perspective, his life could have been much better. One day, he wakes up to find his cage left in a nearby alleyway, with no idea how he ended up there, but assumes his owners left him there. He escapes the cage, which was left unlocked, and goes on to explore the city himself, meeting Tom later on.

Tom used to live in a pet shop, along with many other rats. Over the months, he watched other rats get taken home, but he was always left behind due to his eyes being unusually dark. Because of this, he often tried to escape the shop and find a life for himself. This led to him being declawed in hopes of preventing escapes. Eventually he gets a chance to run for it, afterwards wandering the streets to learn his way around. He meets Edd, and they continue exploring together.

Matt is extremely naive to the outside world. He was born and raised in the sewer system beneath the city. He tended to be curious of the “surface world”, but only ever left his home when he had to. During one of his rare outings, he takes a wrong turn (he’s pretty forgetful) and ends up lost on the streets. Afraid, he stays where he is, hoping someone will find him. He ends up being found by Tord.

Tord is a street rat. He grew up being an outsider, so he knows how to fend for himself. He spends most of his time scrounging for food in dumpsters. He has sharper teeth and claws than the others, which act as his only method of defense. He lives in a dumpster behind a pizza restaurant. During a day of hunting for leftover scraps, he finds Matt curled up beside his dumpster. Tord reluctantly agrees to help Matt find his way home, which is when they run into Tom and Edd.

Eventually, all of the rats are found by Laurel during an outing, who happens to have a soft spot for animals. She adopts them all, bringing them back to her apartment, giving them all baths, feeding them, and she provides them with their matching colored hoodies, to keep them warm in case they decide to go out again. After finding them, she gives them all names that she finds fitting (since she doesn’t know their previous names). She names Edd as Fluffy, Tom as Cotton, Matt as Sprinkles and Tord as Sunshine (whenever she plays the Sunshine Lollipops song, he runs around the room begging for her to turn it off, but she confuses his running for playing, which is why she names him after the song).

Edd adjusts to living with Laurel easily, since he was already used to living with humans. Tom finds comfort in the fact that he finally has a home to rely on, and also feels more comfortable now that he isn’t defenseless on the street anymore. Matt, who didn’t particularly care about is appearance before he left home, becomes VERY focused on how he looks and smells. When Laurel gives them baths, he is always the one to enjoy is the most. Tord, however, is resistant to befriending the others, let alone living with them. He prefers to be alone, and has survived on his own outside his whole life; mostly it’s his sense of pride that keeps him from staying with Laurel and the others.

Laurel has other pets besides the rats:

Eduardo is a mouse. He enjoys alone time despite living with his cagemates. Because of the close proximity, he tends to pick on the other mice as an outlet. The mice used to be Laurel’s favorite before the rats were adopted, which is where the rivalry between them starts. This rivalry is mostly just between Eduardo and Edd, though the others don’t particularly like each other either.

Jon was the second mouse to be adopted by Laurel. Up until he showed up, Eduardo was feeling comfortable in his new home. He saw Jon as a nuisance, taking up space that once belonged to him, which is why Jon is usually the target of Eduardo’s temper. Jon is rather sociable, but doesn’t have anyone besides Eduardo to interact with, so he tries to be as welcoming as he can.

Mark was the fourth mouse to be adopted (the third mouse was Todd, but he escaped; no one has seen him since). Mark’s arrival did not upset Eduardo as much as Jon’s did, but he still wasn’t pleased. Jon and Mark become friends and get along well for the most part.

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That’s all I got for now, sorry for such a long read. If you feel like it pretty pleeeease ask any questions you have about this AU, it’s one of my favorites to draw and talk about!!!

[marmalade004]

day 11

[marmalade004]

So we know what names Laurel gave the rats..,

What names did she give the mice?

Mark is named after Regina George (its the only blonde character Laurel could think of)

thank you bip for helping me with the names,,,

[marmalade004]

wee need more meeceis 🐁🐭 can we have a drawing of what the zoomies look like for them

they probably just run in their little wheels most times.

[marmalade004]

Ratsworld ask 🥺 🐀

Start off light: Do they have any favorite toys?? Or treats, also do they like to just chill and hangout with Laurel sometimes??

Not so light: Hey so…does Edd have some, I unno…abandonment issues?? Does he fear Laurel would leave him one day too?? How does that manifest in his behavior? (Like clingier, more attention grabby etc)

To answer the first part, i think Edd would like to mess with pretty much anything, but his favorite toy would probably be anything either little bells on it, he would just think the jingles are fun. Tom probably doesnt play much, mostly hangs out in little rat hammocks. Matt would like things to nibble on and he would definitely like to dig around in sawdust or dirt (but then immediately wash off after playing). Tord, when hes willing to would like anything designed to be chewed or scratched, and it probably a good climber so like,, probably a fan of those little ladders or ropes for rats to climb up :3. When Laurel isnt busy she probably lets the rats hang out on her bed with her so she can keep an eye on them while also letting them roam for a bit.

Second answer, I feel like Edd would unconsciously try to be a little more friendly as a way to hopefully get Laurel to like him more. Especially at first he gets clingy and doesnt like when she leaves the house. I love making silly aus and then filling them with unnecessarily deep lore‼️‼️‼️

[marmalade004]

Some rat things <3

[marmalade004]

Well, did declawing Tom stop him from trying to escape?

For a while yes, he stopped clawing at the cages but eventually he learned how to climb up the bars of the cage like a little ladder, which he didnt need claws for

[marmalade004]

about the ratsworld au (which I adore) who is tord the closest with out of Edd, Matt, and Tom? Also I can’t wait to see more content on this au

IM SO GLAD YOU GUYS LIKE THIS AU SO MUCH it makes me SO happy!!!

Tord is probably most comfortable with Edd, but they probably wouldnt be super close, at least not at first. They probably just occasionally talk about rat stuff idk. and maybe since theyve both had some rat struggles they connect over that. I can also see him getting to know Tom for the same reason.

[marmalade004]

please pleaseplease i need some interest

this isnt even all of my aus, but i ran out of space 😭

[emmetts-stuff]

RATS, WERE RATS, WERE THE RATS. WE PREY AT NIGHT WE STALK AT NIGHT. WERE THE RATS-

Finalized Ratsworld designs!! i finished these months ago but forgot to post them here whoopsiee