#s/i: laika

[one-winged-dreams]

Been working on the Isaac ship (with Gallagher intermittently interrupting >:( ) and I realized I haven't talked about it on here AT ALL since I haven't had the time or drive to draw my insert for him.

S/I AND OC F/O LORE UNDER CUT

Essentially Isaac finds a half feral werewolf (me) while he's out in the wilderness who is injured and ostracized from his pack. He's been dependent on human interaction from the campers that pass through so he knows an amount of human words and can talk crudely but he can communicate and that's what matters.

Isaac's guilt complex absolutely eats him alive so he takes the werewolf back to the cabin he had rented out for the trip and wouldn't you know it, the werewolf gets attached after being nursed back to health. He explains that he's not allowed to have territory anywhere around so he's been roaming hoping he doesn't get mauled by other werewolves and Isaac's like "fuck my stupid baka life" and makes the impulsive decision to take him back to the city with him. He names the werewolf Laika and does his best to teach him how to live a civilized life.

Anyway, it's a whole thing about how Laika loves him unconditionally and Isaac is like "I do not deserve this, I do not fucking deserve this" because he's got this cute werewolf living with him, a traumatized ex-monster hunter.

I'm starting with 'Laika doesn't know what a crush is, he just knows that he's very attached and has the same feelings a werewolf would feel for a mate' and Isaac has to navigate this because he DOES have feelings for Laika in return but he doesn't think he can return them the same way he wants to because of his guilt complex. And Laika is hurt at first, but he reassures Isaac that he's willing to wait as long as it takes because he loves him and he knows that Isaac has the capacity to love without it being tainted by self-hatred.

So it's a pseudo-romance right now but it'll progress in time.

ALSO LAIKA IS LIKE, his service dog. Whenever Isaac has a PTSD episode, Laika will put his chin on Isaac's knee to ground him. And he sleeps with his head in Isaac's lap to help whenever he has nightmares. And when Isaac has a chronic pain flareup, Laika will lay on top of him. It's equal parts angst and fluff akjsgakgj

[bpdloop]

oh my goodness gracious. what the hell is this fucking thing on my screen. we should blow them up i think ☝🏽

[hearts401]

i do think a lot abt how my characters would be in a show but mostly how theyd be received

[lex-n-weegie]

Alright, here's what I've been working on for the past couple of months!

Laika and Darius's first kiss! (Click for better quality)

☆♡☆♡S/i uses any pronouns!♡☆♡☆

[dinkbinkdink]

『 ɳσω ρℓαყเɳɠ . . . . . . . . 』 

╰┈➤ 𖦹 ∂૨εαɱเɳɠ - 𝒯ε૨เ ɦαƭ૮ɦε૨ 𖦹

[brokerkisser]

art studyish + image i traced abit, feat my self insert & lionel >scratches ass< i'm litterally starving rn and my leg hurts. GOODNIGHT BYE. fyi the character is male & uses it/its.

[fiddletwix]

Laika in Motion - Coraline (2009) Review

Plot: Coraline Jones has recently moved to a new state in a strange apartment building, and she’s none too happy about it. Her workaholic parents never listen to her, there’s nothing fun for her to do and the other tenants just seems weird and off-putting. Even Wybie, the grandson of their landlady who is about Coraline’s age, annoys her. She wants excitement, adventure, fun and attentive…

[pastel-medic]

I love them a totally normal amount 💌🎀

[etherclan]

Crewmate Log: G667Cc-B2AX-OLH "Laika"

EMS Code: OLH h 62 DOB: 39 EPL [Eclipse Post Landing] Residence: Colony site 1 | Gliese 667Cc "Vegas" Notes: No one else believes such book-keeping is necessary, however, I am the one who uses the computer. I am Laika, a scientist and scribe of [what my colleagues have dubbed] "Etherclan". My mission training included a course in “speech buttons”, training that would have had little practical use after the loss of the human settlers on Vegas. However, the fundamentals of my training have been easy enough to adapt for other uses. Namely, computer systems.

Probable mutation[s] beyond standard modification: Enhanced cognition

Laika! If you haven’t already noticed, she’ll be the primary “narrator” for all of the mission and crew logs. I will probably wind up doing some illustrations with short stories attached to them but all of the “logs” are Laika Logs!

She’s a proud, clever cat with strong opinions that will definitely leak into what she writes about events and her “colleagues”. Her closest friend is Starscream- who she is surprisingly patient with considering how short she is with everyone else.

[opal-owl-flight]

For the Future.

Got a new cloud brush that I wanted to test out! Then it became a whole writing spree abt 3's dreams WJEJK. Just A Squid will continue soon.

More deets abt 3s dreams under the cut!

Maybe its bc I was sitting in a conference room earlier today. But I basically asked them about their dreams while there... why they keep doing what theyre doing.

In my minds eye I saw them flying a kite.

“(I want to protect the world. Keep it safe.

…Let it stay safe so the children can continue to do what Im doing now.)”

…but what about you?

“Four wants to become an engineer, and Laika wants to try out the music scene. Me?

My time for that has long gone.”

:(

A soft chuckle. With a hint of yearning, quickly hidden with a gentle smile.

“(Dont feel sad. Ive found purpose in what I do. Im doing it so everyone else can follow their dreams.

Its also a job.

Its okay that I dont have to love it all the time.)"

…if you had the choice to live a different life, would you?

“(…I dont know if I can answer that yet.

If I didnt live the way I have, where would everyone else be?)"

You can still have fun, you know.

“(You see this? This is fun! Watch!)”

and they twirl that fancy kite theyre flying.

“(I made it myself.)"

...the twirling stops, and their eyes kind of mist over. They look down, into the threads they were manipulating.

“(Listen.

I do have a dream. Its to live in a world without war.

…Im doing everything I can to make that come true.)”

and once youve achieved that peace, what then?

The kite twirls again, making a figure 8 over and over. 3 shrugs, eyes following the figure.

“(Maybe Ill fly more kites.)"

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3 doesnt have...dreams beyond their captain duties/related to war and if one asks them enough, theyll find out that what 3 does in peaceful times are what they once did in childhood

Clutching onto what little they were allowed to experience; flying kites, singing songs, making art, remembering stories

Its something that hurts so damn much to see,3 clinging on their nostalgic memories and yearning for more of those moments.

They dream for peace, for rest. the reason they clutched on those memories was bc it was the few times they experienced that kind of peace

[laikascomet]

Hello!! Here's a link to the fan discord for Laika's Comet! https://discord.gg/RZcJZwwdJB

thank you so much!

everyone, please check these guys out! this is a fan run discord server, and theyve been doing some really awesome work in terms of comic discussion theorizing!

also - i dont know who i would pass it to, but to the mod/s of the server, i have a gift for you!

[wizzdot]

The Patron Saint of One Way Trips

Ch19

Description: Yay - we have the 'Alone' Mission - I hope my Spanish translations don't get too difficult - I'm trying to make it feel as if we, as the reader, are finding it difficult to communicate - hence the purposeful brokenness of it all. Anyway - Laika gets caught... what happens next....?

*Laika's (Y/N's) POV*

He wanted me.. specifically me... why?!

I must have left the room just in time. Everything that had happened up to now had been part of Graves' sick plan.. why hadn't I noticed?! He sent Oz to drop me at the room so he knew exactly where I was.. He allowed Johnny to go in undercover, probably hoping that he didn't make it out. He took 'air support' probably with no intention to actually help.. I hate him. I fucking hate him.

FUCK!

Get your head back in the game, mutt. Find Johnny. Beat yourself up later..

I follow behind two Shadows, pretending to be with them. We seem to arrive to a large cluster of houses. Some Shadow soldiers have already arrived, guns blazing. Civilians are screaming, children crying and dogs barking. It was horrible. Families are being massacred. I feel sick to my stomach.

My comms set starts sounding within my mask, I don't know how to work it so I pat around looking for controls. I find something that feels like a button. I press it a few times and it seems to change the channel of the radio. I hear several American voices shouting for back up at the North Plaza, and others looking for 'the Brits', some stations were still back at the base, organising the prisoners. Find Johnny.

I continue to flick through the stations until I hear a very crackly "Ghost, this is 7-1 in the blind.. how copy?". It's Johnny.

I almost scream his name out loud before remembering that I had to be smart about this. I'm shocked when a Shadow comes towards me and elbows me "search this house with me - stay sharp, think the Brits are close. He couldn't have made it far. You go upper floor, I'll do downstairs. Shoot first, ask questions later" My eyes widen at his instructions but I nod, not wanting to raise any suspicion.

I open the door and head upstairs with my gun raised. I turn onto the upper landing and enter the first closed bedroom. A family of four are crouched behind the bed, sobbing and shaking. They start hyperventilating when I arrive. A pair of Beta's, probably husband and wife, and their two young children. I swallow the lump in my throat, and quickly raise my finger to my mouth, gesturing to them to stay quiet.. "shhh - please shush.." I beg them. "I'm not going to hurt you.." Fuck, they don't understand.. FUCK.

"Uhm.. Amistosa..." I point at myself again "Amistosa" I whisper. 'Friendly' is the only word I can think of for the time being, my mind too frazzled to remember any more of my, already limited, Spanish vocabulary. They seem to calm down a little bit before heavy footsteps start climbing the stairs.

I take out my knife and gesture to the family to stay quiet and stay hidden. I step to the edge of the doorway and wait for the noisy Shadow to arrive.

"Anything up here, Shadow..?" he bellows, half way up the stairs. Stupid man..

I stay silent, and thankfully, so does the family. The father has his arms wrapped around the children, hiding them from view.

As the Shadow reaches the door to look in, his gun turns the corner first. I grab it, jamming it upwards into his chin. He tries to regain control, but I've already ran my knife through his throat. He slumps quickly and I drag him away from the family. I remove his gun and other weapons from him and step back into the room.

"Do you speak english..?" I try asking the Beta man.. he shakes his head, clearly terrified and confused.

"uhm.. puede...can you... puede-" I make finger guns and pretend to pull the trigger. I can't remember the word for shoot.. but I think he gets the message. He frantically nods. I hand him the spare gun so he can at least protect his family.

"No te muevas... uhm...peligro afuera" I say in very broken Spanish - don't move.. there's danger outside - he understands, nodding."Gracias.. gracias Salvadora" I shake my head. I don't want their thanks.. and I certainly am no saviour..

"¡Esperar!" the woman shouts as I turn to leave. Why does she want me to wait..? She hesitantly stands up and rips a large piece of fabric from her dress. I frown at her, confused. She approaches me as if I am going to flee, hands out as if placating a wild animal.

She ties it around my upper arm, where I usually wrapped my hanky. "Identificación - Amistosa.." she explains.. it takes me a second to translate it in my head before I realise she had used the green fabric as identification.. so she knows I'm friendly.. I nod and give a tiny smile. It was useless seeing as my face is covered with the mask..

I hear commotion from outside. I give the family a final glance before I rush back down the stairs. I step out onto the street and see blood, at about eye level, brushed along the exterior wall of the house across the street. Johnny..?

He must be near. Unless that's someone else's blood.

I try the radio again and can't find the blind channel. I silently move around the town, feeling confident to pass and Shadows without hiding. They were frantic, shooting every civilian in their way. I carry on pecking them off one by one, silently, giving the civilians American weapons as I go. I reach a church square and settle behind a wall. Shadows seem to have gathered here. I try finding a station on the comms again, maybe it had been damaged in the rain... It suddenly crackles to life again. It's Graves.

"Keep your heads on swivels for these fuckin' Brits.." One of them has been arming Civvies - we have a small uprising at the back of town, looks like some of them are trained cops, they're making progress through the Southern streets. Stay sharp Shadows..Lost some good soldiers today.."

Fuck.. we had Civilians coming this way. I turn and head to the back of town. I needed to redirect them. They were heading for a massacre. The Shadows had gathered to corner them, waiting with heavy artillery and sheer numbers.

I push myself as fast as I can run. I can hear marching, the rain water creating a splash every time there is movement. I run straight across the crossroads, not realising the armed locals were marching my way. A flood of stray bullets fly in my direction. I narrowly miss them by running behind the next house.

"Alto al fuego!" I hear - I know that one.. it means hold fire. "Chica..eres tú?" I hear from my hiding spot. I do something stupid. I turn the corner and present myself in front of the, understandably, angry mob.

"¿hablar Inglés?" I ask, in a dodgy Spanish accent. Please someone.. someone must speak fuckin' English.

An older Beta man steps forward. "Yes - I speak English.." A weight lifts from my shoulders.. "Thank God.. we need to turn around.. the Shadows are waiting for you. It'll be a massacre.."

"What is she saying??" one of the crowd shouts in broken English - the older man translates the information I had given him.

"So what is the plan, Chica? And why should we trust you? You are Shadow scum as well.." I gulp as the younger Alpha man steps forward with his gun raised. A man steps forward then. It's the Beta man who I had helped... his wife had given me the green fabric for identification. He had remembered..

After a minute or so of rushed, angry Spanish rambling that I can't pick up, they turn to me. "what is your plan? I am told we are to trust you.."

"Are you prepared to fight... to die..." I ask, darkly. A chorus of 'Sí's' call out.

"Okay, we need to hurry. They are expecting us down this street" I point in the direction they are waiting for the ambush.

"We need to turn around and get them from the back. We need to go now, or they'll come looking for us. We can't lose the element of surprise.. we are massively outnumbered" I explain. The older man translates and the small army turn and start heading in the opposite direction. Well, they're determined at least...

We quickly approach the square where the Shadows had set up. I call to my small group of around twelve men to be silent and hold position. We needed to be closer before initiating. We can't afford to give them time to respond. I creep forward on my own, testing the distance and cover. This would do. I gesture with my hand for the men to move up to my position. They listen and do as ordered. This was weird, being the one in charge...

"On three.." I whisper, holding up three fingers. I lower one finger. I lower the second. I take my hand away and raise my gun.

After another beat, bullets spray forward and Shadows fall like dominoes.

"WHAT THE FUCK" I hear Graves' voice cut through the loud noise of bullets.

"C'mon Shadows, they want to fight, let's give it to 'em!" he yells.

The Shadows re position and start firing back in a more organised fashion. I pat my pockets of my stolen tac-vest. YES! Grenades! I pull the pin and hurl it towards the soldiers.

BOOM

*Ghost's POV*

I'd been sitting up in the church spire for a while, guiding Johnny through the town. He was injured. I'd managed to guide him through the tunnels. He has eyes on the church now but there are Shadows swarming everywhere. Armoured vehicles and barbed wire. They'd set up a defensive line. This wasn't just for me and Johnny. Something else must be brewing... I set my scope and get eyes on Johnny. I tell him what's going on through the blind channel. All of a sudden, gunfire rings out below. "What's that LT?" Johnny asks me..

"Look's like some Mexican cops have rolled out of bed to try and defend their town.. brave fuckers.. won't last long against these killers though.."

"Nothin' like a bit of hope, LT" - "Let's concentrate on gettin' you back here first Johnny.."

"I'll use the fight as a distraction and run across, aye LT?" - "Yep, sounds good - wait a second Johnny..."

"What is it, LT?" - "Looks like the Civvies have a Shadow on their side.."

"Even he cannae defend Graves' war crimes then, eh?"

"At least one of them has morals, Johnny. Was startin' to think they were all evil bastards!"

"Aye LT, likewise, sounds like the only good one'll be deed soon anyway.. pity that!"

"Head back in the game, Johnny. The Shadows are distracted. Make a run in five seconds. Mexican Shadow is pulling a pin on a grenade - the blow will give you cover"

"Aye, LT, Copy"

*Laika's (Y/N's) POV*

BOOM

The gunfire stops momentarily before the remaining, smaller group of Shadows start shouting. I hear a familiar grunt and then the Shadow standing near a door to a house says "Got one near the church.." Johnny.

"Kill him" Graves orders loudly through comms.

A single whistle pings through the air and the Shadow falls. I see Johnny stand and make his way toward the church. He is a couple of hundred meters out but he is so so close. The Shadows take their attention away from us and round towards Johnny. I shout an order at them "Get the Shadows, leave the Brit!!" I get another chorus of agreements. I try to catch up with Johnny but I'm too far behind. Fighting with other Shadows and winding my way around the barbed wire and road block slows me down significantly. I start to panic.. I wasn't going to catch him..

I see Johnny on the church steps up ahead with a couple of Shadows still on his tail. I can't distract him by shouting his name. That would be a stupid thing to do. I then see the Lieutenant climb the metal fence surrounding the building. They start sprinting away from me. Ghost is looking for vehicles to use to flee. Clever. Why didn't I think of that..?

THUD

I fall to the ground, splashing in the wet, bloody cobbled streets, the skin on my knees bursting open from the impact.. I wince at the sudden pain.

Graves stares down at me.. "Well well well.." he tutts, ripping the mask off of my face. "Look who we have here then..."

I turn to see a pickup truck driving speedily away.

They were safe.. I release a deep breath that I didn't know I was holding.. I'm snapped back to Graves when he kicks me in the gut.

"How strange.. y'see, Laika.. I started thinkin' you were a Russian mole tryin' to get intel on the 141..." he chuckles sadistically.. "We thought you could be useful to us so we did a little diggin'.. turns out you're a missing asset from Russia.. kept that a secret huh..?"

I gulp, he keeps his heavy boot on my stomach so I couldn't get up even if I tried.

"Does anyone know the truth about you..? Or kept it a secret..? Think they'd see you different if they knew some of the shit you're responsible for huh?"

Tears pool in my eyes and my chin wobbles.

Graves clicks his tongue off of the roof of his mouth, tutting at me again.. "now now, don't cry sweetheart. Normally, you'd be dead already.. but Shepherd seemed quite interested when it was reported that one of our Shadow Company had gone rogue in the streets of Mexico... wait till I hear his reaction when I tell him I've caught a Russian rat! He is going to be pleased.." he laughs.

"Now, get up and come with me.. I don't want to have to be rough with you sweetheart. Don't want to ruin that pretty face of yours.." he says, pretending that he is nice..

Get FUCKED

I nod, obediently, pretending to comply. What was it I was told again...? Disobedience is punished. He would have read that on my file.

I need to play into his hands here. Play it smart, mutt...

He chuckles, "God, they told me you liked following orders, obedient little girl, huh. Bet the Captain likes havin' you around.." he says wiggling his eyebrows in a suggestive way.

"Just how obedient are you, sweetheart..? I guess I'll have to find out later. But orders are orders. You are to be detained.. come along now.."

Jeez, this guy loved the sound of his own voice..

"Yes, commander" I act, feigning obedience, he shakes his head, smiling in amazement.

"Got you trained already, sweetheart!" he laughs.

I glance to my left and see a group of retreating Mexicans. There looks to be a decent sized group left - hopefully they hadn't lost too many innocent civilians tonight, somehow I doubt it..

I'm pushed into a vehicle and driven back to the Vaqueros head quarters. I keep my head down, staring at my lap the entire way. The adrenaline starts leaving my system.

Now all that I was left with was fear. Fear, and a cold feeling I couldn't shake..

*Johnny's POV*

Simon and I were safely out of dodge

He is driving like a fuckin' maniac but I couldn't really care less. My arm hurts like a bitch. I hope Laika is safe at the base, hopefully she has found Rudy..

"LT, you made good time through the town, how'd you manage that..?" I ask, thinking of how quickly he must have moved through all of those houses.

"What do you mean, Johnny? I only met a few Shadows, then went straight into the tunnel system.. I'd been at the church since you first comm'd me" He replies, confused..

"What..? So it wasn't you who had gone through the houses and left fuckin' civvies armed with Shadow guns..?"

"No, Johnny. I told ya', I went straight to the church.."

"Weird, they told me to look for the Green Shadow.. one of them spoke English.. poor terrified bastard almost shot me before he realised I wasn't a Shadow.."

"A green Shadow, Johnny?" - "Aye LT, that mean anythin' to you..?"

"Kind of.. The Shadow leading the Mexican civvies had some sort of dark fabric round his arm..Might have been green but the rain made it impossible to tell. I was too far away.. Wasn't standard Shadow kit though - that much I know"..

"Strange.. oh well, Graves would have already killed the poor Bastard anyway. S'no a good look to go against your own team.. Looked like the brave fella managed to tap a good few Shadows too. Good on him.."

"Yeah Johnny, agreed. Good on that man.."

[leaf4e]

Laika from @laikascomet

Download here or from under the cut

[dokidokitsuna]

Witch and Phantom

Believe it or not, I never forgot about Fantasy Seal-- the pretty art just ended up overwhelming me, and I ran out of time for it. ^^; I’ve gotten better at drawing in general lately, though, so I’d like to give it another go.

-Decided to make Marisa’s school uniform very Western-looking, befitting her character concept. I think the realistically-long skirt adds a touch of unique style~

-Cuddling Laika~ (Rinnosuke’s dog, if you remember). This version is a flesh and blood dog, who just happens to be a dyad with the ghost of her namesake. I’mma be honest: I think canon (?) Laika is a much more creative idea, being a possessed robot toy from the 2000’s (i.e. two forgotten entities for the price of one)...but I don’t think that would fit with the grounded feel of this AU. In this context, I prefer the image of Rin walking around town with his youkai-detecting animal guide.

-In contrast to the canon, this version of Alice is very calm and sweet and carefree. ^^ She is the gentle foil to Marisa’s more rambunctious energy, usually either joining her in troublemaking or half-trying to stop her. ...I've really fallen in love with her design ❤

-Unlike the other protagonists, Marisa does not summon phantom weapons to fight with– I think it’s more in line with her character to be a self-made mage. ^^ She usually “borrows” supplies from Kourindou (where she works part time) and mixes them together into magic tools– her broom is her main project, which she continually rebuilds and upgrades over the course of the story. I’ll talk about the mini-Hakkero a little later~ Anyway, the first magic item she acquires is her signature hat…which houses an evil spirit that immediately takes control of her. ^^; The resulting incident prompts Reimu’s first foray as an incident resolver, and allows the two protagonist groups to finally meet. Afterwards, despite objections from basically everyone, Marisa decides to keep the hat, since the spirit “gives good advice”.

[goosehadfood]

Uhhhm uhhhhm I needed to practice drawing dogs more so uuuuh here’s n25 as dogs since they have been unable to leave my brain

So first we have Ena as a American Water Spaniel. I made her a water spaniel due to similar coloring and they kinda have the same stubborn attitude and deep loyalty.

I made Mafuyu a Russian-European Laika since Laika’s are known for being very intelligent and focused whilst also being very loyal, so it’s kinda fitting. I struggled a lot with their coloring, I feel like the first color choice on the top is too light for a Russian-European Laika but fits Mafuyu’s design better idk.

Kanade is a Finnish Lapphund because both are known for being very calm. I already drew Kanade as a dog on @rockdrop ‘s blog but at the time I was unsure of what specific breed I was going to make her, I had only really decided on her being some sort of spitz dog.

Last is Mizuki, I made them an Australian Shepherd due to both being very playful and energetic.This drawing is probably the one I’m least proud of since I was really torn on what breed to make Mizuki and I’m not really experienced with drawing Australian Shepherds. I tried to do a pinkish tint for their coat but it doesn’t really show well in this lighting. I decided to make their ear clipped as a reference to their Hermit card but I still don’t really like how their design turned out.

If you want any other character dog-ifyd then just comment and don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit that bell!

[spookygingerr]

alice, hooow about ... laika for mick and ian.

mick and ian in Laika for Nosho 💚

if you’d like a colour palette image, choose a palette here and send the name with the character(s) you would like to my inbox 💖 … please check under the cut first as i am only doing each colour palette once 💖🎨