#sanitized agent 3

[mar1omar1a]

Sketches from the last week

[featherpiercing]

light study

[powderseas]

erm.... that awkward moment when ur partner and bestfriend both get brainwashed so u have to go save them by going through traumatizing events

[h3llnaut]

#agent24week2024 Day 3: Scars

OCTO EXPANSION ANGST ALERT!! And I’ll eat it up every time. I love angst

[deep4ried]

I think they should have a club. an evil club

[molabuddy]

girl with no problems

[stupid-puppycat]

dogman ....

[nephilimbrute]

more stuff

[dragonfire3859]

i love to incorporate sun and moon and dawn/dusk themes into their relationship but also love to never explain it or why

but san resisted her sanitization when she remembered hachi cuz they were friends.. she promised not to hurt him so she didn’t….. they’re kinda in love

[alish-artie]

My Eight likes to take pictures of important moments in her life-

[hiroshotreplica]

what if we were both mind-controlled and had a toxic yaoi romance together?

[opal-owl-flight]

TIRED OF WAITIN’ MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND

YEAH ITS ALRIGHT, WE BOTH KNOW THAT YOU WANT IT, DONT YOU BE SO SHY, SHY!

OH MY GOD I LOVE STARKILLER WIDNEKD. I had this idea for Tartar manipulating 3 with words similar to the song…

more abt that below + the piece without the words :]

I wonder if 3, at that point in OE, carry a thought within them... something Tartar can use.

The sanitization is absolute mind control, yes, but it would be neat if it was preceded by a sort of hypnosis; a suggestion that tartar puts out for a victim to bite onto (not that it really matters. The forced body control happens anyway.)

Theres a yearning for the past. That much I know. But I do wonder if Tartar also suggested something else alongside that.

"Ah, the legendary captain of the Squidbeak Splatoon. He probably was the one who pulled you out of that life, hm?"

"...Yes."

"Despicable, this old coot, forcing you to fight a war that ended a century ago. Forcing you to dig up a city your nation already buried.

Making you a weapon in this...disgusting show of continued dominance."

"..."

"Dont you want to end him, right here, right now?"

"...."

"Avenge that younger self, child. Join me, and we will make sure he never hurts you again."

"..."

They look at Cuttlefish. Cod, theyre so weak, their head hurts, they are in no shape to defend themself. Neither is the old man, but...

Their hearts were burning with a feeling theyve been burying for years. A feeling thats gotten stronger and stronger over the long patrol.

This...doubt. Towards the captain they followed the ends of the earth for. Day by day, being pushed to their limits for his continued war. Wanting his approval, wanting to make him proud. Believing that theyre indeed keeping this fragile world safe.

Wanting to...keep being this hero he said they were.

But its getting harder to believe those words now. Not when that Octarian from earlier was such a sweet soul...among others theyve encountered and observed in other patrols.

Their arm burned. It was drenched in that cyan ink the telephone was oozing.

They have no reason to trust this thing that almost killed Cuttlefish and that Octarian that he was with moments before.

Still...

They feel...

Their mind is slipping.

So tired...so hurt...

"Join me. I can give you rest.

Ill bring you...to the promised land."

"...Okay."

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They went fully unconscious for awhile. When they "awoke" (but is still under Tartar's control), they were already fighting 8. And their body hurt even more than before.

They never shouldve trusted him.....

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This baiting rings familiar, doesnt it. Order did it to 4, as well. Much to 3s horror, they were the reason she took that bait. Her desire to be their perfect agent, and their desire to never be hurt or used by anyone like Cuttlefish again...

They wanted her to be strong enough so she can stay safe and live her life the way she wanted to. But their fear spoke louder than their adoration for her.

Hurt people hurt people, cycle of violence, and all that.

[meeepyfox]

did something a bit experimental (sorry, not the best photo quality) I can’t wait to draw agent 4 when she inevitably turns into a gross gooey creature

[ghosthoodie]

thought i’d hop on ^^

[strrbug]

sanitized rider!!! but i got a bit lazy near the end

[molabuddy]

your best friend the brain-eating sludge