#the passenger roach

[thegreatestshowfan]

I finished @the-passenger-if this morning and first of all OH MY GOD IT'S SO GOOD I'M BEGGING EVERYONE TO GO PLAY. Second of all, I have some thoughts on how my Newman would respond to a certain phrase (which I will not say here for spoiler reasons). So here it is bc I'm back on my shit for The Passenger.

Nash hadn't been paying much attention to Roach as he blabbed on behind them. They had promised Johnny that they would drop Roach off at his place before heading home for the night. Things had gotten out of hand back at Luna Ridge and they wanted to let him rest easy knowing he didn't have anything else to worry about. They'd take care of Roach.

The pair hopped off the bike once they arrived and Roach turned to Nash. Though he had been talking their ear off the entire way, there was a sudden silence that fell over the two of them. This was the first time they had been alone together since everything happened, this was the first time either of them could really face the realities of what they did.

"Newman..." Roach started.

"Roach..." Nash responded.

"I'm....sorry."

They blinked at him.

"I shouldn't have sold you out to that... Thing..." he sighed. "You've changed and I should have changed to... I'd been holding onto that... Hatred? Grief? I don't know... and I just wanted some sort of vengeance for what you did."

"I ate your entire family. Not surprising you didn't get over it," Nash said.

"Family is such a human way of putting it," he laughed.

"But that's what they were to you, weren't they?"

"Right... Just... Sorry..."

"You don't need to be sorry," they said, leaning against their propped up bike. "I should be sorry."

Roach looked up at them with surprise and they averted their gaze. They had given him a brief apology back in the cabin but they felt they owed him more.

"Look, I made a super fucked up decision and I'm really sorry. I hurt you. Sure, that's kind of the way of our world but I still did it... And I still feel bad."

"You couldn't really help it you were just kinda... How'd Johnny put it?" he paused. "Ah! Space abomination!"

"Abomination..." that word stung, "yeah..."

Roach studied their face. Most of the time Nash was able to keep it blank. They were wildly successful at keeping things hidden but right now, under the bright moon of little St. George's, they seemed... Hurt? Ashamed? Both? He gulped and looked away, leaving both of them in silence yet again. Acting human, no, BEING human had changed both of them in ways they hadn't expected. Things from the old days, when they were still in their true form, they made sense to them still. The hunt was how things functioned and they were still able to remember that, know what it felt like to live in that world, but being human on the other hand let them feel things much greater than just that. Remorse, kindness, pain... Love.

"I... I didn't mean it like that," Roach mumbled. "That's not what I meant... You're not..."

"I am," they finished. "Part of me will always be that... that THING that ate your kind. I'll always be an... An-"

"Abomination."

"Right..."

Nash looked at Roach for a second. He was staring off at passing cars on the nearby road. He seemed to be thinking, reminiscing, something about that word seemed familiar to him.

"Humans tend to think in absolutes," he finally said. "If you're not all good, then you're all evil. Don't let yourself think like that Newman."

It was unspoken. He cared. They placed a hand on his shoulder, giving it a squeeze as if to say they knew. Those things were behind them now and from here on out they were going to move forward. They didn't have to say anything to know they forgave each other.

Nash threw their leg over their bike and shared one last look with Roach.

Neither of them were absolute. They were not good or evil, human or otherworldly.

Nash smiled a bit and sighed.

"There's one thing that's an absolute actually..." They said.

"And what is that?" he asked, rolling his eyes. Of course they had to have something to nit-pick him on.

"We're..." they trailed off.

He knew.

He raised his hand as they tried to speak again. A gesture to signal they didn't need to speak anything else. He knew.

They smiled and started their bike up, giving one last look to Roach before heading home. It wasn't a long drive, but they knew it would feel like forever with the way their body ached.

Roach made his way up to his place and looked out the window in the direction of Nash's house. He smiled.

Friends.

That's what they were and that's what they would always be. That was the one thing that was absolute.

[callsign-coolsquirrel]

Roaches first mission

that mission in brazil sucks so bad but the content is so worth it

[plushchimera]

You shrug; saying it aloud does make it seem rather pointless.

[30diamondscene]

[antisocialxconstruct]

now it's morning you will look at..... the all of them.......

[axperjan]

- What are you talking about? What’s after you? It doesn’t matter, they aren’t looking for me anymore.

[trashy-corvian]

It's not a proper MonsterMay without some eldritch hotties~

Hey, @the-passenger-if how does our dear Jonny feel about some good old tentacle action?

[purpletangerine37]

so uhhhh.. some fanart of @the-passenger-if ??😁😁

been playing this game a lot recently and had the urge to draw for once. we got my mc Reed 😊😊 and Livvy plus a lil roach!! will be drawing the rest of the ROs eventually but here’s this for now😋😋

[tempii]

Happy New Year!!

A quick sketch, *instert cat meme*

Roach from @the-passenger-if

[raiii-den]

I just finished The Passenger and I LOVE IT!!! Definitely one of my favourite books now <3

The way I wheezed at this scene

[northern-passage]

roachie

[plushchimera]

decided to color this real quick

[babayagaii]

bug guy bug guy

[origamihoshi]

I want to jump on the Barbie and Ken drawing meme bandwagon too!

I feel like two eldritch horrors doing dumb ass shit are these two whole relationship.

Also bonus Storm doodles because why not I’ve had those laying around for weeks now.

[tumortain]

roach.... what the fuck.........

[jpriest85-blog]

You know, if I had a nickel for every time I made an OC, that was an ancient monstrous or eldritch being, that took the human shape of a beautiful woman, and had a cult ...well I'd only have $0.15 which isn't a lot but it's funny that it happened 3 times. Introducing from left to right the pretty blonde girl next door Tiffany Newman, and casket for an eldritch being from @the-passenger-if . On the middle is Tihamah an ancient sea dragon/ Leviathan, I originally created her for an abandoned IF, Honey & Fire, but I liked the character concept of a dragon walking around in human form so her character developed and evolved into her own thing. On the right is Thuban The Harbinger of Calamity from @justpked Fell Star. Thuban is an ancient bestial creature of the void that weilds blood magic and chaos to ensure the laws of balance are maintained.

Despite the overlap in similarities, especially considering their names all begin with T, and they all have at least one noticeable mole/beauty mark on their faces in human form, they are quite different. Especially when it comes to how they became the objects of worship of each of their respective cults. Both Tihamah and Thuban's cults sort of developed by accident. In Tihamah's case, she unintentionally saved a coastal city when an invading armada got too close to her nest, and she slaughtered the entire naval fleet. The residents of the city she saved started offering her tribute in both thanks and in appeasement, so she'll continue protecting them. Tihamah just went along with it because they weren't going to hurt her or her babies, and hey, free food! While Thuban's duties as the Harbinger meant she was often regarded as a figure of fear and dread, others regarded her more as a protector since she'd often target groups and people in power that didn't heed her warnings and threatened the Laws of Balance. It was probably quite surprising for Thuban the first time a group of people showed up at the abandoned temple she was residing in, and she realized they wanted to worship, instead of kill her. Tiffany actively sought out her cult in an attempt to regain her former power so she could stand a chance against the Hunter and become the Apex predator again instead of prey. Tiffany quite enjoyed being revered, although she wasn't into wearing the robes like the other cultists. With time and effort Tiffany puts into her appearance, she's not going to cover up her outfit with shapeless robes, especially when wearing Calvin Klein!!