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I couldn't draw for the video, but I want to post something, so here are the resulting sketches

You can clearly see how Amy will look better and healthier later in AU, and her signature high ponytail will appear hehe

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MORE SEBASTIAN AND WREN, PLEASE! AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!

You got it boss! I'll be keeping your soul in this collection I just started

I know Wren is like the most generic mf ever but it makes me happy that people like to see the little wimp— or at least the interactions lmao

(ALSO if anyone has ideas for these two interacting you can throw them my way if it's sfw and not romantic! I might doodle them who knows)

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I just want a tiny, pathetic little guy that I can play with. I don't think that's a big ask.

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First encounters (part 2)

Sorry it’s been a hot second since I’ve done much on tumblr. But here’s to those commenters on my last post for inspiring me to continue sharing my stories.

Enjoy and have an amazing day/night!

Kwazii paced back and forth in the launch bay trying to figure out what to do about the captains…. Situation. After announcing over the octo alert for the crew to meet there it only took about a minute for the others to hop out of the travel shoot and stand next to the launch bay wall computer.

“Kwazii? Why’d you call the octo alert at this time?” Shellington asked with a big yawn. Peso looking ready to fall asleep and Dashi with her headphones on around her neck.

“Mateys!!” Kwazi said a bit startled at shellingtons question. It snapped him out of replaying the scene from before. He looked back with a wide eye, a slight tremble to his hands.”w-well um- I heard some strange noises commin’ from th’ library…” kwazi started, taking a deep breath as he told his tale.

“So I crept through th’ dark, looking’ fer the source.” Kwazii narrated using his hands to mimic him walking down a hallway. “An I found… uh… the captain…” kwazii trailed off the image of his friends' tentacles waving confusedly from the lips of the monster. His captain. Devouring the poor shrunken professor. Kwazii shuttered at the memory.

The others watched with mixed emotions. Confusion, consern, and some skepticism. After a few seconds shellington finally spoke up feeling a bit unnerved. He had never seen kwazi act like this before. “Well…? What about the captain?”

Kwazii snapped back to the moment and shook his head trying to get the words out of his throat as flashes of the captain plagued his mind. “He…” the pirate shutters and takes a steadying breath. “He… Ate… the professor.” Kwazii said firmly. The others all looked at eachother then back to Kwazii. Dashi and Shellington raised questioning eyebrows and peso looked with confusion and concern.

“What? Ya don’t believe me?!” Kwazii asked incredulously.

“It’s a bit hard to believe such a story when something like that would be nearly impossible.” Shellington explained.

“But I saw it with me own eyes! And there’s no time to just stand around talking. What if the professor is in danger?!” Kwazii said loudly.

“Let’s just check the cameras then. If the captain… “ate” the professor we should be able to see it right?” Dashi offered. Turning toward the large launch bay computer panel.

“That’s a great idea Dashi! He was just in front of the window when he… yea…” Kwazii trailed off the unsettling scene replaying in his head again, causing him to wince. Dashi selected the library camera, an image of the library from one of the higher bookshelves showed a good bit of the large room. The window in clear view, along with part of the small upper walkway on the stairs. The video cuts to about an hour before their meeting. The library was still and fairly dark except for the watery moonlight filtering through the window.

Inkling wandered around messing with his new collar, not really needing much light due to living in the twilight zone of the ocean. They could hear him mumbling about something then a beep and he shrank. Inkling let out a sound of excitement at that. Seeing the world from a new perspective. Dashi sped through some of the footage, seeing the small pink octopus move along the floor then beginning to scale a few shelves, wandering and exploring a new world it seems. More skipping a head and it seems that inkling had gotten rather high in a shelf near the window. Then a new figure entered the library. The large silhouette is easily recognized as the captain in his usual gear. Dashi slowed the footage down a bit here. Barnacles seemed to be shaking his head a lot and mumbling but the camera wasn’t picking anything up. He started to look through some of the books. Using his octo compass as a small flashlight as he read the spines. The group watched as inkling took notice and hopped onto a book that was flat on the shelf with about half sticking out into the open air.

“Hello? Is someone there?” Inkling called out on the book. Inching closer to the edge. Barnacles froze, looking around for the sound.

“Barnacles is that you? I was just testing out this amazing new technology tweek just dropped off-.” Inkling said excitedly as he reached the edge of the precarious book. It started to slide and inkling was cut off as he and the book fell. They watched as the small cephalopod jumped back to a different shelf. Landing with a small splat as the book landed with a loud thud to the ground. Barnacles immediately turned and ran to the book. Picking it up and looking at the shelf. Inkling and barnacles froze as they made eye contact. The large bear set the book aside and gently scooped up the small professor in a single huge paw.

Inkling rambled about the tech that he had read from tweek’s notes. Not noticing how close he was to the captains face as he looked off to the side in thought, brainstorming possible uses for this impossible technology. They noticed Kwazii entering the library as the captain shoved inkling forward into his mouth. Peso and Dashi gasped while Shellington just stood there slack jawed. Kwazii couldn’t help the bit of pride at their horrified reactions to his very real tale. None of them could look away from the scene infront of them.

How the captain turned as Kwazii quietly asked if it was him. As the large bear slurped up and easily swallowed the squirming tentacles of their friend. And how Kwazii in the recording looked like he was going to be sick, turning and running with his tail between his legs. Then the captian just stumbles back out the library. Even as the octo alert sounds. Dashi stops the video there with a shaking paw.

“Do ya believe me now?” Kwazii asked, trying to keep the pride from his voice. Now was not the time to be cocky about being right that their captain ate another crew member in the dead of night. The others just nodded solemnly. “Good then we gotta get some sorta plan goin’. We gotta get inkling outta the captain. Dashi, where did he go?” Kwazii said. Taking the lead as the others were still dealing with the shock of what they just watched.

Dashi shook her head a bit to shake off those confusing emotions. She pulled up the other cameras. And they watched him go out of the library, down the hall and to the bed pod chute. And then into his own room.

“Looks like he went back to sleep…” she said.

“Maybe w-we can just go up there and ask the captain nicely to release inkling?” Peso peeped looking up to Kwazii. “I’ll go for sure. Gotta make sure that that skurvy ghost is kicked outa that captain.” Kwazi said with a determined look.

“I said I’d protect everyone from that hungry ghost and I mean it.”he turned back to the monitor thinking a bit then snapped his fingers. “Oh yea! I uh forgot to mention that there was a second part to that story I told ya peso.”

“There’s more?!” Peso exclaimed. Remembering the spooky tale.

“It’s called ‘if they do get possessed what should ye do’. Thought it wasn’t as fun as the story itself so I.. left it out. Heh.” Kwazi nervously laughed as peso gave a small glare. “But anyway! Listen maytes! For those who are haunted must be carefully cornered. Then under the moonlight ye must call out the specter and challenge them to a duel. If ye win you’ll be left alone. If not. Then ye will be eaten just like yer other crew!” Kwazii said dramatically arms waving along with his explanation.

“But what about inkling? He’s already been… eaten.” Dashi asked. Looking over the camera feed again on the much smaller screen on the control panel. Unable to really comprehend what had happened.

“Then we get ‘em out! I’ll sneak up on the cap’n and give a good jump kick to the gut! Tha’ll make him spit out inkling.”

“What about the duel? And inkling after the fact?” Peso asked.

“Hmmm… yer right. Maybe you could hide on the sidelines and catch inkling and help him get out as I challenge the ghost!��� Kwazii said determined. “Dashi you’ll lock the pod off until I’m done dueling with that ghost.”

“I still don’t think it’s a ghost…” shellington said.

“Then what in the 7 seas would possess the captain to want to eat professor inkling?!” Kwazi asked.

“I’m not sure, but it can’t be a ghost. ghosts aren’t real Kwazii.” Shellington explained. “Maybe it’s something to do with the captain being an apex predator. Even as the captain he has to take special supplements due to how carnivorous normal polarbears are. But he doesn’t want to hurt any creature after becoming an octonaut. Maybe he just missed a dose of his supplements?” He tried to reason.

“I’ve been keeping an eye on our supplies. It doesn’t seem to be that.” Peso interjected.

“So it’s gotta be the hungry ghost! Besides we don’t have time to dilly dally! Inkling could need our help!” Kwazi said already heading toward the travel shoot out of the launch bay. “Just remember the plan. Come on peso!” He said as he hopped into the vacuum powered shoot.

Peso gulped but nodded. Grabbing his medical bag and following kwazii up. The others looked at each other with a shrug. Keeping an eye on the two using the cameras.

To be continued…

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First encounters

Welcome to the first story of the nom-onauts universe! first to fall prey to the instincts is barnacles. Its trauma time!!

“I remember a good ghost story me grandad told when I was just a wee kitt’n.” Kwazii said while he and peso walked slowly down the halls of the octopod, about to head off to bed. Peso looked over, always up for a story even if Kwazii’s always sounded so scary. Without needing peso to say anything Kwazii started telling the story.

“In ancient times many pirate crews would have to be careful where they sailed to avoid monsters and beasties of the dark. But ghosts were a different story. drawn in on how close crews were, and to haunt the ships of pirates past and treasure hidden. This ghost I tell ye about is known as… the hungry ghost!” Kwazi started pausing for suspense before somewhat jumpscaring Peso with the name. Peso jumped and swallowed.

“Th-the hungry ghost?!” Peso asked Kwazii. 

“Aye! Tale says that the closer the crew became with each other, the more likely the hungry ghost would come! It would possess one of the crew to try and eat the others! The care and love of the crew making it jealous and hungry for that love! Even me ol’ grandad wasn’t immune to it and nearly ate his first mate!” Kwazii finished with a grand gesture. 

“B-but How would they even eat each other? like, trying to r-rip them to pieces?!” Peso asked the two now stopped in the hallway in front of the bed pod travel shoots.

“Even worse matey!” kwazi said, leaning in and somewhat looming over Peso. “The ghost has mysterious abilities that allows the possessed to shrink their own crewmates!” He said waving a paw toward the ceiling then making a pinching motion. Peso shook at that. “And worse of all the hungry ghost would make the one possessed eat the other whole! Sometimes in one big gulp!” Kwazii finished his story with an exaggerated gulp sound after miming holding something above his head and dropping it into his mouth. Peso jumped at that, eyes wide at the implications. 

“B-but, th-there isn't actually a hungry ghost… Is there Kwazii?” Peso asked, looking wordly up to his teammate. 

“Ye, bet yer flippers there is! But fear not, I’ll protect ya matey!” Kwazii assured the penguin who looked grateful to his pirate friend before looking around one more time and hopping into the travel shoot. “In fact I'll protect everyone on the octopod from that scallywag if they ever show themselves.” Kwazii said in a determined voice. He patted himself on the back for a good story and headed off to his travel shoot. Off to a good night’s sleep.

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It was dark on the ship as it was night. But that wasn't an issue for Kwazii with his sharp eye sight, despite only using one eye usually. The humanoid cat walked down the halls having been awoken by an odd, sudden sound. A yelp perhaps?

It had come from the tube to his left so without hesitation he leaped down, following the source, yet the odd sounds seemed to get quieter? A voice?

It all went silent as he exited the sliding tube into the library. The gentle lighting was off and all that could be seen was in front of the large window looking out into the dark sea, faint tendrils of moonlight filtering in. A shadow was hunched over just past the window. 

Sensing something was off about things Kwazii snuck forward and down the stairs. There was a muffled sound coming from the hunched figure, along with growls? Kwazii thought over all his pirate monster stories as he crept closer. But nothing like this came to mind except…. But it couldn’t be, no one had been acting off. The only. Only person that might even have the slightest hint of possession was..

“...captain?”

As he had drawn closer and in his mind, the pieces all came crashing together as the familiar blue hat and outfit came into view. The hunched figure was captain barnacles. And at Kwazii's very quiet and nervous question he turned. Kwazii's blood ran cold. 

The captain even when hunched was a good head or two taller than the cat. His eyes almost blank with an unreadable expression as something pink squirmed in his hands and mouth. A muffled voice, a voice that Kwazii now recognized, sounded from the captain's cheeks as he slurped up the rest of the tentacles of professor inkling, swallowing thickly by throwing his head back. A small bulge traveling down the throat, horrifyingly illuminated by the moonlight. 

Now, Kwazii has been in many dangerous and crazy situations that would leave many quaking in their boots. But this, His captain, his friend, had just undoubtedly eaten another close friend in the dead of night. And Kwazii was scared. So he turned and ran, he would beat himself up for it later, but that wasn’t his captain. That was a monster. And He could have been next. So he bolted up the stairs diving into the travel chute, tripping over his feet as he scrambled to the launch bay computer, slamming the octo-alarm.

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tiny prey who treats the whole thing like a big waterslide - literally. like they come in with a bathing suit and a big pool tube.

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hide a friend

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leaving out a bottle of Invisibility Pills for the borrower that lives in my walls. it’s just sugar pills, but i’m hoping they either believe it or placebo themselves into believing it, making them able to steal my crackers without having a panic attack. i don’t even mind them taking my shit. i’m just tired of working them through anti-anxiety deep breathing techniques every time i accidentally catch them in the kitchen. like just take the crackers little buddy 😭

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my brain the second I start worldbuilding:

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i’d love to be friends with a fairy just for the gossip. like them coming over to my little borrower home and telling me all the drama back at the fae circle. i wanna hear all the dirt on everyone. fairy drama sounds terrifying to participate in but by god do i wanna hear all about it.

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a little something while i wait for the weather to cool so i can draw more comms again

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So I know you have too many asks already...

But you have infected me with the Octo-noms sooo...

Do you know the above and beyond series? If so, what are your thoughts on octo-agent noms?

I do know above and beyond! I havent watched a whole lot of it cuz i dont really like the pacing/feel as much but i love some of the new characters (paani my beloved)

Paani and kwazii have a dynamic that i feel would lend itself so well to both casual and protective noms honestly,, both of them just wanna keep people safe and also any excuse to get the upperhand on the other is quick to be taken- i imagine they would playfight constantly about who gets to store the other and probably have some sort of tally system to know when they need to get back at the other

but also NATQUIK AND JACKIE(calico jack)!!! dude they both spent years stranded alone in the middle of nowhere they have got to be touchstarved to a horrific degree. i think they would see a similar soul and never separate. just one inside the other at any chance they get (they take turns so they both get to feel equally cared for)

barnacles tries to call in for a report and just finds a black screen and rumbly purrs from all around; just has to accept the fact its cuddle time and hes not going to get any work out of them for a while--

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kwazii despises the cold which makes space for this being a regular occurrence whenever they have to take missions in the arctic vvv

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from discord rambles: kwazii is at first kinda averse to the whole "eating people" thing, but instincts still get bad and the crew can tell its starting to weigh on him, so eventually peso sucks it up, warns the captain hes gonna try and help kwaz, runs off. barnacles is basically backup if anything goes wrong, but as is very obvious hes not actually needed- peso is more than fine and kwazii is,, uh,, content lol

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Kwazii youre a shit liar and you know it

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gonna put this under a cut cuz its a different ratio than most of my other stuff(closer to quarter/halfsized), but barnacles n inkling?

maybe the shrinking tech is temporarily borked, and its late at night, he isnt thinking straight and just... shoves the guy in anyway. luckily inkling is really malleable and not very big compared to the captain, but its still definitely a stretch and he was not expecting it. its honestly a miracle the professor didnt get nicked by his teeth or claws during the escapade,, and when he finally wakes up its not going to be particularly fun/// at least no long term damage happens, and inkling is honestly kinda reminded of back when he lived in the deep ocean with higher water pressure. its just a lot warmer... and ..... breathes.........

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fun fact, kwazii is terrified of spiders and even tho there are definitely no spiders in the ocean even the minuscule potential that there could be one the same size as him is too much. shellington is also just an autistic dumbass/aff who doesn't know when to stop talking lol

can guarantee no spiders in cappy tho