#TILMK

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the gorgeous Inari design belongs to @im-not-great-with-names and fanfic inspiring this is by @trainpassengers

[trainpassengers]

Small Update/Announcement!

Hello, everyone! Train here. As some of you may know, I haven't been updating my LMK Fic, Terrestrial Inquiry, as of late and it is reasonable to assume I might have abandoned it or have been so busy with life that I haven't been writing anymore.

Thankfully, that isn’t the case hehe.

The reason why I haven't been updating for a good month now is that I am actually writing a huge chunk of chapters! Allow me to explain. Since I have realized the arcs in Macaque and Ben’s travels in Australia are quite large ones, along with the events that will happen in the present, I am pre-writing these arcs/chapters! So, when I finish them, they will be uploaded weekly for a good month or two 🥳🫶

What does that mean? That means you all are getting a good 5+ chapters with about/more than 20k words each!! Gotta prepare the table for that angst and comfort everyone 🫂

Thank you for the support— I shall continue writing and I shall give another announcement once I am finished. Here to let you all know my editor and I have been working hard with this one 💕🩵💜

HAPPY FEBRUARY EVERYONE :D TRAIN OUT!

[mortal4d]

My exams are finally over, I'm FREEEEEEE

Another fanart for @trainpassengers I tried using a technique on instagram by a creator called dexarts_01, dont really know if it worked out for me, anyway bye.

Bonus :

[knight-to-meet-ya]

HAPPY NEW YEARS @trainpassengers

Motivation finally pushed through and figure out how to create memes, yay O(∩_∩)O

A meme I referenced to back in chapt 7

annndd of course couldn't pass this by

[trainpassengers]

THIS IS SO— AFTER A GRUELING FINAL EXAM I TURN ON MY PHONE WHEN EATING LUNCH WITH MY EDITOR AND I SEE THIS 😶

THANKYOUTHNAKYOUAAAAAOHMYGOF IM ACTUALLY CRYING TEARS KF JOY THIS IS SO BEAUTIUFL I AM STUNNED. SPEECHLESS. 😭😭😭

I am in LOVE with how you visualized ALL THESE CHARACTERS 🥹🤧 LIKE LOOK AT THEM WAAAAAA THESE DESIGNS ARE AMAZINGSAA

LOOK AT BEN HES SO SSOFTNAAJAJAA *foaming out of mouth* AND INARI AND MACAQUE AND HIS SON ASCHARYA!!

EVERYONE is so lovely and gorgeous in your art style and you drew Mac’s disguise EXACTLY how I imagined it, iTs growing on me tooo AMAZINFAJSHAA INARI MAKING FUN OF MAC DRAWING HAS ME GIGGLING INARI IS SO PRETTY IN UR STYLE

ASCHARYA LOOKS SO CUTEE AND INNOCENR AND HAPPY L I LOVE EVEEYRHING AND ALL ABOUT THIS FANART omg I’m writing too much bear with me-

And the bonding moment Mac and Ben had, look at Macaque in your style 🥺 oh my god I can’t thank you ENOIUGH I’m so happy you enjoyed my fanfic, I shall continue writing more once I’m on my winter break GRAHH

Have an amazing weekend 🥹🥹

I drew fanart for a fanfic :DDD

Its for @trainpassengers and their lovely fic Terrestrial Inquiry on ao3

(( I hope you don’t mind, I just wanted to put into paper how I visualize the characters heehee ))

If there’s something I can change about the designs or improve upon, just let me know

(( sorry about the lighting tho oof ))

Some close ups

Moles were mentioned but I didn’t know where to put them sooooo….

Not sure about the disguise, but its growing on me,

Also that scene in the train, yes, I liked that one hahaha

Also also, I don’t know how to draw scooters…

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More meme for @trainpassengers fanfic ilysm never die

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Meme animation for a Lego Monkie Kid fanfic written by @trainpassengers

You can tell I can't draw Sun Wukong without making him look like a silly onion. Hopefully you enjoy my wonky art style, I love your oc Ben.

My TikTok has a more refined version [I think?] : https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYfVLC1j/

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i must contribute to the angst bc i make happy memes to forget how depressing your fic is @trainpassengers

TELL US WHO THE BABY DADDY/MOMMA IS 🗣️🗣️ I NEED TO KNOW WHO ASCHARYA LOOKS LIKE

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More meme for fanfic: Terrestrial Inquiry on Ao3. Atropos design belongs to my moot @mortal4d

[trainpassengers]

okay- random night thought

What does Maali's crew do in their free time/break time?

I know this probably isn't all that important except being background characters that's connected to certain characters (like Shiori's guards).

Oh! And also, what undertale characters would be liked for you characters? (Just for fun, with undertale being a video game).

For some reason I thought of this during school and it's been a recurring thought since then..😅

Little did you know, Maali and his crew, alongside Shiori's guards, matter more to the story than they seem. An example might be when I mention a character for a chapter or two but they are actually important in what the future events hold. 🤭🙂‍↕️

Now for the Maali's crew! (Their names will be revealed later) they are a couple of rascals in their free time. Up in their term of heaven, they enjoyed eating, drinking, making fun of their leader's taste in partners, and playing games of all sorts before needing to head to the battlefields for clean up.

But, ever since they got temporarily banished from heaven for a while and learned all those great things do not come for free, they are now learning basic manners and making discoveries of nature far too late in their age. Poor Macaque, he feels like he is surrounded by grown toddlers!

He can't make fun of them because they genuinely cannot catch a joke and take it too literally. They are immune to his sarcasm. 😔

But the crew aren't the worst type of celestials, they have good moral ethics and mean no harm. It's their leader, Maali, who is the biggest idiot out of all of them and Macaque feels like he will pop a vessel at how restless Maali is. Which is probably soon due to what will happen in the future...

Now, for which characters will be undertale-based... hmm. Gosh, that’s so difficult. I would love to hear anyone else’s suggestions based on it!

For the ask’s sake, I would say the following:

MK: Frisk

Mystic Monkey Form (or the scroll’s curse): Chara

Lady Bone Demon: Flowey

Papyrus: Maybe Mei???

I cannot make up my mind with the rest, I’m so sorry 😭🤧 For the deltarune route though, I would like to think MK, Mei, and Redson are the main trio of Kris, Susie, and Ralsei. Actually, I also think Redson is more suited as Lancer hehe.

Thank you so much for this ask! I apologize to all of my readers for not being as active as I promised I would be, but I am always available to answer any asks. 💕 Have a good rest of your day!!

Oh, I’ll add sneak peeks soon once I gain my editor’s approval. 😉

[trainpassengers]

Had a thought and wanted to ask you.

How would Wukong react if he knew his dead best friend (crush) now moved on with some other guy who isn’t him? Question being: How would Wukong react to Ben and how would Ben react to Wukong’s reaction?

I love your story by the way. I’m a Greek mythology dork and freaking love how Macaque has so many connections with other gods in this story. Keep it up!

The image of Wukong’s reaction conjured in my mind, alongside my editor, had us laughing during breakfast a minute ago 😭

As much as I would LOVE LOVE to be fully detailed about this scenario, I know the perfect image to display both Ben’s and Wukong’s reactions for the sillies~

To put it in a funny setting where they are put in the same room together with this knowledge: Ben would be really confused as to why some nameless monkey demon was glaring daggers at him when he hadn’t even talked to the guy yet. While Wukong is under the false impression that this human just stole his ex-best friend and deserves a shovel talk.

HAHAH I LOVED THIS QUESTION and thank you for your sweet compliments! Greek dorks stick together!! 🫶💜

[trainpassengers]

i remembered that people have inspirations like tv shows or anime when they create their character dynamics…… very curious in who did you for your inspirations to make the character dynamic with Macaque and Ben ( in need of inspo to cook for more drawings 🙏)

Oh my gosh, hi Zeto! I did remember you mentioning this question but I never got to respond to it unless it was an ask hehe. Thankfully, I have the answer and boy, I needed to shorten the list because it was too many character inspirations.

Fun fact: as much as I love angsty situations in literature, I am very much a huge fan of healthy relationships too! So, if any of you fear for some fallout between Macaque and Ben, I wouldn't worry about that. I can't bring myself to do that.

Okay, let's start! It's a ton of fandoms too, oh dear me.

(In order) To begin with my inspirations for, we have:

1. Qiu Tong and Sun Jing from Tamen De Gushi

2. Saturo Gojo and Suguru Geto from Jujutsu Kaisen

3. Aleksander and Emma from Veil

4. Nana and Hachi from Nana

5. Power and Denji from Chainsaw Man

6. Pam and Jim from The Office

7. Tora-Chan and Okami-Chan from Kororon by Eve

8. Frieren and Himmel from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (a personal favorite)

9. Sua and Mizi from Alien Stage

And, last but not least (one of my most favorites): 10. Brett and Reagan from Inside Job

I have many other honorable mentions such as MK and Mei, Jake and Finn from Adventure Time, Madoka and Homura from Madoka Magica, Leslie and Ben from Parks and Recreation, Seafairy Cookie and Moonlight Cookie from Cookie Run, and Mitsumi and Shima from Skip and Loafer!

Though, Tumblr only allows up to 10 pictures. That’s about it from what I can think of and have noted down in the past. Hopefully, this is enough insight for your amazing drawings, Zeto. 💕 Thank you and have a wonderful day~ off to dinner!

[mortal4d]

A little fanart for @trainpassengers ao3 story. (help i cant stop thinking about it)

[mortal4d]

"Spotlight stealer"

[trainpassengers]

Hi! Hope you had a good week!

Now onto the question; This has been nagging me for a while.. So I went back and read through the What If's questions and mortal4d "What if Ben and Mac never met" stood out to me since you mentioned in my What If that at BD Ben & Mac point of time they're at their lowest so since they'll be alone in their journey until post s3 and seem to be doing well.

What If - Ben & Mac did meet but separated due circumstances (you decide) and met again either post s3 or the plot (begining or at random)?

Another What If is one of yours - "What if Ben was present with Mac" (+ Aschy)? Would Ascharya have his lil sibling he asked for before Bai He came to the picture? Would Bai still be seen as a little sister? Does Ben stick with Mac during confrontations such as Inari's visit and Redson encounter + Mayor? What would change? I guess Pigsy & Tang can't be mad about the missing parent now. (⁠ㆁ⁠ω⁠ㆁ⁠)

Hi Hi! I’m so glad you’ve caught me at a good time since I am happy that I finally have a week of relaxation before heading back to finals ^o^

Now, this ask *cracks knuckles* will be tough to answer without revealing any spoilers. Thank you so much for your ask! I love all the asks, and I get to continue fanning over my fanfiction. 🫶🫶🌟

1. What if Macaque and Ben have met but have separated due to heavy and undeniable circumstances, and then meet again post s3/during s3 or any random plot?

For the season three plot part, if whatever miraculous occurrence has separated the two and they reunite at this timeframe:

Ben would sob in a waterfall of relief seeing Macaque is alive and well… or so it would seem. He would ask him everything and begin to notice through his emotions that Macaque had his lantern taken by the Mayor and given to the Lady Bone Demon. While Ben’s realization is forming, Macaque would be overwhelmed by Ben’s worry and care (probably because Ben is one of the few beside MK who actually worry about him) that Macaque would probably crumble on the spot and do terribly in trying to hide his face on the brink of a frustrating meltdown.

Can’t blame the guy, season three was the season Macaque messed up on a LOT of things, and was pushed to make worse decisions but should’ve done things differently. Outbursts and panic do wonders for anyone.

And Ben’s reaction to that? He’ll definitely be there for Macaque at all costs and do something more than just “talking” to the enemy out of their plan. Wow, I haven’t gotten to the part of the story when Ben genuinely gets angry… let’s leave it to our imagination, shall we? 🤭

2. What if Ben was with Macaque in the present + with Ascharya?

Now this one is tougher. Oh gosh, let’s do this!

Would Ascharya have the little sibling he had always wished for before Bai He came into his life?

To be exact, no. At least, not yet... Since the circumstances of the family would be different, Ascharya would not be as adamant about having a sibling. Rather so, he would be satisfied with his family home life until then.

Would Bai He still be seen as a little sister?

Of course!! Her entrance into their lives would be as normally intended and she would be fascinated with Ben’s role in Ascharya’s life.

Would Ben stick with Macaque during his encounters with Inari, Redson, and the Mayor?

Definitely. No shortcuts.

While Macaque is evasive to anyone when it comes to anything personal about his relationship with Ben, Ben (if he was there), would be the one to admit the assumptions and accusations made to either one of the two. It would be rocky with Inari, not as heated of an argument as with Macaque alone, but definitely bittersweet. The part with the Wukong confrontation would end up with Ben quietly freaking out and already sprinting to the train with Macaque and Inari hooked under each arm. He is not risking a fight with some god that early into the story, he just doesn't want to! They all have a reputation! 😭

With Redson, Ben would admit a lot of things and do most of the talking about the really bad stuff that happened last century- as he was comfortable explaining that to his sworn nephew since he has mentally recovered enough to speak about it.

And last but not least, the Mayor. This one is a tough one to imagine as Macaque and Ben are fantastic actors and would seem like the perfect pair of plant shop owners. It wouldn't even be a good interrogation as the two would play around with the Mayor until he is close to bursting into flames from their annoying charades.

What would change?

A LOT OF THINGS. Macaque wouldn't be as nostalgic and depressed anymore. Even with facing his hurtful past, Ben would be there to encourage him. He wouldn’t be scared anymore and actually much more confident when he gets stopped by Sun Wukong the first time, handling his emotions and finally making progress on his way to healing from the bad things between him and Wukong, they could actually work it out soon and Macaque’s reveal wouldn’t have to end up in a fight.

Ben would’ve loved MK and Mei, alongside everyone else. Ben is much smarter than I give him credit for and recognizes the paths that are set out for the friend group soon.

Oh my stars, the Pigsy and Tang situation about the missing parent. Ben’s presence in Macaque’s life is only going to cause more hilarious misunderstandings. Why? Because Macaque would be avoiding the topic on purpose and tease his two friends while Ben plays along and only shrugs when asked the big question haha! Basically, less fights and more making up peacefully~

I got another permission slip from my editor btw! I’m happy to say that the possible candidates for the awesome “Who is the parent of Macaque’s son?” will be introduced and assumed by a new character soon!!!

In chapter 15, you all will be given the possible contestants MWHAHAHA

An announcement over the Chapter 13 drop will be soon this month! Get ready hehe ❤️💜 I love all you readers, your motivation is always so comforting ily🥹🫂

[trainpassengers]

I saw that on you last post you mentioned sea fairy and moonlight cookie from crk. That brought a question in mind: What is your favorite character in crk and what's your favorite ship in the game.

P.S(another question): Is Hermes going to make an appearance in the story ? I really like the plot so far and can't wait for the next update. Anyway have a good night/day :DDDDD

Good morning! Ahh, Cookie Run Kingdom. I haven’t played that game ever since that BTS collaboration, I get nostalgic thinking about it. Luckily, I keep up with the lore thanks to my mutuals and my little brother😊

To answer your question, I would say that my favorite cookie/character in the game would be Affogato Cookie or Sorbet Shark Cookie. They both are so cute and Affogato might be a heavy implication of what type of characters I like a lot— *stares at the other pretty emo I am currently writing a story about*

Now, for my favorite ship!🥳 I remember this ship being so popular back in 2020, and now it’s not as popular anymore. Wow. As much as I value Sea Fairy Cookie x Moonlight Cookie, my number one ship has to be ChocoMilk/DarkMilk (Dark Choco Cookie x Milk Cookie). They are so wholesome, I used to fan over those two so much and I still value them to this day hehe.

Before getting to the big question, I am truly grateful you and many readers are eager to see the next update. 🥹 I promise, I am working slowly but hard on making it come true!

We finally have arrived at the juicy question: Hermes’s appearance in Terrestrial Inquiry.

To be frank, yes! He will definitely make an appearance in the story. With my editor’s permission, I am happy to say he will be mentioned once more and finally make a small but meaningful appearance in a chapter soon before Chapter 20. Can’t say which chapter precisely 😅

Also, since 2025 has not been my year, I would like to also give some context to my readers about the gods who will be re-entering Macaque’s life and problems. Something to prepare yourselves for in the following chapters of complicated feelings and relationships…

Most of the gods that are/soon-to-be written along with Macaque’s adventures with Ben in the past… are very different in the future/present. They have changed for the better and sometimes for the worse. Just like how Inari used to be a passionate and kind god, loving to anyone, they are now distant and difficult to agree with when they want to remain in denial many times.

The same thing will apply to the next FIVE gods who will make an appearance under five chapters that are 20k+ words each! One or two will not be a surprise to most. As for the other three, *ahem* possibly our goofy speedster, they will act differently for specific reasons. 😬

Who knows? Many people’s defense mechanisms are to lock themselves away in denial or to lash out at anyone they care about. Others do it because they feel like they are deserving of no love. Coping is natural and takes time.

But for these gods, something they have forgotten to take into account many times is how Macaque’s opinion on their hurtful reactions will be. It is a personal blow for someone who is stuck in the past and can't bring himself to move on just yet. It’ll hurt more to see his face of disappointment than the amount of pain they were so confident they could handle before committing the deed.

Anyways… Thank you so much for your amazing questions~ I tend to go off the rails and word vomit too much, hopefully, this satisfies your curiosity 🩵 Have a wonderful rest of your day/night!🫶🌟