#country bat

[coolcattime]

The trial against Jordan goes rather well, at least in the minds of the two pirates. Martha and Andor would disagree with that description of the events as they were dragged bloody and wounded out of the area by Capsize. They don't know what happened to Redbeard after he stopped screaming, though they can certainly guess. Martha is slightly shocked by the seemingly callousness of Capsize towards his death, but any lectures she might have had disappear as they run through a thick black impossibly dark fog and they appear once again in a forest clearing with Redbeard sitting perfectly healthy on a log.

They realise as their adrenaline fades, that their wounds have also been healed. Confused and frankly concerned as to what the hell is going on, they look to the pirates for answers which Capsize assures she'll give after a quick breather. During the breather, Alister and Gaines appear. Alister the pirates appear to know, while Gaines they definitely don't. A few minutes later, Alyssa and Dianite come running into the camp. After some semi-awkward introductions, the four who have been there for a while now (Capsize, Redbeard, Alyssa, and Alister) go over what they know about where they are, notably that they are being forced into these trials, that they can't die, but they definitely can be hurt. And that even though they can't really fight back, they all have been given some strengths for certain situations, though they've all had to learn them via experience.

The camp is nicer than the clearing from earlier. The campfire is more than a bonfire and forms of shelter have been set up, and the clearing is surrounded by flora. Everyone new is told to make themselves at home, but not to stray into the darkness. After a little while of coming to grips with the situation, the newbies start questioning if there’s any way to escape. This far they have no answers, but Capsize assures she's been working on it.

Capsize.

Capsize has been in the Shadow’s Realm since her death at the hands of Furia. Originally she was alone, a little confused about what exactly was going on, until Furia appeared as a killer and her life became a recurring nightmare. She hasn’t revealed to the others how long she was completely alone for, just that it was far longer than she would've liked. She isn’t looking for sympathy, just for some way to get the others out of the world's worst afterlife, or at the very least stop her other friends from being mindless killers.

Her time alone has told her how to survive for longer against the killers. She’s found she gets stronger when people start getting hurt or dying, becoming quieter and faster. However, given that she isn’t about to just sacrifice the others, she instead uses her experience to keep the killers’ attention on her rather than them. Seeing that certain killers (*cough* Furia) already focuses more attention on her, she might as well use this to everyone’s advantage. In fact, her being chased speeds up the progress of the escape tasks just as long as she doesn't get caught.

Redbeard.

Redbeard arrived in the Shadow’s Realm around a year after Capsize’s death. Sitting alone in Aethoria, he followed his sister’s voice into the Shadows not realising what was going on until it was far too late. The rush of emotions of seeing his sister alive was quickly overwhelmed by needing to escape an empowered Furia. He's not exactly happy to learn the suffering Capsize has gone through, but has basically devoted himself to protecting her from some of the harm the killers will try to inflict on her.

He has the ability to boost the others when he's injured. Particularly when he's injured, the others are faster and quieter. Though they've found it's harder to heal him than it is the others, he doesn't mind as long taking the hits to help the others. He's also found a method to break the jagged hooks that the killers throw those they've caught onto, by gripping onto the metal when he's being pulled off leaving it stuck in his shoulder. It's painful but it leaves the hook unusable for the rest of the trial.

Alyssa.

The third survivor to arrive to the Shadow's Realm, Alyssa disappeared from the Season 1 world at the same time as Mot. She's extremely worried about where she ended up as she's pretty sure everyone here is dead. She at least finds some comfort in not having met any of the killers previously as she can see how that affects the other survivors.

During the downtime at the camp, she'll gather up flora that grows around in order to craft medical supplies for the trials. It works more effectively than other methods they've tried during trials. She also tends to catch the attention of the killers less than the others, something which she attributes to them having not met her before. She feels acutely aware of how she's being tracked in order to better hide. She's far better at hiding than she is after being found, but she's fine with not having attention on her in the first place.

Alister.

The fourth survivor to arrive in the Shadow's Realm, and the final one to arrive by themself. When the Season 2 world began to fall apart, he awoke in the new place. He sees it as sort of a way to redeem himself for the terrible things he did for Mianite. He struggled a little with admitting what he had done to the people he finds himself with, though none of them are really in a situation where they could refuse his help.

During the trials, he's found that he can channel his own successes to correct the mistakes of others. So long as he is around other survivors, he can mitigate their failures but only as long as he himself is successful in the same task. He can also progress escape tasks quicker than normal as long as he works with another person, beyond just the advantages of two people working on one task.

Martha.

With the group Martha is a little weary. Obviously she knows that causing arguments in the situation they're all stuck in is not a good idea, though she can't help but want to question Capsize for seemingly knowing so little when she's been in the realm for so long. This is causing some tension between the two as Capsize really isn't in the mood to be questioned.

Within the trials, Martha has discovered small totems that power up the killers. She's found that she has the ability to change these to instead benefit herself and her fellow survivors. Changing their arrangement in a particular way creates an area of healing which can be sorely needed within the danger of the trials. Completely destroying one allows her to convert its energy into progress for the escape tasks. Though due to the limited number, she has to make a decision as to which advantage she wants.

Andor.

It takes awhile for Andor to get over the terrible shock of seeing Jordan as a monster trying to kill him. He also struggles a lot with having to work with Alister considering their past interactions. He ends up relating quite a lot to the pirates in relation to their feelings about the killers as they also had close friendships with them.

During the trials, he can help people in ways others can't and can gain power from doing so. After rescuing other survivors, he gains the power to get himself out of the same situation without help later. Rescue someone from one of the hooks and later he can lift himself off one as if another person was there to help. Take a hit intended for someone else and later he can take multiple hits without consequence.

Gaines.

He's naturally quite introverted within the group as he didn't know any of them too well and being in constant danger isn't the best environment for growing relationships. Still he tries, and his previous ability to make a portal into the void between worlds comes of interest as the best lead any of them have to figuring out a method of escape.

Within the trials, he's much faster with the escape tasks than any other individual. This made sense to him with Jordan's complex machines, less so with the magic seals around Sonja's area. He's also found a way to craft the very bare bones materials salvaged from around the camp to create sensors that can alert where the killer is. They are easily destroyed by the killers but act as a good warning system for when they're getting too close.

Dianite (S2).

Though they're warming up to him due to assurances from the others, Dianite isn't too surprised that the reaction to him from the two pirates is that of fear and distrust. Honestly he's surprised they're as nice as they are given what he's heard about their world's Dianite. He's the first person to realise that said other him has possessed Tom, due to the odd behaviour towards him and just an persistent feeling from the killer.

He's found that he has the ability to sense certain things he can't directly see. He can't quite tell if that is an ability granted by the realm or from him being previously dead. From escape routes, to his fellow survivors, to the killer, it's as if he can see them through the walls. He's also found that he can quickly aid other survivors, healing them at the cost of inflicting their injuries on himself.

[motherianite]

i didn’t know that Spark spoiled Alyssa too :((

[astral-veil]

This bat is a menace to society !

[cerastes]

Another thing that bothers me, and this is on a General About Japan level, is how the same people that seem to always complain about there being, I don’t know, whatever their fucking alt-right pipeline has fed them in their easily digestible grub, such as there being piss fountains or panty vending machines or any of the other Literally Exists In Like One Place Just Like Some Real Suspect Stuff Also Exists In Specialty Shops In Every Other Country, never seem to bring up the absolute service Japan has for people with disabilities.

I’m not an expert and also not a resident of Japan, but in my time there as a tourist (1 month), I noticed that every single elevator had a both a loud, noticeable sound cue, a secondary call button at wheelchair-bound person height, and an actual person nearby. Every street in Tokyo and Osaka, and most at Kyoto, had those grooves on the floor for blind people to follow. Every traffic light had a loud, clear audio cue to when it was green (well, blue in Japan’s case).

I’m from the third world so seeing this level of infrastructure blew my mind, but I never hear anyone talk about it. But haha Shinzo Abe baby propaganda in anime, am I right?

[adokle]

Vanilla extract.

[suburbanblkgirll]

My favorite headcanon is that the Avenged Sevenfold Bat Country music video is in the Zones

Is it solely because the music video takes place in the desert? Yes. All the craziness in the music video? Then simply partied a little too hard, or that’s just how Zone Four usually is, nobody questions it really.

I can just imagine the Fab Four passing by them and going “🧍🏻🧍🏻🧍🏽🧍🏼” Cause come on, why do you have a whole freaking pet octopus living in your tub??? 😭😭 in the middle of the desert nonetheless… THEN AGAIN IT’S ZONE FOUR so they don’t question it

Party Poison doesn’t like Synyster Gates, and insists there’s a “bad feeling” about him (He stole their parking spot once and now they’re forever salty about that)

[cat-cosplay]

Googly eyes make everything better

[transgender-chiroptera]

Happy pride month, the best thing about living in the UK is that every one of our bat species have been observed engaging in homosexual behaviour of some variety.

But it's not just them! You might be surprised at just how many bats are gay, both male/male AND female/female, with a lot of bats displaying behaviour that favours both male and female partners! This behaviour has been observed in the wild in Pteropus, Pipistrellus, Myotis, Nyctalus, Plecotus, Rhinolophus, and more! As well as in captivity in Desmodus! The exact behaviours vary between species, but include allogrooming, fellatio, mounting, and even inter-species homosexual sex!

[huntquinlan]

what if while elain’s been sneaking around velaris and ‘gardening’ she’s actually been attending clandestine business meetings. what if she’s been running her late father’s merchant empire out of velaris. signing off on trades that she has orchestrated behind the scenes. building a vast network of connections and also independent wealth. after all, she would be the only one of the sisters to carry on her father’s legacy, as the new prince of merchants.

[fidgetspringer-art]

✧ The Ardal stars ✧

[bandcampsnoop]

6/2/24.

I'm guessing Black Country, New Road and Dry Cleaning have listened to their fair share of Porridge Radio (Brighton, England) over the years. There's an intensity and song structure that recalls the fine work of both bands.

But this is way poppier than BCNR or Dry Cleaning. In fact, to me it sounds like The Bats crossed with either of those bands. But before I get too far out over my skis - "Rice, Pasta And Other Fillers" is the only Porridge Radio I've heard.

This album was originally released by Memorials of Distinction back in 2016. They've since repressed the LP and it's still available on Bandcamp.

[vintage-tigre]

[inkdrawndreams]

Do you ever start a drawing thinking it’s only gonna take twenty minutes and instead it eats up several days of your life? Yeah...

Anyway, Kirk enjoys singing with or without the bat powers, whether or not he’s good at it is debatable though.

[buffskeleton]

saw someone describe having clothes drying out the front of your house as 'trashy' completely insane to me!!!

[menlove]

This is ridiculous but I had to share. I read your fic before bed, so I dreamed about it. In this universe, Stu never died and he was part of the og Beatles. He kind of took Paul's role after the breakup, but instead of diss songs, he sent John diss paintings. It was abstract paintings, so John sounded more "delusional" saying they were about him, but a few of them had hidden like, "fuck John" in between the lines and stuff like that. Anyway! That was my dream last night lmao

SCREAMING. the funniest part about this is literally last night I was talking to millie like trying to figure out who gets which person in the bands being split up (obviously paul & george in wings and john & ringo in the beatles) and I was like oh stu is for SURE in the beatles and never died and john still has something fucking weird going on with his bassist and paul is STILL jealous. 12 year old paul was out here scribbling a mustache over stu's face in magazines and skipping EVERY one of his songs on an album. john Mentions him bc they're on talking terms again and pauls like haha :) stu sutcliffe bassist of the beatles haha cool dude cool dude :) so cool :) goes back to writing "FUCK STUART" in his journal like he's a tween again.

[bbabyteeth]

“I was pouring sweat. My blood is too thick for Nevada. I’ve never been able to properly explain myself in this climate. Okay... Be quiet, be calm. Name, rank, and… press affiliation. Nothing else.”