#i can be kitty i can be puppy i am slime

[slimegirls-slime]

I always considered myself a cat person. But after following you, you kinda make me want to become a puppygirl now > ~ <

after following me??? wow im honored :33

i love kitties tho!! im kitty sometimes they're great, u can play with them and tussle n scritch their ears and clean them with your tongue hehe :3c

and sometimes kitties can be puppies, as a treat!!

[best-fictional-cat]

ROUND 1 IS OVER

Believe it or not, but I am also devastated because of some results.

First off, USEFUL LINKS:

All competitor masterlist

Where you can find a spreadsheet with all round 1 poll results

Round 2 match-ups (and poll masterpost)

Here's a visual on the survivors of round one:

Here's the list of our winners (green) and losers (crossed out) (all the 50/50 made it in even if there were decimals involved; I stated that I was going to do this before round 1 because we need extra cats for an even bracket):

Garfield (Garfield) vs Puss in Boots (Puss in Boots / Shrek)

Khoshekh (Welcome to Night Vale) vs The Admiral (The Magnus Archives) vs Pippa (The Penumbra Podcast)

Tom (Tom and Jerry) vs Sylvester (Looney Tunes)

Judd (Splatoon) vs Lil' Judd (Splatoon)

Garfield the Deals Warlock (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Pib (Dimension 20 - Neverafter)

Opalescence (My Little Pony) vs Charmmy Kitty (Sanrio)

Slugcat (Rain World) vs Rivulet (Rain World: Downpour)

Cool Cat (Cool Cat Saves the Kids) vs Tabby Von Meow (Webkinz)

Sisters of Plenitude (Doctor Who) vs Thomas Kincade Brannigan ( Doctor Who)

Domino (Amphibia) vs Domino 2 (Amphibia)

Thomas O'Malley + the Aristocats (Aristocats) vs Serafina + Wolfie (Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper)

Hollyleaf (Warrior cats) vs Jayfeather (Warrior cats) vs Yellowfang (Warrior cats) vs Bluestar (Warrior cats)

Bob (Animal Crossing) vs Raymond (Animal Crossing)

Cattail (Plants vs Zombies) vs Stray Cat (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach) vs Grimmjow Jaegerjaques (Bleach)

Greebo (Discworld) vs You (Discworld)

Pusheen (Pusheen) vs Nyan Cat (Nyan Cat)

Felix (Drawtectives) vs Capper (My Little Pony)

Cat (Stray) vs Spot (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Bungle the glass cat (Oz) vs Eureka the pink kitten (Oz)

Squanchy (Rick and Morty) vs Talking Cat (Rick and Morty)

Barry Ill ( Sparklecare hospital) vs Caroline Coughs (Sparklecare hospital)

Shoe (Ace Attorney) vs Wagahai (Ace Attorney) (will carry on as a tag team because you guys are unstoppable apparently)

Alpine (Marvel comics) vs Mew (Marvel comics)

Hong (Trash of the Count's Family) vs On (Trash of the Count's Family) (will carry on as a tag team because separating the siblings was a mistake apparently)

Catra (She-Ra) vs Khajiit (The Elder Scrolls)

Constable Whiskers (Cookie Run) vs Tabby Slime (Slime Rancher)

Arlene (Garfield) vs Nermal (Garfield)

Stelmaria (His Dark Materials) vs Kirjava (His Dark Materials)

Candy + Cindy (Five Nights at Candy's) vs 808 (Hi-Fi Rush)

Carla (Fairy Tail) vs Panther Lily (Fairy Tail)

Jellie (Double Life SMP) vs C!Antfrost (Dream SMP)

Midnight (Castle in the Air, Diana Wynne Jones) vs Thomas (Earwig and the Witch)

Skimbleshanks (Cats the musical) vs Rum Tum Tugger (Cats the musical)

Ortensia the Cat (Disney) vs Felix the cat (Felix the cat (Paramount))

God Cat (Homestuck) vs Vodka Mutini / Dr.Meowgon Spangler (Homestuck)

Kyo Sohma (Fruits Basket) vs Miyo Sasaki / Muge / Taro (A whisker away)

Blaze the Cat (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs Big the Cat (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Jiji (Kiki's Delivery Service) vs Luna (Sailor Moon)

Puppycat (Bee and Puppy cat) vs CatDog (CatDog)

Chairman Meow (The Shadowhunter Chronicles) vs Church (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)

Pounce de Leon (Homestuck) vs Jaspers (Homestuck)

Sandstorm (Warrior cats) vs Squirrelflight (Warrior cats)

Mae Borowski (Night in the Woods) vs Princess Carolyn (BoJack Horseman)

Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes) vs Tigger (Winnie the Pooh)

Ankha (Animal Crossing) vs Kabuki (Animal Crossing)

Valerie Oberlin (Monster Prom) vs Juan The Small Magical Latino Cat (Monster Prom)

Coco Grimalkin (Purrfect Apawcalypse) vs Felix Munch (Purrfect Apawcalypse) vs Mittens Wichien (Purrfect Apawcalypse)

Catty (Undertale) vs Catti (Deltarune)

Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia) vs Simba (The Lion King)

Ghazt (My Singing Monsters) vs Nyanky (Taiko no Tatsujin)

Nameless evil white cat (James Bond) vs Meowthra (Lego Ninjago Movie)

Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter) vs Behemoth (Master and Margarita)

Macskacicó (Hungarian folk tales) vs Pangur Bán (Pangur Bán (Irish poem, 9th century))

Kuro (Blue Exorcist) vs Grim (Twisted Wonderland)

Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (The Cat Returns) vs Nyanta (Log Horizon)

Lumi (Cats are Liquid) vs Mewo (Omori) vs Pet cats (Stardew Valley)

Leone (Akame ga Kill) vs Blake Belladonna (RWBY)

The Black Cat (The Black Cat, E.A.Poe) vs Black Cat (The Price, Neil Gaiman)

Chi Yamada (Chi's sweet home) vs Happy (Fairy Tail)

Kitty White / Hello Kitty (Sanrio) vs Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

Firestar (Warrior cats) vs Meowth (Pokémon)

Ghost (The Owl House) vs Morgana (Persona 5)

Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots) vs Goose (Marvel comics / MCU)

Catbus (My Neighbor Totoro) vs Cake (Adventure Time)

Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) vs Che'nya (Twisted Wonderland)

Plagg (Miraculous) vs Chat Noir (Miraculous)

Bagheera (The Jungle Book) vs Nuka (The Lion King 2)

Cure Cosmo / Yuni (Star Twinkle Pretty Cure) vs Ichigo Momomiya (Tokyo Mew Mew)

Luxor (Tutenstein) vs Chester the Cat (Bunnicula)

Cat (Red Dwarf) vs T'Ana (Star Trek: Lower Decks)

The Cat (Coraline) vs Mothwing (Warrior cats)

Shampoo ( Ranma 1/2) vs Diana (Sailor Moon)

Frumpkin (Critical Role) vs Archie (Tales of Arcadia)

Periwinkle (Blue's clues) vs Brave Heart Lion (Care Bears)

Catbug (Bravest Warriors) vs Pasty (Neko Atsume)

Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs) vs Natsume Soseki (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Tigress (Kung Fu Panda) vs Captain Amelia (Treasure Planet)

Pixie (Pixie and Brutus) vs Tumblr lore witch

Lucifer (Cinderella) vs Tab (Watership Down)

Gary the Snail (Spongebob Squarepants) vs Magolor (Kirby series)

Mad Mew Mew (Undertale) vs Mr. Mistoffelees (Cats the musical)

Lucrezia and Meek (Frakk, the Cats' Nightmare) vs Findus (Pettson and Findus)

Leona Kingscholar (Twisted Wonderland) vs Cheka Kingscholar (Twisted Wonderland)

Maurice (Discworld) vs Heathcliff (Heathcliff)

Cringer / Battlecat (He-man) vs Mr. Kat (Kid vs. Kat)

Angel Grimalkin (Purrfect Apawcalypse) vs Tigger Sugden (Purrfect Apawcalypse)

Rosie (Animal Crossing) vs Rover (Animal Crossing)

Blanca (Animal Crossing) vs Tangy (Animal Crossing)

Nali (Assassin's Creed: Valhalla) vs Miyuki (Avatar the Last Airbender)

Chococat (Sanrio) vs Kuroneko-sama (Trigun)

Gatomon (Digimon) vs Kyubey (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Shrödinger's cat (you know the one) vs Felix (Felix cat food mascot)

The Cat (Monster Camp) vs Xiaohei (The Legend of Hei)

Artemis (Sailor Moon) vs Samantha / The Cat (Infinity Train)

John Blacksad (Blacksad) vs Mao Mao Mao (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart)

Solembum (Inheritance Cycle) vs Ren (Monstress)

Taokaka (Blazblue) vs Niko (Oneshot)

Ember (Cattails) vs Lyrus (Cattails) vs Mayor (Cattails)

Missy (Cattails) vs Sarge (Cattails) vs Scout (Cattails)

Lion (Steven Universe) vs Cat Steven (Steven Universe)

Glameow (Pokémon) vs Litten (Pokémon) vs Meowstic (Pokémon) vs Skitty (Pokémon) vs Sprigatito (Pokémon)

Mog (Mog books, Judith Kerr) vs Tom Kitten (The Tale of Tom Kitten)

Jenny Linsky (Jenny Linsky, Esther Averill) vs Kaspar, Prince of Cats (Kaspar, Prince of Cats, Michael Morpurgo)

Pixel (The Cat Who Walks through Walls, Robert Heinlein) vs Invisible cat (The Invisible Man, H.G.Wells)

Jonesy (Alien) vs Grudge (Star Trek Discovery)

Aldwyn (The Familiars) vs Jess (Postman Pat)

Remlit (Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword) vs Mo (Lego Monkie Kid)

Assistacat / Sub-manager (Cardfight!! Vanguard) vs Haru (My Roommate is a Cat)

Mao (Darker than Black) vs Amanojaku (Ghost Stories)

Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi) vs Opera (Welcome to demon school Iruma kun!)

Nyako / Meowy (Chainsaw Man) vs Yuigadokusonmaru (Durarara)

Heinkel (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Cheetu (Hunter x Hunter)

Graystripe (Warrior cats) vs Scourge (Warrior cats) vs Sol (Warrior cats) vs Tallstar (Warrior cats)

Bristlefrost (Warrior cats) vs Cinderpelt (Warrior cats) vs Ferncloud (Warrior cats) vs Turtle Tail (Warrior cats)

Leopardstar (Warrior cats) vs Spottedleaf (Warrior cats) vs Leafpool (Warrior cats) vs Mapleshade (Warrior cats)

Sox (Lightyear) vs The Kitty (The Bad Guys)

The Cat in the Hat (The Cat in the Hat) vs Boo (The Funky Phantom)

The Sphinx (Adventures of Puss in Boots) vs Fluffal Cat (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Hiili (Fox Fires (webcomic)) vs Varjak Paw (Varjak Paw, S.F.Said)

Potato (Cat loaf adventures) vs Whiskers (Pixel Cat's End)

Mingus Crown (Dialtown) vs Burgerpants (Undertale)

Arthur (Code Geass) vs Amp / Anp / Anpu (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K)

Sakamoto (Nichijou) vs Blair (Soul Eater)

Darwin (April and the Extraordinary World) vs Finley / Jelly Donut (Hustle Cat)

Jemima (Cats the musical) vs Victoria (Cats the musical)

Also democracy said we should try randomising the match-ups. See yous in a few days, I have some cats to put on a wheel ;)

[littlcinnabar]

Introductions!!!!

✦•┈๑⋅⋯ About Us ⋯⋅๑┈•✦

interacts from @cinnabarsilly

We're Cinnabar System!!! Collectively we go by Kitty, Binx, and Buttercup, and we collectively use it/kyu/fwu/they/mew + mrr/mrrp prns!! We have autism, BPD, anxiety, and a dissociative disorder! we experience hallucinations, paranoia, and chronic pain/fatigue. Please be niceys!!!

Six of our age regressing alters run this blog! Here are their intros:

Ga Ming

I'm Ga Ming, a fictive of him thats pretty conected 2 source!! I'm a boy, use he/lion/blaze/dance pronouns!! Normaly m 16 years old, but regress 2 abt 7-8 r 11-12!! Also pet regress to a lion!! Rawr!! 🦁🦁 Normally m completely verbal, but sometimes have no talky times! Regress 2 cope with traumas n stress, mostly voluntary!!! Can call me little lion, cub/cubby, kiddo, n pup 4 nicknames!!

Finis

i'm finis beckford. i use he/him pronouns, and am masculine presentng. i am ageless and regress to a primari-school level child. im fully verbal when regressed, and i regress to help manage stress. when little, please still call me finis. if we're particularli close, you can call me fin.

Talias

i have lotses of names, but i like usin huohuo, anne, foxyan, talias, n foxyn. also use lots of pronouns, but yuu can use it/tail/charm/cure/pounce prns on me. dont have a gender, m just a foxian. pet regress to a foxxy, n regress to bout 2-5yrs old. most of th time m have speech shutdownses wen regressed, but sometimes m can speak. regress to cope with traumas. experiences lots of hallucinations/paranoia, specially when regressd. :((( yuu can call me foxy, huji, vallie, n yanyan when little.

Koi/Doris/Clockwork/Tide

m koi, doris, clockwork or tide. im a boy who uses he/swim pronouns. i regress around 4-6 yrs old. i have parshal verbal loss wen regressed, but can type good. i regress to help with stress + for fun, mostly involuntarily. i have social anxiety and find it hard to talk to people lots. can use any ocean-related niknames for me (ex. little blue, fishy, etc).

Lumine/Ghost

M lumine/ghost!! Use she/it/rain/soft prns, m gendrfae, n m fully verbal wif sometimes verbl loss!!! regress to round 1-6 n pet regress to a sheepie, puppy, n kitty!! can use any nicknames for me, but really likes pup, kittycat, n baby!!! regress exclusvy caus of traumas!! sometime voluntary sometms not!!

Uri

I'm uri, a fictive of the webtoon "watermelon." im a girl and use she/her prounouns. im fully verbal all the time, even when regressed. i regress to around 6-7, and its usually impure regression. i regress for trauma purposes lots. please call me uri or kiddo when regressed. ask before other nicknames.

✦•┈๑⋅⋯ Interests ⋯⋅๑┈•✦

bolded are hyperfixations, italicized are things we like when little

SPINs: How To Train Your Dragon, animals, dragons!!!

Colors: Our favorite colors are light pink, all the shades of blues, and pastel yellow!!

Shows: We love Bungou Stray Dogs, Bee and Puppycat, Pokemon, My Hero Academia, Code: Realize ~Guardians of Rebirth~, To Your Eternity, Kamisama Kiss, Buddy Daddies, Ouran Highschool Host Club

Games: Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, Twisted Wonderland, Amnesia, Obey Me, Minecraft, Roblox, Stardew Valley, Slime Rancher, Wuthering Waves(soon!)

Favorite Characters: Nikolai Gogol, Freminet, Kaveh, Malleus, Aventurine, Stelle, Barbatos, Belphegor, Sebastian, Chuuya Nakahara, Impey, Robin, Tomoe

✦•┈๑⋅⋯ Tag System ⋯⋅๑┈•✦

#[name] time - whoevers reblogging/posting will put their tag!!

✦•┈๑⋅⋯ Userboxes ⋯⋅๑┈•✦

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[stimtoybox]

My Stim Toy Collection

Given that there’s a lot of people like me who don’t like buying online, I thought I might go over in more detail what I’ve gotten that HAS worked for me in the recent past as I find online shopping intensely overwhelming.

I live in Canada in the Fraser Valley, and have to get around by bus, so all of this is focusing on Canadian chain stores, as finding all the tiny corner-shops with niche items is almost impossible, even though I absolutely know they exist here. I’ll group the items as best I can by place, but this is still going to be a long post.

WALMART (Classic Fidgets):

Zuru Fidget Cube; I believe mine cost about 8.00 - 9.00 CAD, you can find it on Walmart.ca too right now for 8.77. It works quite well, the weight is nice and the plastic is that lovely texture. It has the silent and clicky buttons, and all the parts move quite smoothly (except possibly the joystick, but I might just find it inferior to actual game controller ones.) However, it mixes really poorly with my love-hate relationship with clicking and inability to NOT use those sides even when the noise is bothering me intensely.

Zuru Tangle Jr.; their website currently lists them for 24.00 CAD, but I found mine for I think 10.00 or 12.00 CAD in store when I went recently. I’d tried someone else’s recently and found in to be very engaging but horribly clicky; the one I bought is dead silent unless it brushes against itself. It moves like an absolute dream, and I love it to pieces. I am SO happy.

Kitty in My Pocket; these are a mystery grab bag item, for 3.47 CAD. The kitties are about the size of a large adult’s thumbnail, made of hard plastic, and absolutely adorable - they are also FLOCKED. It’s a lovely texture and I’m super happy I got one. Walmart (and Superstore) both have a ton of mystery package items right now and I had been wanting to try one out, and this was the first where I liked the potential results. If you love cats, I’d definitely suggest it.

PARTY CITY (Tiny fidgets):

Woolly Balls; singlets for 40 cents, or a pack of twelve for 5.00 CAD. These are like my ideal work fidget, as they’re small enough to go in a pocket discretely, they look fairly non-descript despite their colour, and can vanish into my palm or back into a pocket on a moment’s notice. I love rolling them across my palm for texture, or crushing two together for a different feel.

Puzzle Erasers; also singlets for 40 cents, I didn’t look for larger packs as this isn’t my favourite toy but I’m glad I tried it out. There was a lot of extra material from molding that I had to pick off but that wasn’t too much effort to do. I got a box that breaks down into six pieces and can be slot back together again, but I believe they may have had other things too.

Keychain Plush; “YooHoo and Friends” are fairly high quality tiny (smaller than my palm) minky plush, for 4.00 CAD. It’s stuffed very tightly, except for the arms and tail that are empty fabric. The keychain seems securely attached, but I pulled off one of the felt paws already while stimming. The seam seems undamaged by it, though, so while he only has three paws left it didn’t cause on-going flaw.

Mermaid sequin keychain; this was the last one of that particular style in-store at the location I went to, but they are still stocking online also 4.00 CAD. The backing is minky plush, which is what I’d wanted from a sequin keychain as the sequins themselves can be overstimulating for me. The plush part is kind of low, and the seams are a bit rough - enough I’m considering the relative risk of unpicking a seam to add either more plush or some poly pellets to increase the volume. The sequins however flip quite well.

Spiky Light up Ball: I actually bought mine at a local hardware store, but when I was trying to find things online to check prices, I found that Party City had packs of four for 4.00 CAD as well at least online. The one I got has a finicky light; sometimes it goes off sitting still in the wrong position, other times I can shake it three times and not get it to go. Still, the spikes feel great and the ball is pretty firm (although I can’t say I’d call it ‘bouncy’ as Party City does.)

TOYS R US (BABIES R US): (teethers)

IIRC Canada’s still supports A$, but I wasn’t aware of anywhere else to look for the kind of silicon baby toothbrush I needed for self-care.

Teethers: I got a Nuby round teether for I believe 3.00 - 5.00 CAD on sale; most were potentially on clearance when I went in last, so no idea if this is eve still an option. If its not, there’s a Canadian website for that that’s possibly a better option. However, if you’re like me and the thought of buying online makes you sick with anxiety, I’m not sure what other baby stores even exist? Either way I’m not the best judge, as both teethers I got don’t actually work well for me due to my sensitive gag reflex (a thing I suspected, given I was looking for a finger toothbrush for precisely that reason.)

Perhaps more relevant, I don’t think I saw anything super stimmy in Toys R Us that wasn’t also present for much the same price in Walmart or Superstore. The only thing that was significantly different was that I found a single-pack for the toothbrush (you could buy it with other stuff for slightly more money from Superstore, which I compulsively avoid waste) and teethers of any kind. If you don’t need either of those, you can happily stick with the other department stores.

SUPERSTORE: (Plush, slime, Playdough, Kinetic Sand, mojmoj squishies)

*Much of this is also at Walmart, but I currently work at Superstore with this stuff so I know their selection better. What I mentioned about Walmart is basically what I could not find at Superstore. I cannot review playdough for allergy reasons and I’m not interested in buying kinetic sand, but for people who want to know a retailer that has it in store, Superstore does.

Slime: Currently a seasonal item (IE it will no longer be stocked after Easter clearance is gone) but they have “Easter Putty” that is actually quite a nice slime. The marbled effect vanishes after some use, and the egg-shaped container is useless once opened, but it has a nice vibrate to it, it doesn’t melt so quickly you can’t keep up with it, and it cost 5.00 or less to try out if I like slime at all. It leaves a watery feelign residue that vanishes even if you don’t wash your hands immediately, and has no scent. Its prone to tearing if you’re not careful, but if you’ve been wondering if you’d even LIKE slime or not it might be worth checking it out.

Plush: Superstore store-brand plush are the absolute best so far, I stg. I own two of their seasonal plushies from Christmas - giant rotund cats - and they are SO soft and so well-stuffed and they were 15.00 CAD for plush 16" tall and 12" wide (approx. 40 cm by 30 cm). Currently their seasonal plush are rabbits, sheep, and llamas, plus others - the most expensive at the moment is a 34.00 CAD giant rabbit that’s 3-4 FEET tall. They have in the past carried mermaid sequin plushies too, but not for the current season. If you are a stimmer who collects plush, I’d highly recommend checking regularly to see what’s in stock - not in the toy aisle, but in the back corner seasonal stuff. There always seems to be some kind of stuffy offered.

If you want the most amazing plush blanket EVER, I’d go in the next two weeks for the faux rabbit fur blankets but they should be sold out before long too.

(I’d review the mojmoj squishies, but handling them as a retail employee who has to clean up after others is just. Heavily biased towards the “OMG dirt magnets” end of things. Do NOT drop your squishy in a department store??? There are, however, currently giant plush mojmoj puppies and unicorns, but as they are 34.00 CAD I will not be going more than “Cute looking” about them anytime soon.)

OTHER:

I found a decent spinner at Pharmasave, but they were all on sale so I don’t know if they’ll still be available anywhere else. I’ve seen decent plushies offered at Indigo Books recently, but haven’t been in of late to see what all they have. I heard that Odin Books in downtown Vancouver has Tangles as well, but that’s quite a long ways for me to go to see. The only other location I could suggest to people who want tiny shops in Greater Vancouver would be Commercial Drive or Kitsilano along 4th Avenue.

The above are things and places I’ve been in looking with stim toys in mind in the past couple of weeks, so hopefully the information should be more up to date and helpful to people.

This is an epic resource, and I am always here for posting about more offline resources outside of Australia. (There’s so many reasons why stimmers can’t purchase or easily purchase toys online, so conversations about alternatives are so important!). Thank you so very much, @tassledown, for all the time and effort you’ve put into such a fabulous post.

And yes: flocked toys are great little palm fidgets! I have a childhood Sylvanian Families (Calico Critters for US-based folks) collection, and I keep a few of the knock-off Lil Woodzeez figures just for stimming so I don’t wear the plush off my expensive (and vintage!) Sylvanian figures. I know there’s a surprise box set of Lil Woodzeez babies available in the US, which I’d love to own...

[ashadowcalledkei]

Wow I wish I was getting these out quicker.  Ever time I make a significant amount of progress I end up getting sick somehow.  But, I AM working on the next part of TLtN.  I’m just taking my time to get this chapter right because ooh boy it’s an important one.  So, umm, in the meantime ... small sad/cute other fic update?

Alright, time to reveal the final inspiration behind this fic … kittens.  I keep up with two people who foster abandoned kittens and some of their stories are heartbreaking and wonderful.  And this story in particular was very much influenced by an amazing little kitty named Grant.  He was a whole lot of determination in a very small package, and his story is proof that sometimes you really can beat the odds.  So, yes, this chapter is going to get very … very sad … but, trust me when I say this story will have a happy ending.

(And umm, as a side  note ... thank you so much for the reblog @askull4everyoccasion ! o.o  I wanted to thank you before b-but, aah, didn’t know how to without being really ... awkward ... k-kinda like this ... a-anyway, my fics don’t get many notes on their own but that one did, so thanks so much!!  Okay, just wanted to say that, I’ll umm, go away and promise not to annoy you with tagging and such anymore. *hide*)

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Pairings: None Characters: W. D. Gaster, 1-S

Warnings:  sad, so sad, very sad, hurt puppy, discussing euthanasia (doesn’t actually happen don’t worry)

Notes: Baby Blasters AU belongs to the wonderful @spacegate, I just write here.  The background character Sif is mine though.

Chapter 2

Sometimes, W. D. Gaster felt like he was chained to his desk.  He was always working, that much hadn't changed over the years, but at least in the past the problems he'd had to solve had been more, for lack of a better word, practical.  He could experiment, test, and do more than just theorize and hope his calculations had been correct.  Even when those test resulted in failure, at least he'd felt like he had accomplished something.  But when it came to this stage of the Determination Trials, that sort of experimentation was no longer an option.  

He downed the dregs of yet another cup of the cold, strong coffee that had been his lunch.  Things were supposed to get easier once he'd successfully extracted subject 1-S from its incubation tank.  But instead, the complications just kept coming.  1-S wasn't doing as well as Gaster had hoped it would.  Which wasn't to say that things were all bad either.  His creation had yet to melt or fall apart like the previous attempts had.  Magic still pulsed through its soul.  Truly, not much had changed from the day he'd removed 1-S from the tank.  But, that was exactly the problem.  The creature should have been growing, gaining mass and strength each day, but after a whole week it had barely grown at all.  

The words 'failure to thrive' marked Gaster's notes like an ominous prophecy.  Sometimes, baby monsters just didn't make it.  It was a tragedy to witness but an unavoidable part of life.  Given the similar symptoms, it was only logical to assume that the same thing was true for subject 1-S; the creature just didn't have the will to survive.  It was distinctly possible, but the scientist was beginning to doubt his own conclusion.  Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he never wanted to believe it in the first place.  As he went over his calculations for the next phase of the project, tentatively dubbed 2-A, his thoughts kept wandering back to 1-S.  There had to be an explanation for the creature's listlessness and a way to fix it.  

The sound of sloshing water echoed in the lab.  Most often, the space was filled with the electric hum of machines and occasional frustrated muttering, so this came as a surprisingly pleasant change.  Seeking out the source of it, Gaster looked up to see his assistant placing a large plastic bowl of steaming water on an otherwise empty counter.  A towel was flung over their shoulder and a soft looking cloth was draped over the rim of the bowl.  It seemed that Sif was going through with their plan to give 1-S a warm bath.  Not that it was entirely necessary.  

Skeletal creatures were naturally clean due to the lack of fur or slime their more fleshy counterparts sported, and it wasn't as if the creature had been out of the sterile environment of the lab.  Its temperature was acceptable as well, neither too hot nor too cold, though that was mostly due to the blankets and heating pad they'd placed on the cot that served as the small skeleton's bed.  1-S had yet to begin producing any heat on its own, yet another worrying fact that marked Gaster's observation notes.  Still, the scientist's assistant had latched on to the thought that a bath might help the little creature.  Gaster had agree that there was some merit to the idea, if only as a new source of stimulus, though he lacked the time and patience to carry it out himself.  Luckily, that's just the sort of thing assistants were best at.  He returned to his work, blocking out the sounds of splashing water and soft, muttered speech, but it wasn't long before that relative peace was broken.  

“Doctor Gaster?” Sif called with unexpected urgency.  “You'd better come take a look at this.”

A distressed frown pulled at Gaster's features.  It wasn't like his assistant to worry without cause.  He hurried into the main lab, leaving his notes open and his coffee once again abandoned.  The blankets and heating pad had been taken away and replaced with a large towel that was stretched across the cot.  1-S rested on that thick fabric, having been shifted to lay on its side.  At first everything seemed almost normal, the only difference being that the pup's breathing was oddly fast and shallow.  Even the monitors displayed the same painfully low vital information they had when Gaster had arrived an hour earlier.  Then, he saw it.

The small creature's chest cavity should have been rounded, bowing out in a gradual curve that would expand as it drew in air to regulate the temperature of its soul and help circulate its magic.  But instead, the thin ribs were oddly flattened and the sternum bent inward, pressing into the narrowed space where his creation's magic core rested.  It hadn't looked like this a few days ago, Gaster was sure of that.  Everything had been fine when he'd pulled the tiny creature from the tank.  What had changed?

“What caused this?”

“I'm not sure, but look.”  His assistant carefully rolled the puppy onto its belly, lifting it at the shoulders to avoid putting any more pressure on its flattened ribs.  The creature's thin spine had started to warp as well, only just beginning to curve out of its natural alignment in a way that would hinder, if not completely impair, its movement if allowed to continue.  Gaster reached down and ran his fingers along it, tracing the wandering path of those tiny, trembling vertebrae.

1-S was worryingly passive through the whole thing.  It didn't struggle or fight, which at least made the doctor hope that his creation wasn't in too much pain, but the little whimpers of distress it managed between panting breaths weren't a good sign.  Why hadn't the monitors picked up on this?  This sort of deformation had to have a cause, and a serious one at that.  Gaster activated his own magic, focusing it in hopes of finding the source of this problem before it got any worse.  

Through the tint of indigo magic, he saw into his creation's soul.  The pure energy of its lifeforce was diminished, just like the monitors indicated, but there was something else there too.  Something that couldn't be quantified by the safe, logical data that Gaster surrounded himself with.  The soul he had created was marred and the magic within it agitated.  Energy swirled restlessly within its core, shades of blue shot through with bright red.  

Leaving Sif to watch over the creature, Gaster retreated back to his desk and the thick folder full of his meticulously kept notes.  When those failed to shed any light on the mystery, he turned to the new information that his computer had recorded overnight.  He poured over the data, checking each set of numbers against those from the hours and days before it.  Nothing had changed until recently.  During the night, the creature's respiration had begun to increase steadily until it reached the fevered pitch they were now witnessing.  That was when the warping must have started, but there was no sign of what might have caused it.  Unless …

The scientist flipped through the avalanche of papers, casting some aside until he found what he was looking for.  He felt his soul grow heavy behind his own ribs as he compared them to the latest readouts.  With 1-S failing to process any nourishment other than the liquid magic that had sustained it during incubation, they'd continued administering the same formula post-extraction.  And in doing so, they'd continued to give the tiny creature trace amounts of Determination.  That hadn't been a problem before, when the pup's own magic was developing as it should, but now that its soul growth was at a standstill, the DT ratio was off.  Any more Determination in its system and his creation would destabilize completely.  

Gaster trudge back to the main lab, still clutching the page of data that contained the damning evidence off his oversight.  Despite finding the cause of the trouble, he felt more defeated than ever.  Especially with the way his assistant was holding their creation, cradling the pup in their arms.  1-S was panting, warped chest jerking with each sharp breath.  Sif rubbed a thumb over the crest of its skull.

“Maybe we can do something.  Fix it before it gets any worse.”

“Possibly, but it's a long shot.”  There was a chance that, with swift intervention and a lot of luck, they might be able to save the creature.   But if they did, what then?  They knew what had caused the partial melt, but not the reason for the creature's stunted growth.  Even if they solved the immediate problem, that wouldn't truly fix things.  And chances were high that the incident would have a permanent impact on 1-S.  What if it couldn't fight?  Couldn't walk?  Couldn't even survive without constant assistance?  This wasn't some pet he'd taken in, it was a weapon specifically crafted for a single purpose.  Or at least, it was meant to be.  

Though he hated himself for it, Gaster couldn't deny how attached he'd gotten to his creation.  A part of him couldn't help but view it not as the weapon he'd spent so much time engineering but as an innocent life in need of protection.  Though those thoughts contradicted each other, in many ways they were both true.  1-S was a living being, but one made for a purpose so much greater than any one life.  He wanted to save it, to do all he could to see this thing he'd made flourish, but at what cost?  For the sake of his work, he had to draw the line somewhere.  Besides, there was no point denying the truth; the poor thing was suffering.  Ending things before they got any worse would be mercy.  

“We should probably just put it down and try again,” Gaster muttered, his voice sounding as flat and dead as his soul felt.

“Probably.”  His assistant sighed, shoulders slumping as if the weight of the world had settled upon them.  They cast a sorrowful glance towards the struggling creature and carefully set it down on the cot.  “We were so close.”  

The pup whined at the loss of contact, squirming and flailing its tiny limbs as if that alone would bring Sif back, but even that small amount of movement seemed to exhaust it.  It lay still when Gaster approached, his long shadow falling across the cot.  The scientist looked away.  He didn't want to do this.  

Magic flashed in Gaster's eye sockets once more, bright flares of it curling around his hand as he held it out, palm down, over his creation.  1-S shuddered as its soul was summoned, the pale core drifting up and into the scientist's waiting hands.  The creature's tiny soul beat wildly in his grasp.  Its brilliant white surface was marred by a patch of dull, muddy purple, bruising caused by the constant compression it had been subjected to.  It should have given up before that mark had even formed.  It wasn't as if the creature had that much life in it to begin with.  But somehow, it still remained, clinging to that life even as it struggled to keep from being snuffed out.  1-S, it seemed, was determined to live.  

The pup let out little yelps of distress, tiny paws swiping at the air as weakness kept it trapped on its side.  Gaster released the magical core, guiding it back down to his creation.  The small, bruised soul sank back into warped ribs, pulsing bright within for a moment or two before fading from view.   1-S whimpered, its cry so soft that it was hard to make out even in the quiet of the lab.  Gaster placed his hands on either side of the creature, leaning heavily onto the cot.  He couldn't quite manage to stop himself from shaking.  The pup whined again and managed to wriggle closer to him, pressing the top of its skull against his arm.

“Sir?” Sif said, hopefulness more than evident in their otherwise professional tone.

It took Gaster a few moments to find his voice.  “There's still a lot we can learn from this one, even if it doesn't make it.  And it would be useful to have a prototype available to test some of the procedures we've got planned.”  

“So … we'll fix it?” the other scientist asked, dark eyes practically glittering with barely restrained excitement.

“We'll try.”

Deep down, Gaster knew he was making a mistake.  Sentimental decisions like this could spell disaster for the project, even with the slim yet valid justification he'd managed to find.  And even if they did save this one, they might just be sentencing the creature to a life of misery.  He couldn't afford to lose sight of why they were doing this or what was truly at stake.  The fate of their entire race wasn't worth one artificial animal.  But no matter how many good reasons he had to end his creation's short life and move on, he just couldn't bring himself to do it.  

Gaster placed 1-S back on its heating pad, covering the shaking creature with a soft blanket.  He carefully pet the pup's skull until it calmed, drifting off into an uneasy sleep.  He would do his best to save this tiny creature that depended on him.  He owed 1-S at least that much.