#if we didn't find one then we looked for a vulture or lizard and used the explosives to kill that

[cordycepsbian]

women want us the wildlife of farm arrays fears us

[leeahqueen]

The Remaining Dust Trio (CER-29)

Vera: Okay, it's your turn.

Noctis: Huh? How come it's so fast! Don't we switch it every half an hour?

Vera: Yes, once every half hour.

Noctis: Hey, okay, for the sake of this money...

No.21: Noctis will definitely spend money recklessly.

Noctis: How is it possible? I am the best at managing money!

Vera: Okay, I'll leave this money to you. You'll double it in three months.

Noctis: Ah, then if I lend it out at 70% interest...

No.21: Don't worry, I'll throw out the pile of junk that Noctis left in the preparation room and give him a good jail sentence.

Noctis: Will this be court-martialed?

No.21: Will it? It seems that it will.

Vera: Financial crimes don't seem to apply to constructs... I don't remember either, but you'll know if you try it yourself.

Vera: All in all, you don't need to worry about this reward money, just keep it to wipe your ass mess you may cause in the future.

No.21: Well... Noctis became much lighter after getting out of the car.

Noctis: Do you understand muscles? They are all muscles!

Noctis: Unlike you, just two paws are heavier than your brain.

No.21: But the claws can tear apart muscles!

Noctis: Huh? You want to pick a fight?

Vera: Oh? If you kill one and lose a pair, that's fine.

No.21: ...Well, forget it then.

Noctis: Ah, say, Captain, how far is it from the return point?

Noctis: I really don't want to push it anymore.

Vera: Let me see, there are still thirty kilometers left, and we will be there after passing this no-man's land.

Noctis: We have obviously completed our mission, why are we still so tired...

The weather was very sunny, even too sunny, and the sun shone unbridled on hundreds of kilometers of deserted gravel, meadows, and asphalt roads.

Human physiological conditions dictate that such an environment is not suitable for them to survive here, but correspondingly, this is also a paradise for certain lives.

Such as lizard, blue sheep, hares, wolves and vultures in the sky.

--And Cerberus pushing a car on an endless road.

Noctis: Is this the end?

No.21: Completed.

Noctis: This old film still looks a bit mushy.

Noctis: But I'm still pretty handsome!

No.21: Mm.

Vera: So this film... was shot along the way?

Noctis: Probably.

Noctis: Damn it, does this count as an infringement of my image rights?

Vera: I had seen him occasionally holding up a filming machine before, and it turned out that he had filmed this whole scene.

Noctis: Of, speaking of it...

Noctis: What happened to that money? That bounty?

Vera: Although the villain who repaired the car was solved by accident, the money was still gray income compared to the Sky Garden.

No.21: ...Unexpectedly, the mission objective was solved at the beginning of this mission.

Noctis: The commandant who is always sick and generous is bored enough, so he sent us to deal with a ruffian on the earth?

Noctis: We did all the dirty work.

Vera suddenly stretched out her leg and kicked Noctis.

Vera: It would be nice if I didn't confine you.

Noctis: Okay, but at least there's a bounty.

Vera: The person who pays is a scavenger who is not under the jurisdiction of the Sky Garden. Of course, you can also spend it directly. Just like what No.21 said, I wish you a good prison sentence.

No.21: I want a new audio-visual terminal.

Vera: Okay, that's okay, but before that, you have to think of some way to make the money more reasonable.

Noctis: How about investing in hand grenades for the Art Associations?

Vera: Wouldn't anyone really want to do this kind of loss-making business?

Noctis: Or maybe make some movies? Didn't 21 say there was a movie about driving a red motorcycle last time?

Noctis: I quite want to see it.

No.21: "Light"? Huzi told me that the movie was walled that.

No.21: But it is a really old movie, I don't know if I can still find it.

No.21: So I want a new audio-visual terminal, and maybe with this movie.

While talking, No.21 took out the film from the movie machine and looked at the pattern on the reel.

Noctis: Be careful, this is a movie camera borrowed from the Art Association.

Noctis: People from the Art Association said that this kind of old film was discontinued decades ago, and this kind of machine is very expensive.

I don't know where you are now, but I guess you will eventually return to the Sky Garden. So it would be better to send this movie to the Sky Garden. Although I still have to stay in this community clinic for a while, the doctor said I will be able to get out of bed soon. After all, I have business to do. I also took advantage of this time to finish editing these films. After meeting you, I started taking these pictures intermittently with my portable camera. My editing skills are terrible and my technique is terrible.

Not to mention commenting on other people's movies, the stuff I made myself is terrible. But I think the most important thing is "seeing". Just recording what happened is already a great thing. I think this is the best thank you I can give you. By the way, one more thing. The ending of the movie I talked about last time is still unfinished. The knight climbed to the top of the tower, but did not find any secret treasure. But God gave him the fire of hope and told him that one day these disasters would pass.

Golden wheat ears will once again cover the earth, and bright sunshine will light un the sky again. This is a cliched ending, but also a good ending. Maybe it's because of Zach, because of this movie, that I want to live. All in all, thank you. As for the movie in your hands, I privately named it as a souvenir. That's it for now, I'm going to keep walking and help the old guy find his daughter. Maybe one day, we can meet again in the conservation area. If you have enough wine, you can also have enough movies.

Wait, the doctor told me, why did you use the reward money to pay for my medical expenses!? Damn it, isn't this favor not over yet!?

--- Dedicated to the Cerberus Squad

<<The Remaining Dust Trio>>

"Huzi"

[THE END]

READ: CER-28 | CER-29 | AFTERWORD

[libartz]

Day 5 of Downpour

Changing direction as Artificer. Made it through Pebbles as Gourmand

Gourmand- The nom calendar wanted grapple worms so I decided to go to the leg via passaging back to Shaded and going through the memery cripts. Then it asked for neurons so guess it's peeble time again

I have bad news. Daddies can hear your footsteps. If you don't want them to track you everywhere you have to crawl. Had enough karma to get out of the Underhang immediately so I don’t have to deal with hanging around them too much

Made it to Pebbles and he gave me the mark immediately. Like he's also going 'yeah yeah we've done this before, let's get it over with'. He's sick of all the slugcats coming to his house, and wants us to tell them all to go away. No sir, we were put on this earth to annoy you. Also pebbles fatphobe 2k23 he didn't even max karma me! I was still on mercedes benz when I left, and the echo at the top of the wall put me up to X. Now about to go back to chimney canopy and I know I said I liked it but the number of times I died there before, place is not built for a lower mobility critter

Artificer- I found a lower part of the region, it's partly reskinned shoreline. Interesting... explains why the region has shoreline threat music. Also found a new pink pearl on top of a tower on the way down there. Unfortunately left behind my lizard friend after going down too fast. Exploding underwater is REALLY ANNOYING especially since more than one tunnel opens underwater at exactly the depth where you die just before getting to the surface 🤏

Also tHE COAST PLAYS somewhere down there. It is a crime that song was unused in the base game, it's so good

There are blue overseers pointing me to an iterator, it doesn't look like Moon. Found a gate that goes to I assume shaded citadel because it's the same as the regular shoreline one, there are scavengers here so I could hypothetically go through but I was just there so I don't wanna.

I got another dream sequence. Mother and 2 babies going through a scavenger toll. The blue one lags behind, and starts climbing a pole towards the giant skull with all the pearls... don't take those pearls little baby, bad things will happen 😭

So I am going back up to the exterior to climb the wall to get into Pebbles. I can't find another way to go, and I don't want to hang out in shoreline: the prequel with the scavengers and king vultures. I got a flooded shelter again on the way there so it was trickyy. A plus of this is I hopefully won't have to go through pebbles again

[windstarosprey]

Carl aka Twister the Condor Ref Sheet

Sonic OC Time! This time, we got Twister the Condor!

Twister's a weird example of a semi-OC in that he's a reimagining of an existing character.

In the Archie mini-series Sonic Quest, there's a character named Carl Condor who leads a group of called the High Flying Freedom Fighters (named in Ian Flynn's Archie Sonic blog, according to the Sonic News Network). Robotnik captured Carl and Roboticized into Condorbot, and used him to wipe out his team. A pretty sad fate, but unfortunately, Carl is a very minor character. He only appeared in a single issue, was quickly defeated by Sonic, and neither his organic form or team were ever shown.

That got me thinking, what if Carl was given an Adventures-style revamp? Well, I decided to do just that. --------------------------------------------------------- PROFILE NAME: Carl "Twister" the Condor AGE: 25 BIRTHPLACE: Northamer, Great Desert (Peyote Prairie Zone) HEIGHT: 110 cm (3'6'') ALIGNMENT: Good LIKES: Collecting junk and broken machines and building things out of them, rock and heavy metal music, his friends, Lesath the Scorpion. DISLIKES: Dr. Eggman, His real name (What are you talking about? Twister is awesome! ... Carl? Who the heck is Carl!? That's not me!), his mohawk getting messed up, wasting things or throwing things away.

When most people think of condors and vultures, the image of a grim, sinister scavenger chewing on a rotting carcass in the middle of a scorching desert is usually the first thing that comes to mind. Well, while Carl "Twister" the Condor enjoys his dead lizards, and his edgy, metal music, he's actually one of the nicest birds you could hope to meet in the Great Desert.

Born in the backwater, cactus-riddled sands of Peyote Prairie, much of Twister's early life was spent in the Zone's "Junkburg", a scrapyard shantytown where vultures and other scavenging species lived. Growing up on the fringe of polite society, Twister's family didn't have much beyond love and whatever scraps they could scrounge, and very few people who were willing to help them in times of crisis. As a result, the young condor learned three important lessons that he'd carry with him the rest of his life: To never waste anything, as you may prove useful in the future. To use what he had in clever ways, as imagination can make even the old and worn-out new again. And, to never turn away a stranger in need, as it might be you who needs help one day. As a result, Twister has gone on to earn a reputation as a good Samaritan of the sands; a vagabond traveler helping anyone lost out in the scorching sands, whether it's getting them to back to civilization or just sharing some of his water or food (they usually don't eat it, but it's the thought that counts).

Twister is an accomplished survivalist, at least in deserts and canyons of his home; he knows where to find water, how to stay cool, and, most importantly, how to deal with the various Badniks and outlaws roaming the wastes. His secret is that he's a master jerry-rigging, able to make tools, weapons, and even working (albeit short-lived) vehicles out of scrap parts and junk he collects on his treks. But his greatest asset is his optimistic attitude and charming, gregarious personality, which helps him make friends with the most unlikely people. Unfortunately for Twister, his positivity and skill has yet to get him the one thing he wants most in life: a girlfriend; as most women aren't exactly attracted to someone who loves to eat deep fried lizard and armadillo burgers with red bell peppers and caramelized onions.

But, whether you're looking to become his life partner or just someone to help you get through the scorching sands, Twister the Condor is the bird for you! Just don't call him Carl. If you do, you'll regret it. --------------------------------------------------------- Canon Carl Condor's Wiki Pages:

sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Carl_Con…

archiesonic.fandom.com/wiki/Ca… --------------------------------------------------------- Carl Condor is owned by Sega and Archie, and was originally created by Michael Gallagher.

His reimagining as Twister is owned by me.

Original artwork by TylerBucket.

[bers1990]

ThunderCats Season 2 (My version)

I originally began this fanfic back in 2012, shortly after the first season of the Thundercats reboot was over. It was an effort of mine to grant me some relief over the unfinished story arc and since I have been suffering from Writer’s block and the need to edit and rewrite a few things, it is still something of a WIP. Hope that you still enjoy it anyways though.

Anyhow, here is act two of Episode 1 (episode 27)-

The Thundercats soon arrived at the nearby village, and once they were there, they got out of the Thundertank and split up so that they could to take a look around. When they did, they were surprised to see that the inhabitants were all a race of humanoid sheep creatures: these were the Bolkins. As for the village itself, it seemed rather rustic, even by the standards of Dog City. The shops and houses seemed stable enough, but were still a little run down and the streets were nothing but dirt paths.

Still, the Cats were still in need of a map, so they looked around town in hopes of finding at least one shop that sold them. They didn't have much luck at first though, and, for a moment, while Lion-O was looking around, he could've sworn that someone was following him. He didn't see anyone when looked behind him the first time, but right after her went back to his searching, the steam coming from one of the local houses began to form some type of shape behind him. It seemed like an ordinary Steam cloud at first, but in mere seconds, it became the face of what looked like an elderly, yet lovely looking woman, and it was looking directly at Lion-O.

The young lion knew that there was something amiss at that point, but when he turned around for a second time, he once again saw nothing, as if the smoke cloud was never there at all. This puzzled him to be sure, but before he could give the matter anymore thought, Cheetara approached him and said-

"Still no luck any finding map shops, Lion-O"

This caught Lion-O off-guard for a moment, but he quickly got his mind off of what he thinks just happened and replied-

"Oh, well, uh, keep looking, there has to be someone here who sells maps. There just has to be"

The two Cats kept on walking after that, and during that time, Cheetara felt the need to reestablish her forgotten role as Lion-O's counselor and said—

"You know, it's okay to feel hurt about what happened in Avista City. What Pumyra did was a shock to all of us"

The young lion heard the cheetah's words, but he did not look her in the eyes to give his response. No, he just kept looking around, while maintaining a serious look on his face, and said-

"Yeah, I know"

Still, Cheetara could not sense any emotion in her king's response, so she kept talking

"What's with you, Lion-O? Ever since we lost the Tech Stone, you've been as quiet as the wind and more serious looking than Panthro. What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, Cheetara, I'm just focusing on finding the next stone, that's all. You said it yourself, if we don't find the next stone, it's all over. And I cannot, I will not, allow that to happen. (Brief pause) I won't fail again"

Lion-O walked on ahead of Cheetara after that, but, as usual, Cheetara was quick notice the sudden shift in Lion-O's tone when he spoke. It started out in a very serious tone, but then it started to turn into an almost remorseful tone. No doubt to serve as a sign of Lion-O's inner turmoil. This made Cheetara all the more concerned for her king

Meanwhile, back at Mumm-Ra's pyramid, the Lizard army was seen preparing itself for some type of an invasion, and the ones overseeing all of this were non other than Mumm-Ra's four Generals, along with Pumyra. Vultaire looked upon all of this technology with pride and was particularly proud of the advancements he himself added.

"Amazing, isn't it, my friends? Your once highly advanced fleet is now even more advanced then before" the vulture said, as he looked upon the fleet of upgraded vehicles "But then, I was the one who upgraded them after all, so what else could they be besides highly advanced?"

That last comment made both Addicus and even Kaynar roll their eyes in an "Oh brother" sort of way. But Slithe just dryly said-

"Alright, Vultaire, we're all impressed by your technological know-how, good for you"

"Well, excuse me, Slithe; I was only admiring the considerable improvements I've made to your already advanced armada. Though, to be honest, I am a little concerned that the changes I've made will be too much for the Lizards to adjust to"

That last comment struck a nerve in Slithe and he was quick to respond to it by grabbing Vultaire by the wing and saying-

"What do you mean by that, Bird?"

"Well, let's face it, Slithe; the Lizards have never been the most advanced species on Third Earth, have they? How else do you think the Cats were able to walk all over you for as long as they did?" this statement only made Slithe more angry, but that didn't stop Vultaire from continuing by saying "In fact, I'd say that your kind is just barely below the Dogs and the Monkeys on the Animal food chain, and let's be honest, that's hardly saying very much"

It was then that Vultaire realized just how far he put his foot into his mouth; Kaynar and Addicus were none too happy about that last comment. Pumyra nearby at the time, but instead of watching, as the three generals advanced on the smug vulture, she just sighed and made an "oh brother" look on her face as she leaned up against a nearby hovercraft. This made her blissfully unaware of the two Lizard troops who were sneaking behind that very same hovercraft. They made sure that they were in good blind spot before they did anything, of course, but once they were certain that they were in the clear, one of the Lizards brought out a strange looking green crystal and placed it onto the side of Pumyra's hovercraft. It somehow latched on to the machine's haul, and what's more, once it was there, it started to blip like it were a piece of technology (specifically like the homing beacons used in the fall of Thundera). That was when the two Lizards smiled at one another and revealed that their signature red goggles had changed into a shade of blue. The two reptilians scurried away from the hovercraft at that point and elusively made their way far away from the Lizard fleet; no one even noticed them. This made the two Lizards confident enough to look back at the armada and admire the good work that they've already done; apparently, Pumyra's hovercraft was not the only vehicle to be given a glowing green crystal.

Suddenly, Pumyra felt a strong presence of some sort in the air, and it made her head throb painfully for a few seconds. It didn't cause her much pain, of course, but even so, the whole thing still left the Puma feeling a little bit baffled. Not that she had time to ponder on it for too long, mind you, because in mere seconds, the entire area around her started to surge with electrified green energy. Slithe and the other generals noticed this too (which was fortunate for Vultaire, because it was right before Addicus was about to pummel him), but unfortunately, all any of them could do was watch as the multiple bolts of green lightning began to strike every single vehicle in the Lizard fleet without mercy. Much of the fleet was destroyed within seconds, and while the Lizard army just scrambled about in scared confusion, Pumyra and the Generals just looked upon this mysterious occurrence with shock and amazement.

What nobody saw, however, was that the green energy was actually coming from the green crystals that were attached to the vehicles themselves. This was what they were for and seeing them in action only made the two blue-goggled Lizards all the happier as they made their unseen escape.

Meanwhile, in Mumm-Ra's chambers, the undead warlord himself was becoming aware that something was wrong in his Pyramid. Mainly because his magical pool had suddenly turned green and began to swirl like a whirlpool. He also went through a throbbing headache like Pumyra did, and when he looked up at the Ancient Spirit statues, he was shocked to see that their eyes had begun to flicker back and forth from their usual bright red to an even brighter shade of blue.

Eventually, all of this subsided, and when it did, Mumm-Ra's only response to it was-

"What-what a strange phenomenon, although, it does bring one name to mind"

Meanwhile, back at the Bolkin town, the Thundercats were all just returning to the Thundertank after, regrettably, coming back empty-handed from their search for a map. They had already searched every shop in this rustic town, and there was not one single map store among them.

"(Sigh) I can't believe we didn't find a single map store in this entire town" WilyKat moaned as looked at his sister…

…who then responded with "…There wasn't even a single map-maker in this entire town…"

"I guess, for whatever reason, these Bolkin creatures have no need of maps" Cheetara replied as she stood next to Tygra…

…who then dryly added "Doesn't surprise me, there's not a lot out here, why make a map when there's nothing to map out?"

"Well, isn't this just perfect?" said Lion-O "Another dead end for us and another moment for Mumm-Ra to get one step closer to finding the last stone. Just terrific"

"You know that this isn't your fault, Lion-O" said Cheetara, after she quickly noticed the sense of remorse and self-loathing in Lion-O's tone

"So this town didn't have any maps, big deal. We just picked the wrong place to look" Tygra added in a nonchalant sounding tone

That's when Panthro walked up to Lion-O and said "Look, kid, we just need to find another town and look for a map there, no big deal, let's get going"

Lion-O nodded in agreement after hearing that, and he and his subordinates all started to board the Thundertank with intent of leaving. However, before they could all get on board, they were suddenly hailed by two locals; a Bolkin with brown wool, and another with yellow wool.

"Um, excuse me, uh, feline beings?" said the Bolkin with brown wool

"Uh, forgive us for overhearing, but did you say that you needed a map?" said the Bolkin with yellow wool as he reached into the bag he was carrying and brought out a rolled up map (Convenient, huh?)

The Cats were surprised by this supposed stroke of good fortune, but that was before they actually looked at the map and saw that it only covered the general area.

"(Groans) still not the part of Third Earth we need" WilyKit groaned

That's when the Bolkin with brown wool looked up at the TCats with confusion and asked-

"I'm sorry, is there something wrong with the map?"

"No, it's not that, it's just, we need to get to a very specific location and to even get an idea of where it is, we need full map of Third Earth itself" explained Cheetara

"A full map of Third Earth, eh?" said the Bolkin with yellow wool, as he rubbed his fuzzy chin and pondered for a brief second before coming to a realization "I think I know just the place you need to visit"

"And that would be?" Asked Panthro

That's when the Bolkin with brown wool pointed to a part of the map that showed a small mountain range found due west, and said-

"Here; the Aresian Mountains, the only mountain range within sight of our village and the ancient home of the Bull Bolkins…"

"Bull Bolkins?" Asked WilyKat

"Yes, a much larger breed of Bolkins. Not like the ones who live here in our village; oh no. They're much more aggressive, much more challenging, and they have the horns to back it all up. They hate it whenever anyone goes up to their mountains, that's why we regular Bolkins stay down here, where it's safe"replied the yellow furred Bolkin

"Well, if all of that's true, then why are you trying to send us up there?" Tygra asked

"Because, as troublesome as the Bull Bolkins are, they might just be the solution to your problem" said the brown Bolkin

"Come again?" said a confused WilyKit

"You see, in addition to being a bunch of thick-skulled savages, the Bull Bolkins are also surprisingly well skilled in the making of maps" the Yellow Bolkin explained

"Nobody's quite sure how, but the Bull Bolkins have managed to map out every corner of Third Earth. If you need to find a specific location, those beasts are the ones to ask" the Brown Bolkin continued

As expected, the Thundercats were quick to hurry themselves towards this mountain range. And once they were gone, the two Bolkins were suddenly approached by a mysterious hooded woman wearing a dark blue robe, and she said-

"So, did they take the bait?"

"Oh, yes they did, mistress, absolutely, just like you said they would" said the Brown Bolkin

"They seemed fairly eager to take the offer, actually" added the Yellow Bolkin

"After all that's happened to them already, I wouldn't expect anything less. But now, wheels are within motion and it appears that it's time for me to do my part" the cloaked figure said as we got a close-up look at her hood shrouded head.

(Commercial Break)