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[failians]

Saw this on Twitter and lo and behold, my first ever scene redraw was born. It’s also @justiceinmiion‘s birthday, and they adore these two idiots! So two-in-one, grandma!

It is actually very hard to figure out what to do with Ittangomen’s arms when you’re doing your damnedest not to put them in a standard position like Level-5 does in his official art.

[mischiefmakingmuses]

World of Vitiu VM #1 - Into the Tumblrverse

Gummie flew over the skyline of Guild Town, the moon shining brightly as their background. Supposedly, the Metanomaly they were pursuing wasn’t dangerous, and they were inclined to believe that--he hadn’t really caused any trouble as of yet. Despite this, Gummie felt it was their duty to observe any being identified as a Metanomaly, hence why they were following him.

The Metanomaly dipped down into an alleyway, with Gummie in hot pursuit. He bounced off, only to hit a dead end. Gummie quietly hid behind a trashcan and observed him.

“I know you’re following me, y’know,” the Metanomaly spoke up, turning to the trashcan. At this point, Gummie had camouflaged themselves into the background and couldn’t be seen, but the Metanomaly wasn’t deterred; he knew better. “Golly, you sure are a sneaky sort for someone supposedly fighting justice, aintcha?”

“I just want to make sure this world is safe. It’s...my home,” the alien responded. They slithered out from behind the trashcan and made themselves visible again. “I mean, you haven’t been dangerous so far, but you’re also not answering any questions...like what you’re doing here.”

“Um, well,” the Metanomaly began, “the answer to that would simply be, ‘living life’. Don’t I have the right to live in peace if I’m not causing trouble, Detective?”

“I...suppose...so.”

The two simply looked at each other until the Metanomaly flinched, looking up towards the moon. Gummie looked up as well, only for the Metanomaly to rush over and grab their wing.

“We gotta get out of here. She’s after me.”

“...’she’s after me’? Who is?” Gummie asked, furrowing their brow.

“Don’t worry about it--”

A shadow suddenly appeared behind Gummie, a single red eye glowing in the middle of the inky blackness. A claw shot out to grab the detective, only for the Metanomaly to swipe at the air behind him, opening a portal. As the shadow clung onto one of Gummie’s tentacles, the Metanomaly yanked them into the portal.

“Whatever you do, don’t let go!” the Metanomaly called out to Gummie. Right when it seemed they’d make a clean getaway, the shadow shot a very tiny arrow of darkness at the detective. Although it wouldn’t harm them, they would suddenly become overwhelmed by fear.

It was enough.

They found themselves gripped by panic. Gummie cried out lightly--and let go of the Metanomaly’s hand.

“DETECTIVE!!!”

~*♥*~

“Urien, wake up already. Jesus, you’re putting me to shame.”

Smile loomed over his small boyfriend as the latter stirred lightly and rolled onto his other side.

“Smile, I’m a Yokai. I get to slumber all through the morning, remember?” Urien mumbled, lightly cracking open an eyelid.

“It’s not morning anymore, it’s past noon!” Smile cried out. He huffed and crossed his arms. “I don’t even know how you still wanna sleep, you always get up before me.”

“Sorry, I was watching Spirited Away in like three different languages last night,” Urien chuckled softly. He sat up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. “Can you hand me my sunglasses?”

Smile floated over to where their TV was, where Urien had placed his sunglasses the night before. Retrieving them, he handed them over to the groggy alien Yokai.

“Thank you~” Urien chirped as he put them on and adjusted them. “If it’s past noon, is Nettles having teatime?”

“Probably. She might be done by now. If you want, you can have sushi for breakfast.”

“That sounds great! Let’s go--”

There was a thump above them.

“The fuck was that?” Smile asked coarsely.

“Well...we’re not gonna find out sitting around in here! Go outside!”

Urien and Smile went outside of the shed where Netalina and Jizo had already gathered.

“Did you hear a thump too, rina?” Netalina questioned, tilting her head slightly. She had a worried expression.

“Yeah, do you know what it--Jizo, what are you looking at?” Smile looked up to see a tear in the sky, a couple meters above them. Jizo made a soft “kyu” noise. Though it was normal of him to look worried, he looked terrified. Smile flew up to the hole. “What is this?”

“Hey, who the hell is this?” Urien called out from below. Netalina and Jizo came to his side, to see he was standing over a strange being who looked like a vague mix of an octopus and a bat.

“...I...I can’t even tell if they’re alive, rina...” Netalina whispered. She glanced at Urien, who glanced at her back...until their attention was brought back to the stranger as they began to move.

“Ugh...where...where is he...where’s the Metanomaly...” Gummie groaned quietly. “He’s...he’s...”

“Did he say ‘Metanomaly’?” Urien asked. “What’s that?”

“...is this person a ‘he’, do you think?” Netalina asked. “Personally feels like a ‘she’ to me.”

They both looked at Jizo expectantly. Jizo side glanced and began sweating profusely.

“I think I would rather wait until we can ask them...”

“Don’t worry about it, you’re all correct,” Gummie responded, finally propping themselves up. “Just use whatever you feel suits me, I guess. Anyway, who are you guys?”

“We could ask you the same,” Urien replied. “But, if you’d prefer we answer first, then I’m Urien Sirius Okuro! But you can just call me Urien. These are my friends, Netalina and Jizo. Netalina is the cute ballerina and Jizo is the potato. Smile’s somewhere over there, he’s my boyfriend.”

Smile peeked up from the roof of the shed.

“The fuck is that?” he asked. “Looks like an alien, to me.”

“Yeah, I guess you could say that,” Gummie replied. Out of seemingly nowhere, they pulled out a pencil and notepad and began to write things down. “Alright, I’m ready to jot down some evidence.”

“Evidence of...what, exactly?” Jizo asked.

“I’m a detective. My name is Gummie Glitz. I was chasing after Metanomaly 000-1, when he pulled me through a portal to save me from an assailant. I’m...almost certain this wasn’t his planned trajectory.”

“Well, there’s a portal up here,” Smile chimed in. “Did you come through that?”

“Ah, yeah! Probably! Good work, Smile!” Gummie flew up to the portal. “...hm. I mean, it’s a portal, so I guess I came through this, but...I think it’s a different color than before.”

“So are you just gonna leave now, rina?” Netalina asked, hopping onto the roof. She turned to Urien, who was also hopping onto the roof now. “Do you think we should follow her? Maybe it’ll be an adventure, rina!”

“You can come with me if you want, but you’ll need to hold onto me. Everyone make a chain.”

Smile grabbed onto Gummie’s wing. Netalina hopped up and grabbed one of his hands, and Urien grabbed onto Netalina’s hand. He held his hand out to Jizo, who looked pensive.

“...kyuuuu...I’m really worried about this...” Reluctantly, Jizo took Urien’s hand. Seeing that everyone was holding on, Gummie nodded.

“Alright, we’re going in!” they called out. They brushed the portal with their free wing, and the five of them were pulled in.

[robocatandboy]

⚔️ Doraemon and Urien

Together battle theme: Vs. Future Yokai 

Fighting by your muse’s side: Tell me if you need any gadgets.

My muse assisting yours: Urien, would you like some lightning?

Your muse assisting mine: Thank you so much!

My muse coming out of nowhere to help: I’ll take care of them, you go somewhere safe. Smile wouldn’t like it if you got hurt.

Your muse coming out of nowhere to help: Urien?! Where’d you come from?! Did Nobita summon you?

My muse being protected by yours: Thanks. I wasn’t technically meant for fighting, you know?

Your muse being protect by yours: Take a break, Urien, I’ll hold them off.

Riding out into battle together: It’s time for the joint power of space and the future!

Retreating together: This looks like a good time to use the Anywhere Door...

Doing an all out attack together: Let’s give it our all!

My muse healing yours: Let’s use the Doctor Kit!

Your muse healing mine: Thank you! I feel like I can keep going now.

Sudden ambush: I didn’t see those guys come in!

More enemies appearing: We’re not in trouble now...are we...?

Mid-boss appearing: I think this one’s gonna need more gadgets.

Boss enemy appearing: I feel like this is the last one. Hang tight and go for it! Our friends are waiting for us.

Victory: Yeah! When friends work together nothing in all of time-space can beat us. 

[alisonoropeza]

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That Never-Ending Witching Hour! (Halloween Event)

{Closed event with @salmonidparty and @robocatandboy}

“OK, just be still for a moment longer, rina...and...done!”

Netalina had just finished styling the Duke Yuuki Yomi’s hair, all in preparation for Halloween. Although, to be frank, she wasn’t quite sure why he wanted this, seeing as they didn’t celebrate Halloween in Vitiu.

“How do I look?” Yuuki asked, swishing his cape dramatically. “Enigmatic and cool?”

“To be honest...you look very cute for a vampire, rina,” Netalina responded, stifling a giggle.

“What?! How am I supposed to catch the detective’s attention if I look cute?!” the Duke snapped. Netalina did her best to keep her composure.

“You say that as if they can’t appreciate cute things, rina. Either way...why did you want to dress up for Halloween, rina? I don’t think the detective is really aware of the celebration, number one...number two, she’s probably really busy tonight, rina. After all, it’s just a regular night here in Vitiu, isn’t it, rina?”

“Don’t ya get it, Netalina? If I look cool and mysterious...she can’t help but fall for me!” He placed his hands on cheeks, blushing, a familiar expression creeping across his face. “Hehehe! I have it in my mind to just drop in unexpected...as the night goes on, I’ll charm her with my mysteriousness and we’ll dance in the moonlight...fufufu!”

“Isn’t she still very much oblivious to how you feel, Duke Yomi?” Netalina asked, no punches pulled.

“S-shut up! Tonight’s the night! The night she’ll fall for me...I’ll make sure of it!” Yuuki huffed, still blushing.

“Besides...won’t it just start snowing once you show up in Guild Town, rina? There’ll be no moon to dance under!”

“Shouldn’t ya be headin’ back home right about now, Netalina?” the Duke hissed incredulously. She wasn’t about to ruin his night.

“Honestly...yes! My friends and I are gonna meet with Nobita, rina!” She smiled at Yuuki. “Gambit and I are a matching pair!”

“Okaaaaay, okaaaay, no need to gloat,” the ice spirit grumbled enviously. As if the Yokai’s earlier wrongdoings were forgotten, Yuuki smiled back at her. “Be safe on your way back!”

“I will! Thanks, rina!” Before Netalina left entirely, she turned back to the Duke. “And good luck, OK?”

“Thank ya.”

~*~★~♥~★~*~

Returning home through the Anywhere Door, Netalina’s first instinct was to go check on her friends. Entering the room, she saw Urien patting Smile down with some kind of white powder. The Ittangomen had chosen a simple, yet...complicated costume this year: he wanted to go as Ittan-Momen from GeGeGe no Kitaro. Though on paper it sounded extremely simple, it was actually quite difficult when your nearly four meter long ittan-momen is yellow in color and wants to be entirely white.

“Are you done yet,” Smile breathed impatiently. It seemed like they’d been at it for a while.

“Nope, sorry. Almost, though. Maybe we should’ve asked Doraemon for help,” Urien responded.

“Probably, this is gonna be fucking hell to get out later,” Smile mumbled.

“Guys, I’m back!” Netalina chirped. This caught the attention of not only Urien and Smile, but also Jizo and Gambit, who were sitting around the room as well.

“Welcome back, my loved one~♪” Gambit sang. He just stared at Netalina for a moment before placing a hand on the mask covering half his face. “Sorry, you can’t tell, but I’m actually winking.”

“You’re such a nerd, rina!” Netalina ran over, jumped into the air, and Gambit caught her. “But you’re my nerd, rina~”

“Speaking of...” Jizo quietly chimed in from his spot. The others looked over at him. “How did it go with the Duke?”

“I dunno, really. He wanted to look cool, but he doesn’t seem to understand that he has an inherent cuteness to him, rina.”

“And then he probably left to go hit on the detective, right?” Smile drawled. “How long do you think it’ll take him to realize that the detective doesn’t feel the same way?”

“I’ll give him a week,” Gambit commented.

“I’ll give him eleven minutes,” Urien laughed. “Now turn around, I’m almost done here, just a little more.”

“I’m so fucking tired of this powder,” Smile sighed, turning back to Urien.

“Dude, how do you think I feel?” Urien patted a bit more powder onto Smile’s nose, then grinned. “Alright, you’re done! Hopefully I won’t need to ride you Kitaro-style tonight, or else we’ll both be covered in this shit.”

“Probably not, right? I mean, tonight we’re just gonna be doing Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai with Nobita and his friends, right?”

“Yup! Maybe we’ll actually finish this year,” Urien hummed. “What even happened last time, do you remember?”

“Not a damn thing,” Smile laughed. He gazed at Urien, then at the others, looking cheerful. “Man, y’know...I actually kind of wish we could interact with Nobita’s friends all the time, not just on Halloween. Suneo and Gian...they could use an attitude adjustment, but...I wouldn’t mind getting to know them better. There’s just no time to do so...”

~*~★~♥~★~*~

As this all went down in the Yokai’s residence, Yuuki was slowly making his way from Mt. Spiral to Guild Town. As he floated through the drifting snow, all by his lonesome, he gazed up at the sky. Naturally, the snow clouds covered any trace of the moon, the only evidence it existed the brightness of the clouds. Yuuki looked down and sighed.

“Netalina really knows how to bring my spirits down, don’t she? It’s not easy confessin’ your love to someone...I really wish the detective liked me, though. Mm...I just wanna hold her in my arms...”

Yuuki put his hands on the sides of his face and sighed dreamily, another blush appearing across his features.

“...I wish I were strong enough to let her know how I feel.”

~*~★~♥~★~*~

“...hhhhuuuuh. Two wishes at once?”

Two long, droopy ears twitched, picking up the sounds of dreams in two different directions. Two hands were held out, grasping two visions of two different worlds. Two legs uncrossed, and two different types of wings fluttered silently in the void.

“...ufufu. I don’t see why not. After all, I’m feeling pretty...generous, tonight. Tonight’s supposed to be lots of fun anyway, isn’t it? Fufufu!”

The Metanomaly took the two illusions in each hand and brought them together, closer, and closer, until they fused into one. The crack underneath his eye lit up momentarily.

“Two wishes. One Abnoreality. Smile, you’ll get to talk to Nobita’s friends for as long as you please. And Duke Yomi, you’ll definitely be able to admit your feelings to the detective!”

Ayume crushed the illusion between his hands, tossing its dust into the air and creating a thick, ethereal fog.

“Have fun...fufufu!”

~*~★~♥~★~*~

The skin sweats, the breath shortens The wind stops, the door opens Hair stands on end, feet freeze The uninvited shall not enter here...

...except for one.

~*~★~♥~★~*~

When Urien awoke, he felt odd. He felt his face. He felt his neck. His sunglasses and scarf were missing...as was his costume in its entirety. Everything was completely white...he had to shield his eyes a bit from how bright it was.

He got up. As he moved, the ground rippled, like water. Urien looked around. Vast white in each direction...except...he saw someone. A black figure against the never-ending white.

“Koukishin to kyoufu ga! ♪ Kawaru gawaru oshiyose! ♪ Naze ni gokan dake ga togisumasareruno? ♪” The figure was singing, slightly gyrating to their own rhythm. Urien made his approach. “Shiranakatta sekai no! ♪ Maku ga jojo ni agaruyo! ♪ Dare mo kiita koto nai, kyousou ga yami ni hibiku~♪”

“Excuse me, but...who are you?” Urien asked.

“Sokonoke, noke, mononoke ga tooru~! ♪” The figure turned around, but before Urien could see their face, they had transformed into him...albeit in his intended Halloween costume. When the figure spoke, it spoke in his voice. “Konoha shigure to tomo ni yatsura arawaru. ♪ I’m Urien Sirius Okuro!”

“...no, you’re not. That’d be me.”

“Uso! ♪” the doppelganger chirped, mirroring Urien’s signature dance. The doppelganger transformed yet again, into a slightly shorter figure, black with multicolored spatters all over. “You’re right! ♪ You’re right! ♪ I’m not Urien, you are! ♪”

“Er...OK. Then, who are you?”

“Oh, I don’t really know. But I know where we are! We’re inside your mind!” Urien tilted his head slightly and making a thinking pose, before the figure began to laugh in a deeper voice and gave him a menacing look. “You’ve been possessed! ♪”

“Ehhhh?!” Urien reeled back in horror. “By what, exactly?!”

“By me!” The figure stuck their tongue out and winked, their voice returning to normal. “You want me to stop? I think I learned plenty already.”

Before Urien could answer, he awoke yet again. This time, he was outside under the moonlight, in a field near a fence. Before him was the figure he’d seen in his mind.

“What the fuck,” Urien breathed, unamused. “Where are we?”

“Oh, now I don’t know. I’m not even sure why I’m here! But I am, I am, I am here! And so are you! And so are all your friends!” The figure twirled and began to sing again. “Sokonoke, noke, mononoke ga odoru~♪ Dare mo kare mo osuki ni odori kurueyo~♪”

“What?! Where are my friends?! What did you do to them?!” Urien cried out, making a gesture as if he were going to grab the figure.

“Hyuu doro doro~♪ Hyuu doro doro! ♪” The figure shook their hands playfully as they danced and pursed their lips. “I didn’t do nothin’! This place is real weird. It’s kinda like a dream. A real big one. Everyone is dreaming.”

“...everyone is dreaming...?” Urien looked up at the moon.

What the hell was going on?

[mischiefmakingmuses]

The Onset of Early Winter

{Closed starter for @robocatandboy}

The Snowman Servant rubbed his hands together nervously as the Duke eyed him viciously, eyes sharp and attentive. He gulped, squeezed his eyes shut...and then opened his mouth to speak.

"Nope."

"B-but Your Grace...it is imperative you go to the reunion..."

"Ya say that, but would they really miss me if I didn't go?" Yuuki exhaled deeply, a thick cloud of ice billowing forth out of his mouth. "All they ever do is criticize me for the way I choose to live my life."

"Well, to be fair, Your Grace, you are...quite odd." The Duke gave his servant a hard glare, causing him to flinch.

"Well, gee, Henri. Why don't ya tell me how ya really feel? What about me is normal, would ya say?" He began counting on his fingers. "I'm a male ice spirit, I'm not very stoic, and I prefer to be informal as hell. Honestly, it seems like I shouldn't have been born a royal."

"Now, now, Your Grace! At least your family loves you!"

"Oh, what a lovely thought!" Yuuki cried out, clapping his hands together and closing his eyes. "If they love me so much, when are they gonna let me do what I want instead of what they want me to do?"

"Er...b-but...you have certain duties to upheld as a Duke, Your Grace."

"I know that, Henri," the Duke replied, dropping the act. "Why is my happiness not important enough? Nothing about this life suits me...aside from these nice clothes."

The Duke got up out of his seat and floated forward.

"I wanna have adventures and find love! The life of a noble simply ain't for me!"

"Aren't you the one who's turned down many a duchess? I'm afraid I don't quite understand, Your Grace!"

"Of course ya don't understand!" Yuuki huffed. "I'm all alone out here and I'm tied down by my status. I just wanna be free, let myself go! I'm not gonna see my family!"

The ice spirit continued to float away from his servant.

"Y-your Grace! Where on earth do you think you're going?!"

"Anywhere but here! I can't take this place, I just wanna go where I can get some space!"

~*~★~♥~★~*~

Yuuki had wandered off far from his home, deep into the surrounding forest. He had his mind set on a cliffside where he could see everything below, but just wandering around outside was fine too. The snow fell pretty thick, most definitely due to his emotional insecurity.

It was nice to get out every now and then, but...in the end, he still felt very much alone.

As he continued to wander, the trees began to part. Then, his ear flicked.

"Your Grace...! Where are you...!"

"Oh, ya gotta be kiddin' me," Yuuki grumbled. Henri must've alerted the other servants and now they were going to take him back. No! He simply refused! He was tired. He was so! Very! Tired! Of having to conform to his family's ideals!

"Your Grace, please...! It's time to head back...!"

How were the voices getting closer? He had to get going. Yuuki continued through the parting trees. Once he was through...he noticed something...odd.

A round, shimmering rift in the air, glowing all sorts of colors.

"What is this...?" Yuuki mused. He slowly approached it. The closer he got, the more it felt like he was being sucked in. This...this couldn't be safe, could it? He held his hand up to it...then immediately drew back. It felt like the tiniest touch would send him through.

"Your Grace! Is that you?" a voice called from behind. Yuuki turned around to see Henri. "It is you! Please, come back with me! We need to get going as soon as possible."

"I'm not going, I said!" Yuuki cried out. He backed up slightly. "I'm not...huh?!"

The portal was pulling Yuuki in by the collar.

"Your Grace!" Henri went bounding forth, reaching a hand out to pull Yuuki back out of the portal. But by the time he'd pushed his fingers against the Duke's...

He'd already fallen in.

In the blink of an eye, Yuuki had been transported to another world and violently thrown out of the portal. He hit his head against something hard, and blacked out.

~*~★~♥~★~*~

"Hmmm...Jizo's been out for too long," Urien muttered. "What's keeping him?"

"I'm not sure, rina...do you wanna find out together?" Netalina suggested.

"Might as well," Smile drawled.

The Yokai had planned on watching a movie together, but for some reason Jizo had been held up. For what reason, they couldn't possibly figure out, seeing as his room was right next to theirs. They flung the door open and saw Jizo sitting on the ground, eyes to the sky...where there were small, frozen flakes falling.

"Dude. What the fuck. Is this snow?" Urien piped up.

"...it's fucking October," Smile groaned. "Why is it snowing?"

"Nevermind that, is Jizo OK?" Netalina walked up to the other Legendary Yokai and shook him gently. "Jizo, are you alright, rina?"

"Kyu?" Jizo turned to face her. It seemed like he had been lost in thought. Humming softly, he turned towards the rest of the group. "I'm sorry...I guess I spaced out."

"Why is it snowing," Urien echoed Smile. "Should we go talk to Doraemon and Nobita?"

"Again...might as well," Smile sighed. He wrapped his long body around Urien to keep him warm. Urien began to walk out, with Netalina following. Smile looked back at Jizo, who hadn't moved. "Hey, Jizo, you alright? We're going inside."

"...oh. Sorry." Jizo slowly caught up to the other Yokai.

[mischiefmakingmuses]

Halloween Costumes!

I don’t really have the motivation to draw, I really want to play Yokai Watch instead, but I’m gonna be doing an event and some of my characters needed visuals for their costumes so here we go.

Netalina: ALT 2.0 (pop’n music) Gambit: Zizz (pop’n music) Gwynneth: Mega Audino (Pokémon) Yuuki: he’s just a vampire cuz he’s dumb Smile: Ittan-Momen (GeGeGe no Kitaro 2018)

And then there’s Urien who’s just

Jizo and Gummie don’t have costumes and this is actually important so.

[mischiefmakingmuses]

Pan de muertos for everyone! Guaranteed to taste good to the dead.

Urien takes one and munches it down. As he does, he starts beaming.

“Waaaah! This is so good!” Urien hands some over to Netalina and Smile. “You gotta try it!”

“Well...OK, rina.” Netalina tentatively takes a bite...then starts beaming as well. “Wo~w! You were right, Uri! This tastes delicious, rina!”

Smile takes a bite, says nothing, and then eats the rest of it whole.

“Can I have a few dozen more loaves here? Hahaha!”

“Can I have a couple more here, too?” Gambit asks. He’s busily snacking away at his pan.

“Mm, try not to eat too much, you two,” Jizo smiles.

“Why not?” Sunny asks, laughing. “Isn’t this also a once-a-year thing, like with Halloween?”

While the group of Yokai and one Persona enjoyed their bread, a certain ice spirit watches them from the side. Urien hops over to Yuuki.

“You’re a spirit, right?” he asks.

“Um...yeah, I guess ya can say that,” Yuuki answers. In response, Urien shoves a pan de muertos into his hands.

“Live a little, then!” the Yokai cries out. Yuuki tilts his head a bit and then takes a bite of the bread. He blushes and hums, taking more bites.

...it was then you realized that there’s a lot of ghosts around here.

[mischiefmakingmuses]

Tawagoto’s Gate: The Disappearance of Tokyo Ghetto

[Here is a fanfic I wrote for all you lovely people, I hope you have an enjoy.]

Chapter 1: The Adventures Of Mumu-chan

In a world where darkness and light intertwined heavily and lovingly, never fully separating from each other and always continuing through existence in their dance of love and death, lived a Girl by the name of Mumu, who was secretly the Moon in a previous life. When Link did not manage to save Termina from Majora's Wrath due to being distracted by a Massive Display of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, 2,400 Doughnuts All Shaped and Flavored Like Several Pokémon, Yokai, and Digimon (As Created For "The Great Mons Game War Against Pretentious Pokémon Fans Who Think Pokémon is the Only Mons Game When in Reality the Megami Tensei Series is the Literal Ur Example of All Mons Games"), all of Termina was banished to The Shadow Realm, but in the middle of The World of Light, and it was here that the Moon took her new form as Mumu-chan.

By Day she was a regular Schoolgirl, and By Night she became The World's Greatest Magical Girl. She was The Only One who could save the town's cats from falling prey to the Evil Tree Organization, who would often capture the poor cats and trap them up on high branches from which they could not leap down from. Every other night, she was visited by her Good Friend Tuxedo Mask...a month ago, Tuxedo Mask had begun to help out a Man from town named Mike Dawson, who was trying to find out what happened to his Totally Not Girlfriend, Rita Scanlon. Even one day, Mike Dawson interrogated Tuxedo Mask.

"Tuxedo Mask, what was YOUR relationship with Rita," asked Mike Dawson.

"My work here is done," Tuxedo Mask declared before being beamed up by his spaceship and transforming into A Whole Chicken In A Can.

It was when Things were beginning to fall apart. At One Point, Mumu-chan saw Nobita and Doraemon at a candy store!!! And she saw Kitaro and Nezumi-Otoko getting ramen at a ramen stall!!! What was going on?!

Chapter 2: Chapter 2

In this hard boiled world there is only one hard boiled detective named Gummie, who was a octopus bat alien thing given form on Jack Box's Drawful 2 one day when the Author wanted to be cute in a Twitch stream they frequented.

With a Large Pretzel Stick in their mouth, Gummie looked over the case files while her dear friend Star Sheep sat in the corner playing Splatoon 2 For The Nintendo Switch™, for the Salmonids were something Star Sheep became really obsessed with because they were Funny Fish and Very Interesting.

"Do you think this is a homicide case?" Gummie asked Star Sheep, pulling the Pretzel Stick out of his mouth and acting as if it were a cigar.

"Sorry, I'm Splet," Star Sheep replied.

"Hmm. That's true," Gummie mused, lifting up her hat to look outside the window. It was a Marvelous Night, but they had not been making much headway on the case so far. Perhaps it was time to get Reinforcements involved. "We don't even have a sus cuz the sec with a mo's got a perf al."

"Eko, You Don't Drink," Star Sheep commented wisely from the corner.

"Shut up, Maya, we're getting burgers," Gummie proclaimed loudly as he put the Pretzel Stick back in their mouth.

Chapter 3: Help Me Dr. Cox

The Next Day Gummie and Star Sheep left to find Reinforcements, first coming by Richard AKA Dr. Dick AKA Dr. Cox because the Author Wanted To Be Meta and The Real Dr. Dick knew Everything that they had planned for the week that had passed.

In front of a Dollar Tree, Gummie and Star Sheep awaited for Richard to show up, playing a bootleg version of Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego? For The Nintendo Switch™ which landed on their doorstep one day. The reality of the situation was that the game functioned almost entirely like the PC version except that The Baron wasn't called Baron Grinnit, but Baron Wasteland Because I Think That Makes More Sense.

"When my mom and I played this game, we really liked Ivan Idea," Gummie admitted.

"How are we even doing this?" Star Sheep asked, without the monotone tone that this fanfic is read in as it's being written Because It's Ironic. It was then that Gummie squinted their eyes at the screen, only for the screen to melt away and turn into The World Ends With You: Final Remix.

"Oh hey, look, it's Neku," Gummie murmured happily. "Y'know, I really love Neku?"

"Yeah, I know," Star Sheep replied. "Comfort character, right?"

"I'm inclined to believe so," Gummie answered as he attempted to play the song Calling which was her favorite song because he first heard it in the DS version in 2012 and it really stuck with them.

It was then that Richard had finally shown up. She looked around with shifty eyes, seeming a bit nervous and unsettled.

"I don't think I'm supposed to be here," Dr. Dick admitted.

"I'm vaguely getting that kind of idea too," Gummie commented. "Anyway, so I heard from my friends Smile, Urien, Netalina, Gambit, and Jizo that their friends Nobita and Doraemon have gone missing, and have no idea where to go to find them."

"Eko?" Star Sheep began, pulling on Gummie's wing. "I'm sorry, but...how do you know about the Yokai?"

Both Richard and Gummie looked at Star Sheep wide eyed, in Gummie's case you couldn't tell very well because they always made it a point to never reveal their eyes.

"Shit. Shit. SHIT. I don't know what's going on." Gummie grabbed the sides of his head in confusion, narrowing their eyes at the ground. "Something's extremely wrong here."

It was then that Kaite20 had suddenly shown up. Yes, her name is actually Kaite20 because she feels the need to constantly append the "20" to her name even when just "Kaite" would suffice.

"Hey, you guys, I found a portal somewhere and it kind of looks like one you might see in Puyo Puyo Puyo Puyo Puyo Puyo Land. Is that...supposed to be normal?"

Gummie stared at Kaite in shock.

"Like hell it is," they responded. "Guys, we're going to the portal. Don't be surprised if we end up having Adventures in Bootleg again."

Chapter 4: Peter Was Not Available So Phoebe And Plumule Are Here

Through the portal, they had reached the home of Mumu-chan, in a place between the Shadow Realm and the World of Light. It wasn't QUITE time to play Lifelight, though.

"This feels more like how in ChalkZone, half of the world was day and half of the world was night," Star Sheep commented. And she was right, as the town was split entirely between night day, right down the middle.

"...this is cool but complicated," stated Dr. Cox.

"Focus guys, I'm inclined to believe that Nobita and Doraemon are here somewhere. I dunno how the FUCK they ended up here, but I imagine that they HAVE to be here," Gummie commented.

"Do you think it's because of...HIM?" Kaite asked.

"Absolutely not, because if anything makes sense in this goddamn world we're trapped in, it's that They Above wouldn't fucking put him in this story. Then again, I have no idea who else it could be."

"You're getting KINDA too meta, now," said Richard. "Sounds like a fanfic."

"It IS a fanfic, Dr. Dick," Gummie responded. "So that means that we'll probably meet the Kitaro Family and Ittan-Momen will be really suave and shit despite not being a major character. Also we now have an autistic girl and her baby bird monster friend on the team because They Above asked a certain someone if they wanted some influence on the story."

"Actually, he's more or less my tulpa." And there was Phoebe, with Plumule right next to her. The tiny bird monster chirped in an affirmative manner.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. It's tulpas all the way down. ANYWAY, you guys, we need to find Nobita and Doraemon. The first step is finding Ittan-Momen flying around because like Hell he won't be here."

As if on cue, a dashing white cloth with beautiful blue eyes flew through the area and down the street.

"Fuckin' typical; OK, let's go." Gummie spread their arms...wings and took to the air, trying his best to keep up with the white cloth. Naturally, being part of the Kitaro Family and being Objectively The Best Kitaro Character In The Universe, at least according to the Author, Ittan-Momen was very fast and hard to keep up with. "Hey, sir, would you mind slowing down? I'll buy you some sweet potato sake if you do."

"Huh, what? Are ya talkin' to me?" Ittan-Momen flipped over in the air to look at Gummie, who wasn't keeping up very well. The cloth stopped and allowed the alien to catch up to him. "Do ya need me for somethin'?"

"First of all, very honored to meet you. Congrats on actually making it into a written work made by my Ghost Writer! They really like your voice and manner of speaking...down to the subtitles that Crunchyroll gives you."

"...Huh...? What...? I don't really understand," Ittan-Momen said. He was blushing though. "Anyway, what do ya need me for?"

"Gonna take a wild guess and say your friend Kitaro is somewhere in the area! Have either of you happened to see a boy in glasses, yellow shirt, black hair, kinda looks like a loser? Or his robot cat friend, no ears, bright smile, red collar with a bell, white belly, a pocket on said belly? I'm inclined to believe that we have a trickster afoot and that those two have been taken here for some reason...as well as you and Kitaro."

"Err..." Ittan-Momen tilted his head slightly to the side. "Yeah, I think so. I'm still not sure I really understand, though..."

"Don't worry about it!" Gummie piped up. "Just let my friends catch up with us and then you can take us to Kitaro, alright?"

"Cotton shochi!"

Chapter 5: When You're Too Afraid To Wake Up

At Ittan-Momen's introduction, the group found Nobita and Doraemon, who were actually having a conversation with GeGeGe no Kitaro himself. While presenting himself politely, it seemed like a lot of the futuristic aspects of Doraemon's existence had confused Kitaro quite a bit. He was just getting used to the fact that people had Smartphones, what was this about a 4th Dimensional Gadget Pocket...?

"Really glad to meet you, Kitaro! Yes, They Above is right, you are definitely Badass Adorable," Gummie gushed.

"Um...thank you," Kitaro replied quietly. "Ittan-Momen, who are...your friends?"

"Don't know. The purple one asked me to bring them to you."

"Sorry, Eko, I'm kindof tuning out here, hahaha. Everything I know about these guys is just what you've told me before..." Star Sheep laughed nervously.

"Trust me, if this got any more out of control, then fucking Ashens would've been mentioned. By the way, he gave the whole chicken in a can a negative review because it just looked like a melted chicken carcass.

"Anyway, Nobita, we've finally found you--and GeGeGe no Kitaro, to boot--at Urien and friends' request, so I'd consider this case closed..." Gummie adjusted her glasses. "...except that someone obviously was behind everyone's displacement, including ours and Kitaro's. So that means the case is still open...until we find the culprit!"

"I thought it was just Ekoro," Nobita replied.

"Ekoro?" Kitaro asked.

"Who's Ekoro?" Richard asked as well, despite the fact that The Real Dr. Dick knew very well who Ekoro was.

"I don't know any Ekoro," Phoebe replied bluntly. Plumule cheeped in agreement.

"I thought you said it couldn't be Ekoro," Kaite responded.

"I did," Gummie said. "So that means that it's someone we don't actually know. Kitaro, do you sense youkai activity?"

"Yes," Kitaro replied without skipping a beat. Gummie's sight wandered to the top of his head, where his ahoge was pointing straight up.

"Well, golly gee, that was fucking easy. Which Youkai of the Week do you think could've possibly done this?"

"I don't know," Kitaro responded. "It's not any youkai I've ever encountered."

"But they're a youkai? And they're close?"

"Yes."

"I wouldn't consider myself a youkai, per say..." came a voice. Everyone looked around, but to no avail. Suddenly, the world fell apart. The group panicked for a second, until the voice came back. "Give it a moment, I'll send you all back home in a second!"

They tried to focus on the source of the voice. It was coming from a definitive direction, but it still seemed like no one was there...

"I'm right here," came the voice again. Everyone looked downwards. In the middle of the group was...something. Almost exclusively what could be made out was a white mask with three heart-shaped holes in it and two horns. The rest of...whatever it was...was completely transparent. Its shaped was also inconceivable, almost as it was hardly there at all.

"The fuck are you, a Phanto?" Gummie asked in a sassy tone.

"Not...really. I'm not a youkai, either. Or a demon. Or really anything...I guess that means I'm...nothing?" It seemed to put a hand over where its chin would be. "It's kind of hard to be here, sorry."

"O...kay...so why did you bring everyone here?"

"Oh! I just wanted to have some fun and let you all construct a silly story in a world of my creation! I hope you enjoyed it! Happy April Fools'!" Nobody seemed impressed. "Aw, c'mon, I can't imagine it was that bad? I understand that all of you enjoy ridiculous humor like this! Not counting Kitaro and friends, of course, because they don't really represent anyone in The Other World, but surely the rest of you found parts of it funny!"

"I'm sorry, who are you?" Dr. Dick asked.

"I don't really know! I would say I'm Nanashi but Kitaro and Ittan-Momen would get mad. But similarly to him, I have no name. No one's given me one, and I might never have one."

"Oh, I know you," Gummie responded, "you're the one They Above have been struggling with for a while; they call you Not Melon."

"Ah, but that's not actually my name. Similarly to how they've called other characters in progress 'Not Ekoro' and the like. I don't have a name yet. But, I do have a birthday! It's today! April 1st is my birthday!"

"I'm inclined to believe that's bullshit because your concept has been floating around for more than a fucking week," Gummie grumbled.

"Well, they didn't make Smile on May 18th, and yet that's his birthday, right? And Urien was conceived sometime in November or December, but his birthday is somewhere in June or July, but it's still not decided because they want a date that would perfectly reflect Urien's personality similar to how it seemed to happen with Smile, right?"

"Wait, Urien's birthday is in June or July?" Nobita asked. "It would've been great to know that last year!"

"Yeah, but the date's still up in the air. Plus, that plot thread was going to be explored with Ekoro, with Star Sheep's Ghost Writer taking the role of Ringo so she and They Above could roleplay some fluffy EkoRin stuff. And then they decided that they didn't want to do anymore, and ran out of time anyway."

"...I think that's beyond even my understanding, Mister...err...what did you say your name was again?" Doraemon asked, tilting his head.

"Ah, well...firstly, I'm not a mister...and secondly...I don't have one. However, my birthday being today was inspired by Subeta's Elwood's birthday being today, and that Elwood's Pizza is in between time and space, kinda like me! Ultimately They Above decided they actually wanted to go down this route for me!"

"...OK." Both Nobita and Doraemon had given up at this point.

"Actually!" they piped up, clapping their hands together...or something? They were so intangible it wasn't really clear. "They Above decided to plan all this out as a way to introduce me, even though I kind of don't fully exist yet! That's part of the reason why you can't really tell what I look like...the only thing confirmed is my mask, you see?

"Anyway, that means that you, I, and the Yokai might all meet up sometime soon, in another universe! Exciting right? I'm really looking forward to it!"

"Did you understand any of that, Kitaro-san?" Ittan-Momen asked.

"No," Kitaro answered bluntly.

"It's OK, you aren't really involved. They Above are just such a huge fan of you guys that they wanted to include you. Anyway...as much as I'd love to stay and chat with you all, it's time for you guys to go back, and for this story to come to a close.

"It was really nice meeting you all! Especially because...I don't really have any friends yet! But, again, I hope you all enjoyed your time here, and I'm looking forward to meeting you all again! I'm not sure when or where, but it'll definitely happen!"

And all will fade to black.

Chapter 6: Home At Last

Gummie awoke with a start. Apparently they had fallen asleep on their desk. Star Sheep was in the corner, playing Splatoon 2 For The Nintendo Switch™.

"Star Sheep, what the hell happened last night?"

"I'm not really sure, but I had a really crazy dream where we went to solve a case...something about two people going missing? And then Kitaro was there?"

"Kitaro? You mean like GeGeGe no Kitaro Kitaro?"

"Yeah. Also there was that guy, there was that guy you like."

"Ittan-Momen?"

"Yeah."

"Fuck yes. I had the same dream too. Ittan-Momen was fucking incredible." Star Sheep turned to her friend's general direction and gave him a warm smile.

"Glad you liked it."

At the end of the day, much fun was had...and also Nezumi-Otoko Is Still Underground.

Thank you to @astarrymusenight, @jellipuddi, @robocatandboy, @timeandspaceandmagic, and my Twitter friend Peter Puzzling for letting me use your characters/personas!

[mischiefmakingmuses]

Announcement (again?!)

OK, so some of you may already know that Ekoro won’t be coming back to the blog. I had ideas that came with him coming back, and while I still want to do those ideas, I don’t have a strong enough muse for Ekoro to execute them.

With me recently coming out with my persona, and having some thoughts of their role in a comic I wish to make in the future, I’ve decided to have my persona and OC!Urien work together to escape the Bad Vitiu Timeline.

Now, I know that RPing as yourself is kind of an iffy thing here on tumblr dot com. But I want to say that, aside from having some identical general thoughts and feelings as I do, Persona!Gummie will not be sharing my general knowledge. So they won’t know what a Yokai is, they won’t know who anyone outside of Vitiu is, they won’t break the fourth wall more than any of my other muses do, and so on. They’ll more or less be closer to an OC that shares a name with me than a self-insert.

If you have a problem with it anyway, you don’t have to RP with them. Simple as that.

[mischiefmakingmuses]

Bewitching Hour

@robocatandboy

The Yokai showed up at Nobita’s doorstep, all wearing their Tanuki Leaves and being in disguise. On this particular night, they could actually be seen without their disguises or a Yokai Watch...but seeing as three of them didn’t have legs, they felt it best for them to go in disguise.

...except for Urien.

“Uri, you should really put your disguise on,” Netalina said, crossing her arms.

“I don’t have to, because I’m the one that can pass off most as a human!” the alien Yokai boasted.

“Well, since none of our disguises really look like costumes, maybe you should. Otherwise you stick out like a sore thumb.” Smile crossed his arms and glared at Urien.

“Says the one that looks like he came from Feudal Japan!” Urien snapped. There they go, they’re bickering again.

“Is there really any problem with just doing it?” Gambit asked, averting his gaze to the side.

“Says! The one! That looks like he could be dressed up like a devil!”

Meanwhile, as the other four bickered, Jizo sighed and pressed the doorbell.

“Jizo, what the hell, we’re still settling this!”

“We’re going to be late...if anything, just ask Nobita and Doraemon for their opinions...”

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Poison-and-Cure Gambit

@robocatandboy

Upon hearing Gambit’s scream, Netalina and Urien quickly ran down the stairs to see Jizo floating at the entrance. As they came up to them, he turned slowly.

“Was that Gambit?” Urien asked. Jizo simply looked at them sadly. The alien Yokai exhaled. “What do we do, Nettles?”

“Call Nobita and Doraemon, rina? We don’t know what happened, so perhaps it’d be best if we had all the help we could get, rina...”

“I assume he ran back home, kyuu...if you’re going to get the others, I’ll try to catch up with Smile, kyuu...” Jizo turned and shuffled outside. Giving him the time to go to Springdale, the duo then followed up by going to Nobita’s house.

Upon arrival, Netalina immediately began screaming.

“Nobita, we have an emergency, come with us, NOW, RINA!”

[failians]

I haven’t updated in a while, and I actually haven’t drawn much Yokai Watch...instead opting to draw my original characters based on my Yokai fan characters.

Here’s Urien! His design has somehow stayed very consistent for the last year or so. My story got revamped like five thousand times while Urien has continued to stay the same. Anyway, his colors are mostly based on shiny Elgyem. He’s still an alien that’s a mix between octopuses, squids, and jellyfish.

I seriously cannot believe he’s stayed pretty much the same for so long. ._.

[mischiefmakingmuses]

Year’s First Announcement

What’s up, geoducks, I have decided that I’m going to add a new character to the blog. For the record, this isn’t me reannouncing that I’m going to bring Ekoro back. That idea is already underway and he’ll be back more or less after a particular thread has ended.

No, instead, I’m going to be adding a brand new Yokai! Some of you might know about my newest Ittangomen FC, Bandit, and the rest of his teammates who perform duties that you’d find in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (and beyond to an extent). I am pleased to announce that...this isn’t about them.

Gotcha! ♥

But I do plan on adding a new Yokai muse, one who is probably only known by a few of my friends across the net but not many of you here on tumblr. And the reason why is because, they will not be introduced with an RP event. While I’m debating on whether or not there even WILL be an RP pertaining to them before they’re properly integrated into the blog, I’m convinced that a small fanfic would prove to be better, perhaps provided with a few pictures in between every few paragraphs.

Now, I have almost everything set up in regards to the story I wish to tell: it will involve Urien and friends visiting Springdale and exploring the area. These visits, although I’ve never brought attention to them, have indeed been happening. The one that most of you may know is the one in To the Park, where Smile headed off to find Amida Paradise before being captured by Jizo. So, on a little visit to Springdale to have a romp around the town, I will introduce a new character.

Additionally, there might be a few familiar faces cameoing if you’ve ever seen my updates regarding my team in Yokai Watch 2, mainly because, yes, I have indeed imagined the Yokai Squad interacting with one or two of them. Chances are that I might add them as muses too, if there’s any interest.

Anyway, around this time is where I will try to write out the story and do a few traditional doodles to go along with it, so be sure to look out for it when it comes out. For the record, it shall be called Trouble Magnet Gambit.

I hope you all enjoy it once it’s out! Peace!

[mischiefmakingmuses]

Announcement...?

Alright, today feels like a day that I should take to get stuff done, whether it be in Pokémon, Ever Oasis, Dragon Quest Builders, on here, or in terms of art. In terms of what I can do on my blog here, I can continue to update and change my pages, however...there’s a slight issue.

In November or December of 2015, I introduced Urien as a new muse alongside Ekoro. Around Christmas, I introduced his friends Netalina and Smile as muses as well, and I’ve continuously added more Yokai as muses.

During this time, my Ekoro muse began to die out. It’s been about two years since I’ve had a solid urge to RP him, as every time I suddenly want to bring him back, I don’t act upon it in time and my struggling muse dies out.

I think I should stop trying to bring Ekoro back because my muse for him is in a very unhealthy state. However, maybe I’ll try and make a Strawpoll and you guys can tell me if you really want him back.

Otherwise, nothing regarding Ekoro will change from how it is now, except anything pertaining to him in terms of bios will be removed. This does not include previous threads with him.

So...I guess hit me up if you want me to make a poll? Or if you have any other suggestions, you can tell me that too.

I’ll try and be productive elsewhere until a decisive answer has been made.

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still a very fresh thread but the thought of Urien interacting with Lucas is really interesting to me because of the INTERPLANETARY VISITOR DUDE memes that will most definitely come the thought of a spirit interacting with Lucas and telling him about more spiritual-oriented things than things like chimeras and technology vs nature is...interesting?

before the Pigmasks invade, youkai and yuurei feel like a thing that could be a thing in the Nowhere Islands (although they more or less have regular ghosts; see: Osohe Castle) since that’s something that feels...natural? in a sense?

even if Springdale’s Yokai work infinitely differently than real world youkai (for the most part; see: Classic Yokai) it just feels interesting.

I’m sure I misunderstood the context of Lucas’ response to Urien but having him talk about fox weddings to Lucas feels like he’s teaching him some tradition from Springdale (and more so Japan, since in the original version of Yokai Watch they’re straight up in Japan and Japanese customs are abundant; meanwhile MOTHER takes place in a place that’s roughly closer to America, even the Nowhere Islands to an extent [and maybe partially Europe due to what language The Notebook is in])

I’M PROBABLY RAMBLING AND NOT MAKING MUCH SENSE, I JUST KIND OF LIKE THE FEEL OF THIS THREAD? EVEN THOUGH I MORE THAN LIKELY MISUNDERSTOOD LUCAS’ WORDS?

Urien is, first and foremost, a memer and an alien, rather than a Japanese spirit. So seeing him educate a human on Japanese traditions/legends/folklore/beliefs feels very interesting?