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chaetae:

They give Squilliam Fancyson over here quite the same look. If he wants to come into their house, break their (admittedly quite shitty) pottery, and then look at them like they’re some sort of gross bug and nothing else, he is absolutely getting the stink eye. All eight of them. With a loud TKTKTKTKTKKT noise, they scutter the rest of their huge ass into the hallway, wrapping themself up like a massive, armor-plated snake. They make it a point to yawn exaggeratedly, mouth splitting all the way down their neck, huge, sharp jaws very clearly twitching in their throat. Wanna get gross, bub? They’ll show ya gross. They mumble an only half-serious “oh, excuse me” after their face returns to normal. They turn back to the Large One, a friendly smile on their face.

“Yes! Of course, I wasn’t always this way, but things change, as they often do, you know.” They tilt their head, about to say something, when the purple one interrupts. They pause, looking over at him. The stink eye has returned. They also have a bit of a British accent, but it’s faded, as the majority of their time has not been spent back in England.

“Piece of work, huh?” They click their tongue. “At least I don’t look and sound like an extra in a cheesy period piece, ‘eh, guvna’?” They turn their head back. “Ah, sorry, excuse my rudeness. I don’t particularly enjoy being looked down upon in my own house.” They briefly glare over at Yankee Candle before continuing. “Like I said, I’m not sure how, but you’ve landed in what’s pretty much my house. Our house, really, I live here with my boyfriend.” They frown, scratching their head with an antenna. “Spacetime issues, huh…? Well, color me curious. I mean, there’s not much that I know about that, to be honest…I’m just a simple bug doctor, after all, not any sort of quantum physicist, really–” They pause, antennae wiggling. “Oh! I nearly forgot to introduce myself. The name’s Shilog, but do call me Shi. How about you, what’s yours?”

Brenton looks pretty damn taken aback by the horror mouth, flinching a little. Well, that was both unexpected and horrifying. Somehow, the far larger one seems to not even bat an eye at this creepy gesture. Actually, he’s pretty damn smiley.

“Ohhh! Things change all the time...! Like, uh-- look!” Grinning ear to ear, Clarence lowers his head a little, running a free hand atop his head. Soon enough; long, wiry grey points start growing forwards through their hair, with feathered tips. They grow longer, before hooking backwards at a sharp joint, making some vaugely cockroach-esk feelers. “See? It Changed!”

Brenton seems annoyed by this Weirdo Party, scowling the whole time. But then the insults get thrown back at him, and practically steps back from shock. How Dare. Clarence just seems lost in whatever salt fest is going on, frowning as he looks back and forth between the two. “--mmmmm... I’m Clarence... This is Brenny. I don’t know anything about a quatro physics or anything... I don’t really know much about anything, really.”

#wheezes #here is th reply

chaetae:

They aren’t so much a nightmare as they are a dissheveled and kind of sleepy-looking insectoid college student, down to the oversized and kind of dingy Mothra shirt and messy bun. They are VERY LARGE, and their tail wraps around the corner. The short one doesn’t seem so pleased to see them, and they shrug it off. Eh, whatever, he’s probably scared of bugs or something. The big one doesn’t seem half as bothered, though, and they’re almost shocked over the fact that he seems to have three arms, but, well, they’ve seen worse, and a New Friend is never a bad thing. They smile at him, and look back over his shoulder, smiling at the small one also, but, y’know, no hands.

“Hey, ah, sorry if I startled you guys while I was walking over. I don’t exactly sound like anything normal anymore, after all.” They chuckle, antennae bobbling. “Anyways, couldn’t help but overhear, but are you guys lost? I mean, I’m not sure how you got in, the door’s closed, and it’s an awfully big door.”

Brenton squints with his one visible eye at Shi’s... lower half, seeming to be in a mixed state of confusion, distress, and mild revulsion. Admittedly, it’s not too surprising coming from someone who both smells like a candle obsessed old lady and looks like one hell of a dandy. They’re probably grossed out by the sheer concept of insects. Either way, he makes no motion to get from behind his larger ‘friend’.

“Aaah! You have buggy parts too!” Clarence practically blurts out, taking his hands back out of the handshake in order to run his fingers through his mop of curly hair. “Lost? Well, we sorta... just showed up here?? We don’t know where we are at all!”

The petite one butts in, seeming a little bitter in tone, and having one hell of a dated, slightly cornish accent, “ ’E does this all the time, y’know? ‘E says ‘e’s ‘eaded one place but then ‘e takes me some fucked up place. I don’ even know if this is the same dimension as the one we’re from.” He sighs, exasperated. “Ya’ wouldn’ mind tellin’ us where we are, would ya, you piece of work, you?”

#//ngl im not sure but i think cornish is the closest #cornish or cockney??#idk

chaetae:

Huh. Two people, maybe? Weird. How’d they even get in? Shi walks down the hallway, a box of pins still in their hand. Their legs make a lot of tick-tick-tick noises on the tile, sounding like someone drumming their fingers, if that person had about forty fingers and very long nails.

…Why the hell does the entire hall smell like a Yankee Candle shop all of the sudden?

They reach the turn in the hallway, slowly peeking around the corner at the, uh…kids? They want to say kids, but, well, one of them must’ve had a hell of a growth spurt somewhere along the line. Now it REALLY smells like a particularly perfumed corner of a Bed Bath and Beyond. Their antennae wiggle, sort of confusedly. They’re at a bit of a loss.

“Uh…hi?”

Brenton freezes, snapping his head towards the approaching sounds, feeling oddly threatened by whatever it is. The thing approaching honestly sounds like some sort of nightmare, and he makes quick work to move behind Clarence; who of course, doesn’t even notice the noise.

“Why should I shh? I thought we were gonna ask someone where we are--”

“Shhhh, Clarence! Jesus christ-- Wha’ did I just fuckin’ say?”

As Shilog approaches, the two freeze in place, but for seemingly entirely different reasons. Brenton looks positively appalled, where as Clarence seems to be absolutely brimming with joy and/or excitement. Soon enough, much to Bren’s regret, the tall one bolts over to Shi, almost immediately removing the box from their hands with one hand, while shaking both their hands with the other two. It was three arms, right?

“Hello! Hi there!!”

chaetae:

They were in the middle of pinning some of their extensive backlog of dead bugs, when they hear a loud noise from outside. Huh? Shep might have knocked something with his tail. Hm…there was a yell, too, but that doesn’t sound like Shep. They put down the big blue weevil they were working on, and skitter out into the hallway. They are in their pajamas and they look an absolute mess.

“…Hellooooo…?”

This happened very rarely, these days. Clarence used to be prone to randomly teleporting, but he was pretty good at going back to where he was as soon as he got somewhere weird. Sometimes it led to uncomfortable situations. These days, though, he’s had it under wraps. Today, though. He didn’t know where he was, not even in the slightest, and of course, this time, he brought someone with him.

“God dam’ it, Clarence! Look what ya’ did! Ya’ broke the god dam’ thin’! Where even are we?”

“I don’t know! Maybe we could ask someone--”

“Shh shh... someone’s comin’...”

#HELL

chaetae

Out of nowhere, a horrible, noisy clatter echoes through the halls. Something, appears to have knocked over something else. Following the sound of shattering, it may have been a vase or pot that crashed to the ground. A faint yell also is made, marking something alive causing the noise.

#whoops

kingbydivineright

#BIRDIES!!#gif warning

glitchnews

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#Dolphins!!

chromo-valdez

Circuit Board (Remix)

#mm... don't be so mean...#epilepsy/#epilepsy

bidoof

recently i learned that crows and ravens have a baffling habit of sneaking up on other animals and pulling on their tails

the behavior seems to be relatively universal among various species of crows and ravens across the world

they seem to do it with anything they can find that has a tail, ranging from something as small and harmless as squirrels to something as large and deadly as eagles

i have absolutely no idea what their motives are, other than to be mischievous and cute

#Theyre just having fun!