>:3

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A few hours had passed since he ‘woke’ up, he needed that time to, come to terms with what had happened.

With what he did.

His team was fine, he knew that, but the fact he had done that without a thought or care…

He was just glad he was away from them.

Koki had been the first to notice his return, the others were filling their stomachs with some food someone had found, not meat this time, just wild fruits and vegetables.

He could see them speaking, but not hear them, his ears had yet to stop ringing, not once since he woke, not once as he cleaned the dried stuff off.

He paced over to aviva’s side, who pushed over some fruit to him, he couldn’t care less, with what he just did he wouldn’t be able to stomach it, it like his earlier ‘meal’ would just come back up.

He nudged it away, faming some excuse not to eat it “not hungry” or something like that.

He was, but he couldn’t eat, he wouldn’t eat, it wasn’t worth it.

They needed out of the suits and soon.

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Short little post continuing the last one!

Bye for now everyone!

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As a 5th-Semester Animation Student, I am surprised at how little I actually yell about the animation of this Show.

You guys-

You guys have no idea the actual genius of 9 Story Entertainment and BrownBag Films (The Production and Animation Studio for the Wild Kratts Episodes)

First of all. This is not traditional 2D animation.

This is Cut-Out Animation, also known as 2D Rigged Animation or Puppet Animation. Other shows you might be familiar with that use this technique are Bluey, Hilda, Rick and Morty, or the Big Hero 6 TV Show. There are more but these came to my mind first.

Cut Out Animation can be very limiting, because you work with 2D sprites in a 3D environment almost. The Tech Artists, sometimes called Character Builders, are the ones that take the design of the characters and creatures and build a 2D skeleton of sorts, putting bones inside of the png drawing and allowing it to move. It might sound easy, but trust me when I say it is a tiring process and the node-view is horrifying, haha.

I don't know if people would care for an actual deep-dive into the animation of the show, because believe me, I can talk a lot about it, as someone who is familiar with the animation technique, the technical/character building aspects of it, as well as someone who has actually access to the Software the Animation Studio is using to make these episodes (I kid you not when I say that I am in possession off all the tools to make my own Wild Kratts episode, minus the backgrounds because I hate doing those)

For those that care, THIS is what the animator sees before the episode gets finished, lol

Say hi to "Chad", he was part of the Shortfilm I made with some others in my third Semester at uni.

The purple plots are controllers with which you move the character around.

The green lines and dots are deformers which make the character able to bend and stretch.

Also, the thing in the right window is the beloved node view, or at least a small aspect of it. All these small squares have meaning and I won't even try to explain

While Cut Out Animation isn't my strong suit (Traditional 2D and 3D animation is) I would still be down to talk more about it if anyone cares to listen, lol. Even beyond the software capabilities, the show is actually very interesting to look at from a production standpoint and I would love to just talk more about the animation in general because let me tell you, it is much better than people give it credit for!

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I’d love to learn how to actually do these types of animations, but I don’t have the tools or resources to even begin learning.

Still, it was interesting to learn or at least get a basic understanding about how it works, so thank you!

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Borrower AU! Martin and Chris as little borrowers (that I always decide are mouse-like) who live in the Tortuga and borrow the others' stuff to make clothes and tools etc.

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Toe beans

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Blood and implications of red rum

Play the video at your own time

Uh oh, seems someone got hungry, I wonder what happened?

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Okay so, ‘loss of humanity’ won the poll and I have decided three things will trigger this ‘animal frenzy’.

Hunger, great anger and great fear.

Also the crew are all fine and well, no human was harmed in this scene or any prior to their meet up.

Asks are always open and welcome.

Anyways that’s all for now everyone!

Bye for now!

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The group stopping for a drink and a small break. Something seems wrong with Martin, what could it be?

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Loss of control won the last poll! So the team are in a race against time to find the Tortuga before they loose themselves completely!

That’s all for now, remember ask blog is still open and I’ll be sure to post soon!

Bye for now everyone!

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So I was thinking about the main form of conflict. What(other than the transformation and Tortuga which while urgent, doesn’t give them much sense of rush or urgency) could make the situation more dire?

I have come up with a few options.

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Option A- loss of humanity

The extended use of the suit is causing the team to become more animalistic in behaviour. The amount of time before these behaviours begin could be dependent on a number of things.

Who transformed first

Who has the most conflicting creatures

Who has the weakest will power

Etc

This could create the need to rush before they all loose themselves or worse, they hurt each other.

However this could be difficult to determine how each individual would behave in these moments due to the multitude of creatures. While this could be a further conflict with the unstable behaviour, it would also be difficult to write with my skill level.

Option B- hunters.

An Apex hunter learns about these ‘unique beasts’ and know they could fetch him some high money, dead or alive. This person would chase the team tirelessly in an attempt to be the one to capture them.

This will create an urgency with a constant looming threat, at any point the team could be captured by this person and gods know what could happen to them.

The issue with this option is that I would have to create an entirely new character, and depending on how this story goes, that includes backstory, beliefs and other details that may have no relevance. This would delay any story creation or responses to asks for a period of time.

Option C- Kratt villains

The normal Kratt villains find out about the Kratts team and decide to take advantage of their situation. This may be them using the Kratts for their goals, or attempting their schemes without interruption.

This not only creates a conflict, but could also create an easy method to give the kratts access to the tortuga some time down the line .

However, I must admit that my ability to keep characters close to their cannon selves is not my strong suit. I often get distracted with trying to get to a point without thinking how the characters would truly act.

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So yeh, these are the choices, which do you guys like? I tried to give each a rough idea on how it go, what it could cause and a reason against that idea.

I could do all the above but I’m not too sure, for now let’s pick one or two and I may revisit the other ideas later.

Which conflict should I use?

Option A- loss of humanity

Option B- hunters

Option C- Kratt villains

Voting ended onJan 10, 2025

Pick whichever you like, each would be a fun route to visit and follow and like I said, I may visit the others later. Or even maybe sort them into chapters? We will see.

For now, bye guys, girls and unidentified squirrels! Happy new years!

Take a dancing Martin while you wait for the next post!

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White spots danced across the darkening sky. Winter had come.

The team had traveled north, none truly knew where they were going. They were at this point wandering, hoping to find someone who could help them, or some sign of Zach, a sign of their Tortuga.

Before the snow fell the team’s two un-furred members, Chris and jimmy , already felt it. They could feel the frost against their ‘skin’, by all accounts, two of the three creatures that made chris’s suit were built for cold, but not wind and not when he lacked the necessary fat to protect him from said wind, Jimmy didn’t have that luxury.

The others had done their best to keep the two warm, using their own coats to protect the two from what cold they could.

So when the snow came, it didn’t get any better for the two.

Aviva used her long tail to shelter the two who rode on Martin’s back. They had grown too cold to walk, and as the days stretched on, both grew tired.

It wasn’t as concerning on Jimmy’s account, two of the creatures that made his suit bromate.

Non did for Chris.

That night the team sheltered behind some large rocks, blocking the wind to the best of their ability. Chris and Jimmy were nestled between Martin and Aviva, Koki was using her ruffled feathers to blanket the two.

“You two doing alright?” Martin asked, watching yawns escaping both of them. A small pile of wood a lit nearby to add some extra warmth.

“Y-eh, just sleepy” Jimmy stretched, Chris barely responded, only a sleepy gaze and a rumbling hum.

A silent unease hung over the group, worry for their two friends. They had tried to stay away from the colder climates once they noted how it affected their friends, but this snow had snuck up on them. It was so easy to forget how such a beautiful and interesting phenomenon could influence those unprepared for it.

When night turned to day and the sun warmed the world if only a bit, the crew arose to children’s cheers. Chris and Jimmy were still fighting off their winters sleep, so they were hoisted onto Martin once more.

Indeed children played and cheered, all being bundled up all nice and warm. They were showing off and playing with gifts they had received overnight to their friends. Wishing each and every person a merry Christmas as they traveled.

It was Christmas already?

No matter, the group needed to move, find something or someone they could recognise. Or at least move to warmer climates.

When dawn turned to dusk once more, the group finally rested.

Each and every person wished eachother a silent merry Christmas before letting slumber take them.

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Merry Christmas everyone! And if you don’t celebrate Christmas, happy holidays!

Ask blog is open and waiting for your questions!

Other than that, enjoy yourselves and wish you all well in the new year if I don’t post!

Bye for now everyone!

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That’s right everyone!

I’m officially making the next part of the story into an ask blog!

The way I imagine you all can input asks is with the creature pod they ‘borrowed’ a while ago. Feel free to ask whatever, within reason of course.

The team can’t wait to hear from you!

Bye for now everyone!

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Their plan was flawless and totally not rushed in any way.

What was that plan?

Martin would distract the poachers, which he had apparently already fought with prior? While Chris would use his makeshift lock pick (a splinter) to open whatever was locking their team up.

How could it go wrong?

Chris wiggled over to the cages, taking advantage of his green colour and small size to stay relatively hidden from sight. It was slow and painful, rough rocky ground on skin built for the water. He snaked his body towards his friends, who were trapped in cages. Simple and easy to pick.

He just needed to wait for the signal.

A low and dangerous growl rang out, alerting all ears.

Off we go.

He snaked up the bars of the cage, reaching the lock, he begun to pick it.

“Chris!” Aviva was the first to turn her head away from his brother’s distraction.

“Shhh, don’t want to alert the poachers!” He hissed, a small smile on his face as he observed the others to be fine before continuing to pick the lock.

“We are so glad to see you dude!” Jimmy spoke in a hushed voice.

“Me too guys, glad they didn’t do nothing to you.”

“How did you find us?” Koki stood up, asking him in confusion.

“Had a bit of help.” He gestured to where his brother was dashing around the camp, destroying their weapons and opening any cages with wild animals.

His bother who was dashing and bouncing, flapping his wings every so often to leap over any obstacle. His bother who was dashing and moving with only the flexibility a feline could muster.

“Martin?” Aviva asked for confirmation.

“Yes, my blue brother found me just before another predator did, and is currently distracting those poachers while I free you!” A grumble escaped the man. “If only I could unlock this cage…”

Just as he spoke his splinters broke in half, causing a hiss sound as with what force he could manage, he slammed the lock with his body, causing it to unlock.

“You have got to be kidding me.”

“We can worry about that later!” Aviva slammed the door open, grabbing onto Chris with her antlers, allowing Jimmy onto her back.

“Martin, time to go!” Chris’s voice boomed out, alerting not just Martin, but the poachers as well.

“Go on ahead, I’m right behind you!” Martin called back.

With that Aviva was dashing off, or trying to with an injured leg, Koki flying behind her. They ran for some time, not quite comfortable to risk being anywhere near the camp. They only stopped once they reached a clearing a good distance away.

From the distance they heard the sounds of shooting and what they could only guess to be Martin’s roars.

“Now I understand why you avoided boats man, that was scary!” Jimmy had panted as though he had been the one running, his comment directed to Chris.

“When this is all over, remind me to smack some sense into Zach.” Koki panted, landing right next to Aviva, who had collapsed not long after.

Chris looked in the direction they had just run from, waiting patiently for their last teammate.

“Did Martin see which direction we ran in?” Koki asked, hoping someone saw if he did.

“Didn’t see if he did.” Jimmy stated.

“I think he was too busy with the poachers.” Aviva followed up, still out of breath.

“Does this mean we need to find him again?” Jimmy panicked.

“Take it easy guys, we just need to wait for…” Chris calmed the others before a flare like fire was shot into the air. “There! I would recommend covering your ears”

That was the only warning they got before Chris let out an ear piercing screech sound, how did such a small form made a sound that big?

An echoing roar followed, not quite as loud. Following that was the flapping of wings, growing louder and louder till a shaking form flew over them, and subsequently crashed into the clearing. There was a dust cloud that formed with the impact, and it cleared to reveal Martin, with several tranquilliser darts stabbing past the protective suits and into him.

The group surrounded their friend, who was officially knocked out. Aviva carried him on her back, Koki and Jimmy helped push him up. Koki carried Chris, keeping Martin in his sight. Jimmy waddled next to Aviva.

The group slowly reentered the forest, searching for a safe place to rest up till their friend awoke.

Tada! I animated the man we have seen the least of running! Just for this moment! Apologies it took so long and the animation is a bit janky.

This is the end of the opening to the story. Every character has transformed and reunited with each-other, so I feel this is the perfect place to end the opening.

Not the end of the whole story for obvious reasons! But it will be a bit different from here.

That shall be announced in the next post!

Bye for now everyone!

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Their luck had run out, but how do you may ask?

Let us see.

Their journey had seemed normal, easy even compared to how it had been before. Chris was ecstatic to see land and all its wonders after possible weeks, enraptured by the creatures he had so missed, and thanks to those animals, the team established that they were in India. Koki and Jimmy were keeping an eye around them, collecting food while hoping to stumble upon the last Kratt . As for Aviva, she had carried Chris for the journey, listening to his eager rants and keeping an eye out for even a sign of their missing friend. As the day turned to two, to three, to five, to seven, and so on, did they grow more worried.

Not a sign of the blond, though what could they expect? India was a large aria to find one person, and the crew weren’t even sure if Martin was in india. Yet they continued to search, hoping, no, wishing to find even a hint of the man. A hint that told them he was alive and well.

It was a day like any other, they had been searching for their friend. Only for it to seem like their luck had completely run dry.

Aviva and Chris were walking as they had for several over a week now, Koki and Jimmy up ahead. Chris had rambled on about a sloth bear they had passed not too long ago. Aviva was lost in her head and wandering without any attention to her surroundings.

She didn’t see the bear trap.



Her foot stomped right into it.

It snapped shut on her leg.

She screamed in pain.

The next moments happened so fast. Jimmy and Koki raced back to the two, Chris had been flung off Aviva’s back and into some bushes nearby. Before anyone could check on him, darts were shot into the trio’s neck, and the world faded to black for the three.

For Chris it was a different sight, his friends had been darted and knocked out by what seemed to be poachers, and taken away. They hadn’t noticed him which was both a good thing and bad thing.

Good because he could try and get help, but bad because he was basically a fish out of water. How could he help like this?

He began to panic. Wondering just what to do and begging for some help, somehow. His thoughts were interrupted by the ground vibrating.

Did a predator find him?

Was this his end?

His breathing quickened, his eyes watered, he shrunk in on himself. Was it his own thoughts, or were they influenced by the creature power suit? Maybe it was his small size? Or maybe even a mix of it all? He didn’t care to think about that right now. He just wanted his brother, no matter how childish it sounded. He needed Martin.

“Martin!” He screamed in desperation, calling for his brother.

The vibrations of footsteps halted, whatever it was probably searching for him. But he didn’t care.

Not for the pain his body felt from being flung.

Not for his weakening vision due to the tears building up.

Not for the predator that could be near by.

Not for the possibility for the hunters to return.

He just wanted Martin. He needed help.

“Martin!” He screamed bloody murder, which seemed to echo louder than he should feasibly be able to produce. Yet he still couldn’t care.

He could hear a quiet step as something approached him, off in the distance he heard a thump and something rapidly running to him.

He couldn’t care.

He needed Martin.

“Martin!” Like a broken record player, his voice boomed as though it had come from a concert speaker, no something even louder.

Something from behind him pounced at his hiding spot, only for another creature to attack it. He turned to the two creatures, which he struggled to see with his watery vision.

One turned out to be a leopard, and adolescent male leopard looking for a meal. The other he couldn’t tell, it seemed to be a tiger, only its back was covered in scales, and it had wings, that’s not even mentioning its blue colour. Chris knew a lot about animals, and he knew no furry animal was blue.

The two fought viciously, was it a fight for territory, or were they fighting for the prey? Chris begged it to not be the latter . He didn’t want to be food, but with his fins that were not built for land, he knew he couldn’t get away quick enough.

It didn’t take long for the fight to end, the blue tiger won. The leopard had backed down. The creature turned to his hiding spot, huffing with a tired pant from the fight. Its fur was roughed up and its body scratched up, but that’s not what drew Chris in with such familiarity. Chris was drawn in by those blue eyes, the ones he knew too well. The ones he had so desperately called for.

“Chris?” The creat- no his brother panted, stalking closer. “You there?”

“Martin!” He cheered, doing his best to escape the bushes and jump towards his saviour. “I am so glad to see you!”

“Me too bro, I see I wasn’t the only malfunction.” Martin crouched down to better see his green brother.

“Yep everyone is trapped by a malfunction.” Chris responds, edging closer to Martin and out of the bush.

“The others are here too? Where?” He looked around. “And how have I not found any of you until now?”

“Well, the others were actually in America, I was in the ocean, when I found them, they knew you were here through a creature pod, I swam them over.” He absentmindedly explained before he recalled what happened to the others. “Wait! The others, we need to save them!”

“Calm down dude, you need to explain what happened.” He tried to calm his panicking brother. “What happened to the others?”

It came out as quick as thunder, he rushed through the occurrence and how they were possibly in danger.

Martin quickly scooped Chris up and dashed in the direction Chris said they went, worried for his friends safety.

They dashed back into the shrubbery, to save the others.



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It had taken days to reach Asia, but the group had finally reached land. The journey had not been easy, especially whenever they saw any kind of boat. Anytime they did, Chris would dash under the surface no warning, and only reemerge when they had long passed it.

Land was a welcome discovery, a sandy shore waiting for the eager passengers. Yet only three of them bounced onto the solid ground. Chris couldn’t, he was far too big, far to aquatically built to. No one had planned on what they would do once they reached land.

It was then when Aviva recalled something.

“The miniaturiser!” She exclaimed, searching through her suit for it. “I managed to grab it before the zachbots threw me off the Tortuga.”

“Aviva for the win!” Jimmy cheers.

Once the familiar light vanished, shrinking Chris, and he was comfortably placed on Aviva’s back, they were off. Into the deep jungle that housed their friend, somewhere.

They just hoped what little luck they did have had yet to run out.

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It had been a tiring few days for the group. Two of the three had had malfunctions of their suits and with no way to fix it, were stuck.

There was Jimmy the ten? Yeh ten, ten legged lizard, and Koki the scaly chicken with bat wings. That left Aviva to be the one in charge, and the only one with pose able thumbs. They were trying to find a creature pod, maybe one they could borrow from one of the Kratt children. If only they could find some human life, it felt like they were wandering in circles.

Their first sign of humanity had been a lone cabin in the middle of a maple forest. Koki pointed out how it reminded her of Nolan’s grandpa’s cabin, they had apparently called him once while he was there. Maybe if they were lucky…

No dice, no one was home, but the creature pod was, perfect! Jimmy could grab it and they could use it to find the bros and then the Tortuga. Aviva dreaded to imagine what Zach had done to it.

When Aviva did get her hands on it, she was filled with dread. Martin’s marker was working normally, he seemed to be in Asia, while they were in America. No that’s not what concerned her.

It was the lack of a marker for Chris, no marker, no idea where that Kratt brother is. Maybe they were lucky and the bros were together. They hadn’t had any luck like that in a while.

“Come on guys, let’s find a way to Asia…” Aviva commented, her two companions following her wordlessly.

No one dared utter out their fear, that the green Kratt was not with the blue. And if he wasn’t.

Then where was he?

The journey to the shore again had been tiring. About half way though was when the third Kratt team member had her malfunction.

They had been walking like normal, as they had been for several days, following the borrowed creature pod. They would need to apologise to Nolan when they were done with it. A growl had blocked their path, the growl of a mountain lion. And the lion was hungry.

It didn’t aim for Aviva, but did swat her away, nocking her face first into a tree. She became disoriented, but heard an all too familiar voice.

“No data found, no disk found, activating previous transformations”

Her body began to glow and shift, but she wasn’t focused on that, not how her two legs became four, not the tail, not the antlers. No she was focused on scaring off the lion, the one who posed to eat her friend.

She charged at it head first, just as it leaped for Koki. It was sent back, confused before snarling at its assailant. Aviva posed for another charge, but it was not needed, as the cougar bounced away, deciding the fight not worth the meal.

It was then when Aviva took a breath, and noticed her new, no longer human appearance.

“Tienes que estar bromeando” she mumbled to herself, frustration emanating from her speech.

“Least you are not small.” Jimmy whined, climbing onto her armoured back. “And you got some awesome defence with those antlers!”

“Gotta admit, you do look cool like this!” Koki tried to cheer her up.

“Heh, thanks guys, not really my worry thought.” She replied, walking over towards the somehow undamaged creature pod. “Jimmy, you mind?”

“Yeh sure.” He climbed down her leg, grabbed it and reclimbed her, as though she were just a tree.

“Onwards we go gang!” Koki smiled, her wings flapping ever so. “To find the, hopefully, de-transformed Kratt brother!”

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Forging for three had not been easy, but right now he was the only one able to. Why?

Well you see.

KOKI HAD CREATURE SUIT MALFUNCTION AND AVIVA WAS TRYING HER BEST TO FIX IT WITH LIMITED TOOLS AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHERE THE KRATT BROS WERE AND HE WAS MISSING HIS CONTROLLER!

But Jimmy was fine, totally not panicking and barely keeping it together. He was cool.

Oh, who was he kidding, he isn’t made for this. He was made for video games and piloting the tortuga, while eating pizza. He was not built for all the dangerous creepy crawlers out here, he didn’t even know which plants were edible out here, how would he survive?

Calm down Jimmy, what would the Kratt brothers do? Call Aviva for help! But he couldn’t do that now. He just have to work with what he knows. Nuts…

Nuts!

Nuts are edible right? Maybe he could find some for the group to eat, it wouldn’t be much but it would be better than nothing. He just needed to find some…

There! Nuts on a tree, now Chris could- no Chris isn’t here right now, he needs to climb it. Shouldn’t be too hard, right? He placed one foot on the bark, and reached for a branch, but failed to grab one, okay maybe not so easy.

He tried to climb it again, remembering how Chris always had done it. One foot and then the other. He was doing it! He was climbing the tree! When he was within reach, he grasped the nuts, only to loose balance and fall. He landed on his back, partly damaging the internal wiring of his CPS, before tumbling down a hill. Landing chest first during the tumble caused the suit to damage more and activate. A voice rang out.

“No data found, not disk found, activating previous transformation” the suit spoke robotically. He began to shrink and gain extra limbs, his body shifting to adapt.

When his tumble ceased, his original human body was replaced by that of a salamander, only he had- one, two, three, four…- ten legs? Or was it eight and two arms? He had no clue. He also had a row of scales on his back, he remembered the bros talking about salamanders not having scales.

“Nuts..” he sighed.

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Their temporary shelter had been damp at best, what could one expect with a cave? It was lit up by a small fire. Aviva was checking over the internal wiring of Koki’s suit, which had caused a major malfunction. She couldn’t fix it even if she wanted to, but it didn’t hurt to try. At least it was only one malfunction…

“Hey guys!” She heard the voice of her friend, Jimmy, from behind. “Found some food!”

Turning, it was not Jimmy standing there, but a multi legged salamander holding several bunches of nuts. She was confused until she saw the cracked paw print.

“You have got to be kidding me…”

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His body ached as though he had just been dropped off a cliff. Had he fallen from his hammock? Surely not. He had fallen out of it enough this week.

No this couldn’t be the floor of the tortuga, too fuzzy and dry. Unless one of the team put one out in their sleep, then it couldn’t be. Maybe it was? He could see Chris doing it as some part of a prank, or Aviva and Koki maybe as a change of pace. He hoped it was a blue carpet.

Opening his eyes, he was not greeted with blue, but Green. Awe, he wanted a blue carpet.

Wait, this wasn’t a carpet, it was grass. Martin didn’t remember sleeping out last night.

He raised his head to better look around, a roaring pain erupting in his neck. No sign on his brother in green, no sign of camping equipment, not even a sign of any camp being set. So they definitely didn’t camp under the stars last night. How did he get here then?

The last thing he recalls is trying to convince the team to visit Asia… then….

Zach!

He attacked the Tortuga, nocked Chris, Koki and Jimmy out and he recalls diving after them. Then he washed up somewhere… and not much more….

His head was whining at the over exertion, causing the man to rub it with his fluffy paw…

Wait what?

Paw? Did he sleep with his suit activated again? Oh Aviva will have his head if she finds out. What suit was he in anyways?

The man looked at himself the best he could, and he would’ve mistaken himself for a tiger, with the signature stripes, clawed paws, and fuzzy fur. But then he saw the wings, large bat like wings folded comfortably to his sides. Then there was the tail, a row of scales running down it, that seemed to continue up his body, that ended with a fold of skin, reminiscent of a small sail, only doubled and skinny. His suit had definitely malfunctioned…

So Martin was on his own, no idea where he was, no way to contact the team, and in a malfunctioning creature power suit that he had no idea the extent of the malfunction of.

Cool…

He needed to find his team first, find them, find Aviva so she can fix this, find the Tortuga which Zach probably has, find Chris, find….

Too much to find, focus on one thing at a time…

He was sure the others could manage for a while on their own, or they would find each other, that’s how it tended to be, somehow they always found each other. Maybe he should try and find the Tortuga? No what if his team was in danger? Yes find the team.

Find his team!

How would he do that?

No scent of any of them near by, couldn’t hear them, no form of communication.

Wait

He had wings! He could fly around, maybe get an idea of where he was, and if he was lucky, find his crew!

Martin stretched the folds of skin on his back, and flapped them with familiarity yet uncertainty. Slowly, he managed to raise from the ground and take steady flight, yes it was not easy, his tiger body was not built for wings, but still, he flew.

And promptly crashed into a tree. Needed to try again.

So he did, and again, and again.

It wasn’t till the seventh time that it nearly cost him.

That time Martin had decided to fly over some water, his tiger form should be able to swim well. So when he crashed, he didn’t expect the struggle the heavy scales or the large wings would cause. It weighed him down. It brought him under. He had to crawl on the river bed to reach the surface. He was lucky to be close-ish to shore.

Waster was no longer an option for the blue Kratt.

He needed out of this suit soon.

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Part 2 of my last post! Bet you didn’t expect that!

Thought I’d give him a two part since he hasn’t received much love.

Hope you enjoyed it.

Bye everyone!

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Martin was the swimming brother, everyone knew this. He was built for the water, his brother the trees. Like peanut butter and jelly, two things that worked well together. So why had fate been so cruel to him. Punish him?

Let me explain.

Martin had washed up in India and was found by some locals who did help him, they guided him to the nearest main city where he could find a way to locate his team, a creature pod he could borrow, or something similar.

The journey was supposed to take only a day or two, Martin unfortunately got lost. He couldn’t tell which way he was going, he was just going. On his journey he saw many cool creatures, and got distracted on a few occasions. He needed to focus however, he needed to find his team.

A few days in, he had come across some type of camp. He thought at first he was lucky, till he noticed small details. Hunting rifles, camp gear, and cages. Cages that were not empty. They cat creatures native to India, leopards, tigers, sloth bears, and other cages yet to be filled. Whomever was in this camp didn’t seem to be nearby, so Martin took his chance.

He activated tiger powers, luckily still having that disk of the few he lost/ left back at the tortuga. He used his tiger strength to destroy the locks on the cages before opening them and allowing the creatures to pass him and escape. He had just opened the last cage when some people started speaking in anger, not that he could understand what they were saying. They just sounded angry.

He tried to come off as non-threatening, but when their shouting continued and they pointed their guns at him, he knew he needed to run. That’s what he did. He ran.

He heard flying objects wiz past him, bullets? Tranquilliser darts? He didn’t even want to check. He didn’t know how long he had been running for, but it didn’t feel long till he was trapped. He had ran towards a cliff. He could hear the yells of the men yelling not to far behind him. He had only two options, try and sneak past them, or jump.

That choice was made for him, he felt a needle stab the back of his neck.

The world grew dark.

The voices became more distant.

He felt gravity take him down. Far.

He felt the land once more hold him.

He heard a distinct voice.

“No data found, disk damaged, activating previous transformations”

The world faded away after that

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Koki never considered herself an unlucky woman. In fact she considered herself quite lucky. She had an awesome team of all her closest friends, an incredible job where she could travel the globe , what more could she ask for?

No, she did not consider herself an unlucky woman.

Until today.

It had been a normal day for the team, flying over the Pacific Ocean, the brothers trying to rally the team to pick their respective destinations. Martin wished to visit Asia while Chris really wanted to go down south to Africa. It was entertaining for the other three.

The next events happened so quickly. Zach had raided their Tortuga, a large number of Zachbots following his orders, overwhelming them with numbers. She wasn’t quite sure what happened next, she just remembers herself and Jimmy falling out. It was blurry after that.

When she was next lucid, she was on some land, no idea where, but at least she wasn’t stuck in the middle of the ocean. She hoped none of her team were out there too.

Her suit had sustained some damage, but thankfully didn’t seem to be completely destroyed. If she was lucky, maybe she could still take advantage of the transformations is could do.

She moved inland, hoping to find some form of life that could help her find the rest of the crew. She wasn’t so lucky.

First she was lost, alone, and hungry. But she was so tired. She has been walking for days, what felt like days at least. No luck yet. Her feet were growing tired, maybe a nap would be nice, but she needed to find her team. She could rest after.

Her legs were tired, so so tired. But she needed to find her team… her team…

Her team wouldn’t mind if she took a little rest, just a short one. Surely not.

She fell face first to the ground, did she hear something break? That would be a problem for future her.

“No data found, no disk found, activating previous transformations”

A flash of light littered her vision, but she disregarded it, to tired.

“Jimmy! Over here!” A voice called out a distance away. “I’d recognise my suit’s transformation light anywhere!”

She could hear rapid movements towards her, not that she could utter the energy to care.

“It’s Koki!” Another voice panicked.

“Hey, Koki, you with us?” The first voice asked, holding her in their arms. She could only groan in response. “At least you’re alive…”

The world faded out after that, not that she could really stay lucid any longer.

But yes, after this day/s, Koki did not in fact consider herself lucky.

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Trigger warning

Almost drowning! Almost!

Breath

He needs air!

Where was he? In water? Which way was up?

WHICH WAY IS UP?

He needed air…

It’s going to be dark….

Was this the end… of his… adventure?

He didn’t want it to end like this….

He wanted his family…

He wanted Martin…

Was Martin nearby? Was he also struggling for air?

Chris hoped not, let his brother continue to adventure, name random animals.

It’s getting hard… to focus… Chris was tired…

He felt something hit him from his side, then his back, then front.

“No data found, no disk found, activating previous transformations” a voice rang out.

Less than seconds later, a green light flashed, as Chris’s body reshaped, morphed into something different. He was able to move, and in his new found energy, he managed to surface. He could finally breathe.

Air felt so good.

Chris noticed his new appearance. It seemed to be a massive sea snake? With dorsal fins and a tail? Reminded him of a marlin. As for the massive size? He could only guess some type of whale, maybe blue whale? Hard to say.

At least it would be easier to find the others now.



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Surprise! First cause of malfunction done! Also have the order in which it does happen, kinda, and will be posting in that order, so expect more soon!

Bye for now everyone!