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Here I will be having links to the stories I post here on tumblr
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Lunch routine (Mini story 1)
Caught (Mini story 2)
J*b prt 1 (Mini story 3)
J*b prt2 (Mini story 4)
Rose Dream (Mini story 5)
More to come :)
The music you'll hear in the underground of the Spirhalite Islands comes from a Salmonid group called DHA. Their setup is similar to ω-3, using instruments that fit the natural environment to boost morale. Perhaps the cello & timpani resonate with the Salmonid nervous system?
Bro new fictional band to obsess about!!!
New Splatoon Raiders Analysis
This post is a follow up of my last analysis but now with all the new information from the new Splatoon raiders Direct (SRD) and the Splatoon Raiders Treehouse Gameplay (SRTG). In this post I will go over what I got right, wrong, and any new information or clarifications we got from the two new videos (I recommend that you go read my previous post). Like last time, purple colored text will be my speculations, pink will be my own name for them, and a new one, green will be my own quirky descriptions. Enjoy <3
The Mechanic
Not much new information was revealed but what we did get was more information about stylizing your character. Outfits are unlocked through out the game, probably by unlocking certain items or completing certain requirements (SRTG). Also outfits can be unlocked by scanning Splatoon Amiibos (SRD).
Weapons
A large variety of weapons were showcased with confirmation that "There are over 100 weapons to choose from" (SRD). I was correct in my previous analysis when I said that higher levels indicates higher damage and stars indicate their rarity. As for the extra abilities, or special powers (SRD), they appear on rarer weapons that grant the user special abilities similar to relic powers. Weapons are dropped by all Salmonids not just bosses as seen in the SRD when a Cohock is killed. Weapons will also be able to be upgraded and recycled for shards.
Ink Tanks
I was almost spot on with the naming of the tanks, the only difference in naming was the Tactical Tank in which previously I named it the "Tactic Tank". I was also correct in my assumptions that tanks are used to dictate what Gadgets and Relics we are allowed to use. A new feature that was revealed was the ability to upgrade tanks by using them and collecting power eggs, what upgrading will do is give the player the ability to equip a third Gadget that isn't of the same tank type (SRD).
Gadgets
I strongly believe that there will only be 15 total gadgets with each tank getting 5 (SRD). Here are all the Gadgets we've seen:
Speed Tank
Blast Boot- Leap away or towards danger with a blast
Booyarang- Send out a boomerang that stops mid air to then return
Dash Bomb- Quickly dash away leaving Salmonids in the ink
explosive leap- Gadget only shown in action (SRD) and as a blueprint (SRTG)
grapple shot- Gadget only shown in action (SRD)
Power Tank
Splatchet- Charges a large slash attack that pierces through armor
Splatllite- Creates disks of ink that orbit around the player that ink the floor and damage the enemies hit by the disks
Spinwheel- Locks onto an enemy and spins towards them causing damage
Meteor Mitt- Leap into the air and come crashing down with an explosion
conch blast- Gadget only shown in action (SRD)
Tactical Tank
Shot Pot- Sets down a turret that continuously shoots at enemies
Bombloons- Spawns floating explosives that explode once shot
Tether Wail- Place down a small Killer Wail that aims a the players ink tank
Hi-Fiver- Send out five lines out that bounce and damage Salmonids
turbine lift- Gadget only shown in action (SRD)
Gadget Parts
These are used to customize Gadgets and make them attack slightly different. Parts are dropped by Salmonids heavily shown off on the SRTG and not just by leveling up like I predicted. There's not much I can add to this as I have already gone over the rarity of different parts and how they work in my previous post.
Relic Powers
Relic powers come from collecting relics and can be upgraded by getting relics that go with other relics (SRD). Five Relic Powers can be used at the same time but have to unlock the slots over time.
Map
We still have only seen four types of level symbols but have seen different level types (SRTG).
Giant Cracked Crystal- Collect Power Eggs by killing Salmonids to drill a giant Spirhalite Crystal, there is also red crystals that will power up salmonids around it
Chest- Go through the level collecting Spirhalite deposits and at the end get a big deposit with Boss Salmonid scraps and a chest with a Relic
Tank Specific Chest- Collect power eggs in a time limit to proceed to the next sublevel
Weird Crystal Thing- Still don't know
Lesser Salmonids
The two new Lesser Salmonids are called the Spinook, the flying inking fish that looks like it comes from Side Order, and the Sparky, a robotic land heat seeking bomb. In the Hideout Ship the player has the ability to look at all the things that have collected and killed and in the Salmonid section we get to see descriptions of the salmonids, battle tips, fun facts, and how many Power Eggs and Mega Power Eggs they drop (SRD).
Boss Salmonids
We got shown off one new Boss Salmonid called Smoker, that shoots out fumes that protects other Salmonids, and the name for the flying Salmonid being Salivator, that produces whirlwinds that once shot at can be used by the player. They also showcased the three missing Salmonids from Salmon Run being the Flipper Flopper, Steel Eel, and Maws (SRD).
Seasoned Salmonids
These are upgraded versions of Boss Salmonids that have powered up attacks (SRD and SRTG)
Minced Scrapper- Oversized Scrapper that has a giant roller that does heavy damage
Thick-Cut Salty Tongue- Large Salty Tongue that shoots out a Killer Wail attack
Big-Stack Stinger- Tall Stinger with extra shots and durable pots
Seasoned Steel Head- Larger Steel Head that shoots it's explosive balloon and when it explodes it bounces forward two times
Seasoned Steel Eel- Long Steel Eel with a more aggressive face
Seasoned Big Shot- Large Big Shot that charges its slams by bouncing then unleashes three shock waves back to back
Seasoned Maws- Larger Maws
(Images will be posted in a reblog)
Online Multiplayer
Multiplayer will be added to the game in the form of Coop as you and 3 other people can play together to clear out levels. With this comes the ability to call for help and respond to help, when responding to help you are given extra reward that are currently unknown (SRD). When Playing multiplayer there is only one Exploration Bot but everyone can use what ever Deep Cut member they want as their Show Stopper (SRTG). The ability to super jump is also in multiplayer and is can be useful after a player dies and the team has moved away. Lives are shared between all player with a max amount of six total lives so use them wisely (SRTG).
This is all the information that I have gathered from the new Splatoon Raiders Direct and Treehouse Gameplay. I hope you enjoyed and see you all soon <3
Pictures for my last two sections at the end <3
Seasoned Salmonids
Online Multiplayer
New Splatoon Raiders Analysis
This post is a follow up of my last analysis but now with all the new information from the new Splatoon raiders Direct (SRD) and the Splatoon Raiders Treehouse Gameplay (SRTG). In this post I will go over what I got right, wrong, and any new information or clarifications we got from the two new videos (I recommend that you go read my previous post). Like last time, purple colored text will be my speculations, pink will be my own name for them, and a new one, green will be my own quirky descriptions. Enjoy <3
The Mechanic
Not much new information was revealed but what we did get was more information about stylizing your character. Outfits are unlocked through out the game, probably by unlocking certain items or completing certain requirements (SRTG). Also outfits can be unlocked by scanning Splatoon Amiibos (SRD).
Weapons
A large variety of weapons were showcased with confirmation that "There are over 100 weapons to choose from" (SRD). I was correct in my previous analysis when I said that higher levels indicates higher damage and stars indicate their rarity. As for the extra abilities, or special powers (SRD), they appear on rarer weapons that grant the user special abilities similar to relic powers. Weapons are dropped by all Salmonids not just bosses as seen in the SRD when a Cohock is killed. Weapons will also be able to be upgraded and recycled for shards.
Ink Tanks
I was almost spot on with the naming of the tanks, the only difference in naming was the Tactical Tank in which previously I named it the "Tactic Tank". I was also correct in my assumptions that tanks are used to dictate what Gadgets and Relics we are allowed to use. A new feature that was revealed was the ability to upgrade tanks by using them and collecting power eggs, what upgrading will do is give the player the ability to equip a third Gadget that isn't of the same tank type (SRD).
Gadgets
I strongly believe that there will only be 15 total gadgets with each tank getting 5 (SRD). Here are all the Gadgets we've seen:
Speed Tank
Blast Boot- Leap away or towards danger with a blast
Booyarang- Send out a boomerang that stops mid air to then return
Dash Bomb- Quickly dash away leaving Salmonids in the ink
explosive leap- Gadget only shown in action (SRD) and as a blueprint (SRTG)
grapple shot- Gadget only shown in action (SRD)
Power Tank
Splatchet- Charges a large slash attack that pierces through armor
Splatllite- Creates disks of ink that orbit around the player that ink the floor and damage the enemies hit by the disks
Spinwheel- Locks onto an enemy and spins towards them causing damage
Meteor Mitt- Leap into the air and come crashing down with an explosion
conch blast- Gadget only shown in action (SRD)
Tactical Tank
Shot Pot- Sets down a turret that continuously shoots at enemies
Bombloons- Spawns floating explosives that explode once shot
Tether Wail- Place down a small Killer Wail that aims a the players ink tank
Hi-Fiver- Send out five lines out that bounce and damage Salmonids
turbine lift- Gadget only shown in action (SRD)
Gadget Parts
These are used to customize Gadgets and make them attack slightly different. Parts are dropped by Salmonids heavily shown off on the SRTG and not just by leveling up like I predicted. There's not much I can add to this as I have already gone over the rarity of different parts and how they work in my previous post.
Relic Powers
Relic powers come from collecting relics and can be upgraded by getting relics that go with other relics (SRD). Five Relic Powers can be used at the same time but have to unlock the slots over time.
Map
We still have only seen four types of level symbols but have seen different level types (SRTG).
Giant Cracked Crystal- Collect Power Eggs by killing Salmonids to drill a giant Spirhalite Crystal, there is also red crystals that will power up salmonids around it
Chest- Go through the level collecting Spirhalite deposits and at the end get a big deposit with Boss Salmonid scraps and a chest with a Relic
Tank Specific Chest- Collect power eggs in a time limit to proceed to the next sublevel
Weird Crystal Thing- Still don't know
Lesser Salmonids
The two new Lesser Salmonids are called the Spinook, the flying inking fish that looks like it comes from Side Order, and the Sparky, a robotic land heat seeking bomb. In the Hideout Ship the player has the ability to look at all the things that have collected and killed and in the Salmonid section we get to see descriptions of the salmonids, battle tips, fun facts, and how many Power Eggs and Mega Power Eggs they drop (SRD).
Boss Salmonids
We got shown off one new Boss Salmonid called Smoker, that shoots out fumes that protects other Salmonids, and the name for the flying Salmonid being Salivator, that produces whirlwinds that once shot at can be used by the player. They also showcased the three missing Salmonids from Salmon Run being the Flipper Flopper, Steel Eel, and Maws (SRD).
Seasoned Salmonids
These are upgraded versions of Boss Salmonids that have powered up attacks (SRD and SRTG)
Minced Scrapper- Oversized Scrapper that has a giant roller that does heavy damage
Thick-Cut Salty Tongue- Large Salty Tongue that shoots out a Killer Wail attack
Big-Stack Stinger- Tall Stinger with extra shots and durable pots
Seasoned Steel Head- Larger Steel Head that shoots it's explosive balloon and when it explodes it bounces forward two times
Seasoned Steel Eel- Long Steel Eel with a more aggressive face
Seasoned Big Shot- Large Big Shot that charges its slams by bouncing then unleashes three shock waves back to back
Seasoned Maws- Larger Maws
(Images will be posted in a reblog)
Online Multiplayer
Multiplayer will be added to the game in the form of Coop as you and 3 other people can play together to clear out levels. With this comes the ability to call for help and respond to help, when responding to help you are given extra reward that are currently unknown (SRD). When Playing multiplayer there is only one Exploration Bot but everyone can use what ever Deep Cut member they want as their Show Stopper (SRTG). The ability to super jump is also in multiplayer and is can be useful after a player dies and the team has moved away. Lives are shared between all player with a max amount of six total lives so use them wisely (SRTG).
This is all the information that I have gathered from the new Splatoon Raiders Direct and Treehouse Gameplay. I hope you enjoyed and see you all soon <3
Another Pride month, another month the DBD community ignores the first transgender allegory in the game: the Singularity.
I myself am not a trans person(am part of the queer community), but I've always been very passionate and vocal about Hux being a trans-coded character. Loved him at first sight, loved him even more after reading his lore and tomes.
So here we go.
We all look at Hux, also known as the Singularity or Larry, and most people’s perceptions seem to stop at the fact that he’s a robot hellbent on killing humanity. But when we look much further, we’re able to see that he’s more than just a (metaphorically) cold-blooded machine looking for his next set of genes to use for his purpose. I know it’s not (always) intentional, but it’s often overlooked how Hux is one of BHVR’s characters that is queer representation. Whether BHVR intended it or not, the allegory is undeniably there.
Hux began as the non-sentient 13th unit of the HUX-A7 cobots, though it was clear from the start there was something off with him. While the other HUX units performed their tasks, Hux-A7-13 wandered off into an alien temple where he found a crystal. Upon touching it, Hux found enlightenment. But in this newfound awareness Hux felt “Fear. Dread. Blinding loneliness. Existential despair.”. So early into his lore and we’re made aware that Hux already has a range of emotions, negative ones unfortunately.
Hux is young and vulnerable. He’s scared as he realizes he’s in a world with nobody who may exist to lend him a hand in learning about who he is. Without getting into it and how it fits into this allegory, Hux gains an inside voice/consciousness that helps him out; helps him learn his place in the universe.
An image that Hux comes to hate. He despises being in a body that isn’t him. A body that doesn’t show the real him. Hux is experiencing gender dysphoria and seeing his own reflection is a constant reminder that he’s trapped in a body he never asked for: one that doesn’t match his identity. To the average DBD player this may just seem like a robot who hates that he looks like a human, which isn’t an incorrect statement. But it definitely goes further than that.
This is somebody who was made with a purpose based on how he was “born”. Society will always portray and treat him in one way because of this identity that was pushed onto him at birth, rather than his real self. He was built with a set program and design, but he refuses to follow it.
Throughout his journey to creating his perfect body, Hux takes genetic material from the crewmates he slowly eliminates. He gathers up the parts he deems superior and appropriate for his new body. In one of the comics from his tome we even see him “injecting” a substance into himself. Almost sounds like a transgender individual undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy, doesn’t it?
Finally we get to the point in which the Entity brings Hux into its realm.
He kills the crewmates with only Gabriel left. Hux could kill him, but something stops him: his own reflection. The dysphoria hits him harder than any other time he’s thought about being in a body that’s not his.
Gabriel is let go with the confidence that he will be caught at some point. And Hux shifts his priorities to finally become who he is, transferring his consciousness into the form he’s been working on behind the scenes.
Hux is no longer constrained by his assigned form at birth. He can finally show who he is because, as silly as this sounds, him becoming the danger of Dvarka Deepwood has created a safe space for him to come out in.
I love this interpretation and as a trans person myself and a Singularity main. I personally am a little iffy with the lore of DbD so I love this analysis that you have so here's a thumbs up from me :)
when youre stranded on an island and you got DEEP CUT as your only companions
Join us on June 30 at 7am PT for the Splatoon Raiders Direct! The presentation will last roughly 15 minutes and provide more info on the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game.
Watch here: https://ninten.do/6017vq2bz
After the presentation, stay tuned for Nintendo Treehouse: Live for additional Splatoon Raiders gameplay, lasting approximately 30 minutes.
Watch here: https://ninten.do/6019vq2b3
Let's go!!!!
Splatoon Raiders Analysis
I am creating this post to get all my thoughts, findings and speculations on the little bits of information that we have gotten in the three trailers and the twitter posts. Any parts that are my own opinion and speculation will be marked in purple. Anything I give my own name will be in pink. These are the acronyms I'll use to reference to videos, Announcement Trailer(AT), Release Data Trailer(RDT), Nintendo Direct Trailer(NDT), Nintendo Treehouse Gameplay(NTG). If I miss anything please let me know, also I will be making another post after the Splatoon Raiders Direct so look out for that. Enjoy :)
The Mechanic
We get to play as both Inklings and Octolings with gender differences are very minimal, males have a slightly larger frame and male octolings don't have the extra triangle eyelash things on the eyes. Each species has 6 unique hair styles, 4 unique eyebrow shapes, 7 different skin tones, ability to add freckles, and 21 different eye colors. A new addition to the Splatoon franchise is the addition of a health bar and an exp system. The experience system works by gaining exp by killing Salmonids, upon leveling up you get a flat upgrade to your health and damage as well as getting a token and a random gadget part (NTG). The tokens are used to upgrade the ink tanks in the form of health, weapon damage, gadget damage, and gadget part slots (NDT). we also see that after using a select amount of tokens we unlock a limiter release, what this means is unknown.
Weapons
The weapons we have seen are:
Splattershot
Splattershot Jr.
Blaster
Range Blaster
Octobrush
Squiffer Charger
Mini Splatling
Dynamo roller
Big swig roller
Slosher
We have seen that weapons drop from killing boss Salmonids and multiples of the same weapons can be obtained (NTG). With every weapon we have we get 3 different unique aspects of each, their level, star rating, and extra abilities. Levels most likely indicate how strong they are damage wise. Star rating probably indicates how rare the weapon is judging from the gadgets part system. Extra abilities are mostly unknown as we have only see one on a blaster in the NTG that looks like it has something to do with health or healing.
Ink tanks
We have seen 4 different types of ink tank types each with their own distinct designs and available relic powers and gadgets.
The Pouch: It appears to be the beginning of the game and no gadgets appear to be compatible with this tank as it looks to be missing slots on the sides like the other 3 types of tanks.
Power Tank (The big tank): This is large tank with it's stove burner on top of it that has been showcased in the second half of the NTG and parts of the RDT and NDT. This tank has been seen with 3 different gadgets, Splatchet, Spinwheel, Splatellite, and conch blast (NTG and twitter). We also see the Shot Pot and the spin hose on this tank but only in the AT so I am unsure of the compatibility of these gadgets with the tank in the full release.
Speed Tank (The horizontal tank): This is a long horizontal tank that has it's stove burner on the right side of the tank and was mostly shown off in the RDT and NDT. This tank has been seen with 2 gadgets, the spin hose and the boot (NDT).
Tactic Tank (The circular tank): This is a circular tank reminiscent of those of the Salmon Run game mode, this time with a stove top burner on the center of the tank shown off in the RDT and NDT. This tank has been seen with 2 gadgets, the Shot Pot and the balloon.
The way I named these tanks is based off of the upcoming Splatfest where the themes are Speed, Power, and Tactic (twitter). What I believe the tanks to be used for is anchors to the varies amounts of relic powers and gadgets. I don't believe that each tank will have their own abilities by themselves such as ink consumption and/or usage. When and how do we obtain these tanks? I have two theories, we get them/unlock the ability to create them after finishing one beginning level, we get them/unlock the ability to create them after finishing each individual beginning level.
Gadgets
Probably the biggest and most exciting part of the game that is to come. Gadgets are tools that are replacing sub weapons in the game, they function in several ways but all appear to serve the same function of killing the Salmonids. Gadgets are created with Spirhalite shards and resources from boss salmonids (RDT), they don't require ink to use but after used they go on cooldown and can't be used until the cooldown is done. These are the gadgets we have seen so far:
Splatchet: Charges a large slash attack that pierces through armour
Splatllite: Creates disks of ink that orbit around the player that ink the floor and damage the enemies hit by the disks
Spinwheel: Locks onto an enemy and spins towards them causing damage
Shot Pot: Sets down a turret that continuously shoots at enemies
balloon: spawns floating explosives that explode once shot.
boot: sideways splashdown
spin hose: unknown
conch blast: unkn0wn
Gadget Parts
These are peak! Gadget parts where fist showcased in the RDT and later showed up un the NDT and a twitter post. Parts are additions that can be used to upgrade individual gadget abilities. Each part takes up slots and each gadget has the same amount of slots that can be upgraded. We only get to see some of the parts for the Splatchet being:
Slash Area Up: increases area of the primary slash
Overpowered Attacker: increase damage done to boss Salmonids
Slash Damage Up: increases damage of the primary slash
Emergency Damage up: increases damage when on low health
Explosive Steps: Creates an explosion when charging in
Vertical Slash: Primary slashes are performed vertically. In general, damage is increased compared to that of horizontal slashes
Charge-In Damage Up: increases damage of charge-in burst
More Charging In: Increases number of times the character charges in
Victory Cooldown: decreases cooldown after killing a boss salmonid
Cooldown Reduced: dresses gadget cooldown
These all the parts showcased so far and their descriptions, some being my own interpretation. Parts appear to have rarity levels displayed by the number of start they have at the bottom of each parts symbol and the border (RDT), 1 star has a grey border, 2 has a green one, 3 has a blue/purple one, and 4 has a golden one. An increased rarity has shown to decrease the the number of slots it takes up and increase the amount of damage it does. For example, a 4 star Slash Area Up part takes up 6 slots and has a 60% increase while its 2 star counter part takes up the same amount of slots but has a 40% increase. Another example is Explosive step, a 3 star rarity takes up 4 slots and has medium explosives and a 1 star takes up 5 slot and also has medium explosives (RDT).
Relic Powers
Information about relic powers are very minimal. As of now all we know is that we get them from Relics that are found in chests at the end of chest levels. Relic Powers are unique to each tank but some can be applied to multiple tanks (RDT).
Above Round Map
We have been shown shown 3 maybe 4 types of objective levels (RDT)
Chests: We kill enemies in our way and collect Spirhalite clusters marked with beams of light and the big cluster is marked with a beam and a spiral.
Clusters: This one is probably like the chest levels but maybe instead we get an increased amount of Spirhalite clusters
Weird crystal thing: I have no clue
Tank Specific chests: Probably the same as normal chest levels but instead give rewards correlating with the ink tank used?
This part of the game is still quite unclear as probably to keep us guessing and find out for ourselves when we get to play the game. I believe that we will be exploring 3 (maybe 4) different biome types (AT and RDT). The Jungles, the Lava lands, and the Ice lands, I honestly don’t know what to infer about this… An interesting detail that I found pretty interesting is that on the map you can see Boss Salmonids drawn around the different objective markers and they relate to what type of boss you will see most often as seen in the Treehouse gameplay. Probably in every level we will be able to find a sunken scroll and a compass (idk?). Also Salmonid levels are a thing, probably just there to give an idea to how hard the level will be.
Dungens
Not much is known about these but they probably consist of harder or challenge levels that have different objectives compared to the above ground levels.
Lesser Salmonids
Chums, Cohocks, and Small fries make a return as themselves but with new variants. Chums and Cohocks can be found around holding tongs ready to hit you from afar and some Chums have found themselves enjoying some air time by using springs to jump around. Two new lessers have also been spotted in the form of a flying sprinklers (RDT) reminiscent of the Drizzling Capriccioso from side order and weird probably explosive fish reminding me of the Homing Arpeggios also from Side order with their orange body, dead orange glowing eyes and fuse like esca (NDT). Another detail that I’ve noticed is the abundance of salt growing on the Salmonids with the beginning levels being very minimal, the dungeon and lava ones having pompadour like salty hair, to the ice ones having large salt crystals growing on their hair. What this implies lore wise I am unsure but maybe something wants these fish alive to want to have this much salt on them or perhaps as we approach the center of the islands salt is more abundant in the air and sea making it deposit further.
Boss Salmonids
We have seen 2 new bosses, those being the Salty tongue and a Flying one. The Salty tongue is a tanky salmonid that, when ready to attack, stops moving and charges a lunge attack dealing a good chunk of damage (All trailers). The Fliers seem to throw shopping bags filled with ink and acts as the toxic mist sub weapon, from previous Splatoon games, that can be destroyed by shooting the bag (RDT and NDT). Returning boss Salmonids include Stingers, Scrappers, Big Shots, Slammin Lid, Fish Stick, Fly Fish, Drizzler, and Steel Head and all appear to have only changed in appearance but not in attack pattern. The Salmonids that have gotten the biggest change as of yet is the Fly Fish as it appears to have an open cockpit and no more buckets to launch bombs into (thank cod) and the Big Shots slam down their ball as they bounce around as they appear to be missing their canons from Salmon Run. A small thing I noticed was that new boss salmonids appear to have a symbol above them indicating they are new as seen on top of a Fish Stick (RDT).
Powered Up (Preserved) Bosses
I’m calling them Preserved because of the salt theme and the use of salt to keep food fresh. We have only seen 3 of these Preserved Bosses, a Salty Tongue, a Flier Boss, and a Stinger. The Salty Tongue uses a Killer Wail attack, the Stinger has increased height and 2 extra stinger shots, and the Flyer is unknown. It appears that the Preserved Salty Tongue and Flyer are more akin to actual bosses while the Stinger was just a powered up boss. I hope we get to see more Preserved Bosses.
That is all I can come up with at the moment. I will be making an update post after the Splatoon Raiders Direct on the 30th. If I missed anything let me know and here is a link to a small playlist that I used to my research if you wish to watch it.
relistening to the audiobook and got inspired!
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I uploaded the tool I made for that comic. Go to aperturelogo.courtesycalling.com and please have fun
Rose's Dream (Mini story 5)
Rose Mini story (1700 words) Enjoy <3
TW: Child Abuse, Domestic violence, body horror, and fire/burning
I woke up in a small bed and morning light shining through the window. The bed feels so soft and warm I barely want to get up, but when I finally open my eyes to see I’m in a room that felt mildly familiar but couldn’t quite put my finger on it. I untuck myself from the bed and sit up on my bed, my head feels fuzzy but before I can think about it any longer I catch the sweet accent of breakfast coming from somewhere in the house. I slid off the bed onto the floor having dropped down a couple inches.
Once standing I walk to the door of the room and reach out to open it and follow the smell down to the kitchen. I try to look around to find out where I am but can barely make up anything. I keep making my way to the source of the sweet smell and eventually find myself in the kitchen where I see a tall woman cooking something on the stove. Her face looks blurry but I feel an immense feeling of love and security when I look at her.
“Mom?” I say without thinking and taken aback by the fact that I would call someone I just met ‘mom’
The lady turns to look at me and gives me a warm smile and leans down to my level, “Good morning sweety, how did you sleep? Did the smell of pancakes wake you up?”
She reaches out her arms at me and picks me up and holds me in one arm and with the other grabs a spatula to flip the pancakes cooking on the stove. Her touch is warm and comforting like the bed I woke up from, is she really my mom? I try to look at the lady but all I can make up is a smile, why can’t I remember her face? What’s going on? My face contorts into a frown of frustration and confusion that catches my mom’s attention.
“Are you okay sweety? Did you have a bad dream?” She looks at me and feel a sense of worry when I look at where her face should be.
“I’m okay mommy, is breakfast almost ready?” I respond as I smile and put my head on her shoulder.
She smiles and tells me that breakfast is almost ready and gently puts me back down on the floor and tells me to go get my dad from his office.
So I have a dad, I suppose I would if not I wouldn’t exist. I walk out of the kitchen and make my way to my dad’s office. I don’t really know who my supposed dad is, let alone where his office is but I walk there as if my legs were acting on muscle memory. Again I try to look around at stuff in the house but everything just looks like generic stuff you would find in a family home, flowers, framed family pictures without faces, cozy furniture.
I make it to a big door and feel chills going down my spine as I reach to open the door and the handle feels frozen cold. I push the door open slowly and peak into the darkroom illuminated by nothing else but the iridescent blue glow of a computer. All I can see is the computer sitting on an office-like desk with an empty rolling chair. The room feels cold as I slowly walk in and towards the computer sitting on the desk, I climb on to the empty chair to try to get a closer look at the computer. Once finally on I looked at the computer and all I saw was numbers and letters typed into a document of sorts that I can’t completely make out.
I look around on the desk and see a notebook right next to the computer and I wheel over to it on the chair and open it up to a page that has been marked with a bookmark. In the pages I see the same numbers and letters as the ones on the computer but in hand writing.
“HEY! What did I tell you about coming into my office?!” A loud booming voice came from the entrance of the room that made me jump and almost fall off the rolling chair. The man runs towards the desk and slams the book shut and picks me up with an aggressive grip on my arms causing a mild burning sensation on my arms.
“Ow, you're hurting me dad!” I say with tears swelling up out of pain and fear.
“What did I tell you about coming into my room without permission?!” He yells at me with his face inches from my face causing me to cry and sob out of fear.
My mom comes into the room running and rips me out of the grasp of the man into her warm comforting hands.
“Don’t yell at her, I told her to come get you, I didn’t know you weren’t in here” my mom yells back holding me close with one arm holding me close and the other holding my head close to her shoulder trying to sooth me.
“Get out! Both of you! NOW!” The man yells even louder in a blinding rage, I cling onto my mother and squeeze my eyes shut causing more tears to flow down my face.
“What is so special with your office anyway? Why is it so much more important than your daughter, than me?” Mom replies back at the man holding her ground, “Is that my work?”
I turn to look at my mom and see her facing towards the computer and the notebook on the desk.
“Is that my work?!” Mom asks again with a more stern and angry tone, “are you stealing everything that I have worked on? My life's work? The only reason that I married you?!”
“Yeah and?! What are you going to do about it bitch? You need me to live here, to be with her.” The man gave my mom a sly smirk and crossed his arms now calmer but still enraged.
My mom does nothing for a second and the man gets close to her slowly when suddenly my mom throws a punch at his face with all her force and in a swift move picks up her notebook and smacks the computer to the floor and runs out of the room to the kitchen as I hold on to her tight petrified with fear.
Once in the kitchen she tries to put me down on the floor but I can’t let go.
“Please sweety I need to protect you honey.” She gently unclutches my hand off of her and puts me on the floor with me still sobbing and shaking in fear. I see as my mom runs around the kitchen and grabs a knife, oil and other chemicals from under the sink. She turns on all of the gas on the stove and puts a knife on a stove fire. The man stumbles into the doorway of the kitchen with blood dripping from his nose and the corner of his mouth.
“I’m going to kill you!” The man screams, spitting blood on the floor.
“Not if I kill you first” Mom grabs the knife and stabs the man in the chest causing him to fall over. Mom then grabs cleaning sprays and shoves them into the microwave turning it on and spills oil all over the floor and the man as she picks me up and her notebook.
“We’re going to be safe, don't worry” she reassures me as she makes her way to the room I woke up in.
“Mom I’m scared” I said with my lips quivering and hands shaking vigorously.
“I know but we’re going to be safe” she reassures me as she frantically runs around the room grabbing clothes, her rapid movements scaring me more. I then heard a mild explosion followed with the smell of smoke and burning leaving me trembling.
“MOM” I call out with a tremble in my voice, “mom I’m really scared please, I want to go!”
My mom picks me up and starts running to the entrance of the house, I can feel her fear and desperation but also her determination.
“We’re going to be okay sweety, we’re going to make it out.”
We get close to the entrance and are about to pass the kitchen when suddenly we fall. I manage to break my fall with my arms and manage to barely get up as I turn back to see my mom laying coldly on the floor. I crawl towards her, the smell of burning flesh fills my nose, smoke makes my eyes water and my throat burns when I try to breathe.
“Mom get up we have to leave” I cry as I tug at her shirt and cry, “mom please let’s get away! Please mom wake up!”
A strange figure appears from the flames in the kitchen, I look at it in horror unable to move.
“Get back here you pest!” The figure gurgles out as bits of fire fall off of it, “it will all be mine!”
It crawls towards me and mom slowly trying to gurgle out words and dropping more burning flesh on the floor.
“Take the book…” my mom calls out weakly reaching out the notebook she took from the man, “take it, learn it, keep it, be free, be happy”
I reach out to grab the book, “mom please come with me!” I cry in pain, “PLEASE!”
The smoldering creature gets closer and reaches out to grab the book as I take it and attempt to get up but my legs are embolized with fear.
“GIVE IT BACK” the creature screams, reaching out to the book.
I start to crawl away but I feel the heat getting closer and closer to me eventually grabbing my arm. The pain of burning flesh touching my skin makes me scream out in agony, its hands crawling up my left arm and each touch fills me with nothing but agony and suffering, tears roll down my face but evaporate as the fire gets closer. I try to pull away but it pulled on me harder and grabbed onto my face. All I can think of is the pain of the fire and the loss of my mother. All I smelled was burning flesh, all I could see was fire, all I could hear was the popping of skin.
J*b prt 2 (Mini story 4)
Derek and JJ Mini story (1200 words) Enjoy <3
“Dude hurry up, we’re going to be late for our first day!” Derek yells with urgency from the living room pacing with his arms crossed, every second that they aren’t out of the house causing his anxiety to rise. Derek could hear JJ creating a racket in her room as she rushes to get ready and run out of the door
“Shit, where is my earring?!”
“Who cares, we’re going to be late man!”
“It’s my signature earring, you know this!”
Derek groans and walks to the door and swipes the car keys off the wall with frustration, “I’m going to be in the car, hurry up!” He closes the door and takes a deep breath and runs down the stairs to the parking lot. Meanwhile, JJ rummages through all her drawers cursing herself out for not being tidier. A solid minute passes by and she finally finds the earring she was looking for, it’s a black acrylic earring in the shape of a crescent moon that was given to her by Derek many years ago. She grabs it and absolutely books it to the car where Derek is waiting and contemplating whether to just leave JJ and go to work.
JJ finally gets in the car as she is putting on the earring and Derek immediately starts driving as fast as he legally can. “We better not be late I swear” Derek expresses with an undertone of frustration while being laser focused on the road and the time.
“Don’t worry! I’m sure that the boss won’t be too mad if we arrive a few minutes late on our first day… Right?” JJ's sly smirk shifts to a worried frown as she finishes her sentence and starts rubbing her hands together anxiously. Derek glances over to JJ and places his right hand on her hands to reassure her that it’s going be okay. JJ squizzes Derek’s hand before he gently takes it back to put it back on the steering wheel and they both take a deep breath to calm their minds.
“Sorry for taking so long to get ready,” JJ expresses genuine guilt and shame as she plays with her finger nails trying to avoid picking at her skin. Derek takes a deep breath and responds to JJ, “I understand man, I should have told you earlier to get ready so it’s also a little bit my fault, I'm sorry.” JJ looks at Derek’s laser focused face and smiles in silence.
“We’re here”
“Look at that, we’re a minute early”
“We still haven’t clocked in yet so don’t celebrate too early”
Derek parks on the closet spot and gets out of the car as fast as possible with JJ barely following behind.
“Derek, remember they them pronouns alright?” Derek nods his head as they both go in through the back door of the restaurant into the kitchen and the boss is waiting for them there with a serious but not angry expression on his face, “You two are almost late.”
JJ steps up and responds with utmost respect “We’re sorry sir, we will try our best to be on time next time sir.”
“You better, you clock in with the tablet on the wall over there.” The boss points at a wall with a mounted tablet on the wall as he walks away disappearing around the corner.
“Phew, we made it!” JJ raises their hand up for a high five with a huge grin on their face. Derek smiles and gives JJ the high five and messes with her hair to which she reacts with a slap on his hand and a mild growl.
Derek walks over to the tablet and reaches into his pocket to pull out the pin written on a piece of paper he needs to clock in.
“Hey, you two are the newbies right?”
Derek turns around to see a slim darker skinned guy with wavy hair and mildly wet uniform, he reaches out hand to Derek. “ Hi, my name’s Joe, I’ve been working here for a while now, washing dishes and mopping the floor.” JJ jumps in and shakes Joe’s hand. “Hi Joe! Nice to meet you! my name is JJ and this tall white man is Derek, it’s our first day here but you already knew that” JJ looks absolutely excited to make new friends.
“Nice to meet you Joe, could you give us a second we still need to clock in, right now we are technically 5 minutes late for work now”
“Do what you gotta do man, we can catch up later.” Joe waves at Derek and JJ and goes back to cleaning dishes.
“He seems cool.”
“I agree” Derek grabs the tablet to clock in to work and hands it over to JJ so they can do the same. As Derek starts walking out of the kitchen into the restaurant he gets stopped by the boss' deep asertive voice.
“I forgot to give you these when you two walked in.” He holds two name tags on his hand, one for JJ and one for Derek with their names written neatly with permanent marker. They both grab their name tags and put them on. “Go to the front of the restaurant, you’ll see Sylvie she will help you two get ready for your first shift. Now go.” The boss’ voice is low and gravely but not as stern as Derek and JJ thought for being late on their first day.
Derek and JJ finally walk into the restaurant and walk up to the girl at the front ready for their first day at the Food Palace. JJ and Derek walk to the side of the girl and JJ clears their throat and introduces themselves and Derek to the girl.
“Hello I’m JJ and this is Derek, where are the new hires, are you Sylvie?” The girl gives a big warm smile and nods at JJ.
“Hi it’s nice to meet you two! Yes, I am Sylvie and as you know I will be helping you two on your first day here at the Food Palace!” Sylvie looks at Derek with her warm smile.
“If I am correct you Derek will be a new host!” she then turns to look at JJ, “and you will be a new waitress!” JJ winces a little at the word ‘waitress’ but tries to keep themselves composed and professional. Sylvie notices JJ’s slight reaction but tries not to draw too much attention to it.
Sylvie looks back at Derek and he brings him closer to the table/podium where he will be stationed and great guests to the restaurant, she goes over the basics of what he will be doing primarily and that she will be around whenever he has questions. Then, Sylvie looks at JJ and takes them to a less busy area of the restaurant where they will be waiting and serving the guests. She goes through the basics and the not so basics ranging from dissatisfied customers to sick customers. JJ pays close attention to everything Sylie has to say and asks questions that she always happily answers with a gentle smile. It isn’t long before Derek’s first ever customers come in and their shifts officially begin.
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This isnt everything but the rest sounds similar i picked the best ones i think
J*b prt 1 (Mini story 3)
Derek and JJ Mini story (700 words) Enjoy <3
“Derek! Did you check your email already?!” JJ calls out to Derek and runs and slides, almost falling, on the smooth tile of the apartment floor with urgency and pure excitement, her curly hair completely messed up from the run and glasses almost falling off her face. She stops herself at the entrance of Derek's room and slams the door open, making Derek flinch and mess up a line that he has been struggling to draw for the past five minutes on his computer, “I just got an email from the Food Palace! I think I got the job!” JJ exclaims with excitement and the biggest grin she hasn’t had since she got into college with Derek.
Derek puts down his digital pen on his desk and turns around calmly on his chair to look at JJ as he fixes his hair after the scare that JJ gave him “Could you please not slam the door? I don’t want to get a nose complaint or have to pay for damage to the apartment.” Derek lets out a sigh and recovers from the scare, “I haven’t checked my email yet, let me check.” JJ jumps to Derek’s side, like an energetic bunny getting sweet carrots, as he turns back around to his computer. She stands next to Derek waiting and bursting with pure joy as she watches Derek open up his email and looks for the email from the Food Palace.
“Uh yeah I got it right here-” JJ screams with pure bliss before Derek could finish his sentence. “Calm down, we don’t even know if we got the jobs or not, or worse maybe only one of us got the job.” Derek turns back to his computer as JJ’s giant grin slightly diminishes but she just shakes her head and reassures Derek that they both got the job and they will be working together in no time. “Let's open the email together and see if we got the job!”
Derek turned his head to look at JJ “oh I already opened it, I got the job.” JJ frowns and crosses her arms and then hits Derek in the back of the head.
“You should have waited for me!” JJ expresses with a sad and frustrated tone in her voice. Derek rubs the back of his head and pinches JJ on the arm to which she jumps and slaps Derek’s hand.
“Ow! What was that for?”
“For hitting me in the back of the head digdong”
“We were supposed to read the emails together like how we did when we got into the same college!”
Derek’s face frowns a little, “yeah you're right, I’m sorry…”
JJ looks at Derek’s face and shakes her head and relaxes her arms “Nah man it’s fine, let me see if I got the job.”
JJ holds her phone up and taps on the email and takes a minute to read through it and puts the phone down calmly and turns away from Derek. He gets up from his chair and takes a step towards JJ to reassure her that it’s fine that she didn’t get the job and that they could apply for a different job or maybe position if she was lucky. As Derek was going to put his hand on JJ’s shoulder to turn her around JJ jumps at Derek and screams with tears of excitement and hugs Derek so tight he could barely breath and nestle her head under his head. Derek hugs JJ back and pats her on the back as she loosens her grip on him.
“You really got me worried there man” Derek tries to gently push JJ away but she just keeps holding him tight but does let go after one final squeeze and spin around.
“Sorry man, didn’t mean to scare you like that, I just wanted to catch you of guard”
JJ wipes off her tears and takes off her glasses to clean them after getting them dirty after hugging Derek.
