MORE SEA SALT MONSTER FAMILY LET'S FUCKING GO!!!
okay been doing lots of brain storming and LOVE WHERE THIS ALL IS GOING!!!! OKAY LET'S GO
formatted like mtg cards because that kind of naming convention feels inspired for this au and maybe we'll fuck around and make fake cards for them, who knows!!!
Saïx, Serpentine Moonlight
gorgon with stunning blue snakes as hair, often swept back into the collar of his shirt or hidden entirely. will do some research to figure out what specific snake he has going on (but probably like, not in-canon, and possibly colour-shifted depending on colour and shape combination desired) and he's got some scars on his face from a few times that people have discovered his true nature. he's got one bad eye that's usually laying closed, but is still functional if he puts in the effort to hold it open
as established in previous post, he can only turn someone to stone if both he and his snakes make eye contact with someone. pretty easy to avoid doing that by accident, though it also means he has to reveal himself if he plans to do anything with his powers
lives outside of town, and most trips into town are alone even though he talks about his daughter a lot. she's rather sick, and terribly sensitive to the sun, so people understand that she rarely strays too far from home. he's well-respected within the community even if everyone is quietly terrified of how intimidating he is
not sure how long ago he's adopted Xion, but it wasn't recently by any means. they love each other and they're such a solid little family unit, he is such a girldad he absolutely adores her
Xion, Crocodilian Waterdweller
sweet little swamp monster, all scales and teeth and lashing tail. she's humanoid but has asymmetrical scales patterned all across her body and the scariest teeth possible. she spends longs days floating in the water and soaking up sunlight but reluctantly sleeps inside with her lame-ass dad because he's scared of what might happen to her
doesn't know if she's a girl turned croc or croc turned girl, her long term memory is hazy on a good day, but by god she loves her dad and humid rooms
if she gets fully garbed up for an outing, complete with a too-big hood and a modified backpack to hide her tail in, then it's possible for her to walk among humans and pass as the weird girl who probably grew up killing farm animals every night for dinner who's got some kind of illness that warrants all this protection
absolute freak of a boy. seemingly human most of the time but has a virtually-endless craving for raw meat, and will get sick if he eats anything else. sadly he yearns for mortal sweets and pastries so Axel has to keep a close eye on him or kid in a candy store will throw up glowing stomach bile, and neither of them can handle that kind of attention
if he ever starts to get seriously hungry - which happens pretty often, he's got quite the metabolism for someone so small - then he starts to sprout unpredictable bits and pieces of a chimeric body plan. it's not so noticeable at first, small mutations to joints and skin and hair, but left unchecked he'll get more and more monstrous until his hunger takes over and he'll go find something to eat himself
most of the time he's just maxed out on energy and wants everything all the time at the speed of light. Axel should probably have him on a leash but he can't bear those sad little puppydog eyes so Roxas is free reign if it isn't an absolute emergency. though he knows well enough to stick by his dad's side as soon as the sun starts setting, because he's terrified of getting lost because he doesn't know what'll happen at this point if he loses himself to a hunger he can't sate
actually not a monster! like, just a regular-ass guy. all he's got is a heart of gold that made him lock the fuck in and help the poor wolfish Roxas he once met on a mountain trail, half-feral and starving but looking at him with every ounce of terrified pity to be found in a child who ran away from home. watched him throw up everything Axel tried to offer him until the monster-boy finally managed to stomach the deer he'd recently killed and Axel realized this kid really needed his help
Roxas being so unpredictable and chaotic makes it pretty hard to keep his monstrous nature on the down low. Axel's very used to booking it out of town the moment a new incident takes place, but he'll never let Roxas know how much it stresses him out because he'd do anything for this kid. they're all but on the run with how easily suspicion arises, but it's all worth it to see Roxas smile
outside of being god's strongest single dad, Axel's charismatic to a fault and struggles to make meaningful connections because even when he's not being run out of town protecting his son, he's so busy wearing a mask and trying to impress anyone that he's never really gotten good at letting his guard down. naturally he is extremely vulnerable to the gaze of a soul-staring man with beautiful blue hair, and might just open up for once
OKAY YAY I LOVE THEM SO MUCH AKSJDHAKSJHDSAKJDH
feel free to send us asks or reblog with comments/ideas/whatever or anything you want we are so excited about this askjdhakjshd
will probably try to get going some actual drawn designs in due time, and figure out exact setting we want this in because we've definitely been drawn to a lowkey-fantasy setting without modern technology (because this is heavily inspired by all the legends/secrets of deltora fanfic we wrote as a kid) but!!! we will be figuring everything out as we explore this and get things established
in conclusion YOUR HONOUR I LOVE THEM!!!! LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!
