Accidental Forest Cryptid

25yrs | go by Rem | they/them (masc) | Dabbles in doodles when not running around the woods. kofi: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RemDoodles tt: https://www.tiktok.com/@remdoodles?_t=8X9M1gK5rLe&_r=1

[remdoodles]

I am not immune to Augtober

[vacantfields]

Its pouring outside. It's night.

You're lying in bed, curled up in your cozy and warm blankets and duvets. Your face is turned to the window; the curtains are parted, giving you a front-seat view of the rain and the roads below. A car passes; a streetlight flickers as raindrops draw long, almost glowing streaks on the glass of your window.

You feel a hand caress over your covered side, turning your head to look over your shoulder; you're met with a face of awe at the rain outside. Prologue looks like he's never seen rain; maybe he hasn't, or maybe he doesn't remember. Epilogue looks like he wishes to jump out of bed, get outside and chase the raindrops and... Maybe the cars like that one time.

The hand, which is not the clawed hand, thankfully caresses the fabrics covering you. You had told the boys multiple times it's okay to hold onto your bare skin with their hands. But they still hesitate, even after years of built trust. You hum a bit to get their attention. Their eyes shift from the rain to you, illuminated now by reds and yellows. They both smile softly, and you can't help yourself, so you smile back.

"Can't sleep?" Epilogue's voice almost startles you, but the softness of it helps to calm that springy nerve you have for sudden noises. "Something like that." You whisper back, a smaller smile on your lips than before. Epilogue lets out a hum as he leans their faceplate down to your human faceplate; they lovingly call it that. They both stare into your eyes, and you stare back. "Do you need to be tired out?" Prologue asks, a wicked grin appearing on both sides of their face in the low light. You roll your eyes; you roll them hard. "Get off me, you freaks." You say with an airy laugh covering your tone. Prologue chuckles as your hand comes up from under the covers to push at their chest, but of course they do not move. Obviously, "We can tell you a story maybe? Moonie needs the practice anyway." Prologue says with a tilt of their head. "What? I need practice?" Epilogue rasps, quietly to himself as if he couldn't understand where Prologue got that audacity from. You laugh a little harder as you turn over and face them "No, it's okay. I will sleep soon. I just like hearing the rain is all." You give them a toothy grin, and they smile back. "I see," Prologue replies before lying down again instead of hovering over you. "Then we shall lie here and listen to the rain till you fall asleep, our star." You love when Prologue gets this soft. "I guess we shall." You say, then scoot closer and cuddle into their chest, your ear pressed against the soft silicone. You could hear Epilogue purring and the machinery working in there.

You feel them turn slightly so they can have both arms around you. You feel a press of their grin on the top of your head. "We love you, little star," Epilogue says as Prologue hums in agreement.

"And I love you two. Sunny and Moonie." You say, a gentle smile on your lips as your eyes close and the rain outside continues, but you're here in a warm bed with the two most loving bots, safe and sound.

[remdoodles]

Not to be Fall posting in August but have another drabble fresh off the press 🏕️:

Late summer nights had gotten darker, and the number of campers attending the Adventure Zone had been winding down for the season.

Dry leaves clung to their branches as a windstorm brewed heavy in the sky. The day had been spent as you helped Daybreak to secure loose tarps and stray equipment around the camp.

As you tidied the last few items Daybreak suggested that you both should head back to the cabin to watch a movie, 'a fun way to pass the time 'till the end of your shift'. You readily agree on the condition that snacks be provided which he accepted with a chuckle.

In your excitement you don't catch the mischievous glint in his eye.

Later you would find out why he gave in so easily. You gave a yelp as you pulled a blanket over your face, the action coming too late to save you from the umpteenth jump scare in the horror movie Daybreak had put on. Daybreak doesn't laugh at your misfortune, but he did nothing to hide his grin as you peeked out at him.

"Careful there Honeybee, you almost tossed the snacks that time~"

You stuck your tongue out at him before retreating back to your ghostly blanket form, "Some of us don’t have the benefit of seeing all the movies in the camp before!"

Now he laughed a bit, “I suppose that’s fair, I guess we will just have to see about some more movie nights then.” He set the snacks in a safe location before before he leaned over and lifted the blanket from your face to settle it around your shoulders, “How does that sound?”

You sigh, drawing the blanket closed around you, “honestly it sounds amazing, but I don’t think we’ll have time.” Daybreak made a questioning noise that you took as a prompt to continue, ”well, I mean, there’s only a few weeks left in the season, and with how much I still have to learn about the outdoors I’m sure they’ll hire someone better next year. Maybe someone who falls into a few less creeks”

You gave a wry laugh but Daybreak didn't join in, you startle when you meet his eyes again to find him quietly watching you with a strange look on his face.

"Yin, I-ACK!"

He is cut off as a loud bang sounded outside and the lights (and TV) in the room blinked out.

Now void of sounds of the movie, the sound of the wind howling against the cabin walls is obvious.

That, and the whirring of Breaker's systems. Systems that, now that you could hear them, did sound a bit faster and *louder* than usual..

"Breaker?"

"Yes Honeybee?"

“Did you just shriek?"

Daybreak choked slightly as he scrambled to answer “No! I- It- was a strangled yell.”

You snicker at his meek tone, relishing in the opportunity to mess with him after all of his teasing about the movie earlier. “Aww, don’t worry Breaker, I can hold the snacks while you get worked up over the big scary noises.” His face starts to glow, the orange hue a beacon in the darkened room, though he seemed confused.

“Worked up over-? Oh, Honeybee that’s not what I’m-” he stopped, running his hand through his rays as he took off his hat. Sighing before he looked at you with a small smile and one eye closed in a wink, “I guess I deserve that, don’t I?”

You couldn't help it, you started giggling. It didn't take long before Daybreak was laughing as well and you both fall back into your respective piles of blankets and soft things. After a bit you quieted with only the occasional snicker breaking through.

…

“Sooo, you know you’re not leaving tonight yeah?”

“What?!”

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After Daybreak clarified he was referring to travel being unsafe until after the storm, focus of the evening turned from misunderstandings to more constructive pursuits. Namely, building an elaborate blanket fort to tell scary stories in, in lieu of being able to finish the movie.

Large quilts, chairs, and plenty of pillows were drafted for the cause. As a final touch Daybreak produced some battery powered string-lights in the shape of bumblebees which offered a warm glow to offset the shadows that clung in corners of the room. Not that you had been too worried about the lighting as Daybreak’s blush had never quite gone away while you worked

Your smile wistfully, you really were going to miss this🏕️

[remdoodles]

Drabble time🏕️ :

Animatronics: the cutting edge of technology, muse's of the modern age, mechanical wonders. Daybreak is one such animatronic. A robot built for the outdoors and rough terrain with a myriad of features he could rely on to help navigate the woods he called home.

Features he was perhaps too reliant on sometimes, Daybreak thought, as he was snapped out of a daydream by his foot meeting the open air over a cliff his built in map insisted wasn't there.

His sensors helpfully chirped that the drop was 37.2ft before he landed on a small slope of loose dirt at the base of the cliff, tumbling off the pile and coming to a stop facedown in a nearby patch of grass.

A few loose rocks rolled after him, pinging gently against his side as he contemplated what to do next. It was a passing consideration to just lay there forever but the image of you getting worried and coming to look for him spurred movement.

He brought his hands up to his sides, palms against the ground, and pushed to roll himself over. Overhead a smattering of clouds in a blue sky defied gravity in a way he, ironically, just hadn't.

..it was pretty peaceful to watch them float along though. Daybreak sighed as he moved his hands to rest behind his head and his mind drifted again. Maybe you would enjoy watching the clouds too? Perhaps even with him over one[or hopefully more]of your breaks as the summer drew on. You had really seemed to like most of the outdoor activities Daybreak had suggested the past few months.

And those past months had truly been wonderful. Daybreak's mind wandered to further thoughts of you. He closed his eyes with a hum, relaxing as dappled sunlight warmed his plating.

You. He had been worried when you first met, unsure how you would fare with such long hours and unpredictable conditions, especially when your coworker was a frankly oversized animatronic. But through trial and -sometimes rather muddy- error this past summer you had proven yourself quite resilient, that you enjoyed the challenges even.

No, he definitely wasn't worried now, the way he felt now was a bit different wasn't it? He wasn't quite sure how to describe it, well, except for distracting at times. For instance, thinking about you when one should be paying attention to where they are walking. His eyes snapped open and a bit of orange dusted his cheeks as he glanced over to the cliff, he could never tell you about this.

With a final sigh Daybreak moved to get up, brushing dirt from his cargo pants and reaching over to grab his hat from where it had fallen nearby. A little dusty but no worse for wear, the hat was secured on his head as he updated his internal map to note the new drop off and set course for the Adventure Zone cabin. Internally vowing to not get distracted this time as he made his way back to his little adventurers and you.

[remdoodles]

(Cw: Some flashing, and canon typical sadness)

Prologue and company belong to @vacantfields of course^^

Some stills and after the cut!

I do it for the plot your honor.

[trenidia]

I'm coming towards the end of posting my attacks since I only planned to do 50 this year and I'm already up to 42.

In order:

Soleil belongs to Shinyhyacinth @ shinyhyacinth on Bluesky!

Daybreak belongs to Remnince @remdoodles!

Bo belongs to Jae_Kae @ jae_kae879 on Instagram !

SECA belongs to TheFableFantasy @fantasytoartt !

[remdoodles]

🏕✨️Don't mind him, he's just having a quiet moment

[sealemoons]

sighhh if only they were real

[pitofjesters]

Merclowns!!!✨🐟🌊

Another old fave, love these two idiot fish, and one day the sketchy lore in my drafts will see the light of day agsjssk

[vacantfields]

Im so proud of the new ref its insane LOL

But also look at this

What love does to u (:

[remdoodles]

[voidsetup1]

and out of the darkness - you you you you you

[remdoodles]

OK --- Security Breach x Project Hail Mary AU (Because we are combining fixations in this house)

Where after the explosion at the training center it was decided that an additional backup plan was in order. That plan being to obtain the most advanced animatroic+AIs currently available, download whatever relevant skills into them that they could before the launch, and put them on the ship to be activated in the case of crew casualty.

Ryland, of course, wakes up alone and doesn't know to activate them until later when Rocky is poking around and brings Sun and Moon online manually via a very obviously labeled panel with two lit green buttons and a prompt on the screen asking if help is needed. (Rocky will of course give Ryland some shit for missing this but, tbf, alot was going on.)

Shenanigans then ensue between Rocky and his three kidnapped child-rearing earth beings as one would expect. (Moon and rocky often imitating each other or conspiring about sleep setups, while Sun takes solace with Armando as the other 'competent' crew member, and Ryland is just doing his best lol)

Cut to the fishing expedition explosion and everyone is down for the count. Despite Rocky's best efforts, Grace's heart does stop for a couple moments before he can get him to Armando to resuscitate. The lack of detectable crew member heartbeats triggers a failsafe that activates a third backup animatronic: Eclipse.

Recovery and shenanigan proceed as above (now plus one member and four extra arms) ending with everyone on Erid. The bots get some upgrades to withstand the high temps but now they can act as Ryland's helping hands directly in the classroom or on field trips around the planet and on from there.

(plus one possibly bloody arm and some therapy for everyone)

[notdysfunk]

Hear me out now, Moon is the eridian

[1luckyrubberducky]

Chat pls help

[1luckyrubberducky]

Chat should we

shut off the lights and hide?

go for a ride...whatever that means?

idk/see results

Voting ended onJun 25

[1luckyrubberducky]

You hesitate for a moment; Sun's eyes are ominously locked into yours.

"Um... sure?"

Sun's eyes narrow, smile widening.

"Alright, Sunshine.. but you'll have to wait until everyone leaves. No one can see what we are about to do."

"Is it... legal?"

Sun pauses, and then leans into your face very closely.

"...Most definitely against the rules."

[1luckyrubberducky]

"ALL ABOARD MR. WAYNE THE RAIN TRAIN!!!"

(Easter egg for @remdoodles bc I love Daybreak sm)

[unknownfishsposts]

What else does Eclipse do with his four arms?

Oh you know, very simple funny things you could do with four arms, like guitar hero (don't distract him though) >:D

[rockrockgrace]

He's in a ball!