Shardi Crossover

Here’s random artwork with crossovers, usually involving my favorite characters. Will have an official name in the future.

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Meet the Characters

# indicates approximate given by developer

* indicates personal headcanon or estimate

M mature game or series

1. Putt-Putt

Putt-Putt series by Humongous Entertainment

First appearance: Putt-Putt Joins the Parade (1992)

Based on: Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo (1995)

Height: 2'3" - 69 cm

From driver’s license shown by cheat for Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo

Reference: Humongous Entertainment Wiki - Fandom

Age: 7 years old*

Estimate. Based on expiration date of driver’s license (December 6, 1999) and Putt-Putt’s birthdate (September 9, 1992), Putt-Putt is younger than 8 years old. I have a headcanon that the license gets renewed every year like an annual doctor’s appointment for children.

Another headcanon: Putt-Putt is older than Pajama Sam (6 years old) and younger than Freddi Fish. In the scoreboard of Freddi Fish and Luther’s Water Worries, the main characters are listed in this order: Fatty Bear, Freddi Fish, Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, Luther. I find this order interesting. It seems to be order of maturity. Also, his fish form, Jason, seems to be younger than Freddi.

Gender: Male

Species: Car

Birthday: September 9

From driver’s license

2. Moth

Creepy Castle (2016) by Dopterra

Height: 2'2" - 66 cm (without antennae) / 3'3" - 100 cm#

In the Ask Moth Tumblr blog (currently unavailable), Dopterra stated that Moth is a little over 2 feet tall without his antennae and a little over 3 feet tall (or one meter) with his antennae.

Age: 21 years old#

In the Ask Moth Tumblr blog, Dopterra stated that Moth is a young adult, “somewhere close to 21”.

I don’t think Moth knows his exact age. He doesn’t even know his real name.

Gender: Male

Species: Moth

Birthday: April 15

Stated in a tweet by Dopterra

Reference: Twitter

I don’t think Moth actually knows his birthday, either.

3. Vi (Violet)

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling (2019) by Moonsprout Games

Height: 3'3" - 99 cm*

Vi would actually be about the same size as a real-life honeybee.

If the proportion of the bugs is the same as real-life people, I estimate her height to be about 4 feet tall. The height of tall bugs (like Zasp) seem to be the equivalent of 6 feet to me.

Though I kind of want her to be a small bean

Also the developer made Vi’s Mii really short. Not the shortest, but quite shorter than my human kid Miis.

Age: 17 years old#

One of the developers, Mar, states Vi is around 16-17 years old in the Bug Fables Discord server.

Reference: Bug Fables Wiki - Fandom

Gender: Female

Species: Western honeybee

4. Conker the Squirrel

Conker series by Rareware

First appearance: Diddy Kong Racing (1997)

Based on: Conker’s Bad Fur Day (2001) M

Height: 4'9" - 145 cm (to tips of ears)

Shown in the official player’s guide

Reference: Conker Wiki

Age: 21 years old

The box for Conker’s Bad Fur Day on the N64 states Conker is celebrating his 21st birthday bash.

Gender: Male

Species: Red squirrel

Birthday: March 5

Implied. The same page on the player’s guide shows a check dated as 3/5/2001, which takes place during Conker’s 21st birthday.

This is also the release date of Conker’s Bad Fur Day

5. Gin Ibushi

キミガシネ / Your Turn to Die (2017) M by Nankidai

Game is still ongoing

Height: 4'6" - 138 cm

Stated in the game

Gin also weighs 78.3 lbs - 35.5 kg

Reference: Your Turn to Die Wiki - Fandom

Age: 12 years old

Stated in the game

Gin is also a 6th grader

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Birthday: March 13

Stated in a character profile

6. Link

Legend of Zelda series by Nintendo

First appearance: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

Based on: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2000)

This is the Hero of Time as a child. Also known as Young Link in Super Smash Bros. and Hyrule Warriors

Height: 4'5" - 135 cm*

Estimate. Game Theory measured Link’s height in Ocarina of Time as 4'3". He is a little older in Majora’s Mask

Age: 10 years old#

Estimate. Miyamoto stated Link is 9 years old in Ocarina of Time. Majora’s Mask seems to take place months later.

Gender: Male

Species: Hylian (elf)

7. Donkey Kong

Mario series by Nintendo and Donkey Kong Country series by Rareware

First appearance: Donkey Kong Country (1994)

The Donkey Kong from the original Donkey Kong is now Cranky Kong

Height: 6'8" - 203 cm (on knuckles) / 7'10" - 239 cm (standing up)

Reference: Donkey Kong Wiki - Fandom

Donkey Kong also weighs 800 pounds - 363 kg

Age: 22 years old* * Complete guess. And he seems to be the oldest

Gender: Male

Species: Ape

8. Ryou Yoshizawa

Corpse Party: Blood Covered (2006) M by Team GrisGris

Height: 4’1” - 126 cm

Reference: Corpse Party Wiki - Fandom

Age: 8 years old

Stated in the game

Ryou is also a 3rd grader

Gender: Male

Species: Spirit (of human)

Birthday: January 8

9. Watt

Paper Mario (2000) by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems

Height: 2’0” - 61 cm (face only)*

Estimate. Compared with Mario’s height (5'1" - 77.5 cm)

Age: 2 years old*

Watt is an infant. She has a pacifier and refers to herself in third person in the Japanese version of Paper Mario

Watt is older than Yoshi kid, since Yoshi kid is born during the sequel of Paper Mario

Apparently, she is still an infant in the sequels, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (unused sprite) and Super Paper Mario (group photo at beginning)

Gender: Female

Is referred as female overall. In the English Paper Mario, she is referred as female when she joins the team, in the main menu and in the Post Office. The male references in Paper Mario are likely mistakes for the Super Block upgrade. Same case for Super Paper Mario.

Species: Li’l Sparky

10. Kanji Tatsumi

Persona 4 (2008) M by Atlus

Height: 6’1” - 185 cm

Reference: Megumi Tensei Wiki - Fandom

Kanji also weighs 143 lbs - 65 kg

Age: 16 years old

15 at the beginning of Persona 4. 16 at the end

Kanji was also a first-year in high school (10th grade equivalent in the U.S.)

Headcanon: Kanji is younger than Vi, since Vi is stated to be about 16-17 years old

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Birthday: January 19

11. Inkling

Splatoon series by Nintendo

Based on: Splatoon (2015)

Height: 5’0” - 152 cm*

Age: 14 years old

Stated in the game

Gender: Female

Species: Inkling (Part kid, part squid)

12. Yoshi kid (The Great Gonzales Jr.)

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2004) by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems

Height: 3'0" - 91 cm*

Estimate. Compared with Mario’s height (5'1" - 77.5 cm)

Age: 0 years old

Is born in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Gender: Male

Is referred as male by Goombella, regardless of color

Species: Yoshi

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Even though Young and Supervised has the focus on Putt-Putt and Ryou as main characters and Watt and Yosh as secondary characters, some of the other characters play a role. They all also have a bigger role later on. Not going to spoil much, yet.

Gin: Ryou’s only other friend besides Putt-Putt. Has concerns with Ryou’s displays of power to enact justice on the bad guys would attract unwanted attention. Tries his best to help Ryou control his power. Ryou then gets upset when Gin suggests asking an adult like Moth for help and leaves after an incident.

Vi: Putt-Putt’s friend. She finds out Putt-Putt will go on an outing with Watt and Yosh and shows him that he’d face bad guys. He gets intimidated when she displays her fighting skills and thanks her before leaving, thinking he’ll find other ways to handle the enemies without violence.

Link and Orange: Friends with Watt, Yosh and Putt-Putt. They typically hang out with Watt and Yosh. They initially planned to join the outing too, but had to back out at the last minute, to Yosh’s disappointment. Link finds out Ryou is invited too and gets concerned. Orange is in contact with Gin, and tries to reach out to him as the time goes by.

Moth: Friends with Gin, who sees him like a big bro. He wants to help Ryou out with his powers and avoiding Sachiko, except Ryou is hesitant as he distrusts adults. Not to mention that Moth’s personality reminds Ryou of his once loving mother, whom Ryou felt betrayed by in the end.

Conker The Squirrel: Has a feud with Ryou ever since he and Putt-Putt met him back in March (they’re the first three to meet). He knows how dangerous Ryou and other spirits like Sachiko are, especially since Sachiko may want to get Ryou back through any means possible. He parted ways with Putt-Putt after trying to warn him about Ryou, but he gave Putt-Putt a frying pan for defense and protection, even if Putt-Putt hopes to never use it.

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Me when plotting Young and Unsupervised. Spent hours planning Save the Cat structures that interweave Putt-Putt and Ryou’s arcs as they overcome their flaws as they travel to a new place with young kids, as Putt-Putt is a pacifist who refuses help from others while Ryou is a ghost distrustful of adults and tends to resort to violence. Goes through ups and downs as they bond, get separated, learn lessons on how to improve their lives and take the final action at the end. Have good idea of Ryou’s struggles in his “life” after leaving the Heavenly Host. Now I have to write the opening scene, so thought it was good to highlight Putt-Putt’s struggles in life (without parents) with a school scene.

And then I realize that it’s better for the story to take place at the beginning of the summer (June) instead of beginning of school year (September) because it makes sense for the overall set up (as they will the whole summer to go on various adventures). So I have to set up Putt-Putt’s struggles and life during that time period. Fuuuuu…

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Here’s an old group drawing made two years ago. It was a banner at some point

They’re playing Jackbox Games or something.

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New icons that would be used in videos and such.

And yes, there are two new characters: Paracelsus and Phoenix Wright.

Characters

Putt-Putt - Putt-Putt

Ryou Yoshizawa - Corpse Party

Moth - Creepy Castle

Paracelsus (Plague Doctor) - Darkest Dungeon

Conker The Squirrel - Conker’s Bad Fur Day

Kanji Tatsumi - Persona 4

Vi - Bug Fables

Gin Ibushi - Kimi ga Shine/Your Turn to Die

Link - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask

Orange (Inkling) - Splatoon

Donkey Kong - Donkey Kong Country

Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney

Watt - Paper Mario

Yosh (Yoshi kid) - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

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I am revising Ryou’s personality to be more reflective of his in-game self (which is still pretty vague).

He’s more emotional and expressive. Still creative, artistic and usually reserved, but can be excited and passionate around close friends. He refuses to conform to social norms and yearns to find his personal identity and express himself. He tends to draw patterns and jump to conclusions too quickly. Because of this (and his late parents’ negligence and unrealistic expectations), he’s distrustful of adults and becomes aggressive when he feels threatened. He can be rather dramatic, melancholic and selfish at times. But also sensitive and sweet, not just to those he trusts, but to anyone who experiences similar struggles.

While escaping the Heavenly Host Elementary has significantly weakened the darkening controlling him, he’s not immune to it. If he becomes doubtful or too overwhelmed by negative emotions, it can influence him. Hopefully with some support, he can overcome the dark tendencies.

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Here’s a hug. Uh, hugs are hard to draw. Especially if it involves a car.

Putt-Putt’s not too used to hugs, especially from “humans”. At the beginning, he’s so focused on seeking love and acceptance from many people, rather than establishing deep connections with a few. This is their second or third hug. Maybe he’ll get used it.

Ryou’s body isn’t warm like most humans’. Not that Putt-Putt really minds, though.

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Young and Unsupervised

Two grade-school kids, Putt-Putt and Ryou, wind up traveling alone with the even younger Yosh and Watt to Lavalava Island in the Mushroom Kingdom, new to the excitement and dangers ahead. Putt-Putt would rather make peace with enemies, to Yosh’s chagrin. Meanwhile, Ryou tries to keep his powers in check, though Watt is uneasy with him. With adults out of the picture, the two eldest try to make the best of the outing-turned adventure.

This is an idea for an upcoming fanfic. Though it may take a while before I post the first chapter. Haven’t finished WWSVSI yet. Anyway, felt like drawing the main characters

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My IKEA shelf is like a little plush hotel. Hah.

I hand-sewed the plushes in the first three units.

Putt-Putt - Completed in January 2023. The hardest one to design and sew (I only made him because he’s my favorite). There’s a removable voicebox that places various voices clips from Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo. I plan to add another one that plays his horn when you press his horn button.

Ryou - Completed in April 2023. Arms, legs and torso are posable and he can stand on his own. He’s about 15 inches/38 centimeters tall, designed to be proportional to Putt-Putt.

Moth - Completed in August 2018. First plush made. Has attachable sword. Easiest to make and relatively simple in design. Also the most cuddly.

Butterfly - Completed in March 2019. Pretty hard to make, second hardest definitely. Requires wiring to support his head, antenna, and arms so they are somewhat poseable. Don’t know if I can easily make again as I didn’t follow my templates completely.

Vi - Completed in January 2021. Antenna and arms are wired, so they are posable. Comes with some expressions that are changeable, such as annoyed, sleepy and winking.

Also last unit has a Donkey Kong and Inkling plush, not made by me obviously.

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Today is April 15, the birthday of my second all-time favorite character, Moth from Creepy Castle. The two candles are supposed to mean he's in his early 20s.

Also, since I no longer have Twitter, below are pictures I created for this occasion in the past.

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Not a crossover, but whatever. It's Moth's birthday.

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Today is January 8th. Ryou’s birthday.

Since Ryou surprised Putt-Putt for his birthday, it’s time for Putt-Putt to return the favor. And Ryou gets… a book. Not just any book, it’s the printed version of a story he wrote.

Also, Ryou can’t eat anything, so no cake drawn here.

I don’t think I can draw a birthday pic for all characters this year. There might be a few others I’d like to do, though.

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Made this after I took a walk in the snow.

Ryou and Putt-Putt build a snowman.

JPEG version under the cut.

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A character introduction drawing for the We Won’t Speak of the Vine Swing Incident fanfic.

Normally, I wouldn’t include one. But since this is a crossover where I doubt most readers would know who all of then are them are in advance, I thought it would be nice to have.

Vi doesn’t make an appearance, though she is mentioned several times throughout so I’d thought to include her.

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Another drawing. Another excerpt.

“Nice clothes, woof!”

This little scene is part of a G-rated fanfic I am working on, called We Won’t Speak of the Vine Swing Incident. Along with Gin, Ryou and Putt-Putt, Link and Orange appears and Vi is mentioned several times throughout. It will be pretty short, though writing and completing a fanfic is quite a challenge.

Summary:

Gin Ibushi receives an invite to a tour of the Cartown Zoo from Ryou Yoshizawa, and he takes it as a moment to shine. After all, it’s full of animals and Putt-Putt invited the Hero of Time and a very talented and competitive Inkling to join them. It is supposed to be a normal tour, but when the five kids reach the vine swing in Jungle Land, chaos ensures. And an agreement is made in the end.

Excerpt of scene under cut:

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With the misunderstanding cleared up, the first thing that catches Gin’s eye is Ryou’s outfit. He dons a light-blue t-shirt with a mountain logo, black shorts with a blue stripe down the side, and black sneakers. Much more sporty and casual than the grey-blue sweater, turquoise shorts and indoor school shoes that he normally wears. They sure resemble Orange’s usual outfit.

“Nice clothes, woof!” Gin remarks. Ryou’s shorts are rather short, though.

Instead of thanking him or complementing back, Ryou narrows his eyes. He looks like a grumpy cat that way. “And yours are the same as before. You don’t mind if your cat cloak gets dirty?”

Well, maaaybe when Ryou invited him, he urged to wear something suitable for adventures. And maaaybe Gin brushed it off. His fingers slide along the inner lining of his thick paws, knowing that his cape’s made of the same material. The softness and fuzziness feel so nice. Yup, he wouldn’t wear anything else! “This is my adventuring cape, meow!”

Ryou tilts his head to the side. “You know why me and Putt-Putt rushed to your place? It’s because my outfit got all muddy from my last zoo trip.” Oh, the time that he had to come over as an actual ghost? What a sight. Gin didn’t ask questions back then, though.

Gin hugs Mew-chan with one arm, freeing up his other hand to smooth the neck area of his cape. “Well, I’m sure that I won’t get my clothes in such a state, woof! Not even on a deserted island, meow!”

“Great confidence, Gin!” Putt-Putt exclaims. “It’s a little late for you to change, anyway. And you can count on us to help!”

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Ryou, you mischievous kid.

“M-M-Meeeeeoww?!?!?!”

“Woof! Ryou! Don’t do that! Meow!”

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So this little scene is part of a G-rated fanfic I am working on, called We Won’t Speak of the Vine Swing Incident. Along with Gin, Ryou and Putt-Putt, Link and Orange appears and Vi is mentioned several times throughout. It will be pretty short, though writing and completing a fanfic is quite a challenge.

Summary:

Gin Ibushi receives an invite to a tour of the Cartown Zoo from Ryou Yoshizawa, and he takes it as a moment to shine. After all, it’s full of animals and Putt-Putt invited the Hero of Time and a very talented and competitive Inkling to join them. It is supposed to be a normal tour, but when the five kids reach the vine swing in Jungle Land, chaos ensures. And an agreement is made in the end.

Posts related to We Won’t Speak of the Vine Swing Incident will ve tagged as “wwsvsi”.

Excerpt of scene under cut:

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“Am I really the first one here, woof?” Gin asks.

“Yup. Wow! You’re so punctual,” Putt-Putt replies.

“I always am, meow!” Even though Gin just got lucky. If Ryou told him to meet elsewhere, he would’ve spent hours wandering around. He tucks his phone away, hoping to hide any evidence of his cluelessness. “So, this is the meeting place, woof?”

“Right. Just a few yards— Whoops, you and Link don’t use the USCS.”

“The what, woof?”

“The United States customary system.” What a mouthful. “Anyway, just a few meters down this road from the lab. We don’t want to disturb Mr. Firebird, do we?”

Gin frowns underneath his mask, which thankfully Putt-Putt can’t see. That’s not what Ryou told him, at all. Now that Gin thinks about it, he just said to come to Cartown. Like, inside the main town itself or the area in general? Compared to Putt-Putt, Ryou’s awful at giving instructions. No offense.

“Hey, you okay?” Putt-Putt asks. “You seem to be deep in thought.”

“M-Meow. Nothing, woof.” Speaking of not being present… Gin straightens up and looks around. “Where’s Ryou, meow?”

“He should be on his way. He was at my garage.”

Gin blinks and glances at Putt-Putt. “Mrow? You weren’t together, woof?”

“Well, Pep and I were at the zoo for the past hour, making sure all the animals are fed and happy.”

“Uh-huh, meow.” Hmm, Ryou may not be active. But would he really leave Putt-Putt alone when there’s nothing else for him to do? If Gin recalls, Ryou is the elder one of the two. By at least a year, even.

“Oh, just so you know, Link and Orange agreed to come, too.”

“Yeah, woof.” It’s no surprise to Gin. Ryou told him that Putt-Putt wanted to invite Link, Orange and Vi. Why else would Gin practice his exploring and animal-whispering skills? Going on a trip with Hero of Time sounds pretty sweet. Maybe if he proves himself, Link will let him join his adventures. Orange is cool, too, if not a bit pushy. And obsessed with petting his cape.

As for Vi, if he looks uncool… oh wait. Looks like he doesn’t have to worry about her.

Gin peers over the small car and squints his eyes at the road in front of him. The one that leads to his garage. “Wait a sec, woof. Ryou invited me but he’s not even walking down the road? How irresponsible, meow!”

“Who’s irresponsible?” a different child’s voice asks in a rather cold tone. From right behind him!

“Mrrrow!!!” Gin spins around. No one’s there. No one else exiting out of the portal he came from. No Orange. No Link… Besides, that voice sounded like it belongs to…

Suddenly, a smaller and younger boy appears, his smile crooked in a mischievous grin. Like, he literally appeared out of thin air!

“M-M-Meeeeeoww?!?!?!” Gin stumbles back, holding Mew-chan high in the air. He’s backed up enough that he could’ve bumped right into Putt-Putt. Yet with a furtive glance behind him, he can tell Putt-Putt already reversed out of the way.

Once Gin regains his footing and pulls Mew-chan between his elbows, his clawed hands fly up. “Woof! Ryou! Don’t do that! Meow!”

That Ryou lets out a small giggle. He must’ve teleported here and stayed invisible. How annoying! Why didn’t he just walk here like an actual human? Thanks to the life-like doll Gin found him, Ryou may now look like a human. And is physical like a human…

But once a ghost, always a ghost.

“Oh, Ryou! Hello!” Sheesh, Putt-Putt seems completely unfazed by the sudden appearance.

“Hi, Putt-Putt.” Ryou strolls next to him and frowns a bit upon taking a closer look. “Did you race all the way from the zoo?”

“Maybe.” Ryou tilts his head, waiting for more. “Oh, alright. As I was about to leave, Outback Al asked me to help calm some monkeys down.” Really? For a car, Putt-Putt sure acts more like a worker bee than an actual bee Gin knows. Namely, Vi.

Ryou clicks his tongue. “I thought so.” A snack bar materializes into his hand. Whoa, what kind of ghost power is that? Anyway, he gives it to Putt-Putt while smiling. “Here’s a snack. You look tired.”

“Wow, thanks.” Putt-Putt wraps his antenna around it and pulls away. “Uh, you don’t mind if I eat it now?”

“No, woof,” Gin says. “Why do you need to ask, Floaty Brows? Meow?”

“If you insist.” Putt-Putt shifts the bar, using the middle of his antenna to hold it and the tip to tear at the ridged edges. He unravels the snack like it’s a banana.

Ryou turns to Gin, his hands clasped behind his back. His brown eyes shine and his smile turns all innocent this time. As if he did not make Gin leap out of his skin, earlier. “Good to see you, Gin,” he says in an earnest tone. After a few seconds, his eyes dull and the usual straight face returns. “I guess you called Putt-Putt’s phone. Got lost?”

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Here are the static images

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A story I’d like to make is Vi learning to drive. Because she’s 16. Yet Bugaria doesn’t have cars, so she has to take lessons from other worlds. Like Dopterra (Creepy Castle mentions convertibles and joy rides, so driving cars must exist there).

I also wanted to make an animatic that’s a parody of that London driving scene from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. That would take forever though, especially with me struggling to draw cars. For now, you get this drawing of Vi and Ant Queen (Creepy Castle).

“First things first, have you adjusted your mirrors?”

Related posts will be tagged as “vl2d” (Vi Learns To Drive)

Some sketches under the cut.

“Have you buckled your seatbelt?”

“I was going to.”

“But this neck fluff just ruffles so easily, so I thought—”

“Just do it.”

“But my neck fluff—”

“IT’S THE LAW!”

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Well, Link and Orange are rather attached to Pikachu, so Pikachu might pop up from time to time.

I drew Pikachu with Moth because they look similar. But, eh, Pikachu looks tiny compared to him.

Pikachu is one of those impish guys who’d act innocent and want attention with most (like Moth), but also cause trouble with others (like Ryou).