| River | 25 | Artist | Writer | He/He| Hi there! I have begun reading fanfic for the first time since I was 13 and it's taken over my life. I'm currently developing a selkie y/n au! This is where I'll scream about it! enjoy! Also, this is a side blog! I'm following MANY of y'all with my main, banjoriverbear!
A bit messy this time. Oh and due to me not knowing how to do panels this is 24 images, thank goodness you can upload up to 30 images nowadays! (which I just found out now)
Reblogs > likes as usual! Not that I don't like hearts, I just love seeing you guys talk in tags :)
Edit: Aether does not know the exact meaning of "Kiss and tell" they're a little stupid aka I was a dum dum
Fanart for The Selkie Search! Obsessed with it, can’t wait for the next chapter!!! Hope you’re doing well <3
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"Can you talk?" - that sounds like it could lead to some fun/sad times
Oooh thanks for sending in a prompt!! this was my first time trying something like this, and I had a lot of fun with it! This story takes place probably around chapter 3, I hope you enjoy!
"Can you talk?" 1500+ Words
CW: drowning
It had been a long… long day of travel. Or, night, really. The sun seemed as exhausted as you were as it barely began to peek up over the horizon, any bit of wave covering it in an instant from your view. While being a creature of the sea, you’d been swimming for an extensive period and everything ached from your whiskers to your tail fins.
Any moment now, that sun is going to be blocked out by a lovely silhouette of land.. Maybe some trees… we’re too far south for icebergs.. Shit, I’ll take anything at this point.
According to the boys’ navigation systems (and thank the stars that there’d been clear weather recently or you’d never get to land at this rate), it was only a short trip remaining until your next encounter with shoreline.
However, your eyelids were getting heavier by the minute, and your body felt like an anchor as you swam behind the two animatronics. Sun liked to stay near the top of the water, Moon swimming far below scoping out the trenches. You, needing to breathe air, tended to stay with Sun, although occasionally you liked to pop down for a peek of what Moon was up to. You swam up to the top again and took another big puff in through your nostrils, the cold morning air filling your nose, making it burn a little.
You let out a pitiful little sneeze.
Water splashed against your head and in an instant a bright cheerful face was directly next to yours.
“Oh dear selkie, that was adorable!”
“Hello, Sun.”
The tall yellow animatronic had not let you out of his sight since you’d begun your journey a few days ago, and you’re sure the other grumpy blue one hadn’t either.. Though unlike Sun, Moon's intentions seemed to be less fascination and more of keeping you on a leash. Sun had just NOT left you alone for one moment, though, in all fairness, he really did seem to try. He swam juuust far enough away to make it feel like you had room to yourself, but stars forbid you so much as thought out loud because he snapped to your side in moments asking if you needed something.
It was… a little endearing. Borderline annoying, yes, but endearing nonetheless.
Ignoring your short answer, he dove straight into conversation (as if the two of you hadn’t just been chatting previously about ten minutes beforehand.. And ten minutes before that..) “I’m so so glad we’re almost near some land, aren’t you? Just look at that sunrise! I’m soooo looking forward to being able to charge back up again. Aren’t you looking forward to some rest?” He blinked at you innocently.
It was an obvious trap.
“No actually, I think I could keep going all day! I’m doing just fine!”
Despite their intentions on the surface, you still weren’t sure you could let your guard down around these two. The simple facts were they were much bigger and seemed much stronger than you and while they seemed nice enough…
You swallowed.
“I might even be up for skipping the next island, you know!
So says the idiot half asleep and swimming. You know you need that rest. Do you want to drown?
The voice in the back of your head scolded you but you beamed at Sun, swatting it away in your mind's eye.
Sun's gaze on you remained steady, his smile never wavering. There was silence for a moment, as he studied your face. He only replied with a small "Hmmmmmm.." before doing a happy spin in the water, returning next to you to float on his back.
"But of course selkie, you know best! I'm sure a strong, brave creature like you could make this journey with no trouble! Moony and I are only just holding you back!"
He wasn't buying it.
"I'll leave your capable selkie self to your own devices then, maybe we will even skip the next island, if you're so sure!"
Uh oh.
You puffed up for extra emphasis "Oh absolutely!! I bet we would save so much time, it only makes sense!"
Oh my stars shutupshutupshutup!
He purred. "Wonderful! I'll go let Moon know!"
Before you could protest (if your stubbornness would even let you) he dove off with a flash of his brightly colored fins into the depths below.
Well.. shit.
Your navigator had just disappeared.
You stopped swimming abruptly. While it was a pretty straightforward path ahead, towards the rising sun, you still didn't trust yourself to navigate so very far away from your home waters.
You stared out into the great fiery ball on the horizon, slowly hoisting itself into the sky. It slowly.. got.. fuzzier..
Oops
Your body buckled.
When you stopped swimming, apparently that signaled to your brain that it was time to rest. This was very inconvenient seeing that you were in the middle of the ocean.
You took a gasp of air as you slipped under the cold water, bubbles filtering out of your nose as your vision tunneled. The air went wrong down your throat and your body coughed instinctively, sending saltwater cascading down your airway. Your limbs felt like lead, dragging you down.
I can't move, fuck, FUCK I can't. I can't breathe
You began to tip down, flipping in the water and pointed towards the bottom. Was it the bottom? Everything was so dark, dark.
I can't...
Muffled, below the ringing that began to fill your ears, you started to hear voices, soft.. familiar..
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"Selkie? Selkie!"
Loud. They're so loud.
"They're responding, Moon, loo-"
"Yes yes I see, I see!"
He's cranky, as usual.
"Selkie, can you hear us? Open your eyes, we need to see if you're fully responsi- SUN stop pacing like that it's very unhelpful."
You could hear the solar animatronic whimper, and the footsteps that you didn't recognize being there before stopped.
You attempted to crack open your eyes.
Bright. Oh stars did that noise just come out of me? Ah shit, OW, ow..
The pain in your throat and chest hit you all at once and you started to cough again, heaving and trying to open your eyes all the way.
Large hands rushed to you, two against you back, one on your shoulder and one on your knee. Two of the four gripping tightly enough to bring you back to reality with the sensation.
You coughed again.
"Easy easy now selkie, don't try to sit up too fast..!" worry pricked Sun's ordinarily cheerful voice and finally, you managed to pry your eyes open enough to weakly look out ahead of you.
Sun and Moon were crowded around you, looking over with concern, smiles gone from their faces. Sun looked positively distraught, guilty even. Moon watched you with coolness but with an obvious worry written on his face. He cleared his throat, as best a robot could.
"Can you talk?"
Hm. You hadn't thought to try.
You opened your mouth to speak and out came an uncomfortable wheeze, and you lurched as you burst into another fit of coughs. Sun whined and covered his face in his hands.
"Oooh no no no this is my fault, I saw you were tired, I shouldn't have left you alone even for a moment, and now you're hurt. I was only meaning to tease, I should've known better.."
Moon began to scold Sun for his self depreciation but stopped as you reached out your hands to gently set one on each of their shoulders (funny, you didn't remember having transformed).
"H-hey."
Your voice barely sounded like your own, it was raspy and it stung.
The bots fell silent, eyes boring into you and seemed to watch every breath you took.
"S.. stop that, I'm okay."
You didn't FEEL okay but jeez, if it got these two blockheads to stop fussing then you'd dress things up a bit for the time being.
Finally, you took the chance to look around, and saw that you were on a beach. The sun had risen a decent portion into the sky and the warmth felt.. comforting. Like the comfort of being back surrounded by your pod. You closed your eyes again and felt yourself naturally sinking backwards into laying down.
The two animatronics stiffened, and followed your hands as you went back.
"..s'fine.. m'fine.. tired…"
The pair was quiet for a bit while you seemingly got comfortable on the sand, and you could hear them shift.
"Get some rest, selkie, we'll get moving again later this evening."
They seemed to settle in place on either side of you and went still. You knew that they could internally talk to each other using their .. blue.. mouth.. tongue.. tooth? Something fancy, human stuff, whatever. You sighed, and tiredly reached up your hands once more and gently knocked on both of their backs.
"Mmthanks, both f'you, not drowning s'good.."
You heard a content whirr and a few low chuckles. "We'd be very poor at our job if we let you die before we even got back, you know." Moon joked.
"Mmmmmhm! Imagine we come all this way and turn up with no selkie! How very disappointing!" Sun tsk'ed a few times disapprovingly for emphasis and the dramatics made you chuckle, trying not to start coughing again.
The sound of the waves gently breaking on the shore, sea birds, and the soft humming of the internals of the animatronics were the last things you heard before you rocked into a much needed sleep.
Do Sun and Moon have a max crush depth? Like if they dive down too far they'll get damaged?
I love this question!! so, yes! but it's particular to each animatronic.
Something first and foremost to note from the fic is that each bot needs at least some surface time to charge their power! Solar power is a big way how they stay going on week-long excursions out in the middle of the ocean.
Bad, consistent cloudy weather left them low charge and stranded on the island with our dear selkie!
Sun is primarily a surface searcher. He's built to stay on top, navigate situations with semi-aquatic marine life (and humans, lol). He CAN go down pretty deep but nothing dark water. 600ft is usually Sunny's tap out point, right before "The Twilight Zone".
Moon however was built for the deep. In what he's lacking in human social skills, he was built to navigate deep water sea life and the larger animals that live in it due to varying oxygen amounts in the water, especially near the polar caps. Moon can stay in dark water for longer, go farther, and has those handy infrared eyes that help him see! Moon hasn't reached his tap out point yet, but he's explored depths up to 2000 feet.
Each also has a preferred swimming mode to swim these depths! While both bots can switch between flippers and fins, they each have a favorite (see below)
thanks for asking!! I love answering questions about the Boys!!
hi!!! yall are never going to believe this, but i have reemerged from the depths to deliver more selkie au!! this chapter is a bit shorter but like, it's been over a year so
please forgive me lol
and enjoy!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42523206/chapters/172726399
hi!!! yall are never going to believe this, but i have reemerged from the depths to deliver more selkie au!! this chapter is a bit shorter but like, it's been over a year so
please forgive me lol
and enjoy!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42523206/chapters/172726399
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yes i have thank youuuu, it's nasty, tumblr wtf ksjndkja
