Local Sea Serpent who has been harassing the trading ships of a specific trade line with his friend (will flip said ships over) is intrigued by this little one... has yet to decide on what to do with it.
I forgot how shitty my knowledge on drawing water is... i can never get it to "behave" like water T-T
Sketching my interpretation of human thomas i gave him light brown/golden hair because bout near everyone in the fandom gives him black or blue hair amd i want my design to stand out! I tried to make his face round but also humanly and well to make him look more of a young man and NOT a literal child fook u mattel
I also chose gold eyes to show that he isn't exactly a normal person; again everyone in the fandom likes to give him blue or black eyes and im that much of a hipster.
Bonus
Human!Engines are somewhat taller than average humans
@chartreuxis made a Jamilton Alien!Alex au and I saw their art for it and fell in love. I already wrote up a piece and posted it on AO3, but it was a sort of au for an au. We’re doing a thing together with this with me following their lead, and I’m going to try and post ficlets while they do little comics. Hopefully, this’ll work.
Go follow them and ask them about their au and art!
Anyway, this intro is rated G.
Blue eyes peeked out from inside a cabinet in the kitchenette, watching the human rush around and doing some kind of hygiene regimen that the creature didn't understand. What was that thing sticking out of the human's mouth? It would later find out that it was called a "toothbrush" and that it cleaned humans' dull fangs.
A rich aroma pulled the creature out of its wandering thoughts, and it looked out through a crack again, catching the human pouring a dark liquid into a cup. The creature decided that it liked the scent of that liquid, and wanted to try it sometime. Maybe. As the human tossed a bag over its shoulder, the hidden being slowly poked its head out a little more to see the human rush out the door, locking it behind them.
As soon as the human was gone, the creature unfolded itself as it crawled out of the cabinets, straightening up once it could. The being stood at about 5'4" and had pale blue skin that stretched delicately over a lithe frame. Padding through the apartment silently, it crept around to observe the gadgets in the kitchenette. Once it nearly burned its hand on the stovetop, the creature decided that it needed to look at the rest of the human dwelling. It wandered into the sitting area, where it found a black rectangle with sharp edges. The tech was flat, and after a moment of looking it over, the creature determined that it was similar to a holovid. It was so...primitive.
It scrunched its nose and cautiously approached another larger rectangle covered in soft fabric; a couch. Pushing its hand down on the surface, a soft giggle erupted from the being as the only warning before it jumped and landed longways on its back over the surface of the couch. It was so much softer than what they had back home; it wasn't hard and made of solid metal, designed to force the user to sit up straight and be "stuffy." The being never liked their chairs.
After letting its head lull to the side, it stared out at the small room with a tiny smile. Yes, it liked it here already, minus that hot thing in the kitchen. It didn't like that very much.
Once it had its fill of the soft couch, the being rolled off and to its knees. Carefully, it stood up and made its way down the short hallway, peeking into a small bedroom. A bed; that, it recognized. Two doors were off to the side, and it randomly picked one. A closet. It remembered its mother having one like this. The clothes inside felt divine; some shirts were buttery-soft while others were heavy and warm. After running its hands over everything, it slowly began to take things out, sniffing them with a happy sigh before dropping them to the floor. It didn't take long for there to be a large pile of shirts and pants and jackets.
The creature slid on a large jacket with a pouch in the front and something to cover its head in the back. The inside was so soft and cozy, and it didn't take long for the being to kneel and start adjusting the pile of clothes into a little nest, where it promptly made itself at home and fell asleep.
It was early, way earlier than the time Thomas usually wakes up.
He slowly blinks his eyes open and realises he fell asleep on the couch, the TV is still on, playing some ads for cleaning products he things, or it’s stuff to make cooking easier, not that those things works to begin with.
Thomas groans as he pushes himself up into a sitting position. cracking his neck to try to ease the stiffness. He really needs to stop falling asleep on the couch, he got a bed for a reason. He yawned as he scratched the back of his neck and stretched, making his back and shoulders pop and crack, making him grimace. Yeah... he had to stop falling asleep on the couch.
He rose up taking the now empty glass bowl that had held popcorn with him towards the kitchen. He was still half awake and yawned again, rubbing at one eye. He turned on the lights and grimaced at the brightness only to stiffen when something small with many legs scrambled across the counter.
Thomas gave away a panicked scream.
Mind blaring GIANT SPIDER,
and before he had time to react slammed the bowl upside down over the creature.
Thomas panted and sank to the floor trying to get his breathing under control.
With a deep breath he slowly peeked over the counter to see if he managed to catch the spider. only to find himself eye to eye with a tiny creature that looked very much humanoid apart from the 6 arms. Thomas blinked and tilted his head.
“I am not awake enough for this... I’m seeing things.” he groaned as he rubbed his face, standing up from the floor and leaning against the counter groaning into his hands before he sighed and dragged his hands down his face and looked at the refrigerator. “Okay, okay.” he said to himself before he turned to look at the upside down glass bowl, hoping it would be empty.
But alas.
It was not.
Thomas leaned closer the small creature scrambled back trying to get as far away from his as possible until it’s back was pressing up against the glass of the bowl.
“Okay... I’m not seeing things...” Thomas sighed before he frowned, what was he to do now?
Thomas jolted when the bowl suddenly was pushed. Thomas grabbed a hold of it, staring down at the creature, it was stronger than he thought. Thomas moved his arm to circle around the bowl before he lifted it. the creature yelped and landed face first onto the counter before it hurried to turn to face Thomas.
“What... are you?” Thomas asked slowly blinking down at the still very human looking thing. It was wearing clothes that looked to be made from scrap material, and big stitches held the pieces of cloth together. as well as a big yellow button.
Thomas tiled his head as he moved his hand closer, still not sure if he was seeing things or not. The creature gave away a squeak when it saw his hand and curled up, all the arms warping around it.
“Please don’t hurt me!”
“WHAT?!” Thomas yelped, flinching back and blinked as his eyes widened. It could talk. Thomas grimaced when he saw the creature curl up in pain at the loudness. “Sorry...” Thomas said in a quieter volume before he crouched down so he could see the creature better.
“It’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, you just surprised me that’s all... I guess I scared you, huh? I’m pretty big and scary for you?”
A pair of small eyes peeked out at him from between the arms, Thomas now noted they were different colours, as well as the creatures skin being splotched by darker birthmarks. The arms slowly lowered and it looked at him with distrust.
“Do you understand me?” He got a stiff nod from the creature. A smile grew on Thomas’s lips “What are you?”
“... I’m a borrower...” Thomas blinked at that, before he nodded slowly.
“Do you have a name? I’m Thomas.”
The creature were silent before it slowly got to it’s feet.
“Dee...” It said slowly glancing behind it to Thomas arm that was curled around the counter to keep the creature- borrower- Dee from escaping. Thomas blinked and seemed to realise and jerked his arm back, making Dee flinch at the sudden movement.
“So, Dee... any specific reason you’re in my kitchen?” Thomas asked. A small growl came from Dee’s stomach making both of them blink, the other looked uncomfortable and flustered. While Thomas looked more confused than anything. It was first now he saw how a grape lied on the counter beside the fruit bowl.
Ah the little one had looked for food. Thomas picked up the grape, not missing how Dee reached for it with a slight panic, it probably wasn’t an easy feat to get the grapes free from the stem.
Thomas put it back on the counter and pushed it so it rolled over to Dee who fumbled to grab it. Thomas took another grape and did the same before he smiled only to break out in another yawn.
“There you go.” he yawned “I’m... I’m gonna go back to bed.” The borrower stared at him and Thomas smiled tiredly before he took the bowl and put in the sink and then left the kitchen, turning off the lights and the TV when he passed it, before he walked upstairs.
Dee looked down at the two grapes before he scurried off towards his hideaway in the wall.
When Thomas woke up again, less tired and stiff he found the kitchen empty. But he now and again caught sight of the small borrower in the corner of his eye.
I decided to make a thomas human design or (Gijinka)
inspired by Astro Boy and starlight express, with the outfit based on real railway uniforms, the colour palette being a mix of model and book era thomas