I was gonna post this after I had more to show beyond a simple sketch but fuck it I wanna share my human design for Gangle before she got trapped in the digital circus.
Zooble is met with Ragatha who wants to have a little chat.
This is after the events of 'Mirage' and VERY shortly after the events of The Ragdoll's regret.
Talk
“Hey, Zooble.”
Zooble furrowed their eyebrows for a moment, allowing the thought of amusement to even having eyebrows drift by, before awkwardly shuffling around to face Ragatha, who’s voice she recognised instantly.
“Oh. Hey...?”
“You up to talk?” the Ragdoll asked hesitantly, with a facial expressing that could easily be mistaken for patience. It was Zooble. Her patience always was worn thin with Zooble.
She didn’t mean it.
“No. Come in.” The amalgamation held their door open wider and the ragdoll promptly walked in, hold one arm to her side, mumbling a soft ‘thank you.’
Ragatha didn’t stare; she knew Zooble didn’t take too kindly to that, even if they didn’t show it. They were whole again – a monstrous mess of limbs and pieces set together in their rightful places. Zooble was just as they were meant to be; Zooble. They towered over her, but she wasn’t scared.
She was desperate.
“I... I need to talk to you.” Ragatha said slowly, as is she was trying to make sense of her own words, “I need you now more than ever. Kinger is... Kinger again. Jax is coming down from his own high – and we both know I won’t get me a straight answer from him.”
“You want to know what happened.” Zooble said simply.
“I want the truth. I want... Reality. Please.”
“Not unless you let me in on what’s going on with Gangle.” Zooble growled, shoving the doll onto the floor and harshly letting her get knocked down, sitting flat on the floor, “She was in YOUR head. It was your f*cked up little cotton head that held her together when she fell apart. You saw everything I needed to see, so talk.”
“Zooble, I-”
“TALK.” Zooble’s voice was steady and low, but frightening, “No fairytales. Talk.”
“Alright!” Ragatha sighed, but took a deep breath feeling the cracks chipped from her mask already.
There was no getting around a sandstorm.
“She’s hurting.” The doll said softly, “She misses Kaufmo. A lot.”
“No kidding...” The Zolo-being slump down, defeated. “I miss him too. God, I just WISH I was what she needed then. It feels like I ruined everything by giving her space – by giving her the chance to come to ME-“
“Ugh, shut it.” Zooble snarled back, “At least I don’t act like he never existed in the first place”
Something snapped inside of the doll.
She should’ve stopped it, she knew she should have...
Playtime~
“First I get told to talk, then you tell me to shut it.” The doll deadpanned, unamused, “Which is it, Zooble?”
“There you go again, fixating on a thing NO ONE care about... The things that doesn’t do squat in the long run! Because ‘if we just focus on what doesn’t seem so bad, it’ll all be better in the end.’”
“You say, as you prioritize berating me rather that accept the truth. You. Messed. Up.” Ragatha’s words were cold, despite her sympathetic expression.
Sarcasm never looked good on her.
“You twisted b*tch... you’re putting this on me?!” the amalgamation’s multiple torso’s heaved and their limbs rattled and flared as they slowly circled the redhead.
Ragatha, unfazed, fixed her eyes to the frame of one of the many mirrors in Zooble’s room, not at the reflection.
Never at her reflexion.
“It is on you.” Ragatha said, as a matter of fact, a smug expression dancing on her expressionless features, making Zoobles entire self shiver at how lifeless it was, “Besides, you wanted ‘no fairy tales,’ didn’t you~? Because that’s your role, isn’t it? Stone cold reality. But since you can’t get a grip on what you’re supposed to do, I might as well remind you by shoving your own medicine down that stubborn throat of yours.”
If it wasn’t for how unsettling the doll’s demeanour was, Zooble would’ve flung the ragdoll to the wall, “How dare you-?!”
“I’m not finished.”
Ice.
Shards cutting through blood that Zooble didn’t have.
They knew.
They pushed the doll too far now – they got too comfortable. They staggered back from the tiny doll, who met their gaze with a grin the seemed too dissonant from her eyes to be sincere. Their monstrous form crumbled as their limbs began to shake slightly.
“Raggs... Please don’t be like that.” Zooble’s voice suddenly sound so small, “I... I just had a rough time lately. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry-“
“I won’t hurt you!” Ragatha cooed with a mock-sympathetic expression, “We’re just having a little talk, yeah~?”
The Zolo-being inched away until their limbs knocked against the walls of their room, that suddenly felt too small, “Ragatha, please-“
“I try...” the redhead calmly interrupted, “I try to be patient with you, Zooble, I really do. I was going to tell you everything you wanted to know – for once – not what you wanted to hear... But you always push back so harshly. You poor thing~
The doll stepped closer, her soft smile paired her deranged eyes making Zooble squirm, trying to inch back as far as they could; as the woman’s quiet words tauntingly seduced the dread from the abomination’s soul, “I don’t even need to hurt you~”
It all felt so cold.
“Let’s talk some other time, yes?” Ragatha’s voice was melodic and smooth, but Zooble couldn’t hear beyond the mockery of a heartbeat deafening them by booming in their own head as the she strolled her merry way to Zooble’s door, like she didn’t have a care in the world, “Maybe we were both too worked up to deal with such trivial matters to begin with... oh well~!”
It wasn’t trivial.
It was their partner.
But they knew better than to walk into a purposefully set snare when they were already walking on thin ice.
The doll seemed to scoff at their lack of an reaction, but it was so well-practiced, it looked like an amused chuckle.
“I be on my way then! We’ll talk some other time, maybe? Forget about it, ey? Laugh it up like old times~”
Oh god, anything but that-
“Sure.” Zooble say with an unsteady voice, “Later.”
Only when the doll close the door behind her, and Zooble heard the soft steps fading from the front of their door, the Zolo-being could breath again.
TW: SENSITIVE TOPICS, BODY HATRED, MENTIONS OF VIOLENCE DEATH AND GUNS, A WHOLE LOT OF ANGST, MENTIONS OF VOMIT AND OVERALL THINGS THAT REALLY YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULDNT BE LOOKING ATT DESPITE THESE BEING AU’S FOR A KID’S SHOW.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
first up- (aka first nb I’ve ever made)
Octo-redemtion!
•it’s really simple, octonaughty goes on a redemption arc
•he isn’t able to live his life of crime anymore as he’s always defeated, and it gets lonely being a villian
•he still holds a grudge against the superheroes of numberland, but he’s still learning to be friends with the others!
•he’s the adoptive father of the terrible twos, which is just a headcanon att best lol
•single loser
•he’s exhausted give him a break
Numberblocks tadc au!
•it’s alright if you ship funnybunny in the original show, but when it comes to this AU funnybunny is STRICTLY PROHIBITED!
•it’s not because I have something against funnybunny shippers, it’s just that 12 and 18 are siblings while having the roles of Pomni and Jax.
•for me both 19 and 17 fit BOTH gangle and zooble, I can’t decide who is who lol
•19 AND 17 ARE ABSTRAGEDY YAY !! (Two of my fav ships together)
•judging by kinger and ragatha’s wholesome interactions, this counts as thrifteen(13x15) but NOT kinger x ragatha
•14 is Queenie and is abstracted, sorry unluckyskater shippers😔 yall get angst
•EVEN MORE OF MY FAVORITE SHIPS COMBINED, BECAUSE 12x15(steptangle) COUNT RAGAPOM! BECAUSE THEY ARE *ALSO* TWO OF MY FAVORITE SHIPS AND FIT THE CHARACTERS!! HAHAHA
•zero is bubble, I forgot to draw her
Game master au!
•THATS right, SIX IS EVIL NOW! SHES THE MAIN VILLIAN AND OCTONAUGHTY GETS ACCUSED! poor guy why do I always make my favorite characters suffer
•six somehow got a gun, dont ask how because I don’t know
Alright breif summary of the story:
six invites other numberblocks to the pattern palace for a fun game of go fish, first 1-10, then 11-19 (sorry 20 isnt here lmao). Little do they know it’s gonna cost lifes just to win or lose..
this game is deadly, if your amount of cards get too low then you get shot. By 1-10 everything goes 6’s way, everybody is too scared to defend themselfs.
seven ends up winning the game.
he’s stuck and tied up in a dark hidden room in the pattern palace no one knows about. While six starts a game with 11-19. But it’s different, eleven is the first one who starts getting low on cards, and unfortunately dies. Instead of everyone cowering in fear, 14 fights back using his skateboard as a weapon and 16 using her immerse strength in which she calls ”square power”. 6 does eventually get them back in place.
also 12 ends up dying next and 18 is brought to tears apon seeing his dear sister’s death, making him more stresssed, competitive and aggressive with the game to ”avenge her”. Needed to include some sibling angst
13 wins the game. (Shocker I know)
he’s horrified, he feels terrible and blames himself for everything. He lost all his comrades in a card game..
6 forcefully gathers 7 and 13 for a game of Russian roulette, how interesting. Unlucky and lucky, yin and yang even. It’s tense. Nethier of them want to do this, ”is it really lucky if the other has to die..?” 7 asks himself. 7 is about to hand the gun back to 13 after a few rounds, till boooomm‼️‼️ the trigger is pulled by mistake killing 13 in the process. Leaving 7 spiraling. ”Wow! Congratulations seven! You won! Thanks to your immerse luck after all!”
when in reality this could be the unluckiest moment in 7’s entire lucky life.
•ofcourse THATS NOT ALL there is too it, it’s a breif summary! So there is a little bit more lore
Difference AU!
(This one might be a bit cringy please don’t judge me)
•we all know 19’s confidence in the original show, she stands out! Shes unique! She can make the craziest shapes and she’s proud of what she can do!
•but in this au it’s the total opposite. she hates her body, she DESPISES being a one-off..
•19 goes to ask help from many of her friends, she goes to 21 as shes the one who helps all numbers figure themselves out!
•because 19 doesnt like who she is, she goes to 23. Also known as the guy who’s happy being him. If only 19 managed to learn from what the others taught..
•people try to convince her that the crazy shapes she can make are unique and special! But for her THATS not the case, she tries to make use of them and feel confident in that being a one-off is her speciality
•but every time she makes those shapes she feels nauseous, the shapes are too complicated and it makes her feel dizzy and in pain. There are times she had threw up from nausea
this whole au is basically just 19 angst bc I feel bad for her, im actually grateful this isnt canon to the show😓😓
