#warrior the killer whale

[walkerwilliamsiii9723]

Having so much fun with my Orca & dolphin plush. Gracie The Dolphin & Warrior the Orca.

#walker williams iii #walkerwilliamsiii #walker williams #warrior the killer whale #gracie the dolphin #life is a blessing #lifeisbeautiful #i love whales and dolphins

[aworldofyou]

….. I have no words. Maybe you do? https://twitter.com/ign/status/1663742344066134021?s=46&t=vuUX2OT_2Xw3zZCaC2W1Pw

(for context to people they sent me a link to a Aztec RPG game where you fight Conquistadors, here's the trailer.)

FUCK YEAH. THese guys keep promising me an Indigenous RPG game. First they made a Plains Indian where you could live on the PLAINS as plains life. And nothing ever came of that. So they better give me this. I got nothing but respect for the Aztec people especially with all the drama with their warring leaders.

again tho with all due respect and absolutely not angry and loving these anons, why is this worded like a bad thing ...?

You can't tell me it's cause 'oh the people died tho!' when there's literally games like Plague Tale that literally starts as you being children watching your family die and the realism of how you're adults back then at 12 and 16 that has you walk into cities where THOUSANDS OF CORPSES ARE ALL OVER THE STREETS PLAYING AS SAID CHILDREN. Or just - all sorts of games set in Europe around the topic of dead and dying and whole cultures being burned down. You can't tell me that it's bad now just cause it's going into a POV of some meso-american indigenous people.

#[ out of character. ] answered #[ not a knock Nonnie I’m genuinely wondering and asking ] #[ they keep promising me tribal RPG games and then taking them away ffs ] #[ i wanna play as a aztec warrior fuck YEAH also i will never go to the jungle i could never survive ] #[ also why the have my respect just like the tribes in alaska i could never survive in those wild conditions ] #they* #[ im built for the plains and the plains only LDKJFDS cause i'd die over those places ] #[ quite literally the jungle terrifies me as much as polar bears do ] #[ and killer whales ]

[hussyknee]

This is, bar none, the funniest fucking completely unironic shit published by a legitimate news outlet:

In recent months, orcas in the waters off the Iberian Peninsula have taken to ramming boats. The animals have already sunk three this year and damaged several more. After one of the latest incidents, in which a catamaran lost both of its rudders, the boat’s captain suggested that the assailants have grown stealthier and more efficient: “Looks like they knew exactly what they are doing,” he said. Scientists have documented hundreds of orca-boat incidents off the Spanish-Portuguese coast since 2020, but news coverage of these attacks is blowing up right now, thanks in part to a creative new theory about why they’re happening: cetacean vengeance. Now that’s a story! “The orcas are doing this on purpose,” Alfredo López Fernandez, a biologist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, told LiveScience last month. “Of course, we don’t know the origin or the motivation, but defensive behavior based on trauma, as the origin of all this, gains more strength for us every day.” López Fernandez, who co-authored a 2022 paper on human-orca interactions in the Strait of Gibraltar, speculates that a specific female, known to scientists as White Gladis, may have suffered a “critical moment of agony” at the hands of humans, attacked a boat in retaliation, and then taught other whales to do the same. Whatever the truth of this assertion, White Gladis and her kin have quickly ascended to folk-heroic status on the internet. “What the marine biologists are framing as revenge based on one traumatic experience may be a piece of a larger mobilization towards balance,” the poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs tweeted before referring to the killer whales as “revolutionary mother teachers.” Media figures and academics are expressing solidarity with their “orca comrades” and support for “orca saboteurs.” One widely circulating graphic shows a pod smashing a boat from below, above the words “JOIN THE ORCA UPRISING.” (You can even purchase it in sparkly sticker form.) Yet all of this fandom and projection tends to overlook important facts: First, these orcas are likely to be playing with the boats rather than attacking them, and second, if one insists on judging killer whales in human terms, it’s plain to see they aren’t heroes but sadistic jerks.

A shark wrote this.

The recent incidents, none of which has resulted in any injuries to humans, are simply the result of curiosity, Monika Wieland Shields, the co-director of the Orca Behavior Institute in Washington, told me. A juvenile may have started interacting in this way with boats, she said, and then its habit spread through the local community of killer whales. Such cultural trends have been observed before: In the Pacific Northwest, orcas have been playing with buoys and crab pots for years; in the late 1980s, one group of orcas there famously took to wearing salmon hats. Is ramming boats the new donning fish? Shields believes that theory makes more sense than López Fernandez’s appeal to orca trauma. White Gladis shows no physical evidence of injury or trauma, Shields told me, so any “critical moment of agony” is purely speculative. Also, humans have given orcas ample reason to retaliate for hundreds of years. We’ve invaded their waters, kidnapped their young, and murdered them in droves. And yet, there is not a single documented instance of orcas killing humans in the wild. Why would they react only now? And though recent events may fit the story of these orcas’ being anti-colonial warriors, you can’t just anthropomorphize animals selectively. What about all the other “evidence” we have of orcas’ cruelty, or even wickedness? Scientists say they hunt and slaughter sharks by the dozen, picking out the liver from each one and leaving the rest of the carcasses to rot uneaten. Orcas kill for sport. They push, drag, and spin around live prey, including sea turtles, seabirds, and sea lions. Some go so far as to risk beaching themselves in order to snag a baby seal—not to consume, but simply to torture it to death. Once you start applying human ethical standards to apex predators, things turn dark fast.

Oh no, they gleefully torment other animals for sport!! Does this species deserve to have any redeeming qualities???

Perhaps #orcauprising was inevitable. Humanity does have, after all, a long history of freighting cetaceans with higher meaning. Moby Dick is, among other things, a symbol of the sublime. The biblical whale—or is it a large fish?—that swallows Jonah is an instrument of divine retribution, a means of punishing the wicked in much the same way some have framed the boat-wrecking orcas. The whale 52 Blue, known as the loneliest whale in the world because she speaks in a frequency inaudible, or at least incomprehensible, to her brethren, has become a canvas for all shades of human sorrow and angst. Orcas in particular have long been objects of both fear and sympathy, in some cases with an explicitly anti-capitalist tint. The 1993 classic Free Willy centers on a conniving park owner’s scheme to profit off of the bond between a child and a young killer whale. And more recently, the 2013 documentary Blackfish chronicles SeaWorld’s real-life exploitation of captive orcas. The “orca uprising” narrative fits neatly into this lineage. In our present era of environmental catastrophe, Shields told me, it’s appealing to think that nature might fight back, that the villains get their just deserts. But projection and anthropomorphization are only shortcuts to a shallow sympathy. Orcas really are capable of intense grief; they are also capable of tormenting seal pups as a hobby. They are intelligent, emotionally complex creatures. But they are not us.

Someone paid this dude actual money to conclude that Orcas aren't human.

In conclusion:

#this is a White Gladis stan account sorry #I don't care if she's doing it for shits and giggles in fact that would be even better #support orca rights and orca wrongs #orca splatoon #the atlantic #capitalism #joining the war on orcas on the side of the orcas #yachts #orcas #marine life #ecology #marine animals #class war #eat the rich #anti capitalism #cetaceans #knee of huss

[blackopals-world]

Unconventional Proposals part 2

Part 1

Yuu x Vice Wardens edition

Twisted Wonderland might have its own courting traditions but Yuu might not be from our world. What if they are the one with strange traditions?

Trey- Anyone Can Cook

This isn't fair. Trey literally has his fic already about his proposal. So I'm cheating and linking it here. Sorry, just saving time.

Ruggie- Engraved

Ever tradition is weird when you think about it. This one was no different. When you like someone you carve them a pendent out of Stone or wood. If they accept and wear it you are bound together.

Yuu picked stone knowing the process would take longer to make. The traditional way was to take a cloth and rub the stone until it was smooth while carving a shape. Like the ocean over rocks.

Ruggie had noticed Yuu work on the totem for months and had asked them if they needed help. Yuu denied.

On the day Yuu presented the carving they was given a pendant in return. Ruggie didn't know about the special meaning but he was inspired by Yuu to make a present for them anyways. It was a wood carving of a hyena. They gladly accepted.

Jade- Whale of a Time

A true warrior knows how to prove their love. Leagues deep in the frozen waters they dive to steal the ocean's bounty, a black fish tooth. To prove yourself it must be presented to your true love.

Yuu is armed with a spear, knife, net, and the determination to subdue a killer fish. They had trained their whole life for the moment they would rip the teeth out of the whale's mouth.

Gleefully they presented the blood-stained tooth to Jade. He was actually very flattered by it. The show of strength was very attractive to him. Eels don't court for long and Yuu's tribe didn't have time for lengthy rituals in their frozen lands. They were a couple instantly.

Jamil- Fine Print

"Your future husband must be clever. His eyes sharp. And his mind clear. When you dance he must see only you." Their mother would say.

Yuu understood what she meant as they watched another young woman dance across the stage. Her skin was painted in beautiful curving patterns, unlike the young man who went before. His skin was painted in sharp zig-zagging formations.

Each design had a special hidden message in them. Usually, it was the initials of their chosen partner hidden deep within. If they spotted it then it would mean that they had eyes only for them because they watch the dancer's every movement to be sure.

Yuu wanted to get their message across though so they painted a long winding serpent from their hand to coiling around their torso to the other leg. Within the serpent was 'J.V' written in gold. If Jamil did see it they'd see it as a win(even if they were cheating a bit)

During Kalim's party they performed the serpent's dance dressing in red silks and the only clue that Jamil noticed was him spitting his drink while they disrobed to begin.

He noticed alright and couldn't decide if he wanted everyone else to notice too. It was such a bold declaration of wanting to be his. How could he say no?

Rook- One Jump Ahead

The jungle was harsh and without mercy. A capable hunter is the most desired partner. One who can spot a jaguar in the trees, and hunt boars without them noticing. One who can provide premium meat and herbs for their marriage banquet.

They must put them to the test. Hunter against prey.

Yuu had their eyes on a particular hunter. Tempting Rook to chase was child's play. Leaving items in his path in a bid to get him to return them worked. Rook caught on quickly as the lost items became calling cards to look for Yuu.

One morning he found a letter on his window with a letter of love.

"𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓶𝓮.♡"

He needed little convincing as he tracked the elusive Yuu. They were very good a remaining undetected but the trail led to the woods. For an entire day, the game of cat and mouse and Yuu got sloppy. They snapped a twig while climbing and Rook heard. The game had been won and Rook proved to be a superior hunter. And as the loser the rules were set in stone. Yuu would be the prize won.

Lilia- Salt-crusted Dreams

The seers and soothsayers have their ways. Their lives are ruled by stars and visions. That is how Yuu's people have lived since that days man had no answers to the stars and fate. Every day Yuu drew their cards to see what fate had in store, but that day, in particular, was interesting. The lovers were upright, the fool was raising, the star shines brightly, the tower is revered and the hanged man was longer doomed. It spelled good things.

The answer was simple to Yuu. Today was the day. New love was very near and a fated pair will be made. Don't resist and cause strife to oneself, you've already ovoid one disaster so don't make another. The cards can never leave them be with all their ominous warnings even if it's good news.

Yuu knew it was time as they began preparing their family recipe. Whenever a youth wanted to know who their soulmate was a loaf of salty bread was baked. It was to be eaten before sleep. Whoever comes to them in their dreams and offers them water would be their soulmate.

Nothing could prepare the seer for who appeared no matter what they believed. It was Lilia of all beings.

Yuu's family is as close to the fae as they are to the stars. The line was thin between the realms and few walked it.

Donning their robes Yuu approached the bat fae.

"Oh ho? A fortune teller approaches. It must be fate." He gestured Yuu to sit with him.

Yuu nodded and told him it was a matter of fate. They would like to give them a reading.

The reading yielded an expected result. The cards all matched their own. The odds to improbable it could only be fate.

"It seems it was written in the stars."

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland x reader #twisted wonderland yuu #lilia vanrouge #lilia x reader #ruggie x reader #ruggie bucchi #rook hunt x reader #jade leech x reader #jamil viper x reader #trey clover x reader #jamil viper #trey clover #jade leech

[astrolovecosmos]

Mars Signs: Symbolism and Themes

Aries Mars: Sword, fist, explosion, dragon or dragon warrior, barbarian, knight, war, fire, destruction, conquer, compete, winning, scars, blood, masculine anger (symbolic), berserker, action, assertion

Taurus Mars: Tank, battering ram, earthquake, volcano, boiling over, immovable object, bull, elephant, charging, magnetic, time is on their side, real results, hidden or smothered anger and drive

Gemini Mars: Propaganda, gossip, messenger, urgent news, knowledge is power, spy, translator, alarm, arguing, debate, yelling, flexible, tricks, persuasion, mental gymnastics, war cry, expressive anger and drive

Cancer Mars: Shield, kraken, submarine, werewolf, killer whale, pressure cooker, mama bear, raging sea, feminine wrath (symbolic), great healer, intuition, primal, sanctuary, protective and tenacious will  

Leo Mars: Power plays, saber rattling, declaring war, politics, royalty, influence, destruction, lion, gryphon, sun magic or power, pride, roar, heart, fierceness, honor, weight of the world vs. self-love and respect

Virgo Mars: Soldier, investigator, sniper, spy, thoughtful, critic, skill mastery, listening and watching, problem solver, loyal security, army ants, secret messages, morse code, quicksand, landslide, sink hole, dangerous plants or organisms, efficient and effective drive

Libra Mars: Negotiator, politics, diplomat, bird of prey, justice system, persuasion, vigilante, peace keeping, judge, safe spaces, civil progress or unrest, revaluate, adaptation, dove, using anger only when needed

Scorpio Mars: Assassin, puppet master, steamroller, self-destruct button, spy, mind games, hurricanes or tsunamis, unstoppable force, power and desire, venom, will, self-mastery, destiny, shadows, vigilante, hypnosis, shark, thorns, when anger or passion meets depth

Sagittarius Mars: Burns, wildfire, daggers, range weapons, adrenaline, bark and bite, hunter, wildness, dangerous or helpful stranger, traps, savage insults or truths, dark horse, zealous drive or willpower that comes from a strong belief

Capricorn Mars: General in a war, power and control, being the G.O.A.T, unshakable, chess, patience, reward, success, climbing, surviving, boundaries, authority, poker face, underground bases, the power and heaviness of responsibility, Mars exalted like a badge of honor but also may be being held up like Atlas and the heavens 

Aquarius Mars: Rebellion, revolution, protest, technology, talons and large wings, unpredictable, tornado, lasers, distraction, politics, hacking, maybe vigilantes or rogue movements and groups, collective trauma, anger, healing etc. destruction, rebuild, hope, disruption

Pisces Mars: Piranhas, rapids, healing, intuition, curses and blessings, cycle breakers, escapism, unbreakable spirit, self-faith, gentle and harsh, power of water, water magic, a great seer or sage, drowning, fog or mist, drive is dissolved then solidified

#mars #planet #mars sign #zodiac #astrology #aries #taurus #gemini #cancer #leo #virgo #libra #scorpio #sagittarius #capricorn #aquarius #pisces

[transguygardner]

Into the GuyLoboVerse: Day 15

Earth 530: Mermay AU

A retired GUY GARDNER lives on a boat in a northeastern marina. One day while drifting, he finds himself too far out to make it back to shore. Before he can call the coast guard, his boat is hit by something, something big. A false killer whale merman by the name of LOBO is that something big. In exchange for a bottle of liquor, LOBO gives GUY a tow. The lonely hero has made himself a friend, but his RED LANTERN RING weighs heavy around his neck...

Author's notes:

So this is another one I've had around for a while. Originally Lobo was a dolphin merman but last year I found out about false killer whales and erm. That's him. Luckily the shape of false killer whales is very similar to dolphins so I did not have to mess with the shapes too much. Guy's design is pretty standard. He is dressed for a warmer day in this pic but his standard go to is shorts that would be fine as swimwear and a button down shirt with either flip flops or crocs (shoes that float).

The concept behind this one is that Guy has been retired from being a superhero for several years, living off of money he gets from letting Buck Wargo use his name and image in the chain of Warriors restaurants. Guy doesn't really keep in contact with any of the hero community, but the old JLI crew usually stops by once a year, not usually together either. Guy hit a mental limit that lead to his retirement and his choice to stop interacting with the super community. His power rings went back where they came from, save the Red Lantern ring, but Guy isn't looking to put it back on.

Obviously something is going to happen that leads to Guy putting it back on but in the meanwhile he and merman Lobo are going to be building a friendship.

Here is some of the other art I've done with Lobo's old design.

#into the guyloboverse #guy gardner #lobo #guylobo #my art #earth 530

[dabard]

Not sorry at all, but it’s the most metal ass shit I’ve ever heard that a Killer Whale named “White Gladis” is leading pods of warrior orcas in a crusade to sink luxury yachts in the Strait of Gibraltar with her daughters Black Gladis and Grey Gladis as her lieutenants. FUCK THEM BOATS UP GLADIS

#Orca #Killer Whale #Gibraltar #Black Gladis #Gladis #biologists say she's doing it as a trauma response after getting hit by a yacht #or being caught in fishing nets #and her daughters are jumping the boats with their mama for vengeance #we love you gladis

[aurora-daily]

Hello wonder human. I hope things have been less stressful for you lately. I was wondering if there was any info out there about what she sings/says in the background vocals of the quiet part of the Seed. I heard something about killer whales but I could catch the rest lol. Such a niche question but I figured this was a good place to ask :) Wishing you so well!!

Hello, dear warrior!

Thank you very for such an interesting question! I remember someone isolating vocals and uploading it on YouTube (so that part was very clear) but, unfortunately, by now I see instrumentals only, so I know for sure that she was narrating the following lines there:

In a place where nothing matters Dancing around a shooting star Where every cell remembers What have taken us this far I see images of killer whales Sleeping in a desert trail Dreaming of a parallel world Where nothing ever hurts Dreaming of a parallel world Where nothing ever hurts

Hope this helps you and have a wonderful day/evening! ❤️

- Nikol

#ask #shortandirish #the seed

[walkerwilliamsiii9723]

Having so much fun with my Orca & dolphin plush. Gracie The Dolphin & Warrior the Orca.

#walker williams iii #walkerwilliamsiii #walker williams #warrior the killer whale #gracie the dolphin #life is a blessing #lifeisbeautiful #i love whales and dolphins

[daecus]

Had a dream about a kingdom of merfolk. The queen was massive, like a killer whale, and a formidable warrior. Her hair was ruby red and flowed like water. In contrast, her son, the (trans) prince, had long, straight white hair and was an absolute twink, so he was a magic-user. He was gentle and kind.

Although the king and queen loved and were very much proud of their son, they arranged a marriage with his fiancé, who was a proud warrior like them, with long black hair. They hoped that this marriage would reinforce the crown’s strength. The prince just liked him because he was a hot boytoy.

(The prince was very much the “golden retriever among a family of black cats.”)

The king was away taking care of foreign matters, so the queen and the royal court were trying to settle their own matters. They gathered at the bridge forged by their ancestors, who turned their corporeal forms to stone to form the pillars of the bridge from the sea to the land, hoping their kin would reap benefit from a journey and alliance to the realm of humans.

The royal court were bickering about human perception, debating over outward strength vs. amicability. If the humans were too afraid of them, they would be hesitant to do trade. However, if the mer were pushovers, the humans would take advantage of them.

At one point, the prince returned to his chambers bemoaning the dullness of politics. The fiancé, who, bless his heart, had the emotional range of a rock, suggested with a monotone voice, “… We could go shopping. That always cheers you up.”

#sfw #bleh

[superwavesmasher]

My friend came up with an actual plausible explanation for Cye getting POTS…when everyone was captured, Talpa tortured them. His body’s response was that.

Have a fanfic about it.

Lots of Sage taking care of Cye. Worried Kento. Rowen x Cye but not a ton of romance more of just its stated.

He didn't remember how he got to the bathroom, only that he woke up on the cold tile feeling sick to his stomach. He pushed himself up and leaned over just in time to get sick again. The meal he'd eaten came up and he shuddered trying to breathe through his nose.

He tried to force himself to stand but his body felt so heavy and wasn't listening to his commands. He only fell back slightly to lean against the wall trying to catch his breath.

Had he passed out again?

Is that why he was on the floor?

The last real memory he had before waking up was curling up in bed beside Rowen, then waking up not long after his stomach aching, a big wave of nausea had hit. He had gotten up and tried to run to the bathroom not wanting to make a mess but then his memory went black.

There was a pain on the side of his face and he was starting to realize he had passed out. He had blacked out before getting sick.

His heart beat was so loud in his ears as he tried not to panic. He knew he needed to get help but didn't want to wake anyone. A darkness started to take over his vision and the bathroom blurred, his surroundings started to turn swirling around him spinning so fast that he couldn't reach out and find something to grab.

His mind was feeling foggy and he couldn't speak, he couldn't call for help.

No. NO. He was going to black out again. He had to lay down. Why wasn’t his body listening to him. A numbness started to spread throughout his body starting from his feet and moving up quickly, his head dropped to side as he blacked out, the last thought he had was that he was going to hit the tile again.

*~*

Rowen reached out in his sleep to feel for the smaller warrior that he been curled up beside him. His hand touches a pillow then sheets and he forces himself to open his eyes. "Cye?" He looks around the room half expecting him to be sleep walking from a nightmare… after what they had all been through, it made sense to experience something like that.

Instead he got an empty room.

The two of them had gotten close during the second battle with Talpa and now shared a room and were officially "together". Every night since they had been rescued, Cye stayed curled up as close as he could to Rowen's side, so for him not to be there was strange.

He sat up and moved to the edge of the bed, his foot kicking something soft. "What the?" He bends down and picks up a stuffed killer whale. He turns to look back at the bed one more time to make sure that Cye wasn't still there and just sleeping on the opposite end of the bed.

He stands up and hurries out of the room trying to figure out where he would have gone. He checked Kento's room first, after all he and Cye had shared it for almost a year prior. It would make sense if Cye got lost in a nightmare that he'd wind up there.

The other bed was empty and as he walked closer, he didn’t see Cye curled up beside the bearer of Hardrock either. He takes a deep breath before he starts to leave the room.

"Ro? What are you doing in here, man? Was I snoring too loudly?"

He startles at hearing the other's voice. Did he dare bring Kento into this? "…I-I was lookin' for Cye." He backed up as the other warrior sat up rubbing his eyes. "You don’t have to join, he probably just went down to get some tea…"

"Or he had a nightmare and is stuck in it somewhere in the house. It happened a lot after that first big fight with Talpa and he had a bad one before we knew where you were.." Kento forced himself to his feet unable to hide a groan, his body was still sore from the final battle and from being held captive. "I'm comin', I'll help look."

The bearer of Strata looks away embarrassed that he didn't realize that about the water bearer. He knew he had nightmares, he just didn't know how often. "Kento, you don't have to. I just thought maybe he came in here out of habit and-"

They both went quiet at hearing a thud coming from the hallway bathroom. Rowen ran out of the room reaching the bathroom first. He pushed the door open but couldn't get it open completely, it hit something or someone. He reached in and flicked on the light, his eyes widened.

Cye was unconscious on the ground, blood on the tile and a mess in the toliet. He had to get in there somehow.

"Cye!? Cye, buddy can you hear me?" He calls at first softly. Then he doesn't get a response and tries again louder, "CYE?! C'mon, wake up. I need you to move." He kneels down and squeezes the bare foot that was in the way of the door hoping to get some sort of response.

As he did he felt a fast heart beat.

Cye was unconscious.

He takes a deep breath before manueivering the limp body until he get the door open. He then opens the door and crawls in right as Kento makes it to the door. "Kento, go get Sage. We need the first aid kit."

"W-What?! Hold on - Cye are you…" Kento trails off at seeing the blood on his friends head and face. His eyes widen before he runs off calling for their healer.

Rowen holds the other warrior in his arms, letting him lay against his chest. He reaches up pulling down one of the towels hanging off the towel rack then presses it against the pale forehead. He dabs the blood away quickly trying to see what he was dealing with.

He let out a loud sigh of relief, it wasn't a big injury but it would need to be wrapped up for a day until the armor healed him or until Sage used Halo.

He sat back leaning against the cabinets trying to calm himself down so he could think through this logicially. His free hand dropped onto the small back rubbing it reassuringly as if the other could feel it, "…i-it's okay buddy. I'm here…I-I'm here."

He looks up hearing Kento's voice coming down the hallway, "Dude I don't know but his head was bleedin'. He was out too. Rowen was holdin' him up. He needs help."

Then he heard a second set of foot steps before the other two appeared in the doorway to the bathroom. Sage stepped in first, his eyes widening at seeing the scene in front of him. He steps over kneeling in front of Rowen, reaching out to check on the youngest warrior. "Rowen… what happened?"

"I dunno. I woke up and he wasn't beside me. Woke up Kento to get help in finding him a-and we heard a thunk and came in here… he hit his head, its not bad but he'll have a headache later. We need to clean it and wrap it up, unless you think you can heal it with Halo."

Gently the blonde reached out and turned Cye's head so he could see. "He banged it up real good. What was he doing in here anyway?"

Kento paced behind them impatiently waiting for some sort of answer. "I mean what else do ya do in the bathroom?"

"If that were the case, he'd be in a different position. This is something different…" Sage stands to set the first aid kit on the sink and notices the mess in the toliet, "He got sick."

"…again?"

Both Rowen and Sage glance over to Kento, "Woah, what do ya mean again?"

"H-He hasn't been able to keep a lot of food down. I caught him throwing up breakfast this morning, then Ryo told me the same thing happened again at lunch. I-I didn't think anything of it, I mean… the upset stomach he's been havin' all week….we're recovering from fighting an evil warlord emperor, I thought anything could happen." Kento rambled nervously. "And he ate a lot at dinner, so I thought that was that.."

Sage rips open an alchol swab before kneeling down and wiping off the small cut. He hoped the stinging of the injury would wake the water bearer up and they could get some answers but he didn't budge. "Kento, hand me the gauze and and tape. We'll see if we can go without wrapping his head up."

Hardrock stepped in, his hands shaking as he dug through the open kit pulling out the needed materials. He hands them down unable to look away from his best friend. Something wasn't right. "….why isn't he waking up?"

"Well he hit his head pretty hard on the ground but Halo isn't showing me anything abnormal… the only thing I keep getting is a high blood pressure." Sage sighs as he tapes the gauze down before feeling around the pale face. "He'll have an ugly bruise on the side of his face tomorrow morning but otherwise, he should be okay."

"Here, help me sit him up."

Together Rowen and Sage sat the other up right and this time they got a moan. Kento watched worried as his best friend made no movement to open his eyes, he was leaning forward completely dependent on the two holding him up. His head hanging limply, moving only when Sage or Rowen shifted his body.

Sage reached up and gently pushed Cye's head up, holding him up by pressing his hand gently against the other's forehead, "Cye? Can you hear us?"

He used Halo as best he could, with what little energy he had, to see any changes as the youngest wakes up. The only thing he could see was a drop in blood pressure.

Cye didn't verbally respond right away. He only opened his eyes as best he could. His body still had that heaviness to it and wasn't listening. A painful pins and needles had started in his arms and legs. He winced unable to move to shake it off.

Rowen couldn't breathe. The usual bright green eyes were dull and unfocused, heavily lidded and it looked like Cye was using all of his strenght to keep them open. He didn't realize until now how pale the other warrior was and there were dark circles under his eyes.

"Cye, we're here. Rowen, Kento and I are here with you." Sage said trying to sound confident. "You're in the bathroom. By the looks of it, you got sick and passed out." He waited hoping to feel the head he was holding up move to support itself but it never does. "We need to get him out of here and somewhere to lay down so he can come out of whatever this is."

"….dizzy…."

They all looked over at hearing the heavy accented voice speak. It was barely audible but he had spoken. "Okay, buddy, okay.. We're going to get you outta here. Once we lay you down maybe the dizziness will go away." Rowen got his voice back and tried to remain calm. "Kento, can you carry him out of here?"

"W-Won't I hurt him?" Hardrock looked visibly upset and nervous. He holds his arms out for a few seconds before dropping them, his hands shaking. His friend looked so small and vunerable leaning back against the wall being physically held up in a sitting position.

"No more than he's already hurt himself. He can't stay here." Sage explained. "Pick him up from his chest and we'll get him to his feet then you can cradle carry him the rest of the way."

The other takes adeep breath and nods, he bends down his hands going underneath the smaller warrior's arms lifting him to his feet. Sage moved up with him at the same time and supported Cye against him briefly until Kento could get a better grip. The heavy set warrior then gently gathers him in his arms and holds him close. He waits for Sage to move his friend's head on his shoulder. "…where am I taking him?"

"To our room."

"Got it." As carefully as he could, he steps over the mess and out into the hallway. "…its okay, lil buddy… Kento's here.. You're going to be okay." He didn't get a response and felt a pit grow in his stomach. "Rowen and Sage will be here too."

Sage turns and helps Rowen to his feet. He could feel the other was about to ask him a question that he had no answer too, "…I don't know Rowen, I don't know."

Rowen nods taking a deep breath, "…right."

They walk down the hallway to go join Kento. "Should we wake Ryo and Mia?"

"What would they do besides panic? We don't know what even happened yet and he's not even fully conscious… we'll let them know tomorrow. I just wish I had the energy to use Halo in a more focused scope."

"No, don't hurt yerself. Cye would never forgive himself if you hurt yourself using Halo to heal him."

"I can only do the basics right now anyway. I'm too mentally exhausted to try anything beyond that. All I saw was a blood pressure flucuation."

"That wouldn't cause him to pass out would it?"

"You're guess is as good as mine."

They reach the bedroom just in time to see Cye go limp and pass out again as he's laid down on the bed. "G-Guys. It happened again!!" Kento said panicking. "CYE? Come on dude, wake up… you gotta stop passing out on us!"

"Kento, calm down."

"How can I stay calm!? My best friend keeps passing out without warning and h-he's not okay. He can't even sit up by himself.. You had to hold him up in the bathroom…man what if something really bad happens?! Do we get him to the hospital?!"

"KENTO. Take a deep breath and lay Cye down on the bed. Panicking will get us no where." Sage instructs, his voice taking his usual tone that stopped anyone in their tracks and had them acting right. "We're just as scared as you are but freaking out over this won't help." He walks over and holds his hand out closing his eyes.

"Buddy, no! Don't you dare use Halo! You just told me you were too weak-"

"Do you have a better idea, Rowen? Let me just see if anything is going on surface level.." He felt dizzy and disoriented as he used what little power he had left to see. "…nothing abnormal but a rise in blood pressure. This is the second time in a row." He wavers unsteadily and staggers back into the bearer of Strata.

"Ok, no more. We'll just sit close by and wait for him to come back… if it's a repeat then maybe that drop in blood pressure will bring him back." Rowen explains helpign Sage sit down on the floor by the bed.

"But what if it doesn't?"

"Then we'll take him to the hospital. Don't forget we have mystical armor, taking him to an actual doctor needs to be a last resort. So we need to wait this out. It's probably something to do with Torrent and what happened during the battle. It's only been three weeks… we're all recovering."

Kento glances back at his friend before he sits at the foot of the bed crossing his arms, "I'm sittin' right here.." He looks over and sees the stuffed animal and picks it up easing it under one of Cye's arms. "A-And he can hold Suki as well.. H-he always sleeps with him… has since he was a kid…"

Rowen and Sage glanced at each other before they nod. Sage leans back against the bed, closing his eyes. He just wanted to doze for a few minutes. Rowen sits on the other side of the bed beside Kento ready to jump at a moment's notice.. But even they fell asleep a few minutes later.

*~*

Sage startled awake at hearing a strangled gasp for air and reached over placing his hand over Cye's chest. "C-Cye? Can you hear me..?" His voice woke up the other two that had fallen asleep beside the bed waiting for him to come back. He glanced at the clock, it had been 45 minutes.

"..S-Sage…"

He sighed with relief and gets up to sit on the edge of the bed, he catches one of the hands that is reaching out to find his bearings. He squeezes it gently, "I'm here. You gave us all a scare. Do you know where you are?"

"….the bed?"

"That's right. Can you tell us what happened?"

Cye closes his eyes for a few seconds steeling himself against the vertigo that was still present and disorienting. He squeezed Sage's hand back as tightly as he could to ground himself. "…I woke up feeling sick again…got up to go to the bathroom… I didn't want to make a mess in the bed… the next thing I know, I woke up on the bathroom floor… got sick then my body went numb…I guess I passed out again…"

"You hit your head, I'm afraid. So you'll have a headache for awhile. The injury wasn't too bad but you'll have a bruise there tomorrow." The blonde explains as he gently takes the hand he's holding and moves it up to the side of the other's face walking him through it.

Cye winces as he feels it, "I just don't understand… I've been feeling so awful lately.."

"Awful? How so? You haven't said anything."

"What good would it do? W-We're all recovering from the battle and I wouldn't want anyone worrying…"

"Cye, that's not how that works. What's been going on?"

"…I have no energy, I'm falling asleep any time I sit down. I-I haven't been able to keep a lot of food down either, even tea has upset my stomach."

"What's the last meal you kept down?" Sage asks worried at the new developments. His mind racing on what was going on. "And how long ago was it?"

"About a week ago… one dinner stayed down."

"Cye, you have to tell us about that. That's bad!" Rowen exclaimed startling the two of them. His eyes widen as Cye's eyes fluttered at being startled and he started to go limp again. "…w-what the.."

"CYE?! Cye, don't do this again. Stay with us." Sage says a bit louder trying to get through the haze. He reaches down and sits him up trying to see if that would help, instead Cye falls against him going limp and passing out.

The blonde sat there staring ahead wide eyed as he tried not to panic. Panicking wouldn't help Cye. He needed a level headed person here to calm him down. The dead weight of his friends body against him was making it all worse. He felt dizzy. "…Rowen.."

"…we're in for a long night." Was all the other could say.

*~*

Ryo walks down stairs expecting to see the guys spread out along the first floor. It was early but it wasn't abnormal for them to be moving around. He stretches stepping down off the stairs, "Good morning! How is… everyone…" He trails off looking around, it was empty.

He walks to the sitting room - no one was there. The kitchen was empty as well. No one was outside. He didn't even see Sage heading to meditate. He comes back where he had started starting to worry. He glances up seeing Mia making her way down. "M-Mia. The guys…"

"Ryo? What's wrong?"

"Something is wrong, I can feel it… something's not right."

"A-Another dynasty solider?" She asks nervously.

"No…something different.." He trails off at hearing a stumbling down the hallway that led to the stairs. He climbs the stair case getting in front of Mia to protect her not knowing what to expect.

His eyes widened at seeing Sage.

"Woah dude, you scared me! I was ready to call Wildfire."

"Ryo, I need water and some sort of sports drink. One of those electrolyte things that we had during our first battle with Talpa and then some sort of bland food."

"Sage? What's going on?" Mia asks sensing the seriousness of it all.

"Cye. He's not …he's not okay. He hasn't been able to keep food down the last month, he's very weak a-and I think it's causing him to black out. He has to eat something or we'll wind up in the hospital getting food via an IV."

She blinks before composing herself, "I'll go get stuff together. D-Do you need to be up? You look exhausted."

"I've been up all night with Cye. Rowen and Kento have as well… its been a roller coaster. I think he's been unconscious more than he has been awake. I want to try and get him to eat something while he's coherent. I don't know how long it will last, so can we please hurry."

"S-Sure. I'll be right up with it." Mia pushed past Ryo and made her way down the stairs taking them two at a time.

Ryo watched her go before he looked back at Sage, "Why didn't you wake me up!?"

"What could you have done, Ryo? It all happened so fast and the rate he was waking up and passing out, we didn't have time to pull away and get you up. I'm serious when I say he's been in and out of consciousness all night."

"S-Show me."

*~*

"Don't move too fast," Kento says gently as he holds his friend up against his chest. "Just use me, I'll support ya." He gets a moan of discomfort in return. "D-Does your stomach hurt again?"

"…m-my entire body… the pins and needles are back in my arms and legs…I-I don't want to pass out again…"

"Okay, hang on, dude." He turns his head. "Hey Rowen, we need you over here. He can't move his arms and legs again."

The bearer of strata hurried over, he had gotten dressed while waiting on Sage to come back. "I gotcha, buddy. Take a deep breath. I'm going to move your legs and see if that helps. Be slow Kento, but lay him back."

Together the two of them lay the bearer of Torrent back into the pillows. They wait nervously but this time the youngest warrior stays mostly coherent. Rowen let out of breath of relief before he gently lifts one of the other's legs and bends it get a wince of pain. "D-Does that hurt?"

"N-No.. I'm a-alright… just uncomfortable."

He nods and keeps moving the leg that was in his hands then he moves to the other getting another wince, "Try and bear it and let me know when the stabbing numbing goes away."

To their surprise, Cye's eyes start to focus and slowly look more normal with each pump of his legs. Rowen looks to Kento confused, "…C-Cye?"

They watch as Cye slowly pushes himself to a seated position on his own but winces at moving his hands.

"Okay dude, I gotcha. Hang on." Kento sits on the edge of the bed and reaches out gently flexing the smaller hand and the fingers. He then bends the arm at the elbow moving it back and forth, "T-That better?"

"…m-much…thank you…" He looks to the two of them nervously before averting his eyes unable to look into their gaze as he asks the question he needed an answer too "…w-whats wrong with me?"

"I-I don't know, buddy. But you're up and moving okay again. Do you still feel dizzy or sick to your stomach?" Rowen asks as he continues to bend the legs one at a time. His mind was racing as he tried to figure out what was going on. Why would moving his friend's legs and arms make him better?

"He's right in here, I don't know if he'll be conscious or not but.." Sage trails off not expecting to see Cye conscious, fully coherent and sitting up on his own.

"Sage!" Cye smiles up at him as best he can.

"C-Cye? What…you were barely coherent when I left." He leaves Ryo's side hurrying over to the side of the bed. He sits on the opposite side reaching out to do a vitals check. "A-Are you ok? Do you feel okay?"

"I was feeling off again and that stabbing pain w-was back in my arms and legs but Rowen and Kento moved them and it went away… it was really weird."

"..then he just sat up like it was nothin'." Rowen finished for him.

Ryo stands at the foot of the bed confused. He wasn't sure whether to feel relieved or not that his friend was coherent and moving on his own. Rowen and Kento looked just as worn out and tired as Sage did. The three of them had experienced something that had worn them down.

"Mia bringing up some food. I know you don't want to get sick again but you need to try and eat something. We'll help you eat it but I want you to try. Until then, please relax and lean back into the pillows. T-This whatever it is comes and goes so quickly, I don't want you to pass out while sitting up if you can help it. Just take it slow."

With Kento's help, Cye leaned back into the stack of pillows and did his best to relax. Kento smiles and reaches out gently letting his hand drop on the red hair. "Just relax, we're here."

Cye smiled as best as he could before his eyes close. Now that everything had calmed down, he was exhausted again. He drifted off to sleep almost immediately.

"S-Sage!"

"Easy Kento. He's asleep this time. Let him rest." Sage sat back rubbing his own eyes. "..Ryo, can you watch over him while the rest of us get a little bit of rest?"

"No way dude, I'm not leaving my best buddy's side! You can't make me!"

"Then lay down over there on a futon, but we need rest. We're going to crash if we don't."

Ryo nods, "Sure thing."

"Just move slow and don't startle him." Rowen explains as best he can. "B-Be ready to catch him as well, he will pass out without warning. If he starts complainin' about the pins and needles get ready to catch him and start moving his limbs one at a time… for some reason it worked last time." He gets up off the bed looking around groggily. He wanted to stay with Cye but at the same time knew Sage was right, he needed to rest. "I'll be over there with Kento.."

Ryo watches the three of them go lay down on the floor before he sits on the edge of the bed watching over the youngest warrior as he slept. His mind was trying to make sense of it all. He squeezed one of the hands gently rubbing his finger over the top, he didn't notice until know how pale his frined's skin was. His hands were almost color-less except for the tips of his fingers. He starts to gently massage them trying to get the color back.

*~*

"Ok, take it slow. But see if you can keep some of the soup and bread down." The blonde explained as he locked his hands under the other warriors arms and gently moved him to a sitting position.

"I feel fine now, just weak."

"That's great but we're still going to take it slow and carefully." He takes the spoon and gets a bite ready. The youngest looked like he was going to protest the offered food being spoon fed to him but he leans forward taking the offered bite.

Cye closed his eyes praying he wouldn't gag. The vegetables were fresh and were supposed to taste good. He shuddered as he forced himself to chew and swallow. He'd never had an issue eating this before.

"Cye?" Sage asks worried, he reaches out not liking the response the other had, "Are you ok?"

"….I-I don't understand whats wrong…I know the food tastes good, it smells good …but I can't swallow it. I feel so queasy when I do." He shivers making a point to swallow again not wanting to get sick again. The last time he got sick he passed out.

"Okay, here try to drink this instead."

He feels a straw touch his lips and he starts to sip at it slowly. It had the sour taste that most sports drinks had but it went down a lot smoother than the soup did.

"Easy, don't drink too fast." The other held the drink up for him. "Take your time."

Cye finally opened his eyes again as his energy started to come back slowly. The queasy feeling went away once the food was sat aside.

"Sage, I found some crackers. Maybe he could try that instead."

"It'll do for now. Thanks, Mia." He turns and sits the plate in the other's lap. He was relieved to see Cye try and pick one up by himself. He reaches out and helps him pick it up, his hand drops away as the water bearer takes a small bite before leaning back into the pillows.

He waits to see if the other felt sick to his stomach again. Cye's shoulders dropped relieved as his stomach didn't protest it this time, he was even able to swallow it.

He sighs relieved and smiles, "Just try and eat these, you're doing great."

"Rowen…?"

"He and Kento are still sleeping."

"You should be resting.."

"I'm not leaving your side. Not when we're making movement and you're sounding so much better." Sage reaches out and pushes some of the red hair behind the other's ear smiling reassuringly. "I'm still not sure what's causing it… but you're doing better."

"….is it because I'm not strong enoguh to be a warrior?"

The blonde looked up tilting his head, "What?"

"E-Everyone is tired and recovering from fighting Talpa… but I'm the only one who can't stay conscious." He says his voice shaking. One of his hands clenched the sheet that was over him as he tried not to give in to the panic. "Y-You and Kento had the same thing happen to you… Talpa stole your energy b-but you're up and moving."

"Cye, we are still recovering just in our own ways." He tried to reassure him but it was hard. The other was right, no one else was going through this. He sighs placing his hand over Cye's getting him to lessen the grip on the sheets, "It doesn't mean you're weak. It just means you need rest."

He hears a sharp inhale and glances up seeing a few tears escape. He looks away before smiling, "I can't use Halo's full power right now."

"…what?"

"I can't do a full assessment of your body right now. I can only see the surface level." He explains shrugging. "I don't have the energy to use the armor like that."

Tired green eyes open to look at him. He bites his lip nervously trying to figure out if he could speak properly or not. He was so tired, he wasn't thinking rationally. "…really? You're not just saying that?" He finally asked, that was all he could voice without breaking down.

Sage silently held up his armor orb and let it float in the air in front of Cye's line of vision. He does what he normally does to call the armor and use its power but this time nothing happens. It doesn't even glow green. The orb hovers for a few seconds before it falls to the bed and rolls towards its owner.

A few more tears rolled down this time out of relief. Sage sighs wishing Rowen was awake, he was never good at this kind of thing. He reaches forward and hugs the other to him holding him. "It's okay, you're just tired and had a really rough and scary night. Once Rowen is awake, you can curl up with him and rest. I need you to keep trying to eat a full meal, but you should make a full recovery."

Cye buried his face into the other's shoulder nodding. He never thought he'd be doing this sort of thing with Sage but right now he didn't want to go through it by himself.

Sage hears foot steps and sees Ryo and Mia in the doorway. He just smiles as best he can hugging Cye to him. "Just relax."

#ronin warriors #yoroiden samurai troopers #fanfic #hurt/comfort #cye

[free-for-all-fics]

Obscure Characters List - Male Edition (N-Z)

Obscure Characters I love for some reason (N-Z). (By obscure I mean characters that have little to no fanfic written about them. Not necessarily characters nobody’s ever heard of.) Don’t ask me to explain why. UPDATED: Tumblr is being a butt about post length or something so I’m splitting up the lists.

N

Nigel Billingsley (Jumanji 2 and 3)

Night’s Cavalry (Elden Ring)

Nothing (The Night House)

P

Pazuzu (The Exorcist)

Pierre Despereaux (Psych)

Prince Anton Voytek (Vampire 1974)

Prince Escalus (Romeo and Juliet, no particular adaptation)

Prince Quartus (Stardust)

Prince Septimus (Stardust)

Professor Petrie/Phantom of the Opera (Phantom of the Opera 1962)

Peter Quint (Turn of the Screw, the book and maybe some other adaptations. Not the Bly Manor Flanagan show.)

R

Reese Kelly (Scarlet Hollow)

Rene Belloq (Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Roland Voight (Hellraiser 2022)

Ronin (Star Trek)

Rorschach (Watchmen)

Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Rusty Nail (Joyride trilogy)

S

Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

Sam Wayne (Scarlet Hollow)

Silver Surfer/Norrin Radd (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer)

Simon Jarrett (SOMA)

Sir Lancelot (Night at the Museum 3)

Sportacus (LazyTown)

Starscourge Radahn (Elden Ring)

STEM (Upgrade)

Sutter Cane (In the Mouth of Madness)

T

Thantos DuBaer (Twitches 1 and 2)

The Auditor (Hellraiser: Judgment)

The Babadook (The Babadook)

The Black Knight Ghost (Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed)

The Curator (Dark Pictures Anthology)

The Designer (Devil’s Carnival 2)

The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest/Professor Joel Barash/Steven Verdel (Wishmaster series)

The Faun (Pan’s Labyrinth)

The Fox (The Little Prince 1974)

The Jester (The Jester, A Short Horror Film series)

The Kinderfänger (Crypt TV)

The Knight/Tarhos Kovács (Dead by Daylight)

The Look-See (Crypt TV)

The Man (Carnival of Souls)

The Merman (Cabin In The Woods)

The Metal Killer (Stage Fright 2014)

The Mirror (Oculus)

The Narrator (Stanley Parable)

The Other (Hellfest)

The Phantom (Phantom Manor)

The Projectionist (Pearl)

The T-1000/Cop (Terminator 2, Terminator Genisys)

The Tall Man/The Entity (It Follows)

The Thing (The Thing 1982)

The Torn Prince/Royce Clayton (Thirteen Ghosts remake)

The Torso/James “Jimmy” Gambino (Thirteen Ghosts remake)

Thomas Alexander “Alex” Upton (TAU)

Tiger Mask/Dave (You’re Next)

Tommy Ross (Carrie, 1976)

V

Valak (The Conjuring)

Valdack and his real world counterpart (Black Mirror)

Van Pelt (Jumanji 2)

Venable (Wrong Turn 2021)

Viktor (Underworld series)

Viktor Frankenstein/Dr. Whale (Once Upon a Time)

Vladislaus Dracula (Van Helsing 2004)

W

Wade Thornton (Nancy Drew, Ghost of Thornton Hall)

Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts (The Princess Bride)

Wildwind/Dark Skull, Stormy Weathers, and Lightning Strikes (Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Vampire)

“William”/The Headless Figure (Crypt TV)

William “Billy” Butcherson (Hocus Pocus 1 and 2)

X

Xenan the Centaur (Xena Warrior Princess)

#Obscure characters list #Obscure characters #Obscure fictional characters #will be added to over time

[novemberhush]

Tag game: shuffle your music library/favourite playlist and share the first ten songs that come up, then tag some people to do the same.

Thanks for tagging me, @talespinner230 ! 😘

I’ve gone with my blast from the past indie playlist. These songs bring me right back to a very specific time and place in my life.

1) Gone for Good by The Shins

2) Last Dance by The Raveonettes

3) I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie

4) Monkey 23 by The Kills

5) Fans by Kings of Leon

6) 5 Years Time by Noah and the Whale

7) Mr. Brightside by The Killers

8) Portion for Foxes by Rilo Kiley

9) Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

10) A-Punk by Vampire Weekend

I tag @foreverthemomfriend @smowkie @tulipintulle @katries @kiti-the-warrior-poet @all-or-nothing-baby @evanesdust @oneawkwardcookie @mistmarauder @prettyboyandthekid and anyone else who wants to play. No pressure on anyone who doesn’t!❤️

[mahvaladara]

Ceto Orcinius the Sea Biologist and Conversationalist for @dandylion240

“I have the reputation of being a bad boy, some sailors even say I’m a bit of a killer whale! Heheheh! But honestly, I’m more of a goofy dolphin. Yet again, as a biologist, orcas are closer to dolphins than whales, so heh. We might be onto something.”

Orphaned at a young age, Ceto was born somewhere between Sulani and Tartosa. He lost his parents to fisherman nets, when they were caught in the middle of an anual ‘hunting of whales’. Ceto escaped but nurtured a dislike to boats and fisherman since then.

Ceto is a merorca, a merman of the killer-whale variety. When he was found, he was incredibly aggressive and destructive and impossible to keep near human and supernatural children as he’d lash out violently. For a while, the two biologists who found him kept him in a tank where he’d spend days wailing. It was clear for the couple, Ceto was suffering greatly from isolation lack of open ocean.

Hoping it could help. The couple moved to Sulani and took Ceto with them. They made their home in the local Sulani Oceanology Center and the first weeks kept Ceto with an actual Orca who he still calls “mom”. His behaviour, health and overall personality changed greatly and he was slowly introduced to human society.

Ceto would grow up helping his human parents with the Sulani Oceanology Center. He grew to be a good and responsible young man, who’s more on the quiet side and loves the islands. He went to college to learn Marine Biology and join his parents in the Center. However, once he was working actively in it, he started seeing the ocean situation was much worse than he imagined.

Seeing the oceans and creatures he loved endangered, realizing even merfolk where in great danger from the exploration, unregulated fishing and turism, he decided take a stance against it. When protesting, ralying and volunteering proved ineffective, Ceto, moved his unorthodox friends, the orcas, and the sharks, to help him.

From tearing fishing nets in exclusion zones, sabotaging boats from companies who are repeated offenders, stealing fishing equipment and going as far as rallying actual orcas to chase away and sink, if necessary, ships whenever they endangered the oceans. Ceto’s unorthodox methods have gained him a reputation. 

Whenever he knows there’s something ‘fishy’ in the sea, Ceto is one to move and try to do something about it. He also often terrorizes merfolk to shoo them away from danger zones where he knows boats are doing things that might endanger marine wildlife. This has caused many merfolk to think he is dangerous, but its all a misunderstanding as he just wishes to keep them safe.

Other than being a eco-warrior. Ceto works full time on the Sulani Oceanology Center, and does volunteer work with kids both in and out of the Center. He teaches a small group of local kids how to swim pro-bono and takes them on “eco adventures” where he teaches the kids about local Sulani wildlife and how to keep it safe.

On his free time, you’ll find him in the local library or bookstore. He no longer lives in the Center, and currently has a small shack by the beach near the vulcano.

[cuppakasha]

Stratus Saturdays — Selkies (Races pt. 2)

Diverse, skilled, adaptive, savvy and rich in tradition, selkies are as much a part of Akaiya as the world is a part of them

Selkies are a magical humanoid race native to the ocean planet Akaiya. They have existed for centuries, alongside the Nekai fishfolk and the Aladephi featherfolk. Over generations, selkies have especially felt the ebbing away of magic in the world; more and more selkies have nonmagical children, eventually leading many families and even whole clans dying out as they lose their magical edge in protecting their homes, territories and cultures. To combat against the unknown reason as to why magic is fading, many clans adamantly and fiercely cling to their values, traditions and people to avoid their worst nightmare: being destroyed and left floating out aimlessly like regular humans.

Selkie magic is the attunement to light, and expressed in two ways: lightcasting and transformation.

Lightcasting is the bending and transformation of existing light into different forms, or changing how light interacts with an object. This lower level of light magic can be attuned to and practiced by non-selkies. Examples include: illusory magic, blinding explosions, fireworks, small-scale auroras, diffusion and concentration of light into beams, changing colors, signals, portable glowlamps, anti-piracy lasers and lighthouses.

Transformation is unique to selkies and cannot be attuned to, and a selkie that attunes to another type of magic can still transform even if they can no longer lightcast. Selkie forms (called an ukaa) are hereditary and require a selkie to have attuned to a favored clothing focus (called a hano'ukaa), which could be any durable, organic wearable and range from actual coats, cloaks, hats, scarves, gloves, boots, belts, jewelry, pauldrons and other armor, and even undergarments. Selkie transformations are described as a "true form light": their human form, like a beam of light, is focused through a "prism" (their ukaa) to broaden, narrow and change their shape into their animal form. They have the physical capabilities of the animals they turn into, but the actual animals and people can recognize them as being different as if having an uncanny valley effect.

While all selkies acknowledge each other as kin, they divide themselves into clans, traditionally by their aquatic form. Selkies in Rose Stratus aren't limited to just seal transformations; most semiaquatic mammals can be a selkie form! Some clans found in Rose Stratus are:

Larpueneq (Ribbon House) - a larger clan of ribbon and bearded seals

Kuuvi (Tusked Warriors) - Walrus and sea lion folk known for their bravery and stubbornness

Itaayo (Blackfish Wearers) - a travelling clan of killer whale and pilot whale forms

Aw'nari (Toothed Lightweavers) - a smaller clan of narwhal selkies that are more in tune with lightcasting and mysticism, living under the auroras of the frigid northern seas

Rorikai (Finned Tricksters) - Roguish dolphin selkies that are adept at illusory lightcasting

Koyabaana (Gentle Fat Swimmers) - Manatee and dugong selkies known for pacifism and kindness that live in estuary port towns

#stratus saturday #selkies #selkens #rose stratus #original writings #lore

[wutheringmights]

Uh so I saw you take some reccs for CTB and I have a couple. Whole songs for Things We Lost In The Fire - Bastille and Spilling Towards Alpha - The Mountain Goats (to go with the No Children Vibes).

For war stuff + warriors sprit dynamic, Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales - Carseat Headrest, specifically: " We are not a proud race /It's not a race at all /We're just trying, I'm only trying to get home .../Put it out of your mind /And perish the thought/There's no comfort in responsibility" and "Here's that voice in your head /Givin' you shit again /But you know he loves you /And he doesn't mean to cause you pain/ Please listen to him /It's not too late /Turn off the engine /Get out of the car and start to walk" (see also my internal monologue @ warriors during the past sections)

Also for what's going on in the present and I think a good LU song overall, Brother - Murder by death but for this fic specifically: "Fourteen years have passed since that day /Your stories are the same but the ends have all changed/ You carried on like you were some type of god/ Some things will never change"

Let me know what you think, it's been fun emotionally devastating listening to music on dog walks and pondering CTB.

I am always open to receive some music recs for CTB. My playlist needs constant updating and there are too many songs in the world for me find on my own.

And the songs that you have picked really slap. The Bastille and the Mountain Goats songs are awesome, and serve as a good reminder that I should probably spend more time getting into their music.

And I love the lyrics you picked out from "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales" and "Brother." They are perfect illustrations of the story so far, and I think I am going to have to join you in crying while listening to them while on long walks.

#thank you so much for sending them in!!! they're going onto my playlist stat #me rambling #lu ctb #dogsigil #ask #ctb music