Da Peanut

It’s the closest thing to show biz on Erid. The orchestra and actors are the stars and divas of culture. Of course someone writes an opra about Rocky meeting the alien Grace and saving the stars together.

The casting call to play Rocky would be so cut throat. And Rocky can’t really give any opinion on who to pick since he’s been out of the pop culture loop for 50 years. (A fact the writers use in writing the script. Purposely giving Rocky dated Eridian slang.)

As for Graces actor, the theater’s master puppeteer becomes invested in making as accurate a puppet as possible to play their alien. In the end they would create a puppet where, instead of stuffing, it is filled with sacks and tubes full of fluid. Including an air pump to churn it and a constant beating of what would be a human heart. The puppeteer tries to capture just how horrifyingly alien Grace is in the best way for Eridians, through sound design.

And that’s just the puppet for the actors to interact with. For the audience, I could see the orchestra Amplifying the sounds of the human body during scenes like when Grace hugs Rocky. Or used for laughs when Rocky points out how flawed the human body is as he describes it to the audience.

Actual Rocky being a puppeteer nerd as a pebble. So when the theater gets approval to send the Opera stars to meet Rocky and Grace during the press tour, Rocky straight up pushes past the glamorous opera divas to meet the puppeteer instead.

Rocky is excited to share with them the fact that so much his and Grace earliest communication was through puppet shows.

And Grace can't exactly speak Eridian, cause his vocal chords phisically can't, but I imagine over the years it took them to return to Erid, we would've picked up quite a lot of Rpcky's grammar, tone indicators and acoompanyin movements.

Tiny: “The other day they snatched me off of the table without any warning and proceeed to suffocate me against their chest - It didn’t hurt but a warning would have been nice”

Giant: “I really struggle to contain my emotions when they are doing something adorable! They shouldn’t act so cute if they don’t want me to cuddle them”

Tiny: “I WAS LITERALLY JUST SITTING THERE EATING A CHIP”

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Giant: “We will be having a peaceful night at home and then they will just bite me for no reason??”

Grace & Rocky swap bodies. oops. you hate to see it

When a typeface you've banned for use on middle school science projects follows you lightyears away to an alien planet 🤦🏼‍♂️

Pomni looks so freakin' adorable! The little hop and her squaring up to fight Jax! Ahhh! It's so cute!

physically, narinder's tit is the size of lamb's entire body

HK Dewi Sketchessss!

More Mato! He definitely wants to train Dewi! He’s hoping he can train the human on nail-combat, but he’s not sure where the boy would get such a large training nail. (Dewi comes back with a branch the size of a mansion and Mato gets excited). I have a feeling Ogrim would also train Dewi on weights. 🪨🪨🪨 (giant boulders rocks)

Omg not my babies growing up. I love aging up characters just to realize how much it makes me want to cry.

your name is Lurien the Watcher | Monomon the Teacher | Herrah the Beast, and you'd rather be anywhere else than still in this meeting with these two weirdos.

draw for Cametek (on twitter/bsky)'s new album!!

“Mm? Someone calling you on the phone just now? My! That must have been Ulier. seems like you caught their attention, My Dear, ~

How lucky one must be to have them as their guide. Ulier is always a pleasant company, always finding ways to love life as it is given and shared.

Many of my fellow Outsiders are fond of them, you know? So I think that's enough for you to determine how great of an ally they'll be in your journey

So if that phone rings again, I suggest you answer it, dear hero. Around here, a welcoming voice is a precious armor to have.”

Summon Ketamine Ape doesn't just summon a gorilla on ketamine. It was designed to summon a specific gorilla the original creator went and got addicted to ketamine.

And it wasn't banned for being too dangerous or volatile. I mean, it is very dangerous, don't get me wrong. The dissociative hallucinogenic rage that one ape goes into is something else.

And that's another thing. Ketamine is, at it's root, an anesthetic. It causes a dissociative state and has some hallucinogenic effects. The exact experience is going to vary from individual to individual; but by and large it mellows you out, not amps you up. It's after the high, the endorphin crash, that causes the most volatile behavior. Using ketamine on a gorilla you just summoned is more likely to just tranq the creature than get the violent beast you're looking for.

Anyway, the danger element is not why it was banned. It was banned because of animal welfare reasons and the fact that every time someone uses it; they drag that poor ape out of their nice, comfy rehab room and jack them up again. Frankly, the ape is real tired of this shit.