Oddworld Wonders

Dondo was out of ideas, and just wanted to fight already. She finally realized there's only one tool in her years of fighting experience she had left-intimidation.

"Yeah.." She thought "this pruny doctor cant do nothin i havent already done. If he tries to turn me in, I know how to defend myself."

Dondo stares at Dr. Gab with the scariest expression she can muster as she unzips her suit. Eyes prying into the vykker with a look that could kill, Dondo's suit is finally on the floor, sitting herself in the too-tiny bench and making it squeal from weight.

Indeed, the facade Mudd and his Interns put on in front of Kyung was believable to her, at least enough for the Jimseomi not to feel suspicious about the forced laughter.  It even got her to crack a lop-sided smile at them, but the worried look in her eyes persisted; particularly towards the ones who were nursing a broken limb.  However, before she could voice her worries, they scattered to carry out their given tasks.  During the whole spiel, Kyung was silent, but from her body language and facial expressions, she was delighted to have met Mudd’s crew!  Thrilled, even, to meet people who she was convinced held such importance to the cyborg Mudokon.

“I don’t know too much about what it’s like working at Vykkers labs, but I know a lot of people who do,” She nodded while gently placing a paw against her cheek, seeming to connect the dots between the crew’s skittish behavior and the association with a business that was notorious for being cruel to the Intern race. “I hope I’m not troubling your crew too much by dropping in so suddenly… Kevin, was his name, right?  I’d hate to be a bother if he was already busy with helping clean up the after-party mess,” Kyung resumed fussing, making sure not to get in the way of any Interns scrambling nearby.

The Jimseomi sensed a bit of a change in Mudd’s tone, but only for a mere second before she shrugged it off.  She didn’t have much of a reason to not believe him, yet a small voice in the back of her mind prevented her from fully being convinced.  However, that didn’t matter; it was none of her business whether it was true he visited Holihs or not.  Besides, the invitation to hop aboard Mudd’s ship and his willingness to give her some help seemed to really help smooth over her doubts.

“I heard about how Holihs has this really interesting shopping promenade, and around this time of year, there’s a market that goes on before everything gets too cold.  Hopefully you were able to have a good time there, one of my friends pointed out that some of the bars were serving spiked opple cider made in-house!” Kyung answered without missing a beat before rubbing the back of her head while chuckling. “Although, I’m not really much for shopping or booze, the fact there’s going to be a bunch of different foods served at the event is what I’m more interested in,” She admitted, hopping up onto the ramp so she could get onto the ship.

Like the good guest she was, Kyung made sure to stay close to Mudd, avoiding straying too far from him despite her immense curiosity tempting her to examine everything in her new surroundings.

“Are you sure it’s not a bad time for me to visit, Mudd? I hate to impose,” She politely inquired, folding her paws together in front of her as the impulse to poke at the airship walls started to grow… But that’s when that little voice in the back of her head began to fret again.

Luckily, it was easy for her to recollect the important bits: Don’t go in the crew’s quarters, Mudd’s more likely to be in the cockpit most of the time, and don’t go through the door that has a curtain drawn over it.  Simple enough!  No matter what noise she heard, Kyung made a note not to go there.  House rules are house rules.  As for everything else… That seemed to have gone in one earhole and out the other.  Although, she figured that she would probably figure it out later, as per usual.  While Mudd got comfortable in the center chair, Kyung opted to stay standing nearby, busying herself with gawking at everything as he called out for his crew.

‘Why does Mudd have a crew with him…?’ She wondered to herself, recalling how during their first encounter Mudd claimed that he was a bit of a hermit. ‘Huh.  Maybe operating an airship on your own just isn’t feasible.’

No matter, there were new people to meet coming into the cockpit just then!  Instinctively, Kyung gave Mudd’s crew a polite bow in greeting… Before tossing formalities right out the window, allowing herself to flash all of them a friendly smile and wave.  

“Hello!~” She greeted warmly, only to have her perky expression wilt into a more sincerely concerned one once her eyes and mind registered the conditions the Interns were in. “Oh!  Is everyone alright?  I’m not a doctor, but I’ve got a med-kit handy if it’s needed,” Kyung asked, frowning as she stepped over to take a better look at the crew.

((I finally have the energy to draw AND color for once… IT WAS TIME FOR FLUFF!  The joys of multi-shipping.~  I’m also just really happy I drew other characters too!))

((Featured in here:

Abe ( @themudokonmessiah‘s version)

Martin ( @outwiththeodd)

Lilac ( @lilacs-journey)

Buck ( @rosieandthefreed)

Garfunkle ( @garfunkleswagon)

The Jimseomi sensed a bit of a change in Mudd’s tone, but only for a mere second before she shrugged it off.  She didn’t have much of a reason to not believe him, yet a small voice in the back of her mind prevented her from fully being convinced.  However, that didn’t matter; it was none of her business whether it was true he visited Holihs or not.  Besides, the invitation to hop aboard Mudd’s ship and his willingness to give her some help seemed to really help smooth over her doubts.

“I heard about how Holihs has this really interesting shopping promenade, and around this time of year, there’s a market that goes on before everything gets too cold.  Hopefully you were able to have a good time there, one of my friends pointed out that some of the bars were serving spiked opple cider made in-house!” Kyung answered without missing a beat before rubbing the back of her head while chuckling. “Although, I’m not really much for shopping or booze, the fact there’s going to be a bunch of different foods served at the event is what I’m more interested in,” She admitted, hopping up onto the ramp so she could get onto the ship.

Like the good guest she was, Kyung made sure to stay close to Mudd, avoiding straying too far from him despite her immense curiosity tempting her to examine everything in her new surroundings.

“Are you sure it’s not a bad time for me to visit, Mudd? I hate to impose,” She politely inquired, folding her paws together in front of her as the impulse to poke at the airship walls started to grow… But that’s when that little voice in the back of her head began to fret again.

Species Name: Cupz

Native To: Mountainous Regions of Mudos

Conservation Status: Endangered

Average height: 3 to 4 feet in length

Diet: Omnivore

Cupz Live in the Mountains of Mudos. They are Rarely seen because they prefer to keep in their own small societies. They have been seen to be intellegent enough to speak and create simple tools.

Cupz have horns on their heads to help them dig through dirt. They create tunnels through the ground to both find roots they can eat and create new dens for their families. Their heads are slightly hollow, leaving room to shovel out dirt instead. They have wings with small claws at the end of them, these wings are useless for any meaningful flight but help the Cupz glide down rough terrain and deep cliffs. Their eyes are large and Bulbus which helps them see in dark areas, but they become blind in bright light.

@oddworld-wonders

From her position under the cover of dense forest, Kyung narrowed her eyes and flexed the left side of her crown frills up to allow an open earhole to take in the voice she just heard.  It sounded familiar… Very raspy despite the volume, she’s heard it before.  Peering up at the airship deck, the Jimseomi’s eyes caught sight of the figure, and a crooked smile formed on her face.  Ah, she knew she recognized that voice!

“I’m not looking for trouble, I just need some directions!” Kyung called back after taking in a breath, watching Mudd’s form carefully just in case if he decided to start shooting.

Unlike the cyborg Mudokon’s more hoarse-sounding tone, Kyung’s voice responded loud, clear and as friendly as she could manage to yell.  While most of her really hoped that he would recognize her voice from their first encounter, Kyung wasn’t entirely counting on it.  Deciding to take a chance, the veteran slowly crept out from the forest’s edge and into the open, paws held up while the rest of her body got ready to dodge any oncoming projectiles.  She presumed that it would be nearly impossible for Mudd to forget what she looked like at least.  The only thing different about how she looked now was that she wasn’t donning the vibrant colors or the mask of her belly-dancer costume, and she had bandages wrapped around the base of her neck and ankles.

“Oh, I hope you’ll forgive me for having to cut our time together short that night.  A friend of mine just started acting so weird after he got tired of playing his violin, he hardly ever does that!” Kyung chuckled, her tone sincerely apologetic from hearing how she left poor Mudd hanging back at the party. “Well, maybe I can help make up for lost time now that I know how to find you.~” She offered with a chaste smile and a wink, her clawed palps pointing at him in an attempt to mimic the finger-guns gesture.

At least, in her mind it was an innocent offer.  After two paws planted themselves on her broad hips while the other two arms folded over her chest, she shifted her weight onto one of her feet as she tried to recollect how she found his airship.

"What about it has you so piqued then? oh- and you mentioned being lost! feel free to climb aboard- I'll have someone print up a map." He tells her, as he searched through his hazy mind, trying to think of a reason for his night of bar hopping and partying to turn into a kidnapping and hostage situation... Maybe he overheard someone talking about abe, and brought them home. This isn't exactly the kind of thing he does for no reason at all!... well not all the time anyways.