#highkrawl

Interesting premise for sure 🤔 I honestly can’t see this going well in most cases. I’ll give you my thoughts and a drabble, if that’s okay.

A lot depends on the origin of the Highkrawl. Did Krux create them? Were they there before Krux went evil? If Krux created them, is it possible for more Highkrawl to come into existence without his influence? If he didn’t, what’s the conditions a Highkrawl needs to exist? Would the Highkrawl know about other Highkrawl?I’ll take it that it’s very unlikely of a rogue Highkrawl to just… be, and the Highkrawl know this and will be suspicious of just finding one.Not to mention, how would a human know what traits are natural to a Highkrawl? They’re humanoid, sure, but they have distinctly not-human features.

I wouldn’t put it above any of them to hurt the disguised human to see how their body reacts to injury.

If you ask me, I think all of the Highkrawl except Maja are very likely to simply laugh at, dismiss, hurt, or even kill the person once they figure out what’s going on. Why not Maja? I can imagine her rolling with it to take the human hostage. She could use them to pressure human enemies.

I’ll run with the idea of Maja taking you hostage.

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The planet had been experiencing heavy damage over the last few weeks. The entire planet.All around the globe alien creatures – identified as Krawl by authorities – had been infesting both nature and human civilization. They were planet-eaters. Your home wasn’t the only one being attacked in the solar system; they had it out for all planets in the area of space. In this way, at least you weren’t alone to die, but you couldn’t help but try to think of a way out, a way to circumvent your fate.

The situation was hopeless. Your only idea for self-preservation was desperate.

A few days into the conflict information had started circulating about a humanoid type of Krawl, Highkrawl. Unlike the other Krawl they supposedly possessed human intelligence, and seemed to command or control the others. Video footage of them was scarce, but nevertheless you crafted yourself a Highkrawl disguise. It looked horrible and tacky, and attempting to improve it over time didn’t do much good, but a try was better than none. If a Highkrawl were to come anywhere near your area, you would go to meet them. You’d pretend to be one of them, so they would take you off of the planet with them! To improve your chances, you kept up to date with the news to know if there were any Highkrawl sightings.

Eventually, there was one. Krawl invaded your town, and among them there was one Highkrawl. Filled with fear and only barely thinking straight, you put on your disguise, crammed some food and water into your hidden pockets and rushed outside. You barely even registered the Krawl you rushed past and the few people who were staring at you through the windows. You were anxiously searching for the purple Highkrawl and- She found you.

A spiky tendril wrapped around your chest and pinned you to a wall. The Krawl woman came into view and walked closer. She looked you up and down with a both hostile and questioning look; confusion could only be assume because she showed none. You tried to talk while under her gaze, but all you could sputter was various short “Uh”s.

Finally she looked at your eyes – your very non-human looking, fake lens covered eyes – and spoke. “ And you are?”

It took another “Uh” and an “Uhm” before you told her a made-up name. She raised her chin, as if looking down on you. You realized she might want more than just a name. “I’ve been trapped on this human planet! Please! Take me with you!”

Maja huffed at this. She threw you to the floor with her tendril and let go. The impact was enough to not let you get up again right away. “Very believable. I’m certain He would have informed us about a lost Highkrawl. Say, why did you not leave the planet yourself? There are plenty of systems nearby.”

“I… don’t know how…”

The impact of being thrown had torn off part of your disguise. Maja certainly noticed, but her realization was visible in her expression for only a split second. It could have just as easily been mistaken as anger. She stared you down, internally mulling over what to do with such a stupid human. Eventually a broad smile developed on her face, despite her prominent frown.

The question is: Do Krawl really not do affection? I think that's down to everyone's own headcanons. I personally think it depends. I headcanon that Krawl vary in their ability to feel affection depending on subspecies. Some might be closer to dogs in their intelligence and feelings, and others might be more like snails 🤷 Krawl seem to be based on bacteria and fungi, and eukaryote cells are essentially more complex prokaryotes... Uhm. What I'm getting at is that I can imagine a higher lifeform developing from bacteria that isn't animals or plants, but with subgroups that share similarities to them. Highkrawl definitely seem to share similarities with humans. Spectrobes Origins had some Krawl who resembled animals (like the spider boss, some dragon-birds? It's been a while since I played). Whether their behavior and internal workings resemble those animals or not is to be questioned, but it's possible. Nevertheless I agree that Krawl seem to not do affection from what we see on-screen of them, whether they have the ability to or not.

Now onto the real question: Do I think Krawl can get hooked on human affection? 🤔 The Highkrawl definitely show human emotions, so that makes me think they have the ability to feel good receiving affection. The Highkrawl as a group seem to barely tolerate each other; they're all in a hostile environment among their peers. They likely have never experienced affection from someone on their level of intelligence. Making these assumptions I can imagine a Highkrawl getting hooked on the affection they're given, provided they get along with the person to begin with.

I can see them becoming disenchanted with time, though, once they soaked up enough affection for it to feel normal.

Sure! You're in for stuff with that guy, yeesh

• Jado is positively extremely vain. Once you get to know him and get past his superficial vanity... there's more vanity. He thinks he's great, even when he's at Krux's feet begging for help. This is because of his second defining trait: He is always looking to gain an edge over others. If he knows someone can help him achieve this, he'll feign humility and start begging, but don't believe for a second he doesn't still think he's the best.

• A relationship needs to be beneficial to Jado, at the very least at the start. He won't enter one without anything to gain from it, be it a powerful position, protection, a feeling of superiority, etcetera.

• Expect monologues and long discussions, especially early on in the relationship.

• He'll grow attached to his partner for other reasons over time without showing it much.

• He likes bragging, mostly about himself, but he will also brag about his partner's benefits. He's very loud.

• He's very loud.

• His affection comes in random spurts. He can be evasive during some time periods during which he doesn't make sure to spend time with or even check in on his partner. At other times, though, he'll keep them on their toes with his frequent presence.

• Not very romantic.

• Will frequently use his partner as arm rest or lean on them.

I gotchu fam 👀 EVEN IF IT’S YEARS AFTER YOU SENT THIS. I’m sorry orz

Relationship headcanons:

•Maja is rude. Loving, butrude. She frequently teases her partner because she loves seeing themget embarrassed.

•She’s very unapologetic,so don’t expect an apology if she takes the teasing too far.

•If anyone else were totease or even insult her partner she won’t tolerate it. By doing thatthe person declares war on her. She’ll go out of her way to bedownright nasty to them.

•Despite her mean attitude,she cares and shows affection in her own ways. She’s a good listener,even if she makes rude comments and behaves tactlessly. She likegetting gifts for her partner and makes sure to plan time spent withthem, such as going on trips or doing something at home with them.

•She trusts her partnerwith her worries and will vent to them about what troubles her. Shetakes their comfort and help to heart.

•I hope you have goodfashion sense because Maja will not tolerate an unkempt partner.

Kissing headcanons:

•The rude and teasingattitude applies to kissing.

•She constantly teases andbadmouths her partner about wanting them to take the lead and lay onhand some more, but she frequently does so herself because she justcan’t hold back.

I’m so busy and so sorry for taking so long again u‿u”

-Rallen and Jeena are produce farmers-Rallen is very hands-on and does a lot of his work without any too fancy tools or machines. He does use them, but will also happily do the tasks for which they have no devices and get himself dirty.-Jeena builds, repairs, and uses tools and machines. She mainly works on further refining their products.-They go to town with a sales cart twice a week-It’s possible to visit their farm and buy something any day except Sunday-It’s also possible to order something from them, which will usually delivered by bike, unless the weather is horrible, then they’ll take the car-On Sundays they’re found at Aldous’-They’re part of a farmer association of which Grant is the boss

-Aldous is running a farm sanctuary-He has all kinds of animals there. Saved farm animals that used to live in bad conditions or where planned for slaughter, but also pets whose owners couldn’t keep them anymore.-Rallen and Jeena help him a lot in their free time, but that’s usually only possible on Sundays-Everyone from town is welcome to help as well-Aldous gets a lot of animal’s food for free in the form of leftovers or faulty products-But he’s also dependent on donations-He feels really bad for needing to accept money from others to keep the sanctuary running without being able to give them anything in return-Sometimes Jado sneaks in to be with the animals, especially the cows and chickens. Noone knows why and their attempts to keep him from doing so bear no fruit

I feel torn about what the Highkrawl would be doing. Either they’d be hunters who sell whatever they gather from their kills, or they work on fermented products with edible molds and whatnot. The first underlines that they’re evil, but I like the second a lot too. Both?Krux is their boss obviously.

SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG. I took my sweet time lmao

For the first part everyone is at a bar with an area for games, because that’s where I’ve always encountered the classics like pool, etc. Somehow everyone is able to be present, no matter their species or solar system.

-Rallen and the Highkrawl constantly throw provocations at each others heads. Jeena isn’t verbally picking fights, but silently doing her all to beat the aliens.-Salia is playing too, but she’s rather quiet. She quickly backs away whenever one of the Krawl gets too close-Kamtoga is working as barkeeper-Gretta is at the bar; she’s having a blast talking with Kamtoga-Wright and Kate are sitting at the bar as well, having drinks and watching the “kids” play-Grant and Krux are sitting at a far off table, caught in a lively, grumpy discussion-Jado is wrecking everyone at Pool and Bowling. Noone know why, not even he himself, but he makes sure to brag anyway-Maja and Gelberus are punching and kicking him when noone’s looking because of his unexpected talent-Rallen turns out to be amazing at Darts-Jeena cheers her partner on while the Highkrawl send him death glares. Even Krux is staring-Dave and Kotetsu are at a table catching up with each other along with Cyrus and Dyrus. The latter two look annoyed for some reason.

Later they move on to Rallen’s dorm in NPP headquarters to play card games. (I don’t know many card games sorry)