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doctorcanon · 5 months

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A little obsessed with the potential brotherly dynamic between The Captain and Mask. I know there are lots of other characters from the series in HW but hear me out okay?

Imagine being The Captain:

You take the strangest kid under your wing during the war. He's mostly unobtrusive. Mature for his age, quiet, but generally churlish. Can barely read (ill explain this HC one day) but fights like a demon and is clearly immensely troubled but doesn't know how to express himself.

You eventually connect over a shared burden and become rather attached to the kid. You're the only one he actually speaks to. Moreover, people have started calling you "the twins" even though he much younger than you. You teach him practical things like improving his reading, clothes mending and social graces. He teaches you about the natural world, herbalism and orienteering. You even give him a nickname "Mask" that he reluctantly answers to. But as the war wears on and the battles get harder, the boy has to rely on his masks more and more. Save for the one he calls Oni. He says its his failsafe and mentions nothing else.

Until one day, during the penultimate battle, you and your battalion are overwhelmed. Grievously injured, you call for Mask to get to safety. The next thing you remember is hearing "dont worry, captain, I'll protect you, i promise." Then flashes of a hulking demon laying waste to the battlefield with a helix shaped sword. You also remember a great and terrible silence and the sensation of being carried.

When you wake, Zelda informs you that the battle has been won but Mask along with several others, are missing. Even when the war is won and over, you search that battlefield, all surrounding areas and lists of the dead for any sign of Mask. You find nothing and eventually your duties as Captain must be seen to.

Three years later, you follow up on reports of an aberration found around the area Mask disappeared. The portal drops you unceremoniously into a Hyrule you don't recognize. You meet 8 others just like you, all named Link, each bearing the Mark of Destiny and honestly kinda sick of all this shit. The Oldest One - face heavily scarred and blind in one eye - holds your gaze for a little too long. When you ask him about it, he only apologizes awkwardly.

Needing some space during a particularly raucous night, you decide to check up on your party's resident Old Man who just so happens to be reorganizing his things. And you see it: Oni, the Fierce Deity; the War God that nearly won them the war but not the little boy who carried it.

"Where did you get this? Who gave it to you?" You ask. When he doesn't give you an answer, you insist. "That mask is one of a kind, and only one person I know had it, what happened to him."

The silence that follows is so thick, not even the Master Sword could cut it. The Old Man - Time, they call him - is taller than the rest of them, but his stature is bent by bone deep weariness. The scars on his face pull his features in different directions, the bridge of his nose is split, the remains of his empty eye socket droop painfully without his eye patch, the left corner of his mouth peel back to show more of his teeth - two of which are missing. But his remaining eye - bright, alert and unnervingly blue - pleads with him and the realization dawns on him before Time turns away, almost timid but mostly ashamed.

"He kept fighting, Captain. He kept fighting until he couldn't anymore and kept going. Until..."

You embrace him before you can stop yourself. He's just as surprised as you are. But he doesn't throw you off or scold you. Instead, he sinks into the hug with a long, shuddering sigh of relief. He's so tall now, he nearly bowls you over. Then quietly, through tears Captain can't see, he says

"I'm sorry...I thought you be disappointed." Your heart that was frantically picking up the piece just a moment ago breaks all over again. You can still hear that little boy buried in somewhere the gruff baritone you've grown accustomed to. Something bittersweet festers inside you, a melange of emotions you can't possibly unpack in this moment. But not one of them is disappointment. You pull away, taking him by the shoulders and giving him a little shake.

"You are so much more than I could've ever imagined. Whatever you've done, you survived and I couldn't be more proud."

#its like 3am #i cant sleep.#this got way out of hand.#time has way more scars in my mind #perhaps a bit more violent than Wild's #in my head i think he's already been the hero's shade and come back to life #idk im still working on it.#linked universe #time lu #lu time #hero of time #ocarina of time #lu warriors #warriors lu #hyrule warriors #legend of zelda #links meet au #fierce deity #called Oni because the form link takes is called Oni Link in the Japanese version and prima guide...

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duskyashe · 1 year

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NaNoWriMo Day #16

[masterlist] [part one] [part three] [part four]

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Bruce sat in the bat cave, long after he'd sent his kids to bed. In his hands were the batarangs Phantom had gifted him. They were unnaturally cold in his hands, but the chill never became painful. In fact, it was strangely almost comforting.

Thinking back on Phantom, Bruce wasn't sure what to make of their meeting. The kid seemed to be a few years younger than Tim, and had all but told them he was being hunted. Phantom had come to them seeking protection from someone, or multiple someones, for himself and four others, most of which were kids. On one hand, it made his heart ache, knowing these kids had to run from their previous homes, their "haunt". On the other hand, Phantom's genuine belief that they were something beyond human was obvious and more than a bit unsettling (he ignored the part of him that reveled in that belief, the part that had him on edge before an Arkham breakout, the part that saw Phantom and whispered "other, different, like me".)

His kids had held similar reservations, though they'd all agreed Phantom wasn't a threat. His gifts, though obviously magical and not human in nature, had felt benign and were reasonably well thought out, and though the level of research each gift had symbolized was slightly worrying, Babs had assured them she'd closed all the holes in their internet security those gifts had exposed. In the end, they'd all agreed to honor Phantom's request for refuge. The kid's relief was profound and practically soul deep, which reassured Bruce they'd made the right choice.

As Bruce fiddled with his new batarangs, which held a very faint green sheen at the edges, he remembered the moment his "feeling" had reached its peak. Something had changed, something big, when he'd accepted Phantom's gifts. He still didn't know what, exactly, had happened, but he'd felt some sort of shift in the energy Gotham exuded, in his children, in him. He had felt the sense of connection between him and his children grow ever so slightly stronger, and he knew they'd felt it, too.

Bruce flipped the batarang in his dominant hand and caught it with ease, returning it to the holster with a sigh. Whatever Phantom was, whoever he was running from, whatever his presence meant for his family, and Gotham as a whole, Bruce had a feeling they'd be crossing paths with him again soon.

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Danny phased invisibly into his and Jazz's apartment, turning human as he sat at the table with a thoughtful frown on his face. Jazz looked over at him from the stove, a questioning look on her face, though she didn't pry, which he was thankful for. He needed to gather his thoughts before he explained what had happened tonight.

When Jazz placed a bowl of spaghetti in front of him, Danny took a deep breath. "You owe Sam ten bucks," he started, smiling at Jazz's soft curse. "Condor is definitely connected to death, but they're equally connected to life, and the only being or creature we know of that is perfectly balanced between life and death, that isn't a halfa, is a phoenix. They also don't have that slimy, necromantic feel liches are supposed to."

Jazz hummed as she swallowed her mouthful. "What about the others? How close were we on our guesses of them?"

"Well, Batman is definitely a guardian deity, and Gotham is definitely his territory. Ibis, who I actually interacted with, was also spot on, definitely a kitsune. You should have seen them move, Jazz, it was almost ethereal how gracefully they moved. Oh, and Starling? Definitely at least related to banshees. I don't think they're a true banshee, because that connection to death wasn't there, but they're at least related to banshees." Danny paused to take a few bites before continuing. "I think Signal is a Will-o'-the-wisp, actually. You know how I thought they'd be a vengeful spirit? Having been in their presence, I gotta say, not very vengeful. Very mischievous, somewhat malicious, but mostly protective, strangely enough. Same with Raven, they practically ooze protective vibes, along with some very pointed trickster energy. I think Raven might be some sort of protection based deity, under Batman's authority, with strong trickster leanings, which is an interesting mix in my opinion. Oh, and Robin is definitely fae, they've got a very ethereal look to them, paired with their grace and general mischievousness, there's no doubt. BlackBat is more difficult to say. I think they're either a shape changing shadow wolf or otherwise just living shadows. Even when they were illuminated by my glowy self, I could barely see them. It was trippy, I'll tell you that much right now."

They continued eating in silence for a bit before Jazz asked, "So am I signing the full lease tomorrow, or are we moving on?"

Danny grinned. "Oh no, we're good. Batman actually told me to get the others here as soon as possible." His grin mellowed to a small, warm smile. "I think he's worried about them, Jazz. When I mentioned only two of us were currently in Gotham because the others weren't able to come with us when we left, he asked if we needed help getting them here. He seemed to relax when I told him we had a plan and that they were just waiting for the go-ahead from our end."

"Are you going to call them after we finish dinner, then?" Jazz asked, taking another bite.

Danny nodded. "Yeah, Ellie will grab them in the middle of the night. They'll wait until morning with Frostbite before portaling in so we can get the lease signed." He paused, stirring his spaghetti absentmindedly as he thought. "I think," he started haltingly. "I think the bat clan aren't actually aware they're not human."

Jazz paused, spaghetti falling off her fork and back into her bowl as she stared at him in shock. "What do you mean, how could they not know their own natures? You guys pegged them as eldritch beings as soon as you discovered them, they have to know!"

"I don't know, they just. They didn't seem to understand why I was giving them gifts or behaving the way I was. They also looked very confused at a few of my gifts, like they weren't sure why I'd chosen that specific thing for them, even though it makes sense for what kind of being they are!" Danny huffed. Then he sighed. "If they don't actually know what they are, then someone needs to explain it to them. They deserve to know what they are, especially because some of their species have very specific instincts that could be very confusing, even terrifying, for someone who thinks they're human. I... Should I offer to teach them more about themselves next time I see them?"

Jazz looked at him with a small smile. "If you think they'd be receptive to it, I think that'd be for the best, especially if you're right about them thinking they're human. I highly doubt we'll be the only Fright to seek asylum here, after all."

Danny nodded. "Then tomorrow night, I'll make the offer. If we get kicked out because I offend them, then at least we'll all be together."

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This would have been longer, or at least done sooner, if I hadn't had an ocular migraine come out of nowhere earlier today (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠) but after a two hour nap, I could actually see again, so I was finally able to get to work on this ficlet! ✧⁠\⁠(⁠>⁠o⁠<⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠✧ I had a lot of fun coming up with what the members of the Batfam had managed to become due to the entire city believing them to not be human (⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠) Jason was fun, cuz I hadn't really thought about what exactly liches were before, so when I realized that Voldemort from Harry Potter was basically a textbook lich, I knew I had to change my initial plan for Jason (⁠^⁠～⁠^⁠;⁠)⁠ゞ but hey, now he gets super strength and the ability to heal himself from anything, including death! Much better than being able to create essentially undead thralls lol (⁠◠⁠‿⁠◕⁠)

I'm seriously hoping to continue this into at least one more part, with the Bats coming to terms with and learning more about their new supernatural status, possibly even the Justice League initiating contact with the distinctly not human protectors of Gotham, but we'll have to see what prompts I find (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

OH! ALSO! I'm so close to reaching 200 followers! When I do, I'm thinking of celebrating somehow, but I'm not sure what to do. If any of you have any ideas, please, let me know! I might take your suggestion to heart (⁠◠⁠‿⁠・⁠)⁠—⁠☆ also, if I get to 260 by the 26th of this month, I'll do another celebration lol

Y'all are awesome, thank you so much! I've got some more people who asked to be tagged in this continuation, so here's hoping I get them all again! @airis-hunter, @little-pondhead, @stealingyourbones, @crystallicedart, @summerfox1988, @minnesota-fats, @edgemcjee, @fire-glass, @f4nd0m-fun, I think you all asked to be tagged (or at least heavily implied it) if I continued my fake cryptids real ghosts au, so here ya go!

Have a good morning/day/night!

#danny phantom #batman #dc x dp #dp x dc #fanfic #dp crossover #dp au #fanfiction #nanowrimo 2022 #NaNoWriMo Day 16 #dp/dc week 2022 #i have so many thoughts #guys duke is now a Will-o'-the-wisp #and Bruce is a freaking god now #so is Dick #honestly Dick almost was a tengu from Japanese mythology but i thought #because he's been Batman's companion the longest #he should also get to be a deity #so boom dick is Gotham's god of mischief and childhood protection #Tim is actually also in the process of ascending to deity-hood #he's still a kitsune at the moment but once Ibis is better established he'll ascend lol #Damian is a mix of different fae beings and it's all because he became Robin right before Gotham's belief hit critical mass #if Tim had still been Robin at that time then he'd be a fae instead of a kitsune but nope it's Damian lol #and because the Bats don't kill Steph isn't actually a banshee #she's technically something new that is related to banshees #she's basically a banshee if a banshee's call didn't predict death but defeat via a punch to the face #and yes Babs is an actual Oracle lol Bruce is the god that gave her her power she's literally Batman's Oracle #no seriously do a quick Google search this actually checks out she's actually a real oracle in this au lol #Cass is living shadows confirmed #i couldn't resist she's just too good at blending in with her surroundings

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perventivesecretarial · 2 years

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percy jackson kid to mythology kid to gifted kid burnout to hellenic pagan witch pipeline

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 3 days

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Preview of coming attractions! ;)

#fierce deity #the legend of zelda #historical links #armor #japanese armor #samurai armor #fierce deity mask

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daily-hyosatsu · 9 months

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Today, the name of someone I really admire! I should catch up with her. Queuing this post to remind myself. Anyway, 児玉 is read Kodama or rarely Kotama. (Lots of homophones for this one: 木霊 means echo, or tree spirit; 小玉 means a small ball, bead, or small piece of meat/veg; and the こだま is the slowest Shinkansen train.)

児 is new to this blog! It means newborn baby, child, or young of animals. It's read こ, っこ, ジ, ニ, or ゲイ.

玉 means jewel or ball. It's read たま, -だま, or ギョク.

#also 蚕玉 is the guardian deity of silkworms #if you even care!#learning japanese #japanese langblr #kanji #児 #玉

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apollosdumbassdaughter · 11 months

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Shinto

: : : : What is it?

Shintoism is the native belief/practice of the Japanese people and was first seen in the Yayoi Era (300 BCE - 300 BCE), In Shinto we worship the Kami, which is Japanese for Gods. Shinto is a polytheistic and animalistic belief system with no designated prophet or founder. Shinto is also where Yokai come from, when Buddhism appears at the end of the Kofun period (300 BCE & 538 BCE) Shinto Kami were emersed into it, which is why Japanese Buddism is a more unique Buddhism. All throughout Japan you can find temples and shrines dedicated to these Kami, and in WW2 the Japanese even worshipped their Emperor as one.

▪︎ Is it Open/Closed?

Shintoism is a form of Buddhism and has always been and always will be open, the Japanese welcome foreigners everyday to their temples to honor the Kami and they even have Shrines for Kami here in America.

: : : : Kamidanas & Ofuda

To work with a Kami one must setup a Kamidana and Ofuda, the Ofuda must be from a Japanese shrine, though, as they are made with a sacred ritual. A kamidana is a miniature Jinja (Shrine) made for at home worship. One must place an Ofuda inside the Omiya, an Ofuda is a charm that is infused with the essence of the Kami and the Omiya is a protective Spirit home for the Ofuda, altogether this is a Kamidana.

One can not have a Kamidana without an Ofuda. To properly place the Kamidana place it on a raised location, it must sit higher than the overall altar setup. If there is a second story of the home, put the word cloud above the Kamidana and make sure the area you choose is a clean one.

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Above are examples of Kamidana setups

Tips for a tight budget: You can use a lego set, model set, or paper model set of a Japanese shrine as a Kamidana as well.

#pagan blog #shinto #Kamidana #shintoism #Kami work #deity work #altar ideas #pagan altar #Japanese gods

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anonymousfog101 · 1 month

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Well here's my most recent, not to mention most complicated character design

Another one of the outer deities, the embodiment of lust... who doesn't have a name yet :(

I wanted to give them a Japanese name, as I took design inspiration of her outfit from the empress of Japan. (Her domain's architecture will have big east-asia themes as well, but with a lot of water. Think like the Tide Pools area from Spelunky 2.)

I don't want to give her a human name, so I figured I'd do something similar to what I did with the main deities, just with a different language. Except I can't. Japanese is so different from Latin that, in addition to me barely being able to comprehend it, combining words and letters that sound similar doesn't work, and could butcher the meaning terribly.

Anyways concept art

Also each of the eels has a different personality

Any help deciding on a name for her would be greatly appreciated!

#art #sketch art #drawing #deity #lust #sin of lust #goddess #mommy? sorry. mommy? sorry. mommy?#japanese clothes #sea creatures #name help #needs a name #I don't know Japanese

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siamkram · 1 year

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Amaterasu, Japanese [Shinto] Sun Goddess

#shinto #amaterasu #japanese mythology #mythology #goddess #goddesses #divine femenine #sun god #sun worship #sun deities #one eye love

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tiramegtoons · 1 year

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“Hey, hey, hey, hey, what do you like?

Fl-fl-fluffy fluff fluffy things?”

“Yip, yip! It’s the magic of the fox spirit.

Punching out a hole in the midst of the dark night.”

“We’re friends! Yip yip, yip yip!”

We’re a very lonely, lonely family.

You can keep living on my back,

Keep on being merry right up until you die.”

“Good child, good child, you’re a very good child.

Go to sleep forever like the good child you are. I’ll give you good dreams forever and ever.

I’ll always be with you up until you die.”

#inari #japanese folklore #nine-tailed kitsune #nine-tailed fox #the good child and the fox spirit #kinda dark but :3 #inheriting a family deity at the cost of being possessed #fun stuff

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that-cunning-witch · 1 year

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Looking for Witchy Mutuals

Hi!! I really wanna make some witchy friends here on tumblr! Here’s some info about me:

My name’s Emma but you can also call me Zodiac

I’m 20 and I don’t feel comfortable befriending anyone that isn’t an adult, so please, no one under 18

I’m non-binary, so they/them pronouns only please, and I’m bisexual and on the aromantic scale/spectrum

I’m also disabled and mentally ill, having ADHD, social anxiety, and PTSD (I may have autism as well but it’s not an official diagnosis)

I’m a Sag/Libra/Sag and a Water Horse

I’m a folk witch, particularly in English/British folk magic (also called cunning folk magic)

I’m mostly white but I’m part Japanese, so I also am researching Japanese folk magic (I’m more Japanese than Gwen Stefani lmao)

My patron/patroness is Queen Persephone and I’ve been drawn to the Greek pantheon for a long time now, so that’s my main polytheism

However, I’ve also dabbled into the Celtic pantheon (Rhiannon)

I also have a unique connection to angels/archangels so communicating and working with them is also in my practice

I’m interested in working with Kamis but we’ll see where that takes me

I use tarot, herbs, crystals, and candles

Green magic, kitchen magic, folk magic, and astrology are my main magics

I’m currently in animation major in college

If you’re interested in any of these, please feel free to message me and maybe we can be friends!

Decolonizing/de-appropriating your practice and witchcraft in general

Folk magic

Greek pantheon/magic

Angels/archangels

Queer witchcraft

Research into magic/witchcraft

Mixing of herbal/holistic/alternative and modern medicine

However, if any of these apply to you, don’t bother!!

TERF/Radfem

Use the term “pagan” or “wiccan” to describe gods (i.e. “Hecate is a pagan goddess” no she’s not)

Anti-modern medicine (vaccines and modern medicine are a good thing don’t come at me with your abelist shit)

Believer in starseeds or that one thing where you write “magical” numbers on your wrist

A user/believer/practitioner of voodoo/hoodoo, kabbalah, etc. and you’re not of that ethnicity/race (appropriation is not cool my dude)

New Age believer

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venustapolis · 1 year

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Japonés emplorando a una deidad (Jean-Léon Gérôme)

#art #19th century art #19th century painting #1800s #jean-léon gérôme #🇫🇷#japanese emploring a deity

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guthrie-odonto · 8 months

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Erika Kinokami

First post of the Godzillaverse that I like to call Biola: Monster Genesis! For a start, who better to show off than the "series'" main protagonist and namesake of this gojiverse, Erika Shiragami Kinokami

Born 2009 to Genchiro Kinokami of the Typhon organization, an organization dedicated to the study of the giant organisms known as kaiju, she was already a genetic test from birth, having genes from multiple plants in her genome as a test run of giving humans photosynthetic capabilities (as a result, her skin has a bit of a greenish tone). Other than the photosynthesis and her lifelong friend being a robot⏤an AI-driven prototype of the Tezcatlipoca unit (T-units for short) technically designated as RD-A10N3 but given the name Jet Jaguar from Erika mispronouncing the Aztec deity's name⏤her life was fairly normal... until very recently.

While out on the field in a military effort against both a particularly aggressive hive of the giant neuropteran Meganula and a mated pair of volant kaiju given the name "Rodan", Erika (and Martin, an upstart kaiju-themed influencer tagging along) ran afoul of a Meganula larva within the cave systems being explored. The insect struck Erika in the abdomen with its claw, grievously wounding her. The Meganula would've killed her after that had it not been for the third Rodan, a smaller, sneaky male resembling a female, breaking through the wall and piercing the Meganula with its long, barbed tongue. For a split second, it looked to see the two other small creatures in there, but then had its attention grabbed by the controlled eruption of the nearby Mt. Aso where the Rodans had nested. As the "Faeder Rodan" flew off to try and save its mate. Jet Jaguar arrived and carried Erika off to safety.

After being brought to a Typhon facility on the remote Odo Island, Erika then undergoes a radical new treatment to help save her life. She's treated with an experimental kind of stem cell therapy incorporating cells and DNA from a kaiju whose emergence nearly 70 years ago spurred the formation of Typhon the following year; a kaiju whose power made it only deserving of the title "King of the Monsters". That beast's healing properties mean that Erika Kinokami now had a third genetic component: Gojira. After waking up, Erika seemed pretty fine at first (besides her not needing glasses anymore, being able to see ultraviolet light, and the healed up wound resembling plant resin), but she would be kept there to make sure there weren't any side effects. The next day, Erika was feeling a bit restless, and Jet suggested they go out and walk for a bit as some nature therapy. It was nice and they even found a cave system with 100% less maneating insects and plenty of nest subterranean biodiversity… but then the irradiated GNA (Godzilla DNA) really started kicking in.

Erika felt nothing at first, but then Jet pointed out that her face was getting pale and even a bit greenish. Erika dismisses that comment at first before Jet adds a small little elaboration: he means greenish even compared to her normal, chloroplast-infused skin tone. Then seeing a more vibrant green creeping up her arms, Erika bluntly agrees that they need to go back Now, and they make off. As they make their way to the cave entrance, Erika not only has leaves sprouting from the base of her neck and her hips (her hair was also gradually melding into leaves), but she starts growing from her human height of 5'1" (155 cm). Once they're at the cave entrance, she was actually too big to fit through, but ended up breaking through the entrance from her growing too big for it, finally stopping at a final height of 20 meters (and also giving a scream of terror and confusion afterwards). Jet, of course, called for help and Erika's dad and other Typhon personnel arrived. She was then brought back to the facility and later filled in on the whole GNA situation, but not before another party came by from the other side of the hill the cave entrance was on: Godzilla.

Strangely (although the maser tanks and other military units brought in preparation for the detected approach of another kaiju were hidden in the forest), the 50-meter dinosaur was noticeably unaggressive for the encounter, walking up to Erika, closely observing her with some minor vocalizations, and then leaving.

For Erika, the experience was even stranger. To her, Godzilla's face looked perplexed, showing more emotion than any photos or video footage of the Monster King she had seen before this day, and she could have sworn she heard a voice coming from him... a voice that called her a... "Biollante"?

#amber's post #my art #Biola: Monster Genesis #kaiju #godzilla #erika shiragami #biollante #yes I did change her last name from Shiragami to Kinokami which is Japanese for “tree deity”

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