[emporio!]

username;; crispy richard
name;; plu'umaquosk
nickname;; plume
gender;; male
friends(?);; arrow and erin

▪the kid is tiny.

"why's he so small?" erin asks offhandedly, more to herself than anything. she keeps her voice low so she doesn't wake him up. the kid really is small too; thin bones and a tiny physique hidden underneath thick fur, big eyes and round ears making him look that much younger. maybe there's something wrong with him-- one of her coworkers told her that kits born prematurely sometimes only grow to half their usual size. something that simple doesn't seem to be it, though, considering how strange the rest of him is.

she found the kid in her front yard two nights ago, curled up in the wreckage of what used to be her bushes, now burned away by whatever she assumes brought him there in the first place. that night had been a weird one, full of hasty phone calls at one in the morning and desperate showers to scrub off the ash and blood coating the kid's fur. arrow had been the one to wash the kid while she suppressed a panic attack in the bathroom, worrying over the purple lump of fur in her kitchen sink, scrubbing blood from her paws in slight terror because well, what is she supposed to do now?

arrow had still been in the kitchen when she emerged, drying the small clump of curly purple fur with a faded blue hand towel. He looked up when she entered with a tired smile on his face, idly reaching up to scratch behind one ear before he returned his attention to the kid. "you know," he had said, wrapping the kid in a fresh yellow towel and resting him in his lap. "you could just keep him. you've always wanted a little brother, right?"

that's how erin finds herself here, dozing in her bed while some kid sleeps beside her and her best friend naps on her living room couch. the kid has been asleep for two days now, which is slightly concerning-- erin told herself she would worry about it in the morning, though, so she closes her eyes and succumbs to her exhaustion.

▪"what?" arrow asks again.

"plu'umaquosk!" the kid chirps excitedly, eyes bright with curiosity. arrow is almost tempted to start yelling at the kid to say it in english but stops himself, only held back by the kid's genuine look of confusion. the purple ball of fur's tail twitches, the light of his halo casting strange shadows across the dimly lit floors. it's only four in the morning, yet here he is, arguing with some kid about his own name.

"listen," he starts, and immediately the kid's ears perk up in interest. "how about I just call you plume? it's about all I could understand anyway." the kid repeats plume a few times in that same weird, squeaky, lilting accent as he said his 'name,' almost as if he needs to taste the word first before accepting it. it's weird, but eventually the kid nods with a big toothy grin in place, and says "plume!" in such a satisfied voice that arrow can't help but feel his heart melt a little.

the moment is promptly ruined when the kid's stomach growls. he gets a look of such abject terror that arrow can't help but snort and pats him on the head in reassurance. "you hungry, kid?" arrow asks, prompting plume to nod rather energetically for someone who's been asleep for the past two days. "alright, follow me, I'm pretty sure erin has cereal or something I can give you."

▪erin wakes to the sound of vomiting.

it's a pretty concerning noise considering the events of the last two days so she drags herself out of bed, picking up her phone (it's only seven in the morning what the heck) in case she needs to call an ambulance. after following the noises into kitchen, however, she finds it (hopefully) unnecessary.

arrow has the kid held up on the counter, said ball of purple fur vomiting into the sink. arrow looks equal parts panicked and sheepish when he looks over at her. "I don't think the kid can have dairy," he says, voice apologetic. The kid makes a strange, high clicking in the back of his throat and coughs, causing erin and arrow to wince in sympathy. "I really didn't think it would be this bad."

"it's... fine," erin says carefully, nudging him away from the shaking kid because arrow himself is beginning to look a little green. "he'll be okay in a little bit. go wash your hands and make toast or something, I think I still have jam in the fridge." the taller pillowtail steps away and does as he's told, leaving erin to watch the kid.

▪turns out, the kid is perfectly fine.

plume bounces back pretty quickly once whatever he ate is out of his system, munching on bread straight from the loaf simply because he didn't want to wait for the toaster to finish. arrow was banished to the living room to watch him while erin scrambles eggs in the kitchen, claiming that "not everybody can live off spoonfuls of jam and plain wheat bread, you know." erin is way better at cooking than he is anyway, so he leaves her to it.

the bread slowly dwindles over the course of five minutes, and it's not long at all until the entire bag is empty. plume seems happy enough if his pleased(?) chirps are anything to go by; the kid's weird noises seem relatively upbeat, at least, though arrow is kind of confused as to what they're supposed to even mean. are they just wordless noises? is the kid actually speaking full words in some other language? arrow only thinks to ask what the heck the kid is saying once he realizes that some of those noises are actually directed at him and then immediately feels like an idiot for not doing so sooner.

"hey kid," arrow says. plume's small ears flick in curiosity, large liquid eyes focused on his words. it's weird, having the full attention of someone who's not erin, but he continues. "you actually saying anything? because I don't speak whatever it is you're speaking, just a heads up." the kid looks kind of surprised at his words.

"oh! I forgot you do not say my says," plume says almost sheepishly in that same weird slurry accent. "I, uh..." the kid trails off and clicks in confusion before brightening up again. "apologize, yes, I apologize! I will, ah, try to... to translate to your say." he smiles brightly, if a bit lopsidedly. "I was gifting my thanks! I am not sure how I would have... have faired if you had not allowed me to stay, so I gift many thanks!"

arrow hears erin's familiar chuckle behind him and turns. she's changed into a loose, faded sweatshirt and is holding two plates of scrambled eggs in both hands. she makes her way to the couch and sits beside arrow, handing him a plate of eggs before reaching over to ruffle the kid's fur.

"it's no problem, kid," she says. arrow nods in agreement, shoveling a forkful of eggs into his mouth, and plume's resulting grin could probably rival the sun.

[cranberyy]

username;; RyderDragon
name;; Atlas
gender;; Male
Intrests;; Music, Art, Food
Favorite Songs;; Alot of imagine dragons
Favorite Foods;; Spicy Foods
Personality;; Foodie, Clumsy

[Gadgetrocks]

username;; Gadgetrocks
name;; Milo
gender;; Male

Positive Traits;
. Funny (Even if he doesn't mean to be)
. Kind
. Understanding

Negative Traits;
. Clumsy
. Doubts himself
. Short (He thinks it's a negative trait, everyone else is so sure.)

"Why was someone like me given the power to destroy worlds?"
When Milo was born, everyone knew he was something special. In a world where all Pillowtail's have power, his parents were expecting him to have some type of cool power, but never this. As he first opened his eyes the first day he was born, he vaporized the whole house. Not knowing what in the world was wrong with their child, his parents fled. He was soon taken in by Shesha, who also had problems fitting in due to her huge, poisonous tail. He now trains in the stone arenas, a place specifically built for PillowTails with insane powers to train.

"Why must my powers put me in danger?"

"Come here, little Power Prince." The pillow tail sneered, what looked like a chain held in their paws.
"What do you want?!?" I screamed, backing up straight into where I didn't want to be, a wall. More PillowTails stepped out of the shadows, closing in on me. Sharp clawed paws grabbed me from the sides. The last thing I heard before the wirldvwrnt dark "Yes. Our little Power Prince."

[AvocadoLawyer]

username;;

AvocadoLawyer

name;;

Morpheiius (maybe)

gender;;

Male

Personality;; Sarcastic to the bone, but underneath someone who is looking for a place
to belong. Likes to make jokes and entertain but rarely gets to with the work that he has to do.
Has become slightly grumpy and agitated when things don't go to plan. Wishes that he could sleep
all day in his self-constructed dreams. Sometimes he likes adventures but does like to be a
homebody at times. But when he is off on an adventure he is quite bold and straight to the point.
He comes off slightly aggressive but isn't really. He is just very guarded and protective of himself.

Relationships

Dr. Erebus;;
I don't have "friends", but I guess I kinda like this one guy. His name is Doctor Erebus. He accidental
entered my world and I helped him out. I didn't like him at first and his persistence. But, I guess
he grew on me. Sometimes I still visit him in his dreams. He always smiles when he sees me. Maybe
I will go see him in person sometime?

Who am I? || | |
Who am I? Who are you? Ooh, I see. Well, I spouse now you want to know who I am. I am NAME, I "rule" over the lands of dreams and dimensional planes. I am mainly a traveler and I spend my waking moments traveling thew these dimensional planes and dreams. At the end of the day, I rest my eyes and enter my "perfect work. What? what is my perfect world? It... It doesn't matter okay? Just leave it. Anyways, I am traveling through the stars each day, seeing things that you would never believe. Mint and rose rising moons against the purple enchantments of the sky. Endless universes dose equal endless fun. Why did I come to you? I don't know, sometimes I just come into someone's dream for no reason. Maybe, there is a reason? Or maybe certain things just happen for some reason? You want to hear a story? I guess I can tell you one.





I entered this dream. It was a dream of rainbow crystals, it was beautiful. I was rapped in this breath-taking maze of shining colorful glass windows. Which was held together by stones of smooth stone and brick. I felt engulfed by it and my nose filled with the glorious scent of rosemary and books. I almost felt that I wasn't in a dream but instead a real world. If it was a world then what a perfect world it was. I was astonished when I found out that it wasn't a real world... but a dream. I couldn't believe it. Who could have painted a dream so breath-taking and realistic. I had seen countless wonders and beauties but this was something that moved my soul. That when I saw him. He was sitting in the middle of the maze reading a book. I crept up to him and asked "What are you reading?"

Surprisingly he wasn't scared to have me, a complete stranger pop up in his dreams. He answered something back, I can't remember what it quite was. I was in awe-shock and I asked him again "This is your dream?" He looked around and said "I guess so." he suddenly paused his charmed and calm nature and asked, "I have never met you, who are you?". This question came in a tone more harsher which slightly aggravated me. I replied back in an equally matched aggressive tone "What does it matter, nice dream. I am going to go now." I turned to hang out in a different part of its beauty before being pulled into another dream or place far, far, away. He sat up and quickly said, "My apologies, I didn't mean to come off so rude."

Most of me wanted to leave and but something made me want to stay. I turned around but before I could face him I was pulled away into another plane of either dream or world. I felt full of regret and anger. I wanted to go back, I was tired of being on my own. What is the point of seeing all of these wonderful things if you don't have anyone to share them with? I was pulled off to a faraway world, where it's always a shimmering midnight. Normally, I love the stars, but tonight they seemed to be mocking me. I looked at them as they danced together in a waltz, and I was felt here alone on the cold hard ground.





It was here on this small red toned world that I decided that I had enough. I was tired of being alone. I had so much and it was simply foolish to be the only one to be allowed to see such wonders. How could I be the only one? I thought much of this as the red glow of the sun rose on my fur bathing it in a red glow. The sand under my paws warmed up my paws, but also light a spark my soul that burned through my eyes. For the first time in my existence, I felt the determination to make a change and stop getting pulled through life. It's time to take my stand and not let the world push me around like I am nothing. With this thought I was pulled into a new world, this one as it emerged into my eyes it was full of.. Green.



Then I was in a new world, this one was actually quite beautiful if I do say so myself. It was full of life and wonderful green plants and trees. How amazing I thought, that's when I felt something moving under my feet. That's when I realized that I was on the back platform of a train. Okay, that could have gone wrong. I walk inside and the train is mostly empty. I went through 5 cars without seeing a single soul. That's when I saw him. I thought that now I must be dreaming, but this was a real world. I walked over to him and said, "Hello there."

He was startled and jumped slightly before looking up at me. After he had gathered his pen he had dropped from being spooked he smiled and said "Hello-" He stopped and looked surprised. "Ah, sorry you just look like someone I know- or something."

I smiled back "Oh, I get that a lot." I made a gesture to ask if I could sit next to him and he moved over to allow me.

"You have one of those faces?" He asked

"What?"

"You know, a face that people just recognize."

"Oh, yeah you could say that." I paused then added, "People often say that I remind them of someone they met in their dreams."

"Oh, interesting."

We both paused and looking around the train, time seemed to go by slowly even though it was probably only a few minutes. That's when he broke the silence and asked: "Where are you heading too?"

"Ahhh, I don't really know" I laughed

"Hahaha, well I am going to Shuvisk."

I felt a sudden dread that I was going to disappear from thin air and be dragged around again like a rag doll. Hasty, I added "Hey, look this is going to sound crazy, but I am actually a dream and dimensional planes traveler. Have been ever since I can remeber.. I know it sounds cra-"

He paused me and said "How interesting, I am actually a scientist researching this kind of things. My name is-"

But before he could answer, I was transported somewhere else far away. I was filled with rage and anger, how! WHY! I thought. I just wanted someone to share my travels with is that so much to ask for? I sighed. It was now one of the few times that I got to sleep. I had been transported into "my house" which was really just a dusty room with a soft bed. I curled up on it in anger and closed my eyes. And there I dreamed of the perfect world.





As fate would have it I would never run into that guy again. I would, however, learn his name and small facts about his life. I one day was transported into a world quite like the one was on the last time I met the guy. But, it wasn't anything to cheer for. His name was Terrius and he married the love of his life. Later on, they had a child named Erebus. They were a very loving and smart family. I did end up having an impact on the once young Dr. Terrius. I inspired his work into the unexplained which lead his son to follow in his footsteps after his untimely death. After paying my respects, I was dragged away to the beautiful planes of a cotton candy sky. I looked at it in an odd bliss. Suddenly, I heard a loud sound, like a piece of fabric being torn open. A large thud noise landed behind me, I turned around and looked at this strange small Pillowtail. He seemed to have broken into my world. Wait, is that even possible? But before I could think too much on it I heard him speak, "Hello there, my apologies for intruding." he paused with a small smile "But, my name is Doctor Erebus and I am looking for something. Maybe you can help me?

An End and A Start || | |

So, yes that is my story. One of my many stories. What did you think of it? Oh, I am glad to hear that. Well, now it's time for you to get up. So, go out into the beautiful world of your's and smile and take on the things that make you happy. Do wonderful things and see all that there is to see. Or else, I will have to come and visit you again with a sappy story. Neither of us would want that hun? Now, wake.

[Wolfiedog3]

res w/ ideas
Username :: Wolfiedog3
Full Name :: Dr. Guinevere Felicity Joslyn Barnes
Nickname[s] :: nms here
Gender :: Cis-Female

- Earth-X Doctor - Was banned from ever returning after betraying her commanding officer, plus for being CIS-female.
- Was at one point a fighter, before her medical uprising, which made everyone hate her more.
- Made fun of when she was younger for being extremely short and being exposed to radioactive substances, aka why she has halos
- Hates the “Love”, she finds it is something you only do when you truly connect to someone, but she had a few horrible experiences, so this is why she hates it, plus she is homosexual, another reason why she got kicked off of Earth-X.
- Loves wearing scarfs or sometimes cardigans.
- Loves EXTREMELY cold weather, can’t get frostbite
- Speaks three different languages, which causes her to have a slightly accent and slur words
- Might have a slight crush on her friend/owner’s other pillowtail
- Steals all the purple fruit that she can find.

[mothstelid]

closed! i am now judging!

[AvocadoLawyer]

Ah, I am so excited. Best of luck everyone.

[mothstelid]

i had a really tough time picking this one! all of your stories and art were amazing!
runner up goes to crispy richard! i love how cute the story was <33

and the winner is...

avocadolawyer!! i love how much effort you put into building a world for this little guy, and how he's a dreamwalker! congratulations!

the ru will be posted on this thread, and it'll be off-oekaki due to oekaki not working on any of my computers with my tablet. after that, i'll be leaving the pillowtails staff. it was a pleasure designing for you all <3

[AvocadoLawyer]

Ah, thank you so much. I love this guy. Congrats Crispy Richard on the RU.

[emporio!]

oh gosh, thanks for the ru!!! mega congrats to avocadolawyer too, take good care of the kid!