oh jeez you guys I think it's headed this way
DUCK AND COVER
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One more thing on Amnio:
* He doesn't grow up (as in, into a teenager/adult). When they made him, his parents understood the concept that humans/families had children, but not that humans actually aged over time
RIDDLYN
* A mermaid-sockpuppet who sparkles faintly, and can float (swim through the air?) when she wants to, which is pretty much all the time
* Wanted to see the human world, but could only come back to her home in the Diamond Fields (a nearby dimension humans used to go when they were hallucinating) when she convinced 1000 humans she wasn't just a figment of their imagination. Was about to convince her thousandth human when the Apocalypse hit, and is now stuck in the Afterworld
* Has no knowledge that Amnio's parents are the ones who've indirectly stranded her where she is, and is friends with Amnio because he understands what she's saying; the only thing she says is "bumblemuffins"
* Is motivated almost entirely by whim. She's not happy she doesn't know any way to get back to her home, but the Afterworld is enough of a change of pace from the Diamond Fields to keep her occupied and content for the time being, so she's not too troubled by her predicament
* Has met many critters/characters before Amnio's heard of them, even if she couldn't talk to them
* Hangs out with Mister Bitch and Nugget mostly just because Amnio does; Amnio's ability to speak with anyone doesn't extend to her, so Nugget is (to her) a mute who smells bad, makes nauseating sounds, and runs around a lot. She occasionally messes with Nugget when Amnio's not around, and doesn't feel guilty about it; she views most others as casual playthings
* She DOES have a heart for the few stuffed animals in the Afterworld who were loved enough to give them sentience, only to have their humans disappear. She can hear these abandoned toys, feeling sympathy for anyone who's only had one or two people think they were real, and seeks them out, to gather them together in a safe basement she calls the Velveteen Underground (a name that nobody gets but her)
* Is the only one of the cast who can see in color
* Isn't harmed by radiation/fire/temperature; doesn't need to eat/drink/breathe
* Smells like gummi worms
* Has an extensive hat collection, nabbed after the humans were gone. She makes sure Nugget doesn't know about it, because she doesn't want him trying everything on and stinking them all up. She prefers her fez, so that's usually the only hat she wears
* Has 41 brothers and sisters, all of whom look exactly like her (minus the fez). This is one of the reasons she's not in a hurry to get home. There's not many places in the Diamond Fields where she can be described as "unique," and she at least likes to be thought of as such
* She doesn't know it, but there IS a way to get to the Diamond Fields from the Afterworld. There's an amusement park out there somewhere with a teacup ride that'll send you over if you ride it, though it'll make you throw up (rainbows). Riddlyn doesn't like to barf, so it's uncertain whether she'd take the opportunity if she knew about it
MISTER BITCH
* Amnio's pet ex-poodle, killed off by radiation poisoning six days after Amnio brought him home, and re-animated by pure loyalty
* To Riddlyn/anyone else who sees in color, Mister Bitch's fur fluff is a pastel pinkish-purple
* His bones can be disassembled and re-attached, provided it doesn't get TOO gruesome (whole limbs/tail, nothing partial like eyes or teeth). Kinda like a bone LEGO dog
* Has no real motivations besides making sure Amnio is safe, and to eat food-- not for survival, more a hazy instinct that he remembers if food's nearby. Any food he finds just falls through his ribs, though Nugget's getting really tired of it by now
* Can still drool, and does so. Copiously. Sometimes when there's no food around to drool over
* His name came from Amnio listening to some gangsta rap CDs he'd found. Having no context to go by, he took a "bitch" to mean "somebody who's fun to have around"
* As he's already dead, isn't troubled by radiation anymore, though if he's close enough to a bomb blast, he'll get his fur burned off (it'll grow back to normal(, and the blast force'll scatter him around a ways. It doesn't faze him any. And, yes, he's been near enough to some of Amnio's more well-armed playtimes to be blasted bald a few times
* Can tell exactly where Amnio is at all times, and if he's safe or not. This is good for the very few times Amnio's ties to his parents isn't enough to keep him out of danger. Downside: it's pointless to try playing hide and seek with him
Hm. Sure is a whole lot of information about how everybody reacts to getting blown up, isn't there? This calls for a sketch...
There! Facts you can carry around in your wallet, in case anybody quizzes you. Don't anyone say this site doesn't deliver.
...What's that? Something about 'I promised a comic about Amnio's mom'? Sigh. Well, kids, think of this as like when you asked Santa for a pony for the holidays, and instead, he got you a Turbo-Graphx 16, or whatever it is kids are disappointed in nowadays. Sure, it wasn't a pony, but eventually you found out
IT PLAYED "SPLATTERHOUSE." THAT TURNED OUT TO BE AWESOME if you could get past the first level of the game without dying.
What? Nobody here played Splatterhouse when they were a kid?
Tch. I don't know you people anymore.
