Contest for a character design! (March/2024)
Added 2024-03-15 16:02:29 +0000 UTCThis month's creature is a water dweller, a dolphin to be specific! She's a treasure hunter, salvaging hidden loot from the bottom of the ocean. (She'll be fine on land too, don't worry)
I can also whip up a NSFW edit for the winner if you'd like, but you'd better remind me of it :D
In order to participate, you must answer the prompt (post it in the comments):
Make up something interesting she has found during a treasure hunt! It can be for example an item, a creature or a place.
Rules:
β’ Try to keep it within a couple sentences, or under 100 words.
β’ There is no correct answer! Just come up with something you think would fit.
β’ Only one entry per person
β’ My TOS contest prize section applies to this design
Submit your entry in the comments before the end of March!
I'll pick the winner based on how creative/fitting/funny or otherwise interesting I think the entry is!
Comments
It was in a sunken shrine, now home to coral and teeming with life, where she found her greatest treasure. It is not a handful of gold coins or sparkling jewels, but a wooden harp carved in the shape of a seadragon. The music comes naturally to her, instinctively her hands move to a play a tune she doesnβt know. As she plays the sweet melody the harp sings out and the sea grass begins to sway hypnotically and the fish dance in strange patterns
Evem
2024-03-30 17:05:38 +0000 UTCMost of the time, she scavenges pretty shells and little sea critters to fill her personal menagerie. Her favorite item, though, was the statue on the bow of a sunken ship originally made of brass but worn through the years underwater and covered in barnacles. It has the place of pride in the middle of her home.
Shannachka
2024-03-18 18:51:25 +0000 UTCSearching for treasures in the unfamiliar sea, she was very puzzled. After all, this was her first time in the Mediterranean. Coincidentally, she found an underwater ruins. After searching for all the treasures, she found a medal, "To be awarded to the diving champion of this sports meet." It was written on it, No matter where the former owner of this medal was, at least now she is the winner of this competition. After all, there is no one nearby who has been diving longer than her. Thinking of this, she happily swims back on the way, holding medals and spoils
waytogrowοΌ
2024-03-18 15:02:49 +0000 UTCnot one item in particular.. but i think that while exploring one of her favourite things to find would be shipwrecks. she would love finding items and documents and faded photographs belonging to the people who were on the ship when it sank, and wondering and imagining what their lives might have been like and their story, as this fascinates her.
purpe11e
2024-03-18 11:10:47 +0000 UTCOne day, on a dive, she found the remains of an ancient civilisation, that was thought to have disapeared. What was the truth behind the mysterious disapearance of said civilisation? well... they were aquatic creatures, and the rare contact were done with people diving in the area... but since the area they live in has become a protected area where diving is not allowed anymore, the civilisation became recluse, unable to meet other species. Luckily, she will be able to fix that issue by writting about them in her next report!
Kaross Kaross
2024-03-17 18:16:00 +0000 UTCA marine biologist by day and a free diver in her free time she spends her life dedicated to cleaning the oceans. One day when she was out cleaning a deeper ship wreak she comes across a glint that catches her eye and she comes across some lost treasure for a lost time. Finding some runes and a forgotten language etched in to the item sheβs on a mission now to figure out its origin.
Enreeu
2024-03-17 14:43:43 +0000 UTCWhile swimming much deeper than she was supposed to, she came upon a terrifyingly dark underwater cave. Her curiosity got the better of her and she ventured in. She came upon an aboleth, an ancient aquatic aberration. The aboleth was a paranoid sort and psychically stunned her to see if they should kill her. After speaking, they learned she was no threat and the two made a deal. What deal was made? What is the secrets of this aboleth? Well, that's a story for the future.
Sethazilla X
2024-03-17 05:00:02 +0000 UTCIn the furthest exploration she'd ever done, she came across the mythical appendage of cthulu! A relic thought to be lost, and highly sought after, is a long 9 inch cylinder that curves and bends many ways, with many details and intricate squid like designs etched into it. However she never sold it, she kept it to herself. What she does with it may never be known... :3
digitdeer
2024-03-16 17:54:17 +0000 UTCI think that something she has found would almost certainly be an item, not golds or riches that can be seen in that bag of hers but probably something that not necessarily looks the flashiest but means a lot to her. In the more physical sense I believe it to be that shell she wears in her hair - something that she treasured because it was an oddity but happy because it's hers. But in the more metaphorical sense, she probably found her sense of pride and self confidence to be who she wants to be by taking that sense of joy she finds in treasure hunts and being herself no matter what. Definitely a cringey response but from her outfit and posture, I can imagine treasure hunts have made her "come out of her shell", that shell in her hair both being her personal treasure but also signifying that she has found herself and doesn't need to hide away to be who she wants to be. At least I'd like to think that to be the case, it would be a very sweet analogy and reminder that wearing it in her hair is that she found who she is, her passions and confidence are who she is and she should never be afraid to be herself or hide away in that shell again. Sorry for the length Wasp, hope it was worth the read xd
Cipher Isn't Sane
2024-03-15 23:53:35 +0000 UTCbaubles* my bad lol
stonedkrill
2024-03-15 23:07:56 +0000 UTCThe ocean is a vast wonderland filled with trinkets and bobbles of all kinds. She spends her days searching for lost relics of old worlds each piece tells a unique story from its previous life. However some of the greatest treasures aren't objects but places, the kind of place you only reach when in the peaceful quiet of the great oceans. The kind of place where nothing becomes everything and everything is nothing.
stonedkrill
2024-03-15 23:04:23 +0000 UTCI think linking it to something on them is neat, so I think she found the ornament she has on her tail. Its not particularly valuable. She just thinks it looks neat. She sells most of the gold and jewels but this little insignificant bracelet is her favorite thing
nightstar6
2024-03-15 21:48:12 +0000 UTCHopefully she'll find my dad.
Clock Struck One
2024-03-15 19:35:48 +0000 UTCshe once found a portal to a strange alien planet
The Friendly Deathclaw
2024-03-15 18:50:31 +0000 UTChttps://stock.adobe.com/ca/images/old-russian-anchor-contact-mine-and-scubadiver/50414454 she found this unique balloon and loves showing off to everyone she meets
FrostBite99
2024-03-15 18:40:44 +0000 UTCShe once found ancient underwater ruins covered in beautiful glowing flora hidden away; found by following an underwater cave system. Even after finding all the secrets and relics it had to offer, she still comes back frequently to relax and take in its beauty.
bee
2024-03-15 18:38:21 +0000 UTCDuring one of her treasure hunts, she found forgotten ancient ruins with a glowing orb standing on a pedestal in the center. She picked up the glowing orb to see that it emanated a pleasant warmth.
KyuuTea
2024-03-15 17:56:09 +0000 UTCOn one tour she found a waterproof solar powered boat motor. She build herself a little half uboot (top covered, bottom open, filled with water) and now she uses it to travel to farther looting grounds. With her new vehicle, she has also increased her yield as she can take more with her. She can also use it to drive on top of the ocean to keep herself hydrated and reloading the batteries.
Der Burger
2024-03-15 17:39:24 +0000 UTCShe found my lost lego atlantis sets with the baller submarines and really cool relics
Capeline Cutemeister
2024-03-15 17:36:13 +0000 UTCOne day while exploring sunken ruins, she finds a strange fish that glitters like gold, but she can't bite down on. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be entirely mechanical, but so intricate in its design that it acts like a normal fish in every way.
MahouShounen
2024-03-15 17:14:28 +0000 UTCShe started collecting treasure as a kid just as a interest for nice looking things. Finding round stones and shell's until she found a single gold coin. After a while she started noticing how she had a good eye for treasure and therefor continued it as a hobby. During her trips she collect a bunch of treasure and brought it to her village to help on the economy so that her people would thrive. During one of her treasure hunts she found a Dolphin stuck in some old and forgotten fishnets. She free'd it and helped it recover from its injuries, from then they became good friends and wrked together to collect treasures and saving animals across the ocean floor, she even used the old fish net as a bag to carry her findings.
Crystal Razorback
2024-03-15 16:52:55 +0000 UTCI could see her hanging out at a beach or a small port talking, hanging out, and trading with locals :>
Night Star
2024-03-15 16:52:16 +0000 UTCI feel like sheβd be a geologist/researcher! The hunt took place in the ruins of once thriving city of Orustreus, now underwater and destroyed by a volcano as it covered the ruins. Within the wreck and ruins, she would find many rocks to classify and leftover gold! Given her knowledge with the ruins, as sheβs been here before, she was able to find the huntβs prize: the tiara with beautiful sapphire gems which belonged to ancient royalty! She has it preserved; along with a scripture explaining the crown belonged to Princess Jyspy! (Sheβs adorable!)
Pookie
2024-03-15 16:42:24 +0000 UTCOne time, she found Atlantis
Nuwa Nightstone
2024-03-15 16:37:33 +0000 UTCShe grew up as an orphan in a small coastal town, never really feeling like she belonged despite being well loved by the townspeople. One day when she's out exploring, she discovers an underwater cave system that seemingly never ends. She spends weeks mapping it all out and exploring, and eventually happens upon an abandoned underwater city. She explores further only to find out this is where she's from, but she finds no one and not too many clues on where they might have gone. She returns to the village, distraught, but is reminded that despite not knowing her people, she does have a home, and people that love her. (: also she can't count to 100
NukePone
2024-03-15 16:32:52 +0000 UTCShe once found the remains of a large, ancient Meteorite. It was cracked open to reveal brilliant peridot ore with imperfections that looked like small clusters of dust, that shined brilliantly and reflected the sun (itself refracted from the ocean water) in a way that resembled a starry sky when cast on a flat surface
cat hombre
2024-03-15 16:10:14 +0000 UTCAn old shipwreck stuck to the side of a deep sea ravine. It used to belong to a pirate crew, but now the only thing it hoards is all her trinkets and baubles.
CosmoTheSoft
2024-03-15 16:10:13 +0000 UTCShe found a coven of sharks claiming fish aren't food, of which she vehemently disagreed.
KiyaTheJackal
2024-03-15 16:09:56 +0000 UTC
