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yep
whales are much longer than krills
yeah they have 10
This game is a lot of amazing things but ya can’t jus CHANGE YO SPECIES LIKE THAT
This game is a lot of amazing things but ya can’t jus CHANGE YO SPECIES LIKE THAT
@sly kestrel yeah
changes species through reanimated corpse
in eden when you reach the second area just before hallway
theres these two.. skykids?
2.....u mean 8?
they’ve got the spiky blue things right
yeah
Ohh those
8? i saw 10
Well um
Beta talk
Idk why those are there, those are models from when darkstone was a thing in the old beta and when u slowly die u would have darkstone slowly growing out of u
Idk why those models are still there
maybe they just reused it like the eden portal model
eden was a good place at first yes no?
how did it go so..
the red diamond in eden that’s i assume an unstable power diamond
yeah corrupted
did they add this gate
pffftt
like the elders
“And they uniteeee”
cause i like listening to lore but i really suck at understanding
@nova tiger omg yes like me in a nutshell
and they uniteeee
if only they didn’t fall their shenanigans won’t have happened and killed literally every o n e
OH YEAH I FORGOT
THE EXPLOSION
still mad at teth
technically prairie dude helped
yeah with the butterfly supply
they had a screenshot of well
the spirit there
and like
you know the core
its black
and someone said it wwas lore related
Ohhhh
Pretty sure it’s a game mechanic
yeah it’s a game mechanic
Jus to activate it
cause the cores weren’t there before
and why do some spirits have capes and some didnt?
Cuz some ppl got annoyed that u jus touch it and it activates and there was also an update where u could replay it as many times as u want and I liked that update but.....some didn’t for some reason
repay?
replay
replay you mean
I told u it’s late at night
friiiiiiends
Can’t even see mah keyboard
ok for real bai bai guy
Don’t know what ur name is but I’ll jus call u nico
if u have any questions on lore jus ask and most likely I’ll have an answer but it’s late so
yeah
Might jus answer in the morning
just nico
Neeco
kneecko
Knee cap
i swear krills are like those weird heat detector filters you can use
but they made it worm on string
omg
KRILL FLASHLIGHT
F LA SH LIGHT SKDHDJD
Turns red once u point it at someone
i thought it was like
because you know how people are always asking “how does the light faze through the wall???”
Krills are just built in cat lasers
i think it's like
it’s heat detector bro you need heat so it can detect skdbdjd
Heat detectors have more than jus 2 colors
i thought at first it activates when something moves
plus it explains why they go red when they see light
It’s like a cop flashlight
Like BOOM, ur busted for being made out of light
LMAO
mhm
I’m not saying that are close friends (well it could be possible)
But I’m jus saying they both have a common dislike
WAIT ARE THE DARK CREATURES JUST VIBE CHECKS BUT HEAT CHECK
i-
I think u need sleep more than me
what me
....crabs also attack flame sources that aren’t skykids as well
And no, lyst
He seems a bit
hyPer
jsgdhshsebd
ITS A SHE
i’mhyper because parking lots ok jay
or is it.....
PARKING LOTS
SHE SEEMS A BIT HYPER
🤔
am i seeing lore or off topic here?
i don’t mind any pronouns

Well I was talking about crabs
jay’s expressing concern for my mental state
i have question
why some spirits
have capes
and some don't?
is it like..
you lost cape privileges, BYE
Hmm does bring up some interesting factors when it comes to spirits/ancestors with the cape/no capes
To be honest I actually don’t kno
Bc the spirits aren’t supposed to have natural flight like us, and I sort of assumed it was a game mechanic
Kind of like how spirits have miscellaneous accessories on their backs like bass drums and a TABLE
and no discrimination but WHY IS SOME SO CHONKY
AN ENTIRE TABLEEJDHDHDB
let them be chonk
also i think they were just for fashion
:0
Yeah, since you’ll need wind or light in order to gain flight and I don’t think the spirits can do that before the calamity thing struck out
mhm
in some concepts the workers are called fat laborers but anyways, that’s a different convo
fat fish
There’s a list on the different sets of spirits
also
Like the warriors, intellectuals, fat laborers, etc
she hasn’t seen natural light in hundreds and thousands of years nico
oh
what do you expect lmAo
well she sees light almost now with moths everday why she want more
We actually came wayyyyy way after the sky kingdom went in corruption
y e s
mhmm
probably millenia
not to mention ANDROID AND NINTENDO RELEASE
Jus guess how many years past when mystery person decided to send us down
hence you see like some overgrown plants in certain parts of the realms
big bird from sesame street sent us down
still confused why they chose to send kids to save the world...
ngl kids are innocent looking for older people
easier to trust kids than angsty teens
JKSHFDSAKLDJ ANGSTY TEENS
Whether is the megabird or my tiny theory about the child of light or the king or some other huge entity
I still think sending kids were RISKY
megabird probably feared that sending the adults would restart the whole chaos/destructions
they would RESTART THE SAME MKSTAKES ALL OVER AGAIN
plus you other consider the whole mentalities between the children and adults
repeating mistakes allll over again
Also we have literally no emotion
So it seems more reliable
nico they were around human
very different in terms of how these two specific groups approached to the world like, one thrive for adventure while the other survival
they didn’t need light
oh
they just worshipped it
so they just....
w a l k
walked around in mud
plus wasteland was nice before the krills
👀
nico skykids and the spirits are 2 way different species so we can’t rlly compare them too much
plus they have special relations with the lights sooo
wow okay
We can’t compare them at all actually
i still like to think wasteland was similar to venice or something
why do spirits teach emotes
Don’t forget wasteland wasn’t always a wasteland either
mhm
probably has a different name before becoming Wasteland
like how eden wasn’t always that colour
golden KINGDOM

golden city
golden beach
Golden
Just Golden lmao
LMAO JUST GOLDEN
Exactly
golden of golden
wasteland was dusk or shores of manna
Introducing the 7 realms!
Isle of Dawn..
DAYLIGHT PRAIRIE!
Love ur username
7 realms
Hidden forest....
only one kingdom
Valley of Triumph!!
Hmm as for why the spirits teach the children emotes, perhaps one of the reasons is allowing the children to grow and learn how to use these emotions for other children to interact with.
golden.
g o l d e n
Hmm as for why the spirits teach the children emotes, perhaps one of the reasons is allowing the children to grow and learn how to use these emotions for other children to interact with.
@sand abyss mocking the dead
Cutely feigns death
Also we don’t exactly interpret them correctly
It’s like a child’s view
our kids are just “hahah he’s sleeping”
true
why do i say our kids
gotta think how the children thinks
While the dude is like "keep the skykids innocent"
are we parents sjdbdjdbdbd
our KIDS
OUR KIDS KAREN
did i just hear
DON’T TAKE OUR KIDS
communism
yea he literally died and we think he sleeping
I guess she took the kids huh
where....did communism come from
idek
o u r
Skymii if ur typing like a whole essay imma be proud
Back to ehhh.... kingdoms/spirits shall we ?
all that typing for THAT
okay
I WISH JAY but i can’t since I’m not good at writing essays
shall you
Lost a brain cell reading that
I'm looking at demon slayer fanart because I have no life
jdgdjddbdvjay
lore
do skykids emit heat
L O R E
What about the angry ghost
And skymii since u have the power of the community shepherds, u can tell us what to do
Perhaps so Lyst
what angry ghosts
Skykids warm up other skykids
hmmmm
They are prone to heat
we burn other skykid
We set spirits on fire
since cold blooded animals have thermal vision and warm blooded animals don’t since they release heat
0-0
are crabs cold blooded
Wait
@sly kestrel 😂 lmao I’m probably not good at telling people though so XDDD
i’m like trying to figure out their weird eye thing
Since krill don't emit heat, do they have thermal vision??????
U gotta be strict like NAGATI
i think so???
And I was thinking that too
We're screwed
oMG
they can see our body like in a really red colour then
Theres sky fanfic????
AHHHHH
yeah there’s sky fanfic
It sort of explains why the beam can go through walls
do crabs have thermal vision
They keep charging us
they have a tiny field of vision so
ladies and Gentlemen we’ve made it to Ao3
easier to dodge
They charge like a bull
but their eyes go red like krills
They jus do a l o o k
how are they not in a concussion is beyond me
@fickle glen our pfp match color wise
yes shh
I didn't see anything
yep
😉
since the heat signature may be high for the sky children, would make sense for the creatures to respond to the children negatively like the crabs and krills, or positively like the butterflies, mantas and jellyfishes
Maybe it’s because u guys both have a pfp on golden wasteland 
Crabs rattle like maracas
yes jay
yeah that’s what i was thinking skymii
that’s the point
but i can’t english properly i’m tired sjdhejdbd
I need some milk
I forgot about that, the krill attacks the manta too
what do w taste like
butterflies like sweet salty,
we taste like instant death
So they like "om nom nom"
and the butters loVe us
Mantas taste like chicken to krill

i mean..
spirits sitting on rock chairs
Hmmm
What are u talking about
they were in the stone age what do you expect
Spirits sitting on star chairs idk
the thinking rock
what are YOU talking about
Ohhh like the benches or something
Star chairs?
The butt rock
like the chairs in forest and vault
star chair in Orbit, Jay
Okokok explain real quick before u make us lose our mind
let knee cap explain
We need prairie rabbits
I mean nico
KNEECAP
Knee cap XD
HAHAHAHAHWHEHDVD
what
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
explain what
Autocorrect?
Personally I think the benches are for us
Like cmon, spirits can’t fit on the benches
They don't lift
They too tall
the rocks would just break
snap
Haha
crack
whack
Their kneecaps be crackin bones
pack
If they have any 
hendbdbe
pop

I think back readers are going to give up when they read this chat
SKYMII JESUS CHRIST THAT CUP
this conversation sure going ,,, interesting
Yup
what
I should’ve never mentioned knee caps
What would krill look like as light creatures
kira whwgsvevd
Kira i saw that
i already did with thermal vision
Hmm let’s bring something interesting, the warriors of the Valley and Wasteland
why dod they fight
The twins play cricket
Buckyyyy
idk why valley dudes are built like warriors and have armor and armor like masks
also why do i think valley was like army drafting times
All they did was celebrate their thriving age
they kinda give me the gladiators vibe from the Roman Empire in the Valley
skymii?
hmm yes kira ?
armor jus for looks u mean
colosseum yeah
Guys I think valley used to be a cold barren wasteland, then the twins came and livened everything up
mo
that wasn’t how it came to be jshddbd
darn
why did the elders need our flame?
😱
To brighten themselves up?
really??
well forest elder needed to fix something
they’re just constantly dying and living in between time and space
flames to regain their powers in order to help us kiddos out with moving into the next realm
Because I saw that the isle elder was all dark and then it brightened up after recieving the flame
vault elder gave us a diamond
Then we threw it
To be honest I never understood why we have the elders our flame
But our main job was to bring them back home
prairie elder made a butterlfy
hmm though that brings up the questions as to why the elders dependent of lights
Forest elder didn’t need to fix something...
weren’t elders stars that consumed darkness to become stronger since a balance between 2 elements can make one pretty strong-
And vault gave a diamond to show the history of the world, like a holographic projector
Gosh I learn too much from live-streams
ah
pffftt Jay, I cant remember anything from the streams
I don’t have all of them tho
sndbdjhd
I'm too lazy to watch streams
I need the one with Reika when they were talking about the forest elder and the twins
what did the valley elders need our light?
Our main job was to bring home the elders and it seems like our flame was like a way to connect them to the light
When we first see them they are completely dark and sort of empty
And sky keeps talking about the connection of light and connection is a key word in a lot of sky lore
Since our main mission was to bring home the elders I think the reason why we gave them our light was to reconnect THEM with the light
And that’s what sort of brings them home
Their reconnection with the light
Wow
After all, their civilization ended because of their industrial and artificial greed for tech and their PoweR DiaMoNdS
those damned power diamonds
So I thought their reconnection with light was like their ticket back home
journey vibes?
wasteland elder kept swooshing his stuff
hmmmm
and we added some glam to it
he was tired
skymii where’d u go..
skymii took her tea and went
i’m just using any pronouns
true
lmao
also since when did i call skymii a guy
yes you’re a bean
''he was tired''
Gender: bean
he was tired is referring to waste jesus christ nico
back to lore
my life is being questioned 
Everyone who I thought was a guy turned out different
Yes
yup
now ask another question
What information would the vault contain?
why do spirits need candles?
What information would the vault contain?
@fickle glen history of the world ig
what if
Spirits need candles for light I guess?
What if sky was on the ground instead of the clouds
well technically it’s a common source for light
and heat
then it’d be called ground: children of the dirt
Lmao
It’s meant to contain the history of the world and to pass it down, it also shows us the history of the elders to prepare us and show us before we go into eden
It also contained other knowledge other than memories, some locked up in hidden places bc of “forbidden knowledge”
adults*
And lyst omg
forbidden knowledge
Yep
plus the graves on the ground floor
Oh-
The belonging area contains it actually
yeah
I sit in the fireplace
And all that info I said earlier is info I got from live-streams
Atlas is very talkative
And cool
But anyways
Vault was also like a last resort before extinction, it’s built inside the huge mountain and contains memories of the past and knowledge to pass down before everyone dies
i suddenly remembered atlas and the toilet stuff
man it’s only 9 pm why am i acting sleep deprived
have different stuff
9 pm u supposed to be wide awake
Try typing without using separate messages so it won’t get lost with other ppl’s messages
Well the send button is addicting
So
I understand
Jus like how I’m typing right now
But if ur asking a question or asking something important
Put it all in 1 message
Hm
water cycle
EVAPORATION CONDENSATION PRECIPITATION
why is it only forest
Corruption
because it has water
That too
and clouds over it
praiire has water too
Precipitation isn’t impossible
but doesn’t have clouds over it
plus you need a lot of water to start a water cycle
how is valley so snowy
like you can’t just boil water and expect it to make a rain cloud
Acid rain also makes sense and since corrupted technology was manufactured there, it could’ve infected the environment causing the light damaging rain
It's far from the equator?
high altitude, strong wind, temperature drop
warp 2, now with piggyback
also yeah acid rain because of the corruption
warp 3, now with piggybacl level 2
I don’t think the equator and stuff like that relates to the sky world
After all, everything in there is a fantasy
mhm
true
I don't use my brain
planet
Ever seen a flying manta
NO
HJSHHDDHDHHDBDP
Wdym it’s underwater?
The mantas XD
Ok I need sleep
Rest well there Jay!
Cya Lyst !
How are my crab children theorizing this morning? Sorry I missed last night
742 new messages
Wow
Hi!


Hey
Wassup
what happened
.
@sudden veldt sorry for the ping but why do you keep sending dots to a lot of channels?
Bored?
He said he wants people to answer his nickname aka his question
He's trying to find people from his country Jay, anyone can relate here :D
I want a candle for every time I see Jay paste his boat essay in this chat hahaha
there's a boat essay?
of course
Jay, give us #53
have you seen how much boats there are
i have a whole album of it
i probably should send it over at some point
@sly kestrel 😂
what
?
time for bed?
I can make it 60 if u guys want
Same here

Haha now my number went to 62
stonks

hi ash!!
hi!
Hello there sneaky pines
Who me?
Or a question
is there a topic you havent discussed?
Eeeppic
Hmm I can’t think of anything I haven’t discussed before

Jus ask a certain topic

spell it right and I’ll think about it
we already talked about krill yesterday
pfff
Wjwh
have you talked about seasonal spirits? idk
Which ones

Can I share my star story?
hmm like, theories on groups from spirits from different seasons

sure beanie!
Ok if fresh wants us to talk about krill then we will talk about krill

Nono
Or that
be prepared as you are about to be attacked with long paragraphs
Im reading yesterday´s krill heat thingy
hhh-
thermal vision, heat signatures yeah
yeah
Twinkle twinkle little star 
this is gonna be like the 7th or 8th explanation from them
I wanna hear
Yea
Unless beanie added some changes, but we’ll hear it again
Since i have not seen it yet
Star theory:
In the beginning, it did say the megabird (or someone else) scattered the elders / constellations. If we think of it realistically it would be caused by a supernova or the Big Bang, the constellations separating would represent the beginning of the universe.
Anyways-
When the constellations scattered. The elders made Eden, if we think of Eden realistically it would be a sector or a star system
When Eden was then hit by a storm, it would possibly mean a collision with a star. When the giants scattered ( Elders) they made their own land / ruled over it and those lands could be sectors.
Each time we travel in a realm, we are basically going lightspeed to different sectors-
Anyways, Sky kids
i’ve gone blank already
Interesting 
let him SPEAK
Sky kids would be dwarf stars since we are small compared to the elders *which I am a bit angy about*
Anyways
Isle of dawn
Isle of dawn would still have the nebulae cloud following it.
Representation of stars or literal stars?
Eventually, the nebulae clouds began to form stars which is us.
Oo
Isle of dawn would represent our birth / birth of stars. Daylight prairie, we moved out of our sector and moved on towards the new sector, daylight prairie is where we begin to mature and grow bigger since of the butterflies we would interpret as smaller stars
As we consume them
Or
Borrow their light
The 3 mantas we would see would be us orbiting toward them
And then yeeted eventually to another place 
somehow
Any questions before I move on?
Freshstatic I jus came to say ur art skills are amazing
Ooh ooh when stars die they explode and eventually the spacedust thingies reform into newer stars after billions of years
Maybe could be the reason we rebirth’
(oooh thank you jay ˆ_ˆ)
Anyways
Moving on.
Hidden forest, hidden forest would be a harder state for us as we begin to experience our light begin to dim as we are cooling down now. You see then the birds right? Those would be smaller stars.
And those smaller stars we eat for light
But in sky, borrowing.
We then move on to the valley of triumph where we start to go h o t
Literally
We then begin to shrink into neutron stars.
Golden wasteland
Maybe the star dims as it turns into a red giant due to the burning of heavier elements, and valley reflects the full transition by displaying vibrant red hues
We die at wasteland lol
Neutron time!
We begin to change into a neutron star
The krills we see would represent other neutron stars we encounter
Some gets pulled in which would be the krills charging at us
(At the end of a red star cycle it collapses into a black hole or a neutron star)

Soz i just really really like the theory aaa))
And the. Skip to eden
When we offer our light to the light child’s
We were already dead
And we now play as the supernova
The offering light part would represent us making new life
And us flying with the children
Would be us in a new embodiment
And then.
Repeat
And done


Fingers 
Wa
Even tho i seen it before
I still think it’s pretty interesting u made a theory like that and looked at the sky lore in that perspective
It’s a theory
Like no other

Read it late but I LOVE that theory beanie, and I 100% agree that sky kids are dwarf stars, I actually was thinking that we were white dwarfs and that in Eden we turn into black dwarfs, but I think I like your theory more than mine!
ˆ thought that too
Sky kids being compared to stars and supernovas
I think there was a part in the narration in the start of the game they refer to us as a star? And to save the other stars (elders and spirits)
I also think the krills weren’t always what they used to be, maybe they used to be wild light creatures and were tamed well by the wasteland elder as his allies, then Eden destruction happened which cause the used to be wasteland to be the wasteland now, causing dramatic changes to the krill physically and mentally.
Maybe the krill’s light is used to catch food, and because they have no other food, they think we are the food now
Oooo
I don’t think they’d be stars like skykids, probably another specie, like maybe a ‘hostile’ black hole?
If krills are corrupted light creatures, then maybe the reason they hunt Sky children is to try to get back their light?
I’ve got a theory for the final day of rhythm 
So this signified their arrival, right?
but on their departure, the owl gal isnt there, and the spot where she’s sitting is empty
Did she
stay?
IIRC, shes the only one of them to have contact/ form a relationship with other spirits in their realm
Did she get attached to the vault, or to the people in there? 

iM SO HAPPYURHFSDJKHS WHY DID I ONLY REALISE THIS ON THE LAST DAY
CAN WE GET SOME CANON CONFIRMATION IN HERE
actually there’s already several others
With elders?
those guys are canon ships sjdhdjbd
Oh yeah those elders too
I don’t think the quest giver counts in the cutscene since she has the same hair as the owl girl. But some people are really attached to the quest giver
Actually all of us are attached to every new quest giver
Maybe

There were other seasonal spirits who interacted with regular spirits
Spin emote lightseeker spirit interacted with gratitude bunny and wide stance girl
I can tell they are just friends and like to perform and stuff ||while rhythm valley spirit just hides in the tunnel, juggling||
Belonging mom interacted with young bro and older sis, dad is in forest with older bro
Obviously they’re family
gratitude bunny, belonging mom, older sis, vault wife
I love ur guys’s nicknames 😂😂
She probably shapeshifted into a bird
that's the winter bird
It sure is

Nevertheless this is strong support that they’re separate entities entirely
Can anyone tell me why there is a dead bird in front of the citadel gates in valley of triumph?
I’m wondering that too
It might be a statue or some other model of one... But yes, I was also wondering why.
Bord
i dont think so 
also wasn’t the owl hair from like... the cry spirit originally? i swear ive seen it before
unless im very blind
you know the gates to the realms?
they have a characteristic of the elder spirit of that realm
They all look normal except one
Or rather.. part of one
Valley.
they’re twins right?
so two pillars
So why is one broken?

Because one of the twins got defeated by the other? Like fight for power kinda thing. The girl in the cutscenes seems pretty triumphant
They’re the elders of the Valley constellation, so yeah, spirits
But them fighting could’ve taken place yeas ago, when they were alive
Hmmmmm
i thought they frens
Before skykids came to Sly

Yeah
I was thinking when the star fell
They fell as well
And the elders were the ppl controlling each constellations
Oooof
light and dark
Big brain
In the Chinese version of sky spirits are called ancestors
Life ended and reborn
The thing with balance though: it’s fickle. So sometimes you gotta do something to make it be balanced. Maybe one of the twins got too much power, so they has to fight to split it somehow
And you know you have to relive their memories
I was thinking if all those spirits are... dead?
That probably means that the twin who initially had too much power overthrew the other
They are not around us anymore, no, their time has passed long ago according to the lore provided at the start of the game
Although that lore is very much up to your own interpretation
It looked like her and her friends were trapped in there and tries to escape
also chibi
I was very sad
but the tallest
Hehe chibi is very playful
There are dark plants covering it, so yeah, i would assume they where.
😦
sky isn’t pg anymore 
Honestly, every spirit has some deep lore to it, you just gotta find and put together the little pieces. I love it 
if season are visiting spirits
Yep
In the Sky
so they just kinda
I think it’s mentioned at the start to let the skykid bring them home
zoom around until they like ight imma visit the bbs
Yep, home [to orbit]

I was thinking after you unlocked everything those spirits can finally go back to where they belong and not trapped
I kinda view it like this: you’re tasked with brining them home, but you’re also tasked with showing them the way. Cause they are very much trapped in the confinement of the stone bodies you see when you first relive them
Hey did you notice all their stone body were all facing the direction of the temple
Kneeling at the temple
So when they ascend to obit your initial purpose is done, but you still have to keep the darkness away. Hence why you’re getting reborn, because the darkness is only growing stronger, and you have to fight it and get stronger yourself
when free the stone kids in Eden theoretically they could all be u
Yep! Symbolism at its finest Klaus 
*the past you is stuck until you comeback to where it “ended” and free yourself 
went all deep on that, been long since I’ve talked lore
I kind of view it like the spirits were the ppl who lived in these constellation and didn’t get to escape and got stuck there, eventually died
The spirits were the adults
And they tried their best to save the kids
There were 69 of them
They left the children’s body in Eden
So what do all the past yous do after you free them?
they continue on to do what you did will do is doing
And the stars are the children’s spirit, since they are so young so they don’t have memories
Idk I’m very sad every time when I had to collect the stars
My own imagination is making myself sad
they all sacrifice their wings to bring you back each time
Again what I said just there was just my own prediction
and Sky kid finally saved enough candles to bring them back
there should be a puzzle where it’s like a beacon
I was backreading and I saw one comment said that one of the valley twins’ statue face is broken?
So what if one of the twin (
) defeated the other (
) over envy and pride? I know this might be controversial to some people, but it reminds me of two siblings where one murders the other because of envy (in the bible)
I’m guessing the big Eden diamond isn’t the only mistake they’ve done, maybe some elders committed other mistakes too which affected their environment and the light creatures like: forest elder with her industry, causing pollution to the waters and toxic rain, wasteland? krills first appear in wasteland so maybe abuse to the krills who used to be light creatures?
I thought maybe the krills were war machines that never turned off. I got that idea from playing journey. Although, I guess sky could be another dimension/universe from journey.
They could have been light creatures before in the sky universe.
I’m not turning down the idea that krills could’ve been light creatures but it was said before that darkness was a natural part of the world
And I always assumed krills were apart of that natural darkness
I feel like dark creatures aren’t even based off of animals
Dark crabs just look like rocks with legs
And krill look like so absurd it looks like something from a nightmare
wdym they aren’t based off of real animals
There’s crabs that look like the ones we have now and when I first saw a krill, one of the first things that popped up in my head is “hm it looks like a krill”
And if they aren’t based off of anything then......why are they called crabs and krills
from concept arts, the crabs were based off of horseshoe crabs. interestingly, these crabs are being harvested for their blue blood bc its useful in the medical fields
as for krills.. they werent even krills in the concept arts 
but horseshoe crabs are also easy to draw, from above anyway. they’re flat and spiky and everything’s else is hidden under them so. probably why the devs chose those crabs specifically
@spring blaze oh yeah definitely why, simple enough to keep the overall aesthetic of the games style, but still enough detail so the devs and artists don’t look lazy
Also—this is a krill
ye tis a shrimpy boi
This is why we call them krills, not “Dark Dragon” like the game says
I’d say the only structural difference is that a real krill has 2 eyes
the devs calls them krill too i believe
Yeah
they chose marine animals bc its easier to animate 
But you know the daily challenges “Face the Dark Dragon”
It’s trueeeeee
Marine animals are just super graceful, just like the sky children and spirits of the game, devs wanna keep everything gliding and not jerkily running ya know?
makes sense why krills are so jittery and crabs so shaky
oh my god that made total sense
mari you just blew my mind LMAO
Like imagine if instead of krill the creepy monsters were something like from A Quiet Place? The spindly legs would look nice, but seeing it run would look odd in such a graceful and flowy game
They still jitter but are overall graceful
Because darkness makes us shiver
suddenly remembering the old concept art looking like a worm with a mouth
So being a creature of the dark.....
darkness is pretty cold yeah
There’s scientifically no such thing as dark





