A snail wearing a racing mask nibbles the edges of your notes. -theyellowthundersnail

theroyalscientist-deactivated20:

* Wh- hey!

[* Alphys plucks the snail up, holding it carefully by its shell.]

* Wha…? What are you doing here?

* Didn’t… Napstablook have a snail farm? or something?
* T-That’s… really far away from here…

The snail withdraws into her shell. She hopes the large monster doesn’t decide to eat her…

A glittery slime trail leads from Alphys’ nibbled notes to the freshly picked seaweed by the ice cream machine.

One of Napstablook’s racing snails has paused in her meanderings to “listen”. Snails have no sense of hearing, but this one is quite adept at interpreting vibrations (like cheering from crowds!) She’s curious about the feel of Shyren’s singing. -theyellowthundersnail

lilshyren:

theyellowthundersnail:

lilshyren:

theyellowthundersnail:

lilshyren-deactivated20160816:

* The vibrations of Shyren’s song are erratic, some notes being jumbled together while others are completely off tune
* However, there is an underlying rhythm that is strong but very faint
* A clear sign that despite her flaws, Shyren continues to sing

The snail waves gently back and forth in time with Shyren’s song, like a slimy yellow metronome. It’s kinda cute.

* The song is suddenly cut short
* A heavy sigh escapes from the singer as she looks down at her lap, defeated
* “No, no, that won’t do … The bridge was completely off. Argh.” 

The snail stops swaying, and begins grazing on a bit of moss. She understands what it’s like to feel overwhelmed by the pressure of an overattentive audience.

“Huh?”

* Out of the corner of her eye, Shyren noticed a little dot of yellow
* Shyren slipped closer and inspected the snail that was grazing about

“ … Cute~”

The snail paused and inspected her back, waving its tentacles. It looked like the snail was saying hello, or at least showed an interest in Shyren’s presence.

snailchimera:

I’m watching thundersnail youtube videos and it still looks to me like the yellow thundersnail is wearing a tiny racing mask, indicating eyes close on the head and major tentacles that extend further, like many aquatic snails. Blook also calls the yellow snail “her” and while depending on the level of sentience involved, the yellow snail might have whatever gender unrelated to anatomy, land snails are hermaphoditic while many aquatic snails have separate sexes.

…Is the yellow thundersnail an aquatic species?

(or am I overthinking this)

((This is me still trying to figure out how to draw the yellow snail, because I can’t just draw goofy cartoon snails and be happy.))