I Made Good On My Promise And So Here Is Henry The Venusaur!!!

I made good on my promise and so here is Henry the Venusaur!!!

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Bracket 1: Round 2, Match 1

Propaganda under the cut! Please be aware that some may contain spoilers.

Gordon the Big Engine:

Gordon was built at Doncaster in 1920-1921 as an experimental prototype for Sir Nigel Gresley's A1 Pacific design for the Great Northern Railway but had to get rebuilt cause of so many faulty parts around 1922/23 and there are so many Thai gas that happened like he ended up being sent to the North Western Railway he is the older brother of the Flying Scotsman and was understandably grieving where flying Scotsman’s visits him and he pulled the Queen Elizabeth’s II royal train he such a grumpy cat a jerk with a heart of gold

Gordon is literally one of the OG train characters from one of the most well known UK based media properties AND he’s British AND has famous locomotive relatives. He pulls (one of) the most important trains on the island and makes sure to rub it in, he goes through it™️ in the books at the fact that most of his siblings are dead and again at the possibility of two-ish new express engines coming over to the Mainline job, he’s pompous and stuck up a bit of an ass esp when competition is involved even but also he cares. he cares So much for people even tho he’s like on this sort of kind of 50/50 on if he shows it.

There's trains that are FROM Britain, and there's British Trains™. Gordon is a British Train™.

Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin:

Just an average British guy who dresses like a bloke you would see lingering outside Asda. He joins the Kingsman agency, besting all the private school candidates in the process. He is underestimated due to his working class background, but his background is actually what gives him the edge above everyone else. I just think that he epitomises a normal British guy in such a fun way.

Feel free to add your own in the tags!

Traintober!! I know I’m running late, but today was insane! But I’m posting now!

Day 2 - Bridge

It was supposed to be a fun and relaxing day. How could it have turned out so wrong?

Camille and Gordon had decided to go on a double date with James and Edward to the animal park where a new indoor exhibit had opened. It was an indoor rainforest, with open waters to walk by and see all sorts of exciting creatures, from exotic birds and fish to caimans and the creepy crawly insects. Those things more hazardous to health, like the dart frogs and tarantulas were in well-kept and enriched enclosures along the path.

The two couples walked hand in hand with one another, pointing at the different critters walking around and chirping.

“This is absolutely beautiful.” Edward said as James wrapped his arm around him, pulling him close as they walked together, “We’ve never actually been here before, sad enough. Thanks for the invitation, Camille.”

The small tank engine smiled back at the two, “I’ve been really looking forward to this part of the park opening. It’s nice and warm in here and the butterflies that they brought in are absolutely beautiful. They’re even thinking of making a specific butterfly room.”

“They can keep the insects to themselves.” James said with a look of disgust.

Edward chuckled, “Still not over that bee sting after all this time?”

James grumbles and looks away, “Don’t like creepy crawlies..”

“Well, we’ll avoid the tarantulas and spider exhibits then.”

“Yes, please.” James said, eyeing a few exhibits.

Gordon, who had been silent for the most part and just enjoying being around his girlfriend, looked up at the top of the enclosure, “Is that a rope bridge?”

The others followed his eyes. Camille smiled, “Yup! Something fun for the guests to cross apparently.”

James grinned, “Looks like fun!”

Edward frowned, “Looks like a hazard.”

“Well, there’s only one way to find out. Let’s go!” James tugged Edward towards the stairs climbing up.

“But, James, the other animals. I’d like to see-“

“We can come back! I promise!” James grinned and then looked back at Gordon and Camille, “You two coming?”

Gordon rolled his eyes at the red engine’s enthusiasm, preferring to just take a stroll through the park with Camille. She smiled up at him and he just shrugged, giving her the reigns of the situation.

“We can always go walk around after. Might as well get it over it.” She intertwined her fingers with his.

“Fine by me. If it’ll get James to just relax and enjoy the day.” Gordon grumbled and the two made their way up and after the newly married couple.

When the two couples had managed to make it to the third floor and to the bridge, Camille and Edward were beginning to have second thoughts. The rope was thick and sturdy, but it was still a rope bridge and that meant walking on a “floor” with holes in it. James, however, was excited by the thrill of it.

“We can only go one at a time.” Edward noted, doing his best to not look down.

“You know… I’m beginning to have second thoughts.” Camille said, backing into her boyfriend, “Engine’s should keep their wheels on the ground.”

Gordon smirked and placed both hands on her shoulders, “Nervous, little tank engine?”

“Um, nope. Not nervous. Just… thinking about my health.” Camille said, looking down at the forest floor below.

James started walking across the bridge, holding onto the sides as it swung a little, “Whoa!” He turned back to Edward grinning, “C’mon sweetheart, I’ll be right here.”

Edward hesitated but placed one foot on the rope swing, “James, I don’t know about this.”

“You can hang onto my shirt if it makes you feel better.” The splendid engine smiled brightly at his husband.

Edward groaned softly and then swallowed, putting his other foot on the bridge. It wiggled a bit beneath him and he instinctively reached out and grabbed the two sides of the bridge.

“Nope! Don’t like this!”

“Well it’s too late now.” Gordon rolled his eyes and jabbed a thumb behind him, “There’s a line forming and only one way out. Get going, old iron.”

Camille frowned at her mate disapprovingly and James scowled at the express engine. However, he quickly traded that for a soft look at Edward and reached out to take his hand, “You can take my hand. I’ll let you walk in front of me and I’ll be right behind you.”

Edward smiled softly, the nerves still evident on his face, but wiggled his way in front of James and the two began the slow walk across. James stayed practically flush against Edward’s smaller frame, making him feel more comfortable.

But Edward wasn’t the only one having doubts. Camille had fumbled her way onto the bridge and was shaking like a leaf during fall. Her face had turned pale.

“Gordon if I survive this don’t ever let me talk you into coming up here again. This is one fear that I don’t want to face.”

Gordon chuckled as he was pushed across the bridge from the excited children behind him, “You’ll survive Camille. The rope is made to handle a lot of weight.”

“How do you know that?” She asked, taking another step.

“I read the sign back there while Edward and James were taking their sweet time.”

“Well, regardless, I’m never doing this again.”

Gordon chuckled and gently nudged her along, “There’s no going back now, Camille. Keep going.”

The little tank engine groaned in frustration, but seeing James and Edward make it safely to the other side, she practically skipped across the rope bridge to firm ground.

“I will never take terra firma for granted again.” She said, still shaking.

Edward laughed, his legs still shaking as well, “Me neither. Curse us for having adventurous mates.”

Camille chuckled as Gordon came to join the others, “To be fair, I think my own curiosity got the better of me this time.”

Edward chuckled and looked at James, smiling but serious, “Never again.”

James smiled brightly, “Alright, Ed, never again.”

This is so stinking cute!!!

This could be us but I’m lactose intolerant 😔

Bonus :

Mini James got his wheels stuck on the floor’s cracks, based on spinks’s video on discord😭😭😭

I’m dying! 😂😂 This is freaking amazing!!!

I was supposed to do the Entire boulder segment + the terrence one which is why he’s doodled in the title caed but my will to do anything more dissipated so here’s what I ended up doing!!

Traintober 2023!

So excited to be here! I’m going to be writing this for the next month so it may be a bit for the next Yellow Rose update, but don’t think that it’s going away forever! It’s being written too! Enjoy!

Day One - Free Day!

Gordon was surprised to say the least when he returned to Tidmouth Sheds and the adjacent manor that night. When he first left the manor that morning there was nothing out of the ordinary. Now? There were cobwebs hanging across each doorway of the roundabout shed. He slowed to a stop at the turntable, letting his driver and firemen out, who looked equally surprised. He shifted to his human form and rolled his head, a light crackle of his bones feeling excellent after a long day, and he waved goodbye to his team. As he approached the manor’s door he could hear music getting increasingly louder, till he opened the door was blasted with a loud bass. He winced, growing irritable at the sound and it was making him increasingly cross at the assault. The manor looked the same as always as he walked through the door and found himself following the sound as he walked up the steps to go upstairs.

Spooky scary skeletons

Send shivers down your spine

Shrieking skulls will shock your soul

Seal your doom tonight

As Gordon reached the upstairs living room, he found Camille dancing by herself to the music as she placed a few skeletons on the mantle of the upstairs fireplace. With her back to him, he found the Bluetooth speaker and began pushing the button rapidly down to a lower volume. She quickly turned around as the volume died and she grinned at him.

“Gordon! You’re home!”

“And my ears have never been so assaulted in all my life. What on earth, Camille?” He looked at her admonishingly.

She only grinned back at him and held her arms out to the room, “It’s spooky season!”

He cocked an eyebrow at her, “Spooky season?”

“Yeah, you know, Halloween.”

He looked at her not understanding, “Halloween is one day and it’s at the end of the month. Today is only the first.”

She walked over to him and took his hand, spinning herself though he found himself aiding her, “But it’s my favorite time of year and there’s no harm in decorating now.”

Gordon looked over at a small tote of decorations and rolled his eyes, but her smile was contagious. He smirked down at her and shook his head, “Fine, but keep the volume down at least. For me?”

She tiptoed to kiss him and he leaned down to his lips, “Of course. I know you like to watch the news or crime shows when you get home. I lost track of time. I’ll turn my music back to my earbuds.”

Gordon grunted in response and moved to his favorite blue recliner to turn on the TV. He eyed the little box once again and shrugged. There had never been many decorations for the Halloween holiday at Tidmouth or anywhere on the island that he could recall. A few decorations could do little harm.

The next day, when Gordon returned home, there were skeletons in the yard and hanging around the sheds. Some were full sized, some were small, others were just bones placed around the yard strategically with a few grave stones. Where on earth had she found those? He ignored them as he walked up the path to the house.

The day after, Gordon began to look around in an almost frustrated awe as there were gooey window stickers to spell out the words “HELP” or “BEWARE” with red blood decorating them. There were even a few bloody handprints and he found that on some of the sidetracks that weren’t used in the yard there was caution tape and cones around some fake blood and a dismembered limb.

He chastised Camille about her poor taste, but James and Thomas defended her and talked about how great the décor was. There were even little odds and ends inside the house, including but not limited to skeletal animals (a dragon, raptor, unicorn, and gryphon to name a few), sugar skulls, a few venus flytraps and piranha plants next to Henry’s plants in his indoor garden cabinet lit by their warm lights and also a few decorative orange and black lights, table clothes with spiderwebs and decorative towels, and this was all just in the main room! She had replaced his own blue mattress set for a Halloween themed one. There was a little “trick or treat” block on his desk and a Halloween countdown calendar as well.

But the last straw was when he came home one day and found a tall animatronic witch on the front porch, by the door. She was the stereotypical green, warts and all, in all black clothes with the pointed hat and the broomstick in hand. He glared at the witch and she looked blankly ahead.

Gordon sighed and went to walk right past her when she moved and started cackling in a high pitched laugh. He about jumped out of his skin and turned to scowl at the robot who continued to laugh.

“Hiya, sonny! How about a kiss?! Eeeeeehehehehehehe!!”

Gordon had never wanted to punch something so badly. He looked the witch over in disgust and stomped into the house as she continued to cackle.

“Camille!!”

“You love me!!” She said laughing from the upstairs.

Gordon shook his head as he removed his shoes and work jacket.

This was going to be a long month.