🔥 Morpho Arthur + Status Update 🦋

I knew I had to draw this Waddle Dee as soon as I saw them in the Star Crossed World trailer, I cannot wait to see more of them and what they do! I definitely think they’re an astronomer of some sorts, they love the stars!

My big entrance into the world of tumblr! Can’t wait to share my creations with all of you!

I’m gonna be so annoying about this dlc when it comes out you guys have no idea

Super sleepy…

Trying my best to get everything set up for the tournament as well as dealing with school stuff. I’m doing what I can to make sure everything is complete and ready

*pats the Rifty gently*

Awwww, I love Dizzy presenting Rifty like their baby 🥰 Thank you, isaac! (Also omg dizzy is so smol I love it *holds gently*)

You should vote for this goober too!!!, Rifty would totally apreciate your vote!!!

(Propaganda thingy @kirbyoctournament / Rifty belongs to @dizzy-dudd )

Kirby and the Purple Butterfly Chapter 1

It was a cold and breezy afternoon in Dream Land. Winter had just begun, and the snow was already starting to fall. Kirby loves the winter, where the ground becomes as soft as the cotton candy clouds in the sky, and the stores in the Waddle Dee Village begin to sell more sweets for the holidays.

Kirby wanted to celebrate the start of the season by having a picnic with his best friends, so he gathered all of his supplies into a basket, wrapped his cute little scarf around himself, and rushed over to Castle Dedede. When arriving in the castle halls, Kirby bumped into Bandana Waddle Dee, one of Dedede’s loyal servants.

“Bandana! Do you know where Dedede is? I’m inviting the both of you and Sir Meta Knight over to a friend picnic! I want to celebrate the start of winter together with you guys!” exclaimed an excited Kirby.

“Aww, that’s really sweet, Kirby, but I don’t think his majesty is available at the moment. He’s currently in his throne room trying to think of a plan to make sure Dream Land is-”

Kirby interrupted them, not hearing the other half of what Bandana Dee was saying.

“He is in the throne room right now? Okay, I’ll just go ask him myself!” He went to the doors, too excited to reconsider.

“K-Kirby! Wait! You didn’t let me finish!” Bandana Dee pleaded.

Kirby burst through the throne room doors and was greeted by a distressed Dedede sitting at his desk almost buried in papers.

“Dedede! How are you doing today?” shouted Kirby.

“K-Kirby?! What’re you doin’ here? Don’t ’cha know I’m busy right now?!” screamed the king in return.

Kirby hopped up onto Dedede’s desk.

“But isn’t today the perfect day for a picnic? Surely you have time to hang out with lil’ ol’ me?!” she asked, with starry excitement in her eyes.

Dedede picked Kirby up and carefully placed him back down next to Bandana Waddle Dee and returned to his desk.

“Look Kirby, I’d love to play with you right now, but Dream Land can’t defend itself without me! It is my duty as king to make sure that you and all the other dreamlanders are all safe and happy, and I plan to keep that promise from now on. Please understand, and leave me alone!” exclaimed the king.

Kirby and Bandana Dee left quickly afterwards. Dedede grumbled to themselves, “I wish I knew how to read Meta Knight’s blasted handwriting…”

”Wow Kirby!” said Bandana Dee. “That’s the nicest his majesty has treated anyone today. He must really like you a lot!” they teased.

“Yeah!” replied a nervous Kirby. ‘Dedede must be really busy this time. He doesn’t normally act like that!’ he thought to himself before asking Bandana another question. “Where’s Meta Knight? I’d still like to invite both him and you!”

“He should still be at the Halberd nearby!” replied the Waddle Dee. “I can take you there right now!” 

Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee then headed over to Meta Knight’s airship, ‘The Halberd’, which was parked outside the Castle near the hangar. When he was inside, he saw Meta Knight and his crew training with a couple of village residents.

“Oh Meta Knight!” exclaimed Kirby.

This startled the knight and nearly made him fall over. Luckily, he still had a sword to support himself.

“Kirby!” Meta Knight exclaimed. “You cannot just go around surprising people like that, I could’ve gotten hurt! Just please be patient and wait for me until I can speak with you.” the knight explained. Kirby apologized and patiently waited for Meta, while Bandana Waddle Dee silently watched through the window.

After a couple of minutes, Meta was ready to speak with Kirby.

“What was it that you needed me for now?” he asked.

Kirby then took a small handful of confetti from the basket and threw it up into the air.

“I wanted to invite you for a picnic to start off the winter! Dedede said he was busy, but surely you can still come, right?” Kirby asked.

The knight shook his head.

“My apologies, Kirby, but I promised a few of the villagers that I would teach them how to sword fight today, and their training has yet to be completed, so I’m afraid I cannot come, ‘tis rather unfortunate.” he said while discreetly eyeing a bar of chocolate he saw slightly sticking out of Kirby’s basket.

“Oh, ok.” Kirby nodded silently and left the scene.

On his way out, Kirby looked to Bandana Waddle Dee. “Well, surely you can still come, right Bandana?” he asked with hope still in his eyes.

The Waddle Dee unfortunately shook their head.

“I’m sorry Kirby, I still have my own business to attend to! Apple juice won’t make itself! I hope you enjoy your picnic though!” they quickly explained before heading off.

‘Even Bandana Waddle Dee is busy today! What is happening?’

Kirby looked all over Pop Star and even beyond, but no matter where he went, all his friends were busy with their own important duties. At that point, all the food in Kirby’s basket became too cold, so in defeat, Kirby returned to Planet Pop Star, feeling empty-handed.

By the time Kirby had returned to Dream Land, it was nighttime, and the cold winter winds were at their strongest. Whilst trekking through the heavy snow, Kirby spotted something in the distance. Over a field of flowers, that Kirby had never seen before, opened an inter-dimensional rift shaped like a four-pointed star, differing from the usual five-pointed ones. Out from it came another one of Kirby’s species. They were similar to Kirby in shape and size, though only slightly smaller, with their only distinctive features being their lavender hue and their small turquoise horns. Before the rift closed, a luminescent butterfly came from it and landed on the starborn’s face shortly after. Kirby cautiously approached the newcomer and lightly tapped them, but there was no response to be found, they were unconscious.

‘Poor thing!’ Kirby thought to themselves. ‘If they were out here any longer, they could freeze!’

Not wishing that upon them, Kirby quickly grabbed the picnic blanket from his basket and wrapped it around the other astral, scooping them up and bringing them inside of his house. He carefully put them on his soft couch and wrapped them in a fluffier and cozier blanket, lighting the fireplace to make sure they were as warm as possible. Kirby then thought of other ways to make sure their new houseguest could be kept nice and warm, and decided to start making some hot chocolate in the kitchen.

A few hours had passed by since Kirby had taken in his new guest, who slept pretty soundly while Kirby was making their cocoa. When Kirby started putting the finishing touches, his new guest quickly woke up in a cold sweat, which startled Kirby a little.

“Oh, you’re finally awake! You looked cold, so I made hot chocolate! This’ll help warm you up for sure!” said Kirby, while grabbing the tray with two mugs of cocoa on it.

The guest looked around the room in a panic, frantically asking questions.

“W-Who are you? Where am I?” they asked in a panic.

Kirby did her best to calm them down.

“Woah woah woah! Let’s calm down here. I’ll start off simple. I’m Kirby and you’re in my house! I found you outside in the cold and took you in so you wouldn’t freeze!” she explained. “Now enough about me, who are you?” she then asked.

The other starborn paused, struggling to form an answer before mumbling “I don’t know…”.

Kirby was shocked by this. “You don’t remember who you are? Not even your name?! That’s horrible!” they exclaimed, to which the other starborn simply shook their head.

Kirby took a moment to think about what she could do to help.

‘I can’t possibly imagine how that must feel, not knowing who you are’ he thought to himself, before an idea popped into his head.

“Well, I’ll just give you a name then! How does that sound?” he proudly stated.

“That could work,” nodded the other starborn.

“Let’s try something simple then! You look like me, and you came out of an interdimensional rift, so how does ‘Rifty’ sound?” they explained.

It took the other starborn a second to think it over, before smiling softly.

“Rifty…I’d like that!” they said cheerily.

Kirby was very happy to know that their choice was appreciated.

“Yay! I knew you’d like it!” She said with joy as they handed Rifty a mug of cocoa.

“Welcome to Dream Land, Rifty”

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Kirby and the Purple Butterfly Chapter 3

It had now been a month since Rifty had arrived in Dream Land, and he had already become quite acquainted with all the people who lived there. Everyday, Kirby and Rifty would love to take walks throughout the Waddle Dee Village together, and people would always give them the best of greetings. However, the people of Dream Land were quite fascinated by Rifty, everyone had wanted to learn just a little more about him. Rifty was very overwhelmed by the constant flow of questions they received from Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos, Noddies, and others alike, but Kirby would always be there to help Rifty out when he needed it.

On one sparkly night, it was foretold that a meteor shower was gonna happen near Pop Star, and that it could be seen from Dream Land! All of the lights in town were dimmed as the dreamlanders gathered together on the rooftops and observatories of the village, while Kirby and his friends got together on one of Castle Dedede’s towers, King Dedede even set up a telescope for Kirby, Bandana Waddle Dee, and Rifty to get a better look (with Meta Knight’s help, of course).

“Look at all those stars, Rifty!” Kirby proudly exclaimed. “Aren’t they just beautiful?”

“Wow, shiny…” Rifty was amazed, the stars had never been this clear and visible to him before.

“There’s even a few constellations visible too! Look!” Bandana Waddle Dee proclaimed, pointing out several of the star formations. “There’s the belt of Orion, the Gemini twins, and- oh! I think I can see Taurus from here!”

You couldn’t tell, but Meta Knight smiled from underneath his mask. “Rifty, have you ever heard of zodiac signs before?” he asked, to which Rifty shook their head in response. “Those are special constellations that align with where our planet is correlating with the sun. There are twelve of them, matching with certain times of the year. They say such signs can dictate what someone’s personality is depending on when they were born.” Meta Knight began to explain the hidden meanings behind the stars in the sky, to which Rifty was very fascinated. There was so much about the world he wanted to learn about, so much he had wanted to see. 

However, Meta Knight’s lesson would abruptly end thanks to Dedede noticing something.

“I think it’s starting!” he shouted, as tiny stars began to streak the dark skies of Dream Land. The rest of the group quickly gathered around the telescope, taking turns to see the meteor shower up close. It started off small at first, but more and more stars slowly became more visible. Kirby, Rifty, and Bandana Waddle were practically fighting over who got to use the telescope, though the two eventually decided that Rifty would be the one to use it first.

“They look so pretty!” Rifty happily exclaimed. However, they wouldn’t have much time to look at the stars before something strange happened.

All of a sudden, in a burst of light, millions of tiny little stars began shooting across Dream Land from a singular spot in the sky, the slight shockwave it caused knocking Rifty over.

Kirby panicked a little. “Oh no! Are you okay, Rifty?”

“I’m fine! Just got a little startled!”

Meta Knight looked up into the sky with confusion. “That…isn‘t normal.” 

“You think? I’m pretty sure the sky doesn’t just burst into stars like that!” Dedede shouted.

The knight began to ponder the current situation. “It doesn’t seem to be causing much harm, however. It’s not like any of the stars are crashing into the town. But what possibly could have caused this?”

“Maybe the stars were just behind schedule?”

“Stars can’t be behind schedule! They’re always right on time!”

Both Bandana Waddle Dee and Kirby quickly started debating stars with each other, forgetting all about the meteor shower.

“Nay, this is certainly no normal meteor shower, this is something else, but I can’t quite tell what.”

“Well, whatever it is, it’s still pretty, right?” Kirby asked, but Meta Knight did not respond.

A couple of days after the mysterious meteor shower, Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee offered to take Rifty to the downtown market to go shopping. There were many things being sold there from many different small shops. Kirby was happily running towards the food court, while Rifty and Bandana Dee followed after him. Their chase would abruptly stop, however, when something caught the attention of almost everyone in town that day! 

“Greetings, people of Dream Land!”

A voice could be heard coming from one of the roofs of the shops. It was another knight like Meta Knight! He managed to grab the attention of everyone very quickly.

“Tis I! Sir Quantum Knight! Distant Traveler on a quest for knowledge! I have come from a far off land to make my mark here after hearing word of your beloved planet, for I wish to learn more about it and its culture, as well as defending it from the clutches of evil!”

Everyone was very confused by the knight’s last remark. There hadn’t been any danger in Dream Land for quite some time now. Even Kirby was confused by this, being the danger magnet he was. They all looked at the knight with puzzled expressions.

“…wait, what dost thou mean that there is no evil that lurketh here?”

The villagers affirmed the knight’s query by shaking their heads.

“Uhh, very well then! You shall resume your duties then, as I shall continue to make my observations!”

The knight, rather embarrassed, disappeared as quickly as he arrived. Both Kirby and Bandana Dee were very puzzled by this. They have never heard of a knight such as this before!

“Who was that?”

“I’m not sure, I’ve never heard of a Quantum Knight before.”

“Didn’t they kind of remind you of someone?”

“Who?”

“They kind of looked like Galacta Knight. You know them, right? That knight Meta Knight said he met at some point?”

“Oh yeah! He was very strong, but not as strong as Sir Meta Knight!”

While Kirby and Bandana were discussing the new knight, Rifty was left in their own confusion. The knight had stood out to them, for they looked quite similar to Rifty themselves.

“Rifty, what did you think about the knight?”

“Me? Well, I don’t know who he is, but he looked kind of familiar.”

“Really? Did he remind you of anyone?”

“Not really, but I did think his armor was pretty cool! It had pretty butterflies!”

Bandana Dee then chimed in. “What did you think he was doing here?”

“Well, he did say it himself, he is just here to observe.”

“It sounds pretty suspicious, doesn’t it?”

“Well, not really,” Kirby added. “I mean, exploring planets can be a pretty fun thing to do!”

Even after their conversation, their ideas of the knight still circled around in their heads.

Word of the knight began to rapidly spread across all of Pop Star, even King Dedede and Meta Knight began to become curious about the matter.

“Didja hear about that new knight in town?” Dedede asked while looking out a window from the castle.

Meta Knight turned to look at him from his seat while he was reading a newspaper article about this mysterious new knight. “How could I not? Word of him has spread across the land like a great fire, it is quite bizarre, I must say.”

“What do you think his deal is? The only other knight around here is you, do we really need another one?”

“I know not of his intentions, but I must get to the bottom of this. Something tells me there is more to this ‘Quantum Knight’ than he is willing to admit.”

Before the two could continue, Sword Knight, one of Meta Knight’s loyal knights, quickly burst through the castle doors. “Sir! You must come and see this!”

“What is the matter, Sword Knight?” Meta Knight said as he got out of his seat.

”It’s that new knight! He’s been spotted near the Halberd! Come!”

Sword Knight quickly rushed Meta Knight over to the Halberd’s Hangar in the castle, but there was no knight to be seen!

“S-Sir! I swear I saw him here!”

“There’s no need to apologize, Sword, for I know you are telling the truth. It looks like the knight must have fled once he realized he had been seen.”

While he was talking, Meta Knight had noticed a glint of something from the corner of his eye. He quickly turned around to see what it was, only to find a green butterfly fluttering around some flowers adorned around one of the castle windows.

‘Hmph, I must be seeing things…’ he thought to himself.

Over the course of a couple of weeks, Meta Knight would continually be alerted to sightings of the Quantum Knight, only to arrive with no one present at the scene. No one except for that green butterfly he had seen before. Meta Knight quickly informed his men of the situation as soon as he came to this conclusion.

“This green butterfly must be tied to this knight in some form. If you see it, be sure to keep an eye on it, for it may lead us to finding them.”

“Understood, sir!”

While Meta Knight made his investigation across Dream Land, Quantum Knight continued to travel across the planet, documenting its many interesting locations. However, this knight was not on just a quest to document the planet, he had arrived for a different purpose: Rifty. The knight would always appear wherever Rifty had gone, many of his traces being in areas Rifty had visited, almost going entirely undetected by anyone on Pop Star. Anyone except Rifty themselves! He started catching on to them once Meta Knight had told them about the butterfly sightings, always looking around for them, as if they were gonna catch it! It would take quite some time, however, for the two to finally meet each other in person.

“Just who is that knight? And why does he seem so familiar?” Rifty says to themselves.

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From: @hascapart

To: @dizzy-dudd (Bluesky)

Message from Santa: "I really like your sona's design (especially the bow tails)! I hope you have a joyful holiday season, and that my gift can add to it (っ*・∀・)っ 🎁"

Can we turn the tides last second? I repeat, CAN WE TURN THE TIDES LAST SECOND?! Last second Rifty propaganda, GO!

Featuring Dazor by @a-stardusted-sky

ROUND ONE: Rifty VS Antu Jr.

“So much to do yet so little time to do it! Let’s hurry, Rifty!”

The OC tournament begins soon! I’m hoping I’ll have the material I’m preparing for it ready soon! Let’s wish Rifty the best of luck before the chaos settles in!