Tiki

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* Tiki

**Tiki** is a character in *Kiki's Vacation*.

## Appearance

Tiki appears to be a living stone statue. He has dark turquoise skin and hair, with two yellow spheres at the end of his ears and a red cloth “necklace” of sorts.

## Bio

Tiki is the only original native islander left on Kokoloko Island. Like all of his people, he emerged out of the lava of Lynch Peak, the volcano in the center of the island. When the Big Kabooma happened, he was far away from Lynch Peak helping to evacuate the island and thus was the only one of his people who did not turn to stone.

Today, Tiki runs a shop in the Town, where you can spend shells on various items. He also frequently takes “baths” in the sand on the Beach.

## Personality

Tiki is always friendly and courteous. However, there seems to be a darker side to him, as he and Roxy are the only inhabitants on the island who were around during the Big Kabooma, an event that Tiki does not like to be reminded of.

## Quotes

### Meeting Tiki for the first time

* *"Welcome to sunny Kokoloko Island, friend! Right up here is your lovely shack, heh heh... Oh! Here are your keys. I hope you have a wonderful stay! By the way, shack's been uninhabited for a long while..."*
* (Yikes!)
* *"... except for some spiders and dust mites. Heh heh! I sell a good duster at my shop if you head into town! Just make sure you have the shells to pay for it! Tap the shells that wash up by your shack to collect them. Use them to pay for items and services. Follow me for great profit! You can travel to different areas by tapping on their specific icons on the map."*
* When tapping on his store: *"You made it! Let me show you my wares, friend! Tiki's store is your one-stop shop for anything you might need. Visit often to find new items that might help you start new activities and advance the story."*
* *"I'll tell you what I tell all new residents, go explore the island, visit the town! And make sure to talk to everyone you meet!"*
* *"Hey there friend! The mayor set up a shell fund to help out new residents. Here ya go!"*

#### While standing in front of his store

* *"Store is always open, friend!"*
* *"You've come at the right time, friend!"*
* *"Lowest (and only) prices in town!"*

### While bathing in the sand at the Beach

* *"I require more minerals."*
* *"How embarassing. You’ve caught me in the middle of my bath, heh heh."*
* *"I’ve gotten very familiar with everyone’s feet from down here."*

### The Story behind the Jaguar tribe

#### The Lost Script

* *"Oh, friend! I see you have come far and deep into the island! It has many mysteries... hehe. For example... Have you noticed anything strange here in the jungle?"*
	+ (Nothing much.) *Are you sure? I know cats can be pretty curious...*
	+ (I'm curious about the Jaguars.) *"Indeed, they do inspire... Curiosity. Heh heh."*
* *"I remember being young, friend. Always chasing mysteries and riddles... Trust your inquisitive instinct... These jaguars... they seem to live on a different "reality" than us... There is a peculiar document that just so happens to be on sale at my store... Seek it. It might shed some light on this jaguar "tribe"..."*

#### The Lost Camera

* *"Don't mind me... I've seen you running errands, crossing back and forth to and from the jungle. I've seen many other things in many decades... Things you could ask about?"*
	+ (Just saying hi!) *"Playing the coy game are we? Your eyes do not hide your curiosity so well."*
	+ (What about Chief Tochungo?) *"Hm... "The Chief"? Surely he's been very honest with you?"*
* *"It's not that hard to SEE what is going on with that "tribe". Maybe something more "visual" could help you understand. I've got a lot of new objects in my store... hehe. Those always cast a light whenever it is needed. And if nothing lights up inside that head of yours, ask me again."*

#### The Lost Video

* *"Why the big curious eyes? It can only mean one thing, you have more questions and no answers. Do you want Tiki's help?"*
	+ (I don't know.) *"Hiding your curiosity won't help you. I've seen it before."*
	+ (Give me a clue!) *"A clue? What's the fun in that?"*
* *"I said it once, Kiki and I'll say it again, look in the right place! By the way, the store has lots of new products. Maybe one of those will guide you to the answers... Or more questions! Hehe. Go on now, friend! I have other things to do."*

#### The Old TV

* *"Friend! I can see the shine in your eyes! Did you get the answers you were looking for? I don't remember you asking me anything for a while now."*
	+ (The mystery is solved!) *"So you won't be curious about the new object that is in my store..."*
	+ (I'm still on it!) *"This island is a riddle. Too much history."*
* *"You got that video... But no place to watch it! Hehe. Maybe the tribe could benefit from more technology... Take a look around, friend. And let old Tiki know if you need more clues."*

### Unused content

THIS TEXT CAN BE FOUND IN THE GAME FILES BUT CURRENTLY IS NOT BEING USED IN-GAME

**SPOILER ALERT!! THE FOLLOWING TEXT REVEALS THE HISTORY OF KOKOLOKO ISLAND INCLUDING THE IDENTITY OF THE MYSTERIOUS MAYOR**

#### Tiki is feeling sad

##### Day 1

* *“Oh. Hello, friend. You've caught me at a pensive moment... It's no- Actually... I'd like to tell you a story... Ever notice how everyone here is not, actually, ‘from here’? Well, I've always been here. There used to be a lot of folks that looked just like me. Back before The Big Kabooma...”*
* (What's ‘The Big Kabooma’?)
* *“It's when Lynch Peak blew- Heh... I'm getting ahead of myself. See. I was brought into this world right there at Lynch Peak. Me, my friends, my family... We all emerged from the lava at the crater.”*
* (Your family?)
* *“The original Kokolokians! We lived a carefree life, we never wanted for anything. We had everything! I'd take strolls around the edge of the crater with my pal, Craggly... Basking in the blue glow of the lava. Ever flowing in a constant swirl.”*
* (What blue glow?)
* *“Oh... Heh, heh. It was intoxicating! Anywhere on the island you could see and feel its warmth! An aura so powerful, it drew many lost wanderers into the island. You may have noticed this already. Everyone at Kokoloko is always healing.”*
* (Wanderers?)
* *“People the world thought gone or forgotten. You might have heard of some... A plucky pilot, Amelia Eagleheart... A rascally vandal that went by D.B. Ootter... I... Heavens me! Excuse me, I should head back to the store!”*

##### Day 2

* *“Friend! Care to continue where we left off? See, Kokoloko has always been a place where people could forget their worries. And so, we built the cabin that's up in the snowy top of Lynch Peak. Whoever they were, us Kokolokians would always make them feel welcome. Some came and went. Others, like Roxy and Francis, found a home...”*
* (Madame Roxy?)
* *“Heh heh, she'll always be Little Roxy to me. Younger than you when I met her. She's the only one here that lived the worst of it along with me... She and Francis became the hosts of the cabin. They greeted castaways and showed them ‘the ropes’, so to speak. They were the first to make contact with... The Four...”*
* (‘The Four’?)
* *“Heh... Yes. Four talented researchers and scholars with surprising knowledge. Alduck Turoostti, a pragmatic leader with a compulsion for questionable humor. Kyunee Xerisiya, as passionate an astronomer as she was an artist. Quokksiel Assurez, a methodic man with a sharp wit... and Tallbraham Longalez. He was... strange. See, unlike other visitors, they knew a lot about Kokoloko. Through their research, they had figured out many of the island's mystical secrets.”*
* (Oooh, what secrets?)
* *“I came to learn from our conversations that the island was a place of convergence. Not just for people, but emotions! See, every interaction you have with others has an impact on the world. An ‘echo’ that reverberates long after the act. Lynch Peak, it drew in these vibrations, kinda like an antenna. Every act of love and kindness, every conflict... All would end up here to settle.”*
* (And it stopped?)
* *“The Four... They warned us the world was changing fast. New technologies would accelerate the flow and destabilize the world... Oh, look at the time! See you at the store, friend!”*

##### Day 3

* *“Now... where did we leave the story? Ah, yes. New technologies... Not many years after The Four first arrived, some wanderers started bringing with them... Smartphones! Like yours! Cute, little gizmos. But when we started realizing their potential, the warnings started to make sense.”*
* (What's wrong with smartphones?)
* *“Heh... Nothing by itself! But so much information traveling to and from everyone's pockets... Every tragedy, every injustice, every word of misguided hate... The ‘echoes’ amplified by millions! Each recipient creating a new ‘echo’.”*
* (So... bad vibrations?)
* *“All those... ‘feeling waves’ traveling through the air, converging at Kokoloko. First, there were minor quakes. Then... We started noticing the blue glow emanating from Lynch Peak starting to dim. The Four went into overdrive, making plans to... appease the situation. Meanwhile, us Kokolokians thought of many ways to preserve the power of the glow. We drenched hundreds of special shells into the blue-glowing lava.”*
* (What did that do?)
* *“They came out coated in its special properties! Hoping we'd never have to use them, we stored them in Roxy and Francis' lodge. ... But it was too little, too late.”*
* (Oh no!)
* *“One cloudy day, the crater emmitted an intense glow! All the electronics in the island went dark. And the quakes intensified. Cracks began to form near the top of Lynch Peak. We feared the worst, so we gathered all the wanderers and hurried them into boats.”*
* (What did you do?)
* *“I asked Craggly to stay put right here, while I helped Roxy and The Four with the evacuation. My Kokolokian friends and family all went to the edge of the crater. They were hoping to appease the energy surging from Lynch Peak. And then... there was a loud ‘boom’, and the blue glow was gone...”*

#### Tiki is asleep

* *“Must... obtain... blue glow... shellszzZ...”*
* *“Zzz... whimsical blue... shellszzZ...”*
* *“\*Snores\* Tiki... needs... blue shellszzZ... Zzz...”*

#### Kiki brings Tiki the first blue shell

* *“Heavens, friend! - Is that?- Could it truly be one of the power embedded shells?! Though I have theorized about this- Longing for the past days' nature that waned- I embraced little hope, since I ventured these precious glowing shells would be long-lost... Yet alas! You've kindled hope again, friend...”*
* *“I am truly taken aback... The blue shells were not gone, but hidden! Hidden in plain sight!”*
* (They started glowing more...)
* *“Why, yes friend! You speak the truth. Could it be that- No, no. We'd have to gather more before venturing anything!”*

#### Tiki wants 50 blue shells

* *“It's got me pensive... We certainly need more blue shells... but how many?”*
* *“To unfold whatever answer lies in them, we ought to gather more blue shells!”*
* *“Not a myriad of them, yet, we require more blue shells, friend.”*

#### Tiki is waiting for more shells

Greeting:

* *“Alas, we meet! Have you got more glowing blue shells?”*
* *“There's much at stake, friend... please bring more shells.”*
* *“I can sense an energy shift. I require more blue shells!”*
* *“The glowing is... kindling old, forgotten hopes. I'd appreciate more blue shells!”*

Not enough shells:

* *“Oh... I don't think this would suffice, friend.”*

Enough shells:

* *“The shell's glowing... it's... increasing! These are more than enough!”*

#### Kiki brings 50 blue shells

* *“I could take upon The Four's research... Now that we have a considerable amount of blue shells! I shall ruminate some thoughts about this...”*
* *“The fading of the blue glow proved to be only the beginning, friend. I came across a wandering, Roxy... the shadow of grieve all over her- And setting up camp by the crater, there were The Four- Ever theorizing, constantly analyzing the happenings, though now... They kept somber, locking words away from our ears.”*
* (Knowledge should be shared!)
* *“Little is to share if you have failed to bring about answers... Taken aback, I sought solace in those who'd endured the catastrophe. And I found Roxy, seemingly sobbing, sitting by the remnants of her cabin... I thought of comforting her, but much to my surprise, she was chortling at a video! Picture the scene, friend: a cat puppet, aimlessly playing the piano off-key.”*
* (Sounds dumb, heh-)
* *“It was the simplicity of it... I couldn't help it but to join her chortle. Even Tallbraham broke down in laughter when he saw it. I even thought he was overreacting to it, for his glee was genuine... But he soon explained: there was a breakthrough happening at the crater... The lava was flowing again! Kyunee thought it couldn't be a coincidence.”*
* (She had an idea?)
* *“She had an entire theory, friend: Grief and hope, loss and joy, strife and laughter... Ever-flowing emotions, and Kokoloko was the energy center of them all! These emotions kept the lava flowing gently... but when the internet boomed... They started flowing through the air, connecting people like never before.”*
* (It sounds like a good thing!)
* *“It was too much, too soon! Lynch Peak collapsed before the unimaginable emotional overflow! But Quokksiel was quick to devise a plan to get Kokoloko's healing energy running again. The more that came, the more would return to the corners of the world with newfound peace. So the Four created this facade of a ‘paradise retreat’ and spread it out into the world.”*
* (Kokoloko isn't JUST a paradise retreat?!)
* *“My friend... in here, you can channel the amazing potential for creativity and connection! Quokksiel knew that with this- He could get the lava in the crater to swirl again and reactivate de Island’s power.”*
* (This is WAY more than just a town...)
* *“Why, indeed! Even our ‘Mayor’... no more than The Four's facade! This would protect, whilst sharing, the island's magic... But eventually, their time in this world would end... Though they left a great legacy to the world. Oh, my! Look at the time! I'm off to the Store!”*

#### Tiki wants 75 blue shells

* *“If lesser shells provided such glow... I ponder the scope of having more!”*
* *“Have you happened to find more blue shells?”*
* *“Friend... I'd be eternally grateful if you could bring more blue shells...”*

#### Kiki brings 75 blue shells

* *“Oh, friend... It's been ages since I laid eyes over a glow like this. For so long, I've seen over The Four's mission- Perhaps it has been too much of a burden to be endured in solitude... Oh, my! Friend, I must get to the Store.”*

#### Awakening Craggly

* *“The Four's mission started with the rebuilding of the town- And they entrusted me with the facade to oversee whatever newcomer. So I figured- A Store would be the perfect way to get acquainted with any Kokoloko visitor! And for a time, it was good, you see. Kokoloko has embraced a myriad of eccentricity! Underneath the frenzy, nonetheless, solitude took a toll on me... But now... By gathering blue shells, you've rekindled hope, friend! Perhaps they could imbue Craggly with their glow- And reverse the petrification process...”*
* (Is that possible?)
* *“Sadly, without The Four long gone, there's no way I can validate my hypothesis... Oh, weary old me! Now's not the time to allow gloomy thoughts. You see, friend. As you know, the original Kokolokians... we emerged from the lava. So, it would be fair to think the blue-glow embedded shells might act as beacons of power... Might be just enough to awake Craggly from his long slumber! Think of us as lava batteries! So, I infer that the residual energy these blue shells have created- Could bring Craggly back to life if I use that energy!”*
* (Let me help you!)
* *“Why, friend- You're truly something remarkable. I'm certain that your arrival here pursues an ulterior motive- Half of the islanders owe you high doses of endorphin through laughter- While the other half found your soothing words for their aching hearts. And I'm familiar with your posts on Mew-Life, they have spread joy all over the world!”*
* (Aww- I've enjoyed so much!)
* *“There's no space for doubt, Kiki. I can see it! The genuineness of your feelings... The way you've reached out to hear everybody... The healing powers of Kokoloko have awaken... And you're much to thank for all of this!”*

#### Walking Craggly

* *“Wandering with an old friend... My heart ached for this. But now it's store time.”*
* *“When I close the store, we'll go atop the volcano, Craggly.”*
* *“Would you like to walk him, friend? I ought to go back to the store.”*

#### After bringing the rock in front of his store back to life

* *"Come on, Craggly, do the trick!"*
* *"Craggly is shy, but I swear it moves."*
* *"Rock pets are complicated, friend."*

## Gallery

Tiki handing Kiki the keys to the shack on the day of her arrival.Tiki hands Kiki shells from the mayor's shell fund.Tiki in his store.Kiki and Tiki celebrating the restoration of the mountain village.Kiki throwing toilet paper at Tiki's store during Halloween 2020.
## Trivia

* Tiki seems to be inspired by Polynesian tiki masks. Tiki also the name of an online shopping app.

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