Otter

Otter is a real life plush that SkeletonHearts received as a child during a family vacation to Newport Aquarium. While not being present in the Journals, Otter was brought into the SkeletonHearts canon through Broken Dreams.

## Creation Process

Otter was acquired by SkeletonHearts during a family vacation to the Newport Aquarium, being purchased from the gift shop. Otter was considered to be SkeletonHeart's second most favorite stuffed animal, after PupPup. However, despite Otter's high ranking amongst other stuffed animals and toys, Otter was never added to any of the original Gabe Story Journals, or other canons such as Purgatory or Nitro City.

Otter was eventually added to Broken Dreams through the development of the Broken Dreams RPG Game, and was soon brought to the main Broken Dreams story after the fact.

## Appearance

Despite Otter being designed after the animal of the same name (A river otter specifically) Otter actually does have some fairly non-otter-like qualities. For starters, Otter's snout is much more prominent than typical otters, being much more akin to that of a dog's. Otter has a near lack of arms, causing his paws to be much less capable than that of a real otter's.

Otter's tail, rather than the sleek and straight form of a normal otter's, is much more curved and fluid like that of a cat's. In addition, when drawn, Otter's flippers are shown to be completely black.

## Personality

Otter acts much how you would expect an otter to, being generally playful if a little absent-minded. Before the Author's disappearance, Otter loved to spend his days at the beach, swimming around and fetching clams off of the seafloor to snack on. Otter also had a special bond with Jellyfish and PupPup.

After the Author's absence, Otter became much more reclusive while still desiring some sort of contact with other people. He is overjoyed once Syrana and King Zombie show up at the Beach, so much so that he challenges them to a race before he agrees to follow the Papertrail.

## Relationships

### Author

Otter's relationship to the Author was a good one, with the Author always looking for Otter whenever he and his friends visited the Beach. The two would swim all day, playing games such as beach ball, chicken, or marco-polo.

### Syrana

Otter and Syrana shared a positive relationship, with her often participating in the games he and the Author played together. In addition, Syrana would often pack a bagged lunch for Otter whenever a trip to the Beach was planned, mainly consisting of mollusc-foods such as clams and oyster.

### PupPup

Otter and PupPup shared a natural connection, due to being plushies. Whenever the Author and Syrana are not available to play, PupPup and Otter usually take the opportunity to relax, spending the entire day basking in the sun together upon the soft sands of the Beach.

### Jellyfish

Jellyfish and Otter have a special friendship, considering the two are some of the only Dreamlanders who can spend extended amounts of time exploring underwater. Otter and Jellyfish have found a myriad of amazing and fun discoveries during their times under the surface.

## Lore

### Golden Memories

Before the Author's disappearance Otter was a simple stuffed otter living on the Beach, a sunny and wonderful tropical paradise that anyone would be proud to call their home. He would swim around and play everyday, only stopping to crack open a clam to snack on. Whenever the Author and co. would visit, he would happily play with them, and even tag along on their wild adventures from time to time.

### Broken Dreams

After Dreamworld began to decay from the Author's absence, Otter remained at the Beach, hoping that people would one day visit his home once again so he could play and have fun like he once had. Unfortunately, days turned into weeks, and months turned into years, as Otter waited alone in the big empty beach that once housed many family vacations and sunny memories.

When Hooded!Syrana & King Zombie arrive at the Beach, Otter is overjoyed to see someone again. Otter was never a very strong-willed creature, so he does not put up much of a fight against Syrana & King's pleads for him to move on. However, much like the others, Otter reverts to his 'Battle Form' when confronted with the present. However, unlike the others, he does not fight Syrana or King Zombie. Instead, he challenges them to a race, which his streamlined and slick Battle Form makes extremely difficult.

Eventually though, Syrana & King are able to triumph thanks to the Author's old Boogie Board. With this, Otter takes his leave and is take into the Papertrail.

### Broken Dreams RPG

When exploring the Beach, the player will find Otter walking along the Beach. Syrana will let Otter know it is time to leave, however before you can save him you must beat him in a race, which you'll need to have the Boogie Board in your inventory to participate in.

During the race, the player will need to dodge a myriad of obstacles like waves, rocks, and garbage. When the player wins, Otter will turn into a piece of paper and can be given to the Papertrail at the end of the game.

### Nitrocant

Otter can be encountered at the Beach, which can be accessed from the Pirate Docks. His favorite items are those such as Pipis or Multi-Cell Clams, due to his diet consisting mostly of molluscs. When maximum friendship is achieved, Otter will send the player a pet otter pup of their very own.

### Pokemon: Nitro Version

Otter acts as an early route trainer, appearing in the water of one of the first routes the player is required to use Surf to traverse. If the player crosses his sight, he will initiate a Pokemon battle using a Oshawott and a Buizel.

Otter can be fought again at the Battle Resort after beating the game, here he will use Primarina, Samurott, Hisuian Samurott, Degong, Walrein, and Floatzel.

## Appearances

* Broken Dreams
* Broken Dreams RPG
* Nitrocant [TBA]
* Pokemon: Nitro Version [TBA]

### AUs

* Prehistoric!AU (Prehistoric!Otter)
* Winter!AU (Winter!Otter)

## Gallery

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