Tanken-Freak

> ***"One day, I thought to myself:* 'What would a mix of a human and a tank look like?** That night, I had one of those Sanitized Nightmares, and I saw in clear vision that very creature. Standing before me with bloody teeth and lifeless eyes looking down at my paralyzed body. This thing had truly been born from the darkest parts of my very subconscious. And honestly, I'm very proud it was." -SeraphinaKurusu067
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That monster looked like it had been drawn by a psychopathic genius using two colors, Sanitized Teal and Steel Gray. The metal it wore had come from multiple nations, a combination of Dark Blue, Tan, Light Green, Dark Green, Grey, and Brown. Multiple weapons sprouted from the front, sides and rear, all covered in the same teal ink it bore. It's top half though, was not human, but looked similar. It's skin was a sickly seafoam green with scars bleeding ink. It wore some kind of external ribcage-shaped chestpiece made of bone. The large pack of ink on its back was so heavy, that it remained in a hunched position. It's jaws were large, with teeth that resembled broken shards of glass and knives. The flesh stitches that keep it's jaw from falling off begin to slightly loosen, as its mouth dripped with oil, ink, and blood. It's head had glowing neon blue tentacles instead of hair, with visible neon yellow rings. They overlapped each other like a crown of vibrating spines. The largest tentacle on its head strangely had a skyfrost blue tip, unlike the other Sanitized. The vibrant neon blue tentacle-like spikes on its head vibrated as the beast leaned ever so closely to your paralyzed body. It towers over you, lowering itself until your eyes gaze up at it. When looking at it, you can see the pain, the suffering, and the torture it may had gone through, only to become a soulless monster. It smells your fear. It tastes your soul. With one bite, a curdling splatter of blood, and an ear-piercing roar... and it was all over.

## Personal Information

### Aliases

* "Monster of the Metro"
* "Applicant #0000"

## Splatoon-Related Stuff

### Headgear

Broken Hypnoshades, Golden Earpin (Left Ear)

## Overview

This creature was supposed to be a mutation of human and tank, the perfect superweapon, which was powered by a strange artifact currently known as the 'Sanitized Orb'. More on that later. This creature is currently classified as 'Deceased', as most of it's vehicle had been found buried in rubble and flame. Although in the ending of RP Prompt #5's ending, it was said to be alive by crawling into a kettle. In RP Prompt #8's ending, it was shown to still be alive and it now has a hunger for human flesh. In truth, it's tank-half is actually a vessel it uses to drive itself. The top half is it's whole body because when the patient was mutated with the very unstable Primordial Ooze substance, it turned that patient into a deformed monster with no hands or even a bottom half. And instead of a zombified Octoling, it had become a horrifying beast that is speech limited and hungry for blood. It was able to remember only so little before it had finally lost its mind and succumbed to the incomplete Primordial Ooze. This is also the first Applicant of the Underground Metro and the Promised Land.

## Description

### Tank Half

The creature stood to be about 30 feet tall, but that was estimated by eyewitness view. It's weight is currently unknown as well, but it must be incredibly heavy. It's tank half was a full tank that was made from multiple different parts. It stood on 6 tracks(2 on each side, similar to the AE Phase 1 and a center triangular set), except the tracks were suspended, which means that they could bounce up and down. These tracks did have a more similar appearance to HomeAnimations' The Faceless, except each track had three large wheels on the bottom, and one above them. The hull's front was made using an AMX M4 54. Other parts used were most likely from Japanese, Swedish, Italian, Soviet, and Polish tanks. It's turret that had the front and gun mantel of a Maus and the main turret of a T30. The turret's main gun is a 201mm ISU-201 BL-40Y that can fire off large ink blasts, capable of creating puddles that could submerge even a T34, or large Amor-Piercing rounds that can go straight through an IS-8.

### Octoling Half

It's humanoid form starts from the top of the turret, as if it's been integrated from it. It's torso and exoskeleton are all made from either rusted steel or the flexible metals of other different tanks. It stands in a hunched-back position, where it has a large ink-pack on it. That is where the twin 201mm cannons are revealed.(Even though they are called shoulder cannons) The head of the creature resembles an Octoling Male, except it's mouth had with an elongated head. The skin that it at least still had left was the same tint of aqua green and blue that regular Sanitized Octarians and Sanitized Octolings already have. It's hairstyle resembles the hair of the Male Agent 8, with the one long tentacle on the front. That tentacle, strangely had a bright blue tip instead of a yellow or green tip like the other Sanitized have. The rest of its hair resembled multiple rows of spikes.(Even though all Octoling hairstyles are just tentacles.) The tentacles on the sides overlapped each other like the scaly skin of a reptile. This hairstyle keeps the glowing dark blue that regular Sanitized Octarians have. It's eyes are crazed and lifeless, but they didn't feel like a Sanitized Octoling was looking to attack you. Instead, it was a monster simply luring down to emotionlessly massacre it's next victim. It's arms were long and horrid, with sharp metallic serrated claws, and visible curved edges. The thumb of each hand is placed in the middle, and was installed with a tertiary joint to give it more flexibility. So that way when the Freak would set its fingers on the ground, its hands would resemble talons with the back finger bending down like the rest. It's shoulders and torso were organic, but the rest of its arms going down were mechanical, with teal fluids exposed in the cracks of the metal. Those claws were covered in its own blood. Three large gill-like scars are visible on its neck. as well as smaller teal scars on its face. Teal tears can be seen coming out of its eyes, and they don't seen to stop. The chestpiece it wears is an enlarged version of the armor that Sanitized Male Octolings wore. The four numbers on the front are scratched off and faded. It's also wears other types of armor like shoulder armor, a piece on it's back, as well as some on its arms. A large twin-cannoned turret can be found on the top of its pack. Probably something else to keep an eye on. Oil, ink and blood drips from it's mouth, with razor red teeth and gray stitches covering its mouth. It's eyes are mostly covered by a large, yet broken pair of its Prototype Hypnoshades. Its sclera are charcoal black, and its irises teal with blood red pupils inside. Its ink is always in the teal spectrum, and fades towards bright seafoam green on the tips of its tentacles. The suction cups on its tentacles are outlined in bright neon yellow, forming yellow rings. Its ink has a reflective yellow tint. It also wears a golden earpin on its left ear.

## Quote

"Multiple large guns protruded out of this giant metal vehicle, with visible ink canisters powering it. The most notable were seen on the pack on its back, the main turret, and on the tank itself."

"This was Experiment 0 before it was cleansed of its Sanitization. When Pearl had destroyed Tartar's influence of the Sanitized, it too destroyed the beast's influence, causing its body to shut down and sink into the murky waters of Inkopolis. All that came out of the wreckage, was a single Octoling wearing Neo Octarian Armor and cyan hair. The longest tentacle had a bright blue tip."

## Armaments

**Reminder: These were the only armaments documented in the RP Prompt, which means that the Tanken-Freak could possibly be able to deploy more firepower.**

Twin 183mm Shoulder Cannons(1 on each side)

201mm BL-40Y Turret Cannon

2 Sanitized Ink Supercharger/ Syringe gun/ 105mm Supercharger {It can turn people, Inklings or Octolings into Sanitized}(located on the front of the hull)

2 Ballpoint Splatlings (located on the front behind the spaced steel plates)

6 Blaster-style ink guns(Low rate of fire, high damage coverage. High ink consumption. It will take a while for the canisters to refill after firing its barrage.)

2 aiming front, 2 on the sides; 2 on the rear (Each one has great flexibility and can be aimed wherever on the side.)

125 gal. howitzer (two turrets)

8x Tentakeel Missiles

Autoreloading 4-cannon Inkstrike Turret (can fire four Inkstrikes in one magazine, but with autoreloading capabilities.)

## Abilities

**Reminder: These Abilities have been documented in not only the RP Prompt #5, but from other Prompts and even the Pages in Sanitized Octarians. This means that the Tanken-Freak could possibly be able to use more abilities.**

### **Deception**

This thing can turn itself into either a human, tank, or something else. This was proved from when the creature turned into Alice, just so it can lure Seraphina into it's lair.

### **Mind Reading**

The creature could possibly be able to mind read it's victims, because it used Alice's form to lure Seraphina in, even though it has never seen Alice, which can prove that the Tanken-Freak can read minds and the memories of it's victims.

### **Ink Slowness**

This was to be proved not in the RP Prompt from the battle, but from the book of blueprints Ren had found. It was concluded that during previous tests, the ink was shown to slow down any creature that got stuck in a large puddle of it. The size of this puddle and person/thing that would get stuck does matter. This is also proven by Splatoon's Inkling and Octoling ink. No matter what color it was, it was proven to have some sort of slowness effect.

### **High Intelligence**

Even for what it's shown to have before in the RP Prompt, it was proven that this creature is actually very intelligent. It was able to understand the strategies the group would have, and it knew how Seraphina was about to strike at one of it's ink canisters, after it had learned how it was really hurt when Makoto managed to bash it off the rear. Since it remembered the pain, it had decided to protect those spots.

### **Ear-Piercing Shriek**

Tanken-Freak has used this shriek to time and time again attempting to immobilize and stun Seraphina and the others, but to no avail. It seems that it is immune to the effects of this specific sort of roar.

## Ink Abilities

### **Inky Hair**

This creature's hair(tentacles) can produce ink at will so the monster can splatter it around, making it hard for its prey to hit or escape. Or it can just splat multiple random parts of the area.

### Bullet Manipulation

The Freak will summon up to 12 Ink Bullets from its canister, and fire them at any close opponent. The amount can vary from 4 to 12. They will also vary from either falling from above or being fired directly.

### **Tentacle Summon**

Sentient tentacles can be summoned from the large teal ink canisters on its back. This will only happen if the Freak is enraged enough.

### **Ink Swim**

Just like all Inklings, Octolings, Octarians and even Sanitized Octarians, it can swim through it's own ink color and can become much faster as it swims around it. Doing this can also replenish it's ink supply greatly. This means the Freak can be slowed down or can get stuck in a different Ink color.

### Onslaught

The Freak uses its massive arsenal to fire all over it or to whoever is closest to it. It will either be concentrated solely on you, your team, or it will splat as much area as it can to gain more advantage.

### Ink Slash

Just like Grizzco, the Freak can make these slashes of ink as well by slashing the ground and releasing a stream of concentrated ink from its claws.

### Ink Wave

The Freak will punch the ground, releasing multiple shockwaves that can damage multiple opponents at once. This is a more close-range version of the Big Shot's ability.

### Ink Artillery

The Freak will fire four to eight Inkstrikes from the turret above its pack.

## Passive Abilities

These Abilities don't require a cooldown. They are built into the character, and will constantly buff or give it new abilities.

### "Unkillable"

The Tanken-Freak cannot be killed using brute force and other usual tactics. Even when it is sufficiently damaged, or shown to have died, it will always come back stronger and with an increased bloodlust. It can die, but not normally.

### Acidic Ink

The ink when fired becomes acidic when put on normal steel. Tanken-Freak's vessel and armor is immune because it's made up of a special alloy that prevents it from melting. Inklings and Octolings won't be melted because their skin is composed of the same material put into the alloy in the Freak's armor. Humans though will die or be severely damaged or Infected upon contact. If it were ever to bleed, the ink is acidic to the touch and will be lethal.

### Evolution

If it were ever to come back from being 'killed', it will return stronger, and with evolved weapons. This Evolutionary phase can affect it physically and mentally. Such as an increase in firepower, weapons, armor, intelligence, etc.

### Regeneration V

If left alone, it will quickly heal itself of any damage on its body and even on the vehicle. The more damage, the more time it will take to completely heal. If it is shot while healing, the healing process will be paused until it has the chance to heal again.

## Weaknesses

**Reminder: These were the only weaknesses documented in the RP Prompt, and there are only few still, which means that this creature could still have more weaknesses that could be found.**

### **Ink Canisters**

These can be found on the humanoid's back, on the rear of the hull covered in plating, and nearby the locations of the machine guns. These specific spots though are incredibly hard to hit, but are worth it because they can dish out a lot of damage.

### **Turret Rotator**

When looking at the sides of the tank, the rotator of the turret is highly exposed, and can be easily damaged by highly-concentrated shots. Chargers would be highly recommended when exposing this weakness. Exposing this weakness will immobilize the turret and allow for better movement and breathing space.

### **Spaced Armor Sections**

These specific parts on the hull and turret can be found all over. If you hit these spots with just enough ink to cover it, the armor will break off. They can either show the locations of crucial modules or it can pop out another ink machine gun. If one is destroyed, another ink gun will pop out of it. Just be careful.

## Special Abilities

Like the Inklings and Octolings, the Tanken-Freak has its own specials too. But these can only be used by the Tanken-Freak for the immense power and explsoiveness can't be matched by any other.

### Sanitized Splatpocalypse

When this Special is Activated, the Tanken-Freak's eyes will shine a bright blue. It will then reveal a multitude of Missile Launchers from its body. They will slowly aim up and rain havoc down on the area, covering it completely in ink. This Special is actually a much more amplified version of the Tenta Missiles and Tentakill Missiles.

### Worldender Wail

The Freak will rear back, as its tentacles glow and vibrate like a beating heart. Once it's finishes charging, it will release a devastating beam of teal Ink capable of drenching entire cities in ink. This beam is not of equal, but three times more powerful than Pearl's Sonic Voice. This is a much more Amplified version of the Killer Wail and its predecessor: The Killer Wail 5.1. The Freak had used this to deliver swift ends to cities that tried to fight back against this. This is also meant to be used in a wide area, and to destroy tough defenses and bunkers.

## Memories

### Before Sanitization

Before Sanitization, he was an Octoling named Terrence. He was an Octoling Male who wielded an Inkzooka as his main weapon. He has cyan hair, with his longest tentacle having a bright blue tip at the end. During Splatoon 1, he was Octavio's second in command. He was as ruthless as they came, never sparing a single Inkling or Octoling that stood in his way. When he had heard of the Calamari Inkantation, everything changed for him, and he saw that Octavio's ways were never right to begin with. He had deserted and destroyed multiple outposts until he was finally overpowered and captured. When Octavio was deciding his punishment, he told Terrence that he was heartbroken from his betrayal, and even offered him a chance to return as his general. But when Terrence told him to "Fish off." and even proceeded to "tell him on his bullshark" in front of his soldiers nonetheless, Octavio's mercy had ended. He had decided to exile Terrence into the trenches below. The Octarians threw him below into the abyss, where none had returned from. He was luckily alive, when he landed in a puddle of bright blue ink that was fortunately his color. When he came to, he had found himself in the Metro Station, where he had wandered the place for a very long time.

### After Sanitization

For what seemed like years, Terrence had been wandering the Metro. It was a long time of exploring until he was found by Tartar and the Sanitizer, who overpowered and captured him. It was decided they'd use him as the first Octoling experiment of the Primordial Ooze. But first, they had tossed him in a lab prison, and he spent months being studied on by the two. They forced him to complete several grueling tasks to analyze his attributes. They stuck him in a tube and fed him nourishment through a breathing mask, and prodded him on a lab table giving him scars and marks. They had cut him up alive to study the anatomy of these Octolings, and since Terrence was healthy, he had enough strength to survive every aftermath. They even went as far as to pin him against Sanitized Octarian grunts with only his bare hands. Though on the day of the injections, it would become worse than all the pain he's suffered before. When the final prototype was injected into him, everything went very wrong. The poor Octoling went through days of suffering and pain as his body slowly molded, mutated and transformed into a monster. His skin and ink in his legs stretched and molded to monstrous claws, and his arms became horrid and long, tipped with two deformed hands with claws on the end. Unfortunately after that, his limbs couldn't handle the immense stress and collapsed into ink and whatever else was left. It wasn't long before his arms became crushed into nothing from the weight and constant mutation, so they replaced them with cybernetic limbs. His humanoid face became more monstrous as his mouth became a large maw of red sharp fangs. His own jaws were stretched out into a draconic maw due to the stress of the transformation. They had used strange ropes of red flesh to sow up its mouth, before it could split in two. Its hair became long and dark blue, like the Sanitized you see now. One rare occurrence was that the largest tentacle on the front of its head had a bright blue tip instead of a yellow or green tip. When it had transformed, visible pieces of flesh had overlapped its jaws. When the stitches were together, the ink inside his body merged with the parts of whatever it was from, creating a large scar along his snout. His spinal structure was bent to the point it forever stayed in a hunched-back position. And when he tried to yell in pain or scream for any sign of help, it only came out as ear-piercing roars and screeches of madness and pain.

The Sanitized had spent months forging armor for their monster made of destroyed Octoweapons from years ago, for this beast only. The chestplate was based off Terrence's Elite General's armor. A black chestpiece with multiple silver braces stuck on the piece. His shoulders were given special skulls branded with teal scars to give this creature extra ferocity. It wore a special pack on its back that held the ink tanks it used, as well as the special 183mm cannons on its back. This armor was capable of defending against any damage, especially ink, which was shaken right of. They had even fused its lower half with technology that only existed in human times. To this day, no one knows where or even HOW they got such blueprints, or how they are intact to this point. To make up for it's legs, they made a giant behemoth made of steel and fire capable to traversing land, sea and even ink itself. This beast had rampaged through city after city, killing many Inklings, Octolings and even Octarians. All that was left of its rampages was fire, ruin, corpses, and destruction.

# Quotes

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocj7IijUbJ4
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## Trivia

* The name is a transition of "Tank", "Frankenstein", and "Freak"

# Gallery

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