Takomorika

Takomorika is the main antagonist of Naturun.

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She used to be good friends with Mizu before something broke them up.

## Appearance

She appears to be a tall (10-12ft) Octoling with lime green ink. Two of her tentacles are on the sides of her face, a small one dangles above her forehead, and one tentacle is in a ponytail on the back of her head. Her skin is pale but tans easily. Her eyes are a bright red with a black ring around the (also black) pupil. There are dark green stripes on the sides of her cheeks as well.

Takomorika has a bunch of leaves and plants around her neck, sometimes with red berries. She also has a white sleeveless t-shirt that is tied in a knot above her abdomen. There is a dark gray sweater of sorts around her waist, possibly something relating to Mizu (a gift or clothing she wore). Takomorika does not wear shoes, and instead has sports bandages (or something similar) around her hands and feet.

## Personality

Takomorika used to be kinder and more innocent in the past, caring for others and treating everybody nicely. However, people started abusing this and lied to her for their own gain, causing Takomorika to become more and more distrustful over time. She wishes to return to peaceful and calm times eventually, but with the current state of the world, it may take more time than expected.

Despite her cold exterior, Takomorika also misses her friend Mizu, and was desperate to get her back by talking with Nana. Takomorika eventually had to calm down over the situation however, as Nana had no clue about Mizu either.

## Powers

Takomorika has great control over plants, as she can make around 3 sentient creatures from them that will attack who she commands. She can also summon plants to attack, block, and barricade. Some plants can be cut and burned, some cannot. They do not have any specific magical properties. Takomorika can also dig and burrow at great speeds, as well as run with heightened endurance.

A distinct ability is summoning Soul flowers (similar to Shiromori, see *Extras*), which can locate a person if she blows on the petals. However, not only does it take up energy, but she needs a source that the person visited before, and recently at that. Otherwise it will not work, or the petals will be very weak and not fully take her to her goal.

## Role

Prior to Splatroad, she was created by the Forest Spirit to help protect a garden in the forest that a kind inking made. She watched over it and expanded it with the help of other creatures, and guarded it with her life. She soon met Mizu from a nearby town (Inkopolis in the making), and the two became best friends. Later in time though, something happened that split the two, and before Takomorika could confront Mizu, she died by unknown causes.

During Naturun, she serves as a main antagonist, though she is not a villain. She finds out one of her flowers has been stolen, and after finding Mizu's Soul flower by it, believes Mizu to have returned. After much searching for the Squidbeak and a confrontation with Goggles, she finds Whisper's home and requests Nana in the morning when the Squidbeak wake up. To test the Squidbeak, she has them fight 3 plant beasts: A monstrous fish, a snake, and a crane. The Squidbeak lose to the crane, and Takomorika takes Nana and leaves in peace.

She later interrogates Nana about Mizu, though the Squidbeak find the garden (thanks to Whisper) and ask for her back. After Takomorika deems them untrustworthy, she takes Nana back and tries to get more information. When it fails, and Nana has no information on Mizu, Takomorika lets her be with the Squidbeak. The Squidbeak later confront Takomorika and ask her to test them for the fruit, which Takomorika agrees and fights them. After a lot of battling, the Squidbeak are victorious (and get the fruit), though they awaken the Forest Spirit as well. After another successful fight and extinguishing of a forest fire, the Squidbeak rest for the night and head back in the morning with Tako, Whisper, and Angus' help.

## Extras

- Her beta name was Hanamori, roughly (and literally) translating to "flower forest".

- Her current name consists of Tako (japanese for octopus), Mori (japanese for forest), and Ika (japanese for squid)

- Despite her similarities with Rosetta from the original Splatroad arcs, Takomorika is not based on her. She is instead based on Shiromori from Mystery Skulls.

- She used to be way more malevolent, wanting plants to take over the world entirely instead of simple trust and understanding. Although this is also a goal of Rosetta (*see above*), Takomorika was created before Season 2 of Splatroad was, so that is not where she got that from.