The lonely traveler offers his hand. Will you join him?
Tourist Trap OCT
is a nonhuman-only Original Character Tournament on DeviantArt. It is primarily set in an abandoned airstrip, though it seems the OCT may include several locations in the future. This airstrip is owned by Abel - a coyote man who can teleport anywhere in the world. He has offered to take one companion with him to a mythical land at the end of the Earth.
Perhaps you'll make it.
Perhaps you won't.
You'll just have to find out for yourself.
The Characters
- Icarus and Neonriastal, the former Haut'Haur gladiator and the Thardinxti shaman who can summon spirits.
- Ilium, the Arkandan scientist with blood magic abilities.
- Jack the harecrow from another world.
- Mother and Icky, the "living decoy" and young ruffed lemur.
- Muffin (Leilu) the peanut-butter loving creature of unknown species.
- Nihirri-Oh and Isi Foster, the vain piebald anthro peacock Dancer and his hired anthro wolverine bodyguard/servant.
- Sun and Koi, the white-throated qilin and the long-eared raptor.
- Ysmina and Dante, the tendril dragons.
Tropes found in Tourist Trap:
- Aliens Speaking English:
- Icarus and Neonriastal, though the latter isn't fluent.
- Ilium and Kel as well, although it's mentioned in Ilium's entry that Cal seems to have given him the ability to do so.
- Cast from Hit Points: Ilium's blood magic.
- Combat Tentacles: Well, combat tendrils, but Ysmina has these.
- Color-Coded Elements:
- Kel is mostly pale blue. Take two guesses as to what his power is.
- Played with for Ilium, as his red markings are per
Word of God only there to be cool decoration.
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: The ribbons on the suitcases in round one; opponents have matching ones.
- Dancing Is Serious Business: For Nihirri, anyway. Justified in that it is the source of his fame.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Nihirri gets mistaken for female sometimes, particularly by Ilium, who doesn't know any better.
- Enemy Mine: Neon and Icarus, who were originally opponents fighting to the death in an arena. They're not very fond of each other, to say the least.
- Expy: In Jack's audition, a character from one of the artist's previous tournaments shows up.
- Extreme Omnisexual: Icarus, dear god. His only requirement for his partners is that they be physically beautiful.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Icarus sports a signature evil eye scar. Though he's less that he's strictly "evil" and more that he's The Fighting Narcissist.
- Hearing Voices: Muffin can induce this for herself and other people, though it's not limited to voices - it can be any sound.
- Instant Costume Change: Abel whenever he appears in a new location, according to his ref. Though it's subverted as often as not, presumably because it's just easier to draw him in the outfit shown.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Denim, who tends to be a cocky ass but genuinely wants the people around him to be happy.
- Living Mood Ring: Ysmina's horns change colour depending on her mood. Her eyes also get darker when she's angry.
- Magic Staff: Neon wields a staff that can summon spirits.
- Mix-and-Match Critter: Jack, a combination of a jackrabbit and a crow/jackdaw.
- Never My Fault: Sun is shaping up to be like this, seeing as she blames a sparrow she killed by accident for its own death.
- Nobody Can Die: For round one at least.
- Only Known by Their Nickname:
- Leilu. She prefers to be called Muffin. And really doesn't like it if you use her real name.
- Mother and Icky as well. Mother's real name is unknown.
- Only One Name: Most characters excluding Isi, Icarus, and Neon.
- Our Dragons Are Different: Ilium, who is wingless, scaleless and doesn't breathe fire. Justified in that he is an alien. Also Dante and Ysmina, who are furred and have "tendrils".
- Pride: The driving motivator for quite a few characters.
- The Promised Land: The entire premise of the OCT. Although just exactly what's promised is up to the competitors.
- Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Largely subverted with Cal; most entries play him as no better, or worse, than Abel.
- Shapeshifting:
- Cassiopeia, though it's more like an illusion than anything else.
- Shale, Asis, and Rita can all switch between quad and anthro forms.
- Telekinesis: Natasha is capable of this. She prefers not to use it, though.
- Teleporter Accident: One of these happens to Isi in Muffin's Round One. It results in the loss of half of her arm.
- Trademark Favorite Food:
- Madeleine likes chicken nuggets, cucumbers with dip, and Skittles.
- Marcel is apparently addicted to Mountain Dew.
- Muffin loves peanut butter.
- Traintop Battle: Subverted in Icarus's Round Two entry, which only takes place inside (and outside) the train rather than on top of it for obvious reasons.
- Vanity Is Feminine: Inverted with both Nihirri and Icarus; both males are FAR more vain than their female companions.
- Verbal Tic: Koi cannot pronounce the letter h and replaces it with k.
