Three kids in a dim steampunk workshop react in fear

By @CaylaCatz · May 15, 2026

181 likes · 98 comments

Original QT: Freaky Fridays Cat, the Wizard and Xenya are horrified to find a gremlin messing with the airship's engine

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A tense fantasy scene with three young protagonists in rugged clothes inside a brass-and-copper steampunk workshop. They react with shock and fear while a goblin-like creature manipulates a dangerous engine, sparks flying from the gears. The warm, moody lighting and intricate machinery create a adventurous, high-stakes atmosphere.

Comments (98)

@CaylaCatz · May 19, 2026
"Don't be so prejudiced. I saw where he was sparking it, it looks like he fused a crack so that it closed. He fixed the line. Right, gremlin?" The gremlin hangs his head, "I'm a bad gremlin. The worst. My family kicked me out because I like to fix things. I like the purr of a machine. It's like a cat. I like cats too. My family says I'm unnatural." "Well, that's ok," I said. "I don't belong in this world either. Now let's go see about finding something to drink, shall we?"
@CaylaCatz · May 17, 2026
probably. but it's iffy. so is regenerating. so is design space. Probably easier to do it in photoshop if it's just hte eyes. 2nd is design space if i have to tilt the head as well. If it needs more than that, i'd rather regenerate. g2 is not good about preserving the bg when making changes. seedream tends to put it's stamp on it even if i say keep everything else the same. i should experiment more and find a truly neutral model in img2img
@CaylaCatz · May 19, 2026
I grab the plate! "Geez, you need to learn to share." Hands the kid and gremlin a cookie and takes the last one for myself. "Too bad we don't have any milk. Or coffee. But maybe if we left the engine room, we could go in search of drinks." At this, I look at the gremlin, "if you can refrain from messing up any machinery, I can ask the cook for something for you to drink too. Will milk do?"
@CaylaCatz · Jun 8, 2026
why are you grumbling! You got two cookies and the kinds only got 1 1/2. So you got more! Geez! Wizards! Looks down at the kid and the gremlin, "There's no need for you too to look so smug. Let's go get you some milk unless gremlins can't drink milk?"
@CaylaCatz · Jun 8, 2026
Ok, well I'm out of chocolate chips but I still have some walnuts left if the bird hasn't eaten them all. I'll make butterscotch walnut cookies if the cook will let me borrow their oven. How doe shtat sound?
@CaylaCatz · May 16, 2026
thank you! I was surprised at both the expressions and for once all of them are looking at the gremlin. It's been a pet peeve of mine that eyes are often looking the wrong way even when prompted.
@panos · May 19, 2026
...Huh! <grumbles to himself: propably it's fairies told him to say that... play the poor mistreated guy to gain our trust. Ha! As if THIS Wizard will fall for that! No way insidious creatures!>
@CaylaCatz · Jun 7, 2026
laughing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Grabs the cookie on my way out to the kitchen with the kids and breaks it in half to give to the kid and the gremlin. "He's just a kid" I say.
@panos · May 15, 2026
-'What the.... HEY!!! You with the ears!!! Are you certified to do that? Show me your trade union card!!! At once!!!' <I see you can't stop making images about this great trio - neither do I!! 😃>
@panos · May 17, 2026
---if it crashes,your phobia will have a very, VERY short life-span! Unless a certain very, VERY Able Wizard teleports all of you out of ther - which is very, VERY tricky. Momentum and stuff...