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Welcome Home OC — Sammi Cruise⚓️

I don’t think I ever shared anything about them here yet, and if I did, it was probably when I first started out here, so who knows where it is now? XD

Anyways, here I present: Sammi Cruise

Since Sammi’s bio is cut off here, their bio reads as so:

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“Cool as the sea breeze they ride with, Sammi Cruise can get you from sea to shining sea in no time. Although they’re hesitant towards other people at first, Sammi becomes as big and loud as their boat once they’re comfortable. Sammi isn’t particular about how their ship Vernias looks, but safety for their passengers is of upmost importance. With proper preparation, there’s no sea too rough to get her passengers home in ship-shape condition.”

Sammi Cruise was a character that hardly ever appeared in Welcome Home, but was part of the focus of each of the episodes they were featured in. They were a humanoid character (akin to Eddie Dear, Wally Darling, and Frank Frankly), and were often found residing beyond the very outskirts of Home. From the few scripts we’ve found that feature Sammi, it seems that their boat was named Vernias. It might have seemed that Vernias was alive from how Sammi interacted with it, but this remains unknown.

It’s unclear if they had any particular segments in the show, but Sammi was known to inform the neighbors of Home and the viewers about marine and ocean life, as well as proper boating safety.

Sammi Cruise was a simple rod and hand puppet, and always had their coat resting upon their shoulders rather than actually wearing it, only wearing the coat properly in colder temperatures. Sammi also had close bonds with Howdy Pillar and Eddie Dear, as the three of them are the only ones in Welcome Home with careers. The option of different careers seemed to have also been promoted in the few pieces of merchandise featuring Sammi. The three were always paired together, with Sammi importing and exporting goods and out-of-neighborhood mail for Howdy and Eddie respectively.

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Sammi Cruise sound clips

Bits of trivia and headcanons:

Despite their ability to hold and feel crustaceans and ocean invertebrates, Sammi cannot handle holding bugs and insects on land

Sammi often teased Frank for having the same issue but for ocean invertebrates and crustaceans, mostly by bringing whatever species they were holding up close to him

The inspiration for Sammi Cruise was brought in from Captain Caviar Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom), Mogens (Klaus - Netflix), Marina Anchors (Lalaloopsy), and the Disney Steamboat Willie short

Sammi often personified her boat Vernias; with the front of Vernias also looking like a face, it’s why it’s unsure whether or not Vernias was actually alive like Home is

Sammi Cruise knew how to play the accordion

Sammi Cruise didn’t have a defined gender, a line of dialogue saying simply “I don’t really stick with labels”

Underneath the deck of their boat was where Sammi lived, with a small kitchen and dining table, and a hammock to sleep in

I don’t know if I’ll draw more stuff with them, but if you have any ideas, please put them in my ask box :3🚢

Oh my god it’s the

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uh uhhh gift for a mutual

@hypnautic-cereal here *explodes* 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

More Welcome Home oc stuff I guess

Do what you want cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate🎶🏴‍☠️

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Anyways uh, Welcome Home oc moment

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Little notes based around them for the spooky season under the cut :D

They’d be very stoked for the Halloween season, even decorating Vernias for added effect

Sammi has a lot of ghost stories in stock to tell; the seas always have your eye out looking for something, especially in cursed waters

They take any neighbors who dare to join them for a haunted boat ride, sailing out much further out to sea than normal, telling near-death tall tales of sirens or banshees

Sammi would then lighten the mood with some songs on their accordion, but they never fully assure that their tales are real, just so that anyone listening can still have some instilled fear post-voyage

The feather on their hat isn’t real, no birds were harms in the making of their costume lol

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