If you wish to know about the MALAKAS Project, go to Timothy Soro's entry here for more info about the project.

Description:
Oswald Octopus, Henry Juneau Penguin, and Madame Camilla Butterfly all hailed from the very populous town of Hempstead, just east of New York City via Queens Borough. They all seemed to have an ordinary and peaceful life, right until August 12th of 2023, the day when the entire Long Island was struck by a huge earthquake, which quickly and enormously destroyed every settlement there, much less so on Brooklyn and Queens Boroughs (under New York City). While it seemed easy for the mainstream news to speculate the Double Dougs (the Cascadia-based terror group) being responsible for such a destruction, given the magnitude similar to the one that struck Adventure Bay, the said radical group was quick to deny the claim, arguing that they were too busy liberating the so-called Cascadia (the US-Canadian region on the western coast), and that they had no better incentives in attacking cities too distant from their concerned region. Regardless, investigations were immediately deployed to study the affected island.

Oswald and his pet dachshund Weenie, Henry, and Madame and her 17-year old daughter Catrina were among hundreds who managed to survive the devastating earthquake, but they had nowhere else to live around New York, as the Empire State itself had fallen into a serious economic crisis, though not as much as the Great Depression. Not even New York City was willing to take in refugees from the Long Island. as it immediately got itself a bigger problem with anxious survivors from its two damaged boroughs over its own supplies. Despite that, Oswald and his friends turned to their dragon friend Pongo Sweetheart who agreed to give them sanctuary in his apartment in Bronx, though he expressed fear that his neighbors had become incredibly tense, recently due to other refugees invading the unaffected boroughs across the city

Few days later, Pongo's apartment would eventually be invaded by his hostile neighbors, looking to lynch his friends he had been hoarding, only for this uneventful breach to be foiled by no other group than the PAW Patrol. Lead by Chase Alsatian and Skye Cockapoo, the PAW Patrol quickly barged to save every dweller there, including Pongo, Oswald and his friends, and brought them to the airport, because as it turned, many angry New Yorkers began burning down any building that was hoarding refugees across the city, which included the Flatiron Building, several rundown apartments, and inevitably Pongo's. Although heartbroken, they felt relieved for being brought to safety, not knowing they would end up in Santo Tomas, California on the next day.

For five months, Oswald and his dog Weenie, Henry, Madame and Catrina, and Pongo had been adapting well in their new homes in Santo Tomas. But by January 2024, their fate would gradually change once Oswald had crossed paths with the brown and muscular fox, named Timothy Soro.

Oswald proved himself to be a great pianist and singer, and with a reputation for such talents being known across the US, he was scouted by a big jazz club to be its best musician in Santo Tomas' central district. For five months he flourished with his new career, but one day he got bored and successfully requested for a day off, in hopes of reflecting his own situation before he could relax and plan his next step.

As he sat on a bench in the city park, he was then met by Timothy Soro, who once saw his singing performance a month ago. After Oswald explained everything that led him and his friends to their new livelihood in Santo Tomas, Timothy suggested joining the MALAKAS Project as a way to help with his current problems, much to the octopus' hesitation, having heard quite enough about the project quite recently. The fox acknowledged that the project itself was not a solution, but he could sense that Oswald needed something to change him for the better, especially how long he'd been reeling from destruction of his former home in Hempstead.

After persuading his boss to give few months break, so as to fully recover from his trauma, Oswald signed in the MALAKAS Project and by next week traveled to Mt. Tingganda Mountain Base, the main site for the said project. While he usually partook in training on a scheduled basis, he also found himself performing music gigs in clubs and karaoke boxes locally established across the mountain base, simply because even Recruits recognized him and his talents. His presence didn't change much, but it was certain that Recruits were deeply happy enough to have portraits of him hanging in almost every music venue in the mountain base, just to let new Recruits know that Oswald Octopus was indeed present, singing and playing piano with all his heart to his listeners.

While it would be a challenge for Oswald to get back to whatever he used to do in his first months of staying in Santo Tomas, he had at least regained his confidence and was ready to take on the world, not literally. And of course, he had to check on and get back Weenie, whom he put under Henry's care to cover his absence.

This titular character owned by Oswald (preschool TV series) under Dan Yaccarino; requested by  Lucreatious

MALAKAS Project 2025:
Bobby Llama (Alt) || Nick Tiger || Barnabus Lytte || Roxie Dartz || Nayeem Rahman || Baya Ko Ya Applestar (Alt) || Nancy Grace Soro (Alt) || Beatrice Soro (Alt) || Orion "Oliver Twist" Brownlow (Alt) || Jeremiah "Artful Dodger" Dawkins (Alt) || Camomile "Charley" Bates (Alt) || Vanessa Hickman (Alt) || Sherman Fink (Alt) || Moby McSquidly Pinto (Alt) || Rex Weichknochen (Alt) || Kade Weeks || Nicole Weeks || Rick Coldstrom || Riley December || Hamzah Gaffoor || Butters Oliver(Alt) || Patrick Horns || Maximillian Page Morningstar (Alt) + True Form (Alt) || Klaus Torskeolie || Ernst Havbunden || Kristian Tekelakayi || Oswald Lemoine || Asriel Dreemurr (Alt) + Part 2 (Alt) || Oswald Octopus (Alt) || Henry Penguin (Alt) || Madame Butterfly (Alt) || Pongo Sweetheart (Alt) || Sebastian Solace + Part 2


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