Cackling Lawrence

THEY CAME FROM OVER YONDER: Cackling Lawrence

In the barns and rooftops of the planet Gnuhng Bonstamth, when dawn rises, so does the Cackling Lawrence. These esper like creatures signal the rise of daylight as a rooster would on earth. Hated by many, appreciated by some, the Cackling Lawrence is a regular morning alarm for Gnuhngians. It laughs and it laughs, with banshee like volume, until it runs out of air and diminishes for the evening. While it doesn’t seem like they can truly be killed, they eventually fizzle out after many years.

Back in 4309 FQ, Gnuhngians in the Grully scene used to bottle Cackling Lawrences and inhale them, then laughing them out, which provided mild psychedelic effects. They were dubbed Cackylarries, and later Claries around 4320 FQ. While this didn’t harm the Cackling Lawrence, they did protest to being bottled. Eventually these were commercialised until local animal rights bodies stepped in, but also when sitcom dad Harst Hunklage made them uncool.

Now they can wake up the neighbourhood without fear of being abducted. However, as the Gammaquakes have opened up travel to realms they’re not familiar with, Cackling Lawrences have begun to appear in zones where people are not familiar with their sound and locals have acted hostile toward them, trapping them in soundproof cages. Claustrophobic as they are, due to an ingrained memory of their previous capture, they have started to become increasingly loud at times outside of daylight.

CREATURE ENCASED IN CANVAS, 15cm x 15cm, 2026