Tem

the skull of Tem · the kaiju beetle skull

A giant Hercules-beetle Nothing-creature whose colossal skull is reused as a race finish-line obstacle.

Story so far

Tem was a badass-looking giant beetle creature — resembling a three-story Hercules beetle — that until days ago resided within the Nothing, freed by Justice Light's trap. The crawler Odette 'wasted him the moment he appeared,' so the dungeon reuses parts of his corpse across the races. In Heat Three his enormous colorful skull blocks the finish line at the bottom of the long incline, the migrating Sugar Hermits swarming toward it to lay eggs.

The AI ominously notes that Tem 'has friends who are still alive,' and that the skull's sheer size is worth remembering. Carl, riding the truck's hood, shatters the kaiju skull with his kangaroo feet in the chaotic finish.

Appearance

The husk-like skull of a giant Hercules-beetle creature, brightly colored, the height of a three-story building.

Role

A dead Nothing-beetle whose kaiju skull serves as the Heat Three finish-line obstacle.

Relationships

Carl — Smashes its kaiju skull with his costume feet at the finish line.

Sugar Hermits — The skull-mobs migrating to lay eggs in its remains.

Justice Light — Whose trap freed Tem from the Nothing before Odette killed him.

Sources — 1 recorded facts, by chapter

Chapter 34

A giant Hercules-beetle Nothing-creature whose colossal skull is reused as a race finish-line obstacle.