Taski Maiden
“"I don care! I DON CARE!!! >:OO GO AWAY!!!"”
― Taski Maiden, Dream BBQ
Taski Maiden is a character who appears in Dream BBQ. They appear in multiple areas, most notably in the Uncanny Streets and during the Purge Event.
Appearance
Taski Maiden has the shape of a female humanoid. The entirety of her figure entirety of her figure, except for her hair, is outlined in a tan margin, with two rectangular growths sprouting from the outline close to the right side of her head. The left side of her face has pale-grayish skin, while the right side is mostly covered in black with a red kite-shaped eye, which can look around independently. Her legs and right arm are black with three red tips each. She wears a yellow dress with curly red hook designs on its rim and a gray chakana in the middle. The color of the dress also expands to form her left arm, which sports three fingers. On the top of her head, she wears a pale-yellow hat with bumps resembling cat ears and a red triangle design. She also sports a red fringe, with four round stretches of hair that have pointier ends reaching out behind her.
She carries around a dark-green aguayo that has beige and black stripes. It appears to hold her two unnamed companions.
Personality
Taski Maiden is typically energetic, loud, and playful, with Joel Guerra describing her as a "little gremlin", though her emotional state quickly shifts during conversation. During Ena's initial interaction with her, she is angry with her for indirectly reminding her that she is unemployed, only to be quickly distracted by the fact that Ena has a job. She also overestimates herself often, claiming that she should be a "CEO of organizing events" simply for being good with words and she is "good with solving mazes" while trapped in the taxi maze.
Most of her dialogue is riddled with purposeful misspellings and Kaomoji, as well as mumbling that is translated as random keysmashing.
By calling Coral Glasses after speaking with Taski Maiden, it is implied that she sent Coral Glasses a "resume" that consisted solely of notes from her psychiatrist, which may imply that Taski Maiden has some sort of psychiatric disorder.
Gallery
Concept art of Taski Maiden and two companions of hers.
Animation of Taski Maiden's head that appears during a Joelgc.com Easter egg.
Taski Easter egg icon on Joelgc.com.
Animation of Taski Maiden dancing nervously, from the Dream BBQ game announcement.
Transparent version of Taski Maiden dancing nervously.
Taski's walking animation.
Taski's walking sprite sheet.
Animation of Taski Maiden talking.
Taski Maiden carrying her companions in an aguayo.
Taski Maiden's head alongside other characters on screens.
Taski Maiden in an interaction cutscene.
Stickers of Taski Maiden (alongside her companions) and Coral Glasses.
Fangamer sticker sheet with Taski Maiden and her companions.
Fangamer lenticular poster with Taski Maiden's head.
Taski Maiden avatar skin from Joelgc.com.
A user's mugshot in the Joelgc.com website if their character is Taski Maiden.
Taski Maiden's Joelgc.com mugshot prior to May 4th, 2023.
Taski's surprised animation.
Taski's "flexible" animation.
Taski's "Dancing" animation.
Taski's angry animation.
"Rude entities like you get punished for the sins of others."
Taski being generally disgusted by Handsome, with ƎNA watching in the background, taken from Joel G's 4/25/25 stream.
Trivia
- Taski Maiden is one of the unlockable avatars on Joelgc.com.
- Upon calling Coral Glasses, Taski can be heard making a noise, questioning what said noise was (nearly swearing too, only being censored by Coral clearing her throat), before falling into a body of water.
- Taski is one of the few characters in the ENA series to refuse to have a conversation with an ENA, the other being Rubik.
Cultural references and inspirations
- Taski Maiden's overall look matches the appearance of some warriors on a wool textile panel from the Chimú culture.[3]
- Taski is a word in Quechua that can mean a girl or virgin.[4]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211003052839/https://twitter.com/LizzieRFreeman/status/1444533979747475457
- ↑ https://twitter.com/JoelGuerraC/status/1444510754108059649
- ↑ https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-chimu-woven-camelid-wool-textile-panel,-ca.-110-1-c-ebd1691083#.U5m85EBVb5M
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taski#Quechua