#DWC!AU

[hydratingdungbeetles]

Dandys World Champions! A fighting ring au :)

Dandy

Despite being the face of the brand, he doesn’t go in the ring as often as the other toons. He’s usually out of the ring being commentary with Pebble. However, he’s still the most recognized and (almost) always wins any match he’s in, or at least is one of the last two standing. How he’s able to win so many? Well, maybe the “occasional” reminders and pushes from toon handlers and upper management, and other toons being told not to try as hard and even let Dandy win. (However! Besides than this, the toons fights are not ever staged…e-except if there’s a new holiday toon playing, they do get a few free passes..)

TOP TOONS

Shelly is known for not always caring too much about the fights. She’s too sweet and isn’t all that intrested. When she’s able to work up the courage too, she’ll apologize after a fight. She sees the other toons more as friends than enemies. Usually. Her only slight memerabilty is her dinosaur theme and the handful of times where she bit other opponents mid-battle. 

Astro

Astro is known for having his big advantages (his four arms and being able to tire opponents mid-fight, as well his ability sneak up often) Yet he isn’t ever guaranteed to win due to his soft spoken nature and humility. He’d rather give his friends a fair chance.

Pebble

Pebble is still just Dandys dog, mainly on Dandy’s side as he commentary’s. He’s not in the ring unless he has to drag someone out of it due to major, MAJOR injury. (I’ll discuss how wounds and injuries are treated in a later post 😬)

Vee

Vee’s signature is her extendable arms! While her robotic body could be used to her advantage, her tail can get in the way during a scuffle. She has a cocky attitude and does a lot of big talk, liking the fame and glory, but at the end of the day, Vee can’t help but understand that she doesn't feel fulfilled.

Sprout

While Sprout is one of the Top Toons, he much more prefers his other job, being a medic. Sprout and Cosmo are openly “friends” (To avoid controversy, the higher management never disclose solidly what Sprout and Cosmo are.) Sprout and Cosmo make baked goods for Toons to help them feel better and heal, however Sprout specifically, is on duty of occasionally making food for…the audience to eat during the fight, of course! Haha! (And for them to also throw at the loser on some occasions <3) Despite all his different jobs, Sprout is still in the ring. 

REGULAR TOONS

Boxten and Poppy

They like to stick together and prefer to take wins together. Boxten is surprisingly good at fighting, he can pack a serious punch. Still, he can be a bit nervous, and he even helps produce theme music for himself and the others, even playing a little jingle when he wins. Poppy does her best but uh…she isn't the best fighter but she's able to…I guess. She has confidence and brash! And she's a good hype man, little ball of energy…

Brightney

Get flashbanged Bitch. Brightney is actually one of the most efficient toons. She'll turn her head and her light is right in your eyes to temporarily blind you and even get in a few extra punches while you're stunned. She's honestly kind of scary. She always looks like she knows what she's doing, calm and calculated and ready for what she's about to do. She also likes to read! ^^

Cosmo

Cosmo works along side Sprout often as mention before, however he is the main medic (he actually knows a lot about toon biology and toon physical and mental health…but he doesn’t disclose anything about it so as to not get in trouble and just sticks to healing.) Cosmo loves baking as well, mainly for other people but he loves making little treats for himself to reward himself! If we’re being honest…the amount of different types of injuries and damages and ichor he’s seen may or may not be a contributor to his sort of shy personality. 

Finn 

Poor Finn is more used as…comic relief. He’s still passionate about fish puns and facts but since he’s…literally made of glass, he’s easily able to get wounded and K.O’d (They do give him puffy little life jacket for a bit more protection) His silly personality and easy to break thing? That’s the punchline. He’s not in the ring too much. He has somehow won some fights before though! No matter what, he’s always a goofball and good sport!

Flutter

Flutter usually just flies around the ring and audience with a flag of the winner in her mouth when a fight finishes. Sometimes during the fight. She passes out little merchandise for one of the fighters currently in the ring. When she’s not, she’s usually somewhere else…but…sometimes…she just perches herself in a dark area above the ring and just watches…

Gigi

Gigi is a little shit who is rarely allowed in the ring. She mocks the losing toons and occasionally just makes the other toon slip up. She's only won a fight like, once, but she doesn't care. She just likes being a menace. And…not being in the ring often isn't as bad as they'd want you to believe…

Glisten

Oh boy. Glisten prides himself on being a pretty face. It doesn’t help that a lot of the times, toons aim for his face. He’s a bit of a twink and doesn’t pack as tough of a blow, however he is able to teleport still, so that’s a big advantage. When glistens pretty face gets major damaged to his face, he’ll either go berserk and really start fighting (which is great for branding, merchandising, promotion, and views) or break down and be disqualified for refusing to fight for the rest of the match. He likes being a winner. He likes being popular. He likes his adoring fans. Sometimes he can’t help it if he smack talks or gloats about winning or how he’s going to win.

Goob and Scraps

Goob and Scraps were able to be one of the few who were allowed to be a package deal, though they don’t always go into fights together. They work together a lot, Scraps likes using her claws and tail to wrap around and ram into her opponent’s, even knocking them down with her weight or a headbutt. She likes playing fast and dirty. Meanwhile, Goob isn’t as playfully malicious. He uses his claws as well occasionally, but his signature move is his hugs, either pulling opponents away from Scraps/winning in general or wrapping his arms around them to hold them back for a bit to slow them down and waste energy or to let Scraps get some free hits in. He’s still real silly and lighthearted and doesn’t take it too seriously. However his arms can become a weakness due to them being so long..

Rodger

Rodger may just be the only toon who dives into their branding and news articles. He’s fascinated on learning more about their brand (I cannot think of another word for the life of me rn) and He knows much more about the inner workings than any other toon. He tries to get some info from Cosmo occasionally but he hasn’t gotten…too far with him. Rodger does wish to know how their bodies work though. Overall, he’s pretty friendly and respectful with other toons and tries not to let any of the competitiveness get to him…but his mind is only so strong in an environment like this. He is sort of like a father/big brother figure with Toodles, in return, Toodles keeps Rodger motivated and active! 

Razzle and Dazzle

RnD mainly use their ribbons for a bit of a special attack! They are surprisingly in sync and actually a harder toon to defeat. Even if you knock one out, there’s still the other one that’s still going. Dazzle feels bad for fighting and doesn’t have a lot of self esteem in the ring. They can still pack a punch but their face won’t be enthusiastic about it. Razzle attempts to just stay playful and positive, sometimes even complimenting their opponent. They’re both good sports and very good fighters. Like, if they both actually took each fight real seriously, they’d probably be a TopToon by now.

Looney

Looney is just there to proform for halftime shows, pass out merchandise, and occasionally get on stage before the fight only to get popped for “comedic effect.”

Tisha

Tisha used to just be the janitor (bless her soul) but now she's in the ring to fight as well! She's sweet and just like she did as a janitor, puts the work into this job as well. Oh, by the way, she's still the janitor. Probably the only room who has gotten on their hands and knees scrubbing and washing out ichor from the floor that is either yours or your friends.

Toodles

Thankfully, she isn't allowed in the ring just yet. She's a child. She's not really seen by the public eye, but she is Rodgers coach and sometimes can be seen on the sidelines when Rodgers is in the ring. Toodles wants to be a fighter when she grows up, she's very excited about it and likes training for it. 

Teagan

Teagan is still sassy and prim and proper. She’s pretty good at fighting but finds it barbaric. Her heels and height come in handy during battle :3 She prefers life out of the ring, talking to other toons, having tea in her room, catching up on reading…She just doesn’t feel comfortable or cut out for this life. 

Shrimpo

….It’s Stange, y’know. Shrimpo is pretty much giving it his all in every training session and brawl, yet his punches, hits and kicks…they don’t do as much impact as they should. It’s really weird, he puts as much hatred and strength and motivation to win in everything to the point it seems personal. He should be something to fear but he’s just not…he’s…sort of pitiable. Not to say he hasn’t won before, but it takes awhile for him to really lock in and start going to town. Rage is a strong motivator. Rage and…maybe a few other things…He’s still his hatful angry self.

[dadrunkwriting]

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Dark Wood Circus AU WIP (you know the drill, long post)

I was like halfway trough the digital sketch but then my pen died lol

Also, very early sketch:

Ok so this is the (very basic) idea this is based around. (tw suicide mentions)

Jamie (the girl from the Wail of the Banshee story) is the red girl that finds the Circus, and that ends up "joining" (aka being kidnapped by the chairman) at the end. I originally thought on having Six fill this role, as she also serves the purpose of the new girl in town, however I think Jamie fits better, as she's also a kid who got kidnapped by GHOUL. Part of the tragedy of the DWC is that she was a kid with a life and a family, whereas Six's story is that she never had one (in the show she finds them, in this case, not so much), so I think it works best for her to be one of the "Freaks."

Then, there's Luke, as the Blue Beast (Kaito). I'm not very knowledgeble on the revised DWC canon, but according to what I've found, Kaito is a werewolf, and his story is connected to the Moonlight and Black song (one might say that I actually came up with this idea after researching the revised DWC canon, listening to the songs the wiki listed as part of the saga, and going "omg this is so luke watson coded" when I heard MAB, wich inspired my previous Luke drawning and then led me here).

Uhhh, where was I? Oh, right, Luke. In this AU, instead of being kidnapped with his whole family, he's taken away from them alone (also GHOUL is the DWC, and instead of putting the monsters in communities, it puts them in freak shows, kinda like how Otto did in the books, or how Karla Black wanted to with her zoo on the show). I'm undecisive on whether I want it to happen during the Steven Black fight or during his birthday attack; on one hand, the fight is what originally got him to ScSt, and it would be pretty angsty for him to just never go home on a random day after school, his parents never figuring out what happened to him. On the other, it'd also be pretty traumatic for him to be taken away right after he attacked his dad, during his first transformation, and while still uncuncious, his parents watching the whole thing (kind of like what happened with Sue during Invasion of the Normals.)

There's also a thirds possibility that's been spinning around in my head of him running away on his own and then getting in the circus, but I'm also undecisive on this.

Now, the two headed twins, wich are cousins in this case. Resus and Kian would be filling the role of Len and Rin, respectivelly. Resus is the most grounded one, who understand the suffering of the circus, and who sees the pain of those around him, while Kian is blissfully unaware, just like Rin. But are they? It's kind of implied (and even if not, it's my personal headcanon) that Rin only says that the circus is fun and that she enjoys it to avoid punishment, and to convince herself that it's not as painful as it actually is. She has to, otherwise it'd drive her mad and suicidal like Miku. I think something similar can be applied to Kian, specially with the implication that the's sort of aware of what happened to his parents, but never puts 2 and 2 together. I think it's to protect himself, and I think that this behaviour makes him fit perfectly as the Rin head of two.

Next is Luella as the Deformed Diva (Miku). Again, I'm still not really sure of how the revised canon works, but back in my days (aka before Vocaloid Amino in spanish even knew there was a revised canon and novel, even tho it came out in like 2012), Miku was a prisoner her whole life, never knowing happiness or love or compassion, just cruelty as she remained behind metal bars, including those of the Circus. This kind of sounds like Luella to me, as she was born in ScSt and doesn't know the normal world (unlike Jamie or Luke). She's neglected by her mom, doesn't have friends and her relationship with Eeafa is rocky at best (until s2 at least). I think it fits her to be someone who never knew the freedom she longs, to the point where to her, that freedom may as well be death.

Finally, Frankenheart would take on the role of Haku and Neru(?) (or the tall lovers, as I call them). Since they were only created for the MV of the song they literally have no canon story, but that doesn't stop me from making shit up for my AU. As I said before, I think Six, despite also being a new girl in town, is better suited to fill a roll of a Freak, as, like Luella, she was "born" in ScSt and thus doesn't know what the outside is like, wich is the case for Miku, but not for the red girl. Cleo did know what freedom was, but that was so long ago, it as well never have happened. Ever since she became a mummy, she's been handed from GHOUL community to GHOUL community, so for this AU, that means from circus to circus. This would also maker her connect with Luella/Miku, as she was also handed from one prison to another, wich is how they can bond from their pain together.

I don't know the exact circumstances on how or why Six would be created, as I don't think she was built as a weapon to save another dimension here. Maybe she was just built to be a freak? I mean, there's a girl with the body of a goat and some guys who had their heads chopped and stichted together on one body, I don't think it's far fetched that a frankenstein monster exists on this circus. Would Dr. F be doing this on porpuse tho? Maybe. Again, Six's story is that she finds a family and friends when she originally wasn't created to do so, but in this version, that never happens. Maybe she wasn't built as a weapon, but neither as a daughter. If Dr. F. is working on the circus, then their relationship is more similar to how it was at the beggining of S2, and probably darker and/or colder.

Now, for the other parents: I think it'd be way too fucked up if the entire families were here (tho that's kind of what almost happens in the books), so i'd rather just leave the kids parentless. Maybe their parents live in the normal world in this timeline, just living in shadows, avoiding GHOUL for the risk of being put on the circus. At least, this would be true for Resus and Kian (heck, maybe his parents are alive in this timeline, so they loose him instead of him loosing them, wouldn't that be fun?). For Luella, I think Dhalia probably abandoned her, wich is how she ends up with Miku's life situation, going from the prison to the "hospital" where she gets deformed and then to the circus. Finally, for Cleo, she probably hasn't seen either of her parents in ages. Her mom since her toomb was scavanged, and her dad since she got taken to a GHOUL circus. Maybe they were taken together but were separated at one point, who knows. But for the last ten years, she's been on this one Circus.

Finally, for the chairman: Idk. But I do have four candidates, those either being Otto, Karla, Blechard (or whatever that bog fuck was called). and Greystock. First, Greystock and the bog one are the CEOs of GHOUL in the show and the books respectively, so it kind of makes sense? But then again, just how there are many GHOUL communities, each one with a mayor who isn't the CEO, they probably don't run this specific circus. As for Otto, he is the mayor of Scream Street and literally makes it his own freak show in the books, and Karla runs her Zoo of the Weird, so maybe they run the circus together, or he runs it and she's in charge of hunting down more attractions. It could also fit here for Dr. F. to also be working, being in charge of the weird-ening of the freaks. Or maybe she runs the "hospital" separetely, who knows. I think it's interesting to explore the idea of the characters who would run the ccircus, but also part of the creepiness of the DWC is just how mysteryous it is, and how little we know about it, only being implied but never explicitly shown or told (the chairman is literally only shown as a shadow), so I'd also like it to remain a bit vague, and not really get into the logistic of it.

In that case tho, GHOUL probably still needs multiple trackers to search for attractions, so besides Karla, I think Zeal Chillchase may also be here. And maybe, just maybe, he helps the kids escape and change things around like the books, assuming there's a happy ending for them (or fuck it, maybe he's a cold blooded bad boy who blindly follows the system and is doomed by the narrative to commit and suffer attrocities like everyone else lol).

And, uh... Dixon is the bus driver I suposse.

Thank you for listening to my autistic ramblings.

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(Teaser) Shadows of Rememberance (K.MG)

Idol!Mingyu x Reincarnated!(afab)Reader

Summary:

In 2016, your first love Mingyu's hardwork and a couple of years worth training finally turns to fruition when he sets to debut the next year and hopes to have you by his side. Difference is he debuts, and he has 12 members beside but no you. 4 years later, smaller in size, you got paws for hands, a tail, and limited time to solve your own death. So how do you exactly get to your boyfriend?

WC: TBD (teaser wc is 500)

Genre: more of like fantasy romance? With a small thriller into it?

Theme: lovers!au(childhood sweethearts) typical idol training au (we do not letting the green room slide by :) ) in the beginning, my style of writing is a bit 2017 :3 , flashbacks and transitions(I'll try to make it less confusing as possible), humor, some murder mystery, angst(major), implied smut (no details) Tsundere!Mingyu but eventually turns a new leaf in attitude, alterated seventeen debut timeline (they debut in 2017 with DWC)

A/N: hello readers, carats and gyuldaengies! This one is for you! Not too long ago, I finished See you in my 19th life and you know the phase where you're unable to get out of a particular fantasy-romance lore for a while! Its basically what inspired me to create this whole Korean setting of sojus and starry nights :) I'm actually enjoying the showcase of my work on tumblr even though it's just the beginning but thank you so much for reading my work and liking it! Unconditional gratitudes 😔💙 here's a small teaser from somewhere, in the fic. Feel free to drop comments/or if you're interested for a tag!

From the twelfth-story vantage point of his dormitory building, Mingyu stood on the balcony, his thoughts mirroring the expanse before him. "Is this how the height felt that day?" he wondered, his gaze drawn to the distant city lights that spread like a sea of stars. Beside him, Wonwoo, his roommate and fellow member, along with Seungkwan, offered silent companionship, their presence a comforting assurance.

"You'll only hurt yourself, so cry as much as your heart has always desired to, Mingyu" Wonwoo's voice, soft and understanding, carried the weight of empathy. The full moon hung in the sky, its luminous glow casting light on the scene below. A subtle shift in the atmosphere seemed to whisper that this was an opportune moment to unburden himself, to relinquish the facade he had worn for so long.

And so, within the embrace of the moon's radiant embrace, Mingyu let his emotions cascade forth. A torrent of feelings, suppressed and concealed behind his persistent smile, surged from the depths of his being. His tears flowed, an uncontainable torrent that mirrored the city's night lights, shimmering with raw vulnerability. Each teardrop he shed resonated within you, a mirror of the emotions you felt, transcending the boundaries of species.

Unbeknownst to Mingyu, the same Calico who had been jumping in and out of the balcony railings, silently witness Mingyu's vulnerability of the misunderstood turmoils he's being put into. He leans on his members, and let the tears paint his pain more vividly than words could.

Your feline instincts yearned to leap across the balcony and into his arms, to nuzzle against him and purr your concerns and comfort him. But the confines of your new existence held you captive. A silent observer.

"Trapped within these fur and paws, I long to bridge the divide, to whisper words of understanding to you, Mingyu" even if you're in your feline form, your heart and mind worked as how it used to when you were a human. But it was this very struggle that fueled my resolve. You couldn't stand idly by, separated from him by a veil of existence. You yearned to show yourself, to bridge the divide that separated our worlds and provide him with the reassurance that he must overcome you. He must live.

Yet, the question of how remained a daunting puzzle. "How could I convey my presence, my empathy, without words or gestures he could perceive in the conventional sense?"

Another glance at Mingyu, your heart beats with a fierce determination. You knew that time was of the essence, that the threads of fate were aligning in a way that demanded action. The moonlit night seemed to hold a promise, a promise that if you could find a way to breach the boundaries that constrained you most certainly could offer him the comfort he so desperately needed. And that's when you muster your courage, in the same moonlit of mystery and determination.

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[dreadfutures]

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Today I'm featuring some bite sized fanfics -- mostly from an event I volunteer with called the Dragon Age Drunk Writing Circle @dadrunkwriting:

Drunk Writing Circle is a Friday night event in which writers from all corners of the fandom and the world get together on Tumblr, prompt one another, and write Dragon Age fanfiction in a low stakes, inclusive, and all-around fun environment.

You can check out the updated FAQ for more info. (Drinking is optional!)

For now, here are some old favorites from my peers! They are all very small little ficlets hosted right here on tumblr!

In no particular order:

Fanfic

“look at me. you’re gonna be okay.” by @contreparry

Author's note: Here’s some Anders and Merrill blossoming friendship for @dadrunkwriting because I never cared for the canon antagonistic relationship so now I get to play around with it here!

Merrill brings Anders a patient in his clinic!

Fanfic

"you don't have to pretend with me" by @noire-pandora

I have always loved the teasing and camaraderie that Elluin and Solas have <3 Their banter is great and I love noire's writing.

Fanfic

"The comfortable chaos between" by @contreparry

Dorian and Solas rivalry and friendship is some of my favorite content to read. Here they are shooting barbs at each other as they sort through the library.

Fanfic

confessions of a teacher's pet by @shift-shaping

So this is actually a whole SERIES of DWC fills by shift-shaping with Professor!Solas and student!Surana and I ate ALL OF THEM UP as soon as I found them. student/prof is not usually on my menu but I loved every single little bit that shift-shaping wrote. This is one of my favorites, where Surana gives a presentation and Solas meets up with her afterward ;)

@shift-shaping also has several in-universe fics such as THE LIONESS AND THE WOLF (Surana/Solas):

In the foreground of history was Ozeni Adaar, proud leader of the shining Inquisition. Behind her, a former hero and a lost god found solace in each other.

Fanfic

"Anything else?" by @thevikingwoman

OKAY TECHNICALLY this one isn't for DWC but same idea sort of! Viking wrote this for an august writing challenge but all of viking's iwyn/solas modern au stuff just reels me in time after time.

On a solo vacation to fancy Arlathan resort, Iwyn is immediately attracted to the handsome bartender. She decides to be a little selfish.

And there are my recs for this week!

I'm tagging:

@heniareth | @kiastirling-fanfic | @inquisimer | @rosella-writes | @plisuu

@thebookworm0001 | @oopsallmabari | @galadae | @hanhula | @knightdawn

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[scarletgemstone]

psychonauts dwc au headcanons the aquatos

donatalle and Dion are double act sometimes

Dona has different outfits for each show

she gives Lizzie advice

doin and Gisu talk to each other when gristol isn’t looking

Dona’s ticket has a picture of a dancer

Dion’s has a polcaline doll

frazie’s has a pony

frazie and gisu are also a duo act sometimes

Dona keeps a journal

Augustus sometimes supoates the stitches in his mouth to eat and drink

he also has a music box that he hides

Dona has nightmares about losing her family

[swampythesweetsketch]

Do you draw art of the dark woods circus au of NSR?

I drew a little bit! But here’s a new doodle!

[razputin-vodello-au-archives]

Have you checked out the DWC!AU yet? What do you think about it?

Eh, I briefly looked it up. Not long enough to form a opinion about it. But I think all AU's are great in their own right.

[collarful-clover]

AYO UR CHOKING HIM ⁉️⁉️⁉️

[hydratingdungbeetles]

Dandys world au idea: Fighting ring au.

the show is kind of like WWE where viewers tune in to watch various toons fight each other. Except it’s not all that humane. It’s like dog fighting. Viewers betting on them, toxic conditions for the toons if they don’t do too well, (actually even if they DO do well) and of course, not everyone really WANTS to keep fighting their friends over and over and…yeah.

[dadrunkwriting]

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[bluewren]

happy dadwc friday!! I'd love to see Solas & Tali being nerds together over the intersection of magic and device

Heya Ro!!

Cully inspired me to start a Full Metal Alchemist AU. Here's the start of it. Taliesen meets her life long friend at Rush Valley.

With Taliesen & Solas, not lovers (tbh), but really good friends traveling together. for @dadrunkwriting

wc: 1716

The two trudge up a mountainous path, steep stone walkways threatening to take away all their progress made upwards if they are not careful with the steps they take.

Sweat balls up into droplets on Taliesen’s hair, falling and drenching her tanktop. She huffs out at a sigh, as she presses on with more sweat continuing to weigh her down. She wonder if the steel on her automail arm will rust before they reach town.

“We have but a kilometer’s walk left to travel.” Solas pats his companion’s shoulder, continuing to pace himself one step after another, his staff drumming the ground in pace with his movement.

Taliesen watches Solas’s even pace, a downward grimace forming at the ease that he took his strides. Steady with more grace for someone, who is her senior. “Says the one with the walking stick.”

The side of his lips wiggle up into a satisfied smirk. “A tool can multiple purposes.”

"If you're going to continue being smug about it then you should carry me!" She grumbles, cackling and leaping into the air with arms read to hook around Solas. Riding him like he was a rabid donkey.

“L-Lethallan, please!”

Solas scampers off down their path, carefully avoiding any stones that laid on the path. And even more careful to assure that his neck doesn’t crack from supporting the weight of another grown woman on wrapped around him.

It was a valiant effort to keep the two of them on their feet, but it’s a dead weight that he chooses to let sink once their feet is met with more open fields.

He wrestles Tali off his shoulders, letting her crash onto her butt.

“That will be as far as I’ll be carrying you.”

The fallen woman lets out indignant whine on the ground, a pulse rushes beneath the tips of her fingers. She mumbles, “why do you have to ruin my fun?”

“You are grown woman.” Solas furrows his brows, tightening his grip on the staff. “I should not need to carry you along on our journey. Now pick yourself off the ground, we are close to Rush Valley.”

“Hold a moment.” Taliesen scrunches close her eyes to focus her other senses, brushing her middle and ring fingers over the stone ground. Retracing the speedy sensation, she encountered earlier.

“What are you feeling?”

“There’s a geyser below us!”

“Are you certain?” Solas’s composure begins to crumple, hiding the same thirst that Taliesen did. A dried ashy hand reaches out o his friend. “I would prefer not to hope if it’ll be met with disappointment.”

“I’m certain.” Tali nods, she picks a grenade out of her bag.

Following along Taliesen’s actions, Solas twirls his staff. He slams the top side, marked with the transmutation circle, onto the ground. Parting the stone beneath it.

Tali claps her hands together, letting the shivering of the wind gather through her breathing and wind brushing through her hair. She releases it into her explosive, directing the energy of the blast downwards, cracking the earth until it reaches the stream below them.

The ground quakes until a geyser rushes to the clouds. Drenching their cheeks in the crystal clear water, their vigor has been renewed. The two friends splash off the sweat that stuck to their skin.

Once their hygiene needs have been met, Taliesen turns to more mischievous endeavors. She splashes the geyser onto Solas.

Giggling at the now wet pristine shine of his bald head.

“I see you’re not as wise as I first expected.” Solas squints, he lowers the temperature and directs the geyser back in a concentrated jet.

The force of the steam knocks Tali off her feet. Her chest was cold, yet she laughs too hard for her body shiver.

“Do you admit defeat?” Solas looks down with a satisfied smirk.

“Not a chance!” She replies with impish laughter, slamming her palm down to trip her rival with a second shooting geyser.

Water rushes up beneath Solas, lifting him off his feet for a few moments. He drowns in his mumbling before struggling to force back the pillar at Taliesen.

She was ready for the retaliation, transmuting a stone wall to deflect the stream back again and continuing their water fight into the afternoon.

They arrive at Rush Valley before the sun starts to set. The first sign of life since leaving the train station, lively with the clanking of the hammers and sparks of heated metal scatter into the air. The sights of mechanical arms flexing with whole crowds flocking to them.

Taliesen gawks the man with one arm constructed from stainless steel, her reflection on the elbow when she stares. Salivating at the arm, larger and more intricate than her own. Plans to obtain one for her own already shining through her eyes, before Solas plucks the pestering woman away. Liking saving Tali from her own ridiculous antics.

Steaming blooms spout out from smiths dunking their creations into boiling mixtures of oil and water. The sounds of hissing metal attracts the curious pointed ears of Taliesen, causing her rush towards it. The radiating orange heat of the newly forged gauntlet entrances her and dragging her in to inspect every little detail engraved o the metal.

A circle etched onto the top, Solas will likely want to learn of its intended purpose of the individual runes enclosed in it.

Individual knuckles molded into the metal plate, Tali wonders how they related to channeling alchemy through them.

This was one of many creations of this bustling town. A simple step makes the traveling friends forget their fatigue and goal of finding their inn at the city.

Although stars are now high up in the night sky, there is nothing with shining more light than this city with life and heat bursting through the beating heart of furnaces.

“I could explore Rush Valley, all night.” Tali rolls her head to both her sides, open mouthed astonished at every new machine sneered between her eyes.

“As could I?” Solas watches the skittering Taliesen with glee, snorting at the dog-like joy she has for every roadside shop they based. “It is truly a marvel, to see the all the craftsmanship drawn here.”

Even through the endless numbers of automail artistry, there is one that held her attention longest.

One short squat woman, auburn pontail tied back as she works. Would have been the attention of no one. Huddled up in her corner of her stall, most people’s eyes never look down far enough to see the small woman working to the side of them.

It was by a small chance that Taliesen’s eyes turn towards her direction. The short and squat woman huddles close to automail leg, slimming her space efficient silhouette, but this is the most interesting part of her.

Her right leg, automail with tiny claws reaching out to grab her circuits for her to solder wires onto it.

The tinkerer alchemist simply watches those delicate arms work. The sway of the claws is minuscule, yet with enough strength to keep the circuit board in place as the owner pushes a small heated bead of lead onto it.

More surprising, the touch of the engineer’s hands seems more graceful than the tiny claws.

“Impressive work.” Tali presses her automail’s finger onto her lips, swaying her body to gather details on the mechanisms at work.

“Thank you. Having claws have been pretty handy,” The engineer flexes her fingers, giggling for herself.

“How do you control them?” Tali asks, leaning even closer to the automail.

“I would presume alchemy.” Solas joins in on the pondering, lowering onto his knees to inspect the leg’s metal panels further. “Even with an arm’s connection to a body’s nerves, the connection will never be whole. Medium latency and lacking sensation. But perhaps with help with other forces…”

“You are correct!” The tiny claw grabbers are rise up again. “Transmutation Circles control the oil pressure going into the arms.” The claws begin dancing in place. “Delicately tuning the density allows me to have the exact clamping pressure for any component.”

“Incredible!!” Tali squeals with high pitched glee, filling with excitement for the sparkling idea of her invention. “Where does one learn to entangle the alchemy and engineering for such a concept?

“Get out! I’ve asked the same thing.” The small engineer presses a hand onto herself, feeling a laughter threating to push her off the chair. “Definitely wasn’t a Steiner. All you end up getting is bears.” She grimaces and it goes away, “you’re automail looks custom too!”

“This?” Taliesen smirks, patting her left automail arm. Proudly as she did, a permanent memory that reminds her what she still clings onto. “A souvenir from the war.”

“So you served the military, then?” Said in a fading whisper.

“It was this or losing something more valuable.” The response returns in the same tone.

The small engineers huffs a sigh, her smile returning. “Then what’s does the axle on the arm do?”

“It’s meant to cycle through the charges on my bombs,” Tali demonstrates by placing on inside the encasing. “Varying the electrical charge in them. Allowing me to control alchemy and physics in my tools.”

“Wouldn’t carrying bombs, depending on situation lessing the complexity of such a system?” She raises a brow.

“That would mean I’d need to carry more.”

“Fair point! Dagna.” The small engineer gets up to her feet to shake hands, but barely reaching the Alchemist’s belly button. “There’s more to my story, bears can be decent teachers if you know what you’re asking for.”

“Taliesen.” She extends out her hands for Dagna. She has a warm smile for her new friend, curious about the other great ideas locked away behind the brilliant mind.

“It appears, we’ve made a friend. This day has been rather unpredictable.” Solas rejoins his friend.

Tali’s smile was one that didn’t reach her eyes. They were tired, endlessly wandering. Two friends burdened with too many deaths ran with the only hands that didn’t make each feel so cold. For once, the warmth of each other wasn’t their only sustenance.

“Perhaps we should extend our stay for awhile longer.”

“I would like the same.” Solas nods in agreement. “It has been far too long since we’ve had a place that fits us.”

[ace-of-none]

D7 Lizzie from the DWC!AU?

Absolutely!

[nirikeehan]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Cullen Rutherford & Raleigh Samson, Female Inquisitor/Cullen Rutherford, Cullen Rutherford/Female Trevelyan, Raleigh Samson & Female Trevelyan, Female Inquisitor & Raleigh Samson Characters: Cullen Rutherford, Raleigh Samson, Female Inquisitor (Dragon Age), Female Trevelyan (Dragon Age) Additional Tags: The Inquisition loses, Complicated Relationships, Friends to Enemies, Humiliation, Confrontations, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Role Reversal, Prisoner of War, Male Friendship, Alternate Universe - Dark, Moral Ambiguity, Whump, Angst, Lyrium Addiction, weird tension between Thalia and Samson that I did not plan for, Non-Consensual Touching, Samson is a creepy sad sack, and I am very sorry, could be a whole series, with a lot of complaints, Suicide Attempt, Sort Of, this started as a oneshot but now i'm on board for the whole hideous ride, Canon-Typical Violence Summary:

What would happen if the Inquisition lost?

In the nightmare hellscape that ensues, a few dogged survivors pick up the pieces, determined to fight back.