#Erin Foreger

[artscheese]

*slam dunks this* I FINALLY FINISHED MY FAN FIC FOR MY AU LETS GOOOOO

Ummm it’s super duper long and most of the events take place in the novel so please enjoy!!

(Fan Fic under cut)

[vincentask]

Balan WonderWorld: Tale of Two:

Interlude

Author’s Note: This all takes place in the events in the Balan Novel. No spoilers of the novel, but it’s best if you read the novel first hand! :]

This is also a repost; so some things in the canon may look different from the original!

The stage was a quiet, little city in which a stage prop-like crescent moon lightened blissfully of a fake night. It was adorned with little shopping centers and a beautiful plaza fountain, which on top had a statue of a swordsman. The grinning man, along with The Fighter on his side, looked around the dream-like plaza. Fighter couldn’t shake her head off the eeriness of the mannequins with the many and multiple sizes that had a variety of clothes on them. One was a frilly dress, another a simple suit, most had sheets covered on them as if they were ghosts. One after one, each mannequin looked uncanny and stranger as they progressed from the stage. 

“...Balan?”, Fighter asked.

  The Grinning Man turned to the side of Fighter.

“Why are we here again…?”

The man sighed, as if he heard this many times. He knew she was getting anxious with this stage, so it was best to reassure her:

“This stage that you see right now may be ordinary, but it is not what it seems on the contrary…” The Grinning Man says, as if trying to solve a mystery.

Fighter gulped, this wasn’t a good sign.

The Man trials off in rhymes again as he was thinking to himself; “Now I could’ve sworn I’ve seen this stage before. The mannequins, the towns, the swordsman on the fountain… it’s all too familiar what we have to restore…”

Restore…? Restore what?! Fighter thought. That maestro, he’s always aloof with what he says in his actions and words. Fighter thought it was best not to ask him, not only he hates questions being repeated, but he was in his thoughts again.

Whatever was going on, they kept going until Fighter stopped and looked at the brick sidewalks, they were all this beautiful wood-orange, not those sidewalks that she’s seen from her city. Until she saw something glisten in the sidewalk.

…A drop…?

Those drops were everywhere in everyone's stages with Fighter’s adventures with the Grinning Man. Many had different varying colors, one pink, blue, gold, red … the colors were endless! The man even told her once that they represented the emotions of each person's heart. Some say they were stolen, or lost.

Her curiosity took over her as she picked up the drop. It was beautiful, it glistened rays on her face of all of the colors of the rainbow, until she caught a glimpse of…a shadow. Fighter’s eyes widened as she narrowed them down to see what she actually saw. 

A figure of a little girl just like her. She had brownish-blueish hair that was stylised with low dropping pigtails. She wore a white summer blouse and jean shorts with leggings. She was probably around her age, maybe younger than that. Fighter couldn’t recall what she was doing, but it looked like she was in her room and she was… sewing? Drawing? Whatever she was doing, a woman came into the room. Fighter assumed it was her mother, maybe it was to check on what she was working on…?

As she watched the memory go by like a movie, the mother and the girl seemed to look at her, then she started to see the shadows, the visions in her mind.

She gasped and dropped the memory drop in her hand. 

She saw a vision of a swordsman, his cavalier hat drooping down where there was a shadow on his face and you could only see his eyes on his hat band, just like The Grinning Man. Unlike the The Grinning Man however, he didn’t seem to carry that theatrical grinning smile. His hand band was also adorned with these beautiful feathers as well. He also had a suit that had two puffy shoulders and two long tail coats behind his back. He also wielded a sword that possessed a ribbon right around it. Beside him, there was that little girl that Fighter saw in the drop, except her hands had a pleading side, was she trying to tell them to save her? Save Wonderworld? Help them? What?

As the visions went away, Grinning Man caught the drop just in time before it hit the ground, as if this was expected to happen to her.

“Be very careful on dropping these, dear Emma!” Balan said with his wide grin, 

“These drops are delicate and could easily break if you are not careful enough.

One mistake, and all of the memories you seek will be rough!”

Emma tried to gain all the information she just witnessed from the visions. The girl, the swordsman that looked just like Balan, and why did the woman and girl stare back at her in the drop? What could all of this mean? Wonderworld was always a strange place, but she had so many questions that she wanted to ask Balan.

“Ah, so you saw those visions..?” asked Balan as if he could read her mind.

Emma nodded slowly, Balan kneeled at her level.

“And you saw the girl and the swordsman that looked just like me, correct?” Balan was in full detective mode, he wanted to make sure that Emma saw what she actually saw.

Emma nodded faster, determined to find answers on this mysterious duo.

This is all the Balan wanted to know;

“Now, that was none other than Detective and The Memory Thief. Nobody knows who they are and what their business is here. Nor Lance or I know, for they would always disappear.”

Emma listened, taking all of the information that she could process. 

As Emma looked at the drop to see the reflection again, it was gone! Her eyes widened with surprise as she then looked behind her to see all of the other drops that were laying as well. As soon as she tried to pick up another drop, Balan put his hand on her shoulder to stop her. 

“Little one, I believe it is best if I took care of them. Those memories are too precious to handle like a gem. One crack and it could easily damage one in an instant!”

Emma was at unease with this thought, one crack could damage that memories. It could mean that someone, or perhaps Detective, could easily forget her memories by just a crack from this gem.

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. 

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At the corner of Emma’s eye, she saw that the statue of the swordsman from the plaza was gone in a blink of an eye. Strange things had always happened in Wonderworld so she shrugged it off until she thought she saw the vision of the girl from the drop in the corner of an alleyway.

…Detective…?

The vision, or detective, looked like she was caught in the act as she ran in the other direction. Part of Emma wanted to talk to her as she ran up trying to catch her.

  “Hey! Wait!” Emma yelled, but as soon as her hand tried to touch her shoulder, Detective vanished in an instant.

On the other side of the alleyway, she saw the exact swordsman with the long tailcoats. With shock across her face, she ran to catch the swordsman, who vanished in front of her eyes as well. 

Emma once saw the Detective again as she ran straight out of the alleyway and chased her down until..

“HEY! COME BACK HERE YOU-“

Balan said with a booming voice as he was chasing the Memory Thief, the swordsman snickered when he disappeared as if taunting him.

Both of the two made a big chase all over the stage, failing to catch them at hand.

“Oof!” Both knocked each other and fell down on the ground.

“Are you alright, dear Emma?” Balan lifted up from the ground and held out his hand to help her up.

“Ugh, yeah I’m wondering the same as you…” Emma said as she rubbed her head.

“Hmm, well I believe this adds more mystery into our hands. What are they trying to hide…” Balan muttered and pondered.

As the two catch their breath, Balan hears a faint giggle of Detective and Memory Thief's shadowy figures, standing near a fountain as if watching their every move.

Whatever that thief had in mind, he was up to no good….

[artscheese]

Happy Balanniversary everyone!!

I love this little quirky game to death,, it was a part of a big developmental stage in my life and I can’t thank enough of it, honestly I don’t what I’ll be without it..

Thank you everyone and let the show go on!!

[artscheese]

Au doodle warm ups :0

[artscheese]

The Detective (Also known as Erin Foreger)

Erin will be one of the main protagonists in my au! She is a shy, but optimistic 12-year-old when life took a turn when her mother suddenly died from an illness. Her father still grieving for the love of his life and having so many problems (drinking and financial problems), decides for her to live with her aunt for a while. Erin goes into a depressive state as her living situation is getting too stressful for her, and she wishes she could forget any of this ever happened and live her normal life. That is when she entered the Balan Theater and met Vincent. People usually met Balan when their hearts are unbalanced, but it was unusual for a girl to meet Vincent in the eyes of the theater. Vincent didn't know what to do at first when he met her, this was actually his first time guiding someone around Wonderworld. As they acquainted one another, he tasks (or mainly tests her) her to retrieve the memories (the drops) back to him, just like Emma and Balan in the novel. She and him not only saved others, but she saved herself as well.

Fast forward eleven years later, when my au takes place; Balan is outside the real world looking desperate on what to do now that the negati has spread all over the real world and the Theater is now in shambles. The people in the real world don't see it, but since Balan is the maestro of Wonderworld, he does. He finally meets Erin, who can sense the aura that her heart is unbalanced once again. Her occupation is now being a Paranormal Investigator (did you notice how Detective was her codename..?), but her hobby is also that she's a fashion designer as well. Doing all those two things at once, one occupying most of her time, another that she absolutely loves doing, plus the responsibilities as an adult has made her go into a complete burnout, not wanting to do anything. Erin was also the one who stitched up back his suit and helped design his scrapped costumes (if this might ring a bell).

Both she and Balan have to do the same thing all over again just like she and Vincent did back in Wonderworld, retrieving memories of the troubled people from the mental and shambled worlds, and also restoring their hearts again and doing a musical number at the end lol. Not only Erin and Balan are saving the real world, their also saving themselves as well

And that's I have for her as of now! I do wanna tell more, but I'm afraid I might spoil it all. 🫢

[vincentask]

Welcome to the blog!!💫

This is an archive where I put my chapters, oneshots, comics, characters, and headcanons in my au! Just like last time, you are more than free to ask me questions about my au or you can ask the infamous memory thief, Vincent!

FAQ:

"So is there a story to this au? What's it about?"

Yes there is! It's about when Balan's theater unexpectedly got on fire and he escaped to the read world! Unfortunately, that meant the negati got out in the real world and was causing chaos to the real world! Our main protagonist, Erin Foreger, helps out Balan restore the hearts to the people living in her apartment while also restoring her own heart. You can find more information here!

"Wait there are two acts, how does this story work?"

There are two acts to this story. The first act takes place on Erin's time during Wonderworld when she was young, in which takes place during the novel events, this will be in fanfic mode with illustrations! The second act will be in comic form, where Erin is now an adult and Balan is temporarily living with her in her apartment. I mainly switch from Act 1 and Act 2 depending on the lore and situation.

"Can you put my ocs in your story/au?"

No, sorry. I will only be using my own characters in my au, if I did the story would get a bit more confusing. However, I am more than happy and encourage you for your ocs to interact with mine, which counts as a crossover! But the rule still applies, I will not be adding other people's oc's to the story.

"Where's Act 2? The page is empty!"

That's coming soon! For now, I am working on Act 1 as of now, and I will get on to the comics and characters soon!

"Can I draw your characters/make fanart?"

Of course! I would be so happy if you did!

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