#JMV Zircon

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TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOASY

[isame-allen]

After years of studying I finally got the basics of jmv

Oh and I made smt for lil zircon

Jmv belongs to @/freyfall

[moonfurthetemmie]

OKAY so

- currently, the disease has no official name, not even in-universe. Zuli and Mercury are pretty much the only people in memory who have come into contact with it and survived uninfected. Everyone who was infected refers to it as some variation of ‘The Colony’s Gift’.

- The stranger’s not any other character from JMV. Just an OC made for the story. They are essentially Patient 0, though many non-intelligent creatures had been infected before them, and were almost definitely their first encounter with the disease.

- The disease can infect pretty much anything, though it kills all non-sentient life.

- The stranger’s age is undecided, but given the disease was able to almost entirely take over Jade and Obsidian’s bodies to the point of turning their own cells into fungal cells, it’s possible that the stranger is Old As Fuck and has been kept alive by the Colony constantly replacing the cells in their body in a very weird and parasitic form of regeneration.

- The Stranger officially lives with what I’ve been calling ‘The main body’ of the Colony. This thing has grown so big, it can house multiple humans inside it. Which it does. Some monsters, too, probably. But it really wants to spread everywhere, so it has people leave sometimes to try and infect others.

- The longer you’re infected, the less of your own personality remains. A few things may stay, but eventually you’re just part of the hive mind that is The Colony. The Stranger has very little of who they used to be left, if any.

- Aside from changes due to Trauma, most of the JMV manor residents have retained their personalities entirely. They weren’t infected all that long, compared to all the people who live with the main body.

- The manor residents remained on a closed network because of their isolation from the main body, and the infected there. Had the stranger stayed longer, they all would already know where the main body was and would likely have gone there to ‘connect�� with everyone else.

For whatever reason, though, the stranger left not too long after Koroit showed signs of infection. This was definitely not what the Colony wanted. Hopefully this is a good thing and won’t come back to haunt us later

- While symptomatic and part of the system, everything Jade experienced—Thoughts, physical sensations, sounds, smells, tastes—were essentially broadcast to the others at all times. Obsidian’s experiences should have been, too, but he completely mentally shut down. Since he wasn’t sensing anything, no one else did, either.

- Now that they’re network is closed off even from the Colony, and their symptoms are significantly less severe, Jade is learning how to cut everyone off from everything he senses, and only let them know what he wants them to know.

Obsidian seems to be more with-it now, but he’s already blocking them out from his thoughts. Maybe he wasn’t as shut-down as they had thought this whole time…?

But Jade’s doing good; without the Colony insisting it know everything he does, he’s getting to a point where he can use the network just like the others do, and keep some shit to HIMSELF for fucks sake

- the others are also learning how to keep some things out of the network, though they’re having an easier time of it.

- Obsidian and Jade are still contagious. Their bodies are almost entirely fungus now, and trying to completely ‘cure’ them will kill them. Mercury suspects this, but still has to do some tests to be sure. Maybe he can find a way to make them not be contagious without hurting them too much, though?

- Everyone has scars from this ordeal.

- The Colony may seem incomprehensible, and even the ones who were infected get a headache from trying to remember what it was like being under its influence, but it still has tel very basic desires: Survive, and Reproduce.

It’s almost impossible for it to not know Obsidian’s reputation, and it was likely hoping it could use the manor as a secondary ‘body’; another ‘base of operations’. Everyone inside (that it knew about) could travel between universes, which would make it extremely easy to spread; it wouldn’t have to even make them change what they were doing all that much. Dead bodies can still spread the disease just fine. Obsidian in particular would be very helpful, if the infection could spread to his tentacles.

Unfortunately for it, Obsidian and Jade were not able to be absorbed into the hive mind, and were significantly less useful as a result.

- Obsidian’s tentacles are full of spores though. That part did work.

- obsidian and Jade are also highly flammable now so. they’re not allowed near the camp fire.

Actually all the infected from the manor are pretty afraid of fire now. Instinctively. Even before Zuli suggested they torch the manor and saw how easily the mushrooms burned.

- There is a chance—albeit a small one—that once Mercury finds people who actually know how to help, that Obsidian will pull his head out of space and try to help. But that will depend on just how much the Colony scares him, and whether or not he cares enough to do anything about it.

It’s much more likely that he’ll just watch and occasionally tell them their ideas are stupid, until Peridot gets a nice containment cell to keep him in. At which point he probably gets to help by letting the pathologists take tissue samples from him

- tbh he and Jade might be a good source of material for vaccines against the disease. They’re contagious still, but the fungal cells that make up their bodies may be inert enough to be used to immunize others.

Maybe. But I don’t know if you can make a vaccine for a fungal disease. I know they’re really really difficult to treat compared to viral and bacterial diseases. Also this bitch is sentient

- There is hypothetically an alternate ending where Mercury and Zuli notice far too late that they’ve been infected. This is not a good ending

- Also, hypothetically, if two infected people were to have a child, that child would just be part mushroom. With little to no hope of being ‘cured’ or even just disconnected from the Colony without dying.

Given how large the main body is and how long it’s been around, there’s probably a number of such children. Some are even adults now.

These very important people to the Colony, especially after losing our beloveds in the manor. It knew they were more ‘connected’ to it somehow, but it never thought anyone could be cured of it. It really hopes these little shits can’t be cured.

- While it is aware of people’s perception of it as a disease, it sees absolutely nothing wrong with trying to spread. It’s not like it’s killing anyone anyways. And look! They’re all sooo happy staying with it <33

- a seemingly small symptom is that the infected do not ponder the oddness of The Colony. Specifically how it speaks to them and what they perceive from its senses. They also don’t have trouble ‘understanding’ what they’re perceiving; it tells them what it wants them to know/do and that understand that, so they don’t need to understand the rest.

Once you do start trying to understand it in its entirety, though, it can do a lot more than just give you a headache.

The Colony perceives its surroundings in a way entirely unlike humans. Trying to understand it could drive you insane. Imagine trying to explain sight to a creature with no eyes. Imagine suddenly having that electrosense shit some other animals have and trying to understand what the fuck you’re sensing. It’s gonna fuck you up, man.

Some monsters may not experience the eldritch madness. Depends on what their default senses are and how close they are to the sense of a fungal disease that can still produce fruiting bodies.

[modded-deathz]

Okay, I admit, I’m obsessed with drawing obsidian. (sans and zircon too)..

JMV Is By @ freyfall

Undertale Is By TobyFox

[moonfurthetemmie]

Ohh

Ohhhh

Ok so the thing is. If it’s a swap of who hates each other most of them should swap with Obsidian JSJSHSS

Most of his team hates him

Zuli’s more fearful, but if he DID swap with the bastard man….

Jade and Koroit would definitely switch though bc they do not get along JSJSHEHD

I don’t think there’s anyone Zircon doesn’t really get along with bc he’s pretty chill and Not A Dick.

A broader option could perhaps be swaps with people with Strong Feelings for each other, whether that be hate or love, or a Secret Third Thing (aka I just woke up what are strong emotions again) in which case I propose Zircon and his spouse swap, which would be an issue since we don’t even know Zicron’s Spouse’s name except @nom-de-plume-system and I decided their name is Apatite and they’re JMV’s Epic bc Cross/epic is tastee

Alternatively I am considering Mercury and Zircon swapping bc Jade/Mercury and the dynamic that Koroit and Zircon normally have, which is Koroit keeps flirting with Zircon and he is Tired but may or may not be into her also, but realistically I can’t imagine there’s strong enough feelings there for them to swap in this context

Though that would also mean Paraiba and Silver probably swap, which is fine but that seems like the easy way out. They’re the obvious ones who would swap! And then that would also leave Jasper and Mercury to swap which is ok but. Also seems like the easy way out? Plus those are the pairs Wheeze and I swapped for Swap!JMV and I wanna fuck around some!!

So mayhaps Paraiba and Jasper, bc Paraiba has a lot of energy and could probably deal with being the only mf maid in the house much better, and Silver and Mercury can swap, and if we want Paraiba and Silver can still Smoomch

If we have the cast like that then:

- Paraiba is friendly with Obsidian

- Obsidian is in the cell

- Jade probably should not be as close with Zuli as he should be

- oh god zircon’s dead

- Zuli I am so disappointed in you

- in normal JMV if Koroit caught Zuli sneaking around in his own she’d come up behind him and imitate Obsidian’s voice so this just feels like revenge and tbh that’s so funny to me

- Mercury and Jasper are playing cards on company time, as the should

Actually where’s Zuli’s brother. And what are Dot and Quartz doing.

Also how bad is this AU compared to normal JMV? Is it mainly just a position swap? Are things different?

Imagine if the characters in Dreamswap were swapped with the Characters they had a not so good/terrible relationship with.

That's the idea that sparked the Idea for DS-InvertedHatred.

More information will be posted later on. As for now, I'll be sharing who's swapping with who.

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Main character swap:

Dream <--> Cross

Cross (Sorrel): Pretty boy CEO of the Revolt Votary (RV) (Yes I know that an RV is a type of car. I couldn't think of a cooler name).

Dream (Helios): What is Cross? Like, the theif that punched a CEO? I'm just gonna go with that.

Ink <--> Nightmare

Nightmare (Emphialets): Sorrel's emo right hand man and assassin for the Revolt Votary.

Ink (Toner): Chaotic, short, abro man with abandoned issues and insomnia that owns a cat that's secretly a demon.

Error <--> Blue

Error (Fallacy): Chatty guy who has a lot of issues but most likely just pushes them under the rug so that he doesn't have to talk about them.

Blue (Cerulean): Flexible (literally and figuratively) man with a coffee addiction.

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Side characters swap:

Finch <--> Hacker (This one is most likely controversial)

Finch: Trans college drop out that has a mafia boss's son as an ex, and was framed for murder

Hacker: Captain of the Revolt Votary Military.

Bobby and Randy (Personality swap)

Bobby: The opposite of an iPad kid. A Sports kid.

Randy: Abusive dad

[freyfall]

So, I was stalking through your jmv tag (as I often do), and noticed a drawpile dump where you drew somebody called Zircon. Am I correct to guess that Zircon is jmv cross? Have you mentioned him in some other post before? Please don't feel forced to respond, I'm just curious

I haven’t mentioned him before, so you’re absolutely right to be confused. Yes, Zircon is JMV Cross :D

he’s got these giant freaking swords that are held across his back - that X on his chest isn’t just for show :P

He’s pretty… stoic, I’d say? Lol that’s the fanon stereotype for regular Cross kill me now. Zircon kinda gets angry at times - he has a lot of repressed emotions and shit, and being under Obsidian’s thumb really doesn’t do any good. He’s Obsidian’s second most trusted operative and works the quickest and most efficient of them all. Zircon’s also the member of the squad that’s the most friendly with Jade.

[hisame-chan]

My part of an art trade with @gallifreyan-pal!

Their @jmv-au boys figthing.

[snow-au-love]

HAPPY NEW YEAR✨

Dreamswap＆DINTIS@ onebizarrekai

JMV@ freyfall

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I miss them...

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Happy 3rd Anniversary,Toasty Cinematic Universe🎉

Thank you for writing it,@ onebizarrekai and @ freyfall ‼️

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I think it every day.

[snow-au-love]

I'm trying to draw JMV's description!!!!

In Japan,JMV is growing in popularity now. Some information has been deleted, but we love JMV, including its setup. If we get new information I will add it!

P.S Oh,sorry.Zircon is 35.

JMV by@ freyfall

[moonfurthetemmie]

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Part 24

heyyyy it's the day Jasper got infected in-universe!

With the way I fucked up the scheduling before, this was actually going to end fully today. Not intentionally, i just picked a random day of the week and ran from there. But instead we get to go one more week! weeeeeee

2.2

“Everyone have what they need?”

Everyone nodded in silence.

The blackened remains of the Colony that Zuli had fearlessly torched squelched beneath their feet. The recent rain made the air humid and muggy, but they were sure that wouldn’t matter.

Obsidian stared off silently, leaning against Zircon. Since he woke up, he’d barely responded to anything. He didn’t get up until Zuli threatened to leave him there went they set the manor on fire.

Jade, leaning against Paraiba, was only a little better. He clasped a small box in his hands and watched Zuli prepare something that he couldn’t quite see.

The two of them were barely able to walk, but Mercury didn’t want to leave anyone behind. He’d grumbled about not having wheelchairs on their way out, but Zircon and Paraiba didn’t really mind helping them outside; not even Obsidian.

Koroit looked just as hollow as Jade, though she at least could walk. In her hands, wrapped in sterile plastic and put in a plastic ziplock bag, were a pair of earmuffs. The fabric on the ears seem completely unsalvageable, but Koroit refused to leave them behind. She didn’t say why, or even where she’d gotten them, but Zircon suggested they wrap them up so they’re safe to bring with them. Now she stood close to him, opposite Obsidian. 

Zircon himself didn’t take much, either. Just a picture frame that had barely survived. It was a picture of his family. His and his spouse’ faces were destroyed, but his daughter face was clear. Zuli and Mercury did their best to clean the picture, though they didn’t have the proper tools for it. 

Paraiba and Silver had nothing. Paraiba said she only needed her scarf, and Silver hadn’t had anything from their home that they’d brought with them.

Zuli, Obsidian, and Jasper didn’t have anything, either. Zuli hadn’t had his own things. Jasper hadn’t had much to begin with either.

They didn’t know if Obsidian had had anything he might want to keep, but in the state he was in, they doubted he’d answer if they asked. Nevermind that anything in his room was probably well beyond saying.

Mercury himself had a huge bag of equipment. Medical records for everyone, research notes, any chemicals he had left that he could make more vaccines with. 

“...Then, I think we’re ready,” Mercury said, taking a deep breath. “Zuli…?”

Zuli stood. “Ready.”

A network of fuses trailed from the front door and the windows to the yard, twisting into a thick chord as they reached the plunger Zuli had set up.

“Should we…back up more?” Paraiba asked hesitantly.

Zuli shrugged. “We should be far enough away, but there’s no reason not to get farther away.”

“...Should?”

“There’s a chance the rubble will fly farther than I excepted, but it’s unlikely. Ideally, I’d have the plunger farther back, but this was all the fuse I could make, so…”

“...I’m going to back up some,” Paraiba decided. Jade did his best to not trip on his own feet as she and Silver led him away.

Everyone else, except for Zuli, follow them. Obsidian didn’t take much prompting to start walking, though he stumbled much more than Jade.

Zuli watched them go. He didn’t want to scare them by setting off the bombs while their backs were turned. Several of them had been very excited at the idea of seeing the manor destroyed, too, and he wanted to make sure they got to see the whole thing.

He wanted to watch too. He wanted to see this horrible place get blown sky high. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d been so excited.

Once everyone was at a comfortable distance, Mercury gave him a thumbs up.

Zuli set his hand on the plunger, and took a deep breath. 

“Three! Two! One!”

He pushed down as hard as he could, and when he heard the hiss of the fuse lighting he turned and ran to the others, as the lit fuse raced towards the manor.

He reached the others and turned just as the first bomb went off.

The bomb weren’t strong enough to make the ground shake from where they were, but they could see the entire building shudder. The mushrooms growing from the walls shriveled and shook, releasing numerous spores, as more and more bombs went off.

Zuli couldn’t help but grin when the fire started. He wasn’t sure he’d remembered how to make any of the bombs correctly, but the firebombs seem to have worked just fine. Those were the ones he was most worried about.

The group watched the fires in silence. The flames seemed to devour the entire building, as the mushrooms shriveled more, contorted, and disintegrated. They seemed to scream out, though only the ones who’d been infected could hear it.

Zircon felt Obsidian's hand tighten on his shoulder. Obsidian was looking up into the fire, looking more present than he had since he’d first woke up. The fire seemed to fill his eyes. The corner of his mouth twitched.

Why didn’t you leave me there?

Obsidian had been silent for ages, even before Mercury and Zuli saved them. Hearing his voice, even in their heads like this, was startling. He was quiet, confused, and almost…tired. 

Why are you taking me with you?

Zuli and Mercury didn’t hear. They hadn’t been infected. And they were too busy watching the fire to notice that everyone else had turned to look at Obsidian.

There’s been enough pain and death, came Zircon’s equally quiet reply. But you’re more welcome to go back inside.

Obsidian closed his eyes, and lowered his head, but otherwise did not respond. 

They watched until the fires died, and their long nightmare was finally put to rest.

[moonfurthetemmie]

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Written as several video transcripts (plus some more ‘normally’ written pieces), some strange disease has overtaken the manor. Only a few of them survive the initial outbreak…

Mercury tasks himself with finding a cure, but things are stranger and more dangerous than they first appeared. Even Jade and Obsidian, who shouldn’t be able to get sick, are infected, confined to their rooms…though not of their own choice. 

Where did this thing come from…?

Warnings:

Mushroom and disease-based horror

Mind control

Hive Mind-ish (Not a proper hive mind, but close)

Zombie-esque (Resident Evil vibes tbh. No proper undead, but it does feel like zombies)

A sprinkling of eldritch horror

It’s JMV so. All those warnings, or some flavor of those.

Kidnapping

Talking about murder

Manipulation 

Talking about Blackmail

Some mentions of rape

Self Sacrifice

Small mention(s) of suicide

The horror might be somewhat psychological so jot that down

Arson :D 

Homemade bombs go boom

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Note, I may forget to link preceding and following chapters as they post. I have 3 brain cells and limited memory space. dwbi

June 7, 20XX

The video shows a short, round man with tan skin, in glasses and a red sweater. His curly brown hair is a mess, and he looks like he'd been running from something. There's a black mark on his neck; a tattoo?

Behind him is another man, younger, with black hair and even darker skin. He's pulled up the hood on his jacket, and is shaking.

The short man in the front moves his hand away from the side of the camera and takes a deep breath.

"Okay...Hi. Um...I'm Mercury. I'm..." he trails off, searching for words.

"...I'm the doctor here. I've been stuck with Obsidian for a long time, now. So has Jasper, back there."

He looks behind him at the man in the hoodie. Jasper looks up with a start. He takes a deep breath, and pulls the hood off his head.

"H..hello. I'm...the maid, I guess." Jasper pulls his sleeves over his hands. "We're...we're not here willingly, but that doesn't matter much anymore, does it?"

He laughs; a short, hysterical laugh, that's interrupted by a choked sob.

Mercury gulps. "Yeah..."

He turns back to the camera. "A few weeks ago, a stranger came to the manor. They were covered in these weird mushrooms growing out of their skin, but claimed they weren't hurting them. They seemed nice, but they got along with Obsidian, which was a bad sign from the start."

"The only people who get along with Obsidian are people just as bad as him, or who willingly get in bed with him," Jasper says from the back, shuddering.

"He wasn't the only one they were making advances on," Mercury continues. "They went after me, Jasper, and Zircon too.”

"They got this, like...really weird look when I told them I was ace," Jasper remembers. "Like they were mad. It scared me. They left, but I..." He shudders again.

"I never really thought they'd leave me alone. I've seen that kind of look enough times. But…Jesus Christ…"

Mercury sets a hand on Jasper's shoulder.

"Pretty soon they started being ‘friendlier’ with the others, too. The girls, and Silver, and even Jade; though Obsidian wasn't happy about them doing that. And then Koroit started acting weird. She'd had some apparent interest in Zircon for a while, and she was never shy about trying her luck, but suddenly she was being overly friendly with everyone. Even Jade, and they’d never gotten along."

"...And by the time the mushrooms started appearing on Koroit, she'd already infected Zircon and Silver," Jasper says. "Paraiba was infected sometime yesterday, we think. Jade and Obsidian are nowhere to be seen, but we know Obsidian at least is still here. If he’s here, Jade probably is too, somewhere."

"The stranger is still here, too," Mercury says darkly. "The others seem to be listening to them. We've heard them talking about a 'colony'. Expanding it. Growing. We're...we're going to try to figure out something to do. In the meantime, I...I felt like we should have some kind of documentation. There's already strange mold growing in the others' rooms, I'm not sure how long it'll take for it to spread all over the manor. We're going to need hazmat suits pretty soon."

"At least Paraiba managed to get some before she got infected," Jasper says, looking off to the side. "...We're going to need some kind of decontamination thing, too, aren't we?"

Mercury nods. "I'm already trying to figure something out. I want to reinforce the door first, though. It won't do us any good if they can break in."

Jasper takes a deep breath. "Okay. One of the closets nearby has a toolbox, I could probably grab it quickly before someone shows up."

"Good idea. Put one of the suits on anyways, okay? Just in case." Mercury turns back to the camera, and reaches out. 

The video ends.

[moonfurthetemmie]

Beechswap Master Post (Will be updated with links as posts come out)

Beechswap (Formerly "Bitchswap") is an AU where characters swap based on either who hates who the most, or what we thought would be an interesting switch. With the exception of Beechswap DINTIS, in which there's only two characters to swap anyway

There's also a few OCs thrown in there. Some originated here. Some originated elsewhere. Then there's JMV Epic, who doesn't officially exist but we're epicross nerds so it was decided that Zircon's spouse should be the JMV version of Epic.

Swaps:

Zuli + Obsidian

Koroit + Jade

Zircon + Peridot

Paraiba + Jasper

Silver + Mercury

Apatite/Zircon’s spouse + Quartz, sort of

Jet + Dark

Character Nicknames:

Zuli: Lazuli [shares a post with Pine]

Obsidian: Oleander (Ollie)

Koroit: Senna

Jade: Aspen

Zircon: Hawthorn [Shares a post with Mac and Porcini]

Peridot: Willow [Shares a post with Gem, an OC entirely original to Beechswap]

Paraiba: Clove

Jasper: Peppermint (Pepper)

Silver: Magnolia (Maggie)

Mercury: Gingko

Apatite: Macadamia (Mac)

Quartz: Yucca

Amber: Pine

Peony: Porcini

Jet: Gecko [Shares a post with Boa and Ash due to how little info there is for the latter two]

Dark: Boa

Harvey (DINTIS OC): Ash

Notes:

In canon JMV, Zircon's spouse is unnamed. Apatite is *partly* an OC. They're Epic Sans but JMV. So not like, 100% original, but Epic doesn't officially exist in JMV. But we're epicross nerds so

Lazuli doesn't let anyone (except for occasionally Aspen) call him 'Zuli'.

Pine (Lazuli's brother) hasn't really swapped, he's just. there still. as Lazuli's brother. Similarly, Porcini (Hawthorn + Mac's daughter) hasn't really swapped with anyone. Unfortunately, she's still dead.

both harvey and ash are fucking assholes and I want to put them in a centrifuge for a few years (derogatory)

[moonfurthetemmie]

I GAVE THEM NAMES

well. nicknames. But still

Source: SCP 701: The Hanged King’s Tragedy (link is to a summary of what the play “should” be without the actually anomalous stuff. Warnings for heavy implication of cannibalism and murder.)

Obsidian: Gonzalo

Jade: Petruccio

Koroit: Isabella

Zircon: Antonio

Paraiba: Beatrice

Silver: Lodovico

Mercury: Francisco

Jasper: Sortino

Zuli: Sforza

I haven't decided what version of DINTIS would be involved here. It would be fun to make a very specific version of them for this, especially given the eldritch shit happening. But it'd be funny if it was the normal Horror verse Jet and Dark (Astra + Umbra) and even funnier if it was still just normal Jet and Dark.

anyways, some nerding about 701 + explanations for why they’re named what they are:

so funny thing. The anomalous part of SCP 701 is that when the play is actually performed, there’s a (roughly 33%) chance that the actors and audience will go mad and kill each other or themselves. Also the apparition of a wrapped-up corpse covered in chains appears on-stage, slowly becoming more prevalent and the actors slowly start to acknowledge his existence.

The SCP play has an ambassador from Alagadda, which is a made-up place that exists only in the SCP multiverse. It’s an anomalous dimension and kingdom that’s ruled by…the Hanged King. From my understanding he looks like the apparition from 701, but take that with a grain of salt because i only have a handful of details and a poor memory

Anyways. I knew about this play already but forgot about the effects on the audience, the deviation from the plot, and the already vaguely eldritch lore around entities and places involved.

So now I need to fight myself to not make it an SCP AU in all but name, because that would be so convenient. too convenient. but oooogh if i don't steal it i'm definitely taking inspiration

Anyway. Reasoning for my choices:

Isabella: One of the three conspirators in the plot to kill the first king. Also the only female one named im sorry girl. Tbf tho Isabella was apparently less devoted to the plan than the other two, and having only relatively recently succumbed to the eldritch madness Koroit isn’t quite as insane as Jade and Obsidian

Gonzalo: As the more mentally disturbed of the two, Obsidian will probably never realize that what they’re doing is fucked up. At least in a ‘oh god what have we done and is it too late to fix it’ way. Also he’s officially in-charge so like. Yeah. king boy.

Petruccio: Petruccio confessed to the whole murder plot off-stage. While it would take a lot for Jade to have the ‘oh god what have we done and is it too late to fix it’ realization, it is possible. But more importantly, he’s absolutely determined to stick with Obsidian until the end. Fucked up besties <333

Antonio + Francisco: The two conspirators against Gonzalo, and the two of the JMV cast most likely to try and stop any and all of this. Mercury may have better luck, but he likely won’t try anything more than damage mitigation unless Zircon comes to him with anything resembling a plan.

Beatrice + Lodovico: Simply servants of Gonzalo and Isabella. They are complicit in the attempted murders scripted for the play, but are bound by the narrative and their positions to do as they’re told. Paraiba and Silver…theoretically they have slightly more power, but still.

Sortino: VERY bad joke about the duke getting put in the soup and Jasper being the cook. I’m sorry for this one. Jasper’ll be fine tho i promise. Or. He’s not going to be cannibalized. And he probably won’t die. he IS gonna get a little bit fucked up though. sorry. 

Sforza: …zuli might be screwed. I haven’t decided anything specifically but since he’s the worst off it was so so so tempting to name him after one of the characters that get super fucked up. He WAS going to be Sortino, but i didn’t want anyone to be the apparently annoying little priest (who didn’t even get more than a mention and a couple of lines), and ‘alinda’ didn’t fit anyone, and i so very much wanted to use Sforza anyways and had Mercury, Zuli, and Jasper left…