#Mentions of other charas

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【KagePro】 KuroEne AU: KuroEne's Amusement Park Date + Kuroha pretends to join the Mekakushi Dan 🖤💙

KuroEne AU: Scenarios

Dialogue Scripts (Suggestive dialogue)

Kuroha goes to the Amusement Park with Ene

Kuroha/Saeru pretends to join the Mekakushi Dan, while getting intimate with Ene. Shintaro accidentally stumbles in on KuroEne's intimacy and learns about their relationship.

I originally wrote these rambles on 8/29/2024 and 9/1/2024 but forgot to post them here

I put these rambles under the cut as usual!

KuroEne AU: Dialogue Scripts

(CW: Suggestive)

Based on an idea I had where Ene asks Kuroha about his motives. He then tells her he's been with the Enes of previous routes. Ene dares him to make her feel good, and Kuroha accepts the challenge.

Ene recognizes that she might not be able to ever truly beat him, but that doesn't mean she'll ever stop trying.

Ene reflects on her experiences with Kuroha/Saeru.

KuroEne AU: Unsorted dialogue scripts.

I'll post my Outer Science arts and Outer Science MV analysis rambles soon in the coming days (since I always try to find new things to say when it comes to analyzing my fave MVs).

Whenever I get the time.

For now I'll just post this since I forget which dialogue scripts I have and haven't posted

Both in terms of art and writing, KuroEne really gets my creative juices flowing, so I'm so grateful to this pair (and my other faves too) for getting me out of the rut of never posting anything. I'm slowly getting more comfortable with posting my art WIPs too.

KuroEne AU: A monologue snippet from Ene. I want to write more scenes like this ^^

I think it's super fun to delve into and explore her feelings and the kinds of insecurities and loneliness she tries to keep beneath the surface.

How in Manga Route 2, she admits to Shintaro that having so much fun spending time with a friend made her start to feel like she didn't deserve it... Weh weh weh ;__;

...

Kuroha/Saeru uses the pronouns 僕 (Boku, "I") and 君 (Kimi, "You") in Outer Science, and the rougher masc pronouns 俺 (Ore, "I") and お前 (Omae, "You") in the Kagerou Daze manga.

I made him default to using Ore (俺) and Omae (お前) in my own dialogue scripts since the rougher masc pronouns fit an arrogant chara like him, but I imagine that he probably does use 僕 (Boku) and 君 (Kimi) if he wants to appear softer to Ene.

It'd be familiar to her since Haruka and Konoha both use 僕 (Boku) and 君 (Kimi)

...

I don't have a favourite character to write dialogue scripts for, since I enjoy writing for all of my meow meow mf and wifey faves. But writing villain charas is seriously cathartic for me :)

The dialogue is sooo fun to write for villain/antagonist charas.

I excel at writing my faves most, so other charas' roles tend to be rather minimized/minimal (or mainly just cameos, if they're there), since I usually just focus on the ship itself in my ship AUs.

Kuroha takes Ene to the Amusement Park

Kagerou Daze Manga: Ch. 9 - Shintaro and Ene

I decided to put the pages for context just in case my non-KagePro mutuals wanna tune into these rambles ^^

I didn't get to write all of what I wanted today but I got most of it down so I'll just post what I got for now

One of the ideas I had that I forgot to talk about was Ene getting Kuroha to take her to the amusement park. Ene gets excited talking about how, while she was surfing the web earlier when the android body was recharging, that she found out about an Amusement park attraction and wants to go with him.

I imagine that Kuroha decides to play nice prior to the fateful day of August 15th (in which he plans to enact the "plan" or "Tragedy." Like he acts more tame/normal on purpose, and holds back, and decides to go along with his partner's whims.

Ene goes like, "Take me to the amusement park!!!" And she gets excited when he agrees. I assume they're in a Route where he's made enough improvements that the battery can last anywhere from several hours ~ a full day instead of just an hour or few.

At some point during the Amusement park trip, Ene innerly thinks to herself with flustered, panicky thoughts, like, "W-w-wait why is my face getting all red??? Maybe it's because I'm just embarrassed by this guy's teasing??? Yeah!!! That must be it!!!"

She thought of it as going with like, a friend, before, but she thinks about the fact that it's just the two of them here and that this IS the person she has an intimate relationship with and thinks to herself, "HOLD ON!!! IS THIS A DATE!?!?" And cuz Ene is so easy to read, Kuroha can guess her inner turmoil and just gets amused.

Ene pulls him by the arm and makes Kuroha to come along with her to all the amusement park attractions, and he lets her. They probably go on stuff like the mini boat rides and other attractions.

Kuroha just reacts like (...) the whole time while on the roller coaster ride, like the completely calm type that doesn't react at all, he just watches Ene's excited reactions of "Yippee!!!" (>v<)

Kuroha comments that it's good that Ene seems to be enjoying herself, and Ene tells him that she's never had the chance to go to an amusement park before and that she's having LOTS of fun!!! And that she's glad that he is here with her.

Ene goes like, "Come onnnnn, carry me!!!" And he carries his fussy needy gf, while making a teasing quip that she acts awfully spoiled. And she just pouts like "It's fine, it's fine!!!" (>3<)

When he thinks about it, Kuroha picks up on the fact that back when she was Takane, she'd spend most of her time cooped up in her room at home playing video games, and probably didn't get the chance to go to an amusement park (also due to her chronic illness too). So the bright and peppy exterior Ene displays is over compensation for her regrets and an opportunity to do the things she didn't get to before

At one point, Ene wants Kuroha to win prizes for her at a booth/stand selling plushies by throwing darts into a target marker, and Ene tells him she wants him to win prizes for her. When Kuroha throws the darts, it hits the center (red bull's eye) perfectly.

There's probably also a game with hitting moving targets as well, and he hits them all perfectly and wins the prizes that Ene wants. And Ene's like, "Wow~ You're good at this! Throwing darts, I mean!"

And Kuroha tells her, "Naturally. This much is child's play. I am quite skilled at hunting down moving targets..."

He has plenty of practice at it. Ene takes it as a video game thing cuz Ene makes him play video games together and her faves are shooter types, but ahahaha, there's a much darker secret to that. After that, Ene is carrying a fluffy bunny plushie.

It'd also be fun to think about the Amusement Park Scenario with KonoEne too? KonoEne where Konoha just noms on cotton candy while staying close to her, and she just gets all blushy and huffy at him.

Also with the darts scenario, Konoha wouldn't hold back (cuz of how dense and airheaded he is), so him throwing the dart just creates a mini crater in the wall.

Like it plays out much differently with KuroEne ofc.

...

I was just thinking about it but I really want to write dialogue scripts for an Amusement Park scenario in my KuroEne AU.

Basically Ene tells Kuroha she's always wanted to go to the amusement park (since she didn't get the chance to before) and that she wanted to go with a friend (Shintaro), but said friend was a total shut-in and not the type to want to go outside.

So this is the perfect opportunity for her to go with someone!

Ene has a faint blush on her cheeks and pushes her sleeves together as she goes like, "I've been meaning to ask! I was wondering if you would… take me to the Amusement Park?" And Kuroha agrees to take her.

While there, Ene tells him she's having lots of fun! Kuroha muses to himself about the irony. In Manga Route 1, he ended the MekaDan at this very same park. The irony isn't lost on him.

But it's cute to see Ene enjoying herself and having fun and he finds her behaviour naive and foolish for readily accepting him and trusting him so easily, but also innocent and endearing.

Kuroha/Saeru pretends to join the Mekakushi Dan

I just had an idea like y'know what would be a fun idea for a KuroEne AU Route.

I just thought about it since, my KuroEne AU routes usually have KuroEne hang out alone together in a secluded/abandoned building or real estate just to themselves.

But I also thought that it WOULD be interesting

If the Mekakushi Dan doesn't get the chance to meet Konoha, but Kuroha pretends to be an Eye Ability user and "joins" them just out of curiosity.

The MekaDan think they've invited a new member, in reality they have the enemy in their hideout. The irony isn't lost on him.

He's good at playing pretend.

Something that he can pull off because he's an Eye Ability snake, he can make his eyes glow red. And he just pretends his Eye Ability is Awakening Eyes

The other Mekakushi Dan members accept him like, "Welcome to the Mekakushi Dan!" (:D)

And upon getting this warm greeting from everyone, he goes from (…) and slowly smirks like, "Thank you for having me."

…

Like, Kuroha/Saeru pretends to be apart of the Mekakushi Dan and be "one of them" to find new ways to spice up the game and make things fun. It's something different cuz he's usually used to playing the game alone with Ene, now they have "spectators" around them

Though obviously they'll be alone for their intimacy.

Shintaro almost feels relieved to see someone like Kuroha/Saeru that can manage to tease Ene so easily and make her flustered, it's like getting payback or sweet revenge for Ene always teasing him.

…

I thought of one scenario that'd be fun where it's like… KuroEne are alone in the MekaDan's hideout together, the rest of the members are still out and have yet to come back.

Shintaro comes back earlier than the others (earlier than expected) cuz it's been a long time since he's been in the summer heat (as a shut-in NEET), so he's not used to it.

Shintaro wonders where the others (KuroEne) are while thinking to himself. While checking one of the rooms, he sees that the door is slightly open and catches a glimpse of the view of Kuroha leaning in to kiss Ene through the space in the door that's open.

He just immediately backs away from the door and freaks out innerly to himself. Then Shintaro thinks back on all the instances of Ene actually getting embarrassed/flustered by Kuroha/Saeru's teasing, which is so unlike her usual self, and things start to make sense.

Irt Kuroha/Saeru, he's a Snake so he can sniff things out way better than a human can, he probably smelled the scent of another person in the air when Shintaro came in through the door. But it doesn't matter to him if anyone finds out about their r/s.

Shintaro: (WHAT…. NO WAY!!! THERE'S JUST NO WAY!!! AHHHH! IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS! I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!)

Shintaro: (Come to think of it… I just thought it was fun to see Ene being the one getting teased.. I never thought there'd be something like THAT between them!!!)

Shintaro: (BUT I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING GOING ON BETWEEN THEM… I MEAN!!! THAT ENE!?!? WHO USUALLY ACTS SO SPOILED AND SELFISH!!! SUDDENLY ACTING ALL SHY!?!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???)

Inspiration

Made these rambles after being inspired by Feila's KuroEne chatroom style posts

Feila's KuroEne posts 😭 CRYINGGG /POS

Ene managing to pester and tease Saeru is a huge feat she should feel accomplished. I think it's so funny to imagine Shintaro being the (unfortunate) spectator of KuroEne's shenanigans together.

Ene being bratty on purpose to rile up Saeru is a fun concept :3

Especially when he's usually a more calm/level-headed character so it would take a lot but I think my wife has it in her 👍

C: Omg

M: THIS IS EXACTLY THE DYNAMIC I HAVE IN MY HEAD FOR KUROENE HELPP

Me: We should have Ene acting bratty enough to Saeru for him to want to tease her back in exchange :3

[ghostflowers201x]

Party blower sfx

[cnl0400]

"How are they going to make Thirteen/Mephistopheles/Raphael dateable If they aren't interesing in the MC"?

>A take made by someone who hasn't played S4 or any of the Memory cards/events that feature these three, or have gotten the Birthday calls...

It's even funnier with Raphael, because he's probably the one who states the most that he wants to get closer to MC, where do the "no interest" thing even comes from??

Even If you read all this cues as platonic, It doesn't mean that they can't become romantic later. That's what development Is for?????

[ghostleeeaf]

Locket by Crumb

Read the tags before you look it up

[hiis-theme]

i've noticed there's a slight problem on ao3 of people tagging undertale fanfics as deltarune when there's. literally no deltarune aspects. or only a couple here and there. i feel like that should probably be reserved for undertale fanfics that prominently feature deltarune characters/are a full-on crossover-

[todayisafridaynight]

We rlly don’t need another majima game 😭 please give other characters a chance he already had the spotlight in 0😔

lord if i speak on goro majima.

[spectascopes]

Oh my goddd art from 2016 of a fic that i hadn't even uploaded at the time that i'm. s. still writing here and there. in 2024... melvin giraffe meme "why are you skinny" @ frisk

[the-meme-monarch]

Kralsei is first of all, as we all know, gross as heck! The only problem I don't have is him being a goat monster because well.. Toriel and Asgore, Kris' parents and... well... most obvious example not really best example, are both goat monsters... But Ralsei looking the same as Asriel immediately makes it gross again! And the thing with Ralsei is... we have no idea on anything with him, is he sorta like a Darkworld version of Asriel, what Kris wishes they could be, a support/tutorial character MADE to be that by Gaster or whoever else? Basically, no option makes it good... Very gross, we just can't know the details, but it's just... overall weird, and gross. Also for both characters it is NOT healthy. Both def are having an identity crisis as the time of Deltarune. Ralsei being a darkner with his purpose and the prophecy... Kris being literally unable to consent to it because of us, actively seeming just.. kinda uncomfortable with him.... But something I find absolutely fascinating is how the game DOES put them together in "romantic" situations! Ralsei so often offering to hug, Ralsei being so nice, to amount of options to be especially nice, and Ralsei bending over backwards to be nice... It's all just... concerning. The game puts the two in a romantic light at times, and following these... Definitely does not help. Kris cannot set boundaries nor consent and the most worrying thing is... Ralsei may know that? And also... Ralsei may not be appealing to Kris in these situations. Maybe trying to make the player like him? It's weird and Kris is put in a very uncomfortable position with 0 control... Kralsei follows the theme of lack of control! It's interesting and... parallels the romantic tones of a certain route...

Snowgrave

It's a forced romantic thing, pushing Kris and Noelle together, taking advantage of Noelle's trust, and putting Kris under distress because you're curious, because you want to see more of Noelle and don't care about Kris... Looking at Kralsei it's similar, most people like the cuteness of it, look at how nice Ralsei is! Oh I just loveeee Ralsei, and Kris well, they're the main character, the protagonist, our self insert, so it's fineeee! And in this... ignores Kris. This meta narrative of how Kris and Ralsei are pushed together in the same way weirder ships are shipped, and especially paralleling Chara X Asriel. Kralsei is fascinating in the way that it's terrible for both. Kralsei is gross as hell, and fascinating in the same way Snowgrave's Kris X Noelle is! And while I... avoid all that, because again, gross as hell, it's fascinating.

TLDR

Kralsei is gross, fascinating in a macabre way, and parallels Snowgrave's Kris x Noelle, and more meta wise but Chara X Asriel in Undertale

I'm nodding. abt asgore and toriel also being goat monsters, papyrus mentions them looking alike, but it's easier to brush this off when They Don't look alike in a lot of ways. they just Are the same species. ralsei's hatless sprites Really resemble toriel and (ut) asriel with the horns and Just Fur Not Hair. noelle says he looks like asriel and until we see him in deltarune, I'm inclined to believe her. plus the His Name Being An Anagram For Asriel thing. but also yeah i. don't care fro kri/selle. i actively do not like it in snowgrave settings. I don't understand people's deal w wanting to put kris in bad romantic situations like this. i do feel like the game has something to say about it but the fanbase just Is Not listening.

[unknownarmageddon]

top floor of sirius cross’s ship. yeag

[magical-xirl-4]

Shugo Chara is SO GOOD at doing slice of life. The kids hang out by going to the beach, they go shopping or go to a concert, they organise parties and events, Amu spends a day out with her family at the park, she helps her mum at the market, or she goes shopping by herself (though still accompanied by her chara’s), and it feels SO GOOD to watch them do stuff like this because it reminds you of when you were a kid, OR, when you were reading/watching it as a kid, it somewhat reflected your life and made you feel really connected with all the characters and think “hey, I’ve done this”.

Even if you didn’t do most of the things they did, it felt like you could, like you were really hanging out with kids your age and going out and being all mature. They do all of this while magical beings are hanging out with them too, but they are also individual characters with personalities that at the same time, are personally connected to you.

This is why I’ve always wanted an episode where Amu just does mundane things like going to the hairdresser. Or heck even a chapter or episode where she celebrates her birthday with all her friends.

Shugo Chara has always made the mundane seem special and fun, which is why I used to think about it A LOT when I was a child and going out with family or friends. “Amu would do this, she would speak like these to her chara’s, etc.”

I still think about it sometimes like that. It’s basically why it’s my favourite story of all time; because it feels so down to earth.

[stepswowdsen]

【KagePro】 KuroEne AU: Kuroha takes Ene to see Haruka’s sketchbook 🖤💙

Intro Rambles

Main Points:

KuroEne AU: Kuroha takes Ene to see Haruka’s home and sketchbook

Kuroha weaponizes his knowledge of his S/O to use as advantages for him

Kuroha encourages his S/O to keep playing the game with him

KuroEne AU: Ene insists that she’s just playing the game with Kuroha to defeat him, which amuses him

KuroEne AU: Ene’s denial of her own feelings

HaruTaka and KonoEne rambles

The concept of digital tears

Fave Sen-core chara/ship tropes

I included my discussion rambles with Feila ^^

HaruTaka and KonoEne are mentioned in this, but this is mainly about my KuroEne AU

KuroEne Depictions

(Gonna copy paste my old rambles)

Not to be smug or anything, but I actually do think the best interpretations of canon-verse KuroEne (that I've seen, at least), are mine.

I’ve seen a lot of takes from KuroEne artists back then back when I was a kid, and there’s lots of interesting ones, but the reason why I’m mainly obsessed with KuroEne in the first place, is because the ship hinges on my writing (ship AU depictions). It feels more personal to me that way.

Aside from that… In general, I'm insanely picky with depictions of my fave charas/ships.

I think it's also cuz I make sure to alleviate/ease the power imbalance that Kuroha inevitably has over every character (all Mekakushi Dan members) due to his power over knowledge and brute strength in Konoha's body, as much as possible, by having Ene be more assertive and dominant, and because he (Kuroha) knows when to be "softer" in their interactions (including their intimacy)

Like he allows Ene to do what she wants and thus sates his curiosity for new experiences with her (or comparing them with old ones).

Cuz Ene still keeps her headstrong personality and assertiveness in my portrayals

Takane/Ene is easily agitated, spiteful, and difficult to deal with, and gets extremely flustered and shy and embarrassed easily

Ene is strong-willed, bold, stubborn, easy to rile up, emotional, and really confrontational... I think her softer personality, and also her capability to also be aggressive with him, really helps.

I'm a little wary when some KagePro fan-artists go too far with having Kuroha/Saeru taunt and weaponize his memories and knowledge of his S/O’s past relationships and memories with others

For example, Haruka with Takane/Ene

I feel like there's a fine line, and some people cross that line, and it just gets... too much.

I think y'all know what I'm getting at. Like if it's just one guy making the other party emotionally distressed by taunting them about their past relationships/memories, that's just unappealing as hell (in general, and especially for ship content).

I’m usually not a fan of this personally, cuz some fan depictions take this in unsavoury directions imo

This is why I said before that Kuroha ships need to be carefully handled like some ship depictions I’ve seen, just go way too far with this, and have it bleed into unsavoury depictions by worsening the power imbalance between him and his S/O. Which is just eugh. Even aside from that, it’s just incredibly boring/bland and uninteresting to me

Even though Kuroha/Saeru could definitely transform into Haruka's exact appearance with Konoha's Eye Ability, Awakening Eyes, the ability to remake his body into one that the owner finds to be "ideal," I don't really want to depict scenes like that, unless it's... mild. Like if it's something like this, it's fine. Ene biting back at him and countering him like this would be great.

Ene: Kokonose Haruka...... died 2 years ago. You are NOT him.

Ene: I know the difference between him (Haruka and Konoha), and YOU, impostor of an impostor.

There's a scene in MCA (Mekakucity Actors), the terribad KagePro anime, where Kano uses his Eye Ability, Deceiving Eyes, to transform into Haruka to mess with Ene to scold her for what she's doing to Shintaro, and she understandably gets really distraught and does NOT take it well (though MCA's animation is so laughable I can't take it seriously)

Kano's Eye Ability, Deceiving Eyes, allows him to "change what people perceive him as, he can change how he appears, sounds, and even feels to others and can thus impersonate other people and animals." In simpler terms, it’s basically like a mild form of Illusion power

And Kano, as Ayano's younger foster brother, had been working together with Ayano before her suicide so he's the only MekaDan member who knows about Saeru (Snake of Clearing Eyes)'s existence prior to the present day plot (August 15th, the Kagerou/Heat Haze Day.)

Discussions with Feila

F: I JUST GOT UP FROM MY GRAVE HWUHSUSH,!??!?@?@?

Oh boy, more content that will last me for another 6 months

F: God damn Ene is pretty in every media

Me: Now I'm really curious about the context of that one Ayano and Ene art in the Anthologies.

MY AYATAKA/AYAENE YURI WILL RISE!!! ❤️💙

I haven’t read it yet, so it better not be Kano using Deceiving Eyes or something (but it’s probably likely 😩)

Me: I translated a couple KuroEne comics in my files (since I have at least 90% of their old fanarts saved in my files)

Debating whether to post them on Tumblr or not cuz I have most of their fanarts, which have been deleted from the internet. Perhaps I could link to my Notion page instead?

F: If I had a nickel for every ship fan comic I’ve seen that involves Kuroha taunting Ene about Haruka, I'd have 2 nickels, or probably more since I'm a very late witness of KagePro

F: Ene is opening up, then again, similar to MCA where he would take form of Haruka to remind Ene of her past, he could he doing the same thing here since, Ene's reactions are similar...

Me: MCA is animated laughably bad but just remembering the devastated reaction Ene has when Kano uses his Ability to turn into Haruka...

I don't want to portray something like that with Kuroha/Saeru tbh. She (understandably) wouldn’t take it very well

F: Ene looks like that one Shinji meme but standing up

Me: I've seen the “Kuroha weaponizes his knowledge of his S/O’s past relationships by taunting them” trope so many times in KuroEne ship fanarts (and Kuroha ship fanarts in general) that I personally choose not to depict stuff like that

F: I'm just biased towards yours 😭 😭

Also, within the context of your AU, if he wants to lure Ene into his trap, he must not remind her of the past then, so she'd move onto him

F: Uh, not sure if Ene is the type of person so easily move on, but I feel like she'd still have the feeling of a small crush on Haruka

Me: Yeah like I'm not saying that he wouldn't pull something like transforming into Haruka in those cases (in the fanart depictions that I’ve seen) but it can get too... much. Which is why I choose not to depict stuff like that.

Me: Imo Ene would still have lingering feelings for Haruka too. Which he doesn't mind. She still feels attracted to him (Saeru) and wants to play the game with him

F: Yep, that's how I portray it at least

Me: I'm biased towards my ship AU depictions too. The power imbalance in all Kuroha ships obviously still exists, but I made sure to alleviate the power imbalance as much as possible

Also that too. Kuroha/Saeru wouldn't want to remind her of the past/others because he wants to lure Ene into his trap and seduce her so that they can play the game together without any restraints/inhibitions holding them back.

In my KuroEne AU, he wants her to be drawn toawrds him and to get into her heart.

So I personally avoid depicting stuff like "Kuroha/Saeru weaponizes his knowledge of Ene's memories with Haruka." Again, I'd only depict this kind of thing in my own ship AU works if she calls him out on it/his bluff.

Me: Imo he DOES weaponize his knowledge of Haruka and Konoha’s relationships with her, but I don’t want to depict it in THIS specific way. In my ship AUs, it’s more like he uses his knowledge to his advantage to get into her heart, better understand her desires and how to fulfill them, etc.

Me: Also in general, Kuroha ships just don't work if the other party is too passive imo. Like his S/O needs to keep their agency and be able to confront him at times (when it matters), in order for the ship to work

F: Ene is pretty reactive and energetic she fits to be the opposing S/O

Me: I agree. Ene fits perfectly with Kuroha/Saeru. She’s one of the charas who’s a really good pick for him

Me: But like you said, in my ship AU he would avoid reminding her of the past so that she can “fall with him” (fall into the abyss with him). Metaphorically speaking.

Me: I took creative liberties in my ship AU so that he would consider being intimate with humans

I think KuroEne has fascinating potential so I wanted to explore their relationship dynamic more

Me: Like in this case, he understands that NOT pulling something like this would get Ene to open up to him easier.

F: Yess, he wants to lure her in, he will charm her with his actions

Kuroha takes Ene to see Haruka’s home and sketchbook

(Copy pasting my old rambles)

Could you just imagine Kuroha taking Ene (who transferred into in an android body to move in the real world) to Haruka's house. Kuroha decides to take Ene back to Haruka's house (the idea just came to him in this route and he wants to experience new things)

Cuz I imagine Haruka's things were just taken back to his house by his family after his death. When Ene finds all of Haruka's old things, she just gets emotional and clutches his sketchbook in her arms, hugging it.

Reminded of Hama's old fanart of Ene hugging Haruka's sketchbook... God.

At first she's conflicted whether to go through his things, and is constantly mulling it over in her head whether it's ok to go through someone's private things, but decides to eventually, giving into her curiosity. When she decides to open the sketchbook, she just sees that the pages of Haruka's sketchbook are filled with his 2 years old sketches of her...

Kuroha is strangely not very chatty/talkative, and quiet for the duration of this trip. He lets her bask in it and take it all in. Saeru should understand that staying silent and letting this encounter stay melancholic and somber benefits him here. He gets to see more of Ene’s vulnerable sides by letting her mourn on her own. He doesn’t say anything while she looks around and takes everything in.

This time, Kuroha/Saeru decides to act more tender in response, cuz this is a softer, more tender, more vulnerable side of Ene that he hasn't ever seen before in all of the past routes.

So, Saeru, with a neutral expression (similar to the Joker art), without saying anything, just... crouches down and rests a hand in her hair, and pats her head softly... While she's kneeled on the ground, hugging Haruka's sketchbook...

Even he should understand that it's MUCH better to "behave" here because he would get to see a more tender side of Ene that he hasn't seen before. Like come on he should understand that staying silent here benefits him cuz she would show a more tender side to him and appreciate that he chose to bring her here.

Ene’s willingness to show tenderness to him, despite everything… 🥹

I decided to go with this cuz it's 1000000x better for him to be more tender here. It fits better. Because this is new for him. He gets to see a new side of her. When Ene looks up at him, with an expression on the verge of tears, and mutters a small, “Thank you,” to him, he blinks a bit in mild surprise at first, and then etches the sight into his memories. This one stands out to him.

Like bruh, I REALLY don't want him to ruin the moment by saying some shit like, "The Haruka you know and love is dead!" Like (.) 🧍

He can do this to the MekaDan all he wants, but the moment he does this in my ship AU scenarios is when I’ll beat his ass ✌️

Even if he totally has it in him to do that, this is like the ONE time I don’t want him to ruin the moment. It’s just so unappealing in general too

Rambles with Feila

Me: I had an idea before of Kuroha bringing Ene to Haruka's old house to see Haruka's sketchbook and his sketches of her. I didn't fit this scenario into any particular Route yet, I just thought the scenario would be interesting to think about.

Me: Kuroha/Saeru letting their encounter be more melancholic and somber and choosing to stay quiet and NOT using the situation as a way to taunt her would actually allow him to see more of Ene's softer sides/vulnerabilities (and he never would've seen this particular side of Ene in a Route before). Cuz Ene would have a sense of gratefulness to him after this. It would be advantageous to him.

Me: Yeah like in my AU he wants to lure her in and charm her into playing the game with him, so he would want to earn her trust and avoid doing stuff like this that would setback his goals/their relationship, especially if it’s early on

F: Oh well, he's getting her to open up, but that is still in character without him having to taunt Ene

Me: Yeah like imo he should be able to understand that giving Ene the space to mourn (in this scenario) benefits him more.

Me: This is like the ONE time I don’t want him to ruin the moment 😭

It fits better. He should understand that giving her the space to mourn is in his best interests so that he can see more of Ene's vulnerable sides. So it fits this encounter to be more melancholic and somber. It's just more interesting thematically, and writing-wise too.

He gets more benefits out of it. It’s advantageous to him.

F: Yeah like, Ene mourning over Haruka and Kuroha being all like "Too bad, look at me, I'm your previous lover, aren't I?" is just so... eugh. He could be a lil possessive over Ene, but it's not like he'd get jealous of this too. He will let her mourn in peace

Me: Right like fuck no I won't depict shit like that ever 😭 Yeah it's just so... eugh :/ I'm not a fan of when people lean into or depict stuff like this. If it’s mild, it’s ok, but sometimes it goes way too far.

Me: He doesn't get jealous, because he has nothing to be jealous of. No one can best him when it comes to knowledge. He does have it in him to be (mildly) possessive though, but not in this situation. He would let her mourn in peace (about Haruka), because it's advantageous to him.

Kuroha letting Ene mourn is just way more interesting from a writing standpoint.

Them showing this kind of tenderness to each other in an AU where she’s actually aware of his true identity (and he’s not putting on an act) is just so interesting.

Saeru not using the situation to stroke his ego for once, and granting someone this sense of peace/tranquility and reassurance, is just so unlike the usual him, but he DOES recognize the benefits presented to him by choosing to act this way, and reaps the rewards for doing so.

He supposes that, since he DID want to learn more about human emotions/love, that it’s better to do this.

KuroEne AU: Dialogue Scripts

I have depicted Kuroha bringing up Ene’s relationships with Konoha and Haruka to her in a KuroEne AU Route where KuroEne play the game alone and have Love/Hate sex, so Ene is aware of his true name (Saeru) and his identity as the Clearing Snake.

So she sees him as an evil snake who is possessing the body of her previous friend/lover, and knows his true nature here.

Ene dares him and holds him to his word that he can provide the pleasure he promises, and Kuroha accepts her challenge.

Here are some of my dialogue script WIPs. I talked about this set of scripts here

Link:

I 10000000% prefer the way that the whole “Kuroha/Saeru weaponizes his knowledge of his S/O’s past relationships and memories” trope is executed here, tbh. It just feels better and more natural to me because Ene confronts him and bites back at him and meets his “challenge” head on.

F: Poetry 💥💥💥

F: Well at least he doesn't bring it up to taunt her and make her relapse about it, it seems like he just wanted to remind her, not to taunt her, just like, "Hey y'know, I hold your past lover's body" and that's it.

F: Which is very different from other artists’ depictions where Kuroha takes Haruka’s form and taunts her, etc.

Me: Yeahhh my depictions of KuroEne are typically much softer than other fan artists' depictions that I've seen, even when portraying angst.

I’m insanely picky with depictions of KuroEne since they're my fave ship. I usually don’t like portrayals of depicting Kuroha taking Haruka/Konoha’s form, personally, unless it's mild.

KuroEne AU: Ene insists that she’s just playing the game with Kuroha to defeat him, which amuses him

Me: Here, I rambled about this before

Most of my meow meow mf faves are possessive, which makes sense... It requires entitlement to be possessive, and thinking that you're worthy of affection/attention, something that my faves definitely have due to their arrogance and ego.

I could see a sense of possessiveness in him (Kuroha/Saeru) wanting to prove that they DO have a special, karmic, fated relationship, (especially with how tsun Ene is, who especially doesn't want to admit more honest feelings to someone like Kuroha/Saeru)

Most of my faves want an exclusivity of affection from their S/O that is reserved for them only, but Kuroha/Saeru doesn't mind his partner having previous or multiple loves at all. It's even interesting, entertaining to him.

(Quoting lines from my KuroEne AU)

Kuroha: All paths will lead back to me eventually.

Kuroha: Is there anyone who knows your passions and your heart better than I do?

He knows that no matter what, because he carries such intimate knowledge of the other party, (Ene in this case), due to his knowledge, he knows that can't be matched... They will still end up in the same place (doing this with him again). It creates an inexplicable pull between him and her.

He can continue to be so smug about it because he knows he cannot be bested in terms of "knowledge." The "special" relationship and connection they have, will remain a constant in all routes, as long as they play the game together. Also added with the fact that Kuroha/Saeru is possessing Konoha's body and has his face, body, and voice. Ene hates him, but a part of her feels inexplicably drawn to him. He is her and the Mekakushi Dan's worst enemy. And yet...

Me: Like, I could see him being mildly possessive if Ene keeps denying his claims that they have a special, karmic relationship (even while they have an intimate relationship)

For example, in the KuroEne AU Route where Saeru reveals his identity right away so they have Love/Hate sex. Like if Ene tells him that she’s only doing this with him because she wants to defeat him, he would be amused by that and tell her that she can keep making herself believe that. But if she keeps up this insistence, then he would want to prove a point to her to stroke his ego

Copy pasting my old rambles

Just came to mind but ngl for the KuroEne AU where Ene is intimate with Kuroha. It'd honestly be pretty funny if tsun tsun Ene tries to justify her trysts or intimate encounters with Kuroha like this:

Ene: They're not trysts!!! I'm just doing this with you so that I can finally defeat you!!!

Kuroha: And yet, you seem to enjoy our little... encounters.

Trying to convince yourself you're fucking a guy (your most hated enemy) only to defeat him, sounds hilarious ngl 😭😂

Cuz technically they are playing a "game" of some kind, so the competitive side of her comes out here

He just... knows her too well. He knows that his offer to Ene (of providing a body and offering her to come live with him) is too tempting/irresistable to pass up. He can make a body for her, provide a place for her to stay, and satisfy her needs for warmth and touch and companionship, etc., after being trapped in the cyber world for so long…

He's older than human civilization so he’d know/learn more about human behaviours. I like the “genius inventor” and “evil mad scientist” vibes that’s infused in my ship AU :) I think it fits him cuz realistically he should be able to pull this off

KuroEne AU: Ene's denial of her own feelings

In the context of a KuroEne AU, Kuroha is aware of Ene's tendency to avoid confronting her emotional issues and "bad feelings" (she keeps them to herself to avoid worrying others, like Shintaro), so ofc she would deny having a connection with him, or even the fact that her choosing to do this with him DOES mean that they have a bond, at least of some kind. It DOES mean something.

Ene doesn't want to admit what Kuroha/Saeru is completely aware of and already knows - that they have a fated karmic bond/relationship with each other due to Kuroha's intimate knowledge of her (and all of his different memories of her throughout all the time loops)

Ene feels strangely drawn to him, despite her hatred for him. She feels some sort of pull, despite everything. And because he knows that, he obviously wouldn't believe her declarations of "We don't have anything between us...!" and "This doesn't mean anything...!"

And he would probably say something like, "Time and time again, no matter how much time passes, no matter how many times we repeat this dance of ours, no matter how much you hate me, there is a reason for why you keep doing this with me? Go on. I already know, but I want to hear you say it."

Cuz as I said before, the situation is so surreal to her, with him being in the body of the person she loves with his face and voice (Konoha is the Snake of Awakening Eyes in Haruka's remade body), and Saeru's knowledge of Haruka and Takane, and Konoha and Ene's context.

Ene acts cheerful and optimistic on purpose, the complete opposite of what she was like back when she was alive. KuroEne has less personality clash than KuroTaka tbh. They mesh better together.

Kuroha encourages his S/O to keep playing the game with him

Me: Also I was just thinking what's interesting about KuroEne is that KuroEne is a ship oriented in the ever looping present.

Kuroha/Saeru as a character encourages regression (as opposed to growth) and the eternal looping of their game.

As a secondary goal to his immortality, he wants the game to continue endlessly through the eternal cycle of destruction and rebirth (revival and renewal through destruction)

In the context of a ship AU, Saeru wants to “corrupt” his S/O and taint their soul by leaving his marks on them across timelines.

It reminds me a bit of KamaGuda (FGO), an evil antagonist wanting to corrupt Ritsuka, the FGO protag. Kama wanted to corrupt Ritsuka so that they’d fall for their seductions/temptations

Kama → Ritsuka: ”Fall into depravity (me)”

Though KamaGuda is fundamentally different. The "love" of the Beasts (Evils of Humanity) in FGO are still filled with a genuine pure love that Saeru lacks. Basically, the Beasts love humanity in a nurturing way that threatens its existence

It comes from Kama’s inner yearning to be loved (by them - Ritsuka), something that only OC2 Kama (Alter Ego Kama in Ordeal Call II: Paper Moon) eventually realized and acknowledged, but that (the usual) Kama themselves, won’t acknowledge or admit.

Me: My ships tend to be future oriented and hopeful: JuAli, LimGuda, XanLena, IdaTatsu

I think the only exception I have to this is canon-verse KuroEne, cuz one of the charas in the ship is someone who actively steals the hope and dreams/fantasies of having a happy life/future, from the cast. It's a ship that's rooted in the ever looping past/present rather than the future. At least in canon-verse, anyways.

It’s so interesting to think about cuz even the fall out of a KuroEne AU, with the kind of Final Route setting that I imagined, would require them to try and mend their relationship over all the broken cracks that Saeru created in the first place.

I think the ship does have a happy future if you write a Final Route rewrite AU where Kuroha/Saeru lives and has to make up for his piled up sins/karma by serving as a protector or guardian figure to Mary's family. Canon-verse KuroEne is messy and complicated as hell, but that makes their relationship interesting imo

I love ships with emotional baggage, so all of my main fave ships 100% appeal to my tastes and are right up my alley.

Canon-verse KuroEne will only get a happy end if you go with something similar to the alternate ending ideas I had for KagePro's Final Route. Otherwise, the ship is doomed to tragedy

Kuroha/Saeru fits perfectly with my character tastes, but due to his role and character set-up, he's much more selfish and dark and twisted. My other faves, even if they're evil and dark and twisted, are still MUCH softer to their S/Os, and still have some form of pure, genuine love.

Douman's Red Flag list would be longer than Saeru's but LimGuda, despite meeting as Enemies trying to kill each other, is MUCH softer as a ship, in comparison to KuroEne.

Canon-verse Kuroha/Saeru lacks humanity, and the softness and tenderness (at least, the genuine kind) that even characters like Douman and Kiara (FGO) have.

Especially cuz with canon-verse KuroEne, I'm personally more interested in exploring their endless possibilities in the [XX] amount of routes (time loop resets), rather than their "Future."

Though fanon-verse KuroEne is fun to think of too. I also think they deserve to just be cute together

Writing scenarios that exist outside of canon-verse like a domestic married life AU would be cute. I want them to go on a vacation to Vietnam. My wife and her unhinged snake should visit my home country for my comfort 🥺

Cuz from observation, fanon-verse Kuroha/Saeru tends to be much tamer. Reminds me of Judar (Magi) who just becomes a neutralized threat that runs around like a gremlin

Digital Tears

Source: Murder Drones

F: Which brings me to another question, Ene can produce tears??

Me: “Can Ene cry?”

Oh that's a good question actually…

F: Because in order to produce tears, you need water. But Ene could also be just sobbing without producing tears, but that's kind of impossible for human logic

Me: For aesthetics, I'll just imagine digital tears then

F: Make me think about how Uzi produce tears (pardon my nerdy MD-loving ass)

Since she has a screen for her eyes. And this is how they produce/show sweat

And blush apparently, I forgot about that part

Me: OOOH interesting. I like the glowy effects

F: That's MD for you ;D

Fave Sen-core chara/ship tropes 🐈‍⬛☀️

Sen-core ship tropes:

Black/white colour schemed meow meow mf with a bloodthirsty personality or violent tendencies, paired with a soft warm empathetic S/O with a brighter disposition

Meow meow mf x Ball of sunshine

Morally questionable (or Morally Bankrupt) x Morally agreeable,

Freak x Freak who freaks them out (or Human that tames them)

Red Flag x Green Flag

Antagonist x Protagonist (or Protagonist cast character)

"Freak x Freak who freaks them out" is the funniest ship trope description ever. ALL of my top fave ships are this LMAO

Freak x Normie where the Normie (more normal S/O) has the freak ™️ on a leash.

The freak is caught off guard by their S/O’s genuine candid sincerity and heartfelt emotions/feelings

Though in some of my ships, the cat is not on a leash, and the cat does whatever it wants. Then it’d moreso be “The freak having the capability to show more softened tendencies towards their S/O, of some kind”

KuroEne basically sets up my foundation Sen-core ship tropes. Kid me has good taste as expected. It runs in my ship tastes.

A lot of my current KuroEne AU writings are inspired by LimGuda (Limbo/Douman x Ritsuka/Guda) from FGO. My inspiration is a godly ship :)

They’re fundamentally different ships, but I have a lot of experience working with their main ship trope: “Evil meow meow mf who have an obsessive nature and their own brand of ‘ill’ love, wants their more energetic, soft empathetic S/O with a brighter disposition to fall with them” 🐈‍⬛

LimGuda is such an insane ship 😭 LimGuda gets everything I wished my other ships would get. And the fact that they get fed by both official and fanon content is CRAZY.

Gay evil NB clown demon hates humanity but is deadly obsessed with the human they're in love with, and wants to watch their downfall so they can follow them to hell... Aughhh LimGuda...

"I possess a secret love for you. But it's nothing like wanting to make Master my own possession, or anything like that..."

LimGuda getting a gorgeous Valentine's Day fanart drawn by Douman's official artist that has a skull illusion composition to allude to Douman's character, the nature of Douman's love, and their karmic bond...

Literally how is this ship real /lh

I don't need my ships to be canon to be king 👑

It's just fine if I do my own things with them outside of the source material. When it comes to the source material itself, I just need my faves to interact and I want to see good contents from them that fits their characterization. But if not, then I’ll just feed them myself 👍

Meow Meow mfs

I love black/white aesthetic in character design (cuz it's so closely linked to the concept of Black/White, Yin/Yang, Sun/Moon), goth and punk fashion, etc.

Similar to my faves, I often wear black/white/gray (+ accent colours like blue, red, purple, green). I mainly wear black and blue. Coincidentally KuroEne colours 🖤💙

I love how my faves remind me of tux cats and black kitties, my personal fave kinds of cats... I have golden kitty faves and others, too, but my faves are mainly known for their BW aesthetics 🐈‍⬛🖤🤍

It's not necessary to be a BW meow meow though. It's just the main one that my faves are mainly known for. I have many different kinds of Sen-core meow meow mfs who're very varied.

But they all fall into a very specific Sen-core character archetype. My “meow meow mf” faves are distanced from humanity, and/or, normal social interactions, due to royal/divine/non-human status or emotional repression/emotional issues, which gives their ego this very specific "Sen-core" quality. Putting it like this, every single one of my "Meow meow mf" faves falls into this, without exception.

“Being distanced from humanity due to being non-human, which gives their ego this ‘Sen-core’ quality”

I always go for this character type, so I personally named it “Meow meow mf” to easily definite my tastes. A cat-like character with the above traits. If this chara trope doesn’t exist in the series, then I go for secondary chara tropes I enjoy.

[faislittlewhiteraven]

Undertale/ISaT crossover thoughts 3

(aka the 'Sif and family explore The Island' edition)

Had a lot of Undertale/ISaT crossover thoughts (here's the post for how I'm crossing them over in general, and here's the post for an overview of each of the three major plot lines) but most of my actual thinking has been about Sif and family exploring The island so I'm gonna go into some depth for once rather than overview and hope this is useful for ideas for anyone writing any sort of 'Sif and family go to Sif's homeland' fic rather than the Undertale crossover centric stuff most of the other posts have been.

Side note: Location names in my notes is very minimal at this point as I generally look up names last when plotting anything. But er, working name of the Island is The Isle of Chara (because Undertale's Chara is kind of a big deal in this actually and good odds the final name will probably have Chara in it) so please keep that in mind in case I somehow end up typing that somewhere here in my notes.

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Start:

Sif and family's plot starts with the return of colours and memories (caused by the breaking of the Barrier by the monsters). A day is spent kind of just 'emotionally reacting' to all that (Sif's kind of overwhelmed and in tears) but next day the group actually sit down and discuss whether it's worth them going or not because, yes they are the Saviours of Vauguard and yes they're right next to Bambooche but well, who knows what state the Island is in right now and if it turns out to be... Unpleasant, it is definitely going to hit Sif hard.

Siffrin, naturally does want to go, but am definitely having Sif mentally going over all the potential horrors of the situation (everyone just... Vanished without a trace leaving empty streets and homes? Piles of skeletons because everyone died in an instant? His parents completely untouched by the passage of time wondering why he, an adult stranger covered in scars is claiming to be their missing child?) before confirming with the others he's up for this and that they'll need his Island language skills in case of survivors and for reading signs and records anyway.

How do they get there:

At first the think of taking a boat but well, turns out the Island wasn't the only thing erased from memory and as they reach Bambooche it becomes apparent that- Oh! That 'spooky hill everyone just avoids' is actually a really big and complete with steel, concrete and 'our world modern' tar road bridge, that goes all the way out over the ocean and clearly extends towards the Island.

Cue Party stopping by Bambooche's harbour and the local House of Change to get an idea of options: The House also wants to send people to Vauguard's new/old neighbours (in general all the Houses in Vauguard are very curious and there's a ton of messengers and 'Message Craft' going back and forth everywhere right now) and they promise to get the word out to everywhere (including the press) that the Saviours of Vauguard are investigating so no one has any reason to worry. Cue awkward/nervous Mirabelle laughing and trying not to freak out at the pressure of being so important... Again! While many local sailors are willing to make the trip but well, prepping the ships for an unknown landing will take a while and everyone is nervous about the 'was apparently always there' giant bridge looming overhead (what if bits of it fall?).

So after a bit of back and forth the party go for the bridge. It needs people to check it for structural damage and Sadnesses anyway and the party have people capable of handling both (gives Nille construction analysis skills) so welp!

Bridge:

Actually approaching the bridge the party spy some weird 'metal lumps' that as they approach several members of the group (not just Sif) recognise as long abandoned cars. Which are everywhere, to the point its genuinely hard to get around them, and the group realise the 'little building next to the bridge' is actually the entrance for an underground car park. Cue the group finding a 'building' built into the base of the bridge; sadly the door is locked and despite Isabeau and Nille's best efforts they can't smash it open, but Sif's pretty sure it's probably the door to a train station judging by the glass and metal tube they can see running from the side of the building base all the way under the bridge.

Cue talk on what the crab a train even is as they make their way back onto the actual bridge and start climbing and hopping over the sea of cars (Odile wants everyone to know she hates all this jumping btw), but the silly vibes stop dead when the groups starts seeing the remains of car wrecks and some never buried corpses left at the wheel/caught between two lots of crumpled metal (it's been like 18 years so they're pretty much all picked clean skeletons but yeah, Bonnie is definitely having their eyes covered by Mira). ...Isabeau points out that all the cars and remains here very definitely indicate that the people of the Island were not instakilled/frozen in time by whatever happened and, most likely, they were hit by the memory erasure effect and those who could remember how tried to flee the Island for places less detrimental to their psyches but... It's honestly kind of amazing that there aren't more crash wrecks and bodies given how mentally distressed everyone driving must have been.

It doesn't help cheer anyone up but the observation is noted (Sif keeps getting shoulder pats from everyone since well, this isn't the worst case scenerio but it's pretty bad), and the group continue walking until finally they reach a 'Craft' Station (think gas station but like, magic wish stuff for fuel or something. Thinking there's a favor tree 'tank' next to the building and everything) where they find a few scribbled notes in Vauguardian from the last worker there (bilingial type, lived on the island, trying and failing to remember the island and 'something, someone?' important they left there, decided to head for Vauguard but only after noting down everything they can and making sure all the 'time preserving seals' on the food storage containers are working properly. Just in case someone needs them) and a whole heap of fridges and 'glass cases' with somehow still fresh food inside them. Sadly the cooking implements in the building weren't nearly as resistant to the flow of time but the group decides they'd rather spend the night outside in their tents anyway so they set up camp, Sif shares more of what they do and don't know about all this weird stuff they keep encountering (some but not a lot; Sif recognises the appliances and roads but their coastal hometown was much more 'traditional' and they don't have a clue how all these high tech craft machines actually work outside of making sure they're set up right and flicking a switch) and have a nice dinner before going to sleep.

Next day is walking, with a side order of more walking. Mood is a bit better after talks and rest, but most of this gets skipped (during which the precipitation that collected on the bridge during the cold night evaporates into a thick fog, and then starts slowly clearing up under what looks like strong sunlight) until the group finally see the actual island itself for the first time and- Oh wow. That's an actual city (for an idea of the visuals please imagine the city in the background of the Undertale credits scene where Papyrus is driving along a bridge in a car). Group are blown away because, damn, somehow they weren't expecting that (this is waaay too big a place for them alone to explore, thank goodness the Houses will be sending teams in soon) except for Siffrin who promptly recognises the place as something of a tourist/heavily Vauguardian influenced city that he used to visit on rare occasions with his parents: Usually for big events like going to see a big theatre production on his birthday or to attend the Island's biggest Change festival (brought over by the large Vauguardian immigrant population) which his mom's family always loved attending.

The City:

Takes the group another hour or two to actually reach the city itself (walking takes time alas) but when they get there, yep there sure are a lot of signs in Vauguardian and little Change God statues everywhere. ...Also a lot of signs of looting and unchecked plant growth and 'feral' animals everywhere but most of the buildings look pretty good (Odile is still instantly 'none of us are entering going up or down any floors past ground level in any of these without good reason before Nille/other professionals can check them over for instability' though), and though it takes a bit of awkwardly trying to read a rotting signpost map, Sif is able to guide everyone to the central train station...

Which still has its automated trains working!!! (Sif takes a moment to brag about how 'of course they're still fine! All public transport systems are safe guarded by the best protections applied Wish craft can manage' before wondering why they feel so proud of that something their dad used to say a lot?) Cue party quickly finding the 'Vauguard line' which, yes is working and is just waiting for passengers, and (before proper discussion of 'do we take the train back to Vauguard and unblock the station doors on the other end' can be had) a trainline that stops by Siffrin's home town down by the Island's Southern coast.

...Needless to say, they go for Sif's hometown first (they're 100% planning on unblocking the Vauguard station's door at the nearest possible opportunity afterwards though).

Cue silly scenes of everyone boarding the train, comments being made of the silly 'mascot' figures in black and white everywhere (thinking I may cameo Ingo and Emmet in setting), Odile mentioning that she remembers riding trains -much less sleak and automatic than these ones- in Ka Bue during her youth (presumably their use being associated enough with the Island they were forgotten about when the Event happened), Isabeau turning out to be majorly freaked out by the closing doors and general nice vibes before whooosh they're off to Sif's hometown.

Siffrin's hometown:

Party get a nice scenic view of the coast and a lot of 'old fashioned if fancy' looking coastal buildings as the train zips along and pulls into an elegant if overgrown looking station (I'm thinking greek column/smooth plain stone everywhere vibes and IDK why).

One side of the station leads away from the coast in the direction of what looks an actual town, while the other goes towards the coast and in general seems like a much quieter 'district', with lots of more old fashioned looking buildings (some clearly more damaged by the years without care than others), lots of trees, boat houses and cobbled pathways.

Naturally Sif immediately heads in the direction of the coast, at first slow then running ahead as he recognises the streets and houses before finally stopping at a house in very good condition. Party catch up and yeah... This is Sif's home. That tree had a swing, the marks on the door are from when Siffrin got it into his head to try carving 'stars' on everything for 'good luck', that over there is the 'public door' to Dad's observatory he left open to the public because all Islanders deserve to have unrestricted access to the stars but just as often people from town would just walk right through the house to get there because Mom loved having so many guests and their 'private family rooms' all had locks so letting people freely wander their home was fine and-!

...Yeah Siffrin is terrified of going in alone but fortunately their family of choice is there and well, in they go.

Everything inside is in equally good nick (the place itself is simple and homey but also clearly high quality stuff everywhere) and somehow only very barely dusty, though the group are quick to notice that all the cupboards are bare, there's clear signs of someone searching and packing away things (books all over, things left open, scattered things like bowls and cups -someone trying to decide what to take?) and well. There's a bunch of notes, written in Vauguardian on the kitchen table. Odile reads it out:

The writer cannot remember her name, or where she is, her family which she knows she must have because there's three plates here, just as there are three bedrooms and one of each is for a child she can't remember she can't remember but. She can think enough to write things down, to check on her neighbours and get them to eat. ...No one can stay here. She remembers Vauguard so it must be safe, and... There's a boat, in the warehouse, she and others can take. She and the friendly boulanger she can't remember he's her friend but she can't remember know how to rig and sail it and they're more coherent than most everyone else so... If they head there, maybe things will be fine? She's always liked Vauguard and the Change religion, always thought about changing herself a little even if he likes her as she is She can't read that last line and Changing would be nice, she thinks. ...though, if the family she must have are looking for her, she'll need to keep some things the same. Darkless kinky hair is unusual isn't it? Especially with the darker skin she inherited from her Vauguardian mother so she'll keep those, but... Oh what if she makes herself really stand out in other ways? Then. Then maybe they'll notice and be drawn to her even if they can't remember any better than she does! She lists the things she does remember about herself once more, where she plans to lead everyone (Dormont is a nice place. The quiet slow pace there might help the others adjust), all the supplies she plans on taking (a porcaline doll. Her 's favorite. Hugs it constantly even though it feels awful), a few complaints about people who absolutely refuse to leave even though they're every bit as mindblanked as the rest of them and leaves an end note inviting anyone who reads this account to please enjoy their rest in her home but to please, please please not damage anything because- Someone else might not want it damaged and. She can't remember, can't handle even entering some of these rooms it hurts too much but. Please. She wants everything here to remain where it is, until the people who belong here can return.

...

So um. Yeah.

Big group hug and tears are had but Sif being Sif tries to push on quicker than they should, group reluctantly accept that he might just need some time to process and with Sif's blanket permission ("It's my family house. You're my family, so you can go wherever you want") most split into smaller groups inspecting all the rooms and things, with Odile and Isa checking out Sif's dad's study, Bonnie immediately poking their nose into Sif's childhood room dragging Sif along to tell them all about everything in there (Sif is having like all the nostalgia, heart ache and 'genuinely wanting to show Bonnie all the cool things, oh! The toy aeroplane that actually flies =D' moods right now), and Nille and Mira giving the more rummaged areas a quick look over since well. Good odds they may be here a while and knowing where stuff is might be handy.

During this period thinking Mirabelle should have something of a mild freakout for many reasons over the thought that Euphrasie -her mother/mentor figure- could possibly be Siffrin's mindwhammied birth mother because Dormont was mentioned, and the Head Housemaiden never really talks about her past and she knew of Wish Craft, and has that genuinely really rare darkless kinky hair and the hand writing on the note seemed familiar and aaaaaaa!!!! Cue giving Nille a scene of trying to help calm Mira down' mostly by pointing out there's no way they could possibly know the truth right now, pointing out that post the return of colours they can't really be sure what 'darkless' they're even talking about here, and Sif still flinches whenever Euphrasie is mentioned due to how much he associates her with the loops so if they ARE related... It's probably going to be a good long while before they can even consider reconnecting anyway so Mira has plenty of time to sort through her feelings on this, talk to the related parties to confirm if her suspicions have anything to them, and Euphrasie would probably need even more time to process it all than Sif and Mira will put together (good odds she'd currently be going through a massive breakdown/freakout back in Dormont over realising she has a kid she has no idea the identity, well being or anything of).

Mostly out of direct 'scene to scene' stuff at this point but thinking the group end up spending the night in the Observatory, which is MASSIVE and Siffrin sort of manages to awkwardly get across that observatories not directly used for study are always like that because they're basically public churches for Islanders since viewing the guiding light of the stars with others is a holy/community kinda thing but... Also Sif's family on their Dad's side have owned this observatory/the 'star viewing area' on these cliffs for generations and it IS totally normal to spend every other night stargazing with random strangers and to be given near constant lessons on stars and proper behaviour by your Dad so all the other families know you're being properly pious and- Cue everyone being like: 'hey Sif, I think your family might've be a little less 'humble coastal folk' and more 'stupid rich' than you might've realised from the perspective of being a 13 year old, also the notes and diaries in your Dad's study scream political work and someone who arranges a lot of religious stuff' and Siffrin trying to wrap their brain around essentially being the Island's version of Mira but with like, a lot of money on top of that.

Other:

They 100% find the body of someone who killed themselves recently when looking around... Somewhere. (too many days ago for them to have possibly stopped this person but definite confirmation that survivors of the Island might've been hit hard by suddenly remembering and having no support)

Probably meet Undine on the rail system while looking for pockets of survivors still on the island - Undine is doing the same on behalf of the monsters trying to set up a new government so um. Yay happy first contact?

Once Sif's group has met up with the Undertale characters there' definitely gonna be some Sif and Frisk friendship stuff, though probably not before Frisk and Bonnie (and MK?) friendship causes mild craziness.

(...Must have Sif, Isa, Toriel and Sans pun off. I can't write for beans but I MUST! For the PUNS!!!!)

Scene where Siffrin learns the Elder guy who's been looking after all the kids in the Village by Mt Ebott (main area the monsters have set up shop so it'll probably be renamed by Asgore 'Home Town' soon), is their grandfather on their mother's side and a bit of family history. - namely that Sif's mother was half Vauguardian (grandma was sickly and died before Sif was even born), that travelling to other countries and marrying 'outside the island' was seen as something very odd (slight xenophobic attitudes to outsiders?) back in Grampa's day, and a lot of little tidbits about Sif's parents like how his mom loved fishheads so so much, it was Sif's dad who cooked amazing Malanga Fritters with green peppers, the two of them had something of a whirlwind romance bonding over making enchanted things together (dad better at ritual work while mom could just boom! Make things off the cuff without thinking too hard about it) and... yeah. Just... Sif finding one living relative who never, ever expected to see any of his relatives again to boot (also Elder immediately being all 'introduce me to your family- Ah so just like your mother you favor big handsome men! Oh and your little one Bonnie is precious!' the second he gets over the weepy 'I cannot believe it' awkwardness because dang it, Sif deserves to find some additional family on this otherwise incredibly heavy trip)

The exploration into the space warped and Sadness filled Island Capital eventially leads to a lot of weird/heavy revelations about the Island for Sif:

Sif on his dad's side is basically the heir to one of THE big families of the Island (they don't like royalty but the Asterion and Chara families were arguably that in all but name).

His dad was very concerned about the heir of Chara because they were never really seen in public despite the Chara family living in/basically owning the Capital.

There was a genuine fear of the Monsters returning and waging war for the sins committed against their ancestors and a union between the Asterion and Chara families was seen by many as 'Universe ordained' protection against this (Cue Sif having a lot of 'trying not to wonder if my country practiced arranged marriage' squick and really appreciating their parents' choice to keep them well away from the Capital/the really religious types here...)

The Chara family was apparently in charge of protecting and aiding any Monsters found outside Mt Ebott (of which there were actually quite a few!) but according to the official paperwork all of them requested to join the rest of the Monsters under Mt Ebott? (All monsters helping the party point blank state that no one, monster or human, entered the Underground from the Surface before Chara fell)

...Notes on how Monster dust is raw Wish Craft in physical form in the Chara house...

Notes in the Chara house on how the Chara heir wasn't particularly liked, to the point they weren't being given a personal name until they did something to earn it.

Horror lab eventually found in the Chara house. Lots of dusty cages, notes on how people injected with monster dust react to it, etc.

Chara's room. Bare and empty aside from a few potted golden flower plants, a few letters and pictures stuck up on the wall (cue Sif doing a double take recognising their childhood name on some of them -Chara was that penpal of theirs that never responded?), and a few loose floor boards which underneath have scribbled escape plans, very expired food rations, carefully drawn and folded pictures of non human figures crying in cages, and bandages.

--- And... yeah. That last part is very much the 'Chara plotline' stuff kicking in hard but trying to think of little puzzle pieces for Sif and Co to find and slowly piece together into a big old ball of 'Wow, I DO understand why this otherwise very nice and did not deserve this country got accidentally ERASED by this kid actually' hints so um yeah.

Hope you like all the world building/stuff before it gets all 'period horror/drama' at the end there and do feel free to use any of this/give feedback as well. I've spent too long typing this out, my brain is pudding and I'm done on this thinky think train for now XD

[tiodolma]

Merlin and Morgan are really cursed to have so much chemistry in every on-screen adaptation only for them to destroy each other.

I have yet to see a screen adaptation of Morgan sending/bringing King Arthur to avalon though.

[acadieum]

(In regards to the ask you got about BG3 and TAZ) I actually started a playthrough with a Tav!Lup, and was roleplaying it as... she didn't get stuck in the umbrastaff, and got her memories wiped by Fisher, instead.

OMG ANON........ same brain... you know whats funny. i actually JUST booted up bg3...

and i know i didnt finish my main playthrough... and i also have multiple character saves running simultaneously

BUT CONSIDER... another playthrough as a taz balance chara... that would be so amusing to me

[todayisafridaynight]

Religiously i think about one of my twitter mutuals pointing out how aoki's design is subtly asymmetrical while ichiban is more symmetrical

when i think of it, masato's design is fairly symmetrical as well isnt it.....

[wildflowercryptid]

i've been thinking about how uncanny by ghost fits kieran hinoki so well again... like

these lyrics are driving me up the fucking wall rn.