#Nightshade is having SO much fun with Atrophy
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Having a SIGNIFICANTLY better time! also i had to go scroll though my blog because I couldn't remember if I talked about Lucidity and his evil gay polycule here yet. I thought i did but i wasn't sure. and then they made me make and eat dinner
anyways perceive him again. look at him. ooo ahhh pretty man
No longer looks like a hobo. Probably helps that he's actively taking care of himself.
Uses Dream's signature weapon still
Actually quite likes himself, but also takes himself way too seriously sometimes
disrespect can result in anger or just a moment of utter confusion. what do you MEAN you don’t respect me?? (Nightshade is the only exception. but only because he knows Nightshade is doing it because he loves him)
Quite spiffy, I must say. Actually bothers to look presentable. Probably amenable to letting Nightshade pick out clothes for him, SOMETIMES. Not every day. Not every day Nightshade. put those away.
probably still wears stuff Nightshade got for him on a semi-regular basis, whether Nightshade says something or not
also since he doesn't absolutely despise the two that fused to become Him, he has no issues with looking like either of them. Some days he dresses more like on than the other.
Switches between Ani's charm and Obsidian's iconic necklace. Would wear both at once, but isn't sure how to do that without it looking weird.
Still kind of emotionally constipated. Nightshade’s gonna bully him (lovingly)
May or may not still have particular affection towards Jasper. If yes, I am fascinated by the implications. Also that probably means whatever is going on with Entropy and his version of Jasper is probably much deeper and possibly more concerning than it looks.
It's notably easier for him to come to a balance that lets him summon storms. he's totally normal about that. nightshade is also very normal about it.
some of the bits at the end i'm pretty sure hasn't been shared in the discord server yet. so. oopsies? there was another thing i was going to add to it, too, but i don't remember what it was now...oh well.
Atrophy is more affectionate than Shale, but has a harder time opening up than Lucidity. So he's like. moderately emotionally constipated
Also, Shale is very violent and rough, whereas Lucidity is generally more gently and chill. This makes for a very interesting combination when he’s doing stuff like, oh, spending time with Nightshade, trying to get Nightmare to stay in the manor with them…that sort of thing. Fighting’s more or less the only exception.
While he’s generally chill about the fusion thing, he still would like to un-fuse. But it’s more of a “Hm. Things were more fun when there were three of us.” Thing that absolutely despising both ‘halves’ of himself, and by extension his entire existence. Having said that, Lucidity and Shale would probably be amenable to fusing again; especially with how powerful they were
although the entire polycule is very curious if Lucidity and Nightshade could fuse
In regards to Nightmare, Atrophy is generally a lying bastard. Some of his promises he does somewhat intend on keeping. He promises to make sure no one will ever hurt him again, and that, if he can manage to unfuse, Nightmare and Lucidity can stay together prettty much forever. He promises that they’ll all make sure Nightmare never wants for anything again, never has to be on the run again, so on.
The thing is, Atrophy’s idea of hurting Nightmare, in this context, is only physical harm.
Mental/emotional harm by manipulation? Nahhh that’s not real (he knows it's real. But he’s pretending it isn’t, around Nightmare). Subtly/gently coercing Nightmare into doing something he doesn’t actually want to do? Well if he really didn’t want to do it, he wouldn’t have said yes at all <33
He’s way too good at getting most of the desired reactions out of Nightmare, which is a combination of Shale being a manipulative little bastard and Lucidity having known Nightmare their whole lives. He would also let Nightshade gently push Nightmare into doing something
Fortunately (?) for Nightmare, part of the reason Atrophy’s trying to get Nightmare to say yes instead of just going ahead and doing things is because of how often Shale avoids doing certain things because Lucidity would be upset. Particularly in regards to Nightmare.
“Having some fun” with Lucidity’s childhood friend was never worth losing his boyfriend such a useful ally
Unfortunately, Shale’s influence is why Atrophy is pushing in the first place
Nightmare keeps freezing up instead of running when Atrophy tries to get him to stay at the manor. Cross and Error are slowly becoming Nightmare’s only reason for staying away; even if they’re not right there.
It still got steadily worse as Atrophy managed to get Nightmare alone more and more, but that also meant it was becoming increasingly clear to Nightmare that Atrophy did not like Cross and Error. At all. Like. Nightmare is genuinely afraid for their lives.
If he ever does start to cave, he’s going to make Atrophy do a few things for him before he comes to the manor.
Nightmare knows there’s several people in the manor who can’t leave, because Shale (and presently Atrophy) won’t let them. Nightmare needs to be able to leave when he wants, for whatever reason.
In no way can Atrophy be a reason why Cross and Error get hurt. He can’t hurt them himself, he can’t get someone else to do it, he can’t lure them into danger or danger to them, or anything else. Not intentionally, not as a ‘suggestion’, not a ‘ohhh nightmare said I can’t hurt Cross and Error. Be a shame if something still happened to them wink’. Nightmare tries to cover as many possible loopholes as he can, but he’s afraid he’s still missing some.
Atrophy has to prove to Nightmare that he can be trusted. which is going to be quite difficult. Especially since he’s hesitating to agree to Nightmare’s terms now that Nightmare told him to prove he can be trusted :3
Champ is SO confused for a while. who is this??? Why does he smell like Lucidity but also Shale but also not quite either??? What is going on where's his human*
Atrophy is just as affectionate with Champ as Lucidity was, which most of the rest of the manor is quietly snickering about. what was that about not liking the loud husky, Shale?
Also, since Atrophy's status as a fusion means that, technically, Lucidity and Shale do not exist while he is here, he kinda misses them. Which is a really weird feeling. He is them, but he also feels like some of the people he loves are Missing.
he expresses this to Nightshade, who bites his lip and goes "i wasn't going to say anything, but. same. it's a shame I can't have you and dream and obsidian at the same time." and then does an over-dramatic sigh
atrophy thinks this is very funny
*he's not human but y'all know that already
#Lucidity/Shale/Nightshade#Atrophy fusion#Nightshade is having SO much fun with Atrophy#he's the only one#no one else is having a good time#nightmare is having the least good time#and cross and error don't even know how to help him other than try to stick with him closer if they happen to be in JMV#which for some reason still isn't working. no matter what they try#nightmare is about to glue himself to at least one of them#maybe both if they're cool with that#cross wants to kick Atrophy's ass but she's not stupid enough to try to fight the guy who can summon fucking THUNDERSTORMS#especially since he's 1/2 Shale#and that's not even to touch on the destiny bond bullshit#error and nightmare still have to hold her back sometimes. even if atrophy hasn't done anything *really* bad yet#he's apparently been getting a little too friendly with Nightmare. to the point that Nightmare is starting to fear for his safety#and if that mother fucker lays his hand on her friend *one more goddamn time-*#(atrophy would not hesitate to kill her. and even if they don't know it for sure they *definitely* suspect that to be the case.)
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