#Voidbound au

[steampoweredwerehog]

*Blatantly ignores UT’s likely timeline so they can interact* They’d be friends. They’d get along. Trust me, my uncle works at Toby Fox.

[h0undeye]

ive felt so uninspired lately but it was because i was a weenie baby about constantly drawing benrey but y'know what? be free. pri demon th

[mspaint-furret]

Bad End Bitmap:

The cat and mouse game finally concluded. Not even the thirty days had passed before Bitmap got captured by the malicious collector that had been stalking them since the start of the game. They could no longer run, no longer hide.

It was over in less than a minute before the anomalous world got their newly aquired prize: A being made of nothing but Void was now a resident of the Liminality.

Their reach was infinite and their lethality no less than brutal. A feral beast now roamed the empty streets and deserted hallways. From the moment it arrives to when it's already gone, a voice can be heard, echoing through what remains of the abandoned structures.

The Cycle starts over again

It is currently the 0th of October

Addition for the Bad End Au that I really liked doing. Pretty long post under the cut asdfh

[ @ask-the-royal-absol ]

(CW: Body Horror, Loud noise, Glitched noise, Creepy eyes)

Code Name: Beastmap / The Void

Title: Hunter

Species: Furret (Former), Anomalous Entity (Current)

Description:

The Void is a large, incredibly long furret with long thin limbs a long neck and a small head with two shiny eyes as it's only visible facial feature. When standing still, they tower at an overwhelming 10 feet. The two ears on top of their head are very sensitive and can be used the locate their target and occasionally emote with them as a form of communication.

Their body is white and long with black rings all around it, their legs are seemingly able to retract completely into it and pop out of any part that it wishes to have them in. Seemingly for more convenient movement when out or in chase.

Behavior:

The Void is, as their title suggests, a hunter in every way possible and so, one must be extremely careful when encountering it. The creature it's extremely hostile in nature and will chase the designated target for the current cycle like any other Hunter. If there is no target, then it will chase any other creature in their line of sight if it encounters them in their territory. When out of chase however, they will wander aimlessly around the area they reside in. Phasing in and out of every wall, floor or ceiling that's available due to the nature of their body, having virtually no limit to what they can walk right through.

When dormant, the Void is seen curled up in a way similar to a string ball, with only a small gap from which their eyes can be seen when awake. When in chase or disturbed. The Void will immediately run to their target directly if it's in their line of sight, otherwise they will still run to where they believe their target is. If their target is far away and they know where it is, they will run into any nearby structures and come out of the place they believe the target is located. If it isn't there, they will begin to patrol around the area.

Any and all means to generate quick sound must be taken into consideration when trying to escape from them. As they prioritize the sound of footsteps that their target makes. It is recommended to only run when necessary, as any sound made will only reveal your location.

External Traits:

Voidbound: The Void is not bound to any part of the physical plane and thus is able to walk through walls as if these didn't exist. This is also used as a form of teleportation as they can reach places by just walking into any solid structure and come out from any part they want.

Ouroboros: Their body extends as far as can reach the eye and the end of their tail is almost never visible. If the head and Tail ever meet, they will fuse together creating a giant loop with no end on either side, after little time has passed the head will come out of the body from any point and the chase will restart with their body adjusting and undoing the loop. If any entity get trapped in the loop, they will get trapped inside the Void's body until they choose to release them.

CM's Notes:

"Once again, I have failed. I can only plead for any kind of forgiveness, even if you can no longer understand me. I tried, I really did and yet, things went in the worst possible way. Anything else could have been better than seeing a child being turned into one of those things. No matter how many times I tried, no matter how many times I interviened, even when I knew things could end up like this in it's stupid little game I still had to try. But it was still not enough. This is just a tragedy in any way you put it. It's beyond me what it saw in you when you two are nothing alike, even if you were equals I would have still tried as hard as I did. If I find a way i'll try to take you back, child of the void. One day I may be able to stop it, but sadly, for now, I can only pathetically watch as it traps another soul to wander around as a husk. If there's any part of you that's left there, I hope that you can forgive me."

Audio source: The Corruptus - Oblitus Casa

(So, yesterday’s post got me thinking. What would other people characters look like if they went through a bad ending to their story? How would a poor ending impact their characters? And so I’ve decided to make a drawpile. I think that’s what’s they’re called?

What would your character look like if things ended poorly for them in your story or didn’t turn out the way they had hoped? What would a bad ending look like? I want to combine this into one big art thing like the plushie parade I did before. Reblog onto this post your version and tag me. It’d also be helpful to add a separate version of your image as well, just in case I need to shuffle things around. Also, feel free to add a description about what lead up to how they ended up like that!

If you want to make a separate post, use #badendpokeaskau so I can see what you’ve got.)

Bad End Destino:

After everything became messed up and nobody believed them about what should have happened, Destino decided to accept their fate. They soon became monarch after proving they had the skills needed to rule. However, certain influences from a mysterious Pokémon twisted their mind, making Destino more likely to do whatever it takes to get what they deserved. Their parents, the old king and queen, tried to stop them but they were far too powerful with the help of this mysterious Pokémon. Even the royal bodyguards who had served the old King and Queen for years were helpless against Destino.

With the old King and Queen dead, Monarch Destino wanted to make their kingdom larger. Their knowledge of the surface helped greatly with taking over it. They stole the Absolite and hid any other mega stones that could be used against them. Nobody could stop Monarch Destino and the mysterious Pokémon constantly by their side. Soon, the land of Arkaedia belonged to Destino. The tyrannical rule of mad Monarch Destino caused the residents to fear doing anything to upset their new ruler, so followed their rules perfectly.

A Gengar by the name of Felix attempted to talk Destino out of what they were doing. He assumed he could get through to the Absol he once loved. However, this ended with the Felix sharing the same fate as Destino's parents.

[resonating-kitty]

Kitty, what kind of fics do you currently have in the works?

Uh let's see,

Minecraft related:

Dreambur Detective/Serial Killer AU - Dream is the detctive and Wilbur is the serial killer and Dream’s trying to catch him and failing.

Dreambur Pirate AU - Dream is a pirate captain who falls in love with a famous singer Wilbur Soot, who is the son of a famoua pirate and doesn't know.

Backstories for the Pirate AU - I have Sam and Wilbur's bsckstories yet to write. Sam's is nearly halfway done.

Voidbound - Old Origins/Hybrid SMP fic that I need to finish the last chapter on.

Old Origins/Hybrid SMP drabbles that happens after the events of Voidbound. Extra bits of sorts.

Many ideas for the Manhunt Worlds AU involving Dreambur.

Other:

The wrestling fic I haven't touched in over a year but has plans to finish.

Skyrim story based on my Khajiit OC.

It's all slow going and I'm in no rush. I write as the motivation comes to me.

[snowtimeisbesttime]

Thoughts and questions on Pesterquest Volume 4! Tip: I am so fucking mad.

-Jade's theme is a remix of Carefree Victory, but with a few... different motifs. Veeery subtle, just a robotic voice rapping (no idea what it says though) and a dude beatboxing. Tirona also had a remix of the same song back in Friendsim...EDIT: This remix's got all the kids' instruments jamming out, and the beatboxing's Dave's addition. Still no idea about the robot rapping though.

-It was to be expected that Jade would be hit the hardest by our No SBURB AU; I thought she still dreamed on Prospit... she just can't catch a break, can't she now?

-(Turns out Pesterquest's No SBURB AU also goes for all human / Earth-based fanventures! That's actually kinda neat)

-...what is NOT neat is that unless MC moves people between universes (which they probably will do), it looks like we won't get Davekat nor Rosemary here.

-Good to know that the butterfly Grandpa Harley blasted to smithereens that one time likely wasn't an outlier in any way besides screentime!! wait fuck i wanted to go for the joke angle but MC says the island is very empty later on shit it's another layer of sadstuck now

-The kids register the MC (who actually has a name of their own!) as a blank kinda friendy loking thign (with a dash of First Guardian unpredictableness), though our pals from Friendsim saw them as a normal (as much as can be) alien... We'll have to wait and see how the Hivebent trolls see them (besides wondering wh0's that douchebag, of course)

-Aradia also gets floofy hair!!!!!!!!! And we get to see her!!!!!!! And Sollux too!!!!!!!! (what does she know though?????)

-Of course Jade's kinda jealous of our fancy space powers....... (crying cat)

-I can't believe the Manthro Chaps are just Jake's fursona(s)

-There's a few early / classic Homestuck jokes, like Jade's name being Gigi (because she's GG; I've got no idea what the story behind “Lynn” is) and Squiddles being a TV show! And of course Jade relates (without needing future knowledge) to Inkabelle, who spends years lost and alone but is rescued in the end...

-Bec remains a good boy and best friend, and of course he reminds us of a good girl and best lusus: Ladyy. And also of a rat bitch, unfortunately.

-HAUNTSWITCH (the town) IS MENTIONED!! And there's someone there making sure Jade gets stuff sent her way... whoever they are, they're probably the only person who knows where her island is.

-I'm positive this fic's already been written at least once, because I read it and it was great, but: alternate universe where Joey and/or Jude take Jade in when Grandpa dies, and she gets to have a happy childhood, and never ever believes she deserves to be alone and miserable and to suffer more than the average person- or at all even. (Jade and Joey could bond over their dislike of Grandpa's trophies... and the fact that he abandoned them both.)

-Considering this quote: “Frost floods your veins and nestles into your heart with a burning chill, for reasons that you don't quite understand”, when MC finally gets their memories it's going to be a Big Fucking Moment. I have a theory that they might be Timebound (and a Scorist) because they've kept Mallek's hoodie as opposed to all the clothes they got from other friends, but those are hints to Blood and Heart if I've ever seen some.

-She's been bottling up her emotions practically her entire life. And now we've destroyed the only thing she had to look forward to. At least she gets to vent a little, even if it doesn't last long.

-Methinks Bec may have had very good reasons to keep Jade at least out of the temple (not so sure regarding on the island), even if the game is (seemingly.) no more. Because we've got a Bec Noir lookalike on Prospit, with red powers, who immediately gets rid of the teleport pad in the frog temple.

-And explicitly after going to Prospit -after entering the Medium, SBURB's domain-, Jade decides that it's fine if life basically screws her over in all ways, because it's her fate. Her good (or perhaps, better) end is a bit of a silver lining, but not that much. Once a player, always a player indeed...

-Of course we had to get the kids all together for this one, even if MC took their time to figure out they could do it. It's good to know that they'll have some happy moments at least...

-Unless my game glitched out, Rose's theme does not play when we zap to her house, while John's and Dave's do. She instantly figures out that Jade's feeling down because SBURB didn't happen, and John sees the writing on her walls, though he wouldn't have had a chance to mention Dave's. (Curiously, it looks like MC can't see those.)

-When we zap to Dave's room, she almost gets a shuriken to the face; and while Rose is the type to try and keep a cool and collected façade, that seems to be the catalyst for shit starting to leak everywhere, as opposed to hitting the fan: she asks MC about Dave's brother -who she finds psychologically fascinating-, and starts thinking about the ethics of using the retcon powers. Lastly, she says that we don't have to worry about this now.

-...Wasn't Rose aware that something had changed from the beginning? Didn't she literally do Light stuff in her bad end? Couldn't she perceive MC's narration? (Dave did say that they just mumble away sometimes, but he's a Time player (one of the most meta aspects), and nobody else's said so before; as far as I remember the only one who also seemed to be aware of it was Marsti, Voidbound.)

-So. Are we going to have to deal with the (with sincere apologies to all rats) Ultimate Rat Bitch, like what happened in Friendsim? Because it sure fucking looks so. there might or might not be a direct reference to the epilogues, besides what i've written here. We'll just have to wait and see how things turn out, once we befriend everyone in Pesterquest. (is this the third, pumpkin route???)

-(Admittedly, Bec Noir's Prospit red zappy cousin's description is vague enough that it could possibly apply to an Alt!Calliope-possessed dead Jade; with the black tendrils being the Witch hood and the wings maybe coming from consuming Lord English back then? But it's a pretty long reach, not even counting that its wings are explicitly said to be leathery where cherub wings are feathery, and most importantly, that this is not her style. All the evidence points towards U!Dirk.)

[steampoweredwerehog]

…That’s good right

[steampoweredwerehog]

New work-mandated uniform from That one post

[steampoweredwerehog]

Fit check fit cheeeeck~💜🤍🖤

[steampoweredwerehog]

The blorbocity of it all

[steampoweredwerehog]

I’ve got so much brainrot about him Still 👁️👁️

Officially changing the AU’s name to Voidbound! Fallling into the Core intrinsically linked Gaster to the Void. A link that steadily gets stronger as Gaster’s condition progresses…

…How long can he resist it?

[steampoweredwerehog]

“How could a soul in that condition…possibly persist?”

[steampoweredwerehog]

Almost forgor to share more doodles from @carlyraejepsans's whiteboard! Doodling with folks was a blast ^.^

[steampoweredwerehog]

What would gasters opinion on the amalgamates if he ever found out? I always assumed what happed to him was kinda amalgamate adjacent and the reason that the core is so powerful is cause it’s chock full of some forms of raw determination. Maybe he would horrified, maybe he’d understand or maybe he might see them as a potential to find a cure/ treatment to his/their condition. What do you think? (:

He’d certainly be watching Alphys’ experiments with DT very closely. Until her, no one else had studied it as closely as he had. The amalgamates confirmed for him that Determination caused his condition, and seeing them go back to their families lit a small flame of hope for his own future. Even if they’ll never be the same, they could still be happy.

Of course, by then he’s been back in the void long enough to become slightly detached from the world’s events, so his initial reaction is just

[steampoweredwerehog]

Arrived late as hell to @carlyraejepsans' Whiteboard, but still stopped by for some doodlin'. That adorable lil munchkin in the second pic is their Soriel kid Daemo and I adore them <3

[steampoweredwerehog]

I assume this version of gasted is also sans and Pap's father (my favourite trope)

How did he have them...

did he...

A. Handplates them (i.e. take circular disks of bone from his hands and use that to create the blorbos through testubes)

B. Or straight up testube some magic

C. Actually get laid :jawdropemoji:

D. Soul magic and just took a piece of his soul and made two scrimblos

"Mr dingdong how are skeleton babies born" I say as I lie belly side down on his desk among his papers and look at him while kicking my legs

Yes dingdong was on purpose 😇

Funnily enough this is what I was planning on doodling next. :P

Yep, Wingdings is the father 🎉 and he made the boys Handplates-style. The loss of the Dreemurr children left an impression on him. He felt there shouldn’t be one skeleton (well, half-skeleton) left in the Underground, so he scienced his way into fatherhood. He’d probably follow that up with a dry, long-winded explanation about soul propagation and end it with:

[steampoweredwerehog]

dr gaster afflicted with the curse of "fuck around and find out" 😔

A real shame that he’ll continue to Fuck Around in an active effort to Find Out. For science, y’know?