#alnst oc: solei

[season39]

R O U N D [ —— ]

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S O L E I VS A U R I E N

( Please select your preferred contestant . )

SONG :

SOLEI & AURIEN : MY CLEMATIS

[shakingparadigm]

my ALNST oc/sona, solei!! they know both too much and too little at the same time.

is your senior year at highschool getting too boring? fear not! a game of whodunnit is now underway!

ok but seriously, they were really fun to make! my idea for them is pretty unpolished (fuck it we ball) but hey we're all here for fun so what's the harm in it

[aurienneirua]

all alnst oc character’s zodiac signs !

( just for fun ! if i miss a, and or your character, please tell me ! i want to include everyone ! ( some of them won’t be included if i don’t have their birth date ! ) )

azure ( @4listr ) : leo

jae ( @kofeedoggo ) : pisces

evon ( @kofeedoggo ) : aquarius

solei ( @shakingparadigm / @solei-eclipse ) : pisces

khoi ( @junebluues ) : pisces

aurien : virgo

rose ( @rosedeleca ) : pisces

toon ( @nottoonedin ) : aquarius

lang ( @pwippy ) : virgo

sai ( @junebluues ) : gemini

ellie ( @junebluues ) : virgo

vera ( @junebluues ) : scorpio

ryu ( @starry-skiez ) : aries

vii ( @starry-skiez ) : cancer

minori ( @minori-dash ) : leo

ji woo ( @starry-skiez ) : taurus

stasya ( @billwasnot ) : taurus

saachi ( @starry-skiez ) : capricorn

tallis ( @bluemoonscape ) : sagittarius

tov ( @ivanttakethis ) : gemini

flor ( @sotogalmo ) : libra

castor ( @bluemoonscape ) : virgo

noora ( @kamersona ) : aquarius

onyx ( @rockwgooglyeyes ) : aquarius

lark ( @kamersona ) : virgo

cirrus ( @yunoftheclouds ) : scorpio

aegaeon ( @paradisedisconcert ) : pisces

moran ( @geospiral ) : libra

himei ( @bluemoonscape ) : gemini

kyo ( @bluemoonscape ) : capricorn

akane ( @aakaneeee ) : gemini

vermillion ( @subzeromoron ) : gemini

daiki ( @teapotuser ) : aries

( 2 leos, 4 pisces, 4 aquarius, 5 virgo, 5 gemini, 2 scorpio, 2 aries, 1 cancer, 2 taurus, 2 capricorn, 1 sagittarius, and 2 libras ! )

[apriciticreveries]

chat what would your alnst oc do if they saw solei again after them literally being missing for probably a year

( personally, aurien would first beat them up for leaving mizi round 5 style, cry nonstop for like 10 hours, and then cling onto them and never ever let go again )

[pwippy]

@solei-eclipse @aurienneirua

[nottoonedin]

Some sketchbook thangsss

Monisla page..

Plus a few other doodles :0

Faisal and Asuka belong to @rockwgooglyeyes!!

Solei belongs to @solei-eclipse!!

[rockwgooglyeyes]

POST ROUND 21 LOG (POV Dian)

Please, just this once, keep singing for a bit longer Even without a melody, even with this loneliness - Please, just a little, keep talking for a little longer Even without words, even if it's just memories

After last time, Dian makes sure to take time to sit down and watch Himei's round. He doesn't really know why Teneb still lets him watch these, when they've obviously effected him so, but he is not one to question her judgement, especially when it works in his favor. He finds himself smiling as he watches Himei, her long hair flowing out behind her as she spits out caustic chords. He's so proud of her, she looks stunning and she gives a different impression than she had in her previous performances, a cold air of superiority and calm. He huffs a laugh to himself at the way she sneers and rolls her eyes as she dances across the stage, but he can see the tears in the corners of her eyes as she belts out the chorus, his stomach twisting. Dian can no longer say that he doesn't understand the naked desperation in her eyes. He, too, has been broken by circumstance, by the clash of tectonic plates against each other, the cause of their pain inevitable but no less painful for it. In every flash of teeth up on stage lies latent threat, when muscles twitch there's no telling whether it tells violence or collapse, every breath has a little bit of a tremble in it, exposing the cracks in the foundation.

Perhaps that's why Dian isn't surprised when Noora throws Himei to the ground and beats her black and blue. He could see the tension in Noora's every tendon, she bit out every word as if it hurt her, acid on her tongue. She fought fiercely but even the audience could see the way her jaw trembled, her ankles buckling underneath her own weight, her eyes flashing whenever the scores pitched in Himei's favor. It's more or less expected that when Himei is declared the winner, Noora goes for the throat, pummeling Himei into the stage floor. He does have to cover his mouth with a hand to keep himself from vomiting when the bullet cuts through Noora's neck, gore exploding all over Himei's bruised face.

It's selfish but he wishes he could talk to Himei. He knows he will have to wait, that the embargo will be over soon and he can finally visit her (and the ghosts of those who didn't make it this far.) All he wants is to pay his respects, kneel at the altar of the Great Anakt and sob out apologies, whisper out prayers of happiness in an afterlife that Nyx always said never existed. Is that so much to ask?

I will, just a little, keep loving you for once Even without you saying anything

Sucking in a shaky breath, Dian turns off the livefeed, the screen going dark.

There are eight of the competitors left alive. Himei is only one of them. She is undoubtedly set to die, soon enough, like the rest. Solei is a fugitive, Aurien, too, something that makes Dian's head hurt when he thinks too much about it. Rose died, the head of a flower chopped off with no remorse. The ghost of Flor still haunts him, glimpsing her in crowds and catching her in the mirror only to blink and she's gone, again. He didn't think it would hit him this hard, to see his classmates' corpses strewn about on the floor. No wonder Teneb came to test him, it only makes sense to think he might lose his nerve.

"Funny how this dressing room has a window," a familiar voice remarks. Dian shakes his head, closing his eyes and trying to ignore the voice. It is just his subconscious taunting him. Nyx isn't really here. Nyx is dead and gone. "Too easy to break into, really."

"Not today, please," Dian says underneath his breath, finally opening his eyes and meeting the gaze of this impostor. The impostor raises an eyebrow in question and Dian nearly smiles at the action that's textbook Nyx. "Look, I can't do this today. You're not real, and I don't have the time." The Nyx lookalike frowns, pursing its lips.

"Mmkay," it acquiesces. "Test me, then. Let me prove to you that I'm real." Dian sighs and beckons the Nyx lookalike forward. If this Nyx is a figment of his imagination, then this will go well. If this is the real Nyx, well, who the fuck knows what will happen. The Nyx lookalike blinks and comes closer.

"C'mere," Dian tucks his finger into Nyx's belt loop, reeling Nyx in. Nyx's face pinks slightly at the intimate proximity and he goes completely still when Dian kisses him. He pushes Dian back, gently, just the palm of his hand against Dian's shoulder.

"I, Di," he stumbles over his words, pale face turned a deep pink. Huh. Real Nyx, then. Only the real Nyx would react like this. "Why was that the test? What if someone had been pretending to be me?!" He demands, voice pitching upwards.

"It wouldn't have been," Dian explains absently, smoothing out Nyx's hair. He feels detached, separated from his body, which is the only reason he's not breaking down right now. Or he could be breaking down, right now. Maybe this is what a breakdown is. "You have a certain way of talking that you only use with Cas and me." Aurien, too, his mind adds, but she's gone.

"Then," Nyx hesitates, looking down at the floor before glancing back up to meet Dian's eyes. "Then, why did you kiss me?" Ah, yes, the most difficult question of all to answer. Dian might as well be honest.

"I kissed you because if you kissed me back, then you wouldn't have been real," he answers, sighing and stepping past Nyx to look out the window. "It's a more efficient test than asking you a question. If you were a figment of my subconscious, you would know everything I do."

"I don't understand." Dian turns around, trying his best to keep his face blank while he replies,

"I'm in love with you." Nyx takes a sharp inhale, his platinum eyes widening as he stares at Dian in shock. Dian swallows down the bile rising in his throat though it does little to actually help and he soldiers on. "I'm in love with you and I have dreams about you, sometimes, and I've been having more of them since you've been gone. Do you understand, now?" Nyx opens his mouth, reaching out with a hand before he stutters in his movement, mouth closing with a click of his teeth. He turns his eyes to the floor and chews on his lip, silent and all too reserved.

That's the breaking point, the straw breaking the camel's back, the final nail shooting out of a dam's exterior and letting the water course through- Dian can't help the tears that stream down his face, ducking past Nyx and darting closer to the doorway. His heart has been ripped out of his chest, he gave it to the person who always had it but never knew and they won't even take it. His head throbs and he wants to hide, curl in on himself in some dark nook or cranny and be forgotten, no one is really around to miss him now, anyways. Not when he just burned his last bridge. Not when Himei and Tov are both set for the noose. He feels a hand tentatively touch his shoulder and he hunches in on himself more, shying away and hugging himself as he tries to stop crying.

"You should leave," Dian rasps, his voice hiccuping on sobs. "They're coming to do my makeup in an hour."

"Do you really want me to leave?" Dian freezes before turning around and he knows his bewilderment has to be plain to see on his face. Nyx is watching him with a forlorn expression, lips twisted into something that looks like a smile but isn't, it drips with regret. "I can leave." Nyx takes a step towards Dian and touches their foreheads, sharing the slightest amount of weight and letting his eyes slip shut.

"Of course, I don't want you to leave," Dian laughs wetly. "But you should." Nyx shrugs.

"I should do a lot of things," he points out, opening his eyes and giving Dian a little half smile. He brushes Dian's bangs out of his face and presses the briefest of kisses to Dian's mouth. Dian stares at Nyx, wide-eyed. "I want to try this, with you," Nyx says.

"You," Dian stammers. "You what?" Nyx huffs a laugh and rolls his eyes.

"I want to try this," Nyx repeats, taking Dian's hand and tangling their fingers together, holding up between them. "Y'know, us."

"Really?"

"Yeah, really," Nyx replies, raising an eyebrow as he smirks ever so slightly. "But you gotta fuckin' talk to me next time, alright? Promise?" Dian stares at their hands, interlocked clumsily but still connected, irrevocably. He pulls their hands closer and kisses Nyx's knuckles.

"Promise."

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GOD its finally over I'm so sorry this took so long funnily enough apparently Dian is kind of hard to write I don't write him for a really long time and then suddenly I have to figure out his confession scene to Nyx. . . anyways now to work on the next thing (scampers away) taggin time

@lookatmysillies for Cas & Himei! @kamersona for Noora! @apriciticreveries for Aurien (im getting to your ask im sorry its taking me a bit sweetheart). @solei-eclipse for Solei. @sotogalmo for Flor!! (siblings siblings siblings, i chant in the background). um and right! @ivanttakethis for Tov mentions and because you asked me to tag you in this hehe. lmk if i missed anyone!!

[azureitri]

MADE IT! SORRY THIS WAS RUSHED!

@aurienneirua @its-langgg @ivanttakethis @solei-eclipse @bittersweet-adagio (did them first because that's all i can do atm)

[sotogalmo]

12:51

"Might be stepping out of line

But could you have bees inside?" <- Flor would ask at times when around Moran's therapy shack I like to think

I also feel like Dian would like. Question if that's kinda true???? I dunno. He gives me the vibes that he would humor Flor's strange questions

Azure would just stare me thinks. Solei bluescreens AGAIN because "NO!!!! WE DONT HAVE BEES IN US!!!!!!".

I think, Dian Flor Moran Azure and Solei would be a funny group yeah ( Dian: @rockwgooglyeyes / moran: @geospiral / azure: @4listr / Solei: @solei-eclipse )

[ivanttakethis]

End of Round 6 - Tov’s Log

Vermillion vs. Aurien - ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR

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Solei had been the sun to Aurien’s moon for as long as Tov could remember.

Their light illuminated every fiber of Aurien’s being. She shined because they shined.

But after Solei disappeared, after Aurien’s daylight gave way to endless night, she let the darkness swallow her whole too.

She was never quite the same.

Even the way she sang was different.

It was haunting.

To the audience, it probably sounded beautiful.

But Tov knew the ghost behind Aurien’s voice was real.

Vermillion sounded haunted too, though in a slightly different way.

His ever present charm had melted away, raw emotion flooding his voice as he sang.

Tov knew right away that this round would be close. Aurien would have to give everything and then some to avoid a repeat of Round 3.

She couldn’t watch another friend die.

She couldn’t.

But Vermillion was Aurien’s friend too, right? Tov didn’t know if Aurien would ever betray a friend in the way that was necessary to win.

She ground her teeth.

The song finished, and the scoreboard totaled the points.

Vermillion 54. Aurien 46.

Her heart thudded once, hard enough to bruise. She stopped breathing altogether.

The moon would crash to the planet’s surface, and the tide would rise wild to meet it.

Tov thought of Solei. For the first time since they disappeared, she hoped they were dead.

If only so Aurien could reunite with them sooner.

“Vermillion Win” was projected in big letters on the scoreboard.

Then the screen went black.

“What the—”

A gun fired.

An emergency alarm started blaring.

Then the audio cut out too.

No! Aurien!

Something fast and sharp shot through Tov’s system, seizing her still weakened heart in its brutal grasp.

It wasn’t adrenaline, she knew that chemical reaction well.

No, this was something different. This was something worse.

Cassio, her mind screamed, I need to call Cassio now.

Tov fumbled for the phone and punched in her guardian’s number with a bit more force than necessary.

She held her breath as the line rang.

As soon as Cassio picked, Tov was assaulted by the panicked cacophony in the background.

Aliens were screaming, guards were shouting orders that fell of deaf ears, and that damn alarm was still wailing too loud to think.

“Tov?”

“Cassio.” Tov never thought she’d be relieved to hear their voice. “The broadcast lost the video feed and then there was a gunshot. Is everything alright?”

“Alright” definitely wasn’t the right word to describe the lead up to Aurien’s execution, but she couldn’t think of anything else.

“Everything’s gone to shit.” They hissed. “Someone cut the power to the whole complex and triggered the emergency alarms. There’s a stampede of aliens trying to get out of here and I’m currently stuck in the middle of it. We’re all trying to get to the backstage tunnels now.”

Tov’s mind was spinning. Was there an attack on Alien Stage? If so, what — or who — were they after? The judges? The audience? The contestants?

Himei and Tallis were still there.

What if something happened to them?

What if something already had?

She would have no idea until the lights came back on and someone sorted through the carnage.

Tov’s medical band beeped.

“This place is swarming with AREPH agents.” Cassio muttered, yanking Tov out of her spiraling thoughts.

AREPH. The Agency for the Recovery of Escaped Pet Humans.

Tov remembered a few AREPH agents showing up at Anakt Garden the morning after Solei disappeared.

The agent who interviewed her wore a silver badge with the agency’s seal. She could still recall what it looked like; how it gleamed when it caught the light.

Tov frowned.

Why would AREPH agents be there?

“Oh fuck—” Cassio’s voice shook.

“What? What is it Cassio?”

Their tone turned grave, “Tov, I need you to listen to me very carefully. I’m only going to say this once, and then I’m going to hang up.”

“What’s going on—”

“JUST LISTEN TO ME TOV!!”

Tov recoiled from the receiver. Cassio had never so much as raised their voice at her before. Her medical band beeped again.

They took a deep breath to compose themselves, then spoke in a very deliberate and deathly even voice, “Lock the doors. Turn off all of the lights in the house. Draw the blinds.” They instructed. “Don’t make any noise. Don’t pick up the phone. And don’t answer the door for anyone. Stay put until I get back.”

Tov finally had a name for the emotion that had a vice grip on her heart.

Fear.

She’d felt it so infrequently in her life that it was hard to identify amidst the chaos. But she felt it now.

Strong. Overwhelming. Terrifying.

A chill ran down her spine. Ice surged through her veins. She couldn’t move.

“Why?” Tov could barely get the words out. “Why do I have to do all of this?”

Cassio took pity on her.

“It’s about Solei. They’re here.”

And the line went dead.

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Round 6, amirite?? <- (is definitely failing to cope)

Shit got real this round. Lots of chaos. Lots of blood. Lots of thoughts and feelings. Honestly I’m still processing most of it.

It’s a good thing Tov stayed home for this round too because the ensuing panic probably would’ve given her a heart attack (not joking btw).

If you’re wondering how Cassio knew it was Solei at the competition, they passed by a monitor backstage that had the emergency message from this post flashing on it and recognized Solei’s ID number.

They tell Tov to act like she’s not home because AREPH agents could come looking for her since she is thought to be withholding information about Solei’s Anakt Garden escape.

Aurien belongs to @aurienneirua and Solei belongs to @solei-eclipse.

Himei, Tallis, and the Agency for the Recovery of Escaped Pet Humans (AREPH) belong to @lookatmysillies!

[season39]

— ANNOUNCEMENT —

The 39th season of ALIEN STAGE will be commencing soon !

All contestants will be drawn at random and assigned opponents for each round . The official selection of round pairings will released to the public when decided .

Contestant interviews will also be conducted at random .

( NOTICE : Requests for specific round pairings and contestant interviews are welcome ! Asks about the polls are as well ! Though all of this except for the contestant review requests are not available anymore after July 30th ! You may also ask if you would like me to list some lore about a specific round on this account ! )

We hope you will enjoy 39th season of ALIEN STAGE !

CONTESTANT LIST : ( As of now )

Aegaeon ( @paradisedisconcert )

Akane ( @aakaneeee )

Aurien ( @apriciticreveries / @aurienneirua )

Azure ( @4listr )

Castor ( @bluemoonscape )

Cirrus ( @yunoftheclouds )

Daiki ( @teapotuser )

Ellie ( @junebluues )

Evon ( @kofeedoggo )

Flor ( @sotogalmo )

Himei ( @bluemoonscape )

Jae ( @kofeedoggo )

Ji Woo ( @starry-skiez )

Khoi ( @junebluues )

Kyo ( @bluemoonscape )

Lark ( @kamersona )

Lang ( @pwippy / @its-langgg )

Min ( @starry-skiez )

Minori ( @skyisjusthere / @minori-dash )

Moran ( @geospiral )

Noora ( @kamersona )

Onyx ( @rockwgooglyeyes )

Rose ( @rosedeleca )

Ryu ( @starry-skiez )

Saachi ( @starry-skiez )

Sai ( @junebluues )

Solei ( @shakingparadigm / @solei-eclipse )

Stasya ( @billwasnot )

Tallis ( @bluemoonscape )

Toon ( @nottoonedin )

Tov ( @ivanttakethis )

Vera ( @junebluues )

Vermillion ( @subzeromoron )

Vii ( @starry-skiez )

( Will be updated if new ocs are made or if I want to improve something ! )

( OC COUNT : 34 )

[shakingparadigm]

when the survival show is actually a survival show

[aurienneirua]

daily oc question ! :

who was your oc transported with / placed next to during transportation to anakt ?

( in the way seen in the mizisua video, mainly, where mizi’s box is placed next to sua’s during their transportation to anakt . id recommend to choose a bit specifically since this is the first person your oc sees before actually being at anakt . )

im not able to provide an example, because im still thinking myself . though i did make an art piece showcasing auriens mesmerization with a certain someone during her transportation . maybe it would be someone that she likes or is interested in ? a close friend, mayhaps ?

( maybe solei ( @solei-eclipse ) was auri’s little transport buddy, since aurien is mesmerized by them, often comparing them to the sun which like ivan to shooting stars, she often took as comfort because of how the sun slowly emerges from darkness and brightens the sky, but let’s be real, I can’t put solei as every answer haha . . )

( random note : high ponytail solei when ? ? )

[solei-eclipse]

the mainframe

[apriciticreveries]

some aurilang and solauri doodles / wips i did in class and forgot to post . .

[ lang : @its-langgg / solei : @solei-eclipse ]