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[altaneenarts]

Hello! Do you have mush's au dnf zombie fic? I can't find it ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ. And whenever you talk about their works at the end of your fic I feel so intrigued!.. Good work btw it's sooo amazing! Can't wait for your future fics. I appreciate your writing a lot ༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ

First of all—thank youuuu 😭 I’m glad you like it! Writing brings me so much joy so I’m happy to share it <3 tysm for reading

As for your other question, unfortunately, there is no fic 😔 their au was posted in a series of tweets and art comics that have since been deleted once they left the fandom. I explain more in my previous ask here, but since there is no fic/documentation I might as well give a run down of what the story was (fair warning that my memory might be slightly dated or inaccurate due to the changing nature of the story—anyone feel free to throw in what they remember)

The setting takes place in modern times where all of Dream Team and their friends are still content creators. The cortex outbreak hits after the face reveal and George has moved to Florida. Dream and George end up stranded together while Sapnap is stuck in North Carolina on a trip to visit Karl.

In all the chaos of the apocalypse, George and Karl become infected. George becomes a variant 4, the Flower (known for the tendrils in their mouth that they use to spread the infection and its ability to use personal attachment to manipulate potential victims). Karl becomes a variant 7, the mimic (known for the way the virus adapts to its hosts and learns how to act “human”. They can also talk to draw in prey)

Both zombies “attach” to their victims (Dream & Sapnap) as the cortex inside them deems keeping them alive better for their survival. Mushie’s AU follows mostly dnf as George’s cortex adapts to George’s brain, allowing it to use George’s memories and occasionally his voice (tho minimally). Dream believes George is still alive somehow and takes care of him—feeding him people, and keeping him safe from said people. Every once in a while, George will try to speak or hum some of Dream’s songs. Eventually, Dream slowly becomes infected himself. It’s not instant, as the cortex within him adapts differently into a new variation that leaves him more aware but still craving zombie tendencies.

As Dream grows worse, he attempts to find a cure, traveling to reach labs across the country. Eventually, he finds a place that was able to make a single antidote. There’s no certainty it will work but he gives it to George. Eventually, miraculously, it works. During the zombification, George was still conscious but his mind and body were controlled by the cortex inside his brain. Once the cortex died, it released control of his body. He doesn’t recover immediately after being not in control of his body for such a long time, but enough that he knows that the lab needs to make another cure for Dream or risk reversing their positions.

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That is where my memory ends. There are plenty of one off scenarios that they drew, some of which they probably didn’t canonize but this is how the story goes in my brain.

I hope this helps fill some of yalls curiosity. My version is different from this as I’m sure you figured, but I drew heavily from theirs.

[altaneenarts]

Aw thank you anon 🥺🫶 I’m glad you enjoy my brainrotting and art 💙 I appreciate you

@altaneenarts you’re one of the few people on my dash who regularly talks about the lore and c!dnf and i’m so thankful for your contributions here!! your art is so beautiful and makes me miss c!dnf and want to do a rewatch spree of old c!gnf/c!dnf lore vods

💌 @altaneenarts

[altaneenarts]

12 for the Ao3 wrapped ask game?

Oh yay! Thanks for asking!

I don’t have nearly as many as you do lol and life has kept me from writing as much as I wanted this year, but I’m hoping to get back into it :)

Wip List:

- Hamartophobia (Wolfyn Vamp/Priest dnf collab)

- perpetuam memoriam (ch 10 in progress)

- evolution of the mind ch. 2 (zombie!gnf au)

- The Divine Right ch. 16 (GeorgeHD origin story)

- Grace for the Damned (Mer!gnf/stowaway!dream au)

So I’ve still got quite a few posted wips I’d like to finish off lol and other aus I haven’t posted yet. But i look forward to them :D

And anyone is free to ask for snippets as well! I don’t gatekeep haha

[altaneenarts]

Am I the only one who haven't read about cyber mush zombie au!?😭 Can you please give me the link? I don't know where to find it and I can't view their Twitter too!!

I truly wish there was a link to give you 😭 unfortunately, most of the lore that they talked about was through tweets that have disappeared since they deleted their account & left the fandom some time ago. They have a new account now under @Zom1eMush on Twitter with some of their tweets/art but most of it is gone. Your best bet is to scroll through the art tag #DNFZombieAU

Though they are making it into an original project & have a public discord as well, just not dnf centered (tho there is a channel for it). Here’s their current lore on how their zombies work

As for z!dnf/Karlnap specifically, its mostly in my memory now. While I was not 100% caught up on their lore as it was an ever changing story, I can answer your guys’ questions on it if you’d like :) pick my brain all you like lol

[altaneenarts]

Omg are you continuing the zombie au??? I didn't get to read Moshie's(?) fanfic but I got to read yours AND I'M OBSESSED 😵‍💫 (please continue it if you have time 🙏🏻😀)

Yes 😭 I want to finish off the last part (aka “evolution of the mind”)! It’ll probably be the last I write for the au (unless I’m struck by inspiration lol), but I have 6k words so far written so it’s slowly getting there.

I’ve had a lot going on lately so I appreciate your continued interest after all this time shdjfj 🫶 thank you for reading and enjoying it 🥹 it’s so fun to write their intriguing, twisted dynamic. Yall have been so patient so here is some crumbs for you 💙

[altaneenarts]

Evolution of the mind update when???

Thank you for asking!! It’s looking like sometime this week or the next. It’s mostly editing and refining now, gotta make sure everything is nice and pretty :)

[altaneenarts]

Oh my god thank you for sharing your files for shrike !! Will you be doing passerine too? this is SO SO SO COOL.

Of course!! :D I want everyone to be able to have it 💙 I know stories mean a lot to people. And I hadn’t planned on doing a passerine version simply bc there is already one available here—but if you want to have matching covers and enough people want it then I could make one :)) AND THANK YOU IM GLAD YOU LIKE IT!!

[altaneenarts]

quick give me your favorite dream moment ever

Oh gosh there’s so many to choose from!! Ahhh the first thing I think of is the rivals stream where techno calls him homeless and then Dream proceeds to build a dirt house in retaliation lol. It’s an old one but it’s one of the first moments I saw of him, even if he didn’t speak that much. The humor was peak 👌 those clips are what got me to watch him in the first place

[altaneenarts]

god the oxeye pdf print you did is so fucking good and pretty

dhdjs thanks my dude, it took quite a while so I’m glad the work payed off! I’m just really glad you guys have enjoyed it :D

[altaneenarts]

From bubblade:

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers ⭐️

I am so late to this omg 💀 so sorry! But I thought I might as well answer it now

First of all, hello!! I love your fics <3 you're an amazing and talented writer. As for the things that make me happy:

Reading or writing a good story

Nature walks

Naps in the grass

Aquariums (I love marine biology)

Sharing good food with friends & family

Thanks for the ask elmhat! 🎩

[altaneenarts]

I saw an ask talking about the Oxeye Daisy print. Do you know if any of the other AO3 prints are still happening? I was talking to one of the people working on formatting them previously about the Liminal Space Traveller one but I'm now blocked on twitter by them.

In short, yes! The 'Liminal Space Traveller' print is still happening. We've just both had IRL stuff come up that's delayed our final editing process and changes we want to make. But we still intend to finish and release it, just not within the timeline that we'd initially hoped. We want to make sure it's as good as we can make it. Thank you for asking anon!

[altaneenarts]

i love your work btw mwah

Aww tysm! ☺️ I’m glad you like them

[altaneenarts]

FYI your AO3 profile links to your old tumblr in case you wanna fix it :)

OMG thanks for letting me know!I totally forgot about that lol I shall go fix

[altaneenarts]

Is there a new way I can follow the process then or will you be updating about it when theres news? It's one of my favorites and I'd love a physical copy and to follow the process for updates but. Again. Got blocked on twt.

I will share/reblog updates here too! (tho i know I've been a bit bad about doing it here on tumblr and been letting Vesp do most of that work lol. I'll be better about it <3). So don't worry, I'll share stuff here.

As I know it's been a bit, right now our progress is that the fic itself is fully formatted/edited. As you might've seen, we already printed a proof copy and the cover looks great. What we want to do before final release is add custom-drawn graphics (done by myself) to the chapters, shrink the text font for better reading, and recheck the pdf to make sure nothing got messed up in that process. So that is the current update on the print's status.

I hope that helps. Again, thanks for asking :))

[altaneenarts]

💌send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome.💌

😭 Awww what? Thank you deary, that’s so nice of you! I’m glad I’ve made a good impression here. And you also have a good heart for sending me this! 💙 have a great day!

[altaneenarts]

Saw another anon say something about your writing, so now I will too; perpetuam memorium is, no lie, my absolute favourite piece of writing that I have ever had the chance read, it is absolutely amazing <3 <3 <3

Hi anon! Tysm :(( I saw this when having a bad day and it really cheered me up. I’m always grateful when people enjoy my work. PM especially is very personal to me so thank you 💙 I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it so far