#and I do believe in the multiverse idea that any fictional content you ever see has to actually exist somewhere because of the multiverse

[yourlocalguardian]

Shitty drawing I scribbled out of thing that happened last night

:p

Actual gif clip from the movie of what I was half seeing btw:

I was getting like. Half third person seeing myself and half first person of it

[ingoldentent]

Insight of the Endless Sorcerer (Drabble)

There. Battler’s list of Christmas presents is ready and filled. As it was aptly put by someone else, having the ‘power of God and anime’ greatly helps in terms of getting presents for others, be it by literally making them out of thin air or by being able of buying them and paying a hefty sum to have them delivered without him having to deal with the stress of physically shopping.

Of course, for some presents, he instead went with the work of manually making them. Even with all the magic in the world, there is a precious value in gifts that one makes by completely mundane means, he thinks.

He has to admit, some of the present picks were hard for him to come up with. However, he had a certain help. A little thing called... 4th wall breaking powers.

Let’s move the clock back a few days ago. It is the height of the Empatheorem event, and Battler Ushiromiya has found himself stuck in the body of one Travis Touchdown. While the latter had access to the infinite possibilities of Endless Magic, Battler was stuck in a body that, while superhuman, is obviously not on the same weight combat wise.

What Travis doesn’t have available in firepower, however... he more than compensates in terms of knowledge. And Battler wouldn’t be one to ignore it.

Now, Battler can perfectly understand why the assassin feared so much the prospect of others getting access to this. This is not a light concept to grasp with. The 4h wall exists for a reason. Most beings wouldn’t be able of coping with the existential dilemma of being just ‘fiction’ to a higher level of existence, with the idea that their struggles and suffering are (apparently) completely on a whims of a cruel author.

Thankfully for him, this sort of thing is the bread and butter of his own story. He’s had to face that reality from all sides of it, whether as a Piece, a Reader, a Player or even a Game Master. When it comes to Umineko no Naku Koro ni’s contents, he is more than aware of all the games’ contents. That is why beings like him are given the ‘Meta’ moniker by the fandom.

But this? This is a whole new scope of things he could not even dream of. A deep insight into the Outerverse, a collection of all possible multiverses, all championed by a plane of existence that might be even beyond that of what his mind was capable of envisioning: the world of Creators.

Because truly, what else can a guy like him call someone like me and all of my fellow content creators, from humble RPers on Tumblr to world famous authors? In fact, even Featherine Augustus Aurora, the most powerful being he had ever met, a being that even witches would refer to as a ‘god’... Was in essence nothing more than an avatar to the true author of his story: a guy called Ryukishi07.

And his tale isn’t the only one that guy has written. There is a good number of works that he has written... including a continuation of Battler’s own story. But in the end, I am the one who dictates what he is allowed to see beyond the 4th wall, and since Saku is expected to be translated to English eventually, he won’t be allowed to learn of that until I can read it for myself.

So instead, he comes to learn in more detail of the other aspects of his own tale that he was never truly privy to, as his POV wasn’t omniscient. It’s nice learning of the details that he only knew of hearsay back home!

...Some make him cry, like the full bulk of the seventh episode or those extra manga chapters of the manga adaptation. (He dares not look at the anime. I have warned him against it and he thankfully believed me).

Others make him cringe like hell, as this extra tale where he gets a God complex upon first becoming a Game Master (which I don’t consider canon because his emotional state at that point in the story stopped him from acting the way he was portrayed in that tale) and he goes full pervert... on his aunts. Eeeeeew.

All of those details are being transcribed on his computer at superhuman speed alongside a superhuman information process speed (as allowed by Travis’ Santa Destroyer physiology). He knows that this information can be locked away from him at any moment, so he is careful to preserve it so he can later convert it into memory Fragments once he is back to his own body.

Next, he goes for Ryukishi’s other works. There is obviously not enough time for him to read all of that stuff during the remaining alloted event time, so he focuses on writing down their names and tracking them down. ...Unfortunately, getting direct access to them in Isola Radiale is against the rules of this gameboard. So beyond my own personal passing knowledge on them and Battler’s canon knowledge of Higurashi as a novel series, he doesn’t get much from this.

He COULD see my recollection of Ciconia, in theory... but he chooses not to. The rest of the story won’t be launched before the event is over and it’s clear that he’d be super confused by it. Besides, I do have sort of an idea for apping Miyao down the line and I don’t want to spoil Battler with such a blatant foreknowldge in comparison to poot Miyao.

Oh yeah, speaking of that! Battler is also capable of seeing who I have RPed before, both in Isola and in other groups or even in indie RP. He is honestly shocked at learning that I was the person who RPed Maya Fey, as well as Satoko Houjou. Heck, he even sees that I have RPed Phoenix Wright before - AU versions of him at that! The other two guys he is not familiar with, so he doesn’t fixate much on them - although he does notice that the Samejima guy had a degree of 4th wall breaking prowess too, possibly even stronger than Travis’ - albeit undercut by his nature as a gag character.

This segways into his understandings regarding the setting of Isola Radiale itself - this is indeed like an MMORPG gameboard, just as he suspected. Players (like me) app Pieces (like him) under the character slot limit, and they can progress with their characters, both in terms of powers and character development, over time. The mods are the GMs, with the Stars acting as their avatars, and the assistants, well, assist them. He makes sure to write down this info so that he can add it to his personal model of Spirale as a Territory in the Sea of Fragments.

In fact, there is a powerful thing he could do! He can jolt down all the rules in the main blog for easy access and understanding later! ........Oh, wait. they disappear as soon as he types them. Guess that would be considered too much of godmodding. Oops. ...Okay, change of plans. He will try memorizing only the basic rules, which is what he has time to check and retain with repetition before the event is over. These could make for extremely powerful Red Truths down the line, after all.

And at last, we get to the thing that started this drabble to begin with: presents! Now, obviously I won’t give him access to the full story of other characters, both because that would be extremely godmodding and because, in many cases, I don’t know their stories myself, so I can’t partake Battler with that knowledge. However, he is capable of seeing enough for some people to discern what would be perfect Christmas presents for them!

...Ahhh, Christmas. Truly, it was a very good thing that you didn’t learn about the contents in Ciconia, Battler. That would have destroyed your festive spirit for a looong time.