#by the way: Rule 89 is actually 'Royalty cannot apologize to the citizens.' so idk what I was doing there | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

kikizoshi · 9 months

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In the spirit on NieR-related stories never to be written, here's a what was once meant to be an opening line: two paragraphs I wrote with the concept of Nikolai hailing from Facade, in which he'd been sentenced to that thing where you have to stare at sand for a long time:

In the ever-flowing sludge of quicksand, Nikolai Gogol felt two long years of his life drift away. Should someone have went up to him at that moment, to ask him for a favour or to otherwise simply ask how he was doing, he wasn’t sure that he’d be able to resist hurling them in with the skiffs floating endlessly along the canals. ‘Though, I can’t, of course,’ he thought. ‘Such a thing would break Rule 89: "Intentional murder of another citizen for no discernible reason is hereby strictly prohibited…" Then again, who may blame me, were it naught but an accident? I could hurl myself into the river, along with him…’ Nikolai’s face fell into a grimacing smile. ‘Ah, but then that breaks Rule 338: "Throwing oneself into the sand is forbidden." They truly do think of everything…’

#I can see why I used to think Nikolai from Facade would work so well #hgnnn #but he can't be from both The Aerie and Facade at the same timeee #I mean technically he could but it wouldn't make much sense #because him being a shade in either place wouldn't work unless shades were a part of everyday life #but that only seems to be true in Seafront (though the Seafront villagers aren't aware of it...)#and Nier slaughters The Aerie pretty much the moment they start to cohabitate with the shades #well it's not impossible but it doesn't work with the whole 'internalising societal limitations' thing #it's just that Facade and The Aerie both have interesting takes on that concept #thankfully Fyodor works perfectly in The Forest of Myth #and depending on your reading The Forest of Myth works perfectly to contrast The Aerie and Facade #...my hatred of all places hot may be the deciding factor here #writing #bsd nikolai #bsd fyodor #by the way: Rule 89 is actually 'Royalty cannot apologize to the citizens.' so idk what I was doing there #Rule 338 isn't known though so that one is fine

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