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write-tama · 7 months ago

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"to live with the milkman."

╰┈➤ francis mosses (the milkman) x doorman!reader

sypnosis ; reader is worried because francis hasnt been seen in a week. they decide to pay francis' apartment a little visit..

containing! ; lois stilinksy, working as doorman, gender neutral pronouns, use of y/n, francis being a little sick and out of uniform, francis and reader eat mac n cheese tg :3

authors note ; this is lowkey a slowburn-- i didnt mean to write so much D: i started writing yesterday morning and just finished this morning LOL but ya its very just wholesome and soft ^^

4.12.24 | 2.7k words

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As a doorman, you realize a pattern of people would often come and go through the apartment. You know who goes to work in the morning and who comes home in the afternoon, and you know what days they typically go out and days where they don’t.

So, I'm not totally creepy when I say I've noticed a shift in Francis’ schedule, right? He’s not one to typically go out unless he has work in the morning— which is usually Tuesday through Friday, but lately, I haven’t seen him all week.

Nothing but the worst truly went through my mind. He could’ve been eaten by a doppel, or worse, was mistaken for a doppel and was exterminated on sight! These anxious feelings went through my head as I nervously clicked my pen. I glanced at today’s list again, as if magically waiting for his name and picture to show up on the piece of paper.

click, click, click.

Through the office window, I heard the subtle steps of heels clicking against the worn tiles. Sighing, I sat up straight and folded my hands in front of desk, forcing my anxious thoughts to the back of my head in order to continue doing my job. I looked up to meet the gaze of thick magenta bangs with eyes barely visible I sort of wonder how she even navigates through her surroundings.

“Good afternoon.” She greeted, her thick lips curling into a polite smile. I nod as I took her ID and entry request through the letter box, scanning through the documents for any misspellings or misinformation. As I carefully examined the print, I notice Lois’ lips pursing into a curious point.

“You looked troubled, sweetheart.” She noted. “Is everything alright? Besides work-stress that is.”

I sighed a little, placing her card down before looking through today’s list. I checked off Lois’ picture before turning to my request checklist. “Yeah, I just.. I don’t know. Have you heard from Francis recently?” I asked, not even masking the worried tone in my voice. Lois hummed a little, as if thinking about the last time she has even seen the man.

“The last time I saw him, he looked extremely tired. Like more tired than usual. I think he was just coming home from work? He was coughing and sniffling a lot.” She recalled. “Poor boy.. He must’ve been sick for a while.” Lois shook her head. With her words I felt like a pressure had been released from my chest. Oh, good, so there is a chance he’s alive, I thought to myself. I slid back her ID and smiled.

“Thank you for telling me. I’m sorry, I just get worried knowing that a neighbor could’ve been killed by a doppel or any force of nature of that matter.” I lightly chuckled. Lois smiled, taking her ID before looking at me.

“You should talk to him. I’m sure he could use the company right now.” Lois suggested, but through that grin I could see that teasing smile.

I sighed a little, a little grin starting to form on my face. “C’mon, Lois, that would be way too embarrassing!” I exclaimed, crossing my arms in my chair. Lois lightly giggled, raising a white glove to stiffle her laughs.

“Oh, it won’t hurt, honestly! You never know what could happen~” she said, all singy-songy. I rolled my eyes before pressing the unlock button.

“Yeah, yeah. The door’s right there.” I sarcastically replied, a big grin on my face.

“Just think about it!” She called out as she walked through the door. I shook my head in amusement, listening to the door click behind her. I locked the door and returned to my previous slouched position.

Maybe I should pay him a visit.

My shift ended around late evening. I packed my bag and slid on my cardigan before locking the door behind me and hiding the key in a place only the next doorman would be able to find it. As I walked towards the exit of the building, I thought about what Lois had said earlier about paying him a visit. I never even really attempted to go past the lobby area of the apartment building. I had no purpose to anyway. And plus, it would’ve been a lengthy process to even request a visitor’s pass due to the security. I looked over to the doorman’s office, realizing that as of now, no one is on duty. Would it be morally wrong to go against the rules of the literal job I worked in?

Maybe.

But maybe my curiosity and anxiety could take over just for this one moment.

I walked back to the doorman’s office and unlocked the door. I placed the key back in its original hiding place before entering. I made sure to lock the door behind me before taking a look around the room again. Behind the doorman’s seat, there’s a door that leads to the stairway of the apartment complex. Its main purpose was to serve as a fire escape just in case of an emergency. Eagerly and swiftly, I gently pushed the door open, making sure to not make much noise. Once I walked out, I was met with the smell of old concrete and a spiral of stairs. I sighed to myself, remembering that Francis does in fact live on the third floor.

The stairs felt endless as my shoes clicked on the hard concrete. Fortunately, I only had to take a break only two times. I was finally at the end of the stairs, my legs tired from the endless climbly. I pushed the door open and was greeted with a typical carpeted hallway with blinding yellow-white lights that nearly burned my eyes. I sighed before trailing through the doors, looking at each number plate in order to locate the right room.

“Room 02, room 02..” I hummed to myself, just like how I would while scanning through files. After turning a corner, I was finally able to locate Francis’ room. I raised my fist to knock at the door, but the soft, soothing sounds of piano muffled through the wood. I stopped in my tracks, feeling as if my knock would disturb the perfect flow of the keys as I’m sure its song filled the apartment with grace. I waited for the keys’ song to slow to an end, the melody slowly fading out of the air and a sigh following its silence. I couldn’t help but smile, and sure this gave me enough proof that Francis was in fact still alive, but.. Something about his skills on the piano made me even more intrigued by the man.

I gently knocked with my knuckles, but making sure I was firm enough for the knocks to even be heard. From inside, I heard a chair scrape against wooden floorboard before footsteps steadily approaching me. A couple locks were undone before the squeak of the door filled my ears. I looked up and there Francis was— his eyebags were relatively darker and he was still in sleep attire with a baggy set of pajama pants and a fitting white tee.

“Oh— uh, (y/n)—” he said a little shocked to see me. I smiled a little, tilting my head at him.

“You shouldn’t have opened your door so fast. I could’ve been a doppel, y’know?” I advised. I heard him suck air through his teeth as he realized his rookie mistake.

“Mmm.. I’m sorry..” He mumbled, making me raise an eyebrow.

“You don’t have to apologize to me.” I said, leaning against the doorframe. “I’ve been worried about you since I haven’t seen you in a while. I just.. Wanted to check if you were okay.”

Francis raised his eyebrows in surprise. It made me wonder if anyone else but me paid him a visit due to his absence. We lingered in silence for a minute. he stared down at me as I stared up at him.

“..May I be invited in?” I requested, breaking the silence. Francis blinked his eyes a little, as if he had been lost in thought previously.

“Mmm.. ID and entry request, please?” Francis teased, smiling a little. I scoffed, immediately catching on to his wittiness.

“Ha ha, very funny, Mr. Mosses.” I sarcastically replied, rolling my eyes. His grin grew wider, clearly amused by reaction. He stepped aside from the door, allowing me to enter. I walked in, bag still clutched to my side as I took a look around the apartment.

It was humble but quaint space. The ceiling lights were off and frankly looked like they were never used, however, his lamps illuminated a soft warm orange on his furniture. He had a small box TV and dull red couch with a small round coffee table planted in the middle. Huddled in a corner was his old piano he must've been playing earlier. Francis closed the door behind me, making sure to lock it as well. “Sorry, it’s a bit of a mess.” He apologized, quickly rushing to his couch where clothes scattered over the armrests. He went down a small hallway I assumed to be where his bathroom and bedroom was. I took off my shoes and placed my bag on the table that sat next to the door before sitting myself on the couch.

I sighed a little, almost drowning into the soft pillows. It almost made me question why he would be struggling with sleep if he has a couch as comfortable as this. I could see a bit of his kitchen from sitting on his couch. It was a decent size with counters on one side and the appliances on the other. It seemed like he had something on the stove cooking as well.

Francis walked in shortly after and took his seat on other end of the couch, keeping a distance between the two of us. I brought my knees to my chest while hugging his couch pillows. I looked at him for a bit, trying to figure out myself as to why he hasn’t been out recently. Not only was his dark circles were more apparent, his hair was a little longer and messier. He looked paler than usual as well. Francis turned to me, a curious look on his face.

“Is it apparent..?” Francis asked. I furrowed my eyebrows, a little confused on what he meant.

“Hm?” I hummed in response.

“That I’m coming down with something.” He chuckled slightly. I shrugged a little, leaning back on the couch cushions.

“I mean.. Your hair is messier.” I smiled, admiring the frizz on the top of his head. Francis quickly glanced up before running his fingers through his hair.

“It’s not that messy..” He sighed.

“Well, I wouldn’t know. You always got that milkman hat on the top of your head.” I laughed. I glanced over to the kitchen again, realizing that steam was coming through the glass lid. “I think you might want to get that.” I suggested, nodding my head towards the stove. He hummed a little before getting off of the couch and heading towards the kitchen. I watched as he reached the top of the cabinets, stretching up with ease. I couldn’t help but stare at his broad shoulders to his slim waist defined by his white shirt.

“Hey, I made mac n’ cheese if you’d like a bowl.” He offered, his voice immediately cutting through my daze.

“Oh— uh, yeah of course. I was about to get dinner after I got off my shift but here I am.” I chuckled. He nodded before grabbing another platter to make my own plate. I sat patiently on the couch before noticing the remote on the coffee table. “Hey, can I turn on the TV?” I asked.

“Hm?” Francis hummed from the kitchen. “Mmm.. Sure. I don’t mind.” He shrugged before turning back to his task.

Something about this felt so.. Safe.. And homely. I felt comfortable, despite me never even being in Francis’ apartment before. It felt familiar, and I couldn’t lie to myself and say that this is the most peace I’ve felt since the news of doppelgangers came out. I picked up the TV remote and flicked it on, browsing through the channels before find a movie we could idly have in the background.

Francis came out of the kitchen, holding two bowls with forks in each. This time, he took his seat much closer to me before placing my bowl on the coffee table. “Thank you.” I politely nodded. I took the bowl and started to eat. Honestly, to my surprise, the food was actually pretty good for a man who worked day and night. I was enjoying the comfortable silence between the two of us as we enjoyed our dinner together— something I barely saw myself seeing tonight.

“Hey.. (y/n)?” Francis mumbled quietly.

“Yeah, what’s up?” I replied, taking another scoop of the creamy mac n’ cheese to shove in my mouth.

“Why did you.. Come here?”

Something about that question made my heart skip a little. Why did I come here? I mean— I came here to make sure he was okay. That’s my job as doorman. To make sure all of the neighbors are safe and alive. But even when I heard him through the door, clearly shown to me that he is still breathing, I stuck around anyway.

Why did I come here?

“Well— I uh..” I trailed off a little, sort of lost to where I should even begin. “I was just worried about you. That is my job, no?” I said, clearing my throat. I kept my eyes on the screen, a little embarrassed to even face him.

“Mmm.. I don’t entirely believe that.” He hummed. “You could’ve called.”

Oh, fuck, yeah no— he’s right.

Ugh, Lois!

You set me up!

“That’s true..” I chuckled. “I guess you caught me.”

“Mmm..” He mumbled. He placed his now empty dinner on the table before folding his hands in his lap. “So..?”

I took a deep breath, feeling my heart beat fast inside my chest and a warmth creeping up my whole body. I placed my bowl onto the coffee table as well, and finally mustered the courage to look at him in his eyes.

“Francis..” I mumbled. He leaned in a little closer, as if he wanted to lean into my words and trusted them to embrace him.

“I.. I just.. I think I like you..” I trailed out. My head felt cloudy as a tingling sensation danced all over my skin, feeling like a little kid during recess confessing to her elementary school crush. “I've liked you.. Ever since we met. I never really said anything because I felt like you weren't necessarily interested in a relationship.. But Lois and Rafttellyn would always point out how you would look at me and I just—!”

A strong hand placed firmly on my cheek— so cold against my blushing face— pulled me in to meet those soft lips of his. I was completely silenced and wide eyed, but I knew what he was telling me. Everything in those pink lips told me that everything was going to be okay, and he liked me just as much..

I fluttered my eyes closed, wrapping my arms around his neck, pulling myself closer to his chest. The TV buzzed in front of us, sputtering incoherent actors cracking jokes and delivering their lines. Our finished bowls of dinner were scattered on the table, but it was easy to tell the food was delicious for no piece of macaroni was left unnoticed. I pressed harder against his lips, letting the thought of breathing slip my mind.

If this is what it's like to live with him—

To spend our evenings chatting

Eating dinner on his couch

Watching TV while enjoying each other's presence

Then maybe I could get used to this.

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tagging ; @crybabies-heart @shypizzaperson @your-local-oc-maker @spearsillustration @mochi46106 @seraphlin @glxyaaandromeda (some ppl i tagged either bc they followed me on my old acc and just some ppl who interacted with my past content and just thought they would be interested in this fic :3

thank you so much for reading and reposts and likes are always so, so appreciated <3

#milkman #milkman x reader #thats not my neighbor #thats not my neighbour milkman #francis mosses #francis mosses x reader #francis mosses thats not my neighbor #tnmn milkman #tnmn #francis mosses x you #lois stilnsky #fanfiction #wholesome

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3nlivenning · 7 months ago

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if you want oneshot requests for the milkman i have one! Doppelganger Milkman constantly teasing and flirting with the male Doorman/Reader after finding out that they have a massive crush on the (real) milkman, who doesn't feel the same

x. shitty shift

doppel!francis > m!reader > francis

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FLUFF (?)

maybe somewhere in the middle

You murmured to yourself as you heard footsteps nearing the subtly dirty window. Your eyebrows already furrowing once that annoying doppelgänger of Francis popped up again. This guy has been trying to swoon you ever since you got hired. You thought it was just a part of the character to distract you, but it’s starting to sound genuine.

You pick up your clipboard and immediately marked an ‘X’ at the obvious bloody appearance. An eyebrow raising when your eyes met his through the window.

“What’s with your appearance?” Gee, you wonder what the answer will be.

‘Francis’ only gave a sly smirk, his head slightly tilted down to meet your annoyed gaze. He swore he could feel his nonexistent heart pounding in his chest.

“It’s a new addition to our merchandise, scarlet milk?” Francis started off, leaning in closer to the point that his breath lightly fogged up the glass that separates the both of you. His grin only widened while his fatigued eyes darkened with lust.

The doppelgänger’s voice grew husky as he shot his shot again. “Wanna try it? Straight from the source?”

“I got a plenty~”

Gross. You only gave him a disgusted look before your knuckle immediately collided with the red button beside the window. Red lights flashed throughout the whole room while the metal barricade slammed in front of you. Dialing the DDD through the rotary phone to report the clone that doesn’t stop harassing you.

A few minutes go by and the metal barricade folded back up, revealing another worker on the other side with the hazmat suit on.

“Cleaning protocol completed.”

They spoke gruffly before walking away. Leaving you alone in the area.

You listened to the clock ticking, watching as minutes pass by. Only an hour left before you can finally clock out. Today is payday too, so you reminded yourself to get your check before you leave.

Footsteps echoed through the hall and the clinking of empty glass bottles were heard. Your heart jumped, oh it could be none other than him!

“Mmm… good morning.”

Francis hummed out as he slipped his entry request and his I.D. Through the slot under the window. You tried not to shake too much while your heart was beating rapidly. His tired eyes on you felt so exhilarating yet overwhelming!

“Morning, Francis.” You muttered out and felt your cheeks rise in temperature.

Trying to keep from tripping yourself up, you look through the list or neighbors that should be expected, but Francis wasn’t there. Could it be another doppelgänger? It couldn’t be since his appearance is similar to the real one.

“Hmmm… how come you’re not on the list, Francis?” You start off, glancing up from your list and the clipboard you held.

Francis seemed confident in his answer, but at the same time it wasn’t really shown from his exhausted expression. “Mmm, I had to take someone’s shift this morning since they couldn’t make it. You can even try calling my apartment.”

Well… he was right. No one did answer the phone.

As soon as you gave his papers back, you tried to make small talk as your hand reached the button to unlock the door. Plus, you have been planning on asking Francis on a date… so you wrote a little note on his entry request. The neighbors get a new one anyway when they have to leave.

You took a deep breath while he gathered his entry request and I.D.

“So, any plans tomorrow? It’s Saturday after all.” An awkward smile crept up in your lips as your cringed on the inside.

“Mmm, just work.” Francis didnt even shoot a glance once the door opened. His footsteps fading away. If only you could shrink into nothingness right there.

An hour finally passes and you clocked out of your shift. You still haven’t fully recovered from that awkward interaction… is this man truly oblivious?

It didn’t take that long to get the answer as you walked down the dark sidewalk. Making your way to the nearby trash beside the wooden bench.

You were about to throw the small wrappers in your pockets from the small snacks you ate during your shift, but something did catch your eye.

Nothing made you feel more embarrassed at the answer you didn’t expect.

You cringed at yourself once again, staring at the Francis’s crumpled up entry request with your phone number written at the front of it.

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This is a very new topic so BARE WITH ME

Ive never made a fanfic where like (this character) likes > (reader) likes > (another character) so it was interesting!

I did rush the end a bit since I needed to sleep and I’ve been working hella shifts this week 😓

#francis mosses #milkman #thats not my neighbor #the milkman #tnmn #francis mosses x reader #doppleganger #fanfic #hoon man

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majokkid · 2 months ago

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Grounding versus Adjustment

Puella Magi Madoka Magia Side Story: Magia Record introduces the idea of Adjustment: a procedure performed by a Coordinator or Adjuster that can be done to ‘enhance’ a magical girl’s Soul Gem. This enhancement can come in the form of removing impurities or unlocking further magical potential. Adjustment is also necessary when a magical hero uses their Doppel to avoid succumbing to despair.

Adjustment, as it is portrayed in Puella Magi Madoka Magia Side Story: Magia Record, is not a replacement for professional and personal therapeutic practices or experienced Shadow Work. I would strongly advise any magical hero to have a strong foundation in grounding and shielding practices before engaging in any serious work. If you’d like, imagine that your therapist, social worker, or other professional therapeutic practitioner is your Coordinator—they are there to provide you as a magical hero an essential service.

Grounding, on the other hand, is something any magical hero can do and is a foundational technique for any practicing magician. To put it simply, grounding is a way of eliminating excess energy and tempering high emotions that you may have stored up during a ritual or a working. If you have practiced centering as an energy technique, the fundamentals of grounding are simple: remember how you learned to manipulate energy when you learned to center? That's what you'll do to ground, only instead of drawing that energy inside you, you'll push it out—whether that is into the void, into an object, or to be carried off by the elements. Strong visualizations certainly help with grounding but also try something physical or tangible to strengthen its effects; try using your hands or your feet to push out that extra energy and feel it drain into the earth. You can also engage other senses in your grounding like by using cleansing herbs as an incense or spray, or by eating a comforting and antioxidant rich food like dark chocolate.

I often shield as well as part of my grounding practice. This helps protect my magical and physical body that may have become raw from high energy and emotions. Shielding is a way of protecting yourself from psychic, mental, or magical attack by creating an energy barrier around yourself that others cannot penetrate. When shielding, I do not completely close myself out from the world and others around me—I’m simply fortifying my defenses while I am recuperating.

This is my first post in a series of Magi Praxis writings I have planned. If you have any suggestions for future topics, please send me a message! I am always happy to go back and provide further explanation as well. ☆

#chaos magick #energy work #energy model #grounding #shielding #magi praxis #magical girl #magical kid #pop culture magic #magick #real magical girl #irl magical girl #irl mahou shoujo #puella magi madoka magica #magia record #magireco #magia

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sayakube · 3 months ago

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6 Hours Remain til Magia Record Servers Shutdown

Everyone do what you want to do in magia record now before its over.

Be it story, mirrors, summoning, or doppel unlocking

Do it now!

We shall ride towards the sunset with No regrets!!!

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #eos #pmmm #madoka magica #mahou shoujo madoka magica

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raposarealm · 1 year ago

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Diamond here has 300 million less HP than the previous Kimochi actually Usually Kimochi HP is 900M, but Diamond only has 600M I guess that 300M difference might be enough to let players actually kill this mofer this time around

I’ve actually been having fun with the kimochi this time around (what a concept) and kept playing even after I did my matches, because why practice BEFORE when you can practice AFTER???

Anyways I meant it when I said I fully believe some whale will kill the Kimochi this time around. This is the lowest I could get the kimochi’s health, and not all of my girls are slotted and I had to use some less then satisfactory memos. Someone out there is going to kill this thing, I know it.

#or at least the wiki is saying it's got less #i'll double check in a minute i'm still last-minute mathing my way to a magia loop #but i suspect they'll patch it #but i REALLY wanna see someone kill this thing it'd be so funny #haunt the devs with the monsters (whales) they've created #OH ALSO #the practice round 1 i did to just see what the kimochi fires on each turn? 10 MILLION DAMAGE #i wasn't even trying?!#my lil' 1s MasaKoko pullin' weight here it seems. i haven't even unlocked their doppel because i've been lazy #they deserve it now #magia record #muffinrecord #drifting diamond hair kimochi #drifting diamond hair kimochi july 2023 #reblog

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ask-the-rudboys · 1 month ago

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Doorman: "Mmmm... M'kay! Everything's in order! Welcome home, Mister and Mister Rudboys! :D"

"Thank youuuu :)"

"Don't call me that. Just call me Steven. You make it sound like we're married."

"Why call it that? I like the downtown :("

"It's not the downtown specifically, it's just this building. And the neighbours. Your friends are nice, and Izaack and Francis are cute. But Angus is loud and obnoxious, Albert is a douchebag, Robby gives me the creeps, the Sverchzt are so fucking cocky, I don't like Mia for some reason, and DON'T get me started on AFTON. Did you see what the clown thing had posted around the building recently?"

"Well-... No, can't say I have..."

" *unlocks and opens door* Apparently, that fucker's the reason why we have to deal with these-"

"... Doppels."

"ᶜᵃⁿ ʷᵉ ᵏᵉᵉᵖ ᵗʰᵉ ᴬˡᶠ ᵒⁿᵉ?"

"NO."

#back from hiatus! sorry bout that #ask the rudboys #steven rudboys #mclooy rudboys #not an ask #that’s not my neighbor

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lividria · 4 months ago

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(Bad) Fangame Idea: Metroid Menace 1

A post or two ago, I brought up that some time last year I came up with a trilogy of Metroid fangame ideas trying to figure out where the series could go after Metroid Dread and instead created something truly deranged. This post will be outlining the first installment in this insanity only my mind could conjure up. It's also the most fleshed out of the trilogy, but somehow also the most reasonable. And also the only one I wrote down in detail, though I do still have all of my old notes for the other two. Strap yourself in, this is gonna be a wild ride.

(Side note, I remember specifically writing down that in this continuity Other M is non-canon just so I could recycle some of the ideas I liked from it without them being linked to that abomination, so if you pick up on that at any point, probably specifically if I write up Menace 2, yea.)

Prepare for Samus robots, way too many bosses, unnecessary explanations for things nobody cares about, lack of explanations for things you would actually care about, rehashing of ideas the series already did to an absurd degree, two (technically three) Ridley knock-offs, a Samus boss fight, and the general vibe of what I imagine Metroid pages look like on Fantendo... If you were high.

Doppler, Our Protagonist

Okay, so, one of my ideas here was that the Metroid Menace trilogy follows a different character instead of Samus. At this point, we know the Federation is shady and Samus has seen some of that already, but she hasn't seen the bigger picture. Whatever that is. Remember how, in Federation Force, they were trying to make something as strong as Samus' Power Suit but for their soldiers?

They took notes from that incident... And pivoted to making robot replicas, instead, for some reason. Doppler, derived from Doppelganger and the Doppler Effect (I had no better ideas and yes I know the Doppler Effect has no reason to be part of the etymology but at the time it sounded cooler than Doppel), is the most recent model, and for some reason I always imagined them as having Dark Samus' color scheme. Is Doppler the titular Menace? I dunno.

The head GF official overseeing the entire project, Aurlets Onora Unison (That name has a reason to be like that, I promise, it only comes up in Menace 3 though so... I'm just gonna call him Aurlets for now.), has Doppler shipped up to a space station modeled after a standard Samus mission to test & train it. They just built an entire Metroidvania up there. Now that I think about it, I might've accidentally ripped off Metroid Confrontation. Does anyone even... Know? About Metroid Confrontation? Whatever, Doppler is there now, and Aurlets acts as their ADAM, explaining the plot of the simulation.

The Plot Of The Simulation

Space Pirates stole an Aurora Unit. They have it in this space station base now. There are Metroids and X parasites, there, too. Don't ask how they coexist. Of course, they're not actually Metroids, but Mechtroids, robotic recreations that are/should be only capable of sapping electricity, and Z, GF experiments based on a sample of X they got from Samus or something that only eat & mimic certain things with a specific DNA piece placed by the GF and remain docile until attacked or shown a pre-registered threat, such as Doppler. The Feds tried to play this safe, obviously.

There's multiple sectors, each with specific tasks for Doppler to clear before being allowed to unlock the next area, all connected in a generic, undecorated hallway in the center of the space station. I have the tasks all written down, but nobody cares, they were all pretty basic like Find This Thing or Kill This Thing or Kill These Things, that type of thing, and this post is going to be pretty long anyways. The areas were also all just basic themes and loosely based off Super Metroid: Underground, Overgrowth, Heatstroke, Frostbite, and Base. I don't know why that was the naming scheme, or why Maridia froze over.

Timeline of Interesting Things That Happen / Cool Boss Ideas I Had

Alright, starting with Underground. You may have caught onto this from my previous posts, but I... Don't know how to do bulleted lists in Tumblr posts. I tried my best- Wait, no, I figured it out.

Doppler can't absorb Z, so after killing Arachnus-Z you just... Walk through to the next room and the Morph Ball is on a Chozo statue. Which I find pretty funny.

The Missiles are missing from the room they're supposed to be in. You can break into the ventilation and escape to an "out-of-bounds" sector of the space station, where a rogue, earlier model of Doppler, Doppler-2 (We follow Doppler-5), is with the stolen Missiles. You somehow defeat them with just the Beam, but they run off instead of being destroyed.

The Elephant Bird is here, of all things, but instead of collapsing into a Core-Z or something it's it's "original form", some unseen creature that's puppeteering the Chozo Statue it's in that escapes whenever you break it. I think I wanted to do something more interesting than the Torizo?

Each area has Mechtroids scattered around to destroy, with each one going up to the next tier like in Metroid 2, but this one starts with the Larval Mechtroids to pad it across all 5 areas.

And now, Overgrowth:

There's a Wave Trooper from Metroid Prime as a miniboss to obtain the Wave Beam, instead of a regular enemy, which I still find kinda neat. Probably really screws things up to have the Wave Beam so early, though, I would probably fix that.

Yakuza-Z is for some reason ground-bound? Only getting off the ground by climbing up it's webs to shoot projectiles at you? It's entire thing was that it's a jumping chaos spider, why did I...

Not only do you see signs that someone's been through this area before, I sure do wonder who, but sometimes when you enter a room you can see a Little Birdie fleeing before you can get close to it. Oh no.

I don't really have anything interesting to say in-between these. Heatstroke.

For some reason I really liked the idea of elemental Spore Spawns as a recurring miniboss across this entire series, and it starts here with the Flamespore. I think it happens like 5 times.

An entire boss is killed ahead of time, specifically the Mecha-Crocomire. You can just... Go get the Grapple Beam without any difficulty.

The Ice Trooper drops the... Ice Missiles. What?

If you saw my Meet the Space Dragon posts, you'll remember Metroid 1 had an unused Fake Ridley as a miniboss. They're here as the official GF test to see if Doppler can take on a Space Dragon, though it's obviously hilariously weaker than the real deal.

It initially looks like, to get the Plasma Beam, you just face off against a Plasma Trooper, but then a Mystery Creature instead ambushes them, devours them, and makes off with the Plasma Beam. You chase it out of bounds, kick its ass, it spits the upgrade out and skitters off. Oh no.

Aaand Frostbite.

It looks like you'll finally get the Ice Beam by fighting another Ice Trooper (But you already have the Ice Missiles, why would you need both), but then the Trooper's frozen by the Freezespore. Yup.

Another dead boss is just out and about, this time Serris. It's not actually supposed to be guarding an upgrade, you just find it.

It looks like the Super Missiles are being guarded by a Power Trooper, but then Doppler-2 blows them up with a Power Bomb and steals the upgrade. You get an actual showdown with them, resulting in the ice under them shattering, throwing them underwater, and then re-freezing above them, trapping them underwater without a Gravity Suit. At this point, Aurlets fesses up that that was a failed prototype that went rogue and kept escaping the "playground", so he had an Omega Mechtroid deal with it, but it was somehow reactivated, albeit without it's abilities. Looks like it had a grudge on its successor. But it's gone now. Probably.

You can actually find a part of the sector that isn't frozen, for some reason. I don't know why I wrote this down, it might've been to imply there was a place Doppler-2 could've escaped to?

The Screw Attack is guarded by the Terminus, a giant boss version of the Genesis, named as such because it was the last animal retrieved from SR388. I don't think Doppler was supposed to encounter it, that sounds like a valuable specimen, I don't know why it's here. It was probably just an AM2R reference.

By The Way, There Are Superbosses If You Backtrack

Side note before Base. Exactly what it says on the tin, though there's other non-superbosses to backtrack for.

An Omega Mechtroid in each area.

A Zeta Mechtroid in Underground, meant to be fought around the Heatstroke state of progression, because it gives you the Baby Mechtroid, which helps attack enemies, heals Doppler with stolen energy, and even eats Z somehow. I think my idea was the Federation made this one specifically able to do that and not the rest of the Mechtroids, but why would they even give Doppler this in the first place? And why make it optional?

Wait, what the fuck, you had to actually go through each area to get keys to Base USING THE SHINESPARK? I have fun making ideas that are intentionally miserable to go through, but that's horrible. I'm pretty sure I made it a separate upgrade from the Speed Booster, too, for some reason.

Underground's superboss is the Queen Mechtroid, lodged in the background wall for some reason, probably to differentiate it from the Metroid 2 boss fight a bit. It drops an upgrade for the Baby Mechtroid that lets it drain energy from regular enemies... Oh, god, does that imply GF figured out how to replicate the actual Metroids doing that?

Overgrowth's superboss is an Elephant Bird rematch, for some reason, and it has a Core-Z second phase this time around. It drops the... Beam Coil? Which is a damage increase? I know that was meant to explain it's violent behaviors, but... Why a coil?

Heatstroke's superboss is Klaw, the Mystery Creature from earlier all grown up. Once again, he's not in the actual intended area for Doppler. Twice again, if you remember my Meet the Space Dragons post, you'll have seen the Ridley-2 design and my headcanon that each Space Dragon has a unique ability. This guy breathes electricity, and drops the Shock Beam, which paralyzes enemies. Which is kinda useless when you should have the Ice Beam by now.

Frostbite's superboss is the... Jelzap-Z? Okay, I guess. It drops the Regeneration Suit, which regenerates your health & missiles while in the water. Because that's totally not overpowered.

The Wave Buster, Ice Spreader and Flamethrower from Prime are all hidden upgrades, and I have no clue how they'd work here because this is a traditional 2D Metroid game with beam-stacking.

I mentioned in the Google Doc for this idea you can find more out of bound areas with juicy lore, but didn't elaborate on the juicy lore. How could you do this to me, me?

Base, Basically The Most Chaotic Climax I Could've Written

Ok, you open up Base. It's Tourian, obviously. Instead of going around the area, completing a list of tasks, it's just get from Point A to Point B and kill everything in your way. Along the way, some of the Space Pirates you fight don't turn into Z, which were previously how the GF were cloning so many enemies for the area, so that has concerning implications.

Remember the stolen Aurora Unit from earlier? It's set up to be Mother Brain here, and you can even see the giant body for it a few rooms before the fight. But as it goes to raise it up for the second ohase, it gets blown up from some Super Missiles off-screen. Place your bets now, who is it? You're wrong, it's not Doppler-2, IT'S SAMUS.

Cue an intense remix of the SA-X boss theme (Which I wrote down as a way to make it unclear if this is Samus if this idea were brought to fruition but... I'm just gonna tell you it's Samus, this is a Tumblr post) as you fight her in a state of panicked confusion, probably, as a pre-recorded message from Aurlets congratulating you on completing the mission plays in the background which was just meant to be a story beat at the time but is hilarious looking back on it. He also mentions that Doppler should now enter a capsule in the next room to officially end their mission and join the Galactic Federation. Samus has a weakened version of the fucking Super Metroid Hyper Beam for some reason, according to my notes, and when the fight starts the Z from the (obviously fake) Aurora Unit is absorbed by the Baby Mechtroid and somehow gives Doppler the "Aurora Suit", which is basically this game's equivalent of the Omega Suit from Fusion or the Metroid Suit from Dread. Don't ask, I was on another level when writing this, apparently.

The fight ends, and both Doppler and Samus jump away from each other, exhausted and confused, only for a SPACE PIRATE SHIP TO BURST THROUGH THE WALL WITH ANOTHER SPACE DRAGON ON IT. This one is Talon, and breathes ice as an Ice Ridley reference (Again, if you saw Meet the Space Dragons you'll remember that), and it lashes out at both Samuses, as he's also confused. This seems pretty dire, right? You didn't get healed after the Samus fight, but instead the Baby Mechtroid somehow saps life energy from Talon and heals both Doppler and Samus, who now fights Talon alongside you for the final boss fight.

Yeah, what's going on is that the space station is being sieged by Space Pirates just as you went to fight the fake Space Pirates, which is why Klaw was running around earlier, he's Talon's son. Talon is the one leading the raid, the newly appointed commander of the Space Pirates after Ridley's death, and Samus just happened to respond to Aurlets' distress call about this and got very confused when she saw Doppler, but now she has bigger fish to fry.

You beat Talon's boss fight, but he is still ready to throw more punches, so instead Samus blows up a wall of the space station with a Super Missile, revealing the vacuum of space, which Talon is immediately launched towards. He holds onto the walls, still not wanting to give up, so Samus jumps into his mouth in her Morph Ball and Power Bombs his ass... Or, well, his mouth. He freaks the fuck out and is launched off into the distance towards the planet the station's orbiting, and since Doppler & Samus both have Gravity Suits they're completely fine. Samus' Fusion/Dread ship flies up, and you're given... Multiple ending choices, huh.

You go back to that capsule from earlier and become an officially licensed Galactic Federation robot soldier to send on bounties instead of Samus, as Doppler should be physically unable to distrust them and thus is preferable over Samus if another Fusion situation ever pops up.

You go with Samus, who for some reason mentors Doppler and the two go on missions together for a while.

You steal Talon's ship from earlier and go on your own, which doesn't make sense since Doppler was specifically designed to not have free will, but whatever. This is the canon ending, because of course it is.

OR you can try and kill Samus, resulting in a Metroid Suit Samus superboss fight where you defeat her and join the Space Pirates as an elite soldier because I wanted a really fucking dumb ending just to entertain myself, I think. You're not healed after Talon, by the way.

And then there's a post-credits scene where it's shown Talon can fly in space, just like Ridley, and willingly retreats to the planet the space station is orbiting, which you can visually identify as Twin Tabula, a planet namedropped in Prime 1. I think you could visually identify it, anyways, because wasn't it namedropped on a hologram of the system Tallon IV's in? Also, I think it was that one in specific because Doppler could be viewed as a twin of Samus, or something.

Conclusion

What the actual fuck?

If anyone shows interest in this, I'll be more than willing to write up Metroid Menace 2 and 3, which are... Somehow even rougher around the edges, and even more patently absurd, it'll be a lot of fun. I will spoil that, if you couldn't already tell, our Space Dragon duo will be the recurring antagonists, and Doppler-2's arc isn't over either, which would've been much harder to catch, actually.

I told @bean-counter29 I'd @ them with this after they mentioned having a similar idea, so there you go. A much stranger finale than playable SA-X versus Samus, I'd say.

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your-fave-is-a-doppel · 5 months ago

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Consider: Kaio Kincaid from OK K.O: Let's be Heroes! not only has a doppel (TKO), but the finale p much has him suffering Doppel Syndrome AND unlocking a doppel alt after coming to terms with his negative emotions (much like how Kyoko Sakura did)

Kaio Kincaid from OK K.O: Let's be heroes would have a doppel form in Puella Magi Magia Record!

Request by: @puella-1n-somn10

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rpgsandbox · 7 months ago

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