#dr vrach

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caught-on-tober again? no problem!

7 (frankenstein's monster): ed and mary are exquisite ex-corpses who've made some exquisite corpse drawings with their friends!

8 (vampire(?)): professor roscoe proboscis drinks blood and is an expert on the supernatural. although he can't turn into a bat, it doesn't make him any less vampiric!

9 (polka dot ghosts): oh my! these two both decided to make a fashion statement! what now?

10 (witch in the sky): I just really wanted to draw a "hocus", as coined by bogleech

11 (mysterious skeleton): could this REALLY have evolved long ago, or is it an elaborate hoax?

12 (lost werewolf): "don't be embarassed, reading a bus schedule can be a challenge even if you aren't a wolf!"

13 (the cat): take your pick! we... think they're cats, anyway.

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"Telling myself I won't go there Oh, but I know that I won't care Tryna wash away all the blood I've spilt This lust is a burden that we both share Two sinners can't atone from a lone prayer Souls tied, intertwined by our pride and guilt"

(Daylight - David Kushner) Gale "With you I forget my goddess" Dekarios and Dr. "We could be gods. But would you really want to?" Vrach, two wizards lost in eachother. The birth of the God of Ambition and a new God of Death.

I'm never ascending Gale in this playthrough BUT That doesn't stop me from wondering what kind of ending they would've gotten if he did ascend. Which works as a corruption ark with Dr. Vrach's story of embracing humanity and rejecting his divinity as a bhaalspawn. Godhood was pretty much his life goal pre tadpole, though, maybe less of a corruption and more of a return to the original plan. Also I finally figured out his outfit, only 2 more redesigns left, yeehaw

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I am so very tempted, saw Gort tag full of everyone's durgetash lore so feel free to ask too😈

+ I didn't have a chance to share much abt my 2 durges yet but maybe it's a good starting point, esp since A'mos and Dr. Vrach have very different relationships with Gortash in their respective time lines

Fuck it imma force those who remain to interact with each other again.

Past Life asks, except it's Durgetash

Who realised first that this strictly business relationship stopped being so strict and solely about business?

Did they ever meet or see each other before Gortash attempted to find the Chosen of Bhaal?

What did Durge think of the little wannabe Tyrant at the beginning? Someone competent or someone who tries really quite hard?

Did the Banite and Bhaalist culture exchange really happen and what did it look like?

Their favourite 'strictly business associates' bonding activity on a Saturday night? Please don't leave out any of the bloody gory details.

Describe their dynamic in one sentence. Without using toxic.

Somehow we all hc that Durge and Gortash attended some kind of Patriar function together. What was the thing they showed up to really and how did it go? How many deaths did he have to promise Durge for them to agree?

Both Gortash and Durge are sadistic little gremlins, so when it comes down to it, who's better at torture? And did they make a competition out of it?

The Steelwatch Foundry. Did they ever visit it together, what was it like? How many people died afterwards and how many of them were banites?

Did the tyrant ever try to impress the serial killing godling and exact how horrible did it end for him? What sorta things did he do solely for 'the sake of cooperation' with glaringly obvious ulterior motives?

Ask prev when u reblog, be nice, this isn't strictly romantic, bla bla bla yk what I usually put here. Basically, have fun, go wild, save a fading fandom or smth

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In which Natasha introduces Ivan Petrovich mid lab explosion- Preview for the next chapter WIP

Moon River Excerpt:

Tony and Bruce back slowly away from the workbench as the bot begins to smoke. Banner looks above his glasses suspiciously;

“Um...Tony?”

Stark lingers a while longer, eager to see his creation come into fruition, “Hold it...wait just one more-.”

Before he can finish, the lab fills with a loud burst and a purple-white speckled smoke. The two-some exit in a hurry, opening the door to release the smoke into the hallways. The sound of coughing is met with smoke alarms and sprinklers.

Pepper screams from another room, “TONY STARK!”

Thor’s laugh fills the hall, meeting the two at the lab entrance, “I have arrived! Where is the crisis?

Steve shouts from his own quarters, “I’ve got it! I’m coming!”

Tony moves to a hidden panel Bruce is quick to remove. Tony pulls his wire to shut the alarm, struggling to find the wire for the water;

“Hey Brucie-?”

“Don’t look at me,’ he coughs and consents, ‘Try that one.”

“On it.”

Rogers arrives, using his shield as an umbrella, “What do you guys need? And why are you both purple?”

Thor points, “Perhaps I could blast-.”

“No!,” Bruce and Tony shout in unison, paranoid over the potential electrocution.

“Move,” Pepper pushes through the mob, nudging Tony from her way as she flips the switches in the box to successfully shut off the sprinklers.

“Thanks,” Bruce mumbles, lifting his purple smoked covered lenses.

Pepper turns with a sigh, soaked from the encounter. She grits her teeth. Tony brushes her shoulder, “Love you baby…”

“Why. Is it, always! You two!,’ she rolls her tongue over her teeth, ‘Don’t move; both of you. You’re not dragging purple dust through the tower. I’m gonna go grab a change of clothes- do not move!”

Steve lifts the shield from off his head with a grin, “That could’ve been much worse.”

Bruce laughs, “You mean like the fire last month? Or the faulty smoke detectors? I admit that was one me-.”

“-Um,’ Tony taps Banner’s shoulder aggressively, ‘Might wanna shut up.”

“What- Why?” He asks with a laugh he looks about the room, eyes widening over Natasha’s entry. She’s grinning with an older gentleman stepping at pace behind her.

“Well shit.” Tony grumbles, scrambling to brush off his friend’s shoulder.

Steve lowers his brow, “What?”

Thor steps forward to aide Stark. Bruce mumbles above a whisper over the fuss, “Okay, please stop touching me!”

“Hi Vrach,’ Natasha holds a smirk and crosses her arms, ‘This is Ivan.”

“Natasha!’ Bruce catches himself with reddened cheeks over her sudden entrance, imagining he’s a purple mess, ‘Bruce,” The doctor introduces himself to Ivan with a handshake.

“Dr. Banner,” Natasha quickly corrects and introduces each of the other members of her team.

The man smiles seemingly with approval as he shakes each of the team member’s hands, “A bit of a fire scare?”

Tony brushes it off, “Eh, just a mechanical glitch in the lab. No worries-.”

Thor scoffs, “A ‘glitch’ occurs frequently-.”

“Shut up,” Tony mumbles with a nudge and a smile.

Bruce holds his elbows, acknowledging Natasha’s damp hair, “I’m sorry about the sprinklers-.”

She shrugs, “You’re the one covered in purple.”

“Here you go,’ Pepper interrupts with a small stack of folded clothes and offers them to Bruce and Tony, ‘Go change.”

The taller man checks his purple tinged palm. Banner’s cheek flush a brighter red, scrambling to offer his clean shirt, “Ugh, sorry.”

Ivan lifts a thick eyebrow, his focus narrowed on the doctor. Romanoff cocks her head, revealing a key from her pocket. Her glance shifts between Ivan and Bruce, “Let’s go Papa, I’ll show you the dance space and the rest of the tower.”

The man follows with a hesitant focus still on Banner. Bruce mumbles through his teeth once the man leaves, “Okay, why is he glaring at me? Is he staying, is that why she’s touring him?!”

Tony shrugs. Pepper lifts a hand;

“Alright, calm. He has no where else to go right now-.”

Stark strips his top, “Really?! And you agreed without asking me first?!”

“Ugh,’ she sighs, ‘I was trying, you two were busy blowing up the lab.”

“He doesn’t seem that bad,” Tony shrugs in an attempt to soothe Banner’s nerves.

Clint interjects with a scoff and a mumble as he walks the hallway, “Give it a week.”

Bruce nods, catching himself halfway. His eyes widen as he moves to chase down the archer, “Wait-...Clint? Hey Clint…”

Steve points with a suspicious brow, “So the doc and Romanoff? Are they official?”

“No,’ Tony answers only to be cut off by Pepper’s ‘yes’. He shifts, ‘Did someone give you an update before telling me? Cause I’ll kill them both.”

“Oh come on. He’s worried about an in-law, Tony. They’re official.”

He shakes his head, replacing his top with the new one, “Well that makes me feel great about this first impression.”

“Yeah I know.”

Thor lifts his chin boldly, “We should intervene.”

“No,” Steve scrambles.

Pepper crosses her arms, “As usual I’m with Steve.”

Tony repeats her obnoxiously with a squeaky voice. Pepper hands her boyfriend a now water soaked agenda. He grumbles;

“What is this?”

“They were our tickets- for the ballet. Tonight. We’re double dating with Rhodes.”

“He’s got a girlfriend?”

“He has a date, and she’s a lovely woman named Terrisa. You’re gonna behave and we are going to have an amazing night.”

“So. Do I at least get Carmine’s after?”

“Yes, Tony,” she smirks and moves to take his now purple shirt.

“Don Quixote?”

“Swan Lake.”

He growls, “Mm. Okay. Yes dear.”

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recent doodles from drawing sessions with friends

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this is dr vrach, ms corkscrew's rival/frenemy. the two of them used to work together back when ms corkscrew was alive, but it had a falling out with her a while before dying. vrach is upbeat (annoyingly so, some would say), friendly, nosy, and has a tendency towards unethical science. though she dabbles in biology and chemistry, among others, she mostly works with robotics. other scientists tend to have strong opinions on her, skewing slightly towards the negative. despite her shortcomings, she takes good care of her ward, sara the haunted bunny doll.

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so. uh. I finally came up with a title for my oc universe

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I had some ideas for fleshing out the reanimation rules universe. I'm trying to decide if the new words I came up with sound too clunky or silly, so I'd like to hear feedback!

cybernetic organism (cyborg)- a person with one or more cybernetic enhancements. can encompass anything from people with pacemakers or prosthetics to a ghost in a robot like ms corkscrew (though she’s also a supernatural organism by virtue of being a ghost). very common- about 1 in every 20 people are cyborgs

paranormal organism (paraorg, “monster”)- encompasses ghosts, specifically those possessing bodies, and other unexplained “spiritual” sapience, such as homunculi (anne atomic is one). paraorgs are rare, though not as rare as thought previously

augmented organism (augmorg)- a person with biological enhancements, such as horns or tails on species that don’t typically have them, or extra body parts such as vrach’s second set of arms. most early augmorgs were unique, but genetic code altering has made it so a minority (usually rich people) can pass traits on to their children. several augmorgs are also cyborgs

unaltered organism- (“naturorg”, “normal”)- person with no cybernetic or biological enhancements or unexplained supernatural existence

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made a voice claim video for my ocs!!!

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📣 + any of ur ocs for that oc ask game!!

📣 MEGAPHONE - how loud are they? what do they speak like? got a voice claim?

I'm gonna do a bunch of the characters from my unnamed mad scientist story!

Ms. Corkscrew- A slightly loud, sort of nasally voice- a bit like Fran Drescher or Linda from Bob's Burgers. She talks faster when she gets excited about something. It's very easy to pick up on her emotions through her voice.

Mary Stein Salerosa- Warm, clear voice, not especially high- similar to Enid from OK KO. Bit of a Southern accent. Infectious, bubbly laughter. She tends to mispronounce words she's only read and never heard.

Anne Atomic- Sounds like Linda Ronstadt. People are sometimes surprised that she doesn't have a high voice. Very precise, yet casual way of speaking. Easy to have a conversation with, even if you don't know her.

Dr. Vrach- Bright and cheerful, sweet voice. Russian accent. Talks about frightening and unethical mad science without blinking an eye. Bothers people (Ms. Corkscrew) sometimes with how chipper she is.

Ed Fang- Low, soft voice. I can't think of any characters who sound like him, but I hope I can one day. Tends to forget words and sometimes repeats sounds or stammers when he's excited or nervous. She's also usually pretty quiet, only talking when necessary.

Sara- Little kid with a higher pitched Appalachian accent- I imagine it sounding just like Opie from the Andy Griffith Show. Very talkative and inquisitive. Will go up to people unprompted and compliment them or ask them about something.

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Gale dinner.

Redraw of that one "interview with the vampire" shot but with my durge and Gale instead.

I remember reading a few posts pondering if sorcerers could theoretically let Gale feed on their magic to soothe The Orb instead of the magic items. Weave straight from the so(u)rce(rer), think of the romance, the tenderness. .. ... . ... ... one could only dream.

My durge is actually 10 wizard(necromancer)\2 wild magic sorc bc I wanted to see the sorcerer dialogue options for roleplay purposes but man do they come off so cocky(for his character), Dr. Vrach would never. He's a scholar, he craves conversation with his peers, he'd kill to talk about his craft with someone on equal ground, he has not passed a single intimidation check despite having proficency, all he wants to do is read book, animate dead, kiss wizard and collect every single alchemy ingredient that can fit in his pack.

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If nobody else asked them yet 3 and 8 for the asks?

I got the exact 3 and 8 ask for A’mos but since you didn’t specify which durge I’m gonna ramble about Dr. Vrach this time if that’s ok, I just think about both of them a lot🙏

Based on this ask. (also ty for creating it! And additionaly thank you for making it not romance specific!) While this is technically durgetash I wanna specify that it is strictly platonic between these two. Tho, I’d argue this doesn’t make their bond less unhinged. It might make it worse actually?

3. What did Durge think of the little wannabe Tyrant at the beginning? Someone competent or someone who tries really quite hard?

For this I hc they met way before Gortash even became a banite, before he was sold to Raphael even. Dr. Vrach never forgets a face, just like he never forgot the face of a certain lower city cobbler’s kid who tried to pickpocket him once but got away bc he couldn’t snatch a child in broad daylight with multiple witnesses, nor could he be bothered, when he wants to keep appearances as a well-meaning doctor. 

He is getting into his 120s when they meet a second time, both being a wizard and a demigod he was able to extend his lifespan way above what an average human has and he has full intent on going as long as he needs to bring his father’s rule and achieve lichdom himself. So, when he sees Gortash again, 10-15 years later, having successfully resurrected the cult of Bane in Baldur’s Gate and strolling over to the living(for now) flesh and blood of Bhaal for an alliance? Oh, he was intrigued to say the least. A man forged in the hells, fostered by tyranny, with an unstoppable drive for progress and absolutely no limits as to what is ethical  - what a terrifying combination for a human to have. What an amazing opportunity to observe this brilliant mind, he would’ve dissected his brain if it didn’t kill him instantly, too. He saw so much potential in Gortash, potential he could help him realize. Dr. Vrach instantly became invested in his work, he wanted to become his mentor, to teach him how much more death he can bring into this realm if he only had more knowledge.

And Gortash, finally getting that older nurturing figure in his life? Finally getting his talents not only recognised but encouraged and cultivated? Yeah, he didn't get an assassin for hire, he got a free uncle who's always elbow deep in gore and likes to call ghouls his "colleagues".

8. Both Gortash and Durge are sadistic little gremlins, so when it comes down to it, who's better at torture? And did they make a competition out of it?

Absolute torture olympics at the Iron Throne all day every day for these two. And, unfortunately, no judge survived to keep the score but it is definitely in Dr. Vrach’s favour. He is always up for “research” and there is no end to lucky participants in his very ethical humanoid trials™ as well as his lifetime experience as a necromancer and a self proclaimed medical professional. Sometimes he’d like to see how many organs a person really needs to stay alive, sometimes he’d try to turn someone’s skin inside out all in the name of curiosity of course. It's edutainment to him. Magic certainly helps to keep them alive longer, he’s not interested in seeing the limit of an average person, he wants to see the limit. Period. How much can one’s body endure before its soul is released to the Gods? How far can you go past organic matter? It was a regular Unit 731 when they got together. 

There isn’t much of a difference between Dr. Vrach’s research and torture though, so it’s hard to tell at times.

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Dr. Vrach sneaking out of camp to perform a ritual in the middle of the night and running into some vampire sucking on a boar

He's got too much on his mind (and, well, in it) to worry about it tonight though

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Just necromancer things, idk, I thought it was funny also I'm dreading finishing my Dr. Vrach run a bit bc that means no more Gale romance until next time smh my head I was worried Orin would nuke me in a duel bc Dr. Vrach is a mega softie in close combat so I summoned 8 ghouls and hoped for the best but I did not know the game would spawn them in a perfect circle around me making an impenetrable meat wall between me and her💀 Best part was when the ghouls surrounded *her* and then every single time she tried to move they all got to land opportunity attacks. 10 out of 10 strat, 8 ghouls are powerfull and our camp is covered in viscera from my body stash

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5 and 6 for durgetash ask for Dr Vrach (I love your naming technique bahahaha)

Thank you so much, haha! I have regretted giving all my characters joke names but Dr. Vrach is not one of them. He was born to be a doctor and he rocks it with pride.

Again, SO sorry for the late response, I’ve been swamped lately but I love oc asks! 

Based on this ask.

5. Their favourite 'strictly business associates' bonding activity on a Saturday night? Please don't leave out any of the bloody gory details.

I’d say their favorite activity IS working together. It’s not work if you love what you do! And they have spent countless nights experimenting on and dissecting bodies in the name of science(and personal enjoyment), so of course they have bonded over their ingenuity and mutual lack of morals. I see them both working parallel to each other a lot. On days where neither of them have cult business together, they’d make an excuse to hang out, maybe Gortash is working on new blueprints on one side of the room, while Dr. Vrach is reading the newest issue of some magic related publication on the other. Occasionally he’d scoff and comment “Bah! How does this drivel get published? They don’t even cite their sources!” and Gortash would hum in agreement, after which they both get back to whatever they’re doing. They’d share at max a few words during these communal work days but they do enjoy each other's presence. 

But aside from brainstorming, vivisection, and contemplating the minutia of death cult office politics, I do see them attending an occasional soiree or a ball. Not for socializing, but more so to sow discord in the ranks. They’d show up fashionably late, dressed to the nines, and spread over the room, each picking out a target to gossip with, at the end of the night they reunite and compare scores\brag if one of them got a noble to get mad at someone and cause a scene. 

6. Describe their dynamic in one sentence. Without using toxic.

“Aww, was that Gortash’s grandpa?” 

But seriously, they have a very "found family" style bond. If Gortash had won any blue ribbons, Dr. Vrach would display every single one of them in his living room and yap endlessly about how smart and talented his specialest little “nephew” is. He even sometimes introduces Gortash as a one at parties, to Gortash’s great annoyance (he’ll pout and play along if it’s convenient for the conversation but he can’t help but feel flattered that Dr. Vrach practically sees him as family, something he was denied and deemed unworthy of all his life).

Gortash finally got that supportive parental figure that, on the outside, he only humors to get Dr. Vrach’s cooperation, but he would never admit how much he likes that constant encouragement and praise, all the recognition he never got for his real talents.

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extremely noncanon "what if my ocs met frank-n-furter" thing

ms corkscrew: they'd HAAAAATE each other. he'd feel threatened by her potentially upstaging him and she'd just be horrified by his total lack of ethics. would definitely try to kill each other with hammers

anne atomic: she's just chill and sensible so freaking her out is unfeasible, and she's aroace so seducing her is impossible. he might find her muscle/bone layers aesthetically interesting but otherwise they don't seem especially likely to clash or get along

mary s: mary's blonde, muscular, and tan, much like rocky, and frank's gorgeous and confident, so they'd both appeal to each other in terms of looks... frank's pushiness and possessiveness would be a turnoff/red flag for mary, though, so it probably wouldn't go past mutual flirting

dr vrach: they would get along maybe too well. their relationship is less attraction or amusement and more a meeting of the minds. though they're both on the hedonistic side, vrach is less of a performer and content to act as backup for frank- as long as she gets an equal piece of the scientific pie. (not a euphemism.)

ed fang: he's a bit wary of frank, who seems fascinated by her whole deal. he'd find ed's uncertainty around him to be rather cute and tease him. ed would probably withdraw from the situation as soon as possible- frank is a smooth talker and absolutely shameless in himself, but she doesn't trust him as far as she can throw him...