#either Tuesday's style (pristine but dangerous) or Isolde's paid garment (daring and healing)

[the-blossica-fan]

Greetings!

I offer Puppykeeper AU headcanons! (I feed this AU born out of the ask and feel free to add stuff I wanna flesh this out)

General ideas for the main trio - aka the characters receiving the most changes.

Sonetto:

- more reserved as TK, even more than Vertin in canon, imagine a sad puppy and thats TK Sonetto.

- she has an extensive collection of poems across the world, and newspapers as well (one of the few ways she can learn about the outside world away from the Foundation)

-outfit wise, I would like to say her default outfit until Book 4 does she get an outfit change, her 1.9 garment alongside maybe a hat, a fedora perhaps. The outfit acts as her first steps to freedom from the foundation, a long arduous journey even more for her than canon Vertin.

Vertin or "Skuld":

- since 2.1 is now out, I would like to say shes close friends or penpals with Barbara! As editors of UTTU they stay in contact through letters.

-slightly more expressive than canon Vertin, but still a lingering depression over the Breakaway and seeks to find out a way to share her immunity with others, if she saved Sonetto maybe she can save others.

-outfit wise, maybe a slightly altered version of her current outfit, more designed for travel. Maybe similarities to Bessmert's outfit?

-You know those email we get from the "Friend from Afar"? In this AU its Vertin sending them, cyptically sending messages and gifts to Sonetto like a secret admirer, just like how she used to gift her as kids.

Schneider:

- Alot of canon saw Schneider warm up to Vertin via her charisma and optimism. For this AU, especially after events of Book 2 (her whole family is still reversed) and the fact that Schneider in this AU was held hostage as part of Books 3/4 means shes more adamant to trusting others. More aloof and distant in the beginning.

-Outfit wise she is more or less the same, maybe by Book 5 shes upgraded to i2 outfit after her coma, i2 roughly a more elaborate dress and a tailcoat reminiscent of outfits in the Godfather.

-While she and Sonetto often butt heads over opinion vs order, the main middle ground between them is Italian culture, on days they aren't bickering Sonetto asks Schneider to teach her Italian and Italian culture.

I kinda wanna flesh this AU out a bit so feel free to add!

Oh don't worry comrade, I got you! You have left this to the right over-thinker...

Great headcanons, I love the Vertin part of it!

Sonetto, at the beginning, probably wore a foundation outfit, similar to Matilda's. Hers was bigger than her body because they had thought of her as taller and stronger, so she felt suffocated under those clothes.

The change in outfit could have been triggered by an accident with the coat, it ripped in an accident and she had to get changed, which made her go to a nearby shop to buy a new one.

Since she has been secluded from the outside world and never had a reason to go to a clothes store, she ended up trying a lot of them (she's a teenager deprived of enjoyment, I think she deserves this moment) and the shop owner ended up helping her pick a better outfit than the "grown-up and unfit clothes", so they ended up giving her a discount on clothes.

Sonetto walked out with a new garment that ended up fitting in. She didn't want to get too close to the person in the store due to what would inevitably happen, but she ended up getting too attached to this gift and piece of freedom.

Constantine wasn't fond of the idea, but if It made Sonetto more willing to explore, she allowed the change.

(I imagine the fedora slightly similar to Isolde's, as in it goes to one side but doesn't cover an eye like Vertin's, I'll make a little sketch later)

I can imagine she also has a lot of letters coming from "Your closest yet far away friend", which might be Vertin. Each letter is a story about the outside word and some advice, as well as information about things she needed to know.

I like to believe Sonetto is acquaintances with Barbara due to some poems she published all the way back in SPDM. It's through her that Skuld knows most of Sonetto's whereabouts, since they're close friends.

Sonetto and Schneider end up in Apeiron because of a letter Skuld sent about her current location, and after some authorization from Madam Z, Sonetto, Schneider and the others left.

It's Schneider who tricked Regulus into getting them there, which Regulus does get mad over because she and Schneider have a very different relationship from hers and Vertin

Does Sonetto still act impulsively after seeing Arcana? Yes. Even MORE after the events of chapter 1 and 2 which she witnessed with her own two eyes, fueling her impulsiveness.

Apeiron's "0" defended her in court, just to then disappear after Sonetto's safety was assured. It still goes similar to the plotline of chapter 5.

Sonetto and Sophia develop an understanding of one another and the path they chose, 37 clings to Sonetto for being such a great student, Schneider proves to be pretty smart herself by solving most stuff with 37.

Not a lot of change since 1.4 is not that eventful until the end.

So, what about Vertin and Martha?

0, as known in Apeiron, is a revered but rarely seen arcanist that defies all they've known. She hides her face with a mask made by Urd and only appears when she seems necessary. After all, she is doomed to be alone.

After defending Sonetto in court, she avoids all interactions with them, having a conversation with Schneider. 0 likes Schneider and thanks her for taking care of Sonetto, which confuses the girl greatly.

In the end, 0 and Martha drive into the storm like in chapter 9 since she and Sonetto are not meant to get along just yet.

Schneider is the reliable force Sonetto reluctantly (lies) leans against. She's smart but playful, her lack of arcane skills are nothing if her guns - made by Druvis and personalized/improved by Laplace - can get rid of the problem.

She's important in chapter 4 but is unconscious through all of chapter 3. In chapter 4 she is used by Constantine as a way to manipulate the opinion about Sonetto and to get others to agree to "use more restraining orders against her team of arcanists", since Schneider was an important member of the Manus.

She teams up with Madam Z, who she ends up making friends with, and helps the others fight against the foundation.

She and Lilya are the best of friends. Drunk together, joke about a lot of stuff and tease their loving PuppyKeeper.

By chapter 7, I think Schneider and Sonetto have a deeper, more intimate (not in the other sense) relationship. They went through a lot, and that rope bridge effect makes them understand each other the most.

Maybe this is the first step for both to talk about whatever relationship they have before leaving to Route 77.

About outfits, this could be the start of their more romantic undertones, as Sonetto helps Schneider change her revealing clothes to something more herself. Her clothes represent her need to grow up, to act mature, so now that she's able to rely on Sonetto as much as Sonetto relies on her, they choose something more herself.

Due to Schneider's demand, they have to be matching. An indirect that completely flew past Sonetto's dense brain.

2.1 still has Lilya, but Schneider's addition is hard to point. I don't think they'd separate due to Constantine needing to keep a watch on Schneider and Sonetto at the same time.

They go there to look for Barbara, like in the OG story, but this time, it's Barbara who tells them where she is before the communication gets cut off. From then on, I'm not sure how to develop it since Argus replaces Lilya's vacant spot, and Schneider there is an addition, not a replacement.