#elite maid service

[jweekgoji]

Hi can I request for yandere Sentinel Prime x maid femme s/o please

Yandere!Sentinel/Femme!Maid!Reader [TFO/hcs]

tw: yandere themes, jealousy, possessive behavior, power imbalance, master/servant relationships, mentions of objectification of reader (from Sentinel's side), controlling behavior. word count: ~1300 additional tags: cogless!reader (but I didn't state reader's height just so it will fit for everyone ig), cybertronian!reader, femme!reader, maid!reader. a/n: It's funny, but in the ± official Transformers comics, at least Nightbird, Starscream and Windblade had some sort of maid job.

I can imagine Sentinel already having a bunch of maids, running up the tower while he's too 'busy' being a Prime.

Knowing Sentinel, and his obsession with appearing like a real Prime, it's not surprising that as soon as he gets his high title, he surrounds himself with a bunch of servants who humbly work for him.

If he wants to live like a real king, then he definitely needs assistants to provide him with constant comfort.

In fact, it amuses me to think that the original thirteen Primes didn't worry about such things. Sure, they were busy on Cybertron, constantly creating new things for a young, future race, but having maids? Yeah, well, no, thanks.

After Prime takes his position, like I said, he immediately surrounds himself with trusted confidants. Airachnid is also a very good help at this point. She may not be quite the 'social' bot that she seems at first glance, but her perceptiveness can easily crack any potential rascal.

Such a concept as 'maids' hardly existed on Cybertron, so the term came right after the Sentinel → Prime.

↑ Most likely, like miners, no one thought about their need until the newly elected Prime decided to introduce a new class.

↑ Given that, there's a good chance that bots that play the role of maids aren't as high just like miners, so it's a likely that maid bots won't have t-cogs either. Poor things.

I'm not sure if it got that much popularity among the rest of Cybertron's elite, but at first the rest of the Iaconians were surprised.

↑ Like, we definitely need a new class of bots that will be used every day as servants and will suffer from the elites? Really?? But yeah...! Knowing how much they idolize Sentinel, I wouldn't even question such a decision.

Sentinel is pretty careful about who he accepts into his inner circle, so naive, incompetent, but utterly respectful bots are exactly what he needs.

This bastard can watch for hours, sitting in a comfy chair in his office, Airachnid standing silently beside him as he flips through each profile.

'Too bright, too dull, I don't like this type of frame-' even without looking twice, it can go on like this for hours until he accidentally bumps into you. Everything about you seemed to fit his every whim. You were the perfect size, the perfect paint job, and without a single flaw, what else could a bot of his stature want?

↑ Yandere! Sentinel definitely got a sense of “love at first sight” in this scenario, but I'm not quite sure what he feels for you can be called love at all.

He's not going to immediately order your services the minute you do, but you can't say he doesn't want to either. Sentinel is very concerned about how he looks in front of others.

“Should I contact her?” Airachnid decides to speak, leaning a little closer to take in the sight of the bot on the panel.

Too focused on his thoughts, the Prime flinches, but quickly hides it as he tries to compose himself and sit up straight in his seat.

“No-no need to, for now,” he clears his throat. ”I need some time to think.”

And then he can't help but come back every time to look at you. It's no secret he's interested. Each new profile is now more boring to him than the last, and at some point he doesn't have the patience not to call out Airachnid.

↑ But...! It would be too suspicious if he only called you. No, he can't let the others think he has favorites, so grudgingly, he might as well call out a few other assistants, even though he hardly paid attention to who they might be. All his attention was only on you.

From the moment you arrive, it seems that everyone's favorite Prime just can't live a day without you. Every day, you'll be at his beck and call.

He needs to clean up his own office in a hurry? You go straight to him. In the middle of the night, you're called to bring a few cubes of energon directly to his chambers? You forget about your rest for the whole night. And sometimes it gets absurd.

At some point, he even forgets that he also has other maids that run errands for him; at some point, you're promoted to be his personal maid.

Since then, you can say bye-bye to your privacy since Sentinel gets even more greedy about it. Having you helping him and cleaning around is not enough at one point. Of course, like any other hardworking person, you need to rest; he doesn't want you to end up passing out because of low energon in the middle of nowhere. That is why you should always be kept next to him.

During the important meetings, when many members of Iaconian elite group came to the tower, discussing boring, important stuff, you're here to make sure that everyone is satisfied and happy. He wants to keep his high rate of approval after all!

Seeing how other bots look you up makes him practically grind his teeth. Part of him hates it deep to the core of his spark; the other is arrogant about it, knowing how none of them can actually have you. You're his personal favorite, so there is no way someone would dare to take Prime's maid.

↑ but if someone dares to make a gross, disgusting comment about you, he'd make sure that they learn the lesson. He wouldn't kill them, since he doesn't want to stain his servos in energon, or lose an important member, so he just scares them off in ‘seize them, cut their throat! oh, wait— I changed my mind!’ way.

The more you stay close with Sentinel, the more comfortable he gets. At first, it's all started with keeping your presence nearby. Nothing too suspicious or weird; you may think he's just testing your skills, and that alone makes you put more effort into your work,  even though the reason for his staring is a little different than you might think.

↑ He's not a hardcore yandere even though when he ‘‘falls in love’, it hits him hard. There will be this overly sweet period with him, where he shows that he does actually care about you. Like when you can't reach for something, he will help to get it for you, or if you're too tired, he lets you rest with him together in the privacy of his office. Overall, when he wants to show himself from the good side, Sentinel is such a perfect mech.

↑ He's always polite, and when he's with other bots who are lower in rank than him, he acts all humble; it's hard not to feel at ease around him.

But as much as a bastard Sentinel is in canon, yandere Sentinel still doesn't treat his darling as equal. Like I mentioned in previous headcanons for Sentinel, he sees only himself as ‘a king’, and sharing that title with someone else will only take the part of power he wants to have.

He's still selfish and arrogant, since he believes that his maid lover was created only for him, and him only. There is a part of him that actually sees you as an object that he wants to possess, and it's not really romantic.

↑ Sentinel loves to control everyone and everything, and his pretty darling is not an exception. If he sees you slacking off when you're supposed to work, he's not shy to scold or even punish you. It's nothing too drastic, at least for now, but that will make you remember that you work for a Prime, after all.

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

What kind of relationship does Minerva have with Sophie? They seem close if she was willing to presumably risk her life by going against the king.

What a good question. Why would a maid, let alone a maid as high ranking as to serve the princess directly, risk everything including her life, to break the princess free? How close are these two?

Let me explain some things.

Well first I want to say that ‘Sophie’ Redwine is the character played by my friend @ouroborosorder. Before anyone made any characters she said she wanted to play a maid, I quickly decided I wanted to play a princess, and we both agreed to make our characters together. This was probably the most fun I ever had making characters and I cannot recommend highly enough doing collaborative character creation to make your characters have a connected backstory.

Sophistry ‘Sophie’ Redwine was a high ranking maid in the royal castle in the capital city of the Adret empire. She worked her way up from a lowly maid position all the way to becoming the personal maid of the princess, because she was really good at her job. Where she became a maid, her sister Aquila ‘Quill’ Redwine, became a knight. Quill quickly worked her way up to becoming a member of the most elite, secretive, and powerful knights of the kingdom; the Brocken Specters. As one of these elite knights, she was made to do many horrible, violent, and cruel deeds in service of the crown. After doing that for a few years, Quill realized she did not like it, and she wanted out. But this was a secretive order of knights, they wouldn’t just let her leave.

Her leader threatened that if she left or fled, they would kill her sister. They then began assigning her on more and more dangerous suicide missions. Each time she came back alive, with more rage burning inside her, and with her body more and more pushed to its limits and injured. Eventually she was assigned what was to be her final mission, a suicide mission no one would come back from alive, no matter how skilled. Quill went to see her sister one last time, and when she did she broke down and told her about the whole thing. Sophie proceeded to trick her (iirc she put something in her drink to knock her out), disguised herself as her sister, and went to die in Quill’s place. It was too late for Quill to stop her, and the only option she had left was to take her sister’s place and become a maid. She even had to attend a funeral for herself, in which everyone told her how great Quill was, and how her sacrifice for the empire would be remembered.

‘Sophie’ then lived her conflicted life, torn between wanting to live her life for her sister’s making her sacrifice worth something (and also hoping her sister might somehow live vicariously through her being the best ‘Sophie’ she could be) and between thinking her life was not worth living so that she must live for the sake of others. Regardless, she lived as ‘Sophie’ for a few years, then she witnessed as Minerva and her disagreement with her father escalated until Minerva became effectively imprisoned as punishment for defying her father. After serving Lady Minerva in her unofficial prison, for a year, whether out of pity, empathy, hope that Minerva might help her get revenge on the empire, a combination of the three, and/or some other reason entirely, she began to discuss with Minerva a plan to free her.

It took nearly 2 years to research everything, gather materials, smuggle materials into Minerva’s living quarters, contact the black market underground magic Dollmaker, and prepare the ritual. But eventually ‘Sophie’, with her dark magic that she learned as a Brocken Specter, was able to perform the extremely risky ritual on Minerva that risked obliterating her soul, and successfully implanted it in full-sized porcelain doll (ordered to look exactly how Minerva wanted bc she’s a picky princess), which she then smuggled out of the kingdom.

Doing something like that together made them accomplices, and as my fellow Otherside Picnic fans know, being accomplices is the closest kind of relationship in the world.

Since then the two began traveling together, living freely but having a vague goal of a revenge quest. Eventually they met up with the other party members, and with shared short-term goals, they began traveling together to make up our ttrpg party!

But what kind of relationship do they have? I’ve been calling it a “yuri situationship.” They have a lot of yuri moments together, but they are not at all dating. Minerva gets jealous and possessive whenever Sophie looks at another woman though.

⚠️🔞Very NSFW text below🔞⚠️:

(And here’s the secret lore: Stemming from one incident during Minerva’s recovery progress, in which the binding of her soul to the doll body progressed to the point of making the sensation of her doll pussy made her kind of insatiable, a time in which Sophie caught her in the act. Instead of reprimanding her, Sophie offered to help her out. And that just sorta kept happening, now the two of them casually cuddle together sometimes, and on occasion Sophie fucks her brains out.)

[Extra secret lore: Minerva realized soon after becoming a doll that the idea of herself being a literal object, and being treated like nothing more than that, especially in contrast to her normal spoiled pampered life, was suddenly extremely hot to her. Also as a doll she doesn’t need to breathe, she cannot bleed or bruise, and she is even immune to dark magic bc of her being undead. Meanwhile Sophie has an ever burning hatred of the empire and now has one of its royals as her personal princess fucktoy that she can take her frustrations out on. It’s kind of a perfect match, i mean it’s probably not super healthy, but they both enjoy it . And then when they’re done the next day they go back to pretending there is nothing between them. They are not really very emotionally healthy people and refuse to talk to each other about what their relationship actually is.]

[bunnyinvanilla]

old!royal knight!john price x soft!young princess!reader

🗡️| just an idea I’ve had in mind for a long time, fluff, john is the captain of the royal army and you’re the king’s niece, of course laaaaarge age gap as always, john is in his mid 40s and reader is 21,

your fingers moved like a gentle, intimate lover against the pages of your book, bestowing your gaze to the the following chapter as you turned the pages — the early afternoon sun was your favorite, casting a golden and bright glow inside your room, shining over the walls like sunlight tapestry, and wrapping you in a blanket of warmth. 

a hand tapped against the back of your door, a feeble sound that pulled your eyes towards it like an invisible hand on your chin — you waited for the maid to let her presence be known, but only her voice echoed through the wooden door. 

“Your majesty, the Captain of the royal army is here, he’d wish to be attended”

you blinked your eyes, as sweet as a spring apricot, and carefully closed the book, placing it on the shelf of your window seat. Your uncle wasn’t home, meaning the Captain should’ve waited for his return, to be received — you were alone, reading in your chambers and spending your time between the loving hugs of your books, but as the only member of the royal family present at moment, you were expected to receive anyone who asked to be greeted. 

you were the youngest, barely even legal, and as the first niece of the king, who didn’t have any children of his own, you were loved as his own daughter, earning the title of princess — 

you walked nervously towards the living room, mentally praying your uncle could come back soon, having absolutely no clue what you could possibly serve the Captain with — the only things that occupied your mind, heart and free time being books, people from the village, animals and dresses. You had hoped a chaperon lady would accompany you, but rather you found yourself attending your duty alone. 

the creamy walls of the living room would have usually caught your attention upon walking through the room, with their soft and delicate color you liked so much, but this time, your eyes focused solely on the man standing right in front of the large window. 

your heart stilled, blood rushing through the quickening beats of your young, innocent heart and flowing into your cheeks, painting them a bright shade of red. 

“Your Majesty,” his voice rumbled like the far call of a distant thunderstorm, gruff and husky, and that roughness only fueled your blush as he walked closer, “Captain John Price, at your service” his hand, large and warm, gently took ahold of yours, bowing ever so slightly and pressing a light kiss on your palm, never adverting his gaze from yours. 

Captain John Price, a seasoned veteran of the Royal Army, stood as a paragon of discipline and unwavering resolve. His grizzled appearance, with a salt-and-pepper beard and weathered features, spoke of years spent on the frontlines, facing battles far from the safety of the royal halls — he reminded you of a grizzly bear.

clad in the dark, ceremonial armor of the king’s elite forces, he bore the weight of his rank with quiet authority — standing tall and broad-shouldered, he exuded the rugged strength of someone who had spent decades in the service of the crown. His build was muscular, honed from years of battle, and you, a young and blooming little girl, thought that he resembled the ‘buff’ body your many romance books told of..

his face was a map of his past: weathered and scarred, the lines of age and experience etched deeply into his skin, and you found him to be attractive, rugged in a charming way, with his thick, graying beard and mature lines — his hair, once a dark brown, had begun to turn a slight silver at the temples, he was clearly much, too much older than you, old enough to be your own father, seemed to be the same age as your uncle (little did you know, they’d known themselves for years)

“you…” your eyes flecked over his, seemingly starstruck, a naive awe that made you stare at him, blushing heavily, heart almost pounding out of your chest, briefly forgetting about your manners — but you quickly tried to regain your composure, shaking your head lightly and giving him the hint of a shy, sweet smile, lashes blinking delicately at him.

“please, sir, no need for such formalities, I’m not my uncle,”

he straightened his back, allowing his gaze to travel slowly, appreciatively along your whole body, such a young, pretty thing you were. 

“I’ve heard you’ve been looking for my uncle, but he’s not here unfortunately, so…” you nibbled on your lower lip, tilting your head “I don’t think I could be of any assistance with any of your questions regarding the, uhm, army.”

“I’m aware of his absence, princess” the corner of his mustache twitched slightly, “I was told upon my arrival, but I must make the most of my time no less, cannot go back to my soldiers without a royal summon, it is important for the upcoming mission”

you blinked, twice, dumbfounded, “you need a..royal report?”

“yes, princess,” he replied, authority and confidence dripping from every word, making a warm, unfamiliar tingle fill your belly, a knot that made it hard to breath “the king and I have decided that I shall come here to gather decisional informations about his will, before having my army carry their swords”

“I, well, have no idea what his will is, the king will definitely be more useful with his own judgment,” 

he looked at you with an unreadable expression, entertained by your humble tenderness, politeness and sweetness, he could practically taste the inexperience and innocence dripping off you, and it made something stir deep inside of him, a growing, illicit hunger and desire

maybe it was your dress, how it ended slightly above your knees, it wasn’t long and luxurious, but rather short and modest, your long hair didn’t carry a large crown, but a thin, sparkling tiara that possibly weighed less than his sword. “what about you, princess?” 

“me..?” you hesitated, slightly lifting your brows, you? what could you possibly know about war? “personally..in my modest opinion, I ween you should simply interrupt the war” 

stupor crossed his intense, calculating eyes, and you expected him to laugh at you, but a spark of amusement came by his gaze, curiosity even — how odd, for a princess as young as you, to reveal such a drastic measure

“Interrupt the war, you say?”

“I, uhm..” you timidly shrugged your shoulders, your fingers fidgeting with your ring — his eyes fell on it, awareness grew into his war scattered, old heart: a purity ring. 

“I must admit I keen nothing about the current war, but if I have learned something, is that it can never bring anything good, and people should simply cease them, just as easily as they start them,” you dared a glance towards his unmoving stance, his eyes bore focused on yours, and you’d ever felt so seen or listened before. 

“they’re unnecessary, just an arrogant and terrible way to prove strength, and..well” you swallowed on your own words, shyness wrapping around you like your so loved lace ribbons, and gave him a gentle smile “In my humble opinion, that course of action may not be the best, im a firm believer and defender of kindness, even between enemy legions”

he smirked, dozens and dozens of years behind his back, and he’d never come across such a pure innocence before — oh, dear, protected by the nightmares of this world, the reality of war, so naive it made him almost undeserving to stand in such a pure presence.

he only shifted his position, unclenching his jaw and regarding you with slight tilt of his head, “well, princess, I’ll make sure to take your advice at heart, though I must admit, if it were this simple, I would not still be fighting battles since before you were even born, your highness,”

“i admit it might sound juvenile coming from me, i know my uncle owes you deep respect, and although this is my first time seeing you, I’ve heard about the many conquers under your name, sir,” you blinked again, your big, doe eyes tantalizing the hunter inside of him — you’d never seen him before, only heard about his reputation in the army, and wished your uncle had introduced him to you. “therefore, I’m flattered to be able to stand before you, Captain Price”

who knew the king had such a young, sweet little niece? you looked like a trembling fawn underneath his gaze, a fragile bunny wrapped in innocence, someone who could use his protection, who’d look good sitting on his lap, who could be the perfect trophy and gift for an old, experienced, weary soldier who served the crow his entire life.

he grinned, knowing what to answer the king, next time he asked him what he desired as a offering gift for his service to the crown.

[yurimother]

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Yuri Tama: From Third Wheel to Trifecta 

• School • Romance • comedy

Yuna Momose and Rinka Aiba were made for each other, and their whole school knows it. Between Yuna's princess-like elegance and Rinka's prince-like charm, all their classmates see them as the ideal couple. Yotsuba Hazama is no exception to that, but she is exceptional in another way: she's somehow managed to become fast friends with both of them! Having the whole school's favorite ship as her two best friends isn't exactly easy, though. Not only does it make everyone treat Yotsuba like a particularly obnoxious third wheel, it makes her feel like one too! Or at least it does, until one day, Yuna asks her out. And then Rinka asks her out too! And Yotsuba, whose social anxiety never seems to kick in until after she's already messed something up...says yes to both of them, without sparing so much as a single thought for the consequences. Oops! Now Yotsuba only has one choice: keep her accidental two-timing under wraps and make both of her new girlfriends as happy as she possibly can!

~Created by toshizou, Illustrated by Kuro Shina~ Licensed by J-Novel Club

Yuri Will Not Blossom at Work!

• Drama • Romance • Enemies to Lovers • Shakaijin

Just as Rikka thinks the matchmaking event she grudgingly signed up for can’t get any more dreadful, she runs into her colleague-slash-rival Yuri Kisugi. Using Rikka’s embarrassment as leverage, Yuri compels Rikka into helping her find the perfect candidate to marry. Rikka goes along with Yuri’s antics with the hopes it will lead her rival away while she climbs up the company ranks. But what happens when Rikka’s nurturing tendencies coincide with Yuri’s secret vulnerabilities?…

~Created by Mai Yanagawa, Illustrated by Ruri Hazuki~ Licensed by Manga Planet

Yurizen! Salon -Shirayuri’s Comforting Food Therapy-

• Shakaijin • Romance • Slow Burn

Was it fate that led to Miiko meeting Doctor Shirayuri that one rainy day…or was it just her cramps? Pâtissier Miiko works through little pains like the rest of us, but when her ailments begin to affect her work, there’s got to be something she can do about it. Enter beautiful, mysterious herbal medicine doctor Shirayuri, who might be the solution to Miiko’s problems – in more ways than one!

~Created by Kumako Nambu, Illustrated by Miso Higashikawa~ Licensed by Manga Planet

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[gayuu-the-necromancer]

Chapter 9

You Must Not Fall In Love...

Victor: "Come along, Miss Robin. Don't stray away from me, okay?"

Victor: "If the darkness of the castle engulfs you, you may not be able to come back."

We parted from the Crown members and I followed Sir Victor, who leads me into the hallway.

Kate: "Yes, Sir Victor."

Victor: "Just call me Victor. It makes me sad that you only call Wiliam by his first name."

(....William and this person are both clearly of high rank, and asking me to call your names without a title is a little)

Kate: "....Okay. Please guide me, Victor."

(I feel so rude)

Victor: "This is the common room. This is where everyone drinks, plays, parties, and holds strategy meetings."

Victor: "Oh and don't touch the glass on the third shelf from the top, the one on the left. Dangerous things will pop out."

(What will pop out....? Blades? Pistol?)

Victor: "This is Roger's laboratory and infirmary and if you are injured, this is where you will be treated."

Victor: "Crown's mission is fraught with danger. But fortunately, we are all still alive and well. Miraculously."

(Does this mean that life-threatening missions are a daily occurrence....?)

Victor: "This is the hall. Balls and soirée are held here, but the castle is unique and guests are rarely invited."

Victor: "We also employ a small number of elite servants, people we trust."

Victor: "To protect the secret you've come to know."

(Why was the mansion unlocked when they are going to such lengths to keep it a secret....?)

Victor: "And finally, this is your room."

Kate: "Huh...?"

We were shown to a room that was clean, white and classy as if it were inhabited by the upper class.

Kate: "Did someone live here before?"

Victor: "No. While you were being introduced to everyone, I instructed the servants to prepare a room for you."

(In such a short time! I didn't even feel the presence of a servant....)

Kate: "...Ah."

Suddenly, I spot a typewriter on the desk and my voice leaks out.

Kate: "How did you know I use a typewriter?"

No one was supposed to know that I had been practicing for months to be able to do substitute writing work as well.

Victor: "Oh really? I didn't know that. I just thought it would be useful to write the report. Looks like another coincidence."

Victor blinked at me curiously and then looked at me meaningfully.

Victor: "Miraculous coincidence happened twice....on the same day."

(Two coincidences...?)

Victor: "I feel like it's fate that you're here."

Victor: "Anyways, it's not good to stay in a young lady's room too long. Ring the bell there if you need anything."

Victor: "Your personal maid will be at your service. Oh, and instructions are in writing."

Kate: "....Thank you for everything, I understand."

Victor: "Then again, not a few of the Crown guys are immoral."

Victor: "Letting someone into your room could be tantamount to surrendering your body, so be discreet."

(The last thing I want is someone to attack me....)

(I don't see them as being that hungry for women though....)

Kate: "Okay, I'll keep that in mind."

Victor: "Let me conclude by saying thank you."

Kate: "Thank you?"

Victor: "Yeah....thank you for talking to us."

Kate: "....No no. I'm just doing this for myself."

Victor: "Yet, you still tried to have a chat with us even after you saw the scene with your own eyes."

Victor: "And you also think we're all reasonable people, don't you?"

Victor: "....Since you're you, I'll give you one piece of advice."

Victor: "After a month, if you want to get back to your normal life....don't let them take over your heart."

Kate: ".....Why not?"

Victor: "Well, the cursed ones are destined for their tragic end."

Victor: "If you wish to have the kind of happiness that pure maidens dream of, do not fall in love with them."

(Love...)

The outlandish story baffles me.

Kate: "I didn't think like that...."

Kate: "But, my duty here is just to prove that I'm trustworthy and go home."

Victor: "....Suits you, who have free wings."

While nodding, Victor narrowed his eyes dazzlingly.

Victor: "Nevertheless...if you still choose to share your fate with them, then..."

Victor: "Darkness will gladly welcome you."

My body trembled at his fascinating smile.

Victor: "....Goodnight, Kate."

Kate: "Goodnight, Victor."

Like that, my sinful life began with the sound of the door slowly closing.

If life were a fairy tale, it would have been easy to be happy...we don't have to do anything we aren't allowed to do.

For example...a forest you must not enter, a door you must not open, a secret you must not know.

And...a love you must not fall for.

However, the world of darkness that suddenly appeared invites me to peek into the abyss.

What would happen to my heart and body if I touched those beckoning fingertips?

I have a definite feeling that something will change decisively.

What lies beyond breaking the 'don't do' taboo.

I still don't know yet.

[bts-hyperfixation]

Sensual Synthetics

Tired of your family getting on at you for not having a partner, you drunkenly lament to Taehyung. Your friend suggests you purchase an escort android through his favourite service. Tipsy beyond belief and truly fed up, you think it would be a great idea. Two weeks later your personalised J-1-min model android turns up at your door ready to serve and you find yourself wondering what exactly you’ve gotten yourself into.

Prologue

"This is so dumb... This is so unbelievably dumb." You said

"or...  is it so dumb it's actually genius?" Taehyung supplied.

"Nope I think it might just be dumb."

You stared down at the app in your hand, electric blue eyes staring back at you from the most gorgeous face you've ever seen making the whole thing look unnatural and vaguely creepy.

After years of trying to get your family members to shut up about your lack of dating habits, Taehyung had goaded you into trying an android escort service that he was generously willing to bank roll for you. 

'Build-a- bot' apparently only ran this service for very elite members so you dread to think how Taehyung got himself on to the exclusive list. Still when you were lamenting on his sofa mid-way through your third bottle of wine last night it had seemed like a fabulous idea. 

The design process was lots of fun, like one of those paper doll dress up games, you messed with different sliders and mechanisms choosing your idea of perfect. You made his hair blonde and long enough to hang around his face, then you adjusted his height to be similar to your own, you even got to choose the size of his... feet. You picked a full wardrobe to come with him as well as a series of special skills like cooking, cleaning, and dancing. Taehyung had insisted for the price he was paying that you should have a maid too.

Now staring at the confirmation email you felt unsettled, though that could definitely be the hangover...

"Stop staring at him, you'll have plenty of time to do that when he arrives." Taehyung batted the phone out of your hand.. "Lets go get breakfast instead."

"I think you mean lunch" you said glancing at his alarm clock. 

Next

Masterlist

[dmitriclaudius]

Dimmed Lights - The Quiet Chapter of Dmitri's Life

Finding work in Gridania was hard for a foreigner such as Dmitri, even as an elezen among other elezen, Gridanian businesses turned him down when they saw he was from Coerthas. Some owners were wary of him, stating that Ishgardians don’t leave their land for good reasons. Eventually he came across a saloon on the outskirts of town on the lower level of what appeared to be an abandoned theater.

After talking to the handsome Duskwight barkeep, he was able to land a job as the person to do the heavy lifting around the saloon. Soon however, his position at the saloon would change as many Gridanian merchants that frequented the place requested he be placed onto the roster. Little did Dmitri know, this saloon was effectively a bar and also a place for people to request hosts for the evening. Both men and women were paid well to keep these wealthy merchants entertained and their cups full. Dmitri was not unfamiliar with personalities like these merchants, he went to school with many highborn afterall. But this was the first time he was perceived not as lowborn, but as an attractive young man. He caught eye of how much the other hosts were making and thought to himself, this could work in his favor. And so, after fitting into the barkeep's unwanted garbs and styling his hair differently, he began his career as a host. At first he was nervous, shaking as he poured spirits into his patron’s glasses. But with some of the merchants’ carefree attitudes and inebriated state, he grew confident in his ability to entertain and provide a good time. This was the first time Dmitri felt like he had some sense of social power. Once he was just a farmer’s child, here he was favored among the wealthy and elite. He was happy to finally have a sense of belonging, even if it was just a saloon on the outskirts. One night, a gentleman walked him to the entrance of the saloon and propositioned that they finish the night in his chambers. Dmitri, off the high of liquor and underlying need to forget the ache in his heart, nodded and proceeded to walk behind the gentleman. That night Dmitri was a changed man. Afterwards, they laid and bed and Dmitri was still bashful after their encounter, unsure if he could stay till morning. The gentleman reassured him that he could stay. They went to sleep and by morning, the man had left. On the pillow next to Dmitri was a note and a small bag. “Thank you for the wonderful night, maids have washed your clothes and prepared your breakfast. Please dress and make your way home after your meal.” The note and hospitality was a nice gesture but when Dmitri looked over the sack to find it filled with gil, something in him panged. He took the gil and left. After this patron’s encounter, more merchants would request for his company after the bar closed. Soon, it was a common occurrence and every time, Dmitri would agree. He had regulars and men who specifically sought him out. Then their friends would come and they would all laugh and drink. Some of these patrons weren’t all law-abiding merchants though. Some partook in shady businesses and others were just too difficult to deal with once they’ve had their fair amount of drink. Still, they put their arms over Dmitri’s shoulder, calling him friend and one of them. But as friendly bar banter became nightly visits, he soon learned how depraved his friends could be. Dmitri was still growing at this time but he was tall for an elezen. He also worked on the farm his whole life and as a result, had a sturdy build. To these friends of his, that was an invitation for them to have their way with him. Being rough or inflicting pain, all of it was done without question. Dmitri disliked this part of their transaction but in his mind, it was a service they’re paying for and something he deserved. Eventually the uncomforting acts became solace for him. There were times he thought of the boy from Ishgard who was never seen as better than livestock. Liquor, pain and warm beds were what kept him company so many cold nights.

[tobiasdrake]

The second flaw in the plan to counter 3-2's motive is. Like. Statistics.

So we have this plan to play Motive Keepaway, but it's rooted in a mistake. The Monokubs fucked up. They meant to deliver everyone's video to them, but accidentally distributed them at random, creating this opportunity.

The plan is based on a distribution error. So. What happens if, purely by chance, someone did get the video that was meant for them? Why are we assuming a 100% error ratio?

That brings us to our killer.

As previously noted, Ryoma is one end of the utilitarian spectrum. 3-2's central conversation is about whether or not some people's lives are simply more valuable than others. The other end of that spectrum is Kirumi Tojo, the Ultimate Maid.

In every Danganronpa, there is always one person in the group who is the elite. The cream of the crop, representing the highest echelons. In DR1, that was Ultimate Very Wealthy Loinfruit Byakuya Togami. In DR2, Ultimate Princess Sonia Nevermind. V3's utilitarian Supreme Individual is the last person you might expect.

There's something interesting, in a chapter about utilitarianism, in the paradox of Danganronpa's most service industry character ever being pinned down as its most objectively valuable human. This is achieved through navigating a complex series of bullshit rooted in Kirumi being a Backdoor Godmode PC to arrive at "Prime Minister of Japan somehow".

Tsumugi wrote a bunch of convoluted lore and backstory worked directly into her meteor plot to justify this. But taken on its face, "The humble service worker is the most valuable contributing member of society" is a bold fucking statement and I applaud 3-2 for it.

3-2 leans into this pretty quickly. It doesn't play up her official status, her position as Prime Minister of Japan in a time of dire national crisis; That's saved for the last-second sucker-punch, to drive home the point that they're making and make it less ambiguous.

Rather, it examines Kirumi both as a person and as a figure of utilitarian value through her work. It shows us Kirumi through the dependency that the entire group builds on her. They lay this on thick. They really want you to notice how much she does.

This is a lot to ask of someone. Even if she is a Backdoor Godmode PC, there's still scheduling and logistics to think of. When you look at all of this and you think about that sucker-punch question at the end of the case, "Out of all of us, was Kirumi the one that most deserved to live?" That's a hard question to answer.

Ryoma certainly believed so.

He offered up not only his but all of our lives in exchange for hers, and he went to his grave believing that was a good trade.

Was he right?

That is the moral question that 3-2 wants you to come away grappling with.

[fala-alfredo-pasta]

What's your thoughts on Kirumi x Teruteru? (Based off their Interactions UTDP and S)

Had to look up their interactions because I didn’t get to see any when I played UTDP and S AND I’M SO SAD CUZ THEY’RE SO CUTE?!?

The Christmas party convo just melted my tired heart ;-;<3 I honestly love their dynamic and it’s interesting to note that Teru doesn’t perv on Kirumi much. In fact, in each instance he treats Kirumi more akin to a good old friend whom he respects. He even declines her help in order to serve her instead, which is saying something because you’d think Teru would use Kirumi’s exceptional altruism to his advantage but nah he’d rather make sure she’s having fun and relaxing instead. Then he just opens up to her like it’s the most natural thing in the world and she treats him kindly and AHHHHH that was such a great interaction for these two!! They would make such a power couple—master chef and elite maid—the best service in town.

I also like to imagine that maybe Teru winds down his perviness/trying-so-hard-to-impress-you personality because he just relaxes more around Kirumi—someone who knows what it’s like to be in customer service mode almost 24/7 and maybe it’s like two co-workers on break. Kirumi’s learning to relax via Teru and Teru has a friend he can be chill with. Imagine: Kirumi and Teru starting a restaurant and hotel business and it becomes ridiculously popular and Teru’s mom goes to live and work there with them 🥺. The most wholesome content. 10/10 would ship again 👏 (romantically or only as friends—I think this duo would work well regardless ^-^)

[toongirl007]

Made some outfits for my formie oc, Oscuri! 1st row and the middle one on the 3rd row are from the main timeline of Spark 1 - 3!

2nd row are AUs of Clown Castle & Splarktoon 

3rd row AUS are Fallen & Weapons Dealer Spark 

Lab Coat: Oscuri's uniform when she become a medical researcher and when she started creating her painkillers to help out GPAS/formies. Training Gear: Freom cut her left eye when she was trying to find the Megaraph but being unsuccessful after that she went home to her apartment in Technoria City and started to do martial arts training on her own, she made her own sais as well. Fark Force Uniform: It was custom made to Oscuri's liking when she joined the Fark Force becoming the force's assassin, she wears the badge with pride. Reaper Jester: When Oscuri gets her hands on the Spectral Scythe this is how she looks when wielding it. Swim Gear: Used for swimming at a pool or the beach.

Causal Outfit: as the title says, she will wear these clothes when going out to shop or spend time with her friends. Clown Castle Alternative Universe Goth Maid: Maid outfit when taking care of keeping the castle clean for her friends that are monster versions of Sfarx. Goth Dress: Her dress when she met the monster Sfarxs after being saved by them from the Centralis showing up about to attack her but she is saved, wears this when going outside of the haunted castle. Splarktoon Alternative Universe (Spark + Splatoon lol) Agent 4 Uniform: Oscuri gets recruited by the Electric Jesters idol band member Fark to save Spark from Freom's clutches. Turf War Pirate Outfit: What she wears when participating in Anarchy Battles & Turf War, she mains the dualies.

Fallen Alternative Universe Elite Guard Uniform: Uniform given to her by Combat Data Spark & Combat Data Fark, the hat was forced on her due to Oscuri having doubts of them really being her best friends they messed with her memories while she was in stasis; it keeps her under their mind control. Combat Data Sfarx & her go on a murder spree, killing all remaining formie & GPA survivors that fight back against them. She gets saved by Sfarx later on.   New World Outfit: Clothing she wears when finally all survivors have been found by Oscuri & Spark/Fark/Sfarx, formies & GPAS alike are living peaceful lives. Weapons Dealer Spark Alternative Universe Punk Outfit: an outfit she wears while working under Weapons Dealer Spark, she scams people with her medical services along side her boss with selling weapons. She takes care of the shop when he goes looking for scraps.

[hungeringheart]

Also! I don't want to flood your asks but what do you think every class symbolises when they're in a session? Like if you have a Knight you don't have enough of that [aspect], how do you think that applies to every other class? Thanks

Oh, 3PagesAnon! Your request was super fun to do and I really like that you reached out again. :) Hello!

I think this is a really nice question because it's really quite bespoke, we all have our own fanon about just what exactly everyone is fixing.

But here's mine.

So, in general, I think that a class has two layers of symbolism: personal (related to the player themself) and sessionwide (related to the statement it makes about the world of the story, usually through a mythic or technological metaphor).

Let's examine this first via the Heir.

For example, John/June, an Heir of Breath, is personally very free, and the narrative is "about" June/John's impact on their friends in some certain capacity. But the friends are also kids with an unusual amount of agency for American children, and of course an unusual amount of influence on the world, and eventually a very firm direction.

An Heir of Breath, then, is an indicator that in the session, Breath is flourishing -- it has heirs!

Additionally, in light of the game symbolism in the comic, an heir can be seen as an allusion to the idea of "inheritance" in programming. Basically, it's the term for when you base an object/class on a different object/class, so they implement similarly -- which is to say there is a force, suppose it's the Windy Thing, and Skaia treats its Heirs as if they were its structurally similar extensions for purposes of Doing the Windy Thing.

What does it mean narratively for your growth and journey to be framed in terms of a guardianly relationship to your aspect? For your aspect to take care of and nurture you, so that one day you can provide its service in its absence?

Doesn't that mean... that the aspect is currently flourishing, but in the last phase before decline?

Well, yes, I think that's why in John's case the plot started so telegraphed and clear and then... all that happened.

The force of narrative predestination, direction, and choice itself was sick and failing over the course of the game. It all ends in the only way it could have.

Happy little webcomic, normal little webcomic!

Well that was depressing. What about others?

Here's a handy dropdown.

Page

Failson class, begins with lack or deficit in their aspect and then bumbles up to learning to provide it for themself and everyone else.

The implication is that the session also lacks or has to grow into this aspect, which is inchoate in it - for example, Tavros picks up where John left off (as Heir of a dysfunctional aspect) and attempts to bring Breath into his session, despite having minimal agency and a meaningful disability (with or without which, he shouldn't be able to fly).

Maid

Page counterpart, doer, improver and maker class. They "fix" and "tidy" their aspect, "make" or are even... "made of" (ha) it.

The aspect, then, needs some work. It's a bit of a fixer-upper; good thing Maids have such strong ties to what they're attached to.

Seer

Sees things. Minmaxes their aspect for their team via the sick power of prophetic vision.

In general, people turn to minmaxing in dire circumstances; a lot of games are designed to sort of haze you for not being game-literate before you start them, for gamer juice reasons related to the elitism of the hobby. You get treated quite cruelly because you don't know the single optimal path forward, which is a fine approach for MonHunlikes where you can pin that in lore on not knowing a monster's ecology, but do we need it that bad in rpgs?

If someone is pushed to optimize and terrified of any other way to go, that's usually an indicator that the games they tend to play were designed sadistically.

You ever meet someone who hoards items in case they need them, often for the entire game? They were, if they're not preexistingly anxious, trained to do that. Old games had hardware limitations and design philosophies that encouraged "permanent missables", some of which were arbitrarily plot-relevant and acquirable in no other way. Bravely Default (for example - newer game in the retro spirit) doesn't exactly do this because it's annoying, but the better ending is gated behind a lot of very fiddly to keep track of busywork with time loops, and it's possible to miss the optimal ending cues. This too is Torah, by which I mean this too is a sort of game dev tradition. The original Final Fantasy games are full of these types of arbitrary thingummy-gates.

A Seer, then, exists in a session that has these related to their aspect, which is at a point of growth and increasing complexity -- someone has to be able to at least see the fuckin' manual if the game is going to pull some "you needed to have this irrelevant piece of garbage from the prologue that you were textually encouraged to throw away, and you needed to have it yesterday" bullshit.

In Rose's case as a Seer of Light this expanded to "everything the light touches" (everything was very much connected to luck, sight and winning), but I don't think that it's a hard requirement for the Seer's aspect to "suffuse all you can see". Just that for Rose and Latula, theirs did.

I like it, though, it makes them a vehicle for the theme of their aspect, almost like an oracle -- my dinky little Time Seer from when I was younger was a character in this type of vein, so I had a strong reason to convince my friends to write about themes of tradition, belonging and continuity.

Mage

Learns about their aspect in a heroic quest type of way, for themself. They may choose to share their insights or not.

I think this one probably actually doesn't mean much about its Aspect in most cases, except perhaps that the aspect is passive enough in the session to be learnable at a reasonable-ish pace. I think the main thing about Mages is that their life is dominated by their aspect in some way -- and they seem to connote that others would also benefit from learning about these things from the Mage's experience, but of course not everyone does.

For instance, Sollux had plenty of time to get acquainted with Doom, and Meulin...

But watch out! Mages can also be consumed by their aspect. Meulin's love life, for example. Well, the less said about that, the better.

Witch

Changes the nature or rules of their aspect.

Wouldn't that mean that it needs a change? Actually you can see this in Damara and Feferi -- Damara's game had no time and her society had fucked up norms and traditions; Feferi's entire species was defined by struggle and mutation and exponential growth.

So then, if the aspect has a Witch, it means it's due for a thorough rethinking and transforming.

Sylph

Heals and heals through their Aspect in others.

Their land quests are about healing the aspect itself, in some way; I think it's safe to say that where a sylph is present, the aspect of the sylph is damaged and actively struggling.

But maybe they don't always only heal. Maybe they also help to pass.

Knight

Protects, champions and nurtures their aspect, which it's implied is flagging or rare.

Bard

Ideological destroyer and inspirer, subverts their aspect for others or upholds and valourizes it for their benefit (depending).

A bard then means either the aspect needs fixing and rebelling against, or it's fine as it is, and even has a troubadour/herald to go spread it around a little, fuck shit up with it and invite it in others.

Rogue

Altruistic redistributor, who begins with either some or none of the aspect and shares it with others. The Rogue implies a lack, but personally reacts prosocially.

Thief

Egotistic redistributor, perceives a lack and hoards for themself. Also means there's a low supply of the Aspect.

Prince

Implies a lack, a very profound lack -- or an overabundance of a toxic influence. Either a champion of their aspect or a rightful destroyer.

Lord & Muse

They're just full-sugar Prince and Sylph (or Bard) for a two-player game. I think. I don't know, it's complicated, I haven't thought of what if a large session had one.

Common Insights/Resultant Fan Theory:

In general, you can read a sort of ying-yang, mercy/severity duality into this. I've come to like doing that.

Aspects seem to also be subject to cycles of flourishing; classes are about how a person would or needs to respond to where their aspect is in the cycle, which usually corresponds to what's going on in their life and their party's society.

Active (-) classes are (-) because their aspect in their game is in a (+) phase -- we could say ying, diminution, stagnation, rest, recovery -- and then they need to do yang things to balance it out and restore it to functioning.

Passive classes (+) are (+) likewise not necessarily because they only do positive things and aren't hurting anyone, but because their aspect is in a (-) phase, and the behaviour required of them to restore their overactive aspect to balance is likewise the opposite of what the aspect does in the moment.

Or at least that's how I like to justify sessions with doubles of either class or aspect in opposite polarities -- either the approach needs to be multifaceted or the problem is.

I do think each class' implication about the aspect is unique even though they fit into polarities -- but to get the full picture of what's currently strong and weak in a given narrativw, you have to consider each person with the same polarity and each person with the same aspect in a session.

I hope this was useful!

[mypralaya]

it’s 2023 so gonna post my “Haven is a Hellfire Club” headcanon again and elaborating on what that actually means for those not familiar with it in Marvel, the Hellfire Club is simply a super fancy international social club for the mega wealthy. There’s literally no stipulations for joining besides being over a certain net worth. To quote a comic, it’s simultaneously uber elite and exclusive whilst also egalitarian---race, sex, even species are no matter, you just gotta be RICH, whether it’s earned or inherited.  While most major cities have a Hellfire Club, there’s four major branches---London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Manhattan. And each HFC, or at least each major one, has an Inner Circle. The Black Queen, the White King, and so one. While the majority of the HFC members are just normal members who are normal people aside from being mega crazy rich---for instance, Tony Stark’s dad was one, and he inherited the membership, as did Archangel and Psylocke from their own super rich fathers--the Inner Circle are a different story. While to most people they just appear to be members who rose to management status, the reality is that actually they’re plotting to control the world (and perhaps do!) through using their vast wealth and connections to influence politics and economics.  Gosh, rich people are evil and greedy?! I’m shocked! They’ve been around centuries, but the game changed with the advent of mutantkind. The Manhattan Inner Circle is the one most people---hell, most canon writers, it seems---are aware of. These are the X-Men baddies, E.mma F.rost and S.ebastian S.haw and so on. For most of their history, up until VERY recently, they were not known to the public as mutants or villains, just super respectable rich people, because the Hellfire Club, despite the name SCREAMING EVIL, is considered a super respectable organization! SO WHERE THE FUCK DOES HAVEN FEATURE IN THIS? She has ZERO connection to them in canon, but she’s canonically from one of the wealthiest families in Mumbai, which is the billionaire city of India. No matter how much money she’s devoted to her work, her fam musta been LOADED. And, like Hong Kong, Mumbai is a former major British colony, and I hc that the HFC largely spread in the non-Western world through colonialism (bc...sadly, that makes sense) so I reckon that Mumbai has a Hellfire Club, even if it’s not a major base, and Haven’s family was invited.  And while I hc her parents refused on the ground of “this literally came with the British Raj” Haven decided she’d join in order to network there among the uber-wealthy and try to get them to put their white guilt money towards good causes at least. She’s not an Inner Circle member, she has no more idea than anyone else that the Inner Circle are bad guys, they didn’t know she was a supervillain either, it was just a “two ships crossing in the night” deal. She thought they were just regular rich people, they thought she was just regular rich people. Also, there’s a very. . .sexual side to the services offered at the Hellfire Club, it’s emphasized as very stuffy and formal with balls and galas for the creme de la creme and the upper-crustiest of the upper crust, yet at the same time very clearly a decadent kink/sex club too. I feel like they probably offer these “special” services to patrons they think will be into it but have the common sense to know it’s not something everyone is going to want to partake in, otherwise I feel like they’d be risking offending WAY too much of their clientele, like there’s gotta be way too many conservative old duchesses and so on who would be SHOCKED and APPALLED at such a thing. I feel like Haven is DEF one of the ones where they went “yeah let’s NOT ask her if she wants the French maid service” and she’s like...she’s vaguely aware there’s a scandalous aspect available to those that wish it, but it seems like everyone is properly paid/consenting/etc so it’s not really her business and it’s not in front of her face so it’s like, ok, I’m just going to ignore the abundance of corsets passing me by. I also feel like the Mumbai culture makes THEIR HFC less overtly sexy and I like to think they’ve very much made their base more a celebration of the local diversity, culture, and art/dance/decor of the city and not the invaders who founded the place

[jaegercat03]

Ok so since @idle-skull already made a rundown of their OC, Lark, I figured I may as well make one for my own OC, as she’s closely related to Lark. If you want the basic lore/premise for our AU, go to their post and read that first. Alright, with that done, here we go.

Guinevere / Marian Sanguina / Vidua Leonis(Dornian Heresy timeline)

So Guinevere (her original name) was born in the lower levels of Wisterium, and was picked up by the Ladies of Wisterium at a very young age. As she grew, she had developed a very muscular figure, as well as growing quite tall (She was naturally 7ft tall, no enhancements or Starcrawler yet). Upon her “graduation” and drinking the blood of the Starcrawler, she grew even larger, comparable to even a powerful Space Marine in sheer strength.

Due to this, her role among the LoW was quite different from her sisters. It’d be rather difficult to disguise the 7 and a half foot stack of muscle as a maid or servant, so she instead often took the role of a bodyguard or enforcer during her missions. She also took part in assassinations much more than her sisters, as she could basically just smash the target’s head in and bolt out of there without a struggle. For reference, Guin is a few years older than Lark (around 5 or so), and while she doesnt like him much, she doesn’t have the same hatred that many of the other LoW have for him. To her, he's more like a shitty sibling that gets in trouble and comes home in a police car every couple weeks.

Once Wisterium was incorporated into the larger Imperium, Guin had been assigned, much like Lark, to spy on a primarch. However, as she hadn’t displeased Ursa in the way Lark had, Guin was assigned to a much more prestigious Primarch, Sanguinius (in the “canon” timeline. In the Dornian timeline she is assigned to the Lion, but we’ll cover that in another post). Under the name Marian, she was presented to Sanguinius as an elite bodyguard, and entered his service. But, as it turns out, “Marian” actually began enjoying her role. As someone raised to be a spy, she was used to her whole world, both undercover and back on Wisterium, being terribly cutthroat and dangerous, so meeting someone so kind and genuine like Sanguinius was an entirely foreign experience, but one she could certainly get used to. Their relationship moved slow, but it steadily developed into a genuine friendship, and then into something much more. However, Guin knew that such a thing would NOT fly with the LoW, she was careful to keep things hidden. She began to feed Ursa less important information, enough to keep him satisfied, but not enough to actually give him anything useful. At the same time, she began covertly planning out how she would escape the eyes of her sisters and eventually manage to finally have the life she wished with the love of her life.

She never got that chance.

The Heresy breaking out laid all her plans to complete ruin. By the time it was over, a (now pregnant) Guinevere was left with her husband dead, most of her sisters dead or missing, and a paranoid imperium hunting down the forces of Chaos, which included the LoW. And so, she fled out into the depths of space, abandoning “Guinevere” in favor of her identity as Marian, trying to raise her daughter quietly as she slowly healed from her grief. Unfortunately, things just couldn’t remain that simple. Lark, shortly after the death of Kurze, had made contact with her, asking for a favor. Lark had given birth to his third child, Nightingale. However, after the twins and Kurze’s death, he felt unfit to raise her, and begged Marian to take her. Marian agreed, taking the child and fleeing back into hiding. And so there she was. Hiding from the largest regime in history, raising her two demigod children.

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Ok that’s her personal story. I may write more on Falxia and Gale, as well as her story in the Dornian continuity (her path is massively different in that timeline.)

Again, check out @idle-skull for Lark’s stuff, and be sure to leave any questions about Guin for me!

[higaneruthyll]

HATHOR

SR DMG/Burst - Pyro Hoplite Troupe position: Backstage support Birthday: August 30 Join date: 5 months Race: Incarnate (Mountain Clan) Hometown: Northern Grassland Alias: Housekeeping Expert

Outfit: Monochrome Deacon - Black is black and white is white. All equipment must be categorised. And all garbage must be taken out!

Tour Record Outfit: Cleaning Instructor - Hathor dressed in the new outfit voluntarily and served as the one-day cleaning instructor of Erwager Alliance. She said, “A new official will set off three fires.” What does that mean?

Weapon: Cleansing Flame (Hoover) - Whether it’s the tough stains or the stubborn garbage, this thing will clean it up. It is very useful.

Skills:

Basic attack: Purifying Fire Passive: Duty-bound Active skills: Fervent Sweep (Buff/DMG) / Do Not Disturb! (Buff) Ultimate: Ultimate Cleanup

Awaken:

Stage 1: P.DMG Mitigation +4.5% Stage 2: Bonus P.DMG +4.5% Stage 3: Increased Blue Fire damage against targets inflicted with Burn OR increase Blue Fire DMG by 33% Stage 4: Immediate 4 stacks of Sense of Responsibility OR each Sense of Responsibility stack grants 10% ASPD Stage 5: CRIT rate of Fervent Sweep increased to 20% OR Unassailable duration increased to 5 seconds Stage 6: Blue Fire grants self 15% Physical Lifesteal OR Blue Fire grants self 15% CRIT rate

Voicelines:

Greetings (Morning): Good morning. The operations hall is all tied up. Let’s start afresh! Greetings (Noon): I will stay by your side - to shoo away the bugs that interrupt your work, of course. Greetings (Evening): With me here, the dust and filth have nowhere to hide even at night! As for you, Master, you just focus on your job. Greetings (Midnight): Master, please don’t bring your midnight snack back to your bedroom. It is really tiring to pick up those crumbs. Weekends: The cleaning must not stop even on weekends! After all, we never know if a special guest will visit our Troupe to discuss important matters. Long time no see: Welcome back, Master. I’m sure you are tired of all the adventures out there. While you were away, I made sure to keep your bedroom clean. Hello at work: Make sure to keep your room tidy and manage your schedule, Master! That is why you must follow me and go get some rest now. Prepare for combat: You got it! Even our staging area will be spick-and-span! Return from battles: Now, allow me to help you clean your combat attire. Back to airship: Welcome back, Master- don’t move! There is dirt on your shoes… Shake: Huh? Why is it shaking all of a sudden? There must be filth aboard this Airship!

Affinity dialogue 1: Cleaning your bedroom is part of my job, Master… Huh? I’m invading your privacy? Are you hiding something from me? WIP.

Touch (Head): Ah! Master! Stop pulling my horns and ears. They are real, I swear! Touch (Body): Master… a combat maid doesn’t have weak hips! Touch (Legs): Huh? Seems like your mind needs a thorough cleaning, Master! Touch (Continuous): I’m busy working. Please do not disturb!

Leisure talk 1: Whether it’s the tough stains or the stubborn garbage, this thing will clean it all up. It is very useful. WIP.

First encounter: Hello, I’m Hathor, an expert housekeeper. I provide top-tier cleaning services from your bedroom to your very soul. Now, where shall I begin? Join team: Come. We’ll clean the battlefield anew! Face common enemies: Hey, which one of you littered the floor? Face elite enemies: Looks like these stains just won’t come out. Face powerful enemies: A gigantic filth like this requires special treatment.

Use skill 1: Powerful cleaning! Use skill 2: Easy peasy. Use skill 3: Burn, baby, burn! Use skill 4: Annoying bugs. Use skill 5: Leave me alone! Use skill 6: Turn to ashes. Ultimate: Don’t look at what you are not supposed to, or you will all burn! Victory: Make sure to keep the loot where they are meant to be kept, and don’t get any funny ideas. MVP: Clean as new. Now that’s a pleasant sight. Ally at low HP: Emergency cleaning required! Fallen: No. don’t stain my… clothes… Companion down (Mireya): Rest now. I’ll take it from here and clear out the enemies! Companion down (Sheru): Oops. If you play with fire, you get burnt, Sheru… Companion down (Eluya): Let this be a lesson for you, designer!

Receive food 1: Everything is in the right place! You must have spent a lot of time and effort on this fruit boat, Master. You make me so happy… Receive food 2: It’s a fruit that doesn’t have a pit! You are very thoughtful, Master. Receive food 3: Well, don’t mind if I do. This will help me restore energy! Receive food 4: This food gets everywhere. Please keep it inside the tea party room! WIP.

Lamb Tea Party dialogue:

Personality:

Hathor is often kept busy by her tasks, showing how dutiful she is as a maid. Her dutifulness often leads her to be bitter towards troublemakers in the Troupe.

History:

Relationships:

Personal Story:

Chats:

Letter:

Greetings, my new acting Director of the Gopher Troupe. I am affiliated with the logistics team of Spirit Contractor, an assisting organisation. My responsibility is mainly taking care of people’s daily lives. In other words, I’m the so-called maid. Well… may I call you my Master? Of course, this name is entirely valid, legal, and approved by my maid guidebook. If you don’t believe me, you can check it for yourself. Please don’t mistake this for some perverted idea. If you ever need help with your daily life stuff, please don’t hesitate to tell me. Also, I’ll help you clean your room on a daily basis. My bottom line is to always take out the garbage before midnight. That’s about it. I look forward to getting along with you.

[maidsmordern]

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