#gemini-shockwave

[gravelsong]

This thumbnail keeps popping up in my recommended and it one-shots me every time I see it

[desultory-novice]

Hey, what do you suppose Elfilin and Fecto Forgo were doing during Star allies? Well... Obviously Elfilin was hiding while Forgo was mind controlling the animals. BUT! Given that, in your AU at least, Fecto Elfilis has somewhat of a connection to void termina... Is it possible they at least felt something was off, when Void termina was freed?

It's interesting because thecrashman and I were just discussing the fact that, according to Kumazaki in one of the Nintendo Dream interviews (I can't remember which one and anyway I'm going to paraphrase him here) he mentions that Star Allies and Forgotten Land are kind of sister games. So the idea that one played into the other is not weird at all! (Even removed from my AU headcanon.)

We particularly talked about the concept of the "Friend Heart" that was expelled from the Jamba Heart and just where that came from. But that "one piece of something good emerging from something bad" is ve~ry much like Elfilin splitting off from Forgo, isn't it?

Of course, we know that happened X + 30 years ago so it couldn't have been affected by Star Allies but... time does pass differently between Dream Land and the Forgotten Land, as Dedede and the others were there for months longer than Kirby in just the few seconds it took for everyone to be sucked into the rift.

Now, to suggest that the blooming and decay of the Forgotten Land's civilization happened all in the space of time between Star Allies and the start of the game would make things TOO timey-wimey (plus, that would make the Ancients some kind of Ouroboros! Their fall being the same thing that triggered their beginning! Kirby IS kind of a sci-fi series but it's not that much of a sci-fi!)

Still, given how emotionally/psychically connected the geminis are, I wouldn't be surprised if Termina's rise or fall caused a shockwave that one or both felt! (Plus Elfilin's JP name backwards is NIL LIFE and Void Termina's name is ENDE NIL so I mean...!)

[yorshie]

My forgetful ass meant to send this a while ago but better late than never 🥴 Yorshie, please give us your headcanon songs for the Bayverse Boys: what do they each listen to when getting ready for a date with their S/O 👀💚🎵

If you have more than 1 for them please share with the class 🙇🏻‍♀️🤓

Thank you for the ask! Never late and I’m always open to talk turtles and music.

I have. Like. So many songs that I associate with the bayverse turtles. I kinda…… maybe….. have a playlist on Spotify for vibes that go with each of them. Not really like “this song reminds me of this turtle” but more like “Mikey makes me feel x so this playlist is gonna have songs that make me feel x”

I do think they probably listen to vastly different music than what reminds ME of them however. Canonically we know they’re at least all into hip hop, enough to make a Christmas album, and groups like Wu Tang Clan. and despite everyone collectively deciding Leo likes eastern style music dude was still twerking in an elevator to beat box so for a date night vibe~

I can see Mikey listening to In The Club or Apple Bottom Jeans. Just anything border line embarrassing. Throw some Lonely Island in there. If you cannot hear him shouting “calling 911 shorty fire burning on the dance floor” I’m sorry but I can lol

Raph maybe 30 by Nas or I really think he’d like NF. Idk like Raph is the one turtle that music that reminds me of him is probably also the music he listens to. Really anything that you can work out to I bet he listens to.

Leo is eeeeeehhhh cuz I’m blinded by the Feelings but I think he’d listen to older music when he’s by himself. I got bit by the Tally Hall Hidden in the Sand bug and I can just imagine him humming along to it. I think he’d also enjoy eighties electronic music.

Donnie I could see him listen to classic rock when he’s not listening to filthy shit while he’s working. Things like AC/DC, Blue Oyster Cult or Tears For Fears.

I know it’s a bit more personal taste but if you’d like some songs that I myself put to each turtle, I’ll include some under the read more line

LEO

loyal by ODESZA

cruel angels thesis by Amalee

Hidden in the sand by tally hall

Eco by axel thesleff

Figure you out by voila

It’s love by rabbit

World on fire by Deuce

I’m a dragon by Apache

Familia from the first Spiderverse movie

Under the pressure by the score

RAPH

Run for your life by the siege

Kryptonite by jeris Johnson

Berzerk by Eminem

Dangerous by Yin Yang Twins

Bloodshot by Sam tinnesz

Uproar by lil Wayne

Drag me down by twenty one two

Oh Mickey you’re so fine by dsippy

Gas pedal by sage the Gemini

WET by brevis

DONNIE

let me down slowly by fenekot

Frequency by Tim wolf

Shockwave by marshmello

Crash by deathbyromy

Walking in the moon by infected mushroom

Crash by neovaii

Cry me a river by peaceful melody

Lights down low by MAX

Pull the plug by viola

Finale by AJR

MIKEY

more than you know by axwell

Handclap by fitz and the tantrums

Chase you down by the runaround

Find you by nick jonas

Stupid for you by water parks

Levitating by dua lipa

Can I get a witness by sonreal

Safe and sound by capital cities

Some say nea

Unforgettable by French montana

[hmshermitcraft]

Etho is a... vigilante..? Villain on a technicality? Plain ol' criminal? Nobody really knows, least of all Etho, but the fact of the matter is that he isn't liked by the law. He's never killed anyone- well. Never gone out of his way to kill someone. He just likes to make fireworks. Even if those fireworks are more....bomb..like than the normal celebratory ones.

This is what Etho does. He makes explosives, and he'll sell them to anyone who pays.

Cleo, a villain, and Bdubs, a hero, both seem to have it out for him. Bdubs because he's making bombs and selling them to villains and civilians alike, and Cleo because for whatever reason etho screwed her over once with a deal.

They both have been staking out Etho's apartment for about a month now, waiting for an opening to swoop down and get him. They've seen each other too, making eye contact from different rooftops and silently making a deal to not rat each other out so long as Etho is dealt with. They've actually been sitting next to each other nowadays since nights are cold and Bdubs' sick ass moss cloak can fit two.

Bdubs is drifting off, as he's ought to do, when an explosion sounds from a street over. They're both up in a second, watching as Gemini, hero of justice and completely ruthless, gets blown back in the shockwave. Out of the smoke and rubble comes none other than Etho, covered in soot and blood, clutching something close to his chest, and making a dead sprint for his door. He's only just made it into the building when Gemini recovers and swoops over, scanning the street, looking for him. She doesn't spot him or Cleo and Bdubs, so she flies forwards to continue the search elsewhere.

As for the rooftop duo, they're in a bit of shock. Why was Gemini so dead set on getting Etho? Is he involved in more than they thought?? Should they check on the guy???

They do end up checking on him, following the blood trail through the apartment building and coming to his door which is still slightly ajar.

They don't find Etho, or they do but not in the form they were expecting. Curled up on the ground, panting and bleeding from a gash on its side, is an Arctic fox. Now, if Etho was just making and selling bombs, he'd be punished, sent to jail, fined a bit, the works. But etho seems to be a shapeshifter, and those are pretty much illegal in every sense of the word.

Bdubs rushes forwards to try and heal him, the fox makes no indication that he even knows they're there. Cleo shuts the door and ponders her next move. If they turn Etho in, they would almost certainly be pardoned for their crimes. Shapeshifters are incredibly dangerous, at least in the eyes of the government, and they need to be controlled. Most shifters are volatile, human brains aren't made to change in the ways required to shift, so they're violent and aggressive and a threat to the people around them and to themselves.

But Etho isn't like that, Etho's smart and calm and mild mannered and honestly more than a little awkward. He's an outlier is what he is.

Oh also, turns out the "thing" he was holding when he was sprinting home was his fucking eye. Luckily Cleo can reattach it but...woah.

They make eye contact with Bdubs, cradling Etho close, gentle in the way she holds him. The fox is still thrumming with Bdubs' magic, healing him from the inside out, and his eye is carefully sewn back together with Cleo's red threads. They've gotten attached. They both know that turning Etho over would grant them nearly whatever they wanted, they both know that isn't an option.

They've decided together, completely silently and completely by accident, that Etho is their funky little bomb guy, shapeshifter or not. They haven't been watching him to find an opening at all, they've been watching over him like guardian angels. That's some bull. shit. right there.

This is so messy because I kept gaining ideas, I trust you'll find it in ur hearts to forgive me

-s

The issues they had with Etho all seem... Petty in comparison to this. They wanted to turn him in, sure. Cleo wanted a bit of revenge. But nothing like this. Neither of them wanted him dead.

Bdubs' fingers stroke through Etho's fur, the fox curled on in his lap. He's still not come around, but it's a more peaceful unconsciousness now. His ears twitch as he sleeps, making quiet fox noises. It's adorable. It's absolutely adorable. Bdubs just wants to coo over him and kiss his forehead. Even Cleo feels something warm, wanting to cradle him close.

Did Gemini know? It's the only thing they can think would cause this. Sure, Etho is a nuisance, but he's not violent. He's not a massive troublemaker. Not enough to get that kind of response!

And he's cute.

It turns out they're a perfect duo as well! Bdubs is worried Etho won't accept their help. Cleo is enough of a villain to not care, he's getting it anyway!

[hccn-overseer]

Issue 23, 9/21/2023 - The Overseer

Issue Masterpost About the Overseer

Weekly Weather Report

By Lydia

Temperatures are represented using Celsius. Sorry, Americans!

Wednesday: Temperatures will reach a high of 21 degrees and a low of 15 degrees. It will be slightly windy and mostly sunny, with wind speeds of 15 miles per hour.

Thursday: Temperatures will reach a high of 24 degrees and a low of 13 degrees. Winds will be slow with a speed of 2 miles per hour. It will be mostly cloudy with occasional shockwaves tearing through the sky, causing clouds to be torn apart and scattered.

Friday: Temperatures will reach a high of 30 degrees and a low of 20 degrees. Skies will be mostly cloudy with expectations to clear up in the afternoon.

Saturday: Temperatures will reach a high of 32 degrees and a low of 23 degrees. Skies will be mostly clear with windy conditions reaching 25 miles per hour.

Sunday: Temperatures will reach a high of 27 degrees and a low of 18 degrees. Skies will be rainy throughout the afternoon but clear up quickly. Gusts of hot air will blow through the server, accompanied by occasional wisps of flames.

Monday: Temperatures will reach a high of 29 degrees and a low of 16 degrees. Skies will be cloudy throughout the entire day with higher humidity today than throughout the rest of the week, making the air feel more like 35 degrees most of the day.

Tuesday: Temperatures will reach a high of 32 degrees and a low of 25 degrees. Dust storms will be prevalent throughout the day and skies will be sunny.

Wednesday: Temperatures will reach a high of 30 degrees and a low of 22 degrees. Skies will remain sunny throughout the entire day with low wind speeds. Clouds in the shape of spiderwebs will be scattered throughout the sky.

Now onto other news under the cut!

Astrology Corner: DeckedOutScopes

By Corundumcat

Have you been feeling without guidance? Do you look at your birthday, look up your star sign, and wonder, “Will I immediately be eaten by Tango’s Cough or Pumpkin” “Am I going to embrace my inner Ethoslab Season 1?” Don’t worry, here at The Overseer, we can help you.*

Aries:  You will max out clank and dance around all of the problems and chaos in the ✨dungeon✨.

Taurus: You are an unpaid worker who has found some great friends, and while this will look great on your resume, it’s not the same as volunteering at music festival, is it?

Gemini: You, like your namesake, are really excited to play. HOWEVER, unlike your namesake, you do not venture in as you like the waiting room.

Cancer: You got to meet Mrs. Tango in your last run… let’s just say she didn’t like you.

Leo: You are in charge of naming pet ravagers and you were asked if you could name it Tango’s Hug. You were confused, so you did. (They paid in frost embers).

Virgo: You are the actor in the dark room who gets to congratulate the successful runners.

Libra: You are trying to adopt Pumpkin.

Scorpio: You are there as the person who hugs the friends who were unsuccessful and got taken by Tango’s Cough. 

Sagittarius: You have a custom Decked Outfit and are trying to win the fashion contest. 

Capricorn: You are the mad lads who are doing the spreadsheet analysing everyone’s scores

Aquarius: You listen to “Better When I’m Dancing” whilst running the dungeon.

Pisces: You are going to end up on the news channel for starting with the hardest difficulty and doing really well.

All star signs: come by my cryptids corner if you have the chance. 

*Ignore how blatantly specific these are. Nothing bad will happen to you. You just may get a tad lost

Lost and Found

By Lydia

All of the following items have been brought to The Overseer staff’s office for safekeeping until they are claimed. If you recognize one of these items as yours, please visit us to receive your items, or contact us at lostandfound@thehermitnews.org. Lost items will be sent to Twinkly Trash if not picked up after two weeks. Thank you! *Not a real email address.

Item 1: A heavy backpack full of amethyst This backpack is dyed a bright orange with blue accents and is filled with two stacks of amethyst. Basic diamond mining tools were also found inside the pack, along with three stacks of torches.

Item 2: A necklace of animal teeth This necklace appears to be made out of the teeth of several Ravagers and is painted with intricate spiraled patterns.

Item 3: A pile of shoelaces with frayed ends These shoelaces appear to have been made a few years ago and were found in a small pouch. They come in several bright colors and are very short, as if they were made for children’s sneakers. There were no aglets on these shoelaces and the ends are very frayed.

Item 4: A box of pavement chalk This box of chalk was found in the Shopping District next to a series of chalk drawings lining the paths. These drawings resemble large chasms, out of which are bursting colorful lightning bolts. There are also several circles, inside of which are written, “Bad Luck Spot.”

Item 5: A pack of playing cards This pack of cards was found near Grian’s rocks and is designed with characters from several 1980s arcade games. They were found scattered in the area.

Item 6: A necklace with a locket This was found in the woods and gave the finder an electric shock when they attempted to open it. There is a distant ticking sound coming from it and an engraving on the back, written in galactic. Half of the engraving is scratched off. The finder suggests taking it as far as possible or finding a way to destroy it completely.

Item 7: A set of tools and weapons in an overgrown box This set includes a sword with Riptide 3, an axe with Feather Falling 2, a pickaxe with Blast Protection 3, a bow with Thorns 5, a shovel with Aqua Affinity, a fishing rod with Flame, and shears with Swift Sneak 3 and Soul Speed 2.

Item 8: A life-sized crocheted office printer plush Stuffed with cotton, it is scented like that of a fresh book. The finder believes whoever made this took “Your workplace is your home,” quite literally.

Item 9: A shipment of merchandise to be released This was found via a motorcycle delivery driver crashing into someone’s garden. The items include subtly designed Warden hoodies, frosty mugs resembling frozen shards, Collector’s Edition Decked Out 2 Cards, relic charms, and two dozen shirts that say, “I survived the burning dark and all I got was this lousy t-shirt,” with one of the dozen being colored to resemble a Ravager and the other colored like that of a Warden. The apparels are made with moderately thick fabric, making them ideal for both warm and cool weather.

Item 10: An indestructible 25-ounce goose-shaped mug This goose-shaped mug depicts the goose’s neck as the handle. It says, “FLIGHT, FRIGHT, FIGHT!” in the font of Another Danger by The Branded Quotes, written in vibrant red letters. It has Unbreaking 5 and Mending. It has been dropped eight times on the finder’s way to the office and not a single chip or dent has formed.

Fun and Games

This week's fun and games are once again brought to you by Lydia and Azure!

Word Search and Crossword by Lydia

Brain Teasers by Azure

And that's all for this week folks! Have a wonderful week y'all!

[goldenlaquer]

Yan + birthday?👀

(I remember he's a Gemini so his bday should be soon-unless I missed it??😳 I'm gonna commit seppuku if that's the case-)

(COMMIT NO SEPPUKU TODAY MY LOVE Yan's bday is June 14 and you haven't missed a thing 🥹💗💗💗💗💗)

Yeah, this is fucking weird.

-----

It's your birthday.

"Can..."

Your one special day.

"Can I..."

On a day like this, it is customary to receive gifts.

"Yan, can I, sorry, but could I..."

For just this one day, it wouldn't be selfish to ask for something a little more special.

"Yan, please! Could I—

Like a daughter asking her father for the latest phone. Or a lonely housewife asking her estranged husband for a divorce. Or you, asking Yan if he'd let you—

"—could I motorboat your chest?"

Your face and ears burn, hot enough to fry an egg and the remnants of your dwindling dignity. Breath is audible and trembling with the weight of your needful shame. You bow so low until your forehead is practically touching your knees.

But if you need to go lower, if you need to prostrate yourself, go hands and knees, burrow deep into the dirt like a worm in order for a chance to motorboat Yan— you'd do it, oh gods yes you'd do it, without hesitation.

From somewhere miles above your bowed head, silence.

Your voice is a croak. "Just one time. Please, Yan. I'll never ask for anything again."

Silence again.

You close your eyes, praying. "It's my birthday."

Continued silence.

Until, something grasps the back of your head.

It holds firmly, with care, then you are lifted.

You barely suppress a squeak as your feet are cleared off the ground. Up you go, slowly raised with the pure strength of one, ginormous hand clasping your entire head— your fixed visual field running up the length of a mountainous torso, the divots of a strong throat, until the unaffected expression of Yan's face is brought into your view.

You stare at each other. Your eyes as big and round as saucer. His as deep and dark as a dead fish's.

After a charged moment, his chin dips down. A curt nod. And you don't process the meaning of it, until your eyes are flickering to his other free hand, as it moves to the knots at the front of his shirt, thick fingers surprising nimble in the way it unclasps each knot, black cloth unraveling, the expanse of massive chest unveiled.

His breasts. His glorious mounds of heavenly flesh. His Double D knockers. You whimper as your own chest swells in automatic response, a sad attempt to assert dominance.

Gratitude and 'oh gods' flow free from your mouth as you are moved again, your head brought closer and closer to where you need it most.

And then you arrive home. There's a crack to announce your nose smashing against a hard plane. It might be bleeding, but you don't know, and you don't care. You are blind and ignorant to everything beyond the sacredness of this moment. You don't even realize that you're crying. Tears rolling down to lubricate your cheeks as you slowly shake your head side to side, coating your face ear to ear, rooting deep like a pig in the strength of his chest. To the side of one great pectoral, you form a seal with your mouth to the hot skin, inflating your cheeks and blowing hard:

Brrrr. Brrrr. Brrrr.

The shockwave of your blows travel through his breasts, vibrating and jumping the skin and muscles underneath. You turn your cheek and do the same to the other side.

Brrrr. Brrrr. Brrrr.

Your lips pop from his skin with a wet sound, and you get right back to digging your face into the middle of his boobs, vigorously shaking back and forth, humming.

From somewhere above, a deep voice saying,

Happy birthday.

[kagebros]

Hold on I’m about to cause some discourse :]

Rodimus - Aries Nautica - Aries

Optimus Prime - Taurus Moonracer - Taurus 

Blurr - Gemini Velocity - Gemini

Cyclonus - Cancer Thundercracker - Cancer

Starscream - Leo Damus/Tarn - Leo

Elita One -  Virgo Ratchet - Virgo Perceptor- Virgo Thunderclash - Virgo

Minimus - Libra Windcharger - Libra

Road Rage - Scorpio Skywarp - Scorpio Drift - Scorpio

Skyfire - Sagittarius Wheeljack - Sagittarius First Aid - Sagittarius Brainstorm - Sagittarius

Prowl - Capricorn Trailbreaker - Capricorn Megatron - Capricorn

Soundwave - Aquarius Skids - Aquarius Ultra Magnus -  Aquarius

Shockwave - Pisces Jazz - Pisces Wing - Pisces Bumblebee - Pisces

[alanshemper]

March 10, 2023

The major stablecoin USDC lost its peg to the US dollar on March 10. Earlier that day, the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves through the financial system, and some in crypto were concerned about possible contagion to crypto companies. In particular, it was known that some of Circle's cash reserves backing USDC were stored at SVB, but it wasn't clear quite how much. After some delay, Circle disclosed that $3.3 billion of their roughly $10 billion in cash reserves were stored with SVB. That evening, Coinbase announced they would be pausing USDC redemptions for dollars until the following Monday, claiming it was only because in times of high volume, they needed to process transfers via the traditional banking system. Despite their stated reason, this deepened fears about the stability of USDC, which is supported in part by Coinbase.

The price of USDC began to wobble on smaller, less liquid exchanges like Gemini and Kraken before the issue was reflected more widely. However, most exchanges were showing USDC trading at prices between $0.90 and $0.98 later that night — a noticeable departure from USDC's normally fairly steady peg.

A sustained de-peg would wreak havoc on the crypto industry, where USDC is the second largest stablecoin and boasted a $43 billion market cap (at least before substantial outflows surrounding the SVB concern). Other stablecoins even have exposure to USDC, with both FRAX and DAI using USDC for significant portions of their collateral.

[findtek]

Apple & Google: AI Teaming Up for iPhone?

Apple and Google: A surprising team-up for iPhone AI? Tech titans Apple and Google are rarely seen collaborating. But recent rumors suggest a fascinating twist: a potential partnership to bring Google’s powerful AI, Gemini, to the next iPhone. This news has sent shockwaves through the tech world, leaving many to wonder – is this a game-changer for iPhone AI, and what could it mean for…

[innovationparty01]

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Hi chat, clover, or caliber, as some like to call me. this is a really cool idea that i had to get better at art *clap clap* anyways, here are my characters :3

───✱*.｡:｡✱*. the main four:｡✧*.｡✰ ───

Clover (me :3) Anon ───✱*.｡:｡✱*.The Circus of Sadness:｡✧*.｡✰ ───

Nero Chua

Grief

Sunshine Goober ───✱*.｡:｡✱*.Misc.:｡✧*.｡✰ ─── Static Midnight Milo Battery Acid Axie

Shockwave

Cosmo

Klowni

Hero

Diamonds/4c3

[REDACTED]/[ERROR]

Kai

Citrus

Ainsley/Masochism

Weeping

Maddie/Mad Hatter

Seraph/Xenoth

Ink

Gummi Werm

Acid

VIP Jammer

Lily

Nyx

Quinn

Gemini

Daemon

Cloudii

..?/Hii (actual characters)

Juno

Luna

Pyre

Randi/Asmo

Roadkill

Willow Cecelia

Kat/Lucas

Aster/Astrophel

Andromeda

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *. About me :3 .* :☆ﾟ. ───

My name is Clover, but I don't mind being called Xeno or Astro either, whichever you prefer. I use They/Xe/It, and a couple neos. Feel very free to ask about me, or my characters, or my lore. M!A's are appreciated, and very encouraged. This list is so very subject to change I get OC ideas all the time hhh...

[fin22bb]

Weird weapons research

inazuma eleven 2

In inazuma eleven 2 firestorm and blizzard the antagonists alius or more specifically for this point Gemini storm one of five alius teams use these very hard and heavy black and purple footballs as you can see they use them to destroy raimon's school however that also use these for training

Mr. Toots in red faction Armageddon is a unicorn that shoots rainbows out of its ass this is for sure a very weird weapon surely a lot weirder than a guitar like my game uses

the Dubstep gun in saints row 4 is what it says it is a gun that shoots dubstep music causing shockwaves this is definitely closer to my game and my weapon as it is music themed and uses shockwaves

the Groovitron from ratchet and clank is very similar to an item from fortnite the boogie bomb the item after being thrown will make people dance incontrollable

the Mutated Milk from team fortress 2 is an item that is literally milk with some mutated moldy bread in it this item is throwable and when directly hitting an enemy the break will stick and chew on the player however just cosmetically as it does nothing extra than the base item that gives siphon upon kill

the cluckshot from gears of war is an Easter egg item that is a grenade launcher that however shoots explosive chickens this is pretty weird but funny

the hand cannon in dead space is a smart play on words being that it is taking the name hand cannon a common name for a weapon and making it into a funny joke being the weapon is a literal hand cannon

the super sheep is a weapon in worms and it is used to fly and blow up your enemies the weapon has a very odd idea and like the rest are certainly weird

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Team UMBR

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Urisha 'Uri' Irons - Sparks To Fire - Ignis - The Little Match Girl - Female - Active [Alive]

Midnight 'Midna' Layton - Broken Spell - Shattered Glass - The Hour That Which Took Away The Magic - Male - Active [Alive]

Blizzard Styrmir - Storm Warning - First Frost - The Snow Queen - Male - Active [Alive]

Fuchsia Redbird - Multiply - From The Heart - Rapunzel - Female - Active [Alive]

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Team APLE

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Alice Frost - Crash Landing - Queen - Alice In Wonderland - Female - Active [Alive]

Calico Porter - Out Of Mind - Wicked Grin & Vulpine Smirk - Cheshire Cat - Male - Active [Alive]

LeBlanche March - Stopwatch - Out Of Time - White Rabbit - Male - Inactive [Teacher, Alive]

Eburnean 'Nean' Rodentia - Battle Stance - Like A Needle - The Dormouse - Female - Active [Alive]

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Team ONYX

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Orion Estela - Tracker - Artémis- The Hunter - Male - Active [Alive]

Nova Heart - Guillotine - Mirana - The Red Queen - Female - Active [Alive]

Yarrow Mandevilla - Hide Away - Kalon - The Maiden With The Rose On Her Forehead - Male - Inactive [Retired, Married, Alive]

Xeranthemum 'Xera' Vance - Long Way Home - Nurgul - The Juniper Tree - Female - Active [Alive]

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Team IRON

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Ingot Aeris - Incidentally - Widower - The Green Knight - Female - Active [Alive]

Renard Foxx - Silvertongue - Raven - The Crow and the Fox - Male - Inactive [Alive]

Ochre Nyanza - Someone Else - Carne - Donkeyskin - Female - Inactive [Deceased]

Nero Iolanthe - Strangled Threads - Red String - The Emperors New Clothes - Male - Active [Alive]

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Team WINE

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Fernand Wolfe - Instinct - Sköll & Hati - The Big Bad Wolf [Trying To Make Up For All His Mistakes] - Male - Inactive [Teacher, Alive]

Iris Kelila - Distressing Times - Grace & Elegance - The Princess [Who Doesn't Need Saving] - Female - Inactive [Pregnant, Alive]

Nickel Ferrum - The Chosen [Who Really Wishes The World Would Save Itself] - Edge of Life - Caliburn - Male - Active [Alive]

Erytheia Carmine - Enchance - Clarent - Lady Of The Lake [And All The Bullshit That Entails] - Female - Active [Alive]

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Team RAIE

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Raijin Wantanabe - Three Heads - Orochi - Susano-o - Male - Active [Alive]

Argus Galatea - Gemini - Golem - Galatea - Male - Inactive [Setting Up For Retirement, Alive]

Ichor Solfrid - Sunlight - Helios - Icarus - Female - Active [Alive]

Ebony McBride - Whispers - Screech - Boy Who Cried Wolf - Male - Inctive [Setting Up For Retirement, Alive]

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Team CCVN

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Cyan Braxton - Candor - Chardonnay - The Fox & the Grapes - Female - Active [Alive]

Crystal Ventus - Displacement - Bruyant - The Mischievous Dog - Male - Active [Alive]

Veil McBride - Too Quiet - Fury - The Seafoam - Male - Inactive [Officially, Probably Fucking Around Vacuo At The Time Of Canon]

Noir Ortzi - Selfish Whims - Sorcièr - The Fitchers Bird - Female - Active [Alive]

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Team SAFI

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Wisteria Summers - Burst - Fallen Petal - The White Maiden - Female - Unknown Status [Presumed Dead]

Ashlynn Viviane - Bleed - Simplicity - Rapunzel - Female - Inactive [Alive]

Felix Hegarty - Cauterize - Alistair - The White Knight - Male - Inactive [Deceased]

Indigo White - Shockwave - Bright and Sharpe - Godfather Death - Male - Officially Retired

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Team KAGE

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Kobalt Evergreen - Make 'Em Scream - Robin Hood - The Robber Bridegroom - Male - Active [Alive]

Addison Steele - At Dawn - Aurelio - Vasailia The Beautiful - Female - Active [Alive]

Garnet Sharde - Terms Of Agreement - Little Lady - The Black Knight - Male - Active [Alive]

Esmeralda Quick - Charm Point - Mon Amour - Aphrodite - Female - [Deceased]

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Team WAGR

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Winter Schnee - Glyphs - Greta - The Snow Queen - Female - Active [Alive]

Alabaster Clay - Steeled Heart - Ever Valiant - The Tin Soldier - Male - Inactive [Deceased]

Gaspar Lamar - Lure - Recorder - The Pied Piper - Male - Inactive [Deceased]

River Sigal - Sweet Tooth - Strudel - The Gingerbread Man - Female - Inactive [Deceased]

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Team RGLA

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Regina Aurelio - To Good To Be True - Golden Touch - King Midas - Female - Active [Alive]

Goldstein Waltz - Keep The Beat - Trouvaille - The Twelve Dancing Princesses - Male - Inactive [Injured]

Leona Adalhard - Resolve - Sisu - The Cowardly Lion - Female - Inactive [Legally Dead]

Addison Benjamin - Second Skin - Toska - Prince Lindworm - Female - Alive [Active]

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Team GHST

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Griselda Imber - On The Line - Fair Thread - Rumpelstiltskin - Female - Alive [Retired]

Heather Knight - Quiet & Fair - Versailles - Dark Lady - Female - Alive [Active]

Serafina Vered - Judgement - Lux - Bright Lady - Female - Alive [Active]

Tempest Steinn - Backstock - Avara - The Grasshoper - Male - Alive [Active]

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The focal OC's of the potential fanfic series 'Muted Colors (Vibrant Feelings)', focusing in in on the time Winter Schnee spent at Atlas Academy, and the few independent years she had with her team post-graduation.

This is not their entire year, for refrence, I've got a couple dozen more named background OC Team's, and their overall graduating class had over six-hundred individual teams graduate... unfortunately, I'm not going to name six hundred plus teams for your fancy.

If anything, any other character lists will just have the team name followed by its four members and who's partnered with who.

[And I now have to come up with Combat Maneuvers/Ship-Names for these fuckers.

'Recoil' is throwing a bitch, but which fucker throws which bitch is up for debate.

Urisha and Midnight are 'Lights Out'.]

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Crossover you say 👀

OKAY SO. SONIC COLOURS/MEGA MAN CROSSOVER

i don't have much in mind story wise, but i'm thinking it takes place under the same conditions as worlds collide, which i insist on believing also happened nearly identically offscreen in the game timeline because nobody can tell me otherwise. fairly basic setup of eggman and wily teaming up to cause problems on purpose and sonic and rock working together to stop them, and now there's wisps in the mix >:O i'm sure i could think up a fun excuse plot for why sonic colours happens twice and also mega man is here now, but mostly this was just an excuse to put the special interest in the hyperfixation and come up with some fun weapons for rock based on my first and favourite sonic game

each robot master is based on a wisp from either version of the original colours, which causes a little confusion given that you end up with two burst men and drill men but these ones have different EWN-XXX serial numbers and are entirely unrelated to their canon mega man counterparts. i haven't actually drawn the robot masters yet or thought up designs or personalities, just come up with their weapons and what stage they'd inhabit, but maybe i'll do that sometime. the robot masters are something like this

EWN-010 BURST MAN - weak to drill dash, gives bursting blaze, sweet mountain stage

EWN-011 ROCKET MAN - weak to cubic satellite, gives rocket jump, terminal velocity stage

EWN-012 DRILL MAN - weak to spike spin, gives drill dash, tropical resort stage

EWN-013 HOVER MAN - weak to rocket jump, gives hovering shockwave, starlight carnival stage

EWN-014 LASER MAN - weak to frenetic void, gives prism laser, aquarium park stage

EWN-015 CUBE MAN - weak to prism laser, gives cubic satellite, wii game land stage

EWN-016 VOID MAN - weak to bursting blaze, gives frenetic void, asteroid coaster stage

EWN-017 SPIKE MAN - weak to hovering shockwave, gives spike spin, planet wisp stage

i wrote up some really detailed information on how all the weapons work but i'll put that under a cut to prevent this post from getting too long! if you don't feel like reading massive paragraphs of game design ideas, here's the microsoft paint scribblings i did of all of them [sonic is there too]

BURSTING BLAZE

a chargeable attack that blasts out a sphere of fire to deal damage. charging it longer sends the fire out further and increases its damage output, but costs more weapon energy. without any charging it's a pretty standard low-range attack, but at maximum charge it functions as a screen nuke on par with the likes of rain flush, tornado blow, or astro crush. if rock takes damage while charging bursting blaze, he'll automatically release it at whatever charge level it was at when he got hit. in addition to the obvious usefulness of a fucking screen nuke, a less- or uncharged bursting blaze can be a handy way to quickly get some personal space in a tight situation.

cost: 1 unit when uncharged, 7 when fully charged [28 uses uncharged or 4 fully charged from a full gauge]. has five in-between charge levels costing 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 units from least to most powerful.

i came up with this name first because i wanted it to have blaze in it because i fucking love blaze the cat.

ROCKET JUMP

an explosion that launches rock much higher than a normal jump would take him, about the height of one screen. in addition to the explosion at the bottom dealing damage, rock's body deals contact damage until his upward momentum stops, which tears through enemies with low health or a weakness to rocket jump but doesn't protect him against bulkier foes or stage hazards. while he can still move left or right while rocketing upwards, the only way for rock to stop moving upwards is to either naturally run out of momentum, hit a ceiling, or take damage.

some platforms can only be reached by using rocket jump.

cost: 3 units per use [10 uses from a full gauge]

obviously a joke based on the rocket jump technique in a lot of video games, lmao. rock blows himself up and ragdolls so hard he clips out of the interstellar amusement park and sonic watches as he falls past every kill plane and into infinity forever

DRILL DASH

a dash attack slightly faster than the slide going straight down, sideways, or diagonally down-left or down-right, similar to the pile driver but shorter and without upwards reach. has fairly low attack power, equivalent to two mega buster shots, but pushes surviving enemies back, allowing them to be hit again and again with a chain of drill dashes. underwater, it moves significantly faster and further, and can be fired up as well as down, unlocking eight-directional dashing.

if rock hits a solid wall he'll bounce off of it, but if he hits certain types of dirt-like walls he'll drill into them, which can uncover helpful items like health and weapon refills and occasionally 1-ups or e-tanks [probably in scripted locations].

cost: 2 units per use [14 uses from a full gauge]

i've never played mighty no. 9 but i've seen footage of like the dash thingy he can do? because it probably looks kinda like that.

HOVERING SHOCKWAVE

fires a shockwave that doesn't hurt any more than a standard mega buster shot [unless the enemy in question is weak to it], but stuns most enemies and has a fairly decent range. if you fire it in midair and then hold down the attack button, rock's falling speed will decrease dramatically, and he'll continue to float until either he hits the ground, the attack button is released, or he takes damage. hovering will cost additional energy, and if hovering shockwave is used in midair it can't be used again until rock hits the ground at least once.

cost: 1.5 units per use [19 uses from a full gauge], plus an extra 3 units per second of hovering, for a total of a little under 9 seconds of hovering taking the initial shot into account.

this one's pretty directly lifted from the hover wispon in sonic forces.

PRISM LASER

a laser projectile that either bounces off or goes through anything it hits a set number of times, maybe three to five. if it destroys an enemy its movement is unchanged; if it hits a wall or an enemy that doesn't immediately die to it then it bounces instead. can be fired in all eight directions, but once fired its trajectory is out of the player's hands. basically imagine gemini laser, then imagine it being obscenely better in every conceivable way. best used in enclosed rooms where it can bounce around a lot and doesn't have much opportunity to get lost offscreen.

some rooms have prisms in them like the ones in colours that automatically redirect prism laser, guiding them to destroy enemies blocking paths and the like.

cost: 6 units per use [5 uses from a full gauge]

cyan laser was my favourite colour power when i was a little baby because haha bright colour funny sound go wheeee. prism laser is probably overpowered because of this bias lmao.

CUBIC SATELLITE

summons four [?] orbiting cubes that shield rock from one hit each. they deal damage to enemies they touch unless said enemy is immune to the power. standard shield weapon, blue cube is a lame overly situational gimmick and i couldn't think of anything better. rock can still fire and charge his mega buster while shielded, but obviously can't use any special weapons. every time a cube is destroyed, the remaining ones spin faster, looking something like the tubinaut badnik from sonic mania. that's just a visual effect i don't know what else to write here it's a shield weapon.

cost: 3.5 units per use [8 units from a full gauge]

i think i'd like shield weapons more if i knew how to use the attacking ones to actually attack. i used leaf shield about 3 times in mega man 2 and every time i flung it in the wrong direction and got hit anyway.

FRENETIC VOID

sucks in any enemies that rock is facing for as long as the attack button is held down, drawing them to a point just in front of him. when released, the blasters on his arms [which in this form morph to look like the purple frenzy mouth] crunch down in front of him, dealing slightly more damage than a charged mega buster shot to anything that's been pulled in close enough and knocking back anything that isn't destroyed. rock can't move while using frenetic void, and if anything hits him while he's vaccuuming he drops the move without the finishing bite or knockback. this move can also draw in most types of bullets, which are absorbed and disappear if they reach the void, or continue in whatever direction they were pulled in if the move ends before they get there.

cost: 3 units per use [10 units from a full gauge]

i thought it'd be cool to combine purple frenzy and violet void somehow. i used void for the robot master name because i believe in sonic colours ds port supremacy, but the decision was ultimately pretty arbitrary.

SPIKE SPIN

what top spin wishes it was. a close-range attack where spikes emerge from rock's body as he does a speen, giving him a somewhat bigger hitbox. when he hits an enemy, he bounces off of it in a manner similar to the way sonic bounces off of everything he hits. the move lasts as long as the attack button is held down, draining weapon energy over time, and rock can still walk and jump while speening. some projectiles will bounce off of spike spin [generally small bullets like those from mets or sniper joes will bounce off while anything stronger will still hurt], and holding the move makes rock immune to spikes, allowing him to walk over them safely until his weapon energy depletes.

some items may be tucked away in places that are difficult or impossible to reach without walking over spikes, requiring the use of spike spin to reach them.

cost: 4 units per second, for a total of 7 seconds of spinning from a full gauge. the first unit is depleted the moment the button is pressed so the move can't be scummed into lasting longer.

honestly now that i'm thinking about this i might change spike spin to act a little more like how pink spike spindashes, but i was overcome by a desire for justice for top man.

i don't know how to end this post lmao but i've been thinking about this crossover for days on end. i know damn well it's a pipe dream but right now i'm in just the right mode of hyperfixation that if sega and capcom announced a sonic/mega man crossover in a video game that isn't smash lmao i would ASCEND