#i debated on whether to attach the amber to their bag as a button or to their hat with a small ribbon awhile

[nyatbinary-81]

hiiii i really like this post-canon concept so heres my rendition of niko!

i made a few changes to the design based on my personal tastes. first off, nikos 13, and as a former 13 year old, if your life sucks at that time (and based on the au, nikos life does suck. on account of the increasingly dangerous games), you Will become not just anxious but actively spiteful and distrustful, hence the expression and posture. i also gave them a proper Pokemon Bag bc every pokemon game has The Bag as inventory, and i wanted it to look really well made, so i put stitching around the edges. i even made fake gym badges! because it was stated to be a pokemon fangame in your other post, i added light and sound, the most popular fake types, and i made regular gyms into dual-type ones. i also tore up the scarf and clothes a lot bc i figure between pokemon and a jrpg there would be a LOT of difficult to dodge attacks, so much so that one half of the scarf is chopped wayyy shorter than the other. and i moved the amber to the bag, partially bc itd make a great button, partially bc you wouldnt be able to see it by their chest.

i think niko and the player have a strained relationship, bc while the player always has the Intent to keep niko safe, that doesnt make them good at it. and, from nikos perspective, the player would likely be the one dragging them into these adventures by opening the games like they did oneshot.

Had an AU concept where Niko's journey through the World Machine is the first of many adventures, and slowly building up to something bigger. About once or twice a year, Niko gets sent on an interdimensional adventure and comes back changed from their journey. Some of their journeys are fun, some of them are traumatic, some are a mix of both. They also write books about their adventures, partially because The Author inspired them to write and their adventures make good stories and partially because it's a way of expressing themselves and processing their trauma. Their first book, about the events of Oneshot and Solstice, is called My Burden Is Light (it's named after the title song) -hence the name of this AU.