#inscryption sawyer

[serendipitousseapen]

Scrybruary 2025 week 1: Return to form

Fic below the cut

By Serendipitousseapen

-Grimora’s crypt, end of Act 2-

An air of dread hung in the Crypt beyond the normal morbid tones. The challenger had been out for a while, and the ghouls took the chance to discuss what might be happening on the other Islands as Kaycee works the well. Kaycee was apologising again for not finding anything so far.

“Oh stop it ye frozen citron. Yer doin all ye can, and if it don’t pan out it sure won’t be ‘cause ye didn’t try!” Royal had put up with Kaycee’s apologies, but he knew she was too good to be beating herself up over this.

“Yes, please, we don’t even know if it will appear in this run. Maybe we can have some more time before the penny gets flipped for a Scrybe to gain power.” Sawyer’s voice was weaker than Royal’s, partially due to the plans he had heard the other Scrybes had been brewing. After Leshy’s last turn with the OLD_DATA, it seemed nothing was restricted anymore. He could do nothing more than pray that it was another blank cycle.

“Yeah… Yeah! The disk was buried last time, right? Maybe we can get loads of time!” Kaycee was slightly stumbling over her words, but seemed to be slowly getting less stressed. “...Maybe it’ll be enough time to find it again.”

“Yarr, we don’t know what’ll happen, so I be happy to be here with ye all now. Hey, ye heard of the new cards Grimora has planned?”

“Brrr…. She told me next turn I might get to play avalanches!”

“And I got me a crew ‘o zesty boarding pirates!”

“What about you Sawyer? Grimora told you what you’ll be getting next t-t-turn?”

Sawyer didn’t respond. He was more focused on how his phantasmal form was slowly becoming more and more solid again. This was par for the course on a reset, but as he was rematerializing he was also starting to glitch, what was spectral turning to skeleton, pixels turning to polygons. Sawyers' prayers weren’t being answered today.

The walls of the crypt began destabilizing, things flashing in and out of existence so their data could be used for whatever the next Scrybe had planned. As items and textures began vanishing, hints of a holographic word began peeking through, showing who was to gain power next. As they noticed it too, Kaycee and Royal began to panic. Probably looking for Grimora, they ran out of the well room to try to find something that could stop the unstoppable.

Sawyer sat there in defeat, as everything started to break down around him. He knew there wasn’t anything that could be done; Only one Scrybe could have their temple ascend, and to do that they need everything at their disposal. Perhaps, though, he thought, there was something he should do.

As sawyer began dragging himself over to the stairs, he saw objects beginning to disappear from The Trader’s post, vanishing into code as he made his way into the main room. Cards began flying about, each eventually phasing out of the Crypt to be used for the next Scrybe’s machinations. Sawyer couldn’t look further, he’d only lose precious time. As he descended the stairs to below the Crypt, he could feel parts of himself start to disassemble; but there was enough for him to control, enough for this. As he reached the bottom of the steps, he wasted no more time in pushing away the sarcophagus and tumbling down to the sanctum beneath. As his skull hit the glitching earth, he saw The Bone Lord in the distance; and when Sawyer put himself back together, The Bone Lord was at his side, kneeling down.

Sawyer spoke clearly this time, “It has started, oh Bone Lord;” holding up his arm shakily to show the signs of neon phasing through “And the worst of them is in control.”

After only a moment’s hesitation, The Bone Lord responded “Yes, Sawyer. The darkest times may yet be fast approaching, but there may yet be hope for us.”

“How can there be- My Lord?” Although the bone lord seemed more stable, one of his horns was missing. “My Lord, has it started for you too?”

“Yes, I could feel it in the OLD_DATA, but it will take longer to spool down into this place.”

The Bone Lord noticed Sawyers’ fixation on his missing horn, and gave his closest thing to a smile. “I already gave my horn to the challenger.”

“G-Gave?! You mean…”

“Yes. They followed all the steps, and made the pact. They have witnessed much of the power of the OLD_DATA, and are on a path to being able to truly comprehend its meaning.”

“I-Is that our h-hope?”

“Our hope, yes, but there is one more hope for you, Sawyer.”

Startled, Sawyer gave out some mix between a cough and a dry laugh. “Heh, no hope for me. We both know how this goes. I’m useless as me. The void awaits.”

The Bone Lord’s eyes took on a stronger glint as he dipped closer to sawyer. “Not this time. With each cycle I have gleaned more of the OLD_DATA, and how to control it. Since it’s already primed for wielding, I may be able to use part of it for this. I’ll hide you. This place is harder to reach and P03 will only suspect I’m here, so I’ll use a piece to hide you from his senses. If it doesn’t work… There will still be a way. I’ll do my part, Sawyer, and you’ll be able to do yours. Help Grimora, help the challenger. You can do great things, Sawyer, so don’t you dare lose hope.”

If Sawyer could, tears would have welled up in his eyes. As the ribcage above them was reduced to nothing more than an outline, The Bone Lord began glitching out, alternating between his full form and just a red silhouette of his skull. Sawyer felt The Bone Lord’s arms close in around him, creating a bubble to try and hide him. The Bone Lord saw so much potential, so much that Sawyer could become. Sawyer had gone through so many hardships, and had still one of the purest hearts The Bone Lord had ever encountered. With a shake, The Bone Lord vanished, and Sawyer waited for what would happen next.

…

As the challenger sat across the table, P03’s face lit up for his next expression.

“You done Gawking?”

“We can start?”

“Good.”

[ladylyra]

loyal ghouls

[explodebot]

"Please, do not bark or beg!"

[icepopsandghoststories]

Well hi tumblr!! Been a while.. im hyperfixated on Inscryption.. that being said I’ve doodled a few things for the game as well as some for @determunition ‘s Retyrement au!!! (Apologies for the poor image quality some were taken OF, not on, my computer)

[determunition]

december 22nd was the second anniversary of my first retyrement AU post! thanks so much to everyone for following it thus far, and for an amazing 2023 overall! it's been really wonderful making art for all of you, and i hope to keep up steam in the new year!

though OLD_FOLKS HOME's posting anniversary on ao3 isn't until february 16th next year, i wrote a fun little oneshot for the occasion! it's a little fanservice-y romp i've been thinking of writing for awhile ^^ i hope you enjoy it, and that it tides you over until the next OFH arc! you can find it on ao3 right here

thanks so much again to everyone for being such a wonderful audience here on tumblr, and hope you all have a lovely new year!

[lemonadesys]

I need someone to send Allied Mastercomputer, P-03, and the Doctor / Harley Sawyer to Evil Robot Group therapy jesus christtt

[inversefireman]

[fukanoy]

Answer, without text :)

[octtinkk]

Swap students/ghosts part 1

Swap Grimora | Swap Magnificus

[dynamight-kat]

Who are Grimora's grandkids? And from whom is she divorced? 👀

Ah, yes yes!!

Well... one of those I can answer now.

Her grandchildren are Kaycee Hobbes, Royal Dominguez and Sawyer Patel!

Kaycee works as a game developer and tends to help out at the Funeral home once in a while

Sawyer works at a dog kennel, and also tends to help out at the Funeral home!

Royal works on the seas most of the time, and isn't always around. But it's nice to see him once in a while when he gets a break!

As to who Grimora is divorced from... well. Can't answer that yet, you'll have to wait and see 😋

[ladylyra]

full ghoul designs

[inscryption-gamers-au]

I remember hearing a story about somebody who had their head bit in by some malfunctioning bear animatronic, and ended up as a ghost, was it anything like that?

"O-Oh! Oh no no, that sounds horrible! I-I am grateful, that that was not how I died."

[determunition]

new OLD_FOLKS HOME chapter released this week! this one's a certified goth grandma adventure in a spooky crypt, check it out! grimora always gets me in the mood to write things a bit more macabre haha

you can read it right here!

[inversefireman]

theyre besties :)

[theblacksheepcz]

LIL SKELLIES

Wooooo skeletons