#mandela alive au

[ashleena-xx]

Full Body Of Ryan Marshall

[REMAKE]

[trashyreptilian]

Lure In The Predator, October 19th-20th 1992 (Part 2)

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Previous Parts:

Lure In the Predator, October 18th 1992 (Part 1)

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Characters: The Preacher "Ora" (she/it), "C"/Alt!Cesar (it/its), "Mark Heathcliff" (he/him), "Cesar Torres" (he/him) and "Him" (he/it)

Summary: Six had tasked Preacher with finding out where the supposed "friendly" alternate resides in. To help, Alt!Cesar is assigned with her. They start from where the impersonator's assault took place and go from there, hoping it'll lead them to their main target. (Word count: ~7 900)

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Howling winds rustled many autumn leaves, which covered most of the ground. Providing crunching noises as Ora steadily walked forward. Right behind her, the armless alternate was far less discreet with its footsteps. The tranquil woods were engulfed in a veil of poltergeist-white mist. Nothing was spared, shavings of it snagged every shrub and tree without mercy. It appeared filmy in the weak light of sunset. A good thing for the alternates. They were walking in the woods as daylight faded, so the extra camouflage provided was in their favor. Preacher wasn't too laid-back still, she kept her guard up and made sure no humans would spot them accidentally. So far only the occasional flock of birds passing by or a rodent suddenly running past them were to even notice they were there.

She chose to stay quiet. Preferring to focus on her task rather than engaging in conversation. The alternates followed a somewhat scented path. More precisely, the faint scent of alternate blood. The same of which had been left by the impersonator accompanying her. Faded traces of the black substance would emerge within their path, on the ground and on tree bark. That was their one means of knowing if they headed in the right direction. Even then, the blood had dried up overtime, becoming harder to spot. The Preacher relied on the smell mostly. Unfortunately, her concentration was sometimes interrupted by the other alternate. It got easily distracted by nature's surroundings, choosing to run after any small creature that so happened to pass by. She'd have to yell at it to stay beside her. While annoying, it wasn't anything new she experienced. It was young, at least she thought it was from the way it behaved. She had seen much younger alternates become enthralled by other living mammals that weren't humans. The onset of curiosity in early life was fairly common within their kind. She had it once too in the past, but it quickly fades away without ever realizing.

Not so long after an hour or two of walking, something caught Ora's attention. She noticed some interesting claw marks on one of the trees. Approaching closer to inspect it, her hand brushed against the marks. The bark was shredded, revealing the inside wood. The depth of the cuts wasn't anything impressive, however, the length was unusual. The lines nearly made perfect circles around the tree. No large enough mammal could have left those in. None in the woods that they were passing through.

"Hey…" Preacher turned her elongated neck back, seeing the other alternate hesitantly looking at her. "Come here." Shifting her stare back at the claw marks, it quickly stood next to her. "Look at these cuts… Quite long for any animal to leave them here. You don't suppose they are yours?" She asked in a calm manner.

The impersonator's face got needlessly close up to the marks, it tilted its head left and right. "Hmmmmmmmmmm… Nope. Nu-uh, those aren't mine."

"Obviously, they aren't." She pulled the alternate back by its black hair. "This just means we're probably getting close. Let's keep walking, and STAY close. Please…"

With that, they continued marching forward. She was certain they were near the targeted house. Keeping her sight on any traces of the chase that had occurred to not lose their way. The sky above them began turning into a darker blueish-gray color. Night would set itself in a short moment as the sun laid dormant. Cold breeze blew across the alternates hair and fur, a refreshing sensation against their skin. A few minutes passed before the impersonator unexpectedly ran up next to Preacher, trying to maintain her walking speed. She heard a fake cough from it.

"Uh… You don't think-…" There was a pause. Its voice was a bit shaky. "You don't think it's out here? You know, like… It's still hunting for me…"

Preacher remained on sight for those traces of blood or cuts. Unbothered by the other's paranoia. Letting out a silent groan, she responded. "I doubt it…"

"Yeah?… Hmmmmm…" It feebly whimpered. "How can you be sure, huh?…"

"Listen. If it was here, it would have attacked us by now…" Her voice was calm, a contrast to the other's frantic tone. "Besides, we can always return to Hell at will as well. There's nothing to be paranoid over…"

A brief moment of silence passed before it responded again. "I don't know… It really seemed like it was dead set on killing me… I didn't even do anything wrong to it…"

"True, but that alternate isn't like us… Aaaaaand- To your dismay, it's a wrath alternate too. So you got real unlucky on your first few days of work." She sneakily let out a chuckle. The chances of encountering such a hostile figure on the first days must be near impossible.

"What's the problem with that guy anyway?… You seem to know more about them than me." It asked.

"I don't, actually... Yet, I do highly suggest staying out of its way though. In fact, stay away from ALL wrath alternates, not just that one too."

"Why...?"

That stupid question was enough for Preacher to lose her focus and glare at the impersonator. "Why?" She mockingly repeated. "You're the one without any arms and you're going to ask me WHY?" She glanced back at the path straight ahead of her. "They're all nothing but violent brutes if that wasn't obvious already." Her walking pace grew faster. "A whole bunch of uncooperative savages…" She murmured under her breath.

"Than- Hey!" It shifted its walking pace to hers. "How do I even tell who's a wrath alternate?!"

"Ugh, I'll explain it to you later." Preacher halted it by its shoulder. "We've got more important matters to attend to…" Pointing at a house finally visible in the distance, she let go off its shoulder.

Seemed like it didn't take much to divert the impersonator's attention as it immediately charged forward. Ora did so too. Not out of excitement like it, but to chase after it. Despite her face being mask-like in appearance, her eyes were clearly furrowed. In front of them, the house and woods were divided by a short upward slope. Before the other could run up that slope, she prepared herself for a sprint. Rapidly turning her entire being into black smoke, she slithered straight ahead. It managed to reach the very start of the slope until it abruptly stopped. It stepped back when a black cloud line of smoke altered back into a body. Took but a second for her to grab a hold of its shoulders. Her grip was tight.

"How many TIMES do I have to tell you to stay close?!" She hissed at it. Their faces were a mere inch away from each other. "Remember, we're not here to kill anyone. You got that through your puny little head?" Her eyes squinted.

After it gulped and its frown turned into a nervous smile, it nodded in agreement.

"Okay, good…" Her grip got softer but still held on. "Now, this is what we're going to do. YOU are going to stay here, near the woods. Don't let yourself be seen by any humans. While I go and scan out the house and area. It'll be just a quick in and out."

It tilted its head to the left. "So… You just want me to stay here?"

"Yes, that is correct."

"...You sure?"

"Yes, absolutely." She let go of its shoulders. "You've done your part leading me to this house. Well actually- I did most of the leading here. We wasted the entirety of daytime to even get in the right woods thanks to you… At this point, I'm just babysitting you for Six." Turning her back on it, she walked up the slope. The house, which greeted her gaze, stood high and built in a modern style. Probably intended for more upper class people to live in. What appeared to be the back of the building facing her, none of the windows were lighted and instead plunged in pitch-blackness. Preacher had one last glance at the impersonator before leaving it alone. "You better be down there when I come back! I'm not going to waste my time looking for you if you get lost…" She briefly yelled out.

"Yeah, I hear you! Hurry up, will you? I'm already getting bored standing here…" It answered before dropping itself to the ground, sitting cross-legged.

When a single long sigh escaped Ora's mouth, she was ready to search out the place. Swiftly turning herself into smoke again, she downsized her smoke form to be less visible. The form was more worm-like in appearance with the way she slithered around the house. Turning to her left, none of the windows were illuminated either. Pressing forward, she quickly moved through the blades of grass and met with a pebble covered path. At the front of the house, she stopped on the pathway which lead to the garage. It was left opened with two different cars parked inside. Moving past that sight, she made her way up the front porch. The gap below the door allowed easy entrance for her. Entering the house, the change in temperature caught her off guard. The coolness of outside shifted to sudden warmth. Her attention focused on the faint yellow glow and sounds of chatter coming from the left side of the first floor. Carefully slithering to the spacious living room, the source of it all was revealed. The room combined with the kitchen, was where the glow came from and people sat together at a table. Moving discreetly along the wooden floor, she hid herself in one of the white couches closest to the dining table. The Preacher peaked out while remaining mostly hidden in-between some fluffy pillows.

Three people were seated by a black table. Two middle-aged adults on the left and right while a much younger fellow sat in the middle between them. The one on the left, a tall well-groomed man, spoke about his job and other boring topics. None of it was worth listening to. Ora had her sights on the young one. Analyzing him, from the hair and face to overall appearance. Everything clicked immediately. He was the impersonator's failed victim. First obvious details were the similarities in the haircut and facial hair. The faces were less alike but despite the other's exaggerated features, it was somewhat the same shape. There was no mistaking it. With that in mind, she left the people alone and slithered away from the living room. Although before leaving, she thought of checking every other available room. Just in case, the traitor's human was already there. It didn't take long to scan through the first floor. A swift slide in and out so to speak. She didn't care to gawk at the interior, whether it was a bathroom or closet room, she only cared to see if anyone else was staying in the house. Moving to the second floor, the smoke line slid around faster. The alternate scanned through every room. Bedroom, master bedroom, bathrooms, guest bedroom, storage room and so on. No other living breathing human was found, besides the small family below in the kitchen. That being done, she wasted no time exiting the house.

At last outside, Ora dashed back to where she had left the armless impersonator. Secretly hoping it didn't take off while she was gone for a short period of time. As she descended into the forest by the downward slope, she manifested back into her regular form. Her companion was nowhere to be seen. Looking around from where it had sat down, she clenched her fists. However, just when she was about to yell out for it, she heard footsteps running to her.

"Hey, you're back!" A familiar staticky voice called out.

She turned to the right, quickly greeted by the armless alternate. It looked unusually happy for whatever reason while she simply sighed. "You're lucky I hate to get physical, otherwise I would have beaten you to a bloody pulp right now…"

"Yeah, yeah that's great- Look at what I found instead!" It dismissed the threat completely as though it wasn't even listening. It pointed at her hands with its head.

Utterly confused, the Preacher hesitantly extended out her hands. Only then she noticed that one of the alternate's cheeks looked more puffed up than the other. But before she could ask what it had in its mouth, it spat out the answer for her. A tiny blue and white feathered bird landed on her hands. Her body shivered at the feeling of dark gray spit covering the creature. An awkward silence passed as she stood, unsure what to say. "Uh… I-" She let out a groan. "This is… This is something, alright…"

"I know! Looks cool, right?" It exclaimed while staring at the bird in her hands.

"Sure…" Mildly disgusted, she did a small head shake to concentrate back on what she was about to say. "...Okay, you've successfully sidetracked me for a minute." Kneeling down, she placed the bird on the ground. "Poor thing…" She whispered and got back up. "Let's settle somewhere a bit further from here and I'll tell you what I saw in the house." Grabbing the impersonator by its red bowtie, she led it to a secluded area of the woods with more greenery. The house still discernible in the distance, she stopped dragging the alternate along. "We don't need to be too far away but it's good to stay out of the clear pathway. Sit down…" The Preacher demanded while she made herself comfortable sitting by a tree. She waited for it to do the same, watching as the alternate simply dropped down on the grass with a hard thud. It stared at her wide-eyed, ready to listen.

"…So I found your failed victim, he's with his parents. Sadly, his brown-haired friend wasn't there tonight…"

"Dammit… What do we do then?" It asked.

"We wait. There's not much else we can do besides that. Chances are his friend will show up eventually, and since we both know what he looks like, we can't miss him."

"Aaaaand, how long will we be waiting?…"

"No idea, could take a couple of weeks, might be a few hours. I can't give you an exact answer. I'll have to check the house frequently to see if anyone new shows up."

The impersonator groaned and laid back on the grass. "Argh, it all sounds so boring… At least you get to do something, while I'm stuck waiting in the woods."

Ora arched her neck forward, gazing at it more closely. "It doesn't have to be boring…" She wasn't much for engaging with younger alternates but since she didn't have anything to pass the time either, she could try to entertain it. "...How old are you?"

"I don't know… It's been like, a few days and nights but I wouldn't say I've been alive for long."

"Hmmm…" She gave a quick thought about it. "I'm guessing you've been around for a month, which is usually 30 days and nights."

"Sure, if you say so. I've been alive for a month, probably…" It said in a weak and fed up tone.

"Have you figured out what sin you were created from?"

It instantly shot its head back up, staring at Preacher with an eyebrow raised. "N-no?... I remember being told I was made from one of the sins. But never told how I'm supposed to figure that out..."

"Hah…" Her neck arched back a little, raising her head up more. "It's fairly easy..." Without hesitation, she shoved her hand into her own emotionless vertical mouth. Her fingers reached up inside the head, nothing but thick blood engulfed her skin. The feeling wasn't so pleasant but the process remained completely painless. She searched around until she felt something hard and sharp-pointed. When her fingers grabbed a hold of it, she pulled it out to show. What came out of her mouth was an emerald green crystal, entangled and held back by some thin veins of the same color coming from her mouth. Fairly small in size, it had rough pointed edges all around, making it quite hard to hold. It carried a flickering bright green glow.

The impersonator rose up as soon as the Preacher had begun searching for the crystal. It scooted over to her when the crystal revealed itself with its tantalizing shine. Its eyes were fixated on it. "Whoa, it's shiny…" It muttered. "What is it? Can I touch it? Can I have it?!" Re-positioning itself on its knees, it tried to get closer.

Ora felt as the veins tugged at the crystal, she had to place it back where it belonged. Her companion's elated smile turned into a slight frown once the shine disappeared. After a slight gag, she spoke. "That, was my sin crystal. Or sin stone, whatever you may choose to call it. It doesn't really matter... But what you should know is that little crystal alone can tell so much about an alternate…"

"Soooo- Does that mean I have one like yours too?" It asked with a smirk.

"Yes, but it could be a different color. For you see, I'm created from the base sin of envy. All envy alternates will have the same kind of colored crystal such as mine. There are seven different sins as far as I'm aware."

"Neat…" It whispered in a gleeful voice. Shifting its gaze onto its developing upper arms, it desperately thrashed them around up to its mouth. Unable to grab a hold of its own jaws.

Preacher sighed. As amusing it was to watch it struggle, she offered help. "Here… You won't reach it with those stubby growing arms of yours." She firmly held its upper jaw down with one hand, it flinched in response. "I'll get it out for you." Her other hand slowly reached up to its mouth.

Suddenly, her hand was kicked away by the impersonator as it fell back onto the grass. Eyes widened, bewildered at the aggression. She moved her elongated neck, looking at it with one eye furrowed. The armless alternate, still laid down on the ground, hyperventilated a little.

"Sorry- Don't know why I did that, haha…" It sat up. "Uh- Try again, I won't kick this time."

"… I can just check the light coming from your crystal, if you open your mouth wide enough…" She suggested. Fair to assume that memories of the traitor's assault had it shaken up. It would be a lie to say she didn't feel a tad bit of pity for it. A brief minute passed, neither of them maintained eye-contact. Not until it decided to accept her offer. It quietly nodded and slowly opened up its mouth, stretching it as far as possible. Ora lunged her back forward, her head moved closer to its face. Tilting to the left, she squinted her eyelids. Despite the teeth and tongue being in the way, a faint shine showed up. Below from its head, a light blue glow flickered. "You can close your mouth now."

It did as told. "So… Did you see anything?"

"I saw a light blue glow. It's faint but I'm certain it's blue." She rested her hands on her knees. "Your sin is sloth."

"And that means?…"

"Ugh… If I am to describe it short, sloth means laziness. An unwillingness to put in effort into productivity. Of course, it's not just laziness. Carelessness, procrastination, and half-hearted effort apply as well. There's many different ways to define it." She paused for a second before continuing. "Slothful alternates are… Well- How do I put it nicely?…" Hard to say any nice complimenting words about the subject. She knew that sloth was lower down in the sin hierarchy amongst their species. In fact, it was the lowest sin you could get.

"Laid-back? Easy-going? If so then I think it's fitting that I'm a sloth alternate, haha!" It interjected with a wide smile plastered on its face.

Ora couldn't help but to let out a snicker. "Sure, you can say that…" Despite her dismissive tone, there was some truth to what it said. Even though those qualities weren't all that useful or impressive, she secretly appreciated them nonetheless. After another long sigh, she looked up at the night's sky. Greeted by a pale crescent moon, it hid behind the dark gray clouds. Nature's ambience eased her thoughts. At least until she'd have to intrude the house once again later. In the meantime, she enjoyed the silence. . . Hours flew by, that's what it felt like. Neither of the alternates had any means of knowing what time it was, besides the sky itself being sort of an indicator. At the dead of night, the duo remained in their same secluded area of the woods. Ora had done multiple quick "check ups" in the failed victim's house but once the family fell asleep, she stopped. No point in constantly stalking the household. Not while no one was active. How strange was that? Those feeble creatures had to sleep through many hours, wasting time in a sense. And for what? To stay active for even fewer hours during the day? How pointless. And yet, an intriguing ability. To go in and out of consciousness. Their kind couldn't do that. Sure, they can close their eyes and pretend they weren't aware of their surroundings. But that's just it. It's pretend. Every waking second, minute, hour and day that passes by, they stay awake. Always conscious. The only downside to that were the many moments of pure and utter boredom that she'd have to go through. Forever waiting, like the very night the two alternates were experiencing. Not even her erratic companion could keep itself entertained for long by chasing random animals or bugs.

For a while, Ora simply gazed at the sky. The mist along with the clouds had dispersed overtime. Enticed by the thousands of stars sprinkled behind the black to gray gradient backdrop. Every so often, a twinkle caught her eye. Sometimes she'd try to spot out any constellations she still remembered. A fun past-time but it too grew tiresome. Her mind focused on something else. She thought about what they were to do once the traitor's human would show up. Well, more accurately. She thought more about how the impersonator would follow after him. Preacher could turn herself into smoke like she usually did with any kind of stalking in action. No worries there. On the other hand, the armless alternate as far as she knew, had no such ability. None that she saw for the little time they spent together. Looking back at it, it was on its knees and ripping out the grass with its teeth.

"...What are you doing?" The Preacher asked with a weary voice.

It stopped and spat out some dirt. "I don't know, felt like eating the dirt."

Preacher squinted one of her eyes and slightly tilted her head.

"What? I'm bored…" It answered her confusion.

"Uh-huh…" She straightened her back as she laid against a tree. "Listen… I wanted to ask you something."

"Yeah?"

"What abilities do you have?"

"...Abilities? What do you mean by that?"

"Come on, you should know what I mean. You saw me turn to smoke several times, that's an ability for example. You must have discovered SOMETHING while you were stalking your victim." She stated.

"Oooooooh-! Okay, no, I understand! Just let me think…" It paused. "I can walk on walls. Oh, and on ceilings too!- Hah ah! I remember how much fun it was to pace around inside that house!" It had a wide grin on its face, laughing at its own past antics.

"Yes, yes, that's nice… Anything else besides surface adhesion?"

"Hmmm… Well... I can stretch out some of my body parts as well. Like, really far out. Reeeeeeally far out. But I don't use it that much… And I think that's all I've got, really."

"Body manipulation… Ugh, that's what you slothians are best at…" Ora whispered under her breath before gazing back at it. "How about turning yourself into smoke? Can you do that? It'd make it easier for us to follow the traitor's target. Otherwise, you might be stuck here waiting for me."

"Nope! Actually... No idea… Maybe I can? I never tried it."

"With that in particular, you either can or can't do it. So stand up."

The impersonator slowly stood up. Without its arms fully grown out, it struggled. Gathering its senses, it stared at her. "Okay…" It looked around side to side for no reason. "How do I do this exactly?"

"There's not much I can advise you. As I said, you can or can't do it." Still seated by the same tree, her neck fixated up more. "You have to WANT to turn your entire being into smoke. Focus on that for a start. We'll see what happens…" She let out a sigh, already having low expectations.

"Okay, I've got this… It's as easy as that hahaha…" It stared at the ground and then closed its eyes. "...Am I doing it?"

"It's only been a second… Give it a bit more time for Lord's sake…"

"Okay, okay, yeah right… Give it time..."

One minute passed. Then another. And another one. Nothing yet. Ora already had her doubts but the lack of any sort of smoke materializing was enough to shatter any shred of hope she might have had. Surprisingly, moments before she was about to interject with something, black smoke lines were just appearing up from its arms and hair. However, the other alternate snapped out of focus and all that progress disappeared in an instant.

"ARGH- There's no point! It's taking forever, I can't do it..." It exclaimed in a frustrated tone and kicked at the grass.

Preacher shot back up, towering over it. "What in the unholy HELL are you doing? You JUST had it in motion!" Her eyes closed as she pinched her nose. "Focus on this one… simple thing. It takes barely ANY effort yet of course, you would complain and bail at the last second. Go again!"

"ALRIGHT, shit!-" It jumped back. "Lord, I'll do it… Don't scream at me…Crazy..." After readjusting itself, it attempted to focus again. Its breathing got slower and longer as it frowned. The expression on its face was new. Perhaps one of genuine concentration. Therefore, the process went along much faster. Surely enough, its physical form changed. A black smoke cloud stood in front of Ora. It didn't move as though it was taking its time to understand what it had done.

"There you go, not so hard is it-"

All of a sudden, the smoke dashed behind her before she could finish the sentence. Ora barely kept track of it as it frantically zigzagged around the trees. Impressed by how quickly it picked up speed. Considering that was the first time it changed its own matter. Crossing her arms, she allowed for the impersonator to have its brief moment of excitement. Not to mention, the sight was entertaining too. Soon, the smoke trail would move from the trees and briefly slither in circles around her. Sounds of grass and bushes rapidly brushed against filled the surrounding area. It came to a halt once it swiftly turned back into its familiar form. However, as a result of its frantic darting all over the place, it collided into a tree. Ora let out a hiss, cringing at the accidental crash. A loud thud echoed while a few leaves fell out. It violently shook its head, recovering itself. It was unphased as it ran up to her with the widest smile plastered on its face she had seen so far.

"DID. YOU. SEE THAT?! I did it! I FUCKING did it, ahahahahaha!" Its breathing got faster from the boost of adrenaline. "Can't believe I've never done this until now! This is amazing!"

"Yes, yes, good for you." She said with slight sarcasm. Her hands grabbed a hold of its shoulders, hoping the other would calm down a bit. It was visibly shaking. "Save that energy for another time, huh? You didn't pull off some grand stunt here-"

The impersonator's smile began to turn into a frown at her words.

The Preacher paused for a second. "....But... I mean-…" She groaned. "I mean, considering this was your first time changing matter… You did show some impressive speed, I guess... And-… This means you won't have to wait in the woods. You'll be able to tag along with me for when the brown-haired human appears, that's exciting. Right?…"

Its frown immediately perked back up again into a softer smile.

"BUT-" Her grip got tighter. "You better do as I say if you are to tag along… Follow my every move and do NOT leave my sight, no wandering off like you did all day while we got to that blasted house. Do I make myself clear?…"

"Yeah, sure. Whatever! Why are stressing over this so much? It's not like we're doing much here anyway." It answered in a mocking tone.

"I don't think you truly understand what we're getting ourselves into…" She moved her hands away and crossed her arms. "I hope you didn't forget that our main assigned task is to find an alternate. A traitor at that. And to add, a WRATH alternate of all things… YOU encountered it yourself, you should know why this task could go wrong."

"Alright but… There's two of us-"

"That doesn't matter." Ora cut it off. "You may not have been around for long, but I have. I know what wrath alternates are capable of... To add, I've heard accounts from other impersonators who've witnessed that cloaked beast single-handedly kill off groups of younglings like you… And keep in mind, I'm sparing you from the gruesome details they've told me." After it gulped, she continued. "As much as I HATE to say it… Our sins, are below wrath. Once we find the traitor's residence, it'll be aware that its domain is intruded upon… So when I ask you, if I make myself clear... Don't fucking lie to me." She snarled.

It let out a long breath. Uncertainty set in. "Shit… Hah, guess there's a lot more at stake than I thought… Fine, this time I understand. That's for sure... You have my word, I'll stick beside you at all times."

In return, she sighed. Probably the longest sigh she had done. "… We'll see just how good your word is when the moment comes. For now, we shall wait for sunrise…" . . Morning crept up, the start of a new day. With a golden light, the sun came out and a beautiful rose hue persisted in the baby blue sky. Fresh and crisp air overflowed throughout the woods. Life around the alternates began to awake. Sadly, there was no time to enjoy the early scenery. Ora needed to patrol the household more intensely. All while avoiding the threat of sticking out like a sore thumb during daylight. About an hour ago, she had seen the two older adults vacating the house in one of their cars. They left their son alone as she had checked inside before. When she had gone to check, he was in the middle of some sort of morning routine. Tempted to leave, she had stuck around when she overheard a phone call. It was very brief but one detail was important. Someone was driving to pick him up. Who was it for sure? The alternate prayed that it was the human they've been targeting. In a rush, she had told the impersonator of what she learned. Both quickly stood guard behind the right side of the house. Occasionally peeking at the front porch from a safe distance. They couldn't snoop around in their regular appearances. Together they remained in their smoke forms, downsized to more small worm-like looks.

Patiently waiting, the alternates were eager to see who would arrive. Soon enough, Ora saw an unfamiliar vehicle driving and then stopping near the house. It parked behind some wide black iron gates. A figure got out of the car. As they made their way to the front porch, their identity got clearer. Wearing a black and white checkered shirt with a dark gray jacket, their monochromatic outfit wasn't anything of note. But once they finally reached the front door, she carefully peeked out more while hidden amongst some smaller bushes. The impersonator did so too. The figure's facial features seemed male-like. He carried a cigarette in his mouth. His brown and messy brushed up hair stirred the Preacher's memory. Including the dark moles on parts of his face, and those tired eyes. When he suddenly rang the doorbell, she looked back at the other alternate. It itself was intensely staring at the person.

"That- That's him… That's our guy, right there!…" Its voice was very muffled and weak due to its smoke form. Better for the both of them to stay completely quiet. It was doubtful that any human could hear them in their hushed down voices.

"I think he is…" She answered back.

A creak had the alternates jump back a bit. The front door opened. Preacher tried taking a peek at both of the humans.

"Hey. Ready to leave?"

"Yep! Let's go."

After that quick exchange, the two figures left the front porch. Surely heading for the car by the iron gates. Ora let them have a head start before she'd follow. They reached the gates, the brown-haired human opened up one side for the other to pass through first. That was when she jumped from the bushes. Swiftly dashing along the grass and reaching the same gates, the impersonator followed her exact moves as promised. Pausing behind a gate pillar, she then quickly slithered under the car. Two thuds, one after another, echoed. The alternates had mere seconds to enter that car. Without panicking, she discreetly led herself in. While one of the boys was getting seated, beneath their sight, the two smoke lines squeezed through a narrow gap. They landed below the rear legroom space. The car door shut behind them. She hid under the driver's seat, dragging the other alternate with her. Couldn't be too careful, best to remain obscured. Rough whirring noises filled the vehicle when the engine started. Where they were heading, no clue but they didn't care. All they needed was to keep track of the traitor's human.

The alternates stayed hidden in the same spot. Despite how tempting it was to sneakily check by the window, neither of them dared. The slight chance of being spotted held them down. Preferring their undisturbed area below the driver's seat. As far as they knew, the humans had yet to realize that they were carrying two unsuspected passengers. Ora noticed that the impersonator was jittery, trembling in place. Perhaps being stuck in one place wore it down. Or the moving car caused tension. Whatever the reason, she hoped it wouldn't become a problem. The car at certain occasions stopped before continuing its route. A few sharp turns happened while the duo kept their balance. Silence persisted for a while. Until they eavesdropped on a conversation above them.

"Hey, thanks again for picking me up! I didn't think you'd get out of bed this early."

"Hmm? Eh, don't mention it… I got a few hours of sleep before you called." They let out a loud yawn. "Though… When I'll drop you off, I'm driving straight back to bed…"

"Dude, you really need to work on your sleep schedule. You kinda look like shit."

"And you really need to get a driver's license, but you don't hear me bitching about it."

"Por el amor de Dios…" A different voice mumbled under their breath. "Yeah, and I can get it when I want. My parents keep bothering me about it already… I just can't find the time for it, you know? I've got all these damn studies to worry about…"

"I hear that. So glad I finished that shit school early…"

Their chattering stayed uninteresting for a while. From what the Preacher gathered, the human pair seemed fairly close. With friendly banter and laughter sprinkled in between their casual talk. One had a much calmer tone in their voice and the other, complete opposite with a more lively and fast-paced way of speaking. At one point, something intriguing came up within their discussion.

"...By the way, remember that math homework you helped me with?"

"Yeah… What about it? If you got a shitty grade, I'm sorry but don't yell at me cuz'-"

"That's just it! I got a perfect grade on it. Which is weird, knowing we spent the entire time fighting over the answers… But I don't know, maybe you couldn't help yourself from PISSING me off. Instead of just giving me the right answers straight away, like a normal person." There was a pause. "… Also, you're bad at math too… So I really don't know how you got me that grade."

"No shit I'm bad at math! I didn't actually DO the homework, Cesar."

"The fuck you mean by that?…"

"My dad gave me the answers, I just wrote them down."

"Wait, what? No, no!- But I-… The entire time I was at your place, not ONCE did I see Him with us! When did he even have time to-"

"It was when you went to the bathroom… He told me it got sick of us shouting while it was reading in my bedroom. Interrupted his read just when it was getting to the "best part". His words, not mine by the way."

"Huh…" A lengthy minute passed before they said anything else. "...I guess that explains why the grade was so high… Well, tell it I said thanks and that I appreciate the help."

"You could thank him yourself next time you come over."

"Maybe…" They hesitantly responded.

"…But?"

"Ugh… I might be fine standing in the same room as Him. Hell, half the time I don't even notice it's there. But when I try to talk to it, or when it gets too close, I freeze. My heart beats like crazy... I can't help it… His stare makes me so uneasy… It's like he's carrying around some kind of cursed aura or something..."

"I can't believe you're still scared of it... You know he can't help it being what he is, besides... He's intentionally avoiding you whenever you visit just for YOUR mind's sake. So why can't you give Him a chance?"

"Unlike you Mark, I didn't grow up with an alternate for a dad. This just doesn't seem natural to me at all! I can barely wrap my head around that still…"

With them falling silent, Ora felt a bit of relief. At least the alternates had a firmer confirmation that whom they stalked, was in fact the traitor's kid. Or "Him", as it was apparently named. The nickname sounded odd to say the least. Maybe it was more about how vague it seemed. Not leaving much of an impression by hearing it. Didn't even sound remotely intimidating, considering its negative reputation. However, she had to lay her thoughts aside. The car halted yet again. A loud click blared, the Preacher thought it came from a seat belt. A thud noise followed suit. Cooling air blew inside as someone had opened up a car door.

"Alrighty, gotta run to class. Thanks again for the ride!"

"No problem, Cesar. I'll see you again soon?"

"For sure! Chau!"

After the farewell, they firmly shut the door behind them. The vehicle began to move once more. Ora noticed that the driver above her had picked up speed. By any chance, they might be headed to where Mark lived. She was unsure for how long her fellow companion would last staying put. It slowly turned in circles around her. As a way to entertain itself. Probably. She didn't bother questioning it. Her mind focused on what was next to come. Their next moves had to be fast and careful. So far they were uncaught, and she intended on keeping it that way.

It hadn't been long until they reached their final stop. The seat over the alternates shook. The time came, they had to move out of their hiding spot. Slithering to the legroom space, Ora saw the driver's seat belt retracting back. Met with the outside breeze, Mark was about to exit his car. Waiting for the right moment, she prepared to bounce with the impersonator right by her side. When he fully stood outside with his back facing the duo, two smoke lines jumped forward and landed on concrete. They immediately hid under the vehicle. All they could see were a pair of shoes from there. A harsh slam rang throughout as Mark closed the car door. Right after, those same shoes walked away. The alternates waited for some space between them and him. Seconds later, they went out in the open. Ora needed to keep track of their target but also, their surroundings simultaneously. They slithered towards an apartment building. It was moderately sized, and colored in washed out tones of brown. It had a decaying look to it with some faint black smudges scattered all over, especially at the top. It lacked any sort of vintage charm. Certain front windows were pitch black, others were lit-up. Other nearby buildings had similar dull colors. The entire area felt dead, with little outside activity from any other human.

A few feet away from their target, they held a safe distance. Mark reached the main entrance to the apartment building, soon disappearing from their sight. The doors closed in front of the alternates but that wasn't a problem. They swiftly slid through the tightest gap below them. Inside, the place didn't look any better. The walls had cracked brown paint in some patches. As they continued to follow the echoing footsteps up the stairs, they tried picking up the pace and got closer behind the guy. Mark walked in a sluggish manner, holding onto the side railings with one hand. Sometimes pausing to slouch against a wall and yawn. After walking up a few floors, Mark finally stopped at a door marked with its own number. A bit of rummaging through his pockets, he found his keys and let himself inside. The alternates stared at the same door, the Preacher made sure to remember the specific number on it. She looked at the impersonator, they both nodded to each other before entering.

Through another gap, they quickly entered the guy's home. Ora without a second spared, wanted to find a hiding spot. While Mark sat on the living room couch, rubbing his eyes. The alternate spotted a stack of boxes sitting right beside the door. They slithered in one of the cardboard boxes. What they laid on top were some books, covered in dust. The smoke lines were entangled with one another since there was even less space to work with. They fell silent. They had the location of their target, but she had to be sure that wasn't some other human and alternate pair they got confused with. Needing at least one glimpse of the traitor for herself. Shortly, she'd get what she wanted. Ora sensed a presence approaching and growing stronger. She had no means of checking safely, unless she risked using the slight opening on top of the box. She chose to listen and wait for the right opportunity instead. Someone's footsteps slowly passed by them and headed towards the living room.

"Ah... Back so soon already?" Whoever was talking, wasn't Mark. Their voice was low and gravelly, but spoke in the calmest tone. Was it, "Him"?

"Yeah, just gave Cesar a lift… Don't know if I can fall back asleep again after that, though..."

"...You couldn't take out those boxes while you were out?"

"What boxes-" Mark asked. "OH, those boxes… I'll do it later."

"It's been a week since they've sat by the door…"

"And? It's not like they're bothering you or something... It's only like, 4 boxes filled with YOUR old books. Maybe you should take them out..."

Their conversation ceased for an uncomfortable moment. Once they mentioned the same boxes within which the two alternates hid, Ora tensed up and the impersonator trembled.

"What?…" Mark broke the sudden silence. "Him, you don't have to keep staring at those boxes. I'll take them out later if it's actually bothering you. Geez…"

"No, it's not that…"

There was a pause before its kid answered. "...Oh shit, I know that look… You don't think you might be just, a little bit paranoid- WHOA, HEY! Dad, what the FUCK are you doing?!"

The unexpected shouting caught the duo off guard. The Preacher figured then was her chance to peek out. Gently pulling herself up, without moving the box too much, she glanced at the living room. She caught sight of the alternate dressed in a black hooded robe. It lifted up the couch by one side, frantically checking it from underneath while Mark held onto the sofa's arm, dangling from it. Its face fitted most of the descriptions given by other impersonators from what she memorized. She lowered down to address her companion.

"We're done here… Get ready to book it out of here…" She whispered.

It simply gave her a nervous nod in return. With that, she peeked out again. Him was in the middle of lowering the couch back down, its back facing them. She prepared herself by counting down to three in her head. At the last number, they lunged out of the box one after the other, and slid out the same way they had gotten in. The alternates frantically slithered down the stairs. Understandably unwilling to wait and find out what could have happened if they stayed in that box any longer. Reaching the first floor and exiting the building, Ora guided it to a nearby parked car. Hidden under a vehicle again, but that time mostly for catching their breaths. Admittedly, she was less stressed than it, whom in contrast was audibly gasping.

"You feeling okay?… We'll be safe here, I'll allow you to recollect yourself."

It let out a few long and raspy breaths before saying anything. "No, no, I'm fine ahahaha-… Just a little shaky…"

"...I can see that…" She quickly glanced back at the apartment's entrance. "If it makes you feel any better, I'm pleasantly surprised you behaved yourself for the entire time."

"Thanks, I guess…" It paused. "Lord, we were barely in there and it somehow sensed us that fast? What in Hell's sake is wrong with it…"

"Told you this was a dangerous task, we were blessed that it didn't think to check the boxes first."

"No kidding… Can we turn back into our physical forms now? I can't bear to be nothing but smoke for this long…"

"It hasn't been that long, besides you should get used to it. I doubt we're done stalking those two…" She mumbled in an irritated tone.

"Yeah?… What does that TV guy want with them to start with?…"

The Preacher groaned at the slight mention of Six. "Knowing that egomaniac… Probably planning on showing off his powers or some stupid nonsense like that... He always finds ways to be an utter nuisance to others of his kind, whom he perceives as beneath him. You'll learn to hate him as much as I do sooner than you think... Believe me"

"Hah… I think I might be ahead of that. His face looks so punch-able if I'm being honest..."

She let a chuckle escape at its last comment. "Well, in that case… You and I are going to get along just fine. Despite your erratic behavior..."

Both softly laughed. Working with the armless impersonator was nowhere near as painful as she anticipated it'd be. She truly had no idea how it would all go down. Luckily, they had done what they were set out to do. Finding the traitor's residence, and that went about with minimal trouble. For all she knew, there was a high possibility for it to ruin everything. Yet, they were alive and well. There's not much else left to do. Once they would report their small but important findings, she was sure she'll see Mark and Him a lot more often. Hiding beneath their sights, where they'll least expect it.

[hunter-the-sad-skeleton]

"A dance with death. A murderous melody of bloodied brilliance."(Reblogs appreciated!)

[cobalt-axolotl]

I plan on doing art RQS (request not the remnant queue system)

I would love if you submitted your head cannons and ask me my own.

About me

I am a pansexual cis male

I fictionkin Cassidy

Cassidy is my main blorbo

My prounouns he/him

My name is Austin but I also go by cobalt, charlie (my middle name is charles), and that mother fucker

My favorite fandoms are the following: homestuck, COTL, scp, fnaf, dsaf, Dhmis. Danny phantom, megaman, creepypasta, glitch productions, Minecraft, Ben 10, omori, undertale, sonic, gravity falls, Pokémon, bendy, TcoA&L, analog horror as a whole (especially Mandela catalog, angel hare, and Midwest Angelica), gr3gory88, helluva boss, hazbin hotel, TF2, moral orel, half life, half life VR but the AI is self aware, bioshock, 5YL, Spooky’s Jump-scare Mansion, The owl house, epithet erased, amphibia, Steven universe, Henry stickmin, disc world, AO ONI, pizza tower, and various tokusatsu

My favorite animal is the axolotl

I mainly post incorrect quotes and art but I do run an ask blog for my AU’s

I am a simp for papyrus undertale

Minecraft is my favorite video game

I run an 14+ blog

By the time I am making this edit I am 18 years old.

My OTPs are Evan x Cassidy and marlie

DNI (do not interact)

Transphobes

Racist

Sexist

TERFs

Homophobes

Pedophiles

Trolls

Stupid people (people who refuse to learn)

List of my AUs and they’re connected cannons

Golden children (fnaf)

Shattered souls (fnaf)

Malefactor malfunction (fnaf and Ben 10)

Glam it (fnaf)

Triple M (scp)

Xanthophobia (fnaf)

GMTC (fnaf and undertale)

B&P (fnaf and dnd)

NUCN (fnaf)

SBR (fnaf)

Under void (undertale)

Fazrune (fnaf and deltarune combo)

Like it never even happened (fnaf)

List of oc’s and ther connected AUs

Nick (my fnaf AUs)

Virgil (under void)

List of my AU’s with songs that describe them

Golden children: just gold by Mandi pony (I don’t like the guy I just like his music)

Shattered souls: creepin towards the dirt by griffinila

Malefactor malfunction: the ben 10 theme song (just replace the words Ben 10 with Cassidy)

Glam it: this comes from inside by the living tombstone

Triple M: secure container protect by madame macabre

Xanthophobia: look what you made me do by taylor swift

GMTC (give me the child): collared by vane

Bears and pizzerias: your the key by Kyle Allen music

Nicks ultimate custom night: replay your nightmare by hard ninja

Stuck in the back room (my alive AU): I’m still standing by Elton John

Under void: gasters theme by Toby fox

Characters in my AU’s

Cassidy Noelle Carter (died at 14 in golden child au) (in the golden children AU she becomes Fredbear and in the shattered souls, glam it, xanthophobia ,and malefactor malfunction AU she doesn’t die) (can speak German) (learned German so she can figure out what’s bothering Nick and calm him down) (in xanthophobia nicks death drives her to the point of insanity and causes here to become a serial killer “super edgy I know”) (in shattered souls she marries Evan but doesn’t change her last name due to her hatred for William) (learned Korean from her mother and is fluent it)

Evan afton (crying child) (died at 12 in golden children au but not dead in malefactor malfunction, glam it, xanthophobia, or shattered souls Au) (loses all sense of empathy after the bite of 83 in xanthophobia “a head injury can do that to you right?”) (marry’s cassidy in shattered souls)

Benny afton (Cassidy’s and Evan son biological son in shattered souls) (an analog to golden children Cassie)

Goldie (he’s here he’s there he’s everywhere who you gonna call psychic friend fred-bear)

Gregory afton (Vanessa’s brother in the golden children au) (trans gender FTM)

Cassie Maxie Carter (nick and Elizabeth’s adopted daughter in the golden children AU) (named after her aunt)

Kasey Roxanna Carter (Cassidy’s twin sister) (nicks older sister) (lesbian) (cares for Nick as much as Cassidy but is unable to understand him at times) (neli’s ex girlfriend) (posses Roxanne wolf) (currently dating Susie) (learned Korean from her mother and is fluent in it)

Gaberiel grim (died at 10) (died in 1985) (possesses Freddy)

Jeremy grim (died at 11) (died in 1985) (posses Bonnie)

Fritz smith(died at 3) (died in 1985) (posses foxy)

Susie McCarthy (died at 14) (died in 1985) (posses chica) (Kasey’s current girlfriend)

Adrian smith(died at 5) (died in 1987) (part of the second mci) (posses mangle)

Millie fitzsimmons (died at 18) (died in 1987) (part of the second mci) (possesses toy Bonnie)

Markus Murphy (died at 17) (died in 1987) (part of the second mci) (possesses toy Freddy)

Nelli Twain ( died at 16) (died in 1987) $part of the second mci) (possesses toy chica) (Kasey’s ex girlfriend)

Jake McCarthy (died at 6) (died in 2016) (used to posses stitch wraith along with Andrew)

Andrew Montgomery Emily (died at 16) (died in 1987) (part of the second MCI) (posses Monty in the golden children au) (used to possess stitch wraith along with Jake) (was besties with Cassidy and Evan)

Charlie Emily / Charlie afton (not dead in the golden children or Xanthophobia au) (is dead in shattered souls) (marries Mike in the golden children au)

Mike afton

Vanessa afton (Mike and Charlie’s daughter in golden children au)

Elizabeth Clair Afton / Elizbeth Clair Carter (doesn’t die or posses baby in the golden children au) (died at 8 in the shattered souls & malefactor malfunction AU’s) (is nicks best friend) (dies to circus baby in shattered souls au) (takes Evan’s place in shattered souls au) (born in 1979 in the main 2 AU’s) (married to Nick as an adult in the golden children au) (going to college to become a psychologist in the golden children au)

Malary Emily ( Henry’s wife) (Charlie and Sammy’s mom)

Henry emily (dies at 63) (championed for better treatment of autism in the golden children AU)(mentored Nick in robotics after Edd’s death)

Clair afton (died at 20 due to suicide) (Williams ex)

Loralai afton (Williams current life) (survives in every AU I made) (her name is also a pun on Ballora) (Evan and Elizabeth’s mom)

William Afton (Dies at 36)

Dave miller (nicks therapist) (named after book and DSAF Dave)

Nikki Carter (Nick, Kasey, and Cassidy’s mom) (Korean immigrant) (left while Nick was too young to remember) (may or may not have indirectly been the cause of David’s abuse to towards Nick)

Malcom faraday zanaflex (main protagonist of my scp au)

Dr Elias Munro (died at 79 on the year 1981) (original owner of fredbear’s sing’n show) (was a father figure to Henry and William) (was their boss before he retired in 1955)

Zachary Munro/nightmarionne (not dead) (became a mutant after a remnant injection) (immortal) (grandson of Elias)

Garret schmit (basically Garret from the movie combined with Mike from the movie)

Abby schmit (just Abby from the movie)

Jeremy Fitzgerald

Sammy Lewis emily (is younger than Charlie in these AU’s) (like around nicks age) (non verbal until his twelfth birthday) (good with Rubik’s cubes) (dies in xanthophobia and takes charlottes place as the puppet)

Billy (AI created by William afton to watch after evan while he worked on his projects)

Jack Kennedy (named after the one from DSAF just nota corpse) (Bonnie mask Bully) (gave Nick the spring Bonnie mask) (was much less willing than mikes other friends during the bite of 83) (mikes right hand man)

Maddison Simmons (jacks girlfriend) (chica mask Bully) (was much more willing than her boyfriend)

Jerry Mann (Freddy mask bully) (just as willing as Mike & Emilia)

Vinny (literally just exist to be Sammy’s boyfriend because I don’t like Sammy being forever alone)

Nickolas Alastair Carter (Kasey and Cassidy’s younger brother) (has a red Bonnie plushi named mr Marvo) (is a paranoid schizophrenic) (was raised by his sisters due to them having bad parents) (takes Cassidy’s place in shattered souls au) (works at the pizzaplex in the glam it au) (born in 1983 in the main 2 AU’s) (has a slightly un healthy obsession with Bonnie the bunny) (was hired on by Henry during the events of fnaf 1 in golden children AU) (often wore a Red Bonnie halloeeen mask as a child) (can speak German but only does it when he’s extremely angry or when he finds a certain word to be extremely funny) (autistic “like me”) (he’s also really defensive about his intellect) (died in a ball pit in shattered souls au) (acespec panromantic) (post ffps his soul transfers into eclipse in the SS Au)

Edwin Alastair Carter (Aka. Grandpa eddy) (Nick and Cassidy’s grand father) (their only parrental figure that isn’t abusive to Nick) (was hired by Henry and William to design the springlock suits) (built the mimic as a friend for Nick) (also made the old man consequences AI)

David mobi carter (Nick, Kasey, and Cassidy’s father) (abusive towards Nick in specific) (Cassidy is his favorite) (ignores Kasey) (is manipulative towards Nick)

Old man consequences (an AI that acts as a sorta therapist to Nick in my AU’s)

Nightmare (before being possessed by half of nicks soul it was the first working springlock suit known as proto lefty) (not one of the nightmare animatronics) (half of nicks soul)

Marvo Marvelous (half of nicks soul in the shattered souls au) (a red magician hare)

NYX

Glitchtrap (separate from mimic) (had his consciousness put into a roomba)

Captain poncho (nicks imaginary friend) (scares Gagleon)

Stitch wraith (possessed by Andrew and Jake)

Fredbear (possessed by Cassidy and Evan in golden children au)

Plush trap (in the golden child au he is a little drone sent out by null trap)

Null (second spring Bonnie suit that William place Evans body in after he died) (possessed by Evan in the both AU’s)

Mxes the hare (in the au he is named after mr mxes) (the au version of him looks more human in the AUs) (in golden children au he was first an animatronic for the fnaf 1 location that filled the same role as the then defunct security puppet) (created my nick)

RWQFSFASXC (all of nicks insecurities in physical form) (main antagonist of the GMTC AU) (shadow Bonnie)

Shadow Freddy

Mr mxes (has half of Cassidy’s soul inside of it in golden child au) (is choc full of agony from Nick)

Mimic (nick and Cassidy pretend he’s their older brother as in all three AU’s he just lives with the two)

Nickolai (animatronic human built by Henry as a third entertainer at fredbear’s family diner) (starts wearing a Fredbear Halloween mask after the mci for… “reasons”)

Void Bonnie (shattered souls spring Bonnie) (has a shadow variant name dark trap) (this Springbonnie is possessed by Nick not William afton as he simply feeds off of William’s agony) (heroic counterpart to Springtrap) (takes golden Freddy’s place in shattered souls AU) (born from Nick’s corpse being put into a certain ball pit) (name after the void between the physical and spiritual plains)

Mangle

Miketrap (the pit creature before metamorphosing into pit Bonnie) (a Monroe experiment)

Salvage (an old springlock suit given life through mysterious means) (a Monroe experiment)

Nightmarionne (a nightmare version of the puppet) (a Monroe experiment)

Remnant Queue System (the shadow’s child)

Night-watch (machine built by Mike to hunt down what’s left of Fazbear entertainment and destroy William once and for all) (-the rebuilt endo of Fredbear)

The classics

The toy animatronics

The withered animatronic

Springtrap (not darktrap) (in shattered souls darktrap used the spring locks to curve his violent tendencies and forget about him being a killer) (in shatttered souls his charge goes from being a humanized billcipher as William to a dsaf Dave miller and gruncle stan combo as Springtrap)

The nightmares (evil versions of the twisted ones in the golden children au)

The fun times

Ennard the clown (the in between of the fun times and glamrocks with his blood lust being replaced by a humanoid level of sapience) (has a shape sifting gimmick which he uses to entertain kids)

The Glamrocks

The twisted ones (in the my AU’s they’re good guys and built by Mike along with night-watch)

The hellfire animatronics (upgraded versions of the twisted ones)

The night terror animatronics (scrap’s, night terror Freddy, night terror Bonnie, night terror foxy, and night terror chica,)

The salvage animatronics (salvage Monty, salvage freddy, salvage ennard, and darktrap) (constructed from broken animatronics) (end is are exposed) (partially inspired by the ignited animatronics)

And the omori charecters are cannon to the malefactor malfunction au cuz why the fuck not

The springlock animatronics (fredbear, spring Bonnie, and Alastair)

Villains for malefactor malfunction can be found here

How the AU’s work

Each au has four version (book style in which it falls into silver eye’s continuity, game style in which it falls into game continuity, movie style in which it falls into movie continuity, and amalgam style in which it combines all three continuity’s into one)

In xanthophobia Cassidy is the villain (William afton die’s extremely soon in the AU and for once in his life never comes back)

So in my most of my AU’s the souls are able to grow old despit not being alive which explains any shipping you might see. Most of it isn’t my doing though

Elizabeth x Nick is only cannon in golden children

Unless its Evan x Cassidy or Mike x Charlie

TF2 is cannon in the golden children au (i mostly just wanted to make fnaf 2 Jeremy TF2 Jeremy)

The golden children au takes place in the late 80s to early 90s with flash forwards towards the pizzaplex era while the shattered souls au takes place in 1991 and the malefactor malfunction shifts the entire time line to start in 2000 GMTC takes place around 1999 to 2018 xanthophobia takes place in in the 2000s and 2010s

In shattered souls Springtrap is much nicer due to him losing his murdeous tendencies after getting spring locked

malefactor malfunction is a Ben 10 fnaf crossover with Cassidy having a version of the omnitrix called kaizotrix

The blog itself is cannon in all AU’s

This is a link to the malefactor malfunction aliens list for all of Cassidy’s kaizotrix transformations

As well as facts about the malefactors

Also a timeline for my main AU

*Warning*

Some times I can be very cringe

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I also put Nick official design down here

Here is my creepypasta and uncharacteristically ask blog

An here at my character designs so far https://www.tumblr.com/random-world-64/735868089007259648/all-my-major-chararacters-so-far

And here’s some fanfics I’m working on

her is my sona AXOL

Lore alarm

The blog itself is also a cross over point for my AU’s and in multiverse it’s ran by the characters

[occasionalsnippets]

Mandela Catalogue AU when? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[Presumed setting in mandela county. Have I caught up with Mandela Catalogue? No but I can always make things up. MC was in scp universe and then brought to mandela catalogue here ig? tw for suicide mentions/attempts. Pt 2]

It’s not nearly as scary, as terrifying, to be in Mandela when you are the one at the top of the metaphorical food chain.

(Somehow, with passing time, you become less and less human... You don't know what you're meant to do about it.)

Finding yourself was easy. It was as if you were always meant to be able to find the you of this universe. Or maybe they weren't actually like you and was just someone who looked like you. Or was it that you were the one who looked like them? You were the Alternate here after all.

It was a little interesting, just watching them for a while. Stalking was a hobby a lot of Alternates had so you supposed you were following the norm in that respect. You watched the other you from afar and other Alternates as well.

(They don't notice you but you're fairly certain they know something is there. Both Alternates and the other you. You're a little curious if Alternates can feel paranoia even if they were usually the ones instilling it. Maybe some can. Alternates tended to come in all shapes and sizes.)

Everything reaches its peak eventually. Other you locks themselves in their room and calls for help. You know no one will come but it serves to differentiate you from them. Fascinating to watch the ways in which they were completely different from you. You think it's a perfect time to reveal yourself.

As expected, it goes terribly.

They're frightened, you're almost certainly a threat and nobody is coming to help. Anything that could go wrong definitely will. You aren't even actually trying to torment them.

"You can't stay in there forever you know?" you hum.

They don't answer. They're still alive in there but they've taken to locking the door and ignoring you. Such an interesting reaction. They're likely younger than you. Out of courtesy, you don't pick the lock and let yourself in anyways.

"Are you really that terrified?" you ask. "I haven't even revealed anything mind breaking that could drive you mad."

You stayed there for hours before getting bored and leaving. They aren't going anywhere and you could always return. You raid the fridge in your boredom. The food in the fridge looked the same as what you would usually get. You eat.

In the time between speaking with other you, you continue to wander the county and watch as people fall apart. You pass by people who know you and you wonder if they realize you're not who you appeared to be.

"If you don't come out, I'll really end up replacing you."

Again you were sitting against a wall near the other you's room. In the time that had passed, not once have they responded. You could still hear their breaths on the other side of the door. There's shifting and a click.

Ominous. You get up and move to the door. Surprisingly when you twist the knob, it turns and clicks. No longer burdened by needing to remain polite, you push the door open.

In a flash, you lunge forward, grabbing the gun and tearing it from other you's grasp. Smoothly, you toss it behind you and it clatters to the floor. You'd admit to being a little curious to know what you looked like to the other you as you loom over them.

Other you's hands were shaking, faint tear tracks running down their cheeks. Their hair is rumpled and their eyes bloodshot. Now that you were looking at them up close, you could tell they were definitely younger than you.

"Hello." Your lips turn upward into something resembling a smile. "It's lovely to finally meet you."

It was silent following your words. Their breath shudders. You watch, a little amused as they tried to steady themselves. As they recover, they mutter, "You aren't a regular Alternate, are you?"

"That's right," you agreed. "Though unlocking the door and trying to kill yourself isn't a very good way to test a hypothesis."

They flinch.

You laugh and pat their head.

"Let's get along, hm?"

[poetbybastille]

sapphic september masterpost

(a little late but hey. i was at work all week!) @sapphic-september

divination - Divine/Misty Lola - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: G Summary: Her brother had not been killed by an accident with the Witch. No, he was disposed of by a woman claiming to be a God, a spokesperson for a new world.

resurrection - Divine/Aki Izayoi - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: G Summary: She wasn't supposed to be alive, and yet there she was.

find myself at your door - Divine/Yusei Fudo - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: G Summary: Yusei doesn't know what she's doing here.

evening routine - Light Yagami/L - Death Note Rating: G Summary: She just wants to know her name.

it's you and me on the coin - Toy Chica & Withered Chica - Five Nights at Freddy's Rating: G Summary: It looks... awfully familiar. Like her, if she was covered in felt instead of hard plastic.

metaphysical awareness disorder - Link/Zelda - The Legend of Zelda / The Mandela Catalogue Rating: T Summary: The Sheikah Slate does not recognise her.

prized possessions - Jack Atlas/Divine - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: G Summary: “Oh, dear Aki, you’re so naïve. Keep your friends close, and your enemies much, much closer.”

afterlife - Divine/Carly Nagisa - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: G Summary: The act of cheating death had long since fascinated her.

moonlight - Divine/Yusei Fudo - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: G Summary: Besides, she could see decently enough; a bright full moon beamed down on her, illuminating the pathway better than any artificial light could. She could have stayed out here like this forever, tranquil and quiet, and more importantly, alone.

the bridge - Rex Godwin/Divine - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: G Summary: ‘Daedalus bridge – the so-called unfinished bridge in Satellite. Creator has gained legendary status among citizens of Satellite. Suspect missing, presumed dead.’ Warnings: alcohol, vomiting

take me to church - Jack Atlas/Divine - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: E Summary: Jack's pulse was recognisable anywhere. So strong, so her. Warnings: Vampire AU

eat me like a main dish - Jack Atlas/Divine - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: E Summary: Jack Atlas was magnetic, and Divine did not stand a chance against it.

i walked with you once upon a dream - Jack Atlas/Divine - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Rating: G Summary: Bright red eyes illuminated through the dark, mirroring the glow of a strange, V-shaped mark. The screech of some creature filled the space, and then everything was engulfed in the same hue that had been watching her.

[saladtweezers]

THE MARSHALL part 3 static au

The fear . Oh , the fear written on Adam's face as he saw Jonah in that forest . Adam ran and ran , reaching his car just in time . His best yet negative hope was that it was just an alternate trying to fuck with him , but something about it . Something about it's eyes , it's figure , it's breathing . Adam immediately alerted Cesar .

Meanwhile , Mark's condition only worsened . He was very . . stationary ; sat upright on his bed , his eyes looked wide , inhuman almost . Upon stimuli like noise , waving a hand infront of his face, touching him or unpleasant smells , Mark did not respond . Mark wasn't aware of his surroundings, and his behavior was unusual and creepy . Cesar prohibited Sarah from going anywhere near Mark .

On a day where Cesar was trying to get Mark to eat or speak , Mark started throwing objects at Cesar . The former seemed scared and frustrated , displaying destructive behaviors . It wasn't clear what he muttered , but it was violent , sharp and cut off .

Cesar figured it was best to leave Mark in his room before the former could be injured .

Having a drink and talking with Adam about the Jonah situation , they figured it's best to find other acquaintances , like Evelyn. Adam had constant contact with her , in his luck .

The news quickly spread awareness of this weird , awful sickness , and started considering some sort of lock down. They had to act fast , once Mandela and Bythorne were closed off , Evelyn will be at risk , and with Evelyn , so will Dave . Dave is dear to both the former and Sarah . They cannot loose him .

Cesar took the decision . Whatever that Jonah creature , or . . whatever Jonah has become , they cannot be left alive .

[ashleena-xx]

[VICTIM 9] Amanda [REMAKE]

[VICTIM 10] Lieutenant Marisa Rose

[VICTIM 11] O'Brien

[fizzzyz]

New tmc oc 🕺

(I’m still doing art requests dw)

This is an oc I might make an au with, along with some other ocs and the canon characters of course.

Marilyn is also called Mary, which is a reference to the biblical mother Mary, as they both are mothers (and most of the tmc characters’ names are from the bible)

In 1996 her 4 year old daughter disappeared, kidnapped by 6, and she desperately looked for her child and prayed every moment that she was still alive. After years with no progress, Mary gave up trying to find her missing child finally convinced that she was dead and gone. She moved away from Mandela county, where she and her daughter used to live, to Bythorne county instead to forget all the memories.

She became severly depressed because of this but thankfully didn’t end herself as she got help. Mary got to learn more about the other disappearances of children in the nearby counties, which gave her motivation to start investigating again, but this time to find out what happened to all these poor souls.

Mary uses her journalist skills to find out more, while publishing articles to raise awareness. (The rest of her story will probably be in the au if I make one.)

She is christian and attends church, but after all of the events with mandela county and such she has lost her belief in god. She has dark brown hair, half of it being bleached. She has slightly tan skin and brown eyes. Mary used to be energetic and happy, but she has grown more calm and tired after all these years. It’s easier for her to lash out, especially if it’s something sensitive. She is also quite brave and confident despite her fear of getting caught. And even if she doesn’t want to hurt anybody, she’d kill if that’s what she must do to bring justice to all these missing kids.

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

Man i just found your blog and whatever au you got going on looks so interesting i just have no idea what's going on. Do you have like a post or something explaining exactly what it is :')

I had one, but I can’t find it so I’ll just start a sorta. Starter pack/master post for all of my main Mandela Catalogue aus, and will be updating this post with any new ones I make.

This is gonna be long, so. Bear with me.

The Alternate AU

The alt au is, in its simplest terms, a swap au, basically swapping the alternate characters and the human characters. (Making the humans alternates and vice versa.)

The main plot is thus: Mark Heathcliff after the events of TMC Vol 1, comes back from the dead, furious at Cesar for leaving him to die and “causing” his death. Cesar has an encounter with Alt Mark, fleeing Mandela and living in Bythorne, joining the BPS eight years after that incident, meeting Sarah Heathcliff, and Seth Greer. (the leader of the bps and this aus version of six. Though he. May as well be an oc knowing how different they are.)

There are of course other storylines that happen in this au, involving Adam, Jonah, Thatcher, and Ruth. Here are some screenshots of basic character info:

(More info relating to the characters can be found here)

This au also has fan fictions I’ve written portraying the aus main events, and I’ll link them below in recommended reading order:

1. Prologue

2. Wellness Check

3. Winter break 1998

4. New beginnings

5. Fateful reunion

6. Reluctant Allies

Additional ones that have no specific reading order:

Intruder alert — Turning point �� Remembrance - Awake

There are fan-made aus of this au you might’ve seen on my blog, that are not canon in the slightest, such as:

return AU: all turned Alts are turned back into humans

Gemini AU: characters are fused together into singular beings

Monster au: everything’s the same but the human characters are monsters. Halloween themed kinda

Additional info can be seen in the #tmc alternate au tag on my blog, or the specific character tags I’ll put on this post. There’s so much to this au that. I can’t put it all here otherwise we’d be here all day. /lh

The Mandela Prophet AU

This au, which is smaller in scale to the one above, is centered on Adam Murray, and takes place directly after the events of vol 2.

After being left behind by Jonah, Adam is approached by alternate Gabriel, and is given an offer that he’ll get all the knowledge he wants, as long as he follows Gabriel. Adam in his desperate want for the truth, accepts Gabriel’s offer, but is betrayed when they instead inflict him with a supernatural alternate parasite, that takes over his body and gives victims M. A. D.

Here is a small sorta medical sheet that kinda explains said parasite, along with the Prophets official design:

Fics:

1. Long walk home

2. Sleepless nights

3. Parasite

4: Intuition (non canon)

5: Buried Memories

6: Confrontation

Any other info on this au is found in the tag #mandela prophet

LabRats AU

The basic premise of this au is thus:

The characters of TMC are put through experiments in a scientific facility (Mandela BioTech), which is owned by Gabriel, a scientist obsessed with "perfection" and Dave Lee, a man that's reluctant, but willingly ignorant to the horrid acts happening under his watch. The main characters are mutated, given sometimes supernatural abilities. More info is in the #tmc Labrats au tag, so I recommend you start there, as this explanation is. pretty short.

Fic(s):

Prologue

Interview fics (can be read in any order): #02: Cesar

#04: Mark

Home Sweet Home au

In this au, it takes the whole. "Cesar's house is an alternate" theory and runs with it. Mark feels. oddly attached to the House, subconsciously always wanting to stay there and. make himself comfortable. While Cesar remains unaware that his Home is alive, and that he's been living in the belly of the beast for his entire life.

This au is still in production, meaning I recommend looking through the tag #tmc Home sweet Home au to get more info. plus, here's a link to the prologue!!

-Home is where the heart is

-Barotrauma

-Encounter

-Leah Heathcliff Interview

-Arthur Heathcliff interview

-Radio silence

I'm always up for questions about my aus, so feel free to send them in if you have any! :)

[angelic-writer]

AU Masterpost

As promised, here is the masterpost! Some AUs belong to @chibicharmie.

Anything is Worth the Risk - Mark and Cesar survived their alternate encounters and joins BPS with Adam and Jonah. Soon after their arrival, they get a call about a lady asking for help with her cat. They go to the house, but strange things begin to happen. Things happen after this point, but I won't tell you guys yet. ;) Planned to go for six volumes as well as bonus stories. Has a reboot in the works.

Teens of Mandela - Catherine Flammia and her brothers move into Mandela county after the tragic loss of their parents. As soon as they get settled in, they meet new people as well as find odd things in this town. A tale of odd creatures that appear every night to kill unsuspecting people and take their place. Has a sequel planned. A reboot is also planned.

Riverdale Catalogue - A TMC and Riverdale crossover. The most popular guy in school, Keith Boseman, goes missing on the Fourth of July. Everyone tries to start the new school year like normal, but they can't shake the feeling of emptiness he left in their wake. Soon, his body is discovered with a bullet hole in his head. Now, a group of kids must try to figure out who killed Keith. The more they investigate, the more secrets they unearth in this town.

Mandela Homicides - Based off the game Happyhills Homicide. Mandela county is being threatened by a serial killer who brutally kills people. While their lives are on the line, suspicions begin to rise. Who could this killer be?

Waning Flames (AU by @chibicharmie) - The Flammias are snatched off the streets one day while they are walking home. The clock is ticking as their friends try to figure out who kidnapped them so they can save them before it's too late.

Second Chance (AU by @chibicharmie) - The sequel to Teens of Mandela and Mandela Runaways. Camila and Santiago have been dead for a while. Killed by an alternate of their son. They make a simple wish. They wish for their kids to get a restart on life without having to worry about the horrors of their town. Next thing they know, they're back at the hospital only things have changed. Cesar now has the brother that was taken from him. The people that have died are now alive. They have been given their second chance. Now, they have to make sure they don't screw it up.

Mandela Heroes - In the small town of Mandela, there is an evil organization that has been terrorizing the citizens for a long time. They call themselves the alternates. No matter how hard they tried, the MCPD just can't seem to track them down. They were always elusive, slipping away at the last moment. They wished there was a group of heroes who could stop them.

One night, there was a flash of light followed by an explosion at the Mandela Community Church, resulting in the windows being blown out. No traces of an explosive were found in their investigation. Soon after, there were multiple reports of winged individuals apprehending criminals. Soon, a new group was formed. The Angels of Mandela.

Mark, Cesar and their friends all formed this group to help the citizens of the town as well as try to stop the alternates once and her all. But they have no idea what lies ahead as new foes appear and dark secrets are uncovered as well as the group bearing the burden and responsibility of being a hero...

TMC x TheSunVanished - One day, the sun has stopped rising. A young boy wakes up to confusion. What's going on? Where is the sun? As he tries to figure out the situation, he's met with more odd things happening. The water is contaminated by a black substance, strobes begin appearing... A crossover of TheSunVanished by Theo.

Androidela - In the distant future, Earth is rendered uninhabitable so the survivors board a ship and set off to a new planet that is million of light years away, several galaxies away. Fearing that all the people won't live to get there, the crew decides to make androids to keep everyone on the ship company and keep some hope. Unfortunately, an incident happens that caused the ship to stall and for everyone to be stranded in space. With no way to get the ship going again, the passengers all begin to die one by one until the only living beings are the androids which are put out of commission.

Several hundred years later, Android #001 - Codename "Mark", wakes up and looks around the ship for any survivors, finding none. Soon, he discovers other androids that have booted up. With no humans left on the ship, how are they going to get to the new planet now?

Hemoptysis - Cesar comes back to life after being given a chance to change things by Gabriel. With every person he saves, he gets sicker and sicker. He coughs up blood, developing a severe case of anemia. It won't be long before he accomplishes what he is set out to do and passes on.

Forever Young (Immortal AU) - Mark and Cesar are frozen at the ages of 17 and 18. They aren't sure what happened, but it doesn't concern them too much. As the years go by, as the world changes around them, they don't.

Mandela of the Dead - Based off the Walking Dead TV show as well as other forms of zombie media. Thatcher Davis wakes up from a month long coma to discover that the world has collapsed to a zombie apocalypse. As he tries to find his partner Ruth and his friend, Dave, he discovers a group of survivors about high school age. As they go further, Thatcher notices that this group is skilled at fighting, but will it be enough to keep them alive?

Magicae puer (Magic AU) - For generations, families have been born with magical powers. Some have fire magic, water magic, the ability to see auras. In recent times, magic has become a taboo subject by many, being dismissed as something stage magicians do. The Flammias are a great example of a magic family. Coming from a Wiccan family, they were ostracized for not being like the citizens of Mandela. They weren't worshiping God, they weren't following the Lord's passages.

The Heathcliff family has been keeping a secret. They all have magic too. And it seems that their children, Mark and Sarah have inherited their powers. For Mark, it was the rarest form of magic. Healing. A type of magic that was thought to have gone extinct for good reason. The healer's lifespan gets cut every time they heal someone, resulting in the healer eventually dying.

One night, while at a sleepover, Cesar wishes on a shooting star for him to have magic like Mark. His wish eventually gets granted as he has the ability to see colored strings that signifies what type of relationship the person has. As they get older, things start to become more dangerous. People begin to notice their magic powers, shadow creatures start appearing and a looming threat about the end of the world begins to emerge.

Doki Doki Mandela Club - A high school sophomore joins a literature club to catch up with her two childhood friends, Mark and Cesar. She hopes that she'll make new friends in the club as well as strengthen her literary knowledge. As they prepare for the school festival, she notices peculiar things about her friends that she didn't know previously.

Days keep on repeating, their minds begin to erode... Why can't they achieve happiness? No matter what I do, it all comes to nothing. I can't stop it... I can't...

Help me.

Basically, it's a mixture of DDLC and Higurashi with a little bit of Umineko. I won't just be using the base game. I will also be using the many mods that have been made about the game.

Cesar's Body (Jennifer's Body AU) - Cesar disappears after an accident at a concert. When he returns, something is off about him. Soon after, people start dropping dead. Now Mark has to figure out what's happening before more people die.

Purge Night in Mandela - Every year, the world hosts an annual event called the Purge. For twelve hours, all crime, including murder will be legal. Two stories unfold at the same time. A young boy tries to survive the purge along with his family. Two teens taking advantage of the Purge to commit petty crimes.

Reincarnation AU - In the year 2009, kids from Mandela county start to have dreams of a life they lived before. Bonds begin to form, danger looms around every corner, and friendships are tested.

Empty Dream - A tale of two friends who are reunited after Mark had to leave because of his father's new job. As they rekindle their friendship, family drama and people from their past threatens to tear the friends apart, possibly forever.

TMC x Regular Show - A silly AU where the TMC characters work at a park and they deal with shenanigans.

TMC x Corpse Party - A group of kids try a friendship charm one of them found online. Soon, they all get trapped in a haunted school and must find a way out before they join the many students who have died.

[localvoidcat]

PLEASE TELL I NEED MORE OF THIS AU TBH

okay so the basic plotline (at least my version of it). i'm gonna split this into a couple different sections due to the sheer amounts of side plots. for quick reference the main roles are:

thatcher: a lieutenant with a secret identity as the hero firefly ruth: thatcher's coworker and the friend of both of them, who grows suspicious of thatcher's explanations for things. she's definitely not hiding anything of her own

dave: a tech store manager that pretends to be a villain named meowtherboard evelin: dave's coworker, who later joins him as an "evil henchman". she uses this solely to get back at adam murray for fun

sarah: dave's niece. she's the main person that works on a youtube channel dedicated to exposing the identities and news behind heroes in mandela city adam: evelin's ex, and one of the people from said videos. in between trying to film blurry fights and running away from flamethrowers, he ends up learning about his own abilities. jonah: adam's friend, and the other person from these videos. sarah sends the two out into the field to chase after the heroes. it's usually jonah who does the filming while adam runs around shouting.

mark: sarah's older brother, and dave's nephew. he's a college student that visits mandela city during vacations, but tends to stay away due to the sheer chaos of the heroes and villains. cesar: mark's friend. we think. he tends to show up whenever mark does. gabriel: the head of the villain league. his goal is to take over the entirety of mandela city, typical supervillain style. he views himself as a god, due to his religious background. he's seen as the most dangerous due to his powers involving the brain. preacher: a villain working under the league, and a former nun at st gabriel's church. her power is that of separating a person's power from them, manifesting it into a physical form. this form must be caught to regain the missing powers. the faceless lady: another villain. her "name" is that given to her by locals, often her victims seconds before being afflicted. her power, as expected, is the ability to steal peoples faces for a short period of time, during which they are still alive but robbed of all their main senses. nonami: another villain. their power is a useful one, being the ability to shapeshift into any person, albeit in an uncanny way. their tell is the mark across their face that remains in every form. n: another villain. his power is considered strange and somewhat useless, being the ability to teleport into the room of anyone laying down. it's not considered useless later on. six: a villain, formerly a show runner by the name of stanley. his power, presumably gained from a work incident, is the ability to travel through televisions, and bring things through the screens with him.

o'brien: the pastor at st. gabriel's church. unfortunately, his workplace is often invaded by the villain league on every day except sunday. jude: adam's absent father. he briefly attempts to pose as a hero. it doesn't work. he sells cryptocurrency to adam's great dismay.

with the roles written down, here's a plot summary:

thatcher has some kind of accident involving electricity/a lightbulb, probably electrocuting himself in the process. fun fact this scene is inspired by a story i read back in 2020 that got deleted and has never left my mind since

over time he starts realizing. oh shit i can do stuff now. there's only one logical course of action

this logical course of action is to take on the persona of this bug-themed hero named firefly because he's a fucking loser. love him for that. he can't actually fly he can control artificial light and that's it

his main reason for doing this is because of the rampant actions of the villains appearing in the city. i've listed them before but each of them plays a role in the story

as he begins looking for information, he encounters his first foe: a cat-themed tech wizard that interferes with his missions all of the time. this person - who introduces themself as meowtherboard - claims to be a villain, and firefly/thatcher wholeheartedly believes them. despite them not doing anything malicious. or really doing much aside from cool tech tricks and meowing. but surely, this is some malicious villain that's trying to overthrow him. how vile

all the meanwhile, he's trying to uphold his normal life as a newly promoted lieutenant. ruth begins to notice how tired thatcher is every day, and gets suspicious over time. he also talks to his friend dave, the manager of the tech store, who notices something off as well. he could never tell them about this though. not like they'd respond badly. he just doesn't want to. he thinks it's silly

and here's where dave comes in! he's the one masquerading as the "villain" meowtherboard. he's not associated with the villain league in any way - he doesn't even have powers as a matter of fact - but the opportunity was too fun to pass up. he has no idea who this firefly character is, but it's become habit for him to show up and talk to them.

one day, evelin - still his coworker in this - walks in to find him working on his costume. he frantically tries to explain it to her, but to his surprise she's...oddly chill about it? she offers to help him out and he agrees, giving her the role of his evil henchman. she loves this, half because it's very fun and half because she has an arsenal of makeshift weapons at her disposal to mess with her ex.

speaking of exes, we're introduced to adam, sarah, and jonah. together, they run a youtube channel dedicated to the documentation, exposing, and information of the heroes and villains in mandela city. they are greatly disliked by said superheroes and villains due to their constant appearances at the worst possible times.

firefly views them as a threat, and tries to avoid them as much as possible. he often fails at this.

this is beginning to be much longer than intended so i'll try to explain things + fun information quickly.

firefly and meowtherboard often get stuck in situations together, often involving villains. there's a couple scenarios where they're trapped and have to depend on each other to escape. what starts as a meeting between bickering masked individuals slowly forms into something almost like a friendship, to the point where when meowtherboard gets injured during a fight, firefly rushes over to help them. this is how the reveal happens, and they realize who the other is. this is much later in the au and they don't have much time to discuss this before gabriel lunges to attack again

each villain is encountered separately, aside from a large fight much much later in the au. meowtherboard gets their face stolen for fifteen minutes, and firefly only realizes this when meowtherboard takes off their mask to reveal a completely blank face. this is before the reveal and is mostly played as a quick call. they also have encounters with the preacher, where firefly loses their power momentarily and has to catch a literal firefly, as well as encounters with n, six, nonami (who takes on firefly's appearance but only as thatcher, which shakes him to his core), and finally, gabriel.

adam realizes he has powers later on in the au. this is during a blunt rotation with jonah where the blunt starts levitating and spinning wildly in the air. they chalk up the glowing purple eyes and the magical blunt to the drugs at first, but later they realize it was real. adam tries not to use his power much due to the horrific headaches he gains from them.

there's another hero that firefly and meowtherboard are often shown up by, this being a cowboy-themed hero with the ability to "mark" people with their gun. shortly after the reveal between thatcher and dave, this hero shows up to help them fight against gabriel, and ends up revealing herself as ruth. this leads to even more confusion seconds before the three nearly get their asses kicked by the man with mechanical wings again

mark and cesar show up at some point, often just to remark on the happenings. dave has to balance being a good uncle, along with a good store runner, along with a good villain. or a bad villain. he isn't sure what he is. we get some mark and cesar interactions that explain their dynamic a bit, outside of any hero stuff.

adam and jonah do at multiple points nearly expose the identity of firefly, but it always ends in some unfortunate mishap. a split second shot of their face gets deleted on accident, or an audio recording of the hero's real voice is overtaken by the sound of jonah being attacked by a pigeon, or a piece of fabric from a torn costume flutters away in the wind never to be seen again. they are having a horrible time.

o'brien, being a friend of dave's, is constantly being chased off by the villains. dave tries to comfort him, or help out as his villain persona, but this never works. o'brien isn't sure how he hasn't been fired yet.

as mentioned earlier, jude has a brief arc where he decides being a hero would be super cool. his costume consists of dvds duck taped to a black shirt and pants, and a cape he found in a spirit halloween. he gets booed away by firefly and meowtherboard. he tries to sell his new startup concepts to dave every day and gets chased out with a broom. adam denies any relation with him.

this is all i can think of right now, but any questions are welcome! i'm still working this out, as seen by my ramblings above, but i love this au very very much and hope to make more content for it later

[theunexplainable]

Thinking more on my Mandela catalogue x gow au

Do you think Atreus can show some of the characteristics some times? Like when he needs to he can change his hands and arms? Example: he’s stuck in hand to hand combat with no way out so he distorts his hands to make his nails sharper and fingers unnaturally long

Do you think the idea that his son is no longer truly his son scares Kratos? Seeing his son’s body disfigure itself to stay alive?

Idk I’m thinking thoughts

[foster-the-moths]

some doodles for churchghost au (still figuring out designs), plus a basic outline of the au under the readmore! (warning for descriptions of child death and suicide)

-mark was killed by intruder. he made 'scary night' like in canon, but nobody believed him, and after about 3 days of living with MAD intruder comes back and either finishes the job OR mark sees his true form and his head just explodes idk still figuring that out. maybe he took his parent's gun? his death causes a bout of hysteria in mandela and is on newspapers for like a week.

-even though he's a ghost, mark ages. his appearance changes to match how he would have appeared if he had stayed alive (this is how he has different outfits, his hair stays short, etc) due to this he is also pretty much stuck in mandela county, since if he had lived he would have stayed in mandela anyways.

-in the dream i had cesar's mom was a mortician, and this is why he's at the morgue where mark's body is. i might change this to cesar just happened to be at church while mark's funeral was going on. ms.torres as a mortician sounds cool tho so i might keep it.

-mark is tethered to a rosary/crucifix (not sure which one yet). he had it in his pocket when he died, and it falls out either when his corpse is at the morgue or in the church. cesar finds it and picks it up, and that is how he can see mark.

-when cesar first sees mark, he freaks out and actually drops the crucifix, but later he comes back and picks it up again, after he's calmed down. mark is surprised that cesar actually came back for him and thats how he and mark become friends.

-cesar usually wears a suit/something resembling a suit because mark is extremely bad at recognizing faces in ghost form, and associates cesar with suits because that is what he was wearing when they first met.

-mark goes to school with cesar bc he's tethered to him. they both hate it bc they can't talk to each other, but mark helps cesar with his homework bc he can just float over to the teacher's desk and give him answers.

-cesar will sometimes pretend he's on the phone with someone in order to talk to mark without looking crazy. it works surprisingly well. he'll also write things on paper for mark to read.

-due to how young mark was when he died, sarah never got to meet him :( she does meet him eventually though by pulling out a oujia board or something

-speaking of sarah, since mark is. no longer around the heathcliffs need someone to babysit her. and, in a funny little turn of events, they hire cesar! this is how mark finds out he has a baby sister. mark and cesar agree that its best not to get her involved with mark's ghost shenanigans, but mark is still. a bit jealous for a while. he is glad that sarah gets an older brother, though, even if it can't be him.

-mark also just. completely forgets his last name until he sees his parents and recognizes them. or maybe he and cesar go through old newspaper clippings and find mark's name there? unsure.

-sarah sees cesar as a big brother figure, but she knows he's hiding something. little does she know his big secret is ANOTHER older brother. wild. 2 in 1 deal.

-i do think that sarah still founds the bps, and that means adam jonah and evelin will also be in this au.

-not sure if i want to keep the timeline the same or not. on one hand i could have mark and cesar be 34/35 in 2009 (like in canon) and cesar works somewhere in mandela bc mark can't leave the county (maybe he works at mandelatech????) or on the other hand maybe they are slightly younger?? not sure yet.

[missr3n3]

feeling compelled to share some fun facts about cdta!adam with many ppl on the dash discussing their au version of him

as far as the timeline within cut down the altar! goes, adam is actually not that special cosmically speaking. he was the first type 6 that six made, and both because of that and because he was actively seeking alternate encounters, he was the first to awaken when the alternate collective wanted to finally utilize the sleeper agents. but beyond that, he doesn't have any special abilities any other alternate, type 6 or otherwise, wouldn't already have, and is in fact kind of a nerfed alternate because of how type 6s work.

the only reasons adam became so major of a player in what happened to mandela in my fic was

a) he stumbled his way into developing free will and person-hood by way of being raised and constantly surrounded by humans (a trait all type 6s have)

b) he had his own team backing him up by way of an alive jonah, thatcher, and evelin and sarah once they knew he wasn't a threat, and

c) he's an obstinate wretched lil cockroach boy who hates being told what to do, and there's nothing anyone can do about it bc he literally cannot die

[fostopia]

A few thing about the Teather AU, do the Thatcher parts of Vol. 333 and Vol. 4 change? Does Ruth get tethered to Thatcher, if she still dies, and has Thatch met the BPD/Ghosts?

Thatcher’s parts stay relatively the same in Vol. 333 and Vol. 4, but there are minor adjustments that occur due to the plot straying from the canon one in Vol. 2 (Most of Vol. 4 doesn’t occur, Dave Lee also lives here)

Alt!Thatcher does still exist though! There’s two Thatcher’s running around this world and one is a homicidal maniac.

Ruth still dies, sorry Ruth, she unfortunately isn’t able to tether to Thatcher and is still stuck at the Murray Household. Similarly to how Mark and Cesar refused to leave Cesar’s old house in worry of being seen by a human, Ruth stays to avoid humans spotting her. I’m still not completely sure if I’ll have her tether to Thatcher yet.

Thatch has not met the ghosts yet but he has met 1/3 of the BPS members, the one being Sarah. Sarah doesn’t necessarily hate him in this au, per se, but she has some strong negative feelings towards him for not responding to her brother’s pleas for help. He only met Sarah in person through Dave and it was a pretty scarce meeting. He met Mark once when he was alive, but it was way back when Dave used to work at Mandela PD {which is a headcanon for this au} and while Mark was a toddler, so he barely remembers that. Thatcher will end up meeting the ghosts and other BPS members, buuut that far in the future.

Same amount of edgy sad as you see in usual au’s