#muse: luchino b. campanella

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@empiriical ( aging ) / unplotted starter ( luchino b. campanella )

"I guess I really never did know what the Mask Makers represented."

The only thing Luchino can do is laugh hollowly, trying to act as though his entire world hadn't just been shattered in a single day. Loathe as he is to admit it, Aging probably was right about the Mask Makers from the beginning---Luchino understands he was the only one with any sort of pride in what being a Mask Maker even meant.

Not that it means much. This whole time, it meant less than nothing.

"Aging..." Luchino begins, but trails off, unable to figure out how to continue. It's a struggle to find something to say at all, and Luchino realizes belatedly that Aging probably wouldn't be able to comfort him at all.

Still, she's the only person he has; Aging is the only person who's stuck with him long enough to even be trusted at his side.

"...It would be pointless to ask you what you were even with the Mask Makers for. I know you just enjoy that kind of simpleminded violence."

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Ordinarily, Luchino doesn't allow himself to be pulled aside by people like this, but he resolves to make an exception, following the performer to the position indicated.

He tries not to show his amazement at what he now knows for certain was a display of real magic, but there's a slight change in his expression as he watches some sort of barrier form around the two of them---it doesn't even occur to him in the moment that he might have been lured into a trap, he's so taken aback by it. It's one thing to see magic under the impression that it's visual effects---learning that magic is real and seeing it after the fact is entirely different.

But he composes himself quickly. That's what he does best, after all.

"... Right. Well, I still can't help feeling strangely flattered." Luchino doesn't know how common it is for ordinary magicians to get mistaken as users of magic in those circles, but he can't imagine it happens particularly often. "Naturally, I had no idea that sort of thing was happening. So... Ah, I hope you're not going to need to wipe my mind or something to keep me clueless towards the existence of magic now like in books. I really won't tell anyone."

Some amount of anxiety is starting to seep into his demeanor, but he pushes it down, determined to appear unfazed.

"I'm mostly curious why my name managed to get so much speculation behind it. I could try to clear the air, if you want. I wouldn't want to cause too much of a misunderstanding."

it's a lot to unpack, && you consider the option of interrogating him further, trying to get to the bottom of just how an apparently normal human managed to get on the radar of SO many witches as one of your own.

instead, you just laugh ; not unkindly, or mockingly, but out of the sheer absurdity of your present situation. it is funny, whether anyone else thinks so or not.

"ha... no. don't apologize." catching your breath slightly. "i'm just surprised, i..."

your eyes cast around once more, ensuring that no one is close enough to listen, && beckon for him to follow you to a nearby bench. sitting, you take a small piece of paper from your pocket / making no effort to hide this 'trick' from him, you trace your finger over it, && a design appears in a warm golden glow. pressing two fingers to the center, the paper crumbles to ash, && a barrier springs up around the two of you. it happens almost too quick to be notices, && indeed to those outside its scope, it's undetectable. to the boy, it would resemble something not unlike an invisible, electric wall, like something out of a movie — except instead of electricity, this barrier is made of magic.

"silencing spell," you explain, as if it's the most normal thing in the world. "so we won't be overheard."

nudging your glasses up your nose, you offer an apologetic smile. "i really hate showmanship. look — the long && short of it is that your name is kinda a hot topic in the circles i run in. which is to say, witches. er — spellcasters, i guess, or some people might say fey... it's all the same, more or less. anyway, for some reason, your 'tricks' got picked up on our radar as actual magic."

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meechi put me in a baccano mood so like this for a starter from one of my baccano! muses. i'll list them under the cut but there's a lot so you don't have to specify; i'll just pick one for you if you don't. multis still specify on your end please!

claire stanfield

melvi dormentaire

luchino b. campanella

maria barcelito

laz smith

huey laforet

ronny schiatto

nader schasschule

graham specter

christopher shaldred

keith gandor

victor talbot

nile

sham

dallas genoard

gretto avaro

ladd russo

dune

pamela mccall

lana sutton

sonia bake

rachel jones

roy maddock

edith carmine

renee parmedes branvillier

connor torra

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"... The mask makers have been... defiled."

"Huh?"

"Some random group is using our name, and they've turned us into simple terrorists."

"What are you talking about? What they just said over the PA is stuff we were planning to do all along, if we had to. We already did, over on the Entrance." Still grinning, Aging sounded a little exasperated, but the boy quietly shook his head.

"No, it's not the same... I was prepared to fall from the beginning, and we Mask Makers have always been open to anything, murder included."

"Which means none of it matters, right?"

"But if we fall, it should be my my hand... by ours! Some group we don't even know is using the Mask Maker name as a piece in their game, and I won't stand for it!"

"Ohhh, I see. Can't say I don't get where you're coming from," Aging agreed, unusually for her, but Rookie glared back.

"You get where I'm coming from, huh? You think you understand? Enlighten me, then: what exactly do you 'get' about this? All you do is treat bloodshed like your personal entertainment, while my destiny has been set since I was born... What do you 'get' about the Mask Makers? What do you know about the will that was passed down to me?" Rookie shouted even as he plunged into self-loathing.

He knew it, too. The one who really wanted to condemn the Mask Makers was him, but he was lashing out at Aging, his current savior, his heart's final refuge.

What the hell's wrong with me...? I'm disgusted with myself! What do I...? What am I trying to do?

As if she'd read his mind, Aging said, "Hmm. Sounds like you know a lot about the Mask Makers that I don't, President." Her smile had vanished, and her face was serious.

Please don't say it. I know already.

"Can you explain what that is, exactly?"

--- Baccano! 2002 Side B: Blood Sabbath. Chapter 7: 'Entrance and Exit Meet on the Blood Sabbath'.

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re: the alligator. you guys literally don't understand. the alligator is mentioned one time during one of luchino's magic shows as part of an act, but like. i have so many questions about it. how did he manage to get approval for an alligator on a cruise ship? why an ALLIGATOR? who GOT him the alligator? was that HIS IDEA? is the alligator doing ok after the attack from SAMPLE? this has to be a trained baby alligator, right? is it luchino's pet alligator? are the doves also his? why is he bringing a baby alligator onto a cruise ship?

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^ person who brought a baby alligator on a cruise ship

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luchino makes me really sad because he was given this entire organization of mercenaries at like, 15 years old or something, you know? so he had to grow up fast and he didn't have anyone there to help him through it, and he's made it clear that he never wanted to be a mask maker in the first place. his only solace is his magic shows, but his pride and stubbornness prevent him from pursuing that, yk?

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I don't want anything to do with the Mask Makers anymore.

Despite the speed with which that thought had shoved its way to the forefront of Luchino's mind, he understands perfectly well that it's an irrational thought brought on by the drastic shift in his worldview. He doesn't enjoy the work that comes with the organization, but he doesn't want to abandon it altogether.

"You say that like it's easy." It probably is, for Aging. In an unusual display of his own immaturity, Luchino slouches over, resting his head in one hand and looking every bit his age, a phenomenon which only ever occurs between himself and his most trusted...

Subordinate.

Yes, it would be a little foolish to call Aging anything other than that. If I weren't who I am, she wouldn't bother with me even a little.

That thought brings forth a strange melancholy; it's probably because of that strange desire to keep Aging close to him that Luchino is able to respond even a little rationally.

"I don't want to disband the Mask Makers," Luchino announces, feigning some confidence as he straightens back up. "Whether or not our organization was upheld this long because of a lie, I owe my place to a lot of people before me. I can't give that up so easily. As for what exactly to do..."

Luchino purses his lips.

"I don't know yet either. Would it be so bad to just carry on how we have been?"

she looks at him with mild amusement ; if there's any sympathy in aging's expression, it's well-hidden. that's not to say that the look she gives him is unkind, although her laugh in response would sound insensitive to anyone who doesn't know her... && perhaps even to those who do.

"heh heh heh... you're not wrong about that!" she slaps luchino heartily on the back, a strong enough blow to actually unbalance him for a moment. "i wouldn't say simpleminded, though. i put a lot of tactical thought into my work." she puffs out her chest proudly. "....but yeah. i do just like the violence."

giving him another ( lighter ) punch on the arm, she shrugs. "still, that doesn't mean your reasons don't matter. um, even if it's not what you thought."

she sits then, dropping into the chair && draping her arms over the back. "so i guess the question is — what do you want to do with the mask makers now? elmer said that lebreau guy got 'devoured', so you can't just decide to get revenge on him instead... what was it he said the original mask makers did? maybe we can do that? or... i don't know. it's up to you, president! the world's your oyster!"

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psst ... like this for a starter from one of my baccano! muses !! i will adapt them to any verse necessary and if you don't specify which one i will pick the one i think works best !! ( easy list of baccano muses with short summaries under the cut. muses marked with * may require some additional explanation and/or warnings. ).

claire stanfield*

melvi dormentaire*

luchino b. campanella

maria barcelito

laz smith

huey laforet*

ronny schiatto*

nader schasschule

graham specter

christopher shaldred

keith gandor

victor talbot

nile

sham*

dallas genoard*

gretto avaro

ladd russo*

dune

pamela mccall

lana sutton

sonia bake

rachel jones

roy maddock*

edith carmine

renee parmedes branvillier*

connor torra*

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i actually don't have activity levels but people have asked me like, what muses i'm feeling for things like plotting before and idk how to explain it so i'm just going to make a list ( ← person who loves making lists )

keep in mind that i am always happy to plot with and write any of my muses!

muses i write often who i am always happy to write more

claire stanfield

melvi dormentaire

sham

ronny schiatto

isaac dian

mark twain

muses i don't write often who i would love to write more

maria barcelito

jacuzzi splot

nice holystone

luchino b. campanella

christopher shaldred

maiza avaro

jules upham

pamela mccall

lana sutton

sonja bake

rachel jones

kate gandor

laz smith

tick jefferson

elmer c. albatross

roger zelazny

camille renaudin

ice pick joe

yemevon

muses i don't write often because they are really super out there but i love them

graham specter

ladd russo

gabriel & juliano barsotti

victor talbot

cyran azerrad kapral

muses i don't write often because they deal with potentially difficult subjects but i'm still happy to write them

huey laforet

roy maddock

edith carmine

dallas genoard

rail

il dottore

muses i'm still not confident about, but the only way to get better is to write them more!

luck gandor

chane laforet

molsa martillo

keith gandor

berga gandor

kalia gandor

mark wilmens

nicola casetti

tock "tim" jefferson

yuri briar

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muse-specific content warnings

NOTE: not all of these apply to what i plan to write with these characters, but they very well might come up in general discussion. if you feel writing with or seeing content for any given muse might make you uncomfortable, this is where i am listing down their content warnings so you can blacklist specific muse tags! note that aside from violence and unreality, i will be tagging all of these separately as well.

as a general rule, most discussion of my muses will involve mafia or gang violence. if you do not like that. you probably should not be here. sorry.

every muse tag is formatted like ' muse: character name '. for simplicity's sake, characters' names will be listed in the manner in which i tag them, so characters for whom i have made up last names will only be listed with their first name in this post as i only tag those characters using their first names.

claire stanfield: graphic depictions of violence, solipsism and mild unreality.

maria barcelito: graphic depictions of violence.

graham specter: graphic depictions of violence (specifically of the broken bones and joints variety).

jacuzzi splot: detailed descriptions of panic attacks. mild violence.

nice holystone: graphic depictions of violence (of the bombing variety), self-injury and scarring, eye trauma.

huey laforet: parental abuse of the manipulative variety, arson, parental death, graphic depictions of violence, human experimentation, student-teacher relationships, eye trauma.

melvi dormentaire: parental abuse and grooming, graphic depictions of violence, identity theft, terrorism.

luchino b. campanella: descriptions of vomiting, mild violence.

luck gandor: graphic descriptions of violence, apathy due to depression.

sham: identity theft, manipulation, hivemind themes.

ronny schiatto: mild unreality.

christopher shaldred: graphic descriptions of violence, major self-hatred, mild themes of the extinction of humanity, occasional discussion of bugs.

isaac dian: N/A.

ladd russo: graphic depictions of violence, the US prison system.

maiza avaro: graphic depictions of violence, general recklessness in cars.

upham: terrorism.

chané laforet: terrorism, parental grooming and mild abuse, self mutilation by way of willingly having her vocal cords removed.

gabriel & juliano: graphic depictions of violence.

pamela: kidnapping, gun violence.

lana: kidnapping, gun violence.

sonja bake: kidnapping, gun violence, human weapons.

rachel: N/A.

molsa martillo: graphic depictions of violence.

victor talbot: graphic depictions of violence, the US government and lawmaking systems, gratuitous cursing, national corruption.

keith gandor: graphic depictions of violence.

berga gandor: graphic depictions of violence.

kate gandor: N/A.

kalia gandor: N/A.

laz smith: not necessarily gun violence but a lot of mentions of guns specifically.

mark wilmens: graphic depictions of violence, suicidal thoughts.

roy maddock: past drug addiction and frequent drug mentions, self-harm, suicide attempts, graphic depictions of violence.

edith: frequent drug mentions in relation to roy.

nicola casetti: graphic depictions of violence.

tick jefferson: GRAPHIC depictions of violence and torture.

tim: grooming in the nonsexual way, human experimentation, graphic depictions of violence.

elmer c. albatross: cult activity and related abuse, religious trauma, suicide mentions, graphic depictions of violence.

dallas genoard: graphic depictions of violence, intense descriptions of drowning, severe ptsd symptoms, mild internalized homophobia.

rail: graphic violence of the bombing variety, human experimentation.

lua klein: graphic depictions of violence, suicidal idealation.

charon walken: the US child actor industry.

claudia walken: solipsism and mild unreality, the US child actor industry.

aging: graphic depictions of violence.

sylvie lumiere: human trafficking, abuse, mild violence.

gretto avaro: parental abuse, arson, mild violence, major character death.

monica campanella: past sexual assault, graphic depictions of violence, major character death.

esperanza c. boroñal: past sexual assault in reference to monica's past.

begg garrott: heavy drug use creation & addiction.

nile: graphic depictions of violence.

hong chi-mei: graphic depictions of violence.

renee parmedes branvillier: graphic depictions of violence, human experimentation, student-teacher relationships, eye trauma.

nader schasschule: terrorism, manipulation.

gustav st. germain: N/A.

carol: N/A.

carzelio runorata: graphic depictions of violence, bears.

leeza laforet: parental abuse, human experimentation, identity theft, hivemind themes, graphic depictions of violence, eye trauma.

adele: graphic depictions of violence, human experimentation.

ricardo russo: identity theft, graphic depictions of violence, apathy due to depression.

ennis: human experimentation, mild violence.

mark twain: parental abuse, graphic depictions of violence, mild unreality, cult mentions, past suicide attempts, survivor's guilt.

roger zelazny: graphic depictions of violence.

cahir mawr dyffryn aep ceallach: war, graphic depictions of violence, attempted kidnapping, inprisonment, major character death.

cyran azerrad kapral: graphic depictions of violence.

camille renaudin: living dolls, mild unreality.

yuri briar: borderline siscon, corrupt government operations.

puss in boots: general themes of death and mortality, graphic descriptions of violence.

hatsune miku: mild unreality, AI technology.

ice pick joe: graphic depictions of violence.

yemevon: graphic depictions of violence and sickness.

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muses as the amazing devil lyrics

not all of them cos i couldnt find lyrics. for all of them

Claire Stanfield --- and what you see is not the dark / it's just the gods upturning inkpots / 'cause they know what you'll become

Graham Specter --- sometimes i fall to pieces / just to see what bits of me don't fit

Jacuzzi Splot --- oh what, these? these aren't tears / it's just the rain that wasn't brave enough to fall.

Nice Holystone --- over hedges we'd headlong / and on ledges we'd land / from every height i'd fall i'd call / i'd reach out for your hand

Huey Laforet --- because brick by brick you built us / and i'd fill in the cracks / nothing quite prepares you for / when they don't come back

Melvi Dormentaire --- if i have to be who i was ( "you're not." ) / do i have to be who i am?

Luchino B. Campanella --- ( "you are your own magician, let the ocean give to you" ) / and by my own admission, had no notion what to do

Luck Gandor --- there's a fire burning / and i'm learning to be / so much more than my tiredness

Sham --- well hello, my hollow holofernes! / i wink but you don't get the joke

Ronny Schiatto --- if you asked me for my lighter mate, i gave you my fire / i'd call as you climed / and i'd catch you every time you fell

Christopher Shaldred --- didn't the trees tell us their stories? / ( "yeah but we, we thought you were mental, you were talking to trees" )

Isaac Dian --- and you, you follow philosophies / but me, i laugh, i choke

Maiza Avaro --- can you pass me the lighter, mate / give me your fire

Chané Laforet --- i look at those secret worlds you call eyes / and wonder if we might---

Victor Talbot --- and i climb up the ladder / had i taken more care / i might have seen all the rot in the rungs

Keith Gandor --- and what you hear is not silence / it's just the trees waiting to hear what next you'll hum

Berga Gandor --- and the door shuts behind me / and i breathe in the air / and say 'yeah, well i'm sorry too'

Kate Gandor --- welcome to my table, bring your hunger

Laz Smith --- day by day, oh lord, three things i pray / that i might understand as best i can / how bold i was, could be, will be, still am, by god still am

Mark Wilmens --- i look into the waters and see a face i don't recognize / who's this / who are you / what changed, i ask / so strange, he replies

Roy Maddock --- my head's not yours, it's mine / and i'll take my fucking time / 'cause i know, i know, i know...

Edith Carmine --- and to those gods i will speak bluntly / we've an accord / if you ever touch or harm him / please rest assured / that you might not fear a man / but to a woman by the end you'll kneel and plea

Tick Jefferson --- i can't wait to show you / how much i know you can be / just let the rain come / let the rain come down, down

Tock “Tim” Jefferson --- be good to me, i beg of him / be good to me, i beg of him / be good, be good, be good, be good, be good, be good, be good, be good / and he replies / ( "no no, not i" )

Elmer C. Albatross --- and i stare at the soldiers before me / all my blossoms that have waited to fall / and i walk / and i walk / and i walk / and i walk / knowing every last one of them is painted in light / as i make myself acquainted with the saint of never getting it right

Dallas Genoard --- and when the rain came down / i made a vow out to the dark / please let her live just one more day / 'cause she is so much more than all her scars

Rail --- somehow now i'm drinking / and i'm lifting my glass / to that last good man grace / who has left me, he's left me at last / and i laugh, and i laugh / 'cause laughing right now, it's all, it's all that i have

Lua Klein --- and for a time there is timelessness / endless furore / to the dark i said pour and forgot to say when

Sylvie Lumiere --- and on that tree i'll carve your name / 'cause in years to come we both know we won't be the same

Gretto Avaro --- if she doesn't have the will / but it seems the whole world does, i'll stay because / i will be the man my father never was

Monica Campanella --- and i can hear him break / and he doesn't understand / and i wish that i could take his hand / but where i'm going is for me and me alone

Esperanza C. Boroñal --- and my saint, she is dancing / as every step i choose to take begins to set the world aflame / and the soldiers march behind me / i can hear them beat their spears

Nile --- welcome to the storm / i am thunder

Nader Schasschule --- i wish i'd done things different / i wish that i'd been brave / i wish i'd known these stones / were something i could save

Adele --- 'be good to me' i whisper / and you say 'what?' / and i say 'nothing, dear'

Ennis --- remember me, i ask / remember me, i sing / give me back my heart, you wingless thing

Mark Twain --- and what they hear isn't laughter, after all / it's just your voice learning for once to stand up tall

Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach --- and i can hear her sing / and i know she's giving up / and i don't know what to do, how to help her / how to bring her home

Yuri Briar --- it starts with love and comfort / becomes a strength of will / but all that strength made rubble / of those towers we built

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what abilities i think my muses would have in bsd verse a post by me: “you really don’t even have to change the plot of baccano to make a bsd au” edition.

oh and also my other muses are here too i guess.

claire stanfield: no ability he’s just freakishly strong.

maria barcelito: two bloody slashes - powerup ability that allows maria to summon two unbreakable katanas. these swords have the special ability to cut through even the most solid of materials. if maria is wielding both swords at once, she also becomes more difficult to cut. passed down to her from her grandfather, who in turn got it from a legendary japanese assassin.

graham specter: a sad, sad story - by touching something, he understands the most efficient way to break or dismantle it. unfortunately, this doesn’t work for putting things back together. also works on living organisms.

jacuzzi splot: no tears left to cry - jacuzzi can carry the burden of sadness for those he’s closest to. only works on people who have agreed to be part of jacuzzi’s gang.

nice holystone: no ability she’s just really good at making bombs.

huey laforet: no ability he’s just a master manipulator and immortal alchemist.

melvi dormentaire: a dealer’s deception - can “collect” a person’s entire memory as long as they’re unaware of his intention to do so. unfortunately, he’s very loose-lipped.

luchino b. campanella: legacy of the mask makers - when he dons a mask, figuring out his identity is completely impossible.

luck gandor: that never-fading pain - an ability that deals in equal trades and revenge. if someone in the family is hurt, luck can activate his ability to enact an equal punishment on someone close to the perpetrator. this ability only works if luck knows who the perpetrator is.

sham: one too many faces - the ability for sham to infect water. the infected water carries his consciousness, and he can overtake the bodies of any who drink it after winning a mental battle of wills. if the battle ends in a draw, sham and the intended victim share a consciousness. sham can live on after his original body dies in this way.

ronny schiatto: absolutely nothing about the nature of his existence changes.

christopher shaldred: cruel inhumanity - a mental perception ability. aside from making most non ability users think his appearance is normal, it’s also a persuasive ability that makes the people he chooses register his actions as inobtrusive unless they cause direct harm to the people affected. in this way, he could commit a murder or a robbery in front of someone and they’d only shrug it off. besides this, he’s also freakishly strong.

isaac dian: the fortune of the bold - an ability that allows isaac to survive any scenario, regardless of its danger, by “lucky coincidences”. for unknown reasons, this ability only works in the presence of miria harvent.

ladd russo: no ability he’s just freakishly strong.

maiza avaro: my work, in the future - an ability that allows maiza to “give” someone the entire scope of his memory. he’s only used this ability once.

jules upham: no ability he’s just pathetic.

chane laforet: remnant of a sacrifice - grants chane incredible speed and strength, so long as she’s fighting in service of the thing she loves most. otherwise, the ability is ineffective.

gabriel & juliano barsotti: dual efficiency - the two of them share this ability, which links them together. while they can’t communicate telepathically, each of them always knows the exact distance and direction from eachother, and they can instantly appear at the other’s location along with anything or anyone they’re carrying.

pamela mccall: a gambler’s intuition - the ability to tell when someone is hiding something dangerous. this doesn’t let pamela know what that “something” is, only that it’s being hidden.

lana sutton: a thief’s cunning - the ability to steal an object so well that the person or people who owned it forgets they ever had it. this ability can only be used once on any person, and is negated if the person being stolen from sees the object again.

sonja bake: a gunner’s will - any weapon she’s operating that requires ammunition will never run out. the activation for this ability requires the weapon to already be loaded.

rachel jones: no ability she’s just like that.

molsa martillo: no ability he’s just a guy.

victor talbot: the letter of the law - talbot can lock a person’s movements completely, putting them into “custody”, so long as he can prove they’ve violated a law. this only works on the written words, so loopholes can cause this ability to fall through.

kate gandor: lonely on new years’ eve - through music on the piano, kate can inspire different emotions in others. it’s a very weak ability.

laz smith: gunmeister - infinite gun hack. when he puts a hand into his trench coat, he can without fail pull out any kind of firearm he wants. this ability will cease to work if laz is ever to kill someone with one of these guns, but the guns can be used by other people to kill.

roy maddock: no ability he’s just really unfortunate.

tick jefferson: the minute hand - the ability to make things unbreakable. because this ability only applies to things that aren’t able to be seen, like “resolve” or “bonds between people”, tick doesn’t believe it exists. it can also only be used on people who have a personal bond with tick.

tock jefferson: the hour hand - the ability to make things unbreakable. it only applies to things that can be seen. this ability is weakened by fear---if he stops believing in his ability, it will stop applying to whatever he’s previously applied it to, and it can’t be reactivated on that person or thing.

elmer c. albatross: in want of a happy ending - the ability to make others feel true happiness, as long as he’s seen them smile freely in the past. this ability can’t be used on himself.

dallas genoard: no ability lmfao did you really think he deserved one.

cyran azerrad kapral: no ability he’s just a creature.

il dottore: a segmented reality - the ability to create un-aging copies of himself. no two copies may be the same age, so the limit of these copies is how old he currently is.

camille renaudin: no ability she’s just freakishly strong.

yemevon: raven’s funeral rite - the ability to prevent someone, living or dead, from being resurrected by any means. this ability may be active on any number of deceased people, but can only be active on one living person at a time.

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random wheel muse vs muse let’s fuckin go babey!

current opponents: firo prochainezo ( baccano! ) vs. luchino b. campanella ( baccano! )

for the sake of clarity of comparison i’ll be using DND-based ability systems to individually compare and contrast base stats by giving an individual winner for each stat.

STR: firo. DEX: firo. CON: firo. INT: luchino. WIS: luchino. CHA: luchino.

at the end of the day, when it comes to these two, it really depends on whether or not the fight is physical.

firo obviously has the upper hand when it comes to physical stats. he can beat maiza in a fight and there’s not a single person who doubts his capabilities when facing off melvi at the end of the 1935 plotline. he’s got far more physical training than luchino and is in general shown to be very agile, potentially as a result of growing up around claire and being taught to fight by ronny, well-known all powerful homunculus. that, and... luchino is canonically not a great fighter. he has a bodyguard for a reason and even if he did manage to get a hit in, our low-CON king canonically gets extremely nauseous at the sight of blood or gore.

that said, while neither firo or luchino shine very well when it comes to the mental stats, luchino is the clear winner of the two here. he has more resources and is in a position of leadership that causes him to use more strategic thinking, and i have my reasons to think that luchino would be able to survive until the last possible minute because of his sheer resolve and dedication to the maskmakers.

and in terms of charisma, it’s not even a competition. luchino is a performer as a profession. it’s what he does. if anything, luchino might be able to talk firo down depending on the circumstances.

overall: i’m going to give this one to firo. if luchino were able to use his resources and call in aging or illness it’d skew more in his favor, but just based on the two of them, firo would kick his ass if they were in a serious fight and there’s no doubt about it. if it were a matter of strategy, though, luchino has him beat. but i also don’t put it past firo to strategize by preventing luchino from strategizing ( by punching him in the face ). also firo is immortal and luchino is not which means whatever damage done to firo won’t hinder him for the majority of the fight, but it’ll stick with luchino if he gets stabbed.

[closedcoffins]

since it’s an art day and not a writing day, here’s some blog related content that isn’t writing! presenting: how i think my muses would align in the magnus archives.

claire stanfield: the stranger. circus background notwithstanding, most people who either see him in action or fight against him stop to wonder if he’s human or some kind of monster, and his acrobatics have been describes as unnatural too many times for me to dismiss him. alternatively: the hunt, the slaughter.

maria barcelito: the slaughter. she attacks most people she sees on sight and her sense of self worth is tied to slicing and dicing. it wasn’t a difficult pick. alternatively: the hunt.

graham specter: the spiral. have you heard him make his little speeches? that’s a spiral guy if there’s ever been a spiral guy. a very spiralling story. you keep making your cars, funky little wrench man. alternatively: the desolation.

jacuzzi splot: the corruption. honestly, i’ve based this very loosely off the “toxic love” aspect of the corruption. people are naturally drawn to jacuzzi and his gang is inseparable, and i just think he’s too good of a guy to actively try doing malicious things, but i do think he could have fuckin bugs everywhere. alternatively: the desolation, the hunt.

nice holystone: the desolation. she likes bombs, gang. she likes bombs. alternatively: the corruption, the hunt.

huey laforet: the web. master manipulator 9000, has his fingers in all the pies, orchestrating things you don’t even know about. he could do fucked up little experiments as a webvatar. alternatively: the eye, the lonely, the flesh.

melvi dormentaire: the stranger. he’s a genetic clone of someone handpicked to make maiza uncomfortable, gang, i dunno what to tell you. also, the almost-human vibes. alternatively: the eye, the lonely.

luchino b. campanella: the web. he’s had control over the vast resources of the mask makers since he was a child, and he’s had to make himself good at it. he’s both the puppet and the puppetteer. alternatively: the stranger, the lonely.

luck gandor: the lonely. he’s caught between a few for me, but i think his general fear of apathy that sets him apart from everyone around him has sold me on lonely!luck, in the sense of being alienated from the people he cares about the most. alternatively: the eye, the web.

sham: the eye. there’s an incredibly strong argument for the stranger... but he was created as a spy network. his strengths lie in his ability to gather information. so, even if he may be a little uncanny, the eye wins it all for me. alternatively: the stranger, the web.

ronny schiatto: the eye. to be clear, he’d be a creature and not an avatar, but ronny’s entire deal is being omnipotent and, more than that, wanting to see how things around him play out. he’s the epitome of the eye’s whole deal; he sits and watches things play out from the sidelines because he wants to. alternatively: the dark, the vast, the extinction.

christopher shaldred: the stranger. what an interesting man. he could go in any number of ways, but i chose the stranger a. as a foil to claire and b. because of his strange desire to be above humanity but also to not be different from them. however, he’s maybe my candidate for most potential choices! alternatively: the corruption, the hunt, the slaughter, the buried, the flesh.

isaac dian: the spiral. i don’t think i need to explain myself on this one. alternatively: N/A.

ladd russo: the slaughter. yeah, so, again, not really much of an explanation to be had here. he likes killing people. what do you want from me. alternatively: the hunt, the desolation.

maiza avaro: the lonely. you could make a strong argument for several others, but the incident aboard the advena avis pushes him towards the lonely for me. he’s missing a lot of his friends and gretto and i think it could cause him to become prime lonely bait. alternatively: the eye.

jules upham: the buried. he just seems like a buried guy to me. alternatively: the dark.

chané laforet: the hunt. she was practically raised to take down all those that would oppose her father, so i think this tracks. alternatively: the lonely, the end.

gabriel & juliano barsotti: the hunt, both of them. they’re referred to as the mad dogs and our introduction to them is them going out on a chase for the people who kidnapped their charge. they are the hunt. one hundred percent. alternatively: the stranger.

pamela mccall: the buried. i don’t know what’s with all these bitches with anxiety but they all have buried vibes to me. alternatively: the hunt.

lana sutton: the vast! lana is something of an adrenaline junkie herself, and she rushes into things without thinking of the consequences because the consequences don’t matter to her. also, her and pamela are constantly bickering over everything, so. opposite entities! alternatively: the hunt.

sonja bake: the slaughter. uh......... yeah. alternatively: the hunt.

rachel jones: the eye. she’s a gopher from an information brokerage! her job is to be a nosy bitch and snoop around in things! alternatively: the end, the hunt.

molsa martillo: the web. i think you can ascribe the web to most successful mob boss characters---either that or the corruption, but i’d go with web here. despite the way he acts, molsa is pretty good at controlling the circumstances around him to keep the martillos out of trouble. just look at his deal with huey in 1935. alternatively: the corruption.

victor talbot: the hunt. are you kidding me? tma’s law enforcement corruption notwithstanding, talbot is the most aggressive person ever, and he’s ruthlessly pursuing and trying to detain huey laforet. alternatively: the eye.

kate gandor: the lonely. but in the way you walk on an empty streat and hear no sounds but a distant piano. i mean, seriously, her plot in drug and the dominos is all about the despair the lonely brings, both with the silent film collapse and with keith never being able to make it home. alternatively: the end, the extinction.

laz smith: the spiral. this guy idolizes madness above all else. sure, he’s a total fraud, but i think he’d be happy with the spiral. alternatively: the hunt, the stranger.

roy maddock: the corruption. it was a tough choice for him, though, but i think i’d like to focus more on the decay and decimation his addiction problem brought him than the whimsical world it created for him. alternatively: the stranger.

tick jefferson: the stranger. i think tick’s uncanniness would suit the stranger well, combined with his intense understanding of anatomy but failure to grasp the significance of emotions. i just think it would be neat. alternatively: the end, the eye.

mark twain: the eye!! i have put him in several places but i always circle back to the eye. he’s a notorious nosy bitch and he likes to ask people for interesting stories so he can write them down “for later”. alternatively: the vast, the stranger, the extinction.

roger zelazny: the extinction. listen, he time travels, i just think the best way to adapt that into tma stuff is to have him be an avatar of the fear relating to things existing and catastrophically changing after you’ve long died. alternatively: the end, the eye.

cyran azerrad kapral: the hunt. of course. he’s a vampire. alternatively: the stranger.

il dottore: the extinction: experiment doing motherfucker techologically advanced bitch. stupid ass fucking scientist. alternatively: the eye, the flesh.

yemevon: the end. fucking of course it was going to be the end. my goodness. alternatively: the dark.

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crossover muse interactions i would love to have on a muse by muse basis based on the list of fandoms i personally am part of ;;

claire stanfield: regis ( the witcher ), childe ( genshin impact ), heizou ( genshin impact ), yelan ( genshin impact )

maria barcelito: literally any witcher ( the witcher ), childe ( genshin impact ), dehya ( genshin impact ), honestly almost anyone please let me send maria at y

graham specter: i can’t in good conscience recommend that he interacts with anyone. 

jacuzzi splot: eskel ( the witcher ), diluc ( genshin impact ), itto ( genshin impact ), atsushi ( bungou stray dogs )

nice holystone: lambert ( the witcher ), diluc ( genshin impact ), klee ( genshin impact ), yoimiya ( genshin impact )

huey laforet: albedo ( genshin impact ), i really really want to say percy de rolo from critical role but i can’t do that in good conscience. but i would love to. fyodor dostoevsky ( bungou stray dogs )

melvi dormentaire: scaramouche ( genshin impact ), literally anyone else also please talk to melvi. sigma ( bungou stray dogs )

luchino b. campanella: i have no idea but you should talk to him anyway.

luck gandor: honestly, i’d put him against almost anyone, so please come talk to him.

sham: goodness. dottore ( genshin impact ), albedo ( genshin impact ), and just in general i’d like a lot of plots regarding sham vessels being near your muses just for fun!

ronny schiatto: any of the eye avatars ( the magnus archives ). also anyone else, like i’ve said many times now i’m not very picky.

christopher shaldred: regis ( the witcher ) or dettlaff ( the witcher ). also anyone at all who can play the stone-faced non-joker to his lackadaisical murderous impulse decision-making.

isaac dian: i cannot stress enough how much you should interact with isaac dian regardless of muse.

ladd russo: i can’t in good conscience recommend him to anyone. but also childe ( genshin impact ).

maiza avaro: first of all; anyone from the witcher, he’d be so good in a witcher verse. also yelan ( genshin impact ), percy ( critical role ), and ranpo ( bungou stray dogs ).

jules upham: anyone that will not kill him.

chane laforet: geralt ( the witcher ), rosaria ( genshin impact ), childe ( genshin impact ), itto & shinobu ( genshin impact ), vex’ahlia ( critical role ).

gabriel & juliano barsotti: i can’t in good conscience recommend writing with either, because their speech patterns are intensely confusing.

pamela mccall, lana sutton, sonja bake: ciri ( the witcher ), itto ( genshin impact ), heizou ( genshin impact ), fischl ( genshin impact ), keyleth ( critical role ), jester ( critical role ), atsushi ( bungou stray dogs )

rachel jones: yelan ( genshin impact ), vax’ildan ( critical role ).

molsa martillo: anyone willing to not be enemies with or join the martillo family ayyyyy.

victor talbot: any single muse that is morally dubious or just straight up evil.

kate gandor: i haven’t thought about it enough, but come talk to her anyway.

laz smith: lambert ( the witcher ), percy ( critical role ). the last one is just because of all the guns yes i think the amount of guns laz has would be incredibly concerning.

roy maddock: i will take anyone. i love him and you should too.

mark twain: I AM LITERALLY BEGGING ON MY KNEES FOR YOU TO SEND YOUR MUSES HIS WAY.

roger zelazny: nobody, he’s lost interaction rights.

cyran azerrad kapral: i can’t in good conscience recommend him to people! but ladd russo ( baccano! ), christopher shaldred ( baccano! ), claire stanfield ( baccano! ).... etc.

il dottore: huey laforet ( baccano! ), renee parmedes branvillier ( baccano! ), l*breau f*rm*t v*ral*sque ( baccano! ).

yemevon: regis ( the witcher ), baizhu ( genshin impact ), vax’ildan ( critical role ), lua ( baccano! ), ladd ( baccano! )