#si: to a great mind‚ nothing is little 🤎

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I attended a dress rehearsal for a holiday performance, recently, and it got me thinking ... Radley would attend public school, at least for a short while, which means Heathcliff and Sherry would likely attend a school concert or two--they have to support their son, after all!

Anyway, imagining one of the songs having a dance number, and all the kids being uncoordinated while performing (as kids often are--the important thing is that they're having fun). After it ends, Heathcliff mutters, "That wasn't very coordinated, was it?" and Sherry punches him in the arm before hissing, "You're one to talk about coordination."

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I learned mother centipedes coil up around their young to protect and care for them until they reach a certain size, today, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about AEDD!Sherry's Corrosion--which becomes more like the Abnormality than either Heathcliff's or Gregor's--coiling up around a little AEDD!Radley ... keeping her baby safe.

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I need to get to bed, but I thought about Mermaid AU, today ... specifically started exploring the idea of Heathcliff returning to land with Sherry after everything with Davy Jones is resolved, and it made me think about how he'd struggle to conceal his Mer instincts ...

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When my Enkephalin restores and I get a tag for this last character, you're all going to be subjected to new Sherry lore. /lh

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I thought about Heathcliff playing with the Baker Street Irregulars and it made me feel so soft ... I know he'd say, "They're rascals, the lot of 'em," and even if he's grumbling Sherry can tell he cares about those street urchins ... they're like her children, in some ways, so seeing Heathcliff get along with them warms her heart.

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I finally got to do the MBTI compatibility test, and when I tell you the descriptions that came with all of these perfectly described Heathlock and how they function as partners, I mean it.

I haven't been thinking about Sherry and Heathcliff, lately, which is part of why I felt so down the last couple nights, but this made me feel so much better ... they're a 92% match ...

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Alright ... I think I've gathered enough information to set forth a brief summary of my MultiCrack AU ...

I Uptied Faust's MultiCrack ID so I could get a bit more info (and also keep her stuff maxed out), and found out the Office was traveling to District 20 not just for contract work, but also to meet with Workshops and form connections with them. This worked very well with my initial idea for Sherry in this Mirror World: an independent Fixer who manages a Workshop rather than an Office! Probably going to keep it in line with her usual lore and say it's Baker Street Workshop instead of Baker Street Office ... it just fits her too well to change.

Anyway, onto the details! Though Sherry markets herself as an "independent" Workshop, she actually has a lot of connections to other Workshops, largely thanks to Mycroft being employed by T. Corp--people like getting in the good graces of people who have ties to the Wings, after all. Thus, she has extensive knowledge of a lot of different prosthetics, and her affiliations allow her to repair and upgrade those prosthetics without repercussions. In fact, a lot of Workshops rely on her to take appointments involving repairs, especially when they're overbooked.

Sherry does, of course, create her own prosthetics, but she hasn't been able to find anyone willing to try them in the field, yet ... and she, not having any prosthetics herself, can't try them, either. This is annoying to her, but she doesn't let it bother her too much--as long as she has clients, even if they're sent from other Workshops, she can get by.

Also!! Watson exists in this AU! Since he's a doctor who specializes in helping people adjust to living with prosthetics. Fun little addition ~

Now, the Heathcliff things ... during the inventor's convention the MultiCrack Office Fixers attend, Faust takes an interest in Sherry's prosthetics, and they arrange for her Workshop to be one they regularly engage with. Thus, Heathcliff ends up being one of her clients--but they also meet once or twice in the field before that. I'm withholding those details in hopes of writing a fic in the future. /lh

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Right, so ... my Fell Bullet × Pursuance AU! I have lore to share.

Fell Bullet!Heathcliff is somewhere between mortal and demon--he's not completely human, but he's also not completely inhuman, either. Keeping in line with the story associated with the Abnormality from which this E.G.O originates, Heathcliff was once a human who loved someone (Catherine) dearly, but he's long since forgotten her as part of his deal with Der Fluchschütze. He's also "undead," in a sense--his heart no longer beats, yet he remains "alive." His soul has fallen, but his body remains on the mortal plain.

Pursuance!Sherry is a more angelic being, and is able to travel freely between "the heavens" and the mortal realm--the latter being a post-apocalyptic setting wreathed in red smoke (this is based on the background for Fell Bullet's E.G.O). Since she's an executioner, her job is to roam the moral plain and find lost souls, who she then interrogates and passes judgement on based on the rules set by Heavenly Executor's Scribe (the Abnormality her E.G.O is from). Sherry does have a beating heart, despite not being human.

Since Fell Bullet!Heathcliff is cursed to wander the earth for eternity, he eventually catches sight of Pursuance!Sherry while she's busy carrying out an interrogation, though he avoids approaching her. Afterwards, he often sees her soaring overhead, and always hides himself from her if she gets too close--he's curious about her, but he's also shy. Sherry stirs familiar feelings in Heathcliff's chest, which puzzles him since his heart should no longer be working, and yet here he is, experiencing what can best be described as "love."

When the two do finally meet, it's a rather awkward encounter, but it becomes very clear to both of them that the other is special. But, while Sherry is driven by curiosity and wishes to understand why she feels this way about him, Heathcliff is more withdrawn, feeling more fear than anything else. He does like Sherry--quite a bit, in fact--but the feelings are almost painful for him, since he knows he's felt this way about someone before, but he can't remember who they were.

On top of that, Heathcliff is scared that he'll somehow "taint" Sherry--an angelic being--by touching her, which makes him extra cautious around her. He does everything in his power to avoid physical contact with her, but, eventually, they do end up touching--a simple brush of hands--and when Heathcliff realizes nothing bad happens to Sherry, he's more open to her caresses.

They do have to keep their connection a secret, however--a heavenly being falling in love with a fallen being is unheard of, and wouldn't go over well with either of the Abnormalities the two serve.