#since they are(or were in byte's case) godlike entities with puppeteer theming who just want to watch the world burn

[duckapus]

Corrupted Save File AU

Someone or something tries to put Emulator on the Factory Reset Bandwagon, but the rather unique nature of her existence means that something goes horribly wrong, and now the SMGs, Lil Coding and Steve have to adapt to a very different Mushroom Kingdom while the USBs work on getting Emmy back to normal.

Meanwhile, Byte and Welony are similarly unaffected by the failed reset and immediately try to take advantage of this new world.