#something to kiss and hug and protect. marcy is her hair when Anne ruffles it. her arms when Sasha teaches her to hold a sword

[agalychnisspranneusroseus]

re: raised in amphibia marcy who is nothing but the cores host

beyond the psychological stuff im also thinking about the physical. the evil science possibilities. im just like. canonically its hinted that the core did stuff to marcys body just in the few months it had her to make its vessel more suitable. the plug ports that were apparently in her limbs bc otherwise she would be getting stabbed by those things. "this thing needs some calibration" about marcys body??? what did it mean by that??? and like u mention her being wired up to it in the original ask

anyways im up here thinking abt how much it mightve done to her if it had her for that long. if it had the same plug things installed in her limbs as she seemed to in canon shed probably need replacements if they happened when she was young enough and grew significantly since then.

also my mom used to work in the brain-computer interface industry and well. to get really any level of highly detailed or accurate data, let alone on the scale youd need to fully interface with the entire brain, you would absolutely need to have direct access to the brain rather than trying to go through the skull. theres no way this girl doesnt have a port of some kind implanted in her head for the core to directly connect to her brain.

hell maybe it doesnt wanna deal with biological organs and the problems that might arise from them. no big deal itll just have them replaced!

Aaaaagh dude i love your asks. Galaxy brain asks from my galaxy friend mutual.

Anyway. Yes i I have thought quite a bit about Marcy's whole deal. What Andrias cares about is her brainnnn that blob of grey matter that's somehow a biological supercomputer. He has no qualms in eventually getting rid of the body and keeping the brain in a jar, immortalized as an invaluable piece of hardware with the help of some shadowfish biotechnology (shhh lemme tell you a secret: he actually does care for her and love her and takes no joy in hurting her. He just doesn't love her enough to save her :3). Anyway, unfortunately, when he found this thing, her brain was surprisingly underseveloped. He had a vague awareness that the unfortunate coincidence of bipedism and viviparity so characteristic of homo sapiens resulted in them giving birth to useless, half-developed fetuses (as opposed to fully mature, egg-born pollywogs), but surely, by age three, a human would be more mature, right? He checked his archives on alien biology and, indeed, no. An average human's brain isn't fully developed until around age 25. Marcy may be smart, but she's still, by all accounts, a homo sapiens pollywog. He consults the Core. The Core wants a host. They want a body, and they want this brain. They will do with just the brain, is Andrias is too useless to secure them the body, but even if they're willing to wait for another body (stronger, bigger, more amphibian) to come around eventually, they know it won't work as well as with the original brain-body combination.

He decides to raise Marcy to be 25. He keeps her mind sharp and body healthy, or as healthy as possible. She undergoes many week-long sessions unconscious and connected to all sorts of wires as tubes. It's so normal for her, that by age 6 she knew how to get on top of the plataform or into the tank without falling, and how to put on her own oxygen mask. She always woke up feeling weak and hungry when it was over, and with one killer headache, but her dad always held the biggest fests for her with all her favorite food when it was over! She always looked forward to her sessions. Like a dog.

In these sessions, she would undergo several procedures. There's mossman, shadowfish and amphibian biotechnology involved. The point is to 1) make her brain Core-friendly - if it has many dimensions that would make things easier! And 2) translate the data from the Core into something that can be run in a biological machine. For which they need to understand and explore said machine. She only has one port, in the back of her neck, hidden by her long hair. It connects straight into her spine and her brain. In essence, these are fitting sessions. The Core is trying out their new house. Ever since she was little, they actually did use her brain to run tests and perform different functions. Most of the times it was mostly to study it, but as she grew older, they began using her whenever a function required too much energy, whenever something that would take forever to load with its own equipment, would render almost instantly with hers. They never left any data behind, erasing all evidence of their presence, and they never fully transported anything to this new extension, using only copies of data with the original files safe in the Core. The point is to leave the Core behind eventually and fully move on to this new computer, but not yet.

A few funny side effects!

Her blood is slowly growing more and more green as the years pass. This actually has less do to with brain stuff, and more as early preparation for eternal youth and immortality. It's mean to make her last longer. When she first meets Anne at age 10 - 11, her blood is a brown-ish color, but by the time things blow up when she's like 13-14, it's just a gross green. Her kidneys filter it out with time and her blood returns to its original red color, and Anne and Sasha see her real skin color for the first time, since before she always had this weird green tint, but they didn't know enough about humans to tell it wasn't normal. Seeing her blush red instead of green for the first time is kinda magical.

Migraines! Especially after a session. Especially when she does something the Core wouldn't like, because despite how hard they try to erase their traces, Marcy's most primal survival instincts remember.

More indirect effect but going several weeks a year without eating can't be good for her. It makes her feel very tired, dizzy and weak, even if she's eating normally, because three days ago she was starving.

The port in the back of her neck itches a lot. After becoming queen, she asked the royal physician that put it her to remove it, but he was scared of leaving her paralyzed, since it was so deeply fused with her nervous system. Sasha still thinks she should've had the guy publicly excecuted or something.

Idk if it counts but ?? Andrias wouldn't touch her if she was sick, so Olivia often found ways to give her a fever in secret or something to spare her. She did it to protect her, but it does mean Marcy spent a big deal of her childhood in bed, recovering from a session or a light illness.

The Core communicates with her nervous system through electric signals, and even thought they don't want to harm it, they still make her muscles contract a lot so she feels super sobre afterwards lots of muscle pain all the time.

There is no helmet in this one. No indirect connection. When Andrias puts the Core in Marcy, he goes all the way. Straight into her brain! They got a new PC :3

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Under the Stars

Summary: Anne and Marcy decide to chill on the castle's many roofs, having a moment to relax

Fandom: Amphibia

Features: Dishonored AU, Marcanne, slight hurt and comfort

Word Count: 1,212 Words

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It was a cool night in the kingdom of Newtopia, and Marcy was in their room, jotting down some notes in their journal, tinkering with one of their father's spy glass prototypes to see if it could be improved on, extending the range. The teen's focus was broken as they heard a 'thump' followed by an "Ow.." outside on their balcony. They quickly went over and opened the door just to see Anne getting up and dusting herself off.

"You alright, there?" They asked, Anne chuckled nervously, shaking it off.

"Oh, I've been through worse." She said. While true, there could still be some lingering injuries that could come up later. That didn't matter though as Marcy's thought process was cut off by Anne giving her a quick kiss on the lips. "I missed you." Anne said, Marcy's cheeks heating up from the sentiment and gave the girl a hug.

"I missed you too, Anne." They sighed softly. It's no secret the two were in a relationship now. However, with their training and studies getting more hectic, it's been a pain to get to see each other more frequently. Now Marcy pretty much expects Anne to break out of her bunker every now and then just to spend a few precious moments with her partner. The only time they really ever get to see each other is when they were working on their stealth tactics in class.

Despite that, they made everything work out, and now was the time to start spending it with each other. Marcy led Anne into their room, the two plopping down onto Marcy's bed and cuddled each other, just melting in each other's arms before catching up with each other.

"How's your officer training been?" Marcy asked, Anne sticking her tongue out, blowing a raspberry in response.

"Draining.. That woman doesn't hold back. At least she can be funny sometimes." Anne giggled, considering most of her squad were still teenagers her age, it didn't hurt to take some training less seriously than others.

"Be thankful it's no toad military training." Marcy quipped. "A toad soldier making the tiniest mistake would warrant a very brutal discipline.." they added on.

"Damn, you got that right." Anne sighed, snuggling closer to her partner. "What about you? Did you come up with any new stuff?" She asked, glancing over at Marcy's desk to see the spy glass disassembled into separate pieces.

"Not really anything new. Just modifying my dad's spy glass design.. I hope he doesn't get mad if I manage to improve it..." They said, looking down and away from Anne. The girl felt her heart tug seeing her partner being so upset, trying to prove that they're worth something to their (rather uncaring) father. She placed her hand under Marcy's chin, motioning for them to look up at her.

"Hey Marcy.. It's ok, hun. So what if you make something better? That just proves you're way more smarter than your dad." She smiled, giving Marcy a comforting kiss on their forehead. "If he gets mad, then that just proves he's a selfish asshole." Besides, if the King likes it more, it's his word over him." She said, always giving Marcy the benefit of the doubt.

"Hmm, I suppose you're right." Marcy said. The more they thought about what Anne said, they started to feel just a bit better. It would still be hard to overcome their father's approval, but nothing that was impossible. Marcy smiled and nuzzled against their girlfriend, Anne softly ruffled their hair in return.

"Don't sweat it, hun~" Anne gently told them, just holding Marcy, the two enjoying the embrace. Suddenly, Anne started to shift around, immediately remembering something she wanted to show Marcy for a while.

"Hey Marcy.. You wanna see something I've been working on?" Anne asked, Marcy quickly looking up at her with excitement.

"Of course!" They answered happily, Anne giggling and led the way. They got out of bed and went to the balcony, Anne carefully climbing up the roof from there, helping Marcy climb along. After skillfully scaling some of the steep roofs, the teens finally reached a flat point. Marcy tilted their head to the side, wondering as to how there was a makeshift bed up here, complete with pillows, blankets, a cloth draped over to protect from the elements, and finally a lantern to the side, emitting a soft warm light. Marcy couldn't help but to think the scene was pretty romantic, appreciating the time Anne put into this. Anne then reached over for their hand, leading them over to the makeshift bed. They laid back to stare up into the clear night sky, admiring the glistening stars.

"Thought it was a neat spot to watch the stars, don't you think?" Anne explained, rubbing the back of her head as she blushed.

"It's very cozy here~" Marcy said, resting their head on Anne's shoulder. "How long were you putting this together?" Marcy asked, Anne trying to guesstimate.

"A few hours in the span of a month." She answered sheepishly. Marcy giggled at her answer, knowing it wasn't easy to sneak out this many items in one night. They both went ahead and got comfortable as they began to admire the stars and enjoy the peace they had together.

Marcy started to recognize some of the constellations and began to ramble about them to Anne. They blurted out the names, the meanings, and the history behind them. While Anne seemed like she has tuned them out, she really enjoyed listening to Marcy when they info dumped. It was very adorable, seeing Marcy's eyes light up in excitement, sometimes learning something new she didn't know if she caught a coherent sentence she understood.

Suddenly, Marcy stopped talking, catching themselves in the act and hid their face in their hand, pretty embarrassed from the constant ramble they did. "Hah.. Sorry Anne. Got too into it again." Anne grinned and brought Marcy in close, giving them a kiss. "I don't mind at all~ I love hearing you talk on."

"Oh you're just saying that." Marcy downplayed, quickly turning away from Anne with a flushed face.

"I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it, Marbles~" Anne wrapped her arms around Marcy's waist, putting her chin on their shoulder "You're too hard on yourself sometimes."

"I know.. I'm just used to getting shut down by others at this point.." Marcy sighed, having to learn at a young age to shut their mouth once they were told their constant talking was annoying so many times by their peers and superiors.

"Man, those people don't realize just how smart and passionate you are!" Anne growled, inhaling sharply to calm down. "I'm sorry babe. They just bring you down to make themselves feel smart and powerful. Which is real stupid of them." She snorted, realizing the irony in it all. Marcy giggled along, realizing the fault in those people's tactics.

"You're right, Anne. Thank you for being here.." They turned to face Anne and kissed her lips. "I love you so much." Marcy said sleepily, yawning before resting their head on Anne's chest. The girl smiled and gave them one last kiss before falling asleep with them under the stars.

"I love you too. Sweet dreams Marcy.."