#sonetto is going thru it

[ihaveforgortoomany]

Puppykeeper 2.2 Edition (Part One)

(Any scene I don't mention just assume largely the same thing happens as in canon, with the added tidbit of Sonetto and Schnieder being here)

For the sake of my sanity this will be part one, a compliation of major scene changes in this au.

Main changes being caused by - Schneider and Sonetto in Brazil, Urd and Vertin also being present in Brazil.

(2.1 I'll do at a later date I think)

Scene One- Meeting Urd, Skuld and White Rum

Generally the same story beats with sonetto getting blown off the ship and going into a coma.

Urd, Skuld and White Rum meet them and look after Sonetto. This is the first time Vertin and Schnieder properly meet here.

While Urd is preparing medication in another room while Sonetto is sleeping, she apologises to her for all the pain shes gone through, it should have been her that day becoming the Timekeeper. Everything thats happened after is Vertin's fault, all of Sonetto's suffering was her fault.

Schnieder is confused, asks who Vertin is; at this point Sonetto might have indulged Schnieder what happened that day, so Schnieder puts the pieces together but Skuld tells her to never say a thing.

Schnieder is really good at keeping secrets:

"Miss governor, surely the old woman would love to meet you again, why play this game of cat and mouse?"

"It's hard, but we have our reasons to act as we do, as you are doing right now"

"Fine."

"Thank you for everything"

"Mhm?"

"Thank you for being there for her when I wasn't. Being the person I could never be for her. Please keep looking out for her, promise me that"

"..."

Scene Two - Urd and Skuld are captured by the Brotherhood

How is Skuld and Urd captured? Largely the same, with added angst that its Vertin choosing to scarfice her life for Sonetto, so both Urd and Skuld are captured by the Apostles Brotherhood.

"Miss Schnieder, may we met under better conditions, please remember our promise."

"... Only if you keep yours Misss governor"

More or less events are the same, but Schnieder and Sonetto are there. Tense since Schnieder was talking to Skuld and Urd, clearly they said something to her but Schnieder is choosing not to say anything. Nala already went with White Rum on that convo so she didnt hear anything either.

Cue the scene in Heartfelt home and with Lopera, Schnieder and Sonetto are quick to defend Nala's actions to Lopera.

The heart to heart scene between lopera and nala happens, and Schnieder is here for it. Nala and Schnieder find common ground at the general distaste for being used for others gains at the expense of their own, and all of them bond over their shared families and stuff.

Meanwhile Sonetto discovers the chair and the notes, both signed by Urd and Skuld, noticing that Skuld's writing was similar in tone and general presentation (drawing little animals in the margins, oh and this weird bread looking orange dog as well pops up alot)

Mariana speaks about how the duo came to the home as caregivers, Skuld in particular as a journalist and photographer mostly.

Cue the massarce at the Zeno base, Lilya's capture, everything the same but the squad Igor gets includes some high ranking Foundation personnel, also orphans of Igor who acted as middle ground between zeno and the foundation. One of them goes alongside Ptolemy to capture Nala.||

Scene Three - Nala and Ptolemy Scene

The whole scene with Ptolemy because no im not over it and never will be.

Schnieder, Nala and Sonetto (White Rum is somehow able to sleep through this entire scene) are approached by Ptolmey and Foundation/ Zeno personnel. Instead of immediately attacking, Ptolmey asks to escort them back to the zeno base, Igor has no intentions to harm Nala but would rather "clear up" things with her, and get the proper paperwork down.

This works for a very short time (i mean look at him, Ptolmey is one blink away from committing another war crime) and Schnieder the mafia boss she was catches on. They attempt to run but both outnumbered are quickly cornered in one area. While Schnieder is powerful and has a level of arcanum prowess/ her guns, she is the first tackled and captured by Zeno officers. Leaving Sonetto and Nala. Note Sonetto is disarmed in the scuffle.

Ptolmey fine now u can have your moment: the whole spigel of "i only meed one of you technically, but rather than finish you off i would rather made it a spectacle".

Whips out the toy robot and orders Nala to kill Sonetto. Sonetto even if shes strong doesn't last long with Nala, maybe slightly longer than Vertin due to natural physical strength, but shes very much disadvantaged as mainly a spell caster. Shes more used to end fights with her glasfender than physical attacks. So Ptolemy proceeds to force Schnieder into giving Sonetto one of her guns (and "forced" i mean very strongly kicked in the gut until she dropped it yippee)

And yeah this is the parallel to the Book 2 puppykeeper oranges scene yippee.

In all honesty the narration and visuals in game made it look like Nala scratched Vertin enough for her to bleed, but only the stranguling is mentioned. So here the fight is bloodier because Sonetto doesn't fall as easily. A real cat and dog fight.

Sonetto in the midst of everything sees the Foundation personnel and questions them, why are they doing this?

Order before Opinion, and some comment about sometimes when a dog is unable to do their job, becomes old, becomes wild, the only right thing to do is put it down.

This comment distracts Sonetto enough for Nala to push her to the ground and strangle her, cue to the scene with Vertin, the "i dont want to end up like my sister" with Sonetto pleading for Nala to stop, genuine panic setting in.

Schnieder is in a more precarious position, being hit multiple times after struggling has a gun pointed at her.

Ptolmey: "one of you is dying or else the little bitch is dying. Kimberely, obey your master"

White Rum (yeah im pulling a hail mary, shes already there in canon, might as well use her since shes sleeping the whole time) wakes up to the entire scuffle, Schnieder had been carrying her until she got tackled, so WR was sitting in the glass hidden until she woke up. Seeing the shitshow realising the soldier hadn't noticed her, gets close to where Schnieder was being restrained and prepares to attack the moment she gets an opening.

Sonetto grabs Schnieder's gun and very reluctantly points it at Nala, sees White Rum in position. And prepares to fire.

At the last moment she pulls the trigger at Ptolmey, as white rum attacks the solider restraining Schnieder before anyone could shoot.

Sonetto ended up firing twice, one hitting the toy and the another in Ptolmey's shoulder.

Cue the rest of the scene as in canon with Sonetto and Schnieder there.

End of Part One (general note here, Ive been getting into writing short scenes, so maybe Puppykeeper might see one shot scenes written, but not a full fic, I don't have the brain capacity to rewrite everything lmao)

[ptanalo]

This scene was so...

[cxlrose]

i forgor that lock n i were supposed to match schneider n vertin plsa

[vasito-de-leche]

crawling back from a hole to GEEK about suitcase gang members that would get along the best 💁‍♀️

- x, medicine pocket, and sotheby: lethal IRB nightmares

- med poc and sotheby: explosive concoctions

- centurion and tennant: harbingers of serial bankruptcy

- mesmer jr. and 6: orderliness

- dikke and 6: law and order (dun dun)

- melania and bkornblume: the thief and her gal in the chair (they're a ship too)

- eagle and shamane: shamane is MAD impressed at this girl's wilderness skills + will also be willing to teach her stuff

- horropedia, an an lee, and blonney: it's always horro and blonney / horro and an an but never these three together. you can bet that blon and horro surrounds an an to ask about her ghost vacuum

- blonney and desert flannel: she's in patch 1.5 but her design tells me that she's rocking her closet which is a bonding topic with blonney

- lilya and jiu niangzi: girl is in patch 1.6 but all that is known for now for global players is that she makes killer alcohol. cue lilya as her willing taste-tester

- sputnik 1 and 37: just 37 marvelling this perfect sphere

- alien T and 37: this girl again eyeing the ufo's circumference

- kaala bauna and voyager: kaala has a question or two about the heavenly bodies

- dikke and knight: s w o r d

ohhh fun! here's a few dynamics and characters I think would get along since you've shared your own!

Baby Blue and every character younger than her--especially Balloon Party

Baby Blue is just 17 but I do like to think that, bc of her connection with Wonderland and innocence, she would act as a big sister for many of the younger arcanists. especially Balloon Party since the two reject adults or the idea of growing up!

Blonney and Bunny Bunny

both characters have a focus on movie or hollywood as a concept, both are also girls around the same age range who know what it's like to be put into very restrictive stereotypes (the blonde bimbo, the southerner). I think they'd get along, and it's very funny to think about Blonney go straight to Bunny Bunny for help if Jessica ever needs help, since Bunny Bunny's family had a farm lmfao

but I also just rlly love girls who are total opposites on a surface level being close friends bc of the small little things they do have in common

Sweetheart and Bette, following the same reasoning as the Blonney and Bunny Bunny

THE MOST FAMOUS ACTRESS AND A STRUGGLING ACTRESS...BEING FRIENDS... SEEING EACH OTHERS PERSPECTIVES....

sorry I'm very passionate abt Sweetheart being so jaded and tired of the way hollywood treated her and warped her image to be nothing but a product for the audience's consumption. and very passionate abt Bette near-delusional hope of making it into the industry

Sonetto and Zima, both being poets

I could've added Charlie or The Fool since the idea is similar, but I feel like Zima would work best?

all three of these characters cherish the power of the written word and have used it against injust systems, but I think that Charlie's insecurities would hold her back a lot from truly bonding with Sonetto thru poetry, and The Fool is too much of a revolutionary--his very open and vocal "down with the monarchy, every person in authority is a fucking fool" vibe would clash with Sonetto's obedient dog aspects. Zima, however, feels perfect to act as another poet for Sonetto to befriend and a mentor to slowly introduce her to more open ideologies

SURE hes a recluse and socially inept bc of the years of isolation in exile, BUT HES NOT SHY WHEN IT COMES TO SHARING HIS VIEWS AND THOUGHTS OR WORK. hes the perfect idea of subdued and quiet strength, I rlly think Sonetto could really benefit from having him as a mentor or responsible adult figure

Pavia and Centurion

YES, I KNOW TENNANT IS VERY OBVIOUS FOR CENTURION BC SHE SCAMS PPL AND CENTURION IS VERY LUCKY SO SHE WINS AT EVERYTHING AND PUT MANY PLACES INTO BANKRUPCY

but I'm NEVER letting go of casino dealer Pavia from the artificial somnambulism stages. these two? theyre ABSOLUTE MENACES together, the luckiest girl in the world addicted to adrenaline and thrills? with the most deranged "who gives a shit" mafia guy who does whatever he wants?

they'd be playing an extreme version of buckshot roulette together, they'd ruin the economy together just bc its funny. they dont know each other's full names. they hang out and bitch about life together. they dont care abt their respective life stories. they're the first person they call when they're bored. they've been in many many life threatening situations. they dont know each others favorite colors

do you see my vision!!!

[vertin-is-the-frog-guys]

OUGHHH 1.9 IS GONNA BE GREAT

LUCY COMING HOME REAL CONFIRMED

free 6*, free 5* (thru game mode), free outfit for mesmer, free sonetto outfit, free matilda, lucy and kakania, SEMMELWEIS IS A VAMPIRE??, regulas being one of the few, if not only person to have TWO skins to buy, we get to chose what songs to play in the lobby, OLD EVENTS CAN BE PLAYED PERMANENTLY, characters can interact in the wilderness too???

good that patch is gonna be SICKKK

not only does my two daughters ( sonetto and matilda) get free stuff, mesmer does too?? all they do is drop trauma on that girl, it's about time she got a skin

oh and apparently there's also a pack where you can chose a 6* of your choice?? like what??? i think don't fact check me on that

(here i go again getting excited for events when i haven't even finished the current one..)

[renegadesfic]

i said this on my main blog but i have Opinions on sonetto's character growth already thru just the first 4 chapters so here are some of my thoughts.

first of all, despite everything we learn about her and vertin's history in chapter 3, sonetto treats her at the start of canon not even as an equal but as someone to be revered. this makes sense because vertin is the timekeeper, which is a highly respected position, but i think it goes beyond that. it seems like sonetto has barely interacted with vertin since what happened at the end of the flashbacks in chapter 3 - she acts like she barely knows her. to me that makes it feel like she hasn't been closely interacting with her in a while, probably since she became the timekeeper, which means that there's a chance this is one of their first times working together. at this point sonetto is still very focused on the official tasks at hand, trying to deal with the whole regulus thing, focusing on Doing Her Job. this is pre-her being appointed as vertin's assistant so it makes sense that they're working in conjunction with each other instead of sonetto helping her in such a close way.

however. in later chapter 1 and chapter 2, where we really start to see the proper story pick up, sonetto is becoming increasingly connected to the outside world. she befriends sotheby, the first person she's really connected with outside the foundation. the foundation has been her whole life for as long as she can remember, but now she's meeting Real People and making Real Friends. this, naturally, is a Big Deal - this is what starts to turn the gears in her brain that we see finish turning in ch3/ch4, where she goes to bat for vertin directly, going as far as to raise her voice on vertin's behalf. at this point in the story she's finally seeing what vertin wants Everyone to see - that there is so much more to life than serving the foundation.

and then!! sonetto, always following rules, always obeying instructions, is put in a position where the timekeeper Isn't There. she's gone, she's with the manus, and sonetto has to step up as the interim leader of the mission, since she is now the timekeeper's assistant. and she DOES!!! supported by her New Friends!!!! i personally think it would've been extremely difficult for her to make these decisions if she hadn't already been separated from vertin and met sotheby in the forest. already, her personal growth is being spurred on by being outside the foundation in a much freer context.

so not only does sonetto step up, but she makes several crucial decisions, including saving marian. this is a thing i think some people would brush off as just a "protect the peace of mankind" thing but it's more than that to me. right now sonetto is desperately trying to fix the Timekeeper Being Gone situation and she explicitly chooses to find marian, who she knew was being kept somewhere due to the traces of potion, even though there are objectively Bigger Problems. imo this isn't just her following the mantra the foundation promotes, it is also showing that she has already started to Really care about people outside of the main mission and goal at hand. she doesn't need to do that, she could just help the timekeeper get out, but she feels an obligation to not just the foundation's stated ideal of helping the people but to her own developing moral compass, her desire to protect people vertin considers important. that is crucial because we establish very early that vertin considers Everyone important, hence the photo wall and all the memorial stuff she shows regulus. so sonetto saves marian, jeopardizes her own safety, to follow her idea of what the foundation's motto should mean, instead of acting as if the mission is the only thing that matters. she's developing her own view of what protecting the peace means.

and then the end of chapter 2. sotheby, sonetto's first real friend outside the foundation walls, loses her caretaker, the person who was tasked with her safety. she is so far in over her head and instead of sticking with vertin, keeping her head down until the storm is done, and holding herself in place, she goes to comfort her. not for the first time, she leaves vertin's side - in this case the seat next to her at the table - and goes to the other side of the table to sit with sotheby and comfort her. this is representative of more than just her desire to comfort her friends - her leaving vertin's side at the table is a metaphor for her slowly peeling herself away from the rigid conformity the foundation has forced on everyone in it, choosing to stand on her own with the friends she has made in the Real World.

and then, of course, sonetto goes back to the foundation, realizes people are fucking with vertin, and gets Mad. sonetto is notable for being extremely passive unless she's protecting the timekeeper, but this goes well beyond that. in this case she is not standing up for vertin against critters or the manus - she's standing up for her against the people she's listened to without exception for her entire life so far. and she's doing it for vertin, because vertin is not just her boss, she's her Friend, and sonetto Takes Care Of Her Friends. so for probably one of the first times in her entire life sonetto raises her voice at someone in charge of her. she shows resistance against the people who she thinks are hurting vertin, and who she thinks are hurting the rest of the friends she's made.

at the very end of chapter 4, sonetto seems like she wants to say something about everything that's happened, but chooses not to. i have a feeling that she's not making that choice because she doesn't value her contribution. i think she's making that choice because whatever she was going to say was something she thought constantine wouldn't like. and she's starting to understand the concept of going behind someone's back to do things that are really important.

[jabberwockprince]

unfiltered re1999 oc rambles and train of thought under the cut because i need to sort out my brain for a second!

inhales

venison's theme is cannibalism (bones, flesh) and deer/stag, the shocking effect of having a herbivore eat meat -> prey becomes predator -> cute thing is scary now, simplified

i made them specifically to parallel pavia in many aspects, so they do share themes certain themes while also being on entirely opposite ends, especially when it comes to freedom/individuality - what with pavia being a lone wolf and an individual who rejects society and lives outside of it, while venison is a very codependent and social individual who will gladly allow others to use them in exchange of that feeling of "belonging". and the two are still hypocrites, because wolves live in close tight knit packs, theres no real lone wolves. and venison ultimately lives for their own selfish whims, because being codependent is just a means to an end, and arent as subservient and submissive as they paint themself

then theres the subject of venison's historical themes

their undimo is a white, glowing and magical stag made out of bones which is based on the lampong - a creature from filipino myths and folklore, a dwarf shepherd that is said to protect other deer by turning into one

the psychube assigned specifically to them is called "the stag hunt" which alludes to that one painting - the stag hunt of frederick iii, elector of saxony by lucas cranach. which is just a fun connection to venison's backstory, but has no fucking ties whatsoever with frederick iii nor lucas cranach. so hm. hmmmm. tying themes of religious imagery and blind devotion through frederick iii's might be a reach. unsure. UNCLEAR. gotta look into it later

the psychube is also just called "Stag Hunt" which instead alludes to the trust dilemma by the same name, two hunters must choose between hunting down a hare or a stag, independently and without knowing the other's choice. but to hunt down a stag they must do it together. so its like the prisoners dilemma but in the stag hunt someone always ends up winning regardless of the combination of choices. something something, venison's opportunistic (and parasitic) behaviour and that same vibe that junko enoshima and jobu tupaki had going on of always, always coming out on top no matter what even if they're the ones suffering bc the end goal was always suffering

venison is also a mineral arcanist bc mineral arcanists seem to be aligned with. themes of death? cristallo, obvious deteriorating health. bette, metaphorical death of the self since she's treated as a cheap replacement within the industry. eternity, she just. doesnt die, doomed to be eternal. horrorpedia, death and horror, obviously. mondlicht, her whole village is in constant danger of dying bc of wolves, kids are raised as hunters. ms moissan's life being affected by war ("but what about click then? click is a spirit arcanist by virtue of being a DEAD GHOST GUY, bc supernatural themes and stuff being the ticket to spirit arcanists). necrologist. yeah pretty obvious.

but thats also just a superficial observation bc i havent dissected afflatus influence yet. mineral arcanum could be something related to being stagnant, stuck, an inmovable object. things that are assured, sure as death. it would align better with some characters like sonetto too

still, venison's connection to being a mineral arcanists, within this context and with this current explanation, is easy bc they're - at heart - a scavenger animal, they thrive in death and are surrounded by it. the association of cannibalism = love and protection and care in their brain means that they're constantly trying to prove or show their love thru violence, they eat those they love bc nothing will bring people closer than death and digestion, basically

but venison is also a goddamn awful person with a very unstable and volatile mind, so this association has just become an excuse to justify their cannibalism. this is why they "fall in love" with all of their targets, why they write love letters and why theyre so delusional, creating one-sided relationships that they fully believe in

OK OK OK BRAIN IS WORKING AGAIN I CAN WORK PROPERLY

[jabberwockprince]

not pictured in the new version: the huge fucking addendum i had to add for the end of the prologue because it we get reversed to 1929 and the next available stage is vertin and regulus at february 14th 7 am BUT then in oro de los fucking tigres they tell you that sonetto was in chicago AN HOUR AND HALF before she reunited with vertin at 7:30 aka 6 am which is when vertin summons her in the suitcase thru the wheel. which means the 1966 storm took them a few hours before maybe. but thats weird, because the writing between the last two stags of the prologue + the first stage of the first chapter are written to be like, back to back continuation or at the very least it heavily seems like that. so what the fuck? what the fuck

and this entire debate also sparked the thought of HOW the FUCK did vertins suitcase go from THE UK to THE US during that storm. the storm doesnt move things. we know this. especially if these things are "storm immune" like vertin. they stay there and the world is just reversed. the storm didnt teleport the debris in apeiron to a different place as far as we know. why the fuck would it do this to vertins suitcase. and if we assume only 30 minutes passed between the prologue and the first chapter based on the stages, thats not enough time to travel. not between continents without an insanely powerful ritual of teleporting, bc the teleport skill doesnt reach that far. bc at this point of the story, the floppy discs are prototypes and sonetto was only given like, 3. how are they in the middle of chicago

im also missing diggers' trail from prisoner in the cave + his anecdote but thats a problem for future prince

ANOTHER fucking rework to the timeline that gave me and the R99 RP server a HEADACHE because SONETTO GOES ON THIS FUCKING ADVENTURE RIGHT BETWEEN THE PROLOGUE AND CHAPTER ONE