#team lucantia

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Seremina, founder of the Auspice Alliance and Rhapsodist of the Libretto.

(She’s our system mom. :3)

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So I (Bartimil) keep asking Chrome to draw more art of Melanie. This is because I’m extremely EXTREMELY in love with her. She’s just… by the Six how did I get the privilege to be born during her lifespan? (She lives longer than me, that phrasing makes sense.)

Literally each photo of her is just sublime.

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Absolom DuMonte [x]

Arden Kellynatt [x]

Bartimil Hethrow [x]

Dymir Blinhardt [x]

Celeste [x]

Hadrik [x]

Irmah Rizach [x]

Leileth Borimester [x]

Memari [x]

Mikáel Droscemmel [x]

Quinnewyn Kellynatt [x]

Rael Jenshi [x]

Seremina Bloodstone [x]

Tarrant Jerri’kal [x]

Tirawen [x]

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What is your absolute favourite soda or juice? And if you're all comfortable answering, does said favourite drink differ between headmates?

My favorite soda is Diet Coke, and Arnold Palmer for juice.

Yes, our headmates have different tastes. Shadow prefers Strawberry Lemonade, for example, since it reminds him of what he perceives as his childhood.

Most of the older members Team Lucantia drink tea or coffee, especially Irmah and Mikáel. They’re snobs about it, too.

Revali likes to drink apple juice and its alcoholic counterpart, cider. They remind him of home alongside the homemade black raspberry jam we have.

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By Category:

Admin Privileges [x]

Pocket Monster Paradise [x]

The Winds of Hyrule [x]

The Garden Crew [x]

Team Lucantia [x]

Galaxy Squad [x]

Astrolabe Echoes [x]

Technical Support [x]

Bonkle Bois [x]

The Young-uns [x]

Visitors [x]

Fusions [x]

The Gray Circus [x]

Misc. [x]

POSIC Pals (not listed individually) [x]

By Name:

⚱️Absolom DuMonte [x]

👑Allen [x]

Aether the Lucario [x]

Afterglow [x]

🌵Ako Ehri (formerly Ganondorf) [x]

🌹Akshi [x]

🔧Alister Azimuth [x]

🍀Arden [x]

💧Aster Risk* [x]

🤖Azimuth, Ta’Keshykk [x]

🩸Bartimil Hethrow[x]

🐚Blue the Darkling [x]

Bounce the Azumarill [x]

🐱Butterball the Meowstic [x]

🐰Celeste [x]

Chatterbox [x]

♦️Chrome/Matthieu/Serin/Peaches [x]

Clover the Jigglypuff [x]

🖤Daphell Koshia/Umbra [x]

❄️Ebbon Floe [x]

Fibonacci* [x]

🟥Finn (Infinite) [x]

🎨Froi Tiedoll [x]

💚Gerbera “Berry” / Zephranthes [x]

🥃Gin N. Tonik* [x]

🐻Glamrock Freddy

🪨Hadrik [x]

🦷Hermey [x]

🌈Ink Penn* [x]

🧪Intel [x]

☕️ Irmah Rizach [x]

🖌️Issun [x]

🟡James (Starline) [x]

July the Drifblim [x]

🔨Lavi [x]

🧠Lazarus [x]

🪸Leileth Borimester [x]

Matoro/Kardah [x]

🌀Mesmer* [x]

🪻Mia [x]

👓Mikáel Droscemmel [x]

🐙Mimic the Octopus [x]

✈️Narancia [x]

⏳Naxxie/ Paar[x]

🎹Nea Campbell [x]

🔮Nuju/Nymura [x]

🟪Olly [x]

💎Onyx/Silver the Hedgehog [x]

Pierce the Bisharp [x]

🍷Quinnewyn Kellynatt [x]

📿Rael Jenshi [x]

🏹Revali [x]

🥚S.C.R.A.M.B.L.E. [x]

🍪Scotcharoo* [x]

🧥Seph [x]

🌙Seremina Bloodstone [x]

🪐Shadow the Hedgehog [x]

☀️Solstice* [x]

🦔Sonic/Zipperoo [x]

🔥Spite/Ragahim/Natosthram [x]

☔️Sylphic [x]

Tama Tanuki* [x]

💜Tarrant Jerri’kal [x]

🪽Timcanpy [x]

Tipsy Rozekyuu* [x]

🌪️Vaati [x]

🌋Vakama/Mokxi [x]

💥Vox* [x]

⚙️Watts “Tails” Prower [x]

🃏Xavier Lock [x]

👽Xenon* [x]

York the Whimsicott [x]

🌸Zell [x]

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Systemwise, we don’t know what to call ourselves...

You know how some people go through trauma and find God? Like the heavens part and they are told “I am here” or something? It was a similar experience with headmates. I’m experiencing weird questions so I guess it’s long post time!

Team Lucantia came when I was around fourteen or fifteen. My house was rife with high expectations for me and failure meant the loss of privileges like hanging out with friends (because social interaction is apparently a privilege and not a basic necessity of human functioning???). I began writing as a means to handle my loneliness. Usually I would do one of two things- bring myself to my characters’ world, or let the characters come to me. I called it “channeling” at the time, since it was something that required a lot of energy and often left me exhausted.

I think all along that exhaustion came from rapidly switching over and over and over again, since my novel series is dialogue-heavy. It’s benefitting my work- people who have read say the characters feel alive, they feel real (funny they say that, really). Even so, I didn’t talk about the off days- the days where I wasn’t writing and they’d continue to remark about things or have a conversation or- God forbid- front.

It isn’t that I hated them fronting, at least not when I was alone or with friends. It’s that certain members liked to act out. When my parents tried to take away the phone, an altercation that actually requires my mother the physically restrain me, Ink decided it would be a good idea to make threats. When my parents were already pissed off at the dinner table, Glasses would wind them up further because watching them get upset was genuinely funny to him. Wings? Wings would cry at every given opportunity, at everything that would possible upset someone of her age (she looks about twelve but she’s like half that age emotionally).

They didn’t really realize that I was at risk at the time, but they understand that now that I’m an adult and out of that house. Wings doesn’t really talk much but I’m sure if she met our current littles she’d have more to say.

That’s not even counting all the accents that I suddenly seemed to bear (thanks Glasses) that would freak mom and dad out. Needless to say it was a messy situation.

But origin wise, I’m not sure if it’s a pure traumagenic system. Maybe it’s because I am a spiritual person but I think there’s something weird and almost multi-dimensional at work here, if that makes sense.

Bear with us here.

Galaxy Squad is entirely Sonic the Hedgehog fictives from multiple sources. They came about this past year due to my trauma with my ex boyfriend, who literally told me I had no right to complain if I couldn’t help around the house (I had executive dysfunction issues).

Their sources seem to deviate from each other, but I’ll try to pinpoint each as best I can.

Blur is game canon, remembers Unleashed and Generations, but does not remember 06 or Forces (I think). Definitely remembers the events from 2001-2005 in general.

Cosmic remembers 2001-2005 as well, but remembers 06 because he’s talked about Mephiles. Though it’s confusing, I’m not sure if he remembers Forces or not- he’s concerned he might have actually done a very VERY bad thing but he doesn’t seem to remember doing it.

Mercury is Archie Canon, specifically Sonic Universe canon. He picked up menial labor waaay too quickly for my comfort and gets touchy at the term “teal-class”. He’s also obsessed with nature since his home is a concrete metropolis. He was one of two who entered via the summoning pool. It’s a baptismal font of white marble that is set in a room adorned with a chair, a basket with towels, and a stained-glass window appearing through the pool.

Phantom came through the pool approximately 15 minutes after first seeing him. Cosmic went to check and, of course, nearly got drowned in the pool for doing literally nothing to provoke him. Needless to say Phantom was touchy.

Somehow, Sunny was just lurking outside the house and found his way in. We made a truce that he can’t do bad stuff while he’s here. Not sure what the details were but needless to say he’s perfectly fine. Quiet and non-intrusive, but fine.

Amp, Ether, and Blue are all an interesting case because they are like Team Lucantia in that they came from something I created. Their doors just appeared in the endless hallway in headspace and just... found themselves here. They were really quiet for a while, but that’s because I have “sleepwalkers”- headmates who appear to be awake but are completely unaware of their surroundings, thus they are fleeting in consciousness.

Usually I imagine it’s accompanied by the first few notes of the Jaws theme when a sleepwalker gets close to the “living room”, which is within audible range of the front. It’s nerve wracking, tbh- they might wake but they might not.

Comet is a fusion of Blur and Cosmic. He’s kinda... full of himself sometimes? I mean, good for him for having high self esteem but like... we have a mirror and he stares at himself sometimes for a long time.

The summoning pool has some interesting notes I’ve made. For starters, it doesn’t appear to operate for just ANY type of teammate here- the only ones who have come through it appear to be people who have vanished or passed away. From the looks of it, it might catch people who die, disappear or are wiped from existence.

Take Mercury, for example, whose entire world was pretty much erased due to something called the “Super Genesis Wave”. He basically became identical to game canon afterwards. His timeline was literally erased!

And then there’s Phantom, who appeared to have ceased existing during the end of Forces, who just... appeared from the pool shouting 『まだ戦える！』 (I can still fight!). He seemed to have had a smooth transition between there and here.

Listen, I’m the one responsible for cataloguing how this place works, and if you ask me, this space has some weird things that don’t line up perfectly. I kinda like the seeming inconsistency- it’s a mystery that’s left unsolved and I can’t wait to decode it. But for now, it appears as though his ability to pull people forward is a gift, and the trauma merely acts as a key, of sorts.

We are still trying to figure this out, but Amp is correct. I am the spiritual type and I’m definitely someone who feels the term “channel” is appropriate in some sense- though I personally use the term “clicking” since it’s often in direct relation to interest that it happens, which makes the connection click and lock into place- but I definitely fear particular judgement because there are definitely leaps of faith that some people may have to make and just can’t.

It’s telling that it works like this for me. Practicing pagan stuff, I came to the conclusion that experiencing negativity makes the magic stronger for me. It’s the same with major faiths who believe in an exchange of suffering for blessings. Somehow, I think the pain I’ve dealt with has given me this capability, and if so it’s my responsibility to use it wisely.

I think the best thing to call my system is “trauma-gateway”.

I don’t think I’ll have new headmates anytime soon (fingers crossed) since I’m looking at the one-year mark of being untied from my ex, but I’m proud that I’ve learned to accept my identity. I realized I wasn’t as binary as I thought, that I was part of a system, that I COULD live “alone” and be happy. While I definitely wish I could have been with a flesh-and-blood partner, I would rather get myself into a place of comfort before I think about such things. Besides, Phantom has to like them, too.