#the speed with which i can bullshit a whole lore. anyway sparrows condition in this au as the only ancient in the whole world- terribly-

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WAIT they're Sparrows- unless I'm wrong, disregard my last ask please-

disregarded, capt'n o7

yes, indeed that there is Sparrows! jglkdsjglsdmkl put on a rebreather mask, some cloth for scarf n pull down those jacket sleeves n suddenly it's a different person..... the Perry the Platypus effect.................

here's a fun fact that i've been toyin with yesterday so you get Smth crispy outta this interaction: so the post-mass ascension off string au takes place after Tinkerer goes to ascend, so we r pretty late in the timeline and things are Complicated. the Folk Gods come together when Tink swims down and start talking among each other

"should we allow these Iterator things to be the next society?" "without a reset???" "they've suffered so much... it'd be kind. the void abuse wasn't their fault." "but *still* without at least *some* reset?" "it shouldn't be too terrible." "well, when *Lord Emancipation* says so..." "but how should we-? they are bound. they are limited. though they mock us, they are blatantly limited."

and so in this the separation of puppets from the structures would be a result of divine intervention rather than that strange evolution that happens durin the Ancient times version of off string. and since they have Tink here, since they have Sparrows here, and since Euros has been a faithful good worshipper/follower (his words lonely companions to the shunned Gods, once the rural Ancients have gone nearly extinct), they decide to bring Sparrows back into the world

it's Sparrows through and through, but at first she has to figure out how to live not like a slugcat again (trying to pounce doesn't work that well for her, five fingered hands...? oh no..), her life as the Tinkerer is still present in her emotions rather than vivid memories and there's certain disconnect from her Three Sparrows on a Wire name. when she makes it back to Fish, scares the living lights out of him and then he calms down, she introduces herself as the Tinkerer. she thinks she was that slugcat that belonged with him before it grew too old and he sent it for a swim. he quizzes her on stuff only Tink should know, she passes and he takes her on (adopts her) as his student again

which is kinda why Orion doesn't really end up thinking to use her name- he doesn't know it. Boreas and Euros do still usually call her Sparrows, but she gets this weird look to her eyes that those who didn't know her then, rather default to "Tinkerer"