#wandering soul au

[desultory-novice]

Apologies AU - Good Ending Drop

Hey, everyone. It was my goal to finish Apologies in tandem with the Tournament, but for health reasons, I won't be able to as I planned. Because I tied the story to the tournament and don't feel like untangling it again and making everyone wait more, I'm going to give you all the ending spoilers, as I promised I would if I became unable to finish the story.

What I'm about to describe is THE Good Ending. The True Ending I had planned out almost from the beginning!

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In the main-verse...

Susie, who sees too much of herself in Adeleine, decides to take matters into her own hands to bring the girl's older brother back.

She takes the vial of Dark Matter Swordsman DNA that was harvested from King Dedede. Meta Knight catches up with her and argues against it. It's foolish, dangerous, and liable to be nothing but painful to all parties involved. But Susie anticipated interference and asked Zan to bodyguard her. When Zan arrives (late) to the lab, the argument has caused the vial to begin to react to all the negativity in the room. Zan recognizes its contents as Dark Matter and insists on calling Lord Hyness, who in his own quirky way, analyzes their problem and suggests that while the contents are too weak to survive on their own, a resurrection could be possible, using Void's powers to mimic a hive queen, supplying whatever creature emerges the power to survive on Popstar without burning up into ash...

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In the tourney-verse...

White-Haired Noir is at peace with his life and has come to accept the death of his precious little sister many years ago, but...a part of him still wishes to make Adeleine happy.

Using his fairy-born dimension sight, he discovers an Alternate Noir who is 98% percent compatible with main-verse Noir. This is the Purgatory!Noir from the Re_Birthday post. And he drags this unstable, utterly clueless Noir out of this peaceful void without his permission and secretly "volunteers"  the massively confused, un-alive but un-dead teen boy for the Kirby OC Tournament.

It is White-Haired Noir that is the "good" voice on phone and in Noir's head, encouraging rationality. His goal? Get Noir some friends. Get him to face up to/open up to people about his past. And get him caring about his life enough that he wants to live...! 

White-Haired Noir has seen what the main-verse Star Allies are attempting and knows that the odds of them actually bringing "Noir" back instead of just an emotionless monster are low without a compatible "Noir Soul" (haha) to inhabit the new vessel.

Over the course of many in-tourney events, including Noir learning to have faith in the sibling bonds he built with Gooey despite being Dark Matter at the time, learning to separate himself and Adeleine as individuals instead of clinging to her to his own neglect, privately opening up to King Dedede, who put the pieces together post-possession, about some awful stuff Noir put up with for years in secret from Raquelle's father (who privately loathed Neichel AND her kids and took it out on Noir) to "pay" for Adeleine's good life...

And lastly, using the power of wishes to interrogate if THIS Noir's true wish is to die and be free, to have never been born, to have had a normal "perfect" life, or if he simply wishes for a second chance to be with those he cares about... White-Haired Noir determines that Tourney!Noir is ready and reveals his plan to him. Noir confesses to him that he really does want to live and be with his family again and offers up his stronger soul for Susie and the gang's vessel.

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Back in the main-verse...

The experiment is a success! They have brought, well, something back. It is not quite like Dark Matter Swordsman in form, nor is it exactly a human boy. It looks a little bit like a spiky haired-Gooey.

After some tense questioning of the emotionless, memoryless, unresponsive goo, it...suddenly seems to awaken. With the voice of a deeply shaken and scared young boy, the violet-eyed blob questions the mad scientist, cultists, and masked man surrounding him... Where the hell is he? And where are his little brother and sister?

Meta Knight welcomes Noir back to the world of the living.

Later, after Noir has time to dress himself in an appropriate scarf, Adeleine and Gooey are brought in and it is a happy and tear-filled reunion all around as Noir confirms that, while this form is strange, it's not dangerous and he's not in pain. He is then re-introduced to King Dedede, whereupon it's revealed that even though Noir likes him, he's still a snarky teen punk at heart, as he sasses the king horribly. (Dedede has gained another kid, but at what cost? XD)

...And that's it.

That's the ending to Apologies I've held onto for nearly a year.

For reading through all that, here is a short comic I drew a while back of the reunited family having a snowball fight in White Wafers.

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(Not to unnecessarily over-explain the story but because the comic is a little vague, I have to tell you that no, Noir does not ever return to human after his revival. I meant it when I wrote in several places that their parting on Shiver Star was the last time they'd see each other "...in this form." This is merely meant to depict a moment in which Adeleine, seeing her brother alive and smiling and laughing and having real fun for the first time in so long, is able to imagine his old self smiling and is at peace that her brother is finally free from the hurt and misery he bore up with for so long.)

(...And yes, he has a long, silly tongue just like Gooey. Which is why he hides all but his eyes behind the scarf. Gotta keep up that cool older brother look even as a little goo creature! While Noir can't become human - frankly, he doesn't miss having a human body, given the stuff in his adolescence and being over-stressed, underfed, under-slept and just overall sick all the time in his later teens - he does eventually acquire the ability to shift into his old "Swordsman" form for short bursts of time.)

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(Lastly, you might wonder how I could have had this exact ending in mind from almost the beginning when so much of it is tied up in recent posts like the tourney? ...Well, originally what was going to happen to allow Noir to be properly resurrected into the Dark Matter Goo body is that the Dream Rod from Star Allies was going to appear in response to a grieving Adeleine's wishes to see her brother again, bringing Noir-as-Swordsman back. At least for a LITTLE while, as it would be revealed that with Zero dead, Noir, who was entirely composed of Dark Matter at this point, couldn't survive on Popstar. Every moment he was there, his body was burning.)

(Still, he lasts long enough to have one final talk with Adeleine that helps heal him from the torturous events of DL 3 - in which we learn a highly disappointed Zero drove Noir to the absolute breaking point, shattering his mind and his newly regained soul. Adeleine also tells Noir she has finally realized everything he did for her during their childhood and apologizes to him for not seeing it before. With dawn on the horizon, Noir asks to look over Adeleine's sketchbooks with her before the end... He dies one last time, peacefully, while Adeleine finally gets to properly mourn him.)

(Then, all the "main-verse" sections proceed to happen as stated above!)

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(...Okay, okay. One last thing. There was also an alternate ending planned where Magolor, taking advantage of the fact that Merry Magoland was built on a nexus point, finds a way to reunite Adeleine and White-Haired Noir - still a teen in this version - using his theme park as a union point, as special birthday gift for Adeleine.)

(I was kinda fond of this one for reuniting the timelines, but it opened up a lot of questions such as, if Magolor made it so that Noir and Adeleine from two different dimensions can see each other as long as they're both in Magoland, could others from the WH Noir-verse see the main-verse this way? It invited too many questions, so that's why I scrapped that one and just let White-Haired Noir grow up instead.)

[ask-these-undead-clones]

Welp... Guess it's over... My time's finally up...

[hops away]

Huh... The old forest... Where one of the hideouts was...

And where...

Right...

I guess I've got eternity to sit here with him...

It's not like anyone's coming to bother me anymore...

God I miss him...

[ididntmean2hauntyou]

mountainclimber - seedsower - raincatcher - curtaincloser.

[unicornsaures]

Divinity lams AU?

Alex is some divine, etheral being and John is just a pathetic and lost fallen angel who swears his devotion to this 'otherworldly being' for the privilege of following him around and being with him for eternity because it gives him a purpose. And at first, Alex just sees him as this sad soul whos's lost and doesnt know what to do and genuinely takes pity on him; but eventually it goes from a 'worshiped and worshiper' relationship to a relationship in which Alex see's him as an equal despite being nothing but.

And even before this, John had been searching for guidance through other people because he never fully trusted his instincts and yet this had only led him to be distrusting because the very reason he had 'fallen' was because he had followed anothers lead. In turn, he turned to etheral 'gods' who he knows cant do him wrong because they'll always view themselves as above him, and with pledging his devotion, they cant turn on him because he will forever be their faithful subject.

Unfortunately for John his devotion borders more on obsession. He loves looking up to see someone so majestic staring back down at him with such a soft smile in contrast to piercing eyes and to know Alex would be looking at him makes his heart flutter and insides melt and skin on In fire(figuratively..) and makes him just want to cut off his wings and give them to Alex as a sign of his true adoration he holds for him. And obviously this concerns Alex. I mean, his poor devotee is willing to do anything for him but theres a line, right? Alex still cares for him of course, what kind of being would he be if he allowed someone to sacrifice their own peace for him?

Cue emotional outburst number one! John would be rambling softly about how if he had the strength he would just rip out his wings and alex has to lean down and gently rest his palm on John's cheek to tell him not to ruin his beautiful wings and that being with him is devotion enough for him and that physical pain in his name would only cause harm. And then tears, of course, in natural angst fashion.

Oh, and John has an immense fear of corrupting Alex the entire time due to the fact hes a 'sinner' (by his own standards) and being in the presence of such divinity as a 'corrupted being' puts Alex at risk to fall from his stance of power. But even despite his fear he can't leave not only due to this eternal soul-binding agreement, but because being in his presence makes him feel alive and as though he can feel love again even after he had failed in doing so for so many years. But in the end Alex doesnt see himself as higher or with more power but as an equal.

John would have 'given up' his ability to feel love for another in order to be fully devoted to Alex, and yet he was convinced he didnt have it in the first place so he decided he wouldnt be giving it up if he never had it. But in turn he discovered that he did have the ability to love, but it had to be discovered through giving up the ability to love anyone other than Alex, and in a way hes happier with that.

But even so, John doesnt think hes worthy enough to be so close to someone so much better than he is, and he does view it as a privilege to be there until Alex tells him to stand up in which he physically has to look down at alex(he would stand at other points, of course, but he would never physically look down. If alex would speak to him he would physically attempt to lower his height to keep Alex above him by his own personal will.) But that is the point where he would cup johns face and then tell him that he's wonderful and the most faithful devotee hes had the 'honor' of being with and then tears. so many tears. so many pent up tears form years john has been telling himself that he cant feel love and to even be in the vicinity of Alex is a privilege that he doesnt deserve just to be told to his face that this divine being loves him and appreciates everything hes done and he doesnt want John to be hurt for him.

[cataloged-encore]

Intro post

Hello I am Kane otherwise known as B0vidine! This account is specifically for my Chonny's Charming Chaos Compendium AU, Encore, as well as it's timeline variants.

Most of the things on here will be reblogs from my main account mainly to keep my Encore content in one place and make it easy to find. However my text posts about Encore will be on this account and I will occasionally post sketches here too.

Tags:

Main timeline Encore- "Encore AU" [Snare, Wander, Dove, King]

After the events of Encore- "Post Encore" [Snare, Piper, Pal/Paladin, King]

Before the events of Encore- "Pre Encore" [Whole/Snare, Soul/Piper, Heart/Pal, Mind/King]

Swap timeline Encore- "Swapped Encore" [Icarus, Stasis, Artificer, Noodle]

Bad End timeline Encore- "Bet Encore" [Ivory, Poet, Rogue, Cassi/Cassiopeia]

Any specific characters should have their name tagged in posts about them as well, there were a few posts I forgot though. Id like to make posts specifically for each character so when I do that I will come back here and link those posts. I may have also missed some specific timeline tags in the past, Ill be better about tagging in the future.

[out-of-heaven-and-hell]

@avispatr ; why is this makin me wanna remake mammon

[brine-in-my-eyes]

Yeah it's a McRebs comic sprinkled with Charles Rebelivin lore (Fifi is the name of his mom who had died during her service)

I think it looks good tbh. just dunno if im in the mood to fibish it 😭😭😭😭😭

[wasted-by-someone]

Aescara soul eater au lets go

Aether is a weapon, he always was his sister's weapon so when she disappears he goes to the Death Academia hoping he would get help in finding her there

but then he meets Scara, another weapon who's too prideful to let anyone wield him except Ei and accidentaly they click Ei created Scara with Makoto in mind because she was Ei's weapon but now she's gone (Scara isn't a puppet here and more like synthesic human)

sadly it didn't work and their souls just didn't work with each other, her soul power always silenced his own so she cast him in academia for him to find his own master nobody could wield him but then boom Aether

i want there to be the whole arc with Aether challenged to aknowledge that even if he always was his sister's weapon she's not here with him anymore and with Scara he needs to be taught how to be the master and how he needs to let go of his past

it comes with a price - with knowledge that Aether lacks weapon wielding skills because he had other role before and there's next arc

they need to go to Inazuma for Ei to teach him, but Scara doesn't want to go there, for him it's a place with painful memories (because ofc he thinks Ei discarded him) it results with Aether getting a serious injury in their next fight with a witch

here comes Scara's guilt about it because he let his master get hurt because he couldn't get himself to solve his problems with his past and i kinda want to give him different weapon forms so the more trust between him and Aether the forms he's able to take

and another scene i have in my head when they switch roles and Aether's taking his weapon form the first time since his sister disappearance

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

I’m pretty sure you mention monster au Cesar being like a blurry faceless image to Mark. He’s just sort of there at times hanging about, but can anyone else possibly see him? Like a glimpse out of the corner of their eye or some blurred figure in the far distance…or is just Mark that sees him?

Pretty much the only person that can see him is Mark, due to Cesar being Tethered to him because he was killed BY Mark.

[ninthnocturne]

the one where you don’t know your soulmate until you touch them. (For Levi :) (watch them SQUIRM) (but only if you want to )

Truth be told Levi didn't expect to find a second soul mate but he supposed that different time lines meant he indeed could have another one aside from his husband who had died. The old mage just leveled the girl with a look when she touched his hands. A genuine look of surprise on his face at the staticky tugging feeling that he felt there. "....Interesting...is one way I'd put this."

[ivyprism]

HAhahahah! More Heights!

@kioko-noodles @caycanteven @didderd @underfell-crystal @und3rwat3r-a5tr0naut @hearty-dose-of-ranch

[ask-these-undead-clones]

Preston, are you sure DD can’t come back?

"It's been months... There's no way in He-"

[rumble rumble]

"Huh..?"

"AHH!!"

[panting]

"Dark Danno..?"

"..?"

"Clone R- or.. Preston..?"

"Ha... Ha ha hahahahahaha..!"

(Part 2)

[charkyzombicorn]

In your god au

Was it luffy and usopp who made devil fruits? (Usopp because there are fruits and that’s kinda falls under plants ) with each of the gods helping by coming up with ideas for new fruits or putting part of there powers into the fruits?

They did! That's also why they taste horrible, because Sanji is the one that's good at making plants edible.

Usopp was the one that came up with the idea, and he told Luffy, who helped with adding the amount of power devil fruits can have. Jimbe hated the idea of devil fruits and hated Luffy at the time so he made it so anyone with the devil fruit's curse would sink like stone in his oceans. Nami's rain is fine for devil fruit users.

Everyone except Jimbe had some ideas for devil fruits and contributed (Franky made the magnet one, Robin made the ope one, etc) but Luffy gave them energy and spirit and Usopp made then into fruits.

One problem with devil fruits is that people who eat them have their souls warped, and can't be reincarnated or enter Chopper's soul rotation at all. Instead, when they die they stand before Luffy and Brook and can choose to either become one of Luffy's stars or Brook's asteroids

[ultravioart]

sigh. okay so. I want to do a "absolutely opposite quirky pixie dream girl cliche" for dominator because that seems much more interesting to me than what is canon, so I shall do some further research into said cliche before making specific content for her with the dominion au.

[itsredpaint]

😺

[amid-ice-and-snow]

For: Open | within reason Muse: Elrohir Verse: Empath | AU / During the Hobbit

Dol Guldur.

formerly known as Amon Lanc; once the home and fortress of Oropher, late King of the Greenwood. now the current residence of the Necromancer, better known as Sauron. it wasn't a place where most would dare tread, even if they wanted to. not even the Elves of the Woodland Realm, who lived within the now aptly named Mirkwood, would go there.

it was common knowledge that Elves and Dwarves rarely got on well together, especially after the Fall off Erebor. both races tried to stay away from each other, only crossing paths if they had no other choice. in the few places they did live close to the other, Ered Luin for example; there were usually Rangers of the North nearby to keep the peace.

while folk almost never came to the old Elven fortress, it was far from being deserted. alongside the so called Necromancer and his minions, the dungeons held some long term guests of his. guests who had been missing for so long, many thought they were dead. and who, despite their races, had found a mutual companionship in each-other.

"…El..?"

'Just resting, Thrain…'

a lone blue eye peered at the, older than him but still young, elf. concern stirred at the faded mental response, a direct result of pulling him from the Dark Lord's grasp. he didn't know how long his companion had been in Dol Guldur but time had not been kind to either of them. "..Not alone… Above Tharkûn… Elves…"

the halting words, spoken in a mixture of Westron and Khuzdul, the secret language of Dwarves, finally caused silver eyes to open and focus on Thrain. only then, was it possible to fully recognise who the elf actually was: Elrohir, the younger twin son of Lord Elrond from Imladris.

'Elves… Few would attempt.. to come here.. unless…'

although still weakened from earlier, Elrohir used his empathy to scan the fortress for whom Thrain had spoken. it wasn't difficult- his grandmother and father were easy to identify. his time spent as Sauron's prisoner had strengthened his power yet at the same time, weakened his control.

so his scan was more powerful than the silent elf intended, unintentionally helping the White Council in their fight. there was also another unintended side effect: it alerted them to prisoners below.

'Gandalf, Thrain is.. alive and safe…'

although the message was intended for the Grey Wizard, it was broadcasted to both Istari and elves. his mental words soon wavered and faded. but there was no doubting who had spoken- or that the missing young elf was still alive. if only just.