Poker Night 3 Brainstorming Headcanons
As I slowly try to reach some sense of normalcy, I wanted to share ideas on the spot for my Poker Night fanfics I'm planning and eventually writing. It's just me putting my thoughts out there so that I can remember them.
Thoughts under the Cut:
The series itself has 3 phases (Past, Present, and Future). Past refers to anything before the main fic. It usually consists of stories set in the canon Poker Nights, the days prior to the fic, and the MC's backstories. The Present is basically Monster Game Night, the main fic. The Future is everything that happens after that night.
The "canon" Player for Poker Night is a mute genderfluid person named Ziomara. I do want to figure them out more character-wise and write more of them. Their stories are either cozy-everyday multifandom chaos or a top-secret undercover agent when Poker Night 3 happens.
The MC for Monster Game Night and most of my fics is a trans nonbinary person nicknamed The Rookie. While their interactions with characters blend with Z's, there's more of a purpose/plot to them.
Thanks to Orca, Rookie finally found their new name: Rhythm! I do want to write a small scene with that in mind.
Rookie is psychic which comes into play more in the later half of the series. More specifically, they can see the past as opposed to the future. For the most part, they cannot control it. It just happens on its own or luck. It ranges from simply seeing a scene play out like a daydream to actually enacting the past. Depending on the POV of the person, Rookie would briefly act like the person. They can also see ghosts as a result.
The majority of Rookie's stories are a vibe of Ghost Whisperer, Sally Face, and Nimona. Underneath the silliness and fluff are mysteries and putting up fronts with twists in the mix.
Out of the many mysteries surrounding the plot, there are two major ones that Rookie must solve. The first one is finding out what happened to their roommate. Rookie trusts Z no matter what but they find that the latter has been acting strange lately and in the next chapter, Z would reveal what they look like now and Rookie has several questions. What happened to Z and who did it?
The second mystery happens after the main fic. Somewhat spoiler, but when the Rookie wins the tournament, they'll black out and come back in their bed. At first, it plays out as a "was it all a dream? No, it's not a dream" trope. But Rookie would feel that the resolution was vague and that it felt like a week has passed before they woke up. The plot after the main fic focuses on the recovery from the monster takeover with new supernatural entities showing up as well as a new mysterious entity who uses a new phone app for assassination-like jobs. Through Past Vision, Rhythm would find out what really happened during their blackout.
The series is a major crossover that is broken up into one-shots and a couple multi-chapters. Oh and has monster blorbos. Yes, I am not normal.
More to come in a Reblog soon!
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