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[worldbreakhlvrai]

Alright! So far, the general consensus seems to be people going “Well, you should do whatever you have most fun with!- and if you think doing OCs would be more fun, do that!” (With one person on either side saying do or don’t explicitly, so. It’s sorta tied).

But I guess I just wanted to clarify- I’m not sure which way to go would be more fun for me! Most of my fun in this is the reactions I get from people, the interaction, the engagement with you guys! I feed off of you guys enjoying this! Which is why I asked in the first place-

Which one would you guys enjoy more? Would you still interact with this blog if it moved to OCs? Would you still interact with it if it stayed like this? That sort of stuff. Because whatever you guys want and will have fun with and interact with, I’LL have more fun with it, seeing you guys interact and react! Especially since this specific concept feeds off of follower interaction... explicitly. I’ve already stated, this world is directly influenced by you all.

So. TLDR, I’ll have more “fun” with whatever you guys enjoy more, and gets the most interaction! No point in telling a story if nobody’s there to listen, yea?

[worldbreakhlvrai]

hey guys!

First and foremost, I wanted to apologize for the abrupt hiatus. College picked up, life in general started kicking my ass, stuff started to go to shit for a while, and during all of that I sort of fell out of my HLVRAI hyperfixation. I still love it, don’t get me wrong! I’m just not as active in it as I used to be.

However... I still really like the premise of this blog a lot, and have been thinking about it again recently. But... I wanted some input from you guys.

I’ve been thinking a lot, and I’ve come up with two ideas:

1. Simply continue this blog, but much more sparsely. I might try to do a weekly mass post/update, instead of daily like I used to. It’ll be pretty slow, but will eventually get done. My muse for writing hlvrai is a tad shot, but there’s a chance actually doing this might bring it back. It’s a gamble. Pros are that this is already started, people like it, a lot of sprites and art has been done for it, and it does have a unique spin by using HLVRAI characters (as... out of character as they may be). Cons are that my muse for hlvrai is down, this au does make people kinda ooc, and a lot of people (not just me) have lost muse for HLVRAI, of which my audience is limited to only active HLVRAI fans.

2. Honestly, this AU is SO so so far removed from anything remotely canon... to the point I’ve been considering setting this blog aside and archiving it, and starting this whole plot (of which you’ve only gotten a tiny smidge of a taste) over with original characters. Pros are that this might be better for my muse, would potentially appeal to a wider range of audience, and would fit some characters I’ve had floating around as concepts that wouldn’t fit into most of my other stories. I might just also.. have more fun with it? Since there’s no rules binding me to characterization of the HLVRAI characters. I can do my own stuff!!! Cons are that I do have to restart and also it might be harder to get an audience started for non-fandom content...

So. Those are my ideas. If any of you guys have anything to add or any opinions on any of this, I would love to hear what you guys think and would like to see in the future! Thank you so much.

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you dont remember in the flower garden? you died and then woke up in the van with dr coomer over here

“I- I didn’t forget, I just... thought it was just another weird thing. I didn’t think I died, because if I died, then I... wouldn’t be here, right? Death isn’t something- you don’t just die and wake up again!”

“Unless all this weird shit gave me the ability to respawn. Multiple lives or whatever.”

“...Oh god, what if I’m in a video game!? If I am, this game sucks. I wanna be in Minecraft or some shit.”

“I can assure you that you did, in fact, die! Now, if you’re done acting like a little bitch about it, I would love to get out of here! I’m terribly allergic to green goo.”

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Death count 2 but hey you got your hat! Are you okay though?

“I died? What do you mean I died!?”

“And what do you guys mean about all these deaths? I don’t- I haven’t died before, if I did I... I wouldn’t be here. RIght? Right.”

“It means you died! And obviously you did, because I had to spend a hefty amount of playcoins to revive you and prevent you from moving on to the next area! You’re lucky you still had your duffel bag with you.”

“...But...”

> Benrey takes a second, catching his breath and looking around.

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I DIDNT KNOW THIS BLOG WAS A BENREY DIE CHALLENGE SPEEDRUN WHAT

IT’S NOT....

It’s just... a big give an take. You guys are, in part, responsible for some of the choices he makes, and how the world is shaped. And leading him into danger and potential death is one of your options... because there’s a choice here.

One of the biggest themes of this blog is safety and complacency vs. pain and truth. Choosing the safe path will reward you with safety, amongst other things, but at the cost of potentially missing out on things. Choosing the dangerous path can net you big rewards and truths and hints, but can take a pretty big toll on Benrey physically and mentally, and might just turn out worse in the long run... or maybe not!

That’s not to say either path is lesser, of course. They all have their pros and cons, depending on the situation.

 It’s all just one big balancing act, and you all are the ringleaders and judges of risk vs reward.

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OOC: Wait, what traumatic death would've been inside the bank?? Is that gonna pop up later??? - 💎

Yep ;)

Let’s just say that I’m real glad you guys managed to avoid the police.Or, well... by ‘I’ i mean benrey.

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Hey uh, Bentley Buddy? Something's up with your cheek, the left one I think, I'm not too good with left and right

//gonna answer this ooc and say it’s just hair stuck to his face, it looks weird cus he’s all slimy

[worldbreakhlvrai]

Hey guys! SOrry for the long pause again, some stuff happened and since I’m the only one running this blog it’s been hard to juggle things at once and I jsut haven’t been feelin’ good in general. But I’m gonna try and be a bit more active again!

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[[OOC]] We’re really bad at this whole decision thing. Unless the point IS to kill Benrey in the most traumatic ways possible because is that’s the case then we’re winning.

Also ooc but I never answered this ask cus I thought it was so funny i kept looking at it and debating on how to answer it but. theres too many good options so just take it im cryghgnigng thats kinda exactly whats been happening

though to be fair you guys did actually miss the most traumatic death so far! Which would’ve been back inside the bank. So. Bonus!

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DR COOMER!!!!!!!

> Benrey blinks, looking up at Dr. Coomer. And then he immediately rolls over, starting to cough. He hacks up enough green sludge to make even Dr. Coomer wince, who reaches out to gently pat his back. 

> When Benrey can finally somewhat breathe again, he takes stock of his surroundings. He himself is still covered in goo, but it looks like his face has been wiped off so he can see at the very least. He’s sitting on a slimy slab of concrete, a long, thin strip on the bank of the sludgy green river, still down in the tunnel. Though it appears he’s much farther down than he was when he’d gone under, considering there’s an actual walkway now. 

> His hat and his bag are both laying beside him, wet from the sludge. Benrey reaches out to snag his hat, putting it back on despite the sliminess.

“What... the fuck happened?”

> He winces at how hoarse his voice is.

“You died, my silly boy!”

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FINAL UPDATE: GOT ANOTHER ANOTHER CORD AND TABLET IS WORKING AGAIN HERE WE GO BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Me: oh boy I miss worldbreak, now that I have some free time to work again I should make all those new icons I need to continue :)

My art tablet cord: gee sure would suck if I broke right now wouldn’t it

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“Oh, dear. Looks like you’re finally waking up.”

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> Benrey doesn’t respond. The only sound is the rushing goop as it flows and sloshes through the tunnel. 

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Maybe drop the duffel bag? The less weight you have the better. - 🐛

“Fuck- okay! Y-yeah, I can-”

> Benrey shifts to try and get the duffel bag off of him, and manages to slide it off of his shoulder- but it catches his arm as it suddenly sinks, yanking him down.

> ...He doesn’t resurface.

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Try and swim to the walls!! There might be something you can grab onto!! - 👁

> Benrey starts to swim in a random direction, hoping to hit a side- thankfully, he does, brushing up against the left side of the tunnel. The wall is old brick, giving him a bit of texture- but it’s also slimy, making it hard to grip.

> He scrabbles to keep ahold of it- and for a second, he does.

> He lets out a breathless laugh.

> Almost immediately, a wave comes up and slams into him, washing him back into the fray. He goes under for a long moment- but finally does resurface, albeit barely.