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bardic-inspo · 4 months

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All of my Fallout 4 writing in one place.

MacCready x F!SoSu Slow Burn Friends to Lovers | Chapters 29/43

Canon divergence/reinterpretation | Eventual explicit smut (achieved!) | More hurt & even more comfort

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Fic Summary:

“Six months, huh? How much fast talking did you do to get here?” “Enough to keep me alive.” “Really? Cause you don’t act like that’s your goal half the time. Hell, you throw yourself at everything like you’re jumping off a cliff.”

Sole survivor Natasha Sokolova is burning through friends faster than she can make them. Robert Joseph MacCready needs all the caps he can get. Problem is, the smooth-talking woman with a pistol and a job offer turns out to be more trouble than he’s counting on. They’re a match made in hell, but their little partnership might be the only thing that can see them through it.

Deacon x MacCready x F!SoSu OT3 Series

Short fics & One-Shots set post-Institute | Domesticity | Smut | Hurt/Comfort

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Series Summary:

After the Institute, MacCready and Natasha find a place to land. They find Deacon. And Deacon finds his way home. In which a couple becomes a throuple and learns to brave the trials and triumphs of life in a post-Institute wasteland together. Occurs within the same ficverse as Bring the Gasoline. Can be read as standalone oneshots, or as a sequel to that fic.

Series Fics Listed Individually Below the Cut

No Rest for the Wicked - Rated T, Pre-OT3

“So, let me get this straight,” Deacon asks him. “You’re begging me to sleep with your girlfriend?”

Missing Pieces - Rated T, Pre-OT3

Six months after defeating the Institute, Deacon finally took Natasha and MacCready up on their offer to stay at their new homestead. MacCready wants to catch up. Deacon would rather skip the middle. Natasha orchestrates a plan for a more harmonious household.

We Never Go Anywhere Nice - Rated T, Pre-OT3

Deacon, Natasha, and MacCready investigate a lead in a case of several missing ghouls and find themselves spending the night in a house hiding secrets in plain sight.

In the Name of Love - Rated M, Established OT3

Deacon, MacCready, and Natasha have been together for a few months. This isn’t the first time they’ve done this. An unexpected bedroom mishap leads to some teasing and reflection.

Follow Suit - Rated E, Established OT3

What starts as a game of cards turns into Deacon, MacCready, and Natasha showing more than just their hands.

Warm Bodies - Rated E, Established OT3

One close encounter leads to another.

Rest Easy - Rated G, Established OT3

Deacon dozes off. MacCready and Natasha have some fun.

Feline Feelings - Rated G, Established OT3

Natasha makes a new friend who isn’t so friendly to the rest of her household. A series of short vignettes featuring a new, furry addition to the MacCready-Sokolova residence.

Hungry Hearts - Rated T, Vignettes Over Time

A primer in finding your way to your lovers’ hearts through their stomachs. Or, kitchen table polyamory. Or, a collection of short vignettes featuring Deacon, MacCready, and Natasha making love, happiness, and food.

Safe Haven - Rated T, Established OT3, Post Duncan Arrival

Deacon, MacCready, and Natasha prepare their homestead for an incoming blizzard. The storm stirs up bad memories gifted to Nat courtesy of Vault-Tec. Her family helps her cope with and conquer some of the side effects of cryostasis.

Worried Sick - Rated T, Established OT3, Post Duncan Arrival

One minute, Duncan was playing out in the fields behind their house. And the next... MacCready struggles to cope as an old fear resurfaces.

Recollections - Rated M, Vignettes Over Time

Deacon remembers moments along the road that led him home to Natasha and MacCready. Or, Deacon’s retrospection on a handful of moments from Bring the Gasoline after falling for the best shot in the Commonwealth and the woman out of time. Or, a sample/appetizer-sized taste of my favorite OT3.

Misc:

Center of the Universe - Rated T, Toothrotting New Year's Fluff feat. someone else's SoSu

MacCready might have his holidays mixed up; gift-giving is a Christmas thing. But he’s got one last present for his partner in crime before the year is out.

Character/Ship Tags:

Natasha Sokolova

Mactasha

Spicy OT3

Reclamations

Bring the Gasoline

Credits:

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Molotov Emoji

#compiling this in prep for a new pinned/intro post.#I had a little too much fun with graphics hehe #my writing #fallout masterlist #megh fights the page #bring the gasoline #reclamations #fallout #fallout 4 #maccready #sole survivor #fo4 #rj MacCready #robert joseph maccready #deacon

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sassenashsworld · 2 months

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A little more of Silver Lore

I really want to do a return on the story of my SoSu while also a little on Arianne, her niece

Many trigger warning : rape, attempt suicide, violence

Nora Taylor

Arianne Taylor

Nora Taylor is my Vault 111 survivor.

The far earlier I've told about her story in The Path of the Private and Heartbeat of the Commonwealth is her relatively turbulent youth with her sister and both parents. Nora, while not as outspoken as her sister, was nonetheless able to confront their elderly father. She already had a clear sense of what she wanted and didn't want.

She could already put herself in dangerous circumstances when she was very young, such as confronting a gang of street thugs. The scenario led to a violent gang rape. She could only come home the next day, injured and broken, and that' when the chaos begin.

Hell, absolutely, because a lengthy court fight resulted in nothing, the young hoodlums being rich children who had paid for sufficiently skilled lawyers to ensure Nora never received justice.

It broke her father, too; unable to defend his daughter, he developed early dementia. His suffering lasted a few years, and he was at least able to assist his daughter during her early University cursus.

Because of what happened to her, Nora aspired to be a lawyer. She aspired to be the lawyer who would tip the scales and restore justice to other victims who, like herself, were going to confront the system that favors the wealthy.

Eventually, the sickness took hold of him, and Nora's father died.

Nora realized her future was put at risk almost immediately when he died. Without a father to support her and pay for her education, she would never be able to reach her ambition...

Nora was then 19.

She fled on the evening of the funeral, as the cerceuil lid closed on the family provider.

She was panicked, terrified of what would happen next. She despised not staying to morally support her mother, but she felt absolutely stuck, and terror took over.

It is in complete terror that she run from Cambridge to Boston, where she sought safety in an ill-reputed neighborhood near her university.

She had previously accompanied some low reputate students to an even less desirable bar. She dashed to the bar to acquire illegal chems that would allow her to forget, if only for a time, about her present situation. She then hid in an alley behind a dumpster to conclude her action.

That's when the container began talking to her.

Nora became concerned about the fact that she hadn't had time to take the chem yet.

The young man disguised in the container took advantage of this to further persuade her not to use the chem she had just bought.

They continued to converse somewhat.

Nate had just entered Nora's life.

Despite their lack of luck in the past, Nora and Nate promised not to give up. They planned to utilize the state to get them released from their sad faith.

They both joined the Army.

Nate stayed until Anchorage but Nora completed only the minimum service required to pay her university expenses. The service did not prevent them from marrying and enjoying a deep happiness.

They relied heavily on one another. Nora depended completely and blindly on Nate to guide her.

Not that she was stupid; rather opposite. But in every aspect of her life, she had to take the lead. Relying on Nate allowed her to balance the pressure.

Nora's career get on a pause when she became pregnant. She and Nate purchased a lovely humble house in a peaceful neighborhood near Concord.

During this time, Nora's sister get married too, but she, too, refused to give up her patronyme.

The two sisters were extremely proud to be Taylors, claiming to be direct descendants of the May Flower pioneers.

The two sisters fell pregnant a few months apart. Shawn had his birth before Arianne. They both took the name of Taylor.

However, Nora and her sister will not have many opportunities to visit each other. While Nora chose to live in Sanctuary to be closer to her mother stayed in Cambridge, her sister dicided to get along her husband to the Appalachians. However, the two sisters were fortunate enough to secure a place within their separate Vaults.

Here, Nora's fate and that of her niece Arianne diverge dramatically.

Nora's sister and her husband were on the road when the bombs went off. They had leaving little Arianne to the care of a close friend of them. She successfully guided Arianne to Vault 76, as the Overseer, but Arianne's parents never made it to the shelter.

The Overseer, a smart and kind woman, had already advised Arianne's parents to bring everything that could be significant into the vault. As a result, Arianne grew up under the Overseer's care while remaining true to her roots. She had access to her family's diaries and photographs.

She grew up as a proud Taylor.

She is very similar to her aunt, Nora.

The Overseer frequently make remark on it with amusement, but Arianne took it extremely seriously. She was so pleased to be like her aunt Nora, to resemble her as much physically as morally, that she even bleached her hair to make them white like her, unconscious of her aunt's trauma that had resulted to this peculiarity.

A few days before the bombs blew off, Nora chose to leave Shawn in the care of Codsworth and Nate in order to find employment in law. In the middle of the day, she returned to her mentor's office, where the secretary demanded if she might take his briefcase to the BADtfl. Nora gleefully accepted, hoping to get the opportunity to ask her former boss if he might re-hire her, but he was too busy to meet her due to a scandal involving an illustrious criminal disturbing the organization.

She was disappointed because she wanted to return home, but her car refused to start. She returned inside the building, hoping to call a tow truck, but all of the phones had been took as a result of the controversy.

She was patiently waiting for an opportunity through the circumstances when she noticed a man left by himself, who appeared to be distressed.

Taking pity on the man and realizing that she will have no access to a phone at the BADtfl, she decides to take him for a coffee.

The detective, who appeared to be really sorrowful, followed her without protest.

Nora soon recognized that the man's state was worrying. His attitude reminded her of her own on the day of her father's funeral, and remembering how Nate had saved her life, she decided to help him till the end.

Nora accompanied Nick Valentine to the CIT.

A few days later, the bombs exploded. Nora was no longer thinking about the BADtfl's man, who was almost certainly dead.

Synth Nick had also forgotten Nora.

Their lucky meeting didn't provide the spark needed to bring back this memory.

But one day, as they strolled down the same street, in front of the same cafe, Nora remembered.

She informed Nick about it, and as a result, he recovered some memories.

Nick and Nora then realized how their fates were entwined.

Nora got brain seizures comparable to skyzophrenia as a result of her exposure to Vault-Tec gases while exploring Nuka World.

After Nora went into a hazardous delirium and distanced herself from everyone, Nick retrieve her and brought her back and get her treated by an experiment serum of the Doctor Amari.

The procedure was somewhat successful; Nora regained mental awareness. However, this doesn’t come at no cost.

During the altercation, Nora shot Nick with her .10mm, resulting in coolant leaks that harmed his core. She and her friends were able to transplant the core of another synth before it was too late, but Nick's system was not provide with the same core as his "cousins" and he couldn't no longer performs as efficiently as he had before.

Nora felt a great deal of shame and guilt, even if Nick didn't hold it against her given how she was at the moment.

However, Nora had no ideas what this scenario was. Amari's treatment succeeded, but it also destroyed parts of her memories.

Nora, disturbed and guilty, gradually closes in on herself as time passes.

Nick was from time to time able to reach her again, but Nora loses her sense of right and wrong.

When she eventually gets to the institute and learns the horrific truth about Shawn, it was the final straw.

Nora tries to kill herself.

Nick manages to retain her in-extremis, but the damage to Nora's mind and heart was catastrophic.

The lore divides here.

In both The Path of the Private and Heartbeat of the Commonwealth, Nora started working for the institution at Deacon's request to infiltrate them and free the synths.

In The Path of the Private, Nick remains her main companion, but she uses more and more chemicals, becoming increasingly unstable and dangerous. Nick no longer wears white gloves to straighten her, and their relationship, while very close, is frequently murky.

Nora is strongly close to Nick, and he remains the person she most respects; but, because she no longer respects herself, they frequently confront each other.

At the same time, she is quite attached to Danse, which strangely keeps her sober when she is with him, but when she realizes that he is her "grandson" and that a relationship with him is impossible... it is another descend into hell.

Nick then persuades Nora to join him for a final investigation in Maine, trying to change her mind and keep her away from Hancock, who has a negative influence on her.

In Heartbeat of the Commonwealth, however, when Nora begins working for the institute, she keeps Nick away so that he is never in danger again as a consequence of her journey... but without truly exposing him of her thoughts.

Nick feels rejected by Nora and develops a severe depression.

In this state of abandonment, he finds a glimmer of hope in the persona of Jasmine. He eventually adopts her as his own daughter, which allows him to retrieve control of his life, even if the sorrow of Nora's "betrayal" remains raw.

Nora, for her part, occasionally attempts to return to Nick, but someone inform her that he has a new partner, and she disappears for two months without searching to learn more about his situation.

When Nora ultimately returns to Sanctuary, where Nick has taken up residence to offer a more righteous environment for his daughter to grow up in, they don't have much of an opportunity to explain themselves.

After a brief excursion together to get back Jasmine, which would have allowed them to explain themselves, they part ways without discussing. Jasmine need emergency care, which Nick must deliver.

Nora, for her part, is immensely upset with the welcoming she receive after two months away. She concive the idea that her friends see her merely as a functional role, and Nick's frigid and distant demeanor dashes her last hopes.

Now convinced that she no longer has a place in her small community and is no longer close to her best friend, she attempts suicide once more with an excessive amount of buffout.

Hancock persuades Nick to seek for her, and the detective saves her once more, but the chem causes Nora's brain to suffer further damage.

The companions and even Nick are not immediately aware of the situation, while Nora appears to act normally. But when Jasmine runs away again and the duo rushes against the clock to save the Commonwealth from the most catastrophic scenario, Nora is thrust into an episode almost worse as the one of Nuka World.

Nick, dying of fear about his daughter and traveling through a Commonwealth set on fire by a bunch of destructive mercenaries to find her, tries to manage the young woman as best he can, while Amari works hard to discover a better treatment.

However, challenges in their path continue to increase, and the day when Nora, Nick, and Jasmine will finally be reunited to enjoy some serene living doesn't appear to be imminent.

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economy-wonderglue · 3 months

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Inspired by this extremely good writeup by @/calder about Dogmeat’s role in fo4, I got to thinking about what Dogmeat means in Sole Survivor Celeste’s story because I don’t think I’ve ever explored Dogmeat’s purpose despite having two other SoSus before Celeste. I might as well write this out so that I have it somewhere that I can reference while writing Celeste’s fic.

Celeste calls Dogmeat “baby” in the same way I’ve called my dogs “baby” (it’s comes out more like a high-pitched “beebee” when I say it, but whatever), not that he’s Celeste’s child but more that he’s something that Celeste wants to protect. As bizarrely hardy Dogmeat is in-universe to Celeste’s story, he’s also not human and in a world full of human-made danger, an animal is a very easy living being to latch onto as something to protect. In the absence of Shaun, Dogmeat kind of fills that gap of needing something to protect.

Right now there’s two points in the fic where Celeste calls Dogmeat a baby, once in an already-posted part when he accidentally falls on top of him mid-nightmare (and trying to protect Shaun in the nightmare), and another currently unposted part where [ spoilers ] Celeste is sick and loses his memories, but remembers enough of Dogmeat to call him his dog and “baby” but also Mama Murphy’s words about Dogmeat being “his own man”.[ end spoilers ]

Celeste doesn’t particularly wonder where a seemingly purebred German Shepherd came from, and after a while does suspect that he’s an Institute creation just like the crows. He isn’t able to find anything that actually confirms that Dogmeat was Institute-made, and it doesn’t make sense for him to have been made to track Celeste if he’s been running around long enough that both Mama Murphy and Nick Valentine know about him. Celeste doesn’t really care to know much more anyway.

In the context of Cel’s story, I’m not sure how I’d concretely nail it down, if at all. On one hand I want to have the facts straight for this fic but on the other hand if Celeste doesn’t give a shit, it sort of doesn’t matter. A lot of what happens and will happen in this fic revolves around Celeste caring and choosing to do something. It’s one big story about the consequences of Celeste caring about things. I don’t know if there’s anything meaningful to deciding on a certain background for Dogmeat in Celeste’s story if Celeste isn’t going to look into it.

Maybe Dogmeat lives a little longer than he was supposed to, stays youthful a little longer than expected, doesn’t really die of old age as much as he does start slowing down and one day just doesn’t wake up after going to sleep. Maybe someone floats the idea to Celeste afterward that Dogmeat was a synth, or an Institute experiment on dogs, and Celeste decides it doesn’t matter to him other than that Dogmeat was a baby, and his own man. I say “baby” rather than “his baby” because Celeste never says that Dogmeat is his baby, just calls him “baby”.

Maybe another German Shepherd shows up at Red Rocket after that. Celeste probably wouldn’t name that dog Dogmeat, because it seems a little morbid to do that. But that dog would be a baby too, the same way Dogmeat was. Celeste is a cat person, but I think he’d spend the rest of his life with German Shepherds regardless.

#fallout #chibimeta #celeste tag

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fuzzydreamin · 8 months

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11, 17, 3, 2 for the oc creation thingie

2. Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?

✪ Nora: Sort of? I've mentioned before that Nora was built with the idea of looking at the story of Fo4 and what the game lets you do and going "Who would do all this though? And how would they react to it all?".

Who would venture forth into a dangerous and unknown world to reunite with the last bit of their family and pre-war life left? Facing centuries old foes and going above and beyond what most people would be able to withstand? Who would befriend all of the companions and help them with their troubles? Who would don the mantle of The Silver Shroud to bring safety to a troubled town and make a lonely old ghoul feel better? And most importantly, what the hell are they thinking this whole time?

So, she's not specifically designed to just fit with any one character, but they definitely factor into who she ultimately is. From companions, to other characters important to the main story, and even smaller side characters. The interactions she's expected to have with others definitely factor into who she is built to be.

Of all of the companions, I'd say Preston and Nick have the most impact on how I made her, mostly because of them playing large parts in the roads she has to go down (main story and Minutemen stuff).

✝ Alberta: I did also build Al off of my knowledge of Fo3, having played a ton in the past but not so much recently. So there's a lot there that impacts who Al is overall: James relationship with a female Wanderer (he talks differently to a son), Butch and the Tunnel Snakes, playing baseball in the vault, etc.

But I originally created them to see how Nora would react to The Wanderer, and posed an opportunity to show Nora a bit of a dark mirror for herself considering the similarities between their origins and motivations. Also how the differences in their environment and MO changes things too - like if the two had swapped roles, how different would things be then? Better for 3 but worse for 4? How different could Al have been if they had supportive friends from the start like Nora does? Would Nora be so worse off if she'd had to struggle and learned to distrust others as Al had(yes)?

Most everything else came after that. The gremlin took over my mind. Just took a seat and said "I live here now."

3. How did you choose their name?

✪ Nora: Default female character name. Sosu is obviously a play on 'Sole Survivor', but that's actually Nate's last name. Nora's full maiden name is 'Nora Diane Peel'.

The other parts of her name come from actress Diana Rigg and her character Emma Peel from The Avengers (not marvel - an old B&W tv series). The character is cited as being some of Bethesda's inspiration for what the female PC would be like.

I actually also used this name for Nora's mother, keeping the 'Diana' spelling for her. This also means that in my canon Nora's mother sort of named her daughter after herself a little, which is on brand for her.

✝ Alberta: When Fallout 3 was being announced they used 'Albert' as a placeholder name for showing some of the gameplay. This was likely a callback to Fallout 1, where one of the default player options was called that.

I took it and ran with the idea that James and Catherine had chosen that name assuming they were having a boy, but Al came out afab and Catherine died, so James kept the name they chose together and just 'feminised' it. Al thinks that's dumb and also doesn't really like being called by their full first name - it sounds like an old lady name, and they are neither old nor a lady in any sense.

11. already answered here!

17. Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?

Not really. I haven't had the chance, since I'm still in the early writing phases and I don't commit to anything on these things if I'm not mostly sure of it - also avoiding telling spoilers.

That said, there have of course been moments where I think through a potential story bit and decide it doesn't work. Nothing to mention though.

#fuzzy.oc #oc: nora sosu #oc: alberta jefferson

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starrypawz · 2 years

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📓 please and thank you ☺️

Hey, here’s a fun new game. Put “📓” or some other version of a book emoji into my inbox and I’ll explain the plot of a fanfiction that I haven’t written but daydream abou

I have this whole set up where my FO4 (Non SoSu) OC Jax who lives in the same universe as @daraasum's SoSu Clara goes off with Nick to Far Harbor because like heck is she staying behind whilst her robot boyfriend goes off to investigate stuff

Anyway turns out that Jax's father, Patrick actually is from Far Harbor so it leads inpromptu 'Hello there father I haven't seen for a few years and bonus 'anyway this is my boyfriend he’s a robot'

(For Reference Jax and her father do have a fairly decent relationship, he's just never really been super involved in her life not in a 'deadbeat dad' way as that's the way things went between him and Jax's mother Nancy it was a mutual, cordial agreement and Jax was raised well enough by Nancy and her two partners Bonnie and Mary and Jax essentially grew up in a commune so there was plenty of others around to help raise her but he would visit from time to time and Jax never felt they were hurting for lack of a 'father figure')

#jax the mechanic #nick valentine #fo4 #fallout 4

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homesweetgoodneighbor · 3 years

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If Disney was a part of the Fallout universe:

SoSu pauses in the doorway of the living area of the house Sanctuary residents use as a sort of community center.

The only occupants are Hancock and Deacon playing cards.

The air is thick with No Shenigans Have Happened. In fact, both men were very assertively giving off Innocent Of All Wrong Doing vibes.

SoSu: So...guys...I was just at armory to do a little maintenance and I noticed Danse's power armor has some...new decor.

Hancock, eyes not leaving his cards: Yeah? Prettied it up, did he?

SoSu, leaning against the door jamb: I wouldn't say that exactly. I am pretty sure he wouldn't glue an entire yao guai pelt to it.

Deacon, giving half a shrug: I dunno. Could be good camouflage. I'd know.

SoSu: Power suits in and of themselves are not worn in the hopes of being inconspicuous. They are worn to be as conspicuous as possible.

Hancock, laying down his cards: Gin. Then the pelt succeeds on that front, too.

SoSu, sighing, cradling their forehead with one hand, giving a little sob: Guys...Seriously?

Deacon: Look at it this way, how will he know we care if we don't pick on him?

SoSu: You hung a sign on it that says "Dansey the Pooh"!

Hancock, beaming: We really, REALLY care!

#fallout 4 #fo4 #hancock #deacon #just felt like a bit of random silliness #conversations

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wastelandlovingscenarios · 4 years

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aaaa hi I'm the 11 anon (self conscious nb!sosu w nick) and i forgot to mention that it's for romanced nick!! and I popped danse in that ask just in case you weren't feeling like writing for nick! (I understand how that feels, its hard to write for someone you're not in the right mood to write for) if my previous ask didn't go through, disregard this one! I hope you have a good day! 💖

hello! the previous one went through and i’m so sorry you’re having a rough week! i really hope it gets better for you. i’m wishing you nothing but happiness and safety! i hope i did this ask right and please enjoy. ❤️

if i used the wrong pronouns or had an entirely different view on it, please let me know! ❤️

prompt #11: “why’d you choose me?”

Nick:

they sat in front of the mirror, tears in their eyes as the radio played quietly in the background. there were scattered clothes on the floor and accessories littered over the desk they sat near, only reminding them of how self conscious they were.

it was their date night and somehow, sole couldn’t just settle with one outfit or look, overthinking about their appearance everytime they attempted to put something together. why couldn’t they just decide? why’d it have to be so hard for them?

they were gonna be late at this rate, and the last thing sole wanted was to make nick wait just because of their insecurities. the thoughts swirling in their head distracted them from the knocking that echoed within their room. “sweetheart?” sole jumped in their seat, frightened by the sudden break of silence. “can i come in?” sole knew that sweet voice from anywhere; it was the only one that could sooth their mind of the vicious thoughts that surrounded it.

they quickly wiped their tears away with the blanket nearby them, “of course!” and like that, nick slowly opened the door with a soft smile, closing it behind him gently. “just checking up on you to see if you’re doing alright.”

the mess in the room had already sent him the message that they were in fact not doing so good. his eyes flickered from the scattered items to sole, who desperately tried to avoid eye contact with him by tidying up the desk. this was more than enough for him to conclude that something wasn’t right.

“sorry, nick. i didn’t hear you knocking.” he quietly picked the clothes off the floor, gently throwing them over his forearm as he spoke, eyes fixated on them. “that’s alright.” he neatly folded them and stacked it on the bed, saving them the work later. after a few moments of silence, nick slowly brought up the topic. “is everything okay?”

soles mouth opened to respond, but tears began to well in their eyes at the question. ‘not now’ they thought pleadingly, choking back any sobs that threatened to escape. ‘not now, please.’

nick frowned and walked over to sole, wrapping his arms around their shoulders from behind. he pulled them into a hug, placing a kiss on their hair soothingly. “hey, sweetheart. if you’re going through something, you know i’m here for you.”

before they knew it, a soft sob escaped their mouth as they attempted to hide their face with the palm of their hands. nick whispered comforting words to them, continuing the hug, “it’s okay, sweetheart. let it out.”

“i don’t know, nick. i don’t know why you’re still with me.” they cried, “why’d you choose me? why would anyone choose me?”

they immediately felt themselves being spun around by the synth gently and locked eyes with his yellow ones. to say he was devastated to hear those words was an understatement. “hey now,” he said calmly, “i don’t ever wanna hear you say this again.”

“but-“

“there’s no buts, whys, or ifs, sole. there’s no further questions.” sole remained quiet with tears as nick stared them down with a sad expression, “you wanna know why i chose you, sweetheart?”

nick caressed their cheek with his hand, swiping away a tear that fell with his thumb. sole leaned into his touch, resting their hand on top of his. “i chose you because i love you for who you are. no one in this damn universe will ever compare to you,” he smiled softly, “you’re too amazing for this world. out of my years of being alive, choosing you will always be the best choice i’ve ever made and nothing will convince me otherwise.”

he leaned forward to place a kiss on their forehead, “i love you, sole. no matter who you are and who you will become, nothing will affect the way i feel for you.”

sole let out another cry, but this time with a much happier reason and embraced nick, wrapping both arms around his torso. he smiled and hugged them back, resting his cheek on their head. “thank you, nick.”

“no need to thank me,” he muttered, running his fingers through their hair, “now how’s about i help you choose an outfit and we’ll get going? i hope you’re still up for that date night.”

sole smiled, hugging nick a little tighter. “of course.”

#fallout #fallout 4 #fallout 4 companions react #fallout 4 companions #fallout 4 reacts #fallout+4+companions+reaction #fallout fanfiction #fo4 reacts #companions react #nick valentine #nick valentine x sole survivor #fluff #angst #react

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theghostofharar · 3 years

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Lady Tremaine, Captain Hook, The Hyenas

LADY TREMAINE - What does it mean to their muse to carry on their legacy?

To skekCel, legacy is a complicated topic. On the one hand, he one day wishes his work to be taught in universities all across Thra. That the gelfling will no longer be blind to how the natural world works and can see with open eyes and without judgement how to cure the worst illnesses.

On the other, skekCel is part of a long and historied legacy, one that he and his brother actively reject. This leaves Cel rather unsure when it comes to his blood legacy. He has rejected it so long that now, he does not know how to approach the concept of -his- lineage continuing in future generations. It scares him, but he loves his children.

CAPTAIN HOOK - Does your muse have any triggers?

Cel has, by some miracle, actually gone through life without developing any. Maybe due to SoSu sheltering him, or just because he was lucky.

THE HYENAS - What does your muse hunger for the most?

Knowledge and understanding. SkekCel has spilt blood in order to grasp every minute detail of Thra-kind anatomy. He hungers for some sort of mastery of life and death, to truly control it. In that, he very much is like his brother.

#out of shadows (ooc)#tagged

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elsenova · 3 years

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fallout 4 house tour *throwing confetti in the air* for my sosu adam : ]

btw im using like a LOT of decor mods (ocdecorator is extremely chefs kiss if youre as picky as i am) and a cleaned version of the home plate !

under cut bc its so long < 3

some notes going in first and foremost i did want to retain the feel of this being in the fallout universe while not having everything look dirty and messy 100% of the time . i also wanted it to be nicer than you’d generally see since adam is the sole survivor and probably lives a little bit more comfortably than some other diamond city residents , but still lived-in and a little disorganized bc that’s just what he’s like . another thing about adam is that he is very much the “everyone can crash at my place” friend so there’s a lot of spaces dedicated to other people or other people’s belongings scattered around . there’s also a danse pinup poster hidden somewhere in this house bc i thought it’d be funny and if you can figure out where it is i will give you five dollars (i will not actually do this)

this little loft area that leads to the roof was too small to be a real bedroom , so it’s an area dedicated to adam’s friend wren , an amnesiac ex-courser with a tendency to show up places unannounced . adam is used to everyone doing this to him , so it’s nbd . i did also add a wall here so the whole thing feels less like its about to fall apart

adam and danse’s room (shhh he’s sleeping). this is pre-blind betrayal so they are both in the brotherhood at the moment BUT my personal hc is that danse would join the minutemen after the game’s main plot so once i’m there ingame that flag will be replaced . fuck the brotherhood all my homies hate the brotherhood

their living room ... bookshelves were not all done by hand bc that’d be a headache , they’re filled via the do it yourshelf mod . the boxes in the back corner are storage for nick and jess(the other sosu , who is a synth and my boyfriend’s character) . bi flag is self explanatory adam is bisexual . also a closer shot of that coffee table bc i had to redo it THREE TIMES

cute little dinig room table / desk area . you’ll notice adam has a lot of plants . this was intentional . i have very little to say about this except that adam does in fact smoke in the house sometimes < 3

a medical area ... adam was a combat medic (bc i was not about to make him a Boot Boy) so this space at least is clean and neat . a fun fact about this is that i used one of those power extension wires to make it look like it’s connected to the terminal , which i had to carefully clip into it . the chair was stolen from the institute . he likes it .

yes the mugs are laid over the calendar here . i dont feel like fixing it right now LMAO . dining area bar type thing ... and yes every cap on the checkerboard is placed by hand . i dont fuck around . there’s a dog bowl for dogmeat and as adam and danse are in the brotherhood i imagine they’re probably most comfortable with cafeteria-style dishes , so they have those . adam only busts out the fancy dinner plates for family dinners .

just a little cooking area / pantry ... there are 5 boxes of snack cakes in frame bc a majority of adam’s friends and family are synths . i also really like those string lights if you couldn't tell .

power armor fixing / general modding area .i would have put danse’s armor in the stand but he fucking murdered me for stealing it . this is a no power armor on house you could at least put it in its designated area , DANSE .

some weight sets bc this is a house full of insane jocks and a little “guest room” type area .

i went through like 3 renditions of this house including one where i started a new game (adam ... 2 !). i spent so much time on it and while there are still some things i could improve i consider the bulk of it to be finished . i have a few other player / npc homes i wanna do but this is my only complete one atm ! thanks for reading my long ass post < 3

#fallout 4 #fallout #captain's log

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ben-the-hyena · 4 years

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My personnal take on the UrSkek world :

An authoritarian dictatorship with very "smile and wave" rules and strict laws not consisting in death penalty but banishments for centuries as a loneliness lesson because "you were very naughty" or for the more serious crimes jail ; mental illnesses are not treated either and if you can't fit the "perfectly wise and good" society you were seen as much as a trouble maker. Since their species members remain young and live forever unless killed, the species just grows, grows and grows so they also have a colonization politic, sending their banished criminals to unknown "primitive" planets as a "you test if it's safe to be there" thing (Raunip in a way was right to be suspicious. But with all that shit the UrSkeks we know won't be back like "LOOK WE WERE 18 NOW 8. NOT SAFE NOT SAFE" ; half lie since it's also because they grew attached to it and wouldn't want it colonized)

The 18 UrSkeks we know were banished for diverse reasons, some we would find "rightful", others we would find unfair. Their white robes we see them wear are actually the prisonner clothes, they had to wear them when banished and wear them again when going home in the end of their banishment (which never happened until the end of the movie). They were :

SoSu the Chancellor. No exception for high politicians like him (like even the leaders would be banished if they showed any flaw), his violent case of bipolarity making him act at times very wisely and sweetly and at times very mean and violently was enough of a reason for them to send him away when his spouse, who got scared for their son but mainly saw it as an excuse to get rid of him, denounced him. Being the only politician of the banished bunch, that's why he took initiative at being the team leader once on Thra

VarMa the Mediator. His job among the UrSkek equivalent of the police was to nagociate with people such as hostage holders or suicide attempters to talk them out of it. One day, sadly, he failed and all the building was blown up. Enough for the authoritarian laws to put the blame on him for not having tried enough, so he would get banished

ZokZah the Priest. Again, not even a high spiritual figure like him was above the repressive laws. He was engaged to a rich family, but since it was an arranged marriage like half of marriages among the UrSkeks, he was not interested, he always had just quick flings and didn't entend to stop. Sadly for him, he was caught by his fiancée in bed with another. Adultery even before marriage was enough to be banished

UngIm the Physician. He was the true cliché of the hot and charismatic, rich and popular ripped surgeon we see in movies. But despite his success, and as much as he was talented with a good reputation (even able to resurrect the dead if they had died less than 30 minutes ago, which is a rare gift !), no one is about mistakes, and in that society it generally is not forgiven. After millenia of no mistake, he one day accidentally blinded his patient's eye when trying to fix his infection. Sadly for him, he was a Senator...

SilSol the Musician. He was very popular for casual parties and formal celebrations alike, with his beautiful singing voice, his gift at playing any kind of instrument and his sensual dance moves. Sadly for him, he was also very curious and liked secrets. And after having gotten enough drunk spilled a politician's embarrassing childhood secret that sure didn't have the politician banned because laws estimated he was too young at the time, but the politician did everything to frame SilSol accusing him of having spied on him. Which had HIM banished

TekTih the Savant. He both did science and chemistry as his job, with official searches paid by the state, and also at university. Sadly he decided to go too far with a chemical experiment in college, and BOOM, accidental explosion of the building. Whether be it accidental or on purpose, bombings are punished by banishment

GraGoh the Explorer. He was sent to several worlds to explore and tell what there was. He was on Thra before everyone. He also sees if protected natural places still are in the homeworld. Sadly for him, he suffered from a double personality. Sometimes he felt like GraGoh, other times GohGra. He wasn't dangerous but acted veru differently, going from very calm and introvert to very sanguine and extrovert, not remembering what the other half did each time. Got him banished when found out

MalVa the Poacher. Always lived thanks to aj illegal business, it was a matter of time for him to be caught poaching undangered animals. He had been caught by GraGoh who in return got caught of his double personality at that moment. Payback. The travel to Thra was very awkward

SaSan the Pirate. Much like MalVa, she too lived the crime life. In her case not to animals but other UrSkeks, sailing and attacking ships and taking hostages and stealing treasures. She was fierce and feared but never did anything for money. Only because she was a single mother of a daughter and wanted to be sure to give her a good future. But she was one day caught and banished to Thra. Apart from her daughter forever, which is why UrSan loves and tends to kidnap children and SkekSa copes by patronning Gelflings (HC TOTALLY TAKEN FROM @silverstrike BECAUSE I LOVE ITS TRAGEDY)

LiLii the Humorist. He was very popular and was known and both loved and hated for his satire. Maibly hated by the upper class he always made fun of. One day a sketch during a one man show went too far in his mockery against the leaders. They didn't like this at all. This was enough to be seen as anarchy and have him sent to the banishment department

LachSen the Collectionner. Her favorite hobby was collecting anything and everything, her house looked like a treasure room. Sadly for her, she one day found a very pretty gem she kept in her collection. She had no idea it was part of a thief's loot that had lost it when running away. One day she invited people over and it happened they were the owner of the gem. They immediatly concluded she was the thief...

ShodYod the Accountant. He lived a very, very boring life made only of money he couldn't touch and mathematics in a bank. Everyday was the same. Until one day he tried to be a bit more adventurous. Someone gave him a backhander not to take account of tye doubtful origins of his money. For a moment nothing changed except this EXTRA thrill... until his boss found out a few trines later

EktUtt the Designer. He/she was known for making the most beautiful clothes and decorations in his/her town. He/she got orders from all around the homeworld. But one day, he got a particular order : make a dress with some animal hide. A protected animal. But he didn't care, he didn't like animals anyway. Which he did. Oof, just when visitted by a ranger who came to take his own order and saw the project he was working on. To thra it was

AyukAmaj the Gourmet. He loved his job more than anyone, and held a prestigious restaurant in his town. He had a whole staff to cook for politicians and celebrities. However one of the staff members was an anarchist. One day, a senator was welcomed like a God as usual, and served his favorite meal... and died from poisining. The cook was thrown in jail, and AyukAmaj was seen as responsible and not having watched what he did enough. He was thus punished he too...

NaNol the Botanist. Even though he was an expert in plants and vegetations knowing how to make potions, andidotes, perfumes etc, he wasn't a fan of flowers. In fact, he preferred fighting, laughing and getting drunk at parties, often ending up trashed for his work. However one night he ended up so trashed he woke up in bed. In the bed of a judge's son. The judge didn't like his unmarried son to bed with some older stranger at all even if that stranger had 0 memory. Ever since he never party'd as hard

OkAc the Archivist. He wass in charge of all the history and information and news in the UrSkek world, archiving them and finding the ones needed for cases and others. However, like all Archivists, he didn't have access to other sources than the National Library. But his curiosity was so much... he went around in his own invistigation and found trines later there used to be a time where there was no authoritarian regime. But he was less discrete than he thought... He knew too much and could make the others think, he had to leave

Since we know nothing about YiYa and HakHom yet (SINCE SKEKYI AND SKEKHAK MIGHT APPEAR OR AT LEAST BE REFERENCED TO IN AOR AS MAYBE THE MERCHANT AND THE STEWARD), I can't write anything about them yet

#dictatorship #urskek #moi #the dark crystal #banishment #punishment #thra #SilverStrike

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crackinglamb · 4 years

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16, 18, and 20?

Thank you for the asks. This got super long, so my answers are under the cut. I mean, you wanted an essay, right?

16 - What is your most underrated fic?

If we go by straight numbers (hits and/or kudos) that would The Wolf and the Butterfly, a Solas & Hawke friendfic that probably makes zero sense to anyone who read it and didn’t read Maker Damned Fools - Fluffy Version. I never should have posted it before posting the rest of MDF, to be honest. I’m still half tempted to delete it and put it where it belongs in the storyline of that universe, or maybe just rewrite it so it makes more sense.

But in terms of fics that I’m proud of that is way under-viewed, that would be Shotgun, a Fallout 4 ficlet about how Hancock feels about the SoSu. The only fandom related work I’ve written in first person. Probably my favorite piece that underwent the fewest changes and edits before being posted.

18 - What is a line/scene you’re really proud of? Give us the DVD commentary for that scene.

I swear, bitterotter, you always pick the hard ones (I’m not complaining). I can never narrow these down to a single thing, so have a snippet for each fandom.

For Fallout 4:

“Our Father, who art in Heaven,” Nora said quietly, her voice just barely reaching his ears over the sound of the machinery coming to peak. Her eyes never left his. “Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven…”

There was a shocking blue electric arc that filled the space where Nora had been and then there was only the sound of the power generators cycling down as Sturges turned them off.

“…Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory. Forever and ever, amen.” Garvey’s voice was low, but clear in the sudden quiet after everything shut off. There was a finality in the silence of the machine. It wouldn’t work a second time.

Garvey raised his face to the sky and closed his eyes. “Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me,” he quoted. Hancock thought it sounded ominous but appropriate. He didn’t ask what it was from. Garvey turned to face him. “I didn’t know Nora was religious.”

“I didn’t know you were,” Hancock said.

Garvey looked at him for a long moment, but saw no judgement in Hancock one way or the other. “We should all be praying,” the Minuteman said.

“Amen.”

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This is the scene where everyone has to watch my SoSu Nora Howard use the molecular relay to enter the Institute in Junkyard Dogs. I gave myself chills when I wrote it, I get them still every time I read it. I had a commenter praise my framing religion in a positive light in a post-apocalypse even though I’m not a Christian. The idea that Preston would finish the prayer for her came to me so naturally I knew I just had to write it that way. The rest of my feelings on this chapter (14 - Faith) are in the author’s notes.

For Mass Effect:

“I am not the man I was,” he warned. “Kepral's is not kind...”

“Shh. Don't tell me all the shitty details. I don't want to think about it.” She leaned her cheek against his brow, her fingers brushing against his facial ridges, already flushed and warm. “You once told me to stay in the moment. I want to do that. I'm not ready to think about...the inevitable.”

“Oh, siha...” he breathed, and her grip tightened on him for a moment. He had told her about that, told her that he was a lucky man for having known so many. Irikah, Shepard...and her. “I love you.”

She made a sound, choked off and hard. A sob she held back as if sheer will could keep death at bay. If anyone could do it, it would be Jack. A hot splash hit his face and he closed his eyes, knowing she wouldn't want him to see her cry. “I love you, too. Goddammit.”

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Ahh, Accidental Synchronicity. A headcannon that went way too far, from a one off line to its own fic. This particular scene takes place when Shepard visits the Virmire survivor in the hospital and sees Thane there. I added in that since Jayne already knew, she brought Jack along because it was their likely their last time to see each other. It turned into a love scene that was tragic and beautiful and I cried harder writing this chapter than his death. Soft Jack, accepting Thane. I made myself sad. And loved every moment of it (really, I love this whole fic and am immensely proud of it).

For Dragon Age:

This entire chapter of MDF - Fluffy Version.

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The fluff prompt was holding hands, and it was the first one I wrote. The first bit of fic I wrote for DA at all. It came out lyrical and emotional and kinda like a 5 times [x] plus one time [y]. And I knew then I was a goner for Varric/Hawke. You can pry that ship from my cold, dead hands. Someday I’ll write the rest of it, once Twist is out of my system.

20 - What’s your favorite minor character you’ve written?

Without a doubt, it’s Jack/Subject Zero. I have a long history of loving the broken ones (evidence - see Hancock, Solas, Krieg and even Garrus). I loved getting into Jack’s headspace, figuring out what made her tick, finding the cracks in her armor that let love in. Both in her relationship with Jayne and with Thane. I like to think I did a decent job of keeping her in character without softening her hard edges, and yet still allowed her to know love and be a happier person.

#ask #30 questions for authors #fallout 4 #mass effect #dragon age

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karmanticmoved · 4 years

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Fallout asks 5, 9 and 13

debating on who to do for this, and I'll do them for isaac (sole survivor) !

5. What’s their full name and does it have a meaning? Do they have any nicknames and how did they get em?

Isaac Hylton. Isaac means he laughs/will laugh in Hebrew, which worked well at first, since he started off a big goofball who made stupid jokes. Then humor turned into a coping mechanism. He tends to push back against most nicknames people try to give him because he prefers and likes his name. He does like pet names when in relationships, however.

9. How much do they care about their outer appearance? What’s their “beauty routine”? How often do they shower/ bathe?

While he isn't obsessed with his appearance, Isaac does spend a good amount of time regularly caring for it. A lot of that is making sure his beard stays the same length and shape, since he hates having too much facial hair, and wearing different outfits, similar to deacon's constant switching. He bathes whenever the opportunity arises, which isn't always often when he's busy for the Railroad, but every time he stops somewhere he can, he does. Probably twice, at least.

13. What Wasteland threat do they fear the most? (ex. Deathclaws, super mutants, raiders)

Most of the time, his biggest fear in the Wasteland is just.. Humans with poor intentions. Mostly, this comes from being a gen 3 synth with the RR who has seen a lot of humans hurt or state that they would hurt synths if they ever met one. And in the Cross Universal AU, a SoSu from the Institute threatened him with his own recall codes right before Red kept him prisoner and let him go through heavy, painful withdrawal symptoms. Yikes.

#thanks!!#asks #mutuals #oc: isaac #fallout 4 #fo4 #sole survivor

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yabbyabb · 7 years

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I slept for like;;; goddamn 16+ hours last night and had crazy ass dreams holy hell 💀💀💀💀

#the first one was like a sneak peek into the next fallout game #goodneighbor/sanctuary was being raided by a TON of super mutants/Raiders #I was so upset you saw all your companions fighting and all and poor deacon was hurt #I was SO RELIEVED to see Hancock tho #like I suddenly became my SoSu and we just hugged real hard #I didn't see nick tho but I'm sure he was okay....#but yeah it was wild #the other one was a mix of Harry Potter and like idk #it was a crazy wizard/witch universe #one cool thing I remember was going to an airport and we found a secret terminal that was in one of the walls in between flights of stairs #but we didn't get on airplanes we got on fancy ass flying boats or something #there was other small dreams in between but damn I feel dead

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crystalsundered · 4 years

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-- skekUng’s fear of control and attachment originated during his time spent as a healer on the urSkek homeworld. as healers are members of the lower castes, and thus seen as inferior by many, and they are in close proximity to ‘deviants’ who are undergoing re-education, peace-keepers oversee their work to ensure that they do not become ‘infected’ themselves. cue UngIm’s intense paranoia and dislike for authority figures, particularly peace-keepers and elders.

-- UngIm, like ShodYod, disliked SoSu’s authority from the first and thought that his plans for a better future for them all were just lies meant to blind them. he thought that he deserved the authority and power far more. he understood the depths of the homeworld’s corruption. he saw the elders use their planet’s crystal to make wayward urSkek susceptible to the re-educations firsthand. he even helped them do it. he wasn’t about to trust a member of the elder caste.

-- skekUng is the only skeksis to have wings: a remnant of his urSkek form that not even the rending could force him to give up, because flight symbolizes freedom.

-- due to skekUng’s blatant ambition, skekSo sent him away from the castle with the title of ‘spy-master,’ ordering him to report any insurrections to skekVar or skekGra so they could properly be dealt with. skekUng, out of spite, rarely did so, merely biding his time until called back to the castle and given the chance to steal the throne.

-- there’s a fanon headcanon that skekUng is a himbo, but in all honesty, behind his anger and brute strength, there’s a very analytical mind. unlike skekVar, and even skekSo, skekUng has never trusted the chamberlain. and although he does make the mistake of attempting to drain kira before the conjunction rather than kill her, he saw it as an investment to maintain his reign. he may have won the haakskeekah through force, but the political manneuverings before that, including his alliance with skekNa and skekTek, were a result of his intelligence.

-- there’s also another fanon headcanon that skekUng and skekVar were close friends, but i’d like to add another view to that. VarMa was a peace-keeper, a member of a caste that UngIm despised, and skekVar was a diplomat and general who worshipped the ground that the emperor walked on. skekUng saw him as an easily manipulated fool, and such was only proven when he heard of his death at stone-in-the-wood and then took one long, hard glance at skekSil.

-- romance isn’t necessarily impossible with skekUng, but it takes a lot of work. skekUng isn’t as soft-hearted as skekVar used to be, and even as UngIm, he was paranoid and distrustful. attachment was discouraged on the homeworld, especially among healers. if you trusted the wrong person, you could be labeled as deviant and be brainwashed yourself. but, when in a relationship, both skekUng and UngIm are awkward and hesitant to initiate affectionate contact, but will nonetheless soak it up if it occurs. they’re also rather blunt with what they want and willing to take down the entire universe for their partner once they prove trustworthy.

#;; ungim headcanons

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urskekyagvi · 4 years

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Darkened UrVi AU

Based on this song: https://youtu.be/WiqDIAH9R5g

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Dreamer your darkening will come, may it not be too soon...

UrVi finds PashYvi the Living Rainbow is in danger of becoming infected by the darkening, as a violet vein is slowly spreading towards it. In desperation to save a precious relic from the past, UrVi attempts to shatter the vein to stop the spread, but ends up cutting themselves with fragments of the darkened crystal. The darkening infects their bloodstream, but UrVi holds on to hope that they can be cured, and decides to make their way to the Sanctuary tree.

Along the way, UrVi steadily becomes more and more infected, but is able to fight it off with little success. SkekYag meanwhile, has to help the remaining Grottan escape the spider-infested Domrak after SkekLi's attack. As he mourns over the loss of his home, he begins to notice strange symptoms affecting him...including a tinge of purple in his eyes.

He quickly realizes what is happening and goes to search for UrVi to figure out how to stop the spread of the illness, as UrVi meanwhile makes their way towards Grot. As they move through the Dark Woods, UrVa finds them and warns them that as they travel they spread the Darkening with them. UrVi tells him that they are making their way to the tree, firmly asserting that Vliste-Staba can heal them. UrVa denies this, saying that they will never make it to the tree in time and offers to bring them to the heart of the Cradle Tree instead. UrVi takes the offer, but upon reaching the Cradle Tree and entering a deep meditative trance to communicate with it, the Cradle Tree tells UrVi that it cannot cure them.

It then tries to "contain" UrVi by trying to trap them (similar to how UrVa was trapped in Shadows) but when the vines reach UrVi's throat it triggers his PTSD, causing him to unwittingly unleash the Darkening upon Olyeka-Staba. Feeling betrayed and still reeling from both the episode and the attack, UrVi accuses UrVa of having lured them there to meet their doom, which UrVa denies. The Darkening spreads quicker throughout UrVi's body and UrVi flees.

SkekYag makes his way through the Dark Wood, searching for UrVi. He sees the trail they left and goes looking for them, only to find a very distressed UrVa. UrVa tells SkekYag where UrVi went and SkekYag tells him that the Sanctuary tree cannot heal them, as it has been killed. SkekYag blames the Skeksis, strengthening his hatred of them, and also spreads the Darkening further throughout his body.

UrVi clings on to hope despite their growing sickness, assuring themselves that after they reach the Tree, "everything will be better". They eventually do reach the tree, but to their horror, finds that it is dead. All the hope that they ever had vanishes, and they resign themselves to letting Grot become their Tomb. They climb down a shaft into the now Darkening-infested Grot (the spiders had fled) and descends deeper and deeper.

SkekYag catches up to them (for this particular scene "Wait for Me" from Hadestown comes to mind) and he too, makes the descent. UrVi and SkekYag find each other after weeks, but at this point UrVi has given up hope, letting their body crystalize (UrVi used their magic to do this). UrVi has become embittered against all creation, bemoaning to SkekYag that he had always been right and they a fool to "ever have believed in anything".

"I see now. There truly is no place for love on this forsaken planet- nay, even in all the Universe. All of Creation has rejected and damned me, even after I have shown it nothing but kindness. We were never meant to be. I see now that after being blissfully blind all my life, I have at last opened my eyes to the truth of things...SoSu never should have saved us...I'm sorry."

SkekYag tells UrVi that none of that was true, and reminds UrVi of all the good they have done. UrVi remarks that SkekYag is only telling them a pleasant lie, and SkekYag admits that he may be, but there is always "truth to every lie". They stay in silence for a moment, and UrVi quietly asks SkekYag to stay with them.

A sound, barely a coo, broke the dim silence.

"...Will you stay?...I'm scared."

"...I am too," SkekYag croaked woefully. The tears were burning his skin, but in desperation to feel anything at all he let it continue.

One of UrVi's hands, a shadow in the dim light of their violet veins, reached out to him. He could see the little crystals growing from their scars, oozing out a purple liquid as they broke through the skin; he felt it, too. He swallowed, the action painful, but curled into their side. It was all he could do.

"...I don't even know...what will happen to us," UrVi said quietly after a moment, "I...I don't know if we even have a soul like this. I don't know if Thra will even accept us...SkekYag, I'm afraid we won't even exist at all."

SkekYag had nothing to say, because UrVi voiced all of his own fears, like an echo of his thoughts. He wanted to laugh almost, but he felt that his ribcage would collapse if he did; never before had he been closer to his other half than in this moment, and it was only because they were dying.

"...Then that makes two of us," he said at last.

"...Yes...Us two."

And then there was silence.

#the dark crystal #angst #massive angst #trigger warning: referenced body horror #it's mild though #ptsd #some dark stuff right here #darkening #urru oc #skeksis oc #au #i bawled my eyes out after writing this #frick

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