#sora zanotto

[idioticsky]

Thank you for everything, mom..

First story for the welcome new campers au! Woooooo! (1,104 word count)

Tw: mentions of child abuse and cartoon violence

Summer is starting to end! It's getting a bit colder and nicer, the leaves are starting to turn orange, red and brown, and everyone at Whispering rock have gone home for the rest of the year... well, all except Sora-. He was hiding under the mess hall in a little hole he found, trying to keep himself from being seen and sent back. He didn't want to go back with his father, all the yelling.. demands.. abuse.. that wasn't home. It was far from it, and just the thought of going back there made him tear up and sob..

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Lili was starting to pack up her bags so she could go see her mom. She was excited to see her after the summer, and she had a whole ton of stories to tell her.

Once Lili finished packing it was time to take a sweep of the camp and make sure no kids where still there, wouldn't want another 15 angry calls from parents this year. So she started her rounds and marked them off on a clipboard once she made sure they were all clear. Once she got to the mess hall, she noticed something strange, there were candy and food wrappers around even though everything was cleaned about 10-20 minutes ago. Where did this come from? Then she noticed something else, a hole.

She knew someone had to be inside and went over to take a look. "Hey, are any trouble makers down here? If so you better get out before I cover this thing." Lili said, waiting for the kid to come out but soon after 5 minutes, there was nothing.

"Alright, I'll start filling the hole up then." Lili said as she started kicking in dirt, and just like magic, Sora came out with a backpack and puffy eyes.

Once he came out a wave of concern washed over Lili. Why and who would make Sora cry this hard, it looked like he just got back from a funeral.

"Hey.. hey, buddy.. what happened?.. Why were you down there crying?.." She asked while sitting on the floor next to him. Sora had told Lili about how he didn't have much of a connection with his father, but not too much. He kept most of it bottled up and away from everyone, but now the floodgates were starting to open before his eyes and before long, he spilled everything about his home situation to Lili through tears and sobs. Everything about his mother's death to what its like at the house now, it was like he couldn't stop even if he tried.

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It took a good 20 minutes to explain everything to her, and 5 more minutes to let everything sink in while Lili kept the boy close. This little emo has been through a lot and never let anyone know! And how could a husband and a father do that to his wife and kid?! What the hell was this man thinking?! No way Sora could go back to that!

Lili had to think of a way to save him and fast, for all they know Sora's father could be here to pick him up any moment now! What was she gonna do then? Worry about him till next summer (if he's even aloud to go by then)? I don't think so. Then it hit her, it was a strange plan for sure and she had to make sure he was ok with it but here goes.

"Hey Sora, how would you feel about me basically.. you know.. adopting you? It might take a while but you can stay with me while we work things out." Lili explained while keeping Sora in a close hug. He looked up at her with such hope and thankfulness his eyes as he quickly nodded and shoved his face into Lili's shoulder with so much force that it almost knocked her over. He was finally going to be free, he was going to be happy.

"Don't think you have enough time for that sweetheart." A man said, he was tall and thin with tan orange skin. He talked like he was western. He had dark long hair and beard and his eyes said something along the lines of "this man has killed before and would again if needed." He wore a suit that looked to be more than lili was paid (and she was paid a good amount). This man was Sora's father.

"I'll be taking the boy, I am his father after all." He said while snapping his fingers, causing Sora to stand up straight and stiff, like he was a soldier, then he quickly grabbed his bag and ran over to his dad. His hands were shaking as he looked back at Lili with fear, pleading with her to help him. To save him. Lili knew what had to be done.

"Good, now let's get home boy. We have a lot waiting for-" the man was cut off by a punch in the face. The man looked at who had just ruined his face with blood, and Lili looked right back at him with murder in her eyes as she hid Sora behind her.

"What was that about taking him?" She said while glaring the man down.

"Heh, this is gonna be fun.." The man then started to pull something out of his jacket, to which Lili stopped him with telekinesis

"Really wanna do that bud? We can get you in more trouble for having a gun in a summer camp then I'll ever get in trouble for beating the ever loving shit out of you." She said with a smile on her face.

"Oh I'm sure alright." The man said while glaring Lili down, to which she didn't give a shit while secretly starting to use is telekinesis on a log behind the man as he started to pull out the gun, ready to shoot Lili right between the eyes. But he was too slow, and before he knew it a log bashed him in the back of the head, throwing him into the lake, then Lili dragged him out and dropped him off at the nearest bus stop before throwing him on. After all of the, she let out a sigh of relief before immediately getting tackled down to the ground by a very very happy Sora.

"Woah!- what's with this?" Lili said.

"Thank you..-" Sora said while lifting up his head to meet Lili's eyes. "Thank you for everything.. mom.." He finished before laying his head back on his mom's chest, happy to be in her embrace forever more.

#psychonauts #lili zanotto #psychonauts oc #sora zanotto #ive had this saved for months people #welcome new campers #product of me being sleep deprived

[soso-sora]

Sooooooo Uh- hi internet, I have no idea what I'm doing here

#welcome new campers #sora zanotto

[writingwithsonicsora]

Psychonauts Snippet

For folks who’ve been wondering about White Capsules, yes, it is still in progress!

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Lili really didn’t understand what her fake mother had been trying to do. The pieces weren’t fitting together.

“If you’re gonna do that- I’m coming with you.” Raz stated firmly, “Look, I still want to give both of us space to do stuff, but also, you’re my girlfriend whose been in a lot of weird danger and I can’t just-“

Lili placed a finger against his lips silencing him. “You can come with. You don’t need to justify it with me, you dork.”

Raz fist pumped, grinning around the finger pressed against his lips. The redhead just laughed softly back, shaking her head. She let her hand drop away to just press a kiss against his lips now. Raz blinked in surprise before quickly returning the affection.

The two only broke apart when Sasha coughed politely behind them. The two turn awkwardly to glance back at the man.

“Am I interrupting?” He questioned with an arch of his brows. If he intended to embarrass them, Lili wasn’t about to let it happen.

“Uh, duh.” Lili stated dryly back, jerking her thumb at the blushing Raz next to her. “Does this look like we’re not occupied?”

The german man gave a snort at that. “Occupied or not, we do need to talk.”

“So, talk.”

“Not here.” Sasha patted his pockets as if searching for cigarettes before giving up. The fact he had none only seemed to add to the tension settled over him. “I’d advise both of you walk with me.” He motions for the two to rise from where they are seated.

“Carry me.” Lili blows out in irritation, but pushes up from the grass to stand. She dusts herself tiredly off, looking to Raz. “You heard me.” She needs to finds shoes at some point, but right now it isn’t particularly important.

Raz laughs a little at that, “Hey, hey, I just might.” He threatens fondly as he sits up, standing up as well. Lili waits for a moment to let him rise before turning back to Sasha. 

“Is this secret agent talk or concerned for your niece talk?” She dryly questions as Sasha starts walking, the red head finds herself falling into step with him easily.

“It could be both!” Raz supplies helpfully from behind her.

“Why not both meme goes here.” Sasha wryly offers as he adjusts his sunglasses.

“Oh god, he knows memes.” Raz stage whispers helpfully from over her shoulder, “We’re all doomed.”

#Psychonauts #Lili Zanotto #Razputin Aquato #Sora's snippets #Fanfiction

[idioticsky]

Subject File: Sora, James Zanotto

Name: Sora J. Zanotto

Subject Number: #0237

Age: 28

Date of Birth: 07/02/XXXX

Place of Birth: Rome, Italy

Date of Capture: XX/XX/XXXX

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Italian American

Physical Attributes:

• Pale green skin

• Blue eyes

• Black hair

Height: 6'2

Weight: 168.2 lbs

Psychic Abilities: Pyrokinesis, levitation, telekinesis, clairvoyance

Family:

• Lili Zanotto, adoptive mother

• Razputin Aquato, step father

• Raymond Elliott, biological father

• Maya Elliott (deceased), biological

mother

• Cecil Aquato, younger brother

• Dmitry Aquato, younger brother

• Marshall Watts (deceased), fiancé

• Maya Zanotto, adoptive daughter

Allergies: None

Items found with subject:

• Small knife

• Hand gun

• Smelling salts

• Wallet

• Keys

#hehe #this is just the start #welcome new campers #psychonauts #psychonauts oc #sora zanotto

[idioticsky]

So Sora sees Lili as "mom" now, but what about Raz?

Oh this one is fun to explain, Sora sees Lili as his mom yes, but he sees Raz more as like a step-dad. In the au Doodle has the idea of having Lili adopt Sora before her and Raz got back together, so it's just her and Sora for like a year or so. He's only really introduced to Raz once he gets back from like mission or something and at that moment sees his as his mom's partner that he doesnt really like, not a parent. As things move on he grows to tolerate Raz but will never call him dad unless he's like really tired or in the middle of a dream down. They do have some bonding moments that I'll write out at some point, but for the most part, Raz is just seen as the step-dad who's just kinda there.

Hope this helps clear things up :)

#asks #psychonauts #psychonauts oc #sora zanotto

[idioticsky]

Interrogation Log #2: Subject #0237

Part 2 | Part 4

Researcher: Dr. Ellen Campbell, Research team 01, psychologist

Subject: #0237

Date: 09/25/20XX

Time of Interrogation: 20:35-21:58

0237 has been uncooperative and has been starved for two day as desperate measures. The following will be the most recent interrogation, food will be given as a reward if they talk:

Dr. Campbell: "Hello 0237, how are you felling today?"

0237 gave no response.

Dr. Campbell: "You don't have to answer that my dear, but I have a gift if you do."

Dr. Campbell had two plates brought in, on for her, one for 0237 if he was willing to say something. 0237 didn't move as things were placed on the table, an improvement from the last interrogation.

Dr. Campbell: "Please, do eat if you plan to say something, my dear."

0237 proceeded to grab the fork and stab it into the glass wall keeping Campbell and 0237 separate. The glass will need to be replaced before interrogation room 4B can be used once again. Nonetheless, the interrogation continued with increased caution.

0237: "shut up.."

The interrogation didn't last much longer. As per usual 0237 didn't cooperate and we were getting nowhere, so Dr. Campbell ended the interrogation after about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Although we did notice something strange after 0237 was being taken back to his room. His eye color seemed to be gray instead of blue. A doctor will be sent to examine him soon enough.

#psychonauts #welcome new campers #psychonauts oc #sora zanotto

[idioticsky]

Interrogation Log #1: subject #0237

Part 1| Part 3

Researcher: Dr. Maxwell Floods, Research team 03, psychologist

Subject: #0237 (Sora Zanotto)

Date: 09/18/XXXX

Time of Interrogation: 18:45-19:15

The most recent psychic captured, Sora Zanotto, has been taken in for questioning. We were looking for information about their organization or anything related to psychic's weak point. The conversation and finding are recorded below:

Dr. Floods: "Now, this shouldn't take long Zanotto, that is as long as you give the information we require. We wish to know how you psychics work, if you give us that we'll leave you out when we... take control of your organization."

0273: "Oh fuck off, I would rather die."

To get 0273 to behave, a shock was administered. The subject reacted poorly to it, this well be used in future reference.

Dr. Floods: "Willing to talk now?"

0273 gave no response. Another shock was administered, at that point 0273 responded by attacking Dr. Floods. 0273 was soon detained and set back to his room, requesting that researcher use interrogation room 4B from now on.

#psychonauts #welcome new campers #psychonauts oc #sora zanotto

[idioticsky]

I'm sorry..

Word count:1,650

Tw: mentions of violence, blood depicted, and vaping

It had been a long day at the motherlobe, and the last thing Lili wanted to do was make dinner or do anything. She just wanted to head to bed and sleep the rest of the night. She opened the door to see the living room was a hot mess, Raz was still at the motherlobe for whatever so the only person who could've forgot to clean up their shit would be Sora.

"Sora! Get your ass out here!" Lili yelled.

Sora slowly made his way to the living room, still waking up a bit.

"What is this?!" Lili asked, looking around the living room.

"What was left over from everyone rushing around this morning?.." Sora answered, clearly to tired to care at the current moment.

"Yeah, and I gave you one chore to do today, and what was it?"

"I was given chores for today? I must've forgotten cuz of classes today."

"It was to clean the living room because Raz and I were going to be back late." Lili said, clearly about to snap.

"Speaking on that, where is Raz anyway?" Sora asked, still kinda tired.

"Not the point Sora! I gave you one thing to do and you didn't!" Lili snapped, then she sighed. "You're grounded for the rest of the week, go to your room."

"Wha- that's not fair! I forgot ok?! I-"

"I'M FUCKING DONE TODAY! OK?!" Lili snapped again, clearly done now. Sora flinched at the yelling, then slowly shrunk back into himself. Lili sighed as she slowly calmed down, "room, now." She finished before leaving the room.

"Yes ma'am.." He said as he made his way to his room, letting his telekinesis clean the living room before slowly fading away.

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The next morning was.. rough to say the least. Raz and Sora were arguing when Lili woke up, once she walked into the living room and Sora noticed her, he went quiet.

"Morning.." Lili said, still waking up for the most part.

"Hey." Raz said while going over and kissing her forehead. Lili looked around for a moment, she swore that she heard Sora's voice earlier, but he's nowhere to be found.

"Oh, he's right over-" Raz started are he turned around- "where did he go?"

Sora was already outside, he grabbed out his bike and made his way to the motherlobe. He was stressed, not in the way that school work or grades would make you, stress from family was different. It made him want to avoid his mom from what happened from last night. What if he forgets something else?

"Fuck, I need to stop thinking.." Sora thought while he hid his bike in the questionable area, then climbed up a tree onto the platforms. He rummaged through his bag and pulled out a small book labeled "vent." He started to write and draw.

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Sora had spent hours drawing and writing until he heard someone climbing up.

"Hey! You're here earlier then I thought-" Marshall said as he noticed the notebook- "Stressed again?"

"Yep.."

"I think I got something that could help." Marshall said as he pulled what looked like a stick out of his bag and tossed it to Sora. He took a good look at it before looking up at Marshall with his face saying wtf.

"Put it in your mouth and breath in."

"Ok?" Sora said while doing what Marshall said, then he broke out coughing. Marshall comforted Sora until he calmed down.

"Ok, now you know what will happen, try it again."

"..." Sora did as he was asked then blew out a puff of smoke.

"This.. this feels nice.."

"I knew you'd like it." Marshall said, smiling with every word.

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It had been a few days since Lili and Sora had their argument, and it had been a few days of Sora avoiding Lili. Lili didn't really know what to do or who to ask for help, so she just hoped he'd cool off at some point so that they could talk. Sora on the other hand was feeling great, with the vapes Marshall gave him every few weeks or so, he could calm down and relax. He's even been going out more.

Sora made his way to the motherlobe to meet with Marshall.

"Hey!" Sora smiled. "Ready to head out?"

"Mhm, but how exactly do you expect us to get to the main city? It's like a 6 hour walk."

"Who said anything about walking?" Sora asked as he used his telekinesis to bring over a dirt bike he hid next to the motherlobe.

"Woah! When did you save up for that?" Marshall asked.

"I've been saving for a few months now."

"Cool, wait, do you even know how to ride that thing?"

"Yeah, my bio dad taught me when I was like 5 and I've been riding ever since, it was the only cool thing he ever did heh."

"Fun, do your parents know about us heading out?"

"Why would they? If they found out they'd already stopped us from getting this far." Sora said while throwing a helmet to Marshall.

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Lili came by the motherlobe later that day, hopping to find Sora so that they could talk. She looked around almost everywhere trying to find Sora before she heard someone.

"Hey Lili." Miles said while holding a gift basket.

"Oh, hey Miles, what's got you here today?"

"Just bringing a gift to my sister, and you?"

"Looking for my son, I really have no clue where he went."

"Oh, I saw Sora earlier, he was heading out with a blonde kid, said they were going to the city I think?"

"Wait what?"

"Yeah they left like an hour ago on a dirt bike."

Lili starred at Miles for a second before starting to head outside.

"Oh that kid is dead." Miles said while he made his way to his sister's office.

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Once Sora and Marshall made it to the city, Sora wasted no time in taking Marshall to he's favorite places from when he lived there with his bio dad. It felt great to show everything to someone, the good parts of his childhood were all here just waiting to be showed off.

"So you can running back? Thought you liked it with your new momma." A familiar voice said. The sound rang in Sora's ears, it made his heart race with panic, it made his body go pale, it made his terrified. The man put his arm around Sora like everything was fine, Marshall was confused as he looked at the tall man before him.

"Aw, come on buddy, you got nothing to fear, dad's here to take you home." Sora's father said as he started to take Sora out to his car. Sora was powerless, he wanted to do something and free himself but he couldn't, his powers didn't wanna work or was it just him who was too much of a coward to do anything? Then he heard something a groan of pain as he snapped back to reality, his fist bloody as he looked at his father on the ground before him. Shit.

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Marshall dragged Sora back over to the dirt bike and put him on. The whole thing with his dad ended with a fight breaking out, they only managed to get away because Sora started a small fire causing a distraction big enough for them to run.

"You think you could drive us home?.." Marshall asked, Sora nodded as a response.

"I can take us home, but I can't promise that I'll be awake once we get off the bike.."

"Fuck.. your moms gonna kill us isn't she?.."

"Mhm.."

"Great.."

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Once they got back, Marshall dragged Sora up to the steps and knocked on the door. They were soaked to the bone and the gash on Sora's head hasn't stopped bleeding. Lili opened the door and started to go off.

"What the hell were you thin-" Lili started before she noticed Sora as he was slowly going limp while Marshall held him up- "get him inside, now." Lili finished as she went to go get the medical supplies. Marshall laid Sora on the couch, making sure he stayed awake incase he had a concussion.

"What the hell happened anyway?" Lili asked as she sat down next to the couch, concern in her tone.

"His dad found us.." Marshall replied. Lili immediately got pissed off, she thought that they would never have to hear from that prick again but he managed to find Sora and Marshall in the city? How the fuck? Doesn't matter right now, her son comes first.

"Sora, can you look at me bud?" Lili asked, Sora slowly moved his eyes to look at her. "Ok, fuck what do I do?"

"W-Well I don't have a concussion I think.. but I have no clue about internal bleeding.. taking me to the-" Sora started before coughing up blood, yeah he's fucked up. Lili immediately picked up Sora and took him out to the car, Marshall following close behind her.

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It took hours of waiting before Sora because stable enough for people to see him. He had a broken rib and internal bleeding but luckily the doctors fixed what they could. Lili walked into the room with Marshall. Sora looked up at them the best he could while he was numb on drugs. Lili could barely hold herself back from crying as she hugged her son and started breaking down.

"I was so worried about you.. I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry.. I'm sorry I yelled that night.. I'm sorry that caused a rift between us for weeks.." Lili said as tear streamed down her face. Sora cuddled up to his mom, not really worrying about him injuries. He was happy to have his mom back. Marshall, not wanting to ruin the moment, sat next to the bed and watched for a moment.

"I love you momma.. sorry for making you worry.." Sora said as he slowly fell asleep.

#psychonauts #welcome new campers #lili zanotto #psychonauts oc #sora zanotto #marshall watts #product of me being sleep deprived

[idioticsky]

Me NOT patiently waiting for you to ramble about your OCs. GO CRAZY GO NUTS MAKE ME READ 25 PARAPGRAPHS ABOUT A CHARACTER I WANNA KNOW WHAT COLOR THEYRE TOOTHBRUSH IS AND FOOT SIZE HY THE END OF IT ALL GIVE ME ALL THE INFO YOU HAVE ABOUT ANY OC

DO YOU REALIZE THE HELL YOU HAVE RELEASED?! NO BUT IM NOT GONNA STOP YOU!

I have a whole ton of stuff for my favorite little gay boys so imma do them

Tw: mentions of characters being drunk

Sora:

VERY sound sleeper, like to the point you think he's dead. It can even be hard to find his pulse while he's sleeping, Lili got him a light up sign that he turns on when he's just taking a nap to tell everyone that he's not dead (it reads "I sleep like the dead"). Does he use it when Raz is around? Absolutely not.

Speaking of Raz, Sora and him have a fued. He was just introduced to Raz one day and didn't like him from the start. This is mainly because of his dad driving the fear of strangers (mainly adults) into his head since his mom died.

This boy LOVES to go dirt bike riding, it's the only thing his dad took him to do that he still enjoys. This also influences him to get a motorcycle when he's older.

Sora absolutely LOVES kids, he loves playing with younger kids and letting them color in any random notebooks he has, but surprisingly enough, he wasn't all too happy when he first found out about Cecil and Dmitry (foreshadowing hehe)

Sora can play the guitar but many chooses not to unless it's his mom's birthday, then he'll play the happy birthday song quietly in his room while the room is lit by the soft lighting of a candle on a cupcake

Does have trouble remembering to eat sometimes, this is because he didn't wanna leave his room when he's dad came home drunk or because there was no food in the house. This just kinda followed him to his new home, making it so he doesn't remember to eat sometimes but his family tries to make sure he's eating

I have more to share but I'll save that for later

Marshall

Marshall loves to bake and cook, he's the main one to do it in the future

Is the one to confess to Sora about his feelings

Is one of the main people to make sure Sora eats, he'll constantly pack extra food for lunch incase Sora forgets food or packs very little.

Found a old tree house in the questionable area and made it the main place that him and Sora hang out

In the future, Marshall is the one to ask Sora about adopting a kid. And of course he's very convincing so Sora says yes within an hour

Has little sister, but doesn't talk with her much after he was disowned accepted into the psychonauts

Very good at masking off his real self when needed, this makes him good for investorions or as a spy for the psychonauts

I love these two, my little gay boys

#psychonauts #psychonauts oc #sora zanotto #Marshall Watts #cherry i really love you girl #i thank you for letting me rant about my goobers #I need to finish the other part of the master post so I can rant more lmao

[idioticsky]

What were they like?

Word count: 2,129

WARNING: death mentions and decapitation

"Yeah I know, I'll be careful papa!" Maya yelled our as she climbed up the stairs to the attic. It was old, dusty, filling from floor to ceiling with boxes and one trinkets. She had come up there looking for pictures to use for her project, it was about a family member and what they're like or what they did for a living, and Maya wanted to her project on her papa! From what he told her he's a super secret agent for a super secret organization, who wouldn't wanna share that to their whole class? She looked through all the boxes and books to find pictures of her papa at work to put on a poster but it was all old pictures of her papa when he was a kid or her uncles. She started giving up hope until she found a photo album titled "Mar" it looked like their used to be more, but the writing was faded and impossible to read.

"'Mar?' What's that? Oh! It must be the super server stuff papa talks about sometimes!" Maya yelled out as she threw open the album, flinging dust right into her face, causing her to sneezes for a good minute or so. She carefully brushed the dust off the photos but didn't see her papa in cool superhero poses or anything, just him and someone who she didn't know. Who is this guy? He had taner skin, amber eyes, blonde hair, and a smile that made you feel safe. He was always next to her papa, either with his arms around him or just really close, but alway with the same smile and happiness. She flipped through the album and saw more of him and papa, and more, and more. It was like this until near the end, the random stranger was holding her, she looked to be 1 and the date on the back confirmed that, the stranger was holding her as they were cooking and she seemed fine with him. But that couldn't be right, papa said that she hated strangers as a baby! Who was this guy and how was she ok with him? She clothes book, climbed down the ladder with it in hand, and ran over to her papa.

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Sora was calmly cooking in the kitchen, Problems by Mother Mother playing from a speaker as he made a vegetable stir fry that he would pair with a few other things later. Then he heard a distant "papa!" grow closer and closer until his child was basically yelling in his ear.

"What's up?" Sora asked, not taking his eyes off of what he was cooking so that it wouldn't catch fire or something.

"Who's this guy? He's in a lot of photos with you and even me when I was little, he seems like a stranger but you said I never liked strangers when I was little." Maya asked, kind of shoving the open album up to her papa. Sora glanced down for a moment before he looked back at what he was cooking, not giving it a second thought before he realized what Maya had found. He looked back at the album again, seeing a face he recognized for the first time in years. He stared at the picture for a good bit before remembering that he was cooking, then he proceeded to put the stir fry off to the side before carefully taking the album and looking through it more.

"Where did you find this hun?" Sora asked as he crouched down to be eye to eye with his daughter.

"In a box in the attic."

"Ah.. you got into those boxes.." Sora said, taking in a deep breath then letting out a long sigh. "And you want to know everything right?"

"Mhm!"

"Ok, let me finish dinner then we can talk while we eat. It's gonna take a while to explain so you can stay up late tonight if you really wanna know who he was."

"Yes! Thanks papa!" Maya yelled out before running to the cabinet to grab out plates then set the table. This was gonna be a long night.

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Sora fell onto the couch as he pushed his hair out of his face, then closed his eyes to take a break from reality for a moment. The moment he opened his eyes, he was jump scared by his daughter.

"Jesus.. why did you do that?"

"You said you would tell me about the guy in the photos during dinner, but you forgot, so you have to tell me now." Maya said while she stared into Sora's soul.

"Fine, get comfy cuz this is gonna take a good while." Sora said, picking up the 9 year old and keeping her on his lap, coving both of them in a blanket as he turned on an old vampire movie, but nothing scary.

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"The person you're asking about was Marshall Watts-" Sora started.

"Isn't that our last name papa?" Maya interrupted.

"Yes it is-" Sora stroked her hair as he looked at the screen- ".. he was your dad.."

"He was?"

"Mhm.."

"Then why isn't he around?"

"I'll tell you in a bit hun, you want to know everything so I'll start with how we met.."

"Ok."

"When your dad and I met, it was a rough day for me. I just found out that my mom was going to have your uncles and that her and Raz were engaged. I couldn't take the stress and everything in my head, so I tried to run away from it, I wanted to be free from it even just for a moment. I ran to the empty classroom we used when I was an intern and hid under the beds and cried."

"You cry papa?"

"Yep, it might not be often but I do cry."

"Huh, I never knew that." Maya said as she cuddled up to her papa's chest.

"Continuing on, I was there for a good 10 minutes before I heard someone come in, I tried to go quiet in time but they heard me and found me. That person was Marshall.." Sora had a solemn look on his face as he continued. "He asked if I was ok and sat next to me on the floor, even handed me towels to wipe off the makeup I had on that ran down my face."

"You used to wear makeup?"

"Yes but it's not important right now."

"Fine."

"As I was saying, he sat with me, introduced himself and asked what happened. I told him everything and he just listened, he didn't complain or anything, just listened. Talking with him actually gave me the courage to talk with my mom later on and express how I was feeling, helping me start breaking the habit of keeping everything bottled up. That's basically how we met and we went on stupid little adventures ever since."

"Ok, but that doesn't explain why he isn't around papa!" Maya said, starting to get inpatient.

"We'll get to that bit soon hun, don't worry." Sora said as he started to mess with the rings on his necklace. "But first, I'll explain how we ended up with you, it does include Marshall so this is vital information." Sora said (it was all bullshit, he just wanted to talk about his daughter to keep himself from crying so soon).

"Marshall and I were talking about adopting a kid for so long at that point, we already had a room set up before we even met you. Anyway, the day we met you was when you were really little, only a few weeks old. The moment Marshall got to hold you, you cuddled up to him so much that you started to cry when we were gonna put you to bed to nap. He knew at that moment that you were coming with us. And we adopted you a few months later while you stayed with us.." Sora showed Maya the pictures of when they finalized the adoption, Marshall was holding Maya up in the air as Sora smiled at both of them, Maya was a happy as she could be back then.

"I was that little?" Maya asked and she took the picture from her papa.

"Yep, and you used to be even smaller then that hun." Sora said as he started to braid Maya's hair, since her braids were falling out again.

"Woah." She was in awe as to how she was that small before. "Can we get to why he isn't around now?"

"Fine-" Sora said- "but you have to answer this, ok?"

"Ok."

"This isn't a pretty story, it gets dark. Very dark. Are you ok with that?"

Maya hesitated before she answered, "yes."

"Ok, you're free to back out at anytime hun, remember that." Sora said. Maya nodded, saying that she understood.

Sora took a deep breath, then let out one of the longest sighs he could give before he started.

"We thought it was going to be a normal mission, non of us knew what would happen.. we got a call about some gang or something I can't remember causing trouble and committing a good bit of arson. You grandparents, Marshall, and I were picked to go check things out. Everything was empty once we got there, the only sound filling the air was the crackling of fire. My mom and Raz left to check another area, while Marshall and I checked a warehouse that was nearby. Doing that is one of the biggest regrets I have to this day.." Sora said, he's face starting to burn as his vision blurred.

"We entered and the moment we did, we got shot at, I was able to deflect the bullets and Marshall and I started to fight with the gang, we were winning for the most part, until backup came.." tears were starting to fall by this point, Sora didn't even realize until he felt a stream of tears run down his face, then down his neck. But he couldn't stop now, he owned his daughter this answer, this "story."

"Their backup was made of psychics, they specialized in pyrokinesis and set the warehouse ablaze. We tried to fight but the smoke and heat made it hard to fight. It wasn't even ment to make it harder to fight!.. It was a distraction to let their buddies get away!.." Sora said, he was getting frustrated but continued on.

"It was getting hard to see by that point, but my mom and Raz finally caught on and saw the warehouse in flames, they tried to get us out but it was difficult as the entrance was starting to crumble apart. Marshall looked at me, then grabbed my arm and started dragging my to the entrance, but it wasn't enough... the entrance was about to cave in, I didn't realize and was about to be crushed as I ran ahead of Marshall, but he did.."

Maya, looked up at her papa before wiping his tears and laying her head on his chest once again, letting him continue once again.

"He noticed and.. and pushed me out of the warehouse, letting himself get crushed under the falling entrance, the only part of him that wasn't crushed was his head as it rolled next to me..."

Once Maya heard that, she shot up as she looked up at her papa, who was moments away from breaking down by this point. She didn't even know who this was, at least not well enough to remember, but she felt her face heat up and tears stream down.

"We got out of there after that, but I had to literally be dragged away from the burning warehouse.." Sora finished. Maya hugged her papa tight, not wanting to let go. He started to break down as he wrapped his arms around his daughter, keeping her close to himself and not letting her go.

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The next day was project day, and Maya was ready. She got up to the from of the class and set up her poster.

"Alright Maya, who did you do your project on?" Her teacher asked.

"I did my project on my daddy Marshall!"

"Oh?"

"Mhm! He was a agent for the, uhm.. psy.. psyco.. Psychonauts! He was really nice and made my papa really happy! He even saved my papa's life!" Maya started, she then spent the next 10 minutes explaining her daddy Marshall. As she was finishing up though, she could make out the same kind man she was shown in the corner of the room, smiling and waving to her as he leaned on the wall. She was shocked for a moment, but smiled and wave back as she whispered, "hi daddy!.. I hope you liked my project!.."

#welcome new campers #tw death #tw decapitated head #psychonauts #sora zanotto #:) #product of me being sleep deprived

[idioticsky]

Hello- hi- I'm sorry for so little updates but hey, new stuff for things you check my page for-

I have been working on the rottmnt thing don't worry for whoever wanted to see that, but this post is mainly for something else

And that something else is Psychonauts, that's right, I collaborated with @doodle17 to make a Psychonauts au called Welcome new campers! (Also tw for mentions of abuse and murder)

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This au is a future au that mixes bits of doodle's own future au and new characters, but unlike that au it mainly focuses on the kids over at Whispering rock and the new interns which I can tell you a bit about now and give some picrew visuals (or at least the closest I can to how they look and I'll try to find the links to the ones I used and add them later, but I wanna get this out first)

First: Sora Elliott Zanotto

Sora is one of the older campers coming in at the age of 14, he used to live with his father who normally abused him and his mother before she was murdered by him and he got away with it over lack of evidence and he bribed the jury. During the time he still lived with his father he used camp as a way to escape his home for a few months where he learned how to use pyrokinesis before ending up getting adopted by Lili. He dresses like a gay little emo (cuz that's what he is) and he hates most people cuz trust issues, but will warm up to you if you start talking about music or bands he likes. He has a bit of medical knowledge cuz he would try to help his mother whenever he could when she was alive, including stitches and bandaging up wounds, he can even do a minor surgery if he's asked to.

Second we have the twins: Callie and Milo Tucker

Callie and Milo are some of the younger campers at the age of 9. They're little balls of chaos who love to mess with people and cause mischief. Callie love to levitate out of people's reach and throw water balloons at them while Milo (who can see the dead) just loves to throw people away with telekinesis so he can talk with his ghost friends alone, he really only let's Lili, Milla or D'art get close. These two have older sister that will be talked about later and two parents who have a hard time dealing with them most days. Their clothes match most of the time and they love it, makes them feel special to one another. But yeah, they're chaotic, they're cute, and I love them.

Third: Marshall Watts

He's one of the only non psychics on this roster, being one of two. He's an intern who's just there to help with paperwork. Not too much is known about him other than that he's a psychic fan boy. He's also Sora's partner that Raz doesn't really like for whatever reason.

Next is is the start of doodle's little friends and I love them: Margo Teef

(Note: I copy and pasted all of this from a convo doodle and I had) He was raised by his non-psychic grandparents after his mom left when he was a baby and his father was nowhere to be found. Other than that, he's had an okay life, other than the fact he couldn't afford a way to get to and participate at camp which made him really sad. It ended up in him actually sneaking into the camp and running into his hero Raz! (But he had no idea it was raz at first) his personality is pretty simple. He's kind of shy, but always up for an adventure, as well as being super nerdy lol. If you bring up something about comics or the Psychonauts he'll start rambling for hours put of nowhere.

And next: Natalie Fealt

She's a punk girl who isn't afraid to tell you how things are. She lived with her dads and still kinda misses them now that she lives in the dorms at the motherlobe. She interns under Adam but is a little upset that she didn't get Lizzie or Lili as her mentor, but Adam is nice enough.

Now we have one of my favorite little goobers: Shirley Adams

She's very strange and very loveable in my eyes. She normally has a weird fact or two up her sleeves and is never in one place for too long. She mentors under Gisu, and as per Doodle's words (or at least close) will take any chance she can to escape. She'll come back like an hour or two later with bugs in her hair or on the back of a goat or something.

Finishing up: Luca Nein

As his name suggests he's the child of Milla Vodello and Sasha Nein themselves. He's not really an intern, but hangs around them enough to be like one. He's kinda a germaphobe and if you cough near him he'll freak out. He tries his best in what he wants to do and we love him for that.

Alright! This is the basics for the interns+ Luca! I'll have to make a part two for the camp councilors and other adults that are featured in this au but I hope you guys have fun with this! This au is still a work in progress, we still need a solid story to figure out as well as a few other things, and you guys are free to give any suggestions you want!

#psychonauts #welcome new campers #master post i guess #i already have some stories ive alright written and ill post later #ive put this off for too long #but yay i did it #woooooooo