alistar: ascendance

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❝𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧?❞

— in which, fabled legend Alistar returns from the Chasm decades after their descent, only to find themself faced with an issue: humanity, in their absence, has created a world of suffering, dilapidated by greed, and Alistar’s presence only continues to fuel their selfishness, as a living legend must kill… or be killed.

Alistar: Ascendance is a cyberpunk, dystopian romance interactive fiction that was originally intended to simply be a story, before its writer (me) decided to be impulsive and turn it into an IF.

DISCLAIMERS

this story will contain depictions of alcohol, smoking, blood, violence, profanity, mild gore, yandere behavior, toxic relationships, suggestive themes, discrimination, self-hatred, mentions of emotional and physical abuse, suicidal thoughts, an oppressive government, fictional languages and religions, real world philosophies/religions including but not limited to: cynicism, nihilism and atheism; a corrupt world, discussion of morals and human conscience, as well as other mature themes. this list will be updated as the story is written.

please keep all of this in mind while reading!

A gender-selectable MC, who you choose the name, personality, sexuality, appearance, and morals of.

A wide variety of choices to choose from that will impact your story, and the need to keep your MC sane (or just go batshit insane. That works, too).

5 male love interests + 1 secret RO, all of whom you can maintain a simply platonic relationship with if you wish, or you can just continue to flirt with them endlessly (+ a FWB relationship for some).

An enriching world and story, set in a cyberpunk dystopia (we know all of you are here for the romance though).

A powerful MC 😔😔

ROs (romance options, also referred to as LIs or love interests).

THE SURFACE DWELLER:

Seven. 21, Chaotic Good. Mechanic.

“The HIVE needs to fall. There are no exceptions—not even for you.”

The first person you meet once you arrive on the Surface, you and Seven have a unique bond. He’s got a reputation in the slums and Neon for being great at parties, but his friendliness can easily be read as something more.

Is it something more? Further observations will have to be made…

THE SURVIVOR

Saturn. 23, Lawful Evil. Bartender.

“Keep your head down, and you’ll survive.”

The quiet bartender has a curious perspective on things. He seems to have no problem with the HIVE members patrolling his bar, even serving them drinks like they’re normal customers, despite their heavy armor and edges that are too sharp to be humane.

He also doesn’t seem to be particularly interested in you in the slightest. Why’s that?

THE DIPLOMAT

“Is it better to live in quiet solitude, your voice stripped and taken—or would you rather have died, knowing your voice was the loudest amongst them all?”

Chain. 23, alignment unclear. Current occupation unknown.

He’s someone to keep an eye out for. While he hasn’t practiced his craft in years, he may still prove to be dangerous. Just as friendly as Seven, but far more difficult to truly befriend.

Obtain new information as soon as possible…

THE PUPPET

Judge me if you must. It doesn’t change the fact that I’m up here, and you’re down there.

Orion. 25, Lawful Neutral. HIVE operative.

The HIVE member patrolling Saturn’s bar. Part of something greater than he is, but he’s a part of it, regardless. Keep him around…

OTHER ENTITIES

Argos: Neutral Good. Age unknown. The deity whose spear you brandished, after his passing. He was a good man, but the fact only makes your sins rest heavier in your heart.

Teacher: True Neutral. Around ~200 years old. The chasm-dwelling shadow who taught you all you know of the Chasm and its residents.

Alistar: alignment unknown. Around ~200 years old. That’s you! You’re Alistar. At least, that’s what the world has been calling you ever since you ended the war and revitalized humanity, so that is what you will be referred to as throughout the entirety of the story. However, if you’d like to change your name (as Alistar is the default) you may!

As I am primarily an author (as in I literally have done nothing else with my life) I am new to coding (I took ONE coding club in fourth grade) and am trying to write out and perfect a chapter before converting it into typical IF form.

Once I manage to get things situated, I’ll started to code. I’m currently almost done writing chapter 4, so I’ll start working on coding once I finish it.

If anyone wants to read the chapters I’ve written until now, just shoot me an ask or message :)) I’d be happy to show you. otherwise, here are the ones I’ve posted so far:

CHAPTERS

CHAPTER ONE: COURTING DEATH CHAPTER TWO: THOSE WHO REMAIN CHAPTER THREE: TARNISHED DREAMS

asked to be tagged for new chapters!

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Hi! If you don't mind, do you have any Physical descriptions of the characters? Thanks!

hello, hello! of course! i appreciate the ask! i’ve already answered this question, right here but lmk if u have any other questions! i appreciate anon asks a lot ^^

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author i am so hyperfixated on ur story,,, ANNND since u know about MBTI, what are the ROs’ MBTI if u don’t mind sharing??

lots of love x

oh, hello! so sorry for the late reply, I don’t check this account all too often 🥲 I’m planning on reworking a:a to make it much more fantasy + focused on the story of alistar as a legendary being rather than a normal human, which is kind of ironic, given that a bit of alistar wants to be normal—but I think a fantastical tale would be better for them.

I LOVE mbti. I’m an INTJ myself. As for the ROs… that’s a really fun question. I’ll do all characters, honestly, while I’m at it.

Seven

honestly, kind of an INTP… he’s very curious and has questions for everything. very imaginative, hence the N. he can be a bit dense when it comes to social interactions, even though he himself has a bit of a flirty streak, haha. likes being around people but I’d still say he’s more of an I type. P is a no brainer. T is debatable.

realistically, I don’t think he’d be an INTP (he’s more of an F type, so maybe INFP?) but he certainly has some INTP tendencies. essentially, I’d say he’s a mix of INTP and INFP. or maybe even an ENFP… haha, okay, I’d say ENFP now that I’m thinking about it. ENFP it is!

Saturn

I type for sure. S type also for sure. T is possible, but he also might be an F type. I think he cares a lot about people in general, even if he doesn’t know them personally. I know I’ve said that Saturn is lawful neutral, but now I’m a bit conflicted. I think he always has good intentions. So, yeah, F type. He’s also definitely a J. Stresses out a lot if he doesn’t have a plan.

So, he’s a pretty strong ISFJ :)

Orion

I, N, T, J. Yeah… this one wasn’t all that hard. The first three are obvious. Maybe he’d be a P type, but he seems like he’d sit down and strategize for three hours just to take a five minute stroll down the block. He’s got a bit of that cold, emotionless stoic guy trope that I’m not all too fond of, so we’ve gotta break him out of that eventually. I’ll figure out how someday 🙏

Chain

INT…P. Yep. INTP it is. He’s an extroverted introvert, but an introvert regardless. Might be S type but I doubt it. T is strong. P is also pretty strong. He’s not all too big on plans unless it’s related to his grand master scheme 😩

Argos

ENFJ or INFJ. Probably INFJ. Creative, imaginative guy that cares about people to the point that it debilitates him. Plans things ahead of time. Sounds about right.

Teacher

I’m guessing that 90% of you were waiting for this, bahahaha. Okay, well, let’s see. I don’t think that it’s fully right to restrict something inhumane by something as human as the mbti, but we did it for Argos, so we can do it for Teacher 😍😍 Teacher would probably be an ISTJ or INTJ.

I don’t want to repeat INTJ, but it feels a little wrong to say that he isn’t one. But, then again, I’m not all too sure myself, honestly, so ISTJ / INTJ it is! Orion probably also could be an ISTJ instead of an INTJ, but… I’m not going back to edit it 😔

[alistarascendance]

Hello! YOUR WRITING IS AMAZING. I ATE THIS UP LIKE A 5-STAR COURSE MEAL I SWEAR I'M GONNA THINK ABOUT CHARACTERS AND LORE ALL DAY ahem

If you're alright with ROs/characters ask, what would their reaction be on Alistair's obliviousness about certain features that were not presented at their time? You know, the sort of "he got it wrong but he has a spirit" kind of funny obliviousness (think of Ariel from little mermaid and her brushing hair with a fOrK)

I just find it so fascinating that poor hero of the whole nation (supposedly?) can't deal with "mundane" shit like electronic money i- MC, YOU'RE SO TRUE FOR THIS, HONEY. I ALSO CAN'T COMPREHEND CRYPTO 😭

HAHA, sorry for the late response but I appreciate it sm 🙏🙏 and ofc! I love getting asks :))

there are MULTIPLE differences from when Alistar was alive, which we will see in the Neon arc (name pending). the slums don’t really have much of the technology that further uptown does, but there still are things like bytes and electrobikes that Alistar is new to.

I think all the ROs would find Alistar’s shock when it comes to these things pretty amusing, though the endearing part of it would fade quickly for some—namely, Chain and Saturn. Alistar’s newness to the world would concern them. Seven and Orion, meanwhile, just find it cute.

I also saw your comment regarding Teacher 😭 to be fair, him not being on the RO list doesn’t confirm nor deny his presence as an RO. there are many secrets left undiscovered.

(a character actually wrote the RO list. I briefly mentioned this before).

the fact that you even thought of Argos too is hilarious… he’s kind of been in the background so far 👀

there’s at least 1 secret RO. max id have is 3…

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was scrolling through the unrequited love tag & was horrified by the number of quotes, and vents, and complaints, and the SHEER NUMBER of people with teacher x student or teacher crush in their tags??

like 😭 so many people nowadays romanticize & sexualize things that simply shouldn’t be. the fact that you do this is proof that you’re not mature, and aren’t “grown up” like you claim you are.

I would write teacher x student, I do admit. Hell, I have a character named Teacher. But would I ever, in my right mind, write a wattpad-worthy fic on it? no.

If I ever wrote teacher x student, it’d be to educate, and focus on the psychology between my characters.

intelligence is hotter than mindlessness ^^

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do any of you just have a whole world of characters in your head… bc i do 😭 im gonna end up writing like character selection screens for them and show them to y’all bc I wanna know what u think abt my babies :3

+ i actually don’t rlly like anyone in a:a (alistar: ascendance) but more so am intrigued by its world and social structure, which is why i write it :))

soooo this is a chance for me to yap about my darlings! in reality, it’s really just one character that I like but ;; oh well

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almost done w my inbox :D sorry for the hold up LMAO. idk how my characters sleep im ngl 😭 y’all giving me brain scratchers and I love you for that :3

+ I’ve been editing my chapters so that they actually have a cut LOL, now u don’t have to scroll through all of that… also deleted my reblogs bc they didn’t have the cut. will reblog them soon w the cut this time :))

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anons 😭 help me outtttt, I need social interaction fr. my deteriorating mental state is NOT helping me write and I keep getting annoyed at everyone on every other writing site where I come across other writers so 🤦

so glad tumblr lets me live in a dark little corner…

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LOL, SORRY FOR THE LAST ASK...I MEANT TO TYPE, "Are you intj" BUT I GUESS AUTO CORRECT GOT ME :(

>Vee anon

HAHA NO WORRIES, understandable 😔😔 yeah I am an INTJ; a pretty stereotypical one, I suppose, but 🤷 I like being the villain stereotype lmao

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The last time I took the test, I got INTP-T, but I decided to take it again today before replying back to your answer and got INTJ-T, so I guess either way, you were still one letter off in some guesses lol

Thx for answering the content warning ask!

....are you interested?

>Vee anon

ah, yeah, most of the people I know online are INTPs. i’m actually an INTJ too ^^ though I am a bit surprised you’re one 🤔

wym by am I interested ?

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love the game! you’re bound to get some shit but who cares! blood choke author also got some because that game has a locked lesbian MC and lesbian ros!

y’all are starting to terrify me with these warnings LMAOOO /j

thanks for the concern, but im not worried :)) im a very argumentative person and am completely willing to exercise my pissed off side 😔😔 /lh

in general though, i really don’t care about the opinions of other people. i write to be able to advance my skills in writing, for myself. still, i enjoy sharing my works with other people, but if you don’t like it, it’s not my problem 👍 this probably gives away a lot about my MBTI bc i fit my MBTI very well.

I went off on a small spiel about the mentality of those kinds of people (that are needlessly rude) but I lost my writing 3 times so 😭 I’m not willing to rewrite it, but if u (or anyone else) are interested, hmu :3

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Uh yeah... I'm the anon who asked about how you're adapting to writing,and IF and I just now saw your post about not being able to start coding... sorry about that... lol xd

no worries! I feel the same way; I’d prefer to play the game first if I were in your shoes, but I would not be able to resist reading the romance LMAO.

a:a (alistar: ascendance) was originally intended to be written as a novel before I decided to write it as an IF, but the chapters shouldn’t give too much away bc they’re like a record of my own playthrough :D obv ur character will be diff, so hopefully I’ll be able to make one person’s playthrough very expansive and different from my written chapters or anyone else’s playthrough.

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esfp?

Saw your little guessing game. Why not to try and guess mbti type of a stranger on the internet…One of the best night/day/morning activities ever ;)

-M

nope, not esfp! wonder y u think that tho :3 ur so real for that tho 😭 there ain’t nothing to do anymore

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first time caller, but are you an ISTP?

welcome to the cage, my dearest anon 😔 you’re here with us now. forever 🥰🥰

nope, I ain’t an ISTP 👍 u got two letters right tho :3

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You were really close with mine!! :D

Like, just one letter off in one, lol

Plspslsplslpslsss be estp...

> Vee anon :p

nope, ain’t estp :)) i’d guess you’re an infj, enfj or enfp, then. i probably either got E/I or P/J wrong, bc those r the hardest to determine through text & when you’ve just met someone 🤔 I answered some other asks that probably will help with your guessing a ton LMAO

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Also!! Game related ask :3

In the content warnings, there's "yandere behavior," and in the teacher's posts, you used yandere tags so i was just wondering is that only related to the teacher or will there be other characters too? Will there also be instances/choices where the pc can display yandere behavior? Basically, I just wanna know where this content warning will come into play, LOL.

> Vee anon!

I’m typically a yandere writer as I enjoy exploring the psychology that comes with them 👍 I’m also interested in philosophy, forensics, and I find mental disorders to be very intriguing!

My friend with diagnosed BPD (bipolar disorder) and self diagnosed ASPD (anti-social personality disorder) claims that I’m definitely a narcissist/has narcissism. that’s probably just my mbti shining through tho LMAO + my confidence and lack of desire to be around people that I don’t deem as “worthy” or don’t have my respect.

we’re getting a little off track here tho; basically, a:a (alistar: ascendance) was originally written as another yandere work of mine. it’s not really, but I label it as that anyways because I could always twist certain characters in the future, and all the possible relationships you can have are toxic in some way anyways, so 🤦

and there’s a future RO who is a yandere if you choose to pursue him, but not in the way you might expect. my definition of yandere is a bit different from the typical. essentially, I’d say that it’s toxic love.

as for Teacher, I don’t have a particular reason for labeling ch1 as yandere and not the others. I think I just realized that I didn’t want to scare people off LMAO since there is a lot of controversy around the yandere trope. I wouldn’t label Teacher as yandere; it was an unfortunate coincidence 😭😭

but… I mean… you definitely could make him yandere. I think he’s already pretty mentally unstable due to his circumstances, which will be revealed in the future 👀 I’ve planned so far ahead but haven’t actually written it LMAO. basically, I think that I’ll keep the yandere tags off until the future RO shows up.

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y’all I answered the asks on my phone’s notes app (was in car) but then they got deleted THREE TIMES 😐 taking a break from rewriting my replies