yuki 17 years old multifandom(back into sonic and sonic.exe) HUGE Cream fan. I love Sonic 06 , fight me. I sometimes post art but I mostly lurk around and repost lol
Description: It was a bit early to do so, but they decided to check in on the new prisoner. After all, it was not every day that these kinds of things happened.
A Milgram AU in which the roles are reversed.
[Can be read below the cut or on AO3!]
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[The click, click, clicking of several pairs of shoes, each one out of sync with the others in an unorchestrated din, makes its way across the hard floor. The only other noise that reverberates every so slightly off the walls is the accompanying voices.]
“...”
[The first voice that can be heard is a man’s, deep and laid-back as he gets on in the years, though there is still a sense that he can be quite sharp.]
Person 1: “... It’s likely that they’ll still be asleep at this time. We’ll be giving them the proper song and dance later.”
[The second voice is of a soft-spoken man, mature and lacking in distinguishable emotions.]
Person 2: “Still, I was surprised when you mentioned seeing them early. Even for you, this level of diligence wasn’t something I expected.”
Person 1: “No, I wouldn’t say that. This is more to fuel my own curiosity than anything.”
[Next to speak is a woman, mature in quality yet full of a youthful (or perhaps airheaded) cheer in tone.]
Person 3: “I can understand the feeling! Meeting them seems so eventful. Oh~ I’m already excited!” [One pair of footsteps becomes more energetic briefly.]
[Fourth is of a young man, rough, crass, and edging on the loud side.]
Person 4: “Geez, how can you be this energetic this early-” [His sentence is punctuated with a yawn.]
[Lastly, a young woman speaks, cool and blunt as if constantly making observations as she sees things.]
Person 5: “I’m more surprised that you of all people managed to get up this early.”
Person 4: “Ha? Whaddya mean, ‘of all people?’” [Huffs.] “I also want to see this chum’s whole deal as soon as possible, ya know. It’s not every day you get to judge a criminal.”
Person 2: “It sounds like you’ve already decided their judgement, though?”
Person 4: “Of course! They’re a murderer, aren’t they? That kind of shithead might as well be scum of the Earth. Hey, don’t you think so, too?”
Person 5: “My knee jerk reaction is to agree.” [The fourth person starts, but he’s quickly cut off.] “But I don’t think just knowing that they’ve killed is all there is.”
Person 4: “Tch. Whatever. Murder’s still murder.”
Person 1: “Settle down, now. We’re here.”
[One pair of footsteps slows to a halt, and the others are quick to mimic.]
Person 1: “There they are.”
[The soft, steady sound of breathing can be heard, as if asleep.]
[The others are audibly surprised, though the breathing continues as normal, undisturbed by the sounds the figures make.]
Person 3: “That’s…”
Person 2: “... They’re so young.”
Person 1: “Mm. I’d say that they’re only around 15 years old.” [He breathes in.] “... We know nearly nothing about them. Not their birthdate, their origins, or even their sex or bloodtype. All we know at the moment is what we can see and that their name is ‘Es.’”
Person 5: “And they’ve killed?”
Person 1: “And they’ve killed.”
Person 4: “What about that rabbit that’s in there with them?”
Person 1: “That’s ‘Jackalope.’ As far as I’ve gathered, we’re not judging him, but we should still consider him a prisoner. He's paired with Es, but the cell over there is technically his.”
Person 3: [Claps.] “Oh, is he like an emotional support animal?”
Person 1: “I don’t know yet-”
Person 2: “Those horns… It's strange to be asking this, but they’re not real, are they…?”
Person 1: [Scratching back of head.] “That’s another thing. His name is… well, what he is. Some kind of mysterious creature.”
Person 5: “... Jackalopes are mythical animals originating from America. Being jackrabbits with antelope horns, they’re said to be extremely hostile and dangerous towards people.”
Person 4: “Shit, and it’s just here? What the hell’s up with that thing? The kid, too.”
Person 2: “For this child to have killed… We’ll have to figure it out one way or another.”
Person 1: “Mm, somehow.”
[The breathing becomes less regular, on the brink of stirring.]
Person 1: “Ah, it’s nearly time already. Let’s meet up with the others now so we can give the rundown together.”
Person 4: [Sighing.] “What a pain. It’s not like we need the whole circus for this.”
[Despite his words, all of them start walking back.]
Person 3: “Don’t be like that! You know, some of them were looking forward to this. We shouldn’t leave them out, now~”
Person 4: “This isn’t some game, y’know.”
Person 2: “It’s not good to be too tense, either. After all…”
[Their voices and their steps fade gradually until they can barely be heard. Then they are gone.]
some concept drawings of an AU in which the roles in milgram are reversed. i did some quick sketches of ideas i had for 03-10's designs, though i didn't have any solid ideas like for haruka and yuno. the es and jackalope designs are basically the refs i used for the images in the fics i wrote, though i found that i quite liked the prisoner!es design admin mercury from thinkin-bout-milgram did a bit more than my own loll.
below the cut are hyperlinks to the fics i wrote for the au as well as ramblings about ideas i had for it, tho honestly a lot of these ideas should be changed or left out lollll
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REVERSEGRAM fics: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
can also be read on ao3 at: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2972400
assorted ideas that weren't quite in the fics:
> the wardens are not quite sure why they're milgram wardens nor who made them wardens. all they know is that they are wardens and what they have to do thanks to some written instructions.
> they assume that by doing their job, they can go back to their regular lives, but they aren't sure if that's true.
> when the wardens are in their judgement process, they take several days to discuss what they saw to figure out what happened and how they would judge es. at the end, they all cast one anonymous vote each (one vote per warden). they total the anonymous votes together to figure out the majority.
> if there is a tie, they were basically instructed to not worry about it.
> there would be interactions between es and the wardens, similar to the voice dramas, except it would take place during their daily life instead of right before the extraction. es would learn a bit more about the wardens as people - their backgrounds, ideologies, values, goals, etc. - which would cause them to relax slightly around the wardens.
> however, es would still be somewhat on-edge and cautious around the wardens for the first trial. depending on the verdict, es might become more wary or comfortable of the wardens in subsequent trials. meanwhile, the wardens might act more or less like their role depending on their verdicts.
> es can't hurt the wardens, but the wardens can hurt them. the wardens promised to each other and to es that they wouldn't hurt es, though other than their word, there was nothing stopping them from using physical force.
> the wardens figured they needed a pseudo-leader because it would be tough to coordinate and generally get their shit together without one. kazui was given this position due to him being the oldest, and though he manages it well enough, he doesn't like it. the other wardens picked up on this more or less, so they mostly try to not give kazui too much work.
> of the wardens, haruka, yuno, shidou, and mahiru are the least fond of being wardens, and they would much rather treat es like any other person rather than a prisoner.
> fuuta and amane are very much into the idea of being wardens and casting judgement, and they think of es as a prisoner the most.
> muu, kazui, mikoto, and kotoko seem to be at least somewhat interested about passing judgement on es, and though the warden/prisoner dynamic doesn't interest them, they do recognize and acknowledge it.
Witch Hat au where everything is the same except witches have their own language.
Most kids that live in the Great Hall learn it as their first language, then learn English (or "outsider") later in life when they're nearing apprentice age (like between 4-6 years old) so they can communicate with nonwitches.
Coco comes to the Atelier knowing absolutely 0 witch, and when the others realize they all add "teaching Coco witch terms/words" into their daily routines.
Tetia is especially happy to play teacher, even going out of her way to explain her favorite words and phrases in witch to Coco.
Agott finds herself surprisingly gentle and patient when explaining words to Coco, rarely getting annoyed with her lack of understanding and weirdly enjoying the personal time she gets to spend with her— along with the starry-eyed look in Coco's eyes whenever she learns something new.
Richeh will explain words and terms as they come up, typically ones she herself often uses, but rarely goes out of her way to teach Coco to the same extent Tetia and Agott do.
Es flower reveal! (which knowing Yamanaka, says quite a bit about them)
The hanakotoba for anemone is “Loneliness”, “Pain of love”, “Fragility”, “Ephemerality”. The hanakotoba for white anemone is "Truth", "Expectation" and "Hope".
Possible birthdays include 22nd January, 12th or 13th March or 6th April.
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