Encore, the show must go on!

The Encore of Vaugarde, A Theatrical Production of Infinitesimal Proportions (Askblog - In Stars and Time - Hardmode AU)

[askoverkill]

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OVERKILL is an interactive ISAT fancomic. Vaugarde is under attack by a Theater themed deity named: The Director. A Theater Curse and a Blood Curse attack the lands, and it's up to the Party (who are more fitting to their title roles) to kill them to save the world. But things are never that simple, are they?

Rules, Ask Guide, FAQ below and references:

No spoilers. For you or the characters.

read the FAQ before sending asks!

No misgendering. That's an auto-rejection.

SFW only / but swears are okay

One statement/question at a time.

Keep silliness limited and keep to the current tone

OOC: send with ooc mentioned at the start of the ask

Asks for Siffrin are spoken as thoughts or to control them

Deities can be talked to normally, but only at select moments (NOTE: this isn't all strict. For more info, refer to this post.)

Q: What is this AU?

A: Hard mode AU, everything is upped to extremes to the point of "overkill." Party Members fit their given roles; Theater themed villain.

Q: What is the tone?

A: A more intense, grim story. Siffrin's misery is turned up to an eleven. But it still retains the original's comedy and found family themes. There's hope.

Q: What's new?

A: There are two new curses that plague Vaugarde. 1) The Theater Curse, where people become puppets 2) The Blood Curse, where people rot when alive. A: The King has been replaced with the Director, a minor deity who is actively ending the world.

Q: What Curse do the Siffrins have?

A: Our main Siffrin has the Blood Curse. He's at stage 3 and his eye became nonfunctional due to the Curse. He'll periodically bleed. His Curse worsens from magic waves or from specific intense emotions. These are more frequent within the Theater Labyrinth (House-equivalent) Our other Siffrin, "Dusk," has the "ghost" curse, where nobody but a Siffrin can see them.

Q: Who are the other Siffrins?

A: There's the one we follow the story of: - Dawn (Our playable character Siffrin) - Dusk (The "goth" loner Siffrin) - Lupus (The child Siffrin) - Loop (The unhelpful guide Siffrin) - Boulder (The dead one under the bolder) - The Comedy Director (ISAT Bad ending) - Sunrise (Mirror Dawn) - The Tragedy Director (Mirror Director)

Q: Do you ship anyone?

A: Not really. I've warmed up to Isafrin, but that's going to be a subplot, same as canon. Siffrin self shipping is not a thing here, past canon-typical teasing. The Director also uses this is a manipulation tactic, but backs out of it. EDIT: ok it's gay now. Romance is a subplot but this story involves no romantic dating

Q: Will Bonnie or Lupus ever get harmed in the story?

A: Absolutely not. Only adult Siffrins were harmed in the making of this story.

Q: Can I make fanart? Theories? Analysis etc.?

A: Yes!!! please @/ me!!!!!! tag me! i want to see!!!! While I don't ship things, as long as it's not too suggestive I will reblog it.

Q: Can I use your art for my PFP?

A: Yep, long as it's credited.

Q: Who runs the blog?

A: Starlightshore (Artist/writer) and Pedro Diogo (Co-Director/writer)

Q: What are those Theater Curse tag?

A: Theater Curse and its strains: Comedy Curse, Tragedy Curse, Parenting Curse, Theater Curse etc. are a Curse caused by the Director that mindcontrols its victims to be puppets performing a role.

Art References

The Director (Any pronouns)

The Siffrins (Loop: they/them Dawn: he/they ; Lupus: they/them ; Dusk he/they)

The Cast

Check out the OVERKILL community on Discord - hang out with 304 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

[askoverkill]

// Hey good news. I decided to reward the canceling of "hurt director". I realized the difficulty spike of floor 3 is too extreme, so I want to ease things at least a little!

// without spoiling, I want to reassure both Dusk and Dawn will be unharmed from the garden THIS loop. There's still 3 loops until we have to worry about this again, but at least this time things are fine.

// Narrativly I think the threat of the payment is strong enough on its own, so I see no need for it to happen this time. Y'all deserve a win.

[askoverkill]

// Hey good news. I decided to reward the canceling of "hurt director". I realized the difficulty spike of floor 3 is too extreme, so I want to ease things at least a little!

// without spoiling, I want to reassure both Dusk and Dawn will be unharmed from the garden THIS loop. There's still 3 loops until we have to worry about this again, but at least this time things are fine.

// Narrativly I think the threat of the payment is strong enough on its own, so I see no need for it to happen this time. Y'all deserve a win.

[askoverkill]

Why didn’t he tell you this sooner??

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

transcript below:

(Why didn't he tell you this sooner??!) (WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM!!!)

Woah, woah!

Heeeey, Sif, Sifferino, Siffarooni, what are you screaming about? Do you feel like you're in danger?

STAY out of this, dusk is the one who is about to get hurt if I don't STOP him!

Okay! Okay! Go ahead! Buddy you can scream all you want if that makes you feel better!

You're confusing everyone. You're making this loop unviable. That's a waste of a perfectly good loop, dawn?!

A WASTE?! HA?!!?

Dusk... you're wasting your body away for the most useless deal in the history of the Universe.

I won't let you get hurt. I'll- I'll make my own deal! That way you don't-

NO!?!

Dawn, absolutely not?! I can't let you get hurt for my sake!

But that's LITERALLY what you're doing for me!!!

...This is different, dawn.

You don't... love me like the way I love you.

(...)

And that's fine, I don't... I never expected you to care for me that way.

But my love goes further than romantic love. I'd die for you, I'd be one with you if I could.

You'd never be able to understand how I feel. I've lost everything and became nothing. I doubt that I even exist anymore.

But you're the only thing left. You're tangible and mine. I can only keep you if I keep you safe. And when we're together, I'm real.

So I'll endure it, Siffrin! Let me, please, even if I get scared and cry, I'll do it for you.

(You shake your head over and over.) (They're talking nonsense.)

(Curse or not, they've always been real for you.) (You don't care if it's inconvenient, you'll accommodate for them.)

(A little extra work for communication isn't an issue.) (You know your party will love them once you're both free of the timeloops.)

(Your future is so close you can almost grab it by your fingertips.) (The two of you will have a family, hurt and damaged but ultimately ALIVE.)

(And right now, they're still here. Not whole, never whole again, but you love what's left all the same.)

(And that's worth the world.)

(Why can't he see that?) (Why can't he accept he's enough, as is?) (Why must he hurt himself again and again for your sake.)

[askoverkill]

"Tell me what's wrong already!!!"

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

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TELL ME ALREADY! JUST TALK!!!!

I'm trapped in the garden deal. I got cocky. I thought we'd be done by now.

What was the blinding deal, dusk.

Because I had changed my mind from... replacing you... I had to make a harder bargain.

The agreement wasn't for three fingers, dawn.

I agreed to lose something every three loops until the Director permanently died.

Why... why would you agree to something like that?!

Because I LOVE YOU, DAWN!!! I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE AGAIN!!!!

(You shudder, shrinking back.) (He has to say this NOW?!)

Don't change the blinding subject, you have to get out of this, dusk!

(Every three loops.) (That's so little time.) (That's nothing!)

I can't! I can't back out! If I did, I'd...

It wouldn't be any good.

But it-it's okay! We can finish in another 3 loops! And if we continue today, that's kind of like four loops, really!

(You S C R E A M ! ! ! ! )

(THIS IDIOT THIS IDIOT THIS COMPLETE AND UTTER IDIOT!!?!!)

[askoverkill]

"What are you talking about? We DO have more time. We're in a time loop, we have as much time as we need."

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

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What are you talking about?

We DO have more time. We're in a time loop, we have as much time as we need.

...No. No we don't, dawn.

I… I didn't break my promise. I haven't and won't make any more deals.

(That's... good.) (A huge relief, really.)

(Dusk is scaring you, but whatever this is can't be that bad.)

I...

Stars, dawn I... I didn't tell you what the deal I made was.

(Your stomach drops.)

(You sit up, alert.)

Siffrin?! You're up!

Oh Change, you've been-

What do you mean? What did you do?

Uh-?

...If I'm dead the garden reopens.

But that's not all of it. That's not enough to make you this upset!

O-Oh. Um. Okay.

Sif is... Oh, Change. He's doing worse.

Cracked Blood Curse.

(You don't care what they have to say you don't care you don't CARE WHAT DID DUSK DO WHAT DID THEY BLINDING DO)

H-hey, breathe! You're scaring everyone!!!

[askoverkill]

(hold his hand)

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

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(You hold his hand.)

(They gasp and gasp and gasp)

(He collapses into your hand, gripping your hand so tight it hurts and throbs.)

(You try to pull it back, at least a little, but they won't let it budge.)

(You haven't seen cry them this hard in a long while.)

(What happened?) (Was leaving them alone for one loop that bad?)

Hahahaaaa...

HAHAHAH!!!!!

OH STARS! I don't know if it's better or worse that you're back NOW!!!

(You look at them pleadingly.) (What's he going on about?)

...It's too late. I messed up. I thought we had more time. You promised we'd have time.

[askoverkill]

(Dusk is looking at you. You can't look back.)

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

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(Dusk is over you, staring.) (You refuse to look at them.)

(You need to redo floor 2, this time without any errors.) (Odile can't get injured this time.) (Dusk can't… lose…)

(Skipping ahead is a smart move now.) (Why go to the Clocktower when Lupus isn't there?) (What's the point of dinner? Sleeping?)

(You need to finish the Labyrinth-)

(...)

(...?)

(You felt something wet.)

(But it's not raining.)

(You decide to glance up-)

...It's too late it's too late it's too late it's too late it's too late it's too late

[askoverkill]

Start again??

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

transcript below:

[COULD YOU STOP DYING FOR TWO MINUTES?!!!]

[...AUGH!] [Stars. Can you at least TRY not to interrupt my vacation?]

[The child star is getting annoyed.] [Which means I'M annoyed.] [Get good, dawn.]

[...]

[Sorry.] [It's always annoying when Siffrins loop suddenly like this.]

[Take care, okay?!] [I worry! I worry too much! You're making me SICK!!!!]

(...You need to stop dying in front of people.)

[askoverkill]

bonnie time. whatever it takes to avoid confronting dusk.

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

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(Bonnie.) (Floor 3 is brutal enough.) (You can help them.)

Bap!

I got it! I did it! Pay it and weep, Dile!

Boniface, there is no need to be a sore winner.

Nyeh heh heh, that's just what sore losers say.

(Cruel...)

Oh hey, Frin!

Did you see me win the bet?

Yeah, but anyway I was thinking we could go mushroom picking to get snacks?

Sure, that's sounds fun!

(You equip MEMORY OF PROTECTION.)

…Frin! FRIN! Wake up!

(DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!)

22 damage

Frin, stop! That's not enough-!

450 damage

(You died.)

START AGAIN - QUIT

[askoverkill]

(ooc) theory - i remember seeing a theory that mirabelle is under the effects of mind craft, or more likely with the information we now have, a partial theater curse like odile had. perhaps the reason she's remembering loops is because of this partial theater curse - her mind being partially under the director's control means she knows things she normally shouldn't. sort of like how odile started saying "stars;" it's like their minds kind of meld a little bit.

//

[askoverkill]

........ you should check if your shoe laces are tied

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

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(You check to see if your shoelaces are tied.) (Which is funny, because your shoes don't have shoelaces.)

I tripped on a rock.

WHAT THE STARS, DAWN?! You promised me you would try not to die again!!!

It was an accident. It won't happen again. It's fine.

...Star blast it, fine. Do loops in Dormont count?

Yeah...? I die and loop back, don't I?

...

...Great. This better be the loop, okay? I can't afford us to lose another loop.

(Loop said to be nice to him.) (Loop wants you to be kind.) (You should talk to him.)

Dusk I-

What is it?

I'm... going to go...

Already?! But I hadn't even told you about how Loop kicked me out of my blinding tent yet! Did they tell you about what they're doing-

Sorry sir, we’ll decide now. Do you think they’d like cake?

(They won't be eating it.) Yeah. Sure.

Awesome! Cake it is, that'll lift everyone's spirits!

(You managed to fix him at least.)

[askoverkill]

(Mira's being weird. Time to investigate.)

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

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(Mirabelle has been…)

(Acting strange.) (Weird.)

(She might-)

(You need to see Loop.) (Surely, they can explain, and you can then fix this.)

Hey, Siffrin.

Talk later.

Alright. I'll be in town.

(You start walking even before he leaves.) (He's not the one you're worried about.)

(...)

(Loop isn't here.) (They must have left to set up camp with Lupus.)

(...You should wait a while before "calling" them.) (It'd be rude to interrupt.)

Hey! Hey dawn!

(You freeze.)

There you are. What was that loop for?

[askoverkill]

i guess it doesn't hurt to be on the safe side when it comes to tagging things but i dont think it counts as a suicide if its an accident lol

// it wasn't an accident

[askoverkill]

<START AGAIN.

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

transcript below:

LOOP 58

(That hurt!) (That sucked!)

(That was a real whoopsie.) (It's never pleasant to have your party members see you die.)

(Oh well. Time to try again.)

SIFFRIN!!!

M-Mira?!

You're-!

You're... fine?

(Looks like you hadn't slept in this loop.) (You're not understanding why you sometimes do.)

(It's got to be a random chance thing, right?)

Y-Yeah? Why wouldn't I be?

...

...I thought? Weren't we just-?

(You tilt your head.) (What is she getting at?)

Nevermind! I'm being silly.

How are you feeling? Are you hurt? What's your pain level?

Zero, but Mira! What do you think about hanging out today?

I'd-

I'd rather… not?

(What.)

(HUH?) (SHE DOESN'T?)

(But it's too early into the loop for you to have screwed things up with her?!)

(She can't dislike you yet, why would she not want to hang out when she did last time?!)

I have to go. Things to do, you know??? But you be careful now! Okay?! Promise me!

I promise???

Good!!! I'll hold you to that!

(She then walks away.)

(That was...)

(Odd.)

[askoverkill]

that’s!! not what you meant!!!

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

transcript below:

That's not-?!

Oh, Siffrin, I understand it all now! Mirabelle is a failure! Nothing about her is capable or ideal, she's not savior worthy!

(Huh?) (What? Huh?)

(You didn't say anything like that???) (You were saying the opposite of that??!?)

But that's why "Mirabelle" was chosen! She's at the most extreme opposite so she can Change the most. That must be what the Change God meant.

You all believe in me to change… and I'm on my way to do that. Thank you, Siffrin. I won't waste your faith.

(But... you...) (That's not...) (Huh? No???)

I'm sure you'll be busy with your books! Go, go, don't let me keep you!

(Stars, you screwed up!) (You blinded it!!!)

I need... To be alone for a little bit. I have a lot to think about.

I'll see you later, okay?

(Later?) (Okay. You'll see her "later".)

Oh, no! I need this book up here.

Sigh... I'll go grab the ladder.

No need. I got it!

Siffrin, you forgot your- AH!!!

Help me, Mirabelle, he's about to-

(WUH-)

(OH!)

START AGAIN - QUIT

[askoverkill]

Then you're Mirabelle Chevalier. My friend.

[Overkill is made by Pedro and Sam]

transcript below:

Then you're Mirabelle Chevalier. My friend.

...

But I don't like "Mirabelle".

(You're shocked.) (What does she mean by that?) (What's there to dislike?)

I don't like her at all. She's an anxious wreck who needs her meds to function, she's a screw up who embarrasses everyone she's around, and she's not a real savior. She hasn't saved anyone.

She's a Housemaiden who doesn't want to change. How could she possibly be meant to be blessed?

(Stars...) (You knew she was hiding her fears but...)

(You never expected all of this.)

(She can be anxious.) (She can screw up.) (She's failed many times.)

(But this isn't over yet.)

I have faith in her.

I have faith in you. I know you'll become brave and strong when it counts.

The Mirabelle I know can do anything she wants if she puts her mind to it.

(She takes your hand.) (You tense, but quickly ease into it.)

Thank you, Siffrin...

Thank you! For talking with me!

This has really helped. To know I'm not alone in this... that I have people who believe in me...

(You smile back.)

And... you're right! I CAN change! It's not too late!

(Uh-?)