i love your daughter forgotten AU
I'm hallucinating a entire different sewer system and yeah you could prob kill the giant lizards but theres also a chance you can drown bcs the pipes have burst and gangs linger in the area, bad ending no 27. Morgan' dead body could be searched and you can either wear his clothes or search his body, the USB could be up his maggot eaten ass or smt but it can be a whole thing where you have to james bond style access a computer but its in Sydney' territory so you gotta figure that out either through sucking it up or sucking up to him. This usb will let you contact Mickey and now you can become an alcoholic with Landry
(Morgan's lair could be searched too for food i think, and you'd find a note there for you because Morgan expected you to come back and despite rats having eaten through his stomach they still see you as their child and you shouldnt come home hungry. Anyway food poisoning but i like the idea of feeling bad for Morgan.)
Rant to a uncomfortable hacker, finally give Landry thaat black box you've been hoarding since before this apocalypse started and laugh about it, flirt, cry while risking your butt to gather metak scraps on the overworld so the hacker can figure out who is attacking DolVille.
Mickey is trying to figure out which country is attacking through the metal scraps left by the missiles/bullets bcs so far there hasnt been any soldiers attacking. You can gather these in return for... something.
Thats bad enough, imagine unknowingly getting the wrong piece of scrap metal if you survive the streets and it ends up having a tracker and now your found family is dead. maybe you too if you were there at the time.
Joining Sydney's faction and dependin on whether you upped the Rebelliousness/Hope this is what makes this au interesting the interactions depend on sooo many factors but basically you're either their protector or just another orphan but in the end you get to watch the hope die in their eyes as their fellow betrays them. If you're an orphan.
Ooh what if the pc we use isnt PC in the game. You sick duck, among the bodies you just happened to choose this one. Saying this specifically for Syd's horror route where you come back to life, but "you" isnt you and you're just a random person who took PC' clothes and wore the ring, but it can be any LI route. This is boring compared to that but errrrggh. You're so guilty for taking the identity of someone so loved but the protection it gives you is miles higher than it would be had you approached Li's faction alone.
First!!! Thank you for the ask!!! I love that people want my AU, love the forgotten stuff specifically because I'm a huge fan of Lord of the flies Battle Royal and like a lot of those "We put a whole school in a horrible situation and LMAO what's gonna happen" stories. I think they are a fun thought experiment.
second of all i actually have some thoughts on some of the stuff i brought up!!
First off, the Sewer system is fully intended. The shortcuts in the OG DOL are what inspired this and that's why you find Winter down in the basement. Winter (being the history teacher) knows about the shortcuts around town and wanted to get out safely as fast as possible. Unfortunately did not get very far. Though I do like the addition of finding Morgan down there somewhere, (dead obvs) but that could be a good source for rats (main source of beginner food) Kylar has been eating rats this whole time and they're fine so like you'll be okay.
The main problem with the Sydney thing is I kinda retroactively cut the power. So not only will you have to find a laptop but also a power source.
Big fan of micky and Landry being alive. I think they are far enough away from the city center that they at least had a little time to leave. The forest and the moors are not affected by what's going on in town. at least not yet so they have some time and the prison is fine as well. It's like the whole town has just lost contact
I DO actually know what has attacked the town and hehehehehe. I think it's so funny you bring it up. I think Micky would have the best chance of figuring it out, but I think through a long painful detective process you could put the pieces together through your own observation skills.
Syd's faction is the one I have the most plans for. like a week and a half after your new beginning it goes to hell because all the factions have to have their benefits and their easiest resources, but they have their drawbacks:
Whitney:
Benefit: Protection
Drawback: Lack of food
Robin:
Benefit - water
Drawback - Attacked
Sydney:
Benefit - Food
Drawback - Sanity
Kylar:
Benefit - knowledge
Drawback - sanity, attacked, lack of water
I think that each LI has their own goals,
Whitney just wants to run things and have everyone under control so that they can pretend everything is fine again
Robin's main goal is survival and trying to help as many people as possible so that they can contact the military eventually and escape.
Sydney's goal (once changed) is to ascend and save their loyal followers including you. (by force if necessary)
Kylars goal is kinda reached if you find them right away, they start building a domestic life with gasmasks like right away. their only goal is you
I think it's funny you bring up the PC being dead because MY PC (Clove) would be canonically dead in this scenario. I think it's better for him because my mans is not living in the midst of a survival situation. way too friendly. doesnt know what bullets are.
