ENA: Fragment Ego

ENA AU by Lame2882

[lame2882]

ENA: Fragment Ego (AU) Master Post

I’m getting way too invested in this au so a master post is needed.

Lore Dumps:

First and very raw breakdown of the AU

Refined (and more accurate) breakdown

Worker ENA Breakdown

Classic ENA Breakdown

What happens when ENAs meet?

Enami

Stories:

After Hours (CoralENA)

Confession Booth (ENAdora)

Art:

Aim for the Target

Silly ENA doodles

[fragmentegoau]

ENA: Fragment Ego Boundaries

I say “boundaries” like this is gonna be a “do/do not” list but really this is just me spreading the au to the wind for anyone to do whatever they want with it.

But hello! Sorry for the lack of updates on this au, the truth of the matter is that this au is meant to be pretty reasonably close to canon as it can get, meaning that most of my ideas with this au are just theorizing and filling in gaps. There’s not really a lot to “add” and so I have a hard time thinking of things to post for this au.

That’s why I wanted to make this post.

I’ve seen an au or two that branches off of Fragment Ego and it makes me happy to see. So I just wanted to let it be known that anyone can do just about anything with this AU!

They can make their own AU based on it, make fanart, make their own additions to Fragment Ego, whatever. Just so long as it’s not like- inappropriate (pedophilia, incest, that sort of thing. I don’t mind general NSFW, just tag it correctly).

This includes using Enami (my OC) too! Make your own Enami design (since she can have a variety of appearances), write stories about her, ship her with whoever you want (I mostly prefer shipping her with Theodora, but go crazy with shipping if you want). Go crazy if that’s what you want to do!

All that I ask is that you credit and tag either this blog or my original tumblr @lame2882. If you’re going to make NSFW content with this AU, please ask before tagging me, though.

Also tag it with #ENA: Fragment Ego so that I can find it!

NSFW works (if any) can be tagged with like— idk #NSFW: Fragment Ego or something. I don’t even know if it’ll get used, I just wanted people to have a place to put that sort of thing just in case and keep everything clean for those who don’t want to see it. I prefer to be prepared for it and have it handled carefully than to just assume there’ll never be any at all.

I’m really happy that a lot of people enjoy this au and have been inspired by it, so I just wanted to open it up for anyone to play with and I’ll happily reblog anything that catches my fancy!

In terms of my own works, I’m going to keep working on new ideas and making them as they come to me. But for now, I think the joy of Fragment Ego (and ENA in general) is that it’s open-ended and can be interpreted however you’d like and I really enjoy seeing how people interpret this AU.

If you do have any questions on Fragment Ego, feel free to send an ask in my inbox either here or over on @lame2882! I love to answer questions!

[lame2882]

ENA: Fragment Ego (AU)

ENA returns to the bathroom to meet Theodora and learn more about her origins.

Small hint of ENAdora here because why have one yuri when you can have more?

Don't know what this au is? Here's the Masterpost!

Note: I know it might be that the Lonely Door-and Theodora by extension-is inaccessible after the events of Chapter One, but shhhh

Confession Booth

Word Count: 1702

Her legs wobbled like a fawn learning to walk for the first time. Her body ached and screamed in agony as she stumbled forward, falling onto the solid darkness below her feet. She clung to it like she hadn’t stood on solid ground in ages.

ENA looked back at the white river, nauseated from jumping across the flimsy rafts with a migraine pounding at her head. This damn bathroom had better be worth coming a second time.

She entered the bathroom, approaching the well as she had before. The hole in her abdomen ached. If she wasn’t so desperate for answers, there was no way she would’ve put herself through all of this again. Froggy and Coral Glasses even advised her against it. However, ENA just couldn’t shake the feeling that she had to come back. After meeting Theodora for the first time… something felt off. Maybe it was the brief moment of having her sins lifted off her shoulders before being slammed down with them again, but it was like she caught a glimpse of a past life. A life where she was different.

Of course, she had always lived with the knowledge of being a fragment of a former genie. The memories haunted her. But she didn’t know much beyond that. Her view of the past life was just a peep through a keyhole, one that gave her nightmares and panic attacks.

Meeting with Theodora… well, she wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, but she hoped she could find some remedy for the pain. Maybe a hope that she wasn’t an all-horrible genie before shattering.

She stepped a foot up on the edge of the well, the hands of her orange, glowing spirit grabbing onto the rope and beginning to pull the genie back up as she had before.

The statuesque genie was hanging on the end of the rope just like before.

“[Congratulations on reaching the bathroom. It is I, Theodora, genie of these lands— wait.]” Theodora looked over ENA’s familiar face, this time not healing ENA of her gaping wound and returning her to normal before realizing who she was. “[You again? I already gave you what you wanted, ENA. It doesn’t matter how many times you come here, you are simply unforgivable.]”

ENA spoke from the astral projection that protruded from her abdomen, “I am not here for forgiveness, nor am I here for- business matters,” she struggled to get her words out through her pain, “I want answers.”

It was weird how easily it was to get out what she wanted to say. No business metaphors, no beating around the bush with her words; just saying what was on her mind. Her language was just as raw and bare as her body was in this place.

Theodora raised a brow at her, “[You seem different than many of your counterparts. I’m surprised I didn’t see that before. But what answers were you looking for? I’ll see if they’re worth answering, I suppose that’s the least I can do for you after reaching this place… twice.]”

“You… know me. Don’t you?”

Theodora paused, noticing how much ENA struggled to speak with her wounds. “[Perhaps this would be easier if I restored your body-]”

“No!” ENA shook her head, “No. This is the most- straightforward line of thinking I’ve had. Return me to normal and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to— speak with you properly… in the way I need to.” She coughed, “now, tell me. You know me, don’t you? And not in the- in the way everyone else does with their immediate distrust of my kind. You know me… ENA…personally.”

Theodora watched and listened to ENA with a somber expression. It was almost like seeing the dual-toned woman so misshapen was painful for her. Then it was like a switch was flipped, eyes widening as she realized the full picture of who ENA, at least this ENA, was. “[You… remember?]”

ENA looked at her with tired eyes, pinching the bridge of her spirit nose, “Much to my dismay…” she groaned, “I don’t have a lot of the memories from the old genie, I don’t even remember the name. It’s all just… bullets and- and bloodshed. That’s why I’m looking for the bigger story. I couldn’t have been… that bad, could I?”

Theodora frowned, “[Ah, so it seems like you’re overtly aware of why you can’t be trusted.]”

ENA groaned, “I guess that’s one way to put it, yes.”

“[I have yet to meet another of your kind that is aware of where she comes from. This is a curious development.]”

“I definitely haven’t found anyone to commiserate with.” ENA groaned, “but you still haven’t answered my question.”

Theodora sighed and finally answered, “[We were friends once. Well, the genie you come from and I.]”

ENA looked up at Theodora, noticing how the genie was looking off in the distance. Recalling a time long gone. She then looked back at ENA, “[I must say, of all the ENAs I’ve met, you remind me of her the most. Maybe it’s because of the memories you hold, but you look so much like her. Especially like this.]” Theodora gestured to ENA’s raw, hungover state, “[I mean, she took on a lot of different forms. She loved drastically changing her appearance every day. She settled on something that looks very similar to you, though. The short hair, triangular eyes and all that.]”

“You seem to have been very fond of her,” ENA murmured.

“[She was my closest friend. Though, to this day I have no idea why she did what she did.]” Theodora sighed in her sing-song voice.

“What did she do anyway? I know the aftermath but not what actually happened,” ENA asked with a somberness in her voice, her hands growing shaky as memories resurfaced again.

"[She started a war, not much else to it,]" Theodora seemed to shrug, in her little clay doll way, "[She never explained herself. Not her reasoning, not what she intended to accomplish, nothing. She just started a war with the other genies, split herself up to make her soldiers, and in doing so, she destroyed herself and her door along with it.]"

"Split herself up?"

Theodora nodded, "[That's when your kind began to pop up. Judging by what you recall, I imagine you might be the remains of one of her soldier vessels, which would explain why you remember more than most.]"

ENA sat in silence for a few moments, sitting down on the cold bathroom floor to take everything in. She clasped her hands together and stared at the ground. Both the orange and the dull, exhausted ones. A pale hand came up to ENA's face, rubbing her tired eyes. "What was her name?"

"[ENAMI,]" Theodora answered simply, "[Hence your kind being named ENA. Just a part of her name, just like you are just a part of her.]"

"I see." ENA gave a small nod, feeling sick from the new knowledge. She nearly puked, putting her two sets of hands over her two sets of mouths.

Theodora looked over at the fragmented woman, "[I think that's enough of humoring your questions, sinner. You look unwell.]"

"Wait! I still have so much to-"

Before she could even finish her sentence, the bathroom around her went dark and she was suddenly in the palms of a large statue of a woman, Theodora reflecting from the eyes, "[Too late! I can no longer stand the stench of your sins and your face pains me. Take your nonsense and leave.]"

ENA's exhausted eyes looked down at her abdomen as the hole in it repaired itself as it had done before. She was wrapped up in a cocoon, though instead of briefly turning into an angel as she had the first time, it broke before her wings could sprout and she was just left standing there in awe and bewilderment as her red and pale yellow halves returned. Her thoughts became contradictory and nonsensical as they had always been, like an ocean wave crashing down on an island of molten cloud.

She just stood there frozen looking up at Theodora for a moment as she recollected herself, finally shaking herself out of the trance. "Run the sales pitch by me again?" ENA asked in her cheery salesperson tone, turning to Theodora once she turned back into her clay doll appearance, "Can I get a business card on my way out?"

Theodora shook her head, "[Don't return here again, ENA. I have nothing else to grant you. Door's over there. It will take you back to the casino.]" A door appeared on the other side of the bathroom.

"Very well. I can tell when my services aren't wanted," ENA agreed, tipping her hat to Theodora and heading over to the exit. She was just about to turn the handle and step through when she was suddenly back in the palm of Theodora's statuesque hands.

"[B-before you go, I uh-]" The large statue looked down at her, looking nervous. ENA almost went to reply but was interrupted when she felt the statue's lips against her face for a brief moment. Then she was back in front of the door and Theodora's clay doll was awkwardly sitting on the edge of the well refusing to make eye contact, "[Now get out.]"

ENA was stunned, staring abashedly at the genie while fumbling awkwardly for the door handle. She stepped into the casino and closed the door behind her just before her body turned to jelly and she collapsed.

Coral Glasses and Froggy were just across the way, chatting about work when ENA had suddenly emerged from the door that hadn't been there before. They both jumped when she suddenly collapsed and walked over to check on her. "[ENA? Stop lazing around!]" Froggy said, grabbing her hand and pulling her up to her feet, revealing the huge grin on her face. Froggy raised a brow, "[What are you so happy for?]"

ENA blinked, straightening herself out, "Oh I'm just having a wonderous day off work, that's all!"

Coral and Froggy glanced at each other before ENA pushed past the both of them.

"[...she hates taking days off work.]"

Yippee! Little genie backstory :D

I’m still struggling with the genie’s (ENAMI) full appearance but here’s a little doodle

I have so many thoughts and ideas for this au, I’m struggling to figure out what I should be posting about first.

You should like,, ask me stuff about the au in my inbox... that'd be cool

Edit: shoutout to @noodle-fandumb for their ENAdora comic that inspired the smooch scene! Their art is amazing so do check them out :D

[lame2882]

What would happen if different facets of ENA met? Would they just argue and shenanigianize or would it cause some kind of paradox?

I very briefly talked about this kind of thing in the Worker ENA breakdown but I’ll go ahead and go into more detail here

So as previously mentioned, ENAs subconsciously avoid one another. Due to their connection, they are mildly aware of the locations of others of their kind at all times. If they are in close proximity of one another, they might feel a kind of unsettling sensation and they will avoid going/continuing in the direction of the another ENA. They don’t consciously know that this is what’s happening, though, as it’s all a subconscious process.

In the event two ENAs do meet, however... it's- it's a pretty normal exchange, I'll be honest. At least as normal as an ENA encounter can be... times two.

It depends on the type of ENAs that are meeting in order to tell how the exchange is going to go. As I mentioned in Worker ENA's breakdown, she'd become very motherly and protective of other ENAs.

But generally, I feel like they'd get a kick out of swapping out body parts and making little amalgamations of themselves.

Now if you were to get every single ENA together in the same room, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to reassemble the genie they once came from, being fragmented pieces of her, after all. An ENA-sized puzzle.

Which might not sound very big at first but... you underestimate just how big ENA (the consciousness) is.

[lame2882]

ENA: Fragment Ego (AU)

Master Post

Refining the absolute word salad that was this post

I want to make it clear that Fragment Ego is going to focus less on the comical absurdity of ENA's world and ENA herself and more on the adverse mental effects of it. There'll be some silly doodles and stories here and there, of course, but the overall story will have a more serious tone.

Main Premise of the AU: ENAs are a species of a collective consciousness that originate from an old genie. Each ENA is a fragment of the genie, holding certain memories, emotions, and personality traits. Some remember where they come from (and are traumatized by it). Some don't remember and live their lives normally (whatever that means to them).

The original genie was named Enami, and she looked very similar to what ENAs look like now with dual tones that switch back and forth a lot. However, she had the ability to change her appearance as she desired.

In my head, each genie has a specialty that they preside over. Enami would be the genie of change, which is why she would change her appearance so much.

One day, kind of out of nowhere, Enami waged war on the other genies and doors. She began to break off fragments of herself to create soldiers, which is when ENA began to pop up in the world. Eventually, Enami fragmented herself to the point of collapse and the war she began ended. The rest of her body fragmented into more ENAs and they began to gain free will, the soldier ENAs included, and they began living their lives as normal people... to the best of their abilities.

Since the war ended, other entities are unsure of what to make of the new ENA population. It's unclear if they are still a part of one consciousness that belongs to Enami, or if they're entirely separated from her, or if they've become something entirely different. And if they bother to ask an ENA, they generally get mixed answers. Sometimes even ENA doesn't know. ENAs don't really talk to one another so they have no real frame of reference.

Enami was friends with the genies of the other doors, especially Theodora (and maybe some others but it's hard to say since we haven't seen many of them. Also ENAdora my beloved.) She did not tell the other genies why she was starting her little war, so to them it seemed like she just went crazy. Theodora was deeply betrayed by the war and hurt by the loss of her friend.

Due to being from a genie infamous for starting a war, ENAs are deeply disliked by most entities. ENAs that fragmented off solely to be soldiers are especially hated and mistrusted, seen to be violent by nature.

But also, the blood and body parts of ENA are highly valuable. Some believe they can even act like a monkey's paw, granting wishes at a horrible price.

And I think that's as refined as I'm gonna get. Gonna save the other stuff for more detailed infodumps!

[lame2882]

and we're back with ENA posting

These are so dumb

These are supposed to kinda show off Fragment Ego AU designs of the ENAs but I may have gotten a little too silly

Fragment Ego Masterpost

[lame2882]

ENA: Fragment Ego (AU)

Masterpost

Enami!

Enami is the genie that all ENAs originate from. She was the genie of the bed door and represented change/rebirth.

Enami was very close to Theodora as their specialties were closely related. (Theodora is the genie that represents forgiveness and cleansing (at least in this au), in which Enami would then change the sinner and "rebirth" them)

Because she represented change, she often changed her appearance: changing the colors of her two sides, changing her hair, the shape of her arms, eyes, voice, etc. But what you see above was how she appeared most as it was most comfortable and felt most like "her."

Her name is not well-known among common entities. The memory of her name was overwritten by the name ENA. Not many remember her face or what she represented, she is mostly only known for starting a war against the other genies, destroying herself and the door she presided over.

Being the genie of rebirth, she passed down the ability to "reincarnate" to all the different ENAs, making them essentially unkillable. Their vessels can be destroyed and killed, but they will always come back through unused vessels (mannequins). You can kill their body, but not the consciousness.

[wanderer2somewhere]

I Bring an Offering...

*Very* loosely based on @lame2882's Fragmented Ego AU, so I just wanted to give full credit where it's due!

In short, the idea is that all ENAs originate from another, long-gone Entity. My thoughts are very scattered at the moment, as usual, but I still hope you enjoy!

Also finally got myself a drawing tablet, so mostly using this as an excuse to try some new things (with perhaps questionable results)!

[lame2882]

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