SLEEPING CITIES

all stories are about time loops, except for time loops, which are about grief.

[masstheory]

: ̗̀➛ Welcome to my side blog!

where are you heading off to? the comfort of misery or the pain of change?

i'm Ry! (she/her) your resident tragic character enjoyer and doomed older sibling enthusiast, and this is my little corner of the internet where i will yap about one of my specific interest: gachiakuta

╰┈➤ here, you will find:

character studies

meta posts

rare pairs

found family dynamics

the occasional shitposts

and my many ramblings

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[batcatsle]

a bunch of enjin wips that I will finish once I have time. this dude scratches my brain so well

[masstheory]

so, you're telling the first time enjin uses time walk was when he nearly gets hit by a car. is that why he drives the way he does? to avoid falling asleep and killing someone by accident? #noticing

[masstheory]

got waaaayyy too excited and immediately assumed this was the first time he used time walk #mybad

it's the scar on his head.

makes me wonder what kind of danger he was in...

[rinnieum]

menacing ☂

[masstheory]

so, you're telling the first time enjin uses time walk was when he nearly gets hit by a car. is that why he drives the way he does? to avoid falling asleep and killing someone by accident? #noticing

[masstheory]

the parallels. i'm sobbing

[lemorgo]

blue yellow red First one is when Zanka only got into cleaners and Riyo was very wary of him + probably was acting less friendly in general (didnt fully built her cleaner easygoing persona yet)

[rinnieum]

[runabout-river]

This is a jab created by Urana to make Rudo angry to then show us that, actually, Regto was a good Dad. But I like to think it's also part of Zanka's characterisation even though it doesn't tell us anything personal, for example how Zanka views the Family. Pretty traditionally it looks like. Also with the expectation that everyone has a mom and dad and that they taught their children proper manners and respect.

How many people in the Cleaners and the wider Ground society can say that they lived a life like that? We have Bro and Dear who make a good father-adopted son combo, but I would hardly see them as the norm except maybe adoption is common because someone somewhere always loses a family member or two.

Except of course, your life happened in Hell Guard capital with a powerful family where other powerful families congregate and everyone tries to be as proper as possible. I think Enjin has something to say to that.

[aiexh]

nobody talk to me I’m going to SOB

[eyelessfog]

a character who truly, legitimately goes “but why does that matter?” about their feelings when someone who cares about them asks. and the sudden falling of everyone around them’s faces as they realize that this person doesn’t recognize themself as someone who needs or should be taken care of. i want Everyone to hurt. surprise at the idea, worry for them, horror at not having noticed. do you see this person who doesn’t think of themselves as a person?

[crystalstorm]

Just realised that Enjin’s full face mask is the same design as his little Teru teru bozu

THATS SO FUCKING CUTE.

Especially cuz Enjin already met August at that age and the damn kid KNOWS he hates the rain, so his mask is made after something to ward off the rain.

[masstheory]

finally, finally working on a gachiakuta fic..

[malin-la]

People really need to start writing more fics/prompts including the effect of team Akuta’s past jobs on their current lives bc omg

Riyo is loud and chatty, but her actual presence is deathly quiet. She frequently walks without a sound and breathes in time with ambient noise on reflex. On sleepless nights, most of the cleaners have been jumpscared by her in the kitchen at some point or another. No one can ever see her coming, she just appears

Zanka is a vicious spar buddy. What he lacks in raw power (which he’s not lacking much, mind you), he makes up for in battle iq. He can predict most attacks from conventional weaponry considering he probably has more experience with the weapon than the actual user. He’s always more than willing to offer up ideas for new, unconventional attacks that the other givers can use to improve their fighting styles

Rudo has a deceptively keen eye, trained by his years as a scavenger. Lost your hairbrush? Yeah it’s in the far corner of the back room no one’s been in in days. Can’t find something in your closet? Bring Rudo over and he’ll spot it in five seconds flat. He’s also the first to notice changes in their environment, be it a new decoration in someone’s room or a new piece of clothing added to another cleaner’s wardrobe

All three of them have heightened reflexes, moreso than most of the other cleaners. Riyo and Zanka from needing to be ready for a fight at any time, and Rudo from potentially needing to retreat from an oncoming attack. Someone drops a glass and Zanka snatches it up before it even touches the floor. People try to get payback on Riyo but they simply cannot creep up on her. Rudo can outrun most of his teammates over long distances, unprompted, no matter where he is

[fairysuku]

I love how passive-aggressive Enjin is with Riyo when it comes to killing people. He just stares, and she KNOWS.

[masstheory]

they abandoned you like trash, and i collected you like a treasure.

bonus:

[masstheory]

Now that I think about it, this scene from chapter 28 really puts Enjin's reaction in perspective after chapter 165..

It's no wonder he was so against the idea of Remlin putting a tattoo on Rudo.