Announcing the MCSR Mini Gift Exchange December 2025!!!!!!!
@mcsr-events is returning this Christmas for another Mini Gift Exchange!!! This event will take place from the 22nd of November (when signups open) to the 1st of January (when the posting period finishes). Here is the link to the Discord server for anyone who is interested in taking part as an artist or a writer, please do join even if you are just curious! The event rules and an overview of how it will run are placed below the cut, do look out for signups in a couple weeks' time walterLove <3
If you have any questions, direct them to the mod @ilyfynn!
Event Overview:
Participants will join a Discord server - the event will be run through there.
Participants will complete a signup form, stating their requested prompt in the process. The prompt must be MCSR-related.
Participants will go through a claims stage in which claims open at the optimal time (we will ask for time zones in the signup form). Claims will be on a first come first served basis, and you will be asked to list several prompts you'd like to fulfil in case you do not get your first choice. This will be done through another form.
Mods will contact participants to tell them their final prompt. Please ensure you have DMs open so we can do so. If all your prompts have been taken, we will have to ask you to choose another (we will be removing taken prompts from the claims spreadsheet so you can see).
As soon as all prompts are taken, or as soon as the set start for the creation period begins, participants are free to begin working on their gift. Writers should have minimum 1k words and artists at the very least a coloured piece (doesn't have to be rendered). Please maintain anonymity at this point as we would like the gifts to be a surprise!
If at any point, you feel you are unable to keep going with your gift, please contact mods so that we can discuss and get a pinch hitter if needed.
Once you have completed your gift, we would like you to do a form we will send to announce you have completed. Then, once posting period begins, you are free to post. At this point you are able to drop anonymity, or if preferred, you can post anonymously. Please tag the recipient of your gift in the post you make/gift to them on AO3/however you choose to gift!
The event is now over! Thank you for taking part!
Event rules:
You agree to do your best to produce an adequate gift of either a writing piece minimum 1k or a coloured (doesn't have to be rendered) art piece for your chosen prompt within two weeks.
If you are unable to do this, you must quickly contact a mod and inform them so a pinch hitter can be found.
As per Discord, Ao3 and Tumblr TOS, you must be at least 13 years old to participate. You must have a Tumblr and Discord account.
Shipping is permitted for the event, however efforts should be taken to ensure that these pieces remain out of sight of any speedrunners involved. Practice typical fandom etiquette (don’t like, don’t read).
Dark, violent or triggering topics must be appropriately tagged.
No NSFW content.
Major Archive Warnings and shipping are opt-in and this should be respected. Additionally, you must consider the prompt’s DNW and fulfill it as best as you can. Not doing so will result in a ban from the event.
No AI generated content.
Mods reserve the right to ban mores who break the rules.
MCSR December Mini exchange (@mcsr-events) pinchhit for @lost-kestrel! I don't draw dragons at all, so it was a challenge to design and draw five...Still, I hope you like it.
(This was mostly complete in my files for the last two weeks, but I was very distracted by midterms.)
Background only and thoughts under the cut:
The idea of the image is that they're racing (on dragons) through each of the three dimensions. The mountains are the overworld, then a basalt delta + fortress (+ warped forest) for the Nether, then the End + End Islands. I didn't realise it at the time, but this wouldn't be a very fun seed to actually play...
The final version is pretty similar to my initial thumbnails, I just scaled it up and painted over it!
This is just the dragons, if you wanted to see them more clearly.
@mcsr-events mcsr gift exchange for @harvehst i hope i tagged the right person
HELLO HII !!!! merry christmas? happy new years?! i am so sorry for being like. this late? no very late sobs no i am totally not posting this like 10 mins before posting period ends i swear
the talkingmime in spirit (woohoo scriptreading woah):
small fic (1.3k) under that im too lazy to upload on ao3.. i might expand this idea who knows. actors au fein silverr mime centric ft couri nerdi and reign ! hihih i hope u like it ! <3
“Silverr. If you smudge the makeup one more time— I swear to god I am not redoing that.” He’s half asleep but stops his tracks, removing his hands from his face, all before realizing he was one second away from ruining Mime’s work for the third time. Silverr watches the staff as they prepare the set, broken props being replaced for new ones, lighting adjustments, and actors in the background doing a final rehearsal.
He tries to zone out, again, letting the noise blur to white. The world around him collapses, he drfits, then feels a hand on his shoulder. “Wake up, you can sleep some more when the day’s over. Fein needs you, probably to go over the lines again.” Couri’s voice is soft, creating circle motions to where his hand is placed. Eyes flicker from shut and open, Silverr lightly rubs his eyes, standing up.
Mime and Fein are waiting, or you could say they’re having a bit of a dispute. “How does the next scene go again? I didn’t get to memorize the lines, Nerdi said improv should be alright though.” Fein asks, in clear annoyance, for whatever reason. Mime fires back, “Well Feinberg, maybe if you wouldn’t lose your scripts all the time you’d have an idea.”
“It’s a few pieces of paper, you’re saying it like people don’t lose things.”
“People don’t. The amount of paper and printing ink you’ve wasted is double the amount I’ve used in my entire lifespan. Geez, not even double, triple, quadruple, only god knows.”
“Then help me convince Nerdi to get rid of the rule that bans devices during pre–recording hours? Why is that even a problem to begin with.”
Mime deadpans. “Isn’t that rule only applicable to you? Like, that one time when you ordered delivery and your phone wouldn’t stop ringing. If I remember correctly it singlehandedly made Reign and Couri redo a scene that they’ve been trying to finish for like, two hours.” Silverr makes it sound like a question to sound nicer, it doesn’t, if anything that nice tone hints sarcasm. “And then another time you tried to—
A water bottle comes crashing towards Silverr’s way, he tilts his head, so it misses. Fein opens his mouth, preparing a retort, until Couri forcefully drags him back. Catching him off guard, they stumble a few steps backward. “Remember, there’s still a scene you guys need to finish before we can leave. Unless you’re purposely trying to delay things so we get back late, and end with no sleep, please don’t.” Fein frowns but doesn’t utter another word, Couri is very pleased.
“Why do you only shut up when Couri’s in the conversation?” He’s not wrong. “Fuck off—” Couri hums, and Fein stops. “Nevermind. The next part is just me and Silverr right? Mime in spirit, and some other guy. Okay, but can I get a script though?”
Silverr passes his script, it’s only two pages, back to back. Fein takes it, gives it one look before setting it aside. “So me and Silverr are going to meet up after setting the explosives, Silverr first. I’ll save him from getting shot, we prepare to leave but a guy interrupts and catches us. Then fires a shot at me specifically. Is that it?” Silverr nods in agreement. Nerdi screams for positions, they run, scrambling to get to where they’re supposed to be.
Silverr prepares himself, Fein leans towards the window. The staff leave the set after confirming everything is safe and in place, Nerdi counts down three fingers. “Start!”
A gunshot can be heard from the distance, Silverr’s code to leave, mission accomplished. Someone fires a second, and that means there’s no time to waste.The host is left wounded and unrecognizable, an empty hole in the chest. Sounds of glass shattering, blame being thrown around. He takes his outer coat off, leaving it on the ground as it was only slowing him down.The communicator suddenly cuts off, he won’t have Mime’s guidance for this escape.
Panic threatens to surge into his veins, but it doesn’t. He can navigate this mess of a banquet himself, Silverr watches the disarray in the main hall, waiting for the right moment to flee.
The exit is guarded by the security. It seems they’re on total lockdown, killing anybody daring to come close. While he can hold his own, a heavily outnumbered fight would be too risky. He’ll have to find a different way out. “Silverr? Silver?” Mime’s voice echoes through the communicator, the signal is completely restored now. “Up, then take a turn left. Enter the host’s chambers, Fein will be waiting for you there.” Easy enough, Silverr doesn’t wait a second, locating the stairs and initiating a few steps.
Well, things weren’t always going to be easy. “Stop— careful Silverr, the path there is also guarded.” He spots two members of security, they’re stationed outside of where he’s supposed to be. “Knock out the guy blocking the door first, the other one closer to you is just a new recruit, he won't be much of a problem.”
“Got it.”
Grabbing the blood–stained knife slit between his belt, he runs at the man blocking his only exit, aiming at the neck. In one swift motion, the guard infront of him collapses, followed by blood seeping down from the throat. Silverr’s mind breaks from auto–pilot as he watches the new recruit pull the trigger, the bullet being perfectly aligned with his head. That’s until someone breaks the door from the inside, shooting the other guard before running to push Silverr out of the crossfire. Feinberg, of course.
They land at the hard concrete floor, Silverr inhales dust, he coughs. “Pay more attention, seriously. You could’ve gotten yourself killed there.” Fein’s worry is clear, he shouldn’t have to always step in for him. “Yeah, sorry. Sorry, I’ll do better next time. Let’s go?”
Fein gives an approving nod, getting up and helping Silverr to get back on his feet as well. A figure emerges from the shadows, a benefactor, he doesn’t look too pleased. “Going this early? The party hasn’t even begun.” The man holds the trigger, shifting his attention to Fein. “It’s quite a shame really, quite a shame for what I’m about to do.” He fires the shot, that shot was aimed at Fein.
“CUT!”
The bullet breaks when it comes in contact with Fein, harmless crystal shards explode, leaving a mess. “That’s it for today, great work everyone!” The director commends, the staff rushes over to clean the set in preparations for tomorrow.
Couri walks by, water bottles and towels in hand, passing them over to the actors working in the background. He gives Fein the remaining things, signaling him to distribute it to the group. When Silverr gets his, he twists open the cap like it would kill him if he doesn’t do it faster. He chugs the water like the world is ending, and it prompts the others to chuckle.
“Chill out Silverr, nobody's gonna take that bottle away from you.” That was probably Reign, that was definitely Reign. He finishes drinking, or you could quite literally say inhaling, the water. He happily takes Silverr’s hand, following staff and managers outside, everything should be done for today. Avoiding a crowd of people and flashes as they make their way to the car.
Mime takes a seat at the front, Couri and Fein go together, Reign snags a seat next to Silverr at the back. “New hotel right? Cool, I’m sharing with Silverr.” The manager shakes his head, “Absolutely not. You’ll be sharing with Fein, Silverr’s going with Couri and Mime.” Reign’s expression turns bitter, sour, offended, annoyed.
“Bold of you to assume I’m not going to sneak in there for the night.”
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
@mcsr-events 2025 Mini Exchange gift for @personifiedsmol ! Vaguely historical, fantasy au with hunter!Couriway x blacksmith!Feinberg x fox!Fruitberries, which is a fun and funky dynamic I really enjoyed writing!
Remaining two chapters will be posted in the next two days. Happy holidays, everyone!
MCSR 2025 December Gift Exchange, for @dwa-albatross :33
@mcsr-events
I loveee the idea of Couri and Fein having superpowers and just using them to goof around when they aren’t out saving the world. I very much hope you like this, because I had so, so, so, so, so much fun making it, and learned SO much and pushed myself in a totally different direction than my usual art. well worth the 20 hours I spent on it :33
my gift for @clrcing for @mcsr-events december 2025 mini gift exchange! it’s a multi chapter fic and more chapters will be added in the next few days :3
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
as part of the wonderful december mini gift exchange ran by @mcsr-events , here is my gift for @ilyfynn the goat writer ever!! its beefstrid angst teehee - lyrics from 35C by Kinoko Teikoku
explanation/yap about this au and extra tidbits below cut :3
this whole au/idea was built off of vstrid having a no good very bad mental due to beef qualling to playoffs/doing well in ranked and vstrid not being able to do the same (i have to make vstrid suffer sorrey). my original idea was beefstrid being childhood friends who bonded over ranked - always evenly matched in skill and maybe the two best runners in their city. but eventually beef gets invited to move to a different city where ranked HQ is. beef doesn't want to leave vstrid but they don't want to turn this opportunity down. vstrid didn't even tell beef he loved them before they left
also i don't know if the lyrics are 100% accurate there was exactly one website with an english translation
i had like 5 more panels planned but due to irl things i didn't have time to do them all but heres one of them:
here is my gift to @understarryskiess , made for @mcsr-events' gift exchange dec 2025! the theme is fantasy au ft. moretrio <33
ah, wait, that isn't the full thing. hold on.
ahem.
CHECK OUT THE FULL GAME HERE !!
follow the moretrio on their quest! and perhaps, meet some friends and help on the way? it's very rudimentary, and follows a linear story, so just a heads up!
link:
A linear visual novel game made for MCSR's Secret Santa 2025!
