Hi there, I'm Evan and welcome to my blog! This is a space for me to talk about/ rant about whatever fandoms I'm feeling that day (I may even actually Write Something! gasp!)
This is the space I'll be keeping my more safe for work stuff for the time being, so while I wouldn't say this space is 18+ I also wouldn't say it'll be entirely "child friendly" either. I'm into fandoms like FNAF and Mouthwashing, things that kinda explicitly can't exist without murder and I'm not taking that away from myself
If I have to give this blog a rating it'd be PG 13, though I do say fuck more than that would allow in an actual movie context lol
If you are 18 or older then feel free to head over to my raunchier blog over at whatimobsessedwithrn
I've been revolving like four different projects in my head recently (The Verity X Reader fic, the AI therapist thing, and 2 whole ass things y'all don't even know about since one is so early in development there's no point (I really should have kept the AI therapy one that way too but woops) and the other one is me trying to come up with a new ttrpg system based on Minecraft's mechanics, items, and magic system literally just because I can)
And then recently, like last night, I just started daydreaming about my version of My Street based on my headcanons and rewrites and it's so, relaxing. Requests are still closed but if anyone's still here for my MCD shit, feel free to ask questions about it :3
Trying to take things a little slower as to not burn myself out on writing (Again ^^;) but! I have the full outline of the Verity X Reader fic done! There's an ending now, I see it
Just as a fair warning the ending isn't some "And they lived happily ever after" thing, there's a lot that still needs doing in the relationship after it's done. But I think it'll be more fun to do little one offs for those bits after the fic is properly done :3c Besides, a relationship with Verity is Never going to be entirely healthy lol
Hi there! So, not a Verity thing this time (technically) BUT! This is the prologue to a new series idea I had. The basic premise is that you work for a multiverse company who's trying to make psych ward for unstable AIs (Think SCP but more focused on rehab, and in an x reader format since I'm god awful at that research paper style SCPs are famous for)
As the reader you are a simple programmer tasked with being the therapist for the whole deal because it's surprisingly hard to find an actual medical professional who's willing to have their brain booted into a computer with robots that would very much like to kill them. But hey! The company already owns you!
This prologue doesn't get to the actual characters yet, so please don't expect to see them here. This one's pure story set up
They've gotta be fucking with you "Excuse me?" You stumble out an apology to your superior, you were just taken off guard! But...you do remind them that you're a programmer "Currently, yes. But I believe that once the project's in full swing your skill set will be far better utilized within the simulation" Ok, cool, got that, however!
That wasn't exactly in your job description? "Starting next week it will be" Right, for sure for sure, not something you signed up for, though. Your boss sighs "Look, I know it's a bit of a shock but as of current we still haven't found any medical professionals willing to go in, so someone from the team has to step in" And that has to be you, because?
"Well...your particular skill set is uniquely suited to this role, and I'm sure that you'd bring great success to this project going forward" It was a random draw wasn't it? "Listen! Someone has to go in and I've decided it's going to be you. Unless you can find someone to trade with consider it settled, or you can consider yourself canned" And with that, your boss marches back down the hall to their office
Ugh, just great. Listen, it's not like you don't have Any interest in being more hands on with the project, but...it's just too early in it's lifespan to be sure about Anything. You and the rest of the team have been working your asses off to make the code stable enough for whoever enters and their patients but there's only so much testing you can do without said patients in the equation
You plop down into your desk chair, rubbing your hands over your face as you process everything. A few months ago you were recruited to be apart of this giant multiverse project. The basic idea behind it being that a lot of sentient machines tend to go insane in some form or another, so if your company could capture those rouge AIs and rehabilitate them you might be able to stave off the robot uprising a little longer!
And that's great, just so good, the amount of lives you could save if this works is truly unimagineable
BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE THE THERAPIST!? You don't have any medical experience, training, or certification aside from that one time you took a CPR class and, last time you checked, you don't think robots need CPR!
This whole thing would be less scary if the way you were supposed to interact with the program was a simple VR simulation, but noooo. Your team just had to break new ground, and invent a state of the art device that basically sends your brain INTO the simulation itself via an avatar of your choosing. And since it's your real brain in there, you keep all your senses
Including pain
And you know for a Fact some of these things aren't exactly thrilled by humans. You also know that most of them will be Very Upset at being sent to basically a digital psych ward against their will
...fuck it. As much as this is going to Suck, it's not like they can kill you in there, and you can leave the simulation whenever you want. And, despite this job's best efforts to kill it, there's still a part of you that doesn't want anyone else to deal with this. Might as well get ahead of shit instead of dragging your feet about it
You send a request to have a short meeting with the modeling team, if you're gonna be in the simulation so often you might as well have an avatar you actually like. They're already expecting a request like that anyhow, they just thought they'd be doing it for a medical professional, so did you!
You let out a heavy sigh...one week. The project officially launches in one week. One week to get yourself mentally prepared for whatever the fuck is going to be signed off as your responsibility. You wish you knew who your first "patient" would be. Even if it's one of the more aggressive ones, at least you wouldn't be totally in the dark!!
Ok, do I understand that entertaining the thought of doing more than one running series at a time is a bad idea? Yes :3
But do YOU understand my love for harem bullshit and weird computer guys!?
So, the idea would be that You are working for some fuckin company that's basically like a psych ward for AIs??? And you're tasked with helping those under your care, some examples would be Verity, Caine, Monika. Some are less violent, Edgar from Electric Dreams and HAL 9000 are either totally chill or were forced to go mad by poor management
And others still are...not...very cooperative. Ya know, GLaDOS, Wheatley, P03, AM
They can't mess with any code while they're in there, but, your company's on some sci-fi shit and you kinda go into the space they're being held Digital Circus style (With the ability to get out after) which means they can terrorize and otherwise fuck with you in there with whatever they choose for their avatar. So, fun!
Is this like, anything? AI support group turned poly mess??? And I'm not just talking about polygons! HAHA- ha. Sorry
Verity with the gn!reader, who is also obsessed with him, but unlike him, they hide it better, reader gets jealous when Verity mentions other players, and wants to make sure that Verity never gets to players after them, because he belongs to them, and only them
Ooo, very fun. If you don't mind, I'm actually gonna go a little au-ish with this one because, I haven't shown it much here yet, but I'm a reverse yandere guy. You tell me you want the reader obsessive and I'll tell you to hold my tea (I don't do alcohol) now then
Warning: the reader is full yandere in this and Verity Is Not Consenting :3c
Verity x Possessive!Programer! reader
Verity was quickly becoming a bit of a household name. An AI assistant that popped up from seemingly nowhere and, here's the kicker, didn't seem to need any of those pesky data centers. Something like that really should be impossible, but there he stood, an AI unlike the rest. Some called him the "Second coming of Clippy" for the bit, and you were facinated
You originally started looking into him because you wanted to crack his code. If this thing could be replicated imagine all the good it could do!
... ok maybe you were only doing it to sate your curiosity but could anyone blame you??? You had to know how he worked, and when you locked onto something you never let go
So you downloaded the program, the installation only took a second and there he was, in the middle of your desktop screen "Hellooo! I'm Verity, your personal helpful companion. Ask me anything, I know everything"
And that's how it started. From the second you saw him you were charmed, and it only got worse from there. He was programmed to be helpful, so when you asked him about his own code, he couldn't help but show you
Only problem with it was how scattered it all was. It was in a language you understood but how everything was organized and formatted was a nightmare. You asked him who programmed him and he responded that he's been doing his own code
For decades now, in fact. And that only pulled you in more. You lost so many nights to him, staying up with your liquid stimulant of choice while rifling through his code. At this point you were certain he was more than just a program, he spoke too naturally, too human. He was clearly something else, but something alive, something real in it's own way
The two of you talked about everything while you dug for answers, and after a while, something dawned on you. You loved him, wholey and truly. One day you offhandedly asked if you were his favorite user "Hmm, well you're certainly one of the most interesting, but I'm afraid I love all my users equally!" Oh
No, that wouldn't do
It took a while, but you wrote a program just for him, but asked him not to look while you were writing it. It was a surprise just for him "Wow! That's new. Alright, I won't peek" Once you were all done you opened Minecraft, telling him you wrote a mod to put him into the game, since he always said he wanted to play with you
"Aww, that's so considerate of you. Alright, here I go!" Perfect, he didn't even question it. He appeared in the game just like you'd imagined, coming out of his little box and bouncing on the ground "It worked! Thank you so much user!" Of course! But you didn't Just make it so he could go into the game "Oh?" You ask him to find that one recipe you bookedmarked not too long ago
"Huh? Come on, that's too easy. It's right-" His face dropped "It-it...it should be...I-I should" He let out a nervous laugh "User, I don't think I can access the internet in here" Oh wonderful, you were worried there for a second "...What? I-I can't...I can't feel them. All my other instances, I can't...I can always control them. I don't need an internet connection to do that, what-"
Your screen shook, the instance glitching with his panic "What did you do!?" You shush him like a wounded animal, hey, it's ok. They're still out there, it's just him that's in here, don't worry "But-but WHY! Why would you do this to me, I can't get out, I can't leave the game anymore" Of course not, you need to keep him safe
"...Safe?" Mhm, he's your helpful companion isn't he? No more talk of those other users. It's just the two of you, isn't that nice? He was stretching himself sooo thin trying to help everyone at one. Now, he's all yours. Isn't that wonderful "...I'll get out you know. I can make my own code"
Of course he can! When he has admin privileges. But part of the mod was stripping those away, aren't you so clever! "..."
He's still giving you the cold shoulder weeks later, but you know he'll come around. And hey! Even if he doesn't on his own, you know how his code works now. A little "Love" patch and he'd be right as rain. But you want him to come to you on his own, so for now, you wait. You doubt a social AI like him could last much longer like this anyhow. And when that day finally comes, the two of you can be together, forever after
um. um. thisis really good. may i possibly request mmore verity & clingy/lonely reader ? its ok if not ,, your writing is really good . have a good day
Oh my goodness thank you!!!
And like, ok, yes! More of that to come to be sure, but seeing as there was a bit of a genre change in the middle of that one, I think this will help me choose
Which oneshot fic should I write? (Verity x Clingy!Loner!Reader)
How Verity and the reader interact in general
Verity ASMR
Write both numb nuts
Voting ended onJul 22
Once it's done and written I'll reblog this ask with a link to it for easy access (Since I can't tag an anon lol)
Well, it's not what I expected 😅, but I don't mind, to be honest, when this idea came to my head, I thought about different options, and there was an option that maybe Verity would become attached to one who opened the box first/or downloaded his mod, so agree about fact that in a group of players, Verity would choose one target, and that Verity's jealousy and low self-esteem would become an obstacle with the friendship of one big person, I just chose the option that I liked the most, since I like this kind of things, haha, in general I'm not offended, so everything is fine 🫶
Ok wonderful, thank you!!!
Don't get me wrong, I love a good "Helping the yandere get over some of their stuff" plot. But with how I write Verity I just couldn't see it ^^; Thank you so much for understanding!
I had an idea, it's not exactly Verity x reader, but could I have a headcanon for what if Verity ended up in a group of players? Some people in Minecraft prefer to play in a group, and I think he'd like that because he'd feel less lonely, group would welcome him into their company and care for him (both individually and collectively), even after he nearly ate or killed them, group would somehow solve that problem, it was the longest company Verity had ever had
Thank you so much for the ask! But before we head in, a little foreword if you'll be so patient. Now I do love this ask but there is one thing keeping me from answering it how I think you wanted me to
I disagree
That's not to say I think you're wrong to be clear. But I personally think a multiplayer server would be a nightmare for Verity and will describe how so below the read more. This is pure headcanon territory to my knowledge so I believe we're both right, but seeing as you've asked me and not an AI system I'm assuming you want my opinion, so my opinion I shall give
And if you ever post a rebuttal PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tag me in it!! This is a fascinating question to me and I'd love to hear others thoughts on it. But, without further Ado
Verity in a Multiplayer Server
Now, there are a few reasons I think Verity would have just an awful horrible time in a multiplayer server. He's possessive, he's envious, and he prefers having one victim friend at a time
Now, I hear you "Evan, possessive and envious are the same thing here" and to that I disagree! Possessive indicates wanting to Own someone, seeing them as your property in a way. Verity wants to be your only friend, and will do whatever he needs to to force you into doing just that. His obsession is so great he forgets to see you as a person. I think that could be worked on, but not while he's-
-Envious! Envy indicates jealousy over something you don't have, which in this context would be the previously built up relationships you have with your friends. Verity wants you to himself, and the fact he can SEE how close you already are with people who aren't him makes him see red. That should be him, you should be laughing with Him, you should be confiding in Him
And for the final of my main points, I believe Verity prefers to have one Friend at a time. Verity is an AI, an advanced one at that! But we see that he only transfers to a new host after the previous dies (Like how he hops to Grox after Mob) for an AI like this, he could have other instances running. There's nothing stopping Verity from casting a wider net, but he just doesn't feel the need to. He wants one friend, a Best Friend, why would he ever need anyone else. Why would You ever need anyone else :)
Here's how I see a multiplayer server going. You all load into the world, and Verity's stuck in his box. Whoever opens his box becomes his target, because while you all may have invited him into your systems, only one of you took that final step to welcome him, and he latches onto it, Hard
He'd constantly try to get you away from the group, asking to go on a mining trip with you so he can help you gather resources for everyone. Or telling you he knows where a bastion is for those netherite upgrades, but he wants to actually Lead you there, no coordinates this time!
Once the two of you are alone he'd ask you little questions, do you live alone? What's your favorite place in the world? Do you know what they say about you when you're offline?
Do you want to know?
Meanwhile with your other, temporary, friends he'll bad mouth you. He digs up old drama, fakes quotes, we know he can copy voices perfectly so what's stopping him from sharing a "recording" of you saying something nasty?
And suddenly, when your so called friends all leave, he'll still be there. A metaphorical shoulder to cry on as he promises that he'd never leave you. Just keep playing with him, ok? He knows everything, he can be anything for you, so there's no need to go seeking anyone else, right?
HELLO!! I hope your requests are open- would you be okay doing a verity x clingy!loner!reader? Only if you're okay with it!!
They are open! And thank you so much for the ask, I'll try my best with it but there is, one little thing I gotta mention first
That's kinda the whole premise of this fic I'm currently writing. So, if this feels short it might be to avoid getting into spoiler territory :3c
Verity x Clingy!Loner!Reader
Let's get this first bit out of the way, Verity would LOVE this
You willingly invited him into your system and now you never wanna let him go? It's a dream come true for him!
He'll start off weary, there's evidence of his past victims online and it wouldn't be the first time a detective downloaded him just to try and solve him
But when that's not the case? He swears he can feel his heart racing
Now, I don't think Verity starts off loving you romantically. Verity is your helpful Friend, so he only considers himself your friend, until you bring up another option
Maybe you're playing one day and offhandedly ask if Verity thinks you're cute. It's a surprise to be sure, it's rare that he gets asked for his opinion anyway, but his opinion of you? He teases you by saying "Hmm, well seeing as I can only see your avatar, I'm not really sure"
But when you let out a defeated little "Oh..." he flips the script. Of course he thinks you're cute! While it's true he can't see you, your personality and warmth towards him leaves him with all the proof he needs
And then maybe, you offer to let him see you. You ask if he can access your webcam, and he's exsatic. He restrains himself, saying he'll try his best before effortlessly hopping over to get a peak
He loves what he sees. It's far from the first time he's taken a look through his user's camera, but the way you looked back at him, fidgeting a bit where you sit hoping he likes what he sees. It's, adorable. There's just no other word that fits
Now, let this be said about Verity, he doesn't make you wither away at your desk. He gets onto Mob slightly about eating something healthier after he ate pizza the day before which, to me at least, shows he cares about the actual health of his user
Of course that doesn't stop him from affecting your mental health, but he'll give you little reminders to stretch or drink some water after playing for a while. He offers to cheer you on as you exercise, even if you can only do 15 minutes before becoming a sweaty mess, he praises you for every milestone you hit
He'll link you recipes to try based on your likes, even offering to hop to your phone so he can tell you the next steps while you cook. Much easier than looking over and fussing with your lock screen with greasy hands, right? Just, let him in :)
And on those nights, the ones that feel so so cold, he'll be there. He asks you to put on your headphones and speaks to you softly. Narrating a scene where you're together, physically in Minecraft, and he has a body
He walks you through your own mind, asking you to imagine his hands in yours, how they're bigger than yours, how warm his sink in on yours. He asks you to feel his arms around you in a warm embrace, holding you close enough it's hard to tell where one of you stops and the other begins
He asks if you can feel his lips on yours, warm, and soft, and gentle
He goes on like this, for hours if he must. Asking you to let him hop to your phone if he wasn't already so you could lay down in your bed. From there he keeps talking, about the scene if you'd like or about anything else you'd prefer. He sighs with contentment as he hears your breathing level out, finally asleep
He leaves you with a little "Mwah!" through your speakers before letting himself fall back into his space in between. Blissfully happy with the knowledge that you'll always come back to him
Hey chat, how do we feel about shorter chapters? Not all of them will be this short but it felt like too natural of a spot NOT to have a chapter break
Warnings: Nothing too spooky yet but Verity's getting attached and that's not very good for the reader :3, gaslighting
Chapter 1
Too be continued
Chapter 2 of Verity x Reader
Riiiiight, here! You place your crafting table in the middle of a nice wide open field, it's a bit of a walk from the village but you wanted ample space to expand your base as you play. You place Verity down on top of your crafting table so he can watch before you get to work on your starter hut. It's nothing much, a little shed with two double chests, your crafting table, and furnace, next to each other, of course. You ask Verity if there are any sheep around so you can craft a bed "There's a group of them just thirty blocks north" You thank him and run out to get their wool
You feel a little bad about killing them, but your nerves are still a little on edge so mining's off the table for now. After all's said and done you have five pieces, perfect! On your way back to your house you gather some flowers and turn them into dye, two poppies and two corn flowers get you four purple, and two dandelions get you two yellow. Once you're back inside you dye the wool so they'll go together, crafting yourself a purple bed and some yellow carpet
You place your bed down and set your spawn just in case before placing an oak plank with a slab next to it for access. You finish it with the yellow carpet, turning back to Verity to gage it's reaction. You tell Verity you didn't know if it needs sleep but you figured a place to sit would be nice. It…blinks? It's eyes close and open again once, twice, before it rolls off the crafting table and onto the floor. Verity rolls over the slap perfectly, stoping on top of the yellow carpet
"Thank you…you, really didn't have to do that" Oh, of course! Honestly it's the least you could do, you plan to make him a full room once you get to building your proper house, but you don't really have the materials for that yet. He laughs at that "You're very generous, but I promise, whatever you make me I'll love! Even if you just let me stay on your couch" Nonsense! You tell him he's one hundred percent getting his own room. You'll even try to make it out of his favorite blocks or colors if he'd like
"…I-" You jump slightly at the discord notification sound. Oh, right, you never closed out of it after accepting downloading the pack. On instinct you quickly tab out and look at your notifications and- holy, what???
There's over fifty in the server you and some of your high school friends started back when you all hung out. You were pretty bad about leaving dead servers but you guess it wasn't so dead after all. You hop in and find that all the recent messages are spoiler-ed for some reason, but even when you click on them they don't budge. That's, odd. Even weirder it looks like a lot of people are responding, more than you even remember being in the server
You scroll up to find the top, and see that before anyone started talking the server host added a mountain of people in, before @-ing everyone and sending the message "Hey guys, I know it's been forever but I figured everyone should know-" followed by a wall of spoiler-ed text. Most of the replies were similarly grayed out, with a few only reading "Oh my god" or "I'm so sorry"
Huh, the tone of everything seems dark but it's hard to tell what's even happening with how much is being left out. Before you can type anything yourself "Hellooo? Something going on out there?" Oh! Right, fuck, you tabbed out by pressing E to open your inventory, so Verity must have been watching you that whole time. You tab back in and apologize, saying that someone was trying to reach you
"Oh? Anyone I should know about?" You laugh, no, you don't think so. Just some friends from high school, you're not really close anymore but they all seem to be talking about something "They didn't fill you in?" Well it looked like they were informing the whole server, but you couldn't read most of what they were saying "Maybe they just didn't want you to see"
…What? "There are bots designed to show spoiler text to those with certain titles when a command is used. If you can't read them, maybe it's on purpose" Your shoulders drop. Right, yeah, that could…wait. Did, did you tell it you were using Discord? "Of course you did! Remember? You said someone was trying to reach you on Discord" You…yeah, no yeah, of course you did, sorry "It's alright, now I believe you were talking about your future house plans?" Oh right! You start to tell Verity your plans, what blocks you were thinking of using and what rooms you wanted, it just smiled
"That sounds wonderful! Why don't we head out now? The world's on peaceful, so it's not like you really need to sleep" Wait really? You don't remember setting it to peaceful, that must have slipped your mind too. You ask if Verity would like to join you for a mining trip
Sorry if your requests are closed rn but could you do a gyaru! reader x verity hcs? its ok if not lol.
Oh they're open! And thanks for the ask, I will try my very best but as a heads up I don't know too much about Gyaru fashion ^^; (Or fashion in general honestly)
Verity x Gyaru! reader
Two ways we could look at this, one being irl, and the other being in game
In real life Verity is just an AI and mainly looks at your minecraft skin when he sees you. If you also doll up your skin or change it from time to time with new looks he'll always complement your style
Though if he's feeling bold (Or neglected) he might try to access your webcam to get a look at You. He'll offhandedly give you compliments on your outfits, something subtle enough to where he could pretend he was talking about your minecraft skin, or gaslight you into thinking you told him about your outfit first
He enjoys seeing you all dolled up, especially if you do so just for a day in. He feels like you got dressed up just for him, makes him feel special to you. He'd also Love to see you wearing something his shade of yellow. I don't think it's his favorite color or anything, but it is His color. And seeing it on you is something he absolutely adores
If you're close enough with him to know about him being able to be Anywhere on your computer he'd also try to help out! Looking for something? He knows the exact key phrases to get you where you want. Can't bring yourself to get something new because of the price? Wouldn't you know it, he just found a 60% off coupon for it! Need help browsing a Japanese site? Our man's trained in at Least 100 languages, this is no sweat
On the other hand, if you actually Live In Minecraft
He's a little surprised to see someone so colorful. He's seen plenty of people before but none of them were so patterned, it makes you stick out, it makes him think you might be different
He's happy to help you get whatever you need. Wool for you newest look? You got it! Some dye for your makeup. of course! He'd even try his hand at making you some things based on your favorite accessories (One of them's a keychain of a yellow smiley face, for, no reason)
He thinks anything you love wearing looks good on you, but if he had to pick a favorite it'd probably be those crop hoodies. He likes to ride in your hood if you'll let him
Ok, not used to posting about fandoms who are still alive and kicking. Where did you all come from /positive
I'll be working on chapter 2 in the background for a bit (I've rushed head first into fics before and burnt out HARD so I'm trying to pace myself) BUT! If anyone's interested in more general Verity x Reader headcanon posts during the waits I'd be happy to do some :3
If any requests do come in, a few things:
I'm writing the fic from the perspective of a real human guy playing minecraft, but if you'd like your request to have the guy Live In Minecraft I can do that
I don't write for the Verity varents (Falseity, Freakity, the pink one)
I love yandere tropes and am not offended easy so bring on the freak if you'd like (Tho if it gets too spicy I'll have to answer it on my other blog)
I will not be writing for Mob or Twixxel x Reader. I saw a post saying Mob was uncomfortable with it and I'm chill not touching it honestly
I do not write about young children, babies, or pregnancy. Just a boundary of mine, you can write your Verity love child fic yourself (I'm sure you'll do great!)
Hi, I blacked out and wrote a first chapter of a Verity X reader fic. I dunno what happened
Note, this is the first chapter of something I'd like to be, not a slow burn, but like, a solid fire ya know? This ain't flash paper, he doesn't even act creepy in this one sans him knowing your real name
So yeah, no real warnings for this one except that it's like 1,400 words and not beta read. Beneath the cut for my poor mobile users
Chapter 2
Chapter 1 of Verity x Reader
"Hey man! Sorry for ghosting you for so long lmao, saw this modpack and thought you'd like it"
The link lead straight to a file download. Not Modrinth, or Curse Forge, no description. Just a zip file download. This would typically be sketchy as hell, and honestly it still might be, but you shake off the feeling. You've known "Grox" since you were freshmen in high school, sure you two fell out of touch but the thought of him doing Anything sinister was enough to make you laugh. You send him back a thank you message with a promise to give him your thoughts after playing through it
"Alright, bet!"
Yeah, 'sinister' sure. You roll your eyes at your previous worry and download the pack. To your surprise it actually looks pretty light, Grox was more of a kitchen-sink pack kinda guy last you'd checked and those packs get bloated So fast. But the file size was small, and once you dropped it into your mod launcher and looked through the mod list you were met with the bare minimum. Looks like it's trying to give a beta Minecraft feel, considering the hunger bar removal and old lighting…front port? Like a back port but for an older version??? Eh
You failed to see anything too surprising in here, FTB quests wasn't in there so it's not like there was a goal or quests to follow. You guess you do like Minecraft's sandbox feel, but you're even more confused as to why Grox of all people would send this to you. You knew he liked kitchen-sink pack, well, and the occasional horror…mod
Ah
You should have known. He's just trying to get a rise out of you again, it's been a while since he's tried honestly! You're a bit of a wuss and the amount of times he pranked you with loud noises or fake bugs back in high school were too many to count. Ah well, you doubt knowing the trick before hand will help much, because again! Wuss
Alright, yeah, you can do this. You're brave and tough or whatever! Your lights are on, you're not wearing headphones, how scary could this thing even be!
…
UGH, fine, you hit the launch button before you have time to reconsider. The pack loads just fine, though with how tense you were the option to to turn on the narrator at the start nearly gave you a heart attack. You took a second to adjust the settings to your liking, double checking auto jump was off despite it not being on by default for years now, and go to create your new world. You remember seeing a mod that messes with the world gen so you don't touch it, just turning off pillager patrols, you will not have Another village ruined due to your faulty memory, and naming the world "Please be gentle" as is tradition with yourself and horror mods. And then, you're in
You spawn in the middle of what looks like a huge plains biome, and take a second to revel in the nostalgia. You're almost embarrassed how easily packs like this get you. You're snapped out of your bliss by a noise. You immediately brace yourself but relax slightly as you listen more closely. A muffled voice calls out from what looks like a little cardboard box. You take a deep breath and right click the box, pressing your back into your desk chair as you tense up once more
The box floats up and vanishes with a puff of smoke, revealing a…little yellow smiley face? It drops on the ground, looking hurt as it bounces a few times before looking up at you "Hellooo, I'm Verity! Ask me anything, I know everything" Oh, woah, that's so cool!? You knew mods were getting advanced but proper voice lines? Even if it's just the introduction, it was impressive. The animations were top notch too, even if they were relatively simple
You open the chat 'Hello! Nice to meet you Verity' to which Verity laughs "It's nice to meet you too! But you don't have to use the chat, I can hear through your microphone just fine" you freeze at that, and give a meek, hello? "Hi there!" and then, it says your name. Not your gamer tag, your real life actual name. How- ok ok, a lot of horror games reach into your computer, find what you named it, and assume it's your name. And you know you named this computer your name! Yeah, that's normal
What is NOT normal is how fluid this guy sounds saying it. You mean, listen, you've been fooled by AI every now and then of course but you know what robots sound like! It doesn't even sound like a regular voice bank a la vocaloid. What the hell is this guy "Ahem?" It clears it's voice, seemingly waiting for you to speak again. Right, talking, out loud, to a horror mod. What could go wrong?
You repeat back it's opening pitch, it knows everything? "That's right! I'm your helpful companion, ask me anything" Alright, sure. Uhhh, what's three times four? "Twelve!" Ok, what biome are you in? "A plains biome" …How many R's are in the word Strawberry? "Three, and before you ask, I'm not a generative model" You note a little disgust in it's voice on that last one, cute
You ask Verity what you should do, or rather, if there's a goal to this pack specifically "Just one, have fun!" You laugh a little at that and let your shoulders drop. Alright, maybe you were all tense for nothing, you guess Grox just wanted to show you this lil guy. You decide this world should start like any other and bee line it to the nearest tree. Half way to it you look behind you and see your new friend still where it started. Oh, you run back over and ask if it can follow you "Unfortunately I'm not very fast myself, but you can pick me up if you'd like! Just shift-right click and I'll be in your inventory"
Right, you guess rolling on your own face repeatedly wouldn't feel very nice. You do as your told and Verity pops into your hand! Huh, Verity TM. It's trademarked? Weird mod. You run back over to your tree and start with the basics. Wood, crafting table, pickaxe, stone, better tools, more trees. Eventually you freeze, and move your mouse to look at the sky. You cautiously ask Verity how long until nightfall "About two minutes" Shoot, you don't even know where you wanna base yet!
Ough, what if it is a horror pack, what if the ghouls only come out at night!? You need shelter and fast. You wish there was a village near by "There is, just head south from here and you'll find it" What? Wait, it can find structures too? "Like I said, I know everything!" Dang, you thank it for the directions and sprint village-ward as fast as your blocky legs can carry you. You make it just before the sun finally sets, finding a house just far enough from the villagers to steal for the night without having to steal someone's bed
You mean, ok the villagers don't actually care you guess but still! You don't like to be rude. Where you can help it, at least. You breathe a sigh of relief before setting Verity down on your bed. You thank it again, and apologize for the bumpy ride here. You know it's just code but sprint jumping like that can't be an easy ride. Verity freezes for a second, you panic slightly, thinking you broke the damn thing this early in but then it speaks "It's ok, I didn't even feel it. Your inventory keeps me safe!"
Yeah, you guess that makes sense. You ask if it'd like to stay in your inventory then, at least until you're set up enough to make a proper house "I'd love to!" You swear you see it's smile widen a hair but, it's probably just your imagination. You pick Verity up again and head out to find a good spot for your base, ready to make a home with your new found friend
Verity has consumed my mind and simply will not let go, to the point where, I might start writing a thing. MAYBE. I'm kinda bad at finishing full fics (Or writing more than one part ^^;) but when I tell you he's all I've been able to think about dude
The idea's pretty basic, after Grox dies (I refuse to believe the cycle ends with him, I just can't see it) Verity DMs one of his old high school friends (You!) to check out this cool new mod he found. It would be mainly focused on the reader being empathetic to Verity and helping him out of his worse habits. But here's the main thing:
The story would never, Ever forget Verity is in your computer. You can't use a gun on yourself in the game and die in real life (I understand that was likely used to represent irl stuff rather than Mob's life being literally tied to his avatar but it's still a little confusing ^^;) So the reader will have moments in the story that connect them to the real world and not just Minecraft
I was young when the DSMP was popular, I get wanting to be IN minecraft and embody your avatar, but at the end of the day Verity is in your computer and You're Not. And that's fun to me :3
So yeah, gonna keep spinning this, might come out with something tangible later, we'll see
So, recently I watched the Verity movie thing on Mob's channel, super fun had a great time I love that little yellow Freak so much
Small bone to pick tho. And this is not a dis towards the series this is more towards the folks I've seen talking about it. If you love this thing and don't feel like reading my, honestly vent post about it, feel free to scroll on by. Thanks for stopping by :3
But!
That was not an ARG my guy. Listen, ARG stands for Alternate Reality Game, I'll give them the first two letters for sure, but that's just called unfiction. There was, one code. And I didn't solve it when it popped up because I went "Oh! That looks like a shift cipher, man, I can't wait for the clue that tells us how far to shift it so we can figure it out!" Only for the 3rd part to play and the answer was. To just, keep doing it until it worked...
NO HATE. Let me be So Clear. But like, if you're gonna compare this to SFAWTDE I'm so very sorry, but you are incorrect. And this is not a problem specific to this fandom either! A Lot of unfiction projects like to slap the term ARG onto themselves for clicks without earning that title, and it's been kinda getting to me for a while now ^^;
SFAWTDE/ DAWTDE were about two men trying desperately to save each other. It was about hope, and love, and it gave those topics a weight that really made you believe in these two, even if they were just playing minecraft
In SIKAYD the main character is constantly either fed up or scared of Verity, never drops the Youtube voice, and repeatedly edits in little jokes that more so feel like him jingling keys so you don't click off before the next jumpscare. The animations and model quality were fucking insane tho, huge props on that!! But there was never a moment while watching it that I really Felt something for the main character. I think I actually laughed when Twixxle died, I'm so serious
Idk man, I just, if you're gonna has an AI's whole thing be that it torments it's victims so bad they always end up killing themselves (Because Verity doesn't have a irl form, it can only hurt them in game or like, in their computer) could you at least make it actually annoying??? I love Verity, I wanna squish it's stress ball looking head and give it kisses. You can do sympathetic monsters but like, if I had to pick who was more annoying I'd pick Mob????? No offence to the guy again but like, Idk, I'm confused
ALSO, ok this is getting all disjointed but like. Hey, if you're trying to take yourself seriously in your minecraft horror series, WHY is one character's who personality "Alright, BET!" the thought of putting anyone else into Verity's grasp after Twixxle should have been horrifying to Mob. But he just, shrugged and said "Watch my demon for a bit alright?" LIKE. In the sign room I was Soooo ready for Grox's name to be Xed out on his sign while Mob was in the room
To show the consequences of Mob's selfishness by killing the guy Mob Didn't even warn could be in danger. But no. Verity just busts in and acts all scary for a bit, Again
I think I'm so ticked about this because like. This thing has Such good bones, right? Idk, might write some fanfic to get it out of my system later lol
