(pssst remember to pin your intro post)
little spoilers for a fic I'm planning to write, you can read the first three paragraphs without being spoiled and, for tagging purposes, this encapsulates only strange noises from the hole in the wall (so far).
okay so I've been thinking about a pre-canon fic for clarissa strange noises.
locomotion (often presumed to be a creature of the astral plane, which I agree with) can't be the only malevolent creature there, right? as such, there are others - creatures of nightmare.
to establish this world, creatures that, by one way or another, exit the astral plane, can morph into human or human-like figures, only with different intent. they could be pure, or evil, or somewhere in between, though the astral plane struggles with things between black and white.
clarissa meets one such creature, the exact nature of which I have not decided. it's running, and it looks like it's chasing her, so she runs away. eventually though, it catches up and it looks... scared. clarissa is horrified - she tries to speak to it, and it tilts its head. it relaxes slightly, then introduces itself, quietly, as "A". then, "may I have your name?"
unaware of fae, clarissa introduces herself. A has control over her, and it's about to act when several more creatures, a different kind with bloody claws and weapons clearly out hunting, emerges from the forest and starts to chase after them both. they escape thanks to clarissa, hiding in the trees where the hunters can't find them, and suddenly A can't find it in itself to act.
there's more (a LOT more), but I don't want to say toooo much yet so here's your dose of clarissa fic :] enjoy!!!
(gasp ty for the reminder !!!!)
i love your idea ! i really need to rewatch SNFTHITW since i fully thought this was about CDIYW for a second lmao.
when you say the astral plane struggles with ambiguity, does that mean with how a creature presents itself, or in how the plane dictates their change in intention? forgive me if i've misunderstood and simply can't read.
could you send in another ask whenever you post the fic? i'd read in a heartbeat :D