sunsquid

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[sunsquiid]

hiya! call me my username. this is my agere blog ★ there's a lack of agere content in a lot of my fandoms (cough orv), so i'm here to hopefully feed the niche community~

sfw only . nsfw do not interact!

i do headcanons. more info under the cut — feel free to request!

fandom whitelist...

omniscient reader's viewpoint, alien stage, death note, debut or die, gsgw, milgram, etc... (may add to this — this is mostly an orv blog though)

i'll do...

fluff, hurt/comfort, basically whatever (keep in mind i have the right to refuse a request for any reason!)

not comfortable with...

hardcore angst, diapers (just a personal thing!!)

[starrycat123-blog]

The idea/prompt (set in @sunsquiid's agere au): After some awful mission, bronze is frazzled. He needs to wrap Choi (and maybe Soleum) in blankets. Cuddle session, right this instant.

.

… That mission sucked. Jaekwan was exhausted. But also… he had this urge to look around every corner of the room, to make sure everything was in order. The room was already tidy, though. This wasn't about the room.

Soleum, with his usual lack of concern for his own personal safety, had pulled some dangerous shit again, and had headed off to be treated by the medical department. Choi, though not needing the doctors, hadn't been much better.

Jaekwan hadn't been able to protect them. Not nearly as much as he would've wanted to.

…

They hadn't done this with just the two of them in a while, but…

Jaekwan turned to Choi.

“Little time?”

Please say yes, Jaekwan’s caregiver instincts were begging to take care of his teammates, he was going to go crazy if he couldn't look after anyone. Soleum wasn't around, but Choi was here and please please please –

“Yeah!!”

Choi slipped like second nature, breaking into a childish grin. It was almost annoying how much faster and easier he regressed if Jaekwan needed him to, rather than if Choi himself needed little time.

Still, that grin soothed some piece of Jaekwan's soul. He reached out to pull Choi into a hug.

(author's note that's it lol sorry. both 1. Got lazy and 2. Didn't know where else to take it so if anyone wants to suggest anything feel free ,,)

[starrycat123-blog]

Another drabble set in @sunsquiid's gsgw normalized agere au! In tribute to gsgw part 2 ending with kse getting to take a nap, I wanted to write one of the naps he might've taken along the way to get there. It got away from me after that but uh that was the initial intent, so whoops. Hope you enjoy whatever this is!

In the living room, some dumb kid's cartoon was playing, but Kim Soleum's head wasn't visible above the couch. Slowly, Baek Saheon tiptoed into the living room, looking around to determine the lunatic’s location.

Oh. He'd fallen asleep on the couch, still in his work suit. Face tucked into his chest, as if trying to snuggle up to and nuzzle the bunny kept in his pocket, just barely reaching to be able to press his nose onto the top of the doll’s head. Like this, the psychopath almost looked like the little he'd tricked everyone into thinking he was.

Soleum shivered a bit, and made a pathetic whimpering noise in his sleep.

…

As nice as it was to see his roommate suffer, Saheon always felt safer when Kim Soleum was asleep. He went and grabbed a blanket from his room (one of the complimentary ones he'd received from daydream - his least favorite of the bunch. It was neon pinks and greens.) and draped it carefully over the sleeping lunatic, hoping desperately that Kim Soleum wouldn't wake up from being touched by the blanket. Finally, Saheon drew back, successful.

Good. Hopefully now that fucker wouldn't wake up for a long time. More at ease, Saheon walked over to the kitchen to prepare some food for himself. With Kim Soleum asleep, he could relax and take his time cooking. He took care of preparing anything for his little side first - Kim Saheon didn't know Saheon was a little, and would not be finding out. Knowing that guy, he'd wait for Saheon to regress, and then sneak into his room and stab him in the back while he's weakened.

No, Soleum definitely couldn't be allowed to know. Saheon took his usual precautions, hiding each and every one of his little related things back in his room the second he was done preparing them. If Kim Soleum woke up at any point, it was less likely he'd see anything.

Finally, Saheon finished his chore, and returned to his room for the last time. Quietly, he let himself play with his food a little while he ate.

After he finished eating, he took another peek at his roommate. Still sleeping.

Shut safe in his room, Saheon took his own plushie out of its hiding spot in his closet. He couldn't help stroking its fur, despite it looking a bit dirty these days no matter how much he tried to wash it. Maybe that was just how plushies worked when they got worn down? His sister made this cute puppy plush from some scrap fabric for him when he'd turned out to be a little. Her hand-sewn stitches were impeccably done, she'd made this carefully with intent for it to last him a long time, and it had. It was still as perfectly intact as it was when he'd received it, after these years. Some littles really destroyed their toys, but not him. Not this one. The only holes in his puppy were the little pinprick holes where his sister had made mistakes and then removed the stitching so she could re-do it.

Sitting on the floor, Saheon hugged his stuffed animal gently and gave it a kiss on the head before starting to play. Maybe this time his puppy could go to the moon?

[starrycat123-blog]

Cleaned up the splinter fic a little and posted it to ao3!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80074931

tagging the moots so they see this whenever they log into tumblr. hope you both like the fic 💛

@sunsquiid @braundoll

[starrycat123-blog]

First draft of splinter agere fic bc. idk. splinter still in hand lol. I could edit it but. don't wanna rn. I gotta go get things from the grocery store before they close. Author notes in parentheses, sorry if this is ooc.

Every darkness had moments in which people got hurt. This was natural. Usually, escaping was the first priority, and treating the injury was a job for the doctors for later.

However, we had some downtime where we were relatively safe, but could not yet escape. (Think looky mart.) This injury of mine was minor, not worth the use of nostalgia candy or happymaker to fix. Focusing my eyes, I tried to get a good hold of the small piece of glass in the thumb of my dominant hand, and remove it.

This was... not easy to do with my non-dominant hand, ow. I could probably leave it as-is until we escaped, though, so it wasn't a big deal. The bureau's doctors could handle it later. I was a little stressed, yes, and I kind of wanted to cry, but I'd been through worse. I shook the fuzzy feeling out of my head and tried to focus on more important things, like how we'd escape this darkness once we were free to move.

"Grapes-ie? Let me have a look at your hand."

But just as I started to think about that, Choi spoke up, and Bronze too turned to look at me.

The look on Choi's face was mildly concerned, he must've seen a hint of blood before I hid my hand and thought that the wound was more serious than it was.

Bronze, however, with no idea whatsoever as to how I was injured, seemed much more anxious, I thought. It was a little hard to tell, he was definitely trying to keep calm. His face was blank.

...

The fuzziness in my head intensified as I let them take my hand, gently cradling it around the side where the glass wasn't. I felt a bit dizzy, and I wanted to sit down. An undignified whine made its way out of my throat.

Both Choi and Bronze's faces softened.

"Don't worry, your reliable seniors will have this fixed up in no time, Grapes-ie!"

"Just hold still for a few seconds, okay? You'll be alright, hoobae." (Is hoobae the correct word? I gotta check later how Bronze would address Soleum in an affectionate younger agent kind of way)

Ahh, it was embarrassing how gently they were speaking to me. They hadn't even touched it yet, merely squinting at it and tilting my hand around. I wasn't in any pain, everything was fine, and yet they were speaking to me like a scared little kid.

And sure, I felt a little like a nervous child, but I was sure it hadn't shown on my face.

Choi moved to look through his bag, and then through Bronze's, and spoke out loud to himself. Or maybe to Bronze.

"Hm, do we have any way to soak it in water for a little while? It might come out on its own, and we're in a safe spot. We can rest for a few hours without any issues. It'd hurt less than pulling it out."

Bronze turned to look as well, but Choi was already going through our stuff. I used my non dominant hand to give them my bag as well, in case it'd help. Really though, they didn't have to do all this.

"Wouldn't it be easier to just grab it with your fingers and pull it out? It's close to the surface. It's even poking out a little."

I wanted nothing more for them to soak my hand in water so it wouldn't hurt at all, but it was simply more efficient to do it the quick way so we could get back to thinking about more important things. Like surviving this ghost story.

Bronze turned back to me, a considerate look on his face. The gaze in his eyes held just a hint of some sort of unidentifiable emotion.

"It might be quicker, but it's not a wiser choice. It's safer to take this slowly. The nerves of the hands are delicate, we don't want to mess up your hand. We have can take care of you *now*, and it's the best option to take the opportunity to do so."

(Author note oh frick. After looky mart he only has one hand. The whole premise of this fic doesn't work. Uhhh ignore that?? Oops. Maybe I'll write something later where contaminated Soleum gets a splinter while working on Braun's show and it reminds them both of soleum's still human body needing a certain amount of care.)

That was... hard to argue with. Still, I was starting to get nervous watching the two of them go through our things. Really, wouldn't it be easier to just let our doctors handle it when we got back to safety?

"That's definitely an option, but come on hoobae, let your senior agents take a crack at it first! If it's too difficult though, we'll put a quick bandage on it and leave it to them."

I hadn't realized I had spoken out loud. Agent Choi was somehow as playful as ever despite our surroundings. It was hard not to admire his strength.

"... Thanks, Sunbae." (Aghhh is Sunbae the correct word. I need google but I'm on a roll rn)

My voice was quieter and meeker than I meant for it to be, with a little bit of a shake to it. Hopefully they wouldn't notice, how embarrassing. I'd been injured way worse by the teacher's attacks back in Sekwang Technical High School, but apparently a tiny splinter was what made my voice quiver. Maybe I'd been getting too used to using happymaker and nostalgia candy. Usually if I got injured, I'd be injured badly enough to justify using some, and I didn't often get hurt while working for the Bureau anyway.

(I feel VERY CERTAIN kse said something about the bureau being easy in comparison to daydream. Something offhanded after looky mart and the ghost taxi. He was like I worked there the next three weeks before my first alone mission and it wasn't bad tbh. Not stressful, bronze wouldn't wonder why I thought this was a walk in the park if he'd experienced the stresses of working with daydream. Something like that. I should check what chapter that was.)

"Nope, no bowl to pour water into."

They opened one of our first aid kits instead, grabbing a pair of tweezers, a band-aid, and some ointment.

My eyes felt a bit irritated, and I blinked a few times. Wait, no. My eyes were welling up with tears, oh no. I tried to hold it back, but my eyes just continued. How did I last a day at Daydream like this? Though this wasn't too awful I supposed, my spy persona at the Bureau was openly a bit cowardly. Still, my cheeks were heating up with shame with the realization that I was crying over something so small.

I turned away and hid my face in my shoulder, extending my hand back out to them. Someone took it gently, then adjusted their grip to be more firm. A whimper escaped me unwillingly. Unfairly, really, since my mouth was closed, so it should've been muffled into silence. This was going on way too long. Had time slowed down?

Though I couldn't see who, someone ruffled my hair a little.

"It's okay Grapes-ie, Bronze is good at this stuff."

I felt a sharp pain for a second or two. I flinched, but Bronze's grip kept me from moving my arm much. Then his grip loosened again, and he moved a bit. A small cold sensation dropped onto my finger, and then I felt the band-aid wrap around it.

Was it alright to open my eyes and look now? I still didn't want them to see that I'd cried, but hopefully I'd successfully wiped my face into my jacket. It's not like I could hide my face forever.

"... Ah, sorry Grapes, I almost forgot the finishing touch. I'll do this one last thing, then you can look, okay? You're doing great."

I couldn't think of anything else left for Bronze to do, but I stiffened anyway in preparation.

However, it turned out that the thing Bronze had "forgotten" was to. To give my thumb a kiss, on top of the bandage. Choi laughed, and then I felt a quick kiss land on my forehead. Never mind, I couldn't ever show my face again, tears visible on it or not.

"You're all better now, don't you want to take a look?"

The hint of amusement and mischief in Choi's voice should've annoyed me a lot more than it did. Instead, I just felt a bit warmed by it. Somehow, despite the disaster we were caught in, I was sitting in a safe moment where the thing at the front of my fellow agents' minds was taking care of a tiny splinter I'd gotten. It was hard not to smile a little. I hesitantly lifted my face away from my shoulder.

(I don't know how to end this lol)

[sunsquiid]

part 2 spoilers

gsgw classification au where after little!soleum leaves hyunmoo, flip-choi & cg-jaekwan cope with his 6 month absence

choi regressing more so jaekwan has someone to take care of (he won't admit it's just because he's upset and misses their rookie too. playdates with other bureau agents just aren't the same)

jaekwan who takes even more diligent care of choi to make up for the loss he feels but nothing fills the void

they're both trying to take care of each other really bad

[starrycat123-blog]

one shot set in @sunsquiid's gsgw agere classification au! mostly copy-pasted from canon gsgw but it's fineee

[for fun we can imagine Soleum puts on the crazy act with Baek Saheon in this exactly the same as canon. Baek Saheon is so surprised by the insanity that he temporarily forgets the au he's in]

I entered my assigned room with a sense of relief.

“Huu.”

The clean room had fresh bedding, a desk, and even a private bathroom. There was a guidebook hanging on the door.

“If I apply, they’ll change my bedding and clean the room every week for just 100,000 won a month?”

This company’s over-the-top benefits seem designed to dazzle the new hires, making them forget all about the death game they just went through.

A lot of new hires will likely be confused by the sudden shift to this neat, friendly reality, as if the death survival ordeal had been a lie.

Given what I know about this company’s motivations, it’s all too obvious what they’re trying to do…

‘Yeah, they’re desperate to fill positions in the Field Exploration Team.’

They want to make sure none of the new hires who’ve been deemed capable of doing the ‘work’ decide to quit.

‘Well, might as well take full advantage of what they’re offering.’

I’ve already decided to stay, after all.

.

On the desk was a small welcome gift package—expensive snacks and company-branded office supplies.

Next to the small gift package was another, larger welcome gift box, strangely enough, containing some soft-looking blankets, an admittedly cute stuffed animal, and a brand new pacifier, with a note.

Could it be a trick somehow? Perhaps there was a spy camera in the bear. I unfolded the note, pursuing guidance on how to pass this unexpected test.

“Here at Daydream Incorporated, we take good care of our employees, big and small! Please have some complimentary comfort items, though feel free to bring and use your own instead, if you so choose.”

Then, in smaller text below that, it said “Accommodation provided for Littles. Please contact HR if anything seems strange about this package. The package should contain: three blankets, one weighted blanket (15 pounds), one plushie, and a pacifier, all newly purchased in good condition.”

A quick google search revealed that the humans in this ghost story world could be classified in different categories, with the three main ones being Neutrals, Littles, and Caregivers. Neutrals had no difference from the humans of my world. Littles and Caregivers, however… and for some reason, it seemed that Daydream thought I was a little. Or maybe the person before me was? No, the package was still brand new, I'd had to open the tapes. Ah, it must be that the person who would've lived here was a little.

What would that mean for my housing? Do they take that into account and pair people up accordingly? I couldn't picture Baek Saheon as either a caregiver or a little. The likely case is that we're both neutrals, and this package being here is an error. I searched up the company call line.

[author's note idk what I'm doing lol. Is it even a thing for companies to have employee call lines for regular questions and stuff. I just wanted Soleum to phone call someone with the question.]

“Hello, this is Daydream Incorporated HR, how can I help you?”

“Hi, I'm calling because I believe I received a package in error. I just moved into the company housing, and I've received a welcome gift package specifically for Littles.”

“Alright, your name please?”

“Kim Soleum.”

The person on the line pauses, typing something.

“Okay…you're recorded in our system as a Little. Seems like you were meant to receive that package. Please enjoy the complimentary gifts. Is there anything else you need?”

Why would I be recorded as a little when I wasn't one?

“No, thank you, that'll be all.”

Strange. At least the blankets were heavenly soft. Maybe there'd be more accomodations for Littles that I could make use of. It could be beneficial to let the company believe I was one, since they seemed to treat them decently enough. I wrapped one around my shoulders and moved to sit on the bed and inspect the merch box.

[sunsquiid]

the urge to write an agere gsgw fic yet the embarrassment of posting it...

[sunsquiid]

gsgw agere classification au hcs!!

long post

kim soleum—"little"

☁️ because he's not from this world, he technically doesn't have a classification

☁️ however everybody assumes he's a little and he ends up going along with it for any advantages (like the potential to get out of scary situations and possible better work accomodations)

☁️ plot twist: he actually does end up regressing from all the attention he's recieving

baek saheon—little

☁️ little all the way, i just can't see him as a caregiver (though it would be funny)

☁️ i also think he regresses somewhat easily

☁️ he doesn't trust caregivers easily due to his survival mentality and childhood

☁️ but he'll suck up to caregivers at work when necessary and utilize his little privileges as much as possible

go youngeun—caregiver

☁️ the way she's protective over soleum?? caregiver for sure

☁️ she's so stressed for all the littles constantly in danger

☁️ she was in med-school. so i think she definitely uses colorful/cute bandaids for littles (would also give them candy)

lee jaheon—neutral

☁️ i know he has dad energy, but he's also an alien so i don't think classification would apply to him (people often assume he's a caregiver though)

☁️ he's pretty good with littles anyway though and will accomodate for them as needed

eun haje—caregiver

☁️ the way she teases her juniors?? it's giving mom/big sister energy

☁️ not exactly the most responsible caregiver but she'll always manage to make littles laugh

☁️ also gets the most intense cuteness aggression from them. she wants to pinch their cheeks. the first time soleum calls her "noona" she screams

park minseong—neutral

☁️ he just gives neutral energy to me. especially with how "nonchalant" he is about the company deaths

☁️ he could pull out his big brother babysitting experience when needed though (since he has a little sibling)

☁️ is also very nice to littles for that reason even if he doesn't have a natural paternal instinct for them specifically

jang heowoon—caregiver

☁️ he's so underrated i needed to include him. anyway he might be scared of gore, but he's proven himself otherwise, and he's a nice/gentle person so i just get caregiver vibes from him

☁️ it also makes sense that during the 16th road there would be a caregiver with them (especially since soleum is an assumed little)

kang yihak—neutral

☁️ i don't think she has a parental instinct whatsoever. very irresponsible

☁️ she wishes she was able to have the benefits that littles do. but alas, she's a neutral

j3—caregiver

☁️ i wasn't entirely sure about this one but i'll go with caregiver, mainly because of how he looks after people (like minseong) on the security team

☁️ but i think his caregiver instincts have gone more unstable after contamination

☁️ littles like him a lot for some reason though (it's his puppy energy)

ryu jaekwan—caregiver

☁️ the way he looks after soleum makes me feel like he's a caregiver through and through. he sees this little daydream agent and needs to take care of him so bad

☁️ the way he reigns in agent choi too. it's like calming down a rowdy child

☁️ definitely a stern/responsible caregiver but i think he could be swayed

agent choi—flip

☁️ he could pull off both

☁️ his energetic/excitable energy and how he talks to people gives off a little impression

☁️ but in his more responsible moments as a sunbae, i can see him being a cg. especially to soleum in particular

☁️ though i think he'd stick to soleum even while little. they have playdates. he's really clingy

[kodaswrld]

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[sunsquiid]

agere classification au (where ppl are inherently either littles, caregivers, flips, or neutrals) where everyone assumes kim soleum is a little but bcz he's not from their world he's none so to not give away that he's not from their world he has to act like a little (turns out he can actually regress)

[starrycat123-blog]

this is so interesting i love your mind

like. ok so if neutrals exist it begs the question of why kim soleum (kse) wouldn't just claim to be one of those BUT. maybe he can claim to be a little to get out of daydream sending him to really bad darknesses (or maybe daydream would simply send littles with caregivers in this au? which would still be a benefit bc kse doesn't like being alone in the scary stories)

(hard to imagine daydream giving a f about employee safety but employees dying in darknesses if it can be easily avoided is a waste of company resources. so really it's down to, is it more expensive to let littles die if they accidentally regress at a bad time or is it more expensive to pair them with caregivers to cover that gap? and. well. idk but there's gotta be some reason for kse to fake being a little, right? or maybe it can just be like how kse didn't know about the cowardice stigma, so he'd call himself a little in hopes that he'd be treated better and it turns out whoops the company actually doesn't care at all and now he has this lie to maintain.) (but it's not really a lie!!! 👀)

(conversely, are there also accommodations caregivers and flips might need?) (though in daydream jury's out on if they'll receive any)

and the other characters!!

does baek saheon (bsh) look at kse and be like "there's no way this guy is a little, he's faking for benefits" or like "he's a little?? a little psychopath ig goddamn"

d-squad fawning over their lil monster rookie??

the bureau having really good accommodations for everybody bc the workplace culture is so much kinder and friendlier than daydream's.

go youngeun's probably a caregiver she just gives me that vibe.

and!!! darknesses with classifications!! idk i'd have to think more about it and i'm literally brushing my teeth rn but!!

[sunsquiid]

WOAH THIS IS THE BEST THING TO WAKE UP TO hi moot!!

i didn't specify woops but yeah i definitely imagine soleum would take advantage of any possible benefits to being a little (<- slightly better work accommodations, the potential to get out of scary situations, etc.)

in my head everyone is also so convinced that he's a little to a comedic degree that if he tries to deny it it'd just be like "aw there's no need to be shy about it buddy" (and well. they're not wrong bcz kse ends up regressing from the attention alone)

i think daydream definitely doesn't have as good of accomodations as the bureau for obvious reasons, but they're super efficiency-oriented so it's less of a "we care about our little employees mental states" and more-so "here's what's gonna be the most convenient and also get us the most results"

in a lot of classification AUs i've seen mentions of laws regarding littles that prohibit, like, super harsh working conditions or overworking, which i think is interesting. i doubt daydream would follow any of that. but the bureau would! and yeah the work culture and community is just a lot better over there all around...

caregivers get ignored so much in agere headcanons and AUs it makes me so sad.... in my head they need accommodations too!! like the sheer parental instinct must be hard to deal with sometimes. especially in a job like daydream/the bureau where people, including littles, are constantly in danger from darkness's/disasters

so i think generally there would be caregiver resources (in the bureau at least) like therapy and they get check-ins as well

for flips, it's probably a little bit of both. some flips might be caregiver-leaning or little-leaning so it's on a case-by-case basis

other characters!! yes!!!!! (<- will post my classification headcanons at some point maybe today)

baek saheon probably thinks soleum is faking but he won't say it out loud bcz he's afraid. saheon is also a little to me though so i think subconsciously having a little roommate would provide some sense of security for him even if he doesn't Trust soleum. (i feel like saheon would be more distrusting of caregivers, especially considering his childhood. but he'll suck up to caregivers at work and use his little privileges for benefits/survival whenever necessary)

ABSOLUTELY d-squad fawning over their little rookie. they're such a family

go youngeun's definitely a caregiver imo!! her protectiveness over soleum?? that's a baby. why are they putting so much stress on a baby. she will be there for him

[sunsquiid]

agere classification au (where ppl are inherently either littles, caregivers, flips, or neutrals) where everyone assumes kim soleum is a little but bcz he's not from their world he's none so to not give away that he's not from their world he has to act like a little (turns out he can actually regress)

[sunsquiid]

thinking about @starrycat123-blog's baby darkness au where soleum is considered a baby in darkness's, like with hungry hangman where the darkness is like "we can't play the game this guy is too little to know the alphabet"

i'm not sure if this au specifically only applies to kse bcz he's. nonhuman. but i'll look at it from the view of age regressors in general being affected by darkness's like hungry hangman (<- kse would have more leeway in many darkness's for being months old but i think in a darkness like hungry hangman where it's kindergarten themed regressors would have more influence generally instead of just. baby darkness's...)

so imagine after kse successfully clears hungry hangman and saves everyone by being so very baby that's added to the record as a way to clear the darkness. like the higher-ups start doing experiments with sending age regressor employees into hungry hangman to see if it works and it Does and obviously they need to take advantage of such an easy way to get dream solution

and because there's probably not That many age regressors in daydream (or, rather, not everyone knows what regression is and may not know they regress even if they do), that leads to general education about regression

similar to fox counseling office maybe there's a room installed for regressors too. and anyone is encouraged to try it out and see if regressing is something that works for them

not only does it lead to more regressors able to clear darkness's similar to hungry hangman, it also just leads to a boost in company morale overall because these traumatized workers need healthy coping mechanisms so badly

and then also imagine that somehow during the time of daydream experimenting with how regressors affect darkness's, the bureau also gets wind of it. maybe soleum mentions it at some point or they just find out by word of mouth

then the bureau also starts encouraging regression as a means of coping for their staff and begins to test out how it could potentially be useful regarding disasters

^^^ kse is probably the pioneer of this. or like. the mascot. he openly carries around a plush bunny with him everywhere... people probably start following in his lead at some point

okay that's all this is my wish fulfillment "regression is normalized" gsgw au bcz i think like honestly everyone in this novel would benefit from some baby time. they need to have playdates too. give kse friends. even if it doesn't stick i think they should all try it at least once please and thank you

[starrycat123-blog]

PEAK IDEA THANK YOU

[sunsquiid]

WOAH YOU BRING UP SO MANY INTERESTING POINTS how dare u hide all of this in the tags starrycat123....... okay yap session incoming i'm so sorry thank you for your contributions to the gsgw agere circle

I'M LAUGHING SO HARD mr. roe deer any advice for making milk. what brand of pacifiers do you recommend. <- and everyone takes it very seriously too

while i feel like soleum would be embarrassed at first i also think he'd realize the advantage. like "if they think i'm baby they're less likely to make me do terrifying things right"

he's so chronically employed it's all he thinks about "how will being baby benefit me in getting home" (he's thinking about this very hard)

^^^ secretly he just wants to be little. let's be honest. but of course our grapes has to go through 100000 loopholes as always

PLEASE PAY CHILD SUPPORT LMAOAOAO

okay i feel like it would depend on like. the authenticity of the regression if you get what i mean. like i feel like to be counted as baby by a darkness you need to be slipped at least a little bit

so if kang yihak did that i don't think it would necessarily work. but she's so shameless she would definitely try. full on imaginary custody battle ensuing with the darkness (<- she is definitely one of the people who asks kse for advice too)

bronze is definitely supportive of other people (especially soleum) but i can so imagine him being super awkward when it comes to himself

choi on the other hand is having a great time. "grapes lets play together" (<- i feel like little choi would be clingy to soleum specifically. they hold hands entering darkness's)

this..... this is a good point....

which is why i'll actually be making another post purely with my regressor/caregiver/babysitter alignments for gsgw characters methinks

(^^^ i like babysitter bronze a lot.... if there's already 2 regressors in hyunmoo it would round out things!)

[sunsquiid]

thinking about @starrycat123-blog's baby darkness au where soleum is considered a baby in darkness's, like with hungry hangman where the darkness is like "we can't play the game this guy is too little to know the alphabet"

i'm not sure if this au specifically only applies to kse bcz he's. nonhuman. but i'll look at it from the view of age regressors in general being affected by darkness's like hungry hangman (<- kse would have more leeway in many darkness's for being months old but i think in a darkness like hungry hangman where it's kindergarten themed regressors would have more influence generally instead of just. baby darkness's...)

so imagine after kse successfully clears hungry hangman and saves everyone by being so very baby that's added to the record as a way to clear the darkness. like the higher-ups start doing experiments with sending age regressor employees into hungry hangman to see if it works and it Does and obviously they need to take advantage of such an easy way to get dream solution

and because there's probably not That many age regressors in daydream (or, rather, not everyone knows what regression is and may not know they regress even if they do), that leads to general education about regression

similar to fox counseling office maybe there's a room installed for regressors too. and anyone is encouraged to try it out and see if regressing is something that works for them

not only does it lead to more regressors able to clear darkness's similar to hungry hangman, it also just leads to a boost in company morale overall because these traumatized workers need healthy coping mechanisms so badly

and then also imagine that somehow during the time of daydream experimenting with how regressors affect darkness's, the bureau also gets wind of it. maybe soleum mentions it at some point or they just find out by word of mouth

then the bureau also starts encouraging regression as a means of coping for their staff and begins to test out how it could potentially be useful regarding disasters

^^^ kse is probably the pioneer of this. or like. the mascot. he openly carries around a plush bunny with him everywhere... people probably start following in his lead at some point

okay that's all this is my wish fulfillment "regression is normalized" gsgw au bcz i think like honestly everyone in this novel would benefit from some baby time. they need to have playdates too. give kse friends. even if it doesn't stick i think they should all try it at least once please and thank you

[sunsquiid]

the amount of regressor potential in gsgw is staggering..... i need people to see the vision.... age regressor soleum & saheon are so canon in my heart j3 and agent choi puppy regressors too even mayhaps choi could also be a kitty when i rlly think about it tho

[starrycat123-blog]

Not very well only slightly edited gsgw fic draft (featuring age regressor kim soleum slipping to full-on baby mode) (this one's for you, milk anon. sorry it's not really very related to what you were talking about bc he's way smaller here but oh well)

Basic idea summary before the read more: Kse gets home, goes to his room, flops onto his bed and watches kids cartoons. He slips really really young, full baby mode. Like regressing to infant mode. 0-1 years old type agere.

(also tag to notify my moot @braundoll about the fic hope you also like this, fellow gsgw agere enjoyer)

----- fic below -----

What an awful day at work that was.

Finally having gotten back from work, I entered the company dorm, walked straight past the communal area, and went to my room.

My head felt strange as I was changing my clothes. All static, blurry, fuzzy. It took longer than normal to finish changing. Pulling out my phone and flopping into bed, I readied one of my favorite cartoons and pressed play.

It was soothing for a little while, but... I kept feeling more and more strange. Eventually my head was so fuzzy I just couldn't quite understand what was happening in the cartoon. I tried to move to turn it off, maybe I could just sleep this feeling off, but somehow I just couldn't muster up the energy.

Maybe I could ask Braun to help? I tried to speak.

...No words came from my mouth. Just some unintelligible sounds.

- Worry not, friend! As a good friend of yours, this Braun can understand what you're trying to ask for. Luckily for you, television is my expertise! I'll change the cartoon to something a little more suited for your current state.

...Current state? I wasn't sure what that meant. But Braun had said no worries, so he was probably taking care of... whatever it was he was talking about.

!

The phone was displaying something different. Did Braun do that?

There were fishies... and the music coming from the phone was very nice.

I made some noises to try and thank Braun, and watched the fishies until my eyes started slipping shut.

Wait, no! I was tired, but... if I slept, then it'd be tomorrow and I'd have to go to work. I didn't wanna! I couldn't help but whine. I wanted to keep watching the fishies.

But my eyes were so heavy... and the lights were off... when did i turn the lights off in my room? I didn't remember doing that. Was the video getting dimmer and quieter or was that just my imagination? No, it definitely was.

- Goodnight, friend. Sweet dreams.

Ah. Well, I knew when I was defeated. I had to give Braun the win and go to sleep.

Night night, Braun. I made some noises, best as I could to say so, and let my eyes shut for the night.

----- that's all for the draft -----

Author's note:

Hope you enjoyed this! It's not super well written but I liked making it. Thanks for the inspiration!

[I can't actually watch this bc I don't have my headphones RN so idk if this video is any good, I just liked the thumbnail picture. But here's the ref video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdQJw5S4nAQ]

[sunsquiid]

little kim soleum hcs...

★ soleum is mostly a voluntary regressor and find comfort in childish things. though i can imagine him slipping involuntarily if he's babied! ★ he doesn't have much gear but he's bought a few things from the alien shop ★ braun is definitely his favorite toy when he's little though. he carries him everywhere and plays pretend with him

★ he naps a lot! he's very tired. he deserves to rest and be sleepy ★ he's able to pull himself out of littlespace fairly easily, namely for work or when he needs to do something, but sometimes it results in him being fussier than day ★ 10x more scared when he's small. he's a skittish little, but he calms down when reassured ★ night lights are a necessity. please also check underneath his bed for monsters. and in the closet, he's covering all of his bases ★ not exactly insecure of his regression and likely wouldn't deny it if you asked, but he doesn't tell people without prompting ★ an independent little for the most part, but he secretly really wants to be doted on ★ wouldn't ask for much from his cg but would appreciate everything done for him ★ very good manners. he says his please and thank yous