Shoichi:Don't worry, I have a plan.
Aya:Alright.
Shoichi:ᵗʳᵃᶦᵗᵒʳˢᵃʸˢʷʰᵃᵗ
Alex:Excuse me?
Shoichi:What?
Alex:
Aya:
Shoichi:
Shoichi:No, wait-
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Shoichi:Don't worry, I have a plan.
Aya:Alright.
Shoichi:ᵗʳᵃᶦᵗᵒʳˢᵃʸˢʷʰᵃᵗ
Alex:Excuse me?
Shoichi:What?
Alex:
Aya:
Shoichi:
Shoichi:No, wait-
Aya:Every time you talk, it’s like a race to see who can get picked to be traumatized...
Jackie:So I’m exactly like Oprah in every way~
Aya:(pointing her gun) Hands up! Now!
Isol:Tu hablas espanol?
Aya:Manos arriba!
Isol:Dang it.
(Hart sends Aya a voice message.)
Aya:(texting back) I’m a little busy, is it urgent?
Hart:No, don’t worry, just listen later.
. . .
(Aya presses play.)
Hart’s voice message:THERE’S A FIRE-
AU where everyone is still mostly the same, but they just live in the same crime-riddled city -Researchers would likely be politicians, with Angelica being the president, Echion being her adopted son, and Eva being a politician’s daughter (because that just makes the most sense; though if you want you can make it so that the researchers are something else like just a group of scientists)
-Most everyone would probably be diaspora or generally immigrants? though that becomes a given when you don’t want to make everyone suspiciously not that white yet live in the same area
-Aya is extremely busy since half the people are probably committing some sort of crime and it becomes like when the whole class gets together to throw a party and punishing the entire class proves to be a struggle except it’s a whole town
-Li Dailin very often winds up fighting others. No one can figure out how this random drunk can just take on mercenaries and biker gangs, but she does usually stay in good-ish respectful terms with them when not fighting. She probably has had a drinking competition with at least Lenox.
-Jackie is what she was before the experiment:morgue worker by day, secret murderer by night. I imagine she at least sort of knows who also has committed murder, but doesn’t really let anyone know; at best, she would use it as blackmail material so she doesn’t get caught, even if she slips up.
-Echion as Magnus’ roommate because they match energies and I think someone should capitalize on that
-Bernice is probably the neighborhood’s local reclusive old person all the kids assume are a ghost or live in a haunted house. Nicky, Eva, Eleven and Hyejin once tried to get into his yard to get some fruits (as teenagers do) but after the ceiling making eleven slip, being caught in the process, and then having to hide how she hurt her leg from her parents they opted to just assume the house is actually haunted. he just set up a faulty part in there as a trap to ward off the local murderers, not expecting a bunch of kids to try to steal some apples he probably would’ve just given if he asked instead
-Most of them have a silent agreement to not harm the kids. Luke has walked many of them home to make sure they stay safe, and they often give Sissela and Azuko little gifts
-Isol still is a guerrila kid but he goes to school and stuff, because the idea of him befriending Hyejin and Hyunwoo while setting up bombs on the weekend is never not funny
Shoichi:(pitches an idea)
Emma:Hmmmmm.... There might be something there!
Aya:(under her breath) A lawsuit, maybe.
Shoichi:Jesus, what’s with all the fucking gaijin in this island?
Aya:(whispering to him) Don't say gaijin. Say Gaikokujin. It's more polite.
Shoichi:(whispering back) Ah, right. Sorry, I forget.
Shoichi:Jesus, what’s with all the fucking gaikokujin in this island?
Aya:Tonight, one of you will betray us.
Sissela:Is it me, miss?
Aya:No, it’s not you.
Fiora:Is it me, Aya?
Aya:It’s not you either.
Shoichi:Is it me, Aya?
Aya:(mockingly) Is IT mE AyA?