#borrowerstuck

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was commissioned by @oyatekapi for a Borrowerstuck Karako taking a cookie. In his defense they’re double stuffed, I don’t think anyone could resist. :/

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Borrowerstuck Rose likes to experiment with all the materials she borrows. Different paints have different properties, and depending on how much water she uses, she can make every panel in her room look entirely different. So that’s what she’s doing: redecorating her space, and trying to find -just- the right shade of purple.

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Borrowerstuck Jade takes planning her routes outside pretty seriously. Mostly because now and then, they’re changed entirely by humans and previously safe routes become unsafe, or plants are relocated in the gardens. Tired Jade is tired because aside from this there was a kerfluffle with the power sources and some things needed stealthy soldering. Work is never done during busy seasons.

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Having some thoughts for my Borrowerstuck AU. 

A long time ago I said human AND troll borrowers, but it’s a tossup really. Most of the trolls I imagine are the one’s being borrowed FROM. But I can definitely a see the trolls being Borrowers as well. Beforus trolls, though they’d not live in the same compound. It would be quite a journey to go visit their homestead, but the pickings are prime. For now, let’s focus on the Alpha Beta borrowers and the first half of the trolls..

Where the Alpha Beta’s live is flush with things to borrow, but also full of risks, same as anywhere else.

The sprawling estate owned by the Vantas family is currently being lived in by the elder Vantas and his son Karkat. Because of all the extra space, they also rent rooms, which is fairly convenient for people attending school nearby because cheap rates, guaranteed privacy when it was needed, and the fact they all generally got along. Board includes meals and occasional carpooling if they didn’t feel like walking to reach the nearest bus stop.

Mr. Vantas and Karkat dislike that so many of their things seem to get misplaced, going from one spot to another. Mr. Vantas assumes it’s just old age catching up with him early and he’s getting forgetful, while Karkat assumes Sollux is fucking around with him to be a dick, or it’s because of one of the visitors. Probably Vriska, knowing his fucking luck. He’s SURE he spotted something tiny darting around more than once but nobody believes his cries of there being an infestation of rats. He’s getting his general credits right now and is undecided for a profession, though people have suggested he take a peek at ROTC or education.

Sollux rarely leaves his room except for school, keeping contact with his dad a few states over by chatting while playing online games together and thrashing overpowered bosses like pros. Occasionally, it is on a professional level, though not competitively. Sollux has run more Beta tests than he can count, and is actually usually on a first line basis for people wanting to see how easily their game can be broken or exploited before it even hits Beta. If he can break it too fast, then it doesn’t even begin to pass muster. He knows things go missing, but doesn’t really care considering he has so many extra components he can pick from and how fast electronics improve on the market. Mostly, he’d be curious to see who was making what at any given time. Could be ahead in his courses at school, but is slow as fuck when it comes to actually turning things in because he refuses to turn things in if they’re anything less than perfect.

Aradia is fairly sure that something is living in her room, but she’s not sure what it would be, really. Early theory on it being a haunting were entertained for a while, but there’s been no feeling of that.. so perhaps Karkat’s right about there being rats or some other infestation. It IS an old building after all. She doesn’t notice when things go missing, but thinks it would be pretty neat if there WAS something invisible taking belongings, and has started collecting things like a magpie to see what kinds of things would be more prone to disappear. Spends most of her time outside when she’s not at school or her part time job, investigating the grounds for long lost items hidden in the soil. Best finds so far: an EXTREMELY old teapot from the 1800′s that just took some glue to restore and now decorates her bookshelf.

Tavros lives in a room on the ground floor that has wide enough range for his wheelchair and is the reason the household has a better trained dog. Bec was a stray that Tavros found and brought home to tend and train, and he’s pretty damn helpful when he’s not lazing around or digging in the yard, becoming a  integral part of the household. He’s managed to teach him tricks, but mostly he’s just good for being warm and cuddly and an added layer of protection for the house. Comes when called, but gets distracted easier when he’s indoors and wanders a lot as if he’s following things nobody else can see. Aradia suggested ghosts playfully, Tavros hopes she’s wrong. He and Nepeta have been contemplating asking Mr. Vantas about getting a cat as well, even though he’s allergic himself, because he already will have to be around a lot of them in the future. Studying to be a vet and hoping to find the perfect allergy medication. Nepeta isn’t that big a fan of Bec, but he’s better than nothing. For now. She’s well aware that something keeps stealing things in the house, but knows they’re not rats. She’s spotted small things moving around and has no idea what the hell they are, and has been investigating nooks and crannies occasionally to see if she can catch a solid glimpse of whatever is there. Though Aradia and Tavros advise against it, she’s trying to find a way to lay a trap to live capture whatever’s moving around, but so far.. nothing’s happened to be caught. She’s in the same courses as Tavros, but has expressed interest in getting a degree in art as well. Very upset when art supplies go missing.. but she also has so many things hoarded in her room it’s hard to tell precisely what goes missing and what’s just been misplaced in the mess.

Kanaya is the most recent resident, but is already irreplaceable. Aside from her course in fashion design, she helps around the house a good deal and takes in work as a seamstress on the side. Wants everyone comfortable and peaceful, very much a mom personality. Has a ground floor room near the garden to enjoy all the flowers and the full force sun from the East. She’s seen the tiny things wandering her room at night, and though she’s never confronted them, she’s made sure to leave out some nice material she wouldn’t mind missing pieces from so they can take from them now and then. After getting an idea of the types of materials and items that were missing bits the most often, she started to leave more options for them. Isn’t bothered by the tiny things, but is curious to who and what they ARE and what kinds of things they’ve been making with the items they take.

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And finally, borrowerstuck Roxy! Changed her outfit a lot from last time, gave it a bit more thought. She’s not shown with a bag because, depending on who needs her help, she might not need one. That and there’s always a strange propensity to find the perfect carrying apparatus wherever she goes. Is best of the group at appearing and disappearing when needed, so stealthier things do her fairly fine. Usually. Copy pasta of original profile:

Roxy’s the only one of the group that’s able to handle cats when they come hunting and lurking. Like Jade, she deals with the electricity and other systems they make use of, but unlike Jade she’s anything but serious.

She is also, occasionally, why the rum is gone.

Not just from drinking though, no worries. There’s a -lot- of uses for different alcohols and vinegar, and she’s the one who can handle getting samples from the bottles when needs be without detection. She also collects makeup, but tends to accidentally break the powders in compacts by stepping on them. Whoops.

With no fear of darkness, she’s a pro at securing and maintaining travel pathways throughout the building and out to the garden, and has been known to punch mice and even rats square in the snouts rather than be afraid of them at all like she should be.

She has her room nestled between the walls of the kitchen and the living room, in order to be right through the most traveled route the others use. Her room acts as a check in station, with herself acting as backup if someone nearly gets caught, gets injured, or doesn’t hear a human approaching.

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Borrowerstuck!Jake. What a sweetie.

Jake plays things safe mostly, only borrowing at night. Doesn’t help that whenever the local mice have babies that he’s their #1 favorite plaything. Same with insects. He’s got an attachment for frogs and enjoys feeding them flies that get stuck in webs around the burrows.

He’s the only borrower who, instead of watching movies with Jade or the others, is known to lurk in living rooms and bedrooms when humans are watching television. It’s pretty easy to remotely change channels or volume levels from a distance to suit his needs, and he finds -fantastic- new and old movies this way!

Jake spends his borrowing time outdoors instead of in unless he needs bits and pieces and components for his own tinkering. He has an attachment with Dirk’s occasionally terrifying automated borrower experiments, and is partly responsible for shorting out the electricity so often.

Prone to outbursts that he quickly recants on, fan of physical strength, and the only borrower not to rappel. He uses two pushpins to get around, relying on his upper body mostly, and only applying sticky tape to his feet rarely. Boots are specially made by Rose, with a tiny bit of velcro securing them tight around his ankles so the use of the tape doesn’t pop them off.

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borrowerstuck!Jane.

You want something cooked? You come to Jane. You want to get your ass kicked? You come to Jane. Aside from John, she’s the one who keeps the borrowers fed, making meals from whatever odds and ends they can manage to keep in stock. She reminds everyone to stop what they’re doing and eat once in a while, or sleep, and has one hell of a varied tea repertoire thanks to Jade’s outdoor adventures with Bec.

She is also a terrible personal hoarder who loves her creature comforts, with a penchant for soft surfaces and very sweet smells. A cupcake scented candle is her prized possession lurking in her room, with the other being her measuring spoon. It weighs a good deal, but it’s also perfect for measuring with when she goes gathering with the others. One scoop is enough sugar and salt for a month. One scoop is enough flour for a lot of bread and crackers. Jane is so used to toting the spoon around that, to her, it’s light as a feather.

She is the only borrower brave enough to try cooking in the kitchen of the humans, once in a great while making use of their stove eye or toaster oven if her own isn’t functioning at the time. Jane is also crazy enough to wander around the spice cabinet like she owns the place, taking foolish risks without quite realizing it when it comes to face to face encounters with rodents and spiders.

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borrowerstuck!Dirk!

He’s the resident fabricator, responsible for welding, shaping, and creating things the others need. Closely works with Jade and Roxy to keep water and electricity to the group, he also does work for the humans without their knowledge, in order to keep their presence absolutely secret. Sudden intrusion by maintenance workers =/= good time for borrowers.

When not ripping apart old, outdated electronics, he’s abducting tamagotchi and other pocket toys and reprogramming them. So far his best and most lively is Lil Sebastian, who inhabits a lovely orange tamagotchi unit in his rooms corner. The most troubling is Hal, who thankfully is not functional very often. Tinkering with Automated Borrowers is honestly stressful as fuck. Not recommended.

Need something metal made? Need something magnetized? Dirk’s your man. Wields an embroidery needle that’s supposedly impossible to break. Frog button closure on his shrug was his own idea, because he’s had too many instances of wearing the old kind and getting stuck on something.. and then being unable to get loose as easily.