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This Undooming Arcana AU is so interesting that it can be very funny and angsty at the same time.
Either its funny with the researchers attempting to figure out her arcanum or very tragic and angsty with the likes of 37 and Vertin.
I can really see Vertin absolutely getting into a screaming match with Arcana in uh three months max of her living in the suitcase, Arcana in canon got under her skin within seconds of meeting Vertin.
Like if we run with the idea of Arcana knowing and having a thing with her mother I hc here to a very, VERY complex and twisted way Arcana does want to see Vertin succeed... its just the manner of showing concern or "genuine" attempts to undoom the yuri absolutely pisses Vertin off. She cant take anything from Arcana, be too close or even entertain anything she says for fear of nodding off into another illusion to wake up to see someone littered in bullets again.
(Random thought: Arcana somewhat knows esperanto so probably can teach Vertin arcanum, but this is unlikely)
In other news, u think Arcana would win in a drinking match with Lilya? Would alcohol have an effect on her?
What would a Tennant and Arcana interaction look like? Or even Lucy actually.
Hello again Comrade!! You seem to enjoy Undooming Arcana AU
Before I begin, I gotta say I don't think Arcana is undooming what she has made out of actual want but more so it's easier and more entertaining for her. She's certainly not as malevolent but still evil even if slightly, so she's just doing it because she felt like it
In terms of Vertin losing her patience, it's been a warning since the very beginning. Arcana is annoying, as I've said before, and sometimes she says things that can be taken nicely and others she tells them to push other people's buttons. Vertin is, of course, on edge and she always ends up yelling at Arcana while the devious woman takes a sip of her tea.
A shame she can't hurt her physically, she wouldn't win in a fight either way.
And it's so confusing for Vertin how she seems so nonchalant about fixing everything she did wrong but also so into it, and not in a good way. Sort of like a game where she sometimes gets genuinely into it but then she just gets bored
Vertin is definitely angry at the fact that she's the one to be in charge of Arcana. Had half a mind to push this problem onto someone like Z or Tooth Fairy but decided not to. She still finds ways to hate Arcana that didn't know existed.
Does Arcana want Vertin to succeed? Eh, sort of. It's more like she wants her to be okay because of her mother, but not because she quite likes Vertin. She finds her intriguing, much like her mother, but wouldn't go as far.
Teaching her about incantations is something she wouldn't do. She would offer but in a way that would guarantee an insult from Vertin, as a way to tease and annoy her.
Arcana would definitely win a drinking competition. She's like, goop made a body, she can definitely take the alcohol while Lilya would need a break from it after so many bottles.
Tennant and Arcana... Mmm, Tennant tried to flirt with Arcana and get some money but after a little lore dumping Tennant turned around and went her merry way, never to speak to Arcana ever again.
As for Lucy, she's compiling information about Arcana in her brain as they speak, a way to keep a watch on that woman while also getting key information about her origins. It's a complete one sided conversation but if they start joking, run.