I love reimagining old works into my own versions. Like yeah lemme just she ra this shit and make it different but still enjoyable. Call me self indulgent but this shit is like free therapy.
Anyway so about the Fireboy and Watergirl lore..
I've done a bit of research (aka skimming through the wiki) and already I see problems. Elementals are hard to do but it can't be THAT hard right?
Fire, water, plant? Sun??? Frost????? THE FUCKING YIN AND YANG????????????????
Y'all. This cannot be real.
I mean. No offense to the developer but... yeah.. no.
Okay so lemme just add a bit of "creative liberty" juice and whoops my hand slipped!
Time for a complete overhaul of the lore 😈
Okay so the yin and yang is gonna be split into two dudes (gender neutral). They're like. The makers of the mazes or something. They're demigods of sorts
There consists of 4 temples, 3 of which are filled with mazes
The first temple is just the entrance. A few traps maybe. At the end there are 4 gems. We'll talk about those later
The second temple is fire and water. Pretty self explanatory. The green goo is nerfed btw.
The other second temple (this'll make sense soon i hope) which we'll just call the third temple is wind and earth. This where weight and flight is involved
The last temple, the biggest temple, combines the 4 elements along with light and dark. Light puzzles require you to adjust mirrors and also there's ice. Dark puzzles require you to traverse the maze in darkness (or with the little light you can manage to produce) and black goo or i guess tar? Is there.
At the end of the last temple there is a great hall where the victors can feast. There are more rooms to explore but it's better to exit (trust me)
Anyway the 4 elementals are fire, water, wind, and earth (something something avatar shut up). These elementals are created from vessels, often humans, but they can be any living creature, who touches a crystal. Within the mazes, these vessels are reborn when they die. Outside, however, once an elemental dies, it's spirit finds its way back to its crystal. There can be no more than one elemental of each crystal.
To turn back into a human or whatever creature they were, an elemental must drink The Golden Milk. It's not actually milk. It's just this thick golden drink that's really sweet. Although.. the transformation back to a vessel is just as painful as the transformation into an elemental..
If you want to know what Golden Milk tastes like just mix a bunch of honey with milk until they're one consistent fluid. You can have it at whatever temperature you prefer but our fellas got to drink it warm.
That's kinda it. Good night, lovelies I'm sleepy and have an exam tomorrow 💖
Whumpee woke up, every bump on the road jostling healing wounds. They were leaned against caretaker, and a blanket wrapped around their shoulders, but everything still hurt.
"Hey, how are you doing?" Caretaker asked as they stirred.
Whumpee poked their good arm out from the blanket and tapped slowly against caretaker's, h. u. r. t. s. They felt shame bubble in their chest for asking, but the constant vibrations of the car, not being able to lie down, was all too much.
Caretaker checked the time, and placemarked their book. "You are due for another dose. Here, let me see the iv port."
Whumpee let their arm be pulled further out, and a line was attached from their inner elbow to the morphine bag above their heads. "There you go. It won't be too much longer now, ok?"
Whumpee nodded against their shoulder, feeling the pain slowly wash away as they tried to follow it back into sleep.
