imagine getting isekaid but instead of being mc, you get to be in saeran's place before getting snatched by rika to mint eye or another story/common route happens, what will you do?
See, Isekai is my very favorite story genre, like ever. I’ve consumed so many of them and written my own takes on them a hundred times. I’ve actually thought about this because a lot of the recent ones that have shifted away from plopping you into the original place and putting you into villains or side characters, etc. It is an interesting take.
I’ve thought about What if you were in Rika’s place, before, but I struggled to like figure out what would be harder or more interesting to read. What if you woke up and you were already in Mint Eye? What if you were at the cusp of the RFA as it started to form? What if you were at the start, and had a chance to do things the right way and ensure that everyone is safe, and not hurt?
That would be a hard story to write but God, I kind of want to do it. I’ve also considered the MC Isekai route a lot, haha. Technically, Lila’s story started out as one of those, but I tend to use her in the canon story now instead.
Now, if you were to wake up as Unknown, you would already be too late to do anything whatsoever about changing the past. You would be stuck in that spot with two choices: Do you destroy Mint Eye or do you destroy the RFA? You have that choice with his power at your fingertips. If you awake as Unknown and the MC is already in the apartment, well... there’s only so much that you can do at that point.
You can run from Mint Eye, or you can try, at least. That “Savior” would not be too kind if you didn’t do it fast and quick without her knowing what you were doing at that moment. Otherwise, dungeons. You can try to go to the RFA and Seven. You can try to fix things, but the elixir and possibly Saeran’s body will be dealing with the aftershocks, even if it’s you in his mind’s place, so that is something to consider.
Anger, rage, and lashing out. It may not end well. I mean, you can try to right wrongs but it’s going to be a mess as Unknown.
If it’s Another Story, and you’re in Ray’s position. You’re also sort of stuck in a way. Ray is just as trapped as the MC is. You can try to weasel your way out of that place, but Rika has got her eyes on you. She’s strict with Ray and she is on him like a hawk to a snake. If the MC is already there, you can only pray that you can work with them to get out of that place.
It’s already going to be hard enough with eyes on your back, but if you aren’t gifted with what Ray knows, you are going to be fucked even more. Hacking is a key power of his and without it, you are going to have a very hard time as the MC would.
If you’re... if you find yourself in Saeran’s body, and he’s just been recently taken in by V and Rika, then you have the greatest chance of changing the story as it is. Rika is in a bad headspace during that period but all she had was someone feeding into her darkest thoughts, her relishing in it, and having control over the trust of Saeran without question. She needed someone at that moment in time to empathize with—
She did do that with Saeran, but her plans become darker and twisted as time went on and she felt trapped in a corner, not wanting to change or get help for her problems. She wraps herself in a blanket of her ill feelings and clutches to it because she fears who she may become without it. Perhaps if you had the chance to be more forward and call her out on her shit, and insist that V be there more fucking often because he’s not there a lot—
That’s just a guess, though, it’s not solid, because there is also a likelihood that she is too far gone to even be spoken with, and you would have no choice but to try to ensure that you aren’t alone with her and that you stay as close to V as humanly possible. Cry, lament as you may, but that may be the only hope. If you stop yourself from becoming a revenge puppet for Mint Eye, that doesn’t mean that Rika won’t use someone else.
God, it would be hard to imagine but this could be a reverse AU alongside an Isekai. You wake up as Saeran and manage to avoid doom, but Rika still winds up fighting with V and leaving. Well, she needs another hacker, so she winds up using the MC, instead. So, this leaves Saeran and MC at opposite ends of the story.
It’d be even wilder if the MC, themself, was also dealing with Isekai, but using that power for doom. Whereas this Saeran was trying to use it for good.
Like, Anon, you’re speaking my language and fuck do I wish we could talk about this a lot more because it’s my fucking jam.
