I wanted an excuse to draw Chishiya a little scrungly and Niragi a little tidy
More ramblings on this AU under the Readmore ✨
Career Swap No Borderlands AU:
- Chishiya's parents were software engineers who got together and had him to tick off societal boxes (i.e. Chishiya was still emotionally neglected)
- Chishiya's dad would haul himself in his room pouring over code and scripts
- Chishiya followed in his footsteps however preferred game engineering for the psychological element, he had a fascination with player choices and the games he develops often asks the player sum up the value their characters or fellow NPCs lifes in some way
- His games become cult classics or popular indie horror games, though he wouldn't describe them as horror, they're simply as the player depicts
- His fascination becomes an obsession and he ends up mirroring his father as he spends night after night hauled up in his room (hence slight dark circles)
- Due to this he develops carpal tunnel in his wrist, with the wealth from his games he goes to a private clinic where he meets Niragi
- Niragi being bullied and neglected in high school meant he had to fix himself up, for survival as much as anything else he ends up studying medicine
- He also likes the money and power that comes with that career line
- He also really really likes the power he has to inflict pain and fear
- He's extremely skilled and precise with his work earning him a position in a private clinic, meaning more money and less red tape
- However, life begins to balance the scales and he's plagued with a patient called Chishiya, a man who comes in for the smallest thing and requests him specifically
- Niragi could refuse him, or get him blacklisted from the practice for a bullshit reason, but he doesn't -couldn't when the brat challenges his beloved power dynamic with apathetic eyes and condescending smiles
- So he charges him the higher end and rearranges his other patients around him
- A first consistent presence for them both, their appointments become familiar, never wholesome or particularly beneficial but reliable
- Eventually they agree on a regular checkup appointment on a fortnightly basis, neither are particularly happy with the outcome but they crave each others company like a itch they know will lead to an infection
Chishiya's Design:
- Slight dark circles under his eyes due to late nights and not enough sleep
- Headphones he wears religiously (of course he has cat ear clip-ons at home)
- He gets multiple piercings just so he can have Niragi examine them under false pretences (also to mirror Niragi's og design)
- Hair is just me giving into my whims
Niragi's Design:
- Doesn't give up his glasses 🎉🙏🤝💪 (because I like them 👉👈)
- Doesn't have piercings because he gave himself health anxiety, plus due to the expectations of his career
- Also ties his hair back due to his career
- He wears monotone colours, mostly blacks and greys, under his doctor's coat
- Still has an affinity for video games, especially medical themed ones
- He has a tamagotchi he's had for over a decade that he cares for more than any of his patients (in the top pocket of his lab coat)
Me: *makes plans with a friend who I know is going to bail out because of something coming up because it always happens*
Me: *tells myself to not get excited about finally spending time with her before she goes back to London for college and I won’t be able to see her until Christmas because she always bails*
Me: *despite best intentions, gets excited*
(Friend bails literally 2 hours before plans, but says we can rearrange for another day (translation: it’s never going to happen))
