Thinking about the AU... I mean, by definition there's thousands upon thousands of versions of it (one for each Universe), but I think the version I find most compelling is their session being a clusterfuck where each LCorp team THINKS they have a stand alone session that's just them until they reach their, I dunno, 5th gate or something and then suddenly they have to deal with the next team down.
I like the idea of Training breaking into Info's 'session' only to find them both incredibly hostile AND already grimdark/working to end the session (because they learned the wrong things from the furthest ring and have decided nothing good can come from anyone learning more)
Meanwhile I think its objectively funny that the lower level's FEEL like a void session (unbeatable, what's the point of anything anymore) but they LITERALLY are the only ones with a Time (LeeHunter) AND Space (River) player in order to finish things. I get the feeling that sharing an aspect made LeeHunter's dream selves merge, and when they had to god tier they got fused in some way. Neither are happy about this. And of course River gets her dream self stuck into a sprite that is glitched to hell and back so she can no longer even perceive time unless LeeHunter are around and actively using their powers.
Hoon, of course, is attempting to kill every single underling one by one, not for really any PURPOSE but because SOMEONE has to dispense justice around here and her sprite (prototyped with a Radio) won't stop telling her who needs to die...
Given how cheerfully Training tends to settle into wherever they are I think they got *really* into the derse/prospit politics and Witherby is currently running a con on both sides while Devona/Neville/Ria are making an objectively beautiful conspiracy wall of all the different political factions in it. Camille of course, is doing a boss rush and collecting all the grist they'll need/staring at any secret consorts she finds. (Neville is Not Thinking about how he keeps finding corpses of Devona everywhere. They aren't real. Time clones or something. It's fine. Don't think about it.)
Devona hits gnosis 4 basically instantly and has been doing everything in her power to avoid that Light player spotlight. She knows too much to think its a good idea to be the main character of this shitty game. (Or to tell anyone else that she's found out reality is a simulation... Ria would crack like an egg).
Parker meanwhile is just... There. Watching everyone. From some ruined session (not directly related) he is Not Thinking about. Maybe Gun-Tan is a first guardian equivalent, making him their Jackish kinda thing to deal with?
And of course, the Eyedol Games crew are the players who created THEIR universe, with all the trolling that will entail.
