#nicobaster weekend

[drksanctuary]

Week after Nicobaster weekend is over and as promised:

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COMPLETIONISTS!

@brain-maggot1

And @chubbybunny25 !!

And ofc thank you all for participating!

(A Secret prize for those who completed the weekend event ???More likely then you think)

If either of you two would like the just the pictures please let me know and I can send it to you via DM!!

[thomas-life]

Happy Nicobaster Weekend 2025! Here I am starting off strong on Day 1: Outcasts.

Behold, this is Nico and Alabaster's room from my and @drksanctuary's Chthonic Camp AU, where they are head councilors together. They share responsibilities and a room~ (they were roommates~). Eventually as they grow closer and Nico's bed becomes more of a surface for them to put their stuff on and they share Alabaster's bed instead. ;)

Alabaster has scrawled some protective rune on the wall ( a hold over from being on the run as much as he has been). and they glow with his breaths. (please enjoy the gif!!)

I tried to add as much detail as i possibly could, but quite honestly i could have kept adding things forever. Birdseye view was so challenging but i had so much fun with it.

If you would like to just look at the picture and zoon in onthe items on their shelves, you can click on this jpeg below. (also, sorry tumblr ate the quality. smh)

[haiseiscute333]

Nicobaster Weekend, Day 1: AU/Outcasts

POV(s): Alabaster

Ages: Alabaster - 45; Nico - 43.

Post canon AU :D

Note: This was based on this post and my own experience with my grandma.

Note 2: I feel like is too small, I wanted something bigger but I notice that I was putting a bit too much of home on this one so I decided to stop.

Note 3: Ha. Haha. Ha.

Hey @drksanctuary :3

The rays of the morning sun outside were the only source of light of Alabaster's office. Barhing the place with an almost ethereal look, that images you see on movies or house magazines.

Alabaster twirled one of the locks of his hair, reading a book at the side of the window. His bun was already weakening, letting some strays go out of it and covering his face with red brown hair.

The noise of steps stirs him out of his reading, his eyes going to the door in time to see russet brown eyes stare at him.

"Nico," Alabaster closed his book, already going to stand up. It was unusual for Nico to be up at this hour. "Hey, baby. What-"

"Who are you?"

The words cut like a knife, and Alabaster stopped where he was. Nico looked small, hunched over himself and holding a knife, the same one he hid below their pillows.

Oh, it was one of those days.

"Hey, hey. Love, is me." Alabaster talk slowly, not moving, knowing any type of small thing could trick his already damaged brain to wrong assumptions.

"I... I don't remember you." Nico answers, and of course he doesn't. But Alabaster doesn't say that, letting his husband take his time.

Nico frowns, standing a bit more straight, the hold on the knife less strong.

"I... I should. I should remember you. I feel like I should."

"Is okay," Alabaster tries a step closer, watching as Nico tenses before relaxing. He takes another step and another, and another, until he is on Nico's front. "Is okay, love. Take your time."

Nico frown deepens, he takes his eyes of him and seem to be searching something on his foggy brain. A memory long blurred.

Alabaster feels his chest ache.

Alabaster takes Nico's hands, easing the hold on the knife gently and hearing as the object falls on the wooden floor. He kisses Nico's knuckles and traces the scars with his thumbs. Nico holds his hands tighter, like somewhere his mind can still recognize Alabaster's care.

"Oh," Nico sighs. Alabaster takes his hands to his lips again, looking at his husband face while kissing his knuckles one more time. "I remember... a garden. With metal roses."

"Persephone's garden," Alabaster smiles fondly. "You loved going there after your job."

"Persephone always made us tea." Nico continues. He looks at Alabaster like he is searching.

Nico is always searching, these days.

"Yeah."

"You always said it was too strong, but..."

"But I drink it when you made it."

Nico's face blushes just a little. It's a faint pink that makes Alabaster's heart pick up.

It was so rare this days.

"I... I loved you." Nico says, slowly, like he is testing the waters. "I do. Now."

Alabaster smiles, something slyghtly broken but mostly happy. The tear on his left eye fall all the same.

"I love you, Nico."

"Oh," Nico winks, and for the first time since he appeared at the door, he steps closer to him. Alabaster holds his breath, watching as Nico tilts his head back and looks at his eyes.

"Beanpole," Nico says, he smiles. Something small, fragile.

Alabaster cherishes it all the same.

"I called you beanpole."

"You still do, sometimes." Alabaster adds, weakily. His voice is cracking, and he still can't stop the tear from rolling again, but he holds himself. For him. For him.

"Of course, you always were too tall." Nico chuckles, his hands holding Alabaster's back, and he almost burst right there.

"Yeah, but I am your beanpole."

Nico smiles again, this time with his teeth. Small as it is, Alabaster can see the gap between the front teeth, the one he would pass his tongue on when they were young.

"Mine."

"Yeah."

[drksanctuary]

NICOBASTER WEEKEND 2025 DAY 3! PROMPT: Enemies to Lovers

This was actually kind of a hard one to capture briefly but I tried my best using the Nicobaster in our Titan AU: THE NEW GOLDEN AGE. (where titans win the war but Nico and Al meet and fall for each other before that happens). This picks up from after chapter 2 where they’ve learned eachother's names.

(Sorry you might have to have to Zoom in for the little panels. The breakdown is in the image description if that’s easier to read)

ENEMIES:

TO RELUCTANT ALLIES

TO FRIENDS/ALLIES

TO....

LOVERS~

It's kinda cheesy but most of the angst happens after the Titans win, once they do. The cycle restarts. They are enemies once more and Al has to work to earn Nicos trust back and to help undo the damage that's been done by the Titan take over. IDK maybe I'll do a part two for this summarizing that part. (bc who knows if I will ever finish this fic)

[drksanctuary]

NICOBASTER WEEKEND 2025 DAY 2 PROMPT: Chthonic, Powers

I used Camp Chthonic AU Nicobaster for this also their powers are chthonic so…it works!

Nico: Hey Al, can you teach me how to manipulate the mist?

Al: Mist manipulation eh? I think I can help you there.

EXPECTATION

<NICO’s>

Nico: (instantly a pro, looking badass) It’s all about feeling, ya know? It comes easier to some more than others

Al: (impressed) wow! You’re amazing!

<ALABASTER’s>

Al: (seductively) It’s all about feeling. It comes easier to some more than others.

Nico: (breathlessly) wow, you’re amazing

REALITY

Nico tries really hard to manipulate the mist and obscure a rock. Al is supportive behind him.

Nico manages to obscure the rock and preens saying “piece of cake”. Al smiles.

Nico instantly passes out asleep from the over exertion and concentration. Al catches his sleepy body saying “oh shi-“

____

I just wanted to do a silly little thing. Cx.

Don’t Worry, once Nico gets used to it he’ll be more like his expectation.

Al’s expectation is…- a lot more fantastical hahahaha!

(In Chthonic Au they are the last ones to figure out they are dating, so seduction is out of the question until they both realize)

Silly boys 💕💕💕

[drksanctuary]

NICOBASTER WEEKEND 2025 IS OVER

Nicobaster weekend is over but worry not @thomas-life and I will still be shipping them all day every day and making plenty of posts/fics and whatnot. But since the event is over, I just wanted to say:

All of your submissions brought me joy. It was lovely to have you all give your own take on this ship with your beautiful art, your moving writing and your on-point aesthetic mood boards! I am still making my way through some of the fics but don't worry I am getting to them and you will get a novel length comment from me (that is a threat...jkjk). I will wait until next weekend to announce the special thanks to the Nicobaster weekend completionists (i.e. you can still post until next weekend and still be considered a completionist). In case that is any incentive to keep Nicobastering on!

Again, thank you all!!

@brain-maggot1 @chubbybunny25 @mrsoftthoughts @avaetin @frostyblustar @namiisei @coffees4sleepy @thomas-life @oopsies-maeve-did-a-thing @haiseiscute333

[drksanctuary]

NICOBASTER WEEKEND 2025 DAY 1: PROMPT: AU

Since it is still technically May I am killing two birds with one stone here with a new MERMAID AU:

Here’s some of the sketches and planning I did to make a brand new mermaid AU:

I wanted to make jelly alabaster have a “witch hat” bc he’s still a sea witch. Also a scale-y crop top bc why not

I decided not to color Nico’s face orca colors and put the walrus skull on his shoulders so it wouldn’t block his face. Needed that expression to shine through and all

Top is the original poses I had them in. Al looms so annoyed XD, also I was going to give him a little sea hare companion but I forgot in the final draft (🥺). I was also working on manta ray Nico and Sea horse Al concept but…didn’t get to finish it.

But there you have it!

Day One: Done! ✅

[drksanctuary]

Hi everyone!

I am thinking of doing a NICOBASTER SHIP WEEK(end)- 3 days of prompts instead of 7. But maybe 2 prompts /day. Since it’s such a small ship, I give it a weekend instead of a full week. platonic interactions are ofc acceptable but romantic ship is encouraged. NSFW is fine but must be tagged and labeled appropriately.

I was thinking of May 30th-June 1st 2025.

If you are interested I encourage you to participate!

Also whether you’d like to participate or not, I am taking prompt ideas. Please comment, tag or reblog this post with suggestions if you have them. ☺️