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Day 3: Winter Borderland AU ❄️

Rambles and HCs under readmore

Winter Borderland AU

- Set in Hokkaido instead of Tokyo, Chishiya is there at his family's holiday home and Niragi is visiting for a work commitment

- The Beach is called 'The Resort' and takes place in a Ski Resort

- Due to the hazardous nature of the weather and lack of easily accessible amenities people pair off more cautiously (I.e. Kuina realises she might not be able to trust Chishiya, no one trusts Niragi)

- Pairs and groups will hoard camping equipment and survival gear in order to survive the climate

- The Witch Hunt still happens with an element of cabin fever, instead of burning Niragi in this AU Chishiya locks him in a storage freezer (however Niragi is able to mimic distressed noises and Arisu frees him - getting almost killed in the process but saved by Aguni)

- Niragi has scars from frostburn all over his hands as well as parts of his arms and legs from struggling to get out the room in anger / panic

- Kuina states she cannot trust Chishiya after his betrayal with Arisu and Usagi, now alone he knows he needs a partner to have any chance of survival and all that's left is an unconscious Niragi

- Chishiya and Niragi pair together eventually due to lack of other choice and because each one thinks they're in control of the dynamic when reality is they're dependent on each other

- Chishiya can't handle the cold well and has a low stamina (often needing rest and warmth more frequently), whereas Niragi's mental fortitude is even more fragile when paired with extreme weather (needing motivation and challenge to scathe off his loathing)

- They slowly grow to care for each other whether intentional or otherwise, Niragi will spot Chishiya's face and hands getting cold and shoo them into a building or suitable campsite, while Chishiya will drag Niragi out of his thoughts in a blunt but essential manner

- They end up developing a closer bond and only realise it in the Jack of Hearts game when they both have a chance to outsmart / manipulate the other into losing but turn down the opportunity

- With the games ramping up and tension building they move into a casual relationship (though are now deeply possessive of each other), and wind up meeting Arisu's group again

- Arisu and Kuina still have a slight soft spot for Chishiya despite his betrayal and on reunion spark Niragi's jealousy in a number of ways

1. For having a previous friendship with Chishiya

2. For Chishiya still being accepted by the group whereas Niragi is isolated / only tolerated for being with Chishiya

3. For Chishiya accepting them, a feeling / action developed through accepting Niragi first

- So Niragi reacts similarly to canon and attacks them, but unlike canon Chishiya is the one to shoot him purposely missing his vital organs

- Chishiya isn't unscathed though and reveals he was hit in the crossfire, so they both are left to bleed out while Arisu and Usagi challenge the final game

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Nirashiya week Day 3: Winter Borderlands AU

Very late but it’s finally done!!

I would imagine the living conditions in this AU are much harsher compared the original, thanks to multiple factors like weather, lack of resources, gloomy atmosphere and many more.

I came up with a few little changes, that aren’t too plot changing from canon.

The beach holds more stricter rules and regulations than canon.

The beach is still called the beach because of its goal/dream to see the real beach one day.

Niragi does still burn but he falls into a frozen lake that happens to have a thin layer of ice

Chishiya chooses to betray Kuina alongside Arisu & Usagi.

Betrayal is a reoccurring thing in this borderland au. Endless fights for food and resources, a place warm enough to keep you alive etc. And knowing Chishiya’s already massive trust issues and paranoia, he chooses the most pathetic route, betray first.

[severeweatheralert]

‘Your turn, rich boy,’ Niragi says. Chishiya stares. ‘What, now?’ Niragi cocks his head. ‘Yeah, fuckin’ now.’ Taking a meteor to the skull is somehow not the strangest thing that's happened to Chishiya recently.

Entrance wound is a oneshot written for the trust/vulnerability prompt for @nirashiyaweek in which they're Very Normal about recovering in the hospital :))

[nirarararashiya]

Day 5: Crime / Mafia AU

I’m an AU girlie through and through - put them in every scenario 👏👏👏

I wanted to do a panel type meeting between two ‘gang’ leaders for them - With Chishiya coming from a place of refined tradition and Niragi from stylistic modernism, context for this would be them meeting (likely not for the first time) to negotiate or discuss a deal, I haven’t really thought too deeply on a concept for this one but some ramblings below that I thought about while drawing this under readmore (also some initial concepts)

Crime / Mafia AU

Chishiya:

- Chishiya inherits his organisation, passed down from head to head, born out of necessity for an heir rather than love or passion

- Tradition and rituals are a significant part of his clan which he doesn't really care for however they have been built into him from a young age, due to this he doesn't take them very seriously causing unease with higher ranking members

- His money and influence is established before he is and therefore any attachment to it is weak, he isn't frivolous with it he just doesn't care about it which makes negotiations and threats to him challenging

Niragi:

- Niragi is the opposite building his organisation from scratch via shady dealings and manipulation, his trade comes from the dark web and crypto currency

- Being of the gamer generation and growing up with the birth of the internet he was able to take full advantage of this getting involved in the seedier / more dangerous side early on and then staying within circles as it grew and became harder to break into

- He takes to trends easily and can adapt to the landscape quickly allowing him to make full use of new concepts like crypto

- The organisation he builds is through association of his digital scams and dealings, eventually recruiting people into his fold to flex his power and domination

Together:

- I imagine Chishiya hears about a new entity in an area nearby and has some men investigate, when they come back bloodied and maimed he takes an interest knowing no old family rival gangs would do such a thing

- This leads to them meeting and establishing a distaste for eachother and their similarities, but like a cat with a toy Chishiya will swipe at Niragi when his gang gets too close and Niragi's greed and ego won't keep him confined to 'his' area

- So they wind up meeting often with little benefit to their gangs or reputations

Initial concepts:

[severeweatheralert]

They cling to each other because once upon a time they died, and after everyone else got better and they—they got this. Or: Chishiya doesn't admit things. Not even to himself. Not unless it's six in the morning and he's not had much sleep.

@nirashiyaweek is HERE so I'm finally allowed to share my homework with the class: slow crash is a short Chishiya-POV oneshot because I couldn't not write something for the you remind me too much of myself prompt :)