#oc:riley

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[lucky38-2077]

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Fallen Hero: Sidestep 6

This one is definitely one close to my heart due to how differently the route went compared to how I thought it was going to go. Went a completely different direction.

Name: Riley Rivers

Gender: none ya… none ya business. They/them work fine as pronouns

Villain name: Retribution

Villainous role: anarchist

Motivation: revenge

Scar: friendless

Reason for gala: fight the rangers

Where are they now?: broken in both spirit and body. Left at the rangers hospital.

   I know I say this for a lot of my sidesteps but, Riley in particular is a mess. I originally made them to be one of my “softsteps” but they made poor decision after poor decision. Not to mention them slowly loosing control due to them constantly opening gates (think they are at 4 or 5 now?). Riley is definitely one my more tragic sidesteps. They tried so hard to be the “vigilante on the wrong side of the law” but they tripped and fell on their face.

   Riley’s reason for doing this is essentially: I’m going to be the hero that I never had. Now, does that clash with their revenge motivation? Maybe, possibly, but they just want to make sure what happened to them never happens again. To anyone. They are willing to kill, but they made a promise to 1. Always save people who are grave danger 2. Never kill unless necessary. They broke the second promise at the casino, with the amount of gates open they killed some people there and became known as a murderer. It did not end well for Riley.

   Before we continue, we should talk about Riley’s relationships. Riley helps the rangers out as much as they can, using the knowledge and street contacts to get the rangers what they need. They feel guilty over not being able to connect with their old friends due to their scar and see helping out as a way to make them feel less guilty. They get along best with Ortega (Julia) and Herald. Julia and Riley were an item back in the day and reignited their relationship early in Retribution. I don’t think Riley’s love for Julia is healthy. They saw Julia as their rival until after the gala. Realizing that Julia really didn’t know that Riley was alive and didn’t abandon them, Riley decided to give into what they wanted and start over again; now seeing their former self as their rival. Steel and Riley are complicated sort of… friendship? They still don’t get along but they don’t argue as much anymore.. maybe they are both just too tired to argue like they used to. Riley gets along with the other rangers, they basically have no relationship with Argent other then “oh, they’re here.” And they are Herald’s coach, they don’t really have an interest in a friendship with either of them.

   Everything changed after the meeting with Hollowground. Riley went themself and decided to work with Hollowground while secretly releasing information to the rangers. They left and got into the wreck. While they didn’t admit to being Retribution; Riley had accidentally left enough clues for Ortega to piece it together and confront Riley about being the villain. It didn’t end well. Ortega thinks that Riley is a regene clone and Riley being both angry and scared told Ortega to go away. Argent then clawed their eye out and argued with both Herald and Steel. Riley doesn’t see any of those relationships as salvageable. Ortega’s reaction to them really broke their heart and Riley is diving head first into their scar and motivation.

Alright, how about some fun facts huh?:

According to canon, sidestep is fairly prickly about their appearance. Riley is doubly so. While they always went by they/them, they were very self conscious about how they were perceived and dysphoria in general wearing them down. Anathema was the one who convinced them to go get hormone treatment to try and deal with the dysphoria.

Riley only ever lost 2 games of chess against Chen back in the sidestep days.

Riley used to make their own mead back in the sidestep days.

They used to have an small collection of cheesy off brand figurines of the different ranger members. Riley wonders occasionally what happened to it.

Riley refused to go to Halloween parties after one particular Halloween party Julia scared them so bad once they punched her in the face.

Riley is my tallest sidestep!

Last one, I have vibe quotes for each character. And one for Riley and Ortega gets me right in the heart every time: in a parallel or another world. Or a different life. We sit across from each other at the kitchen table and go over the grocery list.

Every time it gets me choked up.

Alright, let’s go over Riley’s stats, armor, and appearance:

Riley prefers anonymity at around 60%, empathy at 70%, and is cautious at 85%. She prefers power of mind over subtlety, the score being over 80.

Armor appearance: scary. Small parts of armor protrude from the suit like broken bones and others are made to look like growths and protrusions. The helmet is made to look humanoid but with something plant or fungal like growing from its missing jaw. The armor is dark in color with lots of dark greens, grays, and black.

Add ons: speed and telepathy

Extra: the voice modulator adds a creak or strain to Riley’s voice. As if something is crawling or scurrying in the armor itself as they speak.

Riley’s appearance:

Race: mixed

Height: tall. Around 6ft 8in (a little over 2m)

Hair: wavy brown hair. It’s parted in the middle and reaches their shoulders. But, due to the wreck and needing stitches, some was shaven off.

Eyes: green. They used to be brown. Thanks Void.

Style: nondescript casual. Lots of hoodies, large jackets over long sleeve t-shirts and sweats or jeans. Always wears boots though.

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NOBODY’S FOOL

Hey everyone! I sadly had too many links on my master post so I am moving all the chapter links for Nobody’s Fool to here! (Art by @rubeau-art​)

SYNOPSIS

***PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING***

This is a story of one tiny man overcoming obstacles both systemic and personal to become a big time star. Set in a universe where miniature people (around 5 inches tall) are kept as pets for the rich, this story follows one tiny man as he struggles to overcome the abuse people like him suffer at the hands of those who view him as nothing more than a plaything. When he’s rescued by a human who learns to see him for the person he is, he discovers something he never could explore until he had the opportunity to truly express himself: he has quite an incredible hidden talent.  He has what it takes to become a big time star...if only everyone would take him seriously. A mixture of fluff and angst. Mature (Language, adult themes and violence) but SFW. This story uses the pet trope as a means to explore themes of overcoming trauma and fighting back against abuse, as well as learning to love oneself.

Link to Pinned Master Post

Chapter #1: Baby, it’s Cold Outside Chapter #2: One Step at a Time Chapter #3: For the Apparel Oft Proclaims the Man Chapter #4: Just Relax, Just Relax Chapter #5: Quarter-Sized Crisis Chapter #6: *Ring, Ring*… It’s for You Chapter #7: All Dressed up with Somewhere to Go Chapter #8: Maiden Voyage Chapter #9: Lightin’ in a Bottle Chapter #10: Flying High Chapter #11: One Too Many Chapter #12: Just Under the Surface Chapter #13: Cold Case, Warmed Up Chapter #14: Whiplash Chapter #15: The Road Chapter #16: First Time Chapter #17: Larger than Life Chapter #18: Waiting in the Wings Chapter #19: Genesis Chapter #20: Sinking Ship Chapter #21: End of the Panzy Waltz Chapter #22: Cyrano Chapter #23: Pull the Strings Chapter #24: Left Alone Chapter #25: Veritas Chapter #26: Heart, Locked Up Chapter #27: Intercontinental Chapter #28: A View from Above Chapter #29: Pick-me-up Chapter #30: Table’s all Set Chapter #31: Table Manners Chapter #32: Well Armed Chapter #33: Breaking Ties Chapter #34: Confessions Chapter #35: Five Time’s the Charm Chapter #36: Bait and Switch Chapter #37: Nobody’s Nothing After All Chapter #38: Cold Case, Blacked Out Chapter #39: Home for the Holidays Chapter #40: Merry Little Christmas Chapter #41: Visitation Chapter #42: Unleashed Chapter #43: You and I Both Chapter #44: Leave your Baggage on the Stage Chapter #45: Mariposa Chapter #46: The Pet who Hopped the A Train Chapter #47: Everything Grows Chapter #48: Somebody’s Something After All Chapter #49: Welcome Home Chapter #50: Nobody’s Fool

Bonus Chapters (I wanted to expand on the story so here are some chapters that were originally written from solely Eveline’s POV, where you can now read what Penn was experiencing. Enjoy!)

Chapter #1A: Out of the Frying Pan Chapter #1B: Into the Fire Chapter #2A: When Hell Freezes Over

Bonus Bonus Chapter! (It was my birthday so I wrote a fluffy little one-shot. This takes place sometime after the events of Nobody’s Fool)  Birthday One Shot: Careful Composition 

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✽ Complete 10 Excellent Quality Knittables ✓

✽ Successfully Gift 3 Knittables ✓

✽ Achieve Level 6 of the Knitting Skill ✓

✽ Successfully Show Off Your Knitted Sweater to Another Sim ✓

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it’s her!

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Beach Baby 

[hejanic]

Gen 2 electric boogaloo!!!!!

Abaddon and Uriel’s twin sons, Riley and Octavius.