#othni.exe

[ask-the-riders]

Roulette: Long hair sucks but I've committed to an aesthetic and I'm going to stick to it

Othni: What aesthetic?

Roulette: Daddy issues

[lover-of-skellies]

Song prompt with Connie?

Alrighty broseph, here ya go. I dunno if this really counts as horror, but hey. It's got angst at least, I guess

It's been a while since I've done any writing prompts like this, so I might be a little rusty ^^" gonna offer a tiny warning for nonconsensual kissing in the first part, and then character death toward the end

The song(s) that I used as prompts were "Bloody Mary" by Lady Gaga and "No Hero" by JT music

"Listen to me, Connie. Please. I'm not lying to you."

Conquest shook her head, her sockets wide in horror as she stared at the demon's outstretched hand. In his palm was a single black apple, and as he took one step closer to her, she took one step back. The demon let out a deep sigh, "Just eat the damn apple, will you? You desperately wanted everything to be perfect again, and this is how you'll get that. This apple will fix everything for you, all you have to do is eat it." Connie shook her head again, meeting his bright blue gaze, "No, I can't. I know what they really do, Othni. Retribution already told me about them, and I can't do this." Othni made a face, his tail flicking behind him in irritation, "Fine. Allow me to lend you a hand, then."

The rider stared at him in shock as he lifted the apple and took a bite of it. Before she even had the chance to run, brilliant blue magic pooled at her feet, and they felt as though they'd become rooted to the ground. Othni closed the distance between them, raising a clawed hand to firmly grip her jaw. As he leaned down, orange tinted tears began to prick at her sockets. The demon pressed his lips to her teeth and her sockets widened further. Conquest gripped his shoulders, her grip almost becoming painful as she squirmed and tried to push him away. His hand slid from her jaw to the back of her head, holding her in place, and she began to tremble, letting out a muffled sob as the chunk of black apple was pushed into her mouth.

Othni pulled back, narrowing his eyes at her when she refused to chew the mouthful of apple. He dug his claws into the back of her skull and she whimpered, still trembling as he hissed, "Eat it. If you don't start chewing, I'm going to break open your skull." She very hesitantly began to chew, visibly shaking as she watched the demon. Othni stared at her as she chewed, and when she stopped, he hummed, "Did you swallow it?" She nodded quietly, and his gaze hardened, "Prove it. Open your mouth so I can see that there's nothing in there." The rider opened her mouth as instructed and he peered inside, "...Good, it looks like you did. Now we can move on to bite number two." Her eye lights constricted in fear and she began to plead with him, "Please, don't make me do this! I don't want anymore! I don't want this, Othni, please st-"

He shoved the apple partially into her mouth, effectively silencing her. More blue magic gripped her wrists to keep her from resisting, and she shook as he covered her nose, murmuring lowly, "If you want to breathe, you'll start eating." Orange tears dripped down her face and she sobbed, sinking her teeth into the fruit.

Sleeping soundly in bed beside Geno, Death was oblivious to the shift in the atmosphere. There was an odd creak here and there, but the house was old, so the sound wasn't of any concern. Slowly stirring, Geno yawned and climbed out of bed, making his way to the kitchen for a glass of water. He grabbed a glass and held it under the sink, filling it halfway before shutting the water off. Turning to exit the kitchen with his drink, Geno froze, letting out a startled sound at the sight of a figure standing in the doorway. He drew in a shaky breath and tried to calm himself, "Death?... What are you doing out of bed? It's really late..." When there was no reply, he frowned, ".....Hello?"

A set of eyes opened, but only one golden-orange eye light could be seen. Recognizing the color, he furrowed his brow bones, ".....Connie? What are you-?" Behind her, a set of bright blue eyes opened, their owner noticeably taller than the rider. Geno took a slow step back, "Connie, what's going on?" Still shrouded by darkness behind Conquest, Othni purred, "I apologize, but she's not the Connie you knew... Not anymore, at least." Geno's frown deepened and he eyed the rider, setting his glass of water on the counter, "Connie, if you can hear me, I need you to say something." Finally responding, she let out a deep sigh, "What is there to say, Geno? You betrayed my trust and took Death from me, and that's that."

He blinked in surprise, "But... I thought things were ok with us now. What happened that changed that?" She tilted her head, her tone almost bored as a set of four tendrils sprouted from her back, "Nothing. I'm sick of having to talk to you every day, and just looking at you pisses me off. I should never have introduced you to Death." Geno stared at the tentacles in shock, unsure what to do. Othni hummed, "You should dispose of him before he tries to get in your way again. If you let him go, he'll only be a problem later on." Conquest made a sound in acknowledgment, "I know. I don't recall ever asking for your input though, Othni." The demon's content, vaguely amused expression shifted into one of confusion. What was going on? He'd done what he was supposed to, and he was told that she wouldn't give him any problems.

Geno swallowed the slowly forming lump in his false throat; Conquest was his friend. He had no idea what to do about her. He could try to fight her off, but he didn't want to hurt her. If he did too much damage, he could risk killing her. If she died, what was he supposed to tell Death? She began to walk toward him and he backed up. He could... Try to run, maybe? If he could wake up Death, then the situation might get back under control. As if Conquest could tell what he was thinking of doing, she hummed, her voice an octave or two lower than normal, "Don't tell me you're thinking of running from me, Geno. Surely I'm not THAT scary." Geno sputtered for a moment, trying to figure out what to say, "N-Nah, you're not scary. I just... Let me go get Death, and the two of you can-" "Don't." He yelped as a tentacle shot forward, curling around his neck. As he struggled to get free, she scowled, "I will face him when I'm ready. At the moment, I need to deal with you."

He stumbled over his words, desperately trying to breathe as the tendril tightened little by little. As Conquest stepped out into the light, Geno's socket widened and he froze. He took in her now goop covered form, the golden-orange tinted sludge covering one of her eyes. Atop her head sat a crown, likely the one that Retribution carried for a while. Her single eye light remained fixed on him and he shook; With the state she was in and the way she was looking at him, she gave 'fear' a whole new meaning. Conquest tilted her head in consideration, "Let's see... I could snap your neck. I could break your ribs and then shatter your soul though, too. Which one do you think I should do?"

Othni perked up, slinking across the kitchen and taking his place beside her, "I vote for whichever is more painful." Conquest slowly shifted her gaze and looked up at him, almost growling in annoyance, "Did I ask you, Othni? No. I was asking him. Bother me again and you'll be next." The demon was momentarily taken aback, "You can't be serious. As if you'd ever do that to me!" She narrowed her visible socket, a second tentacle coiling around his throat and squeezing, "Do you really want to test that theory right now? Because I'm getting tired of you always trying to worm your way into things that don't concern you." He growled, beginning to claw at the tendril, "I made you what you are, you stupid monster!" She glared at him, "Maybe so, but keep in mind, I told you NO. Now do us all a favor and fuck off before I actually kill you."

He fell silent and scowled at her, and she turned her attention back to Geno. In a last ditch effort to get free from her tendril's grasp, he relinquished control of his body, allowing Error to take over. The glitch immediately reached for his sockets and Connie arched a brow bone in amusement, a third tentacle catching his wrists with ease. Error glared and snarled, "Let me go, you disgusting anomaly!" She rolled her eye light, "How about no?" The black skeleton's body glitched, and in that split second, he slipped his hands out of her hold. His hands flew upward to his face and he produced a multitude of blue threads, which quickly ensnared the corrupted rider. She cried out in surprise, and then hissed, narrowing her socket again, "If you really want to fight, then so be it. That's all you worthless glitches understand, anyway."

The tentacle that held Othni suddenly snapped forward, and he yelped, finding himself sailing toward the glitch. Error's threads went to work and ensnared the demon as well, and he cursed, stepping aside as another tentacle shot toward him. He bound it in blue threads, his body jerking as the corrupted rider began hysterically sobbing, her speech incoherent. He furrowed his brow bones in confusion, and then froze as he noticed Death standing in the doorway, his eyes wide in shock as he took in the sight before him. The reaper glanced at Error, taking in his uninjured form and choosing to go to Conquest, who continued sobbing.

Death cautiously approached her, taking in her new appearance, "Connie? What happened to you?!" She shook her head and cried, "Othni forced me to eat a black apple, and I turned into this. I came here to see if you could help me, and then I got attacked by Error!" The reaper glanced in Error's direction again, "Error, you need to let go of her." Error frowned and hesitated, "I can't! She's lying, Death! I'm only fighting her because she attacked Geno first!" Death's voice gained a sharp edge that caused Error to flinch, "Error, I'm asking you to let her go. Fucking do it already! We need to make sure she's not hurt!" The glitch reluctantly loosened his threads, and the instant her tentacles were free, her sobbing came to an immediate halt. One tendril shot toward the glitch again, and Death's eyes widened as it broke through the glitch's ribs. Error's eyes widened as well, as he began to glitch, looking down at his hand and watching in fear as it began to slowly fade. Rather than dust, scattered zeros and ones floated around it, and Death immediately understood.

He looked at Connie, tears in his eyes as he grabbed her shoulders and shook her, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" The corrupted rider looked up at him, her eye light constricting as she burst into laughter. When he didn't receive an answer, he backed away from her, summoning his scythe. Her tentacles captured his arms and neck, tightening until his grip on the scythe loosened and it clattered to the floor. He was dragged back toward her as she stood, and she sighed, reaching out to touch his face, "I did what had to be done. You came along and stole my heart, and then you got me pregnant, decided after a little while that you didn't want me anymore. Then to top it off, you left me for Geno, who was my FRIEND. I tolerated the pain because I loved you, but as of right now, I'm done playing nice. You played games with me, so now it's my turn to play games with you." The reaper stared at her, sky blue tears beginning to drip down his face, "Connie... He didn't have to die. Neither of them did."

She hummed, "No, I don't think you understand. They DID. Now they're finally out of the way." He tried to blink back more tears, his voice soft, "...What do you want from me? What'll it take to make you stop?" All traces of her amusement vanished and her grip on his face tightened, "I'm glad you asked... I want some apologies from you for all the pain you caused me, and I want you to admit how pathetic and useless you are. As soon as you do those things for me, I'll do something for you." He furrowed his brow bones, "Like what?..." The corrupted rider offered him a twisted grin, the warped happiness not quite reaching her gaze, "Well, you always complained about not being able to die and experience reincarnation, so I plan to fix that little problem. You do what I asked, I kill you, and then I take over your team. It's as simple as that."

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Welp,, this is one of the only times within the past 4 or 5 years that I've drawn something that WASN'T a skeleton, and that is my excuse as to why it's probably not the greatest

I was bored and decided to kill time by attempting to doodle Othni's chest hole, because why tf not. I ended up also deciding that he needed some scars and a birthmark, too

Idk if the birthmark and scars are gonna stay or not, but eh. I might also tweak the chest hole too, though it'll probably be a bit before I get to that XP

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A Security Breach riders AU sorta thing

Just hear me out, here-

Death as Freddy, because he's already pretty much the Dad™ of the group and he does have a soft spot for kids

Famine as Monty, because he's a big dude who looks kinda scary to some people, but actually has a soft boi hobby (*coughs* cooking. Monty's soft boi hobby is golfing)

War as Roxy, because of her short fuse and speculated insecurity/low self esteem/inferiority complex. She constantly pushes herself to be the best and the strongest, because who would she be if she couldn't do that? She'd be weak (and feel like she was nothing, in turn), and that's not at all what she wants

Pest as Chica, because he likes children and eats garbage. While Chica has had her little cupcake buddies, Pest has rat friends

(this got a little long, so everyone else is under the cut XP)

Connie as Sun, because she adores children and would seriously love to spend all of her time with them. Caring for them is a breeze for her, and as long as she had the energy and time for it, she probably could start turning into a bit of a neat freak. She also has more anxiety than she lets on, and she usually hides it with a smile and silly jokes

Ret as Moon, because he can be soft with kids, but his job has hardened him to the point where it's hard to be soft with anyone at all some days. He can be soft with Connie and Mortem, but sometimes, he actually needs to consciously make an effort to let his guard down around the others. He's definitely a neat freak, and he has a tendency to be a little short fused and scary at times

Abrael as map bot, because c'mon, it's funny. That, and y'know. Pirates and maps. If Foxy was still an active character in the game, I would've said they'd be him instead

Roulette as Vanny/Vanessa, because of the white rabbit theme. That, and I read that Vanessa was a follower of Afton's, which would line up perfectly wiiiiiiiiiiiiiith-

Othni as Springtrap/Afton, because he's a wacked out old man with some serious issues. Othni's scent is a mix of rotten fruit and smoke, which kinda lines up with how Afton's been burned only god knows how many times now. Othni's also a homicidal maniac that's a little too stab happy, which seems like a very Afton kind of thing, too

Then literally any child character could be Gregory, except for Paragon and Eris (since they're babies still, obviously). Every other child though? Mortem, Pixie, Iniko? All chaotic little heathens. Ivy and Marcell could be heathens too, but for the most part, they're both good kids with too much anxiety to be Gregory

Added bonus: Fresh as DJ Music Man, because 1) music and dancing, 2) cool guy vibes, and 3) goes from 0 to 100 really fricken fast and is terrifying. They're both big guys, too

Connie as Sun and a Shattered version of herself as Moon could be cool though, too. Same with Ret turning into Lyzer, or even War turning into 406. Another one I considered was Geno turning into Error, since they're already two guys stuck sharing a body, just like Sun and Moon

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Conquest

Abrael

War

Famine

Pestilence

Retribution

Death

Anteros

Othni

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Key points in Nightmare, Nyx, and Kazimir's lives:

Nightmare finds the twins' mom somewhere in the human world, riddled with negative emotions. Like a moth to a flame, he's drawn to her

He ends up taking her back with him, because he feeds off her negativity and enjoys trying to scare her. Not once does it work though. This woman doesn't fear him for even a single second, somehow

He's intrigued by this and tries even harder to be scary and get a reaction from her, still to no avail

A bunch of time passes, they fall in love, yada yada yada, you get the gist

Nyx and Kazimir are born

For a couple years, everything is great. They have this near perfect life and their own little family, Nightmare's stopped terrorizing innocent people and AUs as much, things are peaceful

Then when she doesn't come home one day, he goes looking for her and finds her dead somewhere with a huge injury that likely came from being impaled

It's implied that Shattered Dream did this to her, purely out of spite since he hates Nightmare

He goes into mourning and is left to raise the twins on his own. He becomes cold and distant to his staff, and everything that belonged to his now dead wife is locked away in a room, out of sight, out of mind

It's not long before he goes back to terrorizing people and AUs again, doing exactly what he was doing before

Consumed by grief, he takes his frustrations out on the people around him and bottles up his sadness and loneliness. It becomes forbidden to ever talk about her, because it's far too painful for him

The twins start growing up and becoming more independent. Nyx's first boyfriend? Not someone he was very fond of

Nyx begins her involvement with Killer, all while Kazimir is making googoo eyes at Dust in the background

Things are fine for a while, but then Killer begins attempting to seduce Nightmare. Night held his ground and stood firm as long as he could, but it'd been so long since someone made him feel loved or special that he just kinda,, caved

Nyx discovers what happened and after she threw Killer to the curb, she got into a huge fight with Nightmare. This led to her moving out and starting her rule as queen of another kingdom named "Regoria" (which in turn led to her meeting Connie)

It took a while, but they very awkwardly tried patching up their relationship. As it turns out, neither of them can stay upset with the other for very long

Nightmare recruits Kali. Kali pisses him off so bad that he basically tells Nyx to take her, since he doesn't wanna deal with her anymore. Nyx takes Kali back to her castle, and a little while later, Kali has made a full 180° and now follows the princess's every order

This is also around the time when 406 became pregnant and ran away with Cross. They went to Nyx for help, and she took them in for a short while

She had 406 and Cross go back with Dream, while 406's baby was adopted out to one of her staff

Kazimir breaks things off with Dust and now he's staying with Nyx in her castle. Kazimir may or may not already be eyeballing Val

Another interesting thing that seems unrelated at first glance: it's implied that Shattered Dream killed Nyx and Kazimir's mom. Years later when Othni's completely obsessed with the concept of getting to be in Connie's aura of positivity again, it's implied that he killed Shattered Dream. By the way he's talked about Nyx, he makes it sound like he's familiar with her, and even genuinely respects her, although he never really said why

It's almost as if he did some poking around, found out what happened to her mom, and then decided to take matters into his own hands, because Shattered hadn't yet gotten what Othni (and Nightmare, if he knew who killed his late wife) felt he deserved

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I'm unsure if this gives me Death vibes, Nightmare/Nyx/Kazimir vibes, yandere Othni vibes, or all three vibes at once

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More music that my brain 1000% wants to imagine a bunch of super awesome fight scenes and stuff with

Like,, I'm just picturing the riders in full on combat with someone, with some of this stuff playing in the background

I even have one for Nightmare and his gang, or even Othni with his. Maybe it could be part of the villains arc or something

And then of course, we can't forget about Othni and his weird borderline yandere thing that he's got going on 👀

Rambles under the cut, since I couldn't help myself

*coughs* the Tetris one also kinda makes me think about Fresh showing up and backing War a little on the battlefield. Like for once in his life, there's nothing holding him back, and he's actually giving his 110% out there with her. It's horrifying because she's never actually seen him get serious and go all out before. If he wasn't her family, she might just be a bit afraid of him. I'm also kinda getting images of Pest witnessing all of it too and looking at War like ".....holy shit, you're related to that thing."

Then for Land of Confusion, I'm seeing the riders in the human world, during the apocalypse. They're standing on this empty street with chaos everywhere around them, and rather than ending all of humanity, they're actually there to save it. Death and Pest get to use their respective weapons more, Fam gets to go full beast mode, and then War, Ret, and Connie are using their own weapons and kicking some serious ass. Then meanwhile, Abrael's out there summoning all these magic cutlass attacks. They're using so much more magic than before, since by then, Death finally removed the restrictions on it and gave them complete access to their magic supply

For Be Prepared, I'm seeing both Nightmare and Othni scheming with their own respective teams. Since Othni's already a kitty boy, he's absolutely rocking the role of Scar. His whole thing would be plotting revenge on Ret for always coming between him and Dream/Connie. If this was happening with Nightmare, it'd be him planning to attack the Star Sanses again, not counting on the fact that Necro and Zerif would likely be there to provide backup for the Stars (since the two occasionally work with them anyway). War hears that her dad's locked in battle with one of them, and she gets so worried that she ends up going to help him, completely disregarding the effect her aura has on people outside the group of riders. Connie and Ret are sent out to do damage control and bring her back, since she refuses to leave Necro in such a potentially bad situation (despite knowing how strong he is)

For Animal, I'm imagining Othni in his little secret room (no I will not disclose the location yet), looking at the freakish, highly concerning amount of pictures that he's got pinned to every wall. They're all of different Dream AU variants, and most of them have big Xs over their faces. There's a flashback to him pursuing Shattered Dream, even, and the flashback ends with Shattered, beaten horribly and noticably weaker than before. He refuses to surrender or to willingly leave with Othni, so Othni simply... Got rid of him. He's scheming, trying to plot out how he wants to proceed with going after Connie

Can't Get You Out Of My Head also happens in that little secret room, except it also comes with these images of him quietly stalking Connie and hiding in the shadows. He watches her every move, getting as close to her as he possibly can. Whenever she uses her aura, he basks in it, and it only makes him even more obsessed with her. He stalks Ret and kinda creeps on him a little too, but he knows better than to try getting close to him, and he's much more careful about staying hidden. While his obsession is mostly centered on Connie, there's a part of him that'd love to have Ret too, since that'd imply that he won against him, and he'd get to see the ever prideful former prince submitting completely and quit ruining his plans and interfering with things. He'd love to see Ret cowering in fear, beaten to within an inch of his life and obeying his every command, but taking possession of Connie and keeping the effects of her aura all to himself is his primary goal