#rose reds

[cicadahorizon]

okay but the inherent horror of being a Rose Red though. being a clone of someone you will never know, never meet. being surrounded by your own face. knowing that you are disposable, that you were created to die. seeing your own face staring back at you blankly from the ground, dead on the battlefield. the mechanisms really went off with the Rose Reds.

[brainwormsprompts]

Rose Red working in the Institute

So I’ve seen a couple TMA Mechanisms crossovers here and there. One on Ao3 had it where Jon=Jonny and an encounter with a couple of Rose Reds set it off.

That got me thinking: what if there was a Rose Red working in the Institute?

I imagine that a small crew of Rose Reds we’re trying to go to X place for the war efforts and something happens (wormhole, tech malfunction, whatever) that causes them to crash to Earth circa 2000s. There’s an adjustment period but eventually they/she decide that they can’t get back to the war and decide to try and live until they can get help.

Compared to whenever OUaTiS happens, Earth tech is unbelievably simple so it’s not a stretch to say that the Roses make fake IDs for themselves easily. They probably choose different names maybe keeping a last name. I don’t think they would keep “Rose” considering that’s what they are not who they are. I also feel like they grow out their hair as a healing bit. Long hair takes a lot of time and upkeep and is impractical in war so growing their hair out could be a sign that they finally see themselves as more than war machines.

Now for whatever reasons, one of them decides to work at the Institute. Elias probably says yes because he finds her interesting. Does this Rose coincide w one of the named characters? Up to you. The Slaughter probably retroactively claimed them so we have the option of human murdering, we also have paintball tournaments that could be used as an outlet. Idk if the UK has paintball but it could easily be said that the Institute Rose uses vacation time to go to paintball tournaments in the US.

I feel like there could be many shenanigans of having a war clone like the Rosies in the Institute, especially if she goes to the Archives crew. If any Mechs go there and recognize her then that could also be fun.

[the-pineapple-stole-my-husband]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Once Upon a Time (In Space) - The Mechanisms (Album) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Rose Red Clone(s) (The Mechanisms), Original Characters Additional Tags: For funsies, tee hee, not my brainrot but here we go, no betas we die, me when the stones are covered in moss, love moss, tags my behated, Help, also I dont know how military terms work, sue me Summary:

Where oh where do the moss covered stones come from...

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