A lot of the gang has secret-lab-made clones along with the not-secret-lab-grown-with-voluntarily-given-dna clones. Ink has fucking five of them! There's even clones of dream and nightmare!
and then there is finch and blue who just have wren and aster. which is probably for the best, but can we talk about how everyone else got cloned against their will for a minute please. guys. ink why did the evil lab make three of you
I’m spinning my guys (the clones) in Sunfall… I know we already threw Parchment and Tune at it, but now I’m spinning the others who the originals probably have never met.
Also they may not want to be part of this, but there’s a nonzero chance Emmy and Clip might get chased by the Maelstrom. I’m sure Clip is having a blast. (Sarcasm)
Plus if you mess with one or two clones, you get the whole pack en route to kick your ass. The clones will make the Maelstrom go down if it’s the last thing they do.
Emmy might not want to fight unless she has no choice, and Virus might not be very experienced in fighting, but they can probably find ways to help outside of it somehow.
First thought is Emmy and Clip hearing about (Guardian) Nova going off on his own and being like "well. fuck. that kid's going to get himself in DEEP shit. maybe we should go help him" and track him down and refuse to leave. he can't shake them. But Emmy insists that sticking with him and trying to keep him safe isn't that much dangerous that them going their separate ways (not true; emmy and clip's auras are way way weaker than his and they both know it), and they both know how to fight, so... maybe its okay?
Regardless of how much they want to fight, Emmy and Clip can still defend themselves and get each other and Nova to safety. And Nova will be trying to avoid trouble anyways, so mostly the other two would just be helping him keep an eye out for beasts and reporting back to the others periodically.
probably for the best if emmy tries to keep Nova safe though. Orion, Temp, and Glaze are trouble enough already. do NOT add more reckless idiots to the mix (i say, as if it's not too late because tune's already there)
Guardian Nova in Sunfall. This is definitely fine and he’s having no problems whatsoever.
The world is fucking ending and suddenly he’s got all this power that he can’t control and oh god the world is actually ending and what do you MEAN Dream and Nightmare are his biological dads and somehow he’s supposed to keep going to school WHILE THE WORLD ENDS and oh god what if he accidentally hurts someone with his new powers and-
Wh. What do you mean the Maelstrom is after him. Why would it be after him he’s just some kid what could it possibly want from-
She's not very flexible, but due to being raised with more modern-leaning nerds, she seems to fit in with everyone else. on god tho if you throw off her routine or make her change anything about her plans she's going to be piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissed
She doesn't get along very well with other felinis who aren't Cross. They think she's weird. She claims she's happy without their approval, but she's very uncomfortable around them.
Do you think in Sunfall Xena and Xenon ever get their names mixed up? Or that anyone else gets them mixed up?
Not like the people, to be clear. Just like, they go to say one name and their mouth says the other instead. Or just Xena and Xenon mishearing and thinking someone’s talking to them when they were talking to the other one.
Because I just realized how similar their names are, and how if you are in any way muffled/not being paid attention to, someone could feasibly think you’re saying either.
I dunno how often they would be in the same area, but I would assume fairly often, especially when Xena’s older.
they definitely get confused when someone's calling their names. especially if someone gets a little quiet on that 'n' at the end of 'xenon'
also i grew up in a house where it was at monthly if not weekly occurance where we'd accidentally call the wrong names when trying to call for someone else. sometimes going through the whole list of residents in the house. if no one ever calls xenon's name when they're trying to get xena's attention (or vise versa) i'd be shocked.
for some reason i'm imagining ink and aster doing it the most, and Ink's like 'xena- xenon- you, whatever the fuck your name is-' about it whereas aster apologies like he just insulted their mothers. ...mother?
Hello I definitely didn’t forget I asked if people wanted to see Sunfall because I suddenly found out a hurricane was ABOUT TO MAKE FUCKING LANDFALL HERE but heyyyy it’s fine dwbi
Anyways
Sunfall:
Dreamswap but it’s the goddamn apocalypse because for some reason a second tree popped up and it fucked shit over severely
There’s clones! Alternate versions! Bad mentors and okay mentors! The end of the multiverse! Terrifying beasts! Horrible parenting skills and only like 4 guys!
Ok it was 7 boys but two of them died. And all the clones are either girls or funky gendered. One of them is sometimes a guy but that’s it
There’s also 3 inks, sort of. The two would hate to be called that though.
Give me a minute to grab some info of the characters
other random sunfall shit that's either funny or important
Another cut because it's a little Long with all the stuff I threw into one mf Thing
Funny fun facts from the original dream:
In my dream this actually started out as Kai redoing Dreamswap, and then halfway through my brain was like 'actually this is Silver's AU' and completely forgot kai except for the art style for the mental image of everyone in the frozen living room. I forgot about the first half when I woke up tho
Cross and Ink were dudes again even though they're girls To Me. Which is so funny
dude the ice chairs were sick
The ice chairs melted when the new boyes also thawed out. very sad. The two Inks, single Finch, and single Cross were there and the chairs started melting first and they were all like "Cross what did you do" and Cross was so indignant.
Dream II momentarily turned into Reverie/OG Dream when he was revived and tried to write 'hi Dream!!!' on Dream I's old notes. we had to tell him old Dream was gone. I think he got sad but around there is where I woke up
Dream II had my awful cursive handwriting for some reason FDFDSFSFDS
Finch was like....i don't know really prim and proper?? He was sitting like a princess in front of the fireplace for the crack photograph. I don't know what that was about but that's the main reason I think he was supposed to get a new version
yeah the one Ink had all the vibes of OG, and the paint thing, just with DS's outfit. I don't know what the fuck that was about. It was so stupid (funny). Cross and the other Ink were much closer to the camera and Ink looked and acted more like DS, and Cross...tbh i don't remember. he seemed pretty normal. Maybe he wasn't though.
I never actually saw any of the castle except for that one room. it was just 'yeah they're in an ice castle. and frozen
Other stuff:
It was going to be cryosleep and not petrification, bc that’s what it was in the dream, but there is literally no reason to do that to them. Freezing Orion and Corvus isn’t going to made them stronger it’s just going to make them sopping wet and really dumb for the first hour after they thaw out
Corvus looks terrified as a statue :))
Glaze doesn’t respond to her name in donut shops because she just automatically assumes it’s someone ordering a glazed donut instead of someone calling her name.
Do you know how long it took me to push Corvus and Glaze together. Anyways Corv’s pet name for Glaze is Donut and Corv is the the reason Glaze is now actually putting effort into deal with The Maelstrom.
There were actually quite a few survivors from JR. There was even enough to keep it going (even if just to say we survived. There’s not many of us but we’re still here and by god we’re doing our best), but they were scattered and the few others Ink and Finch found had already resigned themselves to trying to make a new life for themselves in this apocalyptic hellscape that the MV has become.
“Alright you little shits it’s scavenger hunt time. Whoever finds the most stuff on the list gets a candy bar” - exhausted Ink at 11pm having to go on an emergency grocery run because 4-year-old Temp and Glaze eat way more than she thought they would and she is still trying to figure out how much food she needs for the three of them. No, they can’t read yet; their lists are in pictographs. Reason #99 why she should not be responsible for kids. She really needs another adult.
Ink almost didn’t bother enrolling Temp and Glaze in a school bc it seemed like a lot of headache-inducing paperwork, but the lure of ‘time to herself without two hyperactive children’ was too strong.
Xena and Java didn’t go to a proper school like the other clones, tho. Cross and Error just weren’t sure they could get Xena and Java to school. They did their best to homeschool them instead. Finch and Hacker gave them some basic shit to teach the kids too, because Finch was pretty sure they’d forget some actually important stuff. He was right btw. Xena and Java are lucky they know as much math as they do. They’re also lucky Cross and Error were willing to ask for help teaching them how to read and stuff because dear god
Cross really can’t blame Xena for not wanting to do this, but Xena hasn’t turned in her resignation form yet, which is the only reason Cross is pushing her to work on her shit. Xena does not realize this yet. Glaze is also seeing this and is very sure the older ones are forcing them to do this, which is why she hasn’t said anything.
All the older ones kinda decide to start training the kids to fight at different points. Finch and Hacker took the longest to. As much as Finch wants Wren to be able to at least defend themself, he really doesn’t think young kids need to learn to fight.
Oddly enough Ink took the second longest. She wasn’t too worried about it being appropriate or whatever to teach kids of a certain age to fight, her logic was just “I have very little patience. Kids test my patience more than most things. Kids are also very stupid. I should wait until they’re less likely to get themselves killed trying to learn how to hold a stick with a sharp pointy end.” She did teach them how to use their other magic, though.
Cross and Error started teaching Xena and Java about their magic pretty early on. Their logic was ‘if they know how to control it young, there won’t be problems with runaway magic. Just problems figuring out where the cookie jar went and catching kids swinging from the ceiling’. They still wait for them to be at least double digits old before starting combat training. And they didn’t use real weapons.
All of the clones have the same birthday.
Oddly enough, Aster actually wanting to help encouraged the others a lot. ‘You mean you WANT to be involved in this thing we don’t feel we have a choice in??? …maybe it won’t be that bad.’
None of the clones realized Corvus and Orion were going to wake up in their lifetimes. Especially not this soon holy shit.
Had Corvus and Orion been more prepared, that one fight may not have gone as badly as it did. As it was they were young and inexperienced and had even less idea what they were doing than the others. They’re lucky they didn’t die. Hell they’re lucky it was only about 20 years and not 100. Or 500.
Corvus and Orion do have a destiny bond. Had being turned to stone killed Orion, Corvus would not have lasted even a second longer in that first big fight with the Maelstrom.
Also Corvus and Orion are both right about becoming radiants/corrupts. It would make it much easier for them to deal with the Maelstrom, but it would also make them much more vulnerable.
Worst Ending Corvus & Orion:
Corvus’ body is now made entirely of corruption and she can turn into a ✨goo puddle✨like OG Nightmare. Her body is very, very endothermic. Worst ice hands ever
Orion on the other hand is very EXOthermic and very very hot so like. Be careful
Orion is an unfortunate combination of Dream’s holier-than-thou-ness and some pretty awful manipulative tendencies. Obviously she is in the right, smh. But if she needs to do a little persuading, she’s not above using tricks and lies. She fights dirty, don’t let her talk of honor and righteousness fool you
Corvus is, surprisingly, rather honest most of the time, which doesn’t help Glaze when Corv offers to let her join her. Still, the corruption in her wants only one thing, and she will stoop as low as she needs to achieve it.
Poor, poor Glaze. She promised herself she’d protect Corvus, and now she has to help kill her.
The pair of them are mere shadows of their former selves.
ALSO hey here's a bonus Xena that no one asked for (even though i said someone oughta smh)
She’s actually the gremlin, which is funny because she doesn’t look it. Corvus does. And you’d expect someone with a name like ‘Corvus’ to be kind of a gremlin. But no!
Much like Dream, she has almost immaculate manners. Not a businesswoman, though; that kind of stuff makes her head hurt. The twins are a terrible influence on her and she is not an appropriate chaperone for them unless you want more chaos.
Orion is more balanced than Dream in terms of body strength; she hasn’t been working a desk job for the past hundred years. She’s not very fast, though; she’s pretty stocky, so she usually keeps an opponent’s attention while Corvus runs in and starts hitting them.
She’s only a positive spirit. Their tree got fucked and all the apples were lost, and with Dream gone there’s no way for her to become a radiant. Which is unfortunate; she’s certain that if she and Corvus could get the apples’ power, they’d have a better chance in the coming battle.
Other Stuff:
Her morality alignment is Chaotic Good
Orion has a lot of scars bc she’s basically the tank/meat shield. She also has wing tattoos on her back!
The bow is fun also because it conveniently fits with og Dream having a bow, and the Orion constellation is some archer dude. Generally, though, she prefers he sword and shield.