started this a while ago when i came up with shattered and scattered au (post omori bad ending where headspce bleeds into faraway and they have to figure out what's going on) remembered and decided to finish it today of all days. now i'm calling it "the shattered light bulb"
i am in no way a fic or comic writer so i doubt i'll ever make this into a full on series but i might post a couple more drabbles/ short out of context comics if i get to it. very welcome to any thoughts or questions ppl have
wyd when college responsibilities are rapidly closing in but your old crush is alive again somehow
“HEROO!!” kel recognized that merry brown hair as his brother’s. his brother, evidenced by the lack of a purple fever dream-ish haze that characterized the imposters and creatures showing up
kel sprinted at him, basil jogging behind, to a familiar checkered picnic blanket. mari was there too, indistinguishable from their memory of her. next to her, hero was cooking, ingredients organized around the blanket.
“herooo,” kel said, whiny this time, “is this where you’ve been disappearing off to the whole time? we thought you were studying or something but mum said she hasn’t even talked to you in ages!”
“ages? i’ve only been here for a couple hours this time. check out this frying pan! i dont even need a stove, it’s like magic!” hero said without giving them even a glance
”whatever man, that’s cool but can’t you hang out with us a lil more? summer’s ending and we have to spend it all together, like we promised, right? that we’d stick together?”
at this, hero looked off in the distance, still avoiding their gaze. “just give me a little more time. it’s so nice here, right mari?”
she smiled, her perfect mari smile made more perfect under a soft purple haze. “yeah! i love hanging out with each of you, though i know the friends from my side are a little intimidated by you since you’re older. you’re free to join us, you know, we have plenty of hero’s delicious food to go around.”
“but,” muttered basil this time, “didn’t you say you knew where a key was?”
now, hero gave them a stern look. maybe he saw a dark Something lurking inside basil. maybe he didnt like that his picnic time was being interrupted. or, maybe the thought of keys or college or his family, things he’s been avoiding, left a bitter taste in his mouth. but he exhaled and his vision became a little brighter. “i dont… i don’t care about that right now, it can wait. can’t we just dream for a little longer?”
spoilers to omori tslb au endgame :9 this is in reference to the mari fight in the boss rush with basil, where his flower crown attack has a jump rope texture for a couple frames
Your tslb au is amazing, if it was a food I'd maw it down, and if it was a pillow I'd shake it violently then hug the stuffing out of it!
It's scratching the Omori itch in the back of my mind, in a way no other Au has (successfully) done.
Hell, this feels like a proper sequel!
Please remember to take your time and move at your own pace, and although I crave more, I shall try my hardest to remain patient.
I wish you the best of fortune in making it.
Sincerely, Anonymous.
thank you very much it really means a lot that people actually care about this thing i made! this au came to my head when i was reading a bunch a fics in which the real world friend group could interact with headspace, because there’s so much that they don’t even know and i found it satisfying how they would react to what sunny was going through. personally, that was the itch that works like "It Really Works!", "Friends by Your Side, Within and Without" , and that one fic where kel gets a hard drive and plays the game as we do (IF SOMEONE FINDS IT PLEASE GIMME) were scatching, so check those out if you will, and share with me anything similar you enjoy! i prolly won't read it but add it to my endless pile of ao3 tabs :9
the thing is, i had that omori obsession a while ago (though i want to get back into it now thanks to this) so anything i didnt have written down from this au has kinda been purged from my memory, so it might take a bit to come up with stuff, let alone share it
enough of those excuses-- here's kel definitely absolutely NOT contemplating to eat... a slice of burnt toast? they found on the ground???