#worlds.collide

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Happy Storyteller Saturday! If got a silly one today: if your cast was on a reality TV show, how would they play? Would they be loyal and honest? Sneaky and cutthroat? Here to make friends, or here to win?

I uhm.. not to lie. I love watching reality shows so this is a very fun ask to get njdsgkvdfjc. This would be some sort of Human-Ish AU, so stripping them of most of their special powers and ignoring the plot sksksk

Onwards!!!

Nameless - Loyal, that one person who tries to make an alliance with everyone they can. If in an alliance, they would never break it off, but they would get in trouble for "playing all fronts". They would mostly care about social connection, not much oriented on winning.

Nobody - Reserved, forgettable, but still a sulking presence in the room. That kind of player who is always there, nobody really notices them, but they notice everything. Quiet and laid-back, yet somehow gets right to the end of the competition. Drops out willingly because he doesn't care for the prize, just wanted to observe and interact. Would get into an alliance with Nameless and not expect anything out of it at all, but somehow Nameless adopts this introvert and takes him everywhere with them. Nobody would be like a big, bulky shadow following that lanky guy who keeps talking about wellness and being friends

Machine - Calculating, awkward, and somewhat off-putting, extremely focused on the tasks at hand, following the rules. It is not here to win as well, just wants to make friendly connections :] Would get into an alliance with Nameless that lasted till the end.

Illuminated - here just to have fun and fuck shit up. The kind of contestant that constantly makes you think "this MUST be a paid actor nobody would act like that out of their own volition". They are a producer plant because they are the producer and just wanted to make the show more interesting. Nobody knows this, but people suspect they may be a plant with how much they fuck shit up. Constantly stirs drama, made a fake alliance with Nameless at the beginning of the show. Had an alliance with Scourge but broke it off after some minor altercation.

Scourge - She is here for one thing. To WIN. She knew of Illuminated's status since the beginning, so that was part of why she made an alliance with it. Didn't work out. After she realized it will not influence her winning chance, she went full cutthroat and ruthless. Constantly flirts with the show's host, that is---

Shattered!! - the show's charismatic, beautiful, energetic host! They narrate what is happening, present challenges to the cast, announce departures and other happening, and generally banter with everyone. Shattered just has that personality of a host of such a show. Very invested in all the drama that is happening, but tries to keep neutrality, at least on camera. Flirts back with Scourge when the cameras are off~~~. Is allowed to be a little sadistic, as a treat.

Host - I just think she would be fun to include because she would be absolutely ruthless. Even worse than Scourge. She wants to see the world burn, but in a not fun way. Exploits others, forges fake alliances just to use others. Manipulated Nameless in delicate ways to exploit the fact they are allied with almost everyone. She acts like a puppetmaster, constantly scheming and figuring out what to do. The one thing she cares about is money in the pot and securing her right for it.

Razareth - has no clue what is happening. Genuinely. Not fit for the social aspects of the show, he thrives best in the mental challenges, not very much in anything else. Accidentally made an alliance with Nameless because he had no idea what it means. Keeps overthinking it all the time, so much so that he entered YET another alliance with Avatar. He's not sure what all that entails, but tries to be a good ally anyway. Very intimidated by the rest of the cast, absolutely horrified of some of the other contestants. Unsettled by Shattered, but unsure why exactly. He vibes very well with the Machine, I think they would be friends. They would hang out in one room, average a word per minute and both would think "wow they are such a good friend". Not officially in an alliance, but functionally yes.

Avatar - she just wants to make friends. Nice, friendly, but doesnt let anyone dominate her or otherwise step all over her. Assertive but nice, she is equally interested in winning and making lifelong friendships. A big rival of the Host, I actually think she would not make an alliance with Nameless, but she pondered it greatly. She would make a reluctant alliance with Razareth just so that she has some guaranteed support, just in case.

If I went and did all the Szekh gods the ask would grow to a horrible size so I might play around with the RealityShow!AU in a different post vjdskvcx

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happy STS! Do you have any McGuffins your story, and if so, please tell me more? If not, please do a fun lil dance and check your posture :)

Hmmm, I usually don't use McGuffins, but after some thought I do have one! Albeit in an AU story sksk

In one of my AUs the characters from #drought.times and a different story are pitted against each other. The characters from Drought are ambassadors from their own world and the McGuffin is an extension of the peace treaty between the worlds. All characters strive for it, but what is important to the story is what actions they take to obtain it and how their relationships evolve in the political landscape :>

Whether they achieve the peace treaty or not is not important and it could go either way, so I think it counts as a McGuffin sksk

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Happy Storyteller Saturday - are all your stories (Firstborn Prince, Drought Times, S and N etc.) set in different worlds and, if so, what are the key differences between these worlds? And, if not, how do these stories overlap? (I am assuming they are all different worlds as you REALLY enjoy worldbuilding so building more worlds makes sense hehe)

They are all different worlds! I am, however, a big enjoyer of AU's and I have thought that SandN couuuuld be set in Drought TImes on account of DT already being supportive of multiverse.

I have thought about how that could work, actually. The gods from SandN would, in that case, be somewhat descendants of volatile Void outbursts, having carved a place for themselves in an empty world and presiding over it. People from that world would not die the normal way and their souls would not return to the Void, causing more and more disruptions and aberrations over time >:))

Firstborn Prince is fully separate, though.

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Fun fact I love repurposing my ocs for other settings

I have, among others, remade Nameless into a dunmeshi character and into a gnosia character. I remade Shattered into a steven universe character and into a LoL champion (but that one was long ago and not good lol). I remade Razareth & Glass Demon into Honkai Star Rail characters with abilities etc (they would be busted ngl). The Host is an npc in a Lancer campaign. I have also another oc I dont post about which was repurposed for X-Men, The Boys and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Among others, I dont keep track of all the little aus but its soooo fun!

I just love remolding them into new forms, seeing how I can work their characteristics anew. AUs and crossovers are just my bread and butter.