I know people will enjoy what they want and several of my mutuals adore this RGB rip-off. But please keep in mind, yes, Mr. Puzzles is a STOLEN design. They plagarized a character that predated that SMG4 episode by a decade at least, and nobody has said anything to change it.
I'm going to continue reblogging posts about the situation. This isn't fair to Mod, and something needs to be done about this. People need to know, and we need to speak up about this.
The world doesn't exist, but the friends we make in it do
Basically a fluffy as hell alternate au. I already made a post about this and an addendum to it about the king's. I guess "rules" but I wanted to give the plotline its own sorta post.
The basic gist of it is that all seems to follow canon SFAWTDE and DAWTDE, up until the church. When Avery opens the book, turns to the pages that canonically were censored... and they say something completely different.
"You are unique. Interesting. Your kind are so curious and so full of wonder. Striving to understand that which cannot be understood. Please, turn back, return to your home. Your life holds meaning, no matter how small or how brief. This place is safe, but places ahead on this path are not. Tend to your own needs, little one, and stray not from your light."
Avery is of course really confused and trying to figure out What This Book Means. He does take a second to pick some flowers and plop them around the graves, but it doesn't change anything really. So, befuddled but a little more confident in himself, Avery keeps going.
Derek's reaction to the book was just as confused. He literally looks at it, reads it, and steps back like Well. That's Weirdly Wholesome. Why Is This Book In A Place Like This.
Avery ends up finding Derek as in canon. The explanation that happens is still most the same— and Avery reads the book and then... nothing.
The king doesn't appear. He doesn't transport either of them, nothing. All that happens is that a set of yellow doors appears, allowing them both to leave. They move on to the other worlds, now in search of an exit for both of them. And while they can't go back, they do have the ability to go forward. And they end up in the lost palace of Carcosa, and end up standing on the platform where it is revealed to them. Not several eyes, not some censor bar— the King in Yellow. Derek panics, trying to shield Avery's eyes from it so he doesn't get damned by infinite knowledge, but... it's too late. Avery has gazed upon the king. And the first reaction he has?
"... What am I looking at?"
To D3rlord's complete relief and shock, the king has no effect on Avery mentally. And Avery does say he can feel a small headache and he's getting intrusive thoughts of things he doesn't really know or get, but that's just it. He doesn't understand it, and doesn't really care to. The infinite knowledge rolls right off his brain. And while Derek is confused and relieved, the entity before them makes itself known. And it admits it is fascinated that two humans, out of the many who have tried and failed to gaze upon his face... are able to see him. In the same lifetime, and in the same place.
Naturally his voice scares the shit out of both parties who try running away, but... it's a platform. There's nowhere to go. And immediately, the king stops. His form becomes smaller, more hunched. He apologizes for startling them, his voice quieting.
Naturally the human duo is beyond confused and a little unnerved. Derek is now safe to look at the king because, well, he already has all that knowledge shoved into his head. And since Avery is basically unaffected, he's safe too. So they both kinda. Stop. And look at the eldritch horror like ???????
"My apologies, I was... not entirely aware of how timid your kind are. Forgive me."
And they're both still startled and confused but Avery, our beloved himbo, immediately asks who they are. And derek momentarily panics because HES A KING??? A COSMIC HORROR???? YOU MAY HAVE JUST PISSED HIM OFF?????? But no, he introduces himself as Hastur, the king of what was once Carcosa. A mythological kingdom who worshiped knowledge, and saw him as a god. He also admits that he's not human, and that he didn't realize their curiosities would have driven them to continue, despite the warnings.
Avery then immediately asks why he's in their minecraft world. And once again, Derek tries to shut him up, before--
"At ease, little lord. I do not mind your friend's curiosity-- after all, it is a common trait we share."
And so the king is happy to answer Avery's questions, and explains to the duo how he got there. He always had a great interest in humans, because they were just so... curious. Unexplainable. He loved to observe them. And when he began to see the internet really take off, being a place of nearly infinite knowledge... he felt that his best method of learning about humanity would be to move his consciousness to the internet, to technology, to see them. And to his credit, it was. But one thing he didn't realize until he attempted to leave?
That knowledge, all stored on the internet, in the collective databases of technology, also acted as a bind. His consciousness was trapped within the digital world. And he didn't really mind it, but... it was still lonesome. And he ended up becoming more and more bored of the internet world. He admits to them, when Avery asks what he wants, that he wishes he could observe humans in the physical realm more closely. But, even if he can't, he's still relatively content in the digital world.
He even explains, with his weird and almost cartoonishly freaky physics and eldritch motherfuckery, how he learned things that no other creature could know-- including his own inner workings. Avery and Derek are... kind of shocked that he's so open about this. And when pointing it out, he admits that he is, to his knowledge, the only "real" cosmic force that possesses sapience. And since if living beings look at his true face, they tend to go insane, he has avoided speaking to living things. And so... he's a bit lonesome. But it is nice to be able to speak to people-- and he also praises them both for being capable of seeing him and maintaining their sanity.
By this point, Hastur brings up a black square over his face, and vocalizes an observation-- Avery's headache is getting worse. And he admits it. It was getting worse, but... now that his face is blacked out, the headache starts easing. So Avery is immune to the madness of the king... temporarily. He can look at the king in brief glimpses. But the longer he sees that true form, the longer he is subjected to infinite knowledge... the more it wears on him. With the headache fading, it's presumed that Avery can, somehow, withstand and filter out that infinite knowledge in short bursts, but not for prolonged periods of time. So, without even being asked, the king hides his face.
He tells them that they are special, and that he doesn't wish to cause either of them any madness. Both because they are the only ones who can perceive him, and because he knows of their lives. He has known their existences, and been fascinated all the same.
First it was Derek Hutchins. Who was the latest in one of many who found the king's minecraftian pet project. A curiosity driven labyrinth that anyone could theoretically find and enter, but so rare only a handful have ever seen it. Most logged out by the disappearing torches, screaming that herobrine was after them. Some went through it all, and bolted right at the last turn. They had enough of the confusing, impossible area. And some even turned the places they found into homes. Building upon what was already there thanks to the king.
But Derek? Derek was the first to have followed his curiosity instead of his instincts. He went to the left. He found the king in yellow-- something Hastur wasn't expecting, and as a result... wasn't able to bring up a cover for his face in time. He wasn't able to spare Derek from the knowledge. But to his surprise, derek... fled. He stayed at least partially sane. And so, the king went through his knowledge of humans, and began to learn about Derek's life. Saw his brilliance, his loneliness, his withdrawn nature, his dry wit, his fate after seeing the king. Becoming, essentially, a self-contained time capsule. He was, in reality, gone, and yet, still alive and still sitting at his laptop. The laptop Avery now had. As though he were Schrodinger's cat.
And then, the next in line to encounter such a place. Avery. Since Derek got blasted with knowledge, saw Avery was the next in line, and went to warn him, the king grew curious. And turned to his internal archive of knowledge, reviewing Avery. A bright eyed boy, curious and driven. He wasn't very academically bright, but he had good instincts, and he was very kind, and social. He was pure. Good. And the king felt that was something... special. And so he found the church, and left a book to try and uplift the humans who would, theoretically, end up in his digital domain-- Carcosa's archives.
And, well, now they are here. Brilliance and Kindness. Standing before him with such wonder-- the same wonder he found endearing in humankind.
Avery ends up asking if he would want to somehow leave the game with them, enter the world again. Derek is still skeptical, but the king explains a method he theorizes would work.
"YOU ARE NOT MERGING WITH ONE OF US."
"Merging? Heavens, no. That would destroy your minds-- and your minds are incredibly precious things. I could never exist having done such a thing. No, all I would need to do is anchor myself to one of you."
And thus, he explains that, if he simply attached his consciousness to one of them temporarily, and they then left the game, he would follow the focus of their consciousness into reality. He would likely need an adjustment period to regain his full range of abilities in the real world, but he would be able to un-tether from them without issue.
Avery immediately volunteers, and d3rlord has to drag him aside and try to talk to him about it. Granted, being everything all at once, the king can hear them loud and clear, but he doesn't take offense to Derek's suspicions. In fact, he finds them fascinating.
However of course. Derek brings up the worry of "what if he gets into your head and destroys you."
To which Haster eagerly states that he can only do so with explicit permission and a spell uttered by the one allowing him in. While he can guide a mind, he cannot enter it without said spell and said consent. And Avery of course asks, "So you can like... look but not touch?"
"Indeed. The most I could do is project potential actions one could take."
"And you said you're sane from yourself because you can just... sort your thoughts, right?"
"In essence, that is correct."
Avery turns to Derlord, and takes a breath.
"... Does that mean you could help Derek... y'know, cope with the knowledge stuff?"
And both parties are slightly taken aback. Derek goes to retort, and the king begins to ponder... and they both realize he's right. Derek's chance of survival once cut off from the king plummets, but... if the king were able to help him literally rewire his mind to fit this knowledge... he would have a much better chance of surviving.
So, Hastur approaches them once more, and offers to tether himself to Derek, specifically to try and aid him. He advises that telling Avery where he lives or what hospital he would go to would be beneficial, and that to reconfigure his head, Hastur would need to be projecting a piece of his consciousness into Derek's unconscious mind, to help show him how best to do it. He also states, very clearly, that if Derek would rather pass on and be at peace, he respects that, and will not anchor himself to him.
It takes... a good half hour of thinking. Something Derek does by pacing the platform they're on. And when the king notices and transports all three of them back to the angel statue cavern, Derek paces around the water pool. Meanwhile, the king asks Avery about things he enjoys, and what his life is like. Even though he already has the knowledge, he admits he finds himself enjoying the experience of communicating with others. Learning about them through interacting and observing, rather than his natural method of "learning." So for 35 minutes Avery is excitedly infodumping about various things, and the king is smiling to himself, listening, and asking further questions to encourage the little guy.
And then. Derek comes back over to them. And he admits that he's... scared of being forgotten. of dying. And he agrees to be the king's anchor.
Derek tells avery where he lives, and the nearest hospital to him. And then he prepares for the anchoring.
What none of them could have expected was that, as soon as Hastur attached to Derek, both Derek's laptop and Avery's EXPLODE. Derek is released back into reality, but in bad shape. Emaciated, unconscious, dehydrated, filthy, and sick. His phone mysteriously dials 911 and a voice tells the operator the address. States that someone is completely out cold and in horrible condition. Begs them to send an ambulance.
Meanwhile, Avery immediately gets scared and scrambles away. And then he looks at the writing he put on a sticky note. Derek's address.
He races there as fast as he can, pulling into the apartment parking lot twenty minutes later, and bolting for the apartment, only to find police there investigating. Avery asks where Derek is, and they ask how he knows the man. And avery says they're online buddies, they play minecraft together. Not a total lie, but not the full truth because the truth sounds completely insane. They direct him to the hospital-- he was rushed to the emergency room five minutes before. and so avery bolts. Back to the car, back onto the road, straight for the hospital. The cops can't even take his statement, and he doesn't want them to. He just goes.
And when he gets to the hospital, it's a waiting game. His friend, his only friend in this world, is in critical condition. They're not sure if he's gonna make it. And the nurses and doctors say he can't go visit him until he's stable.
So avery waits. For hours on end, in the hospital waiting room. And when he can finally go see Derek? ... He's a wreck.
Skinny, malnourished, his skin, despite being on the more colorful and darkened side, is pale and lifeless. He's hooked up to so many machines, and yet, he's alive. He's alive and he's okay and he's here. So Avery sits by his side. And waits. And waits. And talks to himself softly.
All.
Damn.
Night.
And then Hastur's voice comes out of his phone, reassuring Avery that his new friend will be okay. And Avery JUMPS.
Then he asks where he is. And the voice is a bit confused, before Avery catches a smidge of yellow out of the corner of his eye.
And now, beside him, sat watching over Derek... is the king in yellow. Dressed in a beautiful, sunflower yellow cloak, with a crown upon his censored head. The king admits that at the moment, he seems to only be able to verbally communicate through technology, but he thinks it should become easier to speak without it in the coming weeks. He also apologizes for the laptops exploding, because he genuinely had no idea they would do that.
Avery's just glad that he's here, and that Derek's okay, and that Hastur is okay too.
So it becomes Avery, who is the only person who can see Hastur, softly talking with them, using the phone as his new buddy's "voice." They chat together, and Avery doesn't dare to leave the hospital room. Not until Derek wakes up.
And two weeks later, as his body slowly recovers... he does.
He's awake, and after spending about 17 or so days half-unaware, half-dreaming-but-not-because-hastur-was-helping-him-reconstruct-his-own-brain, he almost doesn't know how to exist. But he sees Avery. He knows Avery. And the moment he sees him, it's like a weight comes off him.
And then, Hastur is able to make himself visible to Derek, and welcomes him back to life. To the real world.
Since Derek's family is estranged and none of them seem to acknowledge him when hospital staff call and ask them to pick him up to take him home, and he has no-one else really... he is released into Avery's care. And so they go back to Avery's apartment, all three of them. While Avery is at work, Hastur stays nearby Derek, watching over him as he either zones out until Avery returns, or sleeps. The three of them stay close to one another for a while after, with the king helping Derek recover while Avery's out, and Avery constantly worrying about his buddy.
They have slice of life Help Get Derek Back To Good Health fluffy shenanigans for a while before Derek is well enough to return to his apartment. And two days after, because Avery is a beloved dumbass, he accidentally microwaves a foil wrapper that's still around a sandwich, and his entire apartment catches fire. Thankfully Hastur bolted to the scene and got Derek to follow, and the duo immediately decided that they weren't going to let Avery be kicked out of his apartment or risk being left on the streets at all. So, Derek brings Avery to live with him, and instead of drifting between their homes, Hastur basically moves in too. By now he's able to speak without the need for technology, and is as animated and whimsical and strange as he was in Minecraft when they all first met.
This post is LONG AS FUCK so I'm stopping here but there is SO MUCH FLUFF AND CRACK AND HURT COMFORT. They are everything to me rn
What the fuck is Pressure even about. I thought it was just underwater doors with Gianni's Mersona but no there's actual LORE and shit?? And it's fairly DIRECT??? and there are SEA BUNNIES?????
Someone bring me a fucking infodump on this game and the sea bunnies especially. I want to know about the babies
hey so I'm tossing around the idea of a ror Minecraft mod. and i didnt wanna put this in the official ror discord as an open invitation because well it'd be a pain in the ass to have a discussion like that there
If anyone has ideas or suggestions for this kinda mod concept, reblog and lmk!! I'm curious owo
Tfw you wake up from a long ass nap and forget you weren't home alone
This is a scene from chapter 3 of my risk of rain fic btw. This. poor dumbass human. is not doing super well and didn't realize for a second that they did in fact let Mithrix on the Contact Light.
do you think Mithrix used to be a bit cuddly around people he cared about pre-moon incident and after it he regrets not being more clingy and making his attachment known so he just latches onto those he cares for and doesn't let go as a desperate means of protecting himself from ever being abandoned again. or are you someone who's never heard of risk of rain
