So the new fpins fic, huh? I couldnt help myself I had to draw.... the worms are worming around in my brain about this I Am Normal About It
Doodle redraw thing of the scene that made me throw my phone down + how I interpret/imagined the Battat fragments uhhrr version of that with blood under the read more I cant decide which ver I like best
Battat Gets Absolutely Blitzed Out Of His Mind by zikirinz (or @zikirinz on tumblr)
Complete fic!(Oneshot)
Rating:
Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warnings:
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
Gen
Fandom:
Deltarune (Video Game)
Relationship:
Cat Mike & Cowboy Hat Mike & Small Mike (Deltarune)
Characters:
Small Mike (Deltarune)
Cowboy Hat Mike (Deltarune)
Cat Mike (Deltarune)
Tenna (Deltarune)
Pippins (Deltarune)
Additional Tags:
Mikes Named After Their Minigames (Deltarune)
He/Him Pronouns For Small Mike (Deltarune)
They/Them Pronouns for Cowboy Hat Mike (Deltarune)
He/Him Pronouns for Cat Mike (Deltarune)
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Unresolved Tension
Overthinking
Angst and Feels
Tension
Poor Life Choices
Drugs
Non-Consensual Drug Use
Recreational Drug Use
Accidental Drug Use
Nervousness
Anxiety
Anxiety Attacks
Anxiety Disorder
Emetophobia
Vomiting
sense of impending doom
Fear of Death
Hurt/Comfort
Nonverbal Communication
Muteness
Sign Language
Small Mike-centric (Deltarune)
Lack of Communication
Lies
Frustration
Anger
Worry
Panic Attacks
POV Third Person
POV Alternating
POV Third Person Omniscient
Language:EnglishSeries:Part 1 of Lucky Number Three (Mike-Centric)Next Work →
Words:8,271
Chapters:1/1
Pov: 3rd person
Summary:
His vision wavered, completely out of time from when he turned his head.
That doesn’t feel right.
Battat felt himself frown, turning his body to continue looking around the hall, eyes squinting as if it would change anything.
Same thing again, if anything giving him a sense of vertigo.
This and starting to get lightheaded, he placed a hand against the wall to steady himself, as if the ground could give out any moment.
“You’re such a good pal Mike, and these massages you started up recently, really!” Tenna pushed the door open, looking over before tilting his head. “Mike?”
His mouth turned dry, standing there before turning to look up at his boss.
Okay, not even a metaphor, his mouth literally felt like he suddenly wasn’t producing saliva.
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Battat mistakenly consumes a weed brownie, having a HORRIBLE time.
ANOTHER one of my fics!! Literally my everything right now?! I remember writing this one was so so much fun. It's so awesome to see people sharing them around.. 🥹 One of the newest comments shared that they found the link in a Pinterest comment section of all places, made me giggle all day when I read it!
Poker Face (Or Lack Thereof) - zikirinz - Deltarune (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]
" Jongler hesitantly picked up the card. “Same one as before? Soooo—Ohhh my god, Batts what tha’ hell is this.”
Pluey shuffled over, leaning his head against Jongler’s shoulder to read as he squinted, then looked back at Battat.
“How did yous even get this.” Jongler placed the card back down, unwilling to hold onto it much longer.
“Tenna gave it to me. Like, handed it right on over. Easy as ever when poor Mike admitted he doesn’t have any dark dollars. Which, duh! Asshole! You don’t pay ANYONE in ANYTHING BUT POINTS!”
“You’ve set ‘dis card as your payment for everything tonight!”
“Jongler. I love the way you state the obvious with such profound discovery.” "
/
Chapter two to Poker Face (Or Lack Thereof) is up! (Link in title!)
I made the sketch over a month or so ago out of boredom, initially it was completely random but I couldn't help but want to make the other side Battat after letting it sit a few days.
I like to think when Ena-Battat is speaking, they fix the tie and tuck it back in.
I don't plan to do much with this idea, I just wanted to draw something fun and new ^_^
If you look reallllyyy closely, they have freckles but I only now realized they're barely visible at all oops
Before the Mike's get together, I like to think they each live in varying degrees of how good their apartments might be based off pay and how close they might be to the Studio.
Each character's living situation headcanon's under the cut! Pretty lengthy ramble this time!
[Battat, Pluey, Jongler, PolyMikes living together, ect]
Battat - Pippins probably get paid very very poorly, mostly due to Tenna going by 'You get paid by how you work' and most Pippins slack, so.. it must be ALL Pippins that slack!!
Battat would have a very sad two room apartment. Bedroom/kitchenette combo, then the bathroom. He might be able to shove a desk in there, but he definitely doesn't enjoy being home so much. The place definitely doesn't come with laundry units, and he'd have to find a laundromat nearby to go to on his time off/middle of the night to get done. I'd say as soon as any of them started making the Mike room comfortable (fairly common headcanon there's at least a couch in the Mike room), Battat would just have more the room to stay in the Studio, and rest there if he really needs to.
If you really like your Battat extra crispy with despair and identity issues like me, he totally would have taken the bathroom mirror down. Blank wall spot or constantly open medicine cabinet, whatever works best!
Like hell he's going to move in with other Pippins though! (Something I've also seen as a headcanon, and also believe that multiple Pippins totally would be roommates with each other.)
Pluey - Pretty average pay. Shadowguys are mostly seen as the stuntmen from what I see. I like to think they're the work on anything and everything of the Studio, but more trustworthy because at least they're not blatantly stealing or gambling.
For saving money, I can also see Pluey having a two-room apartment but putting effort into making the place look nice. Curtain dividers, posters, a rug, literally anything to give his place a cozy feel. He'd probably get sick of also not having any laundry units inside the apartment and see about if he can buy to have them installed himself.
Pluey's also most likely the one to have the desire to fill the Mike room first. Too empty, too full of misery. Add some cat statues! Drag in a couch! Literally anything!
Jongler - Let's be so real. Zappers get the best pay, but it's still not grand. Tenna isn't paying ANYONE fairly, especially since the Zappers seem to catch on a bit slower than possibly preferred. But at the end of the day they're doing their best and getting work done, so they still get pay better than the other two groups.
At the very least, Jongler would have a more spacious apartment. Living area, kitchen, proper kitchen island for dining section. The bedroom is at least a whole separate room, bathroom a given. Jongler wouldn't be too on top of decor though. It's just where they keep their belongings, as neat as what makes sense to them, rest up, then get back to work where they spend most of their time anyways!
Once Pluey adds to the Mike room, I'd say Jongler would follow along and start adding things as well. Battat was probably the first with the Mike theories and what evidence he could find, but that hardly counts as proper decor or space to be comfortable!
PolyMike's / Roommates - Once the three decide to even live together under one roof(Whether that's before the events of Chapter 3, in Castle Town, or straight up in the Mike room(Which I don't personally think they live there per say)), they'd make sure the place would make sense for all of their needs and what makes sense to each of their paychecks.(Most likely according to before Castle Town.)
I mostly enjoy the ideas of the three figuring out a rhythm to living a pretty calm domestic life together. Not that there isn't plenty of antics still, there sure are, but taking turn with dishes, learning to combine laundry and sorting it out together to fold and put away.
I also see other headcanon's where Battat gets an extra room for office space, which would make sense. If the room is there in whatever place they all agree on, even make it a general extra room for anything! Probably dedicated to Mike though.
Final Notes - For how far they'd live from the Studio both as roommates and all separately, I can both imagine them each requiring different ways to get to work, as well as potentially being nothing beyond an annoying walk.
It's also hard to imagine the rest of TV World beyond the Studio being anything brighter or happy past the dust and snow that's shown to be outside Studio walls. But the concept art by Gigi DG found on the Deltarune Winter 2025 Newsletter is still gorgeous! I love the metro concept and can imagine plenty of Darkner's needing it to make it to work on time at the Studio, even if that concept was never actually made into the game.
Jongler fic!(Late Juesday post I swore I posted yesterday but whatever)
Jongler Writes WHAT. by zikirinz
Complete fic!(Oneshot!)
Rating:
Not Rated
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
Gen
Fandom:
Deltarune (Video Game)
Relationship:
Cat Mike & Cowboy Hat Mike & Small Mike (Deltarune)
Characters:
Cowboy Hat Mike (Deltarune)
Small Mike (Deltarune)
Cat Mike (Deltarune)
Tenna (Deltarune)
Additional Tags:
Mikes Named After Their Minigames (Deltarune)
They/Them Pronouns for Cowboy Hat Mike (Deltarune)
He/Him Pronouns for Cat Mike (Deltarune)
Tension
Nervousness
Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Nonverbal Communication
Muteness
Sign Language
Cowboy Mike-centric (Deltarune)
Lack of Communication
Lies
Frustration
Anger
Worry
POV Third Person
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Fluff and Angst
Angst and Feels
Overthinking
Poor Life Choices
Panic
Hurt/Comfort
He/Him Pronouns For Small Mike (Deltarune)
Hyperfixation
Hyperfixating
like Jongler/Cowboy Mike is literally hyperfixating throughout this fic about cowboys
Special Interest
Mention of Friend (Deltarune)
Characters Yelling or Screaming
Unresolved Tension
unresolved in it's halfway resolved
Unresolved Emotional Tension
Awkward Tension
Awkward Conversations
Language:EnglishSeries:← Previous Work Part 2 of Lucky Number Three (Mike-Centric)Next Work →
Words:8,331
Chapters:1/1
Pov: 3rd person
Summary:
“But yous decided looking straight at me and bold face lyin’ about what yous two were up to was okay?! This-” Jongler taps frantically against the cover of the notebook before holding it out. “This is my private thing! My important, one personal thing, that I get!”
Battat stared back, arms at his sides, tense as his expression turned hard to read. Face scrunched up as he stared at the notebook, before back up to their face again.
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Jongler has a secret notebook they write in, no one knows about it, and they intend to keep it that way.
I'm half awake right now but woah,, whiplash to see my fic on here, I love keeping up with different fanfics on this account, just surprising to see one of mine done here now!!
This is also such a great place to find fics and suggest fics guyss! Go suggest some! I still have yet to suggest anything, but I'll find a few soon to support other authors too!! :3
Battat and Jongler having an argument outside of the Mike room, Battat bold enough to reach on over and press Jongler's mute button.
While that's already quite the move, the Zappins couple witness it and gossip about it later cause WHO in their right mind presses on a Zapper's button so outwardly direct like that... UNLESS???
Their favorite green one starts showing up LESS the MORE Mike hangs out?! What do you mean!
What a loser!! A Tenna suck up! AND Mike copies Battat's little quirks every now and then??? Not to mention that Battat is seen talking to Mike sometimes...
Hate Tenna and his stupid boyfriend.. where's Battat.
+ 1 MILLION Points if Battat notices the other Pippins disrespect Mike as well, but doesn't know why. Battat tweaking out on HOW CAN ANYONE POSSIBLY HATE MIKE.
I also posted this on April Fools alongside last posts comic... (Never intended on posting this publicly, but at this rate it goes hand in hand with the silly stuff 😋)
I posted this on my instagram story on April fools, and still think this is funny,, Everyone doing PolyWaves on April Fools was peak, but I'm slow to sharing my stuff anywhere public loll
Alt text shows what they're saying beyond my wretched handwriting lol
Yeaggggg,,, idk, human Mike au I have stored inside my brain but haven't really shared, aghh,, I made the very rough sketch weeks ago, and started this flat color, but kinda can't make myself finish them, so!! Abandoned W.I.P!! Because I don't think I'm gonna get any further with the colors!
Here I go rambling a little,
Basically, Jongler is a sheriff, Pluey's an outlaw that actually didn't do the crime they were accused of, and Battat works as a bartender. They're all from different towns but end up working together when Jongler has to leave their town and deliver a message themself before disaster strikes regarding prophecy stuff.
Super silly fun fact, this au is basic what Jongler writes about in my fic! So technically it's Jongler-indulgent because they self inserted through who they wanna be, plus added their buddies as different characters and names for funsies. Jongler would never let them know of this crime.
It's super self-indulgent, I have Ramb and the hallway Zappins in this au too but no designs, just thoughts,, 🥀
Minor scene ideas I have whether I actually do anything with this au more or not;
Violence description warning under the cut!
Pluey's from a family of bandits, and due to not agreeing to work alongside them, he was abandoned as well as had his tongue cut to ensure he couldn't say anything about them or get help from anyone as easily.
Battat's a bartender than ran out of cash when travelling, and got stuck where he currently is. Ends up meeting Jongler and Pluey when the two are passing through and ends up leaving with them.
Still thinking about how to make the roaring make sense in this au, but inevitably I feel like the three would circle back around for reasons I didn't make up yet, just to find Battat's town was largely hurt/damaged. Returning to see Ramb gone as well as the Zapper from that Zappins couple gone, having to comfort the other Pippins.
A lot of this is really lazy barely expanded on haha, DEFINITELY gonna re-do Pluey's and Jongler's designs at some point but I already gave up on even finishing that sketch previously lmao
I haven't gotten very far in it, only the first two frames of lineart since this will be more animatic than animation.. (I doubt I'll even do a background) but it's more of a side project to do when I have nothing else! Until then, I figured there's no harm in sharing the draft video I made!
Card Kingdom Battat thoughts/headcanons I have in my notes from weeks ago;
Battat most likely remembers his king to be like 10x better than how the guy actually is, only because he's currently dealing with Tenna's bs. Like get Battat into Castle Town just to find his king is dressed up as an animal, sitting in a cage, Battat's GOING to get whiplashed back into reality that no matter where he is, all of his superiors are stupid.
Depending on Battat preferences, if he enjoyed 'regular' Pippin activities before and whatnot, he probably would've smuggled from the treasury.
Trans Battat, masc or fem. Any Pippins who would've stayed in Card Kingdom probably wouldn't recognize Battat in Castle Town if they transitioned after getting to TV World, esp if they had changed their name. Peak Battat finding themselves and being happy SOMEWHERE in their miserable life.
