#cypher's notes

[angelmolotovv]

Tell me why I found this on my desk this morning

I FOUND IT FOLDED UP AND WAS LIKE ooh a message for meeee…? Nope just a Bill Cypher ad (politics be getting crazy these days/jjjjj 😔😔😔😔)

Well um. Anyone care to “break free from freedom” with me? 💀💀

Also do those symbols have meaning or what

I need a chypherology expert on this pls XD 🙏🙏🙏

Oh there’s more freaky nonsense on the back too (it was what made me unfold the paper lol)

[tigersharktheautisticseawing]

hey if this hits like 15 notes or smth I’ll post a sneak peak of my next animation how bout that

idk man I just need validation

[we-be-me]

If Doug Ramsey has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Doug Ramsey has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Doug Ramsey has only one fan then that is me. If Doug Ramsey has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Doug Ramsey, then I am against the world.

[briar--rising]

Interesting. I (Cypher) haven't been this present in ages. Probably because it's Halloween, which is the trauma anniversary of something that eventually led to my formation. I don't often front anymore, especially not without an external trigger. I fused so fully with Lior a while back, we were the first two to fuse and I only come more to the forefront in emergencies, which this is not. But it's been a difficult week for us and this is a trying time of year. I shouldn't be so surprised to suddenly find myself mostly alone in front I suppose. But I haven't fronted alone in at least a year, and it's somewhat odd to be here tonight. I suppose I'll be responsible and put us to bed? Because I really do not know what else to do, I feel very caught off guard being here like this.

[cypher05]

i am living. my BEST fucking life tonight

[charlie-oh-no]

The silly! I feel like I haven't drawn Cypher in a long time so here she is in situations that haven't happened in my fic sdkjskdjsk ough

[otter-byte]

Having a nice, complicated but memorable password is all well and good up until you get high as balls and can't sign in to your password manager because you can't remember what exact combination of symbols you used to make it complicated 😭. For legal reasons this is a work of fiction and bears no resemblance to anything that has happened, especially not to me last night.

[cleavetheclover]

Any Nighttime in Las Vegas spoilers/hints/tidbits to keep us fed? 👀

Nighttime in Las Vegas - author notes on future updates!!

Okay first of all, thank you for the ask!! I am extremely honored by your investment in the fic 🥰

Note: I am not sure how heavy you wanted the spoilers to be when you submitted the ask, so I kept it on the more vague side. I hope this satisfies what you were looking for!

This work is my most ambitious to date and has been an inspiring and invigorating challenge. The effort I have put into this work has been enourmous, and I am incredibly grateful for all the attention the work has gotten. Thank you!! 🎉💕

More info below cut! Non-spoiler (chapter 5) updates first, then Major Spoilers (chapters 6, 7, and 8) next.

Chapter 5 (most recently uploaded chapter):

- Chapter 5 (specifically scenes 11/Medbay and 12/Brimstone’s Office) currently being re-written. I thought that scene 11 was pretty sloppily written and there was a lot of key info that didn’t get properly communicated, and the changes are intended to communicate the plot line with better storytelling/use of characters and dialogue. The major changes in scene 11 are complete and I am doing minor fixes to scene 12 to keep the story consistent.

- To elaborate on the above, scenes 11 and 12 establish that: 1) Omen was rescued per his Distress Call, and Cypher was not. 2) Omen needed to be revived, and is still injured. 3) Fade has been sent on a Search and Rescue mission for Cypher. 4) in discussion with Sage and Brimstone, it is discovered that the mission Cypher and Omen were on was not approved, and that the documents Omen has access to are not in the database and likely forged. 5) Killjoy performs an assessment showing that there have been no external threats / sources of tampering that could be responsible for this incident. 6) Sage and Brimstone bring up Cypher’s history of secret missions, defying orders, and otherwise sketchy business. 7) Omen insists that he was not aware of this history, and asks to compare his own mission history to that of the database to see what else he has been unknowingly doing. He finds three other missions of suspicious origin.

Chapter 6 (in the works):

- Chapter 6 will begin with Cypher’s return. Brimstone interrogates him about his actions and motivations and Cypher attempts to gaslight gatekeep girlboss his way out of guilt, but it backfires and only makes him look worse.

- He does not tell the entire truth about himself, but he specifies that Omen is innocent. Omen is thus cleared of all charges of treason.

- Omen, having discovered that Cypher has lied to him about their joint missions, is furious. He has conflicting loyalties— one to the Protocol, his home, his entire livelihood; and to Cypher, his mission partner, his protector and protected, and his good friend. To have one betray the other is world-shattering.

- Cypher is placed under arrest at HQ. His duties are distributed among the other Agents including Sova, Fade, and Killjoy.

- Omen overhears a conversation where Cypher is begging Fade to let him go with her to Las Vegas, stating that she knows what happens to him there and he can’t let the same happen to her. Fade brushes him off and says her Radiant abilities will ensure her safety.

- Omen visits Cypher in jail to confront him. An argument ensues.

- At the end of the argument, Cypher tells Omen to bring the Box to Viper. He thinks she can help.

Chapter 7 (not drafted):

- chapter 7 deals with the fallout between Cypher and Omen.

- Cypher is in jail, but as you might imagine, he tries to break out. He manages to escape Headquarters without setting off any alarms, because well, he built them himself and can take them apart just as easily.

- By happenstance, Omen sees him escape through the portal at headquarters but is unable to stop him. He follows Cypher through the portal.

- Cypher reveals some information about his past, i.e. everything he didn’t say during his interrogation.

- When Omen realized that he can’t convince Cypher to come back to the Protocol on his own, he shoots him neatly in the head and princess-carries his body back to the Medbay.

Chapter 8

- cypher realizes he is stuck in HQ jail again. Screaming crying throwing up (RIP babygirl but he did it to himself)

- Omen takes the box to viper. He tells her outright not to lie, he’s already had enough of Cypher’s bullshit.

- Sabine tells him what she knows.

More notes:

I am doing my best to publish chapters that are well-planned and well-refined. Unfortunately, having ADHD + fretting over details 24/7 means I am not a very speedy writer, and I apologize for the long waits between chapters.

The document I have in my computer is much more extensive and includes dialogue and additional scenes, but I’d classify those as major spoilers and didn’t include them here. I also have plot points planned out for the rest of the fic, but those are major spoilers in addition to being undecided/malleable so I didn’t want to set them in stone here.

[terrifying-acceptance]

been trying to make a conlang for a little while now, thought i could share some of my progress!

[cyberstatic-fox]

im gonna level with yall, theres gonna be a LOT of lsws now that looks like its been ripped straight from ruin and i SWEAR it's total coincidence. ive been planning this shit for more than a year, genuinely i had no idea canon would crank a hard left right square into my canon divergence au.

literally the only thing im lifting from ruin is some endgame stuff and even thats only shit i got from the TRAILER i genuinely cannot reiterate enough how fucking bamboozled i am by how close i got to the full release

[ohvenison]

Little notes about Cypher

He typically avoids showing affection in public and is still a bit hesitant to show himself to you without the mask. However, after a long time of trust building and showing that you��re serious about this relationship, he’ll start to make little gestures for you.

He’s usually very protective of his teas, but at some point he’ll start offering you tea and sit with him while he works. That’s how you know he’s falling for you, cause the last time someone tried to borrow his tea they had some rather embarrassing photos leaked to the rest of the Protocol.

[polterguessing]

Research Topics

Ghost story as ritual

What is a ghost versus other forms of undead (is a possessed skeleton a ghost?)

Ghost story versus horror media (what makes the ghost story a ghost story versus movies just surrounding ghosts, like Poltergeist?)

Distinct types of modern American Ghost story

Origins of Ghost stories

- Violence

- Grieving

- Capitalism

- Stress

Intersection of Religion and the Ghost Story

Religious versus the Secular Ghost

Evolution of mediums in ghost stories

- Ghost stories in the information age and pre Web 3.0

- Chainmail

- YouTube

- Video Games (Metafiction)

- Paranormal Investigation (is this separate?)

Specific points of origin for ghost stories?

- Anecdotal to intentional creation

How does the ghost story die?

Victorian England ghosts/supernatural craze

Ghost stories as artifacts of colonization

Old web as records of digital ghosts

[willingbrainrot]

[nightmares-and-dreams-come-true]

Hello, other Euclideans, how are you?

@ask-father-bill-cipher

we're doing well!

You seem to be a bit ... Twisted, yes?

Do you need help with the littles or...?

[hasnomoxxie]

IM SORRY IVE BEEN BUSY MAKING THIS LEVITY RISES INTRO ANIMATIC

song by @maddiesmiles I love her she's so cool

Swaps to note from this:

Bill Cypher // Smile dip Puppies

Read about them here

The altered intro end was moreso to reference the animatics unused one!

Darlene // Paul Bunyan

(Yeah this does mean mason fails to flirt with him Paul, half because he knows he's a cryptid ithink. Paul probably turns into a blue minotaur maybe. As for Darlene, she's probably just a super frequent ad mascot)

Waddles // The axolotl

(the axolotl is called wades! Bc of this change, at the end of the summer Mason doesn't get his memories back immediately- it takes a few months)

Zombies // Gnomes

(I thought flipping the premise of the first episode would be fun, plus, tiny sentient zombies and tall garden gnome like cryptids that kinda stand there sound COOL)

I've been seeing the messages in the inbox, I'll get to answering them soon 😭😭😭

[mjdrawsalot]

Lou Holt AKA the Phantom Bandit

Resident stealth expert and second MC to appear in the story