#ir event { subversions pt. 1 }

[beforemeteor]

@impinged liked for an event starter

Sephiroth stared at the flames as they engulfed the freshly fallen leaves he piled up on the ground. There was something pretty about how the flames ate away at each one before growing larger and larger in size. His eyes brightened against the color of the flames, lighter in his hand as he thumbed the wheel.

click. click.

The itch didn't disappear, but it didn't grow worse. the flint inside of the lighter wouldn't ignite again. Sephiroth closed the lighter and held it tight inside of his hand. He moved closer to the flames, but stopped when he heard someone approaching. He slowly turned to face the other and tilted his head.

They were short and oddly dressed. He brought his hand holding the lighter close to his chest. His eyes held distrust towards the other. He sized up the other and took in their face, sweeping over every part of it. They looked vaguely like an adult. That was all Sephiroth needed to know as he pointed past them.

go away. the silent plea came.

[landsharkbite]

This AU event is nothing less than a GIFT. So here are the details on Rosa’s circumstances!

For the purposes of this event, Rosa is 100% human! Also slightly shorter— she’s gone from 6’4” to 6’1”. (Her size correlates somewhat to her species. Secret’s out.)

Bradley and Kratos have stuck around as Rosa’s pet wolfdog and iguana respectively! Crash is MIA here, only because there’s little to no rhyme or reason to Rosa having a supercomputer in her house. She’s not nearly smart enough for that.

PAST AND PRESENT

The way Rosa’s childhood and adolescence panned out remains mostly the same. After zero contact with the man since her early years, her father broke into her house when she was 19 in an attempt to kill his estranged wife and daughter for leaving. Rosa shot her father in the head in retaliation and came out of this ordeal the lone survivor.

After several months of house arrest and wrestling with the courts along with her extensive list of previous misdemeanors, her father’s death was ruled an act of justified self defense. Given that from her perspective it seemed they only wanted to lock up a troubled kid and leave it at that, Rosa came away from all this carrying a sense of deep seated paranoia and general distrust of people, cutting herself off socially and turning into a bit of a shut-in as a result. Thanks in large part to very kind people who have taken the time and effort to reach out to her over the years since, this behavior has eased significantly. Not completely, mind you, but she’s come a long way. Case in point...

Nowadays, Rosa is the proprietor of an auto repair shop! She isn’t the best at networking, and chances are good that it only gained traction due to rumors flying around about the owner that have painted her all but an urban myth, but hey! Whatever works. Customers have found that she’s surprisingly kind despite her reputation, if gruff, a bit blunt and allergic to small talk. She’s hired mostly part-timers and cares surprisingly little whether or not they’re human, so long as they show up to work on time and are competent. Rosa cares very much for all of them and will unintentionally mom them from time to time.

RELATIONSHIPS

Two hires at Rosa’s garage are Cu ( @irishhercules​ ) and Travis ( @suplex51​ )! The former makes for a fun drinking buddy and interesting adventures in the rare event that she’s in the right headspace to handle them— the same applies to the latter, naturally, although Travis seems a lot more keen on hanging around and engaging her socially even when he doesn’t need to. A part of Rosa wants to ask why. She isn’t sure how to.

Rosa is still on relatively decent terms with her ex, Simon ( @twisting-axioms​ ). Their relationship ended on a mutual decision for a number of reasons, not the least of which was their lives differed too greatly to stay aligned. She still cares about him and wants him to do well, regardless of how she picks on him like she’s being paid to do it.

After having seen a certain hulking monstrosity ( @tzarov​ ) lurking around her home after dark a number of times, Rosa almost always leaves food out for him in the evenings.

A weird nonhuman kid with horns a mile long ( @twicessected​ ) has taken to hiding in Rosa’s closet for no real purpose that she can suss out. It scared the shit out of her when she discovered him the first time and she may or may not have tried to beat his brains in with a pipe in her panic. Now? She’s resigned to it. Her best guess is that he figured out how to come in through the window. Changing the lock didn’t do any good.

[suplex51]

Subversion (5)1

To be edited, probably, as time goes on!

Imagine: Travis Touchdown, no longer a video game protagonist. Imagine: Travis Touchdown, no longer an assassin. No longer tormented by meta-fictional awareness, and his predetermined role in existence. No longer born to a world glorifying violence, where it’s kill-or-be-killed, where the weak kneel before the strong. No longer bound by his many, many, many gruesome mistakes. 

Imagine: Travis Touchdown, normal...ish. 

Summary! 

On the most basic level, Travis Touchdown’s the same anime/video-game/cinema/cat-loving nerd he’s always been. Outgoing, positive, and friendly, though still very raunchy and perverted. No set-in-stone goal in life, other than to somehow become a superhero (and create the world’s first real lightsaber). No full-on career, either; His income comes solely from odd jobs and band gigs. Kind of a huge loser... 

... But he’s a remarkably talented one. We’re talking about a closet genius, here. Alongside all of the skills needed for those odd jobs (which vary a lot), Travis has knacks for film-making, drumming, engineering... And yes, kicking ass. He still gets into fights (mainly on behalf of Non-Humans), often showing up for work covered in bandages or bruises. But don’t worry, he’s fine! 

Just wants to help people. Find love. Get laid.  

No 4th-wall-breaking! No murderections!

Backstory! 

No assassins, no Sylvia, no U.A.A... but we gotta have one element of tragedy, don’t we? So everything that happened with Travis’ parents, and everything that happened with Jeane? Yeah, it still holds true! Mostly, anyways. Instead of training herself up to punch her abusers into paste? One night, Jeane just torched their house down. Only bothering to get 17-year-old Travis to safety, she soon let herself be consumed by the flames. 

Travis never knew why the fire happened, or why his girlfriend only saved him. But the fact is, to him, everyone he loved died... and he didn’t. Survivor’s guilt, along with a serious lack of self-worth, ensued. Stuck with him. 

Spent a while living on the streets, before finally managing to score a (run-down) apartment. 

Relationships! 

Marceline is Travis’ best friend, band-mate, and metaphorical rock. One of his first real (platonic) relationships, after the incident. They clicked fast, and Travis wouldn’t be where he is without her. Marcy gets him, Marcy keeps him in (moderate) check, and Marcy wishes he would just hurry up, and confess to... 

Rosa Cervantes, the low-key cryptid owner of a nearby auto-repair shop, where Travis regularly volunteers. The two aren’t quite as close, here. But something still draws them together, in this weird “friendship-teetering-on-the-edge-of-something-more” kind of dynamic. Travis doesn’t believe himself worthy of a serious relationship, but try as he might to keep flirting with random women... he keeps coming back to Rosa. 

Varian, Marcy’s “adopted son.” The moment Travis learned about Varian’s missing father, and all of the issues that came with? Instant drive to help the kid work out. Kind of like the “enabling older brother.”

[edibledragons]

@hunting-apricity for an event starter 

“Hey Kite!” Mika walked through the doors, pausing briefly when he didn’t see his better half immediately. The house was small, open, he could see every room from the front door. It was still cold for winter, but some of the windows were open for all the indoor plants they had. Kite wasn’t here. He idly rubbed the scruff on his chin, moving to the kitchen window at the back, leaning out of it.

“Sunshine! You out here?” Well the snow was still out here at least. Their garden had seen better days, it was sad during winter. He hummed, pushing away from the window to open the back door and walk out. 

[garshades]

   “Yo, Old Man...” Kamina looks at the Tea House he always comes to on weekends up and then down, which has been egged and covered in toilet paper---and recently, from the looks of it. “Just who in the hell would do somethin’ like this?!” He clenches a fist at his hip.

@tokifausa​ liked for a starter! ( Subversion, Part I! )

[centralcxmmand-blog]

@rainfect

Olivia sat alone under the protective awning of a gazebo, a bingo card in one hand and her phone in another. Although she much preferred the thrill of having an announcer pulling bingo numbers from a cage, she couldn’t always find a game at the community center being played. So to pass the time, she simply had to make do with what she could.

“... Come on, B-12. You’re all I need for a bingo...”

Tapping the screen of her phone, Olivia let out a disappointed sigh as the number she wanted was not called. Slumping over, she stared out into the park, noticing someone passing by.

“Aris?” She called out, slightly standing up from her chair. “Shouldn’t you be in class right now?”

[beeroshi]

what are dreams or aspirations. (subversion AU)

Basically the life he would’ve gone down had he decided to quit at the beginning of the series. Has a rough spot with his dad still, who is out there somewhere and making it big. A bastard child, and due to his father, he tends to act coldly to others.

Since there’s no idol work, and he didn’t meet the others, Yamato here has the tendency to be colder to people. Especially those in the entertainment field.

Finally gets to live the life of the office worker that he always wanted.

Makes the Money that gets taxed, thanks.

Still a roomba fucker.

Low-key dating a certain vegan asshole, and tries to get him to eat before he dies in the middle of the street.

[ilvenge-blog]

-- @derflugeldesengels de subversion event.

          “Well, what are the odds of us meeting again like this.” 

          It’s a chance encounter that the two orphans would cross paths again, as Vanitas didn’t want to have to face his time in the orphanage, yet here it is, staring at him in the face from his younger days. Licht and himself had known each other, but once Vanitas had reached the age of adulthood and left suddenly, he thought that would be the end of that.

          Unsurprisingly, Vanitas’s not happy. “Your head is as thick as always, but we’ll still have to keep watch that your concussion doesn’t develop into something worse if we let you go.” 

[aurelsabre]

starter ( subversion ) - @baddestdangerboy

She had made some food using the ones she bought around a marketplace not too long ago until Narberal had made something good to eat. Realized that there were no new roommates other than Badou, she gave him a visit and giving something to him.

And it’s not poisonous.

“I-I have made you some lunch, if you’re hungry. Please try if it’s good.”

Sometimes, the doppelganger even had no idea what’s with the maid getup...

[divinesmasher-blog]

alrighty! while i sort through all my stuff on naoto, who wants a quick event starter? capping at 4, but castmates and muses already familiar with naoto can feel free to ignore the cap!!

[montaguesoath]

Romeo living the life where he never was exiled or stained his hands? Sign me the fuck up. 

Living that upper class life since his family is Rich™, though he doesn’t care much for it when his attention had been brought to theatre. 

20 years old, studying to be a playwright. 

Would still be up for days straight if someone else didn’t knock his ass to bed.

Less serious, with the tendency to have certain phrases fly over his head.

Still dramatic though, because it’s not Romeo without that.

[skillxhunter]

@tcnaciious for an Event Starter

Following the typical routine in the library, while putting away one book at a time from author names in alphabetical order. He didn’t even need to glance over when he felt a presence lingering just to his right. He smiled faintly, putting down a particularly damaged book on the little plastic trolley he used.

“Up to no good, Milo?”

[eraserxhead-blog]

@hunting-apricity for an event starter

He woke up at his desk, awkwardly laying against his chair so when he moved he could hear as much as feel his neck cracking. He exhaled through his nose, stretching his arms out and stood. Might as well go home, there wasn’t much work to be done here at the very least. He pulled on his coat and left, turning the light off. Aizawa glanced up from down the hall when he saw someone walking down.

“Evening, Kite,” he mumbled just loudly enough to be more than just noise. “Or it feels like evening with winter’s late hours. You heading home?”

[suplex51]

Okay, let’s get this starter call rolling for Subversion Part 1! Uncapped, but selective, since I’ve already got things on the plate. But if you have ideas, whether for plotting or pre-established relationships, please don’t hesitate to throw me a DM! 

Oh, and Travis’s event information is here!

[forewarnedfate]

subversion “au” details

Meet Émile Arseneau, a 23 year old university student that grew up in Fibonacci. His major is biology and he’s minoring in entomology.

If you wanna work with me for this event, just lemme know!! I’m up for tweaking things to allow for some pre-established relationships if need be, too. I might be a bit more focused on some backlog stuff, since I’m still getting back into the swing of things, though.

If your character hung around in Fibonacci a lot when he was a kid, they may remember him as something of a child/teen street performer. His specialty was sleight of hand and magic tricks.

É’s fancy performances came to an end at the age of 15, when he finally got caught pick-pocketing one of his audience members. He only ever targeted those that seemed on the “richer” side of things, but like, it’s still theft kiddo.

That being said, getting caught helped unearth his abusive home life, so after that he was sent to live in an orphanage until he turned 18.

At 18, he got a job at Club Euphoria and ended up moving in with his boss in the Golden ward, which definitely made life easier.

At around 20, he began studying at the local university. He still juggles his job as a host, along with a whole lot of mischief, mechanical messing around, and just being slinky, dramatic and smooth in general. His love of puzzles is unchanged, too.

Every summer (after turning 18), he helps out at the Theatre of Calliope in Archimedes. Whether he's acting or helping with props, Émile feels pretty at home among the drama and excitement of the theatre. This coming summer, he plans to do an internship at the Spirale Zoo as a research assistant instead.

A few extra, more in depth notes:

The main reason that Émile never became a phantom thief of any kind is because Reinbach doesn’t exist in this world. Without his influence, he’s never brought deep into criminal affairs. Instead of being adopted by a criminal mastermind/serial killer at 15, he gets caught and his life shifts in a different direction entirely. There’s no reason for him to become Chat Noir, nor does he have the elaborate skill set for it.

That being said, he can no longer cast illusions or create disguises. He didn’t learn any of that until meeting his former master, so it’s just not something he ever picked up. He also doesn’t know how to program robots. He can still totally pick locks and he’s hard to grab for. His lock picking is very rusty, though. Being slinky and observant is something he kept up even after getting caught.

For a lot of people in Spirale, this au only cements his existence as the alias he created, while twisting in an odd mixture of truths and lies that the subversion scenario allows for and creates. Of course, to Émile, all of it is the honest truth.

[garshades]

   Kamina’s just stooped down on the sidewalk, playing with one of the most energetic stray cats he’s ever laid eyes on---minding his own business, so to speak. Then, suddenly, he hears a voice calling out to him to ‘stop right there, you!’---as if he had even done something wrong!

   “What was all that, lady? This li’l guy’s such a purrbox, I could barely hear you! In fact, I practically only felt a big old gust’a hot air!”

@onihanas​ liked for a Subversion: Part I starter!