#ir event: subversion 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.

[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...

[attacherbullet]

starter ( subversion ) - @castilium 

Something odd was about this girl. For someone so young and beautiful, she wields a large tower-like shield but there’s no baton to mark her as one of the riot police. HK416 was somewhat impressed on how she carry that thing every single day.

“That was a cool-looking shield you got there!” Her smile was a gleamly friendly vibe and added. “You’re working for one of those police forces that handles riots aren’t you?” 

[mimicryarts-blog]

Subversion Honoka

Not too different to the regular Honoka but altered.

She believes that Setsuna Faction actually exists but actually isn’t but a fiction.

Pacifist and Coward in one which she doesn’t like fighting.

Apologizes even if she’s not even doing anything wrong.

She merely can’t remember anyone from DOA but wished to live as a normal person.

Afraid of big and intimidating people.

[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.” 

[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.

[aurelsabre]

starter ( subversion ) - @amaregaudium 

Narberal was on a hurry to head back to her quarters at Golden that she never watched where she was going to. This made her caused an accidental collision towards Kamui that she never mean’t it.

“F-Forgive me, i haven’t seen you here!” She offered her hand to get him up.

[attacherbullet]

starter ( subversion ) - @verprocella  

Friendlier... Something that can actually scare anyone around with that weird-looking happy face 416 does everytime she meets new people around. It’s not wrong at all other than to say hi to the stranger she met randomly around Cotes.

Hopefully she did won’t scare anyone.

“Such a great day we’re having, isn’t it?”

[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?”