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Sam has stolen Papaneaus colloidal silver and is now blue!!

When this popped into my head I couldn't stop giggling about it until I did it.

somebody please shoot me.

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There are no blue people in Montreal

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Pre Visitor Basement Guys

Look at all these normal folk! hope they won't have to spend two weeks stuck in the basement of an apartment building with their new inhuman anatomy.

I hope it's easy to tell who's who but if you need some help here's a key with some rough colors added

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Wow there has been a sudden influx of Flawed Ritual Sam drawling's. Welp time to throw my hat into the ring with my personal interpretation.

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Apartment 32 Headcannons

This is a follow up with my previous Curse Swap AU post Curse Swap AU: Babysitting for Clint

Clint

- Is a Hunter but didn't do it as a carrer

- He no longer goes on hunts as often as he used to since having kids.

- He is friends with the taxidermist in apartment 30, Used to sell them some animals he caught.

- Tells the boys stories of some hunts he went on, Joels favorite is the one where he got chased by a bear. (He didn't)

Madison

- Met Clint in school

- Is very good friends with Harriet, even decided to get the same haircut together

- She has a better understanding of Benjemin then Clint

Joel and Benjemin

- Clint originally bought Kill to Shoot for Joel and Super Jump Lad for Ben, but they ended up trading the games.

- Ben is on the spectrum and has a hyper fixation on the army, would often talk exclusively as if he were a general or soldier.

- The army toy you can find in the master bedroom is one that Ben exclusively wants his parents to use whenever they play with him.

-Joel often spends recess shadowing Ben. Joel understands that Ben's plays in a very ridged way and that would make it hard for him to make friends. So, he would instruct kids interested in playing with Ben to insure everyone has fun. Sam is far from the first person he's guided.

The Baby

- She is 6 months old

I have a few Ideas for what her name could be, something with an E.

Elsa, Elice, Ellie

I also have the headcannon that their last name is Denton (for irony) but I'm not completely sold on this.

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Curse Swap AU: Babysitting for Clint

So, what happens if Joels sister never looked outside.

Apparently, the Apartment 32 family going from dungeon to questline.

Here the blinds next to the crib where closed allowing the family to not realize anything was up for a while. Long enough to go downstairs to the parking garage to drive Joel and Ben to school. Just when they were about to leave the chaos of the visitor reached the parking garage and separated the family. Clint and the boys were able to escape but Madison and the baby were trapped in the garage.

On day two you will be awakened by Clint knocking on the door requesting you to keep an eye on Joel and Ben while he tries to rescue Madison and the baby. If you reject, he would be disappointed but understanding and leaves. Joel and Ben could then be found in a different apartment that ill share in a future post.

I'm not sure if Joel and Ben should be party members or what they'll even do in combat, but I imagine that they would be a pair like Monty and Xaria but take up only one slot. Though Clint wouldn't be happy with you taking them around the building.

From there a countdown will begin. If you don't unlock the basement by day 7 there will be a chance that Clint would knock again but something will be wrong.

In an act of desperation Clint would go outside to enter the basement but in doing so become cursed, distorting his wish to reunite his family.

When he arrives, he would ask to see his boys but allowing this would cause him to consume them like Cursed Harriet in the original game.

When you do reach the basement, you could reunite with Clint around where you would originally meet Beryl. Of course depending on which phase Sam is on he would respond differently but for most of them he would ask for your help. Here he will join the party but only when you are in the parking garage.

My head cannon for the rifle you can find in the safe is that Clint is a hobbyist hunter. Thus, his skill set in combat is mainly focused on setting up strong ranged attacks and laying traps. This is where Hellens stalk ability has been transferred to.

Rescuing Madison and the baby requires you to arrive before day 7 and to kill the monsters she's fending off when you find her.

If you succeed Clint and Madison will go home and allow you to visit them and their children. More importantly you can now recruit Clint as a permanent party member though he isn't a roommate and will leave when you return home.

This post is going a little long, so I'll share some of my head cannons in a future post.

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this is curse swap Morton

Curse Swap AU: Hellen and Leigh

So in this AU Hellen and Leigh avoid getting cursed. We don't really know the circumstances of how they got cursed originally, but in this timeline AU thing this is how they avoided it.

Hellen was hired to do some landscaping around the building the night before and accidentally fell asleep in the employee lounge.

Leigh woke up with a bad hangover which not only prevented her from opening the blinds to her window but also made her put off going to work long enough to be warned of the outside.

In terms of personality Hellen is mostly untouched with her intimidating presence being slightly toned down. In combat she would notably lack her stalking and bloodlust skills. With more focus on the gardening-based abilities that were added recently. She can be found after reaching the ground floor either finding her in the lounge or with her knocking on your door.

Leigh on the other hand would be very different compared to her original version. You can meet her on the second day in her apartment running a shop. She would sell the same items she has in game and once you make a purchase, she'll be receptive to conversation.

When Leigh Learned of the apocalypse, she was very happy with the fact that she'll never have to go to work again. Unfortunately she was unprepared and didn't have enough food to last a week. This situation was worsened when something broke into her apartment and trashed the place leaving gaping holes in the floor. Now suddenly she finds herself back where she was before the visitor selling shit to get by.

Sam could suggest bringing her along with him on his adventure and she'll immediately perk up and pretty much beg to come along.

rejecting this would make her take the items you purchased and throw them down a hole. She'll then say that she knows where the holes lead and that now you have to take her if you want them back. She will continue to do this for every subsequent purchase you make.

Besides having a few monetary biased skills Leigh would fulfil the role of a flexible generalist that Sam once did. Helping smooth out team comps especially at his later phases. She will also get an adrenaline rush from combat and exploration making her stronger as the danger level gets higher.

PS. I wanted to include Dan in this post, but he would literally be exactly the same since he is both cursed and not cursed in the original game. Maybe I can come up with something cool like him getting cursed while he is a roommate.

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Curse Swap AU: Hellen and Leigh

So in this AU Hellen and Leigh avoid getting cursed. We don't really know the circumstances of how they got cursed originally, but in this timeline AU thing this is how they avoided it.

Hellen was hired to do some landscaping around the building the night before and accidentally fell asleep in the employee lounge.

Leigh woke up with a bad hangover which not only prevented her from opening the blinds to her window but also made her put off going to work long enough to be warned of the outside.

In terms of personality Hellen is mostly untouched with her intimidating presence being slightly toned down. In combat she would notably lack her stalking and bloodlust skills. With more focus on the gardening-based abilities that were added recently. She can be found after reaching the ground floor either finding her in the lounge or with her knocking on your door.

Leigh on the other hand would be very different compared to her original version. You can meet her on the second day in her apartment running a shop. She would sell the same items she has in game and once you make a purchase, she'll be receptive to conversation.

When Leigh Learned of the apocalypse, she was very happy with the fact that she'll never have to go to work again. Unfortunately she was unprepared and didn't have enough food to last a week. This situation was worsened when something broke into her apartment and trashed the place leaving gaping holes in the floor. Now suddenly she finds herself back where she was before the visitor selling shit to get by.

Sam could suggest bringing her along with him on his adventure and she'll immediately perk up and pretty much beg to come along.

rejecting this would make her take the items you purchased and throw them down a hole. She'll then say that she knows where the holes lead and that now you have to take her if you want them back. She will continue to do this for every subsequent purchase you make.

Besides having a few monetary biased skills Leigh would fulfil the role of a flexible generalist that Sam once did. Helping smooth out team comps especially at his later phases. She will also get an adrenaline rush from combat and exploration making her stronger as the danger level gets higher.

PS. I wanted to include Dan in this post, but he would literally be exactly the same since he is both cursed and not cursed in the original game. Maybe I can come up with something cool like him getting cursed while he is a roommate.

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Curse Swap AU: Sam

to be perfectly honest this was mostly inspired by @sodiumpentothol's Wrong Side of the Bed AU.

So in this AU Sam gets immediately cursed by being exposed to the light from his window. Luckily, he doesn't get a good look at the visitor so he doesn't immediately get sucked into the sky. unluckily though he has been given the Jeanne special of a drawn-out version of his flawed ritual transformation.

Over the course of 15 days Sam will wake up to some new additions. These changes initially would be small, and he could pass as a normal person but right around day 4 he gets a new pair of arms and the changes there on become exponentially more dramatic.

Gameplay wise this replaces Sam Leveling up making each phase increase his stats and give him new skills. Sam could assess himself at the start of a new day to describe what has changed and give insight to what new skills or challenges he has to deal with.

Specific phases would change what Sam would need to deal with for example.

sorry I'm too lazy to draw more Sam.

at day 12~13ish Sams eyes will start splitting like this giving him blurry vision. During this phase Sam starts every encounter with the blindness debuff so this day could either be used for other non-combative tasks or he could focus mainly on support for his ally's.

The most interesting thing for me is how this would change his interactions with other characters. Sam would be treated differently depending on what phase he's on. In the first phases Sam would be basically treated as he is by default but on later phases be treated with suspicion, fear, or at worse outright hostility.

This would pose the question on whether Sam should risk exploring dangerous areas to meet and build rapport with others while he still can or allow his transformation to progress to be stronger but lose out on potential ally's and traders.

The relationships he does develop with other characters will be tested as the days goes on. With some characters wondering if Sam would still be sane by the end of it. But with a little luck and a lot of trust Sam still has the potential to find companionship in the apocalypse.

In a future post I'll talk about how the Sams final transformation would be affected by factors like his mental state, how many allies he has, his perception of himself, and the rituals progress. But I think I'll save it when I talk about the endings.

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Curse Swap AU: Update

So, it's been a while since I've posted about this AU. Luckily the time I've spent away hasn't gone unused and I've been cooking up some real juicy ideas to share.

unfortunately, this has basically caused what little I have made so far to be unfitting for the direction I want. So, I'm posting this announcement not only to remind people that this still exists but to also say I'm starting from scratch.

What I mean is that I'm completely dropping the role swap part of the au.

As a reminder the premise of the AU was to swap the cursed and non-cursed characters.

Some of the swaps I planned like Morten and Ernest or Rat baby and roaches felt arbitrary or didn't feel like the premise of the AU would have the swap make any sense (also I couldn't figure out how Leigh would change the endings) what this mainly boils down to is that I'm reinstating Sam as the protagonist.

Some swaps like Jasper and Sybil will remain but most of them, like the party members will change.

I don't know if I'm getting my intentions for the AU across properly but hopefully you'll look forward to what I share soon.

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I attempted to draw myself in the Look Outside art style.

I don't actually have a lot of experience with pixel art so I'm kind of surprised how well it turned out.

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YES, YES

Some pre, and post-visitor Jeanne. I absolutely subscribe to the theory that she was a biker gal, and maybe even knew/dated/affiliated with the Rowdy Biker enemy at some point.

Rip, ways of the worm took her drip away 💔

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I Have Returned from My Trip

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to unleash my hyper fixation during it, so all the inspiration I have got me like...

any way I now have way too many ideas and am now experiencing decision paralysis.

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I have found some downtime to sketch some original character/monster concepts for look outside.

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Just letting anyone who is interested in my stuff know I am going on a trip for two weeks, so my posts are going to be sparce. well... sparcer

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Everyone is Here

An illustration I made for a class final