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adastra121 · 1 year

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“The Other Side” (Touchstarved OC Rewrite)

So I made a parody of "The Other Side" from The Greatest Showman with my Touchstarved Hound OC, Alon. Here, she's trying to partner up with Mhin to — as thieves are wont to do — pull off a Senobium caper, but it takes a bit of back and forth with someone who's so used to being on their own.

Alon: Right here, right now, I put the offer out. I don't wanna chase you down but I know you see it. We form a team and we will find the key To all the answers we both know we’re seekin'. So trade that tragical for somethin' magical (Mhin: Tragical’s not a word.) And if it's crazy, live a little crazy! You can try the same old schtick and hope that something finally clicks. Or change the game and schtick with me…

Alon: Don't you wanna get away From this Lowtown part you gotta play? Then I got what you need, so come with me, we’ll pull a heist! It’ll take you to the other side! 'Cause you can do like you do or you can run with me. Stay in the dark or you finally take a leap. Oh, damn! Suddenly you're free to fly! We’ll get us to the other side!

Mhin: Okay, my friend, you want to count me in. Well, I hate to tell you but it just won't happen. So thanks, but no. I think I'm good to go. ‘Cause I quite like the dark you say I'm trapped in. I’ll say it’s bold of you, this crazy plot you brewed. That nerve is something, really, it's something. But I work best alone, and your plan sounds like a joke at most — We can’t afford to play the fools.

Mhin: Don't you know that I'm okay With this Lowtown part I have to play? 'Cause I take what I need and I don't need a ride-or-die. I will take myself to the other side. So go and do as you do. Run off and leave me be. No need for change, you can go on and keep your key. Oh, damn, can't you see I'm doing fine? I don’t need your help to save my life.

Alon: Now is this really how you plan to get past those gates? ‘Nother vine, ‘nother try to carry all of the weight? Mhin: If I join up with you, Someone is bound to get hurt. We could die, be confined, try choosing which one is worse!

Alon: Or we could finally win a little, finally breathe a little. We could take back our freedom to dream And it’ll clear a path to cure our achin'. Take our curses, start 'em breakin'. Now that's a change that seems worth embracin’! But I guess I'll leave that up to you…?

Mhin: …Fine, you’ve intrigued me, but my services are costly. So how much actual coin would you be offering? Alon: Fair enough, you want insurance for the action. Seven gold, come on, let’s shake and make it happen! Mhin: I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine. Alon: Ack! Why not just ditch the heist and try to bribe your way inside? Mhin: Fifteen. Alon: I'd do eight! Mhin: Twelve. Alon: Maybe nine. Mhin: Ten.

Both: Don't you wanna get away To a whole new part you're gonna play? Then I got what you need, so come with me, we’ll take the ride To the other side! So you can do like you do or you can run with me. Forget the gates 'cause we’re going to take the leap! Oh, damn, suddenly we're free to fly. We're going to the other side!

Mhin: So if you do like I do (Alon: To the other side) So if you do like me (Alon: We're goin' to the other side) Both: 'Cause if we do, we're going to the other side. We're going to the other side!

#touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved vn #touchstarved mhin #touchstarved oc #alon the hound #mhin x alon #alon x mhin #the greatest showman #songwriting is not my strength XD #but I tried to change the lyrics to fit them #alon uses 'we' a lot right away because she wants to team up with mhin #they want mhin to know that they're on the same side and that partnering up can help them both achieve what they're looking for #and I guess alon also already sees them as two peas in a pod #both of them being newcomers to Eridia #both of them haunted by some sort of affliction that has pushed them toward the senobium as their last hope #and both of them being — deep down — very lonely #mhin on the other hand doesn’t use ‘we’ very often because they’re trying to keep distant #unlike alon they don't see the two of them as a unit and they are trying to avoid that at all costs #so each ‘we’ is a reveal of sorts that they HAVE considered what would happen if they teamed up with alon #or worse — befriended them #and as mhin believes nothing good comes from letting people in #they also use the word 'run' differently #alon being the friendly and outgoing charmer she is uses it in a way that's almost like extending a hand to a new friend #“run with me buddy! we're gonna have tons of fun together I can already tell!”#and mhin uses the word in the traditional sense — again to distance themselves #“run away. don't come any closer to me.”#I kept the “take a leap” and “free to fly” parts because mhin's shadow form resembles a bird #I wanted the image of them flying over their walls and obstacles together #lyrics rewrite

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