#bioflux accelerator

[bright-eyed-dizzy]

axiom verge cutscene redraw! i gave the bioflux arms ✨personality✨ so maybe trace won’t feel so alone

[corntort]

body horror headcanon

For the bioflux accelerator tentacle arm things

At least some of trace's internal organs had to be shuffled around for them to fit methinks

Or maybe it's like a woodpecker thing where the tentacles curl around his skull (yes that happens with woodpeckers and their tongues)

YESYYESYESYESEYS THAT IDEA IS SOOOO COOL

i really want to mess with the idea of organs being shifted around but in my head its just a lot of the movement of the ribs and muscles near exlusively.

his rib cage at the back is more pried apart for the bioflux tendrils to kind of wedge themselves in via hooks to sprout as violently as need be when he's healed up, muscles torn apart and mended to be attached to the base of the tendrils to be (VERY SLIGHTLY) mobile. it grows worse with his prolonged exposure to bioflux and the second injection, allowing to be nudged more laterally or medially as need be, because they themselves cant be injured!!

THIS ALSO AFFECTS HIS SPINE. to the point the suddenness of the initial tendril eruptions from his back has snapped loose some lateral processes of some vertebrae, spinal disks bloated with fluid from the violent nature of it and his spine starts meandering around the tendrils, cause i doubt theyre symmetrical along his back, some closer to his spinal column than others. that scoliosis is FUCKED UP and COMPLEX. this also causes some pinching of his spinal cord which is absolutely agonizing if he tilts a certain way so he walks a bit leaned to the right. theres also just shrapnel of bone in his back now but he's lucky enough to not have it puncture any vital organs, not that he'd be left to die if they did. it does take some iterations of deaths for his spine to somewhat accustom to the tendrils but it by no means becomes more "comfortable." just pinching becomes less frequent and the bones are essentially restructured around the bioflux.

as his body modifies more and more the tissue turns more red hot and distorted towards his back to allow more mobility. the tendrils no longer erupt from under the skin it's more of like pods in his back theyre situated in to recover in when he's hurt that can more safely protrude from when ready.

Tissue as minute as the vessels are rerouted, treating the tendrils almost like a tumor that requires more oxygen but its split the vessels to still leave some oxygen for his normal tissue.

OHHH though now that i think about it more, all that mass from the bioflux Does Need a place to retreat into. i was thinking he could have more like, the back equivalent of SEVERE barrel chest as the flesh back there gets more lumpy, his skin more stretched out to nest the tendrils but that probably cant do all the heavy lifting. HMMMMM

although not much can be shifted without affecting his performance which i don't think elsenova would allow much of. i think she still is deriving a little bit of satisfaction from his pain but they do need him. and they can't allow him to resent them Too much, or else he'd be a threat and not fulfill the purpose they need him to.

MUCH TO STINK ABOUT..!!!! ill ponder on if his ribcage just splits open at the back for the space or if it closes Around the tendrils for better anchorage. and also if it's the latter if the rib cage Encloses the pods the tendrils come from or if it is just underneath them. like how fucked up are we getting with it

I WILL DRAW THIS... WHEN I HAVE THE ENERGY!

and i have NO IDEA if this is coherent i love stinking about it. specbiooo <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[busterpointisdead]

Got any av headcanons?

Yes! I have quite a few actually! I'm going to put this under the cut because its incredibly long :3

General spoiler warning for anyone who hasn't played axiom verge, you have been warned

Trace

Usually a pretty quiet guy, considers himself a people watcher

Spends his time taking in his surroundings in Sudra

Needs something in his hand at all times or else he defaults to t-rex arms

Wore glasses before he ended up in Sudra (and before he went blind), the cloning repaired his eyesight

The Bioflux Accelerator gave his eyes a slight reddish hue

Speaking of, he has a love hate relationship with those tentacles mostly because he can't conciously control them

Hates the texture of stubble so he keeps his sideburns

Chronic toe walker

Closeted ace, but biromantic

Friendly neighborhood he/they

Hates those stupid Mogra, especially when the small ones drop down from the sky

His favorite (prehistoric) animal is the anomalocaris!

Would have been a furry if it wasn't for his scientific breakthroughs, his fursona would be a red dragon (because of course it is)

Grew up with Nintendo, he likes the cult classics like Metroid and Earthbound (maybe I'm projecting a little with that)

Addicted to caffiene and it took him a while to aclimate to living without it

Skeptical of the Rusalki, but he has no other choice! What's he gonna do, disobey them and die? No thanks

Doesn't like being in Eribu, it smells funny and everything is squishy and humid... It's just gross

His favorite area is Edin, the sky is very pretty and its nice to sit down there to take a break, feel the wind

Athetos

He also isn't the original Trace, but he doesn't tell anyone (the original Trace got infected and needed to be taken care of)

Is the first clone of Trace though if that means anything to you

Essentially lives in a glorified iron lung

Breathes purified air and is suspended in a sterile fluid that renders The Pathogen inert

If he ever left it would cause him to rapidly mutate

Probably has a mech floating around somewhere that is a work in progress

The tubes connected to him also allow him to control parts of machinery and perform menial tasks to keep Mar-Uru maintained

He's incredibly bored but knows he has to wait so he has his own stalker drone

The stalker drone keeps in contact with the other bosses of Sudra, except Ukhu since he has no knowledge of her

The drone is not capable of battle and burrows when threatened

Yes there's been plenty of stalker drone deaths, rest in peace little guys

He is very aware of his fate, he only watches Trace because he knows about how he respawns

A piece of Athetos is embedded in Trace after the final fight, as his nanogates entertwined with Trace's, which is also why Elsenova put him to sleep

Vision

Vision is a result of an oddity in The Pathogen, mid-transformation he was struck down

He is a separate entity from Trace and Athetos altogether, all memories from Trace feeling like nothing but a distant past

Fate does not apply to him in the same way it applies to Trace, making him not considered an immediate threat by the Rusalki

Once defeated in his original boss form, he emerges from the husk of its body

The Pathogen causes him to have episodes where it fully takes over and causes him to become incredibly violent, its most evident when his eyes turn all white

Allegedly, he doesn't recall these episodes either

He sees the Rusalki as almost cyborg-ish creatures with features akin to ancient demons and oni, with horns and curved tusks and fangs

The other bosses of Sudra appear as other people, with their own distinct personalities and on occasion he sits with them

Ukhu is his best pal, who still looks like a vicious insect but is like a very caring and oversized pet to him

The Spitblite (Ukhu's spawn) have a general affinity for him, he's often found carrying one like a little emotional support bug

Athetos appears as an angel and Mar-Uru is like a tower to the heavens (not that Trace was particularly religious)

Vision hates Kur with a passion and avoids the mountainous exterior at all costs

Can freely travel through Breach without needing to disrupt it, and is entirely immune to the breach disruptor

The Pathogen

When afflicted it starts subtly changing aspects of memories and vision

"These things always were" as in, this person always looked this way, they were never to be trusted

Though it doesn't affect the demeanor or personality, it affects how the afflicted percieve the world and their language center, essentially making them see everyone else as the enemy

The physical mutations it causes vary wildly based on location and demeanor, some retaining more of their language center than others

Vision is a prime example as their language center appears almost wholly unaffected, but may have violent outbursts under certain triggers, suggesting The Pathogen can cause affects similar to epilepsy (it is not epilepsy by any means)

Arthropods are completely unaffected by The Pathogen, the bugs of Sudra are just territorial by nature

Sudra

It isn't actually snowing in Kur, the white material floating around is ash from nearby mountains as the internals of Kur seem to flow with ultraheated liquids

Kur is still relatively cold, and most arthropodic lifeforms tend to avoid Kur as it too cold for them to live there

Zi used to be underwater, but it naturally drained over time, the inhabitants are evolved forms of sea life that eventually spread to other areas of Sudra

Edin experiences different seasons yet it always seems to be night there, reasons unclear

The moonlight of Edin does seem to encourage plant life to grow, almost as if the sun and ash nearer to Kur is hard for plants to inhabit

The only reason Indi exists is to connect E-Kur-Mah with Absu, E-Kur-Mah is where royalty used to live

Absu is where most people used to live, and was at one point a nice place to be as well

Eribu is generally desolate and uninhabited by anything other than bugs because of its strange, living walls, great place for a secret hideout!

Eribu is thought to be the flesh of a once giant creature that still lives dormant underground

Ukkin-Na was built, and at one point was a part of Edin beforehand, probably similar in age to Edin's ruins

The original purpose of Ukkin-Na has been lost to time, as it is the oldest man-made area of Sudra

Mar-Uru is the most recent edition to the map thanks to Athetos, given the state of people give a round of applause to the robots that built this

Ukhu

Athetos has no knowledge of Ukhu's existence, and Ukhu has no ties to The Pathogen

Territorial, not usually to the point of attacking unless it is mating season and she percieves you as a threat

Threats include things that are human-sized and human-shaped

She has a weak understanding of language and intelligence comparable to a house cat or jumping spider, though not particularly curious of anything humans do

Just generally does not like humans anymore

Her nest is atop the ruins in Edin, and her boss room location she considers home

She was once considered a god-like being in ancient times and has always lived happily in Edin (she an old bug)

There's everything I have right now! Enjoy!

[quickboot]

Wow I think I just did my greatest video game accomplishment ever (got the second Bioflux Accelerator on the first attempt)

[apocalypsegay]

I love Axiom Verge! My favorite part probably had to be that part where he passes out and realizes who exactly he really is! (Keeping it kinda vague because spoilers)

You mentioned you didn't know what to do with your alien OC, so how about this: An Axiom Verge AU where instead of the bioflux accelerator being on Trace's back, it's actually that alien OC?

THAT’S A GOOD ONE. and unfortunately this OC is like. BIG. she’s supposed to be one a those Mother Of A Thousand Young type of dealios, you know?