#madcom deliberator

[ms-madness]

Opposite of Auditor, Deeeeeliberatorrrrr

THAT FREAK!!!!!

[cinnamonpatty]

Deliberator ref

Deli got updated ref yippe

[nevadas-night-time-novelist]

Continuation of this ask

Conductor x reader Deliberator x reader

CONDUCTOR

He was the rhythm of life, the Conductor, spinning his baton and making melodies out of hopeless noise. He and his brothers and sister kept the world in order, or as much order as they could when up against Improbability.

The Employers lived on a split plane or reality, comparable to heaven in some aspects, except not even good souls could wander this realm, only the Employers could inhabit this place.

And yet to every rule, there was an exception, that being you. Cold marble tiles lay beneath your feet as you sat in contentment in the garden, lazily reading a book while lounging on an iron bench, which had been given plush cushions for your enjoyment.

Catching the fancy of these godly being was near impossible, and yet you'd managed to attract the maestro of life, black and blue wrapped rightly around your fingers. Flicking the page, you set the book down and took a sip of your tea, Romulus raising his furry head to look at you, before setting it back down.

Of course, the Employers had pets, Rom being the pet wolf of one you rarely saw but often heard screaming at Auditor for some unknown reason. He would often lay around in the garden when you were about, seemingly keeping an eye on you, as did his counterpart.

Remus darted down, plucking loose fluffy tufts from Rom and flapping back into the large apple tree at the centre of the garden, letting out a caw now and then.

A sweet bass melody echoed around, Conductor was drawing near. He had a habit of humming as he walked, the deep vibrations calming the environment around. Rom looked up, letting out a "urf" while getting to his feet, Remus flying over and landing on his head.

Your lover would always shoo the pair away when he came to see you, and by now, they'd learned to leave before he even arrived.

His slight heels clicked on the floor, while you continued to read. "My muse," He spoke with a low tone, his voice naturally deep. "how radiant you look today, bathed in the light."

"Hello Connie," You set your book down, laying the bookmark in and closing it, giving him your full attention. "thank you love." He took your hand, placing a kiss on the back of your palm.

To everyone, he was the Conductor. To you, he was Connie. Anyone else who'd care call him your nickname for him would be taught a valuable lesson. "Muse, my dear, my inspiration is currently lacking. Allow me if you will to share your space and soak in your glory to fuel my passions."

Under his angry, stern exterior was a hopeless old-timey romantic. To anyone else, he'd command, but to you, oh you, he'd beg at your feet for your adoration. "Of course, you know I love to spend time with you Connie."

Conductor swept you into his arms, taking your place on the bench with you resting on top of him, your head resting on his chest, you could hear the drumbeat that was his heart. Everything in him was music, even the faint blue veins in his black arms looked like sheet music, little notes formed into them as well. They made up the same melody he always hummed.

He was a busy being, it was rare the two of you spent a long amount of time together, so every second you got was precious. Absentmindedly, you traced patterns along his sternum, relaxing both of you.

"I am a little troubled." He looked at you, half lidded blue eyes. "Stygian was talking with me earlier. He brought up a decently valid point. You... Are still a mortal, at the end of the day, and I don't feel I spend enough time with you." Conductor sighed, even in melancholy, he was so beautiful.

"I don't bring it up to you frighten you. Steeg says you've still got plenty of time on your side. Yet he reminded me that.... In the grand scheme of things, your life is but a blink compared to mine. And it worries me." You looked into his sad eyes, sparkles of stars reminding you why you loved him.

"Connie... I know we're vastly different, but that's what I love about us. I know I won't live nearly as long as you, but that makes the time we spend together even more precious, doesn't it?" You continued to rub his chest, and he sighed longingly.

"Muse, you always soothe my worries." Conductor leaned down, kissing the top of your head. "My love for you grows deeper and deeper, I will devote as much life to you as I can from now on."

You shifted your position, chest to chest with Conductor now, and you peppered his face in kisses, a smile breaking across his face, before turning to gorgeous laughter. "Better my love?"

Conductor kissed your lips, rubbing your cheek with adoration. "You always make my life better, my muse." He needed reminding of it now and then, how fragile your body always was compared to his. Yet when your time came, he'd turn to Stygian again, finding your reincarnated S-3LF over and over, as he had for centuries. In many lifetimes he loved you, and he'd continue to love you for many, many more.

DELIBERATOR

Decision making was a good quality of yours, you would swiftly and continuously end up making the correct choice anytime one happened. Your friends even joked you were blessed by some sort of god because of your skill, and they weren't far off the truth.

Deliberator spent much of his free time watching over this curious mortal, he'd become a little obsessed, gifting them with the power of foresight, watching them scurry around their silly man-made city like a mouse.

He knew fine well he and his kin weren't really meant to mess with the life below them, but each still bent the rules and dipped their toes into mortal life now and then, one off experiments to see how the life reacted. Yet Deli found himself coming back to this one, he couldn't put a finger on why though.

Frequently he'd transform, hiding his Employer appearance to a grunt, blending in as best as he could, but some things, such as his glowing white eyes, couldn't be changed. He'd hide them with shades, even then, they'd glow slightly.

Deli sat alone at a table, pretending to read a newspaper at the booth he occupied while keeping a close eye on you at work. A small and homey diner, which prided itself on good and fast service.

"There you are hon," You smiled, setting down a fat stack of pancakes in front of the frequent customer. He was quiet, rarely ever speaking a word to you, but he tipped generously and was fairly handsome. Salt and pepper hair, sunglasses, dressed in a pressed suit and white shirt, looking like an aged businessman.

You topped off his coffee, leaving enough room for him to throw in the multiple cubes of sugar into the black liquid. "anything else I can get you?"

He set his newspaper down and gestured at the space across from him. "Perhaps a moment of your time?" That was a strange and unexpected request, yet curiosity found yourself humouring him. Deli fought off a smile, the corner of his mouth turning up slightly. Of course you would, he knew you'd always make the correct decision.

"Well it's not something on the menu, but I guess I can take a couple minutes break." It wasn't too busy right now anyway, everyone else busy in talking, drinking and eating.

"You seem to have adept judgement." He tipped the entire container of syrup onto his pancakes. "Help me with something I've been mulling over."

You looked at his pile of sugar and held back a laugh. "Is it that you've been wondering if you should ask for a second syrup cup when you eat here?"

"Ah, heh. No, something else. But perhaps I should. From all the things your kind had invented, processed sugar is no doubt the peak of your creations." Deli slipped up there, and he knew you'd picked up on it. "If by some chance, a higher power was looking down and observing you, what would you think?"

Sitting across from him, your eyes meeting the dark shades covering his own, you pondered for a moment. "Like a god? Can't say I'm too religious, but it'd be pretty neat I suppose. But I'd have to wonder why they'd take time from their busy day to humour me."

"Maybe because I see something in you." Deli shoved a mouthful of sugary goodness into his maw.

"You see something in me? What, you're telling me you're some kinda god or something? Pretty far-fetched. Did you happen to break out of Seeking?" You tilted your head, trying to decipher the clues he's dropping, but it's not making sense.

Deliberator set down his fork and took off his shades, revealing white eyes filled with intricate and beautiful abstract patterns, dark grey shapes shifting infinitely in glowing ivory. "No, I do believe I am some form of god to your kind." You stared at him, and the silence around you settled in.

Glancing around, you and your regular still seated in the booth, yet the diner and all else was gone. The pair of you in the comfortable seat lost in the inky black nothing. "Wha-what the hell is this?" Perhaps you'd gone mad too.

Looking back to the stranger, his disguise had faded, showing his Nevadian form. Pluming black fire, black geometric shapes surrounded in milk white lines floating off his body and turning to nothing. "It's uncouth for my kin to take such a deep interest in the world we watch over, and yet something draws me to you. Allow me to properly introduce myself,"

He set down a white glowing set of scales on the table, perpetually equally balanced. "Your kin calls me Deliberator, and I oversee balance and justice in your world. And you, my curious little friend, just so happen to be precisely what I'm searching for."

His hands took yours, and the vast emptiness filled with stars around you. "Another being of balance, one of keen and sound mind. It takes me centuries to find those worthy of my time, there are so few. You have no idea how long I have yearned to find you."

Fear, curiosity, wonder all filled your mind. This had to be a hallucination or something. There's no chance in hell any of what was currently occurring was real. "This... Has got to be the weirdest dream I've had yet. Until a few minutes ago it felt so real. When do I wake up from this?"

Deli spun you around, showing off the world, his world, the things he sees, feels and lives in every moment. "Perhaps when you open your mind to me, see things from a new perspective. It's a lot to ask, a leap from your familiar into the unknowns of godhood, but you'll behold such wonderful sights, experience things you could never have comprehended.

The universe exists on a knife's edge, judgement to maintain balance is needed. I trust in you to uphold that, if you'll take on the burden."

Decision making... A fine quality you upheld over and over, each time making the correct choice...

"With you? I will."

[moonamite]

The redesigned employers in my mind are so funny cuz it’s like

Deliberator- Based on Norse mythology, specifically Yggdrasil. Big cosmic tree gal/guy/thing.

Stygian- Greek mythology, a mix of hades and Dionysus, plus minor spider imagery. Angel of death look. Lots of wings. Pretty.

Conductor- Egyptian mythology (Thoth) + electricity and glitch theme. Guy in charge of the ‘coding’ of Nevada.

Auditor- Business man doing business 🧍‍♂️ whatever

[originalmadcom]

Deliberator: Hi Auditor.

Auditor: … Deliberator.

Deliberator: Those shoes look familiar.

[sleepwalk-station]

experimenting with employers.. mmm. shapes

also sleepy delib. more headcanons below cut

i like to think that each employer has an important task in nevada, bringing order, keeping the inhabitants alive. and they control each part of the world. Auditor is supposed to keep the other place/purgatory under control (and well, getting a bit distracted with hank.), conductor provides grunts with water to drink, stygian deals with dissonance/S3LF energy within nevada and keeps it stable, and delib oversees the border of nevada itself/the nowhere.

employers arent supposed to mess around with nevadeans directly, so the other employers think auditor is kind of. Messing up whats he supposed to be doing. quite an idiot, but they still respect him even if hes kind of stupid, conductor, especially, is the one who communicates with the auditor the most, because of their agency contracts.

they talk in this weird flowery god language, and always refer to nevadeans as lowly mortals. the employers refer to eachother as "brother/sister" (they have no concern for gender so it interchanges). when theyre at a dinner table auditor is the yapper. stygian likes to tease at auditor. "getting rusty, brother?" conductor just quietly sits and sips his tea. delib is completely absent from the table and Nobody knows where they are. stygian and auditor keeps bickering with eachother and they have this sibling rivalry thing going on.

also conductor moves like. a snake. how do i explain this. his tail slithers when he moves on the ground (audi and stygian prefers to be in the air) and i think delib just disappears into a mist and reappears behind people without really "walking" or floating towards them

theyre also kind of referred to as gods in their own way. like auditor = the angered god conductor = the peaceful god delib = the sleeping god stygian = the deceitful god

this is hard to explain but, each employer has their own theming. auditor is an intimidating business boss, conductor's a wise dapper. stygian is the snarky jester. and delib is the Beast, and will be angered if awoken.

sorry for the word vomit. i dont know how to format my rambles to be better and i am in a lot of pain oops </3

[verquilla]

babysitting

[stale-cornflakes]

thank you to @magiturge for hosting a magma last night. It was a lot of fun!

[diabolican]

[devicecontact]

Do the employer shuffle

[doostyaudi]

Hey what if i humanized all the employers plus my employer ocs. For no reason. There's no practical use for this.. I just did it... For funsies!!!

Also additional relationship chart... The family is completely functional i assure u! All siblings love one another! /s

[arandanoedgy]

For those who needed help when drawing or designing The Employers:

Get their particle animations, this can be used as a guide!

[cinnamonpatty]

Deliberator [Employers AU]

I'm quite happy with his beebs lol He's looking good Also, he is most aggressive among the Employers, lul Only Auditor left for the Employers ref's

[discriminant-of-x-y]

Im suuuuper late but HAPPY MADNESS DAY YA'LL!!!

Im really happy to be a part of this community, no matter what

And it is big re-draw of my 1st madness day art! You can see the progress here (old art is here):

And of course NewGrounds link

[moonamite]

Hi I’m still crazy

[madnesshyperfixation]

General Employer Headcanons 

I mushed all the Employer HC’s into one since I sadly don’t have a lot for them 

Auditor 

With Auditor being in Nevada it’s not too far off to think they’ve started to indulge in the material world, becoming attached to things, liking certain conveniences. Sugary drinks as an example. 

Speaking of sugary drinks, I see sugary coffee addict but I raise to you caffeinated energy drink addict instead 

Detests Deliberator for their ties to fate and destiny, why does the one who does little to change things get so much power instead of the one who would do things? Change things! (Sir have you considered that you are simply a fool?) 

Stygian 

While they don’t mess with mortals as heavily as Auditor does, they do like to screw around with the limited powers they can project into Nevada. This is why a cult for Stygian exists. 

I think the gateway to hell that they lead to is submerged in waterlike substance (in a reference to the Styx River) 

Grunts around Stygian feel a deep-seated sense of dread, like something wrong is going to happen 

Conductor 

I feel like the Conductor has some ties to Time and Space, it’s hard to explain but it just feels like it fits with their name, conductors of all types typically help things run smoothly, keep things moving forward, as result I also think they manage it a little more than the other Employers in their respective territory, cleaning up any possible errors in the system running it to still follow the janitorial role Krinkles said all the Employers follow 

The hell that their body leads to is distorted and constantly fluctuating, kind of like the Distorted World from Pokemon but more severe. 

If they ever visit Nevada the area around them will feel more... solid if that makes sense 

Deliberator 

Deliberator is another spelling for Deliberate, to do things on purpose, so I give them ties to Fate and Destiny, and with how Krinkles has talked about making Fate and Destiny terrifying instead of mystical and so on I like the idea I feel it fits them most. 

Doesn't mess with Nevada and focuses on their job  

The gateway to hell in Deliberators body leads to is the most unique one in my opinion, their hell is filled with chains, ropes, and strings of varied thickness connected to every surface. 

I see a lot of interpretations making Deliberator more youthful in nature, and while I like those HC’s those interpretations don’t fit too well with mine, I see Deliberator as more serious and find those who try to mess with Fate and Destiny fools. 

Because of this they don’t really like Auditor that much, since the guy loves trying to mess with and change fate. 

Bonus! Shared HCs for all of them 

None of them care what pronouns they’re called 

Staring at them too long can cause a headache, something something trying to comprehend beings that are otherworldly and realistically should have never been seen in Nevada. 

Adding onto that, they trigger the uncanny valley effect on others so it’s really unsettling to look at them for a long time 

Sorry this took so long to come out, i was really weeding through ideas for these bois