#once i... finish my ISAT fic...

[lunarle-old]

while i'm waiting for the muscle relaxer to kick in, i wanted to share what i remember from the original plans of lost kitten :p

basically, the whole story was... reversed. They knew he was Shuichi the whole time (Kokichi did anyway Xd), but they didn't know he was a Creaturr. he had shapeshifting powers originally!

(right to left)

and hey i actually have an animation with this old version. dan the dancer by mitski

otherwise i don't think there were TOO many changes? not that i can remember anyway :p

another other random thing too, cus i found my notes for it. the fic could've been called "remember to be patient", as a callback to the OMORI soundtrack. Between the name and the general feel of it...and also the fact you hear it in the snowy enviorment of the game...it jusr felt like it fit xD

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[chronologically-challenged]

I think this fandom is too normal about Petronille. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S ONLY IN HER LATE TEENS/EARLY 20'S WHAT DO YOU MEAN?????

Like like!!!! We don't have a timeline on when Bonnie and Nille ran away from home, but it HAS to be when Bonnie was really young. Bonnie doesn't seem to remember their parents well at all, and the most we hear about them is that they were "mean". So like!!!! Depending on how old you see Bonnie (10-12ish) and how young you think the two ran away, that could range from 5 to 9 years give or take.

Thats!!!! A range!!! At the oldest Nille (say 24) she was 18 or 19 when the two ran away, which is an adult but still pretty young, but the youngest range????? Hello??? If Nille is 19 now, she could have been as young as 11 when she took Bonnie!!!! What!!!!

I don't think that's the case, but still??? If we take the average of those two, Nille would be 16!!! 16!!!!! And taking care of her sibling basically on her own!!! Nille is a kid who had to grow up too fast and take on the world to make sure Bonnie and her could survive!!! Nille's probably been fighting a good chunk of her life for their happiness and that doesn't even ACCOUNT for the abuse their parents messed her up with. And then after EVERYTHING basically sacrificed herself so Bonnie could have a chance to live from the King's Curse!!!!!

And after all that!!!! Suddenly, she's offered protection from 4 random adults who also adore her sibling and want to take care of the both of them??? What do you do with that??? Do you even BELIEVE that??? Can you even trust that someone else than you could be trusted with your baby sibling? That you can let someone else take that responsibility. The responsibility that you took on with your whole heart and soul to the point you made sure that even if you basically DIED for all that mattered, at least Bonnie would have a chance.

You've been asleep for months and woken up in a new reality where you're not your sibling's whole world anymore. They've changed. You weren't there for it. These people Iove Bonnie so much. But do they know them as much as you do??? They weren't there all this time!!! You should know your sibling better than anyone here!!!

And yet. Yet...

You don't know what to make of this. You're happy Bonnie's safe. You're terrified you don't recognize the new parts of them that have shown up without you being there.

Your sibling lives in a whole new world now. They love you. They would come back to it just being the two of you if you pushed it.

But if you do, you're not sure Bonnie would ever forgive you for it.

(Are you seeing my vision??? Do you understand why I'm not normal about Nille????)

[chimerahyperfix]

You’re looking for something— no, someone, too, aren’t you?

(I can’t comprehend how you understand what’s going on, with your lifeless shell. Craft as you are.)

[onion-geeree]

thinkin of writing just like. a little plotless oneshot about my chronically ill Sif headcanon. soft and comfy little thingy

[toidinaton]

ISAT idea for a crackfic??

So.... I was playing in stars and time, and I just finished the kingquest and started act 4. And also I really wanted to do the sus quest as fast as possible, and get some dialogues with Loop. So I learnt from the isat wiki that I can get a sus point if I slip on a banana peel 10 times and then choose plantain chips on the first snack break. But before slipping on a banana peel 10 times, I decided to talk to Loop about something, and.. I got the dialogue where Siffrin shows Loop what they look like, and Loop asks him "to try not to die too early this loop".... Oops Yeah and I go and slip on a banana peel. Not once. But ten times.

Then I told my sibling about it, and now we're imagining it as a crack fic - Anyway, please make sure to not die too early this loop, Stardust~! *Goes and slips on a blinding banana peel* - Stardust what the fu- *Goes and slips on a banana peel 9 more times* (Maybe I'll even draw it if I don't get lazy)

[faislittlewhiteraven]

Undertale/ISAT crossover thoughts

Don't really want to write one myself (already got enough fics I'm failing to write XD) but ever since I finished In Stars and Time I've been thinking how I'd write a crossover between these two amazing games and I figured I'd share my notes in case anyone needs a bit of help/motivation in writing their own~ =D

Warning: These will mostly be in 'order of thought' as it's all barebones stuff. Also contains FULL spoilers for both Undertale and In Stars and Time so er, if you're still looking to play those/still getting through them don't read this and please play this incredible games.

Mt Ebott is located on The Island and the shattering of the Barrier brings the ability to see color back to all those on the (ISAT) surface.

Humans losing the ability to see color in ISAT was due to them/the 'wish wizards' of The Island sacrificing it (along side their seven strongest 'colour casters') in a Wish Craft ritual, naturally leading to humanity losing most of their 'colour magic' knowledge.

Undertale's 'sepia flashbacks' were all Chara's memories of how the world looked to them, BUT once in the Underground they were able to see (and remember things on the Surface) in color (hence the whole 'golden flowers' bit; it was still mostly just a cover story but Chara genuinely wished that they could see their favorite flower field as the 'gold' they realized it was rather than the 'mid tones' they saw it as on the Surface).

...The 'erasure' of the Island I'm thinking might've been accidentally poor Chara and Asriel's fault: with Chara's 'ritual' killing of themselves via buttercup taking three days to happen, Chara being from the Island insisting Asriel always give them flowers in groups of three, seven and thirteen, and an entire Underground filled with tons and tons of 'trapped' wishes from monster kind for their freedom combining with Chara's self loathing/desire to hurt those who hurt them trapping them in a loop that Just. Wouldn't. End. until Chara eventually snapped and pulled a 'May these people, this Island, EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE WHO'D EVER HURT THE MONSTERS I LOVE including me BE ERASED UNTIL THE MONSTERS ARE FREE!' and um. Welp. There went an entire nation... (also Flowey eventually remembered some of this but only after going back to being Flowey post Asriel and probably it took a while for him to sort through all that).

Which er, means in this fic, that the people of The Island and the Island itself are still 100% there but they've all spent roughly 8 years or so all blitzed out of their minds: Need to think of Chara's exact wish wording so its not just 'corpses everywhere' but very good odds the people on the Island were either running on full automatic for years or able to remember some stuff but only if they very very carefully did not think of themselves as their own countrymen/used the languages of elsewhere/were careful not to think of where they were as any actual location within their country...

...Which naturally would effect the kids by far the most as their very language is basically a brown note (bilingual types could at least swap over to a different language but likely most of The Island was rendered silent) and well, pretty hard to remember Mt Ebbot is the mountain that must not be climbed when you can't think of the locations around you by name and the adults may or may not remember the kids exist half the time so... Yeah. Cue a lot of kids climbing up the mountain due to both lack of warnings and increased chances of feeling ignored/isolated/hurt.

Aka why in Undertale we can never hear/read anything Frisk says, why the monsters outside of Flowey/Asriel never refer to Chara by name and why no one remembers Frisk's name until after the Barrier shatters: Chara's 'Wish' couldn't be broken until then.

Not sure where all the anime and high tech that's washing into the Underground is coming from but either The Island used to be a massive tech hub prior to memory erasure, a LOT of tech was lost along with the loss of color or The Island's memory erasure in the ISAT world color magitech? maybe the wizards tried to seal away more than just monsters?, or IDK maybe the Underground barrier techincally had them displaced outside of Space and Time a bit and the garbage that was washing in was from literally everywhere thanks to the Universe wanting to help them or something (side note: realizing the memory erasure from Chara may have accidentally snipped Universe worship from the monsters as well since they clearly venerate the stars also but well. That longing for the stars DID cause them pain so..).

Imagining that Siffrin and party are in Bambouche meeting Bonnie's sister (or idk, having a vacation or reunion there if you wanna give Siff a bit more recovery/'explaining his issues to his family' time) when the Barrier is broken and all the colors come rushing back. Best first sunset ever (right before the entire Surface world kinda flips out over color, and to a lesser extent those familiar with The Island start remembering more and more details as the 'curse' weakens a little with every monster leaving Mt Ebbot) followed up by Siffren and the others absolutely losing their minds over how beautiful the stars are with just a tiny bit of color to them (the stars no longer being passively pushed out of people's awareness helps).

Anyway next day the party realize they have to investigate: Partly because Siff is well, kind of losing their mind over being able to see and remember home a little, but also because W.T.F and the Island is clearly the epicenter of everything going on. ...Also Siff may remember childhood stories about colors being locked away to serve as warning for if the Monsters returned so um. That's could be a thing.

Meanwhile the Monsters are getting a MUCH warmer reception from the local humans than they ever could've imagined (accidentally saving a nation from enforced amnesia kinda does that) and are also very confused as to why no one knows who they should get in contact with for formal alliance stuff (not sure if The Island has much of a government left at this point honestly...)

Would Flowey and the ghosty Chara acompanying Frisk count as Sadnesses???

... And er, that's all I got plot/setup wise. Most of my brain energy had been spent on imagining what soul colors all the ISAT cast have and also 'What Pokemon would they all be if they ended up in a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game?' so have a list with my reasoning on that front! =D

Siffrin: Blue/Integrity - Might seem like an odd choice given his constant lying/acting but like. Given all of the memory erasure and the torture of the loops Siffrin's absolute refusal to compromise his family's happiness/safety or use the loops for literally anything not 'helping family/ending the loops' based (even when he's basically losing his mind and could really use just... Taking a loop or three to goof off or something) just screams how devoted he is to what he believes in and well, the amount he lies syncs up well with how insane he's going so yeah. Siffren is an Integrity soul who's having a really really hard time being true to himself due to all the wobbie breaking he's gone through all his life. Specifically I like to picture his soul as a very dark, deep black/blue with little pinpricks of other colored light (mostly green, red and yellow), like a tiny heart shaped starry night's sky <3 (And er, bet that soul went very 'red/bleeding sky' as he was losing it in Act 5; Determination isn't his color by nature but they were not well at that point at all).

Isabeau: Cyan/Patience - Isa is super kind and all sorts of things but what really sets him apart is just how patient he is about everything (in ways both good and bad). I like to imagine his soul looking like a blue daytime sky, maybe with the odd white cloud and yellow 'sun' dot: partly because it fits him but also partly to cutely contrast Siffrin's. *cue me humming Like Morning Follows Night from the RWBY OST because I mean. It kinda fits honestly

Mirabelle: Orange/Bravery and/or Yellow/Justice - Again another 'you might not think so' but like. Mirabelle is hella gutsy despite her anxiety and I admire her so so much (also JUSTICE BARRIER REFLECT AGAINST THE KING YAAAAGH! XD) Not super attached to it as Isa and Siff's but the orange/yellow glow of a sunset (maybe with some pink/purple along the edges to show her Perseverance <3).

Odiel: Green/Kindness - She's hella awkward about how much she cares and not the greatest at reading situations/reacting gently but like. Her sheer affection towards the others, her always watching and coming out with the bandages and how she point blank tells Siff 'nope, not angry at you nearly blowing up the world. Also you trying to do that because you love us is cute' means I can't really see her any other way~ Not sure if her soul would be dark green (for more Integrity) or more light green (for more Justice) but all in all, very very green, like light/dark speckled leaves <3

Bonnie: Purple/Perseverance - This kid endures so much so well I swear (they're also really brave so a little orange would work well too but despite everything I don't think bravery is their main characteristic). I like to think of their soul as very 'purple evening clouds with bits of brave orange gold/setting sun on the edges'.

And Loop has a White boss monster soul for reasons; thinking that in this crossover that Monsters believe that they were born from the Universe's compassion (with The Islander's myths claiming they're the result of failed/'cursed' wishes like the 'brother who can understand my suffering Wish Craft' fairytale Siff finds in the Orary room) and both Monsters and the Islanders believing Sadnesses are born from forcing a wish of cruelty/sorrow that goes against the will of the Universe (cue Chara and Flowey who probably were Sadnesses in this until the breaking of the Barrier grumbling that yeah that sounds about right and The King from ISAT proving to even more aaagh than he already was).

And yeah. I'm out of babble thoughts now so hope that this was interesting for you all and please feel free to yoink any ideas that snag your interest <3

[sketchthetofu]

Oh boy DO I (have a pd isat au). In Stars and Prime my beloved :) Started brainstorming it with @ohmigoshiloveu at first and then ended up roping in a whole bunch of other people (as I convinced them to also play the game lol). Omg even started writing a fic about it!!!!!

http://archiveofourown.org/works/54849613

There's some stuff about the au that I won't get into for Spoilers Reasons but the fic is all pre-loops stuff so if you want to get the jist of it omg my bestie beloved did a great job of interpreting the PD and fitting it in to ISAT mechanics :D

OH YAYYYY YAYAY!!! I looovveeeee aus sm and it’s so hype to see that there’s an isat pd au :D!!!

Ooooo gonna run off when I have free time to read the fic :O… also good to know!!! I haven’t finished the game yet- I sadly got distracted playing last of us part 1 with a family member so we shall see how long it does take me to finish- ahaha….. THO ONCE I DO BE PREPARED FOR ALL THE AU QUESTIONS!!! I love knowing everything about aus that peek my interest- giggles.

Tho I gotta know, what characters are who in the au :O??? Cus I had my thoughts and ideas for it but I’m so curious who you chose for who!

[aimlesspixel]

Isat Scintillation - Side Stories V1

I more so wrote these as a way to practice getting a feel for how the different character's think and act but since they are events in my fic I figured I may as well put them out there! Please make sure to read Chapters 1 and 2 first before biting into these.

Mirabelle

Mmph, Siffrin still looks like their pushing themselves a bit to keep up this pace. Don't they know how important rest is for recovery? He doesn't want any of us to worry i bet. I know we're going to reunite Bonnie and Nile but that doesn't mean that we can't slow down.

I wonder what Bambouch is like I know it's close to the sea but not much more than that. I'll ask Bonnie sometime.

Still I can't believe we managed to save Vauguard. We really do owe Siffrin I overheard her talking to them back when we just finished discussing our plans and if she's right we really didn't have any chance at victory without them. I'm so glad that we managed to save them from the time loop.

"Mirabelle is something wrong?"

"Oh madame! No nothings wrong, just lost in thought i suppose." "Alright well I'll leave it at that then I'm not particularly good with feelings. Besides that though i was curious if you'd like to discuss books?"

"Oooh would you really?! I have so many to recommend! Like the cursing of chateaux castle! And-"

"Slow down, yes I'd love to and please don't shout in my ear."

"Oh• sorry Madame."

"You were excited, in my endless magnanimity i shall find it in my heart to forgive you this time."

"Of course Madame I thank you graciously for your forgiveness (with a giggle)."

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Odile

Working too hard huh? Siffrin definitely worked too hard back in the house especially with the almost ending the world business... It's been bothering me a while, how come Siffrin and the king both knew wish craft? I mean they did start the loops (according to that star looking fellow named loop and our conversation with them) with wish craft they accidentally did so how did they know about it?

My best guess is with the last thing the king said about his country. If they're from the same place that may explain it.

Actually that explains a few other things too like why Siffrin said they can't go home and their poor memory I mean the whole thing with the king was no one could remember his country right? I can't imagine how that would affect someone who grew up there and moved to live elsewhere before everyone couldn't remember.

"We know you're all excited to see us but we need to find an inn so we can rent a room for the night." The kids apologize and run off. Honestly I'm glad we have the time to talk with the locals and such, not having the stress of Vaugaurds imminent doom looming over is a great change of pace.

We've come through here once already but we were collecting orbs then so I'll just ask the defenders around here.

"Welcome! Welcome! Are you looking for a room today?"

It's a bit impressive how fast Vaugaurde is able to continue regular operation after such a large scale emergency. "Yes what kinds of rooms do you have?"

"We have single, double, and triple bed rooms available"

No reason to change tradition "The three bed room please."

"Of course here's the key I'll show you to the room"

The room is pretty spacious for a three bed inn room. Maybe they're treating us since we just saved Vauguard. That's probably it honestly. Well i wont deny a little special treatment as long as we're still paying properly

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The Next Side Stories collection will feature Isabeau and Bonnie btw so hopefully you're looking forward to it!

[eyesoftheholder]

Left on Stage (ROTMNT FANFIC)

Summary — Casey Junior is in a time loop. This time, something goes wrong and two actors missed their exit cue.

Author’s Note: Second time formatting this ughsgdgs. Anyways! This is probably just gonna be a one shot (based off this post)

HOWEVER this is an in stars and time fancomic based on this premise. check it out here! I wrote this a year ago and only played ISAT December 2024 so the theater comparisons are coincidental

ok start fic sorry if this has wonky formatting idk how fics are formatted on tumblr

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“I got you, sensei!” 

Right. Back to the show. 

It played out like a script. Casey carried Leonardo across the battlefield with a wound in the plastron. Michelangelo would then arrive, creating a dramatic entrance. Then, the two would sacrifice themselves to save the world alongside Casey. 

All Leonardo had to do was follow his script, then make his exit. Afterwards, he’d join his family backstage and wait for the next entrance. 

But Casey and Michelangelo performed differently, throwing Leonardo off. 

Casey moved a bit too quickly, anxiously looking around him. He broke character a few times, muttering things not part of the show. 

Michelangelo stumbled, barely looking at Leonardo and Casey. His movements slowed, and he forgot his last line. 

The cracks on Michelangelo’s arms spread faster, yet he barely punctured time. It was too small. 

He won’t be able to open the portal. 

Leonardo could not let that happen. So, he went off script as well. 

An arm shoved Casey off. Leonardo stumbled towards Michelangelo, resting a hand on the box turtle’s shoulder. 

“Come on.” Leonardo would mutter. 

The portal would burst open in front of the two. They casted a shadow upon Casey, who darted forward. He grabbed Michelangelo’s hand, and pulled the two through the portal. 

Leonardo missed his cue, but so did Michelangelo. Technically this is Mikey’s fault. They missed their exit, and were now left on stage as the act progressed. 

… 

Holy shit I’m on the other side. 

Instead of hot, thick air, a cool breeze hit Michelangelo. He spoke first. “We’re-”

“We’re in the past.” Leonardo finished. 

An alley to be specific. People passed by the two without a glance. The sun had set by now with only the moon and light pollution illuminating the city. A towering jungle compared to the wasteland the two came from. 

“Where did Casey go?” Michelangelo whipped his head around. 

“Good question.” The hand around Michelangelo fell, followed by a thump. “Eugh, portal nausea.”  

The box turtle hovering his hands over Leonardo. Michelangelo’s eyes landed on his abdomen. “And you’re bleeding! What do I even do with this?” 

“Leave it and let the supersoldier genes deal with it.” The slider waved his hand and leaned against the wall. 

“That didn’t work in therapy back then and it won’t work with the literal hole in your plastron!” 

Leonardo sighed. “Get me a sturdy thing to stabilize my plastron, heavy duty glue, pain meds, gauze, and I’ll start finding Casey.”

“Nu-uh.” Michelangelo lifted his feet from the ground. “I’ll get your stuff, but you ain’t moving a muscle.” 

His brother pouted. “Whatever you say, bro. I guess I’ll just mope here, scheming.” 

“Mope on.” 

Michelangelo left, ascending upwards.

Leonardo will be fine, he thought while searching the buildings. His big bro has survived worse. 

A drug store turned off its lights. The humans inside left in a hurry shoving and giggling. Setting foot on the ground once more, flakes of skin began to fly off of Michelangelo’s legs. To him, millions of needles punctured his nerves and his physical form began to falter. It would be so easy to fall apart; melting into mystic energy and to depart. 

At the entrance sat a stack of baskets. He shouldn’t be here. He grabbed one. A gut feeling told Michelangelo he was to die opening a portal — by himself without Leonardo to help. 

But seeing Casey made Michelangelo’s chest twist into a knot. He didn’t know why or what it meant. But-

Michelangelo paused while roaming the aisles. An assortment of over-the-counter medicines sat at his disposal. More than Michelangelo had seen in years. 

“Just, a few.” Michelangelo grabbed handfuls of bottles. “I need-... need glue and the other thing for Leo. And gauze.” 

Michelangelo paused at each aisle, amazed at the amount of resources. Inside the basket laid all of Leonardo’s supplies. Before leaving, his eyes drifted towards the food aisle. 

He shook his head, that can wait. 

A door opened, further inside the pharmacy. More like a slam. 

The other intruders whispered amongst themselves. One of them stumbled about while the other was silent.  

“We should be safe here.” Hypno said. 

You!

This wasn’t the same Hypno Michelangelo had known for years. This Hypno was unaware of what he was about to unleash. 

It was like Michelangelo was remeeting Hypno and Warren again after the invasion. Emotions ran high; they had lost Raph recently; and Michelangelo may have reacted a bit intensely. 

Michelangelo dropped the basket and rushed towards the voices. Cracks spread up his skin as chains emerged, grabbing a hold of two figures. The two yelped, Warren holding the key in his grasp. 

“Hand me the key.” Michelangelo asked lifting Warren further from the ground. 

“Not you too!” The worm whined. “None you are getting! Not the Foot Clan and definitely not you strange mutant!” 

“Huh. Why aren’t you giving it to the Foot?” Michelangelo asked. 

“This thing’s gonna end the world!” Hypno said. “Unless we hold on to it.” 

“Have we met before?” Warren raised an eyebrow. “You look familiar.” 

What??

He should ask Leonardo about this. 

Now would probably be a good time to return. 

Michelangelo summoned the basket of supplies and grabbed a hold of his captives. With a burst of energy Michelangelo shot out of the door. Hypno and Warren cried out with the sudden speed. 

He carried the other two across New York, in search of Leonardo. The mystic burst followed the smell of blood leading Michelangelo to the same alley. 

Leonardo breathed slowly. Warren and Hypno stuttered at the sight. 

“Another one?” Hypno pointed, holding Warren and the key close. 

“The one and only.” The blue one interrupted. “L-“ 

Michelangelo shushed his brother, dumping the basket contents on the ground. “Ok, what do I do with this?” 

”Oh, that.” 

“Are you ok?” Warren asked, genuinely concerned. 

“Do you not see the blood everywhere?” Michelangelo spat. 

“Shsshshhh.” Leonardo held a finger up. “You two. You got the key?” 

The two looked at eachother, then nodded. 

Calm down… Leo’s going to be fine. He’s going to get through this like he always does. 

“Greatgreat, thank you Hypno and boyfriend. I love you guys.” Leonardo gave a thumbs up. “Which one of you guys wanna fish out the plastron in my guts?” 

“Boyfriend!?” 

“I have a name you know!” 

“I’m going to do it.” Michelangelo insisted.  

“Thank you bro, I love you too. Worm guy and Hypno gimme the pain meds.” The blue turtle laid his head against the wall, letting out a loud exhale. 

It wasn’t the first time Michelangelo cleaned a wound. His fingertips burned as he used his mystic powers to remove plastron shards. The mutant pair whispered amongst themselves as they opened the pill bottle for Leonardo. Warren handed the key to Hypno, who stuffed it in his jacket pocket. 

“How many?” Hypno asked Leonardo, tipping the pill bottle in his hands.

“All, pretty please.” 

Michelangelo interrupted. “Give him four.” 

Hypno handed the tablets to Leonardo, who swallowed all four at once. The mutants’ eyes widened, glancing at each other. 

“Mkay, Angelo. Glue the uh, stable thingy onto my wound. Not in the wound obviously but around.” 

Warren’s eyes narrowed. 

The box turtle did as told, bending and fastening a torn piece of metal. 

“They know what the key does.” Michelangelo whispered to Leonardo. “They’re keeping it away from everyone including the Foot.”

Leonardo hummed. “Gauze. Wrap it up like a present under the Christmas tree.” 

He adjusted Leonardo’s posture with a wave, and began to spin gauze around Leonardo’s plastron. Warren whispered into Hypno’s ear, who’s expression lengthened into one of shock. 

“Great! I feel soo much better thank you Mikey.” Leonardo hung off of Michelangelo’s shoulder. 

“Why are you two so close with the thingy?” Michelangelo asked. 

“Uh.” Warren glanced at Hypno. “Sudden change in heart.” 

“Yeah real clever, now hand it over.” The turtle held his hand out. 

“No.” Hypno stepped back with the worm in his arms. “What happened to you two anyways? You don’t look like the turtles we saw last time-” 

“We’re from the future, the world ended, and we’re trying to fix it. Give.” He tapped into a small amount of mystic energy to pull the key, neurons flaring up again. 

“From the future?” Hypno echoed. 

A pause. “We are too, actually!” Warren said. “The Foot actually killed us in the future when we tried to help you guys- or younger you guys.” 

Hypno addressed Warren. “Wait, we actually died?” 

Leonardo raised a brow. 

“Yep! I saw it! Took them a while to get to me though.” Warren patted Hypno.  “You died quickly though.” 

That explains some things. 

“But how did you two get here?” Michelangelo asked. 

“You kidnapped me and my roomie!” 

“No, I mean travel through time.” He said. “I opened a portal from the future to send someone here. What about you two?” 

They both shrugged. 

“Hypno, got anything?” Leonardo interjected. 

“Nope. Got no trick for that.” 

Michelangelo hummed. The other turtle nudged at him, gesturing at the two. Mind melding, Michelangelo asked are these guys for real? 

They are, I think. 

Was it related to that feeling he had earlier? It was heavy, its gravity pulled so much into orbit. It gave Michelangelo a tug that sent a chill through him. 

The two exchanged glances.

Michelangelo leapt forward; hands aimed for the key. He flinched with the sudden onset of pain. Hypno stumbled out of Michelangelo’s way with ease. His face landed on the concrete with a thump. 

“Give me it.” 

“No. It’s staying safe with us.” Warren said. 

“It would be more safe with us.” Michelangelo rolled over to address Warren. 

“With your guys’ luck?” Hypno added. 

“You two died the last time!” 

“And you’re about to by the looks of it.” 

Leonardo gasped. “I got it.” His fingers snapped. “We all hold on to the key.” 

The audience blinked. 

He explained, “We need a place to crash and you guys need protection from the Foot-”

“No we don’t” 

“-So how about we become your new roommates? Heck, I’ll even throw in this; we’ll work on finding a more permanent solution for the key.” 

“Yeah…” Michelangelo drew out. “We can... help with cooking and we have ties to the Mystic City.”

Silence followed. 

“Let us discuss this briefly.” Hypno said, turning around muttering to the worm. 

Something nudged Michelangelo’s arm. “Yo Mike.” Leonardo murmured. “You holding up alright? Need some meds too?” 

“You were bleeding out earlier.”

“Ok firstly we have supersoldier biology; secondly, you patched me up, I’m fine, but what about you?”

“Dunno. Something’s weird about all of this, the time travel thing.” 

“Yeah because you are the first person and decades, maybe even centuries, to time travel…” Leonardo said. “I also see what your powers are doing to your body.” 

Michelangelo said, “I’m doing fine.” 

“Your tremors say otherwise-“

 “SO we reached a conclusion.” Warren butted in on the conversation.

“You can stay for a few days. .” Hypno finished. “Depending on how those few days go, we’ll make a final decision.”

Leonardo held out his hand. “Deal.” 

Hypno lowered Warren to have the worm shake on it. “So you’re the blue one that makes bad jokes right? And that’s the baby?” He pointed at the turtles. 

“Alright, let’s head back to your guys place.” Michelangelo shoved Hypno out of the way, not bothering to answer the question. 

As the two lead the turtles back to the apartment, Michelangelo could feel Leonardo’s emotions; his emptiness and fatigue. 

I’m tired, Mike, he sent to Michelangelo’s head. I miss our family. 

I miss them too. 

I was prepared to meet you in the afterlife with them. A grand reunion where we could all catch up. 

I didn’t think I would survive the portal. 

I hadn’t planned on staying around much longer after you would have been gone. But, things change I guess. 

… I’m tired too, Leo. It’s just a feeling, but I don’t think our old turtle butts are supposed to be here. 

Then why are we here? 

I don’t know. 

…

Screams erupted from five individuals. 

The first grabbed her eye. It bled and its cornea was melded into an odd shape. People in the room looked back at her, concerned. She excused herself, citing a medical issue that’s always been there. 

The second flew into a billboard. His eye erupted into pain, but did not bleed. But his body was changed, it would never forget the invader that once resided. 

The third crashed onto a rooftop, tearing off his battle shell. Metal and electricity buzzed under his skin, shifting under his shell. 

The fourth almost slipped off of the beam he balanced on as his arm rotted away. It turned pink, before falling off and into the sea. 

The fifth waited as a tsunami of knowledge and power washed over him. Years of experience and exploration suddenly thrusted upon a young child, with one goal in mind. 

Find Casey Jones. 

[terkaterr]

Saw your tag about ISAT please tell me your ISAT thoughts if you have any I just recently got into the game and adore it

ohohohohohoohoo!! glad that you adore it cause if im correct i'm one of the people that got pere into isat and you by proxy :3

but yeah many thoughts and feelings about that game!!!!!!! first of all, LOVE the cast. i literally can't think of another game where every central character was so distinct and funny and loveable???? please rant to me about your favorite character cause I'm curious who that would be, but for me I think it's Odile. I mean, sif is the perfect dysfunctional fella and just like me fr fr (derogatory (this game wasn't the only influence but it did tangentially made me start therapy)) and Loop was the one that got me into the game (just needed to know what was up with that cunty star) but ODILE!!!!! you agree. no but really i just enjoy her presence immensely and her jokes made me laugh the most (yoink!) and her story made me actually physically tear up...... she's just perfect in every way, nerdy and stern enough to sigh at all those kids but also so so caring and protective of them..... and she's smart!!!!!! like really actually!!!!! and may or may not be trans we'll never know and she'll never tell but she's like the coolest person out there did i mention i love her??!?!!?

i don't know how far you are into the plot and i don't wanna spoil anything (although i spoiled like most of the things for myself and in fact only started playing after i watched an entire play through. one could say i was a bit obsessed at the time) but just. !!!!!!! awesome game that will break ya and then pick up the pieces and that's the best kind of game!!! (spike spiegel voice) i just love a game that could actually kill me

i haven't touched it since summer when my isat insanity happened (my brain is still full of trigun, nothing else sticks for long) but i still think about it fondly and do want to replay it once i forget the finer details..... i started writing some sort of train-of-thought/vent Loop monologue fanfic even but then forgot about it, maybe whenever i get a refresher that might get finished. oddly enough isat did just give me more trigun ideas instead of fic/fanart ideas about the source material as is, i think for me that signifies that the piece of media is already perfect

[abyssal-author-and-artist]

hey did you know i really like your writing? uyeah you. you there. i re-read your fic when i want to think about isat because it's so so good. did you know i like your work and i like the way you write the characters. did you know

hey did you know that i love this ask. yeah this ask and honestly you and your art. every once in a while i go back and i look at the piece of fanart you drew for my fic and usually i scroll through your blog too because your art style is beautiful and like. did i tell you i cried/pos when you asked to do fanart of my fic. did you know i was literally so overwhelmed with happiness and emotion that i straight up started crying and you asking to do fanart of something i wrote literally made me happy for literal months. did you know i'm going to treasure this ask forever because i love that something i wrote resonated with you so much that you had to draw art about it, and then that you wanted to send me an ask about it? did you know that because of this ask i'm probably going to finish the fic i'm currently writing (nothing isat, it's just for the bit) i'm going to write the next isat fic i have lined up and i'm going to release it into the world and i'm probably going to wonder if you see it?

[circusfable]

Once I finally finish my 94739794847384 isat fics and can focus on trigun again oooohh it’s so over for y’all

Y’all aren’t ready for the trigun isat au I’ve been cooking up

[openphrase123]

i'm too shy to comment on ao3 ._. but i love love love dress rehersal so far...your writing is beautiful and incredibly gripping and you have such an amazing grasp on the characters that makes the fic feel straight out of canon!! i haven't read your other works yet and i don't usually read unfinished fics(my heart can't take cliffhangers) but your writing has that addictive feel so once i have the time i'm going to devour the others :D i hope you're having an amazing day!!

thank you anon!! i'm having a fun silly time with it :) and i say this whenever anyone says it "feels like canon" but literally i can only do that because insertdisc5 has such a strong voice to latch onto for fic purposes. i can only tap into tones in fics if the source material is like. good on its own. and isat IS so it's very easy for me to write for :)

also if you're not a fan of cliffhangers i would suggest waiting until like friday to read curtain call if you're gonna read it before i finish it, because i left it on a pretty harsh hang last friday. past that there's still hooks but i am not as mean with the chapter breaks after chapter 12

[auncyen]

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2. Do you read/reread your own fics?

Oh yeah. Especially when I want to continue them and need to refresh myself on what happened-- no but seriously I have reread pretty much every fic I've written at least once. It's basically "I wrote it because I wanted to see the fic exist, of course I'd read it". I probably reread my own fic just as often as I reread fic I liked by other writers...possibly more just because it's very easy to remember where to find it LOL

3. My FAVORITE fic I've written is. THAT'S TOUGH. I do like "When the Cat Dragged in the Trickster" though it'd be nice if I, y'know. Finished it.

6. Yes there are fics by others I reread all the time. I am fandom monogamous like when I am in one fandom, I'm REALLY in it (even if I still check on others--like, I think everyone can tell what video game I last played LOL) and that's the one where I'm reading fic from and where I'll be rereading fic a lot

.......I started listing ISAT fic I reread often and P5 fic I remember rereading a lot when I was more active but I found it getting long so I'll just leave it at the "yes there are fics I reread often". A lot of it is when I like the way a writer describes things and the flow of their narration--I consider my flow okay, but I tend toward simplistic and my description can be BAREBONES lol (I was reading a writing advice book where the writer was furious about "silver boots" because they're like "BUT ARE THEY LAMÉ OR--WHAT ARE THEY MADE OF?" and days later I still haven't looked up what lamé is--okay after right clicking to google I know what it is but still that's not even something I think about when thinking out a scene, visual description is an incredible weak point for me). Like, I don't hate what I write (...I don't hate what I post. sometimes I hate what I write) but I do get very fascinated by writers striking a strong balance between painting a picture and not bogging down the pace.

[wayward-stardust]

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3. Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/fic

I don't have a consistent process (it varies by fic/chapter, and whether it's a oneshot or part of a larger project), but the general idea is:

start by outlining, or at least writing down the basics of what happens in the chapter

start writing? i don't really know how else to describe it. When I'm working on the early stages of a chapter, I tend to jump around from scene to scene a lot, then in the later stages I'll fill in the gaps from beginning to end. If I need to make notes (wanting to look something up, or potentially rewrite a sentence later), I tend to mark them with [[double brackets]] so I can find and remove them later.

once I've written out everything, I'll give the chapter/oneshot a quick readthrough to make sure that everything's there and then copy over to ao3 (assuming I'm planning on posting it) where I'll do a second read-through to check formatting and do another typo pass.

I tend to edit as I go instead of doing multiple drafts, and my fics aren't beta-read, so the finishing -> publishing pipeline isn't that long

11. Link your three favorite fics right now

There are so many good fics out there that it's hard to pick just three, but (all three have isat spoilers. you've been warned.):

jamais vu by beaufort12 (my favorite isat fic, and it's not particularly close)

Crumbling by ohmaerieme

Dress Rehearsal by blueshine

16. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?

Just counting ISAT fic ideas that I've actually got written down somewhere (there's at least one more that I can think of that's not): 6? 8 if you count my two published wip multichapters since those are technically ideas I'm working on.

One fic concept that's been on my mind for a while is my Loop character study fic where they happen to be aware of the fact that they're in a videogame (it ended up surprisingly canon-compliant). Unfortunately, the time I've spent thinking about it hasn't actually translated to words on a page.

51. What's your total AO3 word count?

As of the time of writing this, 50431 words (just hit 50k!) The majority of that is ISAT fic, actually (29587 words) (and a lot more if you count my wips).

55. Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers' reactions to certain ones?

Favorite character in general, of the ones I've written for: Mirabelle.

Favorite character to write, of the ones I've written for: Siffrin. There's something really compelling to me about his internal monologue. Odile's also fun to write dialogue for, although I think I'd struggle more if I were writing her as a POV character.

[characteroulette]

for the ask game!!

5, 19, 21 and 23!

awh thanks ;w; ;;;

What ships captured your heart?

Oh you know me, I am all in on Snufpollo. But Isafrin really got me, too. As well as the whole ISAT team polycule courtesy of @versegm (read their stuff it's all fun, the gang are comets!!!). I guess I can also say Elias and Bryant, considering. I wrote 3 fics for them lmao.

Share your favorite piece of dialogue

Hmm... Maybe not a back and forth, but this bit from my hanahaki Laywright sticks in my mind (and is probs my funniest line) --

"My sincerest apologies. I am, as we've discussed, currently dying."

Ya gotta love Hershel Layton continuing to fight no matter what XD

What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

Good question!! Considering I don't often go into writing with a solid plan, just a general idea of what scene I want to happen, I am always surprised at how I end up getting there. Just release the guys into an enclosure and see how it turns out. XD this is a pain in the ass btw

I guess the most surprised I was at a write this year was this out of nowhere bit for my flesh eater kiddo. It's helping me solidify how the big scene happens! (I need to get back to them aaaaagh)

If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

tbh that flesh eater kiddo bit was probably my most satisfying and I need to rewrite it once I get the whole of their story finished =A= (also one of the more satisfying writes I did this year is still a secret until it can be published haha) also Layton and Luke ukagaka I am so happy I got them finished on time

Sorry this is a boring answer, I'm satisfied when I finish ANY of my writes haha. THE most satisfying thing really is finishing a project XD ;;;