Encore, the show must go on!

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Keep silliness limited and keep to the current tone

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Deities can be talked to normally, but only at select moments (NOTE: this isn't all strict. For more info, refer to this post.)

Q: What is this AU?

A: Hard mode AU, everything is upped to extremes to the point of "overkill." Party Members fit their given roles; Theater themed villain.

Q: What is the tone?

A: A more intense, grim story. Siffrin's misery is turned up to an eleven. But it still retains the original's comedy and found family themes. There's hope.

Q: What's new?

A: There are two new curses that plague Vaugarde. 1) The Theater Curse, where people become puppets 2) The Blood Curse, where people rot when alive. A: The King has been replaced with the Director, a minor deity who is actively ending the world.

Q: What Curse do the Siffrins have?

A: Our main Siffrin has the Blood Curse. He's at stage 3 and his eye became nonfunctional due to the Curse. He'll periodically bleed. His Curse worsens from magic waves or from specific intense emotions. These are more frequent within the Theater Labyrinth (House-equivalent) Our other Siffrin, "Dusk," has the "ghost" curse, where nobody but a Siffrin can see them.

Q: Who are the other Siffrins?

A: There's the one we follow the story of: - Dawn (Our playable character Siffrin) - Dusk (The "goth" loner Siffrin) - Lupus (The child Siffrin) - Loop (The unhelpful guide Siffrin) - Boulder (The dead one under the bolder) - The Comedy Director (ISAT Bad ending) - Sunrise (Mirror Dawn) - The Tragedy Director (Mirror Director)

Q: Do you ship anyone?

A: Not really. I've warmed up to Isafrin, but that's going to be a subplot, same as canon. Siffrin self shipping is not a thing here, past canon-typical teasing. The Director also uses this is a manipulation tactic, but backs out of it. EDIT: ok it's gay now. Romance is a subplot but this story involves no romantic dating

Q: Will Bonnie or Lupus ever get harmed in the story?

A: Absolutely not. Only adult Siffrins were harmed in the making of this story.

Q: Can I make fanart? Theories? Analysis etc.?

A: Yes!!! please @/ me!!!!!! tag me! i want to see!!!! While I don't ship things, as long as it's not too suggestive I will reblog it.

Q: Can I use your art for my PFP?

A: Yep, long as it's credited.

Q: Who runs the blog?

A: Starlightshore (Artist/writer) and Pedro Diogo (Co-Director/writer)

Q: What are those Theater Curse tag?

A: Theater Curse and its strains: Comedy Curse, Tragedy Curse, Parenting Curse, Theater Curse etc. are a Curse caused by the Director that mindcontrols its victims to be puppets performing a role.

Art References

The Director (Any pronouns)

The Siffrins (Loop: they/them Dawn: he/they ; Lupus: they/them ; Dusk he/they)

The Cast

(You bite the inside of your cheek.) (Okay, you're both unbelievably stupid and walk disasters, you got it!)

(Aughhhhhh...)

Eugh, okay, let's talk about something else. It seems dusk is taking their time getting here.

So... the Director's Sadnesses.

I didn't KNOW it was a Sadness! My blinding Paige memories were screwing with my head again!!!

No, I get that. Their Sadnesses sometimes appears within their puppets.

(Wait, what?!!) (That's happened before?!)

That's "Mal Du Pays," a unique Sadness that lives within the Director's Theater Craft.

Or maybe it's just using it as an opportunity to manifest? It's easier to take form if there's a physical base to work with.

Regardless, I didn't warn you because it's rare. And freaky. I didn't want to freak you out.

I have sufficiently been "freaked out", Loop.

You know, I could have really used your help when dealing with that thing.

I failed you.

Loop, you didn't-

No, it's true. I always fail you Siffrins. I've been honest about this from the start.

I will not save you, dawn. I will continue to fail you.

(You sit next to Loop with your head in your hands.) (How could everything go so terribly so quickly?)

(You were on track to get to floor 3.) (If dusk hadn't acted on his own, the two of you could've figured out the garden.)

Is there a way to reverse it?

...Not without paying an equal price. You know that's how wonder wells work.

(Three fingers.)

But the garden game can't be worth that much? Isn't that price too high?

There's no subjective answer to worth. Everything is equal to the Universe. It's your intent and belief that defines the value.

Dusk was stupid enough to think it was worth it, so it was.

(Oh...)

At least he knows better now. He won't go through that again.

...Dawn, are you being serious?

(But...) (But he couldn't have...)

Dawn. Your eye is still gone.

Loop, what happened?

Isn't it clear by now? Your stupid copy made a deal with the Director.

But... what does that mean? I'm still around.

I don't actually know what he agreed to. I was on break when it happened.

Do you know what he gave up?

Gave up? But we're in a timeloop, he couldn't-

That smoke. Dusk used a well. He had to give something up.

It was his fingers. Three of them. But-

Blinding- Okay. Okay. That's. That's not SO bad.

NOT SO BAD?! LOOP-

It's not a limb. It's not their blinding LIFE.

Three fingers isn't that high of a price. Except, it is, for a game YOU could've gotten done on your own.

That game was rigged! I couldn't get through it-

...I'm not being filtered or restrained. That game's been canned because of the deal.

Dawn, it didn't work because you weren't confessing to everyone in your party. Dusk already knew everything you said.

(What?) (That was why?)

What is going on? What deal???

SHUSH UP?!!? I'm DEALING with it.

...

Oh blind it, just get your ass over here so I can scream at you in person.

(Your ears wouldn't really like that...)

I don't care if you don't want to! GET OVER HERE!!!

Loop, please don't go into the well again. I need answers.

HAHA! Yes, dawn! My breaks are over. I won't be doing that again-

BECAUSE THE SECOND I LEAVE YOU TWO ALONE YOU START MAKING DEALS WITH THE BLINDING DIRECTOR!!!!!!

Loop-

Over the blinding garden? The blinding easiest game in the whole blinding labyrinth?!

It wasn't easy-

It is! All you have to do is confess something honestly to your party.

Blinding blind $#((@*$)!

$($(%)%(QW@$)$)!!!!!!!

(Uh.) (You should see Loop.)

(Assuming they don't jump into the well the second you get there, you REALLY need an explanation to what is going on.)

(...Mirabelle isn't at her normal spot again.) (You keep waking up early.) (That's strange.) (Is that your new normal?)

Oh, hey, Siffrin.

(You don't have time for this.) See you later.

Okay.

LOOP 56

(Dusk-)

[IDIOT!!!!!!!!]

(OW OW ow ow ow ow ow ow ow!!!)

[WHICH OF YOU IDIOTS MADE A DEAL!?]

(Deal? What is Loop screaming at you-)

[Not you.]

(Aghhh... ow.) (Your head still hurts.)

(...Loop?)

(Hello? Loop?)

(You take his hand, prying it open.)

(They're painted.)

(That's...) (That's impossible.)

Sniff... I didn't... I didn't want you to see it...

I should've told you.

(This is dusk?) (You were wrong.)

But it's okay, we can make progress now! I can... I can...

I can handle the pain, just...

(Oh.) (You take your bell.)

Ugh... is that...

(You hold it up.) (You're so blinding sorry.)

NO! Dawn, you can't! I have-

Horror post! Scroll past if you can't handle horror / implied gore!

(You're told to check his hands.)

(BUT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.) (YOU KNOW THIS IS THE DIRECTOR.)

(YOU NEED TO KILL HIM.)

(YOU-)

Anonymous asked: (if you kill the director here, will you even loop back? Wont dusk just be dead?)

(...)

(...Oh stars.)

(You were about to ensure dusk wouldn't come back.)

(Dusk would've stayed dead.) (And it'd be your fault.)

(Stars, stars, STARS, YOU MONSTER!!!)

(YOU HORRIBLE, WRETCHED-)

(They're moving.)

(The Director is stirring.) (There's no time to do much of anything.)

(But.) (But the hands.)

(Why did they want to hide their hands so badly?)

(You grab them.) (You pull at the glove, they're too long to rip off.)

(You tug and tug and-)

D-dawn?

(. . . W h a t ?)

Dawn, you're...

No, nono, don't look, don't look-!

(His hand. It's.) (There's rot.)