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I have many thoughts about what I suppose is my Ultrakill AU (which I will call "NEW DIRECTIVE") where Gabriel doesn't die, Hell doesn't collapse, and mostly everyone lives so I am putting them all in one spot for future reference (and go read the series here teehee I have many ideas that I will continue to add to it)

Gabriel doesn't die after being stripped of God's Light. After he kills the Council, he throws himself back into Hell, but the force that sustains Hell and its denizens fills the void left by the Light and Gabriel becomes a fallen angel that survives thanks to Hell's energy.

V1 gets fuel from Gabriel in exchange for sparring with him. Angel blood is a lot more potent than standard human blood (it has a bit of godly ichor in it) and tends to last V1 a lot longer since it takes longer to "burn" through. And because Gabriel needs a new purpose now that he's fallen, he asks that V1 spars with him so he can keep his skills sharp (and feel like he's useful in some way).

Hell also doesn't collapse. Because Hell is sort of a living being, it's able to reanimate the dead bodies of husks and create more demons from the remnants of the destroyed ones. In a smaller quantity, of course, but enough to keep an ecosystem alive.

In addition to Hell's ecosystem, the surviving machines have built their own little communities in the upper layers, and even repair some of the more intact machine bodies. These communities are fairly small, usually only about 5-7 units in a group. They have basically realized it's easier to maintain fuel supplies and repair themselves if there are other machines around to assist.

I plan to work V2, Minos, and Sisyphus into future works ;) and also maybe some of my OCs if I feel like it