Where Are The Other Creepypasta In The Slenderman AU?
Part [2]: Cryptid Creepypasta
Part [1]: Human Creepypasta
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Cryptid Creepypasta
Cryptid (noun) cryp·tid ˈkrip-təd 1. Any creature that can use magic or who’s origins stem from magic.
The Revolution resulted in the removal of humans as the dominant species and the creation of Cryptid Society. Therefore, any Creepypasta deemed a cryptid would be considered a part of that society with all of its luxuries and complexities.
We already know what the Slender Brothers and their Father / Cabadath are up to in the AU. But what about the other cryptid Creepypasta?
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Eyeless Jack
Whether you subscribe to the interpretation of EJ's origins where a ritual-gone-wrong grants an unwitting college student inhuman features and a taste for human organs or the interpretation where a ritual succeeds in resurrecting an unwitting college student as something entirely beyond human (still with a taste for human organs) determines where he falls in the cryptid social hierarchy.
While his human origins would undoubtedly attract some prejudice, the latter interpretation would attract less than the former. In addition, "canon" EJ has little to no supernatural abilities - physical or magical, which would also influence the amount of influence / respect he is able to wield in cryptid society.
But what would he be up to?
My first thought would be that he would be working as a surgeon since he undoubtedly has considerable skill with a scalpel. But would be he able to resist taking a bite out of his patients once all their juicy organs are exposed? Maybe he works as a butcher on the Human Farms where he can get a portion of the "goods" for his work. But the constantly leaking eyes would definitely pose a food safety issue without some serious accommodations. Maybe he decides to finish the education that was so rudely interrupted by a certain (failed or succeeded) ritual.
Up in the air for EJ.
Laughing Jack
Laughing Jack, as an entity that was never human, faces none of the prejudice EJ and other once-human cryptids do. However, I can see him having a hard time adjusting to the cryptid society that forms after The Revolution due to his single-minded obsession with torturing and killing human children. While most cryptids wouldn't care about any torment done to humans - no matter the age - his fixation is at the detriment of his engagement in society. If anything, he resents the creation of cryptid society for limiting his access to humans by reducing their numbers and relegating them to Farms or small, wild groups.
There are two paths I see for Laughing Jack; he could work at a Human Farm specializing in "younger stock" or he could reject the trappings of cryptid society entirely and live in the wilds terrorizing the remaining humans there.
Sally
Sally, in her "canon" interpretation, haunts the house she lived in when alive. This isolation would limit her knowledge of The Revolution.
She notices, however, how fearful the humans occupying her home become suddenly, huddled around their devices and whispering about "monsters" and "magic". She notices how fast they abandon the property after the smallest of her pranks or their children's briefest mentions of her when previously they would have brushed off much more with comments about "drafts" and "imaginary friends". She notices as the gap between living occupants coming and going gets wider and wider. She notices that the occupants that do arrive change from happy families arriving with their trucks fill of boxes ready to settle into life to bedraggled passerby with nothing but the clothes on their back, fear in their eyes and a desperation for shelter and rest.
When The Revolution is well over she meets her first cryptid. The now-dilapidated area has been marked for reconstruction. The surveyor who enters her home has horns and fangs and appears only mildly annoyed at her most frightening feats and scariest form when she makes a desperate appearance to try and chase away the scary adult.
After The Revolution and it's outcomes are explained to and understood by Sally, she has a choice to make. Under the laws of the cryptid government she is entitled to keep control of her home if she so chooses, but she does not have to be bound there. Any magical bonds that may be keeping her there in death can be broken easily and she can fully explore cryptid society or the rest of the world as she wishes. Or, she can stay in her family home untouched.
What Sally chooses is up to you.
I like to think she chooses the former and Splendor is called in to break the bonds. The two form a quick friendship and Splendor acts as her guide to navigating this new world - which isn't going to be easy as a ghost with all the prejudice against their kind for being "essentially dead humans", or as a a being that is essentially a child.
BEN / Ben
The fates of the Behavioral Event Network and the specific digitized child named Benjamin Lawman are similar. Human computer networks and other technologies were too vulnerable to magical / supernatural interferences to be anything but a liability to cryptid society after The Revolution. As a result, all human computer networks were discontinued and replaced with technologies which utilized a balance of electronic and magical signals. While similar to human inventions, these technologies are more secure against supernatural forces (such as ghosts residing in game cartridges or the internet).
All cryptids residing in the human version of the internet are given a broadcasted warning to either reveal themselves and be extracted from the digital realm or face what is essentially death once the internet is permanently disconnected.
Benjamin makes his choice and once more finds himself in the material realm, looking less like himself and a lot more like a certain video game character.
He has a brief stay at a ghost-specific orphanage as officials sort out whether he's considered a ward of the state due to his age when digitized or if he's mature enough to be emancipated after the years trapped in the game. Once that legal conundrum is sorted out he goes back to school with the aim of going into video game design. He makes some extra money on the side by altering popular human media to be compatible with the current cryptid-made network. He does not stay in touch with BEN, who -after finally getting their wish of being freed - has something like a mid-life crisis when they realize they have little control, authority or power in the material realm.
Smile Dog
Smile Dog, similar to Ben / BEN, receives the broadcasted warning and prefers to relocate permanently to the material realm rather than face permanent deactivation. Without the internet as it was during humanity's rein, "spreading the word" would become inefficient via physical methods and rather useless when accessible human minds are fewer but human meat and other "products" are easily attainable.
Smile Dog considers retiring and perhaps settling in with a cryptid who will give him head pats and meals on demand but ends up working in law enforcement. Under the guise of a Police K9, he quickly rises the ranks as an undercover investigator and interrogator, aided by his sadistic pleasure in breaking down the most guarded minds through his psychic abilities and dream control. He eventually gets "promoted" to military service where his favorite tasks are tracking and breaking down Resistance members. Human minds are just so fun to break.
The Rake
Despite it's humanoid appearance, The Rake would be considered a Feral Cryptid:
In the AU, feral cryptids are supernatural creatures with low intelligence or sentience. As a result, broader cryptid society regards them similarly to animals, though interactions with them are more regulated than the average non-magical creature. The populations of feral cryptids are monitored and controlled so as to not unbalance the natural environment while also preventing their extinction. Therefore, things like hunting seasons, hunting bans, bounties and other regulations are common...
Cryptids living in areas where The Rake and it's kind have resided treat The Rake like a particularly large pest. It is known to not look it in the eyes too long - no matter how long it stares - lest you agitate it into attacking. Homes in those areas are also outfitted with stronger wards to prevent it and other wild pests from entering. However, if one manages to get inside your home and you find it staring at you from your bedside, everyone knows to simply divert eye contact, keep movements slow and either hit it with a stream of Anti-Feral Spray or an equivalent spell to have it retreat.
While startling to see, The Rake and its kind are rare and not prone to attacking without being agitated.
Zalgo
Unfortunately, we know what Zalgo's role is in the AU.
As well as how it came to an end.
But his influence may be harder to be rid of than expected...

















