GCI

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In the Clone au did Bryan ever fully finish the uniform he made for Iris?

And (same au) will we get to see more of the clone and otso hanging out together?

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For any FTO au of your where it applies, was there ever a point in time before/ when bryan first joined the protectors where they didn't know or didn't realise how much influence he had on aspects of the city in the background?

yes bryan finishes it between few days Iris has off of fixing peices that werent quite right and making sure everything’s attached correctly.

maybe a bit otso is not likly to be majorly involved with outside of portal Bryan hanging around him to get the basics down.

In the lower levels of city’s like the one their in it’s become quite common for some of the more artistic business owners to spraypaint their adds on the walls, but they arnt often left up for long. Fight or fall into obscurity is how the rules work round here.

I had difficulty getting GC into a more cyber punk style and street wear dosent really fit him… so I’ve decided the animtriocs are going to have bits of steampunk in their designs

the core of the city is as the statement of core suggests the most central part of adlantide and the presence point of which the expansion of the city started from when it transformed from just a simple fishing town to one of the continents biggest trading ports. the building itself nowadays serves as the meeting place for the collective of noble, the grand magic council, the major and the grand master with the grandmaster and GMCs offices being located within the building.

the bottom most level is an area available to the public being ocanssly occupied by gatherings organized by any of the building’s occupants. Otherwise the area is free to use and wander to marvale at the interact patterns lining the inner walls.

ironically the bottom most part of the council building isn’t even a part of the actual structure, it serving as a trading and storage area when it was still completely sealed. The buildings original purpose was to serve as a lighthouse having been designed and built by the same architect who would later further expand the city and who’s desinses are still referenced when building today. the then lighthouse was close to a magic vein allowing it to constantly flow into the bulb at the top of the tower shining though all matter of chaos and uncertainty brought upon by storm or fog.

When the city expanded into the sea the lighthouse no longer needed and was transformed into an astronomy tower. When the city came under attack the tower and its walls were seen as the primary source of safety due to it being enhanced by the magic flow and the constant channeling of celestial magic into the building protecting the inhabitants inside.

the astronomy tower used a mix of magic ruial and early mana technology to gather and channel the magic of the beyond(celestial) with the original mechanisms being carefully stored in the east branch of the adltide library where its free to study. The technology used by the architect was later used as a baises for what would later become the mana tablets the Divil medical company is known for.

the tower is one of the oldest structures in the city along memorial sights nearby to record all who fell in the war with even some of those suspected to have been protected by the architects mana technology given any and all who attempted to damage the sights are often injured worse then the history they tried to destroy.

read this

https://archiveofourown.org/works/86412146

It’s boileds first(written) fic and they did a very good job.

do it.

(TW! Death, the quick end to those severely ill, alluded murder/killing of an animal(not pets never pets) and religious veiws of select thing in this case magic)

death magic, or disruption of the cycle magic as it’s occasionally called, can be separated into two diffrent branches of it: Absorption and Advancement.

Both lead to simaler outcomes but in different ways and to best showcase this we have two death mages as examples, The Foolish(the replacement for jazz) and Shadow the dragonslayer(my Oc)

let’s start with The Foolish, who’s magic branch is Advancement which can be clearly summarized as the rapid Advancement of a living things life. They do not absorb they do not gain from the use of their magic and if used improperly it can easily rebound on them and violently yank them down their lifespan. They often smell of death if they use it enough as they cause anything they touch to rapidly decay turning into mush.

Now Shadow, their magic is Absorption which while affected by the fact it’s the dragonslayer alternate of the branch dosent make much of difference in the example. Death mages wielding the Absorption branch drain targets of their mana life force and in rarer and extream cases soul energy, and as a result is often considered the more powerful and dangerous of the two addition to it being a bit more difficult to wield compared to Advancment. When used correctly the weilder can even extded their own lifespan but there’s only been a handful of cases and often the mages body becomes to frail or their internal lacrama shatters.

to put it simply we can use two timelines of the same length, one for Advancement and the other Absorption.

Advancement goes from the beginning of the timeline to the desired point in a nearly burst of speed and once there it cannot go back.

Absorption takes the timeline and breaks it into a smaller one with the end that was broken off never coming back. Insead when their magic is pushed back into a host it’s after the subjects exasperation hence the alternative title for branch of Absorption is also called necromancy.

those who’s time line meets its end at the hand of either branch have diffrent outcomes clearly identified by the state of the body.

branch of Advancment leave behind either skeletons or the still decomposing remains of whatever they attacked. Someone who was twenty now looking like they were 100 years old.

branch of Absorption on the other hand leave behind withered body’s, someone who was in peak condition well fed hydrated person could be reduced to a malnourished husk overnight the peak description of a mummy.

the two branches of magic are also regarded differently by religion specifically the followers of Anhkseram god of the cycle of life and death and the followers of his monster the lord of many hands. Branch of Advancement is often more favored in circles of Anhkserams followers as they occasionally believe that with it used at the right time they can meet their god sooner when their soul is at its brightest. They do not often taken kindly to branch of Absorption given its affiliation to the Lord of many hands.

Absorption is favored by the followers of the Lord of many hands given while its users cannot take in the physical body of whatever their casting it on unlike their Lord they do take in their energy which at its core is exactly what their Lord does when their lord devours something. Unlike the followers of Anhkseram the followers of the lord of many hands don’t mind the presence of mages who use branch of Advancement just as long as a matter of fact their often tasked with things like ceasing the suffering of the horribly ill or stoping plagues due to their resistance to such things.

Clone Au obviously not currently talking but they know where eachother are, their just terrified of talking to eachother(gotta love emotionally constpated people making their own plot point)

DartBoard and his GC, Stickers(named because he has a bunch of stickers covering his acess panel and under his sleeves) are still an absolute duo when not helping the chaodic 4(its a side thing they do) they’re dealing with the chaos of their world which includes any chaos that follows around their Bryan, Scrapper. They’re trying to find any leads on the OG punkrocks and act as a kinda main domain of info gathering for everyone else when there’s time to stop by(as their in a more down town area which means slightly underground in addition to being more south then the other locations so it can be difficult to get to them)

Ani!swap currently separated in the current point of the story with Iris being decommissioned, but their dynamic was a lot more like a tired father and courise but easily spooked kid. That’s mostly down to the animtriocs being mentally much younger then their main universe counterparts(which makes a bit of sense as they have only been built for at most 8 years at the older side with Bryan and Iris) GC while confused by Irises presence inteally was basically like: “screw it we ball” and then he had a beep boop living in his game booth.

and

(imma prob send more asks later once I go back over some of your work to refresh my memory for other questions :3 )

it’s actually less of a hole and more of a pattern on Bryan’s skin.

Dylan definitely is as him and Vinny had him take off his shirt to fully survey for any other areas that weren’t fully repaired(it’s luckily just the arm)

Blank is also aware having been told by both Vinny and Dylan.

the rest of candys are both vaguely aware as Bryan simply stated people will stare if he’s not bandaged

Davy does know having been told but it’s not likly they’ve actually proseased the info due to still being very hostile to Bryan at the moment(he won’t be in the same room)

GC and Iris are fully aware having been told by Bryan directly, both have seen where it goes up his neck. They’re both especially worried about the arm given how little it might take to fully take off with the bandages not doing much. Iris especially makes sure Bryan’s cleaning the arm properly and has bandaged it after Bryan got dragged into baking with hatter and subsequently got painted with baking ingredients

questions protaing to lore can be sent to me(regarding my randtions of things) this will include any of my AUs if you want to write or just know more.

it can also just be further elaboration of things mentioned in chapters.

I don’t like the premise of FTO nexus or season 6. Don’t like the whole magic is banned all over thing.

my reasoning for this is because they exist in world where there’s a lot magical species. Magic is a nessaity for them to live and function. We have the Fae the fairy’s Los’Gaotions elf’s dragons constructs and a bunch of others that we might think of.

I’m not trying to bash on the writing, but I do think the idea is quite silly and a bit over done.

so in that case GCI, what would you have the main conflict of nexus /season 6 be? I might hear you ask.

stagnation.

Abraham viewing magic as dangerous and untamable has it banned from the city, angering magic wielding resents, traders, travelers and races alike but he stands firm doubling down further this beginning the city’s decline. With the ban trades become less and less with them only stoping at adlantide if they absolutely have to. The city becomes hollowed as those who are able leave taking business and people with them. and those who can’t? They remain trapped in a dieing city. The guilds now are just puppets being used by the grandmaster to enforce his terrinay, the majors position has long been left empty and the grand magic council is just ghosts all that remains is the collective of nobles and the grandmaster.

Abraham has the nobles in fear of him much worse then Bryan ever did after all he continues doubling down digging the city’s grave deeper and deeper with him at least when it came to Bryan he was reasonable.

Bryan…

Bryan dosent physically appear in the plot he haunts the narrative. As the one noble actually keeping the city alive he dosent have the time to do so. Him and his company are the one thing keeping the city’s heart going.

but with the magic disrupting stones lining the streets he’s visibly weaking, his immune system is weak his body having been protected by the raging fire of his magic wears down rapidly as it claws at a way to keep him alive. And he becomes the physical manifestation of what Abraham is doing to the city.

So what happens when he vanishes upon becoming too sick to complete his duties?

Abraham puts pressure on the nobles to adavnce the city like being the most technologically advanced city will save it from his actions. But the only adavnced technology anyone can come up with primarly uses magic or electricity and they relayed on magic to get that electricity and now with them gone or imprisoned they can’t get it but Abraham insists they find SOMETHING.

the city’s advancement relies on the union of magic and technology only then can it flourish. But Abraham won’t listen, and nothing but single flickering lantern stands as the representative of the rebellion against him.

either he listens or he dies.

for there is no other way.

his heart shall be the sacrificed to bring the city to life.

in addition to Bryan’s/alephs title as the Lord of Absent cycles (as Anhkseram is the god of life and death hence cycles) and the One of many hands(self explanatory), he also holds the title as The final verdict(which comes from the fact he ends the cycles by simply abosrbing souls bringing the recycling of that energy to a standstill as it merges with him)

The Inmo vs Bryan match was heavily in Bryan’s favor. Bryan would have won had he just kept flooding the arena with fire as Imno notes he dosent have the mana copasty to keep jumping out of range.

only reason it was a draw was because Bryan was annoyed by Inmos lack of trying anything other than jumping, as it wasn’t an exiting match to watch or be a part of.

that actually brings up two good points: Bryan has a greater mana copasty then a lot of rookie mages we see enter the guilds able to at bare minimum flood half the area of the arena with little recharge time between, is able to give up enough mana in a unsion raid to blow up an entire island completely, and when he passes out at the end of the muddy water(Mario and boat) vs heavens wrath(Lo’Pho and Bryan) match Bryan collapsing seems more of physical exhaustion and the stress of dragon force(with it likly being forced rather then a natural overflow of magic skill) rather than mana overuse as he heats up his bed and is in notable pain after moving too much.

Bryan is a menace.

I’m being serious that man probably has Boat conserned for his safety sometimes.

because that lizard has A: beaten Boat twice(part help from group 3 v 4 and the season 4 match)

and B: boat won the match against Bryan in season 5 because he threw Bryan though the wall. He had to hit Bryan with a heavyer hit because Bryan actually had him on his toes a bit, you don’t hit a guy a little harder then normal because you need to win a game you hit them harder to get them off so you can have breathing room Boat just missed the mark of how strong that was. Bryan was left in a massive crater for gods sake Boat probably thought he killed him and I mean I would too if I just sent a man tough a 2foot think marble wall and into a mix of marble and wood planks.

boat was probably as much as he was glad to that Bryan was alive(and able to fu—ing walk) and probly mildly terrified that Bryan was still up and perfectly conscious.

you don’t get thrown several feet though a wall and walk it off.

that match ended because Boat badly damaged the arena not because Bryan was defeated.(also technically because Boat threw Bryan out the field)

Bryan is at current fourth ranked(pretty sure tell me if I’m wrong) among the dragonslayers when taking in account of: magic output(the coverage of spells), mana copastiy(how much is stored), spell range(amount of spells), weapon skill(no temporary summoned weapons like knifes made of light), and the ability to use these skills to their full advantage(split between body and mind)

which is ranked under let’s see: the guy who can summon bedrock. The guy who is so focused on power it’s a wonder he hasn’t been called worse things but power hungry is good place to start. And the guy who has the literal power of the stars at their fingertips and only weakness is being reduced to the rock they are.

allmouse says Bryan has a lot of potential and yeah that true he does but he dosent need allmouse to help him figure it out, as a matter of fact ied say allmouse is an extream hindrance to Bryan’s growth. Bryan works best when allowed to think he’s a strategist his wall in season 5 is a creators block and then allmouse rolls in and starts mentally attacking him and for what? So he can have all the dragonslayers in his guild? The guy who decided he was so important 1000 years ago that he needed to come back in the modern day to help people?

talk about no hope or trust in the city’s decendeds man…

I only wrote this because I can post what I wanted to.

-ADHD, “but wait iris isn’t very hyper” he is just quite about it comes with you know the trama that man has.

-very smart it’s slightly implied that iris got into college via scholarship meaning that man is smart but worked his a— off to get there. Good for him.

-him and Bryan attended the same college just at never interacted or only saw eachother from afar with iris not recognizing Bryan now because Bryan’s not the pokemon outfit.

-Iris struggles to recognize faces you can play a recording of someone speaking and he can tell you there name if he knows who they are but the second you ask him to match it to a face he has no idea what he’s doing.

-because molten and security become their respective business owners close companion(security is more or less Dylan’s kid, and molten is well trusted friend) GC gets hit with the same kinda deal and would more or less end up as the only good parental figure he ever has.(which says a lot to how iris bio parents are)

-don’t know if anyone noticed but due to Iris being showen with either black/grey or brown eyes I’ve made the decision to give him hetrocromia, brown in the left black/grey in the right.

-will eat anything editable and will occasionally chew on pens, favorite food is anything grape flavored.

-lot faster and nimbler then one would expect, he has no issues scaling trees/walls/fences within a minute.

-he like train. He likes how everything fits together, and their history.

-Henderson is his grandfather and looks like a young version of him, which would make GCs initial dislike of him that much worse because not only does Iris have the same job and problems as Henderson but also looks like him with the exception of the eyes.