Dead but alive 2.0

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But yeah! Mimic is alone for most of it. Having managed to survive the fun war on their own instead of with one of the escape-groups that fell back. They knew about the plans but never ended up managing to get back with the bulk of the partypoopers who escaped. So they assumed that the others hadn't made it :((

They make all their disguises themself, often throwing away some to make new ones since they don't want to ever get caught,

Mimic also actually kind of lives in level fun??? not really but real close to it. They're often there because well-- yk, partygoer disguise. Unfortunately that does mean they have to participate in partygoer activities. While they generally try to avoid getting dragged into hunting parties, If its just them and one other partygoer they'll go.

..Though its always just them returning..

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Mimic's whole sort of deal is that they're trying to pick off the partygoers (though they'd never make an actual dent in the number of them, its something.) and do what they can to stop more people from dying/getting turned. So they try to leak most of the partygoers plans that they catch wind of, (Something that has pissed the partygoers off pretty badly as they're trying to find the culprit..)

Actually Mimic does end up reuniting with the other partypoopers though! it happens quite a bit later but Pim and Lux actually end up running into them <3 (who are both,, very horrified at the partygoer costume.) But I haven't totally thought out the lore for that interraction other than Mimic getting brought to the current camp/outpost and having to get used to the changes after the war.

They would be very very emotional about it all, considering they thought everyone was dead. But would also have good information on the partygoers. Considering they'd be one of the only 3 partypoopers that know about Defective Partygoers (The others being Cloudy and Cyrus, technically Pim and Lux too but,, they only get to see Print in person way down the line..)

Mimic's probably seen a few defectives get torn up in lvl Fun, they've also ran into Carmine firsthand (as both of them have the same goal of taking out normal partygoers)

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Tbh mimic likely has endured some pretty bad injuries from wanderers trying to kill them while they're disguised as a partygoer. So they've been through a lot </3

some doooddlless

I think they've started wearing more protective stuff underneath the disguises, no hoodie since it gets caught when trying to put on the head and makes stuff difficult. (i dont draw my partypoopers unhooded often but they're shadow/silhouette people for anyone who doesn't know :> i should probably make a reference..)

+ Most partygoers can't tell theres something wrong with mimic (since they range so diversely in mutations its hard to tell if its just weird genetics or something worth looking into.) Even though the entities in my backrooms variant are able to sense each others presence, only ones with a heightened ability would be able to tell they didn't "feel" like a partygoer. So they manage to slip past suspicion pretty well.

I think their disguises have also gotten better, in one of the wikis "partygoer leather" is mentioend which is wild to think people are turning them into leather but also something i totally think Mimic would try to do to make their disguises more indistinguishable.

The hands of the disguises also have a little pocket on the inside that they can put their hands into to keep them from sliding out/secures them more. They have to take their hand out of the pocket in order to stuff it through the mouth hole (the disguises are pretty much one piece, since more separation would be more suspicious and have a higher chance of coming loose and revealing them..)

I think mimic would get along well with Cloudy and Thirds, Thirds isn't at the camp very often but i feel like they'd bond over being alone after the war. Cloudy and Mimic would purely talk about their weird partygoer interactions + Cloudy would be interested in Mimics sewing skills...

YOU MAY!! I actually don't have that much for him though. He's pretty prevalent in the story but I've done almost nothing n terms of lore with him </3

idk where to start actually uhhh

He's one of the few non-defective partygoers i have, the other being Jest and on some level Begonia I think. He's not very serious about stuff + tends to be the last one to figure stuff out. (Unaware that Marble is defective, probably won't find out until Marble breaks and tells him or Begonia does.)

Volt somewhat replaced a different partygoer ocs role in my lore (Confetti), so he's pretty involved in Begonias lore. He, Marble and Jest had all been captured due to their weird traits for a partygoer research program being done by the MEG and ERC, which is how he ended up meeting Begonia + Marble. He spent most of his time there at the research base locked in a chair, so he took pretty much any opportunity he had to get under the skin of the people working there. They were instructed not to talk to / listen to the partygoers but he eventually managed to get the janitor to quit on the spot. Leaving the people working there to have to try and get a last minute stand-in.. He's pretty proud of that one, also because it indirectly caused him to meet Begonia. Who- after the people running it had gone to all the departments, finally gave up and asked their lower science-team/researchers. And she was the only one who volunteered for it.

He'd also eventually convinced Begonia to break them out after she spiraled which is what led to the destruction of that research base and her becoming a partygoer.

// Volts not as strong as some of the other's (especially not Marble), but he's pretty fast and agile for a partygoer. being able to climb most things / jump up to higher areas. Though its not a skill he uses that often.

Tbh Volt's abilities have kind of befuddled me, you'd think that since he's named Volt he'd have some kind of electricity or conduction ability but he doesn't (I figured it was way too far out there for a genetic mutation of some kind.)

I have had the idea that maybe he's got a really big vocal range, capable of getting loud enough to blow out peoples eardrums. But i think thats just a him thing.

Its probably fine that hes got a few different things he can do but I like to keep my characters themed to one idea. He's sort of just?? normal?? in comparison to Marble and Begonia??

Hes like that one average guy 😭 doesn't stop him from having a big ego though </3 I honestly think the ERC base may have just snatched him to have a controlled variable or whatever to base off of when it came to Marble (has a hard solid exterior) and jest (capable of mimicry/causing hallucinations)

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I dont have a lot of comments to make </3 I did some doodles based on an incorrect quotes generator once so i will,, put those here

I have so little on this guy its crazy.. I think if he read books he'd be a romance fan, Hmmmm oh actualkly depending on how i go with my lore, he may end up trying to kill marble if he finds out they're defective. Rip to that relationship (marble is heavily aware of this fact, its doomed yaoi....) Also Carmine's tried to kill him multiple times and keeps failing. I wouldn't be surprised if Mimic had also tried to kill him and failed.

i haven't done enough with him and marble man.. I gotta do more with them :((( Volt wouldn't be able to kill Marble on his own (though he'd damn well try), so it would either end with marble allowing his own death, or getting to some kind of?? agreement?? Marble wouldn't kill Volt even though he very VERY easily could.

Though even if they both end up living, it likely wouldn't go well. Considering my concepts on what happens to begonia / what she does...

(Recreated my old medbay comic v)

- In a world where Print never got turned into a partygoer,, she ends up using a spear as a weapon + still avoids people <3

- Print and Cyrus meet in that world because she trips over his unconscious body in level 6, no lore for how Cy got injured and ended up there but she ends up dragging his ass out.

- Cyrus wakes up in a shopping cart later much to his horror and confusion

- Theres also a concept of an au where Print isn’t defective, im not even sure if Cyrus would meet him there. The whole reason he ran into Print initially was cus they were both taking levels that were avoided by partygoers + people… Tulip would be dead here.

- theres a few other concepts that follow actual au formating (rather than “what-if” scenarios) i just uh,,,, chat is a school au where level fun and level 52 are rival schools that are separated by patch of forest cringe…. Begonia is a counsellor in Fun while Kyros is the principle in 52.. Cyrus gets into shenanigans and prints school has some kind of bully hierarchy or something. Guys this goofy ahh au is what brought me back to backrooms briefly awhile ago <3

I should really draw my partygoers human selves /pre-backrooms tbh, Print’s the youngest of the bunch to get turned. Tulip was an athlete, Confetti (in their brief lore existence) had worked in a salon…

Before getting partygoer-ified, she probably never thought or cared much about it. Idk her gender is an enigma... She actually doesn't have a name because I cant think of one that fits her,,

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- In a world where Print never got turned into a partygoer,, she ends up using a spear as a weapon + still avoids people <3

- Print and Cyrus meet in that world because she trips over his unconscious body in level 6, no lore for how Cy got injured and ended up there but she ends up dragging his ass out.

- Cyrus wakes up in a shopping cart later much to his horror and confusion

- Theres also a concept of an au where Print isn’t defective, im not even sure if Cyrus would meet him there. The whole reason he ran into Print initially was cus they were both taking levels that were avoided by partygoers + people… Tulip would be dead here.

- theres a few other concepts that follow actual au formating (rather than “what-if” scenarios) i just uh,,,, chat is a school au where level fun and level 52 are rival schools that are separated by patch of forest cringe…. Begonia is a counsellor in Fun while Kyros is the principle in 52.. Cyrus gets into shenanigans and prints school has some kind of bully hierarchy or something. Guys this goofy ahh au is what brought me back to backrooms briefly awhile ago <3

I should really draw my partygoers human selves /pre-backrooms tbh, Print’s the youngest of the bunch to get turned. Tulip was an athlete, Confetti (in their brief lore existence) had worked in a salon…

- Cyrus and Print have yet to eat together, though should that ever happen It would be a noticable moment of trust.

- Pim has muscle issues and can get injured very easily, Lux carries most of their supplies because of this.

- I think partypoopers would noticably “adapt” to environments. They would have kept themselves in level 52 to remain human. But the small changes would be noticable (Not enough to majorly change their silhouettes but for example: Kyros has grown claws and somewhat cold resistent hands, Diver has webs between their fingers, and Cyrus also has claws/is beginning to get them. Meanwhile Pim and Lux have normal human like hands.)