△Metaxis_ABBA

Basically, all the gods are hiding out in some human world, disguised as ordinary people, trying to find a way to save the Garden (while also doing a bit of preaching and faith-harvesting on the side (?)).

Septem is the one actually leading the gods (kind of the head preacher, I guess), and he has to bend over backwards to make this bunch of deeply inhuman-feeling deities come across as normal human beings. He uses certain means to summon Mary and Rafael back into physical form (though Mary might not be exactly what he imagined…). His relationship with Nulla is way better than in the game, and in this AU, Septem might even cross paths with Neo.

Nulla still wants to destroy everything, but this time there's a slight difference… Mary and Rafael might end up messing with his plans.

Neo still only comes out when you say his name, but because of Mary and Rafael, his attitude toward the player softens a bit.

Neo needs the player's help to deal with the problem of Septem having something on him. So, is he using you? Yeah, there's definitely some of that. But is it just using? Well… he actually does kind of like you.

And Nulla? Full-on self-insert romantic fantasizer about the player. Even though he gets along much better with Septem now, he's still pretty cold overall.