SillyandQuest

X gets a doggie. Specifically he comes across one of those rescueable wolfloids you find in X6. It was the last one in what was the most dangerous area and was really beat up when X found em. He's surprised the dog didn't contract the virus that was floating around at the time. It was rushed, but X did manage to patch up the poor pupper and brought it somewhere safe.

After that though, the dog would start following X around during his missions, always close enough to see but far enough that X couldn't reach. X noticed, but he thought that the dog would wander off on its own. That didn't end up happening and once he recognized it was the same wolfloid he saved, X found an open space to try and approach the dog. Though the dog approached and even gave X's hand a sniff, it scurried off before X could give it a good scritch.

It became a kind of routine after that. The dog follows X, X finds an open spot, the dog approaches, the two get a little more comfortable (usually through treats and pets), and then they go their separate ways. But it got to a point where the dog didn't leave like X expected and just followed him even when he went back to Maverick Hunter HQ. At that point X stopped calling the wolfloid "the dog" and gave it a proper name.

I think it'd be funny if X named his dog Chiptune, but only ever uses one half of the name when he's around other people and confuses everybody. So far I'm thinking Chip will be one of those chill dogs that loafs around for the most part. Very smart, very loyal. Absolutely excellent companion for X since this is around the time he leaves the Hunters.

I've only drawn his face once or twice, here's my attempt at a full body doodle:

To Zero: I'm glad you're dry from wetness, and you look great in pink! Do have a special comb you use for your hair? Here's a little candy.

To X: Are you and your kids ok? I hope that everything will be alright.

And finally to artist: I really like your drawings! Your art looks so cozy! Thank you for your art, and for inspiring other Mega Man artists!

And meeeee:

Sure thing

@fencerarcadia A wet cat you say?

Heard you loud and clear.

Does this suffice?

X as Zero's mentor: "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act in spite of it."

(AKA, wise old mentor guy. A Obi-Wan Kenobi if you will. Zero's more the Han Solo.)

Imagining Dynamo, Lumine, and Vile as a group sounds absolutely hilarious. I like your au already.

[It's my first time asking you]

Oh, it's just a role/personality swap au I came up with recently

I gave X 100 years of experience to explain his high ranking in such a short amount of time. Gave Zero anxiety to explain the rampage when he woke up. I gave them new looks technically, but honestly it just made sense to use the most detailed armor X had to compare to Zero's more basic gear from Maverick Hunter X. Really make it clear who's more experienced, y'know?

The boys still have the same core beliefs too, X believes in peace, Zero doesn't know what he's fighting for yet. Everyone else stays the same so far, but I'm hitting a snag with Iris. I can't decide if she should fall for Zero or not. If Zero's the rookie then he won't be in a position to save her, so she might not have had a crush on him. I could see them being friends so maybe it could still happen just in a different context, but that's tbd.

Hey so, can you read minds?

That would be hard considering they aren't in the same unit?

HT!X is in Zero's place in this one so X is the one leading the 0th unit.

I'm gonna be so for real, I didn't think that far ahead, if you have any ideas I'd love to hear em but for now the members are the same as canon.

It's pretty bare bones as far as au's go. I'm testing out the idea of X being the senior Hunter and Zero the rookie because @codiambic made a post about their regular roles making no sense. Codi made some really good points so I decided to try it out here but with a twist. I tried to simplify X and Zero to their most basic core personalities, Zero's calm, collected, protective, but ruthless. Meanwhile X is empathetic, reluctant, emotional, and hot-tempered. When I swapped those core traits the story started coming together easier. I decided to have a little more fun and pull out another au idea I got from @spec7rejay. See they have a megaman fic that involves the original Light Robot Masters living out in space, just waiting for X to find them. How that works in this new swap au is what if the Light's had brought X with them and raised him as their brother.

Basically, in this au X already has over 100 years of experience already and only came to Earth because of his curiosity. He wanted to explore the world that robots had abandoned to see what became of it. When X met Dr. Cain he was very against the idea of reploids as a whole (he got that from Blues), and was very upset when Cain still went ahead and did it anyway. So when Mavericks start popping up X has the biggest "I told you so" face and never lets Cain hear the end of it, but he still has that desire to protect everyone (he gets that from Rock) so he becomes a Maverick Hunter. X rose up the ranks pretty quickly because not only was he a skilled fighter, but was also fucking terrifying on the battlefield (Roll taught him real well).

Zero on the other hand is pretty new to all this. He was made by Wily in this au and only contains a stronger form of roboenza to infect reploids with. I think I wanna make him like his manga counterpart, specifically when he has his helmet off. So Zero's more timid and soft-spoken, but really dangerous if you're not careful. He still attacks Sigma in this au but not because Zero was insane, he was just incredibly stressed out and overwhelmed. Essentially, the whole Zero vs. Sigma fight was just Zero having a really bad panic attack induced by roboenza.

When he was brought back to head quarters X was assigned to help Zero acclimate almost immediately. Partially because X was one of their best Hunters and could match Zero in a fight should that happen, but also because X had his suspicions surrounding Zero and who exactly made him so X figured he should keep an eye on him.