A deus ex/shadowrun crossover that mutated into a novel length something. you see the wordcount, I can't be held responsible anymore.
Chapters: 27/?
Fandom: Deus Ex (Video Games), Shadowrun, Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Adam Jensen, Francis Pritchard, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Original Character(s), Cyberpunk, Snark, Heist, Elves, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Alternate Universe - Shadowrun Fusion, Magic, Mystery, Canon-Typical Violence, Body Horror, Memory Alteration, Mental CoercionÂ
Chapter Summary:Â Jensen and Aelif work together to a fight flesh monster and everyone prepared to square up against the one behind the whole thing.
This is the last of my three updates from my mega update, so now I have to hope my very sad brain can restart itself. Signs point to: uh.....hmm. Well, Iâm got pride month to run for my job, with no funding and little support, so thereâs probably going to be a little delay there.
But this chapter is fun! Thereâs snark, and violence, and squaring up with a villain, and maybe a little bit of a cliffhanger, but itâs not that bad. Itâs a penultimate chapter, right before ass-kicking. Our intrepid heroes are about to take the world by the horns and rip those horns right off.
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I handed my beta my full 20k chapter, and she looked at it, and took my hands and said 'no.' So this is not a full 20k chapter, it's much more digestible. The whole team is getting together, they find a way forward, and some diagnostics occur.
drawing scenes that haven't happened yet and character studies rather than writing
I'm still playing a lot with how cybernetic augmentations work. They are biomechanical, and powered through the same process that has created a necrotic byproduct that has become a big problem. I've got...you know...more ideas about that. But I'm not going to infodump about all the ghosts returning and the necrotic plague and other worldbuildy things. i'm got some restraint.
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Aelif and Tobias have a challenging relationship. They first met when Tobias made the command decision to not kill Aelif, and instead negotiate with him for information. Aelif was wary, but appreciated not being dead.
He was surprised when Tobias kissed him. And really, from that point on, he felt on the back foot with the whole thing. They were on different sides of a conflict, but Tobias had some strings he was pulling in the long term that Aelif could feel tugging on him. And he wasnât sure if that was good or not.
I drew this, and I put a simple background in, and thought âgood job! Didnt hyper focus on the details!â And then I worked on the next drawing andâŚwoof. Well, details, am I right?
The worst part about writing in your own world, with your own characters (and not being a very good artist) is when you write a novella of Christmas stories, you donât really have a place to put it. Like, I could set it up for self publishing, but itâs not a romance or an established world or a thing that has a place, and I have some other options, but none of them are great if I want to do much with the whole thing.
But itâs good. And the piece as a whole is a â4 times Christmas was terrible, and one time it wasnâtâ but with people you donât have reason to know yet.
However, this year has been terrible and I wanted to finished a larger chapter on âWeâre in a Room Without a Doorâ but life got in the way, and I finished other things I canât share, but then I was talking with some friends about how weird white elephant is and I thought Iâd put this snippet out there. This is the first little bit of this section of this chapter of the novella. Feel free to let me know what you think. Maybe this is my Christmas gift to me. Posting this in a spirit of something unnamed.
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Arvid walked across the courtyard, not for the first time cursing how god damn cold it was. Thank god classes were just about over, and he could hide in a warm room for a couple of days and defrost.
He was going to have to find said warm room, since the janitors had found his last bolt-hole, but there were worse things. Almost everyone was going home for a couple of weeks, so it should be easy to find a room to crash in. Hell, someone might even pay him for it, if they are looking for a âhouse sitter.â No one really thinks about why heâd be happy to stay at their place and let his stay empty, but heâs happy to let them be comforted.
One person did try and break into an apartment while he was there, too. Bad luck for that guy all around. But seeing as the other guy had been armed for killing and not stealing, Arvid hadnât felt too bad about putting him in the ground. You donât bring serial killer kit to a break in unless youâre trying to send a message, and sometimes that message is âIâve made my final mistake.â
âArvid!â
From down the sidewalk, a shock of red hair came peeking out from a dark hat. Alexandr Petrovich Kalshnakov, better known to everyone but Arvidâs mental filing system as Sasha, came bouncing down the way, his smile like a ray of sunshine behind a dark cloud. Arvid couldnât help but find himself smiling in return, a little core of warmth in his cold core heating up.
âIâm so glad I caught you!â Sasha grabbed Arvid in a big hug, burying his face in Arvidâs long, white hair. He broke apart, holding Arvidâs hands with soft, besotted eyes.
âDaria and her roommates are having a party tonight, before everyone escapes for break, and I wanted to make sure you came!â
âOh, am I invited? I wasnât sure I would know a lot of people there.â Arvid made a half-hearted attempt to break away from Sasha holding his hands, but it was nice, weirdly, to have Sasha holding them. Warm if nothing else.
âYou know me, silly! You can just stick with me all night, Iâll make sure you have a good time.â
âOk, fine.â Arvid felt his face flush with Sashaâs smile focused on him so long. âIs there anything I need to bring?â
âJust yourself.â Sasha thought for a moment, then lightly hit his forehead with the base of his hand. âOh! And a white elephant gift!â
Chapters: 26/?
Fandom: Deus Ex (Video Games), Shadowrun, Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Adam Jensen, Francis Pritchard, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Original Character(s), Cyberpunk, Snark, Heist, Elves, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Alternate Universe - Shadowrun Fusion, Magic, Mystery, Canon-Typical Violence, Body Horror, Memory Alteration, Mental Coercion
Yo yo yo, look who updated! This is the second part of my entirely too long chapter. The team is tracking down magical anchors in a non-euclidean space while angry spirits try and eat their faces. Fun fact! faces are useful for continued functionality!
People may remember this illustration that I tossed up here in November. This is the chapter it is from:
