#ateitis

I'm afraid that most of my OCs will try to kill me for all the trauma I have put them through. The rest will just have an existential crisis, which is safe for me but unpleasant for them. And none of them will even like it here in my reality. But there might be exceptions, I guess?

Ateitis loves her life enough to not hold any grudges against me. And nothing can faze her — if anything, she understands the universe better than I ever will. And she will have so much fun philosophizing about existence, reality, and all that jazz. Maybe I can even convince her to give me a prophecy? Overall, it's a pretty safe choice as long as she doesn't start ritually sacrificing people again.

Aera would be pissed at me because she had an absolutely horrible childhood (and what came after was only a minor improvement). But she's too depressed to waste her energy on murder. She entered her survival mode when she was a kid and never really left it. And I would like to give her nice things like, I don't know, ice cream and therapy. It would also be interesting to pick her brain because she rarely tells me anything.

(hope you’re doing as well as you can. Slava Ukraini!)

Let's rank their survival chances on a scale from 0 to 5

0/5: Morri

Morri can survive only as long as they can outrun the threat. They have their redeeming qualities, but they’re a coward and a fool (affectionate). And the horrors are likely to target them on purpose because of their constant jokes and silly comments that ruin the spooky atmosphere. 

Morri in a haunted mansion: Well, you know what they say about ghosts and their problems, right? Ghosts: … Morri: They always come back to haunt you! *Morri is immediately killed*

I'm giving Ateitis a bit of a makeover

It’s Acina. Ateitis meets her a couple of months after leaving Korriban’s tombs. In particular, Ateitis sneaks into Acina’s chambers in the Imperial Citadel after having a blurry vision that involved Acina’s rise to power. It kinda goes like this

Acina: Who are you and how did you get past my guards?

Ateitis: You are going to rule the Empire.

Acina:

Ateitis is fascinated by people who make history ― she wants to understand what makes them special, why they stand out among millions and billions of sentient beings across the galaxy. She is, above all, curious. And once Acina confirms that Ateitis can actually see the future, she decides that it would be useful to have a prophetess on her side. They use each other for mutual benefit until they don’t, until cooperation evolves into attachment.

They have a strange relationship over the following years because Ateitis just appears and disappears whenever she wants without warning. But in the end she always comes back to Acina. Because Acina is her anchor when Ateitis drifts into the world of her visions. Acina is one certainty in the web of ever-shifting possibilities.

Don’t worry, you can pronounce them however you want, most of my OCs wouldn’t even be offended if you get their names wrong! And the majority is pronounced just like it’s written anyway. Here are some that may be confusing though:

Ishalea — ee-sha-le-ah

Xala — ksa-la

Seidala — say-dala

Ateitis — ah-tay-tis

Ra’enar — rah-e-nar

Yla — ee-la

Firie — fi-ri-eh

Xyrha — zeer-ha

Teshe — tesh-eh