#au ppt

A short comic based on Prototype and Nemuri-chan (Catnap)

Here are my designs for the au! Toys rebellion. Catnap survives this au, and starts a rebellion area in the orphanage. Miss Delight, yes is still alive. While Doey runs a second rebellion, in Safe Haven. Catnap and Doey are rebel allies, while Kissy is not part of a specific rebellion group. She is technically part of them both, and acts as their ‘scientist’ and messenger for new information.

I'd like to present my Poppy Playtime AU

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This AU is based on Japanese mythology. Here, Playtime Co. is a massive magical Temple— a gateway between the human world and the spirit world. The toys are yokai. The god Amaterasu is Elliot Ludwig, and the other employees are monks, priests of the temple, and so on.

Below, the history of the AU will be presented↓

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LORE:

Amaterasu (Elliot) once had a daughter named Poppy, created from a fragment of his core and a poppy flower, born from a union with a mortal woman. She served him as a prophet. However, at a young age, Poppy died from a severe illness. Unable to bear the loss, Elliot decided to perform a complex resurrection ritual. He found a cursed child (Oliver/Oriba), half-dead in the mountains, and began the rite. As a result, both Poppy and the “Prototype” received new bodies as demigods.

Elliot later chose not to use this ritual again. But Harley Sawyer and Leith Pierre (japanese names still tentative) wanted to continue using it, for which they were temporarily banished from the temple.

Meanwhile, Oriba-san (Prototype/Oliver) , after receiving his new body, began slowly adapting — and secretly killing, stealing power from the cores of the deceased. Lying half-dead in the mountains, he had believed Amaterasu came to save him and rid him of his innate curse (draining life force from others for his own benefit). Instead, he was used as a “battery” for Poppy’s rebirth, leaving him furious and wishing for the emperor’s death.

One day, he gathered enough strength to “kill” Amaterasu—by absorbing his core. With newfound power, the Prototype escaped to adapt to his abilities and avoid the monks, who could have done anything to him in his vulnerable state.

Following the god’s death, Leith Pierre became the temple’s emperor and, together with Sawyer, initiated the “Era of Red Rebirth” (an analog of the "Bigger Bodies Initiative). During this era, many objects, animals, and humans were turned into artificial yokai—easier to control than natural ones. These yokai were used as the temple’s labor force, lived in poor conditions, and their resentment toward the priests grew.

Poppy, during this time, was the temple’s “princess”—untouched and possessing minor influence, but all decisions were made by Leith. She remained a silent observer of the era.

The Prototype was eventually captured and imprisoned in a special zone, powerless without outside help. Still, he found assistance in the form of Preston (Japanese name pending), whom he would later transform into something resembling a maneki-neko.

Years later, during the temple’s Night Parade (Hyakki Yagyo) , all participating yokai gained true forms and unleashed a massacre. This event was named “The Akai taiyō-sama Hour of Joy” in honor of the Prototype, who became the temple’s new emperor afterward.

Following these events, he sank the temple deep into the earth (it had previously floated in the heavens). He tried to absorb Poppy but couldn’t, so instead drained power from her core and imprisoned her, returning every three years (at minimum) to recharge from her accumulated core energy.

Main Character: An exorcist from an ancient Clan that once served Amaterasu personally. Before the main story, he worked as a wandering monk, exorcising evil spirits and performing various rituals. Besides magical abilities, he possesses physical combat skills and weapon proficiency.

He sees a dream of the Night Parade — very vaguely. Later that same day, he receives a letter from the temple, begging him to “save the Sun”

His arsenal against yokai includes paper talismans, amulets, protective charms, a ritual knife, rice, and more. He most frequently uses magical talismans inscribed with incantations.

And a little about one of the act bosses:

Nemuri-neko (Catnap)

Somewhere deep in the temple gardens, a kitten was born with a suspiciously long tail. For nearly a year, he wouldn’t let anyone near him — except for the Prototype, who immediately caught the kitten’s interest because he sensed a certain “warmth” from him. Before the god’s death, the kitten and the Prototype (who named him “Nemuri”) spent a lot of time together. Even afterward, Oriba-san tried to visit the cat as often as he could.

The Prototype became interested in the kitten because, if it reached a certain age or weight, it could become a bakeneko without needing the Red Rebirth ritual—and he had been thinking about yokai powers as a way to take over the temple. Because of this, the Prototype fiercely protected the kitten from other monks, who might have cut off Nemuri’s tail or killed him. He also genuinely grew attached to the cat, since Nemuri was the first to show him affection — something no one had done before. But one day, some monks found the cat, cut off his tail, and killed him. The Prototype, discovering the body, decided to perform the resurrection ritual on his own—and succeeded. As a result, Nemuri was reborn as a bakeneko with unique traits. After the rebirth and his adjustment to a human-like form, the Prototype sent Nemuri to the Monarchs of the Blessed Smile — the Smiling Critters, in our terms.

The Monarchs of the Blessed Smile are a group of seven yokai (eight, if you count the imposter Catnap) who were worshipped as lesser guardian deities of the temple. Their leader is Dogday (japanese name still pending), an inugami. Their purpose is to maintain faith among the common people and balance the powers of higher deities and monks. After the Akai taiyō-sama Hour of Joy, the only surviving monarch was Dogday — and even he was reduced to half of his former self. The others were either killed by Catnap or other yokai, or sacrificed to the Prototype.

Unlike a regular bakeneko, Nemuri-neko cannot create fireballs. Instead, he can use red smoke to create illusions, induce deep sleep, or simply poison and kill an ordinary human. The same red smoke — used as an additional component in resurrection rituals — allows him to transform between a human-like form and his true form. He can also extend his tail up to five meters in both forms, and his jaws are extremely powerful, allowing him to easily eat small prey or bite through objects.

In this post about my AU PPT, I wanted to talk a little about the relationship between Prototype and CatNap

And almost a complete backstory:

Their first meeting took place in the temple garden. Back then, Oriba-san (Prototype/Oliver), along with one of the servants, was carrying out an order from Amaterasu (Elliot) when they came across a kitten. The servant mentioned that this kitten had been living in the temple for about a year, running away from everyone and never letting anyone get close — so it had no owner. But to everyone’s surprise, the kitten immediately started being affectionate toward Prototype. Oriba-san was overjoyed, because no one had ever shown him such warmth right away. Besides, he absolutely loves cats. However, the servant noticed the cat’s long tail and immediately panicked, saying it might become a YOKAI. The servant suggested cutting off the tail, but Prototype — upon hearing that the kitten could become a yokai (he was already planning to take over the temple by then, and needed all the power he could get) — killed the servant on the spot and kept the kitten safe.

From that moment on, Prototype began visiting the garden often because of the kitten. He named him “Nemuri,” since the cat was born at night and was always sleeping. In the end, Prototype grew deeply attached to the cat and fiercely protected him from the monks, knowing full well what they were capable of doing. Amaterasu and Poppy were against keeping the cat, believing he would eventually die or become a yokai — either way, it would end badly for him. But Prototype kept Nemuri by his side anyway.

At some point, a few monks managed to catch Nemuri and tried to cut off his tail, though they ultimately failed. Still, this enraged Prototype, and he put on a public display to show what would happen to anyone who tried that again. After that, and following Amaterasu’s death, Nemuri was left alone for a long time — but eventually, his day of DEATH came.

It was a rainy day. Several unknown monks caught the kitten, cut off his tail, then sliced open his stomach, and he died. Hours later, Prototype went looking for him and found his body. It was a devastating blow to his heart.

His kitten. His joy. His one and only source of happiness — the one who had loved him from the very start — was dead. Prototype was furious. How dare they kill his cat. So he decided to resurrect Nemuri through a ritual, turning him into a Bakeneko — useful, yes, but most importantly, alive.

What follows are the events we already know about (the revival, the Monarch's of the Blessed Smile, the Akai taiyō-sama Hour of joy, and the beginning of the reign of the Emperor Prototype)

Their relationship can be divided into two stages:

· Platonic – Before the events of the Akai taiyō-sama Hour of joy

· Platonic + Romantic – After that, and in the present time.

Just romantic+horny art about them😌

TW: Fake Blood, Fake Gore!!!!

Excerpt from the conversation:

“— Why do you find this… strange, Nemuri-chan?

— No one else has a scar like this. No matter how many others I look at, no one has anything like it. Not even a trace… Please tell me, Prototype-sama! Have I had this scar since birth? Or did something happen? I really want to know!

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My hands are shaking. Droplets of rain fall from my body. The blood has already gone cold. My fur is covered in mud. The core hurts so badly. So much that even in the mountains it never felt like this. My eye stings terribly. If I could cry, I would cry blood. That always happened in my previous life.

Oh, my little dear Nemuri.

My poor boy.

My baby.

My happiness.

They actually dared. THEY DARED TO KILL MY CAT. THOSE BASTARDS DARED TO CUT HIS LIFE SHORT, TO HELL WITH THEM.

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I will bring you back, Nemuri. No matter the cost.

You will breathe, see, hear, run, speak.

YOU WILL LIVE, MY BOY.

And everyone who raised a blade against you will be slowly — so slowly — DESTROYED.

— Nemuri?.... Nemuri, where are youuu...? Nemuri-chan, my boy, where are you?

He had never liked the rain in the garden. Not as a boy, and not now. He only tolerated the rain because of Poppy’s flowers — even though he felt no warmth toward her — and because of the search for his kitten. Nemuri-chan, surprisingly, loved going out on days like this, but only in light rain. Otherwise, he would sit under the Sky Meki and wait for Oriba-san. And he knew this perfectly well — he knew that eventually the rain would get heavier, and that he’d have to look for him in their special place.

But this rainy day would become important for him. Very important.