The moon is to hang low tonight. Windows are barred and doors are shut tight to keep safe from the ceaseless wailings and clanging of metal outside. The smell of incense filling the streets signal the start, and the effigies being strung up in every corner herald the worse.
Only a madman would open their door on the night of the hunt.
Bloodborne AU / FIC LINK
(notes under the cut, contains spoilers for the game and fic)
the four dialogues at the start of the fic are actual npc lines in the game. other npc dialogues are woven into the text.
the "many eyes" ryou feels on him as soon as he enters yharnam are the amygdalas infesting the town, watching him. his insight is too low for them to be visible to him at the moment (hes currently at 0 and needs at least 40 or to be at endgame).
there are no amygdalas in central yharnam in the final cut of the game, but theres one in the alpha version. its back there now for the fic 😄
ryous weapons are the saw cleaver and hunter pistol. I initially wrote him using the hunter blunderbuss cuz it looks cooler, but it would be very difficult to miss the rabid dog rushing at him because its shots have a wide spread. sorry ryou, I need you to get quite hurt in this chapter. lore accuracy is my passion!
bakura is where Lonely Old Dear would be in the game.
bakura is a Great One masquerading as a human. ryou gains insight (the whispers/lightheadedness) as soon as ryou lays eyes on him. this is the in-game sound effect.
bakura is slowly making ryou frenzy. works a bit different in this fic. frenzy only builds up the longer ryou holds eye contact with bakura.
not sure if I want bakura to be the actual Moon Presence, but he is the one orchestrating everything/backing ryou up with power (the reason why ryou is a dreaming hunter).
also not sure if I want omegaverse dynamics in this LMAO cuz game lore states Great Ones yearn for surrogate children... well idk if bakura wants children, but he does want ryou for his own, unstated purposes.
this is what the hunter's salutation is supposed to look like, but bakura bastardizes it cuz hes rude.
the screeching ryou hears is the cleric beast.
some roles I assigned to other ygo characters for fun even tho they wont appear in the fic.
yugi as the doll
atem as lady maria
isis as eileen the crow
mai as arianna, woman of pleasure
seto as the bloody crow of cainhurst
yamima as micolash (LMAO)
tkb as orphan of kos
yugi and atem are who they are considering that the doll is based on lady maria.
the horrific raiding of the fishing hamlet mirrors the massacre at kul elna. its lady maria's greatest shame, and she desperately wants to keep what happened there a secret. I thought atem fit the theme pretty well.
with that said, tkb being the orphan of kos lines up. but I still want to keep the yamiba and tkb connection, so Im on the fence on what I want to do with their true identities.
for gameplay reasons, everyone else in bloodborne is taller than the player character. so in this au, please imagine ryou (and bakura since hes borrowed ryous looks) being towered over by everyone 🤭 to me, its because hes an outsider/yharnam natives are just giants like that. also watch this.
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"The battle continues. Because of my mistake, Zorc is injured, but he suffered little damage. And the situation for the adventurers becomes even more critical."
"Mi-Miho, Zorc's flesh!"
"It's changing shape!"
"However, if a character's life points reach zero, your friends will die."
["The moves of this game are decided by the dice. 00, known as a super critical shot, numbers closer to that are better. 99, known as a fumble, means destruction instead. To beat Bakura, I need to beat his luck with the dice. I need a series of critical hits!"]
"Didn't I tell you? I'm surrounded by friends I can trust! There is no reason to be afraid!"
["The other Yuugi!"]
"Don't worry. Your lives are in excellent hands. I will defeat Zorc!"
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"Be quiet! I'm not afraid! I'm trembling with rage!"
"The dice will determine it."
"Jounouchi, you can do it!"
"I roll! 99! Impossible! Am I scared?"
"The dice do not lie. Punishment!"
"Honda! This is not your turn! You have bad game manners."
"Uh-oh."
"Let me show you what happens when you roll dice without the Master's permission!"
"Honda!"
"W-What?!"
