#dreampaw

In this AU there are no humans. Instead the humans are more akin to kittypets in warriors. Except as advanced as humans would be in their little kitty society. Pretend they have opposable thumbs. They’re referred to as “surface cats/surfacers”, “makers” (to contrast with warriors), or “domestics” (derogatory). They have more natural colors and features.

The monsters are the warriors equivalent. Called “mountain cats”, “cave cats”, “wild cats”, or “ferals” (derogatory) by surface cats, but refer to one another as “warriors”. They have more unnatural colors and features. No magic though. They used to be able to get gemstones blessed by Starclan, but they have been cut off after being forced underground, to the point that the younger generation doubts there even is an afterlife. Only a select few still have blessed gemstones or can find blessings from a different source.

Souls work differently in this too. Surfacer souls work like the 9 lives in warrior cats. Except you only get one life per soul. Like in canon UT, anyone who takes a soul shares their body with said soul. Unlike canon UT, the soul can’t control the body at all or resist being absorbed. This is why the makers feared the warriors so much. They fear immortality; being forced to exist powerless with your murderer is practically hell.

Also, unlike UT, anyone can take a surfacer soul. All it takes is killing them with your claws. Because of this, it is extremely taboo in surfacer culture to use one’s claws to fight, instead they use weapons. And this is why I had to figure out Clover’s gun >:/ Warriors primarily use their claws though out of tradition, causing them to be seen as more savage and dangerous. They are all trained to fight (still using wc’s -kit > -paw > warrior naming system) while few surfacers are. But no amount of hand to hand combat training can beat a gun, so yeah, they lost the war.

Surfacers are atheists of sorts? They believe warriors have no souls because they can’t see them like surface souls. Also, not fond of immortality so the idea of an afterlife is not appealing. Sucks for them though because, unknown to most, everyone goes to “Starclan” when they die. That is, if they accept their death and choose to move on.

Finally, there’s no save or reset stuff. Only one shot at this. However, either surfacer or warrior soul power can be used to heal wounds right before death. A barely known loophole that gives near invincibility. But at the cost of the user’s soul, leading to permadeath eventually. There are ghosts as well. Unlike UT, they are just anyone who has died and refused to move on. Both Buttercup (Flowey) and Chara end up as ghosts. How they work is a whole other can of worms.