I’m mad that I missed his birthday, especially him being my current number 1 favourite character in the rotation of blorbos in my brain-
So here. Have a few unfinished/yet-to-be-posted doodles of various of my AU designs that i haven't released for the bestest dirt gremlin man <333
(In order of drawings, the aus that they're from: pirate au, roleswap au, forest keepers au, real nightmares au, radioactive au, unnamed time traveller au, submerged secrets au)
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Spotting your coworker at a bar on the rare nights that you have free can be…something-
Aka Shinya notices the head researcher having a drink at the hq's resident nightclub and bar and has several feelings and thoughts (rather drunk ones at that /lh)
As the result of the poll suggested neon souls! Here is neon souls!
hehehe buckle in and strap up, i wrote something :) (doesn’t exactly fit the drawing but anyway-)
Very mild warning for smoking and mentions of blood (and some slightly suggestive bits)
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“Well well well, look at what the cat dragged in.” A blond figure drawled from where they were draped over a rather old-fashioned red and gold chaise longue.
“I thought we knew it was rude to linger in the shadows of someones doorway,” the lanky figure took a long draw from their cigarette and sprawled out in a manner befitting a cat, before slowly rising to their feet, exhaling the smoke in whirling patterns around them. “And yet, here we are.”
Shinya let out a growl as he glared at said person and harshly pulled his wrists from the cold bony grips of the ‘guards’ that were restraining him.
He had approached the hidden building in the night, after a job nearby, not originally planning on entering. However, curiosity got the best of him when he noticed that he was inside, and he simply had to follow. How could he resist sneaking up on his old rival?
He was caught, though, so that defeats that whole plan.
“You’re saying my manners are bad?” Shinya scoffed as the other sauntered closer. “Y’know, after all these years, one would think the Puppeteer would become less of a hypocrite.”
He gestured to the almost lifeless bodies that were practically breathing down his neck- if they could breathe-
The blond puppeteer laughed, his signature crazed grin spreading across his face as he got closer. “Why, of course~”
With a simple flick of his fingers, the walking corpses were flung to the opposite sides of the room, coming apart at the seams as they hit the walls with a loud thud.
Shinya watched this and huffed, crossing his arms. “So I’ve been demoted to being escorted by the flesh puppets now? How harsh.”
Tsunagu squinted and puffed a cloud of smoke into Shinya’s face, causing him to cough and throw up his hands before rather elegantly giving him the middle finger. “Don’t push your luck, Edgeshot- I’ll be tempted to give you the all denim monstrosities next.”
So he was just as bitchy as always, huh? Good to know.
Tsunagu was wearing a rather tightly tailored suit, with a vest that trailed down at the back, a deep blue tie and a black shirt. It accentuated his sillhouette in an amazing way, Shinya was struggling to stop his eyes from tracing over it-
‘nO- stop that-’ He very quickly cleared that train of thought. No thirsting over his rival while he was right in front of him. He cleared his throat.
“You’re all dressed up nice and fancy,” Shinya blew a strand of hair out of his face, “What’s the occasion? My arrival?~” He teased slightly, grinning wide with a smile concealed by his mask, very obviously shown in the glint of his eyes.
“Oh you wish, don’t you?” The Puppeteer rolled his eyes and put out his cigarette, fixing his hair so it was brushed back neatly, revealing his usually covered and completely messed up eye.
This made Shinya’s stomach turn in a mix of pride and a tiny bit of what he’d refuse to call guilt. They had both left their marks on each other in the past, and this was one that happened in a moment of genuine emotion, betrayal, angst and heartbreak. So he wasn’t sure how to react to that.
“It was a date, and it was wonderful.” The blond continued, his expression unreadable as he slowly closed the gap between the two of them. “We talked, and had drinks and shared the stories of our past-”
Oh. That made his stomach flip even more- why did that happen? Why did that make Shinya feel so… disappointed? And why was he getting… so… close…
“-and then he got up and left. I understood, since emergencies happen.” Tsunagu whispered with a straight face, it was unusual to see him with this minimal level of emotion. “And when our next little meet-up was due, he didn’t show up. And when I got caught and wound up in a situation that he promised he’d take care of if it ever happened…… he never showed up.”
Shinya closed his eyes and breathed softly, feeling the warmth of the other’s breath brush against his cheek as he got closer to whisper.
“Tsunagu…” only the smallest of words came out. Was this guilt?
The taller figure laughed bitterly. “First name basis? You’re still that eager, yet you refuse to apologise for abandoning me?”
“I was being held captive.” Shinya growled softly. “I’ve told you that I’m sorry- but don’t act like only one of us abandoned the other, you didn’t come for me when I had been captured and fucking shipped to another country!”
“Oh don’t give me that shit again-” Tsunagu cursed and straightened himself up, beginning to circle around the silver haired assassin with sharp eyes.
The two of them had a past. Oh, they had a past alright. A past of friendly rivalry, murderous competition and pining-
And yet, the one time they decided to lower their masks and actually try to be friends -or hopefully more- it all went wrong.
“You left me there- you left me in that restaurant while I waited so patiently for you to come back- or at least tell me what was going on and you didn’t!” Tsunagu hissed, adjusting his gloves and waving his hand at the decorative curtains, ripping them down and scrunching them into a ball, throwing it down with a huff.
“And it’s my fault I couldn't tell you?”
“You. Left. Me. Shinya.” His mouth formed his name as if his tongue had traced it with poison. A poison that Shinya would gladly drink up as if it were honey from a glass. “But then, it’s not like you’d be the first…”
Tsunagu’s eyes flickered around distantly, as if in sudden recollection and thought, and Shinya used this opportunity to spin around and pin him down on the ground by his neck with a thud.
Green eyes widened and pierced into his own, his usually grinning face had turned into a shocked and stuttering one. The threads around Shinya’s waist and neck tightened slightly on instinct and he could feel the skin on his arms being pinched and pulled.
Stretching an arm out with his quirk, Shinya closed and locked the big heavy hall doors and brought his fist back to the other’s neck, dagger now in hand and pressing against his skin delicately. He couldn’t have them being interrupted by the puppeteer’s little guards -the alive ones- now could he?
“What are you doing- bitch- get off me-” Tsunagu gargled, his teeth bared and his eyes glowing as threads wound their way in and out of Shinya’s skin in a stitching pattern. It stung a little, but he was used to it. “You’re fucking heavy.”
“Oh, honey, we both know that isn’t true,” Shinya laughed and brought his knife up and pressed it into the others cheek, allowing it to pierce and draw out a few drops of blood as the taller figure seemingly didn’t react. “You could very easily throw me across the room if you wanted to, don’t bluff.”
Neither of them were new to this. And the numerous scars from each other and their competitive -and very physical- natures, could prove that to you.
Tsunagu averted his eyes and Shinya had to resist the urge to trace his fingers -or his knife- over the scars over his eye. The scars that he had put there when they both felt that they had been abandoned and betrayed by each other. Scars that branched out like the legs of a spider with the body of it being that glazed over orb with specks of green and blue and white and red.
They were rivals, maybe enemies even, but they had only ever truly fought three times.
The first was when they met. Shinya had been sent by an anonymous client to track down The Bloody Puppeteer and kill him. They had paid a lot of money, too.
But, it was when he got there that he realised this guy wouldn’t go without a fight. And when he left, barely with his own life, he realised he’d met his equal for the first time.
The second was in the night. That lunatic had somehow managed to break into one of Shinya’s built up bases and came looking for a rematch- revenge for killing one of his ‘living puppets’ (henchmen), maybe. They both had the intent to kill, yet they simply couldn’t.
And the third…
“You know, I almost didn’t answer that phonecall. I only left because my family was in trouble…” Shinya’s gaze softened and then grew sharp once more as Tsunagu’s eyes flickered back to focus on him. “How could I have known it was a trap? How could I have predicted that as soon as I stepped into my home, I would be ambushed again, and sent to who-knows-fucking-where to be tortured for half a year??”
“You still got out of it, didn’t you? You’re Edgeshot, you know how to do these damn things. It’s what you do for a living, for fuck’s sake.” Tsunagu muttered.
“Yes. And when I came back, I had to rebuild my home. Again.” Shinya explained, this was the first time they had been able to talk properly and it was with his hand on the other’s throat and Tsunagu’s nails in his skin. “I came looking, but no matter how hard I tried, I still couldn’t find you.”
Tsunagu’s eyes seemed to soften slightly as he said this, but he quickly averted his gaze once more with a scowl.
“I assumed the worst and left it be. Not because I wanted to leave you, Tsunagu, but because I was… I was scared of how I’d find you if I did.” Shinya’s grip loosened and he thought back to how he felt those few years ago. The blond’s face seemed to twitch in thought at the masked assassin showing this much emotion… towards him.
Shinya recalled how angry he had felt when he couldn’t find him. How scared he was that he lashed out and got reckless, almost getting himself caught… he’d lost another person he cared about, how could he possibly not be scared.
But this was his rival. They were at each other’s necks at all times, trying to kill each other and finding new ways to do so- they were meant to despise one another-
So why did he care so much? Why? Why had he gotten attached to something he wanted to destroy so badly?
Shinya growled, blinking away tears that he hated his body for creating, and pressing the knife further into the other’s cheek, earning a small gasp this time.
“So when I found out you were alive? That the dear Bloody Puppeteer had survived- I was so… relieved.” He muttered, getting closer until their foreheads almost touched. “But then- I was greeted by a knife to my throat, talons ripping at my guts and words that fucking hurt.”
Tsunagu’s grip tightened and his eyes flitted across the other’s face, trying to read his expression. “You left me… that’s all I knew. I had been abandoned by another person that I ca- that I thought cared for… fuck it, it doesn’t matter.”
Shinya tried to speak again but he couldn’t find the words to say. He wanted to curse him out, call him a hypocritical bitch or something, and stick that knife straight through his gorgeous skull, but he couldn’t do any of those things. Instead he dragged the dagger across Tsunagu’s cheek, leaving a line of fresh blood and an open shallow cut.
Tsunagu flinched and dug his nails further into Shinya’s arms, his gloves torn at the tips of his fingers. “Shit- that hurt.” He hissed out with his usual venomous tone.
“Oh?” Shinya laughed bitterly, “and here I thought you loved pain- or did those fun little nights in the past run from your memory?”
Tsunagu flushed red and attempted to kick out at Shinya’s general crotch area, but got stopped by a hand on the thigh and pinned down once more.
“Oh fuck you-”
“Hm. Tempting, but I’m on a bit of a tight schedule tonight, I’m afraid.” Shinya let out a huff of amusement and leaned in closer. “I’d much rather carve up that pretty little face of yours and mess up this annoyingly attractive suit you’re wearing. Wouldn’t that be fun… Tsunagu?”
“Don’t you dare.” The blond let out a rather loud growl and snapped his teeth at the other’s fingers, which were currently tracing over his face delicately. The tops of his ears were burning and he wanted to rip that mask off of Shinya’s face and then also rip off the grin that was clearly present underneath.
“Oh, but Tsu~” Shinya smiled wider, his eyes glinting with mildly malicious -but somewhat affectionate- intent. “You’d look so pretty~”
“Stop-”
“Really, I think it would be nice, Tsunagu…”
“Stop it.”
“...Tsunagu-”
Shinya’s obvious teasing was cut off as the taller villain gave a rather loud yell of exasperation and flipped them both over, turning the tables with Shinya’s head now pressed to the floor and a dagger held to his throat.
“You betrayed the right to call me by that name.” Tsunagu said, his voice dripping with a venomous tone and his sea green eyes burning holes through his conscience. “Shut the fuck up.”
Shinya licked the blood from his lip where the other’s head had hit his nose when switching places. His mask had been ripped off by Tsunagu’s quirk and flung to the other side of the room. Usually he’d get defensive over this, but they’d seen each other unmasked plenty of times, this was fine.
“Or what?” He teased further. He enjoyed pushing his buttons, it was entertaining to watch a madman go feral… and slightly attractive- though, he’d hate to admit that.
His thoughts were interrupted by the other lifting him by the neck of his shirt and bringing their faces so close they could feel each other’s heavy breathing.
“I’ll cut that impudent tongue right out of your annoyingly smart mouth!” Tsunagu hissed, his quirk causing his shirt sleeves to unravel slightly.
Shinya chuckled, earning another pissed off growl from the other. “Oh be my guest, I’m sure you’ll find a better use for it anyway~”
He stuck his tongue out playfully and laughed as the murderous marionette’s first instinct was to chomp at it in anger. “Whoa- like that? How unhygienic-”
“OH YOU LITTLE FUCKER I COULD JUST-” Tsunagu exclaimed, pulling him even closer and stopping abruptly as his eyes faltered momentarily. “I could just……I could-”
Green eyes flitted across the smaller figures face, and softened with a mixture of restraint and temptation. Shinya could feel his gaze hit his lips and the warmth from Tsunagu’s face as his cheeks dusted pink.
“You could just… what?” Shinya muttered softly, trying not to break the sudden shift in mood that made him feel all warm and fuzzy.
They were… so close.
“I… I- I…want…” Tsunagu’s words completely faltered as the heat spread across his face and his grip loosened, his usually bold and loud and emotional mannerisms faded away to show the truly nervous wreck underneath and their faces got closer.
It had been so long- years- since Shinya had last seen Tsunagu like this, and the last time was… well, it was that night. The night he left him all alone at a “dinner meeting” that was truly almost a date… he had forgotten how… nice… it was, to see him like this.
“What…” Shinya murmured, the other’s breath tickling across his lips as they almost touched. “What do……you…want?”
Tsunagu’s breathing grew shallower as he forgot how to talk and slowly closed the gap between them, both trying not to rush as if doing so was the equivalent of stepping on a thin pane of glass and shattering it.
Shinya’s eyes almost closed as his face grew warmer and-
…
And…?
A loud crash and the sound of a bell marking 2am startled them both out of their moment and caused Tsunagu to practically launch into the air like a scared cat while Shinya clutched his chest and pretended he didn’t just give out the wimpiest little scream anyone’s ever heard.
“I- wh- you still haven’t got rid of that stupid fucking clock???” Shinya panted, scrambling to his feet and checking his pockets on instinct.
“Oh well I’m sorry, mr ‘part time assassin, part time interior designer’, I didn’t think it mattered so much what my own place has inside!!” Tsunagu shot back, brushing himself down and fixing his hair. He was averting his eyes in slight embarrassment for what had happened before the interruption.
Shinya rolled his eyes and took a step towards Tsunagu, before realising he was being forcefully held back and slowly pushed away by his quirk. “What are you-”
“Ahem, I think it is time you took your leave, assassin.” The puppeteer cleared his throat and coughed for exaggeration, giving a wave of his hand to open the doors and reveal that his sidekicks had been very obviously eavesdropping as they scuttled away.
Extending an arm to grab his mask and fitting it to his face rapidly, Shinya scoffed. “That eager to get rid of me, huh? How polite.”
“Yes well… I’ve got a tight schedule.” Tsunagu stated with a mocking smile, elegantly draping himself back over the chaise longue that he’d been lounging on when Shinya first arrived. “Don’t you also? Oh, I dont know, maybe with a client up north in a certain bigger city who paid a lot of money?”
Shinya gritted his teeth and fought the urge to run and punch the smug bastard in that pretty little mouth of his. “Smartass.” He tutted and turned on his heel.
“Be a dear and close the door on your way out~” Tsunagu called out with a hidden laugh, pulling out another cigarette and using his quirk to summon one of the previous puppets severed arms to be fixed.
“Oh fuck you-”
Before he got to the doors, Shinya snatched up the rather expensive looking bottle of whiskey that was sitting on the coffee table in the corner. “A little souvenir, thanks dear~”
“Oh you little prick!” Tsunagu yelled across the hall and threw a knife towards him, aiming perfectly for it to just skim past his head and land in the bookshelf.
Shinya very quickly stuck his finger up at the lanky annoyance as he left and slammed the doors shut, gliding through the long halls and running into the shadows of the surrounding buildings once he was out.
He smiled to himself as his silent footsteps hit the floor rapidly, making his way home.
“Well…” he chuckled, bottle still in hand, pulling out Tsunagu’s favourite lighter, pocket knife and set of keys from his pocket. It wouldn’t take long for him to notice what else was missing. Their next meet up would be quite soon.
Do any kids work under anyone in the role swap au?
I figured that maybe Midoriya would work under all might so would the others work under their respective heroes in the main series?
I think creati and Edgeshot would be an interesting duo; they got the sameish vibe!
Oh absolutely! (have some doodles:)
Most of the kids would work with/under the same as their mentors in the main thingy! All might and Midoriya, Jeans n Bakugou, Aizawa and Shinsou, etc.
But it varies from person to person.
UA exists as a hero school as usual in this au, but our usual teachers and students don't go there (bc they ain't heroes). Instead there is a rather small private school relatively nearby that is seen as just a regular school (that only certain people can get in)
In reality they're an undercover villain association, run by Nedzu (who is also still UA principal), and our usual teachers are "teachers" there. The students go there to help set up evil schemes, mingle and find other villains and be all villain-like /lh
There are some (like Momo) who run their own stuff and work with multiple different characters. (so we get same hair club, and she also works a lot with Jeanist and mainly resides with Uwabami).
But yeah! I've. run out of words. brain has stopped braining, but thats about it! they do work with/under their respective mentors and get to be lil villains and stuff <3
Here are the designs for edgejeanist in my roleswap au!!!
I will give details under the cut (and also will write out what i wrote in case my handwriting isnt clear lol):
Roleswap au is basically: the villains in canon are now heroes, the heroes are villains. Their backstories are different, either completely, or theres just a divergence from the original (headcanon)
Jeanist: (in italics is from the image)
'The Bloody Puppeteer' - Tsunagu Hakamata
Extremely dangerous villain
Strikes mostly during the quiet hours
Unpredictable
Has been known to influence + recruit those who have gone through similar experiences/tragedy
Takes them in and treats them like puppets to play out as a "family"
Or, leaves a messy crime scene, only taking the parts he needs from victims for his puppets
Hideout unknown. Boss of a fashion company
Is protected by a very notorious Parisian Mafia
Uses his puppets as mannequins
Has a long standing rivalry with a known assassin Shinya Kamihara
He became a villain because he was abandoned by his parents and society when he had a quirk malfunction and so he killed them and realised he enjoyed the feeling of freedom.
He acts insane, is incredibly scary when angry, but actually is a lot more clever and collected than he seems.
His scars are no longer healed and faded, he constantly makes them worse.
Edgeshot: (italics = image)
'Edgeshot' - Shinya Kamihara
Goes by many names
Extremely dangerous villain
Head of an organisation that trains assassins. Is an assassin himself
(sort of like yakuza but not quite i guess) [talking about vibes and style of thing]
Deals with things quickly and neatly
Created a massive base within the mountain behind his village. Has many branches
Rivalry with Tsunagu Hakamata
He became a villain after his village incident, after seeking immediate revenge and -at age 15- hunting down and killing the entire organisation behind the attack.
He gathered survivors from the attack/friends/others who have been wronged, and they formed a sort of. Group that trained and killed for money to survive.
Acts silent and deadly, is actually a lot more chaotic and sadistic than he seems.
His quirk has been overused many times, he has started to develop crease-like scars from where he has overused it (and almost died from)
Some other notes:
I'm sure it's obvious by now, I love a classic enemies/rivals to lovers dynamic. And the whole 'couple that tries to kill eachother but in an endearing way....sometimes...maybe'
But this one's a slightly different flavour
They have a past together, with them turning from enemies to besties-in-the-quiet
and then there was a big miscommunication where one of them disappeared for ages and came back and tried to kill the other for real
and now they are back to being rivals who regularly try to kill each other...but with a hint of:
Divorced couple dynamic, except they were never officially together and they actually still like each other
Basically, they hate each other but they don't hate each other
They have aspects in their designs that were given to them by the other in the past as a promise of their equality and acknowledgement of each other's strength as rivals
Shinya's is his dagger, given to him by Tsunagu and the case was stitched carefully by him- and also his lil arm guard things
Tsunagu's was his gloves and the flowy fabric wrap around long almost skirt thing, Shinya actually made them both from fabric from his family.
anyway. yes. they are insane and dangerous and bloodthirsty :)
(this was my original villain au, but then my actual villain au idea came and i changed this slightly to fit as a separate kind of villain au)
But thank you or asking!!! This is one of my favourite aus to think about their dynamic for some fun lol
Can't believe you'd come in and attack the pastry brain like this...betrayal.... /lh /j
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So~ may I introduce you all to my newest au (not to be confused with my gods au):
Fallen Deities AU
Here are, as per usual, edgejeanist’s designs first!!! (I wanted to colour it but got too excited, so you shall get coloured versions at some point soon)
((their divine form designs are actually recycled from a couple of old scrapped aus/og concept designs))
I shall explain more (with a couple more designs) under the cut:
These are their human forms -> they are immortal, but their bodies are mortal with intense healing abilities. (So they can be killed, but will only be dead for a little while before coming back to life)
[my eraser kept smudging Shinya and i got really fed up with it, and also my lighting was crap so apologies for the image quality]
The main plot takes place in modern times, and kinda has semi-kinda-apocalyptic stuff. but anyway.
So. The characters are/were deities. Residing in their little godly realm, living in their separate domains that all were situated together on this giant world/magic platform thing called "The Great Pedestal". This world pedestal thing is made up physically of the belief of the humans, their faith in them as gods, and their trust and harmony with each other.
And each deity's domain is created from the belief of their followers, and contribute as part of The Pedestal.
One day, the god of life -haha time for eclair to drag afo back into this- turned his back on the others and left for humanity. He wanted to be amongst them, his lust for power, control and curiosity was too strong.
This caused a massive hole (physically and non-physically) in the pedestal and the other gods, as he was y'know- quite damn important.
(little do they know, he starts turning humans against them to see what it would do, encouraging them to move on from the gods, slowly draining their belief in each of them)
(also kinda bc he wanted to be the only one they "needed" as he was the giver of life. That's all they need to live.)
Tsunagu is the god of Fate.
Shinya is the god of Destiny (or- well, choices, giving paths for people to choose to "create their destiny")
(they are married, but have a rival-like dynamic)
But.
On came The Fall of the Deities.
Some became untrusting of others, causing cracks to from in the pedestal. Others were just doing all they could to keep everything working and alive.
Then parts of each domain started to wither away and crumble, becoming unsteady, as the humans slowly moved on.
And that's where they start to fall.
One by one, the deities were claimed by their domains and the open void between their realm and the humans. They "fell" (this means they die)
The loss of belief in them, starts with parts of their place crumbling away, and then their own body. And then they die in a very certain way specific to them.
This happened and eventually there were only two left.
Can you guess who?~~~
Of course, it's Fate and Destiny, these two!
And they both held onto each other until the last moments...but.
Tsunagu was the only god that fell but didn't Fall. (he didn't die)
The souls of the fallen deities get reincarnated into human beings. They don't remember who they are, or their powers.
Until they go through an "Awakening".
This "Awakening" is actually -> them dying in the same/similar way that they Fell.
They survive this death, and start regaining memories. Eventually, once they know who they are, they can start to tap into their powers again and also regain their Divine Form (the first designs. They are huge and human-like-with-non-human-features-depending-on-humans-depiction-of-them)
Shinya and Tsunagu make it their goal over the thousands of years, to find the fallen deities, reunite, rebuild, and hunt down Life.
And that, they do.
And they make it to the modern time, where humans are said to be going missing quite often.
(whats happening is they're being turned into. like. lost soul zombie being creature demon things. That only the immortals can see.)
I'll leave that at that for now but-
Deities -> their true godlike selves, with their forms and duties and stuff.
Immortals -> them in their mortal human shells, living their lives more freely without sworn duties.
(to kinda explain why I say "are/were" deities ig)
Anyway, Shinya and Tsu reunite after the Fall, and spend the years just. Messing around and being free -as well as finding the others- and they kill each other sometimes in different ways for fun. (sparring but to the max)
<333
I am. Very worn out from writing all that, but I've been having the biggest brainrot for this au- so please ask me about it if you are curious /lh
Izumi gets to have fun ninja practice with dad, dressing up in everything with other dad, learning how to fly with uncle Hawks, fun playtime with aunty Rumi, and....everyone gets marshmallow roasting with Enji.
I missed drawing her so I did this a while back and found it in my drafts to finish up so here :D!!!
:O!!!! OH THATS ADORABLE- ABSOLUTELY!!!! (Thank you for enabling me >:D)
Get ready for a lore dump! /lh
Okidoki so these are the designs for the characters that live in the "broken dollhouse". The ones on the left are their haunted little toy forms, and the ones on the right are what they looked like in life/their spirit forms, and their names/roles.
(Izumi and Storm are my own ocs, Izumi is my edgejeanist bab and Storm is jeanists niece who I haven’t introduced)
This au is semi-fantasy, kinda ghosty, and set in Victorian times (-ish)
Info under the cut (and some more designs. Ectoloader! bc they're kinda the original main focus) will include death and very mild talk of discrimination:
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So, Tsunagu is a rich lord who owns a giant mansion on the top of a hill, near a forest.
This mansion happened to be cursed. It was cursed by some ancient being in a way that interferes with Death. Extending the lives of those who live in it, abnormally, and cursing things to constantly go wrong.
Tsunagu had an illness that was commonly called "Vampire's disease"
(he was pale, sensitive to sunlight, and quite weak and fragile)
This led to rumours that he was a vampire.
(was he a vampire? Nobody knows...even I don't /lh)
(No he was, but it is still a slightly questioned thing)
Shinya was his best friend and doctor, and he took constant care of him. They were actually together as a couple but had to hide that from society.
Shinya lived with him in this mansion "for medical reasons as his personal doctor" and other rumours said it was because he was widowed and lived with his friend for comfort. The first one is the only one partially true.
They took in other 'misfits', people that didn't fit in, adopted orphans and kids who needed better homes!!
They gave them work and roles as well as a home, but treated everyone as a big family. Their roles were mostly exaggerated for show.
Shinya and Tsunagu went everywhere together and some people were suspicious about it but their go to excuse was always “he is ill and needs constant supervision.” “You heard him, doctors orders.”
At home and with the Family, they acted purely as the practically married couple they were and raised most of the kids as both their dads. (Or uncles for the ones that were brought in by other members of the family)
One day, one of the kids (Izumi) gets gifted a BIG dollhouse, and it’s a replica of the mansion. Down to the last detail. There are no dolls inside though.
A week passes and during this week, everyone falls relatively ill. They are okay, but it is strange.
Then, the tragedy strikes. The soldiers have found out about everything. About the rumours, about who these guys are. And they also come to “execute” Tsunagu on charges of him being rumoured to be a vampire.
They tie Tsunagu up and also tie up the rest of the household in order to “cleanse them from his spells” and they take Shinya to arrest him for “aiding” the vampire. He fights and manages to run inside and lock the doors.
The soldiers set the mansion on fire and leave.
They are left to die. And they do indeed die.
Their souls are trapped inside the magical dollhouse. This wasn’t supposed to happen instantly.
They wake up and feel and look the same as they usually do. But, they know they died. They weren’t supposed to know until they were told, but they knew.
For 50 years they just wandered around their “mansion” assuming they were just haunting it and couldn’t leave.
And then the magical seal broke, the doors to the dollhouse opening and not only that, they transformed suddenly into toys and dolls. They were so confused and scared. They attempted to leave and found out they were inside the dollhouse, inside their bigger burnt mansion.
They explored for a bit and then settled back down, learning that they’d have to just deal with it. Tsunagu knew some things about what was going on but he didn’t really remember reading about them or anything. Shinya also knew things that filled in the gaps from Tsunagu’s knowledge.
They spent another 50 years like this until someone came to rebuild the mansion and found the dollhouse. Suspecting it to be haunted (they were right), they took it to a Toymaker that said he dealt with old toys like that.
Cue them meeting The Toymaker!! Higari!! And they get everything explained to them and their dollhouse and any cracks/rips/tears in them are fixed!!
They get to stay in his workshop and meet plenty of other souls that live inside of toys!
And, well, they get to live their lives a lot more free and peaceful and just. Live. More than they did in life.
Fun facts about the dollhouse:
It has a magical seal that activates the transformations! When the dollhouse is closed, this seal is activated, meaning that they get to look and feel like they did in life. Just. Smaller versions. They are “human” in this form.
But if they go outside or the dollhouse is open, they turn into toys. The same applies to objects, “pets”, food- they are made out of resin or clay but if they’re activated, they get to seem just as real as the spirits are.
The world seems normal, but magic exists in the form of vampires, witches, demons and spirits and so forth.
These are the things that usually are passed off as superstition, but during this time it was very real to them. And in this case it is because it was indeed real.
Magical beings/supernatural beings usually hid from society bc they would get hunted and killed when found out.
Death (as in the all powerful being) created special semi-immortal beings that can carry out certain tasks/watch over souls/etc, for them.
These beings are made up of magic and form shadow-like entities with no physical form, yet they are not living nor dead, so are not classified as a soul or spirit.
They are referred to as guardians/soul guides, along with other nicknames.
Depending on the job they are tasked with and what they were made to do, they are given a human form - this can also be in the form of a vampire/witch/etc, in some cases.
Their magical source is tied to an object/item of clothing that they must keep safe, or else they lose their physical form and must wait to be granted a new one by Death.
Their recognisable sigil is a black rose, which they can use to identify each other. Their items are usually related to a black rose in some way too.
There are different types of souls and lives. Normal folk that lived normal lives/died in regular ways, folk whose souls are meant to pass on, those who die tragically, lives cut short, etc.
And there are special souls that are tied to magic and death in some way, even if they didn’t know in life. These are magical beings, old souls, magical folk, cursed folk, etc.
These are souls that have destined deaths and are tasked to be bonded to objects so that they can be kept safe, and others can be kept safe from them. They are dangerous souls after death - even if they were just human in life.
There are four soul guides tasked with this section of death, and they carry out a constant cycle.
The Stargazer: they are tasked with looking and seeing what souls are next, using constellations and stars (and magic)
The Toymaker: they are tasked with making the toys/dolls/objects needed for the specific soul(s) that are next, made with its magical seal. They also look after all of the spirits once they are in their objects.
The Gift Giver: they are tasked with finding the soon-to-be-dead soul, and gifting them their bound object in some way. They must also collect this item when the soul is dead and trapped, and bring it to the toymaker.
The Storyteller: they are tasked with watching over the deaths and the lives of these souls, writing their stories and making sure everything goes as it is destined to. They are present at the death, and will explain things to the souls and tell them of their lives.
Yep. And these lil things are how they actually look outside of human form, when Death calls them into the spirit world for a meeting. (chibi-fied of course)
Higari - The Toymaker: He makes the dolls and everything and has magic that enables him to bond these souls to their toys and create seals. He looks after them and tries to ensure they live better than they did in life.
His magic is tied to a small music box in the shape of a black rose.
Everything he does is very toy related, its his lil theme lol
Ecto - The Storyteller: He owns a huge magical book that includes all the stories of all the souls they take care of. His magic lets any story he tells come to life.
(so, little sparkly magical projections show up on the book as he tells the story)
When in toy form, the souls like. Physical soul forms live inside this book and he can watch over them. (they look like lil jellybean ghosts)
His magic is tied to his hat, which has an embroidered black rose on it.
Snipe - The Gift Giver: He gets to take the toys/dolls/dollhouses from higari and gift it to the folks that are gonna die. He then gets to come and collect them after and give it back to him! His magic lets him find the souls, he always knows where they are.
His magic is tied to his cloak, which has a small black rose sigil in the front.
Thirteen - The Stargazer: They get to look into the stars and keep an eye on which souls are next in line for death! Their magic lets them see and predict the next deaths and see all the special souls!
Their magic is tied to their telescope, which has a rose along the side of it.
The broken dollhouse actually causes a lot of problems and issues with their jobs and tasks and they have to go figure it out!!!
It all ties to the ancient demon being that cursed the Mansion, and them having to fins a way to lift that curse so that they can get back to work as normal
They are a mess. Professional semi-immortals that constantly are chaotic and are a complete mess.
Ecto and Higari have a sort of ‘old married couple bickering/divorced couple but they arent actually together’ dynamic. However, the also have never met each other in their human forms, so it goes… interestingly-
The haunted lil dolls get to help set them up on dates and also just watch them be disasters.
It's a mix of “oh it's you… it's my turn to look after the souls” “oh go back to your storytelling-” and “eheh…hey…so you- yeah you wanna get lunch sometime?” “that would be great :))”
and that is all i have for now because this au does not like me ironing out the lore at the moment lol- i am having huge brainrot for it tho, thank you for asking :D!!!
