#exileandtrust

They're best known for their Optimus/Reader fic called "Handprints", which has been through several iterations, and has been deleted from Ao3 and the internet at large multiple times. Sadly, it seems as though they've deleted it and themselves yet again.

While I wasn't familiar with this fic's latest iteration, I was familiar with it,(it brought back repressed PTSD memories. yay.) as were many of my close friends. It meant a lot to these people and functioned as a huge source of comfort during what is arguably the shittiest fucking time period on earth. I'm not going to try to guess why they felt the need to delete it again, or convince them to come back. But I am going to extend to offer to, should they be amicable to it, adopt the fic from them and finish it.

If you have a way of contacting them, I'd deeply appreciate you letting me know. I don't even need to contact them directly. We can do whatever sort of middleman fuckery everyone's comfortable with. I'd like to request the synopsis/notes/etc if they're willing to share. If they're not, that's also fine. I'll do my best to continue where they left off and pick the brains of those who were invested in it this time around to get the best idea of where it was going plot-wise.

IDK how the fuck I'm gonna do this w Bread and Hard Mercy also looming over my shoulders. God willing, if one or more of y'all wanted to make this a group effort and go in as co authors, that'd be fucking dope. But letting this holy relic disappear from the fandom isn't something I'm willing to let slide if I can help it, and no matter how fucking daunting this seems it also seems like the right thing to do, so I'm gonna try.

She is done!!!!

Literally took me all day to do, and I'm not sure what happened with her other eye, but Asya finally has a humanoid appearance!!

So, to recap... This here is Asya Mutheru, a sassy, vain and short-tempered trans showgirl for hire and the former Captain of the Alstromeria, a ship that once belonged to her late mother, Gasira Mutheru, that she used to escape from her father, a baron named Lord Omari (also known as the Dragon Lord ;3) before she ventured out to sea and met her beloved husbands, a stylish Victorian doctor named Knockout and a Viking named Breakdown. Together, they sieged and plundered many dock towns and ships and generally became a nuisance to all, for the sheer pleasure of the hunt for treasure and thrills.

After a storm destroyed her ship, the three Mutheru's were rescued and taken in by Captain Elbent of the Immortal Sun, where in a blind panic to find her husbands Asya accidentally revealed her hereditary gift... her draconic feral fury.

Just feel to my knees

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but, yes, it appears as though it has.

I'm gonna keep re-posting that appeal to Exile until probably around mid-febuary of next year hoping to get either their notes/synopsis or at least their blessing to continue. But after that, I guess I'll just have to assemble a pantheon of readers intimately familiar with the latest version and asses what direction the majority perceived the plot to be going in. Then, god help me, try to pick up where she left off.

A. Sorry you're here and in this boat with us, friend. (even sorrier that I'm heading off to work and have to keep this short)

B. I actually *am* missing the most recent iteration, and if you wouldn't mind sending this my way that would be *awesome*.

OMG, @exileandtrust is back!! Her story, Handprints is back. I don't know her reason or anything, but I am glad to see her back. I hope everything is good for you and all.