What are some strange/funny relationships customs In Ebott/of the aus?

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In dancetale, the traditional proposal/soulbonding gift is for the paired monsters to exchange custom made shoes or dance beads. Then at the soulbonding ceremony they perform a piece together wearing their gifts. It’s still a practice only seen with the dance au monsters despite how much attention the media gives it.

In seaswap, seafell and seatale there was little room for stuff on the ships, so courtship almost never involved gifts. Instead special date activities were used as the big steps in official relationships. Duels were popular in seafell while races were more seaswap style. Seatale tended to look towards the sky though, and a common date for couples is stargazing/mapping.

Because of the tight extended family dynamics in most of the farm AUs, “family wars” were a popular wedding/bonding ceremony activity where the extended families of the couple competed to see who’s farm the newlyweds would settle at. In farmtale, farmswapfell and farmfell wrestling was the main activity with the families picking their biggest/toughest members to compete. In farmswap and farmgold, feasts were held as a competition- the best food wins the couple. And in farmred and horrorfarm it was a competition to see who could build something the fastest. These were staged activities as the couple had already chosen beforehand which family to go to, so it’s all in good fun.

Ehehe of course~

Underpressure, farmSwapfell, Farmgold, lamiatale, Tremor, and Stein

Good choices. Except for farmswapfell. I can’t write swine them for this safely so I’ll skip that au lol. Ask it for him in the sewers ;)

Gem: he likes basic on the teeth smooches. Just your plain vanilla kisses. Nothing wrong with the classics after all! But because SO left their lipstick mark on gems smile, he’s gonna taste it and wipe it off before he goes out like that. The prank has failed

Fossil: he’s fond of neck/shoulder bone kisses if it’s coming from a SO taller than him. It does make fossil a bit flustered though. And when he finally discovers the lipstick mark later, SO will get a very flustered series of messages that can’t seem to decide if he’s scolding SO or trying to flirt with SO lol

Cigar: CHEEK KISSES- ahem, cigar is very fond of receiving cheek kisses from his SO. He thinks they’re just the cutest. And if SO happens to leave behind a lip mark… he’ll conveniently “forget” it’s there. That way when someone comments about it, cigar has a polite excuse to brag about his SO lol

Colby: he doesn’t have a particular place he likes being kissed that’s better than the others, so for convenience sake, lets say forehead kisses. And no Colby will not notice, and yes he will go a whole day with a fat lipstick mark right between his eye sockets. No one says a word to him. At the end of the day when he showers, the mark is just a pinkish red blur across his face, and he panics thinking he somehow got a rash before realizing it washes off.

Seth: kissing him on his upper spine/the spot where his neck meets his back gives Seth the shivers. Like he’ll have a full body shiver, then turn and snap at SO for teasing him lol. He loves it though. And he absolutely won’t see any lip marks. The prank won’t last long though as I’m sure someone will bully him about it.

Basilisk: kiss him on the ribs. He loves that. And if you leave a lipstick mark behind, he’ll wear it just as proudly as he does his battle scars. Flustering basilisk this way is kinda impossible

Tremor: kissing him on the hand will make him pretty giggly and flustered. He’ll kiss your hand back in “revenge” then get even more embarrassed cause he doesn’t feel like he’s a dignified enough person to pull that move off lol. Unfortunately this does mean you can’t get away with leaving behind a lip mark there. He’ll immediately see it.

Like all the other farm AUs, they all have an agricultural theme/background. However their climates before the crash were a little different

In farmred monsters and humans native to their farmlands were at battle with big corporations trying to buy up all the land. Unable to get the farmers to budge, they would send in paid criminals to torch, loot and rough up the villages. This resulted in an environment where violence was commonplace and a large cultural divide between the rural and the city folk. The farmred monsters come from a more modern era and tend to favor the use of lots of technology and chemical based treatments for their crops, making them less trusted by other farm au monsters/humans.

In farmgold, the monsters were the dominant culture and had discovered a new land ripe for the taking. Of course this place had people already living there, but colonizers don’t care about that. Many settled and began farming and shaping the land as they saw fit before the crash. There were battles and wars all around between the monsters and the natives before the crash making the climate rather guarded and aggressive. Farmgold monsters are both agriculturists and big wig business owners. Many from this au make up a sizable chunk of the richer farm monsters across Goldenvalley, Corncopia and many other agricultural based cities/zones in ebott.

And now to introduce the new skelebabes!

Meet dandy and filly!

Dandy(farmred sans)

Dandy is a smaller skeleton monster standing only at 5’2 feet tall. He has a dandelion yellow magic and is severely scarred on the right side of his face. His right eyelight doesn’t work properly and only emits a faint glow. He can see through it, but it’s rather blurry. He also has considerable scarring on his collarbone, neck, rib cage and spine. The scarring on his neck gives him a rather rough and gravelly voice He is aged 55

Dandy is the absolute worst at being a fell monster. He’s a naturally sweet and gentle monster and is a terrible liar. While he is capable of fighting, he has no stomach for violence and will often just stay on the defensive in a battle regardless of the damage he’s taking. He’s not shy, but past experiences have made him nervous and quiet around new people.

Dandy has a little plot of land in new hope where he grows flowers! He rotates his “crop” bringing in new flowers every season. On dandy’s plot of land is also a little shop selling homemade perfumes and essential oils from his flowers. It’s only open on Saturdays.

Dandy’s special ability is called flutter feet. If he kicks really fast, he can briefly walk on air. It’s very tiring and pretty goofy to watch so he doesn’t do it often lol. Dandy’s magic weapon is a large shield shaped as a rose. It’s purely defensive

Things he loves: flowers of course! But dandelions are his favorite. Pickled vegetables, heirloom tomatoes, pickled herring, perfumes and other floral scents, punk rock, swimming, fishing, basket weaving, the color seashell pink, gardening, bird watching

Filly (farmred papyrus)

Filly is a skeleton monster standing at 6’2. She has a very soft feminine voice that tends to contrast harshly with her sharp face. One scar on her face connects to a copper tooth in place of a missing fang. She has a teddy bear tan magic. When her ecto is summoned she has a rather muscular build. Filly is aged 49.

Filly is a protective and cautious monster. After her parents passing, she found herself as the main protector of her brother before the crash, a role that she still feels resent for despite her and her brothers good relationship. Filly with strangers is standoffish and cold, but with friends she’s nurturing and affectionate. She has a very dry sense of humor

Filly is a mailman in new hope! The mountain town has a lot of winding roads hard to access by vehicle, so she does most of her routes on horseback.

Filly’s special ability is called knock back. Exactly three times a day, she can fully rebound a magical attack sending it back to its owner. Any magic attack. She experiences no backlash from this. Once she uses this ability three times though, her defense stat drops significantly until she gets a full nights rest. Her magic weapon is a whip with barbs on the end. 

Things she loves: her horse sunny, Indian paintbrush flowers, foraging, leather clothing, hunting large game, fine wine and fancy crackers, horseback riding, rhythm games, dancing, country music, the color sky blue

And meet Cigar and Colby!

Cigar (farmgold sans)

Cigar is a skeleton monster standing at 5’6 feet tall. He has a vibrant apple green magic and a faint smattering of freckles on his skull. Around his eye sockets is a line of visible magic, a hereditary birthmark. When his ecto is summoned, he has a large strongman build with a bit of chub. He is aged 63

Cigar is a very proud monster, he’s hardworking, intelligent, ruthless and has an eye for the fine things in life. He’s earned his right to be a bit vain in his opinion and takes his reputation very seriously. He can be strict and harsh with strangers, but has a soft spot for kids and will be doting and spoiling towards them. He’s a closeted romantic and flusters easily from innocent flirting.

Cigar owns several sizable chunks of land around Corncopia and some parts of Goldenvalley. He leases his land out only to farmers and ranchers except for one street in the inner town of Corncopia. There he allows artisan good shops only. He’s incredibly wealthy and feared by many in his town.

Cigars special ability is called early set rot. When he sees a plant or animal with an infection, he can speed up the process through touch, easily killing the creature from its disease. He has perfect control over this and despises his ability. He never uses it. His magical weapon is a large hunting rifle with beautiful fall harvest details.

Things he loves: pumpkin pie and roast boar, artisan cheeses, fine wines, fancy suits, cigars of course; he’s a very heavy smoker, boats and boat rides, vintage furniture, hunting rifles, big game and bird hunting, taxidermy animals, dogwood flowers, the color bronze, calligraphy, orchestra music

Colby Smalls (farmgold papyrus)

Colby is a half breed skeleton monster standing at 6’1. He has a cheddar yellow magic and a smattering of freckles on his skull. Around his eye sockets is a line of visible magic, a hereditary birth mark. He has thinner bones than average, and when his ecto is summoned he has a very dainty petite figure. He is aged 31. His soul displays orange for bravery.

Colby is a playful and goofy monster. He’s a little shy when you first meet him, but is quick to warm up with a bit of kindness. He hates boredom and is a menace when his hands aren’t doing something lol. He doesn’t care a lick about appearances and routinely embarrasses his brother and parents on accident. They still love him though lol.

Colby is a cheese maker! He is one of the suppliers of a shop belonging to the street cigar owns. Colby makes a variety of different cheeses from the milk of local livestock in Corncopia. He’s experimental and adventurous and hopes to make his own variety of cheese popular someday.

His special ability is called sweet sense by his family and sugar tits by Colby himself lol. He can perfectly predict the sugar content of any liquid he smells before he even tastes. He uses this ability to pick the animals with the sweetest milk for his cheese. His magic weapon is a butter churn with spikes on the side that he uses as a war hammer lol. It’s hard to use but packs a punch

Things he loves: CHEESE- literally any cheese as long as it’s good quality, homemade butters spreads and jams, square dancing, horseback riding, mud wrestling, comedy shows and podcasts, weaving, painting, crochet, knitting, whittling, sunflowers, the color lemon, heavy metal rock lol

And side characters

Ruffet: farmred muffet, the reason behind most of dandy’s scars and filly’s sworn enemy. Ruffet was once a corporation sell out and was hired to drive dandy and filly away from their land. Fully managed to scare her off, but not before she injured dandy considerably. Since the crash she’s done some soul searching and regrets her past actions considerably. She’s made peace with some other past victims but is scared to approach filly and dandy still.

Iris and ginger: farmred catty and bratty. The two soulbonded monsters were old neighbors of dandy and filly and were like pseudo sisters to the two when they lost their parents. They both now work on harpy’s vineyard in new hope and are obsessed with the idea of getting harpy and dandy together lol.

Meemaw: her name is actually Ann Swatson but her grandkids make every one call her meemaw. Meemaw is an elderly human woman from Texas who moved to ebott on her sons insistence for her retirement. She’s still getting used to monster culture but adores her half breed grandkids and is willing to try for them. Meemaw was a contest winning horse breeder back in her day and struck up a friendship with filly when she saw how well taken care of filly’s mare was. Filly considers Meemaw her best friend and would die for her.

Brie: farmgold gaster and the mother of cigar and colby. Brie is a proper, polite and gently stern monster. She’s had a rough life over the years loosing her family during an overseas voyage, then her ex soulmate cheating on her and abandoning their child. Since the crash her life has been in an upturn though with her son’s success.

Worcester Wingdings: the father of cigar and the ex-soulmate of Brie. Worcester was forced into an arranged bonding with Brie for her family’s money when young. He resented her for years, and when their son was born the pressure became too much. He ran off with a human lady abandoning his family, and eventually managed to break the soulbond in his own. After the crash, he found himself alone in ebott leaving his lover behind. Worcester is a bitter and regretful monster. He wishes to reach out to cigar but fear of revenge from the ruthless skeleton holds him back

Ehehehe

He really loves a sheer nightgown for his SO. Something long and elegant but where he can see a faint outline of his SOs form underneath. Stars that would get him going so hard.

For the new aus!

lol this will be fun

Dandy: he stares down at the tiny plate absolutely puzzled. Man will get up, come back with a rose or something, then indignantly claim the portion is even smaller than the flowers he grows. Look! He’s holding the both of them up, and the roses absolutely dwarfs all the food!!!

Filly: no complaints, no reaction, filly just eats her meal gratefully like nothing is wrong. Then she gives you a pleading look and politely asks for seconds. If you come out with another tiny meal, this cycle will repeat until she’s made you cook over a dozen times lol. She wants to see how much you prepared for the bit.

Cigar: he graciously thanks you for the home cooked meal, just like he does every time you cook for him. Then cigar tucks into the little food like it’s a feast sent down from heaven lol. He’s brought out all the fancy cutlery and is using it like he’s in a five star restaurant. He’ll comment on each tiny food making compliments to the chef. His total lack of acknowledgment of the portion sizes is absolutely hilarious.

Colby: he tilts his head at the plate puzzled, then lifts it to his face and simply licks it clean in one swipe of his tongue. If cigar is in the room he’ll scold Colby loudly for his poor manners lol

Foxglove: she cackles when seeing the plate of food and tells you to watch out. She’s the real prankster here! The next day when you go through your purse, you’ll find that somehow every single item inside has been minimized to a Barbie’s size. Everything except the car keys.

Periwinkle: she laughs joyously, and you feel a cold wind put a shiver down your spine. You sense that you have made a binding deal of some sort. What follows that meal is weeks upon weeks of back and forth pranks between you and periwinkle. All the furniture in your house fits in a Barbie dream house. Your car has somehow been expanded to the size of an elephant, you have a shirt that could fit lady liberty. When will the torture end??!!

Seth: he raises an eyebrow at you and remarks that you better have cooked a sh*t ton of this tiny food. Or else he’s going out hunting. Of course you did, it may be funny, but it also tastes good and you want some too!

Dandy: he doesn’t care either way honestly. If dandy’s partner wants him to carry the baby, he’s perfectly fine with that! Dandy is ADORABLE when pregnant. He has a perfectly sized baby bump and just seems to glow. He’d do really well carrying actually.

Filly: it depends on finances really. If her job is making more, she’d rather her partner carry so they can get the rest they need. If her partner is making more though, she can do it. She’ll be more comfortable knowing she can afford to take time off when her pregnancy gets more far along. A pregnant filly is very uncoordinated. She keeps underestimating how big she’s gotten and will find herself stuck in funny situations.

Cigar: he wants his partner to carry the baby. That way cigar can spoil them rotten the whole pregnancy and show them off. Trust me, if you’re carrying cigars baby, you’re getting the princess treatment all 10-11 months. If cigars soulmate is unable to carry though, he’s more than ready to take up the job. Cigar when pregnant is very finicky and anal about his diet, surroundings and exercise. And he nests hard. The house must’ve been redecorated over five times before the baby arrives.

Colby: while emotionally he’s chill either way, intellectually Colby knows it’s probably smarter if his SO carries. Colby is a total trouble magnet, even if he’s trying to be safe, things just happen. Add a baby to that and, well he doesn’t want to risk an accident. If colby was pregnant, the mood swings would hit him pretty hard. He’s anxious about every little thing hurting the baby and gets real jumpy as well. He’s easy to spook

Foxglove: oh she wants her partner to carry 100%. Her job is quite dangerous at times and she’d go mad if she couldn’t explore in the later months of the pregnancy. If foxy absolutely has to be the one carrying, it wouldn’t be easy. She’s resentful of how the baby is holding her back, no matter how much she wanted it. She’s very pissy in the last few months of the pregnancy.

Periwinkle: same as foxglove, she’d much rather have her partner carry. Periwinkle knows she’d struggle adjusting to the more relaxed schedule a pregnant monster requires. If she has to be the one to carry, she will be very very bored once she gets big enough to make movement more difficult. She needs a lot of attention, but otherwise has an easy pregnancy

Seth: it depends on his partner. If Seth considers them more vulnerable, he’d want them to carry so he can focus on their protection. But if his soulmate is tougher than him? Damn right he’s taking that baby! He’s gonna sleep in every day and get the pampering he deserves. He regrets it almost immediately when the morning sickness hits him really hard lol