#fetch!anti

“What are you?”

“You really haven’t figured it out already? I’m you.”

“No, you can't- I’m not-”

“But you can be. You will be.”

The creature taking over his reflection giggled, a high pitched sound that reminded Jack of long nails on scratching down the delicate glass. It sent shivers up his spine, and a cold weight dropped in his gut as he watched the creature move. Its form broke and glitched, flashing different timelines at Jack- he saw broken arms, broken legs, stabs, gunshot wounds, slit wrists, an open chest cavity, missing limbs, poison blue lips, blank eyes, and any combination of other ends. His heart beat fast as the creature pressed its palms against the glass, twitching its head side to side. The only constant was the ever bleeding gash in the creature’s neck, bubbling and sputtering as it laughed and laughed and laughed.

“Stop,” Jack begged, barely a whisper as the laughter began to echo through the room, drilling into his ears, vibrating in his head, pressing itself into his mind until he couldn’t forget it. “Please, please stop. What do you want? What do you want from me?”

His question seemed to only spur the creature on further. Its puffy green septic eyes sparked with malicious glee, lips stretching into a grin so wide it began to tear through the flesh. Its teeth were rows of uneven and discolored needles, thin and sharpened to such a point that its gums and the inside of its lips bled continuously. Jack gagged and turned away, repulsed by the sight of himself so distorted, so decayed, so wrong.

“Look at me!” the fetch bellowed, bangings its fists against the mirror repeatedly, each crack getting more and more aggressive as Jack refused. “Don’t you dare ignore me! I am your future! You can’t turn your back on the future, Jack! Look at me!”

With a shuddering sob, Jack turned to look back at the mirror, at the raging creature that had replaced his reflection. It was sickly and pale with death, despite the still bleeding wound in its neck. Its septic eyes had gone wide with rage, needle teeth bared in a snarl that made Jack want to hurl. It had his face, his hair, his plugs, his clothes, his body, his everything- it was him, it was him, it was what he was going to be, what he could be -

“Look me in the eyes, Jack. I’m you. I’m what you will be. This is what you’re going to do to yourself, Jack.”

“N-no, no I’m- I’d never-”

It threw itself at the mirror, smearing blood on the other side, exposing the long slit in its neck. Jack screamed and jumped back, plastering himself to the opposite wall, but he felt like he hadn’t put any distance between them at all. It felt like the creature was looking down on him, a predator assessing its wounded and weak prey, looking for the best place to go in for the kill.

I LIKE THIS CHALLENGE YES 

Whose backstory was the most fun to form? 

Oh boy, so all of them were fun to form, but I’m always partial to my Hosty boy XD. It was really nice getting to stretch my creative muscles and more or less build the Author’s backstory from the ground up, and how he got to the point where he turned into the Host. The shift in relationship dynamics between him and Blue during that change is incredibly fun to explore, and to see how far they’ve come in their odd friendship is especially pleasing to write. Connecting Bing to it all just made it all the much more complicated as sweet. Figuring Bing out with the Golems, where he came from, how he fits into the dynamic, where he stands with the Host, etc, was a challenge at the start, but ultimately a really fun exercise. 

Besides the Host, I’d say Dark and Wilford. Although I don’t have anything concrete for Wilford in terms of species, I do have his place in the world solidified, as well as the entire mess that was WKM worked out. Everything about Dark, from his muddled background and broken existence to his character design as a truly horrifying abomination of a dragon, has been really exciting to build.

Who haven’t you been able to figure out? 

Multiple characters, ugh. I work with my favorites first, or those that I already have a concept for. I have some ideas for Wilford, Jackie, and JJ, but Silver, King, the Jims, and Eric and Derek I’m completely lost on. I have an idea for Robbie, but I’m not even sure I know where to fit him into the storyline. I’ve got a LOT more brainstorming to do, to put it lightly. 

Who do you love the most aesthetically? 

 Besides the obvious answer of the Host, I love the vague mental image I have for Dark, the Golems, and, someone I haven’t talked about yet, Yandere! Fetch Anti is also deliciously disgusting~ 

Who would you punch in the face?