#fm au

  Part One

Her reception was rather different at the next set of islands the cruise ship released Anko onto. She squinted suspiciously at the civilians who pointed their little black boxes at her. “You better watch it,” she warned. Anko ruffled her trench coat dangerously, a reminder that she had a lot of weapons underneath it.

Lights flashed. 

Hhmph.

 Anko decided not to kill them this time, but she made a threatening “I’m watching you” gesture before she stalked up to the resort’s help desk. 

They were waiting for her. Anko opened her mouth to request a snake and was surprised to see the middle-aged lady shoot her a mischievous grin and slide over a pamphlet with a map of the island. 

She looked at the woman. She looked at the map, unfolded across 6 pieces of paper. Areas had been circled. Photos of snakes had been appended to mark who lived where. There were 110 different snakes living in the beautiful, highly superior islands called the Philippines. She clearly had her work cut out for her if she was going to get at least one of each. 

“You, I like,” Anko emphasized. She flung herself over the counter to hug the woman. 

“Gibberish?” 

She turned to see one of the civilians with black boxes pleading for her attention. Anko raised an eyebrow with maximum condescension. The civilian was undeterred. 

Memory: Oh, and please be patient. and do not peek especially during my take off on my cloak!

Memory laughs it off and takes off her cloak, not letting anything get to her. She’s busy with her own stuff, focused on everything that needs to be done. Meanwhile, Loop sneaks into Memory's room, sliding the door open a little bit too loud for comfort. The low light creates a few shadows on the walls, and he steps inside, curious about what he might find. Then... T H E N...

oh. OH STARS! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU SEEING!? OHOHOHOHOHOOH!!!!!

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Memory: Hey.

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You hide your face in embarrassment.

.....That was kind of weird. You’ve never seen her without her cloak before.

perfectly normal shell game

Oh !

Old (November 21 2020):

New (July 23 2023):

This is a delightful question!! So I’ll answer it right away!

Honestly, it’s hard for me to come up with anything original because I love what other folks have already come up with for this question! So I’ll share their work here. :)

@zombiotical has drawn Floor Master Shin with a cotton candy theme! You can see their work here, here, here, and here. I am absolutely in love with this design. It is playful and youthful.

Cotton candy is a good match for Shin because we see him eating it in Nankidai’s summer festival sketches.

@moonviewingtruth has drawn Floor Master Shin with a moonpies theme! You can see her work here, here, here, and here. I love this design too! The nods to coding and his scarf are such fun touches. And I love anything that shows moon symbolism for Shin, since his name is connected to the moon! 

Unfortunately, I don’t know any other artists off the top of my head who have tackled this subject. However, here are a few more ideas.

When I was talking to @joukester about your Shin-Sou roleswap AU, we came up with the idea that Floor Master Shin and Participant Sou could be pretending to be each other at the same time. Because that would be so funny. But if Shin is still using the Sou alias, then it would make sense for his sweets-theme to be sun-themed instead! So Joukester suggested chocolate sunflower seeds, which I thought was wonderfully creative!

Finally, my sister @knightotoc pointed out in the notes here that you can’t go wrong with a fancy suit. Why not let Doll Shin match Doll Sou in his suit? Why not tempt Doll Shin to the dark side with expensive clothes? Personally I’m very into this idea! Haha!!

After writing all that...what else is there? Shin’s favorite food is soup, but that’s not a sweet. Soup is forbidden, haha. My only other idea is that since Kanna is connected to ice cream and pudding, Shin could have his theme be one of those as a tribute to her.