#infinity train au

Infinity train AU that no one asked for but I thought it’d be so so fun to throw Lake into the Apex with Jesse. They can draw a themself a number, pass it off as being “turned off” by One or something, and go from there. Kinda impractical — esp with the flec to also consider — but it’d be filled with tension and anxiety and PEAK.

Imagine Lake scribbling a number change during raids. Imagine Lake worrying about telling Jesse the truth and the grief Jesse feels about confirming what he always knew deep down: denizens are alive and have thoughts, feelings, and dreams. Imagine Lake feeling conflicted because a lot of the Apex kids are nice, just misguided and turned into something near unforgivable. Imagine Jesse struggling to forgive himself. PEAK ANGST. Imagine them trying to hide Alan Dracula from the Apex kids because AD refuses to leave them. PEAK COMEDY.

I gave Lake back their Mohawk because it looks SICK and I love it. I gave Grace an anti-theft tag crown because it’s COOL and she deserves it.

I aged up Lucy and Alex from book 3 ep 1 to be the other keystones because Lucy was an obvious pick and Alex was the only other kid I remembered cause the fitting lightbulb thing. I toyed around with Apex Tulip because she’s awesome and the best choice for head of tech but that creates too many complications with Lake.

Lastly it’d just be fun to have Lake interact with Simon more. They’d play along to avoid suspicion but Simon’s words would probably get to them. Things is, before Simon gets suspicious and investigates, he probably thinks of Lake as one of his best new recruits. Lake hates this and hates him. Imagine Lake interacting with Grace. Imagine Grace figuring Lake out and asking Lake to wheel a null in front of the ENTIRE APEX, AAAAAAA. Jesse and Lake would just have to book it at that point. There’s just so many interesting scenarios to imagine. Fun fun fun.

Also brief description of each zone and their purpose. Forgot to put that in the art.

War: Raids, taking over cars, any battles against denizens

Rescue/Recon: Rescuing apex members from cars due to instability, retreat, raids gone wrong, etc. Also rescuing any new passengers/new recruits.

Husbandry: Food & stable stuff. Lucy is probably extra bitter at Jesse for not having to wheel a null because she did and she is shown to really like them in canon.

Tech: Train manipulation & gadgets.

“Diplomacy”: Recruiting passengers, sorting intrapersonal conflicts within the Apex, “negotiating” ie extorting denizens, & whatever the hell Grace wants it to mean

Made an Infinity train au for Zanka n Jabber to deal with.

Zanka ran away from his home after hitting a breaking point from his family pressure and that's how he ends in the train.

Jabber is vague about why he's there and just does whatever is more entertaining for him. He found Zanka's snappy attitude funny but stuck with him from genuine liking for the guy.

Jabber has only increased his number since he got on the train.

Zanka hates how Jabber is both brains and brawl.

They fight and practice fighting when things are calm, mostly because of Jabber's request. Zanka finds it awfully cathartic to punch when he manages it but won't admit that to Jabber.

One idea i want to implement was a body swap car

Mostly because I headcannon Chloe having some sort of learning disability and I think it would be funny try and deal with it

Marinette: How does she not know how to read?

Mari 15 min later in Chloe's body: Oh that's how...

Honestly I so rarely see bodyswaps that take disabilities like this into account! Like fuck yeah it lives in the body not the soul so-

Thank you so much!! I honestly feel bad for not continuing it, but I honestly went into it without a full outline beforehand and life has been busyyyyyyy... Which is why I'm only NOW starting to write for it again! Chapter 2 will be out next week!! Until then, some descriptions I made of all four boys ages ago