#infodump post

summary before I start tapping about the character dynamics and possible inclusion of OCS: Basically if you read the chapters it’s never explicitly explained but what has happened is Shadow Milk is experiencing some sort of amnesia that is implied to be caused by his soul jam having mysteriously become damaged (he doesn’t realise this because he legit doesn’t remember what a soul jam is). The plot is lowk confusing a bit and may not make sense but whatever I’m just having fun so basically it’s maybe a week or two after the spire had collapsed and pvc is like “guys I have a worry 💔” and the gang is like “okay go off king” and he’s like “thanks I’ll text you if I die” and he moseys on back to beast yeast bc he’s worried about shmilky and feels like somethings wrong. He goes to the ruins of the spire and then he’s like “aw man my pookie Wookiee isn’t here maybe he’s dead oh well it’s getting dark imma go to the inn and keep looking tomorrow” and because the plot is subtly whispering in his ear he decides to take a detour and walk through the forest and then he finds shmilky-poo on the ground (his whole POV of waking up and then passing out again is the prologue) and he’s like “aur naurrrr” and kidnaps him to the inn. Shadow Milkithus wakes up and he’s like “where am iiiiii who am I whatttttt” and ten pvc comes in the room all like “hey bbg I dragged your ass here last night are you dead what happened” and smc does some blushing because gay cookies the author ships shadownilla esp in this au that I made. Then pvc pipe is like “cmon buddy boy let’s go back to my house” and smc is like “aight bet” and then he gets there and has an episode or something because wizzy glizzy hurt his feelings.

NOW I GET TO RANT ABOUT CHARACTER DYNAMICS AHAHAHHAHA. Soooooo if you hadn’t already found out the au does have some shadownilla in it and it’s really fun to write (the shadownilla is liiightly inspired by the errorink fic Tangled Memories by honeybubbletea33 on ao3 Jesus Christ that fic is so good it is my actual ride or die) because main man has zero memories but rlly likes pvc and pvc has all the memories and already liked him anyways. Basically it gets explained in like chapter four which isn’t out yet but shmilk is also like perpetually ill now bc of the damage to his soul jam so nilly kinda has to help him out. I’ve also tried to keep smc in character at least somewhat. Like he’s not a completely different person he just happens to not remember hitting his breaking point and becoming a vicious monster or ever existing so he’s still like goofy and a little smartass but just not evil. Anyways yeah the pureshadow is really cute imo bc awwwww flustered shadow milk and awwwwww pvc is happy bc smc wants to hang out w him awww awww awwwww awww. Oh also wizard cookie is kinda important in the character dynamics because I love him so he’s been written as the ‘doesnt really warm up I don’t trust you you’re plotting something’ character so I get to write him being autistic and I love him and smc is like “oh hey kid what’s going on!” And wizzy glizzy is like “back foul creature” and smc is like “awww man :(“. There aren’t a whole lot of other character dynamics I have planned out that can be told without spoilers buuut now I kinda wanna talk about the possible inclusion of my ocs

random oc yapping: I may or may not write my cookie run ocs into this but they’re also gonna get their own au at some point maybe because their lore slash stories do not fit with amnesia how I have it written so far like at all. Basically (they’re cringe as fuck bear with me this is how I cope with my fuckass parenrs) Theres two Theres Apple Juice Cookie and Blue Raspberry Poptart Cookie. And I don’t wanna get into their lore rn but essentially they come out of the same circumstances but one of them becomes pure vanillas like adopted ish child thing and the other one becomes a shadow milk minion and is like sorta siblings with bsc and cac. They mIIIIGHT be written in like that but it’s highly unlikely as I don’t really want to merge two aus for no real reason. They COULD and again they probably won’t but it IS POSSIBLE that they will be written in as like little townsfolk kids who like hanging around the teens (I have gb wc and sc written as teens) or something idk. Anyways this was less of content for you guys as it was ‘I’m obsessed with these guys I need to braindump about them.’ So if you read this far what is wrong with you how do you care so much about my disjointed ramblings I’m flattered andddddd more amnesia coming SOON so here have link to get caught up if the summary sounded cool (fair warning it is an angst au if you didn’t know)

Ummm ummm yeah so in like three days amnesia might have its own blog and you won’t have to fish through my void postings to find it but in the meantime here you go.

thanks for listening tumblr. And thus I take my leave

For a bit of context, I've split the best 8 in half;

Wireglasses' Crew consists of himself, Ocho, 8-Bit, and Shady + their respective teams. Same goes with the remaining four of the best 8, consisting of Tako (Shellmet), Barreleye, Hornmet, and Mitsuami + their teams. (Except for Mitsu, I don't think she has her own team yet..? Not really sure yet)

Wire's crew:

The Wireglass Pirates!! One of the strongest pirate crews to ever patrol the seas at the time. They've created a pretty fearsome reputation for themselves, a lot of smaller sailing crews will go on routes to avoid them.

The main crew members' bounties are in the high 900k's, Wire's bounty almost reaching a 1 million cash! :D

They have no known allies, although they're sort of buddy-buddy with Barreleye's crew. They don't really attack each other while at sea but it's also really really awkward when the crews do run into each other.

Sometimes Barreleye and Wireglasses' crew will meet up and trade resources-- although most of the time they end up just hanging out and playing cards.

Uses black labels in battles which disable their opponent's weapons and can also prevent them from using their specials as well if stuck directly onto them

Black Labels are considered illegal, they're very hard to attain unless you either make your own or smuggle it from somewhere.

Wireglasses:

The Captain of the crew!

He also goes by Captain Wire

Mainly uses a cutlass and/or the splattershot pro, depending on the circumstances

He likes playing cards and staying with his crew. They play cards sometimes to pass the time. He is scary good at playing card games like Speed or Hearts.

Sometimes he gambles during stops— he’s won a few, lost a few (Sometimes he’ll cheat at the gambling table whenever he feels like it) 

He's also pretty firm in negotiating trades. He gets a little bitter whenever trades don't go his way--- just because he's firm about it doesn't mean he's good at it

Wire sometimes gets a little too serious in battles. He's ruthless towards his enemies and just overall gets overconfident during battles 

Ocho:

Master at pick-pocketing and picking locks; If you flip him upside down and shake him around a lot of spare change and random trinkets he found will come out

Sometimes whenever the crew plays cards, Ocho likes to cheat (even though he doesn't always admit it)

He's sometimes sent off to run errands for the crew if they are split up.

Second in command, sometimes helps with other stuff around the ship. EXCEPT FOR MOPPING he hates mopping the deck. He will complain the entire time/hj

Uses a set of throwing knives and/or .96 gal, depending on situation

He's a bit of a sore loser when it comes to almost everything

He likes collecting little trinkets; sometimes it's stuff from trading posts and other times it's random stuff he'll pickpocket off people.

Ocho rarely calls other captains by their proper titles. He mostly uses their names— which Barreleye doesn’t like (Ocho is mainly avoiding Barrel’s title just to annoy him)

Ocho has a boyfriend!! He is dating my friend @autoboros ‘s OC, Lock :D (hi auto!! waving at you) 

They spend time together between voyages 

Most of the time they meet up at the docks and spend some time together :3

8-Bit:

She LOVES explosives and has probably tried to make her own at some point (But got told off by Ocho and Wire)

She takes care of the canons on the ship

Uses a dynamo roller most of the time, though sometimes she'll have smaller bombs that she throws.

Like Ocho, she cheats in card games, but not as often as he does. She’ll get all offended if you accuse her of cheating.

8-Bit also sometimes makes really weird drink combinations whenever she’s bored, the rest of the crew just tries it to be polite— but it mostly turns out to be a disaster.

Due to an incident, 8 Bit is banned from the ship’s kitchen— she is no longer allowed to cook for the crew ever again (womp womp) 

8-Bit and Ocho compare bounties whenever they appear in the newspaper. She's jealous that his bounty is higher

Shady:

Sniper of the crew! 

He has an eyepatch for when he’s aiming his shots. 

Shady keeps a journal of the places they go to

He is also in charge of navigating the ship wherever they go places.

His accuracy goes head to head with Skull’s, it’s only a matter of reaction time and who fires first 

Shady likes reading the newspaper to pass the time whenever he is bored at sea. Most of the time he’ll just be sitting in the crow’s nest and reading the paper for hours at a time. His favorite columns are the sudoku puzzles. 

Shady usually stays behind to watch the ship sometimes while the crew goes to run errands. Every now and then he’ll tag along though :D  

Shady does have a smaller dagger on him just in case for close combat. Normally in battles he’s well-hidden and enemies have trouble finding him :D

Barrel's Crew:

I’m gonna be 100% honest, I still haven’t come up with a name for their crew. So far I can’t find any names that really stand out to me at the moment so I’ll have to keep thinking about it :’] 

The crew mainly uses heavier weapons compared to other pirate crews.

They’re all in all a very loud bunch, mostly Barreleye though. 

Even though they’re pirates they prefer to have fair fights— they won’t fight someone who is unarmed.

They have a lot of other allies :D Although their relationships with other crews are mostly one-sided. Neither of them get benefitted its more like people they're acquaintances with

They first got their bounties after accidentally exploding a few navy ships-- and also """"accidentally""" stealing a few of their resources.

Tako (Shellmet):

She used to be in Wire’s crew but she eventually left to join Barreleye’s crew. She also became the new captain after Barrel stepped down for a little bit. 

She left because she was against the whole black labeling thing. Wire wasn’t too happy to hear about Tako leaving the crew, he’s still bitter about it but there’s nothing he could really do to change her mind about it. 

Tako uses a cutlass and the hydra splatling, depending on the situation. 

As second in command of the crew, she makes sure the ship is in tip top shape every day. Sometimes she’ll try to help out with repairs

Tako met Barrel in a tavern where Barrel was arm-wrestling other patrons for fun. Tako arm wrestled him and won 

While she was in Wire’s crew, Tako used to whack the other crewmates with a broom whenever they annoyed her, she’ll still do it whenever the crews run into each other

Barreleye:

He carries a blaster and sometimes uses a cutlass. 

He is LOUD. Sometimes he’ll fire off the cannons just for fun and gets scolded for it by the rest of his crew.

Barreleye is friends with Gloves and was the one who convinced him to set sail in the first place! :D Although they don’t really see each other often 

Barreleye makes a lot of silly blunders that his crew usually has to drag him out of. 

His bounty was first posted after he exploded a navy ship on accident. It was a long tangle with the navy but the crew ended up being victorious from the whole ordeal. The crew had bounties after that incident as well.

Barreleye doesn’t really get along with other pirate crews— mostly Hivemind or the X-Bloods. 

Sometimes he gets a little overconfident in his own abilities, both in silly situations and serious situations

Mitsuami:

She wanted to join a sailing crew initially. Hornmet was the one who convinced her to join Barrel’s crew!

Mitsuami has her tri-stringer but no sword, in close combat situations she’ll sometimes freeze up and panic. She’s still trying to get better with those situations though!

Her accuracy can almost catch up with Shady’s. She’s only missed around 3 times but she doesn’t really like to talk about those times

Mitsuami is absolutely terrified of pirate crews with higher bounties such as Wire’s crew or the X-Bloods. She tries to avoid them whenever she can

Mitsuami sometimes cooks stuff on the ship for the crew to enjoy. She likes going to snack shops whenever the crew goes anywhere

She freaked out when she first saw her bounty listed in the newspaper but later saw it as something cool :D

Hornmet: 

Hornmet and Mitsuami have been friends for a decently long time, before both of them joined Barrel’s crew :] 

Hornmet is the shipwright of the crew! She is mostly in charge of repairing something in case it gets broken or needs fixed 

Sometimes she’ll help with the canon repairs as well 

For the most part, she uses her tri-slosher in battles 

Every now and then she’ll use throwing knives for longer range attacks. 

Hornmet loves the thrill of being a pirate, she has no interest in reading maps and stuff

Like Barrel, Hornmet sometimes gets herself in situations due to her overconfidence 

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