@girlgeniusevents Day Three: Jagerkin & Crossover

wayne just has absolute jäger energy.

in the middle of a fight he stops to shop clothes off the guy he defeated

he believes in hats

his relationship with hats is unmatchable

book 1 plot is he loses his hat and tries to get it back

he's undyingly loyal

eager for a fight

knows how to start a bar fight

brawler in an age where there's shooty things

thinks getting shot at is a form of affection

absolutely would go up to someone and say "nize hat" (and eat it off their head)

inspired by one of my favorite panels of girl genius.

Hey hey hey I gave original-flavor Virgil a light reimagining that matches my current design and story sensibilities, as well as how he's developed as a character over the years.

He started out as a Girl Genius OC and frankly I'm still very fond of what I did with him; a mute Heterodyne mechanic with heavy spark potential who joined the jagerkin when offered instead of potentially breaking through. He's a lot more low-key than most jagers but has just as much of a mean streak, he's not unsocial but just prefers to keep to his work. He throws himself headlong into clanks and vehicles and other machines, loves working in the bowels of them, working them, trying to make Real Good Explosions, loves his heavy weaponry. He grew up on a hen farm (hates birds, so much) with his mother, older cousin, and three younger sisters and the first thing he did upon becoming a jager was kill his cousin over a long history of bullying and abuse, including the injury that left him speechless.

And. And. And they're so dedicated to taking care of the Small Ruffian Girl Prone To Shenanigans and they keep panicking whenever she toddles off to do a sparkwork because she's SO SMALL and there's always jagers following them so she's not really in danger but the boys still worry.

what if What if Agatha makes her little army of dingbots And And she's so SMALL that they can carry HER around if they work together And the boys panic because she's just? She's so small?

She's so small her dingbots are carrying her? The dingbots took her to the rafters! They can't reach that far yet, nobody will let them! What if she falls?!

I'M ALREADY SOBBING BUT LIKE

WHAT IF ONE OF THE JAGERS PICKS UP AGATHA WHEN SHE GETS TIRED AND STARTS RUBBING HER EYES AND ROCKS HER TO SLEEP AS THEY CARRY HER BACK TO THE ROOM AND THE BOYS ARE TROTTING ALONG BEHIND WITH LITTLE FISTFULLS OF THE JAGER'S COAT, BECAUSE THEY'RE BIG BOYS AND DON'T NEED TO BE CARRIED THANK YOU VERY MUCH BUT ALSO THEY'RE RUBBING THEIR EYES BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO TIRED

I was revisiting the Maxim Buys a Hat short story and came upon this scene.

Maxim... That is, uh... Quite the tongue you have there...

People should stop talking about Jägers not being sneaky because like. Look at this scene. Lars doesn’t even bring them up as an option or a risk and neither does Abner. In fact they’re intensely startled to see them.

That means Da Boyz left the town, changed clothes, snuck back in the town, and then fucking sat down on top of the wagon where nobody noticed them. Possibly right in front of the guards.

Title: Reparations

For: @theroyalzookeeper for @spark-exchange 2016

Rating: G

Warning: Shirtless (male) Jager?