#level fun

> Are partypoopers in your story Extinct?

I'm doing this one first since its kind of a big plot point and i do reference it later. They're not extinct, but deeply in hiding. During the fun war there were escape parties that managed to get out using a distraction. But the war left them at a complete loss for materials as well as numbers. As far as the wanderers, organizations, groups and partygoers are aware. The partypooper's have long since died. But they're not. Just recovering <3 Only a select few of the post-war partypoopers are allowed to go out due to lack of training due to lack of resources.

> Whats your Partygoers POV about partypoopers?

As far as the partygoers after the war are aware, Partypoopers are dead and have been looong dead. I'm sure many of them reminisce on how fun it was to mess with the partypoopers before the war, while others are glad they're gone 'for good'. There were minor concerns after the war that maybe some had made it out, but those concerns were quickly rid of with the expeditions they made to go find other minor partypooper setups and take them out. I think if anything the Partygoers saw the Partypoopers more like toys though. Things that were meant to play along in their big game. Mild amusement and hate consideirng they see most other entities as lesser species.

> Is it just Cyrus and his dad Kyros?

Theres actually more partypoopers! I uh, dont talk about them a lot woops. But they're split into 2 sorts of parties (ha). Partypoopers from before the war (Pre-war/veterans) and partypoopers from after (Post-war/newgen) Cyrus is weirdly in the middle of all this where he wasn't around long enough before the war to have been considered fully settled in (in my lore partypoopers don't have childhood phases. They kind of just show up at some point without parents. Like a new student in class. Everyone always knows they're new.) So he fits in more with the newgen PP's I list the newgen PP's somewhat in the next question but heres the veterans: Kyros/"Frost", Soren/"Thirds", Mimic, Cloudy, Diver and Rifle. (Most veterans just have nicknames, while the newgens tend to share/take on personal names.)

> Does Cyrus feel alone?

Cyrus has a multitude of connections throughout the current base/setup the partypoopers have. He's got his two friends Pim and Lux. Theres also Pims sister, Eryx who he knows briefly. And theres a partypooper named Mav who's trying to have a one-sided rivalry with him (he doesn't care much for it. Mav seems intent on starting something though) But to say he feels alone is an understatement. Despite Cyrus's many connections he feels horribly isolated. Pim and Lux never got to experience the fun-war. and he's out of place alongside the veterans due to only getting a foothold after everything went down. He feels like theres some kind of expectation he has to look up to because many of the newgen partypoopers somewhat look up to him because of his fatherly relationship with Kyros (the one who mostly led building up the outpost/camp after the fun war, who also risked his life dragging a bunch of partygoers into level 129/The White Forest with him.) (For the record, the newgen partypoopers actually don't actually think that much about him, hes just kinda that guy everyone seems to know. But he learnt from Pim that Eryx and her group of friends all think hes really cool and its affected his anxiety for the worse.) Cyrus is very outgoing but constantly feels out of place. and his situation with Print didn't help either. The partypoopers entire structure right now relies on remaining unseen, a structure that shattered for Cyrus the minute Print saw his mask. Its a very small but important part to the story that Cyrus actually couldn't tell anyone about Print because he was too scared. He was mortified of what he'd done and what that meant for him. Being one of the few non-veteran partypoopers that were allowed to leave after the funwar, under the condition that no one see him. And he messed it up in the worst way possible. He couldn't bring himself to admit how badly he fucked up. It's like being a straight A's kid and suddenly getting an F on a test that- if your family saw. Would cause you all to have to move cities. Utterly mortifying (for him </3) He has since then somewhat recovered after learning more about Print but still feels buried under expectations when it comes to the group.

As for if he'd be a sibling person? I dont know. I dont think he would be. smh.

> Does your Partypooper society have strict rules or just a knit community?

I wanna say its a mix of both? things like customs were very very strict before the war. It was seen as a sign of respect to the community to remain in ambiguous/anonymous clothes that blended in with everyone else. (it also kept them from being targetted specficially since wanderers and partygoers couldn't tell them apart from eachother.) Though after the war that specific rule has became severely lax. Considering Cyrus's crazy outfit LMAO. But also because the partypoopers cared more about keeping themselves alive than wearing the same clothing. If they were going to be in hiding it didn't matter what they wore. Many of the veterans as a result ended up gaining 'themes'. Like how the 4 stickmen fighters from Animator vs Animation (alan becker's series) started as just random npcs that felt the same. To finding out their special interests with AvM. However many other rules have been made much harsher since the war, I mentioned previously that only a small amount of the post-war partypoopers are allowed to go out. They haven't been trained enough to be trusted outside of the current base set up. No more making outside friends </3 THOUUUGHHH one rule- i wanna mention quite extensively. or more like?? belief?? custom?? Its their MASKS their masks bro okay, Masks here are more important than their lives, for a partypooper to take their mask off in-front of someone is seen as one of the highest forms of respect. It nearly never happens unless they've decided to pursue a relationship, Which- considering they dont reproduce, is a very odd thing to happen anyways. (....looks at Pim and Lux, no one actually knows ab them being together other than Cyrus.) On the contrary, de-masking a partypooper is one of the worst punishments they can receive, it essentially strips them of their identity (as well as their mental health..) Kind of like a public execution of sorts... theres so much stigma revolving around the removal of masks and the cover of their heads that partypoopers who have been de-masked in the past have known not to stick around long afterwards. Disappearing into the endless bounds of the backrooms, or surrendering their lives to an entity.. While head and face cover is very very important, removing the cover of ones body isn't AS bad as long as the mask stays on and theres something to hide the head, but doing so in the presence of wanderers and other entities is considered reckless. Considering most of them came into existence with the mask on in the first place, its also usually seen as a betrayal to remove it by those that are more? religious? I dont think partypoopers are very religious but im sure theres at least a few out there. I dont think they'd necessarily have like rules about who's in charge / who does what or that sort, most of them consider themselves equal but acknowledge that others have more skill. Though that was before the fun-war. Now its muuchh acknowledged that some have skill than others.

>How does your partygoer society work?

Rather simple actually! Its a forever continuous party that everyone's invited to! =) They've even got mini parties happening inside the main party! isn't that cool??? Though all in all the partygoers kind of work like a hive mind without the ability to directly live in eachothers brains. Partygoers with special mutations get assigned to tasks that help with that kind of stuff (example: Marble is strong and has tough skin. They had him bust through some barricades that had been set up by wanderers. He also helps with moving party supplies like tables since its a one-goer job in his case <3) Whatever you're good at you do! They don't like to waste talent. Some partygoers dedicate themselves to special jobs but most of it is in the name of the party. It's more like a group of friends with evil intentions that some kind of living area. They like to organize events and stuff like talent shows (Volt once broke some lights on accident with his singing woops) Or uh, a cult probably. Dedicated to the party!! Most partygoers don't have a specified friend group, they'll hang out with just about anyone! Though it's not uncommon for some of them to stick together cus of experiences. (Marble and Volt had no idea who eachother was before getting put in jail the ERC lab. As you can see, they are, inseparable... much to Marbles dismay/j) Sometimes they form large groups to get specific things done (like raids on settlements or overthrowing portions of levels, usually done with the help of a partyhost to keep them connected. though sometimes without. Also just big parties.) They also dont tend to have names unless certain partygoers get brought up enough to need some kind of distinction (Marble and Volt both getting theirs from the patterns on them, Print was just the "Big Light yellow one" though with it being a mouthful the partygoers near him kinda just shortened Big Light to Blight. Begonia is an outlier since she never actually had anything special about her to deserve getting a nickname, only Marble and Volt + Print call her that since M and V knew her before she was a partygoer and Print picked it up from them.) Though on an interesting side note! My level fun is actually a bit of an amalgamation of multiple of the versions. Not only is it the normal level fun you'd think of, but theres also a whole sub-section/sub-level that connects to the version of the lore where it's a cruise ship. They're able to travel out up on deck from that sub-level and the flooring and structure is a lot different. Level fun also has multiple different sets of floor tiling that never ever repeat twice. The partygoers like to use these patterns to mark specific locations for events and planning since they know how to follow the tiles get to specific pattern progressions. (if that even makes sense?? Essentially if you showed a Partygoer a picture of the floor in level fun as a geo-guesser they would be able to figure out where it is in the level even if they hadn't been there before.) It also includes the deeper parts of the level that are flooded from one of the other lore's though in this case its more like a massive pool party than some abandoned viral infection.

>How did Begonia get her scar?

Begonia's scar is actually one that happens quite a bit further in my 'timeline' of events that happen, she actually got it from Cyrus who took some kind of heated blade/weapon to her eye and down. As for what the weapon is specifically I haven't figured it out yet because I'm filling in the space between that time and the buildup towards her finding out. :)

>What's her pov about partypoopers?

Hmmmm this isn't something I've thought about actually. I wouldn't say she necessarily hates them, despite everything about her it's not exactly in her nature. But she definitely doesn't like them either. She sees them as more of an uncontrolled variable? a problem to work around. A bug in the system. They're nuisances to work with, and take for granted the 'wonderful' position they were offered (the truce between the partygoers/partypoopers). She's not one to kill on the spot though... If anything, stalk. She likes to gather intel. That isn't to say she doesn't enjoy killing them though. But i think she enjoys killing just about anything. Even her own. Though that was before the truce was broken. After the war, I think her opinion shifted somewhat. Considering she most definitely contributed more than just a little bit in the massacre that happened that day. As well as the interesting things displayed (personal lore, during the war there were a few different partypoopers equipped with much deadlier weapons and would be a distraction incase of retreat. Kyros was one of these) I think she's well aware the partypoopers are likely still alive. Begonia's smart enough to know they definitely had backup plans and its something she looked into intensely after the war. No doubt found at least one of them. While she currently has no proof of the partypoopers continued existence its something that nags at the back of her mind. The later interraction with Cyrus has also left more than just a bad taste in her mouth.. While before she was willing to put up with them and have patience, shes now much more brutal and relentless, Wanting to know what they are and where they came from. So she can make sure it never happens again. As a side note she's most likely de-masked more than just one partypooper in her lifetime.

[Silly reply to the 2nd last thing] Volt: WHUH HUH WHAT??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?? <=)

I like Volt, i think He makes Marble carry him places. :))))