#saisk rambles

This au starts out with, well... two major divergences. First, Chosen and Dark don't become terrorists- they become thieves. Tend to break into companies- or pose as potential new employees and then, well, dip when they find something they want. And sometime after Alan makes Second... something goes wrong and pulls him into the Outernet. But he's not transformed into a stick- nor does he stay a human.. he's transformed purely into code. Very hard for him to think clearly, too many inputs at once.

…Until a company opposing Rocket Corp uh, finds him and captures him……Decides to try and use him for power, because he gives off a LOT. So for awhile he's basically their battery

…Until they drain too much.. and his form shrinks and some thought returns- sticks- those are sticks- and his form… contorts.. code shifting....And then he's a purple hollowhead.. doesn't remember being THAT thing.. confusing the company....But they try to act casual around him.. curious if he's sentient.. it's annoying to lose their battery but they still wanna study this- but the poor guys freaking out because to him it feels like he JUST got there

They manage to calm him down and there's no sign of.. that for awhile.. they even offer him a job- …Until about a month later, when he starts suddenly shaking.. gripping at his head while on the job and.. that comes out again.. freaking out.. So they drain it.. until it's him again

And they sorta figure out the intervals on draining him, and that he doesn't seem to remember, so they keep him around as an employee, answer his questions about the world(assuming he doesn't know because of being.. THAT thing, and he doesn't mention what he really is.) So he has no idea they're kinda.. using him as a power source.

Until eventually.. Dark and Chosen enter the picture.

..Abd they meet ol' Alan, who kinda intrigues em. That's another Hollowhead. While Alan is having a moment. And trying to not outwardly appear to be having a moment. Since he recognizes them.

Thankfully for him they assume his stuttery nervousness is just… his personality, given he tends to do that a lot around the place Amuses Dark a tiny bit, really. Like come on. Who stutters that much??

And they're intrigued about the whole place, mostly wanting tech.. but kinda befriend Alan- thinking either they can use him because he seems so nervous he might just give if they ask something, and also because they haven't seen any hollowheads besides themselves- and hearing of one other co-founder but they haven't hit Rocket Corp yet

Until they're there the day that… the 'creature' get's drained.. don't see Alan turn but.. haven't seen him all day.. watching through the windows into a large white room with a bunch of machines connected to the wall.. all draining purple energy from this large creature that is kept to the floor with odd rings around it's form.. as it cries out and thrashes..

..They don't make any connection to Alan.. but Dark get's excited. Sure, it'd be a bit hard to steal something that big, but.. it's CLEARLY getting smaller as it's drained.. so he drags Chosen away, ranting about how if they could steal that and keep it drained and at a smaller size- they might not have power problems EVER. And there's so much they could possibly learn studying it! Dark's practically giddy

It has been.. a few months now, since I started blogging about AvA and stuff. Since I started rambling about my au's, and just..

...I wanted to say thank you. All of you. From the bottom of my heart, like... just.. stars above. It's been so lovely, hearing all your thoughts. All your ideas. Seeing every doodle and every short story done about... about thoughts that I thought were silly and wouldn't go anywhere..

It's been... so amazing, getting to know y'all. Becoming friends with some of y'all... I just...

I don't know where to begin, or where to end...

Mers

There are lots of Mersticks in this au, which go into four categories

Seawater - Deep Sea and Upper Sea mers, which mostly have the lower half of. Well. Sea creatures.

Freshwater - Same with Sea Mers, but Freshwater creatures

Cave - Less specific creatures but can be, often bioluminescent to communicate with each other due to low to no light

Nether - Lava creatures! Could be lower half like striders, but other had little tendrils that act as biological snorkels and long flippers, with eye membranes to protect from lava. Very Heat Resistant but can barely leave the lava because even the Nether Air can be a bit too cold for their standards

Beyond Nether and Cave Mer, Freshwater and Seawater mer use sign language and have their own versions of it. Cave Mer as explained use bioluminescence, and Lava Mers use vibrations and underlava calls.

When magic began to die out, all Mers were hit hard, but cave mers and especially lava mers were hit harder.

Fun fact! Emma in this Au is half Mer.

The Nether

As mentioned a few times, the Nether Exists! It is basically an underground area that used to span a long, long way... but when magic began to die out, it shrunk to mostly be under the area where Destruction was sealed. And by big, I mean like... miles and miles. It was like a whole continent underground that was the Nether.

Herobrine is sort of... the 'Ruler' so to speak there. No one quite knows what he is. Fey? Eldritch? Some other kind of creature? Let alone now, where their name is only really legend...

The End

Similar to the Nether, The End also exists! Before the Sealing, it was more like the Aether. A land of sky islands that floated as high as mountains, lush and full of life. Sticks existed there, and many had different sorts of wings... along with other flying creatures that were all magical and in some cases viewed as Odd...

After the Sealing... the Magic holding up the islands began to fail and make mistakes... but instead of going down... they went Up. So high that there was little to no Oxygen, and few creatures can exist there in the Twilight...

Except for the rumored Dragon that prowls it's homes... creatures that some thing might have been sticks twisted when magic failed... and the old forgotten cities left to crumble...

Sticks

I've mentioned before the different categories that one must fall into to be considered a stick...

They reproduce by color, and thus... you know. No bits and bobs

2. They are almost always sapient or at least smarter

3. They almost always have 1 to 2 main colors and those are their 'flat' colors (not including their eyes. And being living there's always Lil details in it)

However, I've never really rambled about the different kinds of sticks! I mentioned Mers above, which are sticks that are kinda 'merged' with some underwater Creature... but there's also

Giants - Sticks that tended to mostly roam the mountains, going from 20 ft to 50 ft tall, they were huge. It was said they used to carve mountains into homes, and use giant redwood trees to carve into weapons, hunting dragons for meals... or perhaps other large creatures. They were sapient, and could often be traded with for different metals, and other things... however when magic began to die out they became very reclusive... there was already not many, but now there's even fewer

Celestials - The Sticks of the Sky! Often coming from the End Islands, they had beautiful wings of many colors... sometimes feathers, sometimes silken, sometimes almost like energy flows, they were rare to see outside of their home, or outside of the skies. They were often known for being rather friendly though... but now... none have been seen in a very, very long time.

FullHeads - Sticks with a 'hollowhead' that has color inside. The most common besides the more average sticks like Red or Green

Nether - Sticks practically made of Magma, they were hot to the touch, and could burn others that weren't magma sticks on contact. Not often seen outside of the Nether or Deserts, as while they can exist in temperate climates, there was risk of burning things, and also risk of if they did freeze they would turn to stone... died out quickly when magic began to die out, many in fact turning to stone

Stickbugs - What is says on the tin. Sticks! With bug features! Often found more in deserts or tropical climates, these were sticks with more chitinous skin and sometimes more then the average set of eyes

Arctic - Sticks that are... much fluffier then the average. Known for having coats of colored fur and tails, they are more found in mountainous or colder regions of the world

Constructs - Not fully sticks, but sticklike. Made of metal and stone bones with artificial flesh, they look exactly like sticks, but often don't fully have thoughts and emotions... and how to tell a stick from a construct is joints where the bones meet, and a gem somewhere in their skin

Leech Sticks - Magic eaters, they are kind of like Vampires... except instead of teeth, they have a 'tongue'... that's really a proboscis that they stick into that which they want to feast from... and drink on the magic within- while not really able to consume much other food with out throwing up. Were already rather rare... but when magic began dying out, they became practically unheard of...

HollowHeads - There's only a 5 really known to exist... being Alan's family... however like that effect where people think something has always been one way but it hasn't, people just think hollowheads have always existed. Or perhaps they have... just none have lived long enough to tell the tale, or were lost to time like many of the others

Dragons

Just as sapient as sticks, these are creatures of Magic. In the days before the Sealing, they could cast spells and other magics... however, as magic began to die out, their species adapted to survive to the point that all their magic went into their breath, whether it was healing, fire, etc. They also come in many forms, for example:

Nether Dragons - Dragons that were practically made of magma... although not fully. But they were very warm and very destructive if they wished to be. Normally stayed to the Nether and their lava lakes that they had deemed home

End Dragons - Also known as dragons of the stars, or dragons of the air, these dragons breathed out light that some would claim was as bright as the sun... although now there's only one, and their breath isn't quite so bright

Nowadays in canon they tend to just be referred to as dragons, whether they're feathery, scaly, or even have fur... but they are still very sapient

Kingdom of Drakarn (Mango's Kingdom)

Random Fun Fact - Mango's family line are all distantly related to a Nether Dragon! It's not really evident in Mango and Gold, but they run warmer then most sticks... in Tangerine however, he had horns and had a few tiny scales here and there

It's also saddly often looked down upon even in current times, simply for their past. Some kingdoms have forgotten... others are still angry at losing magic... and some just don't like them for harboring dragons.