#septic switcharoo

Do I owe you fluff? No. Do I want to give you all fluff? YES I DO!

Introducing Poppet (Septic Digital Circus) and Dapper (Septic Switcharoo)!

Poppet: A wooden puppet boy, the ringmaster's favorite! I wanted to draw wood grain on his body, but it didn't look right for some reason. He's one of the only braincells in the group, always a calming presence. But if he is a puppet, where are his strings?

W̴̧̤͈̝̣̞̥͙̔̓̀̈́͠ơ̵̠͍̲̦̠͍̦͚͈͈͊͛̉͊̌̚͝͝û̶̠̤̝͍̲͎̰̈́̽̿͜ͅl̴̢̢̠̰̼̗͇͍̠̹̫̘̊͐̉͐͊͝d̷̢̛̰̮̖͂̋͆̔͒͠n̵̜̬̪͖̪̐̌'̵̢̧̲̲̘̼̺̙̗͙̤͕̺͓̤͆͋̍̍̓̂t̴̡̗̻̞̹͍͓͖̳̫̉̀̓̆̆̋̈́̀͝͝ͅ ̴̢̧̫̹̝̥̪̜͕͕̫̱̥̟̉̌͌̀̐͝ͅỳ̵̧̨͇̦͔͍̰͉̞̯͇̤̤̒̂͊̀̊̓͛͂ͅơ̸̛͔͕̞̺̹̙̈́̓̔̚͝ư̶̡̠͈̗̣͍̙̬̼̞̐͊͒̃͒̂͑́̈̐̉̋͜͝ ̵̬̰̬͓͈͓̖͕̈̇̏͒̓͆̇̕͜͝͝ḽ̶̣̳̝̲̟̞̠̓̅ͅi̸̜͓̟̣͈̮̩̇̐̉̆́̾͜ḵ̷̡͕͓̗̬͕͈̔͋̓̈́̾͛̀͌͋̒͐̕͜͝e̶̡̡̛̺̦͇̻̺͖̫͍̬͉̱̐̊̈́̒̾̄̈́̄͂̕̕ ̴̡̨̲̬̖̜͙̦̒̀͑́ͅͅt̶̡͍̻͙̺̗̭̙̋̏̐ͅȏ̸̧̠͖̖͔͉͇̩̞̩͓͊̆̽́̃̒͝͠ ̸̢̧̢̼͕̠̜̪̥̞̰̋̅̀͌͋̒́͑̃̀̆͘̕͝͠ķ̶͍̘͔̲̈̏n̵̛͙̮̳̱̦̟̳̦̙̭̟̮̲̞͂̈́̍͆̀̍̔͝ǫ̵̡͓̯͔̺̪͚͇͍͓̟̲̝̈́̓̐͊̈̓͗̆͒͊͆̋̈́̐͛͜ŵ̵̢͉̯͈̗̫̫͑̑̉́͊̏̓̐̍́̎̒͠͝.̵̡̢͇̹̖͍̩̱͇̥͕̘͐͆͌̚͠.̴̢̛̼̰̲̫͔̝͚͍̮̆͑̀͋̎͛͘.̶̢̧̛̙̖̱͎͇͉̯͛͐͋̌̒̀́͌̒̆͊̚

Dapper: He's so kind and sweet, he must be an angel! Nope, he's a demon from a silent film reel. Well, technically a demon, but everyone prefers spirit. He is very kind and helpful despite being mute and having to carry his film reel literally everywhere. Speaking of which, have you seen it recently? A bad scientist took it, and he's been dragging around poor Dapper ever since! He's been asking this one guy, but he knows that this good doctor can't help him if he can't recall his captor's name. What was it-Andy? Andre?

< HENRIK

MARVIN >

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"So...tough week?"

"Tell me about it."

Here's Arzt (Septic Digital Circus) and the lesser-known Youtuber Henrik "The Good Doctor" von Schneeplestein! I originally drew them smiling, but I took one look and was like "Naaaaahhh." Also, none of the Draw The Squads really looked right for them, so I drew it referencing photos I took!

Arzt: the newest arrival to the circus, he is still trying to accept that he can't leave whenever he wishes and that he doesn't remember anything from before. Even his name. Oh, and the fact that he can't curse or smoke an actual cigarette (he's smoking a bubble pipe).

The Good Doctor: talks about medical stuff on YouTube, but he doesn't get as much sleep as he should. It's really starting to take a toll on his health, both physical and mental. He keeps having the same dream/hallucination: a film reel that records someone signing for help. Then the person pushes at the reel until he comes out of it...and then Schneep snaps back awake in a cold sweat. Chilling stuff, really.

< CHASE

"How? How is he an alternate version of me?"

For each week I wanted to do a draw the squad with two interpretations of the egos in my mental AUs! (couldn't find out how in include Jack though.. D: )

Anyways, here's Trix (from my fic the Septic Digital Circus) and Chase the Charmer (from my yet-to-be-released Septic Switcharoo AU)!

A few facts about them:

Trix: Made of foam, he's sort of the Ragatha of the gang: Really channeling his paternal instincts to keep the others sane. He does have a family in the real world. Or at least he thinks he does, nobody really remembers much about their life before they started playing the game, and they can't leave.

Chase the Charmer: He's in Marvin's role as the magician, and his special thing is managing to give potions or charms through his tea. And his magic blasts. Technically speaking, he's more of a witch than a magician, but he doesn't really care about that. He still keeps a gun on his person, though, as magic is no excuse to ignore what works.

HENRIK >

*inner plotting to murder the other*

And finally, the Antis themselves! I bet it's "Dr." Anthony Septique (Septic Switcharoo) who started their meeting in the first place, but ANTI (Septic Digital Circus) probably helped with it. They have a good relationship - they haven't killed each other yet - but they're both secretly plotting the other's demise.

Dr. Anthony Septique: Our main antagonist for this story! He works for IRIS and is in charge of most of the experiments. Unfortunately, he is very good at his job, in which he is sadistic as shit. He doesn't do it for the money (although that is a nice bonus), he LIKES to see suffering (Just like fanfic writers do)! He has his favorite subjects, though, but none more than a certain film reel demon, which he never lets out of his sights.

ANTI: Artificial Non-playable Taskmastering Intelligence is the leader of the Digital Circus. He is more sadistic than Caine, but mostly obsessed with giving a good show to the "Audience". He maintains the simulation and all its residents, but GOD everyone wishes he didn't. He released a [AWOOGAH]ing Abstraction near the new people for [SCREECH]'s sake! LET THEM OUT!

LET THEM OUT!

L̴̰̑̎̂̕E̴̯̾͛̀͌͠T̷̮͕́̔̆̏͜ ̸̥̜̱̈́T̷̛͙͕̦̰͗̋Ḣ̷̨͓̔ͅĔ̷͈̮͙͋̑̀̿ͅM̸͖͌ ̸̨̗͇̪̋̄̓O̵̪̭͛U̴͋̓̍͜ͅT̷͙͚̖͚͗͜!̴̞͕͍͎͂ ̵̡̠͍̜͒̐

Ĺ̵̡̢̢̧̢̲͕̫̱͙̺̼̮̣̗̫̭̝͙̜͚̿̋̅͋̒̆͛̈́̓̍͋̓̌̓́͌̉̊̑͊̽̇̽̕͘͜͝͠E̵̡̧̘̞̪̞̰̪̟͕̭͇̒̿͋̐̌̄̉́̈̔̾̍͂̚͠͝Ţ̵̤͎̈̎͒͐̑͆̉͛͋͌ ̴̨̛̯̥̽̒̌̾͑̂̄̾͆́̔̏̀̅̔̂́͛̌̚͠͠͝͝T̴̢̛̟͎͖̰̠̮͔͖̹͓̩͇̟͕̹̲͕̅͊͌͂̏̓̕H̷̨̛̹͈̗̣̪̊̀́̆̊́̈́̚͝ͅË̵̢͚̭͍̺͕͔̺͖͖̹́̆̑̿́̃͐̂̈́́͐̀̊͛̒͛̍͛͌̈́̅̎͆̀͛̈́͜͠Ṃ̵̡͖͕̳͖̥͇̬͇͓̥͙͎͎̦̰̥̻̜̑̌̄͆̅̔͒̋̍͜͝ ̶̧̛͓͕͇͚͓̱̝͉̱͓̪̬̖̥͔͙̺̏͒̂͋̅̊̿̉̍͛̃̀̍͐̅͆̊͜͠ͅO̵̡̨̱̤͚̺͇̩͔̤͈̺̟͇̝̪̬̯̤̣͝Ǘ̶̪͓͇͕̺̣͍̪̻͛͌̈̒͋̕͜Ţ̵͈̣͎̞̭̣̲̣̥̩̥̓̄̄̃͜͝!̶̧̡̞̦̬̟̟̯̙͚͍̘̮̦̬̮̳̣̥͙̐̾͘ ̵̢̨̛̛͇͙̼̫̙̻͇͈̻̺̳̱̮̰͑̑̑̄͗̌̋̈́̐̅̾̄̇͆͐̚̕͝

Ļ̶̢̢͇̫̖̜͍̬̠͈̣͕̳͇͈̬͎̙̦̲̹̤̘̳͇͓̗̫̘̋̉͗̿̊̋͂̈͑̉̑́̚͜͝ͅȨ̸̨̨̻͖̮̞̫̝̹̩͖̲̭̣͚̗̹͎̓̎̈́̓͒́̀̏̐̚̕͘T̴̡̛̲̭̖̬̮̦͖̤̪͍͇̯̻͉̗͚̠̻̖̰͈͛̃̎͌̀̈́̈́͐̃̃̌̇̐͐̆̈̄̌͛͌̓͆̄̑̈́̄̽͘͠͝ ̸̷̛̛̛̳͓͉̣̤͈̫͕̻͎̰̬̘̹̝͚̮̑́̽̐̒̆̽͒̈̽͒͊͑̆̃̄̎̀̽͗̑̑̔̾̒̓̃͂̄̋̔̊̃̍̐̆̀̐̈́̔̿̚͘̕͘͘͠͠͠ͅ

Ţ̵̨̝̝͎̭͚̬̳̯̤̳̼͖̙̭̝̰̪̭̙̉͐̑̎̃̉̿̽̾̊̄͑̚͝H̶̢̢̢̙͓̩͇̟͎̱̬̦͙̗̤͎̮͍̮̣̘̖̹̺̻͇̙̮͂̎̃͗́̂̕͜͠͠Ȩ̵̨̨͎̳͈͚͓̦͎̖͓̯͇̤̼͖̭͔͙͙̤͓͕̝̪̫͕̤̝͓̱͙͕͊͗͗̑̏̽́̐̆̇̒͗͜͜͝M̶̛͓̳͉̹̭͓̮͉̂̆̓̃̾͗̂̏́̒̄̓̓̀͋͆͑͂̃̕̕͘͝͠͠ ̷̢̡̡̭͓̩̫̜̼̞̫͚͉̠̲̹͇̹͙̺̘̳̱̠͚̝̰̜̪̙̪̫͈͕̍̋̃͊͋̏͝ͅͅ

̷̨̨̧̢̨̛͚͖͓̫̹̖̙̻̹͍͓͓̫̱̻̟̦͍̝̭̲͚̣̲͍̭̻̙̦̹̻͓̖̔̐̔̆͛̌̈́́̈́̄̆̏͑̓̉͑̉̓́̄͛̉̄̈́̕͘͘͝͝Ơ̸̧̢̡̼͍̼̗͇̻̠͉̬̼̲̦̲̱̗̙̮̥̹̦͉̒͗̾̋̍̈̍̽̒̀́̄̅͌̀̆͊̕͘͜͝Ư̴̧̧̨̡̳͕̪͉͇͇̗͔̜͇̟͈͎͍̭̤̣̘̳̞͓̭̟̱͖̺͔̞̑̈́͛̂̀̏̓̃̈̆͌͑̿̽̓̅̏̐͛̓̀͛͆̌̅̃̏̕̕̕͝ͅͅͅT̷̡̛̛̛̹͇̫͔͕̟̞̭̺̲̺̦̜̮̖͔̞̺̪̦̻͍̯͔̘͎̩̺̱̜̰́͊̅̾̆͗̌̀̏̈́̇̿̊͐̈́̒̑̾̔̓̌̊̏̏̇̕̕͘͜͠ͅ.̸̢̨̛͇̳͓̠̫̻̹̮̱̥͇̩͉̦̗̻͈̳͒͛̋͒̄̈́̃̏͒͋̿͐͊̔̂̅̓̊̈́̾̆̽͑͑̏͆̎̌͆̓̋̊͊̅̈͆̑͛̂͘̕͘͘.̸̛͕̝͓̙̝̮͓̘̤̆̋͐̌̈́̈́͒̓̔́̃̏̓̓͋̑͛͋̓͗͐̐͂̾̄̌̔̒͛̀̋́͊͐̔̓̕̚̕̕̚͝͠͝͝͠.̷̧̨̨̢͉̠͙̯̳̥͉̘̣̖̳͚̘͉͈̦̱̯̠͔̖̟͓̤̞̟͓̫͇͕̖̥̪̤̤̠̪͎̔͌̄͛̓̈́́̈́̉̀̂̋̄̏̾̇̃̈́̓̄̊́͐̕͘͘͜ͅͅͅ ̷̨̧̧̢̧̨̡̳̳̩̗̣͎̲͉̹̬͔͔̺͚̙͚̫̗̫͖͓̦̫̳͍̟̭̖̻͍̲͓̝̬̼̳͍͇̻̟̘̮̓̏̒̃̒͋̉̿͑̐͐̉͋̉͊̿͝

Anyways, that's my final installation for Septicartweek! I hope you liked them all!

< JACKIE

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"You're so groovy, you know that, right?"

"Thanks, man! I like you, too!"

𝐣𝐀𝕢ᑌ𝐄Ĺ𝕀ⓝẸ β丨ΔŇ𝕔α Jackie Benjamin: Taken from the 1960s rather than the 1920s, as that was when transgender people started getting gender affirmation procedures (what do you mean there was a name before Jackie's no there wasn't, that isn't his name!) Very happy-go-lucky and excitable, and has lived with his Very Close Friend Marvin since he came to the present! (Marvin is more than just a friend, and they both know it)

Sarlaoch: The first arrival to the Circus, even before Dapper and Magicat, but he still hasn't had the realization he is stuck there forever yet. Or maybe he has and just refused to accept it. Either way, he, Jackie, and the original JBM are the closest in personality than any of the others. I loved drawing his hair the most!

< MARVIN

ANTI >

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"It's magic, bro! MAGIC! I never used to be like this, but the circus gave me these abilities. Sort of a shame it came at the cost of my [BZZT]ing name. And my ability to swear. And..."

"...Well, Chase DID try to warn me..."

Magicat (Septic Digital Circus) is a bit pessimistic to newcomers, but once you get him going, it's hard to get him to stop. And the Silver Void is used to listening to people - part of being a hero after all - but he's more worried about the fact that this guy is missing part of his torso. How is that supposed to work? How is he holding himself up at the moment?

Magicat: He was originally supposed to be a human-cat hybrid, but I'm not a furry, so I don't know how to draw paws for hands. Then, I rewatched the Power Hour for inspiration, and something clicked. Basically, he's cut in half (classic magician trick) and his torso is filled in with magic tools, like loaded dice, a fake knife, a ring on a spring, and cards. Lots and lots of cards. I still wanted cat symbolism, though, so I gave him back his cat ears and added whiskers (he also has a tail, but is isn't shown here). Also, to answer Silver Void's question, he doesn't really show his torso much, especially to the new players. Only him and ██████ Sarlaoch are allowed to grab things from it! Not that Anti respects personal space...or consent...

Silver Void: a working name. Other ideas include Magnifique and Cattus Albus. I based him off of Altrverse Marvin, while Magicat was based off of the original video. I even put markings on his gloves where Marvin has his tattoos! I wasn't really expecting to put pink or purple in his outfit, though, but it just turned out that way.

< JAMESON

JACKIE >

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