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💫 Hello, hello!! Welcome in! Ask, and you shall receive!! 🙂‍↕️ ✨

💫 RICHTOFEN² HC’S!✨

✨ Lore wise, the first meeting between Primis! Richtofen and Ultimis! Richtofen actually happens during the time Ultimis! Richtofen is a zombie after the events of Bo2!

✨ He can’t speak it, but there’s a charm he sees in his younger self. It’s almost as if the sun is in his younger self’s eyes, he lights up a room in ways Ultimis Richtofen could only dream to! There’s no menacing edge, no aura of fear, just pure warmth and a sense of endearing naivety.

✨ Ever the narcissist, Ultimis! Richtofen can’t help but admire Primis! Richtofen’s bone structure, and the way his deep set eyes strike him. There’s also a sense of envy in there somewhere, especially being undead. He feels older than ever before, and yet here another version of himself is, popping in and out of portals, rushing around for blood vials and some strange old relics.

✨ When he’s back in his body, he can’t help but wonder about his other self. Why did he want the summoning key? What was that book? The blood vials had actually been his own idea, but why did the other him want them so badly? Maybe his other self is a vampire- That would certainly explain the pallor. Either way, he hopes he can see him again to see how his own genius paid off!

✨ And so, it seems, his wish is granted! He won’t ever forget that blue portal opening up, his crew’s ’other selves’ spilling out of it. There’s something different about his other self this time. His eyes are sharper, darker, and his body is incredibly tense. He’s also silent. No ‘hallo,’ no ‘good to see you again,’ just…Silence.

✨ Ultimis! Richtofen suspected as much, but in the events of Alpha Omega, it turns out that this other version of Richtofen isn’t the one he met, but a new one with a different personality! Way more fun, it would seem!

✨ Templar! Richtofen is egotistical, battle ready, and not an overly goody-two-shoes who throws frequent pity parties like Primis! Richtofen, which naturally means that Templar! And Ultimis! Richtofen get on like a house on fire! Templar! Richtofen might think Ultimis! Richtofen is a little extreme, but they don’t morally clash!

💫 Now, this is where this ship gets interesting. If we assume Primis! And Ultimis! Richtofen got to spend a lot of time together in a different au with slightly different lore, I believe their relationship would blossom something like this: 💫

✨ Ultimis! Richtofen is evil incarnate. What he did to Samantha, to Maxis, it is unforgivable! Such a twisted mind deserves nothing more than a bullet to the brain, an unceremonious send off before he’s forgotten to the sands of time. Primis! Richtofen holds rage in his veins, but also an urge to protect the rest of the world from this mad man’s path.

✨ Primis! Richtofen is an overly emotional wreck with a biased moral compass that forever points in the direction of his own absolvement. He is a well of untapped potential, and the fact he’s been so for this long is unforgivable! The voices of The Aether whisper such beautiful suggestions to Ultimis! Richtofen as he looks at his other self: Blood splattered across his cheek bones, violence stomping out all the light in his eyes, moral corruption and temptation that Ultimis! Richtofen knows he can speak! There’s an itch under his skin to make those voices happy…

✨ At first, the two are oil and water. They are only ever one word away from aiming their guns at each other and shooting with reckless abandon. Primis! Richtofen hisses an insult, Ultimis! Richtofen meets it with teasing and laughter, but they both agitate each other like bed bugs.

✨ Violence, unfortunately, is a language they both understand, and this gives them some common ground when they eventually…Fight along side each other in sync? It’s the first time it’s happened, and it’s unsettling to watch.

“I have great news, hell-spawn! You have just qualified for one of my discount lobotomies!”

Covered in blood and far too wrapped up in his role, Primis! Richtofen doesn’t notice Ultimis! Richtofen’s stare of awe. It only glitters in his eyes for a few moments before he snatches an MP40 off the wall and hands it to him.

“Scalpel, Doktor~!”

“Thank you, Doktor~!”

✨ The pair actually end up laughing together! Their morbid puns rubbing off on each other so much that they both forget themselves, losing sight of who it is they’re each speaking to. When the heat of battle dies down, they both catch their breaths, and in the silence, their smiles slowly fade.

✨ Primis! Richtofen remembers the anguish his other self caused to so many. He remembers the dark, the evil.

✨ Ultimis! Richtofen remembers his goal, and almost celebrates! But, that smile falls, and so does his own.

“Don’t- Don’t look at me like that- I am nothing like you. This was a one off!”

“Awh, are you sure? Because for a moment there, it was like looking into ein mirror~!”

✨ They’re both tense again, but Primis! Richtofen can’t drown out the thoughts anymore. He had just delighted in carnage. He had gotten so lost, he was far more violent than usual…What on Earth would Maxis think of him?

✨ Ultimis! Richtofen sneaks glances at his other self constantly, but now there’s more than just an urge to choke out the goodness in him. As he watches his other self frown and stare down at the ground in contemplation, his hands itch to pat his shoulder. He wants to comfort him, assure him…The voices rage so violently in his head, it makes his stomach churn.

✨ The more Ultimis! Richtofen reflects, the sickening realisation hits him like a freight train. He doesn’t want to corrupt his other self on behalf of the voices anymore, he wants to be on the same page because he…Likes how his heart races when he’s next to him. He likes their repertoire even when they’re at each other’s throats. Recently, he’s found himself grooming himself more, taking extra special care of his appearance before their day starts…Uh oh…

✨ Ultimis! Richtofen starts acting like more of a support for Primis! Richtofen in combat, reviving him a few times with quips and one liners like usual. But, there’s something different. He’s holding himself back. Primis! Richtofen notices it, and asking how his other self is doing comes out of his mouth so naturally it takes him off guard.

✨ Ultimis! Richtofen doesn’t admit it, but he knows what’s wrong deep down. He isn’t ashamed, of course he’s not! But, he knows he shouldn’t be flustering at his other self’s laugh like he is. He has a job to do, a job assigned by the almighty one from above: Corrupt and destroy…But how can he?

✨ Being more subdued, Primis! Richtofen is able to trap him in more heartfelt conversations. It’s under the guise of not wanting his other self to get distracted and get them both killed in combat, but in truth, it’s because he knows his older self is a loose canon. He can’t have the man being unpredictable, not if he wants to live. Backstabbing and twisting the truth was as normal to Ultimis! Richtofen as breathing. Though, there’s something uncanny in the way Ultimis! Richtofen brushes him off- It’s almost too genuine.

✨ How they actually end up together is anyone’s guess, but they stay in a tense limbo for quite a while, trying to figure out each other’s feelings and how to express them!