The moon is to hang low tonight. Windows are barred and doors are shut tight to keep safe from the ceaseless wailings and clanging of metal outside. The smell of incense filling the streets signal the start, and the effigies being strung up in every corner herald the worse.
Only a madman would open their door on the night of the hunt.
Bloodborne AU / FIC LINK
(notes under the cut, contains spoilers for the game and fic)
the four dialogues at the start of the fic are actual npc lines in the game. other npc dialogues are woven into the text.
the "many eyes" ryou feels on him as soon as he enters yharnam are the amygdalas infesting the town, watching him. his insight is too low for them to be visible to him at the moment (hes currently at 0 and needs at least 40 or to be at endgame).
there are no amygdalas in central yharnam in the final cut of the game, but theres one in the alpha version. its back there now for the fic π
ryous weapons are the saw cleaver and hunter pistol. I initially wrote him using the hunter blunderbuss cuz it looks cooler, but it would be very difficult to miss the rabid dog rushing at him because its shots have a wide spread. sorry ryou, I need you to get quite hurt in this chapter. lore accuracy is my passion!
bakura is where Lonely Old Dear would be in the game.
bakura is a Great One masquerading as a human. ryou gains insight (the whispers/lightheadedness) as soon as ryou lays eyes on him. this is the in-game sound effect.
bakura is slowly making ryou frenzy. works a bit different in this fic. frenzy only builds up the longer ryou holds eye contact with bakura.
not sure if I want bakura to be the actual Moon Presence, but he is the one orchestrating everything/backing ryou up with power (the reason why ryou is a dreaming hunter).
also not sure if I want omegaverse dynamics in this LMAO cuz game lore states Great Ones yearn for surrogate children... well idk if bakura wants children, but he does want ryou for his own, unstated purposes.
this is what the hunter's salutation is supposed to look like, but bakura bastardizes it cuz hes rude.
the screeching ryou hears is the cleric beast.
some roles I assigned to other ygo characters for fun even tho they wont appear in the fic.
yugi as the doll
atem as lady maria
isis as eileen the crow
mai as arianna, woman of pleasure
seto as the bloody crow of cainhurst
yamima as micolash (LMAO)
tkb as orphan of kos
yugi and atem are who they are considering that the doll is based on lady maria.
the horrific raiding of the fishing hamlet mirrors the massacre at kul elna. its lady maria's greatest shame, and she desperately wants to keep what happened there a secret. I thought atem fit the theme pretty well.
with that said, tkb being the orphan of kos lines up. but I still want to keep the yamiba and tkb connection, so Im on the fence on what I want to do with their true identities.
for gameplay reasons, everyone else in bloodborne is taller than the player character. so in this au, please imagine ryou (and bakura since hes borrowed ryous looks) being towered over by everyone π€ to me, its because hes an outsider/yharnam natives are just giants like that. also watch this.
anyway, chapter 2 one day π also play bloodborne.
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Ever since you made the connection between Ryou and a Baku I was unable to stop thinking about the fact that there is a baku digimon called, well, Bakumon and this is it's description:
A Digimon which has the appearance of the Baku, said to be a dream-eating mythical beast. It is thought that it is a Digimon that was generated from a medical computer for detecting brain waves, and it seems that it uses the data from humans in REM sleep as nourishment. In recent studies, it has been proven that it has the power to purge particularly bad nightmares and malignant computer viruses. Also, since it has the ability to change the captured nightmares and viruses back to normal, it is considered a holy Digimon. There is surely some kind of connection between that sacred, unique ability, and the "Holy Ring" which it wears on its foreleg. Its Special Move is releasing its captured nightmares all at once, drowning the opponent in terror (Nightmare Syndrome).
The ability to purge nightmares made me think about Ryou as the White Mage and the special move that releases the captured nightmares against enemies to let them drown in terror screamed Shadow Realm.
Sorry I'm rambling but long story short this digimon has a lot of similarities with Ryou, reinforcing the Baku baku idea in my mind!
!!! yooo didnt even know digimon had a bakumon!!
also in addition to what you pointed out, it wears a ring! what is it with baku(ra)s and rings ποΈ
that brain waves part made me think of denpa ryou but thats me extrapolating at this point lmao!
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Beau, the ghost & her girlfriend Serafina, the vampire live in a ancient mansion tucked away from civilization. They spend their nights wooing each other and navigating the everyday trials of being monster, picking up a cute werepup and chaotic zombie along the way.
Do you think you could make the Hiei art you just posted again but have him looking at the person whoβs looking at the art. Sorry Iβm bad with words. Like instead of him looking at Kurama heβs looking at us?
hi this sounds like youβre interested in a commissioned artwork piece, youβre welcome to check out my commission info here and send me an email at [email protected] .
Iβd be happy to make a custom illustration of Hiei to your specifications.
If you are interested in one like the last Hiei art I posted, I would consider that a waist up illustration in a comic art style and quote it as $60 for 1 character, $80 for 2.
itβs a bit different than your request but here is an old hiei sketch of him looking at the viewer
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You are Edgar β a dutiful swordsman of the Choir, a prized student of Ludwig himself. Your life was on a steady path to gloryβ¦ until a secret order from the Vicar turned everything upside down.
Infiltrate Yahar'gul. Earn the trust of the Mensis College.
No right to refuse. Only farewells:
The Holy Blade emblem from your mentor Ludwig.
The tearful goodbye of Yuri, your dearest friend from the orphanage.
But the rumored Headmaster Micolash β eccentric and inscrutable β turns out to be surprisingly warm and witty.
Professor Damian, ever suspicious of you, nonetheless saves you time and again from the headmaster's "brilliant" ideas.
And then there's a certain Yahar'gul Hunter, who takes an unsettling interest in the life you left behindβ¦
Lying on a rickety wagon, staring up at the foreign stars, you think of Yuri's smile, of your promise to return in triumph.
Yet life in Mensis⦠isn't so bad after all.
Caught between two great powers of Yharnam β will your heart remain faithful to your mission, or to yourself?
Will you chase a fleeting chance at love, or keep your head down and make it out alive?
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