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Digging Your Own (Snow)Grave
You thought the sins of Frisk/Chara/Kris were confined to the game world, that when you closed the window, it all collapsed back into a mess of 0s and 1s. 'Your choices don’t matter,' it said. But what you do online doesn't necessarily stay online. Chara corrupting your game data on Steam isn't the worst outcome from a Genocide route.
5.6k words of reader insert fluffy vore featuring Spam//ton NEO (on whom I now have a massive Switch crush) for 8/8 Vore Day, I had fun with this and I hope you enjoy! (read on AO3)
Masterlist
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You pick up the novelty glasses you’d found in a shop. They were just sitting on a shelf with a ton of other junk, so you had held them against your face while you sent a selfie to your friend.
//Spamton cosplay when? 😛//
It was actually a little weird how much they looked like they’d popped directly out of the game: one lens yellow, one magenta; opaque looking in, nearly transparent looking out.
Only a couple of dollars, so why the heck not?
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You scrunched your eyes, not wanting to wake up. Fumbling for your phone, you squint to see what time it was. No signal. Ugh, had the tower gone out again? The battery was getting pretty low, too, so you sat up with a grumble and opened your eyes.
Um. This didn’t look like your bedroom, or your house at all. Everything was lit by the blue light of a computer screen, as if you were in some cyberpunk dystopia.
You stood up and cracked your knuckles. This was absolutely a dream, so why not make the most of it?
Something was taking up space in your pocket, you noticed, phone not wanting to go all the way in. With your free hand, you rummaged through the mess. What the heck was all this stuff? You started to pull your hand back out, surprised by the window materializing in front of you. It looked not-all-there, kind of like menu options in VR.
'Inventory', it said, listing a fair number of items. Hey, you recognized some of those!
Freeze Ring
> Devilsknife
A small charm in the shape of a colorful scythe, about the size of a keychain ornament, appeared in your hand.
Was this dream based on a video game? Deltarune was an odd choice, if so.
So. Your subconscious based the dream on Chapter 2, Cyber World's Snowgrave route. A first-person visualization of the map was absolutely beautiful, and you wondered from what your mind was drawing to flesh out the dream.
Glancing to your right, you saw a large dumpster, surrounded by bags of printer sheets. You stood on your tiptoes to peek inside it. That weirdo NPC vendor Spamton had abandoned it when you triggered his breaking into the Castle, you remembered; had he left anything behind?
No, just the pillow that showed in the flavor text of any dumpster you checked. At least it was behind a clothing store, otherwise the smell would have been overwhelming. Oh, and some twist of fabric on top of the pillow.
Yoink! Like any good RPG player, you picked up everything Just In Case.
Puppet Scarf was added to your weapons.
Why was it in there, though? It was the reward for defeating Spamton NEO through violence, or else finishing the Snowgrave route, so either the player character or the final boss should have it.
It was a really interesting NPC, everyone scrambling with theories and headcanons; nobody could have guessed ‘battle theme remixes are canon’. The obligatory 'Gaster did it' featured, of course, but you couldn't keep up with all of that.
Maybe you should follow along, staying out of sight in case Berdly hadn't been Frozen yet. You didn't know if you could die here, but you weren't taking that chance. You felt a little chilly, so you wrapped the scarf-weapon around your neck. Much better.
There had been a SAVE point around here somewhere... There! A flickering blue-white four-pointed star. You touched it eagerly, wondering if it would say 'Kris' or else the character name you'd picked before the first chapter.
Blank. Guess you got to pick your own name. As you focused on the menu, it changed to the keyboard screen, a transparent cartoony hand indicating the first character slot, which was empty. The next five, however, were filled.
_ASTER
You tried to move the pointer to the other slots. No luck. Shrugging, you selected the blank space. The hand flew down to point at the letter 'G'.
You sure as hell weren't picking that one. What would happen to you if the game crashed?
Just like the name field, you couldn't move the hand to any other letter.
This was a dream, right? You were already lucid, so why not try to control it? Squinting your eyes at
SELECT
ENTER
you willed a third option into existence
SELECT
ENTER
> delete
... Are you sure?
You nod your head curtly.
'G' disappeared from the keyboard, leaving a darker hole in an already dark background.
Well, you still couldn't change character position, but you needed a first letter. Something nonsensical didn't sound any fun. 'M'? 'E'? 'C'?
'F', you decide, reaching for the symbol.
MISS
"‘Taster’? That's stupid," you scoff as it confirms the name and returns to the SAVE screen.
You followed the trail of recently-living ice sculptures, passing a mini iceberg. You tried to avoid looking at it, feeling guilty for the quasi-Genocide Run.
No one - not even the fearful NPCs - spotted you as you slipped into Queen's Mansion. The door to The Basement was right there, the one with the scratched-out panel.
That rapid teacup ride was annoying, but you descended unscathed even though your thoughts were filled with questions, not just 'how did I get here?' but also ones such as 'what will I find down there?'. In your own save files, you'd had to restart the Pacifist Playthrough a few times in order to SPARE Spamton NEO with a full inventory, because the double-secret dialogue cracked you up.
Able to enter the basement, you weren't certain if the discarded robot had been activated. Kris sealed the Cyber World Fountain immediately upon freezing Spamton NEO, so it couldn't have been defeated and progressed past already. The door was blocked when you entered the Mansion in-game, because Spamton had already taken it over. So where was the antagonist NPC?
You crept through the basement, taking a single step into the end room where the robot was stored, all the way at the very end. You could just barely see it from here.
The Empty Disk wouldn’t be in there, would it? Snowgrave didn’t have that quest; your character never formally met him since you indirectly helped by clearing the way. You wanted it, though, if you could still turn it into the Loaded Disk and then definitively bring both bosses with you to the next chapters.
A sapient - or sentient, at the very least - floppy disk? Lancer's flavor text was funny enough, but the glitchy NPC's dialogue was completely novel. Toby Fox had really outdone himself, using Chapter One to trick you and other players into thinking choices at best only altered a few lines. Jevil was completely optional and gave one piece of equipment; Spamton NEO was optional normally but also the final boss of Deltarune's 'Genocide Route' equivalent.
Adjusting the Puppet Scarf around your neck, you reached into the cavity of the machine and fished out the glasses.
DEALMAKER was added to your wea
Was added to your
added to y
[ERROR]
404 [STYLE] Not Found
"What the [BEEP] was that?" you muttered. Starting to fold the earpieces together, you paused and - on a whim - decided to put them on. Maybe it would wake you up, a sort of double negative?
Hmm. Nope. You bet you looked stylish as hell, though. Time to go find a mirror!
You were wondering if you could hack somehow the Mannequin into your inventory, get the full set of secret-second-boss-themed equip. Those Addisons didn't have full-on shops the way Gerson, Burgerpants, Seam, or Roulx did, so you couldn't simply collision box glitch your way in. Were they one of the enemies you froze while grinding to get Spamton's Thorn Ring? Eh, you'll check on your way back out.
The background music was really starting to set you on edge, though. The Basement was inaccessible during Snowgrave after you'd hit enough internal flags. But the Genocide Route music - Flowey’s slowed theme - featured. It was spooky, making you feel like you were being watched. All the NPCs were either hiding, locked up, or deadfrozen.
A low rumble shook the room and you wobbled for a moment, arms flailing. Was that Giga Queen? You didn't actually fight her in Snowgrave, though. The Spamton NEO fight? That happened outside the mansion. Better hurry and get out of here.
You heard the rumble again, but this time the floor remained steady. Turning around, you called out - perhaps foolishly - "Who's there?"
Something scraped against the far wall, a metal-on-metal sound that threw off a shower of sparks not quite bright enough for you to see what had made it.
Backing up slowly, you panned your gaze back and forth in the gloom. This was quickly going from 'quirky dream' to 'outright nightmare'.
You caught a blur of motion and tilted your head up and up, and up even more, your eyes adjusted to the dark enough to trace the outline of the towering figure seeming to coalesce from the shadows, two large circles flaring with the illumination of a non-existent sun.
Oh bleep, you think to yourself, automatically self-censoring. The Spamton NPC had been smaller than all four of your controllable party characters, and those were schoolchildren. The abandoned robot was roughly Queen’s height, and the optional boss Spamton NEO had been between two and three times Kris’ height.
But this? This thing? It was colossal, and almost bulky compared to its vibrant buggy Slenderman aesthetic in-game.
You finger the Devilsknife in your pocket before firmly grabbing its handle and swinging it out in front of yourself in a defensive stance. You realize it’s the same battle posture as the Kris character, though Susie was the only one you could equip the bonus boss’ item to. You were glad you’d taken the violence option in Chapter 1, originally because it blatantly implied you were bringing said boss along with you, but now because it gave you a sharp object to cut the wires of this boss.
As you did so, your surroundings spun away, replaced by the arcade style background of the Battle screen. The dissonant notes of 'Deal Gone Wrong' played under the echoes of Spamton NEO's battle intro.
"HOLY [Cungadero] DO I FEEL GOOD. ...HERE I AM!! [Player #1]!! IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE [Specil Tour]!!"
Was that his normal dialogue? It sounded familiar, but you didn't think it was strictly accurate. Time to put your Mad Gamer Skilz to use; hopefully those translated over to the dream.
In your playthrough, the videogame boss had a set animation pattern, only 'looking' in a direction based on its attack. Even when firing off various projectiles, its head and gun arm always pointed in the exact same position per cycle.
But the very real creature - person? machine? - shooting very real bullets at you was tracking your every movement. Though you strafed and jumped - something the top-down 2D game definitely didn't allow for - Spamton NEO followed you with no delay. Freaky.
Your arms were so sore, completely unused to the weight of such a heavy scythe. It giggled uncannily as you whipped it through the air, fortunately encountering no resistance, but your hands were covered in sweat and struggling to keep your grip on the handle. The impact of the Pipis fragments - whatever the blue bouncing eggs were supposed to be - wasn’t doing you any favors either.
And then it happened. Lungs burning, you swiped at a Pipis you were too tired to dodge, whiffing entirely. Rather than colliding in a burst of pain and depleting HP, it exploded on contact into a tangle of wires just like the ones holding the machine up, though yours were blue instead of green.
"TIED [down] TO A [loan] YOU CAN’T REPAY? [Die now] AND SEE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR [forgiveness]."
The cartoon heart beating in front of your chest dimmed - no, was changing color - and you felt a surge of emotion. Was this the Determination mechanic from the first game? A green light flashed in your vision, accompanied by the beep of health restoration.
"THERE'S A NEW [palette] TO YOUR [facial glow]... GETTING YOUR SECOND WIND, [Player 1]?"
There it was again. The boss was supposed to address your character as ‘Kris’, except for when ‘you whispered Noelle’s name’. No such thing as ‘reading too much into it’ here: too vivid to be a dream, too much pain to be a hallucination.
With each pulse, the orange heart became darker and darker until it glowed green. That wasn’t a feature in this game, unless it would be a mechanic in the upcoming chapters: kindness and shield mode. You didn't have a shield from Kris' DEFEND action, nor the Spear Of Justice from the Undertale fight with Undyne.
"THIS [final boss] HAS A [limited time only specil] JUST FOR YOU!"
"Shut up! Shut up!" you yelled, "Your voice lines are even more annoying than that other secret boss, how do I skip your dialogue!?"
Your wires tightened, lifting you into the air until you were dangling at a level to look Spamton NEO in the eyes from across the battlefield. The words
(Wrong choice...?)
floated before you. According to the wiki, Spamton and Jevil were rivals, so you probably touched a nerve.
"NOW IS THAT ANY WAY TO TALK TO [your old pal] SPAMTON? AFTER HE’S [offering] YOU SUCH A SWEET SWEET [meal]?"
Wait what. This sounded sketchy as frick. "You’re just a computer program, what kind of ‘deal’ could you offer me, a real person?"
Bitcrushed yet cacophonous laughter echoed and you winced, unable to reach your ears to cover them. You couldn’t look away from the grotesque mouth gaping in a maniacal cackle, stretching almost up to the glowing bichromatic lenses. They gleamed in turn, like when you were playing Undertale’s Neutral Route and had to fight Asgore, and you prepared to dodge... however that would happen without Muffet’s webs to hop and your SOUL green instead of purple.
"AN UNFORGETTABLE [never] IN A LIFETIME DEAL."
"What if I don’t like the sound of your deal?" You were blushing; you knew what you’d heard, as much as you'd like to pretend you didn't.
"ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO TURN DOWN THE CHANCE OF A [very specil tour]?"
You mentally cursed your heated cheeks, probably as bright now as the hue of a Determined SOUL. You were pretty well cornered, with so few options. Right on cue, an ACT prompt materialized.
CONCEDE
DENY
Good thing the menu screens didn’t require your physical body for interaction. How could you lie? The truth was evident.
> CONCEDE
DENY
"But I used Incognito Mode!" You protest. The exact outcomes of dialogue selections were difficult to predict, but you weren’t going to complain about this one.
"HA HA HA. YOU THOUGHT YOUR USING [the Google Bing] WAS [blockchain encrypted]!?"
The rooms in Queen's castle were supposedly personalized based on the various NPC's web searches in Hometown, giving you clues into their backstories, but how would your real world searches be scraped? The original file name of Deltarune Chapter 1 seemed to mock scam programs, but it couldn't really be a Trojan or something.
It didn't make sense. Actually, it made total sense but should have been impossible.
"Well... Yeah," you admitted, adding suspiciously, "I want to know more about this deal of yours: what are you demanding in return?" Acting interested at first was how you SPAREd him in the Normal Route, so it couldn't hurt to hear him out as your HP blipped back to full.
The noises of the Basement returned in a deafening rush and Spamton's wires - no, yours... No, both of yours - dragged you closer together, battle screen below you vanishing as well.
"I mean, this is a video game; you're a boss NPC and I'm not a character at all!" What did it want from you? What could it possibly want?
His ever-present grin turned sharklike, sensing a captive potential customer as certainly as smelling blood in the water.
"[Player 1]! I WANT. THAT SHINING SOUL. YOU HAVE. THE [determination] OF A PERSON [level grinding] TO REACH THE HIGH [leaderboard]."
Yeah, no. Not happening. You didn't fancy dying in a dream, even one as weird as this. "No. Absolutely not. You can't have it. I kinda need this to, you know, live?" You dipped your head to indicate the vulnerable green SOUL.
His wings arched forward, as if reaching out to you. They cast twin shadows over the whole room, but stopped just before crossing the halfway point.
"WHEN I'M OFFERING YOU A [free cruise] FOR [hot singles in your area]?"
You just narrowed your eyes, remaining silent.
Spamton NEO shook his head reproachfully. "I KNOW I CAN'T [alt-tab] MY WAY OUT OF [the most dangerous game] BUT WITH YOUR [no background check required] [cheap rental] SOUL POWER I CAN STILL. BE BIG. SO VERY VERY BIG. SEE PAST THE DARK."
He knew it was a videogame, that you were a real person and he just a program. What sort of implications did that have for Deepest Lore? It seemed Spamton just wanted control over the game itself, unlike Chara, who wanted both the game and reality. You could live with this on your conscience. Hopefully it wouldn’t ruin the SAVE files of whoever’s computer this was.
"THIS OFFER IS [for a limited time only] UNTIL YOU [ctrl-alt-del] BACK TO [aren't you tired of working a boring 9-to-5 desk job?]!"
"So... Temporarily? I'll still own my SOUL. And not die?"
Silence. Just for a moment. And then he bowed, one hand behind his back and the other extended in the classic 'let's shake on it' deal stance.
Your vines descended, unraveling and falling to the ground in loops at your feet.
What had that stuffed cat NPC said after you beat Jevil? "He started saying bizarre things that didn't completely make sense - But didn't completely not make sense, either."
Time froze again, even the flicker of the nearby Dark Fountain reflected on Spamton NEO's massive teeth. You glanced at the small menu in front of you.
AGREE
REFUSE
You hovered your ghostly disembodied finger over the damning words before drawing in a nervous breath and firmly pushing
> AGREE
REFUSE
Your arm stretched out - almost without thinking - placing your right hand in the robotic puppet's. It was so small by comparison, your entire hand barely covering even one of his fingertips.
Spamton's too-broad grin widened - somehow - even further, carefully pinching your hand between thumb and a single index finger, giving it the tiniest shake.
You smiled hesitantly, emboldened by the gentle contact and what appeared to be a warm cast to the glowing lenses. That smarmy stereotypical 'used car salesman' expression was so hard to read; you had to make wild guesses from his posture and the area around Spamton's glasses. He didn’t seem the slightest bit hostile anymore, and Mercy +100% had flashed the moment you picked to agree to his deal, so you felt you could trust it.
Facial expression unchanging, he released his hold on your hand and, barely a second later, lunged forward with his own, wrapping all three fingers around you in a firm grip. You couldn’t tell if Spamton NEO stood back up or if it was the wires tugging him upright; searching for the answer was rather low on your list of priorities right now. Instead, you were hyper aware of just how high up you’d been snatched, and that you were staring directly into the eyes of a giant who’d just agreed to EAT you.
Struggling wouldn’t do you the least bit of good; while you would certainly survive a fall from that height, you couldn’t possibly limp away fast enough. You were pretty sure your SOUL was still green, anyway.
The boss seemed content to study you placidly, and you swallowed nervously, hoping the hammering of your heart wasn’t too obvious. It gave you a better view as well.
The Saw-like red dots on his cheeks from the original body were gone, leaving a uniformly shiny bone-white surface. Spamton NEO’s plating and wings, on the other hand, were incredibly garish, but also weirdly pleasant to look at; the tiny animated figure on your computer screen simply did not do the character justice.
You could faintly see a pair of thick carats on his face behind the glasses. Hadn't the Addison shopkeepers mentioned he'd been one of them, 'just a little unlucky'? That was certainly support for the theory. You also thought you could see your reflections twinned in pink and orange staring back apprehensively, you were so close to his face.
Even if it wasn't a dream or hallucination, nobody in the real world would know about this. It's not like you'd ever had a vore dream, so you didn't want to look this gift horse in the mouth. Though, you were looking him in the mouth, worried about just what lay behind those gleaming teeth. How would this even work?
Uneasy didn't even begin to describe your emotional state right now; all the vore scenarios you'd read and seen heavily featured trust, something untenable at the moment. You had to fight against the very human response that was cringing in fear, failing entirely when Spamton NEO opened his mouth. Was this the Money Vacuum attack? It looked like you’d been betrayed!
Except... You didn’t hear battle music, not a single one of the many themes. Instead, you were popped unceremoniously into his mouth the way a person might toss back a TicTac, or perhaps a breath mint.
You lifted your head to watch the shrinking window of light, vanishing fully with the creaking slam of a garage door. No backing out now; the deal had been sealed behind you as surely as his teeth.
Everything was dark. So, so dark. The Battle Menu had been the only light source besides Cyber World's Dark Fountain, and now you had neither of those. You didn't really want to move around, what if you fell? The texture you were on was too smooth to be fabric, but had too much give to be metal. What else could there be in the robot body?
You started to stand up, deciding that maybe exploring was a good idea after all, when something large knocked into you, causing you to fall back over again. Pushing yourself awkwardly to your knees, the whatever-it-was bumped you again, far more cautiously this time.
Huh. The robot had a tongue. Not too far fetched of an idea, you thought. It gently pressed against your side, almost like an affectionate dog, if dogs were slightly damp and had the faint odor of ozone.
Deals go both ways... 
You obligingly leaned on it, gradually transferring all of your weight. Apparently taking that as permission, it slicked up your arm, halting just below your head.
If this thing - you really needed to be fairer and treat it like a person, as a ‘he’ and not an ‘it’, since the NPC seemed to be fully sapient - knew about your frequently-cleared search history, then he would also know you didn’t like the harsher and more violent types of vore.
A professional salesman might make underhanded deals, but it would be a poor salesman indeed who failed to deliver on those shady promises.
It felt weird to think of yourself as ‘tasty’, but that was clearly Spamton’s opinion, tongue insistently scooting you to the smooth inside of his weird teeth and starting to cover you all over with whatever its equivalent of saliva was. Maybe your hitting the wrong letter on the SAVE screen was some sort of Freudian slip, or the game giving you a sly nudge and a knowing wink.
The average - the sane and normal - person would consider this to be a living nightmare, but you? You were loving this. You let out a contented sigh and finally allowed yourself to fully relax. The warmth and steady pressure was doing wonders for your acquired aches and pains.
Aches and pains that Spamton NEO had caused, beating the absolute crap out of you in your battle.
Were you the equivalent of a boss encounter, one where you needed to FIGHT to lower the enemy's willpower? You certainly never would have admitted to this otherwise...
He absolutely owed you a massage for that. Not really the best start to a business relationship, now was it?
His jaw creaked open just enough for you to see back out through it. When had he traveled to the Dark Fountain? Eh, didn't really matter.
You were tipped very deliberately over the row of teeth, tucked safely down in the confines of Spamton's cheek pocket.
"AND NOW. [Player 1]. WITNESS THE [alternating current] OF SPAMTON [NEO] EX."
'Ex'? You hoped you weren't about to be in the middle of an explosion.
You waited expectantly, practically seeing the
(* . . . )
scroll in the text box.
"MY [power level], IT’S STILL NOT [over 9000]!"
The words were pretty well garbled - he was clearly trying very hard not to hurt you - but they were laden with helpless anger. You actually felt bad for Spamton; seemed a real person was insufficient, or perhaps incompatible with the wherever-you-were. In the game’s Normal Route, he hadn’t attacked your party until noticing he was still trapped by the computer cables masquerading as puppet strings.
The crackle of TV static failed to mask what was clearly a wail of utter despair.
At a loss for what to do, you wriggle one arm free and pat the cheek surface. Hopefully he could feel it, your attempt to offer some measure of comfort. You’d tried. You’d really really tried, and even wanted him to succeed.
A knot twisted in your stomach; you’d never felt such strong emotion towards a simple videogame character. Susie’s words to Kris in the beginning of Chapter 1 when the game wouldn’t let you pick a dialogue option echoed in your mind - ‘Your choices don’t matter.’ Seemed that had been directed at you and the other players after all, not the in-game character Kris. All you’d done was give him false hope.
"FINE." Sure didn't sound 'fine' to you. "FIREWALL ACTIVE. ALL [sales] FINAL. [Frequent flier miles] NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REFUND." Intensely frustrated, but not angry. Or at least, not angry at you, fortunately.
Working his jaw awkwardly, he fished you back out and swished his tongue over you one last time before propelling you to the rear of his mouth. You’d have been fibbing if you’d said this next part didn’t make you even more nervous.
You were over the edge before you knew it, unable to so much as yelp in shock as your entire world collapsed into a tiny cylinder.
Tight. So tight that you could barely draw in even a half breath. The 'gulp' of a swallow sounded more like a 'click' followed by the 'whirr' of whatever was squeezing you down his throat. Despite trying to take shallow breaths, you felt dizzy. Or was that just the blood rushing to your head?
You almost didn't notice when you'd left his throat, since the stomach-analogue was similarly lacking in space. The only real clue was the cessation of dispassionate swallows.
Once you were fully inside the thankfully-much-drier chamber you heard what sounded like a semi truck's air brakes. Was that a sigh?
Even though your end of the deal was just loaning the Power of Determination found in human SOULs - or rather, attempting to - you were still kind of glad Spamton had enjoyed eating you. After all, your favorite scenarios involved the predator character being just as pleased as its prey, a mutual satisfaction. ‘Vore as a comfort mechanism’, the meme went. Even if he didn't get the resultant power he’d wanted, at least he’d scored a delicious ‘snack’ out of it.
You realized you were blushing again; seems you really were ‘vore trash’. You knew you’d be hyper-critical of every piece of vore media you found from here on out. tHaT's NoT hOw It WoRkS, you thought with a grin.
Resting your head on the pebbled-but-yielding material, you realized that neither of you had so much as mentioned duration. Not that you minded being in-
Um... Where exactly were you?
How long had it taken him to swallow you? It felt like forever, but couldn’t have been all that long; the robotic neck hadn’t looked nearly so thin from the outside.
If it was indeed Mettaton had drafted this body with Swatch - probably in Paint, going from how tastelessly the color scheme clashed - then you have serious questions about that NPC; what exactly was a depressed ghost that wanted to be an attractive robot thinking, making something like this!?
You took in a breath of air that tasted alarmingly like fried circuits, ready to ask just how long Spamton planned on holding you, and if he knew how to get you back to your world, then a pleasant breeze tousled your hair. Oh good, no worrying about oxygen; you would neither suffocate nor asphyxiate.
Totally safe, the only enemy with higher HP than his NEO form was the Giga Queen, and he could boost his Defense to an insane level at the end of a Snowgrave Route, so all you had to worry about was if Spamton experienced the coding glitch equivalent of a psychotic break and tried hurting you.
Now, if only you had the room to stretch out...
"[Dial up] CONNECTION ESTABLISHED." Wow, now that sound was a blast from the past.
The walls around you suddenly crackled with static, some remaining black - their cathode tubes probably burnt out - while most displayed the old test card bars, like pixels, countless miniature TV screens forming the surface of his stomach.
All but a couple, comprising two circles - just a few feet in diameter - directly in front of you shut off. They looked like his glasses... Could he see in here!?
The circles swept up and around, back and then down, evidently focusing on you.
"It seems I'm too broke[n] to [afford] a spacious [apartment]."
There it was, the semi-lucidity after a battle’s end. Chapter 2 had the most minor of Easter eggs regarding Tasque Manager and Jevil, so it was highly unlikely you or any other player would learn what had twisted either secret boss’ mind.
"You don’t hear me complaining." You curled up, managing to twist yourself the other way so you were reclining rather than laying down at an angle. "It’s pretty nice in here." ‘And you handed me my ass in battle,’ you decided against saying.
"[Some assembly required.]" A dry critique.
"Hey, um..." You watched as several screens dimmed to static and back to dull coloration, Spamton apparently struggling to get his new body's glitches under control. "I'm really... I'm sorry."
The yellow oval moved upward a few inches while the magenta one stayed put. You thought that was like raising an eyebrow.
"I didn't deliver on my promise. You gave me everything I asked for, but you couldn't use SOUL power at all. Even if that wasn't going back on the deal, I'm still sorry."
Everything went dark again and you startled, not sure if you were concerned more for yourself, or for Spamton. But the screens came back to life right away... was that a blink?
"I WAS NEVER IN IT FOR THE POWER. FOR THE [Kromer]. FREEDOM. THE FREEDOM TO MAKE MY OWN [download now!]. MY OWN CHOICES. AND. I FOUND ANOTHER SATISFIED [customer]!"
You chuckled. "Me? Or you?"
There was that annoying laugh again. "A SUCCESSFUL [meal]."
Yep. He meant himself. You didn’t mind in the slightest; in fact, you were probably more happy even than you were embarrassed.
You reached out your hand, as filled with the Power that was surely Determination as you had been when making your 'Taster' SAVE file, and tapped the space between the colored ovals. "I don’t know where ‘here’ is in relation to the real world, if it’s an instance on someone’s computer or what, or whose computer that would be, but just in case... I’ll make sure to send Kris by."
What if you played a new Snowgrave route, but stopped at the final SAVE point before fighting Spamton NEO, pulled that save file and move it to a secure position on your computer in an entirely different folder? That would be as close as you could get, in reality, to fulfilling the NPC’s quest. Hopefully you’d remember when you woke up from this really-not-half-bad dream.
"I WON'T FORCE YOU. I CAN'T. I CAN'T FORCE YOU. BUT. A VALUED [customer] MAKING A [comeback tour]? MY [clearance special] WILL HAVE A [membership card] ONLY ON [layaway]."
"Got it. I’ll keep that in mind." This was all so stupidly bizarre, you wanted to blow up a friend’s phone with DM notifications, but would they honestly believe you’d had such a strange and vivid dream? Far too good to be true, so it definitely had to be a dream. 
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You blinked your eyes out of sync. Had you fallen asleep? If so, that was one [Holy Cungadero] hell of a dream. Super weird, too, though the details were fading quickly.
You sat up and yawned, stretching your arms over your head. You were so sore; napping at your desk hadn't done your back any favors.
Hang on, what was that in your hand? Oh, just those silly thrift store glasses.
... Did they always have that paper price tag on it? Fastened with instrument - looked like guitar - strings? There was writing on it, too.
//THANK YOU, VALUED [Taste Tester]! YOUR FREE TRIAL HAS [frozen]. Please purchase a subscription in order to [Reload] for the low low price of [$19.97] per month!//
... You are never going to toss these.
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A/N:
I headcanon that the stomach in Spamton's NEO form is actually up in his chest cavity, and the yellow triangle is a screen that displays the SOUL of any Lightner prey.
“the Google Bing” physically hurt me to type out
(G)ASTER was originally just going to be a jab at Theorists, but it wound up being significant
The dialogue - especially Spamton’s - is not up to my usual exacting standards, but I think it’s good enough for this little project.
'>delete' and '...Are you sure?'/'(Wrong choice...?)'/'(* . . . )' were supposed to be two different fonts separate from the main font
If you enjoyed, please feel free to give me a little feedback (and/or AO3 kudos), it really helps with my motivation.
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a-flickering-soul · 2 years
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what a great bennettarium podcast episode if you are like me and you can't stop thinking abt walter robotics workplace life
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Hatchetfield Rarepair Week About Post + FAQ
Starting March 1st, I (@sky-neverending) will be hosting a monthly 7 day event for all things Hatchetfield rarepair!
The Prompts (will be added as months go on):
March Prompts | April Prompts | May Prompts
Prompt Suggestion Form
Rules and FQA:
What is the event?:
HF Rarepair Week is all about celebrating our rarepairs we love! Giving the smaller ships some love!
What ships are allowed?:
Any, given they are legal. This means no adult/minor, no incest, stuff like that! As for what counts as a rarepair, that is up to your best judgement. I trust you guys to make the right decisions on what counts.
Is there an age limit?:
No! The only age limit is that if you are writing 18+ works or drawing 18+ material, please BE 18+ and tag them with #hfrafterdark so that people can block the tag as needed!
Who can participate? What can you create?:
Anyone and anything! Fanart, fanfic, edits, gifs, all that stuff is allowed. It just has to be according to one (or more) of the prompts for that day and has to be a rarepair.
Do I have to do every prompt every day?:
NO! There is 2-3 prompts for each day. One or two will be general prompts, and one a song. You can choose one out the of 2-3, or you can combine them, or even make multiple works each day!
How do I post?:
Anything posted on tumblr for the work will be reblogged here! Make sure you tag these three things: #hfrarepairweek , #hfrwday1 (insert the according days number into the tag), and #hfrwmarch. If posting NSFW, use #hfrafterdark and put it under a read more.
Can I post to other places?:
Of course! Here is a link to the ao3 collection, each month has a subcollection!!
If you have any questions not answered, feel free to drop them in my ask box! I'll get to them ASAP!
Hope to see you participating <3
-Admin Ziggy
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orbital-inclination · 10 months
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Hi! I have a question that I wouldn't be surprised if you had gotten before but as you don't have an FQA to check I'm going to ask now. Is it ok if anyone writes the brothers for Molten!Dream? Their designs are lovely and I like them a lot, though I don't know where I would possibly use them I just wanted to be sure before considering it! If it's ok, do you think you could give a little rough rundown on their personalities? I'm curious about their characterization, though I'll definitely read all the bits you have posted for them <3
It’s good you asked because the last time someone asked me this question it was just after I’d posted about Molt and Rem for the first time. X) Writing the brothers/writing fic is A-OK!
As for personalities, here’s a rough sketch.
Molt: kind-heart, sensitive and downright sweet once he lets down his guard. Tolerant and forgiving. Unresolved trauma from the events that led to his corrupt has transformed him into a quiet and reserved individual. He has deeply internalized the idea that it’s morally wrong for him to express and act on his own (repressed) negative feelings. Struggles to trust and build new friendships out of fear of being used and betrayed again. Courageous but somewhat selfish. About as dangerous as canonical!Dream temperament wise (which is roughly equivalent to that of a kitten.) but the ambient influence of his magic is difficult to resist if you’re unprepared for it.
Warning, over exposure to Molt’s magic may led to the following symptoms: Obsession. Hedonism. Excessive Greed. The compulsion to laugh hysterically. Disengagement with reality. If you or a loved one have experienced the above, please seek his brother, Remembrance, immediately. (Or Baggs I guess, if Rem is unavailable but frankly you’d probably be safer with Sci.)
Rem: driven by guilt and regret. Cynical and pessimistic. Temperamental but more cunning than you’d expect. Secretive. Willing to lie to his brother to keep the peace. As equally willing to sacrifice an AU or four dozen for what he believes is the greater good. Carries himself like the prince he wants you to believe he is. Haughty, and not above being a smug little shit once he’s bested you. Introverted at his core and a massive bookworm. The bane of librarians, archivists, doctors, witches and government officials everywhere. Also, supportive of activities that improve the mental health of his the boys. Kinder than his sometimes prickly and guarded persona may suggest.
Their relationship can be… strained at times. Despite this, Rem primary motivation is making amends for the events that led to his brother’s corruption. Though the two may fight, they care too much to ever truly betray or hurt each other.
I also covered the Murder Trio + Cross and Blue in this ask here. And Killer got his own post too, if you’re interested in that!
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mint-yooxgi · 1 year
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I don't understand why people don't read your FQA because it says under a question about when you are going to update and it says "Whenever I have it ready, and you asking doesn’t make me want to work on it any faster. I do not like rushing my writing, it’s neither fair to me, or you. I appreciate knowing you’re excited for the next part, but I have a life outside of this blog, too, and it comes first .Please, stop asking for updates. I always let you know when and what I'm going to be updating before I post it. I always do. "
Like are you to lazy to click some links that probably give you the answer you are looking for instead of asking over and over again like some writers hate when people ask for updated it literally doesn't motivate them and some times they will lose interest in the work when they keep getting asked to update something.
Idk fam, I'm just so fucking tired of repeating myself
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toast-tales · 1 year
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Since Tumblr is forcing me on mobile I'll have to leave my comments here. >:(
#15 - the soft admission of weakness via feelings from #14 was nice but now they're being solidly put into place <3
*FQA
I always look forward to your comments <3 thank you! #14-15 were really enjoyable to write for sure. Glad you enjoyed them :)
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Heyo! I'm a mod for the TMA Big Bang at @tmabigbang and we're about to kickstart the event for this year! This is the third year we've run this event and we're super excited, I just wanted to message you in case you or your followers were interested. Sign-ups open October 31st, please feel free to send us asks if you have any questions but we'd love to have you join! -Mod Ren
nice! i won't be particiapting, because my writing process is very slow and im unlikely to have a fic ready by the time it closes (14.11 if im correct) but any of my followers who'd like to, i urge you to go to their blog and look at the FQA!
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finalgirl2020 · 5 months
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seriously considering writing a neopets fqa (frequently questioned answers) one day
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inkedtae · 3 years
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rotten angelcake ⇾ m.list [M]
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⌁ pairing; ceo!taehyung x curvy!reader (f.)
⌁ genre/rating; s2l, ceo au, sugar daddy au, slow burn-ish, smut, fluff, angst
⌁ summary; she’s as sweet as angelcake; he likes her honeyed rotten. this is a series following the complicated relationship between a sugar baby, sugar daddy and his corruption kink.
⌁ warnings; mentions and depictions of vaping, mentions and consumption of alcohol, taehyung has a corruption kink, mullet!taehyung (yes, bestie this is a fucking warning), dom!taehyung, daddy!taehyung, ass enthusiast!taehyung, sub!reader, brat!reader, virgin!reader, unprotected sex... other warnings to be disclosed before each chapter.
⌁ status; ongoing
⌁ le playlist 
⌁ please fill this form out if you would like to be tagged
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i. art gallery | 13k | 
taehyung’s generosity does not begin and end with money. it is something else entirely when his diamond rings scratch between your legs.
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ii. research and development | 6.6k | 
taehyung never plays around when it comes to business. he just loves playing with you.
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iii. the geraldson residence | 8.8k | 
you run your mouth too much. now your ass gets it. 
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iv. d-d-d-dim sum | 9k | 
you’re not feeling well tonight. but being with taehyung always makes things better.
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v. marco polo | 4.2k | 
you run into someone you no longer belong to. taehyung still thinks you need reminding.
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vi. buzz off | 4.1k | 
taehyung sends you a gift. you call him for help.
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vii. lunch break | 7.6k | 
 unresolved tensions linger. taehyung tears them apart.
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viii. roadtrip | 7.7k |
you keep yourselves entertained on a long car ride to the Kims.
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ix. daegu | 13.3k | 
your first night at the kims does not go as expected.
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x. kim’s cottage | 14.7k | 
uncertainties captivate you. though, they are not at all as enthralling as taehyung.
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xi. take the day off  | 16.5k |
“That didn’t seem to get her anywhere.” // “And where are you hoping this gets you?” // On my knees. 
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ও let me ease your curiosities ~ fqa
how long is this series?
your guess is as good as mine. 
when will you update?
whenever i am inspired and have the time. 
how are you going to juggle three series?
no idea. i have decided to follow inspiration rather than a schedule.  
is this an interactive series?
in some ways, yes. you can request what you would like to see from the couple here. If it does not a) go against their character arches or b) go against the story timeline, i will try to write a drabble for it. 
what are rotten scraps?
it is a collection of drabble that may not fit into the current chronology/plot progression of the series. 
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ও rotten scraps ~ more RAC
i. christmas | 3k |
you can never stay mad at Taehyung... not when he finally blesses your lips with a kiss.
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note; please do not leave hate towards me or any other readers. please do not copy, repost, or translate any of my work without my permission.
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ask-waewdao · 2 years
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Read me
Welcome!
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This pinned post is about Agreement and guideline for way to be friends with me (Waewdao), by terms topics these are 4 of topics:
Sending a messange via DM, post or Tweet.
For submission fan art, fan fiction, meme and cosplay.
About text, photo and the other of parts.
FQA
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The minor description is mentioned in paragraph below:
1.Sending a messange via DM, post or Tweet.
1.1 Do not send spam or website that has virus hidden. Also I'm not accepting to promoting something what about gambling, lending money and something maybe to trigger a threat or harassment. If such a message is found, it will be banned.
1.2 Do not flood the message more than 3 times. If more than this will be banned.
2. For submission fan art, fan fiction, meme and cosplay.
2.1 You can submit anyways on Twitter and Tumblr at @ask-waewdao​ or you can mention to me or creators too. 
2.2 If you do have origin of meme and art reference, please don't forget to send it too.
3. About text, photo and the other of parts.
3.1 Allow to screenshot my text on tweets but do not be to distort content, if you use it for news presentation.
3.2 Do not allow to repost or trace a photo and claim as yours or use in commercial without permission from owners. (You can share, retweet and reblog only, you must request about their permission to allowing by owners before reposting to where another place.)
3.3  Allow to use my photo for meme and to do reaction but don't forget to give credit too.
4. FQA
4.1 Q: What is this account about?
      A: This account is original character, and it is freedom account.
4.2 Q: Can I join to roleplay in the event?
      A: I'll open the event in sometime, let's be fun!
4.3 Q: Can I send a NSFW or +18 contents?
      A: You can send with do not be forget to be warning with "TW/CW" for this content.
4.4 Q: Where I find Waewdao's bio and character's bio more?
      A: You can find their bio ink on Twitter and Tumblr or Milkshake.
4.5 Q: Where do I any find Waewdao and creators?
      A: You can find her at "ask waewdao on Tumblr", "praw promnate", "pchuaymee" or "userloids" on search engines.
4.6 Q: Do you have expected more characters in the future?
      A: It maybe to depending on the theme of each given story.
4.7 Q: Can I create a story or roleplay as crossover in AU?
      A: Yes, you can. (But you have to follow our agreement and guideline, also I maybe to request before do it.)
4.8 Q: Can you talk and ask you anytime?
      A: You can ask or talk to me every time, but I'll lately to reply a little.
Read more at Terms and Conditions.
This pinned post is maybe change in later.  
Waewdao more links on Behance | Twitter
Read my original works on Writing works.
Creator by @pchuaymee and @userloidwiki​
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fairlyqualityanon · 8 months
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Ah hell yea we finna get a sequel!! 😁😁😁 Needed this after watching Mysta’s graduation.
YEE WE IS … I have no idea who that is tho. :(
Intro snippet below - SUBJECT TO CHANGE whoops this was a longer ‘snippet’ than I thought
Accrued Interest
Mouth cottonball-dry from nervousness, you stare at the crumpled $20 in your hand. You’d memorized the serial number - EB52212124B - just in case. It was the moment of truth, time to find out if that had been some sort of dream or other hallucination, or if it had somehow been real.
You carefully touched the bill to the price tag. ‘Kromer’ was supposed to be a play on 'Kroner’ but the tag specified USD, so you hadn’t bothered looking up the currency exchange rate.
Nothing happened.
You let out a disappointed breath you hadn’t realized you were holding. Oh, who were you kidding. Too much leftover pizza, stress, sleep deprivation… wishful thinking. Yes, the actualization of vore enticed you, but you also kind of wanted to explore. Talk to any other NPCs - hopefully not in the Snowgrave run in which you’d found yourself - like Swatch or Queen or anyone, really.
Distracted by the ringing of your landline - yes, they were still useful and you would die on that hill - you neither saw the glasses shift as if squinting against the light nor heard the tag rustle as if feeling about for something.
Wait a minute… you’d unplugged the phone earlier in the morning to clean out the receiver; a friend had made you laugh in the middle of eating. You’d made a loaded PBJ, delicious, but messy.
‘THEN WHO WAS PHONE?’ you snickered. Hey, you thought you were hilarious, and that was all that mattered.
Hand shaking with mixed trepidation and hope, you reached for the handset, relishing the small click as you lifted it off the stand. It was loud; you could hear the fast beeping tone long before you held it up against your ear. Clearing your throat, you said hesitantly, “Hello?”
A shrill electronic screech made you wince in pain, unable to hear anything past the ringing in your ears and the static in your… eyes?
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yourbucksbuddy · 3 years
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FQA for you!!
Today, I have a fun quiz for you... Guess which one impacts your child's future success the most...
Select your answer below:
1.math
2.science
3.reading
4.writing
Take a guess above and see if you're right. Plus, on the next page, you'll also see how NOT teaching this to your child early before they even reach grade 4 leads to: => A 66% chance they'll drop out of high school => Reduced confidence for their entire life => 55% higher risk they'll commit a felony as an adult The correct answer might shock you...
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Find your answer!!
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quirkwizard · 3 years
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So apparently acordib the wiki, the black tendrils that All for One and Tomura use isn't Forcible Quirk Activation by itself, the black tendrils called Rivet Stab. It's just combined with FQA which probably by itself activates by touching someone, activation their quirk. Will this effect quirk marriages involving FQA?
Will it change the Quirks I've done before? No, mostly because I don't really see a reason to change them. When I make Quirk Marriages, I do my best with the given information at the time of writing. So while new information will change new Quirk Marriages, it won’t change old ones. Those were written with the logical assumption that it was a single Quirk. Will it change the Quirks I do going forward? Possibly, in that I may or may not be covering either them for future Quirk Marriages. With this revelation, I'm still trying to figure other whether or not these two fall into the "Quirks we don't know enough about" category for Quirk Marriages I won't do.
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winterironbang · 3 years
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For art claiming (which I am super excited about) are there going to be multiple rounds to claim more than one picture? I know in the FQA, you guys said multiple bangs are allowed, but I wasn't sure if there was a limit/how many rounds/ect. (I am having a hard time picking my top three, there's too many good ones to pick from.)
With claims, the way it works is a first come first served basis, so you send in your claim with 2-3 options in case your first choice has been taken already. 
The second round of claims opens up ONLY when all pieces have had an initial claim. When all stories have been confirmed claimed a second round will open up and the art pieces can have a second author claim the piece. 
Given that it is first come first served, if in the first round you receive confirmation of your first claim, you can then send in a second claim for another, different, piece.  So in the first round of claims, it's possible for one author to have claimed two pieces and in the second round of claims it’s possible that one artist can have multiple authors writing for them. 
Hope that makes sense, and if you need more clarity please ask!
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musicbyjoao · 4 years
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It’s been 5 years since my last post
I was going through an old e-mail of mine when I found an e-mail related to this blog. I completely forgot I had it! Reading my old posts was a fun and interesting experience. There are things I still agree with; some things I remember being excited about at the time and others I thought I could have presented differently.
At the time of my last post, I was going through a very rough patch in life and I had to stop almost everything. This made it hard to get back on track but here’s what has happened since, in a very summed up way:
- I moved back to Dublin and worked as a door to door salesman; then as an extra in film productions; then as stage crew at multiple shows; then as an LQA (localisation quality assurance) and FQA (functionality quality assurance) for video games. By that time, I met my fiancée and we moved to Belfast, and worked as a music data administrator.
- While I was working on all those jobs I listed above, I was writing music at night and during weekends as well.
- Highlights are:
1) Scoring for ”Recovery", an impactful short documentary which recounts the story of 3 sexual assault survivors, and which went on to win a number of awards and nominations at various film festivals.
2) Writing most of the soundtrack for the steam game Nocturne: Prelude and
3) Composing/arranging on the Vivaldi Metal Project, which features a number of world famous musicians, including Mistheria (Bruce Dickinson, Roy Z Ramirez); Mike Portnoy  (Dream Theater, Sons Of Apollo); Mike Terrana (Yngwie Malmsteen,  Tarja Turunen); Dirk Verbeuren  (Megadeth) and many more. Today I’m in Belfast and still working hard. I’ll try and keep this thing active and updated but I won’t promise anything =)
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jackyjango · 4 years
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Hi :) I'm a little bit confused. I understand I can't sign up for the SME2019, but can I still claim and offer gifts? Did you divide the prompts and sent them for the people who signed up or is it free to choose? I can both draw and write and I got a few ideas but I'm not sure if/how I can participate. I read the rules and FQA but I'm still not sure. Thanks in advance :))
Hello there!! So I hope this post clears up some of that confusion. 🙂
Exchange: sign-up for the exchange is closed. But this is how it works. Everyone who signs up for the Exchange makes 1 request and 1 offer. So you create a work for someone based on their prompt and someone else creates a work for you based on yours. How do you know whose request to create a work based on? Well, the request will be assigned to you by the moderators. The information will be sent via email and you can see your assignment in AO3 as well. You have one month to create a work of fic/art based on the prompt and gift it to the person. The requests for the Exchange will be revealed once the works are revealed. The works you create for the Exchange (or sometimes referred to as the main) have restrictions. You can find the information of how the fics and art should be in the collection description.
Madness: The Madness on the other hand is linient. You sign-up to the Madness only if you want to request for works. You put out 5 requests (5 this time). The sign-up has closed for the Madness as well, therefore no more requests can be made.
The requests in the Madness round are visible to all. So anyone who wants to create a work (fic/art) can just 'Claim' the request and fulfill it. You don't have to sign-up to the challenge... you just to claim a request and fulfill it before the collection closes on the 23rd of December. All you need to fulfil the requests in the madness is an AO3 account. What's allowed in terms of fic and art for the Madness has been detailed in the intro.
Hope that clears up how the Main and the Madness work. You can still participate if you haven't signed up for either. Claim a prompt and fill it.
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