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skittikyu · 6 months

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Final (for now :3c) lineup of Stilti and their AU selves !

More info under the cut !

STILTIKYU (CANON TADC)

The classic! Just another human trapped in the Digital World, who took the form of a 9'5'' tall humanoid stilt quadruped, perhaps struggling with being rigid and distant in her previous life now manifested physically. Yes, they're actually part of her body. No, she can't bend at where her joints should be. Being so tall has its advantages and disadvantages, as does the radical acceptance approach they brought with her from whatever therapy sessions she must have been attending before joining the circus (read more about her coping mechanisms and the drawbacks!). Creative at heart but with limbs now incapable of visual art, they distract herself from the phantom pains pass time singing and dancing, and puts her all into the performance aspects of the circus, though they still enjoy participating in the adventures from time to time. Also, while not nearly as bad as Jax (she’s not one to invade personal space or use sensitivities/phobias as jokes towards someone once she’s aware that’s what they are), they do enjoy poking fun and teasing others. Essentially at most their aim is to lightheartedly annoy or confuse rather than shock or hurt (read more about her relationships with the rest of the cast!).

"It is what it is. I'm not going to let all this eat away at whatever's left of me, but just..ignoring when I'm not feeling okay isn't any better for me. If you want to bury yourself in your little shell as protection, I can't and won't stop you. Just surviving isn't living, though."

STILTILITH (RINGMASTER AU)

Basically Stilti takes canon Caine's role as an AI ringmaster of the Amazing Digital Circus! Even her name in this AU is a biblical reference like his (but to Lilith instead of Cane!). Because she's in charge she has more control of her form than regular Stilti, and therefore has functioning limb privileges. She can also float like regular Caine but prefers to walk around because she finds it more elegant even though to the others it's probably just unsettling. On the surface Stiltilith's demeanour is calmer than Caine's and more mature than Stiltikyu's, but she can be equally as much of a menace in the right situation. It's all in playful fun, though, even if it doesn't come across that way due to her not being human. They're doing their best to learn about human emotions and social conventions and take a lot of pride in their job. Have you ever seen the movie Coraline? Stiltilith is like if the other mother really wasn't evil; they're trying her best to make the humans that enter the program happy with everything they could want, but ultimately falling short of fulfilling their actual needs due to not being human.

"You want to go home..? Silly, this is your new home now! ..hm, well, what can I do to make it just as good? Better, even! After all, since you can't leave, it's the least I ca...oh, come now, there's no need to cry..there there..I'll see what I can whip up.."

OPPOSITE AU (Belongs to campbell_soup70 on Instagram!)

Pretty self explanatory! Rather than skipping every stage of grief right to acceptance, this Stilti probably endlessly cycles through the first four without ever arriving at the final one. That is, when she isn't completely paralyzed by her absolute lack of capacity for dealing with their current situation. Without intervention, they probably won't last long.

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CARNIVAL AU (Belongs to @/sm-baby)

Keeping with the concept of the cast being evolved, boss-like forms of their usual counterparts, Carnival Stilti ("The Metronome") goes all in on the musical/dancing aspects of her personality. Her game is arcade themed, especially rhythm games like DDR and guitar hero; maybe a bit of karaoke elements in there too. She's not super aggressive in comparison to some of the other AIs, but she takes themself very seriously and probably becomes more volatile if she feels as if the player isn't meeting her standards. Basically thoughts and prayers to any users with a bad sense of tempo and/or who sings or plays off key. Her collar is shaped like a voice box and they speak/sing similarly to a vocaloid, with more roboticism/distortion the more emotional they get.

"Hmmmmm~. ♫ Come on, that's not the best you could do, was it?~ ♪ Let's try again. No flat notes or missed steps this time, kay? 4, 3, 2~!♩"

CORRUPTION AU (Belongs to /rabid-mercenary15)

Unfortunately it was likely only a matter of time until Stilti got caught by one of her corrupted co-stars..while she may be agile and quick, her avatar isn't the best at fitting through small spaces or hiding behind much of anything..they now roam around like a mindless beast, occasionally making unworldly screeching and groaning noises, a far cry from their previous singing..still, it seems old habits do in fact die hard, however warped they may become. One of the more docile of the virally-infected, the best chance at deescalating an encounter with them is music. She's drawn to and is soothed by singing and playing instruments. Of course, now the problem is her following the source of it, but hey, at least they aren't attacking! Try backing away slowly until you get to an area they can't follow due to her colossal size. Or, set up a radio/windup music box somewhere else as a diversion and get away while they're distracted! Even if they see or hear you while you're doing so, as long as the music is still playing, they'll be too enamoured with it to care.

".̶̨̛͕̼̫̯̙̥͔͍̈́.̴̧̮̫̗̘̰̩̥̀̀̏̈̈̊̾̈̆̕̕͜͠.̴̧̧̳͈̼̞̟̮̼̪͕̺͂̓̈́̒́̾̏̍̚p̸̨̨̨̛͖̹͉̼̩͓͔̤͔̫͆͂͗͗̉̃͜͜͝͝͝r̸̠̱͙͎̜͇̲̖̦̯̝̍̉̍͗͌̔ę̵̗̼̩͖̱͎͔̗̺̾̇̆͆̉̈́t̴̬͂̉̎͂̉ț̷̟̲̭̗͎̗͔̘͂͂͆́̐̂̚y̴̨̨̺̙̰͓͙̥̮̦͓̣̱͍̰͋̚.̴̙͋.̴̡̘͉͎͕͚̩̜̉̀͐́͑͠͝.̶̡͚̱̬̺̓̌̿̌̉̉̒̏͌̾͝s̶͉͔͓͉̺͎͙̮̎̇̀͗̂̂̎̈̎̓̇́͝o̵̝̙̜̙̿̊͊̒͌̈́̆͝ṅ̴̮̟̮̉̇̅̊̇̈́͌͌̓͜g̵̡̢͎̯̤͖̈́.̵̛͔̖͎̰̺͂̽̀̐̆̕͘͝.̶͇̤̺̓́͂.̸͇̙͇̌̈́͌

FREAKSHOW AU (belongs to @/hootbon)

Freakshow Stilti is all of regular Stiltikyu’s worst aspects exaggerated and potentials accelerated, basically the worst possible version of themself that lives on even more of a wire than she already is in canon verse. Walking on eggshells is second nature - at least she has great balance, even with her disfunctional limbs! Mind the splinters! While both versions of them are resigned to the hopelessness of their situation, Regular Stilti would compare hers to purgatory whereas Freakshow Stilti would (internally) compare theirs to hell. The first thing Caine did when she arrived was break her arms and legs - this was to give her flexibility for their new role as “Contortionist”, but the permanent trauma and chronic pain they also received was of no concern to him outside of frustration with her “attitude” (AKA screaming, then crying, then a paralysis-like freeze response, which was highly unproductive), but an unacceptable lack of cooperation was nothing corrective measures couldn’t reeducate. Seemingly, it worked: nowadays she’s all silly smiles, singing and practicing her performance routines off-hours for fun. What dedication! Isn’t it nice they chose to be such a team player? Well, whatever. With that twist on the same acceptance their regular TADC counterpart has, there’s also the similar (albeit darker) self awareness. She may be resigned to their existence but she’s not avoidant to its realities. On the surface they’re on Promised Neverland levels of copium and outwardly detached completely from their emotions and the horrific events that routinely surround them. However, while her persona may come across as delusional, everything they do is on her own terms. Their hyper-vigilance, a torturously anxiety-ridden constant of being, has also been her biggest tool for- well, not surviving, they’ve died plenty of times..-persisting, let’s say. Their preferred choices in strategies can all be categorized as some form of Freeze, while their last choice would be Fight, in order avoid potentially unwinnable situations. Still…we’d like to still think we have principles, but in the face of self preservation, it gets easier to abandon them. Though not their go-to, there definitely are and will be times they choose Flight or Fawn instead. Generally outside of shows, she keeps a low profile. They do their best to keep expectations of her reasonable, with not so much that they’d attract needless attention (not to mention be even more stress to maintain), but not so little it would inconvenience anyone, or god forbid, give the impression that they’re not pulling their own weight. Over time, she’s learnt all the things they have no power over and the few she does, namely their own mind. Dignity is a luxury in a place like this but integrity is something they can only take if she chooses to give it to them, and stooping to their level yields the exact same result as unwillingly being pulled down. “None of this is real” is also little reassurance in a realm where you can still experience the sensation of physical pain (not to mention psychologically directly), but “take whatever you can get in this place” was another quickly learned lesson and that includes comforts, so the fact that everything is “just” in a video game is one of many tools in Stilti’s arsenal of dissociation. They overall have attitude of “if there’s no meaning, they’ll make up her own - to them, that’s better than looking for something that isn’t there” Is it denial if it’s a conscious decision? Who knows!

An area that Freakshow Stilti is basically completely different from her canon verse counterpart is that she doesn’t crave nor seek out connection with others the way Regular Stilti does. This is likely a result of both her detachment methods in other areas, as well as a mutual lack of trust with the other members since she’s experienced and witnessed first hand plenty of times that they’re all incapable of actually relying on and helping each other. Still being a Stilti, though, part of her will always want to - she’s somewhat “attached” to others who have been personally victimized by the ringleader, possibly out of empathy or a perceived “connection” from the shared experience. However, when attempting to build bridges have an inevitably lethal outcome, she knows better than to have their hopes up in ways her other self will fortunately never have to fathom coming to terms with. That being said, not worrying about any relationships having strong foundations makes it a lot easier to have a devil-may-care attitude towards her peers and how they perceive them, so when combined with feeling her emotions more strongly in moments they’re not being actively repressed, Freakshow Stilti is a lot more unrestrained expressing her infatuation for those like Gangle and Ragatha, or contempt for those like Jax. The AI are of course the exception to this - any interaction with Caine and Aingle is with a permanently awestruck pokerface. Maybe, in some areas, that sentiment is genuine - after all, if she wasn’t impressed on some level by their technical abilities, authentically expressing respect for them as “superiors” would be impossible not to come across as tepid or overboard, both unconvincingly.

"Are you crying?...Oh, no, I don't do that anymore. Bad for my voice, you know? How about we sing instead?"

#my art #the amazing digital circus #tadc #tadc oc #tadc sona #tadc self insert #opposite au #carnival au #ringmaster au #corruption au #freakshow au #eye contact #blood #body horror

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minusgang-maya · 8 hours

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@sm-baby @hootbon @rabid-mercenary16 @ner5y @sparklycoffeepanda

@pinky-in-blankets @slimey12 @zay667 @mragear1571 @cement-tumor

#tadc #the amazing digital circus #oc #freakshow au #karma!aingle #the amazing animated circus #the amazing digital carnival #corruption au #everything is fine au #others ocs #kat #Zay #Agear #slimely #rubicon #the amazing self-insert #vines

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mixedupacts-au · 3 months

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MASTERPOST FOR THE MIXED UP ACTS AU

Premise: The TADC AUs? They work with their creators to create the stories for Tumblr. They’re basically actors. Each AU creator runs their own show.

Gooseworx owns the company (C&A) all of the AUs work at and makes sure everything is running smoothly with the original show and the AUs. She’s pretty chill lol

About 10 AUs work there, but only 7 will be shown

Humans and the characters live amongst each other.

The originals are working nonstop to create episode 2.

There’s a lot of CGI used, so like, the corruption AU? They’re not really that tall. Corruption Jax isn’t 11’2, he’s 6’7 or something lol

Any and all OCs are canon, so like, Erebus? She exists. Sethe? He exists. Any and all Abels? They all exist. They’re basically a species at this point lmao

Also people can submit their OCs and they’ll be given a job!

Only ships the AU creators say are canon will be canon, so for example, sm-baby made Showtime canon in her AU, so Showtime will only be canon in the Carnival AU part of the company.

AUs that are mixed with other games/shows don’t exist, so the Pokémon AU sadly doesn’t exist.

Im still debating wether I will make this a collaborative AU amongst creators or if I just do it myself, so until I make the decision I’ll have to do a lot of research lol

ALL THE AUS THAT WORK THERE:

(Only AUs that are on Tumblr will be in this AU)

Carnival AU - ✅ SHE WANTED INN

@/sm-baby

Freakshow AU - ✅ just gotta tag them ^^

@/hootbon

Corruption AU - ✅ number three!

@/rabid-mercenary

Pirate AU - ✅ reminded me to tag all the original creators lol

@/rainbow-neko-artblog

Eldritch AU - ✅ we got ‘em

@/dia-smthidk

Horror AU - ✅ :]

@/thc-au

Spread the Influence AU - ✅ They finally opened the ask box lol

@/ask-the-rag-dolly

@/spread-the-influence

THIS IS JUST AN IDEA, WHEN I LEARN HOW TO DRAW ALL THESE AUS THEN IT WILL BE SET INTO MOTION

#new post #tadc au #TADC au idea #this is just an idea #the tag for this post will be this:#MixedUpActs AU #New TADC au #carnival au #Freakshow au #corruption au #pirate au #swap au #opposite au #terrible circus au #eldritch au #horror au #spread the influence au #I’m gonna have to do a lot of research lol

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commanderohan · 6 months

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"Y baila lento, flor morada, que me recuerdas a mi amada."

#the file corrupted and i had to restart the coloring almost from scratch #but i managed to not lose my sanity #nu carnival #nu carnival eiden #nu carnvial kuya #nukani #nuカーニバル

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lills-and-kay-chaos · 24 days

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Other edits…

Tadc au edits

The hare hotel

Ctrl key circus

The corrupted circus

The digital carnival

Freakshow

#the hare hotel jax #the hare hotel tadc au #the hare hotel #the hare #ctrl key circus #freakshow tadc #tadc au the hare hotel #tadc freakshow #tadc au #tadc #tadc corruption au #tadc carnival au #the amazing digital carnival

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torchiiko · 5 months

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there are many au versions of kinger & i would kiss Most of them assuming theyd even let me cuz some of em are mean and/or straight up dangerous

#theres this corruption/abstraction au..... ouugh...... sometimes i like a man who could kill me #sometimes i like a man who is huge & has lots of hands ok #theres another au ive seen that i like the kinger for too.. themed around like carnival games......#sometimes i wanna be the court jester for a powerful & intimidating king ok #i like the chess piece ok!! ppl keep making awesome designs what am i supposed to do!!!!!#torch chatter #real simping hours #👑 king of my heart - kinger 👑

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glitchyk · 2 months

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Did I ever introduce my player Sona for @sm-baby’s carnival AU?

Well…. I may not have it colored yet, but, this is them, post sentience of the game. Just a little rough doodle of it, before I forget that I have it.

Concept for player glitchy. It’s purposeful that you cannot see what the player head is, it was severely damaged.

Ever since it was damaged, the head physics kinda changed, now amongst the static, two glowing things resembling eyes would be seen, which change when certain feelings are presented.

Previously, the player head was-

S̷͕̣̻̅̒́͠ ̵̹̳̝͗͆̿I̵̫̿̌̔̃̕ ̴̝̝̪̪̂͆G̷̡̯̈́̓̃͝ ̴̗͔͈̩͛̆͑͌N̷̢̑ ̸̳̼̹̓̓͛͜͝A̴̧̱͒͐͗͛ ̶̱̤̊̿̀L̵͚͇͕̜̆͗̎ ̷͚̘̒͊̋̾͝ ̷̨͙̲͕͚͒͑ ̸͍̬̲͕̆͑ ̵̧̙̱͇̪̊̌ ̷̹̀͗ ̷͎̳͕͉͚̈̓̊̌C̸̥̒͗̚͘͝ ̷͖̪̿Ò̶̩̱̳͉ͅ ̸̱͎͚̗̎Ṟ̶̈́ ̷͎̩̅R̴̳̉͋ ̸̝̰̻͉̙̓̀͆͂U̶͓̍̿̇̊̚ ̷̧̫͈̥̏̄̂P̷̝̳̔̾̉͊ ̷͓̏̈̃̆T̵͖̈́͂͑ ̸̹̲̭̹̝̅̀̈̕.̷̧̞͍͕͛͑͒̓̽ ̷̲͉́̂̚D̸̦͛͐̕͘ ̴̪͐͐̚͠Ã̷̼͓̻̮̉͛̀ ̴̫̗̯̍͘T̵͚́̈̾͂ ̸̛̞̳͊͐̚Ą̷̥̮́̽̃́ ̶͈͍͎̉̔̚̕ ̷̤͎̄̏ ̷͇̿̈́ ̷͙̻̗͝ ̸͙̞͐̿͊̇ ̶̢̡̩̟͔̎̌̓C̸̨̩͖̦͙͒̋͋ ̴̢͊̓͆͋̏͜ͅÄ̵͇̳́͆͑̐ ̴̢̬̣̎̈́͘͘Ň̸̢̢̰̻͕͐̃̊͘ ̸͚̇Ṋ̸̤͐ ̶̗͉̆͝O̸̝̥͎̖̖͝ ̷̪̈́̚͝T̵̬̮́ ̵̢̢͈̣̖͐͌̌ ̶̖̣̮̰̃͗̍̈́͝ ̷̲̞͠ ̸̡̱̬̈́́̾̈́̀ ̵̜͆̈́̍̈́ ̵͖̰̖͍̒̊͊Ḃ̷͎͖̜̀̀ ̴̭͇̘̹͇̀̆̑̈͊Ë̷̢̘̜̯́͋ ̷̞̜̂ ̸̹̺̊ ̶̟̤͔̐͂͘ ̴͓͈́͗̊̓ͅ ̶͎̩̞̹̉̌̽͒ ̶̬̘̞̣̲̔̎ ̶̞̓͂R̴͉̘͙͍͂ ̸̲̭̜͎̹͆̅̽̍E̴͇̣͎̋́̀͑ ̶̨̙̀Ṫ̷̺̞̙̾ ̴̞̤̓̓͊Ṛ̸̞̇ ̶͓͋̍̆̕͘Į̸̢̻̝̭̊ ̵̡̥͇͚̎̂̃͛͜͝E̵̡̧̯̍̅̐̊͆ ̸̨͈̯̠̅̈́̍́V̴̨̘͇̟͋̾ ̶͍͖̓̈́̔͛É̴̦ ̶̡̣̯̍Ḑ̷͚͇̫̇͑͐̈́ ̸̡̣̖̓͐̄͘.̴̖̏̒͛̆ ̵̫͉̌I̸̡̝̟͖͗̋̈́͊ ̶̗̟̺̎T̴̟̼̑̓̎̚ ̴̼̥̖̦̈͛̕E̶͎̋̊̎̾ ̵̥̇̏́̄̓M̸͎͋̅͑͐ ̶͕͔̙̋̀̒ ̷̛̬̚ ̷͚͂̊͂ ̷̠͎̟̌̈́̍͂ ̷̻̙̳̭̯͑͐̀ ̶̳͖̗̹̱̆̃̚͝N̸̤͍̄́̈́ ̶͓͛Ő̷̤̩̲̼̬̈́͒ ̷̜̭̆̆͜T̵̨̡͙̹͋̍̌͒̄ͅ ̵̣̀̑̀ ̶̰͖̍́̾̈́͝ ̶̭̣̝͑͜ ̸̣̬͌ ̶̭̤̝̋ ̵̡̘̥̘́̿ ̶̩̮̀F̷̨͔̈ ̶̬̠͖̀̒͘Ő̴̝̌͜ ̵̧͚̭̯̮̈́̚U̶̪̙͓̪͐̌̽ ̸̡̲͖͈̑́͘ͅN̸̲̬̉̿̍͒̕ ̵̡͒D̶̡̟̪̟͉̓̚ ̴̘̥̪͙̈̏͆̿͝ ̵̺͕̪͊̋̀̀͜ ̶̧͕͂͒ ̶̬̯͒̀͊̚ ̵̙͖̬̈́̇ ̶̥̋̇ ̷̡̲͕̘͊̀̑̂̕S̷̼͇̼̯̈́̉͒ ̵̺͇͎̂̿͑Y̶̢̗̣͉̤̓̐̂͂͠ ̵̧̨̩̳͖̔̃̚͝Ṡ̵͈̘̏̄̚̕ ̴̱͔̹͙̰́̑T̸͖̬̫̞͕̅̑̅̈́ ̶̻̪̋̄̾̕Ȩ̵̦͎̉ ̷̨̯͇̞̈̆M̴̝̗͕̳̄̈́̀̾̚ ̵͚͉̟͒̈́͘ͅ ̸̬͕̙͑͋̅̊ ̶̘̹͆̈́̎ ̵̺͓͓̦̽̀͗̈͜ ̷̧̨̩̪͒͋ ̸̡̀̇͘ ̷̫̦̣͚̊͊͘͝ ̴̢̥̻͇̟̑̑͋Ŗ̵̙̃ ̷͍̰͌́͒͗E̷͇̾̄̇ ̸̨̳̦̦̽̿͋͠S̵͓̰̊́ ̷̛͎͗͌̔Ę̷̡̦͈͗̐̾ ̶̨͖̰̺̦́͘T̷̳͔̠̱̂̊̈́̇͝.̷̞̦̔͌

#SIGNAL CORRUPT. DATA CANNOT BE RETRIVED. ITEM NOT FOUND. SYSTEM RESET #player glitchy #glitchy player #the amazing digital carnival #tadc au #tadc carnival oc #player oc #carnival player OC #glitchyk oc #player Sona

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theducklingart · 1 month

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Corruption Carnival Chapter one section one:

Ada: “I guess this is the place.”

Looking up from phone at the carnival sign.

Ada: “Sigh”

Walks towards carnival

Ada thinking: ”*Pretty dirty here, it's like no one has been here in years.*”

Walking steps in black goo

Ada: “AH!” Looking at the goo

Ada thinking: ”*What is that?*”

Ada squinted her eyes getting a closer look and the goo blinks at her and grabs her.

Ada wakes up feeling something slimy on her

Ada: “Eck! What are you?”

The slime puddle looks at her not saying anything

Ada looked around in shock

Ada: “What is this place…”

Carnival music and people walking around

Crimson: “Top o mornin to ya lassie!”

A tall humanoid man stood in front of her with the slime creature in hand as he hoisted her up

Crimson: “I've seen that you've met my good friend Goob!”

Holding Goob out

Crimson: “I'm Crimson, it's such a pleasure to meet you!”

Shaking hand aggressively

Ada: “Uh where am I?”

Looking around scared

Crimson: “Ah well you're at the Corruption Carnival!”

Ada: “I have to be dreaming right!”

Ada: “This isn't real.”

Crimson: “If this is a dream you wouldn't be able to eat this delicious caramel apple!”

Shoves a apple in her mouth that is infested with bugs, Ada spits it out

Ada: “That's disgusting!”

Crimson: “Suit yourself lass.”

Tosses the apple

Ada: “What even are you!”

Crimson: “Were the corrupted.”

Tilting head

Crimson: “Were the lucky souls who have not been fully submerged.”

Crimson takes a huge step forward pulling Ada along

Ada: “Fully submerged?”

Raising eyebrow trying to keep up

Crimson: “Right lassie! You see those poor souls!”

Pointing to a huge tower that seems to have souls swarming it

Crimson: “Those poor fellas have been fully submerged and now serve the corruption.”

They kept walking, Ada looking at the souls

Ada: “Where are you taking me?”

Crimson: “Lassie I'm taking you to the best damn fortune teller the carnival has!”

Looking back at her

Crimson: “And we'll need to sort out your little problem.”

Crimson shoved her inside a small purple tent where a woman sat with a crystal ball

Crimson: “Crystal! Darling, I have brought you a visitor.”

The woman turned to them

Crystal: “I told you no more Crimson. I will not recreate what happened the last time.”

Crimson: “Crystal honey this time is different. This one is a-”

He whispers to Crystal

Ada looked around the tent seeing the weird blue slime again looking at her

Crystal: “Crimson you really think-”

Crimson cuts her off

Crimson: “I don't think love, I know Miss Ada will be the one.”

Ada turned around in shock

Ada: “You know my name?”

Crimson: “Lassie…”

He chuckled

Crimson: “I know more than just your name dear.”

Ada: “Wha-”

Crimson sat her down, Crimson sat down crossing his legs

Ada: “What is this all about, why am I here? Am I dead!”

Ada kept rambling questioning everything around her

Ada: “I need to get home, my family will be worried!”

Crimson: “Sh sh shhh.”

This was all so new for her like some fantasy novel

Crimson: “Give us time to explain… everything.”

End section one

#corruption Carnival #oc #art #comic #lgbt

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