Theres 20 of these bastards, One must have wished for something reaaallly embracing... Like knowledge of dragon [singular]
somehow, somewhere, in a distant corner of the AUniverse, one of those idiots wished to get Knowledge of Dragon. And in a terrible twist of fate everybody gets stuck in a timeloop until the wish is fulfilled such an easily preventable fate. I'm sure someone is satisfied with their life choices tho
Hello! Have a question for your Swap Au; Does each Traveler have their own "Mal Du Pays", and how do you envision them as?
To put it simply, yes! I reckon every Traveler has their own inner sadness that almost makes them give up for good, like Sif's Mal Du Pays. But to put it very humbly, I have NO idea what any of them would look like XD I've been focusing on pre-game events and how all the teams got together and became family, and the timeloop shenanigans is like. future problems and delights for me to think about later
Had an idea about the travelers's fears if you are willing to hear me out about.
All "travelers" have the feeling of "it's over when you reach the end" but for different reasons.
For Sif, he has no home or memories to return to. Hence why Mal Du Pays takes the form of Siffrin in the game over screen.
For Bonnie, their relationship with Nille is in the gutter due to their last words and fear of not having her or anything to return to.
For Isabeua, who travels to find his idenity, and distance himself from his past, the party acts as his "rock" with fear of crumbling once it ends.
For Odile, who travels becuse of her mixed heritage, having a "family" she would do anything to keep safe yet never admit it her fears.
For Mirabelle, who struggles with her innability to "change", having stability and life injected thanks to the party yet anxious for it ending as with it over, she'll go back to her own quest to change with little effort. Just stuck in rot.
Anyways. Hope these ideas help! I've read more than a few other AU as well as the script itself, so these ideas are mainly more of a base. Adding new wrinkles or changing issues enough to make sense is fun. And the idea your SwapAUs all coming together for some ungodly reason to partaking in angst and time loop shenanigans is enjoyable to me.
literally rotated every single one of these ideas in my mind all day yesterday and I was trying to think of any cool or interesting insight to add to this, but honestly you've summed up everything I'm trying to go for and I'm raising my non-existent beer glass at you for all of these nicely packaged vibes You seeing this, people? Now you have!!!
I think I have some ideas for some of the other Traveler's Mal Du Pays (unfortunately the only one I can't come up w/ one for is Isabeau). You can take 'em or leave 'em as you so choose, I just want to share the ideas I've come up with.
Okay, starting with Mirabelle, maybe their whole thing is the face changes to the other party members like how the change god statues all have different faces. Not sure if Traveler!Mira has the same kind of connection to the change belief, but it would be an interesting way to take it design wise. Maybe their look changes to any of the other Mirabelle getups too, and it changes in regard to the face they take on.
For Odile, I was thinking it could be 2 bodies for one entity - one takes on Odile's Ka Bue traits, the other her Vaugardian traits. Both are different in appearance to themselves and Odile, yet still part of the same whole and look enough like her to see the connection.
And for Bonnie... honestly I think it'd be an interesting move to make them resemble Pétronille (granted they still have an important link to Traveler!Bonnie). You could have them be your own unique design and nothing more, or they could be a revolving door of other Nille designs on top of your own in a sort of "you can't even remember what they looked like" kind of way or something.
*jotting down notes under the table* definitely gonna play with some of these ideas you've given me! If nothing else this is very good spaghetti you've thrown at the wall on my behalf and we'll see what sticks when I start thinking about the game-events for real! I WILL SAY THO. Traveler!Mirabelle used to be a housemaiden, but left the ranks (not the faith! she's still trying to practice the Change Faith) to figure things out on her own. So the idea her inner Sadness shifts and changes faces and shapes is SUPER cool and fascinating! Like, it's everything she thinks she should be. The vibes compel your honor!
If all cooks competed against eachother which one would make the best food?
HA! In my humble opinion, if all the cooks were competing to find out who'd make the best food, I think Bonnie would win and smoke the other cooks out of the kitchen after everything is said and done However. If Cook!Siffrin was praying "please taste the best please taste the best PLEASE TASTE THE BEST" over his ingredients the other cooks won't stand a chance in hell of winning anything except pity and amusement
I love how researcher Siffrin is closest to canon sus event in terms of expressions. Bringing out that whole fact that Siffrin and Odile are close alike in many ways.
Siffrin and Odile ARE alike in many ways! and when it comes to sussing out a traveler, both Sif and Odile aren't thrilled at being out of the loop and show it on their face XD
I just remembered I asked a while back how many books researcher siffrin had and I think it was over at least 50,
HOW DOES HE FIT THEM ALL IN THAT COAT??? ARE THE BOOKS TINY OR IS HIS COAT JUST THAT LARGE-
Also uh ur cool and a cool person
Love the au's
Keep ballin
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So is siffrin the best at every job due to his "Please be good, please be good" chant?
More or less! Altho Cook!Sif is the one who uses the "please be good" chant the most. The others indulge in a lil wishcraft when they want to get Good Grades in anything, but they don't obsess over it But in the other Sifs defenses, forgetting to pray over their meals won't give them food poisoning 50% of the time
Serious question: Which Siffrin is the most powerful in terms of "unintentional, oblivious flirting"? ie Fighter Frin's posing. And would they become more or less powerful should they becone aware of it?
A very serious question. I will answer this seriously: Fighter!Siffrin is the most powerful in unintentional flirting when they are not aware of it. Housemaiden!Siffrin would be the most powerful in flirting when they ARE aware of it.
I'm sure Reasearche!Sif's cloak would work really well as a weighted blanked, no matter just how many books they have in that spacious ol' thing. All they need is that pillow hat from the house and they'll be set to sleep just about anywhere comfortably.
okay I'm now really jealous that Researcher!Siffin has the perfect weighted blanket that ALSO has perfect temperature regulation. All that's missing is a good pillow, but not to worry! That's why they'll use Bonnie a pillow hat for sleepy time
If things got really dire for Researcher!Siffrin in terms of cloak space[1000+ books], Would they store books under their hat?
Also would siffrin [Using all manner of crafts, mainly wishcraft ] To enter his cloak? as a rather spacious Library? Like he ducks into his cloak, [Which still stands upright because thousands of books] Hat posted on the things that cover your neck on cloaks/coats?
Do you have any idea how hard I started laughing at the mental image of Researcher!Siffrin propping up his cloak like a little cubbyhouse?
Do you have ANY idea how much it amused me to imagine them sitting inside like a little creature tucking themselves away for the winter just to read books in deeper privacy??
Do you have ANY. IDEA. How many jokes you could come up with if that was legit something Sif did during the adventure to save Vaugarde from freezing in time???
Do you, anon? DO YOU?
I also liked the idea they keep books they are currently reading in their hat. Saves them the trouble from digging deep into the abyss that is their pockets. Featuring Cook!Sif, because I think they'd do the same thing except with snacks!
Would any of the Siffrins use Wish Craft to accent their flirting?
Researcher!Siffrin would use a lil wishcraft to "really make sure" Isabeau understands their flirting techniques Which both confuses and endears Traveler!Isabeau even more because it's so obviously the little mysterious scissor wizard has feelings for him, but figuring what those feelings ARE is something Sif and Isa have to work out together
Question: how would OG Sif feel about the other Siffrins if they looped and escaped with little effort due being able to talk to their party? There was a semi-joke convo, but how bad would they ACTUALLY take it?
Also, OG Sif's reaction to Traveler Bonnie looping?
OG Sif, if he met the other roleswap Sifs who ALSO had a timeloop experience, would probably stare into space and wonder if he got stuck in the darkest timeline/timeloop because it took him the longest to escape their timeloop hell. I think they'd take it... not badly, though? Like, knowing in other lifetimes they got what they needed so much faster (a family, a place to belong, someone to beat into their head "YOU ARE LOVED!" etc) they'd be a lil wistful and thankful that they weren't always doomed to suffer for the narrative. Bittersweet. They'd be more thoughtful like "ah. so I really SHOULD'VE talked to my family so much sooner. hm. gotcha. more evidence that my family truly love me no matter what, so that's something!" OG Sif's live reaction to Traveler!Bonnie would be muffled screaming into his cloak because GOOD GRIEF it would break their heart to know one of their favorite people (WHO IS ALSO A CHILD) got stuck in a timeloop because they didn't feel safe enough to share what was going on
Hey, just wanna know if Cook!Siffrin is aware of his pineapple allergy? Cause if not, it would be cute if he brought it for Researcher!Bonnie if they mentioned missing their favorite fruit. Honestly I can see Cook!Sif peeling fruit for his party to show that he cares like an Asian mom who has a hard time verbalizing that kinda stuff. Heck, he could probably do those bunny apple slices now that I'm thinking about it.
Cook!Siffrin is NOT aware of his pineapple allergy!! (that's a fun surprise for later) And that is actually the sweetest thing ever to imagine him getting a pineapple for Researcher!Bonnie, especially if the kid mentioned it in passing. Pineapple Quest Mode activated!! And Cook!Sif would cut up and peel fruit all nice-like for the party cuz he does find it the easiest way to communicate his undying loyalty to the people that gave him a chance to belong in a group.
i find it kind of funny in a sad way how housemaiden!siffrin is the only one to keep both eyes
do you think they see the other sifs and go "wh. what happened to all of you??? what did i miss????????????"
Yes, it is funny and sad. But consider! CONSIDER: all the other Sifs are going to immediately start pulling out every eye pun they can think of and housemaiden!Sif is going to be deeply bemused and strangely left out that THEY didn't lose an eye for cool and mysterious backstory reasons Then Traveler!Bonnie whacks Housemaiden!Siffren from behind like "YEAH YOU CAN THANK ME FOR THAT. STUPIDFRIN."
Can I ask for some researcher Isa lore??
Big man is leaning into smarts while also being just as big. How's he doing
You may ask for some Researcher!Isabeau lore! (or at least my current vibes for it XD) Isabeau still had that "I'm too painfully shy and anxious and it's getting in the way of things I want" stage when he was a kid, but when he Changed he decided he still wanted to keep his brainiac nerd energy. Just incorporate it into a more outgoing and energetic personality! He kept studying at various Houses of Change in anything he was interested in. And sure, Isabeau wasn't unhappy... but when a certain horrible housemaiden stumbled into his life he jumped at the chance to Change a little more and find out how he could become more proud of himself and his skills
I wonder which one of the Siffrins had the longest heel-boots? And would any of them be impressed/awed/flusteree by the one with the longest/best?
Sidenote, how would one rank how bad their obliviousness of Isa's crushing on them is, from least to worse?
In terms of longest heeled booties? Fighter!Siffrin, hands down! Followed closely by every other Sif except Researcher!Sif (who had to settle for smaller platform boots because he already has a hard enough time walking without increasing the difficulty) I reckon the other Sifs would consider Fighter!Sif's thigh boots with a range of thoughtful and amused faces. Housemaiden!Sif would be inspired to get his own pair tho, asap! XD As for all the Sif's obliviousness of Isa's crush? From Least oblivious to most oblivious: 1. Housemaiden!Siffrin 2. Researcher!Siffrin 3. OG!Siffrin/Fighter!Siffrin 4. Cook!Siffrin
