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abyssembraced · 6 months
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Me explaining the abilities Rouxls has as the Rules Card has been long overdue, so here it is now! Better late than never, I suppose.
Rouxls has two separate powers at his disposal, the first and simplest of these being his teleportation. He, of course, does this several times in-game, and is capable of transporting both himself and other people (though teleporting other people takes more effort and energy than it does for himself, and teleporting multiple people at one time is the most difficult). Rouxls can teleport himself to anywhere he has physically seen in-person and knows the general location of.
His other ability is far more interesting, though, and is the actual focus of this post. I call it "House Rules".
More info below:
With House Rules, Rouxls is able to use the magic he has as the Rules Card to create his own rules for himself or other people. Hence its name! He's quite literally creating his own house rules for the world and game that is Deltarune.
Rouxls has a certain number of "spell slots" available to him to create House Rules with, and the amount of slots an individual rule takes up varies depending on how difficult it is to enforce. He doesn't need to "recharge" these slots like you would for spell slots in D&D—it's just a limit to the amount of House Rules he can keep active at one time (so it works more like Charm Notches in Hollow Knight). I haven't decided exactly how many spell slots Rouxls has though.
The exact "cost" of a single House Rule can also fluctuate based on the people affected by it. If everyone involved agrees to the rule, then it takes less magic for Rouxls to keep it up. On the other hand, though, if Rouxls tries to create a rule that nobody else wants, then it'll be extremely hard for him to keep it active. He might still be able to force it into existence if he really wants to, but depending on the House Rule's "base cost" and how opposed to it everyone else is, it might take all of Rouxls' spell slots just to uphold that one rule. Similar to when you're playing with house rules in a real card or board game!
Rouxls keeps this aspect of his ability tightly under wraps, though. After all, if his opponents knew they could influence his House Rules and potentially shut down anything he tries to do, then that leaves him basically helpless and unable to do anything beyond just teleporting away. Most people don't even know that Rouxls can create House Rules at all. As of the end of Chapter 2, the only people he's told about the ability are the King of Spades (since that's why he hired Rouxls), Lancer (just from spending a lot of time around Rouxls), and possibly Queen (maybe Rouxls tried to impress her with his powers in the hopes of getting her to hire him). And nobody knows about the "opposing the rule makes it harder for Rouxls to create it" part of it.
In order to create a new House Rule, Rouxls must 1) Activate his magic in some way with the intent of creating a new rule, and 2) Verbally state the rule that is being created out loud. Because of the activation requirement, Rouxls will never create a House Rule by accident just by speaking normally. Deleting any of his existing House Rules can be done silently, on Rouxls' command at any time he pleases.
For example, Rouxls' ability to float is not actually something he can naturally do—he's granted himself that power using his House Rules. It's something he keeps active pretty much permanently, since this rule in particular hardly costs any of his magic.
While in the Cyber World in Chapter 2, Rouxls has one other House Rule active: one that makes him immune to the statue-fication that is supposed to occur from being in a different Dark World. This is why he takes so much longer to turn to stone compared to Lancer (and never does fully turn) in the normal route, and why when it does start to happen, it's instantaneous. Upholding this rule is, of course, extremely hard to do, given that it goes directly against how the Dark World works. That one House Rule takes up practically all of his power, with just enough left to let him keep his floating ability. At the end of his fight, however, he tries to use House Rules yet again, in order to show off his "REALE Power". Of course, all of his spell slots are already full, forcing him to dismiss the statue-immunity rule to make room for the new one (which he did without thinking about the consequences at all dgdgshf). By that point, enough time had already passed that the only thing keeping Rouxls from becoming a statue was his House Rule, so with that gone, he started turning to stone immediately and rapidly. Luckily for him, he was able to at least preserve his head by cancelling the other House Rule (and perhaps also his floating one out of panic, which is why he crashed to the ground soon afterward) and reactivating his immunity one quickly enough, which he kept activated until he was returned to Castle Town.
Generally, when creating House Rules that directly affect a person (be it himself or someone else), he can only impact them physically, not mentally or emotionally. For  example, Rouxls would able to change someone's stats during a battle. But, he can't do something like "New Rule: Swatch now wants to make me Butler Supremeth!". He's got rule-making abilities, not mind control dgshshsf.
Also, as you could probably guess, different House Rules can have similar effects, but notably different costs to maintain them. For example, it is much easier to uphold a rule that claims "I, Rouxls Kaard, now have 5 additional points of defence", compared to a rule that says "Kris now has 5 less points of attack", since Kris has a much greater ability to reject a rule that directly affects them. So Rouxls has to be smart with the House Rules he creates if he wants to be efficient with his spell slots (and he usually is, since he's had these powers all his life and is accustomed to how they work).
So yes! Those are the two abilities Rouxls has. As you may have noticed, that means that he isn't capable of any sort of offensive magic. House Rules makes him an extremely useful support unit—likely one of, if not the best at it among all Darkners. But, that's all he is, and he's pretty much useless in a fight if he doesn't have some sort of ally or weapon that can do damage for him. That's why in Chapter 1, he summons a buffed up K. Round to fight Kris and co. instead of doing it himself. And in Chapter 2, the Thrash Machine is the one actually attacking most of the time. The one exception to this is the box attack Rouxls uses, but those aren't made of magic at all. The sprites are exactly the same as the puzzle boxes he has in the overworld. He's just throwing regular-ass boxes at you because there's nothing else he can do lmao.
I was planning on including my thoughts on what a secret boss-type fight against Rouxls would be like, but this post is already super long so I'm just gonna make that its own separate post. And that one'll go up... Eventually dgsgshs
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girlyearning · 1 month
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random thought about olympia that i find super funny : she tends to be a big spoon. however, because her choices in partners tend to be men with broader backs and more muscular ( just overall bigger frames than hers ), it's difficult for her to actually big spoon them and at some point they'd probably be like " olympia this is ridiculous. we need to swap places ". but she still tries.
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kisa-rae · 1 year
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Hi! I adore your writing.
If you are up for it, can I ask for first time together after weeks makeout/smut?
Mikey, draken, shinichiro, kazutora, baji or chifuyu or mitsuya? Anyone from these guys. Your pick
Thank you so much for considering my request
Bye bye
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Character 🂡 Manjirou (Mikey) Sano, Ken (Draken) Ryuuguji, Keisuke Baji, Takashi Mitsuya
Tags 🂡 scenario headcanons, x f!reader, first times, unprotected sex, groping, kissing
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🂡 Soooo many kisses here and there. So many cuddle sessions have already happened bc well...it's Mikey. He's touchy and he needs to be taken care of and have someone to sleep on. Just look at him! However...when it actually happens...when the kisses turn into a make out that turn into groping that turn into much more...you don't even realize it's happening that fast! It flows so naturally just because Mikey is already so touchy as it is. Before you know it, Mikey's hands are under your shirt and his hands are squeezing your breasts. Soothed by the feeling of their squishiness. He can't help but get you undressed. Smoothly while still making out with you you'll both be rid of your clothes and wonder how it happened. When he's actually fucking you, it's missionary. He's on top of you, but he's not really holding himself up. He's pressing his body into yours while the tip of his cock kisses your cervix. There's also no condoms. Especially not the first time around. It's so soft and sensual and very raw. You better have something in place bc he's cumming inside you without warning.
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🂡 This man is honestly a mess. From the very first kiss the the very first time. He's so hesitant to touch. Thinking that you're going to think lowly of him if he makes any kind of advancements. But sometimes he just gets worked up and one kiss turns into a heated make out, but it doesn't go any farther than that the moment you crawl into his lap. To be honest, Draken has it planned out for when it happens. If it happens. He has a whole thing about it in his head. But of course in the heat of the moment it doesn't exactly turn out like he expects. It's very clunky and he keeps pausing to ask if you're okay with going further. It might take a lot of reassurance to get this man inside you for the first time. But the moment he feels your squishy warm walls around his cock he instantly falls apart. Breathy hitching in his throat, he can't even express in words how it feels. He's hovering over you. Palms pressed against the bed on either side of your head. He feels like he's going to explode- but that's when the question comes....protection? He'll ask you. He'll go to pull out. But you'll grab his ass or his sides to stop him. Making him groan and push back inside you. Soon fucking you into the bed, becoming and utter feral animal with his movements.
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🂡 Baji...oh sweet baby Baji. He's another nervous one. You are the one initiating everything. All the kisses, cuddles, grope sessions. The moment you sit in his lap he's freaking out and panicking. Scared to touch you bc he might do it wrong. You take it slow with everything just to make sure he's comfortable along with you. There's a lot of progression and then stopping. So many times but that's okay. All you really care about is being with him. But when it finally happens you're reassuring him while your fingertips are gliding up and down his chest. Your lips peppering his own while you grind down against him. He can't think straight. Not with you on top of him like this. Which leads to the position. You're on top that's for sure. The moment you take him and look down at him, his brows are pinched and his head is tipped back. His adams apple bobbing as he's holding back everything in him. You feel so fucking amazing and he had no idea this whole time. This is what he's been missing out on?? He'll grip your hips and forget his nervousness. Thrusting up into you. Not even thinking about protection for a second. The way you feel around him is way too distracting for him to think straight. You'll lead him to his first ever orgasm through sex and it's quite beautiful with sweat glistening on his forehead and him panting uncontrollably.
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🂡 Mitsuya is the most suave of them all. He's constantly one step ahead of you and already knowing what you want and when you want it. But he follows your lead. Taking the time to get to know you..and your body. Everything he does though, leaves a lingering touch. Your first kiss left you wanting more but time never permitted. The way he made out with you for the very first time- it was heated and sensual. His hand in your hair, keeping your face close to his. He even knows where you're most sensitive just to his touch. He'll explore your body while making out with you. Gliding his fingertips up and down your arms. Rubbing your sides. Grabbing your hips all while just kissing you to see what makes you tick. That way when your first time comes around, well he'll be amazing at pleasuring you. And when it does? Oh you're in for a rollercoaster of a ride. He straddles the line of soft/sensual and rough/animalistic so fucking well. You can't help how wet you are before he even shoves his fingers inside you. Dripping for him just from the way he holds you. Kisses you. Longs for you. You'll be in a daze. Unable to think coherent thoughts especially when you feel his cock inside you. Position? You're sitting in his lap. He can get nice and deep that way. Your body aching every time you feel his hips thrust up into you along with your own movements against him. He'll nip your shoulder and groan into your neck because even though he's pleasuring you- you're making him go crazy. He's going to fuck you until you can't speak and your body is limp against his.
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neverfolded · 2 years
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Now involuntary partners, the two have to put their differences aside and learn to work together in order to succeed. On their mission they not only uncover the plans of an underground organization - but also how they truly feel about each other.
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abyssembraced · 9 months
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"The Lightnere Worms mentionede that today art 'Father's Daye' inst their world."
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"'Tis not somethinge that we Darkners usually celebratest, but uponst hearing about it, Lancer insisted that we shouldst join in the festivitiese."
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"He toldeth me he's going to make 'a super cool new playliste' for his 'favourite Lesser Dad.'"
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"And apparentlye Queene will be helpingeth him find songs onst the Internet for it."
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"Knowinge both of their tastes in 'music'..."
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"I feareth for mine ears."
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abyssembraced · 9 months
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Perhaps somewhat of a rarity among Darkners, Rouxls is completely neutral toward Lightners. As the 'useless' rules card, he never received much attention from the Lightners, even before the entire classroom went abandoned. So, as a result of their neglect, he never ended up developing any sort of special admiration or respect for them. While, yes, he does know that the Lightners supposedly created the Darkners, they never really did much for him personally, so he doesn't consider them to be automatically more significant than the Darkners.
However, unlike the King of Spades, he doesn't hate Lightners, either. Nothing really changed for him when the classroom was abandoned, since you can't lose something you never had in the first place. So, he never developed any particular animosity toward the Lightners over being abandoned, either. He just doesn't care.
Because of all this, he had no qualms with supporting King's anti-Lightner policies if it meant it could put him into a position of power. However, he has nothing against Lightners personally, so he was also perfectly willing to join Kris and co. once things started looking bad for King. But, because he has no default attachment to Lightners, he also had no problem with betraying the Fun Gang later in order to serve a Darkner leader who he deemed more powerful (Queen), even if that goes against how a Darkner is 'supposed' to behave.
Eventually, Rouxls might join the Fun Gang's side permanently, perhaps because he's finally realized that, despite being a bunch of teenagers, the group is actually very strong and will probably be the winning side of any conflict they're in. Or also, if he remains loyal to Queen past Chapter 2 (which those Chapter 3 previews do seem to suggest), then he'll be allied to them by extension since Queen is on their side. Regardless, though, he won't join them just because Kris and Susie are Lightners.
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abyssembraced · 1 month
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"I do hopeth my Valentine's lettre made it to Queene okaye... I haven'th received a response yette."
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"Althoughe... There WAS alsoe that othere sendre. If thou want to hooketh me up."
That 'other person' was Queen. He just didn't recognize her.
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abyssembraced · 3 months
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Kind of a random thing, but I have to say that I do Not like the Slime Creature interpretation of Rouxls. I get why people headcanon that, I do! He's got that thing going on with his mouth that looks like it could be. Melting. Or some shit. But I Do Not Like It dgsgsfsh
If you've happened to see my art of him, you'd know I personally give him a galaxy pattern across his full body! (If you want an example, here's a semi-old doodle page of him)
I guess it doesn't make The Most sense for him to be galaxy themed, given that he's. A playing card, but. Pretty :) dgdgshf
It does sort of fit, though. As the rules card, he's connected to the universe through his ability to change its laws, if only slightly. Thus, he looks as though he is the universe.
The galaxy pattern continues fluidly across his body. Like, his coat and his pants don't have separate patterns or anything. It's all just one big galaxy. It's constantly moving and shifting, too, albeit slowly--you probably wouldn't notice it unless you were actively watching him.
He's... Mystical. As though he doesn't belong in his world (just as his sprite is different from Every Other One in the game with its white outlines). Looking at him is like looking into a portal, and if you reached out to touch him, it would almost be surprising to meet a solid body and not actually grasp the galaxies within.
Because of the whole "galaxy pattern running uninterrupted across his entire body regardless of clothing" thing, I like to think that Rouxls has some sort of reverse chameleon effect on his clothes. No matter what he wears, everything changes colour to match that same galaxy pattern (aside from white, which remains the same). If he were to take off his coat and someone else wore it, it would just be black or something.
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abyssembraced · 9 months
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Given that you get something like this whenever you backtrack after completing any of the mouse puzzles in Cyber City:
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I like to think that Rouxls had been following Kris/the Fun Gang around for a decent chunk of time prior to his fight. At least during the City section of the Cyber World, anyway; before then, he was probably doing all the stuff that Swatch and Sweet, Cap'n, and K_K talked about. And after that he was preparing for his battle with them in the Acid River.
Exactly why he was following them, I haven't decided. What feels the most likely to me though is that he was searching for Noelle, since he had overheard that Queen was looking for her and wanted to impress her by capturing Noelle himself and delivering her to her. But he uh. Didn't actually know what Noelle looked like, so he never realized that the new reindeer Lightner that Kris was exploring with was the person he was looking for. ...And then he also got distracted by the Inferiore Puzzles That Daredst To Showeth Their Patheticke Faces To Him; The Great Duke Of Puzzles dgshshdfs.
It's also possible that Rouxls was teleporting back and forth between Kris & Noelle and Susie & Ralsei, spying on both pairs (since hey, if he was looking for this "Noelle" person who he didn't know the appearance of, why would he exclusively stick around Kris?). And if so, that opens up the possibility for a thread (or multiple) with Susie and/or Ralsei to be set during that time!
Though... Perhaps there was also a (very very small, he would insist) part of him that wanted to check in on Kris specifically, because he knew that Lancer was still with them.
#((small note: that ''invasive species of puzzle'' text can be seen even when you're still with noelle!))#((i just could only find footage of someone backtracking after the fun gang got back together))#.🂡#🂡 headcanon | rouxls#ooc#((also. if rouxls was following kris around in the city. that would mean that he could see a lot of the shit that happens in snowgrave))#((which would be interesting))#((and if he did witness a bunch of other darkners getting frozen--*killed*--))#((that could kinda support my thoughts about rouxls intentionally fully statue-ifying himself in snowgrave))#((because. why would you bother freezing an unmoving statue))#((and i guess to go on a separate tangent although i should make a separate post about this later:))#((yeah. i do think rouxls intentionally let himself fully be turned into a statue in snowgrave))#((it just makes sense to me? because he lasted so much longer in the normal route))#((even by the *end* of that one he wasn't even fully turned to stone. his head was still fine and he could still speak. unlike lancer))#((so i imagine he was probably using the rule-bending abilities that he might have to either delay or outright prevent his statue-fication)#((but because he was fighting against a Darkner Law Of The Universe it took a lot of his magic to uphold it))#((so by trying to unleash his ''reale power'' on ralsei and kris he got too ahead of himself and lost control over his anti-statue measures#((and thus immediately started turning to stone until he went back to putting all his magic into stopping that))#((but in snowgrave he purposefully released his own magic and let the statue-fication happen))#((to protect himself from the much worse fate of being frozen to death))#((the fact that he turned to stone in front of swatch's shop COULD suggest that he was trying to protect him and the swatchlings too?))#((but. i love rouxls but i don't think that's super in character for him. he doesn't feel like the ''heroic'' type like that))#((actually. i recently saw an idea that proposed that swatch and the swatchlings were only *pretending* to be trapped by rouxls))#((but was actually just using that as an excuse to hide and be safe from the lightners))#((which i think does make more sense actually! rouxls might be super tall but the swatchlings are still larger))#((and even though he's made of stone there are several swatchlings who i'm sure could work together to move him if they really wanted))#((so combining that idea with what i said about rouxls probably not thinking about trying to protect swatch and the swatchlings))#((maybe the swatchlings actually specifically moved rouxls to block the entrance to the cafe?))#((anyway. uh. yeah. dhshshfh. i'll make another headcanon post detailing my thoughts on rouxls' abilities eventually))#((and possibly a separate one discussing all the snowgrave stuff i've talked about in the tags here so that it's not just hidden in here))
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abyssembraced · 6 months
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In a previous post where I talked about Rouxls' House Rules ability, I mentioned having some thoughts on what he would be like as a secret boss. Here are those thoughts now! I was originally gonna include it in the original headcanon post, but decided to turn it into its own one since the other post was already very long.
Once again, I'm putting everything under a cut:
In a theoretical secret boss-type boss battle with Rouxls where he unleashes the full extent of his abilities (and assuming they're in a place where Rouxls doesn't have to worry about turning to stone), I imagine the fight would start out extremely difficult and chaotic. Rouxls is adding and removing House Rules left and right, constantly changing what you can and can't do. And I imagine the game mechanics would change somewhat, and allow you to target anyone with anything, in order to adapt to his new rules. For example, Rouxls creates a House Rule dictating that healing and harming effects are reversed, so you become able to target your party with the FIGHT button in order to heal them. But watch out! If you don't pay enough attention to when the House Rules are removed, you might end up wiping out your entire party with your own attacks. I could see another House Rule reversing the effects of the Graze mechanic, so your TP goes down if you graze an attack. And it wouldn't feel like you're making much progress in the fight at all: his Spare Gauge won't increase no matter what ACTing you do, and if you choose to damage him, Rouxls just heals himself back to full health once he reaches a certain threshold.
Eventually, though, after surviving for long enough, things start to change. Rouxls starts getting more reckless with his House Rules, creating ones that directly impact Kris and the others, perhaps culminating in one that prevents the SOUL from moving at all. Susie, who's been getting more and more frustrated by the increasingly unfair additions to the rules, shouts that she's sick of having to play by them.
* Miraculously, once Susie said that, you regained feeling in your SOUL.
* Suddenly, you have an idea…
You've finally discovered Rouxls' weakness, and now the tides of battle are shifting in your favour. You gain the ACT option to X-Reject (requires all three party members), and with it, you break down all of Rouxls' House Rules one by one.
You continue shutting the House Rules down until Rouxls creates one last one: a protective rule that sets his defence to max (or, in the context of a Snowgrave run, he's had a rule that gives him an immunity to ice magic active for the entire battle). He is really insistent on keeping this House Rule, since. Y'know. It's keeping you from being able to hurt him. You can try to use X-Reject, but this time it doesn't actually seem to do anything. In this final phase (which is actually pretty easy), you've got a couple different ways to go about things.
If you use the other ACT options, Rouxls' Spare Gauge will actually start to increase now! So you can let him keep the defence House Rule up and just convince him that you don't want to fight, eventually being able to Spare him like that.
If you continue to use X-Reject enough times in a row, your will will eventually manage to overpower Rouxls' own, breaking down the final House Rule. Rouxls is now defenceless and exhausted, and you're able to end the fight however you wish: you can defeat him violently in one hit, or you can Pacify him with Ralsei, or you can Spare him (possibly getting different dialogue compared to if you spared him without breaking the last House Rule).
Like I said in my last post though, Rouxls doesn't have any offensive magic of his own, so he'd need a battle partner or a weapon for this theoretical fight. Honestly, my ideal would be a scenario where Rouxls and Queen show up in a Dark World together to Cause Problems On Purpose and fight the Fun Gang just because they think it'd be funny to mess with them. And then they just decide to end the battle on their own terms because they've started turning to stone dgshshd. So basically. Team Rocket but it's Queen and Rouxls. Lancer is Meowth. Please. But that would be for a fun miniboss fight, not a secret boss Rouxls fight like I've been talking about for this post.
For the secret boss battle, I think giving Rouxls a weapon would work better than giving him a fighting partner. That way he's the only actual person you're fighting and would be the only one talking n stuff, and thus the spotlight is fully on him. Though I guess it'd depend on the context behind the fight, which I haven't actually figured out dgshshf. But yeah! Maybe he could have an upgraded version of the Thrash Machine that combines all of its possible parts and attacks (so you're still getting a tough fight even if you made a duck). Or he could get a new weapon related to whatever Chapter this fight takes place in. Pull a Spamton and steal some sort of powerful magical artifact dgsfshf. But whatever it is he has, it's gonna get buffed a ton by his House Rules during the fight.
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abyssembraced · 8 months
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I kinda like the idea of Rouxls being affiliated with the Grimm Troupe in his Hollow Knight AU verse. I don't want him to be part of the Troupe, but I dunno, maybe he tries to help out Grimm/The Nightmare Heart in his own way while still remaining separate from them?
Maybe he's usually responsible for summoning the Troupe to new locations and partaking in the ritual, since iirc that always requires an outsider's assistance anyway. ...And then he gets replaced by Ghost when the ritual is performed in Hallownest, which he gets to be annoyed about dgdgshsf
That would let Grimmchild be kinda like this verse's equivalent to Lancer, which is neat! A child Rouxls is sort of forced into taking care of who he cares about A Lot (but would never admit it)
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abyssembraced · 1 year
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I'm making Rouxls left-handed because I think he deserves to struggle with scissors lmao (and also i'm also left-handed dgdshf)
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abyssembraced · 1 year
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Rouxls has a "#1 Dad" mug that was given to him by Lancer, except that Lancer drew a 2 over the 1 in permanent marker to make it a "#2 Dad" mug.
Sometime after Chapter 2, Lancer gives Queen a similar mug, except that he wrote "Girl" in front of the word "Dad", making it say "#1 GirlDad".
He'd never admit it to anyone, but Rouxls is secretly a little upset that Queen gets to be #1 while he's only #2.
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abyssembraced · 1 month
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Figured I'd might as well put this here too
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