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equiuszahhak · 3 years

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Loom —

Loom.. see marvus at tree. They are there, clearly disheveled, having BEEN looking since he's gone missing.

Marvus — @pipewizzzzerddd

Marvus, who was in fact waiting at the other tree, eventually figures out where Loom is and climbs his way up from the garden to fetch. Big clown. Pretty clown. Ominously placid clown with his nose in his phone as he wordlessly offers Loom an arm to hold onto.

Loom —

Equally wordless, exhausted and a little stinky, takes his arm.

Marvus —

Marvus leads him back down to the garden to the Wytch Elm, and the fairy-meadow around it. He also, uh ... steps into the hollow? It's a pretty big tree, with a hole in-front that opens into nothingness below. Marvus clambers into what might very well be a bottomless pit with zero hesitation and just vanishes.

Loom —

Honestly, loom is just so over everything. Wings splayed, they follow.

Another time, they will allow it to sink in how pretty and mysterious it all is.

Marvus —

They might not necessarily be invited back, but they can commit it to memory.

A sudden sense of vertigo on all sides, the pull of gravity, Marvus in freefall beside them with his cane propped on his shoulder, unperturbed by their Plummeting.

Suddenly they're both standing on soft loamy earth, a musky breeze coming off the nearby swamp, a smoggy dark-green sky overhead.

"Keep ur head down + ur handz 2 urself. Don't touch nethin."

He starts off down a little wooded path, and beckons for Loom to follow.

Loom —

They nod, and listen. Their fall may have been more of a glide, should physics permit. Loom glances to him, and their eyes follow the scent on their nose, to the direction the wind blows.

Following Marvus, they become a little shorter with each step, as to stay better hidden.

Marvus —

Marvus leads them out of the woods, and into a clearing filled with tents. Large vintage circus tents, carts bursting with popcorn, bubbling vats of something that smells like very cheap soda, all manned by upright mannequins. Some mill about, carrying things, some are clearning ... some are just sort of standing there, limp like a cut puppet.

He weaves between tents until they open into a little shantytown made of circus-wagons, and up to the largest one. With a tap of his cane, and a little burst of runes across the doorframe, it swings open.

"Find sumplace 2 sit down. But also don't touch nethin. Ur butt can touch the chair but don't touch nethin else."

Loom —

They look to him, shifty eyed. Rung with dark blue, from lack of sleep and all the crying. To far to argue now.

"Seems dead here." Said under breath, and they sit. Looking around, the entire place seems fake. That, or just as tired. Like souls who'd eaten the faes food.

Tavros, how he loves the fairies. But he has to come home.

He has to.

Marvus —

"Motherfxcker we're all dead AF here, sh."

It's harder to percieve the parts of it that are alive, but dead is accurate. Marvus HIMSELF is, technically, dead. The cart is a mishmash of papers and knocked-over perfume and dirty dishes. He pushes through some of the velvety chairs to snatch up a Large Orb from his desk; crystalline and foggy, swirling with multicolored smoke the moment he picks it up, shaking it with a croon so the swirling smoke can fill it evenly.

Marvus's trailer is kind of a dump, but it's a comfortable dump. Stained glass windows. Green fire crackling merrily in the little pipe-stove in the corner. The whole place smells a little of Tavros, faintly.

The Faerie That Knows Where He Is lifts his gazing-ball, and leans on the desk.

"gimme ur word ur not goin' 2 follow him."

Loom —

Anything. They can lie, sure. They can fly off, and scruff him by the bulging muscle of his neck and bring him home. But that is obviously not the place he wants to be right now -

Looms arms have been crossed, and cross tighter. They clutch tight to their arms, bruised and white knuckled.

"I'm not going to abandon him, either." They whisper, leg jostling from side to side, nervous energy and fear, paranoia, another dead moirail, friend, lover, etc etc.

"Just. Show me. I just need to see him." Hand at the side of their face, elbow rested on the other arm, tears welling as lips purse. They have not, and do not make eye contact.

Marvus —

Marvus watches Loom, and something in his face twists a little. Something like pity, gone a moment later as he shrugs.

"Ur gonna have 2 learn 2 trust him eventually homie."

He exhales, slow, and lifts the orb. It teeters light-as-a-feather on his clawed fingertips, and his lashes flutter as he lolls his head to the side, watching the smoke swirl. Magyckz™️ fill the air like a sigh, a buzzing against the back of the neck as he wrings Vision from Void.

Whatever the hell kinda incantation just came out of his mouth, it was incomprehensible.

It's much too fuzzy to tell what's going on, but for a split second--before Tavros's glamours can obscure it again--a gap in the smoke reveals @Tavros

(Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to discern a location.)

Tavros is peacefully asleep, well-protected as a massive catlike beast grooms the top of his head with an equally massive rasped tongue. A few babies--manticore cubs, presumably--bumble around him, either dozing in Tav's arms or gnawing on his shoelaces.

Tavros —

A sleepy cozy Tavros, nestled into the motherbeast's fur. He feels Safe, and the glamours hiding him are a little weaker than before. He's just blurry, hard to focus in on

Loom —

"Trust isn't the issue."

As tense as they had been, Loom's leg slows to metronome. Slow, but there. The smoke wreathes everything, and they feel the surrounding void.

Through it, they feel a sense of Tavros. This... This helps.

Mouth covered, they finally let it out.

Okay, that's a lie! Tears steam but they're quick to wipe them away, heat blue in their face. A deep, Shakey breath, and composure is back. Volte-face.

They just nod. Stand. "Thank you."

Marvus —

Marvus will take their word for it--Tavros is a big boy who has taken care of himself ... althoug Marvus may or may not have saved his life twice, yesterday. Who's counting? Marvus is gonna set anyone who counts on fire. (Magefire, of course.)

Finding Tavros is still out of the question at the moment, so they're gonna have to trust that he's Staying Safe--and that Marvus is keeping him safe, too. The crystal goes dark, and Marvus tosses it back onto the desk-chair with a pffthunk.

Marvus pulls a line of colorful scarves from the lapel of his jacket, and offers the end to Loom to blow their nose and wipe their eyes.

Loom —

They look, and...

Their expression softens.

Angry. They're angry, but relieved. It isn't fair. "It's funny. You get him to yourself again, after all." A weak laugh, as they accept the scarf.

Dab, dab, slow. A little void magic, and the snotty mess is clean when they hand it back to Marvus.

"I'll see myself out."

Marvus —

"idk, i think da manticore has a monopoly rn," He wrinkles his nose, snapping his fingers. The scarves withdraw into his coat with a thwik!

"u want me 2 walk u baque 2 da tree?"

Loom —

That's a neat trick.

Loom solomnly shakes their head, dissolving into their own void. They can get home that way. And-- have a way back.

Marvus —

Marvus blinks, alone in his trailer once more, and snorts.

"damn yall pessimistic af."

He settles back into his velvet chair, plucking a long black feather from his desk-drawer, and brushes his lips against it.

Off in slumberland somewhere in the bogs of Lopside, Tavros recieves a Liddle Kiss.

#fly pupa #marvus #action post

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annieoftheshitposts · 7 years

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this post used to be a link to the old canons page but i’m turning it into a text dump of the revised one for people on mobile [or who have bad wifi/computers that the fancy schmancy script on the canons page wouldn’t play well with.] theres a lot sorry not sorry. here we go.

Canon Info

Much more is said about Annie in external sources than the game itself, here's copypastes of all I know of and go by.

From the 3rd DLC Character Voting page:

As popular figures in nationwide folktales, a children’s television adaptation of Annie and Sagan’s adventures was inevitable. The show’s success lies in its pair of live action hosts, who are as convincing as their cartoon counterparts. Though what the public learns about the real Annie might surprise them. Annie is a seasoned fighter who has been around for a long time, acquiring many skills and powers along the way. Her sword is forged from a meteorite and can channel the power of the stars in its sweeping cleaves. Her right eye bonds her to her Remote Parasite and partner, Sagan, who grants her powers of a galactic motif. While some of her abilities carry more of a sparkly magical girl motif, Annie tries to execute them with the same sternness.

From "The canon info thread" on Skullheart Encore forums:

-Annie is several-century-old. Her immortality was gained when her parents wished on the Skull Heart so that Annie would never have to experience the hardship of adulthood, thereby making her forever a child. -She has had many different weapons and abilities throughout her life. - Sagan, her remote parasite. keeps her right eye in his mouth. - She’s physically not able to swear due to her condition - She is familiar with Double due to her experience fighting Skullgirls - Annie has encountered a lot of Skullgirls and has killed a lot, but not the same a lot. She’s seen the cycle multiple times and seen how they become stronger each time and is looking for the underlying source now. - The Annie of the Stars show is very similar to the Super Mario Bros. Super Show with live action segments with cartoons and PSAs and commercials in between. - Sagan can talk. Somehow. - Annie hides her immortality by getting a new hairstyle every few years. The show tells the audience that they have simply changed the actress. Eliza also pulls a similar trick

and finally some other misc. scraps that weren't covered above:

-annie has some kind of "super" or "powered up" form, in which she seems to fuse with sagan. it can be seen on her

move concept sheet, in the end of robo-fortune's story mode, and as a very tiny feature on one of robo-fortune's merch posters, but to my knowlege it's never really been talked about.

-she's been depicted with an "incognito outfit", presumably for going out in public and not being recognized by fans.

-sagan is named after renowned astrophysicist carl sagan. this isnt really relevant to anything but it's not on the wiki so i figured i'd share :b

-and this random pic of annie in the past with a different look, plus gun and minus eyepatch, apparently official art from the "digital art compendium". i haven't seen the source for this one myself though, and count this one more as speculative canon since that ingame image up there with her eye uncovered doesn't show a scar or any kind of damage from this.

-another canon fact about annie is she is strong and brave and i love her.

Headcanon (Annie)

this is pretty disorganized bc i come up with and revise random shit on a fairly regular basis, but the very least it should be all here and up-to-date. [though on this text post version i may forget to keep it updated oops.

she can still only normally see from the one eye in her head [and likewise probably has terrible depth perception lmao], but she can “project” her vision into the one sagan has if need be, during which time both he and her main eye are blind.

even though sagan’s vision is his own and she doesn’t actively “see” through that eye most of the time, the stuff he sees still becomes part of her memory and she can recall it if need be, though it’s far less tangible and kind of a surreal experience trying to do so.

the space where her other eye was is now just...space. like empty starry void stuff. yes, TECHNICALLY, you could put stuff in it but why would you. sagan can feel when something interacts with it and it’s really just weird and uncomfortable for both of them.as sagan is the source of their powers, the strength of her abilities is slightly dependent on her distance from him. something like long sustained flight is really only capable if they’re touching, but she still has ample firepower and ability to zip around for a pretty good range otherwise.

Not interested in anime

absolutely hates being called her full name; hasn't gone by anything other than "Annie" for longer than anyone that should be alive today should know.

part of her curse of eternal youth is remembering everything up until the point it kicked in and she stopped aging [i.e. when she was Actually a kid] exactly as well as if she hadn’t aged.

from that point however, a lot of it is hazy as shit aside from more recent times [as you’d expect from someone who’s been around hundreds of years]. this one's gonna be angsty as shit when i address it and you can thank @sandstriker for that. fucker.

also hates being restrained. by the concept sheet and beo's story, her fighting style is very kinetic and relies heavily on mobility; take that away and you get one very uncomfortable and very angry starchild. [this one's 'cause of y'all with the handcuffs asks. this is part of why she's so agitated rn.]

what's in the pouch? whatever is alternatively convenient. is it snacks? is it a quick incognito disguise? is it her whole entire sword? who knows. i think it might be infinite hammerspace in there.

i haven't put much though into this side of her story yet, but i've decided part of the mythos of the "annie of the stars" character as a figure of legend is that she literally lives, among the stars.

if there's enough folktales about her to base an entire show off of, i'm willing to bet she used to be less elusive when she was just about fighting skullgirls before dedicating herself to the whole "looking for the underlying source" thing.

Headcanon (Sagan)

tl;dr: as far as things go here, he's essentially a cat and/or younger sibling.

Sagan's canon information and characterization is basically nonexistant, so i got to do pretty much whatever i wanted with him lmao.

simply put, he's a little gremlin of a partner, but he is genuinely good-natured and a happy-go-luckly little dude. mischevious, loves to get up to Shenanigans, go off and hide/disappear to fuck knows where for several hours, climb and sit on tall things[or failing that, annie's head], etc. @sawkinator has described him, regrettably accurately, as "the Token Disney Animal Sidekick". he has a lot of mannerisms like an animal, but is still very much a being of at least average human intelligence. he's also surprisingly indestructible. far from invincible of course, but in canon he's been shown to be quite stretchy and...possibly have minor shapeshifting capabilities?? he's pretty much immune to being squashed and feels very little [if any] pain from most things. really, as far as i can tell he's pretty much a weird sentient plushie. like, if it's not going to damage a plushie, it's not going to hurt him; examples being: getting knocked back really hard or falling a long way? not a problem. fire? problem.

Sagan tends to be somewhat nonverbal and generally only uses a few words or short phrase at a time when he does speak, which sounds something like the voice clip below. that being how it is, he can be kind of inscrutable and more than a bit jarring to most people--though at this point annie's been with him more than long enough to be completely desensitized to it and doesnt quite get why anyone would be perturbed. fortunately, with that familiarity also comes understanding, and she can easily "translate" and articulate more from his expressions. this understanding is a two-way street, and on its other side is sagan's sensitivity to her moods. annie's not particularly...communicative of her emotions, but sagan can always tell when she's having an off day or something's bothering her, and is far better than anyone at helping her feel better. all things said and quirky antics aside, he and annie are exceptionally close and fiercely protective of eachother the moment it comes to it. they don't make a big deal of showing it outwardly, but they know they've always got eachother's backs.

he's taken quite a liking to beowulf as well, and beo defintiely shamelessly enables sagan's shenanigans.

as i see it, annie may be the passion and power of their operation, but sagan is the heart and soul. beowulf is like....comic releif and emotional support. not entirely necessary, but certainly welcomed to have around. yeah. listen im a big sap i just want them all to be good friends ok. i love them.

also sagan does like and watch a lot of anime.

Blog Canon

miscellaneous happenings that either have continued relevance/significance, or y'all just won't let die. there's not a overarching plot to this thing at all, but geez we’ve kinda gathered some history here huh?

taught sagan to say fuck [and other swears, in her stead]. he used to have to do it on command but he's gotten really good at filling in for her.has a

stoat fursona that beo helped her make. she thinks it's neat/cute but has no real attachment to it.

attempted to sue the crystal gems for ripping off her entire shtick [it didn't go well]

beowulf also taught her how to dab.

@sparkeletran is a nuisance and must be stopped

the 70$ pile of high school musical merch. sagan and beo both wear the t-shirts sometimes. she hates it. don't let her attitude fool you though this is actually the best and most important ongoing joke in this whole damn thing.

the first handcuffs stint. they’re gone now but they had a good ~30-post run, and she did take to learning lockpicking because of it.

this.

hey. guess fucking what lads. handcuffs ROUND TWO 'cause y'all just don't fuckin' quit. the first mini story arc sorta thing, in which she visits the cirque des cartes and has an aggravting encounter with taliesin. [currently ongoing][hopefully soon ending]

[[redacted for ""spoilers""]] due to said encounter with taliesin

sparkeletran is a nuisance,

"the official annie of the stars instagram is just cat memes but with sagan" it's canon but i haven't decided whether it's something she would have had already or a recent thing. [either way, hasn't been touched on yet due to the arc taking so long]

badart annie is sorta like her own thing at this point but nothing that happens with her is canon; she p much just shows up for exceptionally dumb posts. we did give her noclip though which is terrifying. on that note i may as well include the things that are Not canon but y'all won't let me forget

beo's animated belt thing. look. it doesnt talk.

spray-on boots.

the lawnmower weapon

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh homestuck

#not annieposting

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