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anyone who only likes mohg after the DLC doesn't deserve him. i've been ride or die since day 1

Alllrighty everyone! Here comes prompt 2 of CotlTober!!! The prompts are under the cut for anyone wanting to do it themselves!

I need to follow up, and talk about...

The Ballad of Chef Mike.

So, basically, some night when Karis is really, really drunk and really, really sad he accidentally starts streaming on his phone, and all he does is nuke something in his microwave and drunkenly ramble for hours while he just microwaves things for way too long, sometimes he eats it, sometimes he doesn't. Eventually these streams actually gained a bit of a cult following because of how darkly funny that are to watch, and were dubbed "Chef Mike streams" in honor of the microwave, aka, the titular Chef Mike, and his hard work.

We still like oc content in the UT/UTY community, right? Like Oc x canon stuff? Too bad I'm sharing mine:

TW: Mentions of alcoholism

So, meet Gay Boy.

His name is Karis, pronounced Care-iss.

He's a type of Monster that I got the idea for in a dream, they're called Fiends, basically typical demon-esque type of monsters, big horns, sharp teeth, can safely be in really hot environment, all that, they even have tiny bat wings.

He used to be an engineer, a really successful one, too! He graduated high school and worked in the CORE for a while, originally doing boring paperwork stuff that he absolutely hated, but then went on to actually do engineering work, which he enjoyed much more, however it just wasn't really his thing. So, he moved on to the Steamworks! (Yes, his story is connected to UTY) This was his permanent workplace for many years to come, and he LOVED it! Mostly because his dream job was to me a mechanic and he got loads of that kind of work there, even invented the minigun in his spare time, but also because he had a FAT workplace crush. On Chujin. Ok pals here's where the oc x canon part comes in. Ever since high school, he's had the FATTEST crush on Chujin (see why I call him Gay Boy?) but, yknow, he kinda can't act on his feelings on account of Chujin being happily married, so he bottles his feelings up, after all, if Chujin is happy, he's happy! He's still a family friend after all, he'll be okay, if a little jealous.

Then Chujin dies. Oh boy then Chujin dies. He really goes off the deep end here. He's already been bottling up very aggressive feelings of love for years now, only for the person he was both pining for and genuinely good friends with to die, tragically, and the rest of the family fall apart soon after. He continued to bottle up his feelings, more and more, skipping work often to either stay home and drink, or go to a bar to drink, either way, he ended up passed out, only to wake up just as sad and repressed as before. It didn't help that he never felt like it was "his turn" to grieve, there were people closer to him, so he'd let them grieve before he could. It was never "his turn."

He has a soul trait attached to him, like if he had a boss fight, that being Patience, the thing that was ultimately his downfall. He never confessed when he had the chance in high school or fresh in the workforce, he never got it out while Chujin was still alive, and he never allowed himself grief after he died. He spiraled further and further until he quit his dream job, and moved to Snowdin, opening up a little curiosity shop where he'd sell the remaining things he made on the side during his career, and when he isn't at his shop, he's at home, drinking until he can't walk straight and can barely speak, only managing to sob.

Oh the things that come from never properly expressing your feelings when you had the chance.

Anyways uh yeah! I don't have lots of art of him or a proper reference, I'll make that later, so uhhh, take some assorted doodles of him

Sometimes, the Messengers get a bit bold and write notes of their own. For starters, they know how the Hunter feels when around certain people(Arianna, Alfred, Gilbert, etc.) and will bring up messages to the Hunter along the lines of "Time for Joy!" whenever they're in the presence of these people.

And then there's the little shippers who will take things a step further and write "Time for Seduction."

"Time for Seduction, Treat Ailing One with care," in the case of Gilbert...

world machine oneshot trying to be its own person and not just a reflection of niko after the events of solstice send post

Lmao since apparently Gehrman can make clothes too and not just weapons imagine like, initially HE makes the clothes for other Old Hunters but they ALL are styled like Doll's clothes cutesy shit like

Healing Church hunters walk on the Gehrman's hunters and see like, Henryk and Valtr and Djura n all sitting at the table having a tea party all in adorable clothes with frills and bows dsfsdfhshfjd

- Hey are you guys SURE this is going to be practical for the hunt

- Shut up and just admit you don't understand what style is!

- ...You should ask Ludwig to design the hunting attire instead

(inb4 Ludwig also walks out looking like a princess too like hey did someone call me :D)

Axis's last name should be Dreemurr because he is the GOAT

I wish more people gave Niko a bumpkin accent, like they literally live in the countryside and gave never been anywhere large, save the Refuge.

Interacting with the Selfshipping community on Twitter made me realize how genuinely deluded some people are how it's not just encouraged it actively celebrated.