(my oc dump)
le lore
so basically there are these two forces called order and chaos. pure chaos is like the concept of being overwhelmed in every physical sense and spiritually and mentally while order is the feeling of being in one of those liminal spaces where everything is way too perfect. but together they make a reality slightly weirder than ours. well one day some guys are like ew chaos bad order good and take a crap ton of order and make reality as we know it (Haerra), which leaves a tiny bit of order left to mix with chaos. this sets everything off balance and makes the rest of the universe (Sandlands) way weirder than it needs to be. also every couple hundred years or so everything collapses together bc the universe is trying to rebalance itself.
Sandlands also refers to the universe as a whole because I didn't want to make up a new name for it :3
characters
just a few. there are sooooo many.
Ace
24 - he/him - half Sander
Occupation: Glassblower (former)(has not shown up in two months)
Bro was a girl in his village doing alright, then he became a goatman overnight, now he's gotta figure out how to do it right...while being hunted down by a demon
Mouth
hella - oneself - Sander
Occupation: Haerran Border Regulation Service (basically the ticket guy at the train station)
Has no issue with people who don't make one's job difficult. Clock in, open the gate, check IDs, see people through, close the gate, clock out. Anomalous activity is dealt with.
Mialis
19 - they/them - Sander (formerly human)
Occupation: Commercial Photography Diver
A skilled swimmer from a young age. Two months into their first job they got swallowed by a big fish BUT!!! the power of spite merged them with the fish and now they're a beautiful mermaid ^^
Rye
13 - he/him - half Sander
Occupation: Assassin (also MIA for a while)
Human genes spliced with some kind of hawk, raised from birth to do LAZARC's dirty custodial work. Ran away to escape the LifeTM.
The Honorable Lady Juilliard
57 - she/him - human
Occupation: CEO of a bank chain / 8th Diamond Master of the Money Game
She commands respect with her presence. None are as respected, or dangerous, in Haerra as him. People pay what they owe in some way or another lest they catch his attention. She hasn't forgotten a debt yet.
plot
woahh risquick there's a plot???sh sh sh--yes. ish. sorta.
There's a main plot that takes place right before the second Collision (the universe trying to rebalance itself) that is basically so and so group trying to get access to this big lab company's (LAZARC) reality warper to mitigate the effects of the collision so that Haerra doesn't get bug squashed. But LAZARC's reality warper was built to redirect the effects to make the CEO and friends super op, so they don't wanna give the good guys the reality warper. Not for something that only happens once every 200 years!
and then the side plots are for the adventures that other characters go on that's technically related to the main plot but also its own thing
here's a thing from my notes app abt one of the main acts
- it starts with an arcade game. the dingy unwinnable plinko game at the back of the store that no one wants to play. winner plays it and wins the grand prize, but instead of tokens an ace of clubs pops out. and a doll.
- the doll tells him to go to some place idk point is he does two more puzzles to get the jack and queen, learning more about the money game than he wants.
- his penultimate destination is a seemingly abandoned factory. then it lights up and bravo dr. lightwork appears. they play a game of cards and talk a bit. lightwork lets him win and reveals that his last card is the king card that lets him go through.
- cut to him walking onto the stadium with the other card holders. people cheering, the heartmaster announcing, yada yada. the game starts. they understand sorta early when they nearly get flattened that they have to work together, but encissus stays distanced from winner bc lightwork and juilliard are opps. cottontail dies to save them from a huge beast. pitzipallo gets 'lost'. encissus tells winner about her plan to save some of the dolls, they agree to let winner win so he can take all four of the masters out. encissus retreats into the darkness bc on the chance that he chickens out or fails, she'll be in debt until time ends. winner and pitzipallo meet up and duke it out bc pallo's fighting for their honor and their life here. winner wins though. then as heart master's congratsing him winner stabs them and gos for the other 3, ending at lightwork. before she dies tho, she tells him about the collision.