Whumptober 2023 - Blog Posts

Inktober/Whumptober Day 14

Castle

Water Inhalation

Inktober/Whumptober Day 13

Rise

Infection

Inktober/Whumptober Day 12

Spicy

Red

Inktober/Whumptober Day 10

Fortune

Stranded

Inktober/Whumptober Day 9

Bounce

Polaroid

Inktober/Whumptober Day 7

Drip

Alleyway

Inktober/Whumptober Day 6

Golden

Made to Watch

Inktober/Whumptober Day 5

Map

Debris

Inktober/Whumptober Day 4

Dodge

Shock

Inktober/Whumptober Day 3

Path

Journal

Inktober/Whumptober Day 2

Spiders

Delirium

Inktober/Whumptober Day 1

Dream

Swooning

Yeah, yeah, whumptober with your favorite characters, yeah.. what about BRCU?? Sick Arlo, all at home trying to make mac 'n cheese before slumping down on the couch to feel better?? Tissues all over the ground, he doesn't know what he's doing, he hasn't been this sick in.. ever. His fever is high, nobody bothers to worry when he doesn't show up at the studio because it's a good day when he does show up. He doesn't know why he feels hot and cold at the same time, maybe he's dying? It's his best guess.

Maybe 2 days go by, Manjusha's wherever, maybe at work. And maybe Sasha eventually shows up, walks right on in because the door was left open and unlocked. Maybe she calls Arlos name a few times, get a sad sniff in response. Just maybe, she finds a sad, red nosed, sick Arlo huddled up in his rocketship blanket with enough tissues surrounding him to be a fire hazard and a half, looking more tired than usual. More... pathetic.

(Picture below is the scene for reference, more all over the place like. Just replace Ms.Bory with sasha :)) (NOT A SHIP BY THE WAY!! She's just worried)

(Also posted to me ao3(@Arloooh), and I hope to write it out fully there soon enough:))

Whumptober Day: 2

Our Whumpee is...

Leona!!!

(I didn't spin a wheel today I just chose Leona bc I'm projecting)

"They don't care about you"

Due being a very prestigious school, NRC doesn't have much time to spare. They have a lot of curriculum to get through.

This causes their break periods to only be a week at a time.

While most students see this as a con, to Leona it's the best part. The less time he spends in that stupid, stuffy, suffocating palace the better.

So when he was told be would be spending another two extra weeks at home he was not pleased.

Farena was the one who broke the news to him citing some random noble coming to visit.

"You're school doesn't mind so neither should you! School isn't fun anyways right?"

Leona snapped at him and threw him out.

Whenever Farena couldn't talk to Leona he sent father in. Which was worse.

Much worse.

Apparently he 'didnt value family' and 'was an ungrateful brat.'

"You've asked why you can't be a king this is why!

"Your friends will come and go they won't be there for you when you need them! One day you'll be dying and they'll let you. They won't even miss you! No one would miss a useless ungrateful brat!"

"They don't love you how family does."

"They don't care for you how family does"

"I doubt they care for you at all."

He was just an asshole. His words held no meaning heck, he barely even knew Leona.

But it still hurt

Leona sat there covering his face with his hands and breathing slowly. He wasn't crying. Crying was weak.

Leona was weak.

Who would care for a weak, Useless, Whiny, Ungrateful brat?

Authors Note:

Real conversation.

I really love Leona hes so me! Sorry this is late I was gonna do it yesterday but I fell asleep whilst doing homework. Like I woke up on the paper lol.

Whumptober Day: 1

As per the poll I spun a wheel!

And our Whumpee is...

Idia Shroud!!!

As for our other guy? (Whumper?)...

Ortho Shroud!!!

Fitting. (I originally got Neige but I dont think they've even met...)

(HC's as per the earlier poll but they will be a little story ish for angst reasons!!!)

Maintenance day.

(Safety Net/ Swooning/ "How many fingers am I holding up?")

Idia has made a habit of performing Ortho's maintenance on the first day of every month and well. Today's the day.

It's quite simple really. Even a genius like Idia doesn't have enough will power to perform complex maintenance every month.

Heck! Idia barely has enough will power to get up in the morning! (That's normal right?)

Regardless of Idia's lack of motivation he gets up to perform the maintenance on Ortho.

Orthos maintenance is easy. Just checking in on all of his systems and updating his databank. A few hours work but nothing that Idia can't handle.

Unless there's an unexpected variable.

An unexpected variable such as a virus

Idia notices a slight error in the code. Just one small error.

But then he notices another

And another.

And suddenly bright red warning signs are flashing all across his screen.

This can't be happening

Viruses are dangerous and even one minor slip-up can cause Ortho to malfunction and...

Idia looks up at where Ortho is standing.

He looks tired.

And then. He falls.

Idia runs over to catch him just in time before rushing to manually reset his code.

He needs to be careful. One wrong move and...

Idia can't afford to lose Ortho again.

And he will do anything to make sure he doesn't.

Authors Note:

Hi!!! sorry it's been a while Ive been really burnt out and busy with school but I'm back for Whumptober! I really hope this is good. It's not as headcanon-y as id like it but it's nearly midnight here and I gotta get this out on time! I'll be trying my level-best to be posting everyday in October.