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I know this is for the marvelous @the-lonelybarricade but I am SO excited to read this.

Things I Almost Remember

This is the moodboard and summary for my gift fic for @the-lonelybarricade

Anastasia Synopsis, for those who don't know of the Romanovs' story.

Summary: With the assassination of Dusk's royal family, the eighth court has fallen to the hands of an inexperienced High Lord and his puppetmaster, its citizens' hope dying with their monarch and his court. Years after the downfall rumors begin to buzz throughout the fallen court and those beyond it.

The most beautiful daughter, Elain, might have managed to escape. And her dear Aunt Ripleigh residing in Day would pay a handsome reward to have her only living niece in her care. The disgraced son of Autumn, Lucien Vanserra, wouldn't mind the payout—even if his con hinges on a fake royal with amnesia.

ITS BEEN SO LONG!

I am back! It’s been a while since I’ve posted but I am back with more ideas for the story I’m thinking of! The story in my previous post “idea” it’s a sort of Anastasia AU! I listen to the song “in my dreams” and I have so many ideas!! I recommend you listen to it and just think of Husk from hazbin hotel because that’s what I do 😅 I’ll be posting more soon!

Animatic Idea

I wish I new how to animate or make animatics at all, but this is some wha what I imagine when listening to In My Dreams from Anastasia the musical. If you’re interested go listen to it!! This is kind of how my story starts out, almost 😅

(Husk is talking with some one about his past. What little he remembers of his life before and what he remembers from his first few years being dead)

They said I was found by the side of a

road

(Husk laying on the ground in Hell, newly arrived)

There were tracks all around, it had

recently snowed

(Pan out to the landscape of Pentagram City)

In the darkness and cold with the wind in the trees (He forces himself to stand. Fade back to him speaking to someone)

A girl with no name, and no memories but these

(Fade back to the memory of what happened as he died)

(Doctors rushing around, fading in and out of vision. Suddenly goes dark)

Rain against a window, sheets upon a bed

Terrifying nurses whispering overhead

"Call the child Anya, give the child a hat"

I don't know a thing before that

(Back to the first scene of his arrival)

Traveling the back roads, sleeping in the wood

( We see a montage of Husk in his earlier years in hell)

Taking what I needed, working when I could

( we see him doing all these things)

Keeping up my courage, foolish as it seems

(Husk shakily standing after being beaten in a fight, refusing to be deterred)

At night all alone in my dreams

(Husk falls asleep, fade into dream)

In my dreams shadows call

(A tall, slender, human figure appears. His eyes are cover in shadows, all we see are his body and smile)

There's a light at the end of a hall

(They begin to dance, but it’s suddenly over taken by shadow and Human Husk is left alone in the dark, he startles awake)

Then my dreams fade away

(He looks out the window of his shabby apartment, it pans back to him flopping down on his bed, trying to remember his dreams.)

But I know it all will come back

One day

(Another dream, Husk is with the figure again, looking out over a bridge, as the figure whispers to him about places they’ll see together.)

I dream of a city beyond all compare

Is it Paris? Paris

(Human husk imagines Paris,and the beautiful things there)

A beautiful river, a bridge by a square

( the figure is lifted above the water and slowly drifts out, reaching reassuringly toward Husk, him reaching back, the figure still smiling)

And I hear a voice whisper

"I'll meet you right there in Paris"

(Husk wakes again, fade back to present.)

Paris

( pan up to Alastor, who husk was talking to the whole time. His face has almost fallen as he realizes who husk is.)

(Husk looks up at Alastor and begins to speak again)

You don't know what it's like

Not to know who you are

( husk stands, putting his drink down in the bar, he begins to become almost manic)

To have lived in the shadows

And travelled this far

( show flashes of his time in the war)

I've seen flashes of fire

Heard the echo of screams

( Alastor has put his hand on husks shoulder, removing him from his state of panic, a flash of the tall figure appears beside Alastor, who looks concerned)

(Husk looks up to him in a dazed sort of shock)

But I still have this faith.

(This will be more in his head)

In the truth of my dreams!

(Husk is on top of a building, wings out stretched , singing into the sky)

In my dreams it's all real

And my heart has so much to reveal

And my dreams seem to say

(The figure appears to him)

"Don't be afraid to go on

(It slowly starts to morph into who it truly is)

Don’t give up hope, come what may"

(Husk is too afraid to remember and turns away looking out over the city.)

I know it all will come back

One day!

( it zooms out on him and the city, slowly fading with the music.)

Here are some old doodles I made for this..they’re not that great but they’re what I have

“It’s a perfect ending.” “No. It’s a perfect beginning.”

PegoRyu Anastasia AU!

I don't have much right now but:

Sojiro would be the grandmother (uncle in this case) and was married to Wakaba and had Futaba. Both he and Futaba survived. Wakaba didn't.

Ren was naturally given a music box but the key to it is shaped like a lotus flower. He goes by Akira when he loses his memory of his past.

Shido would be Rasputin with Goro as a (reluctant) accomplice. He blamed the royal family for his mother's death (they were poor) which is what caused him to get dragged into Shido's revenge scheme.

Goro has actually encountered Ren before when they were little kids, Ren had a habit of sneaking out and found Goro sitting by himself one day and the boy goes back to snatch some bread to give to him. Goro didn't expect such kindness in his life and the memory stuck with him (he didn't know who Ren was and thought he was a commoner like him though).

Not sure who to have the parents (maybe Tatsuya and Jun?) be but I was planning on having Ann, Haru, Makoto, and Sumire be Ren's adoptive siblings before that fateful night happened.

Ryuji and his mother were servants. He was caught stealing during that party but Ren stopped the staff member from punishing him. He kindly gives the boy the apple he took and that was when Ryuji develops a childlike crush.

Ryuji also helps them escape but he gets knocked out and his leg injured when interrogated.

The events play out the same as the film when Sojiro, Futaba, and Ren were escaping. Ren falls trying to catch up to the train and hits his head. He is lost in the crowd as a result.

Fast forward and Sojiro offers a reward to anyone who can find him. He and Futaba are met with disappointment each time as they encounter imposters and con artists. Sojiro grows more bitter and cynical while Futaba still tries to hang on to the last hope she has left...

Ryuji, meanwhile, is all grown up. He has a limp as his leg never fully recovered and he lost his mother. His only friend and companion now was Yusuke, whose mother had visited the palace once or twice before her passing so he has a bit of knowledge from her. Word spreads to them about the reward and Ryuji is willing to take that opportunity while Yusuke is actually reluctant (he is more cautious and wary about his friend's schemes). They eventually agree and set out to find someone to pretend to be the lost prince and claim the reward.

Ren, now Akira, leaves the orphanage he stayed in to search for his own family. Due to the inscription on his necklace (his only clue), he decides to head to Paris. He is later accompanied by a stray cat who he names Morgana.

He eventually reaches the abandoned palace (his home) and is suddenly hit with haunting nostalgia and familiarity ("Once Upon a December" (thank you Xander and Robbie for confirming that Akiren CAN sing!)).

Ryuji and Yusuke find him and immediately notice the strong resemblance to the lost royal and convince him to accompany them to Paris.

They are, unfortunately, unaware that someone has learned that the last member of the Kurusu family has escaped the curse all those years ago and is dead-set on finishing the job...

🎵 Home, Love, Family. There was once a time I must have had them, too. Home, Love, Family, I will never be complete Until I find you… 🎵

I 100% blame this AMAZING fanfic “Once Upon A December”, for making me draw this in the first place.

Used as reference:

Finally got chapter 13 done! Oh boy, this one was bugging me for a while. I'm glad I was able to grow enough confidence in it to post it.

"Lou is on his way. He's made considerable progress and he knows what to do now. He knows where he's going.

He didn't expect to meet an old friend on his journey. A friend who knows him while he remains clueless.

She recognizes him immediately. She knows what needs to be done.

She'll teach him his family history, pretending to go along with his scheme, all the while reawaking behaviors and memories long left forgotten.

If Lou wants to meet with the Royal Family, then he must pretend to be Louie. He must join the list of cons, with the sole intention to inform them.

After all, this is his specialty. He'll succeed, because he's a liar.

At least, that's what he thinks."