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Spooky Month Library AU
In a surprising turn of events, I'm not dead! And what is more, I've recently concocted a new AU to share with you all!
And before we get started, a special thanks to @crossover-enthusiast and @spookyscaryskidnpump / @woomy-wormy for helping develop this AU
The Premise
A library is briefly tasked with storing the mysterious Starborn Manuscript which is in truth a spell book. The librarian unknowingly reads a spell from it which leads to characters from the library's books coming to life as tiny paper people at night.
The Basic Lore
When close to the book of their origin, characters have access so abilities they have in the book but otherwise can't use.
Characters can be "tainted" by and sometimes reflect misdeeds of their authors.
Characters who are directly related (parents, grandparents, siblings) in SM share a book of origin. Other relatives are from different books by the same author.
The characters believe Eli the librarian, the only human they've caught brief glimpses of, to be their god.
Characters only come to life within the confines of the library.
Before we move on, let's appreciate this artwork curtesy of @woomy-wormy
The Characters and their books (some of them, anyway)
Skid, Lila and Skidad- Leads in a book from a kids' horror anthology wherein the father of the family is replaced by a monster, as the real dad doesn't directly appear in the story, the on that's brought to life is the monster.
Pump, Susie and Mr. Wonder- The main family in another book in the same anthology as Skid's family.
Roy, Carmen, Richard and Garcia- Carmen and Richard are the leads in a fantasy romance novel, Garcia orchestrates an elaborate scheme so Richard can be with Carmen and Roy is introduced into the story after a timeskip.
Ross, Jaune and Aaron- Ross is the protagonist of a cyberpunk YA dystopian novel
Robert and Radford- The leads in a lighthearted slice of life story.
John- Lead in a noir story.
Jack- Supporting character in a different noir story.
Rick- The main character of a newspaper strip which has a compendium in the library, speech bubbles appear when he talks.
Dexter and Michelle- A reclusive family from a gothic horror novella.
Hobomen- Tankmen doodles on a torn off and wadded up page of a student's notebook that rolled under a shelf
Bob- He's just a normal chef in his book of origin, but his author's recently outed violent tendencies have lead to him becoming much more violent than his book counterpart.
More characters to come soon, so stay tuned!