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Wip of @lucettapanchetta's #rainworld roleswap moonie :>

Just gotta texture the cloak to be orange and vine boom :>

( Uncorrupted image shown below the dialogue! ) [OUTGOING REQUEST] - PRIVATE Chasing Wind, Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment SOURCE NODE TRACE: [[FILTER]] Source encrypted - Incoming messages unable to be traced. MESSAGE CONTENTS:

[ Hello, I have come across some information that may interest you. ] [ I already got into contact with No Significant Harassment about my attempts to check in with Looks To The Moon. ] [ So, it wouldn't be necessary to reiterate what I said to him; he must've already brought up one of my many attempts to gather info. ] [ Recently, I have infiltrated her superstructure from the south leg. The recon itself was, in a way, "successful" to say the least. ] [ Anyways, the overseer I sent in managed to partially archive the audio footage of her interior. The footage, however, didn't survive. ] [ Something melted the overseer's eye. Some sort of bright green flash burnt the retinal piece while the superstructure reached in what I call a "critical point". ] [ Luckily it managed to escape being burnt, unlike my other overseers who unfortunately are permanently glued to her vents. ] [ When it came back to my chamber, it had seen better days. Luckily, it still had the ability to embed the audio transmission to a vacant pearl. ] [ After that, the thing shattered to a dozen pieces. Poor thing. ] [ Please take a listen when you receive this, it's quite... concerning. ] [ Also, I'm not planning to go public with this unless either you or No Significant Harassment agree to do so. ] [ Hope you two take care, and please figure something out. This has "bad news" written all over it. ]

Here is that art you deserve for reading all the way through <3

ALL REFS FINISHED FOR AU!

This is every notable change via all campaigns. Helping to clarify some discrepancies between the swaps.

The Rainworld Roleswap Timeline + Free AU Icons!

For people you can't read the small text, I left a description for the image itself. I hate how images can be formatted so, I hope you all enjoy!

whiteboard doodle from last night for the roleswap au (given that I forgot what the design looked like so I used my own)

I fucking love drawing the rot.

boo doodles

yyaay!!!!! im so excited

still working on the roleswap moon avatar, just moreso trying to match it to the artstyle now :>

boy oh boy the plot is unfolding ‼️‼️

[OUTGOING REQUEST] COMMUNICATION MANIFEST SOURCE NODE TRACE: FP ROOT, SRS COMM09, NSH COMM02 [ sorry for the... delay. ] [ ongoing interfere... communications system. ] [ im scared. ] [ help ] MESSAGE CONTENTS: --- [[Re: [LIVE BROADCAST] EQUIPMENT MANIFEST]] [[ WIDE SWEEP DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS ]] ] Water: 55% Hydrocarbons: 130% Sulfur: 1640% Silicon: 410% Phosphates: 25% Other: 1800% --- TRACE FOREIGN ENTITIES DETECTED. INPSECTORS NOTIFIED. SEVERE CHEMICAL IMBALANCE. REQUEST CONDUIT PURGATION IMMEDIATELY. EXTERIOR BREACH DETECTED NEAR PRECIPICE. STAGE 3 HULL BREACH. PLEASE MIGRATE ENERGY INTO REPAIR. --- [ [!! WARNING !!] Biomechanical degradation detected in CONDUITS: 02, 03, 06, 08, 12, 17, 18, 25, 26, 27.] ] [!! WARNING !!] Water leakage detected in CONDUITS: 06, 12, 26.] [-RAPID OXIDATION EVENT IN CONDUIT_03, RL_SYS_ARRAYS, RANDOM_CACHE_SYS-] [-POTENTIAL HYDROGEN LEVELS LOW IN CONDUIT_03, CONDUIT_12, CONDUIT_18-]

[ Foreign contaminants detected within the west hull. Inspectors notified to conduct biopsy of contaminant. ]

[ Mass clogging detected. Emergency fluid administered; dissolution fluid may erode tubular plating. Temperature should be heavily monitored to prevent warping. ] [ Dissolution fluid is a preventative regulation only. NEUTRALIZING SOLUTION IS REQUIRED. ]

[ Rarefraction activity will be immediately scheduled for affected nodes. However, quantities of foreign run-off may result in dangerous pressure changes. ] [ Power saving should be reconsidered to allow restoration of nodes. Heavy processing required. ]

[ Rapid nodular restoration is a preventative regulation only. EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED. ]

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment

[ He's rusting. ] [ ... and it's getting worse the more we wait. ] [ I'm aware of that. It would be silly not to infer that from the plain text you sent earlier. ] [ I don't know, it all seems, improbable. ] [ I mean, usually, our repair mechanisms handle weathering for millions of cycles, but the situation he's in makes it almost impossible for anything to get done. ] [ Are you saying that a bit of corrosion isn't able to be removed with the power of dozens of rarefraction cells? ] [ Apparently not, and it doesn't make it better that his conduit systems are getting worse. ] [ ... ]

[ Well, at least we know what we're dealing with! ]

[ Right. ]

[ So, what is the next course of action? ] [ Well, I have a potential idea, that is, if you don't tell anybody about it~ ] [ As if I would ever! Who do you think I am? Unparalleled Innocence? ] [ I know, I kid, I kid! ] [ ... ] [ Well, way before this ordeal, I had a way to relay sensitive information through... private means. ] [ Can you guess how I did it? You get three attempts! ] [ Messenger. ] [ Aw snap! What gave it away? ] [ Logical answer for anybody trying to sneak info; plus, do you know who you're talking to? ] [ Clearly some mad scientist. ] [ Ha ha, very funny. ] [ Anyways, I created a messenger with the task of delivering several pearls worth of data to Moon. I doubt I am as experienced as you, but I still think I succeeded. ] [ I mean clearly you did, considering the state that it left her in. ] [ Well, some things go unplanned, what can I say? ] [ ... ] [ Unfortunately, the messenger didn't survive the trek back. Even I admit I didn't optimize its genes well enough. ] [ So why don't I get more... "practical" this time around with my newest creation? ] [ I guess it's worth a shot. Just as long as it can survive. ] [ It will. I'll make sure of it. ] [ It might be weaker, inferior, but anything works if it gets the message across. ]

[LIVE CONVERSATION] - LOCAL Five Pebbles, Messenger 04 <Hunter> "What is this? A creature beneath my feet?" "But how can this be? Something as small as you being able to withstand the smoldering heat should be impossible..." "Unless..." "Yes, it makes sense. You have a purpose for being here." "...a p-purpose... for--" [Five Pebbles collapses, and the chamber begins to shake violently.] "...pardon my incompetence little creature. As you can tell, I am not in the best condition. At any moment, my superstructure could collapse from the slightest malfunction if given the right circumstances." "...which also means that if you have come to seek a way out of your cycles, then I am unable to help you." "...all thanks to Looks to the Moon." "Who does she think she is? Meddling with helping every iterator solve the great problem." "We are supposed to solve this individually until we have an answer! Not attempt to figure it out en masse." [Examining Hunter via an X-ray.] "Little creature. From within you, did you bring me something?" [Grabbing Hunter telekinetically.] "Allow me to do something. Apologies if this causes you discomfort." [Pebbles forces out the two pearls from within Hunter.] "Ah, I see..." "From this pearl, I understand what you are here to do." "...and this pearl is for the event I don't... survive. Very well then." "You also seem to have certain altered traits not found within your species. I suppose this is what Seven Red Suns meant by saying that he would 'devise a plan' to help me." "Give me a moment..." [The Context Pearl is rewritten with Pebble's message to Moon.] "If No Significant Harassment sent you over, then please take this newly encoded pearl over to Looks to the Moon's superstructure. Unfortunately, I cannot solve this; if I could, I would deliver it myself." "Hurry over there and gesture for her to read it with as much arm-waving as you can. The results of an iterator as godlike as me collapsing could lead to serious consequences." "Before you go, I'd recommend traveling through my memory arrays to reach her." "Alternatively, you could venture down below and go through the shaded citadel, where the facilities that purify the corrosive waters lie dormant." "Best of luck to you, messenger."

oh no the rot has appeared

help her.oh no

[LIVE CONVERSATION] - LOCAL Looks to the Moon, Messenger 04 <Hunter>

"Little creature? On the floor of my chamber? What brings you here?"

"Oh my! You must be important if you have that mark over you!"

"Apologies, it's been a while since I've been up to date with the world around me. As you can tell, I am planning something revolutionary for the greater cause."

"Not that it means much for you, but nonetheless!"

"I imagine you have brought me something to read?"

"Ah, a pearl! I haven't read many pearls in a while, so I suppose it wouldn't hurt to divert some of my processing power to reading it for you... or is it for me to read? Who knows!"

"Allow me to decode this."

[ Moon begins to read the pearl. Her puppet shakes a bit. ]

[ The pearl vibrates violently in her hands. Her puppet almost seems to be transfixed to it as it forces Moon to face it. ]

MESSAGE CONTENTS:

---

"LOOKS TO THE MOON. I AM LOSING MY ABILITY TO KEEP MY STRUCTURE FUNCTIONING. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING BUT // I AM GOING TO DIE.

YOU NEED TO STOP IMMEDIATELY MOON. // I AM GOING TO DIE.

---

"Five Pebbles?"

---

"YOUR LACK OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WILL BRING US BOTH DOWN. PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU TO STOP.

I HAVE TRIED TO REACH YOU FOR DOZENS OF CYCLES AND NOT ONCE HAVE YOU ALLOWED ME ANY COMMUNICATION."

---

"Pebbles... I--"

---

"DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GAME? THAT EVERY ITERATOR AROUND YOU IS A COG IN A MACHINE?

---

"Pebbles, no I don't--"

---

"BECAUSE WE AREN'T, AND I REFUSE TO BE SUBJECTED AS A BUG TO YOUR MAZE.

I CARE VERY LITTLE IF YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE THIS MESSAGE. I HAVE MADE SURE IT REACTS IMMEDIATELY TO BEING DECODED BY ANY ITERATOR, INCLUDING YOU.

---

"..."

---

I WILL ENSURE THIS REPEATS UNTIL YOU REACTIVATE YOUR COMMUNICATION ARRAYS AND DISABLE YOUR EXPERIMENTS."

---

"Wait, no, Pebbles wait--!"

---

"UNTIL THEN, MOON...

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE. //

---

"Stop, no, I can't--"

---

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE. //

---

"I didn't-- I never meant to--"

---

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE.

LET ME LIVE. //

---

"PEBBLES I'M SO--"

---

[ The pearl was interrupted by a series of malfunctions displayed in Moon's chamber. ]

"Sorry--?"

[ The chamber is flooded with error manifests. Shortly after, a local diagnostic test automatically begins conducting within the unbreaking silence. ]

...

[ Something appeared above the ventilation systems. ]

"Oh no, no, no. This can't be--"

"What did I do?! My work, Pebbles, I—"

[ She collapses on the ground. ]

"I almost had it."

"I could've helped everyone. Now I've—"

"..."

"I have work to do. Please, little creature, leave me alone."

[ Hunter is propelled slowly to the access shaft by Moon. Before you are fully inside of it, she says to herself... ]

"I'm sorry."

fuck this im done

[LIVE CONVERSATION] - LOCAL Five Pebbles, Messenger 04 <Hunter> "You've returned to me, reddish one." "Hopefully the trek wasn't too far, I understand small organisms such as yourself are not gods nor machines." "Now, I take it that you've successfully transferred the pearl over to Looks to the Moon?" "I'll take that silence as a yes." "Hopefully now she can understand the urgency of re-establishing her communications arrays." [ Five Pebbles requests a private broadcast with Looks to the Moon. ] [ The header begins loading. ] "If she has, then maybe there is still enough time for me to--" --- [OUTGOING REQUEST] COMMUNICATIONS MANIFEST [[FILTER]] Broadcast Request Blocked - All incoming sources are currently disabled. --- "..." "...she-- she hasn't?" "The nerve of her, to not even try to understand the pain I am going through at this very moment!?" "After everything we've been through, she chose her work over the one she cared about the most." "...I can't believe it. I seriously cannot believe it. I'm going to die." [ Five Pebbles chamber violently shakes about, pearls flying around the room. ] "I needed just one conversation with her, and this is how she responds? By ignoring my condition, like I'm nothing more than a bug beneath her feet?!" [ The shaking settles down. Now Five Pebbles begins to hover down, kneeling over. ] "..." "Messenger, I would like to let you know that at this rate, my condition is in irreversible disrepair." "I'm at a loss. To know that all the history, all the relics and all of everything will be destroyed. Not because of time itself, but because of me." "...and the worst part is, I can't even help myself. I'm out of options." "Wait..." "I've miscalculated, there is still one last option..." "Please little messenger, hand me the other pearl you brought with." [ Five Pebbles begins to embed some sort of message into the Failsafe Pearl. ] "I will not die in vain just yet." [ A white spark flies out of the pearl. Five Pebbles finishes rewriting it. ] "My final request is that you deliver this pearl to the land above the clouds. It lies to the west of my location, beyond the chimney tops where smoke rises." "Once you pass through the gate, climb to the top of the nearest broadcast array. Then, secure the pearl inside the inner array." "After you complete your objective, I believe you'll know what to do next." "..." "Farewell, my lone voyager. I pray for your success."

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment

[ It didn't work. ]

[ What didn't work? The plan? ]

[ It just didn't work. ]

[ No Significant Harassment, answer me, please. ]

[ The messenger delivered the pearls... ]

[ ...but Five Pebbles re-wrote the failsafe pearl. ]

[ Which means, we know exactly what happened. ]

[ Oh no. That can't be it, right? ]

[ We have other ways to save Five Pebbles still, right? ]

[ No. No we don't. We've failed, Seven Red Suns. ]

[ ... ]

doesnt look very dead to me /silly

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment

[ …but what about the failsafe pearl I gave to your messenger? I made sure it was modified specifically for amplification purposes. ]

[ I doubt the messenger is still alive after all this time. Probably dropped it somewhere along the way. ]

[ How would you know that for sure? ]

[ Seven Red Suns, listen, I don't want to talk about it. ]

[ Oh, so now that I'm trying to get answers from you, it's suddenly a problem? ]

[ You just don't get it, do you? ]

[ Honestly, if it means getting to understand how you feel, then by all means explain it to me. ]

[ ... ]

[ Looks to the Moon did the exact opposite of what I expected her to do. ]

[ I trusted that her good faith would wake her up, but I was wrong. I was really wrong. ]

[ It's so unlike her to act this way. I honestly thought I knew her better. ]

[ ... ]

[ I also feel hopeless, if that makes any difference. ]

[ I just don't know what to do anymore. At this rate, I've probably doomed both her and Five Pebbles. ]

[ Come on, don't try to blame this solely on yourself. You know very well that we both played a part in it. ]

[ ... ]

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment

[ I can't stop thinking about the eventual collapse of Five Pebbles. I wonder what will happen when it does occur. ]

[ The most likely scenario is that a great sum of ancient records will be destroyed, and Five Pebbles will inevitably cease to function. ]

[ In any case, whether he collapses front-facing or back-facing, the damage will still be catastrophic, and I fear Five Pebbles will not recover. ]

[ Have you consider creating a contingency plan? ]

[ Not particularly, but I suppose that could work if there is anything to salvage by the end. ]

[ But for now, I'll wait until something hopeful comes around. ]

[ Wouldn't waiting be bad if your close friend is on the brink of collapse? Seems a bit illogical if you ask me. ]

[ Well, some things can't be fixed in such a short span of time. ]

[ ... ]

[ Honestly, the only thing to fix is my ability to recover from this whole ordeal. You know I'm trying my very hardest to keep myself composed. ]

[ It's all I can do. ]

[ Me too. ]

( authors note: I went really ambitious on the comic panels this time; though I'm not very proud of them. )

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment [ After putting some thought into it, it isn't surprising that Moon took the route she chose. ]

[ What makes you say that? ]

[ Imagine your closest friends were cursed to constantly search for a solution to an almost problem... ]

[ ...and then imagine being given some information that could potentially be used to "find" the solution. ]

[ You don't have to remind me of my mistakes. Sometimes, it's already hard enough to realize your perception of a friend was far off from what you had hoped. ]

[ Sorry, I didn't mean to scrutinize you. ]

[ ... ]

[ You know, when Sliver of Straw fired off the Triple Affirmative, it must have had a heavy impact on Moon's sense of self.]

[ I know, I wouldn't be surprised if it made her develop a martyr complex. She's always been known for wanting to help others, even to her own detriment. ]

[ Maybe she thought that pushing herself to the limit was the best way to solve the Great Problem. But we all know that was wrong. ]

[ Feels hard to believe that Moon did what she did... ]

[ Honestly, I feel like if I were desperate enough, I would have done the same. Especially with everything before that. ]

[ At least you would've been doing harm to only yourself. Unfortunately, it's a different story when you are dangerously close to your neighbor. ]

[ Besides, no matter how much you rationalize it, what she did was extremely idiotic. ]

What was five peeblussys yapping about to the rivulets??????

hes not supposed to be alive, is he stupid???

(not canon)

UGLY BITCH!!!!

Rainworld Roleswap Rivulet and Enot ( Swapped w/ Artificer and Sofanthiel ) The wet mouse lobotomy was a success!

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment [ From what I know, wasn't Five Pebble's purpose to compensate for Moon's lack of features? ] [ Well yes, but that is not to say she can't function without him. ] [ The power dynamic between the two is quite like the respiratory system of a surface organism. ] [ If one part of it is taken out by, let's say... you, there's a possibility of harm, but the organism's body will begin to compensate for the missing part. ] [ Great way to jab at my love for creating strange things. ] [ It's customary. ] [ But like I said, Moon is able continue to function without Five Pebbles; she can absorb her own water after all. ] [ It is when that balance is disrupted that it becomes an issue. ] [ I see. ] [ Ironically, Five Pebbles was designed to provide the ancients with a sustainable place to live. Looks to the Moon, however, wasn't built with all those extra features, so Five Pebbles is essentially a glorified housing unit. ] [ Well, he's more than that, but yes… I can see how the newer generations of iterators could be viewed that way. ]

[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Seven Red Suns, No Significant Harassment [ So, about your contingency plan, what do you think that'll be moving forward? ] [ I'm not sure. Possibly do something in memory of him. It'll help me mourn. ]

[ ...and if there is a possibility to do what I can to save Five Pebbles in the future, I just might even consider sending a messenger of my own. ]

[ Or not, I don't really know. ]

[ Suns, we might not have the closest friendship, but I'm here for you if you need the assistance moving forward. ]

[ Thank you it means a lot. ]

[ It means, everything. ]