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* GirlNextDoor: Is sweet, level-headed, capable, and wholesome. In addition, due to portal shenanigans, Vic literally treats her like a next-door neighbor.

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* GirlNextDoor: Is sweet, level-headed, capable, and wholesome. In addition, due thanks to portal shenanigans, Vic literally treats casually visits her like as though she were a literal next-door neighbor.
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** Deconstructed in Vignette 067. Solana attributes her complete lack of special abilities this incarnation [[IJustWantToBeNormal to wanting to be loved for who she is rather than what she can do]]. She later realizes she needs to love herself first, and in doing so, allows herself to, through Vic's science, gain special powers.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Repurposes his talent in designing biotechnology post-reconciliation. Over the course of ''Spaghetti Ice'', he realizes devices such as the vector reversers, Dream Machine, and artificial portholes. This carries over into ''Fondant'', where he has since invented an interdimensional portal.

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* GadgeteerGenius: Repurposes his talent in designing biotechnology post-reconciliation. Over the course of ''Spaghetti Ice'', he realizes devices such as the vector reversers, Dream Machine, and artificial portholes. This carries over into ''Fondant'', ''Cherry Ice'', where he has since invented an interdimensional portal.



* TheFettered: By the end of the story, Vicerre willingly abdicates Oneiros and all abilities associated with it (well, until ''Fondant'').

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* TheFettered: By the end of the story, Vicerre willingly abdicates Oneiros and all abilities associated with it (well, until ''Fondant'').''Cherry Ice'').



* VirtualRealityWarper: As The Administrator of the Mental Plane, Armin can reshape it to his will. Within the story alone, he conjures a cup of tea for Clementine and opens portals to anywhere in the Mental Plane (instead of having a limited range). This carries into Alis as of ''Fondant'', although it sees much less use then.

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* VirtualRealityWarper: As The Administrator of the Mental Plane, Armin can reshape it to his will. Within the story alone, he conjures a cup of tea for Clementine and opens portals to anywhere in the Mental Plane (instead of having a limited range). This carries into Alis as of ''Fondant'', ''Cherry Ice'', although it sees much less use then.



! ''Fondant'' characters

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! ''Fondant'' ''Cherry Ice'' characters



* AdaptationalProtagonist: Goes from ArcVillain to supporting cast member in ''Spaghetti Ice'' to protagonist in ''Fondant''.

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* AdaptationalProtagonist: Goes from ArcVillain to supporting cast member in ''Spaghetti Ice'' to protagonist in ''Fondant''.''Cherry Ice''.



* OddNameNormalNickname: Is primarily referred to as "Vic" in ''Fondant''. That's not short for Victor, but Vicerre.

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* OddNameNormalNickname: Is primarily referred to as "Vic" in ''Fondant''.''Cherry Ice''. That's not short for Victor, but Vicerre.
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** In Interlude 013, he is covert on Alis's true nature, only describing him in vague terms before Solana meets him directly.
** In Interlude 020, he obfuscates the real reason behind his visit with Alis behind a chess pun (to check with him).
* DrinkBasedCharacterization: Expanded upon from ''Spaghetti Ice''. He enjoys tea all the same, but it's shown in Interlude 007 he has seven separate blends of tea that all happen to be fruity and red. This reflects Vic's GeniusSweetTooth and NightmareFetishist tendencies.

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** In Interlude Vignette 013, he is covert on Alis's true nature, only describing him in vague terms before Solana meets him directly.
** In Interlude Vignette 020, he obfuscates the real reason behind his visit with Alis behind a chess pun (to check with him).
* DrinkBasedCharacterization: Expanded upon from ''Spaghetti Ice''. He enjoys tea all the same, but it's shown in Interlude Vignette 007 he has seven separate blends of tea that all happen to be fruity and red. This reflects Vic's GeniusSweetTooth and NightmareFetishist tendencies.



** In Interlude 015, he plays into the ABloodyMess situation Solana comments he's in.

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** In Interlude Vignette 015, he plays into the ABloodyMess situation Solana comments he's in.



** In Interlude 018, he is shown to enjoy ice cream in the dead of winter, much to his friends' display.

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** In Interlude Vignette 018, he is shown to enjoy ice cream in the dead of winter, much to his friends' display.



** On two separate occasions (Interludes 039 and 041), Vic and Alis study supernatural elements in her, only to find she seems 100% physically normal.
** It's implied in Interlude 052 Solana is normal to a supernatural degree. The Arclight virus, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity which induces madness in those it infects,]] only irritates her slightly when she comes into contact with it.

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** On two separate occasions (Interludes (Vignettes 039 and 041), Vic and Alis study supernatural elements in her, only to find she seems 100% physically normal.
** It's implied in Interlude Vignette 052 Solana is normal to a supernatural degree. The Arclight virus, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity which induces madness in those it infects,]] only irritates her slightly when she comes into contact with it.



* KillingYourAlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Out of a misguided attempt to ScrewDestiny, he kills Vic in Interlude 043 after learning of his connection to the Storyteller. He promptly realizes his mistake and spends the next twelve Interludes working out a way to bring him back.]]
* LonerTurnedFriend: After being talked out of Project Oneiros in ''Shaved Ice'' and occasionally visiting the ''Spaghetti Ice'' cast, Alis officially joins Team Arklight in Interlude 023.

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* KillingYourAlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Out of a misguided attempt to ScrewDestiny, he kills Vic in Interlude Vignette 043 after learning of his connection to the Storyteller. He promptly realizes his mistake and spends the next twelve Interludes Vignettes working out a way to bring him back.]]
* LonerTurnedFriend: After being talked out of Project Oneiros in ''Shaved Ice'' and occasionally visiting the ''Spaghetti Ice'' cast, Alis officially joins Team Arklight in Interlude Vignette 023.



* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Shows interest in playing a friendly game of chess with Vic in Interlude 020. He's unimpressed with Vic's series of perpetual checks at first, until he realizes he's not playing to win, but instead to [[{{Pun}} check up on him]].

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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Shows interest in playing a friendly game of chess with Vic in Interlude Vignette 020. He's unimpressed with Vic's series of perpetual checks at first, until he realizes he's not playing to win, but instead to [[{{Pun}} check up on him]].



** Rewrites Alis's personality to be less caustic in the non-canon ending to Interlude 043.
** Has the ability to {{Retcon}} timelines out of canon, as evidenced in Interlude 050.

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** Rewrites Alis's personality to be less caustic in the non-canon ending to Interlude Vignette 043.
** Has the ability to {{Retcon}} timelines out of canon, as evidenced in Interlude Vignette 050.
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** Rewrites Alis's personality to be less caustic in the non-canon ending to Interlude 043.
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[[folder:The Storyteller]]

!! The Storyteller

The overdeity of the universe, the Storyteller is responsible for overseeing the story's narrative structure. While the Storyteller generally acts as a humble narrator, they occasionally act on the story itself by triggering certain events in-universe or by communicating with the characters within.

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* AuthorPowers:
** Updates hair physics in Illustration 029 to better reflect out-of-universe ArtEvolution.
** Has the ability to {{Retcon}} timelines out of canon, as evidenced in Interlude 050.
* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Acts as both the in-universe {{narrator}} and as an entity that can change the universe from outside it.
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** In Interlude 018, he is shown to enjoy ice cream in the dead of winter.

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** In Interlude 018, he is shown to enjoy ice cream in the dead of winter.winter, much to his friends' display.

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* ThermalDissident: As a side-effect of his [[AnIcePerson cryokinetic abilities]], Vic tolerates a wider range of temperatures than the average person. In Interlude 018, he is shown to enjoy ice cream in the dead of winter, and in Illustration 066, he is depicted as wearing a woolen sweater and full-length trousers at the beach.

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* ThermalDissident: As a side-effect of his [[AnIcePerson cryokinetic abilities]], Vic tolerates a wider range of temperatures than the average person. person.
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In Interlude 018, he is shown to enjoy ice cream in the dead of winter, and in winter.
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Illustration 066, he is depicted as wearing a woolen sweater and full-length trousers at the beach.

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* DelightingInRiddles: Loves to tease Solana with casual riddles and mysteries such as “What was in the iced tea I made you?”

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* DelightingInRiddles: Loves to tease Solana with casual riddles and mysteries such as “What mysteries.
** In Icebreaker 043, he quizzes her on what
was in the iced tea I he made you?”her, not telling her it was brewed using some of her own gift to him.
** In Interlude 013, he is covert on Alis's true nature, only describing him in vague terms before Solana meets him directly.
** In Interlude 020, he obfuscates the real reason behind his visit with Alis behind a chess pun (to check with him).
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Positions himself as a well-meaning, if eccentric, scientist. Icebreaker 067 discusses how he would act if pushed to his breaking point, and it's ''not'' pretty. The part where he is an ExBigBad should have tipped you off.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Positions himself as a well-meaning, if eccentric, scientist. Icebreaker 067 discusses how a hypothetical situation where he would act if is pushed to his breaking point, and it's the result is ''not'' pretty.pretty. It only makes sense the person with ice powers and a room full of highly-advanced technology can elect to use those resources to maim someone, then leave them to rot in a SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere. The part where he is an ExBigBad should have tipped you off.
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* ThermalDissident: As a side-effect of his [[AnIcePerson cryokinetic abilities]], Vic has a heightened tolerance to hot temperatures. In Illustration 066, he is depicted as wearing a woolen sweater and full-length trousers at the beach.

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* ThermalDissident: As a side-effect of his [[AnIcePerson cryokinetic abilities]], Vic has tolerates a heightened tolerance wider range of temperatures than the average person. In Interlude 018, he is shown to hot temperatures. In enjoy ice cream in the dead of winter, and in Illustration 066, he is depicted as wearing a woolen sweater and full-length trousers at the beach.
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* ThermalDissident: As a side-effect of his [[AnIcePerson cryokinetic abilities]], Vic has a heightened tolerance to hot temperatures. In Illustration 066, he is depicted as wearing a woolen sweater and full-length trousers at the beach.
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** On two separate occasions (Interludes 039 and 041), Vic and Alis study traces of supernatural elements in her, only to find no evidence these supernatural elements affect her physically.

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** On two separate occasions (Interludes 039 and 041), Vic and Alis study traces of supernatural elements in her, only to find no evidence these supernatural elements affect her physically.she seems 100% physically normal.
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** On two separate occasions (Interludes 039 and 041), nothing unusual is found when she is studied scientifically.

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** On two separate occasions (Interludes 039 and 041), nothing unusual is found when she is studied scientifically.Vic and Alis study traces of supernatural elements in her, only to find no evidence these supernatural elements affect her physically.

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* TheTeamNormal: Despite living in a FantasyKitchenSink and having AnIcePerson and a {{Fantastic Fox|es}} as her companions, she has no special powers to speak of.
** On two separate occasions (Interludes 039 and 041), nothing unusual is found when she is studied scientifically.
** It's implied in Interlude 052 Solana is normal to a supernatural degree. The Arclight virus, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity which induces madness in those it infects,]] only irritates her slightly when she comes into contact with it.
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* KillingYourAlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Out of a misguided attempt to ScrewDestiny, he Kills Vic in Interlude 043 after learning of his connection to the Storyteller. He promptly realizes his mistake and spends the next twelve Interludes finding a way to bring him back.]]

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* KillingYourAlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Out of a misguided attempt to ScrewDestiny, he Kills kills Vic in Interlude 043 after learning of his connection to the Storyteller. He promptly realizes his mistake and spends the next twelve Interludes finding working out a way to bring him back.]]
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* KillingYourAlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Out of a misguided attempt to ScrewDestiny, he Kills Vic in Interlude 043 after learning of his connection to the Storyteller. He promptly realizes his mistake and spends the next twelve Interludes finding a way to bring him back.]]
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* MysticalWhiteHair: His hair, normally brown, starts to turn white as of Illustration 060 due to [[AnIcePerson his ice abilities]] manifesting physically.

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* MysticalWhiteHair: His hair, normally brown, starts to turn white as of In Illustration 060 060, Vic is shown with white streaks in his hair at 30 years of age. The image description states his hair is streaked white due to his [[AnIcePerson his ice abilities]] manifesting physically.
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* MysticalWhiteHair: His hair, normally brown, starts to turn white as of Illustration 060 due to [[AnIcePerson his ice abilities]] manifesting physically.
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* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Is depicted as using a [[BladeOnAStick spear]] made of [[ElementalWeapon ice]] (a bident, technically) in supporting material. Why a spear?

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* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Is depicted as using a [[BladeOnAStick spear]] spear made of [[ElementalWeapon ice]] (a bident, technically) in supporting material. Why a spear?
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* MagneticHero: Accumulates a band of other characters over the course of ''Spaghetti Ice'', including <redacted>, Vicerre, and the Nekorei.
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* BrainyBrunette: The smartest member of the cast, the author states Armin was designed with brown hair specifically because of the trope implications.

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* BrainyBrunette: BrainyBrunet: The smartest member of the cast, the author states Armin was designed with brown hair specifically because of the trope implications.



* BrainyBrunette: The smartest member of the cast, the author states Vicerre was designed with brown hair specifically because of the trope implications.

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* BrainyBrunette: BrainyBrunet: The smartest member of the cast, the author states Vicerre was designed with brown hair specifically because of the trope implications.
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* LightIsNotGood: Vicerre is often framed in blinding light, mirroring his WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar actions. It’s telling that the scene where Clementine gets to see who he is BeneathTheMask takes place at night.

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* LightIsNotGood: Vicerre is often [[HolyBacklight framed in blinding light, light]], mirroring his WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar actions. It’s telling that the scene where Clementine gets to see who he is BeneathTheMask takes place at night.
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* BornAsAnAdult: As Solana was "born" from supernatural origins, she has the physiology of an young adult woman despite only being a few years old.

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* BornAsAnAdult: As Solana she was "born" from supernatural origins, she has the physiology of an young adult woman despite only being a few years old.
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* BornAsAnAdult: As Solana was "born" from supernatural origins, she has the physiology of an young adult woman despite only being a few years old.
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* AliceAllusion: Bears a number of similarities to themes found in ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'':
** The author named Alis not after "Alice" but instead because they found the name "Alistair" neat. However, they conceded the wordplay between "Alis" and "Alice" was fun.
** Alis's project Oneiros serves as a fanciful MentalWorld, not unlike the Wonderland and Looking-Glass World Lewis Carroll's Alice visit.
** Math and wordplay are staples of both works.
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* CelibateEccentricGenius: Despite being companions with Solana, Vic is uninterested in prospect of romance. Instead, he prefers pursuing his scientific interests. Solana often has to push him outside his comfort zone.
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!! Tropes:

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: For one definition of “living”. When her soul is splintered in the Dream World, one shard acts as a Living Emotional Crutch for Vicerre. This causes Vicerre to become much more emotionally stable than Armin, his past self, ever was. This is somewhat undone when Vicerre returns <redacted’s> soul fragment, however.
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* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Checks off many tropes for the archetype. After losing his OnlyFriend, he withdrew from society and grew obsessed with his work. He creates Oneiros, a LotusEaterMachine, as a way to [[ForHappiness stop suffering on a massive scale]].
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The events of ''Shaved Ice'' were motivated by his desire to ensure [[NeverBeHurtAgain no one would ever experience the same grief he endured]]. When Clementine uncovers the motive, she can't help but sympathize.

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