[Equilibrium Dizrupted] New York Has Changed by Quicksilver published on 2021-08-07T04:01:20Z *(This place was once my home, in a time long past.) *(Look at it now. Completely ruined.) *(Torn asunder by gentrification and Chaos Dunks.) *(Such injustice makes me long for more.) *(It makes me long for an end different.) An alternate timeline version of Zeno's hometown of Williamsburg, Brooklyn takes the spot of the Ruins. But there's a twist. This is a post-apocalyptic version of Williamsburg, one ravaged by the fabled Chaos Dunk. It is now known as "Proto Neo Brooklyn." Seeing his precious hometown warped and ruined is enough to inspire Zeno to move forward and make things right. Zeno would often speak very fondly of his childhood in Brooklyn, talking about it as though they were the best years of his life. It is where he spent some of his formative years before moving out onto Long Island with the rest of us Schreiber people. He would rant passionately about how he feels the neighborhood isn't the way it was when he lived there. He recalled it being a slightly dangerous place where things were cheap and people where shady, which was just how he liked things. But now, according to what he said at least, it's a gentrified bourgeois neighborhood completely stripped of its culture. He and I even did a group report on Williamsburg during our senior year of high school, which I had to dial back because it was filled with hatred from him over what the place has become. Bottom line is, he cared about it a lot. Also on a less important note, the absolutely fantastic "Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden" is a key part of the Armageddon Buddies lore and you should play it. It's very good. Bonus sidenote: The nomadic blind musician Moondog, who Zeno loved because he fit his vibe absolutely perfectly, takes the role of the mouse trying to get the cheese. Equilibrium Dizrupted playlist: https://soundcloud.com/toadiedoesalltheworktbh/sets/equilibrium-dizrupted-ost For more updates on this AU and many others: https://discord.gg/qmtQxwYKfD Genre Ruins Comment by Jacket of Diamonds Is this related to Space Jam showing up in Slick's final boss theme for that one cancelled self-insert video game? 2022-03-25T19:53:56Z