(Quick note: YES I AM AN IDIOT AND SPELT PSYCHA'S NAME WRONG. Also I'm very sorry for a late update on such an easy chapter...)

Hey guys! We BACK! And I've notified my other selves that they're 100% safe, secure and secret here!

7-12-G: Anywhere is safer than THAT place...

Nightingale: ... I... I... Want... To... Say the same... But...

ANYWHO! @Aceronetra senpai asks Min-lub if your broom has any other use... Like a paintbrush?

Min-lub: ... Am I that obvious? I didn't I was that obvious, hUH... Well... Let's just say... There's a reason the HC clubs always have enough resources and interesting things to do~!

WoAH! Can you show us?! Pleeeeeease!

Min-lub: OK! (-takes brush and a bottle of ink out, pouring the ink onto the brush-) Now, this looks just a like an ordinary mop-broom, but if you just give it a little think and... Flick!

(-flicks brush upwards with practiced accuracy, and the ink stains the air. After a second, the ink has formed a real, solid... Sea lantern! Min-lub catches it in her hand with a smile-)

Min-lub: Tada~! I've still a lot of ink left in my brush too!

Ghost: Woaaaah... That's super cool...

U.P: How does it work? As in, the ink usage and stuff?

Min-lub: The bigger or more stuff I make, the more ink it'll use, heh heh!

That makes sense! Ok! Ace senpai also asks if there are really ZERO ways Ghost can communicate with the living: what about using body language, or charades, or ASL?

Ghost: ... I tried. Trust me. I tried, I tried... Everything... I can't touch or move or rest on anything, I just... Float and exist... T-They can't see me, or hear me, or-or-or (-tears appear at the edge of her eyes, she wipes them away angrily-)... You guys are the first few... Living people who've seen me since...

7-12-G: (-coughs uncomfortably-)

Ghost: O-Oh! A-And you too, 7!

...HeeeEEEyy, U.P! Ace senpai is asking about a hermit; how does Mumbo hold up with all of the AFK sessions?

U.P: U-UM- OH! Oh right! Well... The irl people don't stay watching us when they're AFK, so we just need to wait for a bit until they go away. Unfortunately, it gets kinda hard when someone like Oliver constantly AFKs. Same with deaths and making sure they don't see our death tolls...

Everyone is sure to help out Mumbo a lot more at this time, especially Grian, for obvious reasons!

Wait... What do you mean by... 'Obvious reasons'?

U.P: ... You do know that pretty much everyone is dating everyone, right?

PsychA: ... That's absolutely disgu-

Magpie: PsychA!

7-12-G: ... That... That was cold...

WAIT OML WHEEEEEEEN?!

U.P: Since forever? They all had a lot of time to fall for each other, but... I'm pretty sure you already know which ships sailed! For Grian and Mumbo, I think they were one of the last to get together... Which is strange, but still cute!

(-screams in fangirl-) YAAAAAAAAAAAAASH! Oh... Kay... I'm ok... Oh, U.P, Ace senpai has another question for you! What does 'P.N.N' stand for?

U.P: Hm. A simple one, I have no issue with that. 'P.N.N' stands for 'Player Not Needed'. In my world, it describes every community server that is able to function without the use of NPCs, story coding or... Well, real life people.

Magpie: There are more people like you guys?

U.P: Mhm. It's really hard to visit them without alerting the real life people though... So single player worlds really get lonely.

Aweh... Ok, time for a slightly sadder one... @BridgetTh3B1RD asks Ghost if it hurts when you can't save a person- when you can't get a grip on their soul in time, and if it's ever happened.

Ghost: W-What? I've... Never missed a person before... I don't know what would happen if I did...

... I'm sure they'd still come back, but... They'd... Be... Just... Gone-

Ghost: I don't want to think about it, sorry... It... It was horrible without anyone else... I don't want anyone else to go through that...

Nightingale: (-furrows brow, touching her shoulder gently-)

... That's... Sad... I'm sorry, Ghost... Right, next... Next question. Min-lub, Bridget senpai wonders if there has ever been any stupid fights, over the dumbest/ tiniest thing.

PsychA: With an AU as stupid as hers, every fight is worthless.

Don't be rude.

Min-lub: Yeah, what second me said! In response to your question... Yes. Too many...

A random, lengthy battle started because 'Grian touched Doc's bush'-

Magpie: Oh, yeah, the civil war!

Min-lub: Y'all already heard of that one? Ok... A random song battle started between Cub and Scar because Joe and Tango accidentally got them to do so... And I think... It started over a small bit of banter to whose logo was better...

Wow. WOWIE WOWIE WOW. That sounds like something I would d- hey look! A question for all of you, again from Bridget senpai! How did y'all get yo nicknames? She does like em, but she's wondering if they were given or something. Ok. I point, you say, PSYCHA, GO!

PsychA: ... They-They think I'm crazy... They think I'm insane, they think I'm psychotic... Hah... Hah hah... Me... A psychopath... Oh so silly... But that was my new name, oh, freaky deranged Psychotic AC, can't go near her! She's out of her mind! (-starts laughing maniacally and twitching more-)

Magpie: Hey... Are you... Ok?

PsychA: (-twitches more with each word-) She's lost her marbles! Gone from this plane of existence! A sad, delusional mess of a human bEING (-stamps and yells out suddenly, making everyone jump-)!...

Nightingale: ... PsychA...

PsychA: So (-smiles. Her twitching has died down to a few occasional ones, like before-). I gave them crazy. Turns out, little poco-loco PsychA quite likes the name now... (-giggles creepily-)

... R-Right... Y-You do y-you, then... Um... G-Ghost!

Ghost: ... I'm a ghost. I am still called AC, but... So is everyone else here, so yeah.

Fair play! 7!

7-12-G: They're my... Stats. Stuff I was given at death... I came in 7th place, aged 12 and am a girl. Not like I was called anything better, and I may as well use it for something.

Hm. Interesting thought process. Magpie!

Magpie: Um... I-I use everyone else's ideas and stories and edit them? L-Like a Magpie using shiny objects to make their nest!

Ooo, clever! U.P!

U.P: U.P stands for 'unidentifiable player'. Same thought process as 7, to be fair- may as well use it for something!

I'm digging this new trend of turning not-so-nice things good! Min-lub!

Min-lub: You like the trend, you're gonna love me! In my world, being a part of those clubs are suuuper important, and... You're kinda seen as an outcast if you aren't.

It's one reason people like... Dantdm, Aphmau and Popularmmos are so well respected... Even though they haven't said it out loud, the builders are all pretty convinced they're part of the builders club... Whom usually have the more bold, excited adventurers too.

Which... We can use as a reason why redstoners and builders hate each other so much. The builders have a lot of adventurers and creators already, and take so much credit for everything but... The redstoners... Aren't given as much... They're respected as a club, but that's about it. Like I've said, knowing what club you are, especially because of this, is extremely important.

And I don't belong in one. In my world, min-lub is kind of a... Slang-insult-word for people without clubs: it combines 'minus' and 'club' together. So, to be without a club. They don't... Treat min-lubs exceedingly well...

PsychA: I would've joined them, freak.

Magpie: (-ignores her-) So you used it for your name, as a form of... Rebellion?

Min-lub: What? Oh, right, I guess... But I just thought it sounded pretty cool too, lol. 'Min-lub'... Heh... It's got a pretty nice ring to it, wouldn't you say?

Wow... I'd say so! That's relatable for me, at least- my name isn't exactly exciting, so... AC sounded better! And, last but not least, Nightingale!

Nightingale: O-Oh w-well... (-fidgets-) I'm a bird... Hybrid most of the time... It's easier to escape with... And... They like...

They like what?

Nightingale: ... B-Birdsong... So I called myself 'Nightingale' because of that, and because... Because I cared for them...

Ghost: What do you mean by 'you named yourself after a birdy because you cared for them'? I don't get that part.

Nightingale: Um... H-Have you ever heard of a woman named Florence Nightingale?

7-12-G: ... Famous person in one of your worlds, I'm assuming?

Ah! Yes! She's the founder of modern nursing, who looked after soldiers from the war... That's clever! Righty-o then... Another slightly more serious one. @OdalRune314 asks how Nightingale ended up in the Fear AU- when and how did you get there?

Nightingale: ... I-I... I didn't mean to! Oh my gosh... (-shakes head guiltily-) If-If I didn't- I-I'm sorry...

PsychA: Ugh. Weakling.

Min-lub: Ignore her, take as much time as you'll need.

Nightingale: N-No, I-I should tell you guys... At least...

I didn't know about the virus. Before it started, I was still with everyone... And had no idea of what would happen. I-I think they knew it was coming too... They... They were so... Sincere that day, I just...

... I didn't know until it was too late. Later, I found out that a few days earlier, Xisuma had already found out about the virus and there was nothing he could do to stop it... Until it passed away. He set the link from our server to the main hub to be destroyed after it happened- the virus had blocked this action from being done so earlier... And warned everyone else.

Everyone had a special sort of link to the server... It was feared that if they left, they could potentially spread the virus even more, so long as they had that link. Every hermit did... Except... I... I wasn't a hermit, was I?

They all urged me to have a look around the main hub, so I did, and I saw... The monsters... And the portal to our server closing. It was then I understood, but I don't think they thought I'd come back- I leapt back though the portal just in time: it destroyed itself behind me. Like I later found out Xisuma had planned.

The virus was... Way too quick. Everyone... Everyone had already been infected... Some were with each other, and some... Had isolated themselves, and locked themselves up as a precaution... And they were... Fierce.

I was able to find everyone, and... Their last notes and a small token from them to me... Just... Just small things... Like Tango's headband... Xisuma's helmet... Joe's quill... I find myself wearing my dads' lab coat and hat most of the time... Because I believe that they're still good.

I was stuck in that dimension. I still am, if we don't count... Whatever this is... And I thought... I may as well look after the server, and my family... For as long as I need to. I know that they're still good because... Well... My... Dads... Remembered me first... And they all still somehow recognise me... They're still themselves, just a little... Rowdy at times...

7-12-G: ... A 'little rowdy'? You look about as roughed up as me and Ghost, and we're already dead... How-How dangerous are these 'monsters', exactly?

Nightingale: Not dangerous at-at all! These... (-messes with feathers-) These are just... Scrapes... Just a bit-

Magpie: Ok, let's do a quick test. If I were to go into your world and meet one of them, would I be showered with just the 'light scrapes' that you got?

Nightingale: ...

PsychA: (-giggles-) I like the sound of them... Where can I get this infection? Our server could do with a little spicing up...

U.P: That's completely inhumane!

PsychA: (-giggles-) I'm not entirely humane now, am I, little reaper?

Min-lub: ... Do you ever stop smiling and giggling like that?

No. No, she really doesn't, unless... Oh... Um... PhyscA? This question is for you. Odal senpai's autocorrect... Asks if you've ever heard of a cool thing called autocorrect.

PsychA: (-tilts head. Her fin-ear flicks upwards with the movement-) Whatever it is, it sounds awfully stupid.

Oh, autocorrect is a-

PsychA: (-hissing, her lion tail becomes a snakes'. Suddenly, she whips it out harshly, with every intention of harming me. 7-12-G quickly leaps and slams it away, while Ghost glides in front of me. Both hiss and growl respectively-)

7-12-G: Watch it!

Ghost: (-turns to me-) I would hug you, but I can't because... Y'know. You ok?

Y-Yep... I'm fine...

PsychA: What is it about what I say that you useless imbeciles don't understand? I. Don't. Care!

OK! We get the point! Just... Don't do that... Please. Now, @AquaticAndFantastic would like to know... What you guys think/ predict the chances of her brothers... Living... Are.

7-12-G: Depends on who these brothers of hers are.

Oh right... Whoops. Doc and Iskall.

Magpie: Hm. It doesn't really matter for them either way, because my world is super safe and chill! Just like yours, AC! Aqua, you need not worry, as I'm certain that they will be ok.

Min-lub: Same here, to be honest. The only worry is if they'll get accidentally injured, and... If they're ever found conversing with builders. I'm... Pretty sure if you're found a 'traitor', you're just demoted to a min-lub anyway, which... (-pauses, thinking it over-) Mmm... Might be kinda bad...

U.P: Aren't you a min-lub though? Why would it be bad?

Min-lub: Because being a min-lub means you aren't welcomed in any club too; this means... You see... It isn't taken kindly if a min-lub uses stuff to create. That includes redstone...

They wouldn't be able to use redstone if they were seen being nice to builders?!

Min-lub: (-nods with a sigh-)

Wow... That's harsh... B-But... Let's carry on. 7, you said their identity mattered earlier, didn't you?

7-12-G: Mhm. My world hosts the Hunger Games. It's the toughest and best that survive the longest; that's the harsh truth. I'd say Doc and Iskall both have a rather good chance of survive: they're both extremely skilled fighters, cunning and pretty ruthless to boot... So long as neither of them die from something stupid, like... Falling into a pit, or something.

Hm. That's nice. U.P!

U.P: I don't see any danger in my server, unless the real life people accidentally see and delete us... But... That would be the end for us...

Fair play... You guys gotta be careful, ok? Right, let's get this one over with... PsychA. What about you?

PsychA: Low, if I have anything to do with it... Heh heh... I've many lovely surprises planned out for them, especially Doc... (-twitches-) He was one of the first to call me a crazed danger, you know!

(-mumbles-) Lucky he's good at keeping 'crazed dangers' away, hm? Ok, Ghost, your turn.

Ghost: I don't know.

Wait what-

Ghost: I don't know! I just... I don't know the beast, and what it does... It's deadly and can change its shape as simply as we can, and that's all I know. I... Don't know what it is, what it wants, what it even does... So, I can't say. Tell your friend I'm sorry.

No, it's ok, that's understandable! I'm sure Aqua senpai will understand too. Now... Nightingale, are you ok with answering?

Nightingale: (-nods slowly-) S-Same as-as Ghost... To be fair... Doc and Iskall are already infected, and... In their own way, two of the most... (-sighs-) Most dangerous. They're wild. They pick fights. They didn't cooperate as easily. This behaviour is mostly the reason why...

... Carry on...

Nightingale: ...The reason why that, even when I finally am able to fix the broken link to society, I won't have anyone come near them. Not until I find a cure first... I'm not even sure what society is like up there anyway... Is everyone infected? I... I can't say. And I'm sorry I can't say what may happen to Doc and Iskall in the future either... For now though... I... I think they're safe with me.

It's ok. So, for Aqua senpai... I'm going to say the order from most likely to least likely is...

L.O.A.H, as there's nothing dangerous there

Club, as there's also pretty much nothing dangerous there

P.N.N, same reason as the Club AU

Shifted- yes PsychA, shush, for the same reason as Fear's

Fear, as there's nothing in the immediate future

Sacrifice, because of the reason the HG AU is worst

... Hunger Games, because... It's the only AU where it's certain that at least one won't survive.

7-12-G: (-whispers under breath-) Not if I have anything to do about it...

Mmm... Well, that's about it! That's all the questions we received, and have answered! Maybe I'll be able to really develop these AUs in the future, I'm actually getting pretty deep into them...

I'm running a lil short on... A thing that keeps me going, so I suppose you guys will be seeing a bit more of these AUs! I-I hope you guys... Don't mind that...?

Now!

(-walks closer to camera. The rest of the ACs carry on talking in the background... Until PsychA runs off, leading the rest of them in a chase behind me-)

Some extra info! I guess... The headcannons of today that aren't secret? Hm... OKIE DEN-

Headcannons in this chapter
- 7-12-G, Ghost and PsychA have the brashest actions/ reflexes, due to what their role is in their AU. Nightingale would've been included, but her reflexes are more calculated beforehand, due to some of the monsters being... Clever
- Magpie is the most inquisitive, and doesn't mind curiosity. Sometimes she forgets that too much of it can be considered rude
- Mentally, Nightingale and PsychA would be the oldest (physically, they're all about the same age as I am). They're also very similar: they both went through a very bad experience, but turned out differently through it:

Nightingale is good, but has 'lost her voice'. PsychA is good, but has 'lost her way'.

- 7-12-G is possibly both the least and most judging. This is because of how her AU affected her: she cares not about appearances, unless it implies a threat. So, she judges you on what she thinks you're skilled at
- Ghost died in a... Special way... This is clearer once compared to others who've died
- PsychA, like the current EX, wasn't always bad. Something happened that really hurt her, which was worsened by the people she loved rejecting her once they found out she was going insane. This, especially the deliberate ignoring and disgust shown to her, only sped up the process
- Every AC still won't allow for fate to take over. Especially those like 7-12-G, Nightingale and Ghost
- If not seen before, I headcannon most of my ghosts to have no irises, legs, or colour. They don't usually age, are usually semi-transparent and usually can't be affected by the living. How the died is usually clear, like with Ghost and 7-12-G. I have reasons for all of these, and can happily explain it! But... It's not about me!

Though our two ghosts are very similar, they do have differences:

1) Ghost can't touch anything or be seen, 7-12-G is able to physically touch (she can touch people and objects with her hands, but not with other objects. So no stabbing)  the living and is able to be seen by some.
2) Ghost has more ghostly powers that she's had to quickly learn to get used to, while 7-12-G has had... Time to learn about hers
3) Ghost has friends, while 7-12-G had...
Their deaths are obviously different, though both died by a 'stab' wound
4) Both are stuck as their chosen hybrid. However, Ghost chose to be a wolf hybrid for fun and the extra senses (which still can be used!), though 7-12-G chose a cat hybrid for an extra, entirely different reason

Now for some power info:

- U.P isn't really supposed to exist. No one knows why she does, but she's viewed as a glitch. Her powers include glitching herself and other things around/ into or out of existence; sort of like admin powers, but with more risk and unpredictability (think... High risk, high reward, high goals)

- Nightingale is the best at medical care, and the most collected/ calm when dealing with gore alongside 7-12-G (PsychA would revel in it and possibly 'have an episode', Ghost would still be emotionally hurt). She has the least flashy power of quick, efficient healing, usable on herself and others... Though she's also another special power that she doesn't currently know of

- PsychA is the most skilled in manipulating herself. For example- bodily contortions, unpredictable skill set, very speedy transformations, different feral but strategic fighting styles etc. are all things caused by her mental instability that she's managed to control. It's scarily cool and makes her one of the, if not most, dangerous ACs

- Min-lub, as mentioned before, can use her brush to create solid objects using ink. The bigger the size/ complexity/ quantity of this object, the more ink and time used. Yes, this is inspired by Ink!Sans. She also holds certain knowledge of the two club bases for a special reason

- Ghost can not physically interact with anything. To compensate for this, she's able to do a number of ghostly things instead: save souls, levitate, be able to eventually learn two other special ghostly abilities

- Magpie has the least new special abilities, due to... Something I have planned for her AU

- No other AC has a special Author's C.P.S.T except myself. No one else has Author Majicks either, though they each have different powers.

And that concludes our lovely AU QnA! If anyone has any extra questions, I'll answer them personally! Be prepared for spoilers that I didn't add in here though.