the pce everypence au

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Author: Chibi
Story: Moonsparkle Hill (everypence au)
Color: Indigo (Circinus)
Styles and Supplies: Eraser (everypence au), chiaroscuro, gesso (not-cats from pce), fun fact this would be wood if i had waited like another month and probably also wrote a proper ending to it but nahhhhhh
Wordcount: 356 + 393 + 149 + 72 = 970 words
Warnings: bit old, i made this shit like 11 months ago. formatting is also a bit wonky lol

One time, the Fens stopped their gathering,
And started to take out their rage on the resources they had collected,
It was a crisis of the highest priority.
The Pencemakers came to fix the problem.
As it turned out, all the Fens needed was to talk their issues out.

Halo

You have no right!

Ram

I have every right, old lady!

Vera

What you did to the Robots in the south…

Why!? Why!

It’s not right!
 

Oceane

They needed it! We needed to kick them back into gear!

Cinderneck

In that way!?

Fate

It had to be done.

Dulcet

Did it?

Did you ask Mother?

Fate

…Snowsparkle wouldn’t care.

Dulcet

You’re wrong!

Music starts.

Dulcet

Did you even ask her

If there was another way?

Did you even realize

There are better ways to save the day.

I’m just a kid, y’know,

But if I were a Trade,

I would give much better aid

Than you, pathetic you!

Oceane

Shut up!

It was the only way!

Kid, in life,

There’s no easy way

To fix every strife!

Fate

It was the only thing we could do!
Trust me- I would, if I were you!

Vera

Even you know what

you did wasn’t right,

Pencemaker!

Oceane

Shut up!

Everyone! Let’s end this!

The Pencemakers group together

and raise their wands up into the air…

A fog surrounds the North cats…

Goldy

What is this!?

Oceane

What you’ve seen,

Forget it.

Fate

You’re happier without it.

Timber

Things that aren’t meant to be known.

Ram

Get lost, forget it all.

Oceane

Let every memory fall.

Fate

Smile after it all.

Timber

Go now, on your way.

Ram

Now, forget this day!

When the fog clears,

The Trade cats have walked off,

Leaving the North cats all alone…

Vera

Where was I?
What’s my name?

Dulcet

Why was I

Thinking of a dame?

Goldy

There’s something LOST here…

Cinderneck

Is this pond a… mirror?

Halo, Vera, Dulcet, Goldy, and Cinderneck

Who are we?

Lost, we’re lost.

Forgot it all.

Was this the cost?

Or setup to fall?

Lost, we’re lost.

Forgot it all.

Doomed to wander

In the fall.

Before that, of course, the Robots saw something-

Who cares what that was? A shooting star? A falling tree?

Whatever they saw, it got them all lost,

So the Pencemakers came to guide them.

Turns out all they needed was some encouragement!

Shadow

Why are you here?!

Did you come to do something to us too!?

Oceane

By what do you mean?!

The cats at the Temple

were just worrying too much,

That’s all.

Oxbaren

And now they’re gone lazy.

Oceane, what have you done?

Oceane

I…

Oxbaren!

Music starts

Oceane

Oxbaren!

You thorn at my side!

Oxbaren!

Go curl up and hide!

Oxbaren, I cast upon thee-

Fate

Now hold up-

I won’t do that

If you were me.

Shadow

You turned the Temple spoiled,

Breadstick

You ruined them!

They’re soiled!

Thicket

Little sheep!

Little lambs!

Quiet down,

all around.

For the future of Everypence

Screw prophecy,

We’ll set you free

From every worry…

Fate

…Except just one.

Work and work

For your lives, everyone!

Consider this some encouragement!

The Pencemakers raise their wands.

Thicket

Fight for your lives!
Little lambs, it’s ok!

If you keep running,

You’ll always stay

Away from the wolves’

Jaws, their terrifying

Mawls, oh little lambs,

I order thee!

Fate

Work so you don’t die!

Oceane

Push you right back into line!

Chosen

Ok, everything is fine.

Pencemakers

Work or you’ll run out of time!

Something in the air shifts.

The South cats get back to their duties immediately

Shadow

Work or I’ll die!

Breadstick

Buzzing in my mind!

Oxbaren

Oceane, you never learned!

Your power is not hard-earned!

Dryn

Gotta work ‘til my paws burn!

Shadow

Only fighting to survive!

Breadstick

If it turns out we don’t die

We’ll set you guys alight!

‘Peacekeeper’, your position tight!

But you’ll lose it in a night!

Fate

As if, as if.

We need to do this.

Please understand,

You underhanded

Child raised by a Fen.

Breadstick

Spare Vera from your sin!

Don’t you dare trap xer in

One of these curses that

You tell yourself

You needed so.

You didn’t need to do this at all!

You’re gonna cause Everypence to fall!

Look now! Mom’s homeland!

They’re causing as much ruckus as they can!

Why are you going towards them?

Reverse this curse! You fucking scum!

You caused this! Don’t you dare run!

You’re ruining it for everyone!

It all started with the Temple.

The residents of the Temple were awfully upset

They called for the Pencemakers.

They just needed to talk.

Oceane

For what do you call us?

Fate

What problem can we solve?

Chosen

For what do you ask for?

Thicket

Please, we'll give it our all!

Annora

We saw something awful ahead.

Where this kingdom

became a deathbed.

And-

Thicket

That's what you called us for?

Don't worry, we'll even the score.

Just have some cake

And drink some sake-

Annora

Do you really have that much faith

In yourselves, Pencemakers,

That you do not listen fully?

Listen to our warning-

Fate

No, there's no need to worry.

Eat cake and be merry.

We will save this kingdom.

Just sit and be calm, ok?

Snowsparkle

Are you listening…?

Once you leave this place…

The Robots will be aimless…

And the Fens will be lost…

so basically the trades make the null cats not give a shit about anyone who isnt themselves and then cut to after the fens/norths they go back to their section of everypence and turns out they used so much magic that everyone refilling their wands at once causes like all/most of them to die.
(in ‘most’, fate, chosen, and… thicket I think? all live but only fate keeps her memories)