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Minor: Dark Flier, Immortal, Boxer (Pugilist), Exploitive, Swordmaster, Angry Cinnamon Roll, Tripping, Perpetual Cheer, Chef, Blacksmith, Pegasus Knight, Teacher, Librarian, Masochist, Literal-Minded, Authoritative, Phobia, Thicc, Tsundere, Damsel in Distress, Gangrel's Child, Child, Communist, Bomber, Bear Cavalry, Flying, ADHD, Super Strength, Patriotic, Scottish, Sassy, One Liner, Seamstress, Shephard, Speedy, Cool, Shy, Bookworm, Sweet, Kung Fu, Buff, Lazy, Wingless Flight, Blunt, Paranoid, Elf, Dwarf, Scottish, Melancholic, Punny, Dark Mage.
Standard: Elemental, Deaf, Nurse/Medic, Valmese Tactician, Medusa, Gift from Validar + evil to good, Mimic, Emotionless, Crippling Overspecialization (Idiot Savant), Coward, ESP, POW, PTSD, Magician, Mute, Handicapped, Secret Helper, Morpher, Dreamwalker, Twins, Regenerating, Animal Whisperer, Naga/Tiki Assistant, Deadly Touch, Mind Reader, Doppelganger, Arachne, D&D magic, Umbramancer, Dominatrix, Songstress, Kinky, Matchmaker, Androphobic, Illusionist, Attraction Aura, Ring Maker, Therapist, Teleporting, Crippled, Puppet, Broken, Hallucination, Depressed, Slave, Love Curse, Detective, Geokinetic, Trauma, Siren, Changeling.
Unlikely: Chrom's child, Minotaur, Paladin, Werewolf, Future Soldier, Bounty Hunter, Weather control, Kleptomaniac, Druid, Steampunk, Shadow Familiar, Magic Augmentation, Lucky, Exile, Piper (Charmer), Gladiator, Witch Doctor, Centaur, Drunk, Demon, Punk, Harpy, Revenant, Luck Manipulation, Demon Summoner, Megalomaniac, Kitsune, King of Plegia, Mood Ring, Reverse Aging, Hammerspace, Prostitute, Demon Hunter, Cyborg, Deadlord, Rebellion, Einherjar, Trap, Yandere, Living Weapon, Size Shifter, Queen of Plegia, Gluttonous, Stretchy, Alchemist, Protoss, Spirit Manipulation, Invisible, Plegian Honor Guard, Mecha, Kryptonian, Creator, Orc, Memory Stealing Respawn, Racer, Khan, Misfortune, Vampire Hunter, Imaginary Actualization, Death, Resurrection, Force, Merchant, Background Music, Variable, Civilian, Natural Disaster, Mental Noise Projection, Hidden OP, Summoner, Cyclops, Teleporter, Cryokinetic, Genie, Judge, Intangibility, Fortune Teller, Serial Killer, Magic Fixit, Drakengard Restoration, Ying-Yang, Childhood Friend, Cyberpunk, Chrom's Mother, Obsessed, Berserker, Phase Shift, Gravity Manipulation, Hallucinating, Bladesoul, Zombie, Double Entendre, Shared Body/Two Souls, Cannibal, Violent, Waterbender, Casanova, Cupid, Undertaker, Master Thief, Guard, Faceless, Shadow, Age Control, Cradle Snatcher, Emo, Nun, Courier, Haunted Knight Armor, Egyptian, Sentient Object, Shit Lord, Court Wizard, Naga's sibling, Mad Queen, Artist, Predator, Cheshire Cat, Radio Host, Chimera, Wendigo, Witch, Symbiote, Hivemind, Hammerspace, Anna, Mother Nature, Psychopath, Stripper, Painting, Grima Parts, Knightmare, Super, Swimsuit, Bunny Outfit, One Punch, Idol, Chef, Rampage, Housewife, Determination, Vessel of Naga, Instant Expert, Time Travel, Hermit, Alternate Dimension 'Twin', Legendary, Resistance, Memory Regain, Umbra Witch, Naga, Aquatic, Hexblade Warlock, Dragon, Demon of Choice, Demon of Temptation, Affliction, Good Samaritan, Gallant, Rosannite Tactician, Leeroy, Dungeon, Apparition, Unwilling, Wildlife Commander, Consistent Kidnapee, Grenadier, Magic Creature, Alternating Mind Control, Sothis in the Mind, Exalt, Unicorn, Pegasus, Alicorn, Star Lord, Slenderman, Bird Laguz, Junk Dealer, Gate Guardian, Shaman, Ghostbuster, Exorcist, King, Soldier, Bird Wings, Failed Vessel, Of the Corn, Valentian, Harem, Genie, Car, Incubus, National personification.
Robin of the Infinite Cycle, also Insane Robin as suggested by Guest.
"Watch out Dear." Robin says. She pulls him out of the way of… nothing. Nothing flies past Chrom's face or through the area he was just occupying. No arrow, no dagger, no firebolt, nothing. Robin, however, raises her tome and sends a blast of lightning into the bushes despite that, and nods in satisfaction as if she succeeded in something.
Chrom will reluctantly admit he's getting used to this. "This" meaning Robin reacting to things that aren't there as well as calling him "Dear" or "Honey" or something similar.
No, they're not married, or even in a relationship. They've known each other for all of two weeks. Robin is still quite a stranger to him. If she wasn't hyper-competent despite her hallucinations Chrom would probably have put her in a psych ward by now.
Chrom puts a hand on her shoulder. "There's nothing there Robin."
"Ah…" The lady blinks slowly. Her vibrant blue eyes focus on him for a second. "Of course. Sorry Dear."
"Chrom." He corrects.
"Sorry Chrom."
"What did you see?" Normally Chrom wouldn't really care, but Mural has taken to recording all of Robin's various oddities and has thus requested that the Shepherds ask for explanations when something odd happens with Robin.
"There's always an archer." Robin murmurs. She points to the bush she obliterated. "There should be an archer."
"Should be?"
"Yes." Robin nods. "There should be, but there wasn't."
"Why should there be?"
"Because there always is."
"Why?"
"Because…" Robin says slowly. A frown crosses her face, and her palm curls into a fist. "Hmm… no… I can't say."
"What? Why not?"
"You shouldn't know." She says firmly. Robin sounds more certain about this than anything else, which is bizarre. "I can't say. Sorry De- Chrom."
"It's fine." No, of course it's not fine! What does that even mean? What possible reason is there for Robin not telling him? Is that knowledge actually dangerous, or maybe Robin just thinks it's dangerous as another one of her delusions? Both are distinct possibilities. He can't push more though. Trying to pry into Robin's reasons seldom works and has only agitated her in the past. So, despite that fact that this is very not fine, he needs to act like it is. "Is there anything else that might come up that I should know about?"
"That you should know about? No, no, not that you can know." Robin mumbles. Her eyes move off him and back to the bushes; scanning, watching. One of her arms comes up and wraps around his shoulders. "Don't worry, I'll protect you Dear."
"Chrom."
"I'll protect you Chrom."
"Still not reassuring…"
The two of them complete the patrol without further incident. Robin raises her hand a few more times against foes that aren't there, but refrains from shooting, possibly remembering her initial mistake. It's obvious she sees things, but she separates fiction from reality… barely.
###
"Lucy…"
"Mother!?"
"Young again…"
"Again? Mother, what are you talking about? I- You shouldn't know about me! Did one of the others tell you?"
"Not yet? I'm too early again then. Sorry my little Lucy."
"Too early? I had no plans to ever tell you!" The princess insists. She glances down the hallways around them. "We can speak later Mother, for now we must protect Lady Emmeryn."
"Futile…"
"Paron?"
"No… no, you shouldn't know that. Don't worry Lucy, I'll deal with it." Robin murmurs. She walks off down a hallway, barely paying attention to the world around her. "It's always this way…"
"What's wrong with Mother?" The princess worries. "She was never like that in my world, not even near the end, and Father never mentioned anything about her being like this in the past. Is she Mother then? She looks like her, but she knows me already and she shouldn't."
The girl hears hoofbeats charging down the hall to her left, the opposite direction her Mother went, and readies her blade.
"There is something wrong here. I need answers. Not now though. Later. I have a job to do now."
The worry gnaws at the back of her mind the entire fight.
###
It was different this time, again. There are always small changes. An extra archer here, a missing wyvern rider there. Slightly different conversations, sometimes different names, different appearances, but always the same essence. Even her own body tends to change. Blue hair, green hair, white hair, male, female, red eyes, brown eyes, light skin dark skin… she's been all of them at some point.
What was she originally? She was a she, but she can't really remember beyond that. She remembers being taller the first time… no… was that the second? Or is that now? Now she's taller, right? Assuming Chrom is the same height as he usually is, yes she is.
"Mother?"
"Lucy…" Blue eyes? No, no, those aren't blue… purple? Green? She can't see clearly. "Are you blue?"
"Blue?"
"Your eyes."
"Y-Yes Mother, they are."
"Good… just like the first time…"
"The first time? What's that Mother?"
"It… I can't tell you."
"Right. Mother, I'm worried."
"I will protect you." She always wins. She always has before, and it won't stop now. She won't let it.
"I'm worried about you Mother. You're acting oddly. Is something wrong?"
Wrong? Of course it's wrong. World after world after world… she isn't becoming a new person, she's replacing the rightful person. Whoever Robin was here, whoever she should have been, she's gone now. Instead, it's her. Again. "Maybe I am…"
"Mother? Talk to me, tell me what's wrong."
"I can't." She can't know. What would she think, if she knew? "A madwoman replaced your mother, little one, she's dead. You have me instead."
"Mother, please-"
"I can't Lucy. You can't know."
"Mother." Firm voice, an ultimatum? "What is my name?"
"Lucy."
"Full name."
"Lucina Lowell."
"Wrong."
Another discrepancy. A different name.
"Lucilla." Furrowed brow, suspicion, caution. She's been exposed. "Lucilla Von Lowell."
"I see…"
"Who are you?"
"I am… Robin."
"What Robin? Which one? You are not my mother."
"True… but I can't say more…"
"What did you do to my mother?"
"I can't- won't- say more."
A hand on the hilt. Falchion. How different is this one? Does she have enough hate to strike Robin down? Maybe, but probably not. Robin won't allow it even if she does. She will complete the cycle… it's all she can do.
"Morgan… is Morgan alright?"
"Morganna is fine."
Morganna? Usually Morgan is male when Robin is female, and their name usually only changes to Marc if anything. Another change.
"Good… good…"
"What is your intent, imposter?" Lucilla asks. "Why are you here? Why here, and not somewhere else."
"No choice. I have no control." Robin murmurs. "I intend to win."
"Win against who?"
"Cannot say…"
"Against Grima?"
"..."
"You already know." Lucilla says quietly. "But you won't say it."
The girl turns her back on Robin and walks away.
"Do what you will, imposter. Win against Grima. But know I won't forgive you for killing my mother."
###
"Anything Mural?"
"Perhaps." The mage says with a frown on her face. "I have a hypothesis, but it seems unlikely enough for me to not give it much weight. Two hypotheses actually."
"Tell me anyways." Chrom insists. He takes a seat across from her. "I'll take any explanations at this point."
"Based on the evidence so far…" Mural says reluctantly. "Robin is either hallucinating, just like others with similar mental illnesses, or… well, she is still hallucinating, but with a reason. The things she's said hint at future knowledge. However, that future knowledge that is inaccurate. She consistently gets things wrong. She recognizes the general trends of events correctly, but the specifics seem to be different."
"So she's a prophet?"
"No. Remember the things she has said. She sees some things as variable that should not be so. The color of Sully's hair, for example. She consistently thinks it is red, or pink, or purple, but there is no variance in such a thing Sully's hair is, and has always been, green. Yet Robin constantly thinks it is something else."
"So if she's not a prophet, what is she?"
"An outrealmer; and one who has been through several similar worlds before." Mural replies. "Or, at least, that is my hypothesis. It seems quite unlikely, but the facts line up so far."
Chrom leans back in his seat. It's a theory that beggars belief, but Chrom can see why that might be true. "But why would Robin bother doing that?"
"I don't know." Mural sighs. "And that is why this hypothesis is tentative. There are elements that simply do not line up."
"Even so, thank you for your continued investigation." Chrom murmurs.
"Of course Milord. This is deeply fascinating, and we may learn something about the larger universe from Robin. I would not pass up such an opportunity for anything."
###
Another cycle is imminent, Grima is going to rise within the next few months, and Robin is preparing for it. Once upon a time Grima was a threat, a danger. Now, Grima is a nuisance. Everything is a nuisance. Robin has not fought a genuinely threatening foe in decades.
As it does every time, the thought crosses her mind that she could end the cycle. There has always been the option to allow Chrom to strike the final blow and put Grima to sleep for a thousand years.
"It wouldn't be any different." She tells herself sometimes. "I'll never live to see Grima's revival in this body anyhow, and maybe if I don't kill Gima, I won't revive again. I can live out a nice, peaceful life, and let this all end."
But she knows she won't. Of course she won't. Leaving Gima to Chrom would condemn this world to an endless war one every thousand years. A war, she has no doubt, that Grima would eventually win.
At this point Robin has no doubt that she's insane. She has constant hallucinations, and has to many memories of the same thing happening with small variations, and can barely tell dream from reality, but she knows her goal. Her goal has always been to save others. Even if it means going through another cycle, taking over another Robin and condemning another Morgan and their sibling to live without their true parent, if it means she can save this world and countless other worlds, she'll do it. She's done it dozens of times before, and she'll do it again.
It's normal this time. Chrom tells her not to do it as he always does (except that one time where he was evil… that sucked), as do most of the other Shepherds. Even Morgan. Morganna. Even Morganna tells her not to, despite being furious at a time that she'd basically replaced her mother. Only Lucilla doesn't stop her. She has a sort of grim satisfaction on her face… or is that a memory? That's happened before, hasn't it?
Robin ignores them all, of course. She has to. They might value her life over the lives of millions of future people in this world, but she doesn't. When they stand tall on Grima's back, Robin charges on ahead while ignoring the cries of her allies. She's far too powerful for even elite Risen and Grimleal to scratch her.
Once upon a time this might have been a dramatic moment for her. Killing the Fell Dragon would have been accompanied by a ferocious battle cry, a speech, and a hard-fought battle with numerous near-deaths. That was a long time ago though, during her first few cycles. Now, Grima is a stepping stone to the next cycle.
With the roar of Risen around her and the cries of the Shepherds behind her, Robin run up to Grima and blasts her head off with a bolt of lightning.
###
"Chloe, we have to do something."
"What do you propose we do?"
"I-I dunno!"
Robin opens her eyes to two familiar faces. A blue, green, red haired man, woman, with a sword, lance, an axe… and a girl, a boy, a brother, a sister, with a staff, a tome, a bow, something…
"Her eyes don't seem to be focusing on us sis. Check her forehead, is she overheated?"
"Not that I can feel. Maybe she's injured. Let's carry her to Southtown. Fredericka, you can carry her on your horse, right?"
"Of course Milady."
"Don't worry friend." The man- woman? A woman, that's rare. Blue though… Robin likes blue… "You're safe with us. We'll get you taken care of as quickly as possible."
"That's nice…" Robin thinks as she drifts to sleep. "Here we go again…"
Experimental, as you probably guessed. Loosely inspired by Nier Automata.
B1ackAshes: Thanks for the kind words. I know I'll get to 100 just fine, it's just a matter of which ideas I'll actually complete along the way.
Dandaman5: Minerva was a whole lot of fun. I wasn't expecting her to be fun at first, I've usually been of the opinion that Minerva as a part of Cherche's character is a detriment because Cherche's obsession with her is annoying, but no. Minvera was arguably more fun than Cherche.
zerofire210: Good? I mean, the point of Respawn Robin was that he was blatantly psychopathic, but sure. A little spark of good in everyone, right?
Tophermon: It's unlikely we'll see Tiki again to be honest. I've planned to give every character I can think of a prominent role in at least one chapter, so there's very little space for a repeat. That said, the list of female characters I still need to use is smaller than male character (because M!Robin doesn't have the same pairing pop up over and over like F!Robin), so there's a change. It's unlikely, but there's a chance.
LoveGlutton: Glad you like it!
Hunter of Entities: Is that a reference to the video game? I've never played it. You'll have to explain what exact quirk you want.
bauers374: Yep, the first time we've seen Cherche in any prominent role. Same with Gerome. Honestly, Communist Robin probably isn't going to be used because of how minor a quirk it is, and also just because I favor other ideas over it. Sorry.
tslsmonkey: Genie… yeah, that might be a difficult one. I don't see myself using it, but I'll put it on the list anyhow. I hope I can continue to please, at least until this compilation ends.