Welcome to The Caves Beneath Gardenview!
(As more information about the AU is made, more will show up here!)
What Is Caverns Of Ichor?
DW: Caverns of Ichor is an AU taking place in 2018, or 16 years after the closure of Gardenview.
Due to the toons not having been taught how to maintain elevators, and having only managed to figure out basic interior care over time since closure, there ends up being a lot of wear on the elevator.
Eventually, one day, during a group's normal trip down into Gardenview to once again extract ichor, the wires snap, the safety brakes fail to engage, and the elevator falls far down into the deepest depths of Gardenview.
Down to a section that had been lost to time.
The toons who are now stuck down there must find a way out, discover the best-kept secrets of both Gardenview and their own creation, and survive a creature that has been long forgotten.
Who Are The Characters?
There are a few groups of characters in DW: COI. Let's start with the most important one.
In The Caves
Down in the caves, we have a total of nine toons.
Mains
The Mains in this AU mainly serve as leaders after Dandy assumedly goes missing in the elevator crash
Pebble is not included in this list due to...well he's a dog, and can't take leadership...
How Will This AU Work?
Currently, with how this is planned to be structured, here's how this AU will be formatted.
Once the first part of any arc is finished, it will be uploaded and linked on the Masterlist accordingly, from there, it will update with a new part every Saturday.
If there is reason as to why I was unable to update it that week, I will make a post to make a brief reasoning as to why, and give an estimated date that it will be ready by.
This will continue until the arc is finished, there will also be art pieces within every single arc, but it will vary depending on how many scenes I feel need art.
That was how it was planned to work, with the swap to AO3, it will be different, go follow the fic if you'd like to stay updated now! Caverns Of Ichor (AO3)
Now, this is the part that may change depending on how people want to interact with the AU.
Once an arc comes to an end, I will make an ATT (Ask The Toons) post. You can ask any of the introduced characters any question you'd like. The comments on the post will be open for two weeks before I close them and start working on the answers.
The toon(s) you ask will respond in character based on the point they're at in the story with either art and text, or just text.
I would respond to as many as I can, and once I either finish all of them, or can't do anymore, I will make a post announcing the end of "Arc # ATT Is Now Over!" and I will provide a date I will return for the next arc to start.
I hope you all are interested in the proposed ending for each arc! In fact, as of me writing this, I am finishing up the last of the main ref sheets, and will start working on Arc 1 after posting them. Hope to see you there!