Lightning in a Bottle

This AU features violence, gore, and death. Discretion is advised.

Lightning in a Bottle adds fantasy world-building and elements to Hi-Fi RUSH, as well as changing up the base story due to said fantasy additions, though many of the events and the structure of the main story itself are essentially the same.

The AU was conceptualized in September of 2023. It builds off of and utilizes some of the unused and underexplored aspects of Hi-Fi RUSH.

Cast

• Chai is an electric elemental demon
• Peppermint is a human enchanter
• 808's still a robot
• Macaron is a human mage
• CNMN's still a robot
• Korsica is an air elemental
• Rekka is an earth elemental centaur
• Zanzo is an elf wizard
• Mimosa is an ice elemental siren
• Roquefort is still a robot werewolf
• Kale is a human sorcerer
• Roxanne is a human enchanter

Stories

There is currently only one story available to read, which is the main story. There are two other stories that are planned to accompany it.

Main Story

Chronicles the events of, well, the main story. The summary is as follows:

Peppermint is on a mission. One she's determined to see through to the very end. Accompanied by her mechanical cat, 808, she seeks out some help in getting it done, which leads her to summoning an electric demon named Chai that has some...interesting and rather musical powers. The three set off to Vandelay City to uncover the secrets she's seeking. As they learn more, they find themselves having no option but to take down the crooked city management. Along the way, they make some new(-ish) friends

Some Things Are Best Left Dead

Takes place about a month after the end of the main story. The gang discovers a bunch of new SPECTRA signals that have suddenly started popping up. Knowing they can't leave something like this alone, they begin to investigate, which leads to them uncovering a few nasty surprises that Kale left behind for them.

The Curse

This is a side-story that takes place some point after the end of the main story. Chai and Korsica have a conversation about how they're "cursed."

Trivia

• The AU was originally named Undead Lullaby after the song by JT Music that inspired it.
• The AU is named after a song by Watt White.