AUs

alternate universes & reincarnations

the various lives of zarina kassir

Notes

a couple of things in regards to these aus. first, constants:

1) her father is most likely dead
2) probably dating/married to caleb quinn (deathslinger). if you play deathslinger and don't ship it but still interested in playing the aus available feel free to disregard! all portions of this will be noted down with an asterisk *
3) ghostface 😒 this varies and depends on the player & au however. like with #2 disregard if not interested!

Hooked on You

there are two particular hooked on you aus: survivor zarina and killer zarina.

survivor zarina:
- bartender mainly bc 1) they listen to their patron when they talk plenty, and 2) they know all the gossip bc of #1 most of the time especially when they have regulars. she can still plays all roles on the island when required of her but she's well liked as a bartender bc talking to people + she has experience with customer service + she's already got the skills to be a social chameleon in canon she can probably be one in this au
- bc of the above maybe she knows all the killers favorite drinks, knows how to talk to them, that way she blends in + survives longer than others maybe
- sometimes she can be found on ip island but most of the time she's on murderer's island
- gameplay-wise, zarina is the bartender the protag can speak to for information about other killers. speaking to her a few times will also hint and unlock a sidequest:
- *she & the deathslinger are the vn trope of the protag playing cupid to get them together, which is optional but unlocks the secret ending (yes we're also using bioware/vn romance tactics). getting them together also severely decreases the chances of her dying repeatedly.
- she's the one directing the confessionals bc it's one of her specialties
- has definitely died several different ways like her co-workers
- ghostface is her least favorite customer
- tbh hoy trapper calling zarina karina or some other name and when she corrects him he's like oh right your name is DEAD and kills her

killer zarina:
- if reverse au: she can normally be found by the pool either sunbathing or swimming. also has a similar sidequest to her survivor counterpart where it's optional to either romance her or help her and survivor caleb* by playing cupid. her secret spot is a private movie theater and the person from her past would be her father.
- if she is in the vanilla killer roster: same solo route as reverse au. alternatively* can be found vibing with her cowboy bf, they are not a romance route like trickster. flirting with either of them is fine but only to a limit otherwise it might get the protagonist killed.

Killer

a filmmaker driven to vengeance upon the death of her father. she hunts down clark stevenson first, the rest of his gang follows suit. she dons a dark, stylish outfit accompanied by a mask that she finds at the theater and a veil that hides her identity. her sight is taken from her, being only able to see through sound for justice is blind.

INFORMATION
name — zarina kassir
alias(es) — the director, the judge
realm — a mishmash brooklyn that has a theater, gas station, and a motel with broken heating. needs to be a modern contrast to glenvale. TBA
mori — she sets up her camcorder at an angle, then proceeds to slash and gut the survivor, 4 claws across the throat, and then a glasglow smile.

LOADOUT
passive — After not attacking for 6 seconds, Zarina becomes undetectable until she attacks a survivor. She begins the match undetectable.

ability — zarina has two pieces of equipment she can swap between: her recorder and her camera.
the flash of her camera blinds survivors for a certain amount of time, unable to do any actions like vaulting windows and whatnot. aoe effect, but the center = longest blind. she's given time to attack.
she has five recorders she can place anywhere on the map. it creates a false terror radius. survivors can destroy it, but the entity creates another recorder for her to use again.

weapon — retractable, sharpened clawed nails on a glove

add ons — located here.

perk 1 // for the people — an obsession perk. can see the obsessions aura within a certain distance without being revealed. damaging the obsession gives them the broken status for x amount of seconds.

perk 2 // red herring — whenever a survivor becomes injured by any means, the auras of any survivors within 10 meters of the injured survivor will be revealed to you for 12/14/16 seconds.

perk 3 // hex: off the record — A Hex that rewards your sheer determination. Whenever a killer hooks two unique survivors consecutively, Off The Record activates. On the killer's next attack, they will have true strike which will be able to down any survivor whether or not they have the endurance effect up.

she's either a killer in reverse au or alongside the vanilla killer roster. TBA

19th Century*

born 1851 in lebanon, her family moves to north america in the year 1870. she adapts well in her new home country and learns english extremely well. by the time she reaches 25 years of age, the outlaw named clark stevenson kills her father. upset and angry, she ventures out to his rumored location: somewhere in the american frontier. she meets caleb quinn on 1876 and hires him to find stevenson. she comes along because she wants to see his arrest with her own eyes.

becomes mrs. quinn through a secret marriage during 1878. by 1881, her husband disappears. she eventually returns back to new york, abandoning the house caleb builds for them. becomes interested in investigative journalism, inspired by her father's death and the disappearance (not death because his body is never found) of her husband.

College

- studies journalism
- meets danny johnson and nancy wheeler at the journalism org they join
- has a podcast/online video series with danny ala shane and ryan's buzzfeed unsolved series.
- yes they collab with haddie and jordan sometimes!
- hires caleb quinn* as a one time camera man for an episode that doesn't go too well. makes it up to him by buying him coffee that ends up with them talking all night long together. he eventually becomes her constant camera man and close friend.
- father dies later on, a year or two after (note: decide!) just starting her studies. zarina & her mother move to a small apartment in manhattan, zarina applies for a scholarship so that she doesn't have to stop studying.
- zarina takes in part-time jobs to help her mother while still studying. lots of stress. freelancing writing and filming. she quits the podcast to give herself more time for work and studying.

NOTES / Hoy / Killer / 19th Century* / College