Basically for those not in the know and never played cytus 1 (bc c2 overshadowed and they forgot abt this masterpiece) her Origin story is that her and her childhood friend rosabel (i think thats how its spelled) were close friends, but their paths split. Iris was raised in whats implied to be knightly/religious background, and rosabel was basically a princess.
Iris swears herself to knighthood, rosabel’s parents die at her coronation
Rosabel eventually finds a forbidden codex (name drop) and it basically is her turning point
Iris becomes a noble knight, rosabel rules her kingdom with an (evil!) iron fist and tons of cruelty
They eventually meet, clash swords, and iris slays her now corrupted friend :)
forever holding a vendetta against the fact rayark dropped this shit
rizunyan
Basically for those not in the know and never played cytus 1 (bc c2 overshadowed and they forgot abt this masterpiece) her Origin story is that her and her childhood friend rosabel (i think thats how its spelled) were close friends, but their paths split. Iris was raised in whats implied to be knightly/religious background, and rosabel was basically a princess.
Iris swears herself to knighthood, rosabel’s parents die at her coronation
Rosabel eventually finds a forbidden codex (name drop) and it basically is her turning point
Iris becomes a noble knight, rosabel rules her kingdom with an (evil!) iron fist and tons of cruelty
They eventually meet, clash swords, and iris slays her now corrupted friend :)
originally my idea was like “oh iris could be a color fixer” but ik
1. Too overpowered to be with limbus
2. I already got 2 of those and everybody and their mama has one. Its like the Mary Sue Go-To
3. Not justifiable or reasonable enough
But i’m thinking maybe a grade 3-4 fixer
12:29 AM
So strong but not… CRAZY strong. And obviously degraded
12:31 AM
But i’m thinking she’s someone noble and determined, and she’s in the process of finding rosabel (who prob by now is on her way up towards the top of a nest), hoping limbus company can be the leverage for that, in exchange for the golden boughs (and whatever they will do with them)
She’s def another case of “heathcliff thinks he can easily beat their skull in, but when he tries, he was already impaled 4 frames before he could even think of lifting his bat”
sei has soseki to go get down ms shonagon
faust/sinclair has iris to go get down mx president (and probably parry the bullet instead of taking it in the gut)
So its like
Should it be the awkward prince who has no clue how to deal with this knight who really wants the best for him
Or faust, who would entirely disregard her but its just funny for her to be like “keep displaying such excellency, my liege…”
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make another oc for her to guard <- spoken geniusly, smartsily and arrogancefully
So its like
Should it be the awkward prince who has no clue how to deal with this knight who really wants the best for him
Or faust, who would entirely disregard her but its just funny for her to be like “keep displaying such excellency, my liege…”
In my sleepy haze last night before i caved to my demons and fell asleep i went to tv tropes to get Quick Faust Analysis so I can properly configure her “ bond ” with Iris
10:31 AM
Somehow, that was unsuccessful and I ended up with 4 extra tabs researching entirely other pieces of media?
10:34 AM
But in noting this, I get a little on the fact I picked this up when designing Shiibake EGO.
I was thinking of iris’ happiness ego trying to figure how i’d want to individualize it. Because I gave Ishmael short hair and a thinner, lighter dress with slippers,
Outis has glasses, less tentacles, and a more traditional kind of gown,
Victor has a pants + shirt combo of sleepwear and her tentacles come from the (larger) mirror behind her back,
And ryoshu literally wears junihitoe
Also all have unique horn styles
rizunyan
But in noting this, I get a little on the fact I picked this up when designing Shiibake EGO.
yeah
lob corp - ego are ego suit
ruina - ego outfit that the librarians had is more abno and wild/similiar to the ego in limbus, manifest ego depends on each characters but usually goes with a theme
So i’d rather them look similar to the originals than other abnos entirely - and my little eldritch jello has been compared too much to spider bud on tiktok
But iris’ is a form of augmentation meant to protect her from a level of psychological damage / any damage pertaining specifically to her neck and above (so the damage from loud sounds, headshots, etc.)
It’s not perfect, but it’s like if getting mind whipped was about 50% as painful as usual
10:54 AM
An extra layer of resistance and something to give her an edge on combat as she isn’t as degraded when attacked in that manner and can thus think and react faster
yeah like i was gonna give holden eyebrow piercings (i’m still of the debate of if a lip piercing heightens his sexual appeal too much) but his upper face is already so busy with his hair, eye scar, and that fucking ugly hat
In my sleepy haze last night before i caved to my demons and fell asleep i went to tv tropes to get Quick Faust Analysis so I can properly configure her “ bond ” with Iris
ok so after researching this i feel like my original ideals kinda stand LMAO
10:54 PM
Idk why but I can’t see faust as someone able / willing to form any genuine human connection (hence why i don’t particularly subscribe to any ship with faust)
10:54 PM
HOWEVER
10:54 PM
Its not to say it’s impossible, it’s just less-than-traditional?
rizunyan
Idk why but I can’t see faust as someone able / willing to form any genuine human connection (hence why i don’t particularly subscribe to any ship with faust)
Iris would 100% look up to her because what she had to receive augmentation for, Faust almost inherently has (especially with the rapid sp gain in terms of mechanics) and that would floor her
yoa
I mean, there's platonic relationship
maybe you see faust as an aro also
kinda! faust is Too Smart for human connection lol
10:58 PM
But it’s likely a very unrequited feeling, especially from iris’ dedication and admiration. But that’s not to say it’s unrequited in a bad way, as many would believe
10:58 PM
just that Iris is infatuated, and faust simply Accepts It but doesn’t feel the same way
for me, I see her as all booksmart and knowledge but she has 0 fucking idea on relationship and human connection
she's very proud and prideful but most of her emotions feel lack of sympathy sometimes
And in a sense, both of them are pretty much unsure on how to interact with others, but it’s coped with in different ways. I’m still trying to figure how deep i wanna go in on it, but I feel like Iris comes from a heavily isolate, religious background so she had few friends — rosabel being essentially the only one she really had, and how that ended up
11:02 PM
is history
11:02 PM
and so Iris mostly only knows
Swing Sword for My Liege
Pray For Their Health
yoa
I'm also on a big train toward Faust being a homonculus idea
so the idea of her slowly understanding emotions and making friends would be cool
I gotta give iris some happiness but in a sense I think her impulse to defend and dedicate herself to Faust comes from the fact she just… feels like she has no purpose or role without someone / thing to protect
And, in general, no one engages with her SPECIFICALLY, so it’s definitely a change of pace when the new kid is bowing to you and she is insisting she sits next to you and protects you from all harm (even if you don’t need it)(edited)
11:08 PM
But over time maybe the arrangement works out, as silly as it looks to the others
Amazing. Rizunyan can predict the future. Excellent job, boss, I should have expected nothing less from the person who solved the quadruple triple trolley problem.
The good news is that at the current time frame i dont need to account for full jerrification, but by the time we get to hypothetically sei/vic/soseki’s cantos, yeah we def will
The good news is that at the current time frame i dont need to account for full jerrification, but by the time we get to hypothetically sei/vic/soseki’s cantos, yeah we def will
it's a bit late, but I did went back to look at the sinner fullbody sprite and realize
only don and ryoshu wear no vest, but because of the way don has accessories on her short
while ryoshu is on her smoking pose
people who try to sprite edit on female oc with no vest would be pain
yoa
it's a bit late, but I did went back to look at the sinner fullbody sprite and realize
only don and ryoshu wear no vest, but because of the way don has accessories on her short
while ryoshu is on her smoking pose
people who try to sprite edit on female oc with no vest would be pain
I PASSED OUT BEFORE I COULD READ THIS AND ANSWER
but it’s p much just like the other roseates, where she’s wrapped in the ribbons but i think there’s a lot of restrictions on her head and upper chest. And her halo is the bright pink, probably very flower-like
Iris’ room is prob super serene (on the good days), just a white void with a shallow, endless pool of cerulean water and tons of different flowers and butterflies around the place
If her mentality’s particularly bad, there’s corpses that can be seen pretty far away, and bloodied swords stabbed into the ground - they get greater in number as her mentality worsens
Ignore any bad signs, nap for 12 hrs, exit your room while the bus is on its way to the next district, receive some glances and then sit next to Lady Faust and guard her
someone peeks in and sees the increasing number of swords and blood-red sky and tells faust "can you check in with your bodyguard something might be up"
11:25 PM
"I took some free swords and they dont stop leaking blood"
“ey boss go look after your guard, i got like 6 swords in case somebody loses a weapon (or we need to arm some o’ the abnormalities that doc captures) but i saw some bodies in there”
concerns about iris' mental health aside I feel like some of the more mischevious sinners (looking at holden) would make a game of seeing who can collect the most swords before iris starts feeling better and the swords vanish
Would the swords that left the room vanish too or is it like, endless sword supply
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concerns about iris' mental health aside I feel like some of the more mischevious sinners (looking at holden) would make a game of seeing who can collect the most swords before iris starts feeling better and the swords vanish
If they didn’t that’d have really funny implications
11:30 PM
“Hey guys if i pull out the swords i stole from iris’ room do you think we can beat these thugs with just these swords?”
“Holden, you never cease to come up with the worst ideas.”
I do think iris and galatea would have something in common, being the type who live their life For a Purpose (being a knight, made as a lover and a soldier)
that’s kinda where they differ, then
as iris devotes herself solely to her purpose — being a knight for Faust, but also finding rosabel and (hopefully) bringing things back to how they were
I think a large part is that galatea's still young as hell whereas iris is older and has had more time to decide on her path - what she's doing, why she's doing it, how to endure the hardships of her path
"Lady Faust, I brought you a blanket."
"Thank you, Iris."
And for a little while longer, they sat in her room, watching the droplets fall from the swords into the pool.
Perhaps the knight would wish these days would go on just a bit longer, as she closed her eyes...
cheering for rosabel, but shaking my head while giving occasional glances at iris to show that I know what she did and do not condone it.
it is not convincing, because I have a custom rosabel penlight
on one hand she looks so fun to watch from a distance and on the other hand there is a deep and unerring certainty in my bones that I could pick her up like a sack of rice and dunk her in the basketball hoop
Well, given how sheltered she was being raised by the sanctuary, she’s got little social skills or capability in suppressing most emotions OUTSIDE of a combat / knightly context
1:30 AM
So she honestly feels like the type to just be absolutely pathetic and eepy all the time until she’s in battle, in which she perfectly plays the role her life depended on, being the holy knight
1:30 AM
Like, if Faust praises her at all she has to avoid tears
1:31 AM
And thus like, there’s a new ranking.
Top 5 wet towels
1. LCB Iris
2. LCHS Ishmael
3. LCM Sei
4. LCM Ishmael
5. LCM Iris
rizunyan
Like, if Faust praises her at all she has to avoid tears
In the extremely unlikely case she would say anything more than “you’re correct” to Iris confidently spouting what little expertise she has on a given subject
soseki'd be SO ready to pick her up by the scruff of the neck and carry her off to safety. this is the exact type of stuff that tugs at her heartstrings
1:40 AM
like she thinks of don as a kitten bc small and energetic but it's for laughs. soseki hears iris sniffle even a bit and it's Natsume Soseki's Catgirl Jumpscare: do you need a tissue or does your girlfriend have you covered
I’m still trying to see what I can do with it, mostly bc i’m working from essentially nothing. But as far as I’ve got, it’s essentially like … almost Classic Religious Cult in a way. Gifted child is revered as future holy knight, all other members devote their energy into making sure they’re raised with all the right traditions and skills and beliefs, it’s essentially isolated from the outside world — not that contact is forbidden (see: friendship with Rosabell), but it’s definitely weaned off and made almost “unnecessary” by the deacons / deaconesses.
The only reason Iris was able to “get out” was because she was eventually of age to actually apply for and eventually somewhat succeed as a fixer, and she declared a somewhat blanketed mission to the sanctuary to give her more independence and encourage them to look forward to raising the next knight
it essentially was 9 years of just doing jobs and saving money while carefully looking for rosabell, then cutting ties for the last year off of her earnings before being found and joining LCB
She’s well aware that her friend isn’t the same bright-eyed girl she was as a kid, and she knows herself that she can’t return to the sanctuary or live life like it’s still bright colors and happy
2:01 AM
But it’s kinda nice to be on this packed bus, and to rest her head on the shoulder of ** someone else who doesn’t quite see the world the same either(edited)
Why do I do it? Oh, simple… I enjoy it.
She doesn’t need it, I know. Lady Faust is incredible, much like a rose. She’s strong, beautiful, smart, everything to admire, and I…
I’m the thorns that protect such a precious rose.
I protect her because in the chance that she loses her guard, I’d rather be the one to take the hit. Even if we’ll be brought back, perhaps she becomes more thankful over time that she never felt the pain of the blade,
the lagging of the decay ampules, the searing sensation of a bullet between the ribs.
She shall seldom feel pain, as long as I live.
I require no gratitude, either. As long as Lady Faust is still able to smile and grace me with more knowledge as I rest, I…
I will consider that to be enough gratitude, for this fallen knight.
Thinking abt Iris’ story and canto
I get a lot of creative liberty with using a non-lit source, esp one with essentially No Set Story and one that can be interpreted and molded with
4:58 AM
What if the whole ruina formula of the 1v1 for the Olivier Fight or, afterwards, Roland and Argalia is brought for Iris’ canto fight
4:58 AM
A duel between her and Rosabell, finally fulfilling the first half of the goal Iris had
Like even down to where you can replace w ye olde sinner prisoner uniform and the symbolism (the little rosa looming above, the wings, how it looks like she’s looking up at her)
I’m still thinking about this faust edit i made bc i love this song v much and i heavily associate it with her (i mean, the lyrics… its just.. yeah.)
Its like a baby sensory video for me atp. But also
4:27 AM
Iris’ entire identity is NOT about admiring faust, bc i hate when characters/ocs are made JUST for a character’s ship and not given an identity outside of that
4:28 AM
And i know some people who do literally that and its such a sad waste of a potentially beautiful child
4:28 AM
HOWEVER
4:29 AM
A lot of who iris is does pivot on her relationship with faust — or rather, what Faust represents to her, given Iris definitely is seeing through rose tinted glasses and will 100% have that view shattered in the case faust betrays the group
4:30 AM
Like, the culmination of Iris’ character and worldview kinda hinges on the fact that of all 15 other sinners (or more, considering the entire cast here) — Iris fixated on Faust
4:32 AM
But this song gets me thinking more. It’s… beautiful, to say the least, def one of my favs ever. But it radiates this sort of mystical, beautiful vibe (which i bet you can see me rly tap into by the midpoint of the video, those egos and transitions LMAO)
And the sort of witch and knight kind of dynamic I think of
I have a fair bit of aphantasia surprisingly, but it’s usually like — i can barely imagine things but over time i build more and more pieces of information if i fixate on something, until the picture is horrifyingly clear
4:32 AM
And usually music helps w/ that aphantasia
4:39 AM
But FEHLT didnt take much relistening to get a really clear image??? Pretty much, I can see the picture but no context.
It’s like, a big orange-gold full moon, a deep violet and blue dusk sky with thick clouds circling said moon, the scenery around (which, is fuzzy-ish but feels like forest imagery) is black and filled with staring eyes and flickering lights, almost like fireflies, there’s specks of light almost resembling butterflies around too, and a spray of blood trailing out in tandem with the Witchy Mathematics™ of rep emitter.
… iris is impaled, shielding a blow that would’ve hit Faust. Faust is hitting the ground with her broom to blow away the attacker.
4:40 AM
I didn’t expect i’d like the ship this much! Perhaps it is The Sapphics hitting me, maybe it’s my deep underwater love for fantasy dynamics and the chance to explore it blended in a horror dystopian setting, maybe it’s my love for the poetic and beautiful.
4:41 AM
Faust is still v much one of my least fav sinners but I still do like her a lot, and maybe Iris is my vessel for actually exploring her character and appreciating it, by exploring the bits of a blind faith
4:42 AM
I dont think its entirely The Sapphics though bc most of the time i’m not even rly invested in the genders of any ships, just how they work as characters (that is to say, Hongsei works as well as Seishu but there is more to see and learn from with Seishu)
4:43 AM
Anyways, thoughts dumped. This might mean I pass out soon, but i’m still listening to music, so who knows!!
rizunyan
But this song gets me thinking more. It’s… beautiful, to say the least, def one of my favs ever. But it radiates this sort of mystical, beautiful vibe (which i bet you can see me rly tap into by the midpoint of the video, those egos and transitions LMAO)
And the sort of witch and knight kind of dynamic I think of
I have a fair bit of aphantasia surprisingly, but it’s usually like — i can barely imagine things but over time i build more and more pieces of information if i fixate on something, until the picture is horrifyingly clear
it’d also fucking murder me to know someone did the same for their character and i’d resent them so its my way of feeling original
4:53 AM
Im already beefing w/ anyone who uses the same emojis bro
rizunyan
But FEHLT didnt take much relistening to get a really clear image??? Pretty much, I can see the picture but no context.
It’s like, a big orange-gold full moon, a deep violet and blue dusk sky with thick clouds circling said moon, the scenery around (which, is fuzzy-ish but feels like forest imagery) is black and filled with staring eyes and flickering lights, almost like fireflies, there’s specks of light almost resembling butterflies around too, and a spray of blood trailing out in tandem with the Witchy Mathematics™ of rep emitter.
… iris is impaled, shielding a blow that would’ve hit Faust. Faust is hitting the ground with her broom to blow away the attacker.
We are K Corp’s Class 3 Excision Staff. Usually in carefully monitored test tubes, we exist like lab rats and science experiments waiting to display our purpose.
This isn’t too dissimilar to my childhood. Raised and nurtured for a singular purpose, I exist in stasis and have my agency removed from me.
Why, then, do I still have these thoughts?
One of the researchers monitoring my tube is a childhood friend. Sometimes, when she steps forward, I open my eyes to watch her jump back, or I put a finger to the glass to connect for a moment. When she leaves, i’m quiet once again.
Occasionally i’ll turn to the tube next to me, housing a coworker who… shouldn’t be here, and wave. He waves back, sometimes we blow bubbles at eachother, or chat until more researchers enter to check on us.
It’s a simple, unfulfilling life.
the unfortunate news of telling her that all of the people who did the procedures are dead and only iris and one other person remain with the augmentation (( but maybe in those ruins, the records exist, and maybe some surgeons out there know how to do the procedure ))
The other person is the color fixer working for edelweiss, noa
She oversaw the group of doctors in the sanctuary and had the halo put on herself bc she was part of the same crop of kids as iris
If limbus showed up and she was there she’d be like “wtf you survived” and iris is like “lmao you lazy bitch ofc you survived”
“Noa, this one wants a halo.”
“You’re… kidding, right? People want that? And you’re walking in here, as if it’s casual?”
“A vintage thing, i dunno. And yeah, i’m hunting her down. Do you know anything?”
“About your friend? No. And about the halos? I just have old notes. Do you have… a surgeon in your little tour group?”
(Turns to victor)
(Stares at her)
(Turns back)
“…Not really?”
Lilith has a surgery performed in her office, and she just doesn’t mind
1:06 AM
“She wants my mind whip to hurt less.”
Ish, in the back “mine too”
“… mind… are you… wh…”
“Mirror world.”
“…ah. Heh, maybe one of you can become me.”
“Yeah, our bet’s on either myself or Rodya.”
Former coworker shows up on your doorstep with x amount of coworkers, the clock-head your boss and her wife keeps talking about, and then presents to you a child(?) who is asking for the augmentation procedure you received over 2 decades ago
like day 1 galatea wears the unform nice and properly but by the end of the first week she's just wearing the shirt and pants because she needs access to the compartments on her arms and body
And then she’s like “hm. Maybe i should wear this a little better”
Sees celia with the jacket half-cut and wearing the vest, and decides that is enough
It’s like watching two cats who’ve never been around people. Both don’t speak much, both seem to be half-dreaming, and they’re oddly close.
Iris seldom leaves Faust’s side. She’s always at her post until she’s resting in her room — and even then, she requests Fausts to lay with her.
Celia, however, roams freely. She’s isolated, floating to others or away from them as she pleases, never speaking or acknowledging any favoritism among the rest of the sinners.
When the two cross paths, it is like a language best left without translation.
Iris will nod. Celia will bow back. They will make subtle changes in head position, gaze, or make a hand gesture to communicate.
Celia has remarked in her communication files that she greatly looks up to iris, but is too shy to speak.
The inverse is true of Iris towards Celia as well.
**
Authored by Dante
I thought that I knew pure fear when on that altar, watching The One Who Grips become that gross being.
But here I am, Lady Faust and the others are dead by my feet. I’m facing the woman who once was my friend.
I almost couldn’t move.
She was half-dead, yet somehow her raw willpower burned even fiercer than before.
I wanted to go back more than ever.
As she howled atop the mountain of vanity and throne of lies, I could see that Rosabell had gone mad.
The sword she held wasn’t hers. That book she held… was where it all began.
Preaching braveness and power, but looking only like a fool… that wasn’t my friend anymore.
Even if I was in a similar shape as her, I had just enough strength to charge forward as she shouted triumphantly to the sky — a sky that couldn’t dare smile back at her, bleak and overcast.
As I struck her in the heart, a golden beam of light shone between us.
My halo flickered.
Was this it?
She stared down at the blood coating my blade, then at her own blade being thrown to the floor. I could see that her determined gleam was fading.
That was it; the rose has wilted.
Rosabell, no matter what it takes… I will always act on what’s right.
Even if it takes killing you.
is it so bad that i was cursed to be so…. tired?
well, I still perform my job, so it’s okay, right?
Even as the Holy Knight, I… never really cared much* about my half-awake mind. The effect of the Halo does that. It does something different to everyone else. Noa sees things, figures that don’t quite exist alongside us. Jericho was unable to process any audio information, so they’re pretty much deaf unless you can implant your voice into their brain. Turo could read minds — but every thought was so loud it drove him mad if he didn’t drown it out with music. Hallie had splitting migraines… no amount of medication could really soothe her pain.
This kind of procedure was — and still is — experimental, of course it came with defects. Perhaps i’m lucky to only become fatigued, but sometimes I wonder what power I would have if not for my halo making me feel so lethargic.
… well, i’d be weak to Reindeers. Heh. Maybe it’s not too bad, because Ishmael doesn’t hurt me as much as she hurts the others.
I thought it was like "I will offer up my sword (physical protection) and my shield (halo (I will provide mental relief))" and thought 'hey thats real sweet'
I thought it was like "I will offer up my sword (physical protection) and my shield (halo (I will provide mental relief))" and thought 'hey thats real sweet'
Iris having older sister vibes is something I think is really funny
12:10 AM
Obv I’m writing from Celia’s perspective, who looks up to her, but from Iris’ perspective it’s a less cool, more awkward and silly kind of deal
12:11 AM
Your hubae comes up to you, nervous as hell while you’re trying to chat it up with your lady, and is trying to get a gift for someone unnamed
You just want her to go, because she needs to go to bed, you offer advice but its half-assed
12:12 AM
She leaves, you’re left with more questions
12:12 AM
Iris has the vibe of “is actually really cool but is so humble that she feels and acts like Just A Person”
She like. Got worried and knocked on celia’s door to make sure she wasn’t dying in her room from anxiety, and while to iris it was just a casual check in, celia’s like “omg wow seonbae made sure i was ok shes so cool i wanna be pretty like her someday”
ok to explain iris / celia’s bond, all of chapter k got transferred to deemo with original art, and this one even got recreated in deemo’s style
But a tiny touch is to not reveal the spoiler of celia being alice, they just made her a masked rosabell in all the arts?? Which is kinda cute i fuck with it
11:43 PM
But with how i write celia i can’t 1:1 this in IDs LMAO
it's the best when a ship is so mutually obsessive in the most incomprehensible ways to outsiders. there's no space at all for other ppl bcs they're too busy going insane bcs of each other
So i’ve thought about Iris getting her own ego instead of distorting if in the case of speaking to carmen mid rosabell fight
In general, I see it as like, watery butterfly wings? Almost like Lapis Lazuli from Steven universe (i know, weird inspo) and her arm being shrouded in claw-like ice, but kinda just taking from how blue she is and water/ice/butterfly themes
So i’ve thought about Iris getting her own ego instead of distorting if in the case of speaking to carmen mid rosabell fight
In general, I see it as like, watery butterfly wings? Almost like Lapis Lazuli from Steven universe (i know, weird inspo) and her arm being shrouded in claw-like ice, but kinda just taking from how blue she is and water/ice/butterfly themes
I got free reign with it but considering a lot of the northwestern europe imagery in chapter K + the fact her keyword is “Chevalier,” which is french, it just made sense
10:35 PM
also bc the alternative (another american) did not feel right.
a) most of the time I cba keeping up with new memes or slang so im not sure how to use it
b) my tendencey to use relatively formal language and not use a lot of slang, so when I do use it it sounds out of character
c) thus phrasing it like a grandma learning slang lets me package the slang into my usual style while being funny