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Cherished Ambrosia

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"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all." - Chinese proverb origin

A oneshot and headcanon compilation for my favorite ships: naibemma, nortemma, ganjiemma, and the very rare poly naibemmanortganji! Yes, you heard me right. I love to make myself suffer in rarepair hell apparently. But if you're also a fan of any of these ships, at least we can suffer together~ ^^ Possibly takes some requests as well!

Chapter 1: prelude

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Welcome everyone to Cherished Ambrosia! My name is Rey and this is basically a hub to write out my OTP ideas that live rent free in my head~ I thought this would be a much quicker and easier way to interact with other shippers of these rare pairings, (without waiting weeks or months at a time for a new update), as well as spread more love for Emma in general!

It's been rather difficult to find good stories centering around Emma in her character tag without her being a minor character or part of a minor ship in the background. As the game mascot for Identity V, I believe she deserves a lot more attention, especially since she's such a fascinating character to explore. Can a girl like her who's been through so much trauma and heartbreak find someone who can truly love and accept her? Of course she can! Even if it takes her a long time to realize that she's worthy of being loved again and she's capable of loving herself too, that's perfectly fine; there will be a happy ending for her. And I will write it, so help me!!

Now I do happen to like other ships for Emma, such as aesopemma, eliemma, tracyemma, and mellyemma, but the ones that really stick out to me the most are naibemma, nortemma, and ganjiemma. Maybe because I'm a huge sucker for the opposites attract trope with the whole sweet, sunny girl x cool, tough guy dynamic pfft, but each pairing is much more than those tropes for sure. To me, I believe Emma would really bring out the best in each guy, and vice versa.

So without further ado, here are the story ideas I have for these ships!

NENG OTP / OT3 / OT4 IDEAS

- Manor Days ; GanjiEmma fluff: first kiss / NortEmma pining / NaibEmma pining
- NENG chasing shadows match
- NaibEmma duo match (Mr. Inference x Lady Truth, Clarity x Boudoir Dream, Hound x Commander, Colonel Dax x Ghost Girl)
- NortEmma duo match (The Puzzler x Lady Truth, Mr. Mole x Boudoir Dream, Ronald of Ness x Commander, Soul Catcher x Ghost Girl)
- Soul of the Forest Emma and Red Panda Naib fluff AU
- COA IV Norton x COA I Emma AU
- Wanderer Norton x Spring Demon Emma x Infected Naib AU (ft. Keyboard Demon Victor possibly as wingman)
- Red Riding Hood AU except blue: Boudoir Dream Emma x Parasite Naib
- Boudoir Dream Emma x Wanderer Norton AU
- NENG Domestic AU
- NENG High School AU?
- NaibEmma Detective AU !! (Suuuper inspired by the recent MV AAAAA)

That's the list of ideas I have so far! I plan to make them oneshots and post them here, unless I get struck by massive muse inspiration; then I'll most likely post them as their own separate pieces and add it to the NENG series. (I might also have some other ideas up my sleeve that I want to keep secret for now~)

Sadly, since Ganji is a new survivor, he doesn't have many skins at the moment to inspire more AU ideas, but I'm sure there will be plenty more in the future! (Hopefully... Please NE why are you ignoring my boy and already giving diary deductions to Breaking Wheel first before him, as well as Percy... And why the food themes when he's a Batter / Cricketer I'm crying TwT though Lava Cake is a gorgeous costume ngl)

BUT YEAH you guys are more than welcomed to ask me any questions you have regarding the ideas, though I may or may not answer them, depending on if I think they're too spoilery or not. You're also free to request or suggest ideas if they pique my interest! I'd be happy to hear them out~ uwu

Cherished Ambrosia could also serve as a place for extra stuff like headcanons, deleted scenes, or general updates on stories and whatnot. Not too sure yet, but we'll see how things go!

As a side note, I see NENG as like...the "Emma Protection Squad" basically pfft and Emma protecting them in return of course! Together, they're a force to be reckoned with~! >:D

And finally, this goes without saying but please do not interact if you are trolls, anti-shippers, or haters in general; any disrespectful / harmful comments will be deleted or reported accordingly. This is a safe space for these rarepairs and any fans of them, so any drama / ship hate will NOT be tolerated.

Other than that, please feel free to comment below! Thank you so much for your time and I'll see you all in the next story~ <33 >w<

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