It’s 2AM and I just relistened to the RTC album while rethinking all my life choices and I made an elaborate headcanon about a possibility:
What if Karnak had the ability to bring back all six kids? What would happen then?
Of course, I don’t know for sure but I can dream! So I thought, “Ricky needs to be able to speak and do all the awesomeness he does” so in this AU, Karnak’s abilities (???) gave Ricky the gift of speech and mobility.
Now first things first, the accident never happened. Well, it did, but not the way the kids remember. Instead of a rollercoaster falling off the track and six children dying, the freak accident resulted in their bizarre survival. Only the choir remembers what truly happened, along with Karnak, who unfortunately still dies in this AU.
Now as to what each person does individually, I managed to come up with something for that. Ocean firstly apologizes for the way she treated them, and they all get on good terms, Penny finds her family who turns out to be a foster home, Constance returns home and languishes in her title as the nicest, Ocean works to be a person with the best interests in mind for the world, mainly getting rid of the uranium manufacturing, as she remembers Mischa’s mother.
Noel manages to find a better job abroad in where? The land of his dreams, France, and he takes his mother with him, and Mischa manages to get the money to see his Talia. If she turned out to be a real person, I’d like to say they’d be happy in Ukraine together, with Noel surprising them every so often with visits.
Ricky and Penny start dating, no, you can’t tell me otherwise, and end up marrying, having a daughter they both know they’re naming Savannah, who every night hears the stories of the Zolarian Galaxy. Constance becomes the owner of the Blackwood Cafe, proudly feeding the citizens of Uranium City.
Ocean, now humbled after the experience, becomes an activist with her friends’ past in her mind, making the world spin in a more positive direction.
Now, before I go, I have to drag another possibility here, what if Talia really was a catfish? While Mischa would clearly be heartbroken, I doubt he’d be sad for long. Ukrainian men do only have two emotions, after all.
Dejected, Mischa would go to the only person he can talk to during this time. And who else would it be than Noel himself? During their time together, they would no doubt grow to be very close, but whether that’s in a sexual/romantic/platonic partnership, I’ll leave that to you to decide
Damn, I have never written anything so long before and I need sleep, so have this and yeah!