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A [[Fanfic|fan-created]] [[Alternate Continuity]] to the [[Dept. Heaven]] series, usually referred to simply as "Apocrypha". This uniquely-told and unabashedly bizarre creation is a (mostly) linear narrative constructed through an [[Journal Roleplay|online roleplay]]... or wait, maybe it's the other way around, just an online roleplay that's wound up creating a mostly linear narrative.
Whichever the case, the story has been going for a year now and is still continuing strong. The basic premise is that characters from any and all [[Dept. Heaven]] games arrive as students of, or teachers at, a vast interdimensional school that accepts talented students from [[Competence Zone|the ages of six to twenty-six]]. This school, the Collegium Caelum as it's formally called, has been producing excellent warriors, mages, healers, and scholars from time immemorial, and its many students are watched over by its two headmasters, [[Eccentric Mentor|Ursula]] and [[Big Bad|Hector]].
Due to the nature of the medium, the cast tends to fluctuate a little, and in order to keep the continuity from collapsing in on itself, many characters are [[Not as You Know Them]]. Apocrypha also finds itself flirting with near-constant [[Development Hell]], as inevitably something will be interfering with one or another of its creators' lives and putting one or another of the plot threads on hold. This is balanced out, however, by the fact that the creators are all quite good writers, many of whom also happen to be tropers fond of placing lampshades on their own actions.
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** More subtly, you have human Milanor and Kylier with angelic Nessiah, and sprite Seth with angelic Meria. {{spoiler|for a while, anyway.}}
* [[It Got Worse]]
* [["It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"]]: Part of a sadistic and sickening [[Mind Rape]] that {{spoiler|Hector inflicted on Nessiah}}. This is what finally succeeded in shattering {{spoiler|Nessiah}}'s mind.
* [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]]: The [[Temporary Love Interest]]'s excuse for leaving.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Meria.
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* [[Nosebleed]]: Milanor has one thinking about Kylier and a [[Gender Bender|gender-bent]] Nessiah. {{spoiler|Too bad the actual occurrence doesn't play out nearly as well as he imagines.}}
* [[Not So Different]]: Though not antagonists, Kylier and the Red Sage quickly realize this about each other.
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Milanor and Kylier both have vaguely Australian accents, [[Real Life Writes the Plot|owing to their player's nationality]]. This isn't usually that noticeable, except for moments like Milanor using the expression 'kangaroo court'... when [[Dept. Heaven]] doesn't even ''have'' kangaroos.
* [[Odd Couple]]: [[Rebellious Spirit|Meria]] and [[Student Council President|Ledah]], bffs. Enough said.
* [[Official Couple]]: Milanor and Nessiah. (And Kylier.)
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