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hollowporcelain · 6 months ago

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an oc lorepost.... in this economy?! /j /silly

anyway this is still somewhat wip territory, but its good enough :3 teehee. this is quite long though since its a lot of explaination/buid up so sorry abt that.. we never said our oc lore was simple /lh

@the-fallen-collective pspspps the tag as promised hehe

(pardon the constantly changing writing style, formatting lore stuff outside of the google doc is insanelt difficult)

in their universe there are 8 'concepts' that are considered to be something akin to a god of sorts - these are called The Divine. (or the divine sins) (what the Fatemakers used to be) They are at the top of the heirarchy, and have the most control over the peoppe. Each of them is the embodiment of a different Sin. [pride/wrath/lust/greed/envy/gluttony/sloth]

there is also a library that stores books containing the memory of all currently alive* Concepts - from before they passed and, in turn, became a Concept. This is a place that only usually the Wayguides and The Divine have access to. When a new Concept goes through a Mirrorway, the memories that are reflected on the mirrors get binded into books which are stored in this library. Its only considered "important" to keep the Horsemen's books in tact, however, for the sake of history.

*'alive' being used loosely here. 'alive' meaning, that person has passed on, became a Concept, and is currently 'living' as a Concept

One member of The Divine, known as Envy - or Everdyne by her peers - is the one who created this library. (She also created the Wayguides & Mirrorways.) while she does have her own living space within the living quaters of The Divine, she prefers to do buisness and what-not in her Library,

This is also where she made the Deal that permanently changed the current 'generation' of Horsemen.

If someone pays her enough (either in money or whatever valuables she chooses to take from them) to strike up a Deal, Envy will take the offerings and invite them to play a game. The game in question is a cross between Russian Roullette and Chess. Everytime a player takes out/captures one of the other party's pieces, they have to put the gun to their head and pull the trigger. If nothing happens, the game continues. If they get shot, the player loses.

to break it down more: Player A takes out one of Player B's pawns. Player A then has to take the gun and shoot themself.

If Envy loses (either by a) shooting herself, or b) her opponent actually winning the match of Chess) she will accept the Deal they offered her. If Envy wins, (either by a) the opponent shoots themself, or b) Envy wins the match) she will turn down the Deal, but still keeps whatever money/valuables etc she was given beforehand.

the bullet stored in the chamber was specifically designed by Wrath (he/xe) to be non-lethal, and is easily and quickly removed and healed by one of the nurses.

Typically, most Concepts (especially lesser & average ones) don't have the means to even offer a Deal to Envy. However, should a member of the Horsemen - or in this case, two members - approach her, there is a much higher chance of something happening.

around a year or so before the Deal was made, Vesper (V) had found his way into The Library in question. (though, it wasnt exactly 'pretty'.. a lot of blood and all that..) While he was fully aware of the fact that most people wouldn't have access to it, he still wanted to make sure that the book that contained copies of his own memory before dying was destroyed, or at least the 'important pages' were. The exact reasoning/motivation for doing this is unknown though, much like his reasoning and motivation for the things he did before he died.

while V was lucky enough to get off scott free for a while, it was eventually figured out that some kind of damage had been done to the library and his book specifically, as well as the murder of a Wayguide. A Trial had been organised to happen a month after the discovery.

The Horsemen had gotten to know eachother and were friendly enough by now to be considered 'close' with one another, especially V and Caelus. (though, neither of them had explained that to the other at the time. theyre both idiots) So, since V knew he was pretty much bound to be figured out, (he was smart, but not enough of an idiot ro think they wouldnt torture it out of him, should he become a suspect) he took the gamble and explained it all to Caelus. Including why he wanted his history wiped and what he did before dying.

Despite the 'logical' answer being to just expose what he had learned at the trial, Caelus chose the opposite route. While he was helplessely crushing on V, he did also have other motives. Other things he wanted to do, and he had some ideas on where to start.

This is where the Deal comes in. The two of them agreed to reach out to Envy, and offer her a Deal. Caelus would get to bring back one of his closest friends and the person who got him out of an extremely awful place, and in turn, Envy would make it seem like Vesper wasnt guilty, and that she (Envy) hadn't brought back Caelus' friend. (which is easy enough, as the other Divine aren't made aware of her Deals.) She would also have to help them shift the blame onto someone else during the Trial.

Envy knew that she really shouldn't be going against the laws layed out by her fellow Divine, but since the two of them had won against her (with neither party being shot by the bullet) during their game of Chess, she took the Deal. But added her own spin to it.

If they successfully shifted the blame onto someone else, V would have to go back to his old 'job' before dying, and start killing professionally again - but now splitting some of the earnings with Envy. He didn't like this idea much, but it was much more preferable than what'd happen otherwise.

Shortly after the deal had been made, the Trial was finally held.

As previously mentioned though, the Horsemen had already gotten pretty close with eachother. It seemed too cruel to exile a child with no other friends or family to go to, especially since Paige had already taken a liking to V. So naturally, the one who was unfortunate enough to be blamed was Jinx.

Neither of them (nor Envy) had anything against Jinx* ,and it was just up to pure circumstance. V liked Caelus, and Paige was stuck to him like hot glue. Caelus liked V, and felt awful about subjecting a kid to the consequences of being found guilty of multiple serious crimes.

* Caelus was a bit weary of being around someone who was a pretty big fan of the band he used to be in, since he'd had an unfortunate run-in or two in the past, but it didnt matter enough to sway his decision, if that makes sense.

But since Jinx didnt know that, and was being unfairly accused of breaking multiple laws and the killing of a Wayguide, they took what had happened very personally.

After being found 'guilty' , The Divine couldnt just lock up a Horseman, let alone Death itself, and had decided on an alternate root. They would forcefully remove Jinx's wings (the same kind our old oc, Celestia, had just. black because yeah) - rendering all forms except their Human Form useless - and pushing them off one of the higher floors of The Tower that Trials were held at.

Such a height would usually kill a lesser and perhaps even an average Concept, but since Horsemen are just naturally stronger, they survived with just some extra injuries.

Everything carried on as usual for a few months, but after Jinx had healed from their injuries, they wanted to get back at someone in some way. and, since Caelus was the one who was most.. pushing for Jinx to be guilty and a bit of a prick about it afterwards, he was their obvious target. Jinx is very quick to respond to things with anger, too.

It was.. messy, for sure. I mean he lost an eye because of it, and Jinx definitely collected a few more scars. But Jinx was still victorious, and that was that.

The two of them calmed down after a multitude of years, (being out for blood with someone you have to be around for centuries is a bit too low, even for these two) but still try to avoid eachother if they can. (both are petty enough to scowl at and violently threaten the other if they cross paths at the wrong time)

Jinx ended up reviving the old Reapers Coven that The Previous Death used to run, and they're quite comfortable being the boss there, alongside a Wayguide that they stole after the trial (Kairos). They dont mind working alongside Vesper either since they get along quite well.

Caelus had managed to bring Hex back (thanks to Envy) and those two had also accidentally found Minato again (mutual friend who wasnt in the pre-death band but was still close to them) , the three ended up setting up the current band, with Minato introducing two of his friends to be the guitarists. (the band has been actually very successful, they're considered a big part of the punk scene too.) (theyre very heavily mcr inspired so i guess think of them as the mcr-of-their-world? idk lol)

And as for Vesper and Paige, well, V obviously started up the Assassins Guild as requested by Envy, and gave Paige the choice between joining or not. She ended up deciding to join of course, though she still doesnt know all of the details behind the Trial.

Though if a certain target is a bit.. more dangerous or more of a creep, Caelus will take over instead of Paige, if he's available at the time.

(as for when V & Caelus got together.. ehh they ended up finally getting together somewhere along the way after the Trial happened. Hex & Jinx high-key set them up because since Hex is very close to Caelus/Jinx works alongside Vesper, the two kind of figured it out pretty quick. lol)

#this took MONTHSSSS to finalise holy shit. theres still a few plotholes (Vespers motives for the most part) but i think this is good #teehee...#— oc tag ♡#— oc loreposts ☆

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