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crystal-verse · 2 years ago

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god i want. an au where it dosn't work. where it's just arr g'raha who's woken up, and he doesn't have all these memories and all these people keep looking at him like they're mourning someone. the world has changed and time has changed and all the people he knows have changed, but he hasn't changed, he was just sleeping, just sleeping, and the world nearly ended several times and apparently he helped prevent yet another end but he has no memory of this. they want him to join the scions. he does not know these people. (he barely knows the warrior of light, now, but did he ever truly know them in the first place?) his little sister is alive and well. she looks at him like a ghost. she's changed, and she's older than him now. he acts bratty and loud and brash to cover up the fact that he does not know anything it seems, and he is tired but he was sleeping for so long, so how could he be tired?

he doesn't know these people. they seem to know him. he wonders if he'd killed someone, when it was him and not that exarch who woke up. he wonders if it should have been him who was "killed" in that way, if it is him that lives and not that man who had known and become friends with all these figures from legend. he wonders if he'll always be fated to be a historian one step back from everything, because he simply cannot be a hero.

#bound with thread | original posts #letters in verse | talking #g'raha tia #crystal exarch #hello everyone i am being Incredibly Normal about g'raha tia at -checks time- 12:02 am #you ever think about the fact that arr g'raha is basically killed/replaced when the exarch wakes up in 5.3. because i do. a lot #hi i have brainworms over this man he's SO tragic and i need to hold him gently in my hands like how you cradle a small trembling kitten #genuinely happy about his character growth and progression and happy ending and all but arr g'raha was the one who grabbed my focus #and i do miss a lot of that character sometimes yknow? post-shb g'raha isn't the same person as arr g'raha and that's intentional‚ i think‚#because he has gone through so much that we didn't see. so much trauma and pain because of the 8th umbral era and that loss he got hit with #and he's not the same person because he's *had* to change so much to keep himself and his people alive and i'm glad he's getting to #experience life to the fullest in endwalker onwards but just. i miss arr g'raha yknow #honestly the silliest thing about it is i miss his student of baldesion tattoo. was a fun little design element you know.#show us the tattoo again squeenix. give him back his red eyeshadow that he had.#give him his bow back i am begging #this has been: incomprehensible ramblings from simon at 12 at night

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itsgirlcraft · 4 months ago

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And yknow what, have the anime au remake lol

If this gets a single note I'll post part 2 ;)

TW: abuse, injury

[Galaxy POV]

As soon as the bell rang for the end of school, Void grabbed me by the arm. As usual. He dragged me out, making sure we always avoided my old friends.

I barely got a glance at Sabre and Rainbow hugging and laughing. I looked down, feeling even more alone than before.

It'd been several months since we got here. We were all humans now, but children with powers going to school.

Void and I were in the same household, and he used that to control me.

Not like he did before, with trying to absorb and kill me. This was somehow worse. He'd hurt me with whispered words no one else heard. He'd destroy small objects I valued that no one noticed. He would scratch me just deep enough to hurt for a while but never asked about by others.

Not like I ever had the chance to talk with others. I rarely was alone. Usually that was a good thing, but he was quietly tormenting me. And no one knew.

Seeing Sabre and Rainbow reminded me of our past. That I did defeat Void, with them by my side. If I got to them, we could stop him.

I grabbed Void's hand and pulled it off me.

"No! That's enough! I'm tired of this! I'm tired of being scared of you! I won't let you hurt me any more! You've been wearing me down, threatening to destroy what I love!" I lowered my head, speaking quietly,

"You're a tyrant, no matter what reality. I'm going to find my friends, and I'm not letting you keep me quiet! If I find you destroying anything at home, I'm telling mom and dad. You don't have power over me any more."

I stared him in the eyes. He sneered and tried to grab me. I caught his hand and dug my nails into his wrist. Just like he's done to me. He grimaced and tried to claw my hand off. I stared him in the eyes.

"You don't control me any more. I'm telling everyone who you are. A villain." I smiled pleasantly and let him go.

He glared at me, rubbing his arm. I turned and ran. I could hear him coming for me. He was definitely pissed.

I found Sabre and Rainbow by the lockers.

"GUYS! I'm here!!" I exclaimed, running towards them.

"Galaxy?!" They both turned towards me, shocked.

I hugged Sabre tight, tearing up. I missed them. I missed them so much.

"Galaxy..?" Sabre hugged me back.

I was crying. I needed to calm down, I needed to tell them.

Rainbow put a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey, you alright?"

I was close to sobbing, but I held on. I let go of Sabre, trying to rub away the tears.

"V- Void...He-" I barely spoke before the monster himself showed up. "Run!"

They both glanced up, seeing a furious Void as I darted past, vision still blurry from crying.

"OH CHEESUS- WHAT HAPPENED??" Sabre shouted as he caught up with me.

"He's my brother now, stuck in the same house as me! He's been keeping me from everyone and destroying my stuff if I don't obey!" I explained as I ran up the stairs, startling a few students.

"I KNOW A PLACE WE CAN GO- FOLLOW ME!" Rainbow exclaimed as he got in front of us.

Sabre and I followed, reaching room 205. Rainbow opened the door and we all slipped in.

We were all out of breath. I still was a mess from crying. A friendly voice came from the desk.

"Hello you two. What sort of trouble have you gotten yourselves into now?"

Sabre glanced out the door while I grabbed a tissue.

"This is an old friend of ours, Galaxy. He was being hurt by his brother, Void and threatened into staying quiet," Rainbow said, still out of breath.

I spotted Void just outside the door and bolted.

"He's hERE-" I ran to the other side of the room, panicking.

"Not on my watch!" The teacher stood up and locked the door.

I slumped to the floor in a wave of relief. I could hear Void knocking on the door and shaking it violently.

"Okay, how has he not been expelled yet? He's definitely dangerous!" The teacher said.

I looked up to the teacher. She was a middled-aged woman with ginger hair and a tattoo on her cheek.

"Yeah...I'm surprised he's never been caught, seeing as what he's done in the uh..Hey Sabre?"

"Yeah?"

"Ever...told anyone about the...other place? Y'know our...past?" I said slowly, trying to word it in a way that didn't alert the teacher to our original lives.

"Nope, but go ahead if you want I guess. She's trustworthy."

"Uhhhh..nah I've changed my mind. Another day. Right now I just need to find a way to get Him off my back..." I squinted at Void's distorted face behind the door, staring me down.

"I'm glad you came to me, boys. I don't believe we've met, Galaxy. I'm Ms. Inserme." Ms. Insertname smiled.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Inserme!" I stood up, finally feeling safe for once.

"Now, do your parents know about his...violent tendencies?"

"Heh. Barely. They just think he's rough-housing when he punches me or teases me. He threatens and hurts me when they can't hear or see us.. he's destroyed so much I care about. He's somehow gotten good at hiding his true intentions...before he uh...never was subtle. Always straightforward that he hated me..

I'm surprised he hasn't just started mauling me at this point..

At least then it would be over with quickly..." I grew quiet, remembering the past.

Void made my son Elemental go insane and eventually die. He drove my family apart by using Memory's powers to make us forget about each other. He was given a second chance and he's been using it to torment me again. At least Memory hasn't been involved...maybe he has and I've been forgetting so much I don't even realize it. OH NO-

I was starting to tear up again. Was he using Memory again? Was he making me forget everything?? Was he secretly doing worse things to me and make me forget?! Have I seen my sons here and he's made me forget, tearing me apart from them?!?

Ms. Inserme walked closer to me, concerned. I was starting to sob again. Void may have been driving me apart from the people closest to me!

"Hey, it's okay. He can't hurt you here now, sweetie," she said softly.

"Ra-Rainbow?" I looked up with wide eyes.

"Yeah? What do you need?" He looked at me sadly.

"Have...you seen Time and Elemental here...?" I feared the answer I desperately wanted to know.

"Yeah...? Why- oh. Oh that's not good." It seemed to dawn on him too.

"What are you guys- wait. Oh god no. Not this again." Sabre was confused but he realized it too.

I was shaking, sobbing. Devastated. I'm losing everything. It's happening again.

"Is Memory- Is Memory here?" I choked out, as I slid to the ground again.

"No..." Sabre came to me, knelt by me.

"I'll get them." Rainbow started towards the door.

"NO! He'll hurt you again! I...can't let him hurt you both. I'm the one he wants..." I shouted, standing up, still shaking. "After all, it's my fault for it all, right..?" I sniffled as tears fell.

"Oh dear. What have you been through?" Ms. Inserme asked sadly, not directed to anyone in particular.

"A lot. Rainbow, if- if Void isn't there still, tell her everything. She...should know, now that I've said it..." I looked at him, and he stopped reaching for the doorknob. He nodded.

"Let's get you some comfort food, huh?" Sabre smiled, grabbing his backpack. "I'm sure I have some snacks in here-"

I smiled sadly, sitting at a desk. "I don't deserve you guys."

"You do though! You deserve good friends. That's Void talking there. You're worth a lot more than he's made you think." He handed me some chips.

"Thanks...Void usually steals part of my food just to mess with me too.. he's found every weakness and exploited every one..."

Sabre looked at me with concern.

"...yeah, he needs to be evicted or something. Let's watch some silly animals on YouTube, shall we?"

"Heh. Of course!"

...

Ms. Inserme knows everything now. Not what Void did as a Steve, what we all really are. That most of the people here with weird names like Dark or Plague are likely Steves and we all know each other- errr at least everyone knows Sabre.

That we're all actually adults, some many generations old. Like me, heh. That some of us even have kids, at least as Steves. Here we're all similar ages so that's just weird.

Sabre made me feel a lot better. He always knows how to make anyone feel better. I wish I knew how to make anyone feel better.

Rainbow left my story out of his explanation, he left Sabre's story out too. I can't tell if that was supposed to be nice or what, heh.

She kept glancing between Sabre and I and Rainbow with a surprised and confused look the entire time.

Afterwards, she called the office and asked for Time and Elemental. I prayed that they were still on campus. I can't let Void hurt them.

She also asked them to send a staff member out to find them, for their safety. She didn't elaborate on who, but that a student was harassing someone close to them. Thank goodness.

"Hey, Sabre?"

"Yeah?" He paused the video of a silly fish doing loopty-loops.

"Do you happen to know if they're still on campus now-?"

"I think Time usually studies in the library and Elemental hangs out with him or outside. They're most likely on campus, Time prefers the library to home and Elemental never leaves without him."

"Thank God Steve! I can't wait to see them again!"

I was scared, I won't lie. Would they not remember either? Were we all targeted to forget? Would Void catch them before they got here?

"Hey, don't worry. They remember you," Sabre said, as if reading my mind.

"Are you a mind reader now? That's literally what I was worried about-" I laughed.

"Heh, nah I just got good at knowing what you worry about!"

"I see you're feeling better now!" Ms. Inserme said after hanging up the phone.

"Yeah! Sabre and Rainbow help me so much.. Rainbow, what exactly did you tell her-" I laughed again, wondering if he revealed my entire life or nothing at all. Or just the stupidest moments, he'd do that.

"Told her about our world itself, Steves and all that- I got into how Void is evil and messed with Time and Elemental and she wanted to get them here too before I kept going- do whatever you want, I have homework-" Rainbow sat in the chair beside me.

"Oh, cool. Anything about Sabre?"

"Just that he's the only human- besides Lucas-"

"Neat, I get to tell the swashbuckling stories of defeating my enemies!" Sabre laughed, showing off his nonexistent muscles.

I laughed too. "Pfft- since when were you a pirate?"

"Since always~"

"Heh," I raised my hand, "Ms. Inserme?"

"Galaxy, you don't need to raise your hand, but yes?"

"Do you want to know more about my past? I wouldn't mind."

"If it helps this situation at home, of course! Don't bother telling me anything you're uncomfortable to tell me."

"Of course. Well-"

...

I had told her practically everything. Elemental, Time, and Illusion being my sons, Void and I being the same person, Memory tearing my family apart. All that lovely trauma.

Then Time and Elemental arrived!

I was so excited! Finally we were back together!

I heard the knock and saw them there. I jumped up to greet them. They were so surprised!

"..wha- Galaxy?!" Time hugged me as soon as he realized it was me.

"I'm so happy to see you two again! It feels like it's been eons..." I wanted to cry, tears of joy this time.

"This...is Galaxy? Our creator?" Elemental was surprised to finally meet me but hugged me too.

When we parted, I could see Elemental tearing up a bit. He was in the same situation as me, wasn't he? Void ruined his memories and died before he met me, so he never met me til now..

"Get inside, before Void comes along. We've got a lot to talk about."

#favremysabre #my post #my aus #the steve saga #tss! galaxy steve #steve saga #anime au rewrite #void steve #galaxy steve #rainbow steve #time steve #elemental steve #fun fact: the teacher was just called “ms insertname” and i just removed a few letters here lol

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