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[stetsuwuninu]

[ The last thing you remember is a flash of light. ... Your Gem activating. You heard it. But why are you so sore...? ]

[ Trying to move at all feels like a monumental task, right now. Your body feels heavy, foreign to you. Too big, heavy in places you aren’t familiar with. Structures shifted in ways you don’t know, not yet - but you know it feels off. ]

[ It takes effort to crack open your eyes. More to blink bleariness away, to try and see the world clearly - but you find at least some of your vision obstructed. What is that? Your face feels strange - what is this??? ]

[ You manage to drag up a hand to try and prod at or move the obstruction. ... That can’t be your hand. Your hand isn’t — You don’t have huge claws. Or... Or pawpads. Or striped, orange and black fur... ]

[ You were playing a game. ]

[ A terrified gasp wrenches itself from your lungs as you force yourself upright, scrambling backwards from the realization. This is wrong. This is all wrong, this is SO wrong, this— I—-! ]

[ I shouldn’t BE here—-! ]

[ Okay, Steven. It’s — you’re gonna be fine. You’ve... you’ve been through weirder things, right? This is just, a little more of that, is all! You... you’ll be fine. It’s - it’s fine. It has to be fine. It will be! Right??? ]

[ ... You choke back a sob you didn’t know was coming. No, damnit, knock that off! At least try to get up first. And you do. You try, and you keep trying, but you can’t seem to keep your footing for more than a few seconds before your legs give out underneath you. But at least those few seconds afford you a bit more clarity as to where you are, exactly - ]

[ A cliff. High, high above the city of Lion’s Arch, with no easy way down, especially not when you have so little spacial awareness over your own body. Okay. Okay! Surely that can’t be so bad. You just need a bubble is all, a bubble should let you get down safely, right? ]

[ Only when you try... Nothing happens. ]

[ Maybe it’s a fluke. You try again. Still nothing. And again, and again, and —

Where’s my Gem??? ]

[ Panic grips you all over again as your hand moves instinctively to your gut, to your stomach, the center of your being... And you find it where it always has been, but it feels wrong. It feels wrong, and cold, and as you press at it, it almost seems to flicker in and out of existance. ]

[ You didn’t want this. You didn’t want any of this, I didn’t want any of this, I just wanted some space, I just- I just—! ]

[ He can’t help the sobs that start to spill out, now. The charr - now the boy, as well - curls up in a tight ball atop the cliff where he sat trapped, arms coming up to cover his face, his snout, to muffle himself. ]

[ I don’t want to be alone. I don’t want to be alone. Please— I can’t do this— I WANT MY FAMILY— ]

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[ A world away, a laptop sits alone in a greenhouse, powered down and going cold. The door is locked. And no one knows that Steven Quartz-DeMayo Universe has gone missing. ]

[stetsuwuninu]

[ Five days now that he’s been missing. Five days stranded in this... Place, this home that isn’t his. ... Four days? No, it’s Friday, he vanished Monday. That tracks, right... ]

[ It hasn’t really been bad, though. He’s had another family here - and they’ve had his back, steadfast and comforting and there for him. It’s something he’s desperately needed, and he’s grateful for them. More than he knows how to express. ]

[ But he’s emotional - who wouldn’t be, given the circumstances - and given his now-close proximity to a certain member of that family, his breakdowns have been spilling over to the other somewhat. Frequent outings have become normal for Stets now, give himself and Grima space so that he doesn’t overwhelm and exhaust the other. And Morgan usually ends up following along, so he’s never really alone. ]

[ Though - he is this time. This time he asked to go alone, just for a bit. Promised he’d stay safe, that he wasn’t off to do anything reckless. He just wanted a little space. A little time to himself. ]

[ He finds himself wandering upwards, towards the cliff he awoke on. Having better control over his own body, it doesn’t seem to be such a daunting task to get himself back up there - especially when you have huge claws that make finding purchase fairly simple. ]

[ He sits quietly up there, for a moment. The city below bustles, the sound of voices and movement reaching his ears as though through a fog. All he can think about is how much this must be hurting his brother. To just... Up and vanish, without a word to him or to anyone else. The last thing he did was storm off from the Gems, after all. Everyone probably thinks he just left. Left his brother behind, his family, his friends... ]

[ It hurts. He’s mad that it hurts. I shouldn’t be upset. Steb’s got to have it worse, he has no way of knowing if I... ]

[ But what if there is something he can do? He sits back on one hand, the other moving to rest over the space his Gem typically occupies. It’s... Not really been working, since he’s been here. Sometimes it’s tangible, sometimes it isn’t. He’s noticed that it seems to try and activate sometimes, but it can never do much of anything... If it’s what brought him here, though... ]

Maybe if I can just... [ A mumble to himself as he draws himself forwards to a proper sitting position. Focus on your Gem, on the energy it still has. If I just focus hard enough, maybe— maybe I can... ]

[ The Gemstone flickers and shimmers with the strain the boy is exerting, the force of will pushing it to do something, to do anything, to reach the heavens and above- To reach HOME- ]

[ With a burst of energy, Stets collapses in a heap, breathing hard and curling in on himself. He hears someone shouting and scaling the cliff below before he loses consciousness... He just hopes it did something. Anything. ]

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[ And a world away, a laptop long-silent turns itself on, inexplicably. ]

[stetsuwuninu]

[ Stets finally figured something out to get his gem working again... Maybe not the safest or most pragmatic approach, but he did it. Brandstorms, am I right? ] [ Log here for the immediate aftermath. Grima and Magnus had been following him to make sure he didn’t get himself killed. ] 

[stetsuwuninu]

[ Occurred 6/14/2020 ]

(( HAHA I FORGOT THAT I WAS MISSING A LOG! i’m organized i swear

stets had a Talk with @vaexxvictis about some stuff following an issue stets had helped clear up in the cafe the day before he got jumped, it was a good time. and surprisingly stets Didnt offer to do something completely stupid. just a Little stupid ))

[stetsuwuninu]

[ Sometimes you get lucky. A world away from his own, Stets is found. ]

(( Stets’ day-one escapades are Fully logged for your enjoyment! this is... a long one. a Very long one. but i think it’s worth it. me and kin had a blast writing this, and we hope you enjoy! ))

[stetsuwuninu]

Stets and Magnus hang out in the dump at the Cafe timeline.

(( This happened on April 12th. Stets hung out with Magnus ( @buntrousled ) for a night! And... Some things they both knew finally came to light. 

Please enjoy the read. Myself and Hedj had a LOT of fun writing this one! ))

[stetsuwuninu]

Gamejumper; Index

[ Day 1 ]

[ Day 2 ]

[ Day 3 ]

[ Regained Powers ]

[ Connie’s Frustration ]

[ Anger & Acceptance ]

[ Late-Night Awakening ]

[ He’s Up! ]

[ Insufferables ]

[ Guardian to Guardian ]

[ The Girl And The Bird ]

[ Dragon Downfall ]

[ Dragon Aftermath ]

[ Dive. ] [ Grima’s Day. ]

[ Grima’s Night. ]