#bw!gem

[solarockk]

can we know more about the bitter water au pls

im gonna rewrite here some lore dump from twt fjdhgh that i forgot to post here

the au does contain some horror and psycological elements! (mostly eldritch horror, grief/mourning and amnesia) also pls don't tag Gem and Pearl under this au, even if it doesn't break boundaries I'd prefer if it stayed in fandom spaces only. (I'm not sure how it works here on tumblr so please let me know if the shinyduo tag is fine to use or not, for the characters I'm gonna tag them as bw!NameOfCharacters mostly for organization)

now, for actual lore!

as the original post impliy the main story of the au centers around Shinyduo, sailing, and the horror of what lies beneath the waves

Gem currently works as a Fisherwoman at the minor port of Hermitopia, She owns a small fishing boat that Bdubs and Cleo fixed up for Her (Etho helped too but don't tell anyone that) and she makes just enough money from selling what she memages to reel in from the ocean to enjoy her simple frugal life in the small port.

her daily life changes drastically when one day out at sea she finds and unconcious Pearl floating among the waves, Gem fishes her out of the water in an hurry and is a little weirded out that Pearl (once awake) is completelly fine after spending gods knows how long lost at sea. Well, except the fact that she seems to not remember anything about her life except Gem's own name. (drawn here! "first meeting")

that is the basic premise, a silly Amnesiac trying to regain her memories and a gruff fisherwoman who feels resposible after fishing her out of the waves. but.. there are things that.. don't match in both their narratives? Why was Pearl in the ocean? why did she somehow remember Gem if they had never met before? ..did they never meet before? did they always used to look like that?

maybe in another life,, another time,,

[solarockk]

could we know more about fwhips role in bitterwater?

yes of course! hes not very relevant as of now as hes a character form Gem's backstory. (there was another ask asking about him in an animatic i made so im going to include it here)

now, this might just become a backstory and wordlbuilding info dump but oh well. The bitterwater au world is mostly inspired by the Empires Smp but its with less cool magic and its more paranormal "the ocean is hunted" type magic. (Im going to make a post just with the worldbuilding in a little bit)

Gem and Fwhip are the twin childrens of the Count of the Grimlands, they did have an happy childhood and teenage years together, mostly caraterized by studying together in the library and sneaking away from their tutors to spy on the blacksmiths or the scolars of the Crystal Cliffs. That changed in their adulthood. Fwhip was always regarded as the Heir to the Grimlands, he had always been smart and more inclined to keep on with the inventions of the blacksmiths under their patronage, and that was fine! Gem was more then fine with that. She wanted to be a scolar of the Cliffs, to explore and study new places.. but their parents had a different idea. they wanted to have her married to the Heir of a neighboring more powerfull kingdom. Gem didnt like that at all, thats why she ran away. (She eventually ended up cutting her hair and embarching on a merchant vassel from the Ocean Kingdom where she made a new family for herself and the rest is history .. or did she? she can't quite remember.)

anyway this is them now! they havent seen each others in years at this point and a reunion would be very awkward. i wonder if he could even reconize his own sister.