Actually yknow what. Speaking of the crazy bastard AU, I was tossing the Extremeverse version around
I also finally named E!Harvey. He is now Julian. I did however write this whole thing and most of the tags before deciding this. I’m too lazy to fix the tags and I may have left ‘E!Harvey’ in the body of the post here and there.
It was created not long after the original, but it was mostly a carbon copy of the original, except that Ebony’s mental state was even worse than Jet’s
But now I’m thinkin
I don’t know how much worse it’d be, really, but it’d be much more interesting if Julian wanted Ebony instead of Void. He’s an obsessive kind of person, and before Ebony killed him Ebony had managed to make Julian actually love him (mainly romantically). He would be mad for a while, sure, but I more importantly I think he’d convince himself that Ebony does actually love him. He’d never agree to take him otherwise! Right? no honey you fell for his lies just like he wanted you to
Void will probably be mostly okay? If he shows up looking for Ebony he still won’t be allowed to leave, but he can roam free, and he’s not getting the same treatment as Dark. Julian still likes him, so he won’t die.
Biotite is probably also okay for the most part. Julian is likely to be jealous, but Ebony’s already being weirdly avoidant and confrontational (can’t imagine why), so killing his ‘boyfriend’ would be a terrible idea. He can see that Biotite’s been lying to Ebony, though. Maybe he can convince Ebony to break up with him…?
But that doesn’t end up happening.
Ebony is also allowed to free roam, with Julian following him literally everywhere and insisting that they’re still dating no matter what Ebony says. And Ebony has a lot to say about it, including by not limited to:
“Get the hell away from me.”
“I hate you, I’ve always hated you, and you’re delusional if you think otherwise!”
“I lied to and killed you! Are you really this stupid?? Do I have to kill you again to get it through your head?!?”
He goes through a little bit of what Dark did, just. More directly.
Void and Biotite, when they get there, try to help him, but all they can do is be emotional support. They can’t do anything to a ghost. And if they try he’ll just possess one of them and interact with Ebony through them. at least he knows they’re possessed…?
But eventually Julian will realize there’s only one way to make absolutely sure Ebony stays with him forever. And poor Void gets to be there in Ebony’s last few moments. Haven’t decided exactly what happens there, though. Maybe Julian did it himself, or by possessing Biotite, and Void found them at the last minute. Maybe he possessed Void. Maybe if he was in a really weird mood he possessed Ebony and made it look like Ebony did it himself.
Either way poor Ebony is now dead, and there is even less he can do to get away from Julian now. Julian probably keeps a very tight hold of him now too just to make extra sure his dear Ebony doesn’t wander too far. It’s so much more confusing in here when you can phase through the walls! It’s much better to just stick with him <33
Eventually Ebony will realize he can just possess Void, hide there, and refuse to leave. So he does that in a rare moment when Julian leaves him alone. He lets Void have control for the most part because he just wants to hide, but Void knows he’s there. And for now, Void has 0 issues with this.
With them spending literally every second together it’s likely Void will eventually find out all the ways Ebony lied to him, but they’ll probably have to get out first. They’re a little distracted right now.
Julian is heartbroken that he can’t find Ebony suddenly. Where did his love go…? He couldn’t have gotten far; they’re all still stuck in the hotel! But…but where is he…? Oh, Ebony…
unfortunately void is the only other one there Julian likes, and Ebony ofc adores him, so Julian sticks very close to Void now.
here he is. the most fucked up bastard of them all.
...all the ones i had a hand in at least
rahab is at least a close contender
you can see how long the tags are. consider this your warning: it's very hard for me to not go on and on about him once i get started.
Ebony is a bitch (affectionate. but true) and he needs so much therapy.
Masochistic to a self-destructive degree, extremely codependent, petty, pretty, vengeful, hot.
We accidentally made him a yandere. Just don’t lie to him about how you feel about him and you’re probably fine. He can deal with you hating him, as long as you don’t claim you’re friends with him. He doesn’t take that very well, and he’s so desperate for any form of love and affection that he won’t notice that you don’t care about him as much as you say you do.
This is all relevant to his relationship with Biotite, by the way. Biotite realized how easy it would be to manipulate Ebony and oops his hand slipped. As far as Ebony knows, they’re dating.
The older you get, the harder it is to remember things. Your head gets so full of memories, some of them eventually get pushed away into the darkest corners, where they stay hidden until something suddenly shines a light on them.
And in the deepest, darkest trench in the ocean, with only the occasional visitor, there wasn’t much light to be had, metaphorical or literal.
Ebony was fortunate enough that his mental faculties hadn’t degraded with his age, but as old as he was there were still many things he’d forgotten.
Some of it was inevitable, though.
The old King, a dear friend, had died thousands of years ago. His face and voice were slowly fading from Ebony’s memory. As were the faces and voices of the rest of the court.
He hoped, for their sakes, Jet and Dark’s magically induced sleep was preserving their memories as well as their bodies. The king and prince had been especially close to them.
He didn’t want them to have lost those precious memories along with all this time they’ve been sleeping for.
Okay Ebony really needs a redesign I don’t know why I gave him that outfit but it needs to go it needs to change. Driving me nuts and I finally figured out why
That goddamn kilt/skirt bullshit is the worst offender but not the only problem
so like what if biotite break up with ebony.kinda sounds like a poor attempt to stop ebony from figuring out that he was lying all about dating/loving him
Depending on how suspicious Ebony is when it happens, it might not be the worst move. Ebony would be much more forgiving of someone falling out of love with him.
he wouldn’t handle it well, still. He’s just not going to completely lose his shit.
If it’s out of the blue, and Ebony had no suspicions, he’ll probably become very suspicious. Because nothing seemed to have changed. And Biotite may be fucked.
If Ebony was about to find solid evidence of Biotite’s lies, he’s definitely fucked, because there’s no way for him to make it look like anything other than an admission of guilt and a cop-out to Ebony.
If Ebony was just starting to suspect something, though, it would probably work good. Ebony will believe that Biotite realized he didn’t love him like that anymore, and said something once he did.
Oh, sorry; did I say it would work good? Sorry; I meant to say he’s solved his problem by creating a whole new one.
Like I said, while Ebony would be more forgiving of Biotite just falling out of love with him, he won’t handle it well. They were so happy! Ebony was so happy! Did he do something wrong?
How can he get Biotite back, and make sure he never tries to leave again?
It’ll look like Ebony’s coping like a normal person (if very dramatic). He can fake normalcy fine. Meanwhile he’s digging to find the root of the problem, and is preparing to burn the whole rotten weed that made Biotite want to leave him.
Biotite knows Ebony’s trying something. He has no idea how far Ebony will go, or how deep in he already is.
And the longer it takes to get Biotite back, the more desperate Ebony will get.
It’s important to note that Biotite would’ve said they could still be friends and still do stuff (outside of missions) together. Ebony didn’t get demoted from Loved Boyfriend to Unimportant Minion. If he could tighten some of those loose screws in his head he wouldn’t be freaking out so bad.
yeah he’d still be unhappy and he might decide that he’s not cool with it (not that he can do much, unless he wants to risk getting killed), but Jesus Christ Ebony
And, of course, the longer this goes on, the more likely it is that Ebony will realize he’d been lied to since the beginning. But Biotite’s given himself some time, so he might be able to figure out how to save his bacon.
Then again, he doesn’t think Ebony’s much of a threat to him. He may decide that losing such a useful tool is a loss he’s willing to accept.
