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What Could Have Been {Arcane Fanfic}
Summery:
What if Vi and Powder were separate as young kids during the war?
What if Vander finds Vi and takes her in?
What if Silco finds Powder and takes her in?
How would this story of two sisters who will become enemies to each other.
Chapter One - What A Wonderful World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaBBBmrxUvE
(In Piltover)
It was a normal day in the Piltover, a young girl with pink hair named Violet but her family called her Vi for short and another little girl with blue hair named Powder.
They were with their father while shopping around town for some food and stuff, as they were walking around Vi noticed that there’s a lot of Enforcers all over the town.
“Hey dad, why are there so many guards out here, what’s going on?” said Vi while Powder looks up at her sister with a confused expression.
“Don't worry Vi, I'm sure that everything's okay c'mon let’s go." he said as they started heading home but Vi was being too distracted by all of the Enforcers.
Later at home Vi, her sister and her father made it home as they saw a man talking to their mother “Kids, i need you to go in your room” said Henry.
They nodded as Vi and Powder went to their room. While they were waiting, Vi was watching at her window seeing her parents.
“Henry, Jessica I need you to tell you that you need to get your children out of Piltover, there’s a war going on right now.”
“But where do we go? Where can we live?” Said Jessica as she began to worry.
“You all can live with me in the Undercity.”
“But isn’t it dangerous, i don’t want to put my daughters in danger.”
“Don’t worry, I promise that I won't let anything happen to your children.” Henry nodded
"I'll come back for you guys later on but be ready once I get back."
They nodded as both him and his wife went inside of their home, Vi then quickly moved out of the window while her parents walked in their room.
“Kids, there’s something that me and your mother need you to tell you about.” he said as they all sat down together. ”We want to tell you that we’re moving…to….the Undercity.”
“The Undercity?” Said Powder as they nodded but then Vi got up with an angry expression “We can't move! This is our home!” “We’re sorry Vi we can’t do anything about it.” said Jessica as she left her chin up. “Please Violet, this is very serious.”
“Right now we’re at war, the Undercity is our only hope and we don’t want to see any of you two get hurt.” “But wait, didn’t you used to be an Enforcer mom? Couldn’t you talk to them and stop this?”
“Unforcenly no, I stopped working as an Enforcer a long time ago. After everything that I've seen what we did to the people from the Undercity, I never wanted to harm anyone.” Both Vi and Powder were speechless but they understood everything.
(In The Undercity)
Meanwhile in the Undercity, a man named Vander who was walking home from Piltover but then sees an old friend of his.
“Ah, it’s about time that you show up.” He stops and turns around and sees a man who is leaning against the wall from the building.
"Silco.”
“Long time no see, brother.”
"What the hell are you doing here?”
“Aw come on now, i just wanted to see you.”
“If you're going to ask me to join you, then no.” He said as Silco let out a groan and went up to him.
"Why? Why can't you understand this! This is our feature, taking over the whole Undercity! The Nation of Zaun needs us."
"Us? There is no us! This is all on you! I never wanted to be a part of this vision of yours!"
He was about to walk away but then Silco grabbed Vander's shoulder all rough "You're making a big mistake brother, you will regret this!"
"Please Silco…I'm trying to protect you brother." said Vander as he begged Silco not to do this plan but he was angry at him so Silco walked away leaving Vander alone.
Later on, Vander went to Benzo’s Pawn Shop to talk to his other friend.
“There you are, what the hell took you so long?” Benzo said as he was cleaning the bookshelf
“Sorry, I was speaking with Henry and Jessica earlier today.”
“What was it?” he said as he stopped himself cleaning the bookshelf and sat down on his chair.
“I told them that they can stay at my place with me and my boys.”
“And what did they say?”
“They said that they're gonna talk to the girls and I'm gonna meet them at the bridge and take them with me."
"Have they been here before? What if they can't breathe the air that we're in?"
"Don't worry, they come here every now and then so they're used to it."
"That's good, what about your boys? Do they need to share a room with them?"
"I'm not sure, but we figured something out once they arrived." He nodded as two young boys came into the workshop. One was a big kid who was wearing goggles and one boy who was skinny with messy black hair.
“Mylo, Clagger, thank goodness that you two are here. I need to talk to both of you.”
"What is it Vander?"
"You boys know that I'm bringing a family to live with us, right?"
“Yeah of course we do.”
“Since they’re coming here, I wanted them and their daughters to live with us for now.” he said as both Mylo and Clagger took a moment to think about it and they nodded.
“Thanks boys, I promise that you kids will get along.” He said as he patted both of the boy’s heads and they smiled.
“Now go on and play you little rascals.” they nodded as they went outside.
(In Piltover)
"Vi, may I speak with you for a moment?" Jessica comes in as Vi gets up to meet up with her mother.
"What is it?"
“I want you to promise me something, i need you to promise that you will take care of Powder no matter what happens to us, I need you to promise that the both of you will look out for one another."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"I want you to tell me this because, in case…something happens to us." Vi's eyes started to tear up
"No I won't let anything happen to you and we don't want to lose any of you."
"Please Violet, promise me, promise dad, promise us that you will protect Powder." She slowly nodded,
"Good, we love you both so much."
"We love you too." She kisses Vi's forehead, she takes off her necklace and hands it to Vi.
"You're giving me your necklace?"
"Mmhm, I just thought that I should give this to you and besides, it looks better on you than me."
She smiles and puts the necklace on Vi's neck. "It's perfect, thanks mom."
They then hear Henry and Powder walk in. "Jess, you got everything ready?"
"Yes, you girls ready?" They both nodded as they started heading out.
(In The Undercity)
As Vander finished cleaning up the bar he found a note from Silco.
“Meet me at the river, you and I had unfinished business to do. - Silco”
Vander sighed and worried what his brother might do, so he decided to meet up with him at the river but then stopped by Benzo.
"Hey, are you closing the bar early?"
"Yeah."
"What? Do you have a date or something?"
"Actually no, I'm actually seeing my brother."
"Your brother, you mean Silco? What the hell does that rat want from you?"
"He just wanted to talk with me, that's all."
"Vander, you know that we don't trust him!”
“I know that, but I can still talk to him.”
"Vander, what if he tried to kill you?"
"He won't Ben, I know my brother and I know that he won't hurt me." he says, he turns around let out a soft sigh and heads out.
(At the River Lake)
Meanwhile he made it to the river but then he saw Silco standing there with an angry expression on his face.
"Silco, please you don't have to do this."
"It's already too late! I give you a chance Vander but you won't listen to me!"
"I'm trying to protect you! Don't you realize how much danger that you're putting yourself in!? Do you want to be locked up in Stillwater for the rest of your life!?“ he said, as he broke down into tears fearing that he'd lose his brother.
Silco scoffed with a smile and chuckled "Really? Tears? You think crying is gonna stop me?” Silco says, Vander looks up at him again and sighs with anger but then Silco stops smiling as Vander pulls out his pocket knife.
“Please Silco…don’t make me do this…”
Silco was speechless but felt betrayed by his only brother, the person who he grew up with. His childhood friend who he knew ever since they were kids.
But then suddenly Silco began to charge at Vander and strike him down, he then missed him and grabbed his wrist and hit him a couple of times. Silco then gets up and strikes Vander once more but then suddenly.
" AUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!" He screams in pain when Vander stabs him in his left eye.
Silco pushed him away and took the knife out of his eye but then Vander pushed Silco back and landed in the river.
But it wasn't any type of river, it was a river that was full of toxic and dirt and he felt it in his eye as he was struggling to breathe.
He felt like he was drowning and couldn't breathe at all, as soon as he felt like he was going to pass out he felt another pocket knife and took it out and stabbed Vander in the forearm and he got out of the water.
Vander takes the pocket knife out of his forearm and sees that Silco is gone, he then remembers something when he realizes that he had to meet up with Henry and Jessica and their daughters at the bridge, so he then starts running to piltover.
Meanwhile Silco was running away while covering his wounded eye, he hid himself behind a building as he sat down on the ground. He then hears someone right next to him.
“Are you alright young man?” Silco looked up at the man with grayish brown hair.
‘Who are you?”
“My name is Singed, what’s your name boy?”
“Silco…”
“What happened to your eye, Silco?” he tries to touch it but he flinches away.
“It’s all right, I'm a doctor here.” Silco slowly moves closer to Singed as he checks his eye.
“Who did this to you?” he said as he cleaned his left eye.
“My brother, he and I had a fight and he ended up stabbing my eye out.”
“I see, why don’t you come with me to my office? I can help you with your eye.”
“Why should I go with you? I hardly even know you and how can I even trust you?”
“I’m the only one who can help you heal your eye and I have this very special medicine to make your eye feel better.”
“What kind of medicine?”
“I actually can’t tell you because it isn’t finished but in the meantime let me help you.” Silco nodded as they headed to Singed’s office.
After an hour passed by, Singed was finished doing surgery with Silco, he was still numb from his left eye.
"How long does it take for this to heal?" Said Silco, as Singed as he cleaned up his tools.
"It might take a day or two but for now you need some rest.” he nodded as Silco gets up and lay on the bed.
"Listen, if you don't have any place to live you can stay here whenever you like."
"Thanks, I owe you one." He said as he lay down and slowly started to sleep.
(Meanwhile at the Bridge)
Meanwhile Henry, Jessica and their daughters were walking around in Piltover meeting up with Vander at the bridge.
"Hey, you alright Pow-pow?" said Vi as she held her sister's hand.
"No, I'm scared, Vi."
"Don't be scared, it's gonna be okay." She then gives Powder her toy bunny.
“Here you go.”
“Thanks Vi.” she smiles as they both hug each other. Few minutes later they finally made it to the bridge,
"Look! We finally made it, come on!" Said Henry
As soon Henry, Jessica and their daughters made it to the bridge they were stopped by the Enforcers.
" STOP RIGHT THERE!!!" said one of the Enforcers as Vi and Powder went behind them, then their mother looked at them and quickly yelled at both of them.
"VI, POWDER, RUN!!!" Vi then grabbed Powder's hand and started running across the bridge, two of the Enforcers ran after them while the other three were with their parents.
Suddenly Powder let's go of Vi's hand and tries to go after her parents.
"Powder don't!" As soon as she was about to run after them, they heard two gunshots and saw their parents laying down on the ground dead.
"MOMMY!!! DADDY!!!“ Powder screams while Vi watches in fear but then she grabs Powder's hand again and starts running.
"Powder, stay close to-“ there was a big explosion that caused both of them to separate, Vi was on the ground while Powder was hanging on the edge of the bridge.
“Powder! Hang on!” she said as Vi tries to get up but she was too weak to move
“Vi! I can’t hold on!” She couldn’t hang on much long but once Vi got up and ran to her it was too late.
“POWDER!!!!!!” Vi screams as her little sister falls into the river.
“NOOOO!!!!! POWDER!!!!!” She fell to her knees as she cried.
She then hears the rest of the Enforcers coming after her but then stops for a moment and hears them getting beat up.
And then a man appeared and it was the same person who was there at their home talking to her parents.
“Vi? Vi is that you?"
"Who…who are you?"
"I'm an old friend of your parents, wait where's your mom and dad? Where's your sister?" He then sees both of her parents laying down on the ground dead.
“Oh god…dammit i’m too late, i swear to god i'm gonna kill Silco once i see him again.” he faces Vi who is still crying and he kneels down at her.
“What are we gonna do? I...i saw my sister fall into the river, she’s still out there! We can still save her!”
“I know but right now we have to get out of here, I promise I will find your sister.” she nodded.
“Come on, I'll take you home with me.” he held her hand and took her home.
(In The Undercity)
Meanwhile Powder makes it to the surface and slowly gets out of the water, she stands up and shivers so much and looks around but she doesn't recognize the place that she’s at.
She picks her toy bunny and walks around town, “Hello? Is anyone here?” she cries out but there’s hardly anyone out here, she keeps looking around hoping that she sees someone.
She starts to cry and gives up hope but then she hears footsteps and hears a man's voice.
Silco was in his room healing from his new eye, it was tough to see but he was getting used to it. He got out of bed and went out for some fresh air but suddenly he saw something far away but it was getting closer and closer, so he walked up to it to get a better look.
As he walked up to a strange figure it was a small little girl with blue hair holding a stuffed bunny but she was crying and didn't realize a man was in front of her. So he went on one knee to get down on her level.
“Hello little girl, what are you doing here in the dark? Where are your parents?”
He said in a calm voice but she was frightened by his left eye and she fell down on the ground.
“It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you.” He reaches his hand out to help her up.
"Could you tell me why you're out here alone?" She tried everything that she could to explain herself but she was still scared after everything that she saw.
"Mm…my parents…they're gone….*sobbing* and I lost my sister…and I don't know where I am…*shaking voice* I'm so scared, I miss them."
She starts to cry even more while Silco stares at her wondering what he's gonna do with her, so he reaches out to her and hugs her.
"It's okay, I promise I won't let anything happen to you and I'll take care of you." She nodded as she nuzzled her face and hugged him back.
"What's your name, little one?" He asked curiously.
"Powder." She said it shyly.
"Powder, that's a nice name." He smiles softly as he whips her tears away and he picks her up.
“Come child, I'll take you home with me.” He picks her up and carries her inside of his new home.
“What’s your name sir?”
“My name’s Silco.”
“What happened to your eye Mr Silco?”
“Me and my bro- well my old friend of mine had a huge fight and we didn’t agree on one another.”
“Don’t you usually talk to your friend first?”
“I've tried many times but he wouldn’t listen to me.”
“He doesn’t sound friendly at all.”
“No…no he wasn’t…i thought that i could trust him, but i was wrong.” Powder nodded as she nuzzled her head to his chest and fell asleep into his arms.
(To Be Continued)
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Jinx fanart<3
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Well, it was worth a shot
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i just heard someone on youtube (T B Skyen) say that silco loved jinx but didnt quite know how to love powder, while vi loves powder but doesnt know how to love jinx. and oooof oof ouch yeah
also it got me thinking and obviously jinx and powder arent two different people shes just going by a different name now but its also not baseless to analyze them as different "characters", or what traits of jinx are part of powder, etc. like the animators literally have a trick where they change her facial structure how they animate jinx to show when shes behaving more like powder. shes completely changed who she is, its jinx now powder fell down a well, sat on the jinx chair embraces who she is etc etc
#powder is like jinxs inner child#while jinx is- or was before the chair scene- the persona she puts on where she loves Violence and Chaos and shes Crazy HaHaHaHaHa#so when someone says like. ''jinx is being more powder in this scene'' it means shes regressing into being more childlike because of her#trauma or maybe shes so distressed and emotional that her persona fell apart for a second and the sad child underneath showed through#''silco loves jinx but doesnt know how to love powder'' means he loves and supports her being confident and smart in her inventions and#trying to accept and move on from her past. but hes teeeeerrible at that bc he doesnt want to let powder heal#he just wants her to bury that part of herself#and vi loves and cares for her baby sister so so much but shes terrified and doesnt want to accept the reality of what shes become#i do think vi had a point before tho. powder Was in there and while that doesnt negate jinx she could still reach her#and maybe help her out#idk how true that is after shimmer and silco dying tho. again. chair scene. the persona has fully become who jinx is theres no going back#powder fell down a well#arcane#jinx arcane#powder arcane#ignore me im just brainstorming ive been thinking about this show CONSTANTLY for the past few weeks i have so many thoughts on everyone#im sure this is a conclusion people reached years ago immediately after the show came out but im slow#theres a point between the child powder and the crazy terrorist jinx where the real true her lies#and that point has been getting closer and closer to the jinx side
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I still think if you like The Locked Tomb you should watch Arcane
#arcane#the locked tomb#tlt#hi do you love Gideon Nav? might I introduce you to Vi while you wait for Alecto#it has everything....fighting lesbians#insanity#war#what more could you ask for?#also the locked tomb being adapted and animated like that would slap like it would be so good#anyway this has been my recommendation to y'all#:)#have fun
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day 27 - that breaks your heart
#30 day song challenge#spotify#day 27#Spotify#what could have been#ray chen#sting#arcane#tv shows#league of legends#lol#jinx arcane#vi arcane#caitlyn arcane
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I recently watched Arcane, which beside being a cinematic masterpiece, has an amazing soundtrack. Anyway, the ending song for the series climax is sooooo Shizaya coded I can't even right now.
I am the monster you created
You ripped out all my parts
And worst of all, for me to live, I gotta kill the part of me that saw
That I needed you more
I hope you know we had everything
When you broke me and left these pieces
I want you to hurt like you hurt me today and
I want you to lose like I lose when I play
What could have been
Hrnnnghh, the monster you created? I want to hurt you like you hurt me? Please Sting stop I can't do this anymore. Lose when I play the game, what could have been? Arhghghdjfhgshjsshdghs, I'm descending into madness.
#seeing Shizaya in everything 24/7 is my affliction#shizaya really be my roman empire#anyway stan shizaya#and watch arcane#what could have been by sting#Shizaya#orihara izaya#heiwajima shizuo
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Or kissed each other idk
#vander#silco#zaundads#arcane#not cool of you arcane so not cool#they were made enemies cause if they worked together they would've destroyed the universe#riot told me#alexa play 'what could have been'#my meme#kuro-tori
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What Could Have Been {Arcane Fanfic}
Chapter Two - Across the River
ARCANE: Dear Friend Across The River (The Bridge) | CINEMATIC COVER (feat. @Rachel Hardy) - YouTube
(One Day Later)
It's been one day since the fight between the Undercity and the Enforcers, during that time Vi begins to worry about her little sister hoping that Vander finds her soon but she still doesn't give up hope.
Later on Vander made it home as Vi got up from the couch and ran into him.
"Did you find her? Please tell me!" She said with a worried yet fearful expression
"I'm sorry Vi, I really am. I tried so hard to look everywhere, even in Piltover. I've talked to some old friends of mine and none of them hasn't seen a little girl at all. I'm sorry Vi, I'm afraid that…..your sister…is gone." Suddenly Vi began to break down in tears and fell on her knees.
"No, no, no, no she can't be gone! This is all my fault I should have gone after her!" Vander then held Vi into his arms to calm her down.
"Hey, hey, hey it's alright, don't blame yourself kid none of this isn't your fault, you did everything that you could to protect your sister.”
"No you don't understand, I made a promise to my parents that I will protect her…"
“Vi look at me, I know that you are not a bad person, but you did everything that you could to save your sister. Your parents would have been proud of you." Vi understood everything, she wiped her tears away and took a deep breath.
"Why…do all of the Enforcers hate us?"
"I wish I could know everything kiddo, but that's how our world works…" he said.
"I swear one day, they're gonna pay for what they did…" Vander didn't say anything after that, he knows how Vi felt after everything that she went through, she has lost everything, her home, her parents, and even her little sister. They then were interrupted by Mylo and Clagger.
"Mylo, Clagger, it's great to see you boys there's someone who I want you to meet. Boys this is Vi, Vi these are my boys Mylo and Clagger."
"Hi." Said Vi,
"Hey Vi." Mylo replied.
"Hey Vi, it's nice to meet you." Clagger replied.
"Hey boys, why don't you show Vi around town. But do not go to the topside, I'm gonna have a word with Benzo." Said Vander as the kids start heading out.
(In Singed's home)
Meanwhile Powder was in her room by herself coloring while Silco went to visit Singed in his office.
"Alright, can you see anything?" Said Singed as he held some pictures for Silco to see.
"No, it's all very...blurry and red."
"Hmm I see, can you describe to me how your eye feel?"
"It's like it still has this…toxic inside me, and it's eating me from the inside. And I have this hallucination in my head.”
"Hmm, I'm sure that I have something for your eye." Singed said as he pulled something out of his desk.
"This is what I wanted to show you."
"What is that?"
"This is called Shimmer, this will help to keep your eye stable. But you have to inject your eye every single day."
"What happens if I don't take it?"
“Then it will get worse, once you miss a day you'll be addicted to the shimmer more than ever." Silco nods and he grabs the shimmer injection from Singed's hand.
"Thanks, Singed."
"Of course, by the way, what are you planning to do with the little girl that you have in your room?"
"Honestly…I'm not sure? Her parents are dead, she lost her sister, she lost everything. So I'm not sure what I am going to do with her."
"Hmmm, I understand but if you don't have any ideas that's okay you two can stay here as long as you want."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Okay thank you, I should better get going."
(In Silco's room)
Later on Silco went back to his room and checked on Powder. She then sees him coming in.
"You came back!" She got up and ran into him and hugged him. Silco was surprised at first but yet he softly smiled and patted her head and kneeling down to her.
"Sorry that I took too long, by the way I got you some new clothes for you to wear." He said as Powder smiles with excitement and she checks out her new clothes but then she finds a gold needle thingy.
"Huh? What's this Mr Silco?" She asks as she shows him the needle.
"Oh, sorry child, it's my um…medicine."
"Your medicine? Are you sick?" She said with a worried expression.
"No dear, it's for my eye."
"What's wrong with your eye?" she curiously asked him but he thought to himself.
"Shit, she hasn't seen it yet. I don't want her to scare her." He sighs and unwraps the banges around his head and shows it to Powder.
His left eye is no longer normal, the outer eye is pitch black while his eye color is a mix between yellow, orange and red, more like a fire color.
"Does it hurt?" She touches his face.
"No dear, I can't feel anything in my left eye." She was speechless but then she gave him his needle.
"I'm sorry if this scares you Powder."
"It's okay Mr Silco." She softly responds. He smiles warmly but then sees a bunch of drawings, blank papers, and oil charcoal.
“What’s your drawing over there?” he said as Powder grab Silco’s hand and walk over to her artwork.
“I made this one for you.” She shows him the picture, it was a stick figure of Silco.
“Oh Powder, this is wonderful thank you.” he said with a soft smile.
(Later in the Lanes)
While Vi, Mylo, and Clagger were out, they took her to their hang out spot to meet their other friend.
“What is this place?” Vi ask.
“This is our hangout spot, it's not that pretty but .”
"Looks nice." She said as she saw someone hiding in the corner.
"Hey, who's that over there?" She pointed at the corner.
"Oh that's Ekko, he's our friend." Said Mylo
"It's alright Little Man, she's friendly." Said Clagger as a small child slowly appeared out of the corner.
"Ekko this is Vi, Vi this is Ekko."
"Nice to meet you Ekko." She said as she let her hand out, Ekko slowly grabbed her hand and shook it.
"So what do you boys normally do around here?"
"Eh nothing much, we mostly do whatever we want around here in the Lanes."
"Really?"
"Yup."
"But sometimes we can mess around with the Enforcers."
"Why would you do that?"
"What do you mean?"
"Don't you know that you're gonna get yourselves in trouble or worse, dead."
"Woah, sorry I mean it's not that big of a deal."
"Uh it is Mylo, don't you remember what happened with those guys last week? What they did to the Enforcers!"
"Yeah i mean that's diff-“
"It doesn't matter if it is different or not you can get killed no matter what you do to piss the Enforcers!!!"
"I…I'm sorry Vi…"
"No I'm the one who is sorry, I shouldn't have snapped at you guys, but that's how the world works now…"
"It's alright Vi, hey there's one more place that we wanted to show you." Said Clagger. Vi smiles a little and they start heading out.
(In Benzo's Shop)
“Benzo, you here?" He yelled out for him.
"Vander, where the hell have you been? I've been looking for you everywhere! Did you find them?"
"I only found one of their daughters."
"One of their daughters? What the hell are you talking about? Where's Henry and Jessica?"
"They're…dead, and so does their…younger daughter as well…Vi is the only one who has survived. And it's all because of Silco! That fuckin son of a bitch! He will pay for what he did!" He said as he slammed his fist against the wall.
"Bloody hell, that's terrible! Where the hell is Silco now? I swear once I see him again I swear I-"
"He ran away right after he stabbed my forearm."
"...where's Vi now?"
"She's with my boys, god that poor girl…I know her father too, we all did. Remember what we called ourselves?"
"Heh, how could I forget? The Children of the Undercity. Man that brings me back…"
"Yeah but…we all change and it's not the same anymore."
"I'm so sorry Van…"
Benzo put his hand on Vander's shoulder, but then they heard the door open and it was the kids walking into the store.
"And here is- oh shit sorry, I didn't know someone was in here." Said Mylo
"It's alright, and what did I say about you swearing?"
"Sorry dad."
"It's alright Mylo, it's almost sundown you ready to go Vi?" He said as Vi nodded.
"We'll be right back."
He picked up the small bag of money and they started heading out.
(Later that day)
After Silco took a shower, he looked at himself in the mirror and saw how terrible his left eye was. He can see the fire in his eye. It feels like it is eating him from the inside.
But he was still thinking about the night with Vander, he thought to himself "Why would he do this? After everything that we've been through! I thought that I could trust him! BUT HE BETRAYED ME!!!!!"
All of those thoughts in his head have kept repeating itself over and over again.
So he took out the shimmer injection and put it together, he stared at it for a moment and slowly aim it at his left eye. He was making sure that it was at the right spot, he took a deep breath and…
*Click*
He pushed the injection down and it stabbed his left eye with a little bit of shimmer. It stung him for a second but he took a deep breath and tried to ignore the pain.
Later he changes himself and walks around for a moment, he then sees Powder while still drawing on her paper but she looks so happy here.
He smiles softly but then thinks of himself again.
"What the hell am I going to do with this child? Come on Silco get a hold of yourself! She's not even your kid! Why should you be worried about it? Why am I feeling like this?" He stopped himself for a moment and went outside for a moment.
(At the Bridge)
During the afternoon both Vander and Vi went back to the bridge where they dropped off three flowers and sat them down.
They took a moment of silence but then they were interrupted by one of the Enforcers.
"Hey, you two can't be here!"
"Listen sir, her entire family just died last night. Could you give us a moment?"
"No, you two shouldn't be at all!" Suddenly there was another Enforcer.
"Is there a problem Marcus?"
"No Chief…"
"Good, I'll take it from here now. You're dismissed." He nods and leaves.
"I'm sorry about Marcus here, so your Vander?"
"Yes, and you are?”
“Grayson, is that your daughter over there?”
“Um no she’s…she’s Jessica’s daughter, maybe you know her.”
“Yeah…i’m so for your lost little one.” She said as Vi glared at her with an angry expression on her face, she then turned away from her.
"Apparently she is not very happy to see any of the enforcers now."
“I understand…, can I speak to you for a moment?" Said Grayson as Vander gets up and walks an inch away from Vi.
"Listen Vander, I'm terribly sorry for your loss but we don't have any choice."
"Of course that you don't have a choice, you just kept killing us more and more and yet none of the councilors ain't gonna do nothing about it!"
"I understand Van-“
"No you don't! You have no idea how much risk that I have to take! I kept my people safe from the Enforcers and all over Piltover!!!" He stopped for a moment and took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
"Vander, I wish that I could do everything to stop this hate between our people and yours, and I'll do whatever it takes to not harm all of you. I know that you all aren't bad people. How about this, how about you and I will make a deal."
(Few Minutes Later)
"Vander, could you at least just…think about it."
"Of course, it was…nice knowing you, Grayson." She nodded.
"Come on kid, let's go home." Vi gets up and they walk home.
(At Night)
Later on at night, Powder began to whimper in her sleep, shaking so much, she was having a nightmare from the night of the war.
“MOMMY!!! DADDY!!!” She screams in fear which causes Silco to rush into her room.
“Powder? What’s wrong?” he said as he turned on the light and walked over to her bed.
“I…I had a nightmare from that night, I'm so…*sobbing* I'm so scared!” She curls herself into a ball while crying her eyes out but then Silco pulls her in and holds her.
“Shhh there, there now. It’s gonna be okay, you're in a safe place." he rubs her head and comforts her.
"I miss my mommy and daddy, and I miss my sister too."
"I know you do, my dear child." He said in a soft tone of his voice, He wiped her tears away and let go of her and walked away. She sees him and immediately ran after him and grabs his hand.
"Wait, please don't leave me.” He stops and turns around.
“Could you stay with me tonight?" He took a moment to think about it.
"Hmm, of course child." He said as he turned off the light as he put a small candle on top of the dresser for a nightlight and he started laying down next to her.
"Could you sing me a lullaby?"
"I'm not much of a singer child."
"You could try?"
"Hmm let's see." He thinks of a song to sing.
"Dear friend across the river. My hands are cold and bare." He began to sing while Powder was surprised because her mother used to sing that lullaby to her and her sister every night.
"Dear friend across the river, I'll take what you can spare. I ask of you a penny, my fortune it will be." Powder sighs softly as she closes her eyes and sings along with him.
He looks down at her and starts rubbing her head slowly and closes his eyes as well and they both start singing together.
"I ask you without env, we raise no mighty towers. Our homes are built of stone, so come across the river. And find…the world below." She slowly falls asleep and Silco smiles softly but then hears her saying something to him.
"Goodnight…daddy…" Silco's heart crunches after hearing those soft words from that small child who he only knew for a day but then suddenly he felt something that he never felt before.
He feels like he wants to protect this little girl. Even though it isn't his, it doesn't matter to him.
He'll take care of this small child for the rest of his life and promise her that he will always be right by her side.
"Goodnight, Powder." He kissed her forehead and they both fell asleep peacefully together.
(To Be Continued)
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there is something about the "Guns for Hire" scene that can just be so personal
#what is the best scene in the whole show and why it was it Guns for Fire#although the What Could Have Been scene is also incredible#and leaves me breathless every time#arcane
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The Tenno holds no memory of who or what suggested he pay Cetus a visit. Were he the sort to gamble, he may have begrudgingly placed his credits upon the Lotus, who remains ever eager to tug his strings one way or another across the stars. The particulars of this memory escape him, as so many others do, and it is only when he is attending to his weapons in orbit of Venus does the thought of passing nearby Earth even occur to him.
Conferring with Ordis confirms that his docket, nebulous as it has been these past days, could certainly allow him a detour from wherever it is duty takes him next. The Tenno considers it while he oils the barrel of the Vectis he's taken to lately. Slowly, slowly, his ship crosses into Venusian night.
New Loka can wait. The thought of dealing with the Perrin Sequence agitates him more than he thinks he can bear. Of the Red Veil, he remains uncertain and uneager for rendezvous, overdue as it may be. So, the matter is settled.
"Set a course," the Tenno says aloud in a ship near silent as a grave, and he prepares himself for planetfall.
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The very last thing he takes note of is the smell of it all.
Fondness for Earth is more instinct than anything. It is the home he cannot fully recall, the mother he knows only through hearsay and missives and histories available to him only by other accounts. Its atmosphere is bruised with toxins yet to heal, ugly whorls that, he is told, once existed only in cautionary tales well before planetary invasion was ever a possibility. That the planet is now infested by Grineer boils something deep within the Tenno, hateful without truly knowing why. This, too, is an instinct so deep it may as well be primal, and as the orbiter peels beneath atmosphere and crosses before the face of a singular, tremendous tower of suspiciously Orokin design, he prepares himself for the worst.
He hears the ocean before he disembarks. He hears other things, too: the barking of people from across the settlement, the shriek and laughter unmistakably belonging to children no older than he himself once was before the Void cracked he and so many others open. The Saryn he commands this day, jet black and indomitable in combat, barely makes it off the landing pier before he is rushed by young faces - young human faces, who babble excitedly at him in a language he does not recognize. And when they are chased off, herded by an older woman built like a barrel, thick in the middle with arms that look as though they could bend steel, the Tenno can only stare. Dark smears of blue enshroud bright, steely eyes, as well as a brow the Tenno only belatedly realized is arched, unimpressed.
She lifts a meaty, beckoning hand, and then she is gone, swallowed by the course of natives and travelers both that pour into Cetus.
Outside his consciousness, the Tenno hears Ordis chirp, "Oh, doesn't this seem like fun?"
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The sight of other Tenno has long since ceased to fill him with wonder. Not that it really ever did after the first few encounters: the novelty of their misfortune and the realization that it is shared lost its luster quickly enough, and when he crosses them in the field or upon the relays, he himself tends to keep his distance.
Here, they are impossible to avoid. It is a far cry from the clinical cleanliness of the relays, with their broad bulkheads and pristine corridors. Here, the ocean itself is drowned out by more chatter than the Tenno can remember hearing in his life; here, the narrow passages between tables and stalls and craftsmen hunkered down on small, rough-spun rugs are teeming with Warframes and people alike. Someone cries out about knives and dashes of viridian, cerulean, the colors to make the eyes of a lover shine bright and brilliant. Another hoists a sliver of some sort of flesh for the Tenno to presumably appreciate, though the color of it is immediately off putting. People in bloodied aprons cry over people with sharp blades, and then the people with pottery and stoneware and small jeweled keepsakes join in the cacophony, loud as seabirds, louder than the sea itself.
It is alive in a way the Tenno cannot immediately parse. This small settlement persists at the very edge of a world that, for all the galaxy knows, no longer welcomes them. Yet still they smile and laugh and raise their hands to greet the metal-and-curse beings that mill amongst them, weapons of war with weapons of war strapped to their spines. Yet still they live.
It is unlike anything he can remember. It is too noisy and too wet and there is a smell, he realizes, of salt and animal blood and sweat and strange fruits and hearth-fire, a bouquet so strong compared to the sanitized and recycled nothing of his vessel that he genuinely fears it will imprint upon and stain his senses permanently, that anything and everything forever more shall be overpowered by the smell of Cetus.
Another Tenno, cloaked in the form of a Rhino, gently buffets him aside. He tracks their form to a narrow stall near the center of the thickest part of the markets, where a young human is masked in the crude but unmistakable affectation of a Trinity. Behind them, rows of other masks are loosely hung upon a rack, where the Tenno can recognize Volts and Mags and something else, bulbous about the brow like some deep sea fish. The Rhino gestures, says something the Tenno cannot hear, something that makes the young stall-keeper laugh bright and loud and shameless.
There are worse smells, the Tenno decides then, watching small, delicate things pass between hands both living and false. The Rhino holds a Volt mask with care, as though it were still a living thing and not just carved from formerly living things. There are worse smells, the Tenno decides, than salt and sea and life.
#warframe oc#warframe rp#warframe fic#writing#i don't know what to tag this lol i am falling back in love with warframe and i want to write about it#when last i played plains of eidolon was still pretty new and i was so overwhelmed by it that i never could really get into it at all...#it's still a little overwhelming all these years later but i've been taking it slow now that i'm mostly playing solo#i gotta learn how to take down eidolons! i gotta get arcanes! i want to build a zaw!#but i also want to absorb the world better. i'd always wanted my guy to be... you know. a guy! so i guess that'll be fun for me#i have to slowly catch up on the story stuff.... so much has happened i'm sure#but i'm weirdly excited. anyway sorry i like to talk in tags LOL
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What could have been? ☄
December 19th 2021
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//SPOILERS, ARCANE S1
set up i noticed for jayce and viktor’s inevitable falling out in season 2…
arcane season 1 as a whole has obviously left QUITE a few loose threads. the threat of war in various areas of runeterra (noxus, piltover, zaun), the upheaval of zaun’s leader and a vacant spot of power, and various problems interconnected with character disputes. the state of jayce and viktor in league predispose rivalry. they *will* become enemies. it *won’t* be pretty. but particularly, jinx’s attack on the council, the conversation between mel, viktor and jayce about potentially weaponising hextech (episode 7, 23 minutes in), and persistent use of symbolism in conjunction with piltover and zaun seem to be potential foreshadowing for jayce and viktor being on two different sides of the inevitable war between zaun and piltover.
jinx’s attack on the council with hextech weaponry, at least to piltover, will be an instant, incessant declaration of war.
i once saw a youtube comment speak on how jayce and viktor act as very strong symbols of piltover and zaun. both start from relatively similar beginnings, scientifically innovative, but zaun is often hindered by handicap while piltover is privileged, cared for, physically strong, etc.. zaun is sick and dying while piltover is seduced by politics. zaun is regularly overshadowed by piltover. zaun is big on body modification and a “desperate times call for desperate measures” mentality. jayce is genuinely just the face of piltover — the city of progress, the man of progress — etc..
generally, i think season 1 represents their symbiotic nature. them, co-existing, not without faults, but living peacefully. HOWEVER, piltover and zaun were also apparently (physically) separated by an explosion.
“The plan involved using thousand of chemtech bombs to crack open an area of the land so that a cavern could be created, …. the bombs triggered a series of earthquakes that completely destroyed the isthmus* and sank large districts of Zaun and thousands of its citizens…” [source: LoL wiki. Zaun > History]
*isthmus: a narrow strip of land… forming a link between two larger areas of land.
zaun collapsed on itself, making travel and commute between piltover and zaun difficult. a leakage of poisonous gas spread through zaun. it’s in a sickly state; dangerous… and by extension, perhaps on the offence (reinforced by the attacks on piltover in s1). piltover is largely untouched, but communication with zaun has been severed.
they’ve been split. LITERALLY.
this insinuates the missile, the attack on the council, might be the catalyst of their split. jinx firing a missile on the council is, in physical form, zaun’s declaration of war on piltover. this naturally puts viktor and jayce — symbols of piltover and zaun — in a situation where they, after it hits, have immediate issues they have to discuss. they’ve already had some of their arguments, of course, but they inevitably need to talk about…
how viktor survived an explosion despite his terminal illness (hence, a conversation about how he augmented himself with hextech, which may or may not end well)
AND
how or if hextech will be weaponised — both having different stances and, inevitably, disrupting their partnership.
mel had a conversation with viktor and jayce on the nature of having to potentially defend themselves from zaun. viktor, of course, refused, jayce also initially opposed, only to feel more neutral about it after mel explained herself.
mel feels relatively important. so there’s a lot of possibility for her NOT to die. along with this, the golden plates along her back are emphasised as the missile hits, insinuating they have some sort of importance and potential leverage in the damage the missile might cause. there’s people out there who know more about the league lore than i do, who could tell you why that would let her live or protect others. but from my memory, she was one of the few council figures incessant on not going to war, period. the arcane AMA guarantees war next season.
this could actually be referring to mel’s mother going to war(?) with noxus, and how she requested weaponry from piltover (only for mel to refuse because she literally built a life in piltover against the notion of war, period). but considering jayce and viktor’s inevitable falling out, a war between zaun and piltover is incredibly beneficial in a symbolic sense.
regardless, this means there’s possibility mel might actually die. she was one of the few council members insisting war was a bad idea — and with her eliminated, it’s up to the rest of the council to decide. the council — people who vastly detested the thought of a peace treaty with zaun. jayce also has a pattern of reacting very strongly to things he cares about, ei: mel. his support in the war against zaun might not happen initially, but it’s *definitely* possible, especially after trying to establish peace and being immediately attacked afterwards, along with mel’s hypothetical death.
the peace treaty between zaun and piltover, denied from both areas, might also foreshadow viktor and jayce’s situation next season. something arcane is good at is “almosts;” situations in which characters, and the audience, *almost* get what they want, only for it to be immediately taken from them. powder *almost* manages to prove herself to her family (despite her incredible abilities outside of fighting), but accidentally makes her only family turn on her after getting most of them killed. vi and jinx meet up in episode 6(?) and they *almost* have some form of consolidation after not seeing each other for years, only for cait to (not intentionally) throw a spanner in the works by being someone NEW in their dynamic that warps jinx’s trust of vi.
zaun and piltover *almost* had a peace treaty. jayce *almost* managed to finally somewhat leverage the disputes between piltover and zaun. his support of zaun was not a sudden revelation, slowly taking place after his argument with viktor (“but you didn’t say they were from the undercity!”), but did only occur in the third act; specifically, over two episodes. but zaun and piltover are now, hypothetically, going to war.
*almost.*
jayce’s arc consists of him finally going against the rules and expectations he’s abided by — the expectation of piltover for him to make choices that benefit THEM, and subverting this by making peace with zaun. he *almost* gets that growth within the last act. he *almost* makes the (concerning narrative morale, specifically) right choice.
viktor and jayce *almost* avoid their conflict getting worse. but will let their own ideals get in the way.
they *almost* had peace.
on top of this, the weaponising of hextech conversation from season 1 is generally interesting for foreshadowing purposes, too; possibly in regards to jinx’s attack on the council and possibly in regards to an event in season 2 we don’t know about yet.
it could foreshadow viktor working for zaun, it could foreshadow a dire situation in which viktor could get both him and jayce killed and chooses not to, or could foreshadow jayce and viktor’s split after the missile hits.
viktor inspects one of jinx’s grenades, stating, “the form is crude, but… the engineering is… inspired.” you could argue he almost admires it. he admires jinx’s engineering. he admires zaun’s engineering.
jayce reacts with, “you think they could crack hextech?” do you think they’re dangerous? do you think zaun is a threat? he disregards it.
viktor replies with, “ehhh… it’s a leap,” and is somewhat dismissive of jayce, reinforcing their stances on zaunite weaponry and zaun in general.
after mel leaves viktor and jayce to decide on whether they’ll weaponise hextech or not, viktor says, “ridiculous. you cannot be considering this.”
through their arguing, jayce states, “we may not have a choice.”
in the process of dissecting jinx’s grenade, viktor sets it off. in order to prevent it from detonating, he’s required to cut a specific wire. he hesitates, hand lingering, leaving jayce in anticipation, wondering whether he’s willing to let the bomb kill the both of them.
viktor finally cuts the wire.
he decides to let them both live. he decides to not let jinx’s grenade detonate.
“there is always a choice.”
a situation in which viktor could kill both of them but chooses not to, possibly involving jinx or zaun….
and again, this could specifically foreshadow their arguments after the missile hits. but it could also be a different event from season 2 entirely.. the scene always seemed to pointed, to me, to not foreshadow *anything* though.
viktor will also likely work for zaun, accentuating the divide between him and jayce.
zaun is referred to as piltover’s “dark mirror.” viktor is supposedly jayce’s “dark mirror.” viktor needs a lot more of a turning point for this to be accurate, because as is, both are on somewhat common ground (aside from viktor’s deteriorating morale), and the machine herald is yet to make his debut. this split will likely be accentuated by viktor working for zaun; after viktor hypothetically disagrees with jayce’s stance on weaponising hextech and attacking zaun. he’ll no longer be on the same side. he’ll HAVE to leave.
after silco’s death, there’s a vacant spot of power that needs to be filled in zaun. i don’t believe this will solely be viktor; perhaps a number of people, perhaps a new LoL character introduced next season. but people who exist in zaun as of season 1 will not be able to be its sole leader.
the environment in zaun negates jinx’s actions, largely disapproving outside of silco.. who’s now dead. sevika is permanently a right-hand. the end scene, where the vacancy of silco’s desk is heavily emphasised, sevika obediently sitting aside, insinuates she’ll *stay* a right-hand, as she has the whole of season 1 (worked under vander, as well, etc.). finn, leading the chem-baron revolution against silco, was single-handedly taken down by sevika herself. which leads very few people to lead (from my knowledge, im forgetful) or take a place of power. this is a little meta, as well, but i’ve noticed viktor’s voice actor, harry lloyd, also happens to be actively commended for his ability to play twisted/demented villains. feel like that’s too much of a coinkadink, yknow. viktor, as a symbol of zaun, might not become its sole leader — but it’s definitely not out of the question that he will be forced into a position where he has to work for them instead of piltover.
viktor and jayce will have their falling out. the attack on the council holds the weight of a symbolic and literal war that will split jayce and viktor. after mel’s (hypothetical) death, jayce will no longer have an influence to stop him from declaring war, along with encouragement in the form of the council. viktor will be working for zaun. jayce will be working for piltover; for the council. their symbolism guarantees they will be enemies; viktor and jayce are fated to be on different two sides of the war between piltover and zaun.
does anyone have thoughts on this? if this post flops jus ignore it /lh
[and ps; if anyone can somehow find the comment talking about the viktor and jayce symbolism with piltover and zaun, although i doubt it, PLEASE send it to me so i can properly credit them. i’ve been struggling to find it. i just remember it was a reply to another comment about jayce and viktor but it’s given me so many thoughts it’s NOT EVEN FUNNY SJDNJ]
[[ps ps; if anyone has any constructive criticism on my writing/evidence i’d love to hear it !]]
#jayce arcane#jayce talis#viktor arcane#arcane#arcane theory#arcane netflix#arcane season 2#arcane spoilers#jayvik#vikjayce#any songs from the ost that represent piltover and zaun as well??#snakes from the arcane ost.. WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN from the arcane ost#what could have been playing during the missile scene#OHH MY GOD#birg.txt
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What Could Have Been starts playing moodboard
#WHYYY DON'T YOU LOVEEE WHO I AMMMMMMMM#WHAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN#goddd it fucking breaks me every time#'and worst of all for me to live I gotta kill the part of me that saw that I needed you most'#ARE YOU KIDDING MEEEE#rip my heart out already#arcane#stfu vithcy
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