#eclipse helps y/n practice and gain control over their bloodlust

[naffeclipse]

-slides in here so smoothly I nearly run into the wall-

Hiiii Naff I come with Lost Episode thoughts <3 Because, with Glitchtrap already taken care of, the "ending" for their little timeline is so so open, and I wonder about Y/N and Vanessa's friendship. Do they have any chance of a happy ending? Will Vanessa ever overcome her own bias and realize that her friend is the vampire? How would that affect her hunt? Would she ever abandon it, as a last favor for a friend, or for her own sake, as Y/N advises? Would she ever want to communicate with Y/N, just as friends, or would her morals and the knowledge that even if it is Y/N, they now consume human blood to survive, keep her from ever wanting that kind of contact with Y/N? How would it affect her, getting older while knowing Y/N will outlive her as an undead if she abandons her hunt? How would Y/N treat her aging friend if Vanessa insists on hunting them until either of them dies? How would that change if Vanessa did treat them as a friend?

This are. so many questions oh my god gfhdjs tldr: I am insane about the Lost Episode. Please monologue as much as you want I want to hear it all

Heya, babe! *cracks knuckles* Monologuing begins now!

Vanessa, unfortunately, has an even more negative view of cryptids no thanks to Glitchtrap and all that she suffered, and in this AU, she suffers all of that alone. There's no Y/N to help her process and begin recovering from a boatload of trauma. Additionally, Vanessa holds guilt for not being there to save Y/N from the vampire bite or helping them pass away peacefully after the fact. She's not handling Y/N's vampirism well, to say the least.

A happy ending in an already angsty timeline isn't possible. As much as I'd love to say that Y/N and Vanessa reconcile and figure it out, that's not possible within the circumstances. Y/N struggles with their own blood drinking and Vanessa wouldn't give Y/N a chance to freely talk about their decision to not end themselves like any hunter should do.

For a long time, it's just text messages back and forth, maybe a phone call if Eclipse thinks it's safe for them. Y/N can't be close to Vanessa with their own lack of control, but they want to stay in contact and this eases that longing somewhat.

At best, Vanessa and Y/N get trapped in some place and are forced to talk it out. Vanessa can hear out Y/N, but ultimately, Vanessa cannot grasp why Y/N would choose to continue to be a monster, especially after all of the cryptids they've hunted. Vanessa would think even less of Y/N now that she sees that it's still them, in a way. She would be disappointed and revolted.

Y/N would be devastated. It hurts so much, but all Y/N can get Vanessa to agree to is leaving them, and Eclipse, be. Their track record shows that they've only killed people who have harmed children. Vanessa doesn't like it, but Vanessa is tired. She can't look at Y/N's red eyes and fangs anymore.

Then, of course, Vanessa would age and Y/N would not. They and Eclipse would be endless. Y/N would want to see Vanessa from time to time, and with each passing decade, Y/N sees more gray hair on Vanessa's head and more wrinkles around her eyes. Those visits are short and tense, unfriendly. Then there's that dreaded day that Y/N can't fathom but Eclipse can only hold them tight and promise that this pain will not haunt them forever.