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The hc359 AU Masterpost!

Here is a masterpost containing all the important stuff for my hc359 (wolf359-inspired but you don't need to have listened to the podcast to understand this) au!

You can find some other silly posts by searching the '#hc359 au' tag on my blog, but here I will be trying to keep all the storyline things and important bits.

Story

Part 1 (introduction to the au, characters Grian, Mumbo, Scar and Cub, the first stage of the plot)

Part 2 (a brief interlude regarding gender)

Part 3 (things get bad and then worse)

Part 4 (secrets and a dialogue snippet)

Part 5 (eyes!)

[always feel free to ask me questions about this au - I want to yap about it foreverrr]

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thinking about her (hc359 au grian)

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ok yeah hc359 grian is a girl. whatever. she's being eaten by eyes i think thats more pressing tbh. she doesnt tho.

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Confirmed w my STEM housemate (hiii u follow me hiii!!!) that estrogen is pretty easy to make (or, like, synthesise? Idk I'm not a scientist) so what I'm saying is that hc359 au Cubfan Brand Estrogen is possible and definitely going to happen at some point. Rip Grian it was nice knowing you #slay

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i love being mean to grian in my AUs and stuff but my favourite at the moment really has gotta be hc359 au grian. she's stranded in space, she's being manipulated, she has nightmares, she's having a gender crisis, her crew hates her, one of her crew is dead, she had a shitty partner, she's gonna die in space probably, she's about to get eaten by eyes, she's growing her hair out and it's at the awkward stage right now

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FUCK i fucking forgot about wolf359. I have Got to finish that podcast

And the Hermitcraft AU of it I started aaagh

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the hc359 au hermetheus, flying into deep space with no support from earth, eyes growing out of the walls, and killer vines just sorta hanging out:

grian: ummm guys... i think i might be a girl 😳

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life on the hc359 au hermetheus is kind of funny like there's just some dead guy in a box. can't do shit about it. eyes growing on a wall. there are only two guns. grian is having a gender crisis.

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grian from ur ummmm hc359 thingie. shes so tragic.

WHAT THIS IS SO COOL!!!!!!!!! THANK U :D my beloved tortured soul Grian she is sooo tragic I love herrr. The struggle of putting together a dysphoria fit with the, like, three clothing choices on the ship... I love her so much this is awesome thank you wow!!

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What the hell is going on with those eyes, huh? (A hc359 update)

Confused? Find the Masterpost here, and read the first four installments in the series before this one! In this installment, I try my best to make Grian's life as miserable as possible!

CW: discussions of death, surgery, medical equipment, body horror, mild dehumanisation (accidental(?))

So, despite Cub doing research and experiments on that fun little wall with eyes in the Hermethus' hidden storage, Grian is the only one who actually touched those eyes when he discovered them. He just relayed the fact that it gave her an electric shock to the others so they avoided touching it.

Several weeks have passed since Grian talked to mission command, and those several weeks have been... painful. The crew is being unfriendly and uncooperative, barely keeping the place together as they drift further into deep space. Worst of all, Grian's arm has been hurting like hell, and she just can't figure out why.

Not that she talks to Scar or Cub about it, or asks Mumbo for any medical information or any scans. She is quite content to never talk to them again, actually. They probably all hate her for keeping secrets from them.

And then, one day, Grian wakes up to find small raised bumps across her arm, barely visible but as uncomfortable as ever. It's weird, but he assumes it's some kind of allergic reaction or a side effect of being in space for too long. Something that will go away. But, pressing on the little bumps and feeling the skin of her arm, she notices how solid the raised areas are. Kind of squishy, but solid.

It's not itchy, more like growing pains mixed with pins and needles. And the feeling goes deep, into the muscle and bones. Like something is latching itself into him, taking root.

(That is exactly what's happening, but Grian does not know this, and so she says nothing)

Eventually, the bumps across his arm start to form cracks on the skin, which look like faint scars at first but then become deeper, clear indications of eyelids. These developments happen so fast Grian barely has time to contemplate telling someone. She even hides it from Mumbo's camera-eyes.

Then, the eyes begin to open, and Grian thinks maybe he messed up.

It's not like she can see out of them... most of the time. But it's freaky. And what if more start spawning? What if they are, under the skin where he can't see? Hundreds of eyes growing inside her? She's scared the crew will mutiny, or something, because of the obvious alien infection, but he can't stay quiet now. He has to tell them...

She hides it, still, for a few more days, wrapping her arm with bandages. The fabric feels horrific against the freshly-sprouted eyes, especially because she can't control when they open or close. It makes her nauseous just looking at them. She can only tolerate it for so long.

A crew meeting is called. Grian just rips off the proverbial band-aid all at once and hopes for the best, absolutely terrified that the crew will turn against him even further.

The first reaction is a sort of general shock. But then, surprisingly fast, the crew go straight into Science Mode. Scar is a biologist, Cub has been running experiments on the wall-eyes, Mumbo... well, he's still kind of mad at Grian, actually, but he's also an AI with access to all the knowledge of humanity (sort of) so he starts searching for similar cases in old medical files.

Scar is very curious in a practical kind of way. He asks if the eyes can see, if they're connected to anything, if they have their own nervous systems, etc. Cub really wants to run some tests. and Grian feels more like a specimen than a person at that point, so she agrees and lets Cub take him to the lab. Scar wants to tag along but Cub doesn't let him, telling him to stay put and let them know if the ship starts exploding or anything crazy.

It's... not too long before Cub grabs a scalpel and tries prying one of the eyes out. No warning or anything. Grian screams and slaps him in the face. Serves him right.

They have some painkillers stocked up, so Cub offers those to Grian because he... really wants to do a bit of a vivisection, to be honest. Really wants to get under the skin and see what's happening. He just momentarily forgot that Grian can feel pain. Silly mistake to make, of course.

It takes some convincing, but Grian hesitantly agrees to a short operation. She's still awake during the procedure, though he's drowsy and her arm is numb. There's a little bed surface to lay down on, so she doesn't fall over or anything. Cub is relatively careful, making an incision on the skin and looking inside with a mini camera - taking scans as he does so - before sewing the wound up and moving on to an eye. It will be easier to analyse in isolation, as well as better to see whether it dies or not when separated from Grian's body.

The eye is cut away cleanly, and in an instant Grian is shocked with pain, riveting up her arm like fire. She lashes out with no control, hitting Cub in the side of the head. Something inside her, something that isn't her, screams in pain and anger.

His vision flashes between normal sight and the shattered dozen perspectives of the eyes... including the one so neatly cut from her flesh. In the moment, he feels like he's dying. Life draining away, slowly but still too fast.

Later, he realises the feeling came from the severed eye, as it was dying. But even knowing this, inside her something is broken. Missing. Dead.

Grian relays that she might be, uh, innately connected to the eyes now. He's like 'bad news i think cub killed a part of me' (and Mumbo gets to make a sassy remark about being dead) and thus things are more complicated.

They dont know whether the eyes are malicious, or invasive, or symbiotic. Scar wants to do some research into that. He specialises in animal behavioural phenomenons and is really interested in what kind of relationship the eyes have to Grian- are they like fish or barnacles attaching themselves to sharks? Are they more like parasitic worms? Are they trying to feed on Grian and eat away her body? Trying to become one with her?

This is all really interesting to Scar. I mean, he also wants Grian to be safe, and they need to know whether they should remove the rest of the eyes or not, but... it's a bit of excitement in an otherwise particularly doomed trip.

Overall, Grian feels like her very obvious depressive cycle might be about to get worse, but at least the crew are talking to her. Even if it's just because she's a new thing to experiment on...

Remember when she used to have authority? Yeah, she doesn't really miss it either.

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I got inspired by this popular audio:

and wrote a tiny snippet of dialogue for my hc359 au! Thought it would be fun to twist this audio... well, you'll see...

Part 1 of the au, Part 2 (briefly), Part 3 (I need to make a masterpost, don't I?)

TW: death threats, manipulation

Grian is alone, in the communications room, tidying up radar scans because Scar refuses to do his job- says he's had enough of working for no reason.

It is then that the high-priority long distance communicator starts buzzing. Loud and clear and annoying. There are only two reasons it might go off: a distress call from a nearby ship (of which there are none) or a call from command, all the way back on earth.

Grian freezes, for only a second, before answering the call.

"H-hello?" "Hermetheus, hello. This is mission command." "I know- I mean, what-" "How are you all, up there?" "Wh- we're- um... could be better, sir." "Just so you're aware, we're lacing this call with high frequency interceptions. Your AI won't be able to hear more than radio static." "I- our AI-" "And if anything we discuss leaves this room, we will kill you. Understood?" "Yes." "..." "Y- yes, sir." "Good! We see you're on course, still. Great, keep it up." "Permission to speak freely, sir." "Denied." "..." "This will probably be our last chat, Hermetheus." "... right." "... do you blame yourself?" "What?" "Well, it's quite common for a mission lead in this situation to feel a kind of... guilt." "Wh- what situation?" "A termination." "..." "It's very common for people to invent blame or create a causality, when in reality... it was completely out of your control." "I- but-" "It was bound to happen, Grian. Putting the four of you on a ship, putting you in charge? We knew you were destined for failure one way or another." "That's not fair." "Oh?" "You left us to die. I hate you. You never- you told me it would be safe and you lied." "I'd watch my tone, if I were you." "..." "Now, let's discuss the next steps for this mission..."

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every time you make another hc359 post i get so happy . i am So glad i told you to listen to w359 this is like everything ive everdreamed of forever and ever

I am so glad you got me into this insane little podcast it makes me crazy. hc359 au also makes me crazy. I love torturing my blorbos

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hc359 au updates oops i wrote wayyy too much haha.

[wearing a shirt that says 'ask me specific things about my hc359 au'] [wearing a second shirt that says 'discussions of death ahead you have been warned']

I killed Mumbo. Sorry everyone he died.

Well, okay, his body in cryostasis died. His mind (?) is fine because it was meshed with the ship's computer at the time. He's an AI now. He's sad about it but trying to look on the bright side and not on the side that says 'oh god oh god oh no oh my god'.

Basically, Grian and Cub decided to test bringing Mumbo out of cryostasis, disconnecting him from the computer and putting his mind back into his body, as it seemed like a good time to do so. Since the ship was currently cruising safely through space, it was a good time to test this process in preparation for when they would need to do it for real - in two or so years when Mumbo's life supports would cease functioning. Unless they miraculously got sent back to earth somehow.

After the long and arduous process of disconnecting him and turning the ship to manual control, the cryostasis pod wouldn't open and alarms + warnings started blaring, so everything was put back in place and Grian got Mumbo to scan his pod.

Dead body inside! Oh no!

It is probable that mission control killed him remotely because they secretly put death microchips in everyone's brains during training.

That's Grian's theory anyway. She has also become a bit of a stubborn, selfish, cold person recently. It's the stress. She's feeling entirely out of control. It sucks for everyone.

Grian also knew Mumbo was dead for several weeks before it was discovered - mission control told her in their final message, and ordered her not to tell anyone.

After some pressure from Scar, Grian reveals she has been keeping other secrets, but she's too scared / loyal to mission control to tell anyone anything.

She just says the mission termination was her fault, and she never expected mission control to abandon them. After this reveal, things on the ship become even more tense and awful. Grian starts flinching at raised voices (again...) and no one really wants to talk to each other. Grian gets one (1) pity hug from Scar.

Meanwhile Mumbo is having a bit of an existential crisis and Cub is chilling - mostly doing experiments and observations on those Wall Eyes (which haven't been doing much since their discovery).

Grian's arm hurts. Don't worry about it.

Scar keeps having nightmares about everyone starving to death or Grian being evil - or about those killer vines taking over the ship. Grian also has nightmares, about her past w her shitty ex and about the horrors of space... lots of eyes involved. Mumbo cannot sleep and cannot have nightmares - and never will again. He is fine with this (lie).

Cub thinks the ship itself is a nightmare so there's no point in having actual nightmares. But mostly he's having fun studying the new star systems and doing unethical experiments on those Eyes.

... oopsies haha. twirls my hair.

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[wearing a shirt that says 'ask me about my hc359 au] guys you should ask me about my hc359 au haha

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Introduction Post!!

Hiya. Let’s pretend I made this when I opened the blog...

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Hermitcraft / Life Series AU Masterpost

Hermitcraft / Life Series Fic Masterpost

Hermitcraft / Life Series Fantasy AU Masterpost

Grumbo Apocalypse Monster AU Masterpost

hc359 AU Masterpost

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