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