#mans is screwed over via; let me check my notes; A GEM

[thatonepikminperson]

Aero, Gemstone Wraith (Mixed Wraith AU)

The Gemstone Wraith is one of the more rare Solid Wraith types, as they tend to cycle out old Gemstone Wraiths with new ones. It’s rare for the population of this Wraith type to go up. The Gemstone Wraith is small, smaller than the Oil Wraith (Which is like, half the size of the Water Wraith standing up.), and is square looking. Or rectangular technically. It has gems scattered across its body, the most common color would be the color of the past creature’s eyes, or just a random color. It’s also a grey dirt color, giving off the (Correct) impression that it stays underground.

These Wraiths are one of the few solid Wraiths that hope on the chance that another non Wraith finds them. They would lure them down to their cave, which has a lot of pretty gems, with, say it with me now, trance powers. (Man, these Solids sure do love those). They tend to be able to convince the poor creature to eat one of the gemstones in the cave, which as a result, kills the closest Gemstone Wraith and turns the creature that ate the gemstone into a Gemstone Wraith. As you might be able to tell, the obsession has to do with Gemstones. Luckily for every creature ever, the gemstones on the Gemstone Wraith’s body are not powerful enough to induce the same trance powers, only the ones found in Gemstone Wraith’s caves are. 

These Wraiths are affected by Lumiknolls.

(More art below, and also the story on how in the world THIS happened to our boi, Aero)

Aero is the fourth member to become a Wraith, and is the third one to lose their memories after becoming a Wraith. Yes, that can happen in the AU, it's quite common for creatures Wraith transformations.

After just losing three of their crew members, the rescue corps head to a frosty place (Valley of Repose.) So while some of the crew is looking around, Aero finds a small Wraith. It guides him over, almost convincing himself to jump in, but Aero snaps out of the daze and attempts to walk away. The Wraith goes into the cave, grabs a gem, and shows it to Aero. This is where Aero learns that these gems have trace powers! (YIPPEE) And he walks back over to the cave, and jumps inside after the Wraith drops the gem down the cave. This cave ends up being that small Wraith’s home, and Aero is already enthralled by the gemstone the Wraith had shown it before. He kinda loses himself for a bit, just long enough for the Wraith to deactivate things like the GPS, radio, all the important stuff. Aero looks up at the ceiling. They come in every color, from blue to red. 

Aero becomes entranced with the pretty colors for a few hours, before seeing a purple gem and suddenly remembering Pom. He ends up shaking himself out of it. Aero attempts to be smart for a second, looking down to try and get to where he’s going, but his plan is foiled after the Wraith puts some more gems around the cave’s next hole. And for the next couple of hours to Aero, and a literal night in reality, Aero just stares at the gems, and falls asleep. He has a dream, and Dream Pom (Not actually Pom) snaps him out of it. After almost falling under the spell again once he woke up, he decides to venture onward, already trapped in the small Wraith’s spell.

Aero lands on the last sublevel, and it’s got even MORE of those gemstones. Aero tries to not fall under, but after just a few seconds, he gives in again. He walks up to some on the wall, unable to stop himself from taking some. Aero walks back up, and then back down the winding path, taking more of the gems, mainly purple ones, and slowly falling into obsession with the lights. Once he reaches the end, Aero enters the final room, which has a low ceiling, and little lighting, letting the gemstones that are everywhere glow and take a hold over Aero’s mind. At this point, even if someone was to try and stop Aero, it is too late, Aero has fallen into complete obsession over these gems, and the small Wraith knows it. 

He collapses in front of the small Wraith, wanting and begging to stay. The walls of gemstones (Which are all past creatures who have fallen for the exact same thing he has) tell him that he can, and even if he wants to join them, he has to eat one of the many gems he has in his possession to become what he so desperately wants to be, a Gemstone Wraith. To Aero’s credit, at first, Aero is hesitant to ruin such beauties, but he eventually just gives in, and eats a small gemstone, which knocks him out. Once Aero awakens, he has become a Gemstone Wraith, and he just wants to stay below the surface in this cave for the rest of time.

Aero's personality changes, quite a bit. His mind only has one thing on it, and that is his GEMS. He obsesses over them, to a point where he'll zone out holding one, even IF he has his memories back! He's super possessive over his gems also, and acts like a crazy guy 90% of the time. The other 10% is him just being mad over other creatures trying to take him away from the loves of his life.

Aero has something special about remembering. When he does, it's only just Pom and himself at first. He slowly will regain the rest of what he's forgetting, but it will take awhile. In this state, he's super docile. He's very friendly, and will often just talk to people and try to be there friends!

Unless he sees bright, colorful, flashing lights. When he does, his mind shuts down, as he believes it's a gem. He kinda gets stuck in a state of staring at the lights until they go away and THEN SOME. Man's gets stuck in his own mind until someone can both block his sight with the lights and snap him out of it. It doesn't take much to snap him out of it, but it's still scary for the crew to watch him go back to the mindless Wraith he was before.