#stealthy survivor

[themothinboots]

[vivi-the-sky-kid]

Here's a little something I came up with for the Stealthy Survivor, aka the black cape/scared stance spirit. It features a little bit of my own headcanons, and I use she/her pronouns for the spirit

There's also a little bit of Black/Green shipping, if you squint

Stealthy Survivor

How had this happened? How could everything have gone so horribly wrong?

She crept from her hiding spot and towards the next bastion of safety, head turning this way and that. Mist filled the area, slinking around the bones and ruins, and in the distance, she could hear the terrible, mechanical rattle of the krill that now haunted the Golden Land.

The krill...

When the darkness had erupted from Eden, awful flakes had drifted down from the sky like black snow. In small quantities, they had been harmless enough... until the storm rains came and pooled them together. Now the Golden Land was anything but. Now it was a wasteland flooded with polluted water that sapped away light. That would have been bad enough, but the initial shockwave, as well as the aftershocks, had damaged the foundations of many buildings, including the krill housing...

She shuddered and continued on. Even now, the screams as the now-corrupted krill lay waste to the factories and barracks echoed in her mind. She herself had barely managed to escape the initial rampage. Her friends had not been so lucky.

A green cape flashed through her mind, spread over courageous shoulders, but she quickly pushed down the memory. No. There would be time to mourn the fallen later. Time to soothe the ache in her chest and pay tribute to the stars now missing from her sky. She could not let their sacrifice be in vain.

Maybe this was penance for what they had done at the krill manufactory. What she had done. Maybe they deserved this fate, after the horrors they had performed in the name of the kingdom. Maybe they deserved a punishment to rival their initial fall.

The searchlight of a krill brushed across the ground in the midst of her brooding, and she moved behind a column of stone. Cold red light flooded the cavern beyond, and she knew that she would have been spotted if she had reacted slower—if she had let her grief consume her. She did her best to keep an eye out for the krill as its gaze roamed over the cavern and the back of her hiding spot.

Then it moved on with that horrendous clanking she had learned to fear, never letting out its bone-chilling roar, and she breathed a sigh of relief. She was safe for now.

Still, her trek was not over yet. She took one more glance around the area and, when no krill came into view, moved on towards the temple. She had to make it to Elder Tsadi. Surely he had the answers she needed. Surely he had a plan for this nightmare.

The thought that she would never arrive never crossed her mind.

…

Hey, here's an awful thought for y'all: what if krill spotlights were constantly red at first after their initial corruption, but could turn blue after they consumed enough light from stars?

[danelloevee-sky]

10/10 spirit lineup

[creature-of-light]

I love you Stealthy Survivor you're one of my most favourite spirits if not The favourite but I can't fucking do this

[silentvoidtreeshop]

TOOK ME 2 FUCKING YEARS BUT I FINALLY GOT THIS BITCH

[localkrillenthusiast]

Stealthy survivor you’ll always be my fave

[naitomeruu-drawings]

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Late upload (as always).

I like to think the Stealthy Survivor as someone who miraculously survived, but also got traumatized in the process.

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(Scenario from “SKY: Three Cycles” Act 3 Chapter 1 - Children of the Survivor)

Three Children of the Light relive the memories of a Spirit hidden within the enormous carcasses of the Wasteland Graveyard. It shows the Spirit cleverly hiding from passing Dark Dragons. Once the memory sequence is over, the Spirit introduces herself. “I am the Stealthy Survivor.”

Eyn stares at the Spirit with mouth agape, Twei’s gaze narrows while Veer continues to sniffle. The Spirit they revere in particular—to the point of donning black capes like hers—is right in front of them but it isn’t exactly the right time for her to appear.

“My Children,” the Spirit says, “I am very relieved that you managed to get this far.”

“Managed to get this far?” Twei quotes angrily. She steps forward and tearfully raises her voice at the Spirit. “Is this just a game to you?! Did you mean to say Dree and Veyf are failures for dying back there!?”

“Don’t talk to the Spirits like that!” Eyn scolds Twei.

Twei ignores the leader and fiercely presses the Spirit. “Tell me, ‘Survivor’! Tell me why you’re making us go through this journey! What do we risk our lives for?!”

Twei honestly expects the Stealthy Survivor to brush off the group’s sacrifices as just part of some trial, but instead the Spirit kneels like the Apologetic Lumberjack. The Children are taken aback.

“I am deeply sorry for letting you go through this!” The Spirit exclaims. She sits up to show her sincerity. “I, too, have lost my friends, my family, to the Darkness... I truly didn’t want you to suffer like I did.” The Stealthy Survivor holds a ball of light that looks like a Blessing. “I’ve seen so, so many Children of the Light die right at this forsaken swamp. This is why I blessed you, my fourteen Children, with my quick wits, courage and perseverance—I hoped they will help you safely reach the Vault of Knowledge, where you can share your gifts and discover the reason for your journey, but it seems...” The light in the Spirit’s hands dissolves. “If two of you still died, then it means... my Blessings are not enough.” Her voice begins to shake, and she hides her face with her hands. “If only I had more to give...”

More about “SKY: Three Cycles” here.

[creature-of-light]

STEALTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[localkrillenthusiast]

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