#this AU was inspired by a very similar one I saw a looooong time ago as a kid

[bassboosted-moon-chao]

So I dunno what this survivor borderline thing is, but it's a cool sycamore design. You mentioned he couldn't have his wish, so I'm curious. What was his wish at all?

in Survivor Borderline, Sycamore's wish is for the world to return to the way it was; something that can never happen, now that the Perfect World Event has occurred. His worsening petrification (the stone-like stuff his arm and parts of his body have turned into, an effect of the weapon's decimation) is a reminder of that, and also a reminder that although he somehow survived the event, he's on borrowed time.

So instead of being able to revert the destruction that was wrought by Lysandre and Flare, the best he can do is defeat them and hope for whatever other survivors there are to have a chance at rebuilding. This isn't really about him, but about the remains of the world, in his eyes.