#tss! Sabre

[the-yersinia-plague]

Intro

Excerpt from Sabre's Journal

"I knew I shouldn't have let Plague Steve use that potion. My gut told me it was a bad idea to infect Infinity Steve with it, but I ignored it. Now it's too late. The damage done. It's just... The situation was dire. We had tried everything we could to defeat Infinity, but nothing was strong enough to harm them in the slightest. Until Plague stepped up with this potion, claiming it would surely kill them within three to six and a half days... Those couple days would be the last days, where everything was truly okay. I'm not sure who to blame for this. Plague or myself. Shifting the blame to Plague would be the easiest thing to do, sure. But it wouldn't be right without the proper proof. He didn't seem to expect such a terrible outcome. And neither did we. It started in the dead of night. Fittingly enough there was a thunderstorm going on. Lucas, Light and Rainbow were all asleep in their respective rooms in the Rainbow House. I was also in my room, but couldn't sleep. That night I was still hanging over some blueprints for an automatic defense contraption for the gate and the wall around town. The first sign that something was wrong, were odd crashes out in the storm. I chalked it up to be lightning hitting stuff and didn't think about it much further. I should've gone out and checked the situation... Maybe then I could've changed the outcome? When we went outside the next morning, it was pretty clear something had attacked the town. Signs of struggle and demolition everywhere. The Steve Temple had been broken into, judging by the smashed windows. Venturing inside revealed a scene that had all our stomachs drop. Inside the temple we found the remains of what could barely be identified as Infinity. Their body was horribly deformed and mangled. It was gruesome. I don't wish to go into detail right here and now. I'll create a proper document for the disease later on, when I have collected sufficient data. Upon discovery Lucas and I froze in shock. Light Steve passed out and Rainbow Steve began to whimper and tremble, dragging Light back out of the temptemple. What was worse than Infinity's corpse on the ground however, was the fact that the machines holding Red Steve, Green Steve and Blue Steve were ripped open and named steves missing. If Infinity attacked them, while infected, then there was a high chance the disease got transmitted to them. Which meant they were now dangerous. Lucas and I decided to be as cautious as possible. Protecting Light and Rainbow from this new threat is now our top priority. We agreed that the Rainbow House was probably no longer safe enough. So now we're hunkering down in the bunker beneath the town. Rain was confused at first, when we helped him with Light and brought him towards the bunker. After a brief explanation he quickly understood the gravity of the situation. We wanted to get Plague in with us, but he was nowhere to be found. To this day he is missing. I don't know when he left or why. Out of guilt? Or did he know? Either way, we must find him somehow. He might be our only key to stop this disease.

Lucas and I will need to haul supplies from the Rainbow House to the bunker soon. But for now we're set. Light and Rainbow are currently not allowed to go outside. It pains me to do this to them, but it's for their own safety. Then again, they don't seem eager to go outside anyway. Sadly the Light Shrine, where we used to talk to the Skypeople, was damaged after Infinity's rampage too. So we have set up a new, smaller Shrine for the Skypeople in the bunker. Hopefully their messages will still reach us down here. I trust their guidance will help us through this difficult time. There's plenty of Rainbow Stone down here too. I want to experiment with it. Maybe I can turn it into something that will help against the disease. I am by no means a scientist, but probably the most fitting one of our group to take on this task. I have to at least try. I have to."

[thebeingmerf]

The rest of the TSS stuff

1, 6, and 7: Fun outfit stuff

2. Rainbow town map

3. Rainbow giving c!sabre a haircut

4. Cheerleader rainbow (joke based on episode dialogue)

5. Ghost exploring after the rainbow town was destroyed

8. Rainbow in a spa robe (related to void spa doodles)

9. Meme redraw

10. Au concept

[itsgirlcraft]

Lmaoooo congrats to @thebeingmerf and @woahrarepairsagemare for being the first Tumblr mutuals to visit me in my dreams!

I can't wait til flesheater!Sabre starts showing up bro 💀

I just dreamt of a fic named Kafkavinsky (combination of Kafka and Stravinsky) posted here on Tumblr, but I only saw the ending. It was a Steve Saga fic, where Sabre and Rainbow were in the end, and Nightmare Steve was the Ender dragon. It consisted of 2 posts, each with a single frame of artwork and a line of dialogue.

In post 1, a bleak, unsettling landscape of the main end island was in Sage's style, except Sabre and Rainbow were in Merf's style. Both wore diamond armor, and were hiding behind an obsidian pillar to the right, near the edge of the island. They were looking to the left, where Nightmare was perched on the center platform. You could just make out Sage's design of his crown/horns and his glowing red eyes. His silhouette was motionless but threatening, barely visible against the dark, empty sky.

"The king is not ours to kill, Rainbow," Sabre warned.

In post 2, it showed the same thing, but this time it showed who was going to kill the king instead. Sabre and Rainbow were ducked behind the pillar, the giant, looming figure of Origin Steve appearing behind Nightmare. Origin was in a different style, having soft, blurred strokes and a simple, square appearance, like others' styles on here. He was as tall as one of the pillars, and his expression was blank as he descended upon the king. Nightmare shrunk in on himself, but his wings were splayed out in an act of defiance. He turned his back to the duo, facing his death head-on.

"Let the inevitable happen," Sabre whispered.

Apparently, the 7,000 word fic was so popular, even my mom had read it and was discussing it with me late at night.

I'm particularly fascinated by the name. Since it's the combination of Kafka, like, the guy that coined "kafkaesque," as in insectoid metamorphosis, and Stravinsky, a composer of (I think) popular classical music. I honestly don't know who he is. Currently listening to The Rite of Spring, his most famous piece, to try and figure out what the heck my brain was implying here.

Anyways, enjoy this strange piece. I might try to put together concept art, but only after I'm done with this semester XD I've got til tomorrow, so wish me luck on my psychology finals! ^^

[frostbyte744]

He has fireballs what will he do?

[illusion-reality-steve]

Steve Saga AU where this was the ending of the Rainbow Pickaxe episodes:

Sabre: There, we turned you back to normal.

Rainbow Steve: Thank goodness.

Galaxy Steve:

Galaxy Steve: Wouldn't it be so funny if we trick Void Steve into going into this machine and activating it?

[alaritheaurora]

Regret

[bullbobb]

Rewatching early tss is crazy because everything is so much oompher if you think about it too hard.

That. That original blue Steve. From the first not deleted Steve saga video. From Sabre’s perspective he was a ruthless killer but… from his own perspective. He probably knew about Nightmare. Knew the situation was bleak. Knew the only way to possibly defeat Nightmare was to bring back Rainbow. He probably followed ancient scriptures to do so. Maybe from that temple he was in. I bet he knew in order to summon Rainbow he’d never see the light of day again. I bet he was willing to make that sacrifice in order to save Steve kind.

And then Light Steve. Oughhhhh my boy light. Sabre is basically his dad. I hc him as small and baby too so like AUGHHHH PAIN IN MY HEART💥💥💥💥💥💥 He was scared and shy and afraid. So new to the world. And he still fought Dark to defend Sabre, his dad and only friend, from danger.

Rainbow. He must’ve been so scared and confused while being experimented on. Literally memoryless after like 7 thousand years of sleeping. The first thing he sees when he wakes up is this THING that isn’t a Steve. This THING this UNIDENTIFIED CREATURE . So he attacks!!! With the powers he’s still learning he has!!!!!!! And sabre’s like “yep he’s the bad guy. Time to rip him apart chromatic steve by chromatic Steve” WAUGHHHHH 🔌🔌🔌🔌🍴🍴🍴⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️💥💥💥💥

crying sobbing throwing up crying again

Then there’s Sabre slowly realizing what he’s doing is wrong. Realizing he’s the bad guy. Letting Rainbow go and protecting Light . Or. Trying to. He kind of failed Light died like 5 times

If you think about it, the majority of Sabre’s arc in tss is a redemption arc. He’s saving the steves to make up for the red Steve he murdered, the steves he chased and scared and trapped and experimented on. Especially Rainbow. I imagine that even when Rainbow died, Sabre felt like he hadn’t done enough. Hadn’t made up for the torture he put Rainbow through. And he’s destroyed forever by that.

The Rainbow Town really was a sanctuary for Steves. A home. I imagine countless nights spent under the stars. Rainbow going to bed and Lucas assuring Sabre, again and again, he had made up for it, done better, saved so many, helped so many, and Sabre always said it wasn’t enough. They had to do more.

Auguhhhhhhfhhfhfhdjewhbajskdntjdishehsjsje my TSS heart hasn’t recovered since October 15th 2017

[brainrot-stitch]

Steve saga doodles !! :3

All early steve saga, like before rainbow could talk timeline

Grhh I am so normal about them so so normal...

[mariii-the-shapeshifter]

You all know what time it is!

Yup! It's that time of the season! (the time where I look at my old art and get the unfathomable urge to do it again just to prove that I'm actually better at drawing)

(Blood warning for the first and last drawing)

old version

[alastyr-not-alastair]

Sabre often uses weird insults which totally aren’t a reference to the real word

This only gets worse once he meets galaxy steve, who has a very vague understanding of the things that Sabre is saying and encourages it

[the-yersinia-plague]

o/

I hope you all are doing well... or as well as you can be

Sabre receives the message as he walks by the shrine for the Skypeople. He smiles a little.

“Hi, we’re doing alright. As alright as you can be with the current situation. Lucas and I left the bunker and went up into town the other day to get more supplies. We also managed to pretty up the bunker a little more. See? It’s much more homely now.”

Sabre moves aside to show the main room of the bunker.

“The mission was quite eventful. We stumbled across Green, Blue and Red. Unfortunately Lucas got hurt while we were running from Red. I’ve quarantined him in the lab for now. He seems to be doing fine, considering Red didn’t come into contact with him. Buuut, better safe than sorry. The whole situation gave me an idea, that I have written down in my journal. Why don’t you read for yourself?“

He fishes his journal out of his lab coat and places it on the lectern in the middle of the shrine, so the Skypeople can read it.

((CW: Mentions and images of violence and body horror under the cut, proceed with caution!))

Excerpt from Sabre’s Journal #2

Today Lucas and I went outside. Man, it’s been only a little while since I’ve last seen the sun, but I did miss it like crazy. Lack of Vitamin D and such.

We decided to leave early in the morning, so we have lots of sunlight to work with. Right after breakfast with Light and Rain, of course. Rain asked me to bring his sticker collection, which I mentally made a priority.

I changed out of my onesie for practicality and instead chose to wear my green adventure gear. Lucas was comfortable enough in the clothes he already had, which is fair. He’s always been a more practical mind.

Upon exiting the bunker, everything seemed to be quiet at first. Hazy fog filled the air and limited our vision. Silent Hill vibes, ew.

Ignoring the chilly atmosphere, we followed the familiar path to the Rainbow House. On the way we noticed that someone must have been on another rampage during our “absence”. A couple more craters here and there, a new rogue fire and more broken windows. What a mess.

Whoever it was didn’t steal anything though, which was strange to us. Then again, Steves have a knack for being a little strange at times. Heh.

The first living infected we found was Green Steve. He was hanging around the front door to the Rainbow House. Upon seeing us approach, he hid in the withering rose bushes. He seemed scared, so Lucas and I approached carefully.

Green looked... Absolutely terrible. Disfigured by some sort of blisters, the same stuff as on Infinity. What made it worse? Some putrid, green stuff oozed out of them and the corner of his mouth. He reeked of decay, the poor guy. And wheezed, like his lungs were filled with fluid. Which they probably were.

Green wasn’t very aggressive. More scared like a cornered animal. Which is dangerous enough on its own. One wrong move from us and he’d freak out and jump us. We tried to assure him we were just going into the house and wanted nothing from him. Sadly he didn’t fully register our words and kept pleading we don’t harm the roses as they were his cure.

We could barely understand him. I wish there was something we could’ve done for him, but it was clear as day. He was as dead as the rose bushes around him. In opposite to him, the plants might thrive a little again, if his body were to fertilize them after death.

What an awful thought. Why did I write that down?

Swallowing the guilty feelings in our chests, Lucas and I continued. We ransacked our own home as well as we could, bagging anything and everything that was edible. We had space in our bags left, so we went upstairs and collected a couple more clothes too. I got Rain’s sticker collection.

We didn't wanna pass Green a second time, so we left the house through the basement. As we exited, we caught a glimpse of Blue in the water to the right of us.

Only his head peeked out, but from what we could see, he looked as bad as Green. The water around him was cloudy and grimy like bog water.

As soon as he saw us, he disappeared beneath the surface without a sound. Lucas and I shuddered and went on our way back.

We didn't make it very far though, when suddenly Red jumped down from the elytra platform. He was seething with rage like he usually would. His body too, was littered with signs of the sickness. Additionally, his own energy crackled and sparked around him in the shape of little red lightning bolts. He was loaded and ready to blow.

Knowing a fight would be devastating in many ways, Lucas and I ran for cover, closely followed by angry howling and the ground blowing up behind us. We stumbled into the Steve Temple, hoping to find cover there and catch our breaths.

But only shortly after, Red literally burst through one of the walls in another explosion. Some of the debree hit Lucas in the head and some glass shards got stuck in his arm. He stumbled against me and I immediately dragged him off, half pulling him along, half putting him back on his feet.

We had to make it back to the bunker, there was no use in hiding elsewhere. It wouldn't be safe enough. Only barely, with an angry Red hot on our tail, did we make it back to the bunker. We left the bags in the main room with Light and Rainbow and I brought Lucas to the lab where I tended to his injuries and put him under quarantine.

Encountering the different Steves made me think though. Two out of three weren't outright aggressive. Maybe, just maybe we can manage to catch one, so I can study the sickness better? Blue seems to be the easiest to capture. If he keeps hiding in the water around town, I could fix up a tank for him in the more secure portion of the lab. Then we'd have to lure him to the right spot and could get him into the tank somehow.

I'll have to keep thinking about this. It might be something helpful - albeit risky - in the future.

[thebeingmerf]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To get to the Other Side

[frostbyte744]

Pancake

[illusion-reality-steve]

Steve Saga AU where Sabre has powers: every time he adopts another Steve, his dad sneezes get louder.

All the villains are so full of themselves but get scared by the Dad Sneeze, because they've never heard a sound like that before.

So Sabre has to keep finding Steves to adopt to build up his power as they all keep finding more powerful villains. It's the only way to stop the villains.

[alaritheaurora]

au where after already running and being helpess and realizing this is JUST THE START Sabre decides to go to Nightmare Steve and pledge allegiance to him. "I'll do anything, be anything you want, your ally, friend, servant, just please keep us safe" He gets Lucas on board pretty quick, but Rainbow is much harder to convince, in the end Rainbow goes along, he totally doesn't trust Nightmare Steve, because he's a villain, but Sabre thinks it's a good idea so he'll try it. Sabre becomes bff's with Nightmare Steve and both kind of balance eachother out. Any Steve Sabre rescues becomes a loyal subject of Nightmare Steve, but Sabre has influenced him to not be absolutely terrible. Shadow Steve, Dark Steve and Shadow Sabre are all present during this and are just sat in total confusion as Nightmare Steve has tea with some chicken guy they were trying to murder a day ago.

[incorrectstevesagaquotes]

(Steve Saga)

Rainbow Steve, about Galaxy Steve: Is there no way we can get rid of him?

Sabre: Not without cause, Rainbow Steve.

Rainbow Steve: I have cause. It is because I hate him.