arcane au snippets

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2023-08-04
Series Updated:
2024-05-26
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i got the idea to write an arcane au when i first wathced the show in early 2022 but alas i had a whole document and then promptly decided i had no energy to write the full story. but now ive decided i will write short chapters since that is all i have energy for so here you go! please read the series notes for full information about the arcane au.

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ARCANE SPOILERS AHEAD!! [TL;DR AT BOTTOM]

basically jason left the Undercity for some reason or the other (never figured out why) for Topside, where he meets Reyna. for those of you who have watched Arcane you know silco's dead (disclaimer: all i know about LoL is arcane, nothing else), so i was kinda going off that idea. the fic was going to be just a little after that death, where the streets of the Undercity were still dealing w shimmer addiction and the corruption that silco left, and after his death lots of people are like politically battling for power. so the undercity is racked with shimmer, and then it turns out theres a secret supply of shimmer going into TOPSIDE!! crazy. i never finalized why but i was thinking octavian (chief of enforcers) was secretly hustling that shimmer in to inject into like soldiers or something to make them supersoldiers or something like that, and this is where jason and reyna come in. they're in to investigate where that shimmer is coming from and why, since silco is supposed to be dead & he said he'd stop the shimmer production. so they go down into the undercity and jason and leo have this super angsty backstory of being childhood friends to lovers and now to enemies because jason left him, thalia, & piper. so there's a bunch of angst going on there. and thalia and reyna have their own little relationship things going on (think vi & caitlyn hehe) and theyre cute. meanwhile i stayed true to leo's roots & he's like super smart and a scientist, and his mom died from shimmer addiction so now he's basically dedicated his whole life to figuring out some kinda anecdote to it.

anyway jason and reyna are still investigating this thing and as it turns out... THALIA IS HELPING TO SMUGGLE IT!!! crazy. but its because it got her a lot of money and it was a good deal for the time that she started, since leo and piper were just teenagers when she first started it & she really just wanted to make sure she could provide for them, since basically none of their parents are in their lives (thalia & jason's mom died, their dad went away; piper's dad is out of the picture which i never figured out why; leo's mom died, as mentioned) but now they're adults. they all just live together in a found family situation, but she's still been keeping that money coming cuz at least it keeps them in some sort of comfort. so she's basically lying to reyna through the entire thing and this obviously brings some angst to their relationship when reyna finds out. and as it ALSO turns out... HYLLA IS ALSO WORKING FOR SMUGGLING!!! she's the assistant to the Big Boss. she didn't really want this job but she and reyna got estranged at some point and she's been trying to find reyna for the longest time. and then it turns out ZEUS IS THE BIG BOSS!!!! he's been smuggling shimmer into Topside for money!!! he wants power over Undercity!!! and when he finds out Leo's made an anecdote, he is starting to consider how he can use it to bolt in his position as a political leader.

TL;DR: shimmer is being smuggled up to topside & jason & reyna try to investigate where it's coming from. angst between valgrace and theyna ensue. jason & thalia's father is behind it all.

so yeah that's it. i dont think im writing most of it but when i feel like it (and i probably will feel like it) i will write some scenes and maybe post them. idk. but i hope you enjoy it!!

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