you will find me, friend
Series Metadata
- Creator:
- Ausp_ice
- Series Begun:
- 2022-06-09
- Series Updated:
- 2025-04-19
- Description:
Aether (and Lumine) are world eaters - immortal, shapeshifting, godlike beings.
- Notes:
Aether concept art:
Other AU-related artwork can be found here.This series has a TV Tropes page. Thank you to All_Is_A_Memory for creating it!
Fanart is very welcome and derivative fanfiction is fine as well - though of course I'd appreciate you sending them my way so I can take a look.
The fics are listed in order of being written!
I would recommend reading them in written order as well since I am a pantser and not a planner, but if you want it, chronological order:
- star light, star bright
- amidst the snow
- a drop in the sea
- made in glory [Ch. 1, 2]
- autumn winds [Ch. 1, 2] & the lightning's glow
- where the wind blows [Ch. 1]
- made in glory (Ch. 3, 4, 5)
- eye of the storm
- you will find me, friend
- made in glory [Ch. 6 scene 1]
- where the wind blows [Ch. 2, 3]
- made in glory [Ch. 6 scene 2]
- autumn winds [Ch. 3]
- ripples in a mirrored pond
- drifting petals
- made in glory [Ch. 6 scene 3 to end]
- bait and switch
- fruit of knowledge
- five hundred miles (and five hundred more)
- plant thou no roses at my head
- all or nothing (all and nothing)
- no ocean will contain you then- Stats:
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- Words:
- 260,448
- Works:
- 17
- Complete:
- No
- Bookmarks:
- 960
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Aether falls into the Chasm bed along with those with him. Which would be bad enough if he wasn't trying to hide his true nature from everyone else.
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- Part 1 of you will find me, friend
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What is one drop in a vast sea? (but what is the drop, and what is the sea?)
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The events of the end of A New Star Approaches, in which Aether is an immortal, shapeshifting, godlike being.
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- Part 2 of you will find me, friend
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Aether meets Albedo, and Albedo is curious.
He finds out a bit more than Aether originally intended.
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- Part 3 of you will find me, friend
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Little star, did you want to hear our story?
A dialogue with a little star, an otherworldly god, a hungering void, a lost soul. A sort of prologue, of how Aether and Paimon first met.
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- Part 4 of you will find me, friend
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The Raiden Shogun is a formidable foe, and not the only one within Inazuma. Aether is pushed to his limits like he never has before, not in Teyvat.
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A few windows to observe a shapeshifting, immortal Traveler and his journey through Inazuma to confront the Electro Archon.
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- Part 5 of you will find me, friend
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Two visits of Aether to Mondstadt. One out of concern, after Inazuma, after the Delusions, after learning of a memory. One to make a confession, after the Chasm, after being shown the possibility of being known and accepted.
Or, Kaeya and Diluc learning about Aether's abilities - since, of course, Venti already knows.
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- Part 6 of you will find me, friend
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I know I'm made of clay that's worn
Blighted by imperfect form
But I will trust the artist molding meI am creation, both haunted and holy
Made in gloryAether and Albedo, and how they learn more of each other and themselves throughout their adventures.
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- Part 7 of you will find me, friend
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From the moment Kazuha met the Traveler, he could sense he and his companion were different.
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Kazuha's experiences with Aether as he learns what lies beyond that scent of stars and endless emptiness.
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- Part 8 of you will find me, friend
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Ayato observes the Traveler: the savior of Inazuma, a curious fellow with an odd charisma and a closeness with the only two individuals Ayato particularly cares for.
Ayato discovers the Traveler's mysterious shapeshifting abilities, and decides to act.
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- Part 9 of you will find me, friend
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A god of two beings, and a god of an infinity of them. A god of eternity, and a being more eternal than anything.
They meet, and learn, and understand.
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- Part 10 of you will find me, friend
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Before, during, and after the Irodori Festival, Ayato meets several individuals, and learns much about himself, Aether, and those who call Aether a friend.
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The events of the Irodori Festival with shapeshifting Aether, from Ayato's perspective.
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- Part 11 of you will find me, friend
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Aether convinces Ayato to take a break by offering to fill in for him - using Ayato's form.
It works out quite well, at least until the assassination attempt.
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- Part 12 of you will find me, friend
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Aether, shapeshifter, world eater, enters Sumeru. Much awaits him.
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The events of Sumeru Archon Quests (I-V), in addition to Tighnari's story quest and Aranyaka, in which Aether is an immortal, shapeshifting, godlike being.
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- Part 13 of you will find me, friend
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five hundred miles (and five hundred more) by Ausp_ice
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
12 Mar 2023
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Aether finds Scaramouche with Nahida in the Sanctuary of Surasthana, and so begins a dive to the heart of Irminsul.
What happens when a world eater goes to the heart of the world tree? What, then, comes after?
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- Part 14 of you will find me, friend
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Aether goes with Alhaitham to investigate Siraj's collective consciousness. It all goes well until Aether comes into contact with the collective, and craves.
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- Part 15 of you will find me, friend
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Aether decides to take the commission for helping out at the Interdarshan Championship.
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The events of A Parade of Providence, in which Aether is an immortal, shapeshifting, godlike being.
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- Part 16 of you will find me, friend
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Aether arrives in Fontaine in the midst of a rapidly-approaching crisis. There are friends to be made, secrets to be revealed, and crises to overcome. When it all comes to a head... what is a world eater to do when faced with the origin of all life in a certain micro-universe?
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The events of Fontaine Archon Quests (I-V), in which Aether is an immortal, shapeshifting, godlike being.
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- Part 17 of you will find me, friend