The Bastards

They grew up in what the world viewed as an institute for orphans with troubled behaviour. In reality they grew up in a mental facility- a science lab called The Liesiel Inc Countryside Mental Estate. Having some family there though helped. Some others weren't so lucky.

They always had each other; Sebastian (the oldest- 787), Remington (the troubled middle child - X) and Emerson (the quiet one- 747).

They were one another's rock- soul mates if anything. They loved one another unconditionally and would fight for each other to the end.

So when things started to go wrong, ripples turned into waves.

See X hadn't questioned the voices. The whispers- cries that sometimes turned to screams in his head.  Remington had.

"Shut up!" Remington had screamed to nothing "Shut up!" He had gripped his hair and rocked. Emerson has found him on the bathroom floor of their dorm and comforted him as sebastian asked if someone had hurt him.

(They remember nothing)

That's just how it was. How it became. The screams would quiet, but occasionally he'd pass someone; someone old, someone young, someone sick and the screams would resume. And Emerson would be there to pull him against his chest and Sebastian would punch a wall- frustrated that he couldn't help his younger brother.

Remington eventually learnt not to question it. X made him numb to it.

Remington vaguely remembered the 'detentions' he'd receive at the institution but never details, it was like his mind was hazed over with smoke. He did know that he and his brothers got them frequently - that they were bad. X made sure that he didn't question his memory either- of course at first he had breakdowns almost daily but eventually;

Remington accepted it.

Sebastian accepted that Remington had come to peace with himself. He didn't question it.

Emerson didn't stop worrying about his brother.

(Good)

Remington did clearly remember though when Sebastian would cry. Now, of course all 3 of the brothers knew it wasn't totally weird to get upset if you were a guy- however Sebastian just crumbled one day out of the blue. Normally Sebastian would never show any form of sadness to anyone- even his brothers- so when he burst into tears after a girl who had been passing them in the hall brushed Sebastian's hand with her own, it was more then unusual.

Emerson had asked what had happened and Sebastian hadn't replied... had just sobbed.

Later that day the teachers informed their class that the girl in questions cat had just died mysteriously and she was very upset about it. Sebastian had to excuse himself to the bathroom and had cried again much to the confusion of all those witnessing it.

Though like Remington had stopped questioning himself, he stopped questioning Sebastian to. 787 stopped Sebastian questioning himself as well.

No questions made for happy teenage boys.

Everything was fine- no one was falling to pieces. Why deliberate something that wasn't hurting anyone?

(What's happening here is normal, don't worry)

Emerson was a different story. He never stopped questioning what was happening to him despite his brothers reassurances that the sudden psychic additions to his drawings weren't anything out of the ordinary. It was just coincidence.

It wasn't coincidental that he *drew* the house, the *street* of the massive LA home that they moved too once Sebastian turned 18.

Sebastian swore in as his brothers primary guardian and now that they were free of the orphanage and Sebastian was a legal adult, they inherited the large amount of money their parents left for them.

As time drew on and weeks turned into months and months years away from the orphanage, Emerson not once thought of his gaps in his memory as normal. 747 was hard to break.
Maybe that's why Emerson was the voice of warning for his brothers.

Maybe that's why 747 wasn't the downfall, but instead the raising of the boys who would become known as The Bastards.

(There is no such thing as the individual)

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So this is pretty much just a prologue 💕 I don't really know where this is going but hopefully somewhere good... X, 747 and 787 are all mental parts of Remington, Emerson and Sebastian - parts that have been turned by the enemy. The next chapters will be much longer hopefully so be prepared for that.

Stay Safe Bastards

Love the void

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