AU: Player Logic (Unrelated to what DollVernZ and Cosmos_Comet are doing with it)

Context: Figuring out his abilities with Orange, Sabre is testing out his shapeshifting :>

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[Orange Steve's POV]

Crack

"Oop- You okay Sabre?"

"Yeah! That was just my bones."

"That's... not a sound your bones should make."

"Well, I'm completely changing my physical structure, sooo..."

"Fair enough."

Sabre and I are hanging out in the Hub, seeing what some of his weird abilities can do. I'm sitting on the gazebo steps while he stands a few blocks away. He remembered he shapeshifted last week while fighting, and wanted to see what else he could turn into. It's pretty cool, but also... pretty disturbing.

Just now he tried to change into a Warden. It didn't quite work... he has the antennae things and a lot of sculk, but he still mostly looks like himself. As he looks at the changes made, he hums.

"Since this has happened a few times now, I guess my shapeshifting is limited to staying in a person-like form." Sabre says, reaching up and grabbing one of the sculk antennae, bringing it down into his view. "Makes sense, being able to turn into the actual things might be a little overpowered."

"I guess? It'd be cool though." I reply. "But maybe don't do this around new friends again."

"Oh, yeah, Yellow Steve looked traumatized."

Sabre starts thinking of what to try turning into next, and I pick up the list I had set down next to me. As I tick 'warden' off the list, I'm about to remind him that he wanted to try turning into a vex earlier when he calls out.

"Hey Orange."

"Yeah?" I reply, not looking up from the list. I'm not done writing down a note about his warden form.

Until I hear a noise that I've gotten very familiar with.

I look up, and Sabre's turned himself into an Orange Steve. Somehow. Giggling like a kid pulling a prank.

And the creepy thing is he almost looks exactly like me. The only reason he doesn't is because some things are... off. Like the brightness of the colors and... something I can't put my finger on.

"Dude, stop that." I say, visibly cringing. It's like looking in a messed up mirror and I hate it.

"Hehehehe why? Isn't this cool?"

"I mean yeah, but-"

"I could probably do this with other colors too! I could sneak into places!"

"Yeah, when you do it properly! You look creepy!"

"Really?"

"Yes! Please get some more practice on that one before you use it, I don't mean any offense but it's unsettling on so many levels."

"...Oooh I could scare Nightmare- Hey Orange watch this!"

"Wh- Cut it out! Stop making that face, it makes it so much worse!"

"Alright, alright, fine. What's next on the list?"