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   Inscription by walrusface

   Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   03 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Painted Verso Dessendre/Gustave
   • Painted Verso Dessendre
   • Gustave (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Existential Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Memory Issues
   • Canvas Weirdness
   • Gommage (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • Past Character Death
   • aka OG Gustave is dead at the very beginning of this story but there is no main character death beyond that

   Summary

   Gustave Dessendre died in Paris in December 1905.

   But in Lumière, another Gustave opens his eyes and tries to fight back the erosion of his world. As time grows short, Verso waits across the ocean on the Continent - and makes his own plans for the destruction of his creator.

   Or: What if Gustave had been a Dessendre instead of Verso?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,289

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

   26

   Kudos:

   47

   Bookmarks:

   9

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   355

   Bookmarked by Mattie (ArdentHope)

   05 Feb 2026