forum Your Worst Nightmare OxO || RP w/ AltrinceTheAsianBean ^-^

Started March 18, 2020 by @Moriarty

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A loud sound came from where the villain was… it sounded like jumping. And boy was that correct. The villain, namely Termina, landed in front of the two as they were moving into the alleyway.
”Now where are you two going…” the villain’s voice was distorted by the mask they wore. Truth be told, their gender was never revealed to the public so most of social media just referred to this villain as a ‘they’.
They aimed their hand which was filled with bombs at the two before lowering their arm just a bit when they looked at Zeke.
”Wait…” they were about to say something but was quickly cut short when a dozen of golden strings wrapped around them, ultimately tying them like a cocoon and pulling them upwards.
”You two safe?” Aureus Arachnid, a hero, asked from above, carrying the cocoon of the villain on his back with ease. His hero’s suit lived up to the ‘golden spider’ name; he literally had six spider legs on his back which were creepily controllable.

Evelyn looked up, giving the hero a thumbs up, telling him that they were fine. The hero gave a thumbs up back.
”That’s great, I’ll take this… person to the station real quick, I’ll be back to clean this up—“ the hero said before crawling, with his spider legs, from the rooftop to the nearest police station.

Lynn let out a calm sigh, before that quickly turned to a concerned and hurtful one when the pain of the burn came to her. She hated burns like this but couldn’t do anything about it.
”Ow ow ow…” she used her other hand to cover the burn, trying to reduce the pain the best she could. At least before the medical units arrive.

Zeke had reacted to the threat in the moment by pulling Evelyn protectively against himself and preparing to teleport both himself and her away– and he only hesitated as long as he did because he would officially betray his identity. Not to mention, teleporting with another person was not as easy as teleporting alone.
But none of that was necessary, because the spider-dude showed up. Zeke had seen him before– on the news some, but also in Evelyn's paintings. Though the man's name slipped Zeke's mind, he was a hero.
Zeke– out of nothing more than his own injured pride– found himself mildly annoyed at being rescued. Some part of him was grateful on Evelyn's behalf, but Zeke– well, his pride was clearly quite fragile to begin with and things like this bothered him when they shouldn't have.
As far as he was concerned, he shouldn't need to be saved by anybody else.
And he should be capable of protecting other people– namely Evelyn– of his own accord.
Speaking of which–
"Evelyn!" Zeke's expression softened and he very gently grabbed her arm to assess the damage to her elbow. He knew how bad burns could be– he'd had plenty in his life, and he was not a fan. The only thing worse than burns would have to be whip strikes, but he'd rather not think about those.
Zeke frowned at her wound. He was no doctor, but it looked painful. "Evelyn– I'm so sorry." He wasn't sure why he was apologizing. Maybe for not preventing it? "Do you need to go see a doctor or– something?" He didn't stick around enough at crime scenes to know how long it took for ambulances and medical personnel to arrive.

(_{Can we just appreciate the fact that Zeke cared?! This soft boi actually cared!)}

”No, no, I’m fine. It’s not so bad, the medical team should be here soo—“ her eyes widened at the alleyway’s opening, creating a concrete wall by quickly absorbing the gray color of her hoodie.
Even with the wall, a red metallic spear managed to pierced the thick wall.
”Impressive!” a young male voice came from behind the wall as the spear was pulled away.
Evelyn lowered the wall back into the ground only to be met with another villain; one she had never seen before.
”Greetings dear lady and gentleman, I am here to entertain~~” the villain spoke before laughing maniacally. The villain was in a knight’s armor, blue and golden in color with a helm that completely covered their head.
Truthfully, Lynn wasn’t fazed with the man’s first ability. She just wasn’t prepared for it… however… after the laugh from the man, she was terrified. Not at the laugh, but at what followed. A wall of metallic spears appeared behind the man which was fired at the two without a single warning.

( _{He is a very soft boi but shhh don't tell him that or he will be angy} )

Zeke didn't have much time to think anything through. Everything happened so quickly–
The only thought that occurred to him during that moment was one that he would be thoroughly unwilling to admit if asked about later: Protect Evelyn.
Zeke, of course, had no desire to die or get injured, but in the unfortunate event that only one of them could walk out of here alive today– well, he decided it would not be him.
Evelyn was a better person than he was. She deserved to live more than Zeke did. She had more things to live for than he did, too.
So if someone died, he hoped to God it wouldn't be her.
That's why in that split second of time he had to react without thought, he grabbed Evelyn, threw himself between her and the arrow-firing psychopath. His reflex was to teleport, but he could only teleport to places he could see– and, they were pretty much cornered in an alley. Zeke didn't have anywhere safe to go.
His alternative was to avoid the arrows by getting down on the ground– some subconscious plan to position himself overtop of Evelyn in order to shield her body with his– but there was a problem.
He wasn't quite fast enough.
He ended up unintentionally shoving Evelyn down and falling on top of her, because an arrow had tore through the back of his right shoulder. It had lodged itself there, and though very little blood had yet to present itself, there would undoubtedly be quite a bit when the weapon was dislodged.
His eyes were wide, his face blanched, but his adrenaline temporarily protected him from the full extent of the pain, and the first words out of his mouth to Evelyn were, "Are you okay?"
He needed to get her out of there. That was the current objective. The only objective. Using whatever means necessary.

Evelyn’s response to the spear piercing Zeke’s shoulder was… quite cruel. She gently lifted Zeke up from herself, absorbing the color of his shirt while she was at it and created some dark blue marbles.
”Eh…? What are those supposed to do?!” the villain laughed at the seemingly harmless marbles before Evelyn threw them at the man, creating a smoke cloud that was a darkened blue and blinding. The smoke was too thick to even see through… at least, for the villain and Zeke that is.
Evelyn, being the one who created the smoke, saw through everything just fine.
She absorbed the color of her hoodie, the light grayish color, and created a kitchen knife before walking into the smoke cloud.
What came from the smoke cloud was the sound of metal clanking.
”Eh, eh?!” the villain’s voice managed to slip from the cloud, followed by the sound of something stabbing into flesh and a pained scream from the villain. This made the villain retreat immediately, leaving behind a trail of blood that came from the knife stabbed deep into his neck.
Evelyn then went ahead and absorbed the white from a nearby marbled brick, creating a gauze to help the bleeding Zeke was enduring.
She knelt down to him without a word said.
As she used the gauze to slow down the bleeding, drops of tears came from her eyes.
”…I- I’m sorry…” she spoke with much regret that she had been fearful at first, making Zeke take the hit.

"It's fine," Zeke managed, though beads of sweat were starting to form along his brow as the adrenaline began to wear off and the pain set in. His free hand clutched at the shoulder, though the spear had yet to be dislodged and Zeke wasn't sure he was ready to pull it out just yet. That was the problem with weapons like spears and arrows. They don't just slide out. They tear out. And he wasn't sure if the one currently stabbed through him was stuck in muscle or bone or what– but he did know that, whatever the case was, it was going to be a bit before he got any use out of that arm. Which really sucked, considering he was right-hand dominant. "I'm fine," he insisted, though his breath hitched and it was hard to be convincing when one literally had a spear in them and was sweating and pale as heck. He might've even been struggled to fight back some involuntary tears, but it was hard to tell. "Are– are you okay?"

”Yeah… yeah I’m fine…” she wiped her tears a bit, turning when she heard the rapid footsteps of…

”Keep your eyes out for survivors!” a voice ordered as a team of medical officers rushed around the Plaza. The voice was from Wisteria, the woman who Evelyn was supposed to meet later and a well-known medic-based hero. She noticed the two that were in the alleyway and came quickly to them.
Evelyn, realizing this, tried her best to cover her face with her hood.
”Oh dear…” she gasped a bit when she saw the spear that had passed through Zeke. That wasn’t pretty in the slightest. However, she’d seen worse. She knelt down and activated her power while slowly removing the weapon.
Her powers were quite simple, it gave an impossible boost to the target’s self healing properties and while being preformed the target will not feel any pain.
When the spear was removed, she would utilize her powers to the maximum limit, giving the man Nightmare, the infamous villain a shoulder that wouldn’t feel as bad as it was.
She turned to one of her officers.
”Any more survivors in need of critical first-aid?” she asked, her voice strict and serious. Her purplish long hair swayed gracefully as she left the alleyway, leaving Zeke in an almost fully-healed state… well, the hole that was once there seemed to have healed already so that was a plus.

One thing to note about Wisteria’s powers was her ability’s limit. She cannot heal people suffering from microscopic diseases like those caused from bacteria, viruses, parasites, and such. She can only heal what can be seen.

Zeke growled– almost screamed– when she pulled the weapon out of his shoulder, but once she had got it out, the worst part was over. The pain receded almost altogether as she healed him, and the only thing left to imply that he'd been injured to begin with was the blood-stained hole in his shirt and the aggravating soreness that still remained. Once it was out, he drew in a breath of relief, though he was still sort of a mess, all things considered. He'd been stabbed through with a spear, so he had a pretty good excuse.
He wouldn't look Wisteria in the eye. Even though she'd never recognize him, he always felt either hatred or guilt when in the presence of most heroes– and for this one, it was the latter. He wasn't sure why. Maybe because she saved people and he killed people. Granted, he killed bad people, but… still.
Zeke managed to get to his knees and sit back on his ankles. He carefully grabbed onto Evelyn's sleeve, whispering so that only she could hear him, "Your burn. Have her heal your arm."

Evelyn nearly lost her cool when Zeke whispered to her. Perhaps it was the distance that got her so… surprised.
”R-Right…” she stood up and followed the hero.
”Uh-uhm… miss Wisteria—“ she spoke as the hero turned to her. Lynn quickly showed the healer her burn and was surprised when the hero smiled. She gently grabbed onto Evelyn’s arm while her other hand activated her power.
”You think I wouldn’t recognize you Lynn?” she spoke silently, only Pastel would hear her.
”Yeah… you’re right…” Evelyn laughed a bit, more on the nervous side than the comfortable side.
”Our meeting, I wanna cancel that because one, I have a lot of clean up to do here and two…” Wisteria gave the man in the alleyway a look ”—it seems like you have someone to take care of” she spoke with a small teasing smile as Evelyn was left with a blush on her face.
”See you around dear” the medical hero waved goodbye as she went with the rest of her officers, looking for more people to help.

Evelyn soon returned to the alleyway. She sat down next to Zeke, her head to her knees.
”Hey… Zeke…” she started weakly ”… do you think I’ll ever be brave enough…” she took a pause ”…to betray someone who trusts me…?”

Zeke was rubbing his tender shoulder when she returned, though his eyes widened at her question. "… Why?" To him, that was an odd, terrifying question– and he didn't know who she was referring to when she said someone. He swallowed hard. He'd personally been betrayed so many times in his life that he'd lost count, and he wasn't about to recommend that anyone else get betrayed. Though, it also depended on the scenario– on who was in the right and who was not– but her question evoked nothing but worry inside of him. Suddenly, he was uncomfortable, and it had nothing to do with his previous injury.

Evelyn, without taking her head up from her knees, replied: ”Wisteria has been keeping this a secret for… I don’t know anymore. But she had been creating and sending out illegals drugs to the countryside and other countries for business purposes, as she puts it…” Evelyn was serious about the situation as her voice was strictly unshaken.
”However… thanks to andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer), I was able to confirm that she’d been using kidnapped children and adults to test out new drugs and medicine, both legal and illegal ones. Her lair is near the harbor… though…” she took a deep breath ”…I’m not ready to confront her for two reasons. One, she is my friend, and two, she’s basically the greatest medical hero around this area and I’m not sure what would happen if we… you know, take care of her” she stated her point.

Zeke's expression went slack with surprise. "That's– messed up–" he managed. He didn't care if the woman just healed him or not. That was twisted. "If what you're saying is true, you can't cover this up for her. She can't– She can't kidnap people and experiment on them. That's sick." During his mini-rant, his brow had furrowed, his expression tightened. "It doesn't matter how much good the public sees her do if she's practically torturing innocent people in secret."

”You’re right in that sense…” Evelyn lifted her face from her knees, allowing her to breath normally now. She gave a sad and disappointed expression to what she had told Zeke.
”I was going to poison her this afternoon but she cancelled the plan so… we need another way to get rid of her… even if it means our city’s medical team will lose its strongest force…” the colorful rogue stated with a serious voice while also making sure that Zeke was the only who heard her… at least, that was what she had hoped.
A piece of golden string was beside Evelyn, too small for anyone to see…

(Other side of town)
”Is this… true?” the golden spider asked the police officer by him while holding a piece of string to his ear.
”Yeah, saw it myself” andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) answered coldly, sipping a cup of hot coffee.
”Well, I guess that just adds someone unexpected to our hit list…” the hero mentioned, crawling down from the rooftop the two were on.

”So… I do have just one question—“ she leaned a bit closer to Zeke ”—if I were to continue on this ‘mission’, you will help me, right?” she asked, her voice a bit shaky.

(Let me just say that the Arachnid being able to listen through the thread since spiders are able to detect vibrations through their webbing is actually an interesting concept, and I like what you did there)

Zeke looked at her a moment before offering her a small nod. "Of course I will." He gave his shoulder another rub and decided that it was in good enough shape for fighting if need be. He'd won fights with far worse injuries in the past, so this wouldn't be much of a hindrance, if any. He looked at her for several more seconds, and he had to resist the urge to smirk a little– only because it would be so out of place.
But this girl was an odd one. So sweet and perky, yet she'd helped him kill Snowstorm and she flat out poisoned Inferno herself– not to mention possibly having just stabbed the other guy with the spears– and she didn't even bat an eye about either. She was incredibly colorful, but she was also a little darker than he'd given her credit for in the past.
A mixture of dark and light.
And he kind of liked it.

(Thank you for catching onto that :D)

Evelyn leaned on Zeke’s shoulder a bit, smiling ever so slightly.
She soon stood up, looking outside the alleyway and towards the Plaza.
”If we wanna start anywhere, the harbor where the captured are might be a good idea” she started, giving Zeke a hand possibly wanting him to take it and to stand up.
”She’s still inside so we have some time to locate where that warehouse might be. Since, you know, the harbor is known to be larger than it needs to be” she stated.

Zeke nodded, accepting her hand and pulling himself up to his feet. "Okay." He paused. "But I should probably stop by my place on the way. Just because– well, you know. I don't think it would be very good if anybody saw me breaking into an old like this." Nightmare on the other hand– well, they'd expect as much from him.

Evelyn nodded softly, holding onto his wrist.
”Please, lead the way” she said. As focused on the mission as she was, she couldn’t help but be a tad bit excited that she was going to Nightmare’s house. Truth be told, though, she had an image formed in her head already as to how the house might look like. Perhaps that was thanks to the stories she read before as well but whatever. She was excited nonetheless.
Fighting in a cat hoodie is not a good idea Lynn!!

Zeke wasn't too thrilled about the idea of taking Evelyn to his house. Truth be told, it wasn't because he didn't want her to know where he lived, even if he convinced himself that was the reason.
But no.
It was actually because he was embarrassed that his house was a shabby apartment and not very charming. Kinda dark. Kinda messy. Kinda dirty. And he may or may not have wanted to impress her.
He wasn't going to tell her that he was embarrassed, so he took her on anyways, though he got more uncomfortable as he got closer.
The apartment was one of several in a dilapidated brick building on the other side of town. His neighbors were all drug addicts or alcoholics or perverts who never interacted with him, and he preferred that they didn't. Luckily, none of them made an appearance as he tugged Lynn down the hall and up the stairs before reaching the door to his apartment.
"It's kind of a mess," Zeke said sheepishly as he got his room key and jabbed it into the lock. "I don't– I don't get many visitors."
Once he got the door open, he went in first. The place was small. Tiny kitchen. Tiny livingroom. One bedroom. One bathroom. It wasn't trashy, but it was cluttered, and it looked like he'd never vacuumed or dusted anything ever.

If she was honestly with herself, Evelyn was expecting Zeke’s apartment room to look something like this anyways. She nodded, walking inside and examining the room. She had a thought in her head, not exactly one she could do right now but perhaps later down the line.
”Don’t worry, you have your obvious reasons” she stated, waiting patiently while looking around the room. There wasn’t much she could do, of course. She did mess around with her powers though, creating a small silverly brush with her grayish color. Moving to a wall, she started brushing off some dust… just some.

(XD Yes. Absolutely. And the entire time he wouldn't know what to do with himself.)

Zeke wasn't really sure what to say so he sort of just drifted off into his room to get his Nightmare outfit– which, instead of immediately changing into, he shoved into a backpack and brought with him, because it was aggravating trying to navigate the streets in that thing in broad daylight.
He cleared his throat awkwardly as he came back out of his room and stepped over some random loose article of clothing in the floor (probably thanking God above that it wasn't his underwear). "Okay. I've got my stuff. I don't think there's anything else we need to do before we head that way."

”Oh, alright—“ Evelyn was in a painter’s mask, one she had created a little bit after Zeke went inside. Somehow, she was able to dust the walls completely clean while all the dust was also put into a bag, ready to be disposed. She lowered the mask and carried the bag of dust.
”Alrighty, let’s go” she spoke with a bit of confidence, carrying the bag of dust with her before stopping and turning to Zeke.
”Where’s the trash room?” she asked with a nervous giggle.

"The trash room?" Zeke echoed. He glanced around the freshly dusting room, wondering how she'd managed to get it all in such a short period of time. "Oh– it's– down here." He led her out of the room and to some dark room where most of the residents left their trash. The room was kinda horrible, and Zeke generally avoided it except for when necessary. "– Thanks."

(I’m gonna say it here since I can’t bother to reply there and to be perfectly honest, crowds scare me. I don’t mind how long you take to reply. I can wait as long as you tell us ahead of time, if possible, and as for having a break, don’t worry, we all have those moments where we just don’t feel like writing. So, don’t worry too much, we’re here to have fun, are we not? :D)

Evelyn smiled a bit when she heard that last bit from Zeke.
”I just felt like doing it,” she replied, dumping the dust bag into the bin within the room.
”The harbor’s not faraway from here now, we should be—“ with that, here comes the screams of scared civilians who do not have any pride in standing up for themselves.
”Not again…” she sighed, heading off outside with Zeke pulled along by his wrist. She looked outside to see a humanoid figure, very much normal-looking.
However, she’d remembered seeing this man before… somewhere.
She soon realized who he was; the newly recognized villain named Cyclone. Undoubtedly, she wanted to take care of him then and there though she wasn’t able to do that as when the villain spotted her and Zeke, he fled.

Guess that was for the best… she thought. She’d realized she’d never made a portrait of Cyclone before. She’ll have to work on that soon.

”Let’s go,” she stated softly, walking with Zeke by her side. Looking around, not a lot was done by the villain. Some cars were flipped over, not a lot at all.

Why was he even here then? She wondered.

(Somewhere nearby…)

The villain, Cyclone, escaped and landed on a nearby rooftop where a person was waiting for his arrival.

A puff of smoke came out of the waiter’s mouth as Cyclone walked towards the man, taking off his fully-covered helm.

”What did you do this time?” Arachnid asked, handing the ‘villain’ his pair of glasses.

”Knocked some cars over, that’s it. Apparently, it was enough to locate which apartment it was,” the ‘villain’ Cyclone or now more likely known as the police officer, andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer), answered, pointing to the apartment where Nightmare and Pastel came out of.

”Good to know…” Arachnid answered, using his metallic legs to grab onto andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) and taking him somewhere else. Somewhere near the harbor.

(Okay, firstly: I'm terrified of crowds especially irl so like I understand XD Also yes thank you very much. And for the record I find this rp and you both very fun so it's very good. Secondly: I may or may not have flat out made the :O face when I read this last reply. XD)

Zeke narrowed his eyes a bit at the scene. He'd met enough villains in his life– heck, he was one– to know that they didn't usually do anything completely pointless unless they were flat out stupid, which was rarely the case. Of course, they had more important things at hand, it seemed, so his mind didn't dwell on what Cyclone had been up to for very long.
"How far did you say the harbor was?" he inquired of Evelyn in a low whisper. "Have you been there before?"

(Then you’re in for a ride if you think that was surprising XD. Then again, this is your first time roleplaying with me so you don’t really have an idea what to expect, right? I’ve said this to everyone I’ve roleplayed with and I’ll say it here as well: when you’re with me, expect the unexpected :P)

”Five minutes from your apartment… I think” Evelyn answered, taking him down the streets. ”To be honest, no,” she then replied after making sure no one was around. The risk was too high if one of Wisteria’s many officers was nearby. To break into a warehouse seemed a bit villainous but then again, she was wanting to be one even though she was still Pastel, the ‘rogue hero’.
True to her words, about five minutes was taken before they arrived. And again, true to her words, the harbor was way larger than it needed to be. There were too many warehouses to look through… how were they supposed to find the one they were looking for anyways.

(In a warehouse…)

”Mmhmm— hmph!!” the muted cries of the captured was terrifying to hear. Their mouth was sealed shut by a piece of cloth tied to their lips with their hands tied behind their backs and their body tied to a chair. All of the thirteen victims were treated the same.
”Oh, would you all shut up?” a figure in a coat growled at the group, dagger in hand. The said coated person was a ‘hero’ who goes by the name of Eclipse, one of Wisteria’s sidekicks.
”The new chemical is coming in soon… prepare yourselves for that—“ with that, the ‘hero’ moved around the warehouse, looking for abnormalities around the place.

( ^{I like the unexpected.} You're probably one of my favorite people to RP with here tbh. Speaking of which, if you ever want to do more RPs with me or have RP ideas that you wouldn't mind trying with me, I'm game, because this one is amazing. XD)

Zeke walked along with her, growing more and more wary the closer they got. He was naturally alert, but when he knew there was likely danger afoot, it increased tenfold. Especially with Evelyn here. He would never risk her safety. He glanced at all of the warehouses, narrowing his eyes at them and frowning a little. "Hang on. I'll be right back." He temporarily vanished– though where he went to wasn't actually immediately clear. It had to be in sight, but he must've chosen carefully. It didn't matter, because he was back quickly, this time clad in his Nightmare garb. "Mkay." He scanned the surrounding area once, looking as skeptical as anyone could– and he was still out of his comfort zone. Curse this infernal daylight. He hated it.