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Scenarios for your morning
comment with your character.
respond to others
lbr — no one uses rng. just go wild, and maybe kinda sorta pick from the scenarios below?
post picture prompts OR write starters OR whatever!
have a grand ol' time
TYPES OF SCENES
① Action → Gun fights, bar brawls, fights to the death are all possible scenarios.
② Angst → Characters suffer emotionally or physically from relationships breaking up, death, injury, etc. Hurt and comfort themes are included.
③ Crack → Genderswaps, super powers, sudden compulsions are all possible outcomes.
④ Fluff → Something that is devoid of angst. It's light-hearted and might have the overtone of romance.
⑤ Gen → General fun, things that didn't fit in the other categories.
⑥ Sex → First times, kinks, even dubcon are all possible themes of sex related scenarios.
⑦ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!
ACTION.
① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑬ Fight for honour → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
⑭ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑮ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
⑯ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑰ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑱ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑲ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑳ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.
ANGST.
① Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
② Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
③ Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
④ Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
⑤ Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
⑥ Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
⑦ Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
⑧ Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
⑨ Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
⑩ Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
⑪ Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
⑫ Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
⑬ Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
⑭ Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
⑮ Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
⑯ Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
⑰ Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
⑱ Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
⑲ Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
⑳ Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.
CRACK.
① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.
FLUFF.
① Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
② Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
③ Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
④ Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
⑤ Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
⑥ Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
⑦ Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
⑧ Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
⑨ Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
⑩ Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
⑪ Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
⑫ Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
⑬ Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
⑭ In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
⑮ Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
⑯ Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
⑰ Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
⑱ Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
⑲ Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
⑳ Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?
GEN.
① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.
SEX.
① First time → it's your first time together or your first time ever! Enjoy the awkward times!
② Bondage → You and your partner decide to experiment a little with ropes or handcuffs or whatever you'd like to tie your partner up with.
③ Rough / Aggressive → Your characters want it rough.
④ Romantic → Slow and gentle, meaningful, that's how characters want it.
⑤ Dubcon → Character A wants Character B and it doesn't really matter if Character B wants it as bad or not.
⑥ In public → Characters feel like taking a risk and doing it in a public place.
⑦ Roleplay → Naughty nurse fetish? Pirate kink? You and your partner decide to try it out now!
⑧ Healing → You've both fought hard or gone through a rough time and it's time to get some R&R in.
⑨ Last time → This is the last time you're going to this because you're breaking up or maybe your lover is running off to sacrifice their lives in some heroic way. The possibilities are endless, but you better make this one count.
⑩ No strings attached → You're just friends with benefits. Nothing wrong with that, right?
⑪ Anonymous → You met in a restroom or bar, any location of your choosing, but you don't even know each other's names.
⑫ Toys → You're eager to try something new, so why not toys?
⑬ Aphrodisiacs → You've been slipped a strong aphrodisiac somehow and now you absolutely cannot control yourself.
⑭ Show → You're putting on a show by either doing it right in the club or filming it for a bunch of people.
⑮ Ménage à trois → It's time for that threesome you've always dreamed of.
⑯ Non-penetrative → Frottage, handjobs, whatever you want to try out.
⑰ Controlled → You are under mind control and must do whatever your lover asks of you.
⑱ Hatesex → It's not just rough or aggressive, you absolutely cannot stand each other.
⑲ Extreme → Fisting, knifeplay, whatever you can think of so long as it tests the boundaries.
⑳ Fantasy → This is just a fantasy, a dream, and you know it, but what is your ideal fantasy and how willing is your partner?
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Thank you.
[The man retreats. Eli grabs Vic by the hair and pulls him back. Grinds pleasantly against him.]
We don't have much time, Vic.
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but there is the subject of time. ]
If you want to make it quicker, you can always kneel.
[ kneeling would mean he'd have to get off his lap, which - fine. fine. a problem that vic is stumbling on is the idea of 'not having much time' and 'maybe that means next time' and not 'next time i am going to strangle him for sure' and these conflicting thoughts are, thankfully, waging war against his desires to be with eli, which is winning, destructively so. ]
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Or you can leave me to my work and find something else to occupy your time with, Vic.
[Blue balls and everything.] This is the worst place to try to do something in.
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[ pardon???? work is more important???? seriously? it took him decades to be able to strangle him this close - let alone touch his dick - and this asshole says his work is more important.
fine. fine!!! apparently he has to compete with work. the injustice of it rankles victor. what is even work for eli, being a true crime cryptid? the fact that - as far as vic is concerned - he doesn't count as work pisses him off.
so he gets off. he gets off and ... dresses back up. puts his dick away. ]
Sure, asshole. [ vic says petulantly, all six foot something of him. ] Wouldn't want you to be late to your meeting.
[ so he leaves. and just in case eli thinks he can follow, vic makes his dick hurt as he exits the stall. like he'd just stomped on it, multiple times, because that's what he feels like doing. ]
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He wheezes. Eli thought he had learned pain, knew pain through and through, and then here's Victor using all of his abilities to stomp on his dick repeatedly and Eli can feel tears in his eyes, and he doesn't know if he loves Victor for showing him that for all that he thought he's numb to pain- he's not, or wants to actually stomp on Vic's dick. Or both? Both can be fun.
He spends the next ten minutes in that bathroom, recovering from that pain, and then Eli gets up, puts his own cock away, tries (and fails) to compose himself, and leaves the bathroom. Tries (and fails) to settle into Everett.
He's met with his...
Escort, sure, outside.]
It didn't go well. [And he says this very apologetically, as the...
...escort, sure, makes a face. Eli wants to order them to track down Vic, but Vic's special, and, besides, what's the point in pretending like he's a sheep if he drops the act first chance he gets?
They're heading off to be a true crime cryptid!]
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he washes his hands, which smells like regret and eli, and the frustration makes him run his hands under hot water for a full minute before he switches it off. mitch looks at him in concern.
"did you have fun at least?" "no." "it's one evening." "yeah." "try another bar?" "i'll think about it."
vic crashes on his bed and thinks about ripping the sheets apart. the frustration is - driving him insane. he was with eli, and then he wasn't. (now, he was the one who ended it, but still.) he has to manage his emotions or risk hurting people around him. the problem is eli, of course. as always.
he turns on the news and jacks off to a murder segment, joylessly, and tries to go to sleep. he dreams of nothing, which is ridiculously disappointing.
being in the bar sucked, so he tries a different approach: the city library in the early hours. he has to do some hunting for eli anyway, and syd is helping mitch with some research or another, so being left to his devices is perfectly fine.
this is when vic realizes that his parents have published another book: what to do when your child is miserable: a workbook on finding peace and managing conflict in the family.
vic picks it up, settles in a hidden corner of the library, and starts to take out his sharpie in ernest. eli can wait. he has some poetry to get to. ]
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He ends up going to the library.
The person he's researching - Amaya Lance - was twenty-two at the time of her...
..."death"...
...and caught in a crisis. Eli's preliminary briefings and his research pointed to a miserable marriage, secrets, cheating, the works. A younger brother, one who might have a different father. She'd checked out a number of books on the subject. Four of them were easily found. Lightweight. He planned on giving them a skim.
The fifth book was missing from the shelf. He asked if it was checked out and was told that no, it wasn't. A man had taken it. And one thing led to another, and Eli turned the corner with a thick stack of books in hand, and he sees him, and he just drops three of the books he's holding and marches towards Vic with the fourth raised like a club, fully intending on bashing his head in with it because he needs that book, what the hell are you doing here.]
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... when he saw who was coming in. oh. ]
We've gotta stop meeting like this. People will talk.
[ says victor as he runs a current of pain from his back to his leg, seizing his muscles, making him kneel. victor caps off his pen - too valuable to be left out in the open - so he can watch eli as he doubles over in pain. ]
Why didn't you get the dictionary? That would've been heavier.
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But Victor's pain is an exquisite torture, laying him bare, and he hates it.
Vic asks a question as he kneels, and then doubles, and he stares in rage, reaching out with one hand to fucking crawl towards Vic if he must. He won't make it. Eli knows this. That's not the point. The point is to do something that isn't just writhing on the floor.]
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he watches eli crawl. vic's eyes narrow as he turns up the dial a little at a time, testing his resolve. ]
... I guess you're here for work.
[ vic sounds irritated, mocking. underneath the cruelty, a vicious jealousy. EOs who were eli's victims don't know how hard he works to keep his interest on him and how lucky they are that eli actively seeks them out. he has to remind eli he even exists if he wants him to pay attention. it's an unjust imbalance: first god, now this.
he slips his hand in his coat to take out - a knife. ]
Then again, you've always been diligent. I like that about you.
[ he comes over him, careful to not be anywhere eli's reach. a hand gently runs down his spine, in contrast to the intense pain the slightest press of his fingers bring.
vic inserts the blade onto his back swiftly. if eli remembers his anatomy, he'll know it's aiming for the other side of his heart.
he keeps the blade of the knife firmly down with the sole of his shoes. he feels his body's resistance and wants eli's heart to heal around it. it makes up for jacking off severely in a hotel room. ]
You're a terrible date, by the way.
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Mnnnnnnn-
[And Eli stares at Vic with fire in his eyes. If willpower was all that was necessary to kill someone, Vic would drop down dead in that instant; it's not, his curse lies elsewhere. He can't even move as a hand caresses his spine. He wants to. He just closes his eyes, breathes: in, out, in, out, in, out.
It's almost a relief when the knife comes down. Because it's pain, yes, but it's a pain that he can recognize, one that he can focus on. An understandable pain- and out comes a fluttering series of gasps (the prelude to a scream) before Eli bites down on his lips, cheek, tongue, whatever that he draws blood. He can taste it, but better to be bleeding than to scream. He focuses on the knife.
The knife is easier, the knife is lodged in him, the knife is alien and his body is healing about it. What if Vic slit his throat and left the knife in long enough for him to die, somehow? What then?]
Vi- [It's cut off by a noise of pain. He bites again. More blood.]
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from behind him, victor leans over, getting his hands red with his blood, fingers clearly enjoying soaking and staining them with his own. he kisses the side of his neck, the shell of his ear, murmuring, ]
- that's for making me jerk off, thinking of you.
[ he leaves the knife in. he stands up, and wipes his fingers on his coat, over his mouth where he can taste its full, rich flavour. red against his lips. ]
Anyway, you know where to find me.
[ leaves him on the ground, taking the book with him. it won't be long until eli can move and his body can finally properly heal, though he'll have to do something about that knife on his back.
victor tears off the barcode from the book and leaves the library, humming to himself as he goes through the morning rush of the crowd. eli was there for work, clearly. well, he's going to just insert himself into his agenda; why not? that's enough of all these other lesser EOs getting his attention. eli will take care of them eventually anyway; that's not his problem.
maybe they'll find each other again in another stupid bar. ]
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Frustrating, and Eli pulls the knife out of his back with a growl.
The smart, mature thing to do would be to just get another fucking copy of that book elsewhere. Instead, he politely hides the knife, he politely steals a coat to hide the fucking stab wound in his back, he politely checks out the books, he politely informs EON that they need to do surveillance and provides them with a list of businesses designed to not go after Vic specifically (as Vic is his) so much as fucking annoy the shit out of Vic, and then Eli becomes Everett and attends a morning class, as youthful college students do.]
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nothing bothering them. it's driving vic insane. he and syd had an argument. they smoothed it over. but it's clear that the break is there, and for all of vic's social skills, which he'd never had the opportunity to really make better given all of his efforts are focused on eli, he has no idea how to make things right. making things right is settling things with eli. being involved with other people is weird.
mitch tells him, go find another hobby, something other than alcoholism. sure. but that means figuring out how to navigate life itself, and alcohol at least provides an anchor. mitch says, wanna learn how to drive? vic looks at him like he's insane. mitch says, please just do something else with your time other than ruminating. "like what?" i don't know, meeting people, making friends?
meeting people. sure.
so vic shows up at a strip club; a very hetero space which no-one would expect to see him at. the girls like him, but mostly because he leaves them alone. he doesn't turn down a show and tips well, but also, he never initiates to ask for a show. women who are curious inevitably figure out that he gives a particular vibe that's not really ... of the establishment. nobody asks why he's there to begin with, it's clear he looks at the stage with a polite disinterest, but some of the girls are curious. because he can be prickly, they nickname him "professor". victor just shrugs it off. there are worse things to be called by.
he strikes a camaraderie with some of them, and he thinks it's weird, but this gets him free drinks at the bar - what's not to like? and all the time, victor scans his phone for news of unresolved murders and disappearances, glowering when one of them happens to be a student at a local college. time to do some research, despite the overwhelming display of lasers and smoke from the dance floor. ]
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Stell asks him a few questions. Eli plays dumb. Stell reminds him that he's on a very short leash and Eli says yes, he knows, he remembers. (Really, it's as if Stell doesn't remember his real age and thinks he's some younger cousin he can boss around, or at least that's how it feels sometimes.)
He doesn't have time to play with Vic. He's got work. So, he finds his target- a young college student named Rebecca. Beck to her friends, for some unfathomable reason. Eli has to talk to her, he verifies the fact she is an EO, EON sweeps in, they neutralize her and haul her away. Stell commends him for how neat and tidy things were, and Eli says something pleasant. By next Tuesday, everyone's going to be convinced she transferred to a different college- Bridon, probably. EON has a massive program there. The cooperative EOs usually find a home there under the guise of advancing their studies in something-or-another. The less cooperative...
Eli's not going to think about that. A full scholarship and a guaranteed job with the government? Yes, it's admittedly shady; yes, she has no rights; yes, she is, like every other EO (besides himself) an abomination and a monster. But with the economy the way it is, it's not the worst prospect. It's better than stripping to pay rent. The club will be short staffed that night, but that's not his problem.
And then Everett posts a banal picture of his dinner (soup) and starts researching his next target.]
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eli-as-everett posts a banal picture of his dinner. why it gets more than ten likes, vic's not sure. is he still popular in class? he remembers what eli was like, back when they were younger. real fucking annoying -
(why is he stalking his account? good question. initially he told mitch this was for research, lying thru his teeth as he told him, this person is a lead. he's not wrong, isn't he? but mitch has been exasperated at him since.)
late in the night, everett gets a DM from an anonymous account. no subject.
the video is focused on half of his face. vic's in the club, still, but he's sucking on a lollipop. two minutes of him fucking his mouth with a cherry red lolly in the dim light, the background noise too loud to make out anything else but his mouth and tongue stained dark red.
at the end of the video, there's an audible, snapping sound as vic bites on the candy. it cuts off there. ]
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He takes a picture of his breakfast, which involves a sausage cut in half. Some banal complaint about professor whatever. He makes some vague inquiries, some designed to confuse EON, some designed to confuse Vic should he be paying enough attention. The day passes. He posts a picture of some blackout poetry he found. Vic can go fuck himself.
He got word that Rebecca was still waffling. Which wasn't good, for her. An uncooperative EO would cause problems and that is the only reason that he's there, late at night, standing in front of the club. And then, Eli turns the collar of his coat and heads on in.]
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eli doesn't want to come out and play with him, too busy playing hero. too busy with someone not himself, and the thought rankles like needles beneath his nails. vic knows he riled him up, somehow. he got responses for him posted on everett's timeline, which was briefly satisfying, but now he feels he has to escalate things; leave him small reminders like a knife to the rib.
easy enough with another short video: it's a post-masturbation session where he's wiping off cum from his lower abdomen with his hand, not effectively, making it smear across the skin instead. it's gruesome the way the video was shot; only a torso is visible, cropped garishly, scarred if only for the bullet holes that eli gave him. dimly lit, making it look like he was a cadaver, even as the chest rises and falls as he catches his breath. the video is wordless, as before, just the brief sigh of a man who has to deal with the after-effects on some bed, in some dimly lit room. vic feels justified cutting out anything good for eli's pleasure, when here he was posting on everett's social media account some dumb blackout poetry he doesn't care for. vic feels petty in reminding him who the poet actually is, but anyway. here he is: he did fuck himself, as requested through the ether.
the day after, he's in the same bar. watching a strip show joylessly, nursing his alcohol habit as he briefly chats with the bartender about something he saw in the news: did you hear? someone died on their way from work, they had a heart attack in their garage. lost control of the car and drove it all the way into their house! and vic shakes his head, as if to communicate how terrible it is, when all he could think of is, oh, they're talented.
and then someone walks in, collar up high, but that red hair, and those awful eyes: he'd know them anywhere. victor smiles, ugly, hateful; relieved, in some way, that he found himself here again. eli was probably here for work, he thinks spitefully. what he does with the EO is none of his business, he cares very little for them except in the way they keep attracting his attention first; so he waits, patiently. doesn't pay attention to him after his entrance, and decides to chat with the bartender, with the air of a man who's deliberately buying time. ]