baby's first successful track

[provocate]

[He’s been here too long. He knows that, to some extent. Staying in a single base for too long is liable to attract attention to his ever-growing band of revolutionaries and anarchists. But he’s been feeling sort of tapped for creative energy for awhile now and that’s depressing. As much fun as the little disruptions can be, they are nothing compared to the high of a proper crime. And he hasn’t had one of those in… lord, a perigee now at least]

[So yes. He’s been here too long after they co-opted a rather large, if run down hive stem on the edge of this city’s lowblood slums, but he just… doesn’t… care… This evening, like a number of evenings before this, he finds himself lying on the floor of the penthouse block that he took for himself when they first arrived, staring blindly at the ceiling, trying to find the will to cause some proper trouble for someone… BLUH]

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[...right. Probably if you had GIVEN HIM A SECOND he might've thought the whole... sad lack of claws thing through a little bit and maybe calmed his shit some]

[But no there's just horrible pain in his gills now making it thoroughly impossible to concentrate. So he'll let go of his throat finally yayy?? Except he's raising that hand instead to punch him in the chest again. Even harder this time? Stop it you asshole]

[vigilantee]

[ sdjkfdjkgs oh my god yeah THAT'D PROBABLY CRACK A RIB? if he hadn't rolled to the side in terror jeegus baron YOU NEVER TOOK HIM SERIOUSLY BEFORE AT ALL THIS SIDE OF YOU IS FRIGHTENING. Brb while he starts scrambling to get space between them ]

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[sldfksldkjf doesn't bother trying to chase him. Without a frame of reference and no contact with him anymore, he'd just be stumbling around making a fool of himself]

[Instead he just sorta... snarls after him, fin flaring, opening his eye finally and staring at him. Or... staring in the direction of the sound he's making anyway. It's still probably pretty obvious he can't see with how blown out his pupil still is, turning his usual purple eye into a big ol' black hole instead. Come back here dear attacker let him finish you off so he can see your dead face when his eye finally stops freaking out]

[vigilantee]

[ No thank youuuu he likes being in one piece!! For a split-second though he forgets Baron can't see him and freezes when his gaze turns on him...but then he isn't really looking at him so Overseer focuses on holding a hand to his chest where Baron slammed him, panting.

This isn't going the way he'd hoped )8 jeegus he's tough.

....Oh fuck the knife, where'd that go???? ]

[provocate]

[LSKDJF PROBABLY SOMEWHERE WORRYINGLY CLOSE TO THE BARON??? He did just kinda drop it next to himself before he got knocked down]

[If it's any consolation though, he doesn't look like he's at a hundred percent anymore? Yeah he's definitely tough, but he's got a steadily growing migraine that's making him want to rip his own face off and his gills have been thoroughly fucked up. He feels like shit and it's making him want to end this as soon as possible... :X But! He won't make the first move here. Too busy catching his breath and waiting for the random blooms of color in his vision to resolve into something]

[vigilantee]

[ just focus on the gorgeous jade ones and let it soothe you while Overseer makes a break for that much-too-close-for-comfort knife. There'll be small tmp tmp tmp sounds from his padded shoes but if Baron is starting to trip out... 8| ]

[provocate]

[...yeah he's definitely right on the verge of a full and proper pirouette off the handle]

[At least those quiet little footsteps are something to listen to, though he doesn't actually make a move until they stop. Because that means their owner has probably stopped. Which means he can low tackle the place they last were coming from and hit something, right? That's the plan anyway. Fuck fighting blind tbh]

[vigilantee]

[ sdjklgsdjk OH YES GREAT IDEA NOTHING CAN GO WRONG except for the part where he gets bowled over by that and the knife nicks his hand before it goes clattering away, and Overseer's winded again easily thanks to earlier. CONGRATS DOUCHER you found your jadelet ]

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[...oh he was going for the knife. Okay that makes sense. He'd be relieved it got knocked away if he was any less keyed up]

[As it is, he'll just be crawling up his body, keeping at least one hand on him at all times before he can finally reach up and close his hand in a vice grip around his throat]

[vigilantee]

[ He's like a spider, Overseer thinks in an absent moment of panic as he feels those angry hands tugs at him until they find what they want. The next thing he knows he's suffocating, hands frantically coming up to try and push and tug at his grip while he struggles ]

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[Shit man you are really lucky the Baron is as gross as he is because he's catching those hands, pinning them and leaning down to lick his cheek...]

[And that close, he recognizes... the smell of him as something familiar and... doesn't let go of his throat, but at least he doesn't give in to the ever worsening impulse to just rip his throat out? Instead he's just kinda... breathing against his face LKSJDKLFJSDF]

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[ THIS IS LIKE THE MOST HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE EVER OKAY it's like having Aline in your face. He's literally just waiting for his air to run out as he tugs uselessly at his arms, one already slick with blood from his palm ]

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[Alright his eye... is finally starting to slowly, blearily focus so that's nice. Leans back when he can't quite manage to identify him by smell sldkfj and lets up on his throat enough that he's not... actively killing him at least]

[Not that leaning back does him any good because the Overseer is just kind of a big black blob to him in that getup. Squinting. Trying to focus faster and... not getting anywhere because his eye's been traumatized thanks bro. Confusion slowly replacing adrenalin fueled bloodlust...]

Who are you... [lakjsdf completely mystified AHAHA OVERSEER YOU ARE THE ACTUAL LAST PERSON HE EXPECTS TO ATTACK HIM IN HIS BASE LKAJSDF]

[vigilantee]

[ THANK GOODNESS FOR BATMAN MASKS??? LMFAO... no it does not look nearly as geeky but sjkgsk he won't be answering because right now he's wheezing and sucking in raspy breaths of hair, coughing and the whole shebang. If Baron's memory is good enough he might catch a bit of his voice from all that lung drama ]

[provocate]

[Yeah he hears it... It's still not really connecting though aklsdjfkjasdf He's got that terrible headache and his whole body is still trying to go a mile a minute. He's probably poking at the Overseer's throat with his claws, though he does a surprisingly decent job keeping his worser impulses in check. He is gonna need a thorough shooshpappin after this, honestly man you better not do this again ever]

[Bleary confused staring now, but at least he loosens even more on his throat?]

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[ crying oh thank jeegus--Overseer can get some air into his lungs properly now, and uncomfortable pressure or not that's what he does as he tugs weakly on his wrists again. Why can't he ever win?? ]

L...et...g-go... [ Gog, is that his voice?? It's so scratchy he barely recognizes it ]

[provocate]

[laksdfkj sobs bro... you're getting there... slowly]

[BUT UH... YEP NOW IT CLICKS and he just sorta... bsod's for a second, letting him go but... sitting on him instead LSKJDF]

[Just... what]

What. [HOW ARE YOU HERE RIGHT NOW]

[vigilantee]

[ sdkjgs oh yes force what little air he has in his lungs out that will get you an answer )8< a wheezy, croaky little answer ]

Guhhh...

[provocate]

[...LKSJDF HUSH give him a second...]

[........right yeah okay. Glances down at him and then slowly reaches out, grabbing... idk the corner of a desk and using it to drag himself to his feet]

[Except no. No he doesn't want to stand right now, so he'll just... slump back to the ground beside him a second later. His gills hurt so badly chriiiist. Sorta breathless: ]

Good job. [You found him and almost beat him 8'> He's impressed]

[vigilantee]

[ sdkfjks so impressed he almost murdered him yaaaay ]

I wasn't...out for you ap-proval.

[provocate]

Good, because I don't.

[Sits up a little, trying to straighten his shoulders... only to give that up a second later, bending forward and setting his hands on his bent knees. Head dropping. He is damn near shaking with leftover adrenalin, still fighting the urge to finish what he started. UGH]

Don't ever do this again, dear.

[vigilantee]

[ sjkdgks excuse you B( Overseer leers, rolling onto his side to try and push himself up ]

Overseer.

[provocate]

[Slowly peers up at him. Or... well, at the black thing there that he knows is him? He can't really focus on anything specific yet lkjsdfkl]

Close.

[vigilantee]

It's my name. Memorize it. [ hisssssssss if Baron could see he'd see how badly Overseer is bristling behind his mask, pulling a strip of cloth from his person to tie around his hand. ]

[provocate]

Earn it, darling.

[Same rule as always. You're getting there, just... you need a little more work 8'> Sighs and just lksjdf shakes his hands out, rubbing at his eye. God damn HE FEELS EVEN WORSE NOW THEN HE DID BEFORE THIS STARTED YOU DICK]