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ʀᴏʏᴄᴇ ᴍᴇʟʙᴏʀɴ ([personal profile] bywolves) wrote in [community profile] snowblindrpg2017-05-24 01:35 pm

[log] we wear red so they don't see us bleed [closed]

Characters: Royce Melborn, Alfie Solomons
Location: Building 141
Date: Day 242, morning
Summary: Both boys are monsters, figuratively and literally.
Warnings: Body horror, possible gore, warnings for other things in subject headers

141: A post office, long-abandoned. There are a few empty white plastic bins where mail was once piled up, and the lobby area is still remarkably clean and polished. The back area isn't locked, so if you like you can go through the back and see the office with its locked safe and the back door that leads to the downtown area. Trees, impossibly tall men, and lots of Ⓧs have been drawn on the walls, along with ball-like things that are made up of tentacles and beaks and death and one circle in green crayon that's been scribbled over in charcoal.
devoutish: (basically a clenched fist with hair)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alfie inches closer in a crouch, claws scraping on the floor.]

Ahval. Ahvalda.
devoutish: (your ass haunts me)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[The relief hits Alfie like a physical wave, and he stumbles back a little.]

Yeah. Yeah, that's it.

What do you want me to do, mate?
devoutish: (your ass haunts me)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I told you I'd do it.

[And Alfie - backstabbing Alfie, who has no qualms about betraying promises to business partners - is absolutely not going to betray a promise to Royce.]
devoutish: (really? EVERYBODY was kung-fu fighting?)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Royce! Stop.

[Alfie doesn't know, exactly, what he's doing and why. Is he trying to tear himself apart? There's no need to do that. Alfie will do it for him; he'll make it quick and painless.]
Edited 2017-05-29 17:23 (UTC)
devoutish: (Beeswax‚ Not Yours‚ Inc.)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Fucking idiot--

[He says it out of love, really. He edges over to Royce, pulling a blanket along with him.]

Here, take this.
devoutish: (Lord‚ beer me strength)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I told you I'd do it. I'll keep that promise.

[But only if Royce is sure. Only if he asks for it.]
devoutish: (how could you go to a riot without me?)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alfie forces himself to take a deep breath, steeling himself. Then he lifts a clawed hand to Royce's neck. One last chance to change your mind, buddy.]
devoutish: (I'm full of julep and I got a gun)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's blatant horror in Alfie's eyes at what he's about to do, but he gives Royce a nod.]

Yeah.

[He waits one long moment, and then he swipes, hard, across Royce's throat.

The problem with doing this with his handclaws is that he's not used to them, and he's clumsy. He'd been trying to go for a quit slice across the jugular, but his hand is heavy, and it slips to the side. The resulting cut is deep, but not in the right place for a quick and easy death.]
devoutish: (Beeswax‚ Not Yours‚ Inc.)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alfie gets a long across the shoulder, which makes him yell - it's not deep, but it takes him by surprise. He strikes out again, more instinctively this time, trying to push Royce away and cutting him across the chest in the process.]
devoutish: (Lord‚ beer me strength)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fuck. Fuck. Alfie collapses onto the floor, hand pressed over his shoulder as he stares at the door. His claws dig needles into his back, but he doesn't notice.

Behind him, Fiona sighs dramatically, and says nothing.]
devoutish: (I'm full of julep and I got a gun)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alfie's bleeding too, but he can already tell that has long as it doesn't get infected, it's not going to kill him. He's going to leave some stains on their blankets, but he's not thinking about that now. He's trying, for the moment, not to think about much of anything.

He'd meant what he'd told Royce about killing. He's killed a lot of people, sometimes in pretty brutal ways, and he's never regretted it once. Sure, sometimes a situation didn't go the way he'd hoped, but that was different. When it came down to it, he only pulled the trigger (or swung the cane, or slashed the knife) when he was sure that he could deal with the aftermath, and that included the psychological aftermath. There was no room for uncertainty in his life. He couldn't do his job properly if he spent all his time being wracked with guilt.

Alfie feels guilt now. It sits heavy on his chest, keeping him from getting up. So he just lies there on his back - claws splayed out on the floor, blood slowly oozing out of his skin and wetting his fur.

He's alive. He's here. He wishes he wasn't.]
devoutish: (Beeswax‚ Not Yours‚ Inc.)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Once he sees who it is, Alfie answers immediately.]

Are you inside?
devoutish: (your ass haunts me)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-05-29 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, that makes his heart drop into his stomach.]

How bad?

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