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Post by Alquez Naeem on Sept 3, 2016 0:29:52 GMT -7
"LIAR!" Alquez's eyes shot open as the buzzing from his living room light filled the silence of his apartment. He woke up on the floor dazed and confused. Placing his hands on either side of his body in an attempt to help lift himself up. Instead he staggered and face planted right into his hardwood floor.
"Dammit!" Alquez spoke through his teeth as he gritted them from the pain. As he managed to get a stable enough balance on his knees he heard a cackle in front of him. Although it was faint, the buzzing from the light wasn't enough to cover what Alquez had heard. Looking up he stared at his sofa as if something was there. Though he was looking past his sofa it was apparent he was in some sort of trance like state. Snapping back to reality Alquez looked at the same spot at the sofa again as if expecting to see something, but he had quickly looked away and got up from his knee-stand position.
Making it to his bathroom he closed the door behind him and stripped to his bare skin. He stared in the mirror for a long ten minutes which probably only felt like two minutes to him. Turning on the shower head and letting the steam fill the room, Alquez waited for his reflection to fog up before he entered the shower. As he washed himself images of his families murders flashed in and out of his head. He began scrubbing his skin harder and harder panting heavily trying to wash away all the pain, the dark memories, the regret. He began having a panic attack as he fell in the tub with the shower still running. He held his throat gasping for air as he crawled to the medicine cabinet to fetch for his meds. He popped the bottle open and swallowed two tablets as he drank some water from the sink. He began to breath hard as he looked at the mirror and wiped the steam off of it. For a split moment fear lit in his eyes before he turned the shower off and put on a towel heading out of the bathroom. When looking in the mirror the reason Alquez reacted the way he did is because he saw a large claw mark on the wall behind him.
After drying himself off and getting some clothes on getting ready to head out, Alquez would splash some more water on his face to reduce the size of the bags underneath his eyes. He dried out his white feather ruffled hair completely keeping it as puffy as he could make it. Locking up his apartment he headed toward the back way to avoid the majority of people. He was only outside for air not for socializing.
As he made his way down an alley way, his head began pulsating as he stumbled into a trashcan and fell to his knees. He winced from the pain as a faint howl could be heard.
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Post by Toon on Sept 3, 2016 11:46:22 GMT -7
Toon zipped up behind the man taking out his trash. Mallet in hand. "This is easy enough." He said to himself. He was about to swing when the man started acting like he was in pain. He put his hammer back into his hat. He realized something might actually be wrong with him. His handlers had sent him here to do something; but he couldn't quite remember what it was anymore. Strange.
Toon tapped the man on the shoulder. "Hi there. Are you feeling okay?" He asked genuinely concerned as he hung upside down off the trash bin in front of the mans face. Toon was currently in 2D form. Meaning if you looked at him from the side it'd just be a thin outline of something there. Like a piece of paper. Toon also looked just like a cartoon jumped out of a television screen and into reality. He didn't quite fit.
Toon continued staring at the man; waiting on a reply.
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Post by Alquez Naeem on Sept 3, 2016 11:58:31 GMT -7
Alquez managed to pass the majority of the pain as he looked in front of him to see a cartoonized individual talking to him. At first Alquez wouldn't know what to say, given his trust issues and this being the first time he had seen a different ability other than those in his family. He staggered to his fat and dusted off his knees as he focused his attention back to the guy.
"I'm fine. I don't need you to concern yourself with me," He stated as he tried motioning himself further down the alley way. He had stopped for a second looking past Toon as if something were standing behind him, "You shouldn't be near me," He stated as he walked away before slamming into the wall as if he were hit.
"Dammit all!" He yelled as decided to remain sitting this time around instead of getting back up.
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Post by Toon on Sept 3, 2016 12:12:03 GMT -7
"You don't seem to be fine." Toon said cocking his head to the side. "Did the wall just try to mug you?" He asked reaching into his hat to pull out his mallet again. "Don't worry! I'll avenge you!" He yelled and started hitting the wall with his mallet.
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Post by Alquez Naeem on Sept 3, 2016 12:21:59 GMT -7
Alquez stared at the boy for a second as he began to beat up the wall. He thought he was stupid for a second but thinking about the situation he honestly felt like everyone would have reacted the same way. He hated advertising his power but one of the other reasons Alquez goes on walks is to help himself train on metal suppression. He looked at the cartoon boy on last time before continuing to speak.
"Ugh...The wall didn't attack me..." he held out his hand stretching it toward Toon. "If you want to see what mugged you, you can only see it by touching me. Maybe after this you'll leave me alone," Alquez held out his hand as the scene pans to the 'psychic world'. A large beast could be seen hunched over Alquez's back with its hand gently wrapped around his throat. he beast had a sadistic smile on its face as he began smelling Alquez.
Panning back to the physical world nothing could be seen but Toon and Alquez talking amongst one another.
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Post by Toon on Sept 3, 2016 12:29:56 GMT -7
"Holy smokes. That's screwed up." Toon said. He blew on his thumb and he puffed out. Toon was now 3D. "Is there anyway I can help?" He asked zipping around to behind the man. "I can help you, you know." He raised up his mallet and prepared himself to hit the man over the head. Thinking if he was unconscious; this thing might leave him alone. It might work, right?
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Post by Alquez Naeem on Sept 3, 2016 12:43:22 GMT -7
Alquez quickly stepped back as he wasn't trying to get hit by a mallet. He waived his hands back and forth assuring Toon that is not what he wanted to do. "I! think I am good here. I've dealt with this thing for years, whether I am a sleep or awake it is always up. Sometimes it listens to me, sometimes it doesn't...I can't explain it," He looked toon up and down examining his appearance. He was wondering what exactly it was this kid was doing especially out on a night like this.
"What were you doing in the alley?" He had asked massaging the temple on the right side of his head. It was rare for him to continue a conversation with someone, but he wanted to see exactly who the person was, just in case he was being followed or something.
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Post by Toon on Sept 3, 2016 12:50:22 GMT -7
Toon shrugged and set his mallet down. Seeing as his psychiatric help wasn't wanted here. Some people were so ungrateful.
"I actually don't remember." Toon said leaning up against his mallet and tapping his chin thoughtfully. "I remember my supervisors telling me that I was supposed to come out here and do something... But other than that." He shrugged again. "So how long have you had Cthulhu's pet pooch hitching a ride in your skull?" He asked. Toon normally would've lost interest by now. His mind moving from one thing to another. But for some reason; this guy had his full attention. "Ooh, have you tried giving it snacks?" He asked reaching into his hat again; looking for something.
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Post by Alquez Naeem on Sept 3, 2016 14:01:11 GMT -7
Alquez glared at Toon as he asked him questions about his ability. He was questioned about it enough growing up when being called the town Shaytan, so even though other people don't mean to, when they ask him questions about his ability he tends to get noticeably irritable. Alquez took a deep, nostril flaring, breath as he focused his full attention toward Toon.
"It is not as simple as just feeding it. And so far I don't entirely know anything about it, other than it feeds on my dreams and nightmares, it also obscures my vision and gives me god awful headaches. Luckily I don't have to rely on it in combat," Alquez gritted his teeth as he dug in his pocket and pulled out a tic tac dispenser. It was clear tic tacs weren't in the container as he popped two in his mouth and guzzled them down with some water, but as soon as he did that a sigh of relief escaped his lips.
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Post by Toon on Sept 3, 2016 14:07:55 GMT -7
Toon kept rifling through his bag and pulled out a box of dog treats. "All pooches love snacks. Maybe you just didn't try hard enough to give it to him." Toon said and pushed the box at the man.
He noticed he was getting irritable with him; so he did what any sane person would do. Toon booped the man on the nose and grinned innocently. Toon, despite his best efforts to stay helpful, was a very vexing person. It was the curse of the Toon. He simply couldn't help but be annoying.
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Post by Alquez Naeem on Sept 3, 2016 14:20:29 GMT -7
Alquez gave Toon one last glance before closing in eyes and sighing, "I can see that this is just who you are. I apologize if I seem to be pissy, I am just always in pain. I appreciate your help, but I can suppress it at times, and usually when he starts to act up I am normally home and able to sleep it off but yet here I am," Alquez still was unfortunately himself as he began walking in the direction of his apartment. It was about time he headed home anyways. Some tinkering would definitely get his mind off the day.
He still didn't know if he should even trust the person before him. He has learned at a young age that anyone and everyone can be your best enemy. He was also feeling courteous as well to see what Toon's reaction to him leaving would be.
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Post by Toon on Sept 3, 2016 14:51:31 GMT -7
Toon nodded. Thinking he was probably right. "Alright, well. I should probably figure out what my handlers wanted me to do anyway." Toon shrugged. "But hey. If you need help; you just let me know okay? Call for Toon and I'll be there any time." He said and zipped off with cartoon dust cloud appearing behind him.
Toon wasn't sure what exactly it was that he had forgotten; but he did like that guy. He sure hoped he could remember who he was if it turned out he was a villain. Toon liked to remember people before he had to break their teeth out of their face.
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Post by Alquez Naeem on Sept 3, 2016 14:58:14 GMT -7
Alquez was expecting Toon to speed of so quickly. He was actually wanting some company surprisingly. Not interacting with people for several years kinda does something to you. "Wait Toon...?" Alquez said just after the boy sped off in a cloud of cartoon dust. He remembered saying if he ever needed help call for Toon, and although Alquez didn't need help right now he still tested the boy's words to see how true they were.
So when he had called for toon, he propped himself up on the wall awaiting for the boy to return so her could invite him to his apartment which was a literal 15 steps away.
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Post by Toon on Sept 3, 2016 16:17:39 GMT -7
Toon was almost immediately back when he heard his name. "In trouble already?" He asked looking around. When he didn't see anyone; he turned his attention towards Alquez. Despite his childlike demeanor; Toon was actually quite serious at times. He just tried his best not to think about the situation he was in while in his "costume". If he thought about it too much; Toon would likely become unhinged and risk all his work with the rein initiative being worthless.
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Post by Alquez Naeem on Sept 3, 2016 16:24:41 GMT -7
When Toon had arrived Alquez was not entirely surprised but still flashed an unexpected surprise on his face. He formed the words in his head before he spoke to Toon so it didn't sound like he was weird, or trying to be a creeper.
"I was wondering. You know I haven't hung out or socialized with anyone really in a few years. If you aren't busy, would you mind hanging out at my place?" This definitely was an out of character experience of Alquez because no one's ever stepped foot in his place not even the landlord.
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