Always tumbling down over that abyss of Madness

[moonlitknight]

Who: Zero and Open
What: Zero loses his shit falls to his bloodlust
When: May 4th
Where: Everywhere.
Warnings: Blood, violence, manipulation, self-harm, he'll be an arrogant ass too


He digs at his throat obscuring the tattoo. The pain a welcome change to the raw hunger clawing at his throat making it impossible to even think! His stomach churns and his form convulses bringing him to his knees. His hands slam forward breaking the fall as his instincts single out the faint sound of a heart beating in the distance. He covers his ears to block out the sound but it doesn't go away!

Starvation.

It turned vampires mad. And Zero had been starving himself for far too long.

His body screams in agony, forcing his instincts to the surface as hunger grips him in its claws forcing his heart rate up, the sound mixing with the steady one in the distance. It was close. If he--

"Stop it!"

He grits his teeth and his breathing falls into ragged breaths. He's losing control. Beneath the blood and raw skin, his tattoo begins to glow and his eyes pulse a deep red. He's slipping, falling off the ledge of sanity and the monster lurking inside raises its head and tests the will that always kept it at bay, and for the first time it come away with a grin. The Hunter lost more than his memories, he lost his strength to defy it.

Time passes and his throat begins to heal while that beating heart echoes in his mind drawing the vampire toward the source, a wide grin marring its lips when its meal falls within its sights.

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[moonlitknight]

The wind carries her scent in the air which as him stopping in his tracks to trace it back to the source and there, up ahead, he spots her.

His lips lift up, admiring the ease in which she moved while utterly alone. Like a shadow in the dark, he moves past her with fluid grace and emerges ahead, stepping directly in her path.

"You should really pay attention more."

Blood mars his otherwise pristine throat.

[blindfoldcode]

She's startled by another pair of shoes entering her vision, and that's what makes her stop and look up. Normally she'd ignore someone, but--is that blood? She yanks the earbuds out of her ears in a second.

"H-holy shit... are you okay?" How is he still standing...?

[moonlitknight]

He looks down at the girl, her reaction predictable. Expected. So much so that his hand reaches out to let a lock of her hair the wind blew forward to slide against his skin as his ears picked up the sound of blood rushing through her veins.

"I saw you were alone."

A perfect target.

[blindfoldcode]

That's only a little weird. Maybe it's the blood loss. Kido stares at his hand, but doesn't jerk away like she normally would, at least.

"Yeah, but--I can call somebody to get help. You're bleeding..." She doesn't know any first aid or anything but blood is bad and the boss would know who to call for help...?

[moonlitknight]

He captures a strand of hair between his fingers admiring the strength in the single strand when her words catch his interest and he looks back at her, amused by her remark.

"It healed."

[blindfoldcode]

"You should get cleaned up still..." She takes a step back to look around for somewhere nearby that might have water.

"What are you doing out here like that...?"

[moonlitknight]

A pause. The vampire's interest momentarily shifting.

"Will you help me?"

Blood, it remembered, tasted sweeter when laced with the rush of fear and adrenaline.

"Clean if off?"

[blindfoldcode]

Her face turns a little red because the idea of that is closer than she's comfortable with.

"W-well, I guess... if you really need it. You shouldn't be walking around like that." It's gonna scare people...

[moonlitknight]

Focused as he is on her, her reaction is impossible to miss. Was she scared? Or... he smiles amused by the coloring in her cheeks.

"There's a river over that hill." He gestures behind her, easily picking up the sound of running water. It was darker there, more isolated. The perfect spot to let the little rabbit take off on what he knew would be an interesting chase.

[blindfoldcode]

She was thinking more like. Somewhere with a sink. But this is fine, too. She glances over her shoulder. "Okay, I guess."

This is weird. Maybe she should call Deku...

[moonlitknight]

His lips twitch slightly up at that answer, already anticipating the thrill of the hunt. He'd let her run for a bit, let her think she had escaped, and then--

"Be careful where you step. Things like to jump at you in the dark."

A warning, right before they reach the small river.

[blindfoldcode]

She taps away at her phone on the inside of her pocket as they walk. This gets weirder by the second.

"Yeah. I figured. This is out of the way, you know... we could've gone inside..."

[moonlitknight]

He hears her send her message, and turns to face her.

"You shouldn't have invited someone else."

[blindfoldcode]

"Huh?" She blinks for a second, stupidly. "It's just the boss--he'll help out..."

[moonlitknight]

"And you think he'll save you?"

A dark grin spreads across his mouth, echoing a dark mirth that fills the cool night air.

"Poor rabbit."

[blindfoldcode]

This... can't be good. She was right not to trust this guy. She feels like her heart jumps into her throat. She knows this guy from the fire--it took her a minute to realize that. Before Deku and Shouto got her out, he'd helped her.

So what is he saying now, that she needs to be saved.

It can't be good.

She falls away from him a couple steps, trying to put enough distance to run if she needs to.

"What are you talking about?"

[moonlitknight]

His tattoo pulses to life, glowing red the moment her heart hiccups inside her ribcage, as realization dawns in those lovely eyes.

Perfect.

He leans down then, slipping on an easy smile, before--

"Run."

[blindfoldcode]

She doesn't need to be told twice. For the first time, she's glad Deku drags her on those jogs--she has more stamina than she did before. But at a bolt, she doesn't know how long she can keep going.

This was a terrible decision. Everything until right now was a stream of bad decisions, starting with leaving the apartment in the first place.

She's glad she texted Deku where they were. She thinks she's running in the direction of home. But she's looking for a place to hide before she runs out of steam.

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[moonlitknight]

He watches her take off, the beast smiling in anticipation, ready to pounce. It's been so long since it got to chase down prey his blood hums with euphoria -- and then, he disappears.

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[moonlitknight]

A sudden rush of wind has the leaves lifting into the air and before they fall back down, Zero's in front of her. Red eyes capturing her in their sights as his hand clasps over her wrist in an iron hold.

"Found," he yanks her to him, "you~"

[blindfoldcode]

What moves that fast? Kido tries to yank back away from him but she's stuck in place. She can barely hear him over the rush of her own heartbeat in her ears.

"Let go!"

She doesn't want to die here. Not again. There are people who care about her. Who depend on her.

[moonlitknight]

Already high from the chase that racing heart further drives up his adrenaline pushing him to violence. In one fluid movement he breaks skin leaving behind three paper-thin cuts across her arm, and without a qualm, bends down to lick off the beads of blood.

[blindfoldcode]

Kido tries to pull away again. She feels sick. He's not letting go and she can't fight him. She doesn't know what to do.

"What do you want from me...?" Aside from, apparently, to drink her blood.

Maybe while he's distracted she can call Deku. She uses her free hand to try to get to her phone in her pocket, try to dial him...

[moonlitknight]

The vampire ignores her struggles, focused on his prize which he quickly consumes before looking up at her, eyes a rich red as he licks off the blood from his lips and dives down to her throat, sweeping a hand through her hair to pull it back without remorse.

[blindfoldcode]

Holy shit. Vampire is not what she ever would've expected.

She whimpers when he pulls on her hair, trying to struggle as much as she can. Not that she can do much. It's over, she guesses. This isn't how she wanted to go again, but at least she's not dragging anyone with her.

Deku gets her emotional feedback. She always thinks about that, now. And she silently apologizes to him for what's about to happen. Because she's scared. The only time she has ever been this scared was when he was blighted. And it's not like he could even feel that.