12-18-2017, 01:40 PM
The man that had been Alex Mercer once upon a time stepped back. He seemed to stand in a constant state of cringe at the intruder's very existence. The wriggling mass of volatile infection stood firm. Its faceless head was lowered as it absorbed these words; consumed them for all of their experience and knowledge. It did not mind the beastly titan's form, it did not have the hangups of Alex Mercer - not when its own true self was an ever shifting mass of cancerous flesh.
"Reborn..." The disembodied voice drifted. The mindless virus was oddly mindful of that word. In the moment of thought, Jacob appeared from the mist of faceless consumed, his appearance vivid and complete with the same claws Mercer himself would wield in the real world. The creature with no eyes turned towards Jacob.
Alex steps between the sentient Virus and the infected lad. "No... You cannot just infect civilians with your sickness!"
Just like that, Mercer was back. The Mercer that awoke in the morgue; Codename Zeus. Away went the faceless virus. "Why not? You wanted to save people... Why not share this? Share ME with everyone! We could infect the world!" The Blacklight Virus, even given its own mind, was naught but baser instincts. It knew how to feed above all else, to survive and grow and mutate... but when feeding was not an option, it could also spread. "It could be just like saving Jacob!"
"You infected him!"
"EXACTLY!" Alex was conflicted. Okor could see it written across his face. "You created me as a cure... let me cure humanity of itself. I could evolve everyone!" In this dream, there was no balance. With the two personalities split in the Astral Verse, Alex was against the spread of the virus and the virus itself was untamed and wild.
Alex's scowl wore away at the facsimile. Slowly, the Prototype was being reverted into its primal form. "I will continue to fight you every step of the way... You became weak, but Omni made me stronger." Once just scraps of memory, his entire personality had returned, full force, to torment his failed experiment. The man's eyes turn towards Okor, his expression of malice for his counterpart. "And you... This is the worst place to talk... The more you inspire this thing, the less control I will have in the real world. Unless you want every corner of your world trying to consume one another, then I suggest you leave. There is no reasoning with it..."
"We could cha--" The crow returns to squawk without words. It hopped about where the virus had once stood, wings fluttering and feathers ruffled. It settles only when Alex glares into its beady black eyes and the wails return in full force. The sounds were like nails on a chalk board, drilling into the bird's skull.
"There is no reasoning with Us..."
"Reborn..." The disembodied voice drifted. The mindless virus was oddly mindful of that word. In the moment of thought, Jacob appeared from the mist of faceless consumed, his appearance vivid and complete with the same claws Mercer himself would wield in the real world. The creature with no eyes turned towards Jacob.
Alex steps between the sentient Virus and the infected lad. "No... You cannot just infect civilians with your sickness!"
Just like that, Mercer was back. The Mercer that awoke in the morgue; Codename Zeus. Away went the faceless virus. "Why not? You wanted to save people... Why not share this? Share ME with everyone! We could infect the world!" The Blacklight Virus, even given its own mind, was naught but baser instincts. It knew how to feed above all else, to survive and grow and mutate... but when feeding was not an option, it could also spread. "It could be just like saving Jacob!"
"You infected him!"
"EXACTLY!" Alex was conflicted. Okor could see it written across his face. "You created me as a cure... let me cure humanity of itself. I could evolve everyone!" In this dream, there was no balance. With the two personalities split in the Astral Verse, Alex was against the spread of the virus and the virus itself was untamed and wild.
Alex's scowl wore away at the facsimile. Slowly, the Prototype was being reverted into its primal form. "I will continue to fight you every step of the way... You became weak, but Omni made me stronger." Once just scraps of memory, his entire personality had returned, full force, to torment his failed experiment. The man's eyes turn towards Okor, his expression of malice for his counterpart. "And you... This is the worst place to talk... The more you inspire this thing, the less control I will have in the real world. Unless you want every corner of your world trying to consume one another, then I suggest you leave. There is no reasoning with it..."
"We could cha--" The crow returns to squawk without words. It hopped about where the virus had once stood, wings fluttering and feathers ruffled. It settles only when Alex glares into its beady black eyes and the wails return in full force. The sounds were like nails on a chalk board, drilling into the bird's skull.
"There is no reasoning with Us..."
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