04 | but really I'm not actually your friend

[scentofmakai]

Characters: Zett and you! Backdated somewhat to May 1st-4th.
Setting: Floors 92, 73, 99, then around the tower May 4th only.
Format: Starting actionspam, will change to match!
Summary: Zett has hide and seek to play. Then he finds a doll...
Warnings: None so far. Violence likely in the doll prompt. Chloe's thread gets creepy in sexual ways.

[Floor 92/Floor 73]
[If you're someone who's agreed to play hide and seek with Zett, on the agreed-upon day and time you'll find Zett tapping his foot impatiently near the stairway.] There you are!

[If you're not someone who's agreed to play, well, you might run into him waiting for his partner anyway. He'll explain what he's doing if asked.]

[Floor 99]
[Zett spends a lot of time in the caverns here. They remind him of his home in the Deep Hole, actually...

Visitors will find him just lying on his back staring up at the ceiling.]

[Around the Tower]
[It looks like Zett's giving a guide to the tower to someone, stopping at each floor on the stairway and explaining that floor's particular hazards to them. It's very thoughtful of him to do so.

Unfortunately, that 'someone' is a doll from the toy shop. Resembling a redheaded girl, it doesn't look exactly like the friend Zett left at home... But the doll's powers of suggestion are strong and he's now convinced that Mirai Kaname has entered the tower.

And he will lash out violently if anyone attempts to hurt her.]

Comments

[scentofmakai]

Uncle Enoch!

[Zett dashed up to him, holding the doll close to his body.]

This is Mirai, she just got here.

[warriorscribe]

I... Did our hosts leave her for you in your mailbox?

*There's a part of him that's really hoping he knows that's a doll he's holding. That he's just referring to it that way because it's just a really cherished possession the way kids tend to fixate on favorite toys.

But Zett is beyond that age...and the hint of pleading in his tone, reflected much more clearly in his eyes, shows Enoch clearly knows his hope is a long shot.*

[scentofmakai]

[Zett shakes his head firmly.]

People don't fit in mailboxes. Are you silly?

[warriorscribe]

But...if you'll look at the way you're carrying her, doesn't it look like she would?

*Play to the tangible, play to the not refutable, hope he isn't insane...*

[scentofmakai]

[Zett clings to his doll even tighter.]

You're being really weird.

[warriorscribe]

I'm acting strange? Zett, look at where her head is in relation to yours, where her feet are compared to the ground. Where is her collar? Can't you see there's something not quite right here?

[scentofmakai]

[Zett duly gives the doll a look, and listens carefully to what the doll 'has to say'.]

...Yeah, I'd say so too. I really don't want to, but that's how these things wear off, right?

[When he turns back to Enoch, his eyes aren't exactly normal, and the darkness of his transformation is starting to envelop him.]

/assumes they're on the stairs at floor 72

[warriorscribe]

How these things wear off...?

*But Zett is transforming, clearly thinking Enoch is under some spell - it doesn't take a genius to figure that out. Enoch does the only thing he can think of doing - he lunges forward to tackle Zett off the stairs, into the maze below. The first door closes and locks behind them.

At least now they're away from any innocent just passing through.*

Works for me!

[belzebul]

[Zett's back and wings hit the ground, but his transformation completes, and a distinct advantage in this situation - being able to clutch onto the doll while still having a few other sets of hands free.]

Forgive me for this later. You might hurt somebody like this.

[His free hands spark and if Enoch doesn't get up quickly enough, Zett's going to press his hands right into his chest.]

[warriorscribe]

I might hurt someone?

*Enoch vaults off Zett, rolling through the next nearest doorway and cutting himself off from him as it closes and locks behind him.*

Who's the one who decided on the first strike?

*And that's all he'll say as he runs through the maze, putting locked door after locked door behind him. Hopefully, he can find his way out before Zett does - the ceiling-high walls keep the demon from following him that way, that, or find a larger room to fight in...

How about a game of cat and mouse, Zett?*

[belzebul]

[Zett follows as best he can - he's never been too good at mazes except for teleport ones - with the doll still clutched close to him.] Don't talk like that - I trusted you...

[warriorscribe]

*What Zett says doesn't have any bearing on what he's actually done or said...

...but Zett's idea...that's not the solution here, is it? To let Jason's work undo the tower's?

No, it has to be that doll doing it. Enoch stumbles upon a mid-size room with only two doors to it, and he presses himself against the wall the door would open to, hoping Zett is opening the doors cautiously. If he isn't, he'll be smacked in the face by the door, but if he isn't...he may well have an effective sneak attack at his disposal.*

[belzebul]

[Zett isn't being particularly cautious, and while the door swings out, it's not thrown recklessly enough to actually hit him in the face.]

[warriorscribe]

*Good - he's going to try to jump up onto Zett's back then, or if that's too high off the ground, use his leg as a platform to get up onto it.*

[belzebul]

[Shadow of the Colossus music here.]

Ow- hey! Get off! [Zett tries to shake him off forcibly.]

[warriorscribe]

*While Enoch is going to try to use his muscle weight to his advantage and latch on, attempting to force Zett's feet from under him.

What he's forgetting is those wings, and the fact that this room is wide enough to permit Zett to fly. He's too focused on trying to get that doll out of the demon's hands...*

[belzebul]

[That is indeed the first of his mistakes, and Zett kicks off the ground and continues to try to throw him off in the air.

The other mistake is that, while Zett usually shoots his lightning from his hands, he doesn't have to... or necessarily even use lightning.

With Enoch on his back, and Zett's back pointed toward the ceiling, Zett brings a large spike of dark magic down from above, that will dissolve into the first person it comes into contact with - in this position, Enoch, if he does't jump off.

And Dark spear does about 30% HP damage so. Ow.

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch does manage to get out of the way, but not because he saw the attack coming - he thought Zett was trying to slam him into the ceiling, so he let go and rolled off, doing a jump off the air on the way down and trying to grab onto one of Zett's legs, hopefully to swing off and get the doll from him, if he doesn't get kicked or shoved off first.*

[belzebul]

[Enoch successfully grabs onto Zett's leg, and the attack connects to Zett istead... but seemingly does very little damage. He's pretty resistant against dark attacks.

Now, as to the matter of the Enoch on his leg, mostly he's just going to flail that leg around as hard as he can while he flies toward the wall.]

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch clings to the leg as it's flailing, eventually trying to jump off it and grab onto the doll when he swings it forward. If he can. If he can't, he'll hit the wall first.*

[belzebul]

[Enoch manages to grab the doll, though Zett immediately starts a tug-of-war for it... and Zett's pretty strong, being a demon.]

[warriorscribe]

*Well, it isn't much of a tug-of-war if they're in the air - what happens is Zett pulls Enoch around while he holds onto the doll as tightly as he can. He can't spare a hand to pull his Arch, either...*

[belzebul]

[All right, dragging Enoch around plus trying to swing him into the wall then.]

[warriorscribe]

*He does get slammed into the wall a few times, chipping his armor away until he's without a neck guard, and his left arm and right leg are uncovered, but his grip is solid. This is the man who can keep hold on his weapon even if he's knocked clear across an arena, after all.

While this is happening, he tries to get the doll away from Zett, trying to push himself away from him with his feet while holding onto the doll.*

[belzebul]

[Eventually, Zett's grip on the doll will loosen and, after a final slam into the wall, Enoch can get himself and the doll free.]

Nonononono give her back! [Though Zett is quick to try to scramble for it again.]