Aether and the Multiverse of Madness (Xiaother)

...He'll Ask For A Blond Traveler To Go With It

(Trigger warning: Gore and whatnot. Read at your own risk.)

Modern Xiao Pov:

I wake up Archons know where with a splitting headache. All I can tell is that it's dark, whatever I'm lying on is really fucking uncomfortable, my right arm is numb, and it's so hot wherever I am that I feel like I can barely breathe.

I try to get up, but soon discover that my hands are tied down.

I guess there is nothing left to do now but to wait.

Or, I could use pure strength to tear away these fucking old-ass ropes tying me down.

I mean honestly, who the fuck uses rope to tie anyone anymore? That's like 1990's action movie shit.

I pull upwards with my arms to try and break the rope. To my delight, they snap, and I sit up quickly.

Only to bonk my head on something hard.

"Ow! Shit!" I curse, my hand pressed to my forehead.

I try and wait for my eyes to adjust to the dark, but they never do.

I can't even see my own hand in front of my face.

This is like, lava tube without the flashlights level of darkness.

Should I try to find my way out of this place without any use of my eyes?

Wait...

Something doesn't feel right.

Something REALLY doesn't feel right.

I lift my hands up to my eyes and-

Everloving Geo Archon-

My fingers land in wet empty sockets where my eyes should be.

I quickly lower my hands and try not to scream.

WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK HAPPENED TO MY EYES?

For another thing, why doesn't it hurt at all?

My breathing begins to speed up as I begin to smell the metallic scent in the air.

So that's why my eyes wouldn't adjust.

I lie back down and try to steady my breathing, so I won't have a panic attack and die.

I have had panic attacks, actually.

I close my eyelids and breathe in and out.

In and out.

This is fine.

I did not just get my eyes...I don't know, gouged out?

Suddenly, I hear the sound of a door opening.

It's quite loud, so I assume that it came from the room I am in.

"Well. Xiao Lapis Xi. How might you be feeling on this glorious sunny day? Oh my, you broke the ropes." A familiar voice says.

Dottore.

"WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK DID YOU DO TO MY EYES?" I shout.

"Oh, just an experiment. Don't worry, I am licensed. If you do not fight, most of your injuries will be...temporary." The Doctor says.

"Most?" I ask.

"Well, actually...you know what, never mind. I am under no obligation to enlighten you about what I intend to do, Conqueror of Demons." The Doctor says.

"Conqueror of Demons?" I ask.

What is that?

"You do not know what I mean?" The Doctor asks.