decaying winter Perk And Other Ideas

bloodwoven desire

Dexio was irritated, after yesterday's "interrogation" he needed to let out some anger, he could probably also deal with the bloodlust he felt in the back of his mind.

No missions were planned, and dexio was in a temporary confinement for "recovery time"

This isn't recovery, recovery would be causing some blunt force trauma

Dexio:"Ugh now I just wanna kill somthing"

But there wasn't exactly something he could kill in the agency.

For the first few hours, Dexio just practiced his knife tricks, but after a while, the bloodlust got worse.

Worse than usual, it wasn't just uncomfortable this time, it was like a DESIRE a NEED to kill.

Had the agency forgotten? Or is this another test of will?

But dexio did his best to ignore it, trying to focus on the knife tricks.

Eventually his mind wondered, how much could I bleed? Where is the best place to cut?

Out of sheer desire, dexio slit his wrist, and watched it bleed, no self preservation was thought about, he just NEEDED to see blood, his body reacted almost completely positively to the action, the only part of him that cared was his internal functions attempting to stop the bleeding.

A wave of relief washed over him, it was an addiction, the crimson curse was taking hold.

Then he realized what he had done

Dexio:"...oh SHIT! what even happened?!"

He completely forgot about his gods, after all he couldn't bleed for them if he had no blood to give.

But this wouldn't hold for long.

After he bandaged his wrist, he figured to Stay far from weaponry, he couldn't hurt himself then, and seeked help from Natasha.

Dexio:"Natasha, there is something wrong with me"

Natasha:"we've discussed I'm fine with you're blood fetish dex you're fin-"

Dexio:"no no, my bloodlust, it's getting really bad"

Natasha:"okay? Do you want to do the thing we usually do I c-"

Dexio got a bit frustrated

Dexio:"no! I mean it's getting stronger! Usually it's just annoying as fuck but this time... I hurt myself just to hold it off, and I think I did it out of my own control"

Natasha:"oh- oh shit, what should we do?"

Dexio:"you will need to restrain me, this time I cut myself because I was alone, I don't wanna hurt my friends, I don't wanna hurt you! And get soken!"

Natasha:"Alright! I think we have chains here, dex are your sure this isn't just a bad day?"

Dexio started feeling the bloodlust again

Dexio:"just hurry up!"

Natasha chained dexio onto a chair and ran to the medical ward.

Dose this remind you of a certain shadow?

Later, when they returned, dexio had gone feral. To reduce the risks, they put him in a cell.

The noise caught the attention of Sal.

Sal:"What's going- what the fuck?!"

Soken:"I TOLD the agency this would happen, but nooo! Let dexio go insane and become dangerous to everyone in the agency"

Sal:"What's even happening!"

Natasha:"the fucking disease progressed, now look at dexio"

Sal:"is it too late to help him?!"

Soken:"this isn't like the contagion, it can be stopped at any stage, we just need the fucking higher-ups to do their job"

Dexio struggled against the chains, the disease had turned him into a feral animal, not even speaking properly, just aggressively yelling"

Sal:"God he's like a sickler, how could this even happen"

Natasha:"you think.. you think the sicklers are people who caught the crimson shit?"

Soken:"maybe, I assume the shadows had taken advantage of this sickness aswell"

Unbeknownst to them, Dexio had shattered the chains, now banging his fists into the ballistic glass.

Soken:"Oh fuck! How the hell are we ment to treat him?!"

Some medical staff had rushed over, the agency higher-ups finally decided to send a Vial.

Soken:"fucking higher-ups decide to bring it out AFTER he goes feral, well now we got THIS issue" soken motions to dexio aggressively hitting the glass

Staff:"uhh, on a higher note, it's a injection now..."

Soken:"yip-fucking-ee, he's still going to kill whoever even tries injecting it"

Natasha grabbed the vial and headed for the cell entrance

Sal:"are you insane!? he's going to kill you!"

Natasha:"so what, dexio knows better"

Sal:"incase you forgot, HES COMPLETELY LOST IN THE BLOODLUST!"

Natasha readied to open the door, "he trusted me to get him here, and I'm going to repay that trust, soken, ready to shut it when I get in"

Soken:"I...alright"

Natasha gripped the injection, opened the door and ran in.

The door shut behind her.

Dexio had yet to realize Natasha had entered, but quickly looked in her direction after the door shut.

She jabbed the vial into dexio, who instantly began attacking Natasha.

Instead of retaliating, Natasha held dexio in a embrace.

Dexios brutal punches and clawing slowly weakened, but they did their damage, dexio regained his humanity.

Dexio:"what...the fuck...Natasha?"

Natasha was initially unresponsive, dexio looked at his hands, seeing the blood.

Dexio:"Oh my God!"

Dexio held Natasha, who weakly looked back at him, then fell unconscious.

Littered with deep claw marks all over her body, soken entered the cell.

Dexio:"soken i- she- I didn't- why- WHY"

Soken:"I know...I think thats what we're all wondering these days"

Natasha was tended to, making a recovery, dexio was emotionally unstable and could only hug Natasha when's she awoke.

The curse was lifted, while he still has a bloodlust deep inside of him, it will never harm him or his friends again.