on the verge

chapter 8

It was the shadow play Episode you knew it because the theater shook with the force of the fight going on at the stage and you hid under the counter and you realized there was never any indication that Macaque returned to the theater.

that feeling of your life about to become extremely uncomfortable again? was suddenly becoming a reality in a way that was kind of terrifying. seriously the amount of magic in the air churned your stomach and made you want to vomit.

every instinct told you to run but your body was frozen as you shook softly you understood now why MK froze so often in the show the feeling of this power? it felt like slime crawling under your skin sinking into your soul and you couldn't move your body.

the body had a third reaction when fight or flight didn't work was freeze and currently you got stuck into a freeze response while you waited for the fight to stop.

then it did the magic suddenly stopped and you could move your body again and you went to check the theater seeing it wrecked far more than what had happened in the show, but also Pigsy, Tang, and Mei looking around confused.

"...shit I am gonna lose my job..." you ducked out and by the time you got back with cleaning supplies it was empty. and you decided to just give up seeing the full extent of the damage 

you might need to hunt down Macaque to get him to pay you for that last pay check you felt but it would help at least a bit...

right?

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later that evening you relaxed on your couch newspaper in hand as you tried to find a job that wouldn't ask questions and pay you under the table. was it old fashioned yeah? did it work well enough? also yes because jobs that listed here would most likely have sketchy shit going on.

you felt that feeling again the feeling of being watched the creeping almost violating feeling and you stood to your feet now knowing it to be Macaques magic

"stop stalking me in my house! its weird! you better be here to pay me what you owe me for my last day?"

the feeling of that magic increased and you froze up once again letting out a squeaky sound as a laugh echoed through the building.

"oh man, when you called yourself a baby? I thought it was a joke, but you really are new aren't you?"  Macaque stood before you now a grin on his face as he looked you over shadowy versions of himself lurking around making your head turn around in a panic.

and if you thought weeks ago you were fucked? you realized no you weren't-

this? this was FUCKED.

"h-hey no need for all those shadows you know I am pretty sure you could kill me with your pinky finger..." your heart raced and you realized in your looking around at the shadows Macaque had moved behind you

"Probably, but I like making sure I have the upper hand never know what you can do right?" his voice was right next to your ear and you lurched forward. Macaque was messing with you now toying with you and you didn't know why but you had a feeling you just became a pawn in the very large game of chess going on in this world and that? that made your veins fill with ice cold dread