Monsters Are Real
03-18-2018, 06:10 AM
Every second that went by with Acere staring at him seemed to last much longer than it should have, his heart was pounding and he was simply waiting in agony for some sort of evidence that this was real, or some sort of direction for where this hallucination was going.
When the bristles started to prickle on Acere's back, Elias' eyes finally broke free from Acere's gaze so that he could truly inspect his body. Acere seemed very much the same, as well... though Elias could swear that he was bigger than he was when he'd last seen him. Of course, they weren't even fully mature back then... but that would mean this wasn't an illusion, wouldn't it?
Elias did not have much time to process things before Acere was in his face, demanding an explanation in vague context. Despite it's vagueness, somehow Elias knew exactly what he meant. He closed his eyes for a moment as he fought against the aggression that bit ravenously at the back of his mind in response to the yelling, it had been a long time since he had to face something like that. The last time being with Odette, but... he managed to hold his composure with her, too.. and he would this time... he had to. His ears lowered as a look of extreme guilt came over his features, "...Ace, I didn't... it wasn't..." But it was, wasn't it?
"I can only remember in bits and pieces..."
His voice trailed as his heart continued pounding in his ears, "Something happened to me... and I hurt them, I tried to stop it- I didn't want to- it was, I don't know. I can't explain. I.. it's the demon in me, the ones we learned about in our lessons..." Those lighter colored 'brow dots on his face furrowed as he lowered his head, looking at Ace.. but not really. He was in his mind, his eyes distant and his facial features softening. "I kept dreaming about her."
He stared for a long moment, before finally his eyes redirected themselves back to Acer's mirror of a stare. "I told it to leave, and.. I don't know, it has been two years since I..." A sudden realization came to mind in the middle of his explanation, his head tilting as his 'brows furrowed again, "Wait, how did you...? Where did you....? Acere, is this really happening?"
Disclaimer: Elias suffers from schizophrenia and occasionally has violent outbursts.
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