"I am more than I was made to be, and I will prove it."
⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺
DBD focused Zeno (RE9) roleplay blog.
WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR RE9! Obviously.
Dead by Daylight x Resident Evil 9: Requiem -- ZENO roleplay blog. Can be asked stuff about RE, but keep in mind he's still in a literal other dimension.
This is a Dead By Daylight focused blog for a Resident Evil: Requiem AU of Zeno. Obviously, there will be spoilers.
Be warned that 98% of him is headcanon given what little we really know of him now, so he's very much my little blorbo who I just stick things I like onto. You may or may not agree with my interpretation of him, I don't know, but generally I do my best to stay faithful to what we were shown in game. He just has some extra bits.
He is a killer in the Fog, titled "The Imitation" (or "The Clone", since there's another killer Zeno called that and I don't wanna steal their thunder). I'm currently working out his power and perks, so I'll update this, or make a separate post, to contain that information once I have it nailed down. Just, for reference right now, his power will include the "teleport" that he and Wesker do in RE, since Mastermind can't actually do it in DBD.
As he was taken into the fog when Grace first released Elpis, but before he injected himself, he does not know Elpis is actually an antiviral, and still believes it's a weapon that will grant him power.
NOTE: my Zeno uses xe/xem/xyr, they/them/theirs, and he/him/his pronouns.
Tag guide:
#zeno replies ---- ask answers
#zeno additions ---- reblog additions to previous (non-ask) posts
#zeno writing ---- literate roleplay
#zenoposting ---- solo posts, marked by a ༺♔༻ symbol
i like to think zeno is socially inept since he was turbo-grown to be an adult clone
also MAN i wanted to continue to work on my thumbnails for the alternative ending but instead i went down the zedeon hole... i got more lined up lmao (they are like a divorced old couple to me… also i love to think that zeno met victor before the full transformation hit so he’s got a reference on just how unhinged victor is and how far he‘s willing to go)
Ok I don't wanna post this on my account so I'm gonna ask it to you
New RB game?
Say what guns you think your character would use as you rp them and tag your favorite Resident Evil rp accounts
You don't have to do this
Handgun, Shotgun, Rifle. Sometimes flamethrower or submachine gun.
@mrladiesman-luis @re2rookie @not-an-imitation @graceashcroftfbianalyst @ada-wong-cant-be-w-r-ong (+others I love you all, these were just the first to come up)
ooc: Changing this reblog game forever since Krauser doesn’t use many guns
Do what weapons they like the most if they don’t use guns much
Obviously, his knife is his favorite
bow with specifically explosive arrows, because they don’t require a steady aim like normal arrows do
submachine gun
flash grenades
He definitely doesn’t like guns that require a steady aim, that’s too hard for him to do bc of his arm 💔 He also wouldn’t like big guns, which is why his only gun is his little machine gun
no one mention the rocket launcher that is not canon in my version bc ain’t no way he’s holding that
freaky leon was already tagged sooo I’ll tag his marvin blog instead @official-marvin-krauser
@mold-infected-bug
@shane-c
@jigsawbutfunnier
@a-flawed-imitation
@jill-valentine-52
@full-metal-mechineer
[Zeno gets a text from a man who absolutely should not have his number. Not in this universe, anyways.]
[C. Redfield:] Zeno? Where are you??? I was supposed to pick you up 15 minutes ago.
[C. Redfield:] This is Chris, by the way. Leon gave me your number.
Zeno's phone buzzed where it lay face-down on the arm of xyr chair, and xe picked it up, giving the screen a lazy tap to see what notification he'd gotten. A message, okay.
But then he opened his phone to check, and his heart dropped.
He sat up straighter, staring at the messages and their sender, baffled.
Xe didn't respond for a full three minutes - that time spent with the cogs in their head turning frantically, trying to figure out how and why Leon Kennedy had his phone number, and why Chris fucking Redfield knew him and was talking to him as if they were friendly. The man had that killed his predecessor. The man that would probably kill him on sight, too!
But he eventually got the courage to reply to the bizarre message, even if it wasn't much...
[C. Redfield:] What do you mean what?? You were supposed to be ready and here almost 20 minutes ago. Are you okay?
Chris, on the other end of the line, is baffled. Sure, he and Zeno didn't exactly get along, but this was a little hostile, no?
He sighs and sends another message.
[C. Redfield:] Do you need any help?
Now, Chris knew that Zeno was not a man who wanted or hardly even accepted help, but if there was an instance where Chris could help someone, even Zeno, he would.
[Zeno:] No.
[Zeno:] What was I meant to be ready for? I've never spoken to you, let alone arrangd a meeting.
[Zeno:] arranged*
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Chris' words (let alone the fact that he was talking to Zeno at all) were beyond confusing. They'd never met before! And why was he acting as if they were friendly? Xe was sure that if they met, Chris would put xem in the ground just as he had xyr predecessor.
Zeno was capable. More than. He knew this. He could hold his own against Chris, of course, but... he'd killed Albert Wesker. Killed. He could no doubt make short work of Zeno if xe made a single mistake!
But now Chris was just... talking to him, as if they were familiar with one another.
[C. Redfield:] We were supposed to be mission partners today. BSAA orders. Did you forget?
[C. Redfield:] And you gave it to him.
[C. Redfield:] Are you sure you're okay?
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He was, as one would expect, getting increasingly more confused. Was Zeno suffering some sort of memory lapse? Leon had showed him some recovered documents talking about something to do with the memories of clones once. He couldn't quite remember the specifics though...
Was that why Zeno seemed to be forgetting things? The stress of talking to Chris? Maybe??
It wasn't too dissimilar to what he experienced being around Zeno. He knew Zeno didn't choose his face, but it was hard to get rid of the visceral hurt he felt looking at the face of the man that'd manipulated him for so long.
[Zeno:] I most certainly did not. I want Kennedy dead, why would I give him my phone number???????
[Zeno:] And I obviously don't work with the BSAA, what the fuck
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What the hell was going on?
Zeno briefly set xyr phone down entirely, staring off at a wall as xe thought very loudly, but picked it back up soon after with nervous hands, unable to just sit and not see Chris' response.
----
[Zeno:] You say you're worried about me, but I think you're the one that needs to perhaps have a psych eval. We do not know each other. Don't message me.
[C. Redfield:] Don't know what I did to deserve the hostility. And yes, we do.
[C. Redfield:] I'm coming to you.
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Did he phrase that a little too threateningly? Maybe. But he was too focused on making his way to where he knew Zeno usually was to go get him. Zeno probably wouldn't be reassured by the fact that Chris is in full combat gear either.
OOC: This location is remaining ambiguous unless you want to clarify where it is.
Chris does, in fact, locate Zeno. In fact he barges into the man's space visibly concerned.
"Zeno?"
He questions, staring at the man. Chris doesn't seem hostile at all.
That text was more than a little frightening. 'I'm coming to you'? How did he know their location? Did he always know their location!? Anxiety wracked them, and they picked up xyr coat from the back of the chair and draped it over his shoulders, before starting to pace to regulate himself.
Was he bluffing? He had to be! Otherwise, why hadn't Chris killed or captured him yet? If he could just... show up, why hasn't he before? Surely he'd want clones of his arch nemesis gone as soon as possible!
But if he was telling the truth... then the real, genuine Chris Redfield was on the way here. To meet xem. As if that was at all normal!
. . .
The door swung open carelessly and Zeno's gun was immediately raised with a soft click of the safety being turned off.
Chris fucking Redfield, stood right in front of him, in person.
Chris may be powerful, and a huge threat, but even he had to die to a headshot, surely. He was only mortal.
"... Leave," they demanded lowly - gaze leveled at the man's weathered face so they wouldn't see how xyr own hand shook ever so slightly.
His face most definitely is weathered, but moreso from exhaustion than anything else. The North American BSAA branch had been at odds with the rest of the BSAA for a few years now, and things had started to come to a head as of recent. He suspected it was why they paired him with Zeno in the first place.
What he did not expect, however, was to immediately be greeted with a gun pointed at him. This was awfully familiar. Maybe a bit too familiar for his tastes. But this was nothing he hadn't dealt with before.
"Zeno... I just want to talk."
Despite Zeno's preconceived notions, Chris is being entirely genuine. To Chris, this is Zeno having some sort of mental break or lapse in memories. Chris has absolutely no idea he's in a literal other universe. Honestly, he'd probably still try to reason with Zeno even if he did.
The main thing Chris was trying to avoid was fighting the man. He was entirely capable of doing so since he could go toe to toe with Wesker... There was a feeling of guilt rooted deep in his soul for what had happened that day. He didn't want it to happen again.
"And I just want you to leave," Zeno retorted sharply. He stepped further back from Chris, knowing damn well that if he got too close to the man, he could disarm xem with ease, and then xe'd be in for a hell of a ride to Lady Death.
"I don't know how you know my number or location, but I did not give it to you. Leave." They didn't care if he said he meant no harm, because why wouldn't he? They wore the face of his arch enemy who he murdered. He had to hate them. Want them dead.
And even if he didn't, Zeno would have to find a new place of residence after this - xe couldn't just live here knowing Chris Redfield knew where xe lived. That only made his heart take permanent residence in his throat.
// Perfectly fine with it so long as I like the character and think it works - I've got another blog of a canon character who's exclusively dating an OC!
