Picture this: Elise goes too far with it's teasing this time. Instead of their usual banter, they weaponize Eddie's past, dragging up real-life traumas that Eddie has desperately tried to bury, or events that has transpired in the game that had devastated him. You can see it getting under Eddie's skin. He gives Elise one final, quiet warning. But Elise doesn't know when to stop; they double down, striking a nerve with devastating, deeply personal questions. Finally, Eddie snaps and slaps them across the face. For a second, everything goes dead silent. Elise just stands there, dazed, their lips starts trembling, and before Eddie can process what's going on, they uncharasterically burst into tears. It's a juvenile, dramatic sobbing. He’s hyperventilating, making these pathetic, loud gulping sounds for air between cries.
As Elise stands there trembling and blubbering, the room's atmosphere instantly shifts. Everyone turns their gazes to Eddie, their stares heavy and judgmental, as if he’d just struck an innocent child. Over the sound of Elise's pathetic weeping, panic sets inside Eddie.
Vick rubs his temples, muttering, "Goddamnit, Gates."
Bones scowls, crossing his arms: "You've really done it now, bull boy".
Eddie stands there, flustered and isolated. Elise’s loud, dramatic crying is drowning him out, making him look worse by the second. "Why am I the one being judged for hitting Elise of all people?!" he demands, his voice cracking with frustration. "They were going too far!"
"Yeah, but you could have just ignored him." Bones states casually as they stand with one hand resting on their hip, using their other hand to casually point off to the sobbing mess that was left of the Nonsensical Jokester. "Being a chaotic, insensitive brat is in it's nature, he can't help it."
"I said we're supposed to be the antagonists of this show, not monsters. Making one of our members cry like a baby isn't exactly a good look for us." Vick states, exasperated, raising his hand dismissively, rolling his eyes, leaving Eddie stumbling on his words while in the process of attempting to say something, anything to defend himself.
"Well, on the bright side, you probably won't be reprimanded by this. You are the Brutal Bull after all." Bones smirks smugly as he pats Elise's back in order to comfort them. Eddie just looks on the ground, feeling a little guilty yet still frustrated.
"WAAAAHHH, THE BULL MAN IS SO FUCKING MEEEAANNN" Elise wails dramatically.
"It's okay, he can't hurt you anymore, say, why don't we go bully those bottom dwellers Elise? Would that cheer you up?" Bones suggests with an uncharasterically gentle, motherly voice.
Elise gives off a pathetic sniffle, its eyes and nose still red from crying. "Bullying isn't enough…" he murmurs, his tone trembling and pitiable before suddenly snapping back to his usual, aggressive volume. "…I need to push someone to the ground and REPEATEDLY STOMP ON THEIR FACE WITH MY HEELS UNTIL THEY'RE UNABLE TO MOVE!"
Eddie feels like he didn't do enough.
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