He is extremely deadly and will not ask questions. If you find his Brother before him; He will Kill you where you stand and dispose of your body in the means to keep his brothers Poisonous Soul safe and keep the horrible plague from spreading. It took lots of trial and errors, watching poor Humans suffer just by touch alone; Decides killing them as soon as they lay eyes on his brother is more than a Mercy. Sometimes he’s able to scare or turn them away from their hiding place if its their lucky day; But he turns into an actual killing machine in a fury of panic if his brother is able to sneak away from their hiding place. Learned to never travel far or make Jackal travel with him.
For months, up to a few good years, this boy runs himself more rugged than he used to down in the Undergrounds. Keeping his brother safe and secure, making sure Humans travel away from their safe spots, or scouting for better hideaways after being discovered; This boy continues with the thought he can Cure his brother. Just wants his only family back...
Wearing his brothers Clothing; It helps him continue and battle on for what he’s aiming for. He has also grown up to 6ft4, so the clothing might be a bit loose, but still keeps him in a good mental state to push on. It brings him comfort, memories of the past that help, and he has his brothers old Collar of Protection in the jacket as a means of ‘Good Luck’ when he’s collecting information.
The happy thing is; They both end up finding a Mage, who is able to help with a Sister of hers. They aren’t able to fully Cure Jackal, but they are able to make him non-poisonous and able to give Vic a new arm replacement in the far future.
After continuous attempts to try and find a cure in the Underground; Vic is just too tired and too desperate once he remotely hears that the Mage’s aren’t as affected by the plague as humans are, so he just-... Practically gets to the point where; ‘If This Isn’t Going To Work-... I’ll End Everything Myself.’ Route.
After everything is said and done; This boy royally chills out and unlike his past self, becomes so goddamn relaxed. He’ll be able to, he’ll be grateful to the Mage’s, and help around where he can due to trying to repay them. He’ll never be able to in his mind, but he becomes basically a Good Willed Veteran. He’s got a good nature, chill attitude, but doesn’t mean he’s one to be fucked with. Can still have his old self peek out if someone doesn’t watch themselves, but he’s also not fully good in his mind.
He does suffer from PTSD, from noises; He absolutely hates any and all musical instruments, but he’s fine with voices. Vic will be seen with audio books to keep his own voices in his mind at bay at night or on really bad days, but he still has his days where he might revert back to forgetting his Brother is safe; that He is safe... If he doesn’t use his left arm and has a dead look in his eye lights; Very bad sign he is back in his past and it would be best to leave this high LVLed Monster alone...
I just read Vic's sheet and regarding the musical thing, he can't tolerate any kind of music(even the slower more gentle stuff or classic music or like nature sounds) or there's some exceptions? What if he was around a human and they were singing? ((And omg I wanna hug them both so much! How dare you make me feel for them?! :c ))
Not a single lick of Instrumental types at all; Nothing with strings or keys, nothing with ringing or banging, because as I can see it; He is dependent on Sounds for survival of the human population and to keep track of his own brother.
The deeper meaning of this however; I might not be able to completely tell it with a smart tone, but ima try. Super long explanation below the cut! Sorry ;;/
Due to the undertones of the music, and the fact he’s a Monster, he can easily pick up the waves along with the instruments that most Humans can’t pick up on; Grinding of the strings, banging of the drums and stretching of the plastic which can make him recall of cave ins and other loud sounds of battle, and the intensity of the ringing of bells the aftertone leaves, it leaves his head ringing due to the sensitivity. And the huge hole in the back of his skull? You would think it wouldn’t phase him…
Nope, quite the opposite; It just all echos inside his skull and grates on his nerves; All of it being that of nails on chalkboard. Think of it like… You’re on the top of a cliff and there’s a large array of other mountains around; One loud scream and it echos all back. To you; That’s entertaining and probably super calming! But for Vic? It’s like taking the world’s heaviest metal board and scratching it with the most rusty metals but twice as loud, perhaps enough to shake him to his own Core some days.
Certain tones of specific instruments even tend to bring back bad memories; Be it from Battles he’s endured, certain sounds he’s especially picked out to listen for, or whatever it may be can become almost like a trigger.
Now after he gets his happy ending and is able to get the pleasure of not being able to worry about anything anymore; Nature sounds would be the only exception besides from audio books. But he prefers words and others talking due to the fact he can’t easily allow himself to daze out or the fact that he’s so used to listening to nature in general; He needs something else to help keep his mind distracted.
However, songs from the vocals of the flesh or magic tend to mend his nerves and soothe him. They don’t carry how instruments do, they don’t damage his hearing even if one couldn’t sing. Vic would still be able to take that compared to instruments of any kind. He would love just listening to someone sing or even talking to themselves; Doesn’t matter what type of voice they have, he’d just watch or rest his sockets and focus on the words. He’s become instantly soothed, relaxing his tense magic down he has the habit of keeping up constantly.
If Vic can get someone to either sing or talk, he’d gladly take that over an audio tape anyday due to the fact he can hear the low hum of the machine as well. But it’s nothing compared to the instruments; He can handle machine hums!
If he does allow himself to daze off, he goes immediately to some very Dark Places; His Regrets, the ordeals that have Disturbed him the most up to that point in his time. However, that leads to another ordeal containing another topic~
Thanks for asking!! I Really loved this question! ♥ Hope you enjoy the answer! And ohhhh, Trust me; I feel for these boys, too :’) Their both Good Boys, just been done super dirty and need all the love and care in the world, I swear~ Thank you for enjoying them!! ; v ; ♥
