#iceper anon

[theracwillburn]

Iceper sighed.

"Guess I'll be going. Rye don't do anything stupid, don't make your injuries worse, and don't you even THINK about trying to work. Cya."

Just like that Iceper disappeared, the air got much colder as they turned to wind before quickly warming up again.

Trapper took a good few seconds to register that Champion was talking to him... Somehow. And it took even longer for him to respond.

"Eh? What about me?"

~ Trapper & Iceper

[Champion seems to.. soften, as Iceper left. Not holding themselves up with the tenseness before. A small, barely audible sigh escapes her as his ears lowers itself back down. Eugh. Brief cold. Great.]

Askin' if you want a drink, hun.

[They repeated themselves, her head slightly turning to look behind him. Which ends up with the blue fellow just staring up at her, who's also... have they been humming this whole time? It's faint, but there. Krystal seems to know what they're humming, as he's also imitating music. Again, too faint to be able to tell clearly on what it is.

The hybird tilts his head in Trapper's direction for a moment, like she's gesturing towards him. The stranger only shuffled out of view even more. Guess not.]

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Iceper was about to speak but heard a click. It paused before continuing.

"I appreciate it but that won't be needed. I was going to leave pretty soon anyways. Just wanted to check up on Rye."

Ah great they sound like Champ- wait double Champions? That's definitely not going to get confusing. There's another click and Iceper rolled its eyes, changing to the news reporter voice.

"Besides if that uh... god guy with the fire ring is still around I think I'd rather leave hahaha..."

Iceper tilted their head at seeing the familiar face but made no comment on it. Trapper tried looking but wow, who knew that getting thrown against a sofa earlier would make his body hurt like hell!

~ Trapper & Iceper

[The hybrid's ears perked up at the voice change, tilting her head slightly to the side. He hums, uncrossing her arms and letting them rest by their sides as Iceper spoke. Huh, is... their tail wrapped around the blue guy's leg? They do seem pretty shaken behind her, the glowing dot on their visor-mask-thing looking around rapidly.]

Hm.. Well, he's been stayin' for a little while, so take that as you will. What about you, Trap?

[Krystal slowlyy shuffle away from the spirit. Oh, he's near Champion now. Giving the blue fellow a wave. They wave back, which seems to make him pretty happy!]

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Trapper froze seeing Champion, trying to come up with a quick lie. Oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god-

"Rye and me we're talking about some trade secrets in the bounty hunting business. It's not something we'd tell most people but Krystal over here hear us so..."

Iceper took out its pickaxe from God knows where and pointed it at Krystal's head. They also glanced in Trapper's direction and let out 3 clicks and a huff before looking back.

"We were just trying to..."convince" him to keep his mouth shut."

Iceper lightly tapped Krystal's leg, hoping he'd play along and NOT freak out. Hopefully. Otherwise it was so screwed.

~ Trapper & Iceper

[She doesn't seem to be buying it. At all. Hey wait who in Heights is tha]

~ eck—

[Krystal froze, making no sign of even acknowledging the tap. Slowly, the dancer held his hands up. His mouth turning into a scowl.]

~ an' i already told ya i won't tell nobody! gosh!

Alright, alright, cut it out. No bloodshed in the house.

[She waved their hand dismissively. The way he said it was like they were talking to a bunch of misbehaving kids, oddly enough. Huh. That, worked? That or he's choosing to ignore it.

Krystal does light up a bit at the uh... new, guy? Very blue. And familiar. They seem to be trying to hide behind Champion.]

No wonder there was so much commotion.. Well, since you're here, you want a drink? Bein' a visitor n' all. Although it would've been much appreciated if you visited at a much...

[They itched his glove down slightly. Oh, there's a watch underneath those gloves.]

... Later time.

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Trapper could probably guess what that something was but raised his eyebrows hearing about telling Ashle the news. It felt like pity.

"Unless you want them to find 007n7 dead, don't. There's no guarantee he'll be alive for long, especially considering how many people are after him."

"Including me..."

He coughed twice in his hand after saying that as quietly as possible.

"Besides that mission Iceper was talking about is from 7(heh) months ago so... It's been too long."

Iceper appeared once more, this time beside Krystal.

"I think we'd know if he was dead though. C'mon, it'd be all over the news like,"

"Wanted criminal 007n7 has finally been found, justice can now be brought upon us once and for all to the citizens of Robloxia!" They switched to a low pitched female voice, similar to a news reporter. It was slightly hoarse. Actually it sounded like pain. It's similar to a scream...

"But who's to say he won't die in the near future? It's just...I wouldn't get your hopes up. That's all I'm saying."

~ Trapper & Iceper

[It's... hard to tell what he's thinking behind his sunglasses— who even wears those indoors anyhow? Whatever. Just staring at Trapper with a small frown. The dancer crossed his arms and only flinched slightly when Iceper appeared, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.]

~ ... that... makes sense.

[Krystal sounded hesitant, like he didn't want to agree— cringing slightly at the news reporter's voice that Iceper used. Even so, he understood that it might only make things worse. Who would want to hear that their friend was being hunted the same way they were?]

~ fine, i won't tell 'em. but if i get yelled at for keepin' this secret, i'm blamin' it on you.

Keep what secret?

~ aH—

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Trapper stares again before sighing. The air is getting warmer but certainly not because of Cubed.

"...So you're telling me you guys are looking for THE 007n7? One of the most wanted exploiters by at least 5 different bounty hunting organizations and is currently being hunted by who knows how many people? The same one who's terrorized SO MANY PEOPLE- Just. Why? Why are you looking for him of all people?"

A familiar icy spirit appeared behind the couch Trapper's on. It used the same voice as before.

"Didn't expect that now- OW!"

Trapper punched Iceper in the "face", making them fall to the floor. Now holding its "face".

"Not now. And change your- wait when the hell did you meet 007n7?"

Iceper in fact did not change their voice, still using 7n7's voice.

"Ow ow ow...It was uh, the mission I went on with the weird code creature. I tried fucking around with him and he punched me in the face. At least he was helpful though so..."

"And you told no one?!"

"Yeah."

Trapper looked like he was going to jump Iceper again, so it disappeared again before that could happen.

~ Trapper & Iceper

[Cubed, slowly, turned towards Iceper when they appeared. He doesn't say anything— nor Krystal, really, but the latter is more confused while the former is... well, ticked off is the best word for it.

The dancer watched on for a few moments before turning towards the Admin with a small, albeit pretty nervous smile.]

~ ... yknow, i thought his voice would sound more intimidatin'.

Quiet.

~ wrong gu—

Cease.

[The living script stuck his tongue out at the bigger Entity, who only rolled his eyes in response.]

~ ... movin' on— before that bombshell of an information was dropped, which i'll process LATER— the reason was mostly closure. well, before we knew that the guy's alive still, apparently.

[The Admin stared intensely at where Iceper was, his halo flickering for a moment before turning away.]

I'll Be Returning The Visor. Goodbye.

~ see ya man!

[Off God goes....]

~ but yeah, closure. ash used to be pretty close with him before... uh. things happened and they got separated. [Doesn't seem like he wants to discuss that too much.]

~ now though, uh... not sure where to go from here. other then inform 'em. AFTER all of this.

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Oh god they're screwed. It's so screwed. At least it's better than actively getting killed. Uh uh uh...

"Hey I didn't realize THAT would happen. Usually people don't act so intensely...At least from what I could tell. However great timing, I'll be taking my leave!"

Just like that the spirit melted in a sad puddle that evaporated as quickly as it appeared, with Trapper slamming into the ground with a loud crash as he had tried jumping Iceper again. The air got just the slightest bit colder as the spirit uh. Left? It's difficult to tell.

"Ugh..."

Trapper push himself up, more sluggishly this time as his wounds started hurting again. So he went back over to the couch to sit down, mumbling angrily.

~ Iceper & Trapper

[Thankfully for everyone involved, the puddle evaporated fast enough for Cubed to completely miss slamming his feet against it, causing a small indent in the floor instead— and barely missing Traps. The Admin let out a huff, and you could almost see smoke coming out of his mouth with each breath. Oh he's Angry angry.]

... .

[Deep breaths. He shut his eyes and counted to 10. Then 20. 30. 40. 50. He stopped as he neared 60, opening his eyes again and turning his attention towards the other Entity. The cold wasn't felt by him, after all it's quite difficult to when you're the opposite of it.

In the distance, there's the sound of someone running into something and a couple— maybe more— of things falling. Whoever it was, they didn't make a noise, despite it sounding like a pretty hefty fall. Cubed noticed, but seemed to chose to focus on Trapper for now.]

... Are You Alright?

[The blade is back on his back again. There's still faint smoke. The air is still warm. He doesn't approach. It's too dangerous to.]

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Trapper watched as Ashle ran off, struggling to understand what the fuck just happened. Slowly realizing what likely happened. Anger started to settle in as he glared at Iceper. Oh that bitch...

"You."

He said it in such a monotonous calm tone that felt wrong. Iceper looked away, whistling while trying to ignore the death stare they were getting. Like trying to pretend it did nothing wrong. Now also getting as far away as possible from both Cubed and Trapper. Mostly Trapper actually, they're getting closer to Cubed.

"...You chose that voice on purpose didn't you?"

"...I uh. Maybe."

Trapper stared. Then got up quickly and pinned down Iceper. Iceper tried to push him off but that doesn't really work when it's currently pressed against a table leg.

"LOOK I'M SORRY!-"

"WHAT REASON WAS THERE FOR THIS HUH?! I THOUGHT YOU KNEW BETTER THEN TO DO SHIT LIKE THIS!"

He yelled, practically trying to strangle them. Iceper managed to finally get Trapper off, pushing him back towards the couch and hid behind Cubed despite its better judgment. Trapper winced in pain but got up again.

~ Iceper & Trapper

[Cubed was still looking at where Ashle— well, not him, you know what he meant— ran off to. They have long since gone out of sight at this point, yet he didn't turn as Trapper started speaking. The air feels... wrong. Thicker. Like smoke. Uh oh.

As Iceper neared him, they could particularly feel the heat radiating off of him like he was the sun itself. Like standing in front of an open furnace, hungrily consuming the oxygen like it's desperate not to go out. Like one singular touch would melt it in seconds.

When he did turn around, however, it was when Trapper pinned Iceper down. Not a word was spoken as the Admin just watched. Watched with the same analyzing look he had given earlier when they first met. This time, there's a blankness to it that wasn't there before.]

...

[As Iceper hid behind him, the warmth felt overbearing. Like it was trying to consume the spirit themselves. The firering— the halo, was blazing. Blazing with the heat of thousand suns. An anger boiling.

Cubed turned to look at Iceper, and it was clear why his eye looked the way it did. It was full of magma. And it felt like it was piecing through the spirit's very being.]

I Was Willing To Give You The Benefit Of The Doubt, Stranger.

[His voice was even, like an authority barely containing his anger. And suddenly the giant Telamonster is barely an inch away from their neck. There was no taking it off from his back, in one moment it was safely secured on his back— the next it's by its neck.]

You Knew. You Knew, And Choose To Do So Anyways.

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Trapper raises an eyebrow at Ashle's reaction, however ignores it for now. What's the worst that could happen? [Famous last words]

"Ah. Alright that...makes a lot of sense. You Iceper?"

"Oh yeah I came because we heard you were here and no one else had enough time to actually check if you were here. I'll be going pretty soon."

"Yeah please hurry with that."

"Hey!"

Trapper sighed, looking back over at Ashle. Ok he really couldn't ignore whatever the hell was happening with him.

"You good?"

~ Iceper & Trapper

[Please stop talking please stop please

...Guess Ash's spacing out again. It doesn't even seem like he heard Trapper— his head tilting downwards, making it harder to see what their face currently looked like. Although with how they're breathing, it was most likely the answer would be Not Good.

Cubed seems just as concerned, his hand— oh hey, one of his hands is a gauntlet— hovering over the smaller Immortal's shoulder before deciding otherwise and carefully placing his hand on their back. That seemed to help them snap back from whatever was happening, although it was really clear that he's still very not fine.

Yikes. This was what, the third time he's been startled? It was really clear that yeah, no, one of his eyes is just blue now. Pupil definitely isn't supposed to look like that, nor is it supposed be bleed. Yet their eyes darted around as though they didn't recognize where they are.]

...Ashle?

[And as soon as Cubed spoke, Ashle turned and bolted right away. There wasn't a single bit of hesitation. The Admin doesn't try to stop them.]