( Arknights)Ifrit & Projekt Red’s Unholy Pact aka Aak has a bad time.
Ifrit and Projekt Red do not get along. Ifrit’s loud, immature, and is very into arson. Red is quiet, stoic, and likes to stab things. They do not get along. Red sees Ifrit as a potential threat to be put down. Ifrit thinks Red is a judgemental freak. They do not get along.
The one thing they do agree on is Aak needs to go down. He insults Silence and in Ifrit’s book that’s an immediate death sentence by the way of immediate combustion. He insults Dr. Kal’stit and in Red’s book that merits an immediate death sentence by way of stabbing.
Here’s the thing: Murdering coworkers is not allowed, unless Silence/Ascalon say it is. This presents a dilemma to the two. Ifrit might have her storybook privileges revoked, and Silence might also give her a disappointed mom look. Truly, a fate worse than death. Kal’stit might not allow Red to pet Provence’s tail, and if Red can’t pet those fluffy tails why even live?
They can’t kill Aak, but they can bug him. It starts simple. Aak’s things start to go missing. He can’t find a medical textbook, and some of his Cocaine goes missing. PRTS doesn’t catch anything on camera except for a flash of red. It only escalates from their. A beaker he’s using in his lab explodes. Ifrit just happens to be in the lab with Silence. His lunch goes missing the second he goes away. His room becomes very hot with no warning. Aak’s not stupid. He knows the two are up to something. He goes to the Doctor for help.
“Doctor, those two are plotting against me.”
The Doctor, who saw Ifrit and Red shaking hands, and immediately left because they know a losing battle when seeing one, “Yeah, sure. Next you’ll tell me PRTS is based off somebody I used to know.”
Aak goes to Hung next. Hung will know what to do. He’s basically Aak’s brother.
“Don’t you think you are being a little dramatic? They’re just kids.”
“They stole my supply of LSD”
“Your supply of what?”
“Uh, nevermind.”
He tries Waifuu next. Surely, a martial arts using hero of justice can help him out? Waifuu doesn’t even look up from her textbook. Those essays aren’t going to write themselves.
He tries Lee next. Lee laughs him out of the office. Aak knew the experiment that changed Lee from a Carp to a Lung would bite him in the ass one day.
Aak can’t sleep. His things are stolen. Any lab experiment inevitably burst into flames. He lives in a perpetual state of terror and he can’t retaliate.
The medical department absolutely knows what’s going on, but they like seeing Aak eat shit.
Aak gets desperate. He gets on his hands and knees and begs Warfarin to help him in full view of the Rhodes Islands medical department. It’s a truly touching soliloquy about how maybe, just maybe, if you look at it from a certain point of you; not all doctors are pieces of shit, and in a million years, Warfarin might be on Aak’s level.
Warfarin raises Aak head up with a single finger under his chin. “I always knew you’d kneel before me, Drug boy.”
Aak is obliterated on the spot. Ifrit and Projekt Red go back to hating each other knowing they’ve inflicted a fate truly worse than death on Aak. Ptilopsis and Silence rewarding Ifrit with a bucket of candy might’ve helped. Red being able to pet Texas tail might’ve helped too.
