"I can't believe you would do something so stupid!" please?
hi anon! let's pretend this isn't from literally last year, ok? ok!
once again I spun the @btmonsterfuckermonday prompt wheels, which brings us to the following prompts:
varietal: zombies & the undead
trait: extra limbs
situation: misunderstood monsters
I took some... creative liberties with the trait.
[bucktommy | 512 words | zombie-related warnings apply]
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There is a corpse in her brother's bathroom.
It's sitting in the empty tub, chewing on an arm — jesus, someone's arm — and pauses, mouth open, to blink up at her dumbly. It's big. That's about all she has time to register before she's slamming the door shut.
She stares at it. If it's in the house, that could mean Buck is—
Hurried footsteps on the stairs. "H-hey, Maddie? Why are you— I-I heard—"
She forces herself to draw her weapon before she turns, because she knows it will be so much harder when she's looking at him. Doesn't know if she'll be able to.
Buck's hands come up in surrender, eyes so so wide in panic. "What— Hey! N-no, no, no, Maddie, I can explain!"
She swallows hard. "Did it get you?"
"What? No! N-no, I'm fine, I promise." His hands don't come down.
She stares at him. Does not lower her weapon. Tries to find any reason not to believe him. Knows her brother can be impulsive and rash, but that he wouldn't do anything to put her in danger. Not on purpose. Relaxes just a little, still too aware of the thing in the bathroom. "You're sure?"
"Y-yeah. Yeah, I'm sure." He drops his arms. His eyes dart towards the door. It doesn't make sense.
"Wait, Buck, you knew?"
"Uh," he says, which might as well be yes.
"And you let it live?" she hisses. "I can't believe you would do something so stupid!"
Buck gives her his best kicked puppy impression, which is remarkably effective for someone as big and tall as he is. Behind the door, there is the sound of something dropping into the tub. Something meaty and squelching, like an arm. More movement. She turns her back on her brother's wide blue eyes and raises her weapon again.
"No, Maddie, wait!"
He grabs her from behind and though her first instinct is to fight back, to struggle, he's been stronger than her for a lot of years now and he drags her bodily back towards the stairs.
"Maddie, Maddie, please," he pleads. He's trying not to hurt her, she can tell, but panic still surges in her chest. "I can explain, okay? P-please, let me explain."
The bathroom door creaks open and she locks eyes with the corpse. She lets Buck lead her down the stairs, away from it.
Downstairs, she sits on the couch, back to the wall. She accepts Buck's offer of tea.
"Buck," she says. gaze catching on the staircase again. It hasn't followed them down. Yet. "What's going on?"
Buck sits across from her, like he has nothing to fear from the thing upstairs.
"He— he saved me, Maddie," he says, and he sounds so genuine, like he fully believes what he's saying. "He's different."
Maddie thinks of Howie, who hadn't wanted her to make the trip even though things had quieted down in the past months. Thinks of Jee-yun, waiting for her at home. Looks at her brother, alone in his empty house.
No shading (+ colors to get his colors better) and explanation bc YIPIEIEE
Drowned! Vos was another WHAT IF idea, more so from a dream but still. Thinking about that cage that *possibly* killed him being filled with water is an interesting enough BUT Drowned Challenge Vos is much more interesting.. Also my fav mob despite them TERRIFYING ME in Minecraft ;w;
Also I wanted to practice anatomy so yeah :3
Oh yeah- have a ALT ver bc I accidentally did a thingy and I liked it :)
