05 DNA Strands - The Apocalypse Cometh

[kid_apocalypse]

[Though he'd gone to sleep a young man, Evan Sabahnur, nicknamed "Apocalypse" by the staff (due to the popular belief that it would take no less to wake him up) rouses from his sumber, groaning as the infirmities of his advanced age make themselves known to him.]

Ugh. Did we win? Do mutants rule the earth yet? Hardly seems worth waking up if not. Someone wanna tell me where those ingrate children of mine moved me? I went to sleep in a goddamn hospital, didn't expect to wake up with a hospice nurse givin' me my last rites.

[Grouchy old mutant is grouchy. For now, he's confined to his room while the staff flit about, checking his condition, but eventually he'll be out and about to menace the rest of the population (with idle threats and weakly shaken fists. He doesn't dare try to use his mutant shapeshifting powers, since he's not sure if he can still go back to the way he was).]

Comments

[spongetastic]

We're just here to help. ... Nice to hear you're awake.

[kid_apocalypse]

Yeah, yeah. I know the shpiel. That's what they said to me before they put me under. Those damned kids of mine just wanted me out of the way. It's the Akkaba way, after all. "Only the strongest survive."

[spongetastic]

You're surviving, so that must mean you're strong.

[kid_apocalypse]

Heh, I like the way you think. I'll have to make some phone calls, see if the lot of them have killed each other yet. Can't leave 'em to their own devices for long, otherwise they start to get funny ideas of taking over the family, and leaving me to rot somewhere I can't do anything to stop 'em.

[spongetastic]

Hm. You're an interesting guy, Apocalypse. Want me to get you a phone?

I like to think of this as giving people a taste of what Evan coould be like on a loss that turns hi

[kid_apocalypse]

Heh, is that what you lot have been calling me? Interesting nickname, though I'm not too sure how much damage I can cause these days. I'd appreciate it, boy.

Say, what's your name? You nurses all tend to blend together for me. Old age setting in, I suppose.

I like this too, a new side of everyone :3

[spongetastic]

My name's Peter. We were calling you that because we thought an apocalypse would be the only thing to wake you up. But we're still here, so it looks like we were wrong.

I'm just glad I can put my Apocalypse icons to some good use XD

[kid_apocalypse]

I knew a Peter once, a long time ago.

Is that a fact? Guess I should be glad to prove you all wrong, then. Stubbornness runs in my family, you might say. If there's a God in this world, we'll outlive everyone.

that's how I feel about older!Sophie icons

[spongetastic]

Yeah? It's a pretty common name.

Living forever... It's a terrible thing to consider. I'm sorry you have to bear that.

[whistles_the_blues]

[Great. The way this guy talked reminded him a lot of Doctor Wily, he was too old to deal with this like he used to.]

Afraid not, better luck next time?

[kid_apocalypse]

That's too bad, but not unexpected. I leave things to the younger generation for a few decades, and come back to find that's I'm one of the last ones left, and I'm too damn old to do any conquering. It's ironic.

[whistles_the_blues]

Sometimes ten generations can't cut it like the first.

[kid_apocalypse]

That's what happens when bloodlines run thin. Children quibbling over who's the strongest, and killing each other to prove it.

[whistles_the_blues]

[He chuckles lightly at that. Sounds exactly like Quickman and Bass to him, maybe even a little like himself once upon a time.]

They'd be much more effective if they set their sights on something productive.

[kid_apocalypse]

Probably, but such is youth, Hardly a braincell between the lot of my descendents, and they waste it trying to prove that they're the most worthy of my legacy.

[whistles_the_blues]

Well if they survive, maybe they'll make something of themselves one day.

[kid_apocalypse]

Heh, maybe. There was particular promise in one little, withered branch of the family tree. Hopefully the Starsmores survive, that I might see what they're capable of.

[losemycherry]

You're not on earth anymore, I'm afraid. You're in this other dimension called Paradisa. There are some mutants here, but they don't really "rule." Laws and rules are kind of unnecessary here.

[kid_apocalypse]

Heh, and the nurses thought I might have brain damage. You take your meds today, sweetheart?

[losemycherry]

I...I beg your pardon?

Sorry he's so mean XD

[kid_apocalypse]

This place's called Holly Peaks, if the stationary's to be believed. Don't know that I've ever heard of this "Paradisa" place that you're going on about.

'sok

[losemycherry]

I...see. Said the blind woman. You must be on a loss, or, more likely...you're just yanking my chain.

Do you like it rough, sir?

[kid_apocalypse]

Who, me? What sort of mean old man do you take me for?

[At Yamada's question though, Evan starts laughing, and he doesn't stop for a very long time. Just when it seems like he most stop, he starts up again in a renewed peal of laughter. Finally, he stops with a giggle.]

Heh, were only I young enough to answer that question with a straight face. Think I'm a little too old for you, my dear.

[losemycherry]

You're... [snort]

[It's hard for Yamada to dictate with a straight face, holding back her own bout of laughter.]

...you're only as old as you feel, right?

had to delete my old guy icon, sorry XD

[kid_apocalypse]

Heh, fair enough. Still, I think a young thing like you'd be accused of robbing the grave, going after an old man like me.