I realized that I don't use Genocide a lot, and he just acts as a sort of guide in Fading light so far. So here's a one-shot in his POV!
Word count is 807. :> Tee hee.
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"All they see when they look at me... Is a monster. A murderer. A demon. Do you think you could live with that, Xauc? Hm," I yelled at him. "Well? Could you?"
He shone like a torch against the black backdrop with his white faukimo and all-around paleness. He made me out to the others as a monster! Sure, we didn't get along that well, but it's his own damn fault. I fingered the blade of the knife in my hand, staring at my reflection in the shiny steel.
He nodded. "No. But you know what? You are a monster, Genocide! You're not who I am, or who I was! You're just a mindless killer," he screeched. "You don't care about anyone but yourself!"
I threw the knife at him, which caught his sleeve and pinned him to something. The only thing visible in this nothingness was him to me, and me to him. "Mindless killer? You don't know anything about me," I spat. "You're such an idiot, Xauc! If you think that of me, fine, but I'll prove it otherwise."
With a wave of my hand, I chained him down. He had no power here, and, though he tried, couldn't break free. "You just stay here," I laughed. "Oh, wait, I said that as if you had a choice."
He faded into the darkness as I took over, coming to the surface for the first time in a very long time. It felt kind of odd, actually, after so long of literally nothing. I slowly opened my eyes, and pulled myself to an upright position.
"Good morning, Xauc," a cheery voice called. Vyral, most likely. Sure enough, there she was, standing by my – no, Xauc's – bed. I glared at her.
"I'm not Xauc. Can't you guys tell the difference? I mean," I muttered. "For starters, I don't have dark eyes. And I'm brutally honest. I'm also apparently the worst person alive at the moment!"
Vyral simply stared at me, eyes narrowed. She turned around, and picked up something off of Xauc's desk. "So you're this 'Genocide' Xauc talks about. I, personally, don't know you that well, but he said to use this if you ever gained control..." She quickly turned around and sprayed me with pepper spray. I covered my face with my hands quickly afterwards, wailing in pain.
She pinned me down, aiming the pepper spray, but not using it again. "What did you do to Xauc this time? Did you kill him? I bet you killed him, didn't you?"
I let my arms fall to my side, but I kept my eyes closed. "Xauc's fine! I just restrained him for the time being, 'cause I wanted control for once! Is that so wro –" she used the pepper spray again once I made the mistake of opening my eyes again mid-sentence.
"Liar!" She ignored my cries, and kept me from covering my face again.
"It's not what you think, Vyral! Xauc is fine, and I'm not a monster like he says I am! I'm not a mindless killer! I'm sorry you think that, I really am, but he's been telling lies!"
Her lips twisted into a smirk. "Why should I believe you?"
"Because he's just afraid of me. He doesn't really know anything about me... Sure, I don't like him, but..."
She narrowed her eyes even more, if that was possible. "Go back from whence you came, foul demon," she spoke. "But first... Just know that nobody likes you here, Genocide." She grinned a very, very scary grin. "And I will make sure they hate you."
She got up and left the room silently. I closed my eyes, and allowed myself to drift away... .
Xauc was still up in chains when I appeared before him. I commanded the chains to let go of him without words, and walked over to him. I turned away and let the tears drip from my eyes. I didn't make a sound, but I merely curled up on whatever ground there was there, with my back to him.
He wrapped his arms around me. "It's okay nobody likes you. Has that ever stopped you before?"
I didn't make eye contact with him as I spoke, "Go away. Don't touch me." I stood back up and freed myself from his grasp. "This is all your fault. But as long as I'm known as a monster, I might as well live up to that nickname, huh?" I laughed, disappearing and leaving him to his thoughts. "You went too far, Xauc, but you have you're whole lifetime to spend trying to redeem yourself."
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