Cute. [ it's not. ] You could've picked the smart option and saved yourself some trouble, but an object lesson it is...
[ saying nothing more, john grips the thumb of his right hand and twists like he's trying to open a bottle, separating it at the joint without so much as a wince. the bleeding has already been staunched, and a new one regrows in its place, which he tests a bit before tossing the bits of — now clean — bone on the ground like dice. in an instant, john is flanked by a pair of fully formed skeletons that seem to have unfolded themselves somehow from the bits of finger bone with red pinpoints of light glowing in their hollow eye sockets. ]
Let's try again.
[ the skeletons are already moving to try and grab at gen, which john calmly observes with his hands clasped behind his back. ]
Now that I've made it clear that continuing to underestimate me is a mistake.
no subject
[ saying nothing more, john grips the thumb of his right hand and twists like he's trying to open a bottle, separating it at the joint without so much as a wince. the bleeding has already been staunched, and a new one regrows in its place, which he tests a bit before tossing the bits of — now clean — bone on the ground like dice. in an instant, john is flanked by a pair of fully formed skeletons that seem to have unfolded themselves somehow from the bits of finger bone with red pinpoints of light glowing in their hollow eye sockets. ]
Let's try again.
[ the skeletons are already moving to try and grab at gen, which john calmly observes with his hands clasped behind his back. ]
Now that I've made it clear that continuing to underestimate me is a mistake.