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castle_perraultAdam Brooks is one for following the rules.
Not the inherent rules set out by law enforcement and people he is far above, no. Those are all based on an unwavering idea of morality that Adam refuses to see as productive. No, he's one for following the rules his mind has constructed in order to further himself towards a goal. These are rules that are based on his observations of the world around him, ones that make sense and help him make sense to others.
The rules help him look like a normal person. They're honestly quite helpful in a place like this, where Adam doubts his appearance would be taken well. Barnaby certainly hadn't taken it well, but Adam couldn't imagine any scenario where he would. It's not everyday your brother comes back from the dead, after all. That is, regrettably, a rule Adam has had to break.
But other rules have been easier to follow. They remind him to remove Barnaby's clothes so he can wear them as a disguise, without anyone asking about any regrettable blood stains. They remind him to walk like his brother and talk like him instead of screaming for revenge. He is cautious and careful.
Kotetsu will be found first. He needs to check on him and gain his trust immediately, so that he has someone to back him up. To laugh off his strangeness towards other prisoners in this strange castle as social ineptitude. Toshi will be found afterwards, with Kotetsu still at his side. He doubts his disobedient slave will rebel for a second with Kotetsu already in his grip. He'll be sweet and kind to both of them, just as Barnaby would. Follow the rules. Soon enough his opportunity will come to strike.
So those who are around the hallways may see someone very much like Barnaby walking over to his room, straightening his clothes before peering inside in his search for Kotetsu.
After his reunion with his dearest partner and the android made in his image, 'Barnaby' will be all over the castle. He adores the library as much as he always has, and seems to have picked up cocking as well. He is deliberately careful to stay quiet and calm, so only those with a sharp eye will notice anything strange. For example, that bunch of berries from the garden can't be used as an ingredient in his soup, right? They're poisonous... Some may find it odd to find him coming out of the armoury with a crossbow, or practicing violin in the music room.
Or perhaps you may catch him wandering up the stairs leading down to the basement late at night. What would he be doing down there? Surely it's not a bad thing to ask.
((Okay, let's see if I can get this asshole to cooperate with me this time! Adam Brooks is impersonating his brother, Barnaby, and will be friendly to most everyone he runs into, if a little forgetful. Should anyone notice his odd behaviour, though, he may be forced to do something not so nice... so a trigger warning for possible character mutilation and death in here, as well as psychological mindfuckery which happens with a character like Adam. Should you not want him to tag you, please message this account to let me know!))
Not the inherent rules set out by law enforcement and people he is far above, no. Those are all based on an unwavering idea of morality that Adam refuses to see as productive. No, he's one for following the rules his mind has constructed in order to further himself towards a goal. These are rules that are based on his observations of the world around him, ones that make sense and help him make sense to others.
The rules help him look like a normal person. They're honestly quite helpful in a place like this, where Adam doubts his appearance would be taken well. Barnaby certainly hadn't taken it well, but Adam couldn't imagine any scenario where he would. It's not everyday your brother comes back from the dead, after all. That is, regrettably, a rule Adam has had to break.
But other rules have been easier to follow. They remind him to remove Barnaby's clothes so he can wear them as a disguise, without anyone asking about any regrettable blood stains. They remind him to walk like his brother and talk like him instead of screaming for revenge. He is cautious and careful.
Kotetsu will be found first. He needs to check on him and gain his trust immediately, so that he has someone to back him up. To laugh off his strangeness towards other prisoners in this strange castle as social ineptitude. Toshi will be found afterwards, with Kotetsu still at his side. He doubts his disobedient slave will rebel for a second with Kotetsu already in his grip. He'll be sweet and kind to both of them, just as Barnaby would. Follow the rules. Soon enough his opportunity will come to strike.
So those who are around the hallways may see someone very much like Barnaby walking over to his room, straightening his clothes before peering inside in his search for Kotetsu.
After his reunion with his dearest partner and the android made in his image, 'Barnaby' will be all over the castle. He adores the library as much as he always has, and seems to have picked up cocking as well. He is deliberately careful to stay quiet and calm, so only those with a sharp eye will notice anything strange. For example, that bunch of berries from the garden can't be used as an ingredient in his soup, right? They're poisonous... Some may find it odd to find him coming out of the armoury with a crossbow, or practicing violin in the music room.
Or perhaps you may catch him wandering up the stairs leading down to the basement late at night. What would he be doing down there? Surely it's not a bad thing to ask.
((Okay, let's see if I can get this asshole to cooperate with me this time! Adam Brooks is impersonating his brother, Barnaby, and will be friendly to most everyone he runs into, if a little forgetful. Should anyone notice his odd behaviour, though, he may be forced to do something not so nice... so a trigger warning for possible character mutilation and death in here, as well as psychological mindfuckery which happens with a character like Adam. Should you not want him to tag you, please message this account to let me know!))
cw descriptions of murder
Date: 2017-07-21 07:26 pm (UTC)He doesn't want to. As soon as he realizes what he's seeing, he wants to turn it off. He wants to look away, as though if he does none of this will be happening, none of it will be real.
But on some level, that would feel like a disservice to the horror he's allowed to continue for...how long? And so Kotetsu watches to the end, feeling his heart wrench tighter and tighter, feeling like he's going to be sick then and there, feeling a scream building up in his chest as he sees Frisk and Bunny...
As he hears someone speak to Barnaby in his own voice. As he sees Adam come stalking lazily into the camera's field of view, a cat circling its prey. A bloody knife in his hands, and cruel words coming so easily to his lips. Mockery, taunts, insults, and at last...
"You're going to die now," Barnaby's twin says, with clear and evident relish in his tone. "And Kotetsu is never going to know it."
Frisk is sobbing and screaming around oh god that's a muzzle. Barnaby just looks so...tired. So defeated. Like even now, bearing so many visible wounds both new and old on his body, he can't understand why his brother is doing this to him. He tries to say something. Tries to ask, persuade, cajole. But he doesn't beg. Kotetsu will be proud of him for that later. Barnaby does not beg for his life.
But Kotetsu does beg. There, outside the room he was supposed to be sharing with his boyfriend, he watches Adam grab Barnaby's hair and pull his head back and Kotetsu whimpers an endless plea of "no, no, no..." as though it will make any difference now.
"Close your eyes, Frisk," Barnaby whispers, and then the knife flashes down. Kotetsu has just enough time to see the ragged red line open on Barnaby's throat. Has just enough time to see his partner choke on his own blood, and see the realization rise in his beautiful green eyes that he's dying.
Then the phone snaps in half in his grip. Kotetsu has no words left - just the scream of helpless rage and hopeless despair that boils out of him at last. He doubles over, hands fisted in his hair and tears blinding him, and feels the world coming apart around him until one real and true fact remains. One thing to hold on to.
Barnaby's murderer is just beyond the door right next to him.
Bunny's killer is sleeping in their bed.
If the scream didn't wake Adam, the door slamming open will probably do the job. Kotetsu stands in the doorway, glowing bright blue, tears in his eyes and the purest loathing on his face.
"You."
He wastes no time. He lunges.
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Date: 2017-08-20 05:29 pm (UTC)He opens his eyes when he hears the snap, and realizes Kotetsu isn’t in bed. The scream only confirms his suspicions.
He sits up as the door crashes open, as Kotetsu barrells in, and ah, this is the kind of fire he had wanted to see. At least now the hero was actually trying to do something, even if he was far too late to make a difference.
Adam barely has time to grin before Kotetsu is tackling him down, but his laughter continues even as he hits the floor.
“Kotetsu! My, my, something’s got you excited, hasn’t it? That’s no excuse to hurt your lover, is it?”
He reaches out to grab hold of Kotetsu’s wrists, and in moments, the harsh blue glow around Kotetsu’s form starts to falter.
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Date: 2017-08-20 07:20 pm (UTC)Then he realizes that this man is laughing. Adam is laughing.
Kotetsu growls, struggling against that hold. It's harder than it should be, and only then does he realize that something is wrong. The light...his power...
Yet none of that matters as much as it should, either. Not in light of everything else.
"Why?!" he manages to choke out, tears still half blinding him. "He's...he was your brother, why would you do that to him?!"
Almost too late, he remembers that he's not entirely helpless here. With both his hands held fast, Kotetsu shifts enough to drive a knee into Adam's stomach, as hard as he still can.
"You bastard, I'll kill you!"
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Date: 2017-08-21 11:37 pm (UTC)Right now, Kotetsu is focused on another revelation, and Adam delights to see him start to fall into mourning for his pathetic sibling.
“Why would I do what? Take the life I deserved back from him? I should think it would be obvious!”
He laughs again only to be cut off with a choke. Even without Hundred Power, that hurts, and his grip on Kotetsu loosens.
“K-Kotetsu… don’t you dare start rebelling now…”