Gilgamesh

Always Enemies ((FMN && Gilgamesh))

Well, maybe we can work something out so that she doesn't? It would be a real shame to waste good ideas.

Always Enemies ((FMN && Gilgamesh))

"Not much of a talker, are you? Do you even know about the others in each individual class, Abaddon?" he wondered with a hint of condescension.

Adrian narrowed his eyes at this. The tone in Benjamin's voice seemed to only put off Adrian, and Adrian wasn't exactly trusting of Benjamin. In fact, Adrian wasn't trusting of anyone. Adrian was never sure who he could trust considering the ranking matches were full of backstabbing and betrayals.

"Tell me," he said, attempting to deflect the question. "What happens when you graduate? Do they come and take everything?"

"Hm. I don't know. I hope they don't. They'll definitely strip me of my powers, but not take what I've acquired with it. I have a few billion dollars hidden away if they do though. More than enough to live a few times over!"

Before Adrian could reply, a man in a suit came up to Benjamin and whispered in his ear. "Ah, good. Thank you. If you'll excuse me, Abaddon, your rival has arrived and I'd like to speak to the other guest of honor."

"Don't piss her off. Or else you won't be around long enough to enjoy your billions."

"Noted," and with that Benjamin was off to see Steelia.

Adrian planned to follow suit, but he decided to wait it out. He didn't want to go see Steelia while mister money stacks was talking to her.

Adrian leaned against the dark corner of the room as he watched the other villains and minions dance. He spotted a few girls eyeing from the other side of the room. Not long after Benjamin left was he approached by a girl in a black tank top and blue jeans who was with the group of girls eyeing him.

"Hello," she said. "It's good to see you again."

"Not interested."

The girl cocked her head to the side like a confused puppy as her long, scarlet hair fell over her face slightly. "In... me?

"You're one of my many disinterests, yes."

"I don't think you know who I am."

"Nope."

"You don't remember me? At all?"

"Not even slightly."

She looked hurt, and Adrian had to seriously wonder if he previously met this girl.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Dillon. Dillon Hunt. I'm your partner."

"What? My partner?"

"Well, 'minion' seems so... demeaning. I prefer the term partner."

"So you're Metallica. You're the first ranked senior minion. I figured you'd be more upset about what I did to your last 'partner.'"

"No, he was an asshole womanizer who got what he had coming to him."

Adrian chuckled at this, "Never thought I'd hear that come out of a woman's mouth."

"You really don't remember?"

"No, for the second time already."

"Well, you beat up some jackass bullying me our freshman year. I tried talking to you once, but you brushed me off. Sorta like you're doing right now."

"Don't take it personally."

"Oh, of course not," she said sarcastically. "How could I ever do that?"

Adrian began to wonder if Benjamin had finished talking to Lydia. So he stopped leaning against the wall, and began walking in the direction he last saw Benjamin go.

"Hey, wait!"

"What is it?"

"Well, aren't we going to get to know one another? After all the exit exam is soon. We shou-"

"Listen," he began as he suddenly spun around to face her. "I don't do this whole, 'work as a team' thing. There's me, myself, and I and we prefer to keep it that way," he turned back around, but was stopped by Dillon's hand on his arm that caused him to turn back to her bright blue eyes.

"I know you think you're a badass, lone wolf and all – and I'll admit taking on Titan and Lilith was pretty damn impressive – but you can't take the exit exam on your own."

"I've done well enough on my own so far. I can continue do so," he said before attempting to turn around, but was again stalled by Dillon's hand on his shoulder.

"No, you can't. There's only so far your swords can take you. You think the minion and villain arena was bad? It's worse for the exit exam. There are kids willing to tear one another apart to keep what makes them unique. What makes them whole. Don't think that just because their younger means they're weaker. They'll eat you alive if you get in the way."

Adrian could feel the volatile anger that he always tried too keep in check begin to rear its ugly head.

"Then I'll eviscerate them from the inside out. They won't get in my way and neither will you!" Adrian, for the last time, turned back around to find Steelia.

"You stubborn mother hubbard! Wait!" she called to him as she quickly followed.

Benjamin Grant's Mansion: Benjamin, Lydia, and Thomas

"Yes, I believe he does," interjected Benjamin. "Begone, plebeian. You see our guest of honor wants nothing to do with you."

Benjamin then proceeded to place himself between Lydia and Thomas, not bothering to see if he'd actually leave, and proceed to pretend as if he wasn't there. "Tell me, love, how are you experiencing everything? Is everything to satisfaction?"

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It depends on the secret and the state of Adrian and Dillon's relationship at the time.

Right now, since Adrian and Dillon are in a sore place, she'd keep it a secret unless it threatened his life.

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S.U.P.E.S. Hallway

Adrian got a chuckle from hearing Lydia yell at him. As he walked down the hall a few villains and minions congratulated and showed him praise for his battle against both Titan and Lilith. It was... unsettling to him. He was used to being unseen, ignored even, and he was accustomed to this and how he preferred it. However, now he was showered with attention and he already didn't like it.

As he walked down the hallway a few heroes and sidekicks noticeably kept their distance from him. Others defiantly stood their ground.

"At least the heroes will leave me be," he thought as he walked further along the hallway, turned a corner, and reached some stairs. As he ascended the stairs a few female villains, and a male, seductively waved their fingers at him. Adrian couldn't help but roll his eyes at this as a he continued his ascent up the stairs. Those associated with the number one villain or minion were generally more popular and not to be messed with, and it wasn't unusual for villains and minions to seek the attention of the number one villain and minion for this very reason. Then, when they graduate or are beaten, they move on. Benjamin Grant is notorious for this, but he didn't limit himself to villains and minions, but also heroes and sidekicks. Adrian wouldn't be surprised if this party was an attempt by Ben to get close to him. Titan has probably been thrown away like used toilet paper by now and forgotten.

Adrian finally made it to his room and collapsed onto his bed. "Finally. All I need is some rest."

Benjamin Grant's Mansion

Adrian changed his clothing before going to the party since what he wore previously was heavily bloodied from the matches. He retained his usual all black attire, but dressed casually for the occasion.

Adrian didn't need to fly long in order to find Benjamin Grant's 80,000 square foot mansion. Needless to say, it was hard to miss. Adrian was late, per usual, to the party, and landed in the large, circular driveway with a fountain in the middle of it. He could practically feel the thumping bass of the music and faintly hear the lyrics of the song as he walked up to the door of the mansion. Flashing lights, dancing villains and minions, perfume, cologne, and music pervaded his senses all at once immediately upon opening the door.

"The heroes and sidekicks are probably elsewhere," he thought as he walked through the door. "This isn't my scene."

Adrian wandered toward the quieter, more extravagant part of house where drinks were being served by waiters and waitresses, and a massive fish tank was held. Adrian found it a tad ridiculous that Benjamin even hired help for this shindig. "I guess he's flaunting his money. As if he needed to do it anymore."

"Drink, sir?" one of the waitresses asked him. The glass itself was a fancy looking glass filled with a liquid that looked like champagne.

"No thanks," he said as he turned away. "Alcohol at a high school party, Benjamin? There must be drugs as well."

"There's one of our guests of honor!" said a distinct voice from behind him. Adrian turned to find Benjamin Grant welcoming him with, literal, open arms that he wrapped around Adrian. "How ya' enjoyin' the party so far, buddy?"

"I've enjoyed every two minutes of it so far," he said sarcastically before squirming uncomfortably out of Benjamin's arm. "Though this rap music is making my ears bleed."

"You know what, you're right! I always hated it too! I have no idea why the DJ is playing it. You," he said as he pointed at a waitress. "Go tell the DJ to put on something else other than this atrocious music."

"Yes, sir," she responded before scurrying off.

"Did he just... change the music because I didn't like it? Didn't see that coming. This could be fun..."

"So you're obviously very smart and quick on your feet," Benjamin continued. "How do you think you'll do in the exit exam?"

"Fine."

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"Of course I'd never say this out loud though, since she scares me shitless."

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Haha. Except when she heard Lydia yelling, and then she was kind of like, "Oh, it's just Lydia. Nothing overly new."

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Adrian barely managed to stifle his laughter at, "cum dumpster." Instead he could only marvel at the words she spoke. Usually anyone, regardless of how they got there, would be ecstatic about being ranked first. Yet here was a girl who wasn't, in fact, she was angry, enraged even, that she hadn't earned it. Adrian couldn't say he disagreed with her, he might've felt the same way, but after the punishment he recieved today, he would've preferred if they all stepped down the way Mythos did.

A grin formed across his face when she openly insulted him. "I'm used to it," he said upon hearing her apology then congratulation. "Thanks, but we're very far from done. From what I hear things only get worse from here on out."

She remarked how he vocally spoke to her and he replied, "Don't get used to it," he said as he turned to walk away, but stopped mid turn and looked at her, "No doubt you'll be hearing this soon enough, but Benjamin Grant is holding a party at his mansion tonight. You should go, might cool off that hot head of yours." Adrian couldn't help but look into those hazel eyes he felt so attracted to as he spoke to her. His eyes then gravitated toward the rest of her face as it came into view, and remarked to himself how pretty he thought she was.

Just then heroes, villains, minions, and sidekicks began trickling into the hallway, returning from their respective arenas. He quickly realized he was staring and probably making the situation awkward. "Damn. I was never good at talking to people." He completed his turn and tepathically thought to her, "Congratulations, Lydia," and began walking away.

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FragileMutedNeko said
Actually, you sort of can now. In your profile, it has a list of your post history, and you can just click that to go straight here... Sort of. But I know what you mean. The live feed posting that we had on our profiles previously was my favorite feature about the old guild

Ah, you're right. I completely forgot about that.

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"Atta girl," he thought as he looked back over to Mythos. Adrian's eyes narrowed at the simultaneous disappearing of Mythos' orbs and his third eye. He looked back down at Steelia who was obviously very injured. "I wonder what his powers are if he's able to do this to her."

Adrian found it amusing that Mythos was practically begging for his life, but for some reason Steelia didn't stop. He briefly wondered if he really set her off, but she stopped short of hurting him. Upon Steelia's exit the crowd began to quiet down in confusion. They had a new number one senior hero! Yet their new hero didn't seem filled with exuberance like them or previously crowned number ones. Adrian followed after her.

From behind Steelia resounded a single, slow series of claps from Adrian.

"That was rather... anti-climactic," he said upon stopping his applause "Although, Lilith gave up in a similar fashion, although I..." Adrian hesitated to tell her what he did not only to assure victory against Lilith, but to make her suffer. He also had to wonder why he even cared what she thought. He didn't care about anyone else's opinion of him, so he pressed on regardless. "Gave her no choice. You seem disappointed though. Aren't you excited for the enormous popularity and boys that'll be throwing themselves at you? Your adoring fans are clamoring for your return," he remarked as he pointed back toward the hero stadium.

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FragileMutedNeko said
Oddly enough I couldn't skip straight to the IC. I'm thinking that will be an eventual feature, but not yet. XD

I can't wait to just go to my profile and zoom straight here.