[creative] Crawling
Gavin lay in the snow clinging to life. His fingers had gone numb, and now the shivers were beginning to fade. Soon his body would shut down completely. For a split second he thought was going to die. The problem was any damage done to his body was able to regenerate, but his body still felt the pain of death. The constant fluctuation between decay and regeneration was murder. He knew there was little he could do. Gravitational forces were holding him to the pavement. He wasn't going anywhere.
"Now we can talk on even ground," Daniel said. His voice came from all sides, echoing off of the prison of buildings.
"What do you want to talk about?" Gavin heaved.
"Everything, Gavin. I don't think you quite understand how very important you are in the grand scheme of things." Daniel had a point. Gavin had been hunted and hounded by players across the board. Lady Belle, the Crusade, even random nobodies with some semblance of an idea of what he possessed. The only person who didn't know the extent of his powers was himself.
"What does that mean?" Gavin grunted. "People say that all the time. They don't say why."
"Your powers are limitless, Gavin. Every strain of the virus is built into you already." Daniel jumped down to the street level and walked over to Gavin. "You barely know how to control the abilities you've manifested let alone the ones you have no idea of." As Gavin thought about it, he realized that his powers manifested as soon as he saw them. Why couldn't he use Daniel's ability?
Daniel squatted down next to Gavin and chuckled. "And in the end, Lady Belle gets to hold you by the leash and lead you around while you have no way to fight her. She may not be able to kill you anymore, but she can pacify you completely. The only reason she hasn't is because she needs you around to finish her mission."
"What mission is that?" Gavin said.
"Revenge."
"Now we can talk on even ground," Daniel said. His voice came from all sides, echoing off of the prison of buildings.
"What do you want to talk about?" Gavin heaved.
"Everything, Gavin. I don't think you quite understand how very important you are in the grand scheme of things." Daniel had a point. Gavin had been hunted and hounded by players across the board. Lady Belle, the Crusade, even random nobodies with some semblance of an idea of what he possessed. The only person who didn't know the extent of his powers was himself.
"What does that mean?" Gavin grunted. "People say that all the time. They don't say why."
"Your powers are limitless, Gavin. Every strain of the virus is built into you already." Daniel jumped down to the street level and walked over to Gavin. "You barely know how to control the abilities you've manifested let alone the ones you have no idea of." As Gavin thought about it, he realized that his powers manifested as soon as he saw them. Why couldn't he use Daniel's ability?
Daniel squatted down next to Gavin and chuckled. "And in the end, Lady Belle gets to hold you by the leash and lead you around while you have no way to fight her. She may not be able to kill you anymore, but she can pacify you completely. The only reason she hasn't is because she needs you around to finish her mission."
"What mission is that?" Gavin said.
"Revenge."