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The Crypt => Boulevard of broken dreams => The Sweetest Goodbye => Fandom => Topic started by: Dangerwolf1 on August 31, 2021, 11:10:15 am
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"Have you heard there was another killing"
"Yeah, the news report said the body was shredded just like the last one"
"Yeah but that's not all their setting an city wide curfew now no one is going to be allowed on the streets after 10 o'clock"
"What? No that's so unfair just because there are a few random attacks from some animal" Some college kids talked among themselves outside during lunch.
"It's not just some random attacks, it's been two of our college mates among six people take this type of thing serious and stop whining like children" The muscular Torque said with his arms crossed. A lanyard around his neck read security. Torque had taken the job as an security guard and took his job seriously. The student glanced to him.
"But there was suppose to be a party down the street tonight" A girl whined and pouted cutely hoping to get her way and get Torque to let her and her friends go.
"Miss you better listen to me right now if I see you or any of your friends out of these dorm tonight or any night till this is dealt with you'll be expelled immediately" He said this just as the bell went off "Now return to your classes"
The students complained a bit more as they gathered their trash to toss out and recycle before returning to their classes. Torque watched the dorm ground become vacant and quiet before letting out a sigh shaking his head as he now sure where the killer was going to attack next.
In a few towns over an small though slightly taller green boy ran across an street almost getting hit by an car that slammed on the horn at him running in front of the car the begin with. "Zim's walking here" He growled out shaking his fist at the car before running the rest of the way to Dib's front door before slamming a fist against it. In his other hand hung the news paper with the killing on the front page. "Hey, Dib, Dib, Dib-stink, Yo Monkey head-Dib, Hey! Zim's yelling for you Dib show yourself Dib, Zim demands it!" He yelled in his normal annoying fashion as he still banged on the door.
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Life had been going well some time after junior year of high school. Zim had stopped being a menace and surprisingly the pair of them had found friendship even if it had started off a little rocky. It was most to do with Dib's paranoia of the possibility that Zim could be planning another backstab like in the Florpus situation, but that hadn't been the case. From then on, they bonded well together and even past graduation, they continued to hang out and fight, more so play-fighting than anything serious but even that was slowly diminishing especially after Dib started up his own website and even moved out from his father's to a small apartment which even came with a downstairs office space.
It took a few years to get it looking professional and he even managed to be hired for a few jobs here and there. Of course, they wound up mostly being people playing pranks and one of them was just a possum infestation in an attic instead of a ghost but he still got paid for them. On his free time, Dib did hunt on his own if he heard rumors of spirits or various sasquatches roaming the nearest forest. It took a trip to the hospital for Zim to start inviting himself on Dib's adventures not that Dib complained. In fact, he preferred the company.
He was twenty-one now and he was following the current news closely. There were attacks and even deaths. No one was even calling him to hire him to look into it so this seemed like he would have to go it alone (with Zim) to hunt for whatever paranormal creature is shredding up its victims. He turned the television off and grabbed his coat from the hanger, heading to his door. He paused, hearing Zim's loud voice on the other side as well as banging. Dib smiled and chuckled, shaking his head. Perfect. He didn't even need to text him.
Dib opened the door. "Is it about the killings? I'm on my way to the campus now. I'm surprised you came here first. Usually I have to text you. What's up? This one's actually interesting to you?"
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Once Zim fully gave in on the fact that his mission was a lie and the empire did not care about him at all he fell into an great depression and loss of meaning. He was useless to his empire and had no clue what to do. He had gotten an threatening call from Irk telling him he was banned from space. Sentenced to live the rest of his long life on Earth. They even hacked his base just long enough to destroy his vort and other things to make sure he would not leave. He still had computer and Gir. Mini moose was downgraded to make sure he couldn't be used again.
Zim had for nearly a month just sat on his couch doing nothing else as he was unable to think of anything to do he was broken. It was Gir worried about his master that reached out for Dib's help. Begging and crying till Dib had finally came over. Zim was nearly non responsive and glanced at Dib only a moment before glancing away antennas flat clearly ashamed of what he did. It took Dib a while to even get Zim to speak and even longer to bring Zim's personality back. It was the paranormal incident that landed Dib in the hospital that got Zim finally out of the base and standing next to Dib's hospital bed tearing into Dib on how reckless he was and from there deeming that Zim's new mission was keeping Dib alive. He forbid Dib from going on anymore hunts by himself and made sure to accompany him from then on. Zim even had Dib teach him about some of the paranormal. Zim though did find times where he was bored and would torture Dib with insults and light annoying teasing till the human would fight with him.
Zim gave an annoyed face and threw the newspaper at Dib's face. "Of course it's about the killings. Zim had to make sure Dib-idiot was not going to try and run off on his own. Zim's the only one allowed to end Dib's stupid life" He said crossing his arms with a light growl his around the box strange way of saying that he had to protect Dib without saying it that way. Over the time Zim had finally ditched the old wig and contacts for a hologram physical human looking body yet when in a rush like he had been today he sometimes forgot to turn it on but luckily every idiotic human in this town thought it a costume or something so it never caused Zim much trouble. That was also how he stood right now antennas up with green skin on display. Maroon eyes not catching his own mistake yet. "Zim finds it strange no one had called Dib on this one. The killings are getting more common and gruesome each day from the little info Zim was able to find about it"
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It took a split second for Dib to realize Zim was fully out in his true alien form but before he could open his mouth to tell Zim about it, a newspaper was thrown in his face. "Hey!" Dib scrambled to pick up the papers before they could hit the floor when they fell and frowned. Zim really was old school, relying on newspapers for news over just watching it on television or even seeing it being spread like wildfire on the Internet. "Why do you still get newspapers?" He closed his door and locked up, figuring he could just toss the papers out in a bin outside. It's not like he needed it.
"You know I rarely run off on my own. Sometimes." He chuckled at Zim's comment about being the only one that can end his life. "Romantic," he teased. Dib knew Zim would never try to kill him. It had taken him almost a year to even realize Zim hadn't meant it while their friendship was developing. They were sort of co-dependent on each other. Like Dib himself, Zim really didn't have anyone else other than his 'family' of minions as Dib had only his family and Zim. And Zim's family, he supposed. "By the way, scatterbrain, your disguise isn't on," he piped up, patting the spot between Zim's antennas.
"I'm not surprised no one's called. They'd likely call the police. I'm a paranormal investigator and simple people would chalk this up to some human psycho killer instead of something paranormal. Not many people believe in supernatural beings, you know. What do you think it is? I know it can't be a werewolf because the attacks are happening on nights with no full moon and vampires don't do that to their victims..." Dib pondered out loud while waiting for Zim to turn on his disguise before they could leave. "We're nowhere near Mexico for it to be a chupacabra."
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Zim gave a smirk as he knew he annoyed Dib with the throw before shrugging his shoulders "Gir fetches the newspaper" He answered admitting it was someone else paper but who knew which one. He rolled his eyes as he followed after him sticking his tongue out in disgust at the word romantic "Nope" His eyes widened as Dib pointed out his mistake and his antennas shifted out of the way of Dib's hand the first time Dib had tried to touch his antennas had ended in deep scratches on Dib's hand before Zim worked on fixing the wounds he had caused and made Dib promise to never try to touch them again. The hand between his antennas though was fine and Zim kind of enjoyed the familiarity of it. He mumbled out a curse in irken and turned on his disguise by a watch around his wrist. "Not like anyone cares here in our town anyway"
"Humans are always quick to blame their own kind for terrible things. Oh Zim thought Dib noticed it." He smirked and snatched the paper from Dib turning to the crime scene picture of a chalked drawn mark of where the victim was laying "Look around where the head would be" He said shoving the paper back to Dib waiting to see if Dib could make out the outline of a giant paw print below where the victims head had been it was twice the size of the head drawn in chalk but it was there.
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"Could you tell Gir to stop fetching newspapers then? They're not even yours." Although Gir listening to anything any of them ask was very rare. Dib laughed as Zim realized he was out of disguise and he shrugged, moving his hand away so he wouldn't accidentally touch the antennas before Zim fixed himself properly. "Yeah, they really think you're running around in costume even when it's not Halloween."
Once Zim was 'human', Dib started heading down the steps leading out to the main door since his apartment was on the second story of the building he owned with his paranormal investigator office just under it. He headed out of the building and paused as Zim took the paper from him before he looked down at the picture. Right, the picture. That was on the news too but it seemed the newspaper had an even closer look. "That's why I thought werewolf but remembered the attack wasn't on a full moon." His eyes widened. "Oh! Then it must be a Lycan! They're the originals and can actually control their shapeshifting and can do so at any time. So we can go to the scene of the crime and check out the prints. We have your technology to pick up the tracks if they run out."
Dib took out his car keys and unlocked his car doors, slipping into the driver's seat. "Get in. It's too far for us to walk to." He put the newspaper down where the cup holders were between the two front seats.
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"Zim can but it's a waste of breath as Zim has told him no multiple times before" He gave a shrug "It works so thats fine. Zim doesn't have to worry to much about the other humans around here so that's good" He said as he walked with him he nodded eagerly. Out of the paranormal creatures he learnt about both vampires and lycans seemed to be his favorite.
"Yes of course Zim's technology will be able to track the prints. He paused at Dib's car tempted to go grab the motorcycle he had spent months repairing and adding technology to but shrugged and climbed in the car. He buckled his seat belt and relaxed in his seat as he thought about what he knew about lycans and the murders so far. "Oh there is also an all around curfew after 10 for the entire city there" He pointed out not wanting to get in trouble with law enforcement again
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"Around here, sure. But who knows. There could be tourists from other states who could possibly see what you are. Maybe. I don't even know why people are that blind. Maybe there's something preventing them from seeing the truth? A mystery for another time." Dib shrugged. Right now the case at hand was the murders. They could figure out why people seemed dumber than normal on another day.
Dib glanced out the window, seeing Zim hesitate to come into the car, raising an eyebrow. He shrugged when Zim finally joined him and buckled up too before starting the car. "I know about the curfew and that's really bogus. What will they do about people who work late night shifts? Besides, it's not like this culprit CAN'T attack in the daylight especially if it's a Lycan."
Dib pulled out of his parking spot and started driving to where the crime scene was. "I hope there's not too many police there. They might try to stop us from trying to investigate if there is."
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"Hmm Zim just thinks all the humans are dumb on this dirt ball except Dib...and Gaz...Hmm yeah that's it as even the professor refuses to see the truth" He with a slight laugh not caring why the other humans were dumb as it was only Dib that he really cared about and maybe Gaz but she was fully capable of taking care of herself and had a easier time staying out of danger.
"Sure the Lycan can attack in the day but so far has not so it must still be hiding it's existence."
At the latest crime scene there was a small team of police and investigators trying to figured out what was the full setting of the attack. Off to the side was Torque being questioned about the student that had been killed and what he might know about it.
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Dib frowned when Zim assumed all humans on Earth were dumb. He could never agree with the alien. "That's not true and you know it. Humans have just gotten a little lazier over time because of inventions that were made to make life a little easier but there are still people out there creating and learning new things, whether they be useful to Earth or not. I don't agree that all humans are stupid. Besides, we're naturally adaptable as well."
Dib shook his head. "Whoever the Lycan is HAD been hiding its existence but they got a little over-confident. They didn't even bother to cover up any tracks they've made," he said. He meant the pawprint. Why would their culprit leave that behind besides probably not noticing it.
Dib parked in the parking lot of the campus and unbuckled himself before stepping out. He saw there were a few police officers and investigators crowded around where the attack had been and grimaced. This was going to be tough. He already had a bit of a record with the police when he was younger. Sure, it was juvenile detention in his days of chasing Zim around, but it still was a smear on his record. He looked to Zim. "Think we should wait around until they leave?" he asked.
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"Dib always protecting the human race even if it's against words" He said this with a sigh but just shrugged "Dib knows that Zim doesn't really care" He said as he waved it off like his comment against the humans was nothing to concern Dib about. He nodded about the lycan being careless "well maybe someone almost saw it or it did notice the paw print because the person's head had been in the way" He glanced at the police and investors making a bit of a face these people were not from their town and Zim knew none of them which made the irken a bit nervous "Uh yeah might be a good idea...Wait...isn't that Torque" Zim pointed towards the muscular guy busy talking to a couple police officers.
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"Well, yeah of course. I'm a human." Dib stuck his tongue out at the Irken. "And they're not all here to defend themselves." Dib shrugged at Zim's assumptions as to why the Lycan didn't notice its own giant paw print. "They would know that their print would leave a mark even if they didn't see it, right? Or maybe they don't care because they don't think they'll get caught by anyone. Not anyone simple like the police anyway," Dib said with a grin.
Dib didn't recognize any of the investigators present and hummed. They could be FBI, possibly. This was a pretty big issue right now so the police would need extra help. He could understand why Zim wouldn't want to get near them. He looked in the direction Zim pointed and saw he was correct. That was Torque. "Huh. Oh, it looks like he works here at the campus as security," Dib said, noticing the lanyard. That was a little surprising to him. Here he had been thinking Torque would either chase a job of being in sports. He supposed working out was a big part of security or any type of authority.
Dib wouldn't mind going over to say 'hello'. Torque was one of those peers in school that didn't bully others, usually keeping to his own unless someone bothered him in some way. Dib remembered getting Torque to be an obstacle against Zim when he was trying to keep away from the alien after taking his Pak. It was easy because all he needed to do was tell the other boy that Zim called Torque a dookie weenie and was going to beat him up and it had been enough to get Torque to tackle Zim down.
"We could go say hi to him after he's done talking to the police."
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"Yeah the only human besides Gaz that sees Zim for what he is and other paranormal things too" He nodded in agreement "Dib is far from simple though" This could be taken as either an compliment or insult with it being Zim it very likely was an compliment in the form of an insult.
"Not the sorta job choice Zim thought Torque would take...but it makes sense and a good spot for Torque too...Why after its a good way to get into the crime scene maybe" Zim suggested as Torque was close to the crime scene and seemed to only be giving the officers half his attention as the other half was on the students in the court yard clearly taking his job serious even at a time like this.
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"There are other humans who believe and can see paranormal and supernatural things too. Everyone in the Swollen Eyeball Network, for example." Dib laughed. "Well, yeah. I'm not ignorant of the existence of other creatures and intelligent life like most people so of course I'm not simple."
Dib nodded in agreement to Zim about Torque. "If we're lucky, Torque could allow us to get near and examine it." He hoped in this case they were. He didn't remember ever pissing Torque off or getting on his bad side in the past. He had even tried to save the other boy when Zim was harvesting organs (and failed miserably, of course). He always wondered how no one even remembered or even wondered how their organs were replaced with random objects. Sighing, he shook his head, trying not to dwell too much on the past right now.
He looked to the students that Torque was giving attention to other than the police. "Come on... hurry up and leave Torque already," he mumbled about the police.
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Zim made a face as the swollen eyeball network was brought up but knew better then to bad mouth about them and instead let out a sigh a sign of defeat or his light argument.
Zim nodded in agreement and watched the interaction with Torque and the police. It was a few more minutes till the police finally walked away and things seemed to be getting wrapped up. "Should we go now then? Or wait till the police leave? Zim thinks they are packing up now". He said looking towards Dib before looking back to Torque to meet him eye to eye as Torque was now staring at them his eyes slightly narrowed though brow up in a questioning manner.
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Dib was relieved to see it didn't take too much longer for the police to finally leave Torque alone. He nodded to Zim and made his way over to the other man, offering him a smile. "Hey, Torque. Long time no see, huh?" He glanced in the direction of the crime scene. "Zim and I are here to investigate a little more privately than them. Besides, I don't think they have the right equipment to find the culprit. They're probably looking for a human killer but obviously it's not and that's where we come in. When the police are gone, could you let us close to check it out please?"
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Zim got out when Dib did and walked with him over to Torque giving a slight wave "Hi Torque it's me Zim"
Torque raised a brow as he heard Zim's voice "Hmm, your not green anymore?" He commented on Zim then glanced towards Dib before back to the crime scene "hmm yeah they are looking for a human, you though should not be here. I know you take risks quite often but this is dangerous whatever this is. I have enough trouble keeping the students out of harms way I can't be worrying about you too" He said though the look on his face showed he blamed himself for the death of a couple students as he was suppose to be keeping them safe and had failed now twice.
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"Yeah, he's not green anymore. He underwent a surgery to take care of his skin condition." Dib smiled. "We understand that it's dangerous but we don't come unprepared, Torque. We're professional supernatural and paranormal investigators. Me especially. You don't have to worry about us." He looked back to Torque and frowned as he noticed the look on his face. He moved his hand to his arm. "Hey, it isn't your fault what's happened. This is a bigger force than just some psychopath human killer. Zim and I have figured it could be a Lycan, given the giant paw print left at the scene just by looking at the photos shown in the news."
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"A surgery? Must of been a good doctor he looks nearly completely normal" His eyes narrowed at Dib's words "Ok well if it is what you think it is then how do you plan to stop it? An lycan is suppose to be a large powerful wolf that run on both two and four legs?" He questioned as he crossed his arms
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"I'm sure it was. I wasn't there for it." He blinked when Torque asked how they planned to stop a Lycan. "Well, we do have tranquilizers that could take down a large beast on top of some other weapons we could use to defend ourselves with. We can even set up some very well-hidden traps and we put up cameras around while we sit somewhere safely to watch until something comes. It's sort of like that if we do the trap way."
Dib looked to Zim and grinned. "Or if we want to go the quick way, we have something to follow tracks pretty easily. We could track them down to their house and get em while they're asleep, huh? They wouldn't expect it."
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"...This is private property though. Part of the campus so you can not set up cameras or take pictures around here. The students here are easily distracted and always sneaking out at night. My job is to keep them safe and you two being out here will only draw their attention. You need to leave. If you want to catch your beast then do it somewhere else but not here" He said in a almost harsh tone trying to make it clear as day he did not want them there.
Zim's eyes widened a bit startled by the sudden change in Torques personality and thought it over "But if Torque wants the students safe then Torque should except help"
Might not been the best choice of words as Torque tensed up and more loudly said "I don't need your help!"
An officer heard the commotion and started to walk over "Is everything alright sir?"
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Dib flinched at the harshness of Torque's words, not expecting it at all. "So we can use the faster way. We just need to get close to the print long enough to pick up its tracks to follow. It won't be too long enough to do that." He opened his mouth to agree with Zim. If Torque accepted the help, the faster they could capture this creature to prevent more deaths. The more people, the better. He shut his mouth as Torque snapped at them instead and looked to the office coming over.
Dib tensed up, his flight or fight response hesitating. Running from them might make him look suspicious. Coming off as aggressive would also make him look suspicious. "Everything is fine, officer. We're just having a talk," he answered as casually as he could. "We just got into a slight disagreement. It happens but we're not going to be physical about it."
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Zim flinched at the harsh words and let out an irritated growl about to let Torque know what an idiot he was being till the officer spoke up. He glanced at the officer then towards Dib. Forcing himself to keep his mouth shut.
Torque looked to the officer then to Dib seeing an easy way to make him leave "Officer i'm on the clock these two are trespassing on private property I need them to leave"
Zim jerked his head towards Torque with a glare "Seriously, You..." He hissed out clearly mad about this.
"Trespassing is a part of the law would you like to press charges?"
"No, No nothing like that just make them leave" He said and took this chance to walk away from them.
"Alright you heard him now move along before you do get arrested for trespassing"
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Dib frowned as Torque continued to turn against them just because he didn't want help. He narrowed his eyes at him then looked to the police officer after Torque left. "Fine. We're going." He stormed off back toward his car in the lot and unlocked it, getting inside. He crossed his arms and waited until Zim was also inside before he looked over to him. "I don't suppose you have a cloaking device to turn yourself invisible so you can get close without anyone noticing you or do you? If not, we'd have to wait until night, some time before ten at night when no one's around. I still have my student ID at home I could use to pretend I still go here if I'm caught."
Dib groaned. "Talking to Torque was a shit idea. Why did I ever think he'd let us get a look?"
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Zim glared at Torque before following after Dib letting out a huff before taking a seat in Dib’s car. ”what the hell was that about since when has Torque been rude like that?…matter of fact Zim indeed does have such an device. Though it is back at Zim’s base…hey Dib doesn’t think that Torque knows more then what Torque is letting on right? Didn’t seem all that surprised when Dib said it might be an lycan”
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"I don't know. I would have thought he'd be fine with letting us at least check out the tracks. I get that he wants to keep us safe but we know what we're doing and we can protect ourselves. Does he think we're powerless? He's seen us fighting before." Dib sighed and looked to Zim. "We can go pick up your device then. Stalling here longer is going to make us look suspicious." He buckled up and started the car then pulled it out of the lot so the police wouldn't come over and wonder why they haven't left yet.
"I don't know what Torque knows but it is weird he didn't tell me that Lycans don't exist but he could have just 'played along' so not to upset me. He did anyway by not letting us help. Those police won't know what to look for. Idiots." Dib started driving toward Zim's base home.
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Zim let out a sigh as he thought about what had just happened and the events that led up to Torque turning on them ”what if Torque was not trying to protect Dib but instead trying to protect the lycan. It was only after Dib told Torque how we were going to stop the lycan that became mad and demanded us to leave”
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"Why would Torque want to protect the Lycan though? The Lycan has literally killed several students and probably won't stop unless someone steps in to stop them. Torque said his job is to keep the students safe, didn't he? How would he be keeping them safe if he's protecting the Lycan killing them? Maybe one of the students is the Lycan but how would he know that? I doubt they're letting everyone know who and what they are in public considering they're killing in the dark."
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”Don’t know could be a student maybe Torque saw them shift into a lycan or maybe some type of relative of Torques or something. It just seems like Torque wants to deal with it personally? Don’t know just seems weird. Maybe there are some clues about that too at the crime scene…No way Torque could be the lycan right? Torque did seem truthful on wanting to protect the students”
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"If it is someone related to Torque, why would he let them attack multiple times instead of dealing with it right away? It doesn't make any sense. Hm... it could be a possibility Torque could be a Lycan but I don't think he'd be the one attacking people."
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”True…Zim has no other ideas on why this is happening then. Maybe Dib can try talking to Torque again when Torque is not working?” he said this with a shrug ”Or maybe Torque grew up to be an ass-hole” he said with a laugh now trying to cheer up Dib.
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"Maybe but he probably wouldn't be happy to see me again after that," he grumbled as he drove. He sighed. "I hope he didn't grow up to be an asshole. He wasn't like that in the past. I think." He parked the car in front of Zim's base when they got there. "I'll wait for you here. I can park like a few blocks away from the campus so the cops don't see us again and you can go to the crime scene invisible."
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"From what Zim remembers Torque was not an asshole back then at least towards Dib...Hmm maybe Torque was acting like that cause Zim was there? Torque never did seem to want Zim around." He said as the car parked he unbuckled and slipped out of the car. Running into he base it was a few moments till Zim came back in a full body suit "Zim feels stupid wearing this right now"
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"Yeah, I haven't seen him bullying anyone when I was around him. Uh well if he has a thing against you... No. It can't be because I lied to him and told him you called him a dookie weenie when we were kids. There's no way he'd hold a grudge over just a name-calling, right?" Dib laughed a bit and shook his head. "Or maybe his subconscious remembers the organ harvesting that you did?"
Dib waited and was glad that it didn't take long for Zim to come back in a suit. He snorted. "What? Why's that? It looks great."
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"...Might not be that personal though. Might be because of everything evil that Zim has done in an whole" Zim made a face as the organ harvest was brought up "Ugh one memory Zim would like to forget" He had said before he had gone and got his body suit. He rolled his eyes at Dib's snort "Yeah right, no." He said pressing a button on it and he vanished completely invisible only thing that proved he was there was the seat belt moving and being placed around Zim's invisible body.
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"I didn't think anyone would even see everything you were doing as evil like I was seeing. They just thought you were a weird kid." He sighed, not sure what Torque would have against Zim. Dib laughed as Zim disappeared by activating the suit. "I think you should have waited until we got to the block where I'll be dropping you off. People are going to see a door open and close by itself when you get out. But maybe that'll make people believe ghosts are real." Dib rolled his eyes and started driving back toward the campus, but taking another route.
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"Oh thats right Dib was sick that day at skool. Zim was complaining about Dib being sick and talking about future plans to do evil things like normal. No one showed Zim any attention but as Zim was getting something from his locker Torque slammed Zim against it hand around Zim's neck. It startled Zim into silence. Torque said something about how Zim acts and that Zim is not invisible and Zim should stop harming Dib and yeah stuff like that before letting go of Zim and walking off...Zim might of been scared of Torque after that" He laughed a bit at the ghost comment "Good the humans need to believe in something"
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Dib listened to Zim tell him about a time when Dib hadn't gone to school. He remembered trying his best to still go to school in the past even if he got colds and flus but his father would never allow it especially if it was as bad as that week was. It tortured Dib to be stuck at home because he was worried what Zim was up to and he wasn't allowed to leave the house to try and stop him. He was surprised at what Torque had done to Zim in his place and he stared at Zim as he stopped at a red light.
"He did that? Out of nowhere? I didn't know he cared and what does he even mean you're not invisible..? There's no way he thinks you're an alien or he would have agreed with me, right? Unless he was faking not believing just to keep his reputation or something." He groaned, hating that. "I'll have to ask him some time..." Dib drove again and eventually reached a nice place to drop Zim off that was just two blocks away from the campus. He parked and laughed. "Yeah, they do. Go on then. I'll see you when you're done, I'll be waiting right here."
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Zim shrugged "No clue on why Torque did it but Dib wasn't the only one missing school after that as Zim played sick to avoid Torque. Something about that interaction really scared Zim. After Dib came back though there was no other encounters like that one...Might of been faking but Zim doesn't know. Dib will have to figure it out himself" Zim glanced around where they park and unbuckled before slipping out of the car. Zim kind of wished there had been someone to see the door open and close on its own but there was no one around. Zim closed the door and scurried away to the crime scene relieved there was no more officers. He glanced around and started towards where he was sure the print had been finding it he tried to see if there was others and there was but in trying to follow the prints left behind Zim started to tense up feeling eyes on him. How could that be though as he was invisible. He followed the prints to an ally the way the buildings were set up it was dark as night and his instincts started to scream at him to leave. He took one step forward before a growl/roar echoed out of the ally and like that Zim jumped and ran.
As Zim was getting scared shitless Torque who was coming back from grabbing a sandwich near by saw Dib's car sitting though away from the campus he knew Dib was not going to stop that easily. He walked up and knocked on the window. With a look of 'seriously' on his face.
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Dib laughed as Zim admitted he took some days off after his encounter with Torque. "That's funny. I wonder what would have happened if Torque had joined me then in trying to stop you but eh, I like where we turned out now. Being friends and all instead." He shrugged and watched Zim leave, or the door opening and closing seemingly by itself. Dib settled himself to relax while he waited for Zim, taking out his phone to play on a phone app game. He had found a new one where you were ghost hunting, almost similar to Luigi's Mansion but it was in first-person view and he thought it was pretty fun.
Dib got so immersed in his game that he was startled out of it when there was a knock on the window. He grimaced and looked out before realizing it was just Torque and not a police officer. At least he wasn't parked anywhere illegal, not that he can tell anyway and he wasn't parked in public property either. He sighed, turned off his game and rolled down the window and gave the other man a cheeky grin. "What can I help you with, officer?" he asked.
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Even Torque who was not happy to see Dib there couldn't help a slight snort at Dib's joke. He let out a sigh shaking his head "Dib, why are you still here? Yes I know that hunting paranormal things is your passion and your job but you need to stop. This is dangerous you need to leave"
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Dib furrowed his eyebrows when Torque asked him what he was doing there. "Where? I'm just waiting for Zim. He's using the bathroom in one of those stores," he lied although he really was never good at lying nor did he ever feel good about it. He shook his head, already giving up on the lie.
"You know as well as I do that the police and even the FBI aren't looking for what we are. You're even telling me to leave because you know this isn't some psychopath human killer but why? Isn't it better you get more help? Especially people who believe in such things as Lycans? Or are you trying to protect the Lycan? There's been multiple deaths and it keeps getting more gruesome too so I don't think we can sit whoever's doing this down over a cup of tea and cookies and ask them politely to stop. Zim and I want to stop this person as much as you do so there's not any more pointless murders. We know what we're doing, Torque and just like you, I don't like being stopped when I'm trying to do my job."
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Torque crossed his arms as Dib lied to him but let out a sigh when Dib gave up on that lie. Listening to him made him clench his teeth. It was being accused of protecting the lycan that sat Torque off. "No I am not trying to protect the lycan" He growled out but something seemed to catch his attention. "Where is Zim?"
Dib's phone goes off as a text goes through 'I need HELP!' is what the text read.
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Dib narrowed his eyes when Torque growled out that he wasn't trying to protect the Lycan. Proof that Torque definitely knew it was a Lycan since he wasn't turning it down with denial of Lycans existing. "Then stop trying to keep us out of this. We want to help." He blinked when Zim was brought up and he was about to answer before his phone sounded out the tone (https://youtu.be/52cMy9gASSg?t=34) he chose for Zim's texts. "Uh that's him. Hold on."
He opened up the text and stared at it. "So he needs help." He quickly texted back 'Where?' and hoped Zim could get him back with the reply. He turned the key in the ignition to start the car so he was ready to go when he got where Zim's location was. He just wanted Zim to find out where the tracks led, not get himself into trouble by going directly to where the monster was.
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(...why did i click that lol)
"You can not help your just getting in the way" Torques words were harsh but there was more behind those words that Dib would figure out later. He blinked at the ring tone and glanced at the phone "Of course he does" He grumbled out before taking off running in the direction he knew Zim was in.
just as Torque ran off an ding came up on Dib's phone to show Zim's position.
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(Haha. I thought it would be funny because it's the same voice actor.)
Dib wished Zim didn't get himself into danger. It just made things worse for them when Dib was trying to assure to Torque that he and Zim knew what they were doing. "Huh? Torque!" Where was he going? He didn't even get a text yet- Oh, there it was. He looked down at it and set the phone down so he could focus on driving. He pulled out of his spot and quickly drove toward where Zim was, looking out the window, keeping his eye out for him. And Torque. How would he know where to go? "Come on, Zim... where are you?"
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Torque slipped through the streets quickly as he ran to where both his nose and ears were telling him to go. Running into the ally to see the large lycan tearing at an buildings vent system lucky for Zim he was small enough to fit inside of it. The lycan was tearing it with claws and teeth causing quite an racket luckily the building getting damaged was abandoned. It also seemed luck was on his side today as no one was in ears length of the growling and snarls of the lycan.
Dibs phone started to ring when Dib did answer he would hear a few irken curse words "This lycan is beyond pissed and after Zim. Oh Zim is in an ally five blocks away if Dib didn't figure that out...Uh Zim thinks Torque knew some of what he was talking about Zim was under prepared for this. Zim has emptied all his tranqs into the lycan and that only pissed it off more"
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Dib kept Zim on speaker phone when he answered the phone and sped down the streets but carefully so he didn't get into a car accident. "Emptied out all the tranqs? Those can take down horses but tranqs aren't like in the movies. It'll take a bit for it to take effect maybe even a few minutes since you shot in all. I'm almost there." He skid the car to a halt when he reached the block Zim was on and he parked the car. He scrambled out and left his phone in the car.
Dib opened the back door and grabbed out the strongest electric stick he had in the back. If tranqs weren't going to work quickly, maybe this could. He wasn't a fan of using it since he's been at the other end of it in his past when he used to try visiting his dad but he knew it could be useful. He slammed the door shut and made sure to lock the doors before he made his way to the alley he heard the growling coming from, turning up the electric stick to its max voltage.
(Is Torque in the alley already? Or not yet?)
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(yes he's still debating on what to do though)
"Hope they take effect soon this lycan is huge like nothing Zim has seen in the books or internet"
Torque stood at the entrance of the ally watching what was going on. It was when Dib crossed his line of sight that reached out for his arm to try and stop him from approaching the lycan. Said lycan was standing on two legs to reach the vent about 16 feet high as this was how tall the lycan was when standing on two legs. The movement and new scents though got the lycans attention lips pulled back jaws open in a horror scene look as the lycan lowered down onto four legs to snarl at the new comers it's eyes shifted to Torque then onto Dib or more so the weapon which made at growl out loudly as it's fur stood on end. There were tranqs speckled about it's body but it looked far from tired.
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Dib was surprised to see Torque. How did he know where Zim was? It's not like he stuck around to see the text he'd gotten after Torque ran off. He stopped when Torque held his arm out and he gave him a curious look before he looked down the alleyway. His eyes went wide at the height of the Lycan and he could see what Zim meant. The monster was even taller than his own father! He clenched his teeth together as the Lycan turned its attention on him and Torque and he gripped his electric stick tighter and braced himself at the exit of the alley.
"You better step down unless you want to be shocked! We caught you!" he shouted at the Lycan. "And we're not going to let you escape to keep killing people and don't you dare act like you don't understand us. I know you're a Lycan and you're in full control of yourself!"
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The lycan let out a snort and gave a rather creepy and crazy grin. Without warning it ran forward jaws open straight for Dib. Torque shoved Dib out of the way and the lycan closed its mouth before crashing it's head into Torque sending the man flying nearly out of the ally. The lycan glanced towards where Torque had landed snapping it's jaws with a pissed off sound even without understanding lycan it would be easy to tell the lycan was telling Torque off for getting in it's way. It then turned it's attention back on Dib but in taking a step towards him there was a ripping sound followed by snarls. Where Torque had landed and been laying the man was becoming furry and growing soon Torque was up on his feet or more so paws. Panting heavily as the wound he had gained on his forehead was able to be seen closing as his body healed itself very quickly.
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Dib narrowed his eyes further and readied to use the electric stick, deciding he could aim the electric current right into the Lycan's open maw but he was shoved aside by Torque. He hit the wall and yelped, almost dropping the stick. He stared as Torque was sent flying out of the alleyway and he held up his electric stick again as the Lycan turned its attention back on him. Dib heard the strange ripping sounds but fought from looking. The Lycan's eyes were on him and looking would risk himself being killed. He just hoped Torque was okay.
"You don't scare me, over-grown mutt. Come on, show me the insides of your mouth again. I dare you," he bit out, readying himself to attack again. He remembered Zim was still hiding but didn't look in the direction of the vent. "Zim, some more help would be great right now!"
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Hearing Dib call out for assistance had Zim dropping out of the vent and landing behind the lycan "Hey! Ass-hole Zim thought you wanted him" He yelled at the lycan to try and get it's attention. In zim's position though he could see behind Dib and this made his eyes go wide "Dib! look out!" He yelled just as Torque leaped over Dib and straight for the other lycan the size difference though was large as Torque was only two thirds this lycan's side.
The lycan snarled at Dib and tried to snap at the weapon being pointed at him at Zim's yelling the lycan turned it's head just slightly Zim was still invisible at least to humans but the lycan's sense of smell made a picture of what was infront of them. That slim amount of distraction had given Torque an opening and he took it. Leaping over Dib jaws open and slamming down on the other lycan's neck causing an pained and startled yelp to escape the larger lycan this position though left Torque open as the Lycan quickly arched it's neck to grab Torque by his side and proceeding in trying to rip the smaller lycan from it's neck.
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Dib grinned when Zim joined the fight. Three versus one was good odds for them all once Torque made his way back in and he blinked when Zim told him to look out. He heard something rush and looked up when a shadow went over his head and he dropped down as he stared in shock when another Lycan joined. Was it Torque? Was that what that noise had been? He scrambled back up to his feet and stared as the two giant wolves fought in a much-too-narrow alleyway for them.
He gripped the electric stick and charged forward, no longer hesitating as he stuck the max voltage current into the bigger Lycan's face, very near where its eyes were, figuring that would be the most sensitive area compared to the rest of its heavily furred body. "Let go of him!"
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Zim seeing that Torque was on their side moved in to help as he turned off his suit so Dib could see where he was his pak opened and shot out an line like a snare it wrapped around one of the lycan's back legs and Zim pulled hard causing the lycan trouble to deal with the three way assult. The shock near the lycan's eye though was the pushing point jerking it's head back harshly tearing Torque off of it's neck before flinging the smaller lycan into Dib. It turned biting the snare line before turning and bolting away blood had splattered the ground where Torque had refused to release and managed to rip a chunk of the lycan's neck. Zim watched the lycan run wanting to chase after it but instead ran over to Dib and Torque "You ok?"
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Dib grunted in pain as Torque in his Lycan form was thrown right on him, knocking the wind out of him and he dropped his electric stick. He pushed both hands against Torque but failed to shove the much bigger and heavier body off of his own. He looked in the direction the Lycan ran away in then looked to Zim. He could tell that Zim wanted to give chase but he wasn't sure if that was a good idea or not. At least, not now. "I'm fine, I think."
Dib still felt pain from being crushed but he was sure none of his bones were broken. Or so he hoped. Zim could always scan him in case but he wasn't screaming or crying in pain. "We have better DNA here to collect. The blood. We'll definitely find out their identity with that by comparing it to DNA in the system."
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Torque scrambled to try and get off of Dib as quick as possible knowing he was far from being light. Torque managed to get off of Dib but the lycan had managed to do some more serious wounds to his side and after one step forward his limbs were shaking a moment before giving out and he fell with a whine.
Zim watched Torque's struggle wondering why the other lycan had been larger and able to handle a lot worse wound while Torque couldn't. He nodded and went over to the blood to collect an sample. "What do we do about Torque?"
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Dib sat up when Torque finally wasn't on top of him anymore and he studied the other Lycan. "Torque? Can you speak in that form like humans do? Are you alright? Are you able to heal?" he asked before looking to Zim. "If he can't heal on his own, we could use some of the healing goo you've got or is that in the car?" He looked back down at himself and pressed down along his body, wincing a bit. There were no broken bones, luckily but he knew he'd likely bruise if anything. "I'm fine. I'll just bruise in several places but Torque..." He looked back to the Lycan.
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One of Torque's ears flicked at Dib saying his name. "...Yeah I can talk..Not sure, Not as fast as he can" He said softly and laid his head down trying to ease his breathing into deep breaths instead of fast pants.
"The goo yeah Zim has it" He said as his pak opened up bringing out a jar of a purple goo. He watched Torque a moment before moving over to him.
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Dib stared at Torque as he spoke in his wolf form. It only made his anger toward the other Lycan grow. If he could speak in that form, why weren't they even bothering to communicate? He clenched his jaw and shook his head. This was important, they needed to get Torque back in shape. "Maybe they're older...?" he took a guess as to why Torque wasn't healing as quickly as the other one.
He turned his head in Zim's direction and watched him come near Torque. The Lycan would definitely know Zim was an alien. Even before this event, Dib was sure. Lycans had strong senses and that even meant smell. Zim definitely wouldn't have a human smell. "He knows you're an alien, Zim." Dib trusted Torque not to hurt him too. It's not like he bothered to try after that one day he slammed Zim against the locker. Why though? Zim did continue to fight with him after that, Dib's been hurt a lot of times until they started a friendship instead.
Dib knew he shouldn't be looking at the past for too long but it was just confusing. He brought his thoughts back to what was going on. "Zim is going to use his healing goo on you, Torque. It's pretty quick to heal so uh, don't attack him?"
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"Has to do with age and rank" Torque forced out with a heavy breath. His eyes followed Zim's movements and an low growl did escape him as Zim approached.
"What? Oh, guess that makes sense" He said watching Torque warily it was not till Dib had told Torque not to attack him that Torque stopped growling and he got closer checking out the wound and started to apply the goo.
Torque distracted himself by paying attention to Dib instead "Yes I knew he wasn't human but the thought of alien still seemed a bit out there to me...I'm sure you have many questions."
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"Rank?" Dib scooted himself closer to Torque, looking him over as Zim applied the goo. He looked over to lock eyes with Torque when the other started speaking again. "Why is the thought of aliens out there when beings like you and even other sort of supernatural beings exist?" He sighed. "Yeah, I do. I've never met Lycans before, I figure they all hide or something but this one attacking people sure isn't. They're not related to you, are they? I can assume the rest of your family are Lycans as well..."
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Torque watched Dib scoot closer to him. "It's just my thoughts ,Dib that is all or maybe it's more so that I don't want to think that there are aliens. My world is hectic enough without adding aliens into the mix" He listened to him trying to ignore what Zim was doing. "Yes we do hide but it's also cause of the fact that not all lycans have the ability to shift and that ability is not available till age 16. Dara is far from related to me he's of alpha rank why my family are of beta rank. Dara is an terrible person both as a human and an lycan. He's much more powerful then me which is why I did fight him before I was trying to wait for back up. Dara needs stopped at all costs his mind set is terrible as he believes humans are worthless and should serve more superior creatures like lycans. He won't hesitate to kill an human or something trying to get in his way"
"Which is why Dara attacked Zim?"
"Yes"
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Dib reached to Torque but hesitated, unsure if the other man would want him touching him right now even if Zim was using his goo to heal him up. He placed his hand back down in his own lap as he listened to Torque fill them in. He was relieved to hear that the other Lycan, Dara, was not related to Torque. That was good because he wouldn't feel bad if any of them ended the other Lycan's life. It did seem that would be the only possible solution given his views on humans.
"Is he the only one with this view? Does he have any allies that agree with him? If it's just Dara, I think we have better chances. I mean we did manage to get him to turn tail and run away like a coward even if he's bigger than all of us. Numbers helps, that's for sure but we'll need stronger weapons. Even if Lycans can heal quicker than humans, they have to have a weakness. What is it?"
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He watched Dib's hand reach out but said nothing as it seemed Dib chose not to touch him."No he is not the only one there are other lycans, vampires, witches, and other supernaturals that feel the same way. Dara is doing the killings to draw in more supernaturals that feel the same way...He didn't run because of numbers he ran so he wouldn't have to kill an fellow lycan cause i was not going to stop attacking and he knew it"
"So what are lycans weakness?"
Torque narrowed his eyes at Zim before looking back to Dib openly ignoring the irken. "Silver is an weakness but to our skin it has to go into the flesh to do damage. Long time ago when we were hunted and stayed in groups hunters would have a fine silver powder to release into the air. The lycans would breath in the silver and it would cause damage inside out."
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Dib grimaced. It was sort of understandable for supernatural races to feel that way but he wished they wouldn't think it was okay to kill people. Not everyone was evil and he was sure not every supernatural being was evil. Just ones like Dara who attacked others for no good reasons. "Still, three versus one was good odds for us."
He listened to Torque's answer about the weakness. Silver. So that was a true weakness. He nodded. "I can get my hands on something like that? A powder? That is more effective but if you're joining us, you'll have to wear a gas mask or something to prevent the powder from getting into your system. I don't want you to be killed. Just Dara."
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"Yes I can agree with that. Luckily it was daylight or there would of been more then just him to deal with." He let out a sigh "A gas mask would make it so I can't shift though right?"
"...Leave that to Zim. Zim can make a custom mask for Torque's wolf form"
"Really?...So what changed between you two? You use to try and kill eachother all the time and now your what? working together?"
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"Daylight means less Lycans around? Good to know. We can prepare properly and go find him another time in the day time. Maybe tomorrow if we can get everything ready by then." He smiled at Zim, glad he'd be able to help make a gas mask specifically for Torque's wolf form. He looked back to Torque. "We became friends in the late years of high school. You didn't notice then? Yeah, Zim's my paranormal hunting buddy. How are you feeling? Is everything all healed up?"
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"Well most lycans don't want to transform in daylight incase they get seen. Though I more so meant vampires wth daylight. Vampires are strongly on Dara's side tired of hiding but a good chunk of them see humans as nothing but food" He glanced at Zim and gave a nod "Thanks, and no I did not notice I was really too tired and distracted to notice much with my first transformation my body took a lot of time to heal. Then with that I had to learn control and other things for some older lycans. I was the only one to be able to transform in my family so no one expected me to be able to do it." He glanced back at his wound a little surprised it was closed up. "Yeah I think i'm good...but next issue...i'm naked" He said this as he got up glancing back to where he had transformed where ripped clothes littered the ally opening.
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"Oh. Vampires." He grimaced. So it didn't seem like there would be friendly ones. That was a shame. He listened as Torque brought up he was tired and distracted with his own transformations. Right, he mentioned they started at a teen year. He tilted his head. "How come you're the only one in your family that can transform?" he asked, curiously.
He held his hand out for some goo. "Can I have some, Zim? I don't want bruises." He looked to where Torque's ripped clothes were then looked to Torque. "Uh, we can buy you some clothes in the nearest clothing store. We just need your sizes."
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"It's just random some lycans don't get the ability to transform so yeah in their eyes I was lucky."
Zim noded and brought the goo over to Dib "Dib could take a soak in it back at the base"
"You sure your ok buying me clothes?...I mean I can pay you back for them"
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"Oh, that's a bit of a shame. Maybe." Dib could see it as positive for humans too since there wasn't going to be a lot of murder-y Lycans if they so happened to also hate humans. He took the goo from Zim and lifted up his shirt to rub some on where Torque had slammed into him. "Yeah. I hit my back against the wall too so a soak sounds good. And from the looks of it, you're unharmed. Lucky alien."
Dib felt a lot better after applying the goo and gave it back to Zim when he was done with it, looking to Torque. "It's fine, Torque. We won't get too anything expensive and besides, you kind of saved us so I think it's already paid for."
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"It's fine really. It's certainly a shock and big change when it does come to finding out you can turn into a giant wolf. The first transformation is funny to watch just imagine trying to walk on four legs and even relearning how to walk on two it is so strange."
"Yes Zim was lucky. Dara's bites missed their mark each time and then Zim saw the vent and went for it".
"You were invisible but we can still smell you so we know your there just can't see you...Alright if your sure" Torque said before telling Dib his sizes.
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Dib laughed. "It does sound pretty funny to imagine. The transformation isn't painful, is it? I mean it is your bones changing or is there something in your body like some sort of magic to prevent you from feeling pain?" He nodded to Zim, glad he wasn't hurt and smiled to Torque. He memorized Torque's sizes. "Alright. I'll just get you a shirt, pants, boxers and socks. Should be fine. I'll be right back."
He got up to his feet and stretched. "You coming Zim or are you going to keep Torque company?"
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"The first couple times are painful but after that it's more so numbing and takes a lot of energy out of you" He nodded his head "Alright i'll be right here then"
"...Zim's staying here. Don't want to be seen wearing this, would be weird"
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"Takes a lot of energy out of you? It doesn't seem that way for Dara... would it take a lot more for him to get tired because he's an Alpha, you mentioned?" He sighed and nodded, looking to Zim. Right. Zim was wearing his cloaking suit. "You're naked under there?" he asked with a snicker. "But alright. See you in a bit. I'll try not to take too long."
Dib stepped out of the alleyway and hesitated at the entrance of it, looking around and down at the ground to see if Dara had left more flecks of blood as he was escaping. He hoped he wasn't nearby enough to attack again when he was by himself.
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"That part could be age related as his body is completely use to the transformation. but being alpha rank i'm sure helps as well"
Zim blushed a bit but didn't answer the question.
Torque laughed a bit "I did know you could blush"
Zim just let out a huff.
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Dib took a moment to make sure he was safe before he crossed the street and looked down the line of shops that were there. There was a thrift store just down the street he was on and he went to go to it. Oh, shoes. Torque would need shoes. Shoes would be kind of pricey if he wasn't careful but thrift stores were usually cheap. He pushed his way into the store and browsed, grabbing just a plain white t-shirt, a small pack of white ankle socks, a four-pack of boxers and looked through the blue jeans until he found a pair in Torque's size.
He went to look at the shoes next, aiming for sneakers. Those were the most comfortable he figured Torque wouldn't mind. Dib sighed at the sight of the prices and went for something that was fifty dollars. All the rest seemed to be even more than that because of their brands even if they were pre-owned. Dib brought everything to the counter and paid for them before he made is way back to the alleyway, looking both ways before crossing the street.
"I got you sneakers too. Sorry for the wait. I forgot you'd need shoes too." He gave the bag to Torque.
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Torque spent time answering questions about lycans with Zim. Torque glanced to Dib as he came back glad to see that Dib was safe and had no encounters on the way. He looked down at the bag then at the two of them "...Thanks umm can you two turn around so I can unshift in at least a tiny bit of privacy"
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"No problem." Dib nodded and turned around, even going the extra mile and pulling his coat up over his head to block out even his peripherals. "Let us know when you're done." He glanced in Zim's direction even though he couldn't see him. "So I think our plan is to go to your house and make both the silver powder and the custom-made gas mask. Torque, we might need you in your form to get your head size unless you guys did that when I was gone?"
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Torque waited for the two to look away before shifting back into a human. He stood there naked and checked where the wound had been a bit surprised to see nothing left of it. He worked on getting dressed as quick as possible. Pulling on his new boxers and pants first "I'm decent now" He told them before finishing up with getting dressed. "Yes Zim did measure my face structure as an wolf. He glanced at the shoes and made a face "I know these weren't cheap, Dib...Let me pay you back some how"
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Dib fixed his coat when Torque said he was decent and turned around, looking at the other man before looking to the shoes. "Out of the rest of the shoes there, those were the cheapest. I can make back fifty dollars no problem. Don't worry about it, really. It's kind of our fault you had to shift into your wolf form anyway. Shouldn't you be getting back to the campus? Were you on break? Zim and I are going to head to his house."
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Torque let out a sigh as he was denied again. He finished getting dressed and walked over to his shredded clothes picking up his phone from the mix. "I still have 10 minutes till my break ends...Its more like a rotating shift i do morning and night shift while another person takes care of mid-day...Alright, here lets exchange numbers"
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"Sorry for taking up a big chunk of your break time. I hope you'll be alright." Dib took out his own phone and walked over to Torque to exchange numbers with him. He saved Torque's number to his phone. "And your secret is safe with us of course."
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"It's fine and i'll be alright. Keep me informed of what is going on and i'll see you two again soon" He said as he started out of the ally and gave a small grin "I trust you, both of you. See ya" He headed back for the campus.
"...Hey didn't Dib use to have some type of attraction towards Torque?"
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"Will do. See you around." Dib lifted a hand up to wave at Torque as he walked off to get back to work. He smiled, glad that even if Torque had been angry at them earlier, he still trusted him and Zim. His smile dropped as Zim brought up his prior crush and he gave the alien a light shove. "I have no idea what you're talking about. Come on, commando space boy. Let's get to your base."
Dib headed out of the alleyway and started walking toward where he parked his car. He unlocked it and slipped into the driver's side, waiting for Zim to get in too. He buckled up and turned off his phone since he didn't hang it up from earlier when he was on his way to save Zim.
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Zim let out a laugh at the shove and followed after him "Oh yes Dib does that reaction answered that question. Does Dib still have an attraction to Torque or was that a school thing?" He asked as he got in on the passenger side and buckled his seat belt.
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"I'm not obligated to tell you anything," Dib said, starting the car when Zim was safely in his car. He pulled away from the spot he parked in and started driving toward their neighborhood where Zim's base stood. He didn't even know how Zim even knew about it. It's not like he ever told Zim even back then. He didn't really know the answer to it anyway. He did still find Torque to be very attractive on top of having a nice personality. It was rare, considering most of the peers they had grown up with in school.
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"Huh? Why not? What's so wrong with letting Zim know?" He questioned before letting out a sigh. Crossing his arms and seeming to pout in his seat like a child not getting his way. The pout didn't last long though. "So should Zim get the tube of goo ready for Dib when reaching Zim's base?"
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"I don't know if I could trust you not to blurt it out in front of him. IF I had a crush on him which I don't." He kept his eyes on the road and nodded. "Yeah. I think I can take some time to soak in it for a while. It shouldn't take too long, right? I'm just kind of scratched up other than the bruises. Did you get to scan me? I'm sure none of my bones are broken or I wouldn't be able to be calm."
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"Dib can trust Zim. If Zim was going to blurt it out he would of done so back there with Torque there...but whatever" He shook his head "No it shouldn't take to long maybe 15 minutes should do. Zim did not get a chance to scan Dib's body and it would be best to do that at the lab but Zim is sure there are no broken bones."
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"Alright, fine. I had a crush. And I still might. I'm not sure. But how would you have known about it? I wasn't very open about it and I know I never told you." He expected the soak to last less than fifteen minutes but that wasn't a bad time either. He still would have a lot of time to make the silver powder. "Do you have any silver you won't miss that we can finely crush into a powder at the base?"
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"Zim is able to pick up different scent with human's personality and Zim has caught the scent of attraction from Dib a few times in the past when Dib would see Torque. It took awhile for Zim to understand the meaning behind the different scents." Zim answered the question it was rare that he wouldn't answer something Dib would ask him and if he didn't answer it was normally his way of teasing him or sometime if it was irk related Zim just shook his head to show he was unable to answer the question. "Yeah Zim has some silver, he'll find it while Dib soaks"
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"Go figure that you can smell pheromones with your feelers. That's just how ants do it." He snickered, not even being able to be mad about it. He was just glad Zim hadn't exposed him even in the past. That had to have been when they were still fighting. He reached Zim's base and parked his car just outside the front. "Alright. How much do you think we should make? Extra would likely be a good idea just in case." He unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car, going around to head to the door.
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Zim made a face "Zim is not an ant, or bug of any kind" He said with a huff. Once the car was parked he unbuckled and slipped out of the car. Heading into the base "A good amount. While Dib soaks Zim will deal with preparing the silver then get started of the mask for Torque"
Just as Zim opened the door Gir came running at them "Master!" The little robot jumped right for Zim who caught him with an oof.
"Settle down Gir, Zim was no gone for long"
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"No, you're not but some of your abilities to them are very similar." Dib locked the car when the two of them were out of the car and he sighed. "I hope our second go around with Dara goes a lot better with all of this. We'll definitely be more prepared. I didn't think we'd be attacked in daylight. He's getting too confident if you ask me."
He looked down at Gir and laughed a bit. "We're dealing with a Lycan this time, Gir." He liked to fill the little robot in of their adventures considering it was too dangerous to bring him (both for Gir and themselves). Dib slipped into the house and walked over to where the table was, climbing on top of it so it could go down to Zim's laboratory.
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Zim just gave a shrug with a sigh. He put Gir down and patted his head affectionately as he listened to Dib tell Gir what they were dealing with.
"Ooh! Can I go see?"
"No Gir it's too dangerous" He answered before climbing onto the kitchen table chuckling lightly as Gir quickly jumped on with them and they headed down to the lab. "Go soak, Zim will take care of the silver."
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"I'll try to get pictures of them when or after we deal with him again." He waited until the elevator reached Zim's lab then hopped off the table, nodding to Zim. "I'll try not to take too long. I want to help out." He walked over to where the healing goo tank was and stripped down to his boxers, not really caring much if Zim sees him almost naked. He slipped into the goo after closing his eyes so it didn't bother them.
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"Might be easier to get a picture of Torque instead" Zim pointed out before nodding his head "Dib should take as long as needed and not rush it" He said before heading more into the lab ignoring Dib as he got undressed as he searched for silver to grind down into a fine powder.
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"I don't want to out Torque even if that means just showing Gir. I know you and I can keep that secret, but chaotic little Gir with that information? I don't think so. I'd rather take a picture of the captured Lycan over someone I wouldn't mind being our friend," Dib had said before he entered the chamber of healing goo. He really didn't think he would need too much time in it. He had already used a bit of the healing goo Zim had given him for his main bruise. This one was to get at the slight scratches on his back when he had been shoved against a building wall in the narrow alleyway they had been fighting in. If there was any other damage, that as well.
Regardless, Dib soaked in it for ten minutes before he pulled himself out of it, letting the goo slide off him and back into the chamber from above. He always felt slightly groggy after being in it, short or not. He grabbed his clothes and put them back on before he went to see where Zim was, yawning a bit.
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"Hmm true, Torque would be good to have a friend. After this trouble is over maybe Torque can help show Dib where other paranormal creatures are" He worked on the silver powder as Dib soaked. When Dib did approach him he already had ten vials full of an extremely fine silver powder and was already working on an mask to fit Torque's wolf form. His antennas flicked as his holo disguise was turned off and he glanced at Dib "If Dib's tired then go nap a bit"
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"Do you think he would actually? I mean he has a job already. I don't know if he'd be interested in investigating creatures and such with me.... I suppose I could ask though," he said before going to the chamber. When he returned to Zim's side, he whistled, his eyes falling on the vials. "It never fails to amaze me how quickly you get things done."
He made a face at being told to take a nap. "Come on, man. I don't need a nap. Just give me coffee and I'll be alright."
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Zim nodded "Of course Zim doesn't see it useful to waste time. If something important needs done then it's best to do as quickly as possible...plus it was easy for Zim anyway" Zim paused in what he was doing and turned his head towards Dib as an antenna raised like an human's eyebrow "Coffee is not good for Dib, also if Dib works on something while tired it might end up messed up or fail completely" He said but let out a sigh "Computer prepare Dib a cup of coffee" He said knowing it was no use to argue with the stubborn human.
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Dib nodded, agreeing. He was just hoping Zim wouldn't work too quickly on something that wasn't easy but if this was easy, he supposed it was fine to get done with quickly. He rolled his eyes as Zim brought up that coffee wasn't good for him. As if he were a child. Dib hadn't had much problems with it before. If anything, energy drinks were worse. "I'm not THAT bad and I'm not even THAT tired to begin with. The goo just makes me sleepy but it wears off after a while. Naps are for babies and do I look like a baby?"
He looked up as Zim asked the Computer to prepare a coffee for him. "The usual, please and thank you, Computer." Dib sat down in the other chair next to Zim as he waited for the coffee. "So not much else needs to be done? Can I help in any way?"
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Zim gave a smirking grin as Dib questioned if he looked like a baby. His eyes darting up to meet Dibs "To Zim? Yes Dib is that of a smeet." He said with a laugh he never missed the chance to try and rile up Dib as the two still did get into spats and slight fights to Zim it was exciting and always would be as he enjoyed fighting with Dib though not as seriously as he use to. It was not uncommon that Zim was the reason Dib might end up in the goo. Though as Dib talked about other things needing to be done Zim let out a sigh knowing right now was the time to try and rile up Dib. He gave a nod and pushed over a box of parts "Make some flash bombs and ones that some silver to explode out of" He said as he delicately cut thick leather that would end up looking like a giant dog muzzle to become the gas mask for Chuck's lycan form.
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Dib stuck his tongue out at Zim when he answered that he was a smeet to him. "If I'm a smeet, then you're a crotchety old man." He laughed and tried to do his best Zim impression mixed with an old man's. "You kids get off my perfectly human lawn!" He shook his fist for added effects and laughed again then looked down at the box that Zim pushed over to him. "Flash bombs and ones silvery can explode out of? I can do that."
He took out the materials, knowing already how to make weapons. He hadn't been Zim's enemy without skills on how to make weapons and other such things. Flash bombs were like baby toys to make. "We should wear armor that can't easily be torn into by that thing's claws and teeth, shouldn't we?" he asked, glancing to the alien.
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Zim couldn't help but to snicker at this. "Zim is lucky he doesn't become wrinkly and old like humans do" He said sticking out his tongue and watched Dib's work on the bombs as he worked on the gas mask. "Hmm, yeah that would be a good idea...Torque also said something about vampires so something to protect the neck right?"
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Dib shook his head. "How do you know? Have you ever seen an old Irken before, Zim? I bet they all die before they reach a certain age because of what they all do with their lives. And if they do become old and weak, they're probably killed off for being 'useless' to the Empire or something." He rolled his eyes and continued working on his bombs. "Yeah, a full armor suit would be great for protection."
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Zim narrowed his eyes at him before choosing to ignore the question mumbling something in irken as he finished putting the finishing touches on the canine gas mask before holding it up with a smirk "Oh look someone with a bigger head then Dib" He snickered before putting it down and kicked off the table so his chair rolled across the floor and in front of the massive computer screen before bringing up an demo layout of Dib's body to match up the sizes in order to make a strong suit for him.
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Dib glanced over at Zim with narrowed eyes as he tried to catch what Zim was muttering in Irken. He hadn't studied the language for nothing over the past few years. He rolled his eyes at Zim's insult to his head. "Funny," he said, tonelessly. "I don't get how you and other people don't get tired of that insult. Can't come up with anything else? Oh well." He hardly felt hurt from it when it was overused for years and years. He looked back down at his own work while Zim moved over to the computer screen to make a strong suit for him. "Anyway, thanks."
It took him another fifteen minutes to finish making enough flash bombs and some that silver exploded out from. He carefully put them in a box and checked to see how Zim was doing.
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He had mumbled something on the lines of stupid human knows nothing irkens are never weak in old age and wrinkles are disgusting. Zim gave a grin "It's one of the first insults Zim said to Dib so its got a strange...feeling attached to it" He said with a shrug admitting he was saying it for familiarly instead of purely a insult. "Of course, Zim can't let Dib enter this fight unprotected..." His antennas lowered some a sign of worry hough he wouldn't voice it mostly because he wasn't sure how to. He worked on Dib's suit falling into a strange silence as he was in full concentration as protecting Dib right now was his top priority. Scrolling through a list of things he can buy from Cyberflox and stopped on certain material for clothes making. Zim will have to order the material it'll arrive tonight though then it'll be easy for Zim to make it"
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"One of your first insults is one of the only ones people have used for me for months. Even my dad has called it big but alright." Something about Zim using it didn't really hurt nearly as much as like when family used it. "I know, Zim. I don't exactly want to get into a fight unprotected either." He watched Zim's antennae lower and smiled a bit, glad he had a friend like Zim to worry about him. He fell into a silence as they both worked on their projects.
He looked up at the screen. "Tonight? Really? How far away is that planet from Earth? I thought they were all basically about six months away. That's how long you took to get here, wasn't it? And all alien life is very far from the galaxy Earth sits in. Or do they just have waaay better technology than you and Irkens? You have some kind of transporter here?"
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"Well...Dib's head isn't really big anymore as he grew into it but that doesn't mean Zim will stop saying it" He said with a shrug before they had fallen into silence. "Cyberflox is very far away but the planet has a powerful cannon that shoots the package pods through space extremely fast it's a little more expensive to get it by tonight but it's needed very soon so that's fine"
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Dib nodded. He could agree with having grown into his head as he kept getting taller. "A cannon?" Dib laughed at the mental image of something being shot from what would be a six month journey away to Earth. "How would they know exactly where to shoot it? And it doesn't get damaged from the speed and force it's traveling at? I hope they don't send live stuff that way."
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"Nope no damage Zim has rush ordered many things in the past like this so Zim knows it'll be fine." He gave a shrug at that "Never ordered anything living so Zim wouldn't know about that" He said and sat back in his chair "Going to have to wait for that package to even start on Dib's suit"
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Dib stood up from his workspace and stretched as it seemed they were both done for now. "So what do we do in the meantime? Think we should go back out and at least deliver that to Torque?" He gestured to the mask that Zim had made for Torque's head to fit in when he was in his beastly form. "Though I figure he's still working... so maybe not." He hummed in thought.
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"Might be working...Can't you call Torque? If Torque is still working though maybe zim and Dib should refresh on the lycan and vampire info there is available?"
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"I can call Torque or text Torque, yeah. Better to text since it's not as distracting when he's still at work." He took out his phone. He shot a quick text to the other man asking when he would be done with work. He looked to Zim. "If that information IS true. There's so many types of media that kind of contradict each other depending on the types of Lycans, werewolves and vampires. If anyone knows everything about Lycans, it's Torque since he IS one. And we don't know anyone personally who is a vampire."
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"Hmm true though Dib and Zim normally explore random info for other paranormal to compare facts to fiction during the hunt...But guess that won't really work in this case huh?" He let out a sigh before his antenna twitched hears Dib's phone make a sound he got for messages.
The message was very simple saying he would be off in about an hour.
The little symbol for someone typing popped up and vanished a few times this was indicating that Torque was typing then deleting the message and typing again before the message was sent asking if Dib wanted to grab dinner with him tonight to catch up and stuff.
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"Yeah. That might be a little dangerous given our enemy is definitely willing to kill us. Who knows if he might actually try to hunt us down too if we're alone. We're not ready for another fight so soon." He frowned, worrying about that. He may not know who the hostile Lycan may be but he was sure the Lycan would know who he is... due to his reputation in the past and on top of obviously being Professor Membrane's son. There was hardly anybody that didn't know who he was, especially if they lived in the city. They would even know where he used to live... would the Lycan go after his family? He looked down at his phone as it sounded out a text message alert, shaken out of his thoughts.
"Zim, maybe we should go hang out at my childhood home with Gaz. That Lycan would likely know who I am and I don't want her in danger." He checked the text message and read it, quirking an eyebrow up as he noticed Torque was typing out more and blinked as thee message finally came. A slight blush rose to his cheeks. Dinner? Just him and Torque? He hadn't mentioned Zim. He shook his head and texted back to Torque.
=I am worried for my family's safety so Zim and I are going to my old home to check on Gaz and hang out. Hopefully the Lycan wouldn't target her or my dad but I worry about that. I am well-known, aren't I? We could put that dinner on a rain check but if you want to come over to my old house, you can. I'd just have to let Gaz know.=
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Zim made a face "Then should Zim raise the defense power on his base?" He nodded his head in agreement they were not ready for another fight. "Gaz beast?...Zim suppose that'll be alright...Let Zim get a bargaining chip first" He said as there was a habit that Zim had with Gaz as he still feared the female human he went over to a cabinet and pulled out a game cartage for her game slave. Zim was still criminal one way or another and in this way was get the exact codes to be able to duplicate a game that was not yet out to the public. He walked back over as he watched Dib seeing the blush and picking up his scent "What did Torque say?"
=I wish I could say your over reacting but yes you are well known and the way he thinks it is possible he might target them or he might just be searching for you. You didn't see his human form but I know it. Yeah if you think it's alright then i'll go with you two to see Gaz=
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"It would probably be for the best for you to raise your defense on the base, yeah." He watched Zim go off to get something for Gaz and looked back down at his phone as he waited for the text back. He shot his head back up at Zim's question. "Nothing. He was just telling me he's off in an hour and asked if we could catch up, that's all. I'm inviting him to the house too. I have to let Gaz know if he accepts it." He looked back down at his phone to see the new text, reading it before texting back.
=We'll bring the weapons that we made and the mask that Zim made for you. We have to wait on the armor to be delivered so I hope he doesn't find us sooner. I'll let Gaz know you're coming too. We can have dinner there. See you later, Torque.=
Dib switched to a new message for Gaz and let her know he and Zim were coming over and Torque would come later. He even told her why but left out that Torque was a Lycan too. He wasn't even sure he should bother his father with any warning texts. His father still didn't believe in stuff like Lycans and vampires and such. They were just stories to him. He sighed. "What do I do about dad?" he mumbled.
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"Zim will do that before leaving then" He snickered a bit at the quick reply "Dib was blushing" He pointed out as he stood there waiting. "So is Torque coming too?" His eyes narrowed as Dib brought up his dad. With being friends with Dib he had defiantly learnt more on how the father treated Dib and would even argue with him at times about things. "Dib doesn't want Zim to answer that question"
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Dib huffed as Zim called out his blushing. "He invited me to dinner but I told him we'd have to put that on hold because I'm worried about my family." He rolled his eyes and looked down at his phone as he got a reply back from Gaz. She didn't seem too happy about someone new coming over but wasn't going to fight since she knew Dib would come over even if she didn't want him over. She just told him not to eat the pizza in the fridge because it was hers. He put his phone in his pocket after promising he won't touch the pizza. He could rely on Foodio 3000 anyway when it comes to eating dinner or even cook something himself.
"I can't exactly call him and warn him about a Lycan possibly going after him. He won't believe me and would just ignore it or put me down for still being in this 'phase' of mine." He sighed. "I don't want him to get hurt though. You know that."
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"Dinner to catch up?...Isn't coffee or maybe a bar a more natural place to do that?" He questioned as he waited to know what else was going on. He huffed and crossed his arms "Dib knows that Zim doesn't like that parent unit..." He let out a sigh seeing how worried Dib was about this "Where is Dib's father located"?
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"Well if we're meant to just eat instead of drinking coffee..." Dib didn't want to look too into it. It probably was just that, catching up instead of a date. There was no way, in his eyes, that Torque was into him or even into guys. He's never seen the other man really dating during their school years but he knew Torque was very popular with the girls. "I know you don't. Do you really need to ask where he's located? There's no way he's anywhere else except work." He started heading to the elevator to get back up to the house portion of Zim's base.
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Zim just let out a sigh as it was irritating for him to understand as each human was different in what they did. Though Torque was not human wich could be the reason he never dated before. He followed after him "Of course that's where the parent unit would be...Then that's where Zim will go so Dib stops worrying about it" He said turning on his disguise.
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Dib rode the elevator back up with Zim when he reached it and stepped off, looking to him. "Are you sure? I mean I guess dad likes you better than his own son because you're more 'true' science-leaning." He rolled his eyes. "Even if he knows you come with me on my hunts, he probably thinks you're just amusing me or something stupid like that. Or to make sure I don't nearly get myself killed. But anyway, thanks."
He took out his phone to update Gaz and Torque about Zim going to make sure Professor Membrane would be safe. "You can take some of the flash bomb and silver bomb weapons with you. I'll have the others and the mask to give to Torque." Dib passed Zim some flash and silver bombs where he had stored them in his coat. "Is this enough?"
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"true science" Zim rolled his eyes as well as he crossed his arms. "Zim goes with Dib to entertain himself and make sure Dib stays safe...If Dib doesn't stay safe with this then Zim is going to blame Torque for it" He let out a sigh and nodded his head "Dib can cook a cake or something later for Zim to show his thanks" He said and watched Dib pull out the bombs which he gave a nod and stored them away in his pak before pointing at him eyes narrowed "Dib better stay safe" He said if the hologram had been off his antennas would of been laying back in worry.
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"Yeah, yeah. Entertaining yourself. Still in denial that you worry about me." He pat Zim's head, smiling down at the alien. "I can bake you a cake, sure. What flavors? Any special requests?" He walked over to the door and opened it, looking back down at Zim pointing at him. "You know I can't promise but I will do my best to, Zim."
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Zim let out a huff as his head was patted. "Double chocolate" He said and headed to the door "That's because bad things seems to be attracted to Dib...Call Zim if something happens" He said before heading out the door to head for Membranes work.
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"Double chocolate, got it. I'll put rainbow sprinkles on it for extra flavor." He chuckled and walked to his car, unlocking it and waving to Zim. "See you later, Zim. Try not to take too long." He got into the driver's side and put the mask for Torque down on the passenger seat before he started his car and drove to his childhood home just around a few corners. He parked his car in the driveway and got out with everything, heading to the door and knocked on it.
Gaz opened the door and let Dib in, giving a glance to the mask he had and rolled her eyes. She wasn't even going to bother asking. She closed the door and went back to the living room to get back to her game. Dib set down what Zim wanted to give to Gaz and went to the kitchen to pull Foodio 3000 out of his charging station and turned it on. He thought a bit before deciding he could wait until Torque got there to figure out what he could have the robot make. He joined Gaz on the sofa and watched her play her new game.
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"Yes sprinkles are good add lots of sprinkles" He said giving Dib an wave back before leaving to go guard the professor.
It was awhile longer till there was a knock on the door. Torque stood there dressed in black basketball shorts and a red tank top that fully showed off his muscles leaving nothing to the imagination. The only thing he was wearing the Dib bought him was the shoes. He figured if worse happened and he had to shift this cheaper clothing would be better to waste then nicer clothing. e also carried a gym bag over his shoulder that had another change of clothes just incase.
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Some time before Torque arrived, Dib had gotten up and went back to the kitchen to start making the cake for Zim, figuring he could get that done sooner than later. He pulled the cake out of the oven and set it aside to cool once it was done baking and that was when he heard a knock on the front door. He went over and opened up, smiling at Torque. "Hey." He stepped back to let the other man in and closed the door. "I haven't gotten dinner ready yet but it wouldn't take too long. I just need to type in what we want in Foodio and it'd be instant. What are you in the mood for?" He headed back to the kitchen, glancing to the bag Torque had before looking back up. "Extra clothes?"
(Do you need/want me to play Membrane or something? Or do we just agree that he lets Zim in and lets him stick around?)
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Torque gave a smile as Dib answered the door. "Hey...I don't think i've ever been here have I?" He said glancing around the house that was Dib's childhood home. He glanced back to Dib at the mention of food "So I can choose anything to eat? Alright a large steak medium rare and bake potato with butter on it." He glanced to his bag and gave a nod "Better to not have a repeat of earlier"
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"No one except Zim has been in my childhood house, yeah. I'll give you a tour after we eat if you'd like?" He nodded to Torque when he asked if he can choose anything to eat. He typed in Torque's order into Foodio's input and it took less than a minute to pop food out of its oven, setting it down on the table with a cheery, "Bon appetit." He laughed and thought or a moment before he put in his own order of chili con carne with grated cheddar over the top. Foodio set down his food when it was done too and Dib went to the fridge. "What would you like to drink? We got a few different Poop cola flavors-"
Gaz called from the living room. "Cherry is off limits, that's mine! You can have the other ones!" Dib grimaced and looked to Torque. "So regular Poop cola or salty lemonade Poop or uh well, there's juice here too."
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"I'd like a tour" He said with a nod and walked over to the table sitting his bag aside before taking a seat. Watching foodio prepare the food out of nothing. "I've never seen anything like that, is it something that professor membrane recently made?" He asked watching the machine place the food infront of him "It looks good and smells great" He commented and waited till Dib had his own meal before starting to eat only pausing at the question. "Regular is fine, thanks"
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"Alright. I think the only room I really can't bring you into is dad's basement lab. I'd need the code and I don't know if it's the same as before or if it's changed." There was also the fact he could just hack into it, but he really didn't want Torque to see him as some sort of criminal even if it was his own childhood home. He shook his head as he took out the regular Poop cola from the fridge. "Dad made that when we were still in grade school but improved it over two years. It was finally in our house when I was twelve. From there, he just kept updating it. It perfectly copies the texture, smell and even taste of the food." He poured two cups of soda and brought them to the table, setting one down in front of Torque before sitting across from him.
"And uh..." Dib glanced to the living room. Gaz hadn't even really said hi but that was how she usually was, not entirely a fan of socializing unless it was done over gaming. "That's my little sister Gaz in the living room. She's not really a people person."
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"...I don't really care to see the professor's lab anyway...I don't really care about that man, sorry if that offensive" He said it was clear Torque had similar feeling about the father as Zim has. "That is interesting it's certainly a good invention and would be great if every family had one it would keep people from over hunting and killing animals in the most terrible ways" He took a sip of his drink "Thanks" Torque glanced towards the living room to follow Dib's gaze before making an slightly worried face and glanced back to Dib "Does she know what's going on?"
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Dib flinched, having not known Torque would be someone who didn't care about his father. He was so used to so many people basically kissing the ground where he walked, praising him for his assorted inventions (even the weird ones like Super Toast). He shrugged after. "He probably wouldn't want me bringing anyone down there anyway. I mean, who knows? He could be working on the next best thing or whatever."
He stirred his chili a bit before he started eating. "He has donated a lot of them to poorer towns in countries so they don't starve. And there's one in every soup kitchen around the world for the homeless to use as much as they'd need or like. They're being sold in stores for those who can actually afford it too and it's not like SUPER expensive either. Even middle class families would be able to buy them, they're really not much more than a regular stove." As awful as he's treated Dib, Dib couldn't deny his father did his best for the rest of mankind.
He looked up at Torque when he asked if she knew what was going on. "I told her about the Lycan that's killing people. She's not likely to go out anyway."
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Torque noticed the flinch and thought he had said something wrong "Lycans are very family orientated. Family comes first to us and I know thats not normally the same with all humans but the professor is just about the worse I have seen like that." He said and listened to Dib talk about the foodio machine indeed being given in a means of helping those that need it. "Oh, I mean this is the first time i've seen one but then again I only recently started to get out more." He gave a shrug "So you didn't tell her about me? I was kind of worried you would. Though I guess she doesn't talk much about paranormal things or she to would of been shouting about aliens" He said a bit of hinting that Torque was not sure if Dib would keep his secret quiet given Dib's back ground of shouting about things he found or thought he saw that was abnormal.
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"Besides Zim, I'm really not used to a lot of people hating my dad. I don't... hate my dad even if he wasn't or isn't the greatest father to me. He's just kind of... self-centered and ignorant of the world beyond just science. He doesn't believe in the sorts of things I do." He blinked. "What do you even mean getting out more? This stuff is advertised on television and such too and it's not like you've gone missing even when we were growing up. Not that I remember anyway."
Dib shook his head. "Isn't my place to tell her and honestly sometimes I don't even need to. She figures stuff out on her own but she doesn't care to get involved." He sighed, feeling pretty hurt about not being trusted but it made sense. He had been too much as a child. "Her interest is videogames and I swear she'd kill people for the last copy being sold."
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”Hates a strong word you have to do something completely unforgivable for me to hate you. Oh the getting out thing is more so an lycan thing. There are three cultures to lycans and I happen to fall into the one that try’s to stick to our roots at least until I first turned and was allowed to make my own choices in life. I chose to kind of go away from my family’s beliefs and try to act more human I guess…till this asshole showed up and trying to ruin things for not just me but every lycan or paranormal being out there…from what I remember about your sister I can believe that”
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"I'm sure if I get into the sort of things I've been put through, people would tell me I should hate him but it's not like he's the only one responsible for it either. It's not like the school was any help either, having a Krazy Kard to use on a peer." He continued eating while listening to Torque talk about the Lycan culture. "Three? So when exactly did you turn? I thought you were pretty typical for a human growing up so I didn't even assume you were a different being. Uh, no offense."
He finished half of his chili and got up to go grab the mask Zim had made for Torque and set it down on the table. "Zim made this for you. We made other stuff as well."
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He raised a brow in question"What has he done to you anyway?" He asked and nodded his head "I knew you weren't crazy but i couldn't really say anything without bringing notice to myself" He took accouple more bites of his steak as he listened to Dib chuckling lightly "None taken at all that was the plan was for me to fit in and bring no interest to myself. 19 years is when an lycan can first turn right on their birthday. It has happened that some have turned earlier then that but the body is not normally ready till 19 years old so its even more painful and can cause damage to the body. The weight lifting and working out was really to build my body to handle the change with as little strain as possible." He looked at the mask and couldn't help the face he made "I understand this is suppose to be helpful but it looks like a muzzle but either way tell him I said thanks" He said as reached out to grab the mask and look it over. "I think it'll fit"
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"Besides being neglectful, putting down my interests and hobbies by calling me insane? He allowed me to be taken away and even seemed to agree I needed to be fixed. It's not like he was quick to take me out of the Krazy House for Boys. He probably would have left me there but I think he might care more about his own image. What would people say about him if one of his own family members was in a nut house?" He rolled his eyes. "During the Florpus, I know he said he was always proud of me, but honestly I don't know. He still thinks that all didn't happen, that it was some craaaazy dream. So like... what? He'd only say that sort of stuff in a dream? I guess he's been home a lot more after that, but it's not like he supports me still. I don't know. At least he doesn't call me his 'poor insane son' anymore and it's been years since I've last been to the Krazy House but that might be only because I've grown up at least enough to control myself so I DIDN'T get sent there by peers at school."
He listened to Torque talk about the age of turning and that it could be painful, why he worked out a lot was to handle the change. Dib nodded. "That makes sense. I'm glad you didn't go through it too painfully then." Dib finished his chili and looked at the mask that Torque mentioned looked like a muzzle. "I mean gas masks kind of look like human muzzles, don't they? I don't know if there's a way to make stuff not look like that unless you make it all a regular helmet instead? But Zim made it so it can stretch around your head comfortably."
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As Dib spoke of what all he suffered at his father’s hand Torques eyes got wide in disbelief ”I’m sorry I didn’t know that all happened to you. That is terrible and the fact he still doesn’t believe after the florpus incident is terrible…Maybe he’s proud about the passion you have for what you enjoy doing but not the act itself?…I don’t know just throwing that out there. I’m glad you didn’t get sent back there.” he nodded his head ”it was still painful but the pain passed quickly my family thought I might of been alpha ranking because of my height and size but no I ended up being beta like most of my family yet im still very powerful and can go head to head with an alpha even without the larger size…True gas masks even for humans look like muzzles im just putting to much thought into it” He finished off his meal and sipped at the poop cola ”well then I’m sure your full of questions so go ahead and ask them. If I can answer I will you’ve pretty much proved your not going to tell the world about my kind”
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"Well, maybe he does but is in denial to protect himself. I don't really know though but either way, not really excuses for the behavior. He's not trying to stop me not that he'd be able to." He drank down the rest of his own cola as Torque spoke about his ranking and he rose an eyebrow. He knew that the scientist who stated that's how wolves worked had taken it back and said it wasn't like that when it came to the animals, so Lycans were different and followed something like that? He also was familiar with how it was used in fictional stories that fans made. His face went a little red thinking about it before shaking his head.
"Could you explain what makes alpha, beta and omega and how it all works? From what we've all learned, real wolves don't work like that. I'm also curious about the three different cultures."
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He shook his head ”yeah he has no excuse for how he has and is treating you. You have every right to hate him for his actions but clearly he is family so it’s expected that you still love him as family…at least that’s how I was raised to think” he listened to Dib’s questions and thought about them before answering ”Rank is mostly size. The bigger you are the stronger you are normally alphas are huge as you saw. Betas are a head or two shorter and omega’s are very small normally about basic wolf size. So it’s genetics but my grandfather was of alpha size so they thought I might of inherited it as well. Clearly not. The cultures are called as simple wolf, middle, human. The ability to shift at any time means you can be wild if you want there are some lycans cultures that live in thick deep wooded areas and barely turn human some even forgetting how to turn human. Middle are those like my family who don’t want to be wild always in wolf form but also don’t care for technology and that type of stuff unless absolutely necessary then you have those who don’t care at all about being lycan and would rather ignore what they are and just act completely human have human families and all of that…yes lycans can be with humans but that child in a mix like that is always human” he chuckled lightly at Dib’s blush ”what is going through that mind of yours?”
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"Family is important in a lot of cultures but at the same time, I could understand if someone who's been completely been abused by their family would rather cut them completely off from ever interacting with them again for their own health. Like sometimes the whole 'blood is thicker than water' could be pushed aside if said 'blood' are awful enough, say like a homophobic and transphobic family that a gay person or trans person is trying to get away from. They shouldn't be obligated to keep in contact with or love their shit family."
Dib listened to Torque explain how ranks work when it came to Alpha/Beta/Omega. "So just size, nothing else? Like they don't treat omegas any lesser than alphas and betas? Like even if they're lower in the rank, they're all treated equally?" He was learning so much, finding the truer ones a little more fascinating than what fiction made their world out to be. He was so iffy about how omegas were treated like trash in fiction or just the ones that carry the children so that's all they were good for... It's why he wasn't really into the whole thing when it came to fiction. It was disgusting to him, reminded him of how women were treated in the real world. Why would anyone want a fake world to be so similar?
Dib shook his head when Torque asked what was going through his mind before he sighed and answered. "The fictional world of Alpha/Beta/Omega and how awful it is. I would just really hope the real one isn't run like that." He didn't want to also bring up how the genitalia worked too. How weird it would sound if he asked Torque if they had similar or even if omega males being able to get pregnant.
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"Yes I can fully understand how that would be. To come out to your family and they start treating you like trash or worse then trash. In those types of situation I would say it's best to escape and cut ties completely with that family...Has that happened to you?...I mean it's kind of specific how you brought that up as an example" He snorted "Alphas have their heads up their own ass most of the time they think they are big shots because that's how it was a long time ago. Most alphas think they are better then the others and that up tight prissy attitude personality makes them raise to the top in human culture as most become big shots of companies and stuff like that...Alphas will sometimes treat omegas bad or try to but the fiery temper an omega has is rather dangerous to piss off. It's like messing with a short person...Or calling Zim short it doesn't end well...The fiction stories yeah...It use to be that way an extremely long time ago but I guess it's like womens rights it evolved over time and you still have those that still treat women like trash or try to force them to be house wives we still have that issue in our own kind. My younger cousin recently had his first shift and was so upset to find he was about the size of an wolf maybe even an inch smaller so an omega. An alpha that had attended the event tried making fun of him saying what a cute house wife he would make I think about half of our family was on him in a second till dad made him leave and called him disgusting alpha to never show his face around again. The guy said he was joking but even if so that's disgusting to joke about especially as I already knew my cousin has an human girlfriend and plans to be of human culture which is common for omegas anyway...Lycan culture is like you humans we have our faults and are still working on them. We have bad people too but we try to take care of it ourselves as humans are still a threat to us. As you hunt the paranormal for fun and to learn there are those that hunt for money and fame" He finished his drink and relaxed in his seat
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Dib shook his head. "It didn't happen to me. I was using it as an example as family isn't always important. My dad is't against gay or trans people so I'm glad for that. I suppose because in a way, it does sort of link to a science, doesn't it?" He took the empty dishes and brought them to the sink, cleaning them as he listened to Torque talk about how the dynamic worked for real. He nodded in understanding. Just like society, it changes over time bit by bit. Torque was correct when it came to it all still being worked on. He dried his hands when he was done washing the dishes and smiled at him. "Yeah. I get it. I did used to want fame especially when I was fighting Zim in the past but I grew out of it over time, especially when Zim dropped his... 'mission' and we started becoming friends instead."
He looked to the entryway to the living room. "Ready for the tour?"
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"As strange as it is to think that way yes it does link to science. But it's also a part of that person that no amount of science will ever change" He nodded and thought a moment before asking his next question "Back then what would you of done if you figured out what I am? It's good you two are friends now it would of been better if that had happened sooner but better later then never I guess." He gave a nod of his head and got up to follow Dib around the house.
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"Yeah, I know that." Dib smiled and shrugged. "Probably put it on hold since most of my time was dedicated to trying to stop Zim and his schemes. Even all my Bigfeets research was put on hold since Zim arrived on Earth." He agreed with Torque when it came to becoming friends late than never. "Had we not become friends, he probably wouldn't have cared to come with me to keep me safe on my hunts to find more creatures. There were even times I could have died but he was there to heal me up."
He stepped out of the kitchen, leading Torque into the living room first. "This is the living room." He pointed to a door that led out to the backyard. "There's our backyard and the shed. I still have Tak's ship- uh, Tak was an Irken too but I figure you knew that as well?"
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"Put it on hold?...huh so I didn't really have to worry about you finding out back then, that sucks" He said with a sigh and listened to how Dib might of died from his hunts if it weren't for Zim healing him. "What hurt you?...I mean I know there are a handful of paranormal beings that attack first ask questions later" He asked as he followed him giving Gaz a slight wave in the living room. He glanced to the shed "Tak?...That strange girl that showed up at skool then disappeared. So she was irken as well I thought so but wasn't sure"
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"Yeah, you didn't have to. Zim had my full attention because I thought he was a threat." He laughed a bit. He though back on it and nodded. "It was a ghoul in the forest. It made me think it was a crying girl lost in the woods but when I got near to ask if she was okay, it attacked quick and pierced through almost all the way."
Gaz gave a slight wave back before turning her attention back on her game. Dib nodded. "Yeah we managed to stop her plan to turn earth into a pinata for the Tallest. She was angry at Zim for some reason or another. Never got to hear what it was and I don't think Zim bothered to care to remember. You thought she was strange? Zim had to tell me she was Irken because her human disguise was way better than his. I didn't think she was suspicious at all at first. Do you want to see the ship? Or maybe not... It still has a bit of an attitude, even more so because I can't exactly use it anymore due to growing."
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"I at one point was going to ask if you wanted help with Zim but I was told not to interfere that it wasn't my battle" He made a face "Ok yeah ghouls are bad news for real never met one that wasn't hostile...I'm glad Zim saved you though" He snorted "A pinata? Seriously how would that even work?...Her disguise on the outside was spot on but her scent and aura around her spelled trouble and I thought she was even more a threat then Zim was but again I was told not to interfere. That sounds interesting to see but if you think it's a bad idea then i'll pass"
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"Help would have been nice at the time honestly. I thought I was alone in the struggle because no one else believed me but no worries about the past anymore." Dib nodded. "Yeah, I knew they were a more hostile paranormal species but I wanted to learn more truth other than what's written in fictions. Since some people will make things up about them. You know like demons. They really can't come up here if they're a lower rank and there's even some that only come at a specific time and when things align and such. Or if they're summoned. Demons don't really walk among us unless of course, say someone summoned a demon, slept with them and got impregnated by them then the baby comes out half-demon. There can only be half-demons and if those get around and keep breeding, then it's quarter demons and so on. If someone thinks another is possessed, the 'possessed' either could be faking it, they summoned the demon wrong or willingly allowed access into their body via contract. It's all complicated stuff when it comes to demons, really. Ghosts, on the other hand, don't go by much rules. They can possess whoever and whenever. Luckily, most ghosts I've come across are docile or annoying at worst. The type to knock shit around and break stuff."
Dib took in a breath after he was done rambling. "Oh, Tak was going to suck out the inside of the Earth with something and then fill the middle with sweets for the Tallest. Her plan actually did go into motion too so yeah, she was a bigger threat than Zim. We stopped her together." He nodded. "Maybe another time. I don't want her attacking you." He showed Torque to the downstairs bathroom which only contained a toilet and a sink as it was a half one then led Torque past the door that led into the basement. "That's my dad's workspace and here's the stairs leading to our bedrooms."
"Don't go in my bedroom, Dib."
"I wasn't going to."
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"I still feel bad about it even if it was in the past there are some things I wish I did differently" He nodded his head as he listened to what Dib had learnt about the paranormal so far. "So you've seen ghouls, demons, ghosts...or experienced ghost around you and now your talking to a lycan is there any other beings you have seen or met?" He made a face as he learnt what Tak was going to do and that it could of worked if the two hadn't stopped her. "So back then you and Zim could get along as long as there was a threat that effected both of you...Sounds like it was a matter of time till you became friends." He chuckled a bit at the fact the ship might attack him not thinking he would really be in that much danger but said nothing against it was he followed him. "So do you live here or with Zim or have your own place?"
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"Don't we all? I didn't exactly help myself even when Zim wasn't around. But time travel is too complicated to mess with. I'm pretty sure Zim's tried to destroy me in the past by time traveling. All those memories are vague because in a way, it did and didn't happen... if that makes sense?" He headed up the stairs, thinking about Torque's question. "Rat people. They're mutated people that live in the parking garage of the mall. They got that way because they've been lost for so long. I still have no idea how that works honestly. I just wanted to get out because they told me I would have turned out that way if I got lost down there too and I don't exactly want to risk becoming a rat person. Maybe I should look back into it. They still kind of looked somewhat human... I wonder if they start looking more rat-like the more time they stay there."
"Yeah, we worked together when it came to mutual threats. Like even Chammy... not that she was a threat but she was REALL annoying." He reached the landing and pointed to Gaz' room. "Gaz' room. We're not going in there. She has security dolls that will harm you. And that door leads to my dad's room. Here's mine. Or my old room." He opened the door to his old bedroom. It was mostly bare but there was still a bed in case he decided to visit and stay over. "I don't live here anymore, I have my own place and my own office for my paranormal investigator job. Zim works with me but he still lives in his own house."
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He let out a sigh and nodded his head "I thought most if not all humans were a threat to me as an lycan. When I was a young child I witnessed a hunter shooting my grandma dead. The other difference between werewolf and lycan is if an werewolf gets knocked out or killed they turn back human if an lycan gets knocked out or killed in wolf form they stay looking like a wolf. She was of omega rank about a head taller then normal wolves so the hunter thought her as nothing but a wolf. It only took one well aimed bullet to kill her. Once it happened I heard the hunter spot me as he yelled 'hey kid' and I ran away as quick as possible back home. So my fear of humans ran very deep for a long time. My parents made me go to skool as government officials said I had to go to skool one way or another so I was not happy with that and tried my best to keep to myself but it's skool and thats hard to do." He raised a brow "Rat people? Ok I have not heard that one so now i'm curious about it" He looked at the different doors before following him into his old bedroom "So you live alone?"
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Dib grimaced when Torque told him he actually witnessed his grandmother being shot. "I'm really sorry that happened. She didn't deserve to be shot. People should know better than to shoot at even regular wolves because they're a protected animal. Hunter... that sounds more like a poacher if he was willing to shoot something he thought was a wolf." He reached over and pat Torque's arm softly.
"Yeah, they might be new. Maybe. I don't know if it's only in the mall in this city or malls everywhere. It's something we could look into." He stood in his room and looked to Torque asked if he lived alone. "Yeah, I do. It's not horrible or anything. I guess it gets quiet but it doesn't really bother me all too much. I mean before I became friends with Zim, I was used to being sort of on my own."
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”no they were hunters the state was giving out some wolf hunting tags for that year saying the wolves in the area got to thick. We knew about it but I guess didn’t think we were really in danger so deep in the forest. We pay closer attention to the hunting tags being given out now so not to make the same mistake again.” he looked at Dibs hand on his arm and gave a soft smile ”Dad wanted to hunt the hunters down but knew it would just cause problems and more danger to us” he nodded his head ”sounds like fun” He chuckled a bit ”Yeah you were like a lone wolf. I’m kind of like that myself right now just trying to figure out what I want In life though that got interrupted by that asshole…yet I guess if he hadn’t of caused issues then you might of never came around and I’m glad you did though if you get hurt by getting involved in this fight I won’t forgive myself for letting you talk me into letting you help”
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"Oh. I had no idea about there being exceptions." He frowned. It all sounded pretty messed up. So what if there were more wolves? He shook his head. "Humans really should have no say in dwindling the mass of one animal or the other. They should just leave wolves in general alone. It's not like the animals really go out of their way to find and attack humans. If humans didn't think they were above everyone else and left the forest alone, Lycans would have stayed safe, huh?" He sighed. He moved his hand off of Torque's arm and nodded. Hunting the hunter would have only caused problems.
He looked away. "Well, it's not like I always wanted to be alone either. I was too much, I wasn't exactly being raised to pull back my enthusiasm and I only scared people. It would have been nice if I had friends instead of being the freak basically everyone in school hated." He shrugged. There really was no changing the past. He had to keep himself in the present. He had Zim... and now he had Torque. "We have to wait until later tonight because Zim ordered me some armor to protect me from strong bites. It's coming from space and he went to make sure that asshole doesn't go targeting my dad to get to me and I came here for Gaz. Even if she can very likely hold her own."
He stepped out of the bedroom and pointed to the bathroom. "Full bathroom with a shower. And this leads up to the attic and rooftop." Dib looked up at the pull string on the ceiling that would pull down some steps. "That's pretty much this house."
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Torque just nodded his head "Yeah it's why there are different cultures with lycans and why a large amount of them choose to forget that they are lycans and live strictly like humans" He listened to him talk about being alone and let out a sigh "I wish I had been your friend back then...there was a desire to be your friend but my fear kept me from reacting on it. It there was many times I wanted to at least talk to you or something" He said this scratching at the back of his neck in a nervous manner seeming to be searching for something else to say but instead took Dib's next part of the conversation as an distraction "I don't think he's showing up here or there or he already would have. So I think your sister and the professor are safe for now"
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"That makes sense. It's just a shame, really. That they have to hide their true selves." He gave Torque a comforting smile. "We'll be friends now. Another better late than never. I have spoken to you a few times when we were kids, one time being when I wanted to protect you from Zim when he was harvesting organs to look like a 'normal' kid. That was my fault but he took it as he needed as many organs as he could hold in his body like an idiot." He rolled his eyes and blinked. "Do... you even remember that? I mean after, it's like people pretended like it never happened or not that they knew. I got thrown under the bus and called a freak for sounding like a cow since Zim replaced something in my throat with one of those moo toys. He obviously fixed things back to normal but it's so weird no one seems to like ever talk about it or even wonder what happened."
Dib sighed as he headed back to the stairs to go back down. "Well, just in case, I'd rather stay here until the suit comes then we can all go out hunting for the bastard to put a stop to his killing spree." He went back to the kitchen to get to frosting Zim's chocolate cake with chocolate frosting now that it was cooled off to. "In the meantime, you can make yourself at home. I just have to finish this real quick and I'll join you."
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He nodded his head "Yeah it is a shame" Torque smiled back "Good i'm glad your willing to be friends...I do not remember that though it sounds disgusting and right out of a horror movie. There are some days that are just completely missing from my memory i'm going to guess Zim had something to do with that" He snorted as he imagined Dib making mooing toy noises "Cute...Though i'm sure that was scary too" Torque said this as he followed him back down and into the kitchen "A suit?...So like armor then? It's not just him we have to worry about i'm sure if it is just him we can handle it but the vampires are the ones I worry about there the real issue. Vampires feel that they are above everyone else and top of the food chain with humans being worthless food. They have thought like this for a long time so it was a matter of time till it happened". He watched Dib frost the cake "I'm fine right here though. What's the cake for?"
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"It was surprising to me when you were willing to follow me so I could keep an eye on you. He still got you though because he was uh... traversing the ventilation system of the school. It was terrifying and I felt really bad I couldn't protect you. I have no idea what he's taken from you." He shook his head and rubbed his throat. "Scary, I suppose but it was more painful than anything. It was around this area. Yeah, or maybe the event was too traumatic for everyone that they pushed it so far down in their memory that they just don't remember it at all."
He nodded to Torque's question about the suit armor. "Both. It's going to be made from alien technology. I trust Zim knows best when it comes to that because I don't think there's much here on Earth compared to more advanced races out there. Vampires... I mean, have we gotten any attacks from them too in the mix of all this? Vampires probably shouldn't see humans as just 'worthless' food. Do they suck all the blood out for humans to die fully or are some turned? They can't drink from anything else like animals? There's no way human blood would taste as good as an animal's that has more of a proper diet and health. Humans eat junk all the time, has to affect the blood in some way..."
Dib continued frosting the cake. "It's for Zim kind of like a thanks for having to deal with my dad and coming with me on these adventures. Sometimes I find myself wondering if he really enjoys this or not, like if he'd have his own hobbies he'd be interested in doing... he follows me usually just to keep from not dying. Hm... I should ask him and maybe we can have days where we can do what he wants to. I feel kinda selfish."
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"Well if it was a skool wide attack by Zim and back then I might of been strong but still might of been able hold my own against Zim then I most likely followed you so because of my pack mentality when there is danger its better to stay in a group then being by yourself." He made a face and shook his head as Dib brought up more of what happened back then "Well if it is buried in my mind I think I rather it stay that way...But i'm glad everyone became back to normal some how" He gave a nod "Yeah not much around here that could be used as armor against these enemies...It's hard telling if we have had attacks from the vampires as for the most part they have been going after the homeless or people that no one would really notice just disappear. It's rare that they turn a human but it has happened before. Yes vampires could drink from animals but I guess there is something about human blood they prefer." He gave a small smile "Zim seems like the type to voice if he doesn't like something. After all of this is over and things settle down I would like to give you a real view of my...paranormal world there is so much I could show you"
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"You didn't seem very alert when I think about it. You were just following, listening to me ramble while you were uh, working out with a weight and eating something. I would have thought you would have heard him coming especially now that I know you're a Lycan or does all the really good senses like hearing and smelling come with the transformation at the age you can turn into a giant wolf?" He nodded. "Lucky you and everyone else forgetting about that whole ordeal. I couldn't likely not even if I tried."
Dib finished frosting the cake and picked up the sprinkles to douse it on. He frowned as Torque told him vampires mostly targeted the homeless or people that no one would notice gone. "That's awful. I understand why but it's still so awful. They don't deserve to be eaten by vampires." He stuck his tongue out, not knowing what vampires would prefer human blood over animal blood for. "Yeah. Zim is vocal about stuff. I mean he does sometimes complain during our missions if it's too noisy or stinky usually."
He looked up at Torque when he mentioned the paranormal world, his eyes sparkling in interest. "Yes! I'd like that!"
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"The sense of smell is a little bit stronger then a humans but other then that there are no other perks till turning age. Now I have extreme hearing, sense of smell, more defined eye sight as well. Well without me remembering it then I can't tell you anything that was going through my mind at that time. Yes it is terrible I think that last time I questioned and vampire on why they drink human blood they said animal blood is like vegetarian and humans are like meat and the human blood sustains them longer" He thought about that meeting a moment as he watched Dib douse sprinkles on the cake "That looks like a food coma waiting to happen Zim really loves his sweets doesn't he...He's also vocal when he's nervous about things thats another reason I knew he was not normal at beginning when you first accused him of being an alien I think if the whole class had not went against you on that it would of been over right there as he had a self destruct button on him." He gave a small chuckle and nodded his head "Good but that'll wait till after this"
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Dib nodded. He understood Torque wouldn't remember what was going on back then. It was a really horrible event. People could have died if Zim didn't return everyone's important organs back to their bodies. If there had been a death, Dib was sure that would have been covered very thoroughly... or the blame would be placed on him in some way or another. It was like life had been out to get him just because he was trying to out Zim.
"You talked with a vampire? When? Who is it? Do I know them? Are they from around here?" He looked down at the cake and added more sprinkles so it would equally cover all of it. "Irkens have a lot of sugars and carbs in their diet so this wouldn't hurt him at all. I wouldn't recommend any of us eating it." He laughed. "Yeah. I mean he wasn't being vocal when I was on top of him and accusing him of being an alien until everyone got on my case about bullying him. He's told me about the self-destruct. He still has it but I've told him he should probably try and disconnect that."
He finished with the cake and put a cover over it so it didn't go stale or any stray house flies could come in and eat it. "I know but I am looking forward to it. What other paranormal species have you met and talked with if they talk?"
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"Theres a uhh night club of sorts that some paranormal beings go to. Younger vampires will use night clubs as a safe area and also a place to rest during the day. At night clubs you'll see lycans, werewolves, vampires, goblins, witches, wizards, half breeds, I think thats all i've seen in clubs...I don't know if I could take you to one without having the place freak out...but the interesting thing about clubs with vampires is there are humans there that let vampires drink from them. These are the only humans i've seen at these type of night clubs. He nodded his head "I hope he does remove it at some point. Other then at the club i've met a couple sirens they are dangerous as they try to coax you into the water. I've chased a Chupacabra for the fun of it I wanted a closer look but its very fast and escaped me. I've seen a big feet scared the crap out of me and in returned I scared it....uhh I think that's it."
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Dib's eyes sparkled with even more interest when Torque explained a nightclub and all the sorts of paranormal beings that attended. And all peacefully too? Even if Lycans and vampires had beef with each other? "Goblins too? Where do they live? There's no way they'd be hiding among the humans unless they have some sort of goblin magic to disguise themselves as humans. What are they like? Do you need a special password to get into the nightclub? Where is it? If there's humans that go with vampires to the nightclub, why wouldn't you be allowed to take me as a plus one or something-?" He paused as that sounded almost like it was them going on a date. He blushed a bit. "Maybe if we bring Zim along too as his normal self- or I'd have to ask him if he'd be interested..."
He listened to Torque talk about sirens and he stared. "Are they all like that? I would figure they'd have their own society too. A chupacabra? Where? I would have thought those would be more in the southern states or even South America since that's where the origin of the stories come from. Bigfeets- wait you call them it? I figure since they're linked to humans, the lost connection, they'd go by similar genders, right? I've had one that looked like a man in my garage before. I caught him using the belt sander but before I could get a picture, he ran away and Gaz is friends with one."
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"In areas like here goblins live underground in deep caverns. No they do not hide among humans if they are spotted by someone they didn't want to spot them they would simply erase their memory though sometimes not of just the seeing the goblin as they are trouble makers that do not care for humans some choose to erase the entire memory. Rude obnoxious little creatures...kind of like Zim use to be but worse and love to pull pranks even harmful ones. Normally the night clubs are created by witches or wizards there is a spell set in to where a paranormal being can't use any of their special abilities to harm another within the building and if a fight breaks out you get teleported far from the club and away from wondering eyes where you can either finish your fight outside or choose to leave peacefully. The humans there with the vampires have some strange blood kink where they enjoy seeing a vampire drink from them. I don't know if it would be safe for you to go as someone might mistake you for one of those types of humans" His eyes went wide and he blushed lightly "Are you asking me to take you on a date?" He shook his head at the mention of Zim going "The goblins will rattle him up and he'll get tossed out i'm sure of it. The ones I have met are like that. Was they have their own society. Lycans in human form suck at swimming and for the most part we sink like a rock. So I don't get very close to deep water. The Chupacabra was not around here I saw it while on vacation a year ago. I did not get close enough to fully see its gender we both spooked each other and ran in opposite directions this was before I could turn into a wolf"
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"Caverns? In the city? I don't know how many caverns are around. I've been to at least two or three. Those were dangerous for me to go looking for even when I was younger so I didn't go very far especially after I tripped and skinned myself pretty badly. They erase memories and even entire ones? Jeez." He sat down in a chair at the kitchen table. "So witches and wizards... are they just humans with magical abilities? Can any human learn and use magic or are they just lucky to be born with it? I've actually raised the dead once while using a book I found. Maybe I have some magic in me or was it the book doing that but relying on my voice for the spell?"
He shook his head, making a face. "I don't like getting hurt so I don't have a blood kink but I understand there are people that do. I wouldn't shame them for it, but it isn't my thing. I would think that if I'm with someone else and not a vampire, they wouldn't mistake me for that? Especially if I'm with you." He looked off before looking back to Torque with a raised eyebrow. "Were you? When you asked me to come with you to dinner? You didn't mention to bring Zim along there either."
Dib blinked, startled to learn Lycans aren't good at swimming. Wolves would swim though maybe not as well as other animals that relied on the water. "That's strange. I would think in your huge form, you'd be better at swimming than humans. More power." He smiled. "You went on vacation? Where? You can talk about it if you want. I've only been to Mexico to visit my grandparents once." He laughed a bit that they spooked each other and ran off. "Oh. I don't think most sasquatch species mean any harm. A few would but only if you enter their territory like yetis but those are in a different country and much more high up on the mountainous regions."
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”Caverns are dangerous with or without goblins in them that’s not a wise place to go alone as many things could happen your life my all you did was trip and skin yourself. Yes in all truths they are humans who have magic powers they pass it down generation to generation. Some are super old but still look very young because of the magic they hold…yes you could learn but it would take forever to learn and someone willing to teach you…raise the dead? What type of book did that? I would think you might be safe going to one with me but I don’t know if it would be a good time or a night full of stress..” Torques eyes met Dib’s before they flicked down at the question like some how the answer was on the floor mentally scolding himself for his nervous reaction and getting his nerves back together before his eyes flicked back up to meet Dib’s ”…Yes I guess I was…and still am” He said pausing on answering anything else as this seemed more important right now and the other paranormal talk could wait.
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"Yeah, I know. This was during a time before I had Zim with me and I was young, stupid and a lot more reckless with my life. I can't say I much cared for my own life more than I did others. If I happened to die, that was just shit luck for me but not much for anyone else. That's how I thought back then but as Zim was still a threat in my mind, I would give up from just getting skinned enough. I was the only person who knew he was an alien other than Gaz. No one would have stopped Zim if I wasn't around so the only thing really keeping me alive at that point was me defending Earth since no one else would or because no one else believed me to help."
He listened to Torque explain witches and wizards and he nodded, thinking about it. The magic he has used was the one he mentioned to Torque and spelldrives but spelldrives were the objects that used the magic instead of him. "That's really interesting. I'd like to look into learning... all I need to do is find someone willing to teach me? Would that be hard to do?" He nodded. "It was an ancient-looking tome. It was kind of hard to read but I still have it. It's at my apartment on the highest shelf of my bookshelf. I kind of keep it just for show more than trying to use it again. It might be dark magic like necromancy given how it had a spell in it to raise the dead... like zombies. Not bringing someone back to life and them being how they were in life."
Dib shrugged when Torque wasn't sure if it would be a good time or a stressful night. "Whether it's one or the other, I'm still interested in going. I know you'll have my back if things turn south. You would have to let me know what to bring to have your back in return." He fell quiet as Torque answered his other question then blushed even more when Torque admitted his asking him out was for a date. He hadn't expected that at all. Someone being into him... especially his crush of all people. He nodded and covered his face, feeling slightly embarrassed how hot he felt and he was sure it was super noticeable on his somewhat pale features. "Okay, yeah. Um... I didn't think you would...but yes. I'd like to. Yeah," he sputtered out. "Dating. I mean."
Gaz glanced to the kitchen, having been half-listening to the conversation before she rolled her eyes. She saved her game and turned it off then went upstairs to go to her room to give Torque and Dib their own room and saving herself as well from anything else that could come out of this. She stopped at the top of the stairs. "You guys can use the TV if you want!" Before she headed into her bedroom to play games there.
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Torque made a face at hearing how Dib felt back then and shook his head "Well i'm glad nothing terrible happened that would of taken your life...I guess thats one good thing about Zim coming here and causing trouble you might of died from something else or simply by not caring about yourself...Though I know your fights with him were nothing considered a simple spat the wounds i've seen on you back then were horrific. I went off on him one time you were in the hospital i knew he was at fault and I lost my cool he did not take being cornered by me very good and ended up ditching skool for a few days." He gave a slight shrug "Not sure if it would be hard or not you would just have to ask a person who uses magic if they are willing to teach you its up to them on if they agree to it or not." He listened to Dib explain the tome "That sounds interesting but yeah most likely dark magic best to keep that out of sight of anyone with ill will. Ancient magic is some of the most powerful there is...Why did you raise the dead?" He chuckled a bit as Dib said he wanted to have Torques back and nodded his head "Of course i'll have your back." He watched his face go bright as his scent changed to one he had slightly picked up a few times at skool. He covered his mouth a bit with a light laugh as Dib stumbled over his words. His attention was drawn towards the living room though as he heard Gaz move about before hearing her at the top of the stairs. "Your sisters not so bad...Want to watch a movie or something"?
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"I am too," Dib said simply when it came to his life and not being taken. He nodded. His fights with Zim ranged from petty to life-threatening, depending on what Zim was planning on doing. His mind went to when Zim traveled through his body in a nano ship to try and destroy him from the inside. "He's told me about a time you went off on him when I was sick from school. Like I caught a fever and dad forced me to stay home."
Dib figured he could ask some witches or wizards he finds at the club when he goes with Torque. He hoped he could get a teacher. Magic was always interesting to him as well. When asked why he raised the dead, he gave a sheepish smile. "To see if it would happen or not. I was testing stuff out to see what was real or not. This was way before Zim came so I wasn't particularly thinking about what I would do if it DID happen. My dad had to help me get rid of them."
Dib uncovered his face when he heard Gaz and looked to the entryway between the kitchen and living room. "I never said she was bad... She cares in her own way about me." He stood up and cleared his throat. "Yeah, we could find something. Let me just check my phone to see if Zim sent anything." He took out his cell phone as he made his way to the living room, checking it for missing calls or text messages.
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"Huh? So he lied then? I asked where you were and he said he succeeded in putting you in the hospital and not to expect you back for a long time...I think I lost my cool because I was so close to him...Oh well that was a long time ago" He said with a sigh then snorted to hear Dib admit he rose the dead just see if he could do it "Wow ok how did the professor get rid of them." He shook his head "No you didn't its just the way I have seen her act around you but its good to know she does care about you." He nodded as he followed him into the living room.
There was only one text from Zim declaring he was bored and the professor was talking to much.
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"Yeah. Zim lied a lot so I wouldn't put it past him to say he was the one who won over me even though I was just sick." He nodded, agreeing that it was a long time ago. "He used something to basically liquify them so they stopped being a threat. Luckily it wasn't widespread in the whole city, more like just this one block and in our house." He sat down on the sofa and picked up the remote to change the input from whatever Gaz had it on to the one that had live television. He looked down at his text and chuckled a bit before sending a text to Zim.
=Torque says the Lycan might not attack him or Gaz here so if you want to come now, you could. The cake is done anyway. Sorry for sending you to him. What's he talking about anyway?=
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"That is very interesting with raising the dead but lets not do it again...Even though i am curious on how that looked" He sat down next to him and watched Dib type of his phone "Your finding something funny i'm guessing Zim is irritated?"
=I did this for no reason then...That cake better be great, Talking about rocket fuel and I'm trying to explain to him why it's not all that great and how to improve it but he's not having it so were just going back and forth on it. Before you ask no I do not know why he's talking about rocket fuel I was only partly listening to him at the beginning. Well sense he's not in danger Zim will be leaving this Hell.=
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"Yeah, I wasn't planning on it. My dad has been holding it against me too. So I suppose he at least believes in the undead happening." He nodded. "Zim said he was bored because my dad talks too much. They're talking about rocket fuel but Zim says he doesn't know why he is since he was only partly listening at the beginning... That is strange. What would dad need with rocket fuel? He doesn't build anything space-related." He hummed and finished reading Zim's message before sending a message back.
=I wanted to make sure the Lycan wouldn't. The cake should be fine. I put a lot of frosting and sprinkles on it. See you later, Zim.=
He put his phone down and held the remote to Torque so he could browse the channels. Guests were the ones who would decide on what to watch, or that's how he understood it.
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"...He believes the undead but not the paranormal...That makes zero sense" He shook his head not really knowing what to think about the professor. "Well he's a famous scientist right so maybe NASA is asking for help with something" He gave a shrug and took the remote to flip through the channels. "I would never do it unless I absolutely had to but what would the professor think if he saw my shift into a huge wolf?"
=Great be there soon=
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"Well, I suppose he'll believe in things he sees. Also he might link it to science as well. You know how there's parasites for ants that kill it but also it kind of becomes a zombie, controlled by the parasite itself? There's also one that does that for animals too. Pretty spooky stuff but something that exists. Maybe he thought there could have been parasites that can do the same to dead human bodies? I don't know. I can't think like him."
He hummed and nodded. "Yeah, maybe. I could always ask him but then he would probably take that as me getting interested in following down his path so I feel like I shouldn't." He watched Torque channel surf then looked to him when he asked what his father would think if he saw him shift. He shook his head. "I don't know. Why would you have to?"
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A shiver ran down Torque's spine "Ugh yeah I know those exist for insects and animals its disgusting and freaky to think about. There is no reason you should think like him you are your own person" He shook his head "No lets not be doing that or he'll be annoying you like he is currently doing to Zim...If the family is in danger with everything thats going to be going on then I might need to shift to protect everyone...Were dating now right, that makes you my boyfriend so your family is mine now as well it's only right that I protect all of you if needed" He said with a light blush.
(GTG night)
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Dib nodded. "I would really hope there wouldn't be something like that for humans. That would be really creepy but who knows... there's always new things being discovered. There just might be or if there isn't, I wouldn't doubt there's any alien or even paranormal creatures that can do that. I mean ghost possession and even demon possession does exist like I said. Demons are complicated and need the person to willingly give them their soul to be able to do that."
He figured Torque was right. From their conversation, he supposed Gaz knew now that Torque was not human but she was good at keeping things to herself and not likely to spread that information to anyone else. Dib blushed heavily when Torque mentioned they were dating and so his family was Torque's as well. "Y-yeah, but... well, I'd want you to be safe too. Your identity of being a Lycan... it worries me that I don't know how my dad would react. What if him knowing would put you in danger? I don't want him being a threat to you."
(Goodnight!)
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"Yeah I rather not discover something like that. I've never met a demon or if I have I did not know it was a demon...Sounds like you have met one though?" He asked as his channel surfing landed on a werewolf movie more so just to read the description of the movie "There are not a lot of werewolves and most people who suffer that fate are normally good about containing themselves and staying away from humanity for both their safety and the safety of others. What we as Lycans have is gift while werewolves have a curse." He looked at Dib as he thought about it "Worse come to worse if he reacts badly i'll leave before he can do anything and ask a witch to erase that part of his memory or maybe Zim can do it who knows."
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"We can leave discovering parasites and such to scientists or whoever does that." Dib rolled his eyes and nodded. "When I was younger and Zim was still a threat in my mind. I knew about a demon warlock named Mortos who would be being released from his realm since the planets Taoola and Charcunga were going to be aligned that night. This happens every one thousand years and I knew this particular demon was obligated to grant one wish to a human each time he's released on Earth. My plan was to wish for him to steal Zim's soul to put an end to Zim's invasion. But this guy, this absolute mooch of a demon... he tells me in order for him to use his powers, he needs to charge it. So I take this idiot around town, helping him to charge his powers because I was a desperate moron. I used so much money that night on him and by the end of it, I got into a fight with Zim who I came across during and some OTHER person wasted the wish on getting ice cream." He groaned. "And after the wish was granted, Mortos went back to his realm."
He tapped his finger against his arm. "I've also met the Shadowhog after... I stupidly decided to test a spell from the spelldrive on Gaz. It made everything taste like pork to her because that's what the Shadowhog's powers were. I was an asshole basically so I deserved the punishment the Shadowhog gave me and he did return Gaz's taste back to normal. They're friends actually and I think Gaz does keep in contact with him. As for demon inhabiting a human body, mmm. Once and it was when I was in Mexico. My second cousin actually. He found it interesting that I was so into learning about the supernatural, so opposite of my father so the demon sharing his body was open to teaching me what was true and what wasn't true about demons. He also showed me some cool demon magic too. I promised I wouldn't out him to the public since that was all he asked for."
Dib paused to allow Torque to talk, listening about werewolves. That made sense. Werewolves were made, not born but he was glad to hear they were good about staying away from humanity for the safety of themselves and others. "Is there any way to cure them from being a werewolf or that doesn't exist?" He blinked and shrugged when Torque said he could ask a witch or Zim to erase that part of Membrane's memory. "I don't know if I want Zim doing it given how much he doesn't like my father... A witch should be fine. Do you know any personally?"
(I tried to come up with a way Dib had come in contact with a demon in a human body that isn't canon lol Anyway it's 7Am and I haven't gone to sleep yet so goodnight!)
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"Oh wow he really scammed you. I wonder if he was just prolonging being up here or just didn't want to grant your wish. It sucks that you spent so much money on him and didn't get what you wanted but at least you got to be around a demon and good thing your wish idea didn't work." He raised a brow "Shadow hog?...I feel sorry for Gaz having to go through that I myself don't care much for pork either I like beef and venison best and after that chicken. He lets the demon possess his body why is that? Yeah its good you don't speak about that or they'll try to exorcist him." He shook his head "It doesn't exist. No cure the only one who could of stopped it is the one who started it that was a witch by the name of Blaine she disappeared centuries ago though. As a werewolves comes closeto the age of passing away it'll turn on a random night and attack someone till the curse is spread then the werewolf will pass away. If the werewolf happens to be killed the curse is passed on to the one that killed them that includes another paranormal being...Its a terrible curse" He nodded his head "I know of one that comes to see my mom now and then you might be able to meet her."
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Dib nodded. "Yeah, I'm glad it didn't work now but back then it was just so aggravating considering I wouldn't have had another chance to see Mortos again due to the thousand years thing. I wasn't a good brother when I was younger and I have long since apologized for doing that to her. She likes all kinds of meat but having to taste only pork for everything you eat? Yeah, it sounds tiring. Lorenzo, my second cousin, is a Satanist. Not in the cult-y way though. They're not actually bad people, they're only portrayed that way because of how heavily Christian this world seems to mostly run on." He rolled his eyes. "Demons are not entirely evil unless they choose to be. It's all based on individuality. He summoned and allowed a demon to share his body for several reasons. Those with demons can actually live a little longer due to the demon's life force inside added on to he human's. He also says Murmur isn't that bad of a 'bodymate'. They're like friends who have each other's back." He laughed a bit.
Dib sighed, feeling bad for the werewolves that they couldn't be cured unless the witch who placed it on them is gone. "Why did Blaine do that? Curse someone that it affects so many innocent lives? People turn when they kill the werewolf? That's new." He took out his phone to type it down. He only thought it happened through bite. "That is a terrible curse. Shame no one knows where the witch is." He looked up at Torque. "I'm only okay with that if the witch is okay with it if she's a family friend of yours. You could ask her first if she wouldn't mind having someone else know about her."
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"Yeah I bet that was aggravating. You were young and siblings do terrible things to each other all the time its normal...to a point anyway. A Satanist, thats interesting haven't seen one of them that was not right in the head and out right dangerous. Good to know there are some that aren't bad people. I've never met a demon face to face so I have none of my own experience with one. A bodymate that's kind of a cool play on words." He gave a shrug "It's been so long that no one remembers the real reason for her curse. It started with a family though and from there at the time spread like wild fire. Whatever the reason she must of been beyond angry at something that family did to wrong her" He nodded his head "Yeah she wanted to make sure the curse wouldn't end on it's own. An lycan a very long time ago killed a werewolf because the werewolf had caused trouble for the lycan and put their family in dangers of hunters. The lycan thought it was over after killing the person that was the werewolf but the fullmoon came and the lycan lost all control on their actions and even attacked their own family. Many beings have searched out Blaine for many reasons even beyond the werewolf curse she was or is the most powerful magic user there is" He gave a smile "I'm sure you'll be meeting her eventually when you meet my family"
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"I don't know if my family counts as 'normal' with what terrible things we have done to each other but yeah." Dib grimaced as Torque hasn't met any Satanists that weren't 'right in the head'. It was an iffy subject to him, when people viewed others as insane as he had the full brunt of it growing up. He knew he had his own mental issues he couldn't exactly control so he didn't want to assume the worst of those who followed their own beliefs. Cults took it too far, he could agree to that though. He shifted a bit and decided to listen to Torque talk about Blaine.
"I don't see why the curse had to involve people that weren't part of the family is what I'm saying. Like so ONE family wronged her... so just curse the family and allow it to die with them without pulling in randoms that kill them and I would assume some of the killings could have been done out of self-defense since werewolves can't control themselves when they're in monster form during the full moon?" He sighed. "Where did this take place, country-wise? People search for her other than the werewolf curse? Like what? Is she responsible for more than just that?"
Dib tilted his head when Torque said he'd meet the witch he knew eventually. "Really? Is she related to you or something?"
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He chuckled a bit at that and nodded his head "I guess not" He caught the grimace Dib made and thought over his words a bit "Sorry maybe not the right words I think I more so meant sick in the head as the things they do are often terrible and disgusting to think about" He shook his head "I have no clue why she did it or why she has not stopped it. If I even get the chance to talk to her I think that'll be the first set of questions i'm going to ask. I believe it was London where it started thats where the most werewolves are too. They search for her because of her power they want to learn from the most powerful witch ever to live, No she's not related at least not by blood we do consider her family though she come to see my mother pretty often"
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Dib nodded when Torque said they weren't the right words to say. "It's sort of in a way sounding like demonizing mental issues. Not good to use 'not right in the head'. Sick... yes, I can agree that cults that do sketchy things like sacrifice and whatnot is really disgusting. It gives the people who practice Satanism in a better way a bad name even more than they already get due to how heavily-leaning Catholic and Christian most of the world is and they demonize it enough. I mean, there's horror movies and such based on cults and such after all."
Dib listened to him talk about Blaine and hummed. "England, huh? That makes sense, actually." He laughed a bit. "And if she's hard to find, that just shows how much she doesn't want to be found... I wonder where she lives or if she just moves about... changing her name and appearance. Can they do that?" He blinked. The oldest person alive that he knew was Ms. Bitters. He laughed at the thought. "It'd be funny if she was Ms. Bitters, wouldn't it?" He smiled. "But I do look forward to meeting your family and the witch."
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"I didn't mean to make it sound like that" He shook his head with a sigh as he listened to him. He gave a shrug "I think everything paranormal has at least one horror movie about them" He pointed out as he thought about it "Though I think there are a lot more about werewolves then there are about Lycans" He let out a laugh "Ms. Bitters seriously? I mean I do doubt that she's humane but I do not think she is witch...Not sure what she is though never had even courage to get close enough to her. Her aura was enough to keep me far from her...If I had not seen her in the day often I would of guessed vampire" He said before he raised his head a bit before looking at the door "Zim's here"
Just as he said this the door opened to Zim entering mumbling about an very annoying professor "Next time Dib can smeet sit the parent"
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"I know. It's just hard to word or phrase things when it comes to that. It's a shame." Dib nodded. "Werewolves mostly because they can't control it and actually do become monsters without really wanting to. They could kill their own family and that must be scary. If I were a werewolf, I'd try to seclude myself as far away from humanity as well like a deep forest where I can only kill regular animals when I shift."
On the topic of Ms. Bitters, he used to think she was just a normal old woman if cranky given she had to work with kids. He didn't understand why she chose the job if she hated children so much unless there was motives beneath... There were times where some new kids would replace old ones. Where did the old kids go? They were dumped down a chute under their chairs and were never really seen again. He shuddered. "Maybe she was something that ate kids? Actually the entire school had a really sketchy system, didn't it? Remember that lice conundrum? The lice monsters. Ms. Bitters isn't a lice monster but she's definitely something. She had weird ways of moving around, slithering... hovering. I don't know about a vampire."
He looked to his bedroom door then went to head out, hearing Zim. It was hard not to since the alien had such a rather loud voice. "We're up here. The cake is in the kitchen." He looked to Torque. "We should go downstairs anyway." Dib headed to the steps and made his way down. "At least it wasn't for too long and at least he's safe. Thanks, Zim."
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"Yes it is a shame. Living some where secluded is what most werewolves try to do but sometimes that not possible. When your attacked by a werewolf most think your crazy if you say it and even most people think they just imagined it that it must of been a wild animal so by the time they notice the change its normally to late or i've seen an entire hospital destroyed by a werewolf that had been in a coma it was so strange and scary dad didn't let me help back then but i saw the after math of it and when the sun rose the werewolf turned back to human and fell to the floor back into a coma. We checked for survivors of the hospital and there were none so dad set it on fire after removing the werewolf they didn't even need a machine to keep them alive in the coma as their body refuses to die. The person is locked up now only awakening on the fullmoon still in a coma state at any other time only thing medical we use for them is an iv to keep them fed and hydrated...But yeah it just depends on the timing and situation...The strangest thing with werewolves though are lunar eclipse only then on the rare moon event does an werewolf have control of their forms and normally the person just spends the night freaking out. The effect on us lycans though is complete weakness were stuck as wolves and can barely even move were just that weak." He listened about the old teacher and let out a hum of thought "If kids were dying back then I think I would of smelt it the smell of death, fear and blood are all very strong scents. Though I do agree that place had something strange going on with it...Maybe we can investigate it some time" He said but giving a nod and following him out of the room closing the door as he followed down the steps.
Zim was already cutting into the cake putting a large slice on a plate for him before looking at the two "So is there a plan? Does Dib or Torque know where the other lycan is located?"
"No I tried to track him after you two left but he covered his scent with a powerful herb the rendered my nose useless for a good hour and by then the scent was too faded to follow"
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(Oof this color scheme does not work well with yellow. I wish there was a way we could disable it if we wanted it back to normal. Edited: Nevermind. Found out how I can change it back to normal!)
Dib listened and grimaced at the story Torque told him about the werewolf in a coma or rather the normal human form being in a coma while the werewolf is able to be awake to attack people. "That's awful. I doubt they'd like what they've done if they ever woke from the coma. As brutal and wrong as this may be, but wouldn't it better to let them go while they're in their human form? That injection that kills people wouldn't work on them? And if not, another way. Werewolves can be killed, can't they? It would be safer for themselves and everyone else if they were to pass on."
Dib took out his phone to take notes on the other moon phases affecting Lycans and werewolves as he went down the stairs. The school could wait but he was glad that there wasn't death there. He looked to Zim as he entered the kitchen with Torque then looked to the other man as he answered his question. He frowned. "But you do know the Lycan's name, right? Would his address be found online maybe or in a system that we'd have to hack? Or does he live out there in the wild to avoid being found?"
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(Yeah it was blinding me so I had to figure out how to turn it back to normal)
"If they ever wake up I doubt they'll remember anything and no one is really going to tell them either the person would learn what they are and become a part of the family there is already another werewolf that stays with us it's not dangerous as long as their locked before the fullmoon. But no if we succeed to kill the coma person the curse will attach to the one that caused the death and no lycan is going to take that chance." He nodded his head "Johnson Rimmel you might recognize the name he is a very wealthy person. He lives in the biggest house on the edge of town. We can't go to his home to confront him though as he has human guards who don't even know he's a lycan the cops would be called for trespassing it's best to confront him when he is not at his home"
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(I was sure you gave the Lycan a name earlier in the RP so I looked back and came across Dara but you're changing the name due to having forgotten? I would have forgotten if I didn't look back but it's fine lol)
"Right, the curse." That was a shame but at least it was under control. "Johnson Rimmel?" He sat at the kitchen table, listening to Torque. Dib rarely ever followed along with rich people since he didn't care much for them. "Just the name is familiar. How is he so wealthy? Did he do something important or was he just born into it?" He tapped his fingers against the table, nodding. "Hiding in plain sight. Well, he's been targeting the college where you work or do you think he'll go and attack other places? Where should we stake out to stop and capture him?"
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(yeah i forgot I didn't think i gave him a name but this new one is fine thanks for looking though)
"He's in stocks and after doing that a long time for bought a wealthy company and just kept all the old workers so he sits back and relaxes with the easy money" He nodded his head "If you hide in plain sight there are less people suspicious of you or get curious about you. He's attcked more then just the college but the college might be a good place to stake out but it needs to be windy and we need to be down wind of the college so he's less likely to catch our scents"
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Dib rolled his eyes. Stocks. Such a bore and such a sleazy way of making money but he couldn't really blame people for wanting to make money easier than working too hard. Job culture was pretty awful, pushing humans to be 'useful'. It was almost like Irkens but a lot less extreme. At least people weren't killed off if they started showing less progress. "So why's he famous for? Just for being rich? Usually people have to have done something big for them to be famous. You know, like my dad or other rich people who made advancements."
Dib nodded, agreeing with Torque's idea. "Are there any scents that could throw off of ours just in case?"
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"He's not exactly famous people just know him because of his wealth. Though I guess he does donate money to a few hospitals now and then I think to give him a good guy vibe" He shook his head "The only ones that would work to throw our scent off would effect me as well"
Zim was sitting with his piece of cake at the table it seemed he was to busy to pay them much attention but he started to tap his fork handle against the table like a pencil in class when your thinking. "Why wait for the guy?"
Torque looked over at him in question "What do you mean? We can't go to him to attack him there would be to many witnesses"
"No, no, not go to the ass hole but make the guy come to us instead. Zim could get in unseen and steal something of value. You Lycans have such a good sense of smell couldn't that lycan just follow Zim's scent maybe straight into a trap?"
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Dib scoffed. The guy was donating to hospitals and going around mauling and killing people willingly. He nodded and looked to Zim as he piped up with his own idea. "Well, if you're sure about wanting to be the bait, sure. What kind of trap should we set? It's not like many would hold him properly. We do have weapons, sure but he'll again likely smell and hear us nearby to be wary." He looked to Torque. "The silver powder shouldn't get in you if you're wearing the mask Zim made for you."
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"Zim can handle being bait. He's very fast and even if the asshole caught up to Zim then Zim can show off his dodging skills."
"Your good at fighting to Zim. If he catches up to you it might be best to try and fight him you can only dodge for so long before he learns your moves and stops you that way. Lycans are fantastic fighters both in human and wolf form. We'll have to be down wind from him so its harder to smell us. If we set the trap far enough away even if he smells us and turns to run I can chase him down. Yes the mask should work with the silver when its needed."
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"There is still the matter of what sort of trap should we be setting? Some kind of cage with silver bars? Or they can touch silver without getting hurt as long as it's not in their system? What sort of back up plans should we have besides this trap if it fails? Killing them obviously but we have to take in the possibilities of our plans failing to work. You can chase him down but for how long until he turns to fight you again? He tore a piece off you already earlier... how else could we keep you from being torn apart by him? We didn't get any armor for you. We also know no matter how many times we shoot him up with sleeping darts, it won't work. At least not right away so that's all pointless to bring."
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Torque thought about different type of traps and weighing their options a long with the pros and cons of different traps. "A trap meant to kill might be best a few sneer traps, even a bear trap would stop him it would cause pain and panic make it so he can't think clear enough to turn human to get out of it...or we seal away his wolf if we want to avoid killing him. A special spell circle on a newmoon would work the con to this is a newmoon is a lycans weakest time so I won't be able to fight much but neither will he." He offered a small grin "He got a chunk out of me cause I attacked him without being prepared to fight only thing on my mind at that point was protect you"
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Dib listened to Torque list off kinds of traps that would harm and stop the other Lycan for a time. His eyes lit up at the suggestion of a special spell circle. "Like on the floor? We can totally do that if it's one of the best ways to capture and stop him." He blushed slightly when Torque mentioned he'd been the only one on his mind to protect against Johnson. "I'm still really sorry that you got pulled into this all and got hurt but I'm glad you're here to help and that you were able to heal quickly enough."