#//ah the early days of the arc when he's hyper-overcorrecting

[reflections-of-mobius]

@emeraldtied asked:

"You're not meant to look like that." // for murk or whomever you'd like~

[Blood, blood, and some more blood! | Accepting!]

"H-huh?" Murk's head slowly turned towards the blue hedgehog- his eyes slowly dilating. He'd been caught in the middle of a mugging- a few mobians trying their luck at taking the rings of 'a weaker mobian'...he'd let them rough up his false body,- a split-second penance that he willingly served out- but now, when he'd thought they were gone...

"---don't come any closer...!" He was still in the shadows of the alleyway. He still had a few seconds- so long as the hero didn't move--- he'd thought it was safe. He'd thought it was safe- his wounds were recovering in the darkness, inky black smoke flowing from each injury- falling like a fog-bank to the ground, where it rolled. "I know I shouldn't look like this, but- I'll be fine."

He'd already learned by now that the hero seemed to have had no encounter with one of Murk's alternates before- but that didn't stop the terror that laced his heart.

Just leave-- that was all he wanted. He moved to pull himself further into the darkness, feeling his disguise falter. Let me deal with this on my own-- go be a hero somewhere else--- words he felt catching in his throat.

"--Leave. Please." His voice had tapered into a nearly broken whisper.

#i’ve got nothing else to prove | asks #emeraldtied #Sticks and stones won’t break my bones/But your name might crack me | Mephiles “Murk” the Dark #tag TBA | Arrow. #blood tw #injury tw #//can you call it 'blood' when it's literally shadows #//anyway #//don't feel obligated to reply but enjoy if you do #//I offer one severely wounded (and terrified) pseudo-hedgie #//I find it funny yet sad that he'll willingly defend/attack animals but you involve sentience into the mix #//and M.rk just goes '....yeah I deserve this' #//ah the early days of the arc when he's hyper-overcorrecting #I can feel my blood it’s rushing | closed starter