multiversallogs | adventures in monsterland

Who: Rex, Shrieky, Ana, Odessa and ~open~
What: Various things. Killing time, doing science, running away from murlocs, etc.
Where: Rex's lab in Brock Marsh, then open to anywhere
When: Various; any time during the plot
Notes: This is just a catch-all for Rex-things! If you want to run into Rex somewher ein the city after he's had to escape his lab, feel free to get in touch with me or toss in a new thread! Ana, Odessa and Shrieky can tag into the super detailed, lengthy threads I've established in the post :V
Warnings: Violence

This city's going to be leveled to the ground. If the monsters don't destroy it, then he certainly will. This is Dr. Rex Lewis's new resolution, after the all-too-familiar numbness of another loss, another case of his lover vanishing into thin air. As if Wichita's constant departures hadn't been bad enough, now Iago had to be taken from him, too?

Rex spent the first day after Iago's disappearance uselessly inert, half-heartedly going over schematics for new projects. More often than not, he would simply stare at one spot of paper and think about nothing.

And then, as usual, the quiet sadness passed, replaced with seething rage. Anger. Hatred. These were far more comfortable feelings for him. He took apart two of his personal projects, gathered what extra scraps he had lying around, and began to work on a new nanomite prototype. Larger, of course, than it should be-- hardly nano-- but right now, size wasn't as important as destructive capability. And this, after all, would be little more than a semi-functional model.

A preview of what he could accomplish if everything else fell into place. If he could ramp his work up to mass production levels. If he got a few like-minded magic users on board to help shrink and replicate his machines into a full-blown army.

Maybe this is just an elaborate revenge fantasy. Maybe it'll never get off the ground. Maybe he'll calm down and realize that attempting to blow up yet another prison will only end badly for him.

For now, though, Rex doesn't think about these things. Instead, he focuses on channeling his rage into his new project. Ana, Shrieky, or any intruders who manage to get in will find Rex in the basement, hunched over one of his work tables, lovingly installing saws onto the pincers of his large-scale "nanomite."

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Rex paused, then set his tools down. "Three if you and the mermaid are staying. Four if you count the cat." No Iago. "That's it."

For a moment Ana just pursed her lips, and then she moved closer to her brother, watching him. In someways, they were alike, and Ana thought that how they reacted to people in their life leaving was one of them.

Making a mental note to find the little Shakespeare villain and drag his ass back here, Ana finally asked the question that had been on her mind. "Iago?"

Rex sucked in a breath, fingers clenching against his palm. "Gone," he said, trying to keep his voice even. "He just... Vanished." He clicked his tongue against his teeth, scowling, and glanced away. "As people do."

Ana didn't know what to say for a moment. She didn't know that the whole vanishing act was something that could be done here. A part of her wanted to find out if he was still here and hiding, and then Ana would personally feed him to one of the monsters who were out and about.

A part of her wanted to believe that Iago wouldn't have done that to Rex. After all, he'd come back to the Barge for him, hadn't he?

And then without even thinking about it, and the distance between when the two of them had been kids, teens against the world and now, Ana Lewis just reached out and hugged her brother tightly.

Rex, for his part, hated himself for saying it. The moment those words left his mouth, everything became more... real. Iago was gone. Truly gone, just like Wichita, Harper, and everybody else he made the mistake of allowing near him. Ana was the only person he could ever count on, just as it had been when they were children. He kept still as his sister reached out to hug him, not protesting or pushing her away. After a moment, he shifted, relaxed, and began to reciprocate the hug.

"This is exhausting," he murmured. "I don't want to deal with... this... again."

No more dating for Rex Lewis. Now he remembered why he'd avoided it for the first 28 years of his life.

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sorry for the short crappy tag. I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING TO ADD FOR SOME REASON

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