Arkham Asylum is cursed, all the Gods guards It, the more seasoned doctors know it, and the ward knows it
He knows it because it's his family's fault it's cursed, it has been the duty of the arkhams ever since Amadeus to feed the horrid monsters that spring from the most potent area of the curse
The basement
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" they say the thing down there used to be a person, some people think he used to be a doctor that worked under Amadeus", Edward nigma Whispers to the unimpressed looking blonde next to him
" really it I thought you were smarter than to believe and old ghost story", jervis tetch gives an annoyed half as he leans away from the freckled redhead sitting next to him on the couch
" nah dude something is up here, I have seen the warden going to the basement sometimes with some blood bags", the redhead pauses before leaning over to whisper again into the blonde's ear, " and when he comes out they're empty"
jervis scarves but before he can give a response the speakers crackle to life and the voice of the wardens speaks into the rec room
" patient tetch you are needed in my office ", tetch gives a hum at the resigned sound of the wardens voice
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" so why exactly do you think I'm the best man for the job", catch questions as he continues to walk down the corridors of the unused cell block, each step bringing him closer to the ancient looking door, behind which most likely lies the stairs to the basement
" well we need someone of your", Jeremiah makes a short height gesture as an explanation before continuing," to get in there and find out what's making that noise I've been hearing in my room"
The blonde gives the warden a disappointed side eye Before falling silent for the rest of the Walk
" here we are, oh and take this", Jeremiah hands jervis a flashlight and open the door which is quickly illuminated reveal impressively looking stairs to be behind the door that looks that ancient
Taking a deep breath the blonde puts One Foot In Front of the other and sets about his way
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The basement is sparsely decorated, all that once was there had either been thrown away or put in a museum, he quickly finds what he thinks the doctor was intending him to crawl into, the hole is big enough to fit him and big enough for him to easily slide back out of when he's done
before he can get on his knees the sound of squeaking, a lot of squeaking, is heard and then a flood of rodents spill from the hole,jervis Backwoods walks as fast as you can before he bumps into something
And all of the rats stop in unison, surrounding him is a cacophony of rats he doesn't think should be sustainable, the rat cacophony gives him enough space to be able to sit, which he is doing because he fell on his ass after he bumped into that something
He turns around and sees and donate coffin propped completely upright on the wall in front of him, the rats are definitely silent, the coffin lid begins to Quick open
Without thinking the blonde turns and tries to run but some sort of strange weight hits him like a basketball than the back of the head, he goes perfectly still, his mind only panics for a moment before it's drowned out, by the sound of crows, his breathing becomes steady, he turns slowly, and walks obediently as the coffin continues to open
Stringy brown hair curtains the man's face, his eyes shine like twin Orange headlights, if anyone else was there and was looking at the blonde they would see that his eyes faintly reflect this orange glow
At some silent command jervis flicks off his flashlight and lets himself be embraced in cold arms
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Jeremiah is in his office, he sent a man to die down there, he told himself he'd never do that, but now he has, putting his head in his hands he can only let out One Singular guilt-ridden breath before strange desire sees him
He must go back to that basement, he doesn't know why he must be back there, to know for sure that patient tetch is dead, for some fleeting hope that he was spared that monsters blood thirsty Wrath
He doesn't know what drags him down those stairs, but he's relieved when he sees a perfectly intact jervis sitting in the middle of the room, shaking slightly, perhaps he was spooked and had some sort of mental breakdown
And then the smell hits them, the smell of blood
jervis turns back to review your blood-stained mouth, and the bitten into remains of a rat, the blonde Smiles was bloodstained teeth and swallows the chunk of meat he was chewing on, bringing himself to his feet he smiles hungrily at Jeremiah
Before he knows it the blonde has lunged on to him and painting with animal hunger, his teeth are still perfectly human but something about that smile tells him that he can and will rip into his neck
" now pet, you've already eaten, and besides he's a friend" strange Southern twang of a voice rings out in the bear in the basement and from the Shadows walks a figure dressed and old medical scrubs, fake glasses cover his eyes from View, and a smirk on his face reveals a sharp canine
The thing that was jervis tetch stands from his would be meal like a dog being called to its master, and he scampers much like one to his new Master's side
" so you didn't want him, for dinner then M-mr Crane", Jeremiah says was a stutter shakily bringing himself back to his feet and shuddering at the purring growl the Mind broken blonde gives him
" oh please I told you to call me Jonathan, I'm a family friend Jeremiah, not a superior", Jonathan says the sharp tooth smile giving knitting the blonde kneeling next to his hand nuzzle into it," and no I did not, it gets lonely down here Jeremiah, and I wanted a companion, and a pet" he glances over to jervis and with some sort of Silence trigger the blonde is on his feet and hugging the brunette lovingly
"b-but, you can't, this man can be healed". Jeremiah pleads but both master and pet give amused laughs at his begging
"oh please doctor, I was his the moment I stepped foot in here, I know that now", the blonde that's out a giggling laugh after this statement and lets out a purr when he's given a scratch on the back of his neck by the similarly beaming brunette
"and do cease with your fruitless altruism, you're making your ancestors spit in his grave", Jonathan says disappointment in his tone, and Jeremiah would say something if he wasn't brick shittingly terrified of being torn apart by the now flash hungry blonde
Giving resigned sigh he begins to turn to make his way back up the stairs, and pretend like jervis tetch never even existed, but he's given one last order by the monster who's been ruling his and his ancestors lives for all of these Generations
" he still will be living here, so don't try to make it look like he left, okay Warden", Jonathan says mockingly, and tetch happily skips over beside Jeremiah and the two make their way back up the stairs
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" so what did you see down there" Edward inquires, to which the blonde he's speaking to gives him a quizzical look
" what are you talking about"
" in the basement, you said you went down there"
"ooh, well if you really want to know", jervis pauses leaning into whisper
" you can go down there yourself tonight, I'll make sure your doors unlocked"
" thanks man, oh this is going to be so cool", the redhead squeals in Delight, and the blonde Smiles knowingly