Don't Scare Me Like That!
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Fandom: Doodle World (Roblox)
Words: 750
Quincy panted, scanning his line of sight for any more Shadow Clan warriors. Every time he thought he was safe, another one leapt from the darkness, daggers swinging wildly. His clothes were starting to bear tears and cuts from when one of those daggers had gotten a bit too close and actually connected.
He was clutching a Doodle Capsule close to his chest, ready to hurl it at whatever he saw moving. He wasn't sure which Doodle of his the Capsule actually had inside, but he was in too much danger to give a damn.
"Horbeast, do you see any more of those guys?" he asked his loyal Doodle, standing faithfully at his back.
Horbeast responded with a growl in the negative, though the brilliant flash of magenta light from a few blocks away let Quincy know that the battle wasn't quite over yet.
Quincy ran towards the source of the Awakening, ducking through alleyways and jumping over fallen debris, Horbeast dropping onto all fours to give chase.
Rounding a corner, pink glittering smoke was tossed into his eyes with a gust of a Doodle's artificial wind. Quincy coughed uncontrollably, trying to squint past the smoke to analyze the situation. He was just barely able to make out the silhouette of an Awakened Partybug and that of its Tamer, a tall man with a long jacket to protect him from the cold.
Quincy tossed a cautionary glance behind him, but saw that the pink smoke had surrounded him, pressing in on all sides to disorient him. Every time he breathed in the slightest bit of the gas, it attacked his lungs and made him cough until he needed to gasp for air, which only made him cough again, trapping him in a vicious cycle.
He couldn't see a thing no matter where he looked. A Shadow Clan warrior could easily sneak up behind him and--
A firm immobilizing grab at Quincy's wrist. Adrenaline surged through his veins, spreading through his body in than a second, his pulse quickening and his lungs working harder to draw in air. He spun on his heel, turning around to throw a punch at his assailant and at least give himself a fighting chance.
His fist made contact with the crunch of breaking cartilage.
The voice that squeaked out in pain was familiar, feminine. They let go of his wrist and fell back onto the ground, and although Quincy couldn't see their face, regret quickly set in when he realized who he had just attacked.
"Suzie?"
"Ow ow ow ow OW OW OW--!" Suzie quietly yelped in pain to avoid drawing more attention to the two than had already been drawn.
"Holy Louis-- Suzie, I'm so sorry. I-I didn't realize you were there, and I--"
Quincy was interrupted by Horbeast dropping onto all fours and tossing him onto its back. It scooped up Suzie in one of its strong arms and ran forward out of the smoke, not stopping until it was absolutely sure its two humans were in a safe spot.
Horbeast carefully sat Suzie down, then allowed Quincy to slide off its back."Suzie! Suzie, are you okay?" Quincy said, rushing over to her side.
"I'm fine!" Suzie said, chipper as ever, "It's just a broken nose!"
Blood was leaking from one of her nostrils, flowing down her face. She wiped her mouth on her dirty jacket sleeve, staining it even more than it already was and making the blood smear across her upper lip.
There was a cut just barely underneath one of her eyes from the knife of a rogue assassin. Quincy got chills as he imagined what would've happened if that knife had struck just a few inches upward, though he hopes the shivering was just because of the cold.
"We need to get you to a doctor," Quincy said, partially to himself, "But Icyridge--"
"Lemme guess. Icyridge doesn't have doctors."
"I don't think so, no."
"It's fine. We can take care of it when this is all over."
Suzie pushed herself onto her feet, doing a 360-degree check for Shadow Clan members. After confirming they were alone, she leaned closer to Quincy.
"When this all over, okay?"
Suzie was holding out a closed hand for a fist bump. After a brief moment of hesitation, Quincy closed his own hand and met Suzie's, tapping his knuckles against hers.
Suzie smiled, opening her hand and poorly mimicking the sound of an explosion.
"Alright! Now let's go kick some Shadow Clan butt!"
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What if Quincy and Zavier are the same person? Somebody on the Doodle World wiki pointed out how similar him and Zavier look and it’s got me thinking.
Like seriously.
Think about it. Zavier is trying to stop Doodle Co. from obtaining all the keys.
Quincy doesn’t like his dad very much so the motive is there for him. He seems to partly dislike his dad due to his fathers actions regarding Doodle Co. He seems to have his heart in the right place. So does Zavier.
Also I’d like to add both Quincy and Zavier have a Horbeast on their doodle teams (technically). Quincy’s Shelldo is a Shadark in the last battle the player has with him. Zavier has a Horbeast, which if Zavier is Quincy from the future, that would make sense.Just another little detail.
Could just be a bunch of baloney but still I thought it was interesting.
Pls if anybody has any other thoughts on this lmk I’d love to ramble about it (I got random doodleworld brain rot)
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