TW: Violence, blood, non consensual use of drugs, shock collar and a n g s t .
Dream and Nightmare belongs to jokublog, the concept of radiants and corrupts to onebizarrekai, Outer to 2mil27 (I think?), Error by Crayon Queen and Ink by Myebi.
Ink and Outer are just mentioned but hush-
This is very difficult to summarise but basically, Dream and Nightmare are part of an endangered species and are taken in a lab meant to protect them from harm but a lot of things go wrong. Some do go right, especially in the romantic department for Doctor Blue and Doctor Error who are the ones most in charge of the last two.
This post is part of The Elysium’s Dream series.
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Extra 01 — Extra 00
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“Whose turn is it to keep an eye on 01?” A man in a lab coat asked, fluffing up his disheveled blue hair in the process. His eyes were fixated on “01”, the radiant that the Celestial Conservation Department managed to retrieve in the middle of a hunt, who was currently sitting in his room with notebooks scattered around.
His golden circlet stuck to his messy blonde hair as usual and his teal blue blouse moved with its owner everytime the latter would make big gestures while struggling to comprehend the math exercises in front of him. However, it was restrained by his belt, engraved with the acronym “DJ” so there was no way it would expose any skin. His yellow boots squeaked in discomfort every time he would move his legs around, impatient to be up and running around his room again.
He was hovering over the notebook, golden eyes narrowed in concentration. One of his gloved hands held a pen, which had been staying still for the past three minutes, while the other one held a part of his cape, the sun pattern drawn on it slightly deformed by the action.
01 always had trouble with academic related stuff in contrast to his corrupt counterpart, 00. The latter was found with 01 bloodied and injured but still very much ready to take the military on if he had to, at the time, he was found squeezing a barely conscious 01 in his arms as his purple eyes sent a death glare to the newcomers.
00 picked up fast on the human’s academic knowledge, while he was very confused on what was asked of him in the beginning, he was extremely smart and was soon resolving advanced mathematical problems in two minutes.
Moreover, out of the two of them, the corrupt being seemed to be the cockiest. Everytime he would exceed the scientists’ expectations, he would turn his head around to send them a smug look, a grin plastered on his face which was further enhanced by the circlet engraved with a moon stuck to his pitch black hair.
But while he was extremely knowledgeable, he lacked socialization skills. Everytime he would find himself alone without 01, he would act pretty rash and aggressive, making him the least favored of the two.
Plus, it was really hard to dislike 01. He was warm and friendly to everyone, sending them a smile whenever he could. He also asked for a lot of physical contact such as hugs and pats in such a cute way that everyone couldn’t help but coo at him despite him being older by a few centuries at least.
He was so adorable in fact that most of the staff fought tooth and nail just to be the one in charge of him for one day while said boy was cuddling with 00 and seemingly “talking” to him about a subject that kept the other boy interested.
Through the six years they had spent with the staff, the humans soon discovered that the two of them were mute to some extent. Whenever they would open their mouths to say something, only growls or hums were heard. Or it could be that the human mind wasn’t made to understand them, after all, corrupts and radiants were creatures that could be easily mistaken as deities.
Thus why some people began to chase them, selling their organs and stuff on the black market. These species were in extinction, which was exactly why the government was dead set on retrieving these two and transferring them to the lab, where they could be safe and wouldn’t have to worry about hunters.
“Doctor Blue?” A dark skinned man called, snapping his fingers in front of the other’s face to get his attention.
“Oh, Doctor Error.” Blue acknowledged, recognising the iconic tear streaks of the Doctor with his mismatched eyes and pristine white hair. “Is something the matter?”
“Doctor Hate went ahead and entered 01’s room.” Blue glanced at the window and sure enough, he saw the red haired man trying to communicate with the radiant. “As for me, I’m off to go see how 00 is doing. I would suggest keeping an eye on him.” He whispered the last part, looking away from his fellow coworker.
At that, the other scientist raised a questioning eyebrow. “Keeping an eye on who? 01? He wouldn’t hurt anyone if that’s what you’re worried about.” Error sighed, taking his glasses off and wiping them with a tissue.
“No, I’m talking about Doctor Hate. I have a bad feeling about him.” Blue looked back at the latter through the window, and noticed he was sitting next to 01 and was seemingly in the middle of helping the radiant with his exercises.
“I don’t think there’s any need for that, thank you for looking out for 01 though.”
Error stared at him through his glasses for a second before shrugging and walking away. “Do as you please Doctor Blue, you’re the one in charge of 01 anyway.”
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The blue haired scientist was in the cafeteria sipping on a cup of coffee, the latest newspaper in hand, when the alarm roared in the hallways. The whole building glowed red because of the lights changing hue to enhance the sense of danger.
“What in the world is going on?” He exclaimed in the cloud of panic from the others in the cafeteria with him before his phone rang loudly like a Church’s bell. The name “Error” appeared on the lit up screen.
Obviously, he answered the call as he exited the room in a sprint. “Doctor Error? What the hell is going on?”
Rag breaths were heard from the other side of the line. “What’s going on? I’ll tell you what’s going on!” Gunshots and screams rang out in the distance. “00 is going berserk and using his fucking tentacles to throw guards out of the way! We need 01 to calm him down and now.”
“Why didn’t you call Doctor Hate?” Blue took a sharp turn in the hallways, running for dear life toward 01’s room.
“You think I didn’t try?! Motherfucker refused to pick up!” The sounds of hurried footsteps arrived from the other side as more gunshots were heard. “GOD DAMN IT 00, CALM DOWN!”
“I’m in front of his room, you try not to die!” Before he hung up, the doctor swore he heard Error yell out something along the lines of: ‘IF YOU THINK I’LL LET AN OCTOPUS KILL ME THEN YOU’RE EVEN MORE IDIOTIC THAN INK!’.
Deciding there was no time for politeness, Blue kicked the door open which crashed into the wall and startled the man inside of the room, who jumped and turned on his heels to the speed of light.
“What was that for?” Hate asked, a device in hand, Blue didn’t pay much attention to it though and stepped into the room in a hurry. The doctor just now heard the blazing alarm and raised a brow at that, it wasn’t much of a surprise though since 01’s room was soundproofed. “Why is the alarm going off?”
The average sized man huffed in some air before speaking. “00 is going berserk, I don’t know the details but we have to get 01 with him before—“ He stopped himself mid sentence with widened eyes when he noticed the radiant boy behind the doctor.
For starters, he was laying down on the ground and shaking violently, not quite convulsing but close. His eyes were squeezed out shut as tears streamed down on his face steadily, lips slightly parted to let out the most quiet sniffles and distressed whimpers Blue had ever heard in his life.
Several empty syringes were carelessly left around his body, one of his gloves resting with them. The now naked hand had little holes visible in them and a metallic collar with a red lamp in the center had been wrapped around his throat, a collar that was very obviously hurting him.
“YOU EXPERIMENTED ON 01?!” Blue yelled, completely forgetting what he came here for as he shoved Hate out of the way and rushed towards the trembling boy. “WHAT THE FUCK HATE? THEY AREN’T TEST SUBJECTS, THEY HAVE FEELINGS! WE’RE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!” He crouched next to him before supporting him so he could sit up. 01’s eyes were half lidded and he was obviously barely conscious, a breathy sigh escaped him as he leaned his head on Blue’s shoulder.
He fiddled with the collar, scraping at it to get it off. He was trying so hard that at one point, his nail even broke. “TAKE IT OFF, NOW!” Before Hate could answer, a deep roar rang in the hallways, so loudly that everyone in the building heard it. While it was slightly deformed compared to his usual tone, there was no denying it, that was 00’s voice.
“Ugh, just shut up!” Hate groaned, pressing the button on the device in his hand. The order was given. The lamp on 01’s collar lit up green and shocking waves of electricity ran through him, making the latter gasp and cry out in pain. The man almost rolled down on the floor again if it wasn’t for Blue holding him for dear life.
“STOP IT YOU DEGENERATE, YOU’VE ALREADY TAKEN IT TOO FAR!” The doctor was about to continue his scolding and maybe swing his fist at the other when 01 pulled him down by his neck so his face was pressed against his chest.
“01? What are you—“ Without giving him the time to finish his sentence, 01 screamed loudly in a strident voice, body glowing yellow as glass-like wings briefly materialized on his back before they abruptly faded away as fast as they came to be. He hugged the doctor tighter after that, breathing heavily.
As if replying to his call, 00 appeared right in front of the door, covered in a tar black goop that seemed to endlessly melt on his body and clothes. His left eye was covered by the goop and the right one, instead of glowing a purple hue, was lit up with a cold turquoise color.
This eye, as freezing as ice, locked itself on the doctor Hate. For a second, nothing happened. But it soon changed when 00 launched himself at the doctor with a war cry and started to repeatedly stab him with his tentacles as his fists collided with his face, blood soon covering the ground.
Blue watched the scene unfold in front of him with terror, already imagining 00 beating him up the same way he was currently destroying Hate. 01 seemed to notice and hugged him even tighter, turning his face toward his chest so he wouldn’t have to look at the bloodbath a few feet away from him.
But it didn’t quite matter whether he looked or not, he could still hear pained screams until at one moment, it stopped. 01 lost his grip on him and released him, much to Blue’s dismay. He was pretty certain that the second 01 would let him go, 00 would have his head.
However, it didn’t go quite like he had imagined. When 00 stepped closer, he was expecting to get completely obliterated but instead, the man completely ignored him to take 01 in his arms, tendrils and goopy cover fading away.
His eyes reverted back to an orchid diamond color that laid on his radiant counterpart with a comforting and protective glow to them, clearly different from the murder intent his turquoise eye was radiating ten seconds ago.
In his arms, 01 cried softly against his shoulder as 00 rubbed little circles on his back.
“Shh… It’s okay I’m here now.” Blue’s jaw dropped at hearing a coherent sentence from the man in a purple blouse, weren’t they supposed to be mute? “Big brother is here, I won’t let anyone hurt you anymore.”
“You… can talk?” A surprised expression welcomed his sentence before it reverted to a hard as a rock one in a matter of seconds.
“You. Who are you?”
“Me? Uh-“ Blue stammered, pearls of sweat gathering on his forehead. “Blue. My name is Blue.”
“Alright, listen here Blue.” 00 started, hugging his brother even tighter. “It seems like Dream trusts you enough to let you understand us.” He continued, briefly glancing at the sobbing boy before returning his attention to the doctor. “So I’ll leave you a chance to prove your worth but if I find out you’re no better than that bastard I just killed…”
His left eye was once again covered in goop, a tentacle spreading out from his back. “I’ll make you wish you were never born.”
A weak tug to his sleeve made 00 stop from thinking of continuing to threaten the man in white. 01, apparently called ‘Dream’ looked up at his brother and pointed at Blue with a trembling arm. “Night no… Blue… good…” He whispered with a hiccup, letting his hand fall on his stomach again.
‘Night’ growled but listened nonetheless, tentacle retreating back into his body. “Fine.”
Blue coughed awkwardly, making a mental note in his head to give 01 extra sweets next time for quite literally saving his life. “So his name is Dream and you’re Night?”
00 sent him a dirty look. “My name is Nightmare, only Dream can call me Night.”
Blue raised his hands in defense. “My apologies. So… Nightmare, we should get out of here and look for Outer, he could help Drea—“
Nightmare hissed, glaring daggers into Blue’s eyes. “Fuck no, I’m not letting any of these assholes lay a hand on my brother again.”
That… never happened before. Even if 00- No, Nightmare, never liked the organization, he never doubted the medical focused team. For him to react in such a way at the suggestion only meant one thing, Hate had done more than just hurt Dream on a physical level.
He broke the trust the brothers placed in the laboratory and its staff.
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✨First part done✨
I sacrificed my Genshin time to write this, please send F for Nilou who’s been waiting for me for ages now-
This mini series will contain Dreamberry and Errormare so if you don’t like these ships, please don’t start hating me thank you-
If you saw any grammar mistakes then no you didn’t. This is a collective hallucination.
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Don’t Look Them in the Eyes Prompt
A Continuation idea for the comic, Empty Eyes by Diego Agrimbau
This is a sequel prompt
Do not own Empty Eyes
Otto soon grows up to be Otto Zabawka, The Toymaker of the Toy industry after leaving for America
He became the greatest toymaker in the world and started the Joy Toy Factory
With his sisters and the others by his side (Maurice punished in a special cabinmate) he became a genius in toymaking and soon was recruited by the government for his own discoveries
A government experiment with eyes, a gel made of tulips, Aloe, lizard blood, spider venom, and other ingredients to create synthetic/organic life
In exchange for his inventions and experiments, his work was not interrupted, and he was giving a steady supply of test subjects who are on death row, or life sentenced
He starts an orphanage next to the factory where the kids could have happy memories and a good home, unaware of the side business, even when they leave for their new families or their own adult lives
When he died of old age, he asked for his son to cut out his eyes, inject the doll he made of himself when he was child with the gel and placed the eyes inside to be given a body
This tradition and businesses go on for five generations as Odette the twelfth (fifteen children) Great-great-great Granddaughter of Otto
Her arm is a prosthetic toy arm with interchangeable parts due to an accident with one of the machines
The orphans test the toys and play in the games rooms as the public is unaware with the second business, using toys and criminals to create life, turning them into mascots and living toys
Odette often consults with her living family and doll family on the business as more and more countries wished for her toy company to supply them toys, and in alliance trading with the US ‘special gifts’
The orphans see Odette as their mother as the game’s room became a springboard for the test room for the prisoners that signed up for the ‘second life’ contract
Reject experiments become monster guards for the secluded area underground
One of the prisoners being transferred to her factory manages to escape his room before they started testing
He soon discovers the experiments, finds Maurice as he learns the dark history of the factory
The other prisoners were either killed by treatments, turned into living toys, killed by failed experiments, failed the tests, and were killed for parts for became failed experiments
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