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Another boring day goes by. Nothing eventful has happened in Seven's life for awhile. Everyday was starting to feel the same.
Ever since 007n7 got kicked out of college, he's been lying around in his run-down studio apartment that was on its last legs.
He didn't have the funds to get his apartment fixed, and he couldn't steal money with the c00lgui, of course, they would find out in an instant.
The reason Seven got kicked out of his now former college was because the administrators of the school found out about his hacking schemes. They didn't want the notorious exploiter ruining the reputation of the school.
This also led to 007n7 not being able to find a job either; Nobody would hire him! Even so, he just couldn't give up the rebellious hacker life. It was just who he was.
Fuck, things gone to shit.
He decided to hit up Noli to get his mind off of his current predicament. 007n7 excitedly went into his messages and was about to send Noli a text, something along the lines of "Are you down for some 'fun'? I'm booored." But when he tried to send the message, it failed?!
The hell? Noli had blocked him!
Wait.
007n7 then saw the old text banner at the top of the screen reading, "Sev, I'm not planning on destroying stuff with you right now. I know ya' got kicked out of school, and I'm not trying to follow in your steps, dumbo."
Wow, what a grand method of implying that he was a failure in life. Such a "great" partner Noli was.
007n7 was furious! How could Noli say something like that?! The text itself seemed like a joke, but it really hurt his self esteem. He then tossed the c00lgui aside, the device disappearing as it flung.
"I'm not that hopeless, Noli!! I'm just—in a bad spot right now!" Seven protested weakly. "In a.. bad spot.." 007n7 fell down to his knees, almost about to break down into tears.
It was pathetic, really, but Noli was right, unfortunately. The truth was that 007n7 was hopeless right now even if he didn't want to admit it.
It was all too much right now. His heart was heavy with pain, and he didn't want to be reminded of his hopeless situation.
007n7 headed to his kitchen and opened the cabinet, pulling out some left over wine he got as a gift from his old classmates.
He never drank much alcohol since he couldn't take the effects afterwards, but right now he needed something to distract him from the aching pain he was feeling.
007n7 didn't even check if the wine bottles were expired or not, given how long they've been rotting in the cabinets. His mind was much clouded with self doubt to even consider what would happen afterwards.
Not like he could care about such things anyway, right?
007n7 started drinking mindlessly without a doubt, chugging bottle after bottle like it was water. Oh Spawn, he felt like he was inside of a neverending dream.
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Builderman was busy in his work cave. He was working on moderating Roblox reports as per usual until an unusually high amount of reports came flooding in his messages.
"What's goin' on?" Builderman had a confused look on his face. Of course this happens as soon as he's almost done with his shift. "I swear this idiot makes my job so much harder." Builderman's vein on his forehead was very much visible when his brain immediately pinpointed why this many reports were coming in.
The builder already knew who and what was the cause of these mass reports. Builderman glanced over to his avian best friend perched on the sofa behind him.
"Telamon, can you handle this one? It's you-know-who again, and I'm reeaaal busy right now.." Builderman was on his 2nd day without sleep. The old man was constantly working without break. He could not deal with 007n7's crimes at the moment.
"Builder, you know you're the only one that can stop that c00lgui of his, right?" Telamon was right; that device of 007n7's was some advanced technology.
"The great Telamon being stopped by some measly device? How far you've fallen." Builderman joked. He sounded a bit more laidback now. But in all seriousness, they had to apprehend that exploiter before things got out of hand. "Alright.. maybe I can help you out when I'm finished here, birdy."
Builderman watched Telamon fly out the headquarters. After the deity was out of sight, Builderman then packed his precious F3X block and stuffed the thing into his messenger bag he carried around.
"I really can't trust im' on his own.." Builderman let out an exhausted sigh. He knew Telamon could be a little... rough. With a slightly worried pace, the builder casted his work aside and followed Telamon secretly.
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Noli looked outside his window, the full moon shined bright, it was a fine night, indeed. Surely nothing could possibly ruin this moment..
Noli took another glance at the sky. Something in particular had caught his eye yet again.
Was that 007n7 in the sky?!
The hacker made his way to the front of Noli's house, a loud smash could be heard before half of his front wall was up in flames and completely obliterated.
"AGHHHH!!! SEVEN?! What the FUCK are you doing!!?" Noli was pissed. He had just got his house renovated, and now it was up in flames!! Soon later he would come to realize there would be bigger problems than his home.
"Just came to drop a surprise gift.. for youu... my partner." 007n7's voice sounded shaky and unstable. Something was definitely wrong; Noli could immediately notice that. Noli took this as a sign to look at the bigger picture.
"S-sev, are you.. drunk?! Since when did you drink alcohol?!" Now that Noli was ultimately face-to-face with the exploiter, he got a great display of the hacker's flushed face. Noli's mask face formed a frown, he already to the conclusion that this situation would definitely be alarming.
"I feel ecstatic, Noli. I'm gonna show you that I'm not worthless.." Seven looked way out of it. He didn't think that 007n7 would ever be the type of drunk that would ramble on about his self worth.
Noli's thoughts were soon interrupted by scorching hot pieces of what it seemed like to be piece of his roof. "Wait-WAAIT!! How are you proving that you're 'useful' if you're just destroying stuff?! All you're doing is making things worse you dumbass—"
Another chunk of the wall flew right past Noli, he then heard a loud boom as the debris collided with the ground, the smoke that came by with it filled his nostrils instently, causing him to burst into violent coughs. Noli let out a weak groan trying to recover from the blast.
He could almost laugh if it weren't for the dire situation, blackmailing the drunk could wait another time. Right now, Noli had to quickly find a way to snap 007n7 out of his delusions.
"This place is in need for some.. 'fixing up'. Noli, I'm just doing you a favor. Please, Noli, just let me help you!" 007n7 swiped through the c00lgui with a freakish grin on his face, carelessly clicking various buttons on the device that would start up more flames.
"Can't you see..? I'm being useful now. I'm helping you with my exploits. My scripts are amazing, right?!" He summoned the c00lgui again, preparing to mindlessly throw the pieces of Noli's wall across the small neighborhood. "Stupid Noli thought I was hopeless, I'm just proving you wrong."
A doubtful drunk with his c00lgui. The asshole was already destructive enough while sober, Noli knew that from his hacking schemes with him. Who'd ever think that he'd be this type of drunk? The type that had a crazy fragile ego when his flaws were confronted?
Noli's endless pleads then continued on, even though they are pretty much pointless. He'd hoped a lucky chance would come and that maybe 007n7 would reconsider his actions and finally realize the damage he's done through his 'attempt' to show his 'worth'.
Noli shot down the idea of pulling out his void star; Unlike his exploiter friend here, he was actually rational enough to consider what would happen if the admins came out of nowhere—
Suddenly, before 007n7 could further initiate more of his exploits, a hand roughly grabbed the back of his collar, practically yanking him far back from Noli. The last thing Seven saw was the c00lgui dropping from his grasp, he didn't even have time to watch it drop down on the ground.
"Do you ever consider how troublesome your actions are, mortal?" The voice sweetly whispered in his ear.
In an instant, the mysterious admin teleported him into an empty alleyway completely void of people.
007n7 would've fell on his ass if the admin that had pulled him didn't pull him upright on time; the hacker was held tight in the avian's firm grip.
"Insolent hacker, terrorizing the town this late at night? How annoying you are." Even in his drunken state, 007n7 knew exactly who that irritating voice belonged to.
"Lemme go stupid bird man..! I was showing off my scripts.." Seven's speech was slurred; this sparked a tiny bit of concern in Telamon. The deity then proceeded to look down at the exploiter, taking in his pink, flushed face.
Telamon became more aware of the hacker's drunken state, he slowly became more gentle with the man in his grip.
"Are you in the right state of mind, hacker? This'll add to your charges, using filthy exploits while—"
Builderman shortly appeared afterwards; pausing Telamon's boring monologue. "Sorry Tela, I just couldn't leave you alone. I just remembered that you're horrible with 'physically' handling robloxians."
Telamon turned around to face Builderman. "Builder, the exploiter seems to be intoxicated." The deity tilted 007n7's head up to show proof.
"You know, keep jostling 'im around like that, and he's gonna vomit all over ya'." Builderman readjusted 007n7's position, placing the man on Telamon's back. "We're takin' im' with us."
007n7 lifted his head up weakly. "I'm being kidnapped... someone help meee..." The admin duo both rolled their eyes at the same time, the builder tried not to let out a chuckle.
"I was busy getting revenge.. on Noli.. he's such a jerk.." 007n7 smushed his face into the avian's back. "I was showing him my surprise, then you stupid admins ruined it.."
"Your 'revenge' in question almost wiped out the damn neighborhood, ya' drunk idiot." Builderman then pulled out his F3X block, creating a portal to go to an alternative realm.
"I'm not a failure.. I can still keep going if you give me another chance.." Seven's voice sounded shaky and unstable. "I don't- I don't want to get banned.. not yet.." Tears started welling up in his eyes, it was hard to tell if it was the alcohol talking or if it was genuine fear.
Builderman halted from making the portal, his attention now shifted to listening to 007n7's barely audible speech.
"I was willing to change.. but none of you people wanted to see that. I fucking hate all of you!" He started to sob into Telamon's robe, staining it with his tears.
007n7's sobs quickly turned into quiet whimpers as Builderman put a soft hand on his head, slowly smushing 007n7's face further into Telamon's wing."Boy, you're pretty good with those scripts of yours, and hearing you yap about bein' 'useless' is annoying me." It was a calm but blunt statement. Typical old man.
"Your programming knowledge can be handy. If you're up to it, you can help me around with some codin'." Builderman then put more focus on finishing the portal. "For now, get some rest an' we'll decide your 'purpose' for you when you wake up."
Builderman saw no point in talking to the 007n7 any further in his current state, he could barely process what Builderman was even saying. The point was proven when Telamon felt him relax on his back.
The black void opened up, Telamon took one last glimpse at the now asleep exploiter on his back, his wings now serving as a makeshift pillow. "Builder, are you sure about this? You know we still have to punish this boy for his actions."
The god knew that he himself was right; Telamon then started to question what punishment Builderman had in mind for the exploiter.
"Don't worry Tela, you'll find that out soon." Builderman had an oddly confident smirk on his face, that often meant something was not going to be good..
-
007n7 stirred from his slumber and was met with a splitting headache. He felt like he was going to vomit. "W-where am I..?" A cold hand began stroking his hair tenderly, easing his migraine a bit. 007n7 jolted from the sudden touch.
Seven looked around analyzing his surroundings, drool was still running down his cheek forming a tiny puddle on a very 'odd' cushion.
"Finally awake?" Telamon had that stoic looking expression plastered on his face. He glared 007n7 down with his terrifying gaze like some creepy stalker which caused 007n7 to jolt frantically.
"AAHHHHH— where the FUCK am I?! Why did you kidnap me, I didn't even do anything this time—" 007n7 was shortly interrupted by Builderman sitting at his work desk.
"AY, pipe down, ya' dumbass. You don't remember what you did last night? Destroying your friend's house along with almost wreckin' the neighborhood ring a bell ya drunk bastard?"
Yeah, now that really triggered a memory in the exploiter's head. Embarrassment crept up in his face quickly. "Yeah.. I remember now." He was going to have to apologize to Noli, he didn't even know if an apology would even be enough.
All of his memories of last night flooded back quickly, he retraced the ones he could remember clearest: wrecking Noli's house, his speech about being useless, and him revealing a part of himself that he didn't want to tell anyone.
"Ohhh fuck, I- I just realized how much damage I did." He recounted the things he did while drunk. He first destroyed Noli's house, the admins came and apprehended him, and he started venting about his life problems. He's never touching alcohol ever again.
"Okay fine, what's my punishment this time? The banlands again?" It was confusing, why hadn't they banned him yet?
"Actually, we've been considerin' somethin' else you can do to make up for your.. 'actions'." Builderman then pulled out 007n7's c00lgui.
Builderman spun the tiny device around with his finger. "You're a pretty smart guy, so you'll be stayin' here coding with me for the next few weeks. We could put your skills to use."
"I uh, I didn't mean it when I said all that stuff when I was drunk, you know." 007n7 tried to play off the situation. He didn't want some admin's pity and he definitely didn't want to suffer the consequences of his drunk actions right now.
"I ain't askin' for your opinion. It ain't like you got anywhere else to go. You'll be here for now, like it or not." His tone sounded condescending, it made 007n7 feel intimidated.
Before 007n7 could get out another word, Telamon dragged him back down onto the bed. "Hey! Let me go!! Are you planning on tying me up here?!" He was trying to wiggle out of the bird's grip, but the stone hold held firm.
"Is this a part of my punishment too..?" 007n7 quite literally couldn't move. He felt so tiny compared to the stupid admin pinning him down.
This whole situation was so humiliating. The embarrassment made itself known on his face, the pained headache seemed non-existent compared to what he was feeling right now, all Seven wanted to do in that moment was curl up in a ball and forget about all of this.
"Consider this your payment for drooling all over my wings.. Builder, let him stay with me." 007n7 turned his head to face Telamon.
"I didn't mean to do that! You're the ones that brought me here against my will if you've forgotten— gah.. my head fuckin' hurts." 007n7's hangover was taking its toll on him. Telamon used that opportunity to snuggle up against the man.
It's not like Seven had a choice to refuse anyway, the old bird man already dozed off above him. 007n7 could hear his faint breathing above him, considering that Telamon's head was pressed right above his own.
Builderman held back from cackling at 007n7's 'situation'; it's not like he would've disagreed anyways. He didn't want to ruin this adorable atmosphere.
"I guess this isn't a bad method to 'contain' you for now." The admin got up from his chair planning to head back to his own room. "Rest up because we'll be busy later. You'll be workin' with me when you're feeling better."
007n7 watched Builderman leave the room, leaving him alone thinking about his offer, an opportunity to change his life.
It was damn annoying that these stupid admins had interfered with his plans again, but he couldn't help but fall asleep with a smile on his face.
Finally, he was accepted somewhere where he could finally belong.