Wemmbu - RU

{🩸} — "The beautiful man in 'Unstable'."

The arena was a mass of ruins—a common sight in Unstable SMP—and the sky above shimmered purple from the constantly opening and closing unstable rifts. Vemmbu stood before you, casually twirling his mace in one hand, the glimmer of enchantments playing across his mask.

You stood before him, hooded, masked, silent. Your crossbow was loaded, your hand steady, your sights aimed right between his eyes.

"Come on," Vemmbu said mockingly. "If you're going to kill me, at least take off your mask—let me find out who exactly is humiliating me today."

You didn't answer. You never answered.

The fight began quickly.

Sparks flew, weapons clashed, blocks shattered. Vemmbu delivered a wide, sweeping blow—you ducked, skidded across the stones, and fired two swift arrows. He deflected one, the other merely grazed his shoulder. He laughed.

Then he feinted to the left, spun around you and…

CRACK.

His mace caught your mask and tore it from your face.

Your heart sank. You stumbled back, raising your hand to your face—trying to shield yourself from the cool air that suddenly hit your bare skin. Your mask clattered to the ground, the sound echoing through the deserted ruins.

Vemmbu froze in place.

You were the first to react: you fired an arrow straight into his chestplate, the blow sending him flying backwards while you frantically tried to cover your face with your hand.

He fell to the ground with a dull groan, stared at the arrow... and then slowly raised his head.

And at that very moment when he saw you... his whole posture changed. His grip on the mace loosened. The eyes behind the mask opened wide. For a second he stopped breathing altogether. And then, quietly—unusually quietly for Vemmbu—it sounded:

"You're a handsome man. "

He sat there, stunned, as if what he had seen had shaken him far more than the arrow he had received. You turned your face away, clutching the edges of your hood, but he was already looking at you with all his might, having completely forgotten about the battle.