#dispatch elliot

So after the game, the Z-Team expects Robert to be happy. He finally stopped the man who killed his father and got his revenge, but Robert just shuts down after having the time to process. Doubly so if he kills Shroud.

The team comes to his apartment to celebrate but they find him in a worse state than after he woke up from his coma. He hadn't been eating, and hasn't been taking care of himself in general. And he's just drunk. And of course Z-Team starts to freak out. Trying to figure what's wrong.

After some pushing, Robert just sort of rambles on and on. On just how much Elliot had meant to him growing up. On how much it hurt to find out about Elliot betrayal, to find out Elliot only goal was to steal the Astral pulse, how he set up a trap that left him in a coma, him being tortured by the Red Ring at Elliot's order, and of course the attack on LA (Plus the final decision). And he's calling him Elliott the whole time.

like yeah, Elliot Connors might be a total asshole, but he’s a total asshole who is HOT AS HELL 🔥

So, it’s somewhat based on the movie Bones And All, though it’s more so the lore of the movie rather than the exact plot. To preface (warning for mild to medium spoilers) in the movie, there’s a subsection of the human population that not only is capable of eating other people, but has uncontrollable hunger for it, which gets worse the longer they go without eating it. They’re called Eaters in the movie and they also have a heightened sense of smell.

So, basically, Robert is an Eater in this au. Whether it’s from his dad’s side (something about how even the “best heroes” exploiting people) or his mom’s side (Elliot possibly being his “mom” so to speak), it’s something he has to balance with being a hero. Maybe he has to deal in shadier parts of town in order to keep himself from chomping into his next lead into Red Ring. He did eat Flambe’s fingers though, having lost hold over stash.