Uh oh. Michael had done this many times, this whole trick routine it had going. Enter someone's realm, shift their belongings around. Nothing permanent, of course — though was anything permanent here? — but just enough to make his fellow killers eternally question their sanity. Moving car repair equipment from counter to counter, putting out the fire under a cookpot or two. Pinning threats to the walls of lockers with stolen knives and axes. You know. Friendly games. It was a fun set up. Michael enjoyed it, knowing plenty well no one would deign think him the perpetrator, and certainly no one would attempt to retaliate against the Boogeyman itself. Well, they wouldn't know it was Michael if he hadn't fucked himself as royally as he just had. See, the issue came in, when Michael thought this particular bear trap was a bit rustier than it truly was. He didn't really expect it to still be able to clasp shut. But, now, with their own blood dripping onto Trapper's work desk, that seemed, maybe, perhaps. Like an inaccurate assumption. It didn't hurt, at least. Just the pulsating sensation of a lot of blood quickly leaving the body. Nothing Michael wasn't used to. The problem came in with the fact that Michael was acutely aware of how soon it would be until Evan... "came home," so to speak. Aware of it, because it was happening right now, and here Michael is, hand caught in the proverbial cookie jar. And somehow, all Myers could manage was the trademark head tilt, as though Evan was the upsetting party here, not a 6'7 idiot wearing a latex mask dripping pools of blood in a place it almost certainly didn't belong.
Ah, yea. The little worm had finally presented itself nicely on a plate just for him. He had assumed that one of those little maggots did it- Had thought it would be funny to watch the Trapper lose his head, but no, it was the boogeyman. The masked vermin. The one who stares. Evan folds his arms- like he was some disapproving father about to discipline a child and not some hulking murderer watching another hulking murderer bleed out from afar, and He stares for a moment longer before turning away, opting to lay his mask down on the desk and continue his usual routine rather than do anything about the masked intruder in his home. After another moment of quiet, he finally answers. “Im letting you reveal in the shame of it all, you fucking weirdo.“ he cant even begin to understand the others motives. What was even the point? Why not take things, destroy them, fight someone face to face rather than hiding behind that jumper and latex mask, the fucking coward. He puts away tools he had left out before being whisked away to a trial, and only when they are put away-aside from screwdriver and a pair of pliers- does he finally turn to face the boogeyman.
“Should I explain why the wrecker yard was suddenly haunted, too? The owner found that one real fucking funny.“ Evans' voice drips with sarcasm and annoyance. He would have found the wrecker yards meddling funny himself, if he was not being accused of said meddling. He can't count on both hands how many times the wraith had metaphorically grabbed him by the ear for the boogeymans doing.
He kneels down, pointing a screwdriver threateningly at the other's ankle. “Hold still.“ he snaps.
Michael huffed. There was very little else he could do besides hold still, thanks for pointing it out. Still, he tried to remain dignified, looking pointedly away from the Trapper and huffing a solitary breath through the nose holes of his mask. He rattles his hand ungratefully, certainly messing with the trap-makers' attempts to fix his situation.
The blood in the Boogeyman’s body apparently did not have enough holes through which to escape, or perhaps it simply wasn’t leaving fast enough for it’s own pleasure. Whatever the reason, Michael was once again confronted with the disgusting taste of his own blood, filling his mouth with a small bit of bile.
Mm. Perhaps that had hurt, at least a bit. Michael thinks, releasing his teeth from their iron grip on the inside of his mouth. He didn’t remember biting down, but the sting of his muscles when he does release tells him he’s been that way for a while. Michael has eaten a lot of gross things in his life — expired candy, hospital food, the odd dog — but his own blood was a line he refused to cross.
With his sole free hand, he lifts the neck of his mask to the bridge of his nose, simply opening his mouth and allowing the putrid mix of bodily fluids to fall lamely to his lap. There’s nothing humorous about the image, the prolific serial killer Michael Myers coating himself in his own blood, but he can’t help but tilt his head — his closest approximation of a laugh — and mutter a single syllable.
"I said hold the fuck still." Apparently, Michael did not catch Evan in as good of a mood as was once prior thought. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he lets out a huffy breath and waits for Michael to stop rattling around. "You should be thanking me, because I want to just kick you out and let you wander around all one handed and pathetic looking." Despite Evan's sneering, he knew he probably wouldn't have anyways- even with the mask on, Michael still kind of looks like a baby deer caught in the jaws of a beast. Whatever that meant to The trapper. It was a point in the boogeyman's favor, at least.
Watching Michael lift the mask off his neck, Evan's confused for a moment- only one, though, because soon after that Michael's drooling blood and whatever the fuck else. Evan's eyebrows raise in his initial reaction, then furrow deeply as his mouth pulls into a grimace once the actual sight of blood and spit settles. "Incredible." He replies, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Is that a fucking party trick of yours?"
He very nearly does not register that somebody else in the room spoke to him, and for a moment, he whips his head around to look for somebody else- Swiveling his head back and forth stupidly before finally looking back at Michael. The surprise at the words itself gives away to the usual irritation once he realizes that's all the guy has to say. "Yea. Opps, you fucking weirdo."
"I've almost got it open, but if you go scampering off I'll kick you so hard you'll make it all the way out of the realm and into .. Whatever the hell's outside of it."
Michael might be slightly delirious ( — he hasn’t had to lose this much blood in a while, can you blame him? The spot all survivors seem to stab is primarily scar tissue by now, the glass entering his shoulder is routine and more annoying than painful. The last time he felt this dizzy and confused was back in the hospital, with two bullets in his head ) but he can still sense when he’s being talked down to.
He sticks his tongue out when Evan’s sarcasm reaches a new height. Whatever. This doesn’t matter, just hurry up and get this all over with. The fact that his mask is still shoved up over his mouth does not dawn on the Boogeyman as he mocks the Trapper, silently mimicking speech, opening and closing his mouth childishly.
Michael glances down towards where Evan is extracting his wrist from the trap. The visual similarities to being strapped down for whatever new medication Loomis was forced to administer is not lost on him. Michael’s forearm tenses at the thought, veins putting up as much of a fight as they can to avoid the prodding, the cold injection that will follow. He’s sure this must make it more difficult for Evan to actually get the trap off, but he can’t force it to stop. He swallows thickly.
He nods. He won’t go anywhere. Just get it off now, the joke isn’t so funny anymore.