Age of Reclamation Character Test - Eli and Andrew

"And what are you? A hero?" Eli shouted at Andrew. Andrew turned away, ashamed of the words that spewed from Eli's mouth. "I've read the history books, 'The Regulator' was nothing but a monster. You claimed to fight for the greater good, but all you ever wanted was power. A man built a rival nation, you nearly killed him to take control of it. You took small communities and adapted them into your 'nation' either through diplomacy or force. There was no 'no' with you." Eli declared, his glare piercing Andrew even as the weary man refused to look at him. "You killed your best friend for power for God's sakes."

Andrew slowly turned and looked at Eli. The young man and the older man locked eyes as Andrew said through gritted teeth "He was not my friend. My friend, Nick, died on that first night." Andrew said. He began walking towards Eli, his stride menacingly slow. Benjamin, Logan, Virgil, and Luke all watched on, fists clenched in the event that they had to step in and do something. "The man I killed, The Meddler, as The Bedlam so fondly called him, was an abomination. A monster inhabiting the body of the man I once called my friend. I tried for so long to bring Nick back, to save him, to redeem him. But he flushed it all down the drain when he put a bullet in the back of my camper's head." Andrew was standing right in front of Eli now, looking down on him. Now Eli was the one feeling ashamed, powerless, as Andrew looked down on him and spoke, each word cutting as sharp as a knife. "I wrestled with that decision to kill him for years, and I was questioned time and time again as to why I did it. I always said I wasn't sure, that I didn't want to do it, or that I did it because I had too, because Ivan had already mortally wounded him." Andrew was now just mere inches from Eli's face, leaning over and speaking directly into his ear, "But none of that is true. The real answer? I know a Monster when I see one." Eli then felt the slithering sensation of the metal of Andrew's revolver sliding up against his face.

His instincts kicked in, and Eli grabbed the gun and wrenched it out of Andrew's hands, flipping the man over as he did so. Andrew quickly jumped off the ground where Eli tossed him, taking out a knife as he did so. Andrew stabbed at Eli, but Eli caught him and threw him back to the ground. Andrew crumpled on the ground, recovering from the two consecutively hard blows from the young man. Eli cocked the revolver and walked towards Andrew, "You think I can't?" he huffed through a sharp breath. He was raising his arm to aim at Andrew when he felt a striking pain in the back of his head. Eli fell forward, caught himself, and turned around to see Logan, back in full 808 apparel and having recently thrown a discus, standing there. Almost daring Eli to come at him. "Man." Eli said, "I don't have time for this shit today."